my age of magic

Chapter 959 60. The Nautilus Merchant Ship
The 'Slave Trader' sailed to the eastern waters of Vashj, where Dunai Island is located, and it was less than a day's distance from here to Dunai Island by boat.

Along the way, I tried to contact the lords of the various islands, but unfortunately with little success. Some lords even wanted to imprison us in exchange for rewards from Marquis Boris, but because there are people around us who are good at space magic Senior Dylan, so we can easily get away with those lords who want to arrest us with the help of the 'random teleportation scroll'.

The "Slave Trader" occasionally encountered some merchant ships during its voyage at sea, but I found that those merchant ships would avoid us from afar after returning to the "Slave Trader", treating us like plague gods.

Later, we learned from an old sailor that the "Slave Trader" is completely in the shape of a pirate ship. Because this kind of pirate ship needs to sail at sea all year round, the hull has undergone a very extreme anti-corrosion treatment. That is, the entire outer skin of the hull has been burned, so that the hull will not be eaten by moths, and there will be no shellfish parasitizing the bottom of the boat.It's just that a sea ship that has been scorched by fire will turn black and ugly.

The sails of the 'Slave Trader' are also old canvas for many years, and even have been patched in places.

Merchant ships on Vashj's plane basically don't use this kind of anti-corrosion treatment. Most merchant ships will paint a thick layer of raw paint on the outside of the hull, and the sails on those ships will not be so dilapidated. The reason why merchant ships run away from the 'Slave Trader' is that the 'Slave Trader' looks like a pirate ship through and through.

I want to inquire carefully about the sea monster on the island of dunai, so as not to arouse the hostility of the residents of dunai island.

So I parked the 'Slave Trader' next to a reef stand more than 100 nautical miles away, ran the ship on the beach, and made a little camouflage. The dark rocks merge into one.

The sailors remained on board to guard the 'Slave Trader'.

Senior Dylan was not able to accompany him this time either. He stayed on the 'Slave Trader' to complete our new idea of ​​building a ship that can be teleported.He was worried that we would encounter danger on the island, so before leaving, he gave me a random teleportation scroll.

I asked Senior Dylan if there was anything he needed to buy, and I could help him bring it back from Dunai Island. Senior Dylan thought about it for a while and said: "Then bring as much magic parchment as possible, you may need to draw a lot of teleportation magic circles In addition, you must pay attention to safety!"

I said to Senior Dylan: "You too, be careful!"

We took a small boat and left the reef area.

Yingli, Helena, Becky, Katerina, Kalantso, Tauren Luka, and Deborah and I sat on the small boat. This is an oak boat that can hold ten people. This layer of primary-color varnish is applied on the boat, and the dense wood grain on it can be clearly seen. The bow and stern at both ends of the boat are raised high and streamlined.

Luka the tauren was in charge of the oars, and his muscular arms stretched rhythmically, and then retracted.

Every time the oars were plunged into the sea at an angle, the boat would jerk forward.

The sea seemed calm, but that was the feeling on the 'Slave Trader'. When we sat on the small boat, we realized how bumpy the sea was.

Of course, we didn't intend to just rely on a small boat and row to the island of Du Nai, which is more than 100 nautical miles away.Instead, he planned to meet a merchant ship in the nearby waters and take the merchant ship to the island of dunai. .

Deborah was flying in the air, constantly observing whether there were ships approaching in the surrounding sea area.

Our luck is not bad, our small boat only drifted in the sea for half a day, and Deborah found the above merchant ships heading for Du Nai Island more than 20 nautical miles away from us.

Next, all of us worked together to row the small boat to the front of the merchant ship's channel, and waited quietly for the merchant ship that was about to leave here.

When I saw the shadow of the ship, I opened the portal on the small boat, and Kalancuo, the tauren Luka, and Deborah returned to Xinliu Valley for shelter, leaving only Yingli, Helena, and Bei Ji, Katerina and I stayed in the boat.

I took off the magic robe on my body and changed into an extremely ordinary noble costume, which looked like a troubled noble boy.

Katerina wore a long linen dress and wrapped her long red hair with a handkerchief. Nine years ago, the little dancer in the dance troupe had grown into a general who had been on the battlefield and experienced death. When she put on red makeup for the first time, there was a long-lost shyness in her smile.

Although she has been facing me day and night for a while, but at this time my eyes fell on the fair skin of her neckline, and I felt like I was seeing her for the first time in my life.

Ying Li is wearing a long dress of a courtly noble girl. She has a calm, noble and elegant temperament, no matter where she goes, even if she wears a rough linen dress, she cannot hide it in the crowd. Li's body has already been branded with the brand of nobility.

Compared with Yingli and Katerina, Helena and Becky did not hide their identities as swordsmen and fighters. Helena was wearing a crystal lion thorn tail light leather armor, and two crimson long swords hung on her slender waist. .Becky is wearing a set of chain mail, which is a kind of battle armor woven with magic metal threads, with a soft leather lining inside, with fist gloves, and curly hair like green algae tied into a ponytail.

Then, we just sat quietly in the skiff, waiting for the sailors on the merchant ship to find us.

The sailors on the merchant ship found some young noblemen in distress at sea, and then yelled and told the captain of the merchant ship. Then, the merchant ship began to lower its sails and slow down, and anchored at a place 50 meters away from us. The sailors started waving to me excitedly, and shouted to us: "Hey, row over here, row over here, you are saved!"

'Yes, we have been waiting for you here for a long time! ' I said silently in my heart, and then I found a paddle in the small boat, and waved the paddle vigorously, but unfortunately the small boat just spun around on the spot, but refused to move forward.

It made the sailors on the merchant ship burst into laughter, but they saw that there were only a group of young and beautiful girls in the small boat besides me, so the last bit of vigilance was dispelled, and several strong sailors stood on the side of the boat On the boat, one after another seemed to jump into the sea, and they swam towards me with all their strength. They pushed our small boat in the sea, a little closer to the merchant ship, and then were pulled up by the rope hanging from the ship's spreader.

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This is a merchant ship with a large draft. Although its entire hull is less than 50 meters, and the entire merchant ship looks like a pointed leather boot, almost all of its decks have been converted into cargo warehouses. Even the deck The ship is also full of various goods, and the goods on the deck are covered with canvas, so it is impossible to see what goods are.

There were two sailors standing on the watchtower of the main mast. The sail was embroidered with a pattern of a blue devil whale. The sea wind inflated the sail again, and the merchant ship slowly increased its speed.

This is a three-masted sailing ship, and the ship building at the stern has only three floors. The sailors on the ship surrounded the deck excitedly, surrounding us in the middle.

A middle-aged man wearing sea beast light leather armor and a captain's fur cap walked down the ship building step by step. On his waist was a delicate Roman sword, and on the other side was a single-barreled sword. The telescope, walked to the deck, the sailors around avoided one after another, made way for him, and let him walk to our side.

The middle-aged captain stood in front of me, twitching the corners of his mouth slightly, and said: "Young gentlemen and ladies, good afternoon, welcome to 'Nautilus', the destination of our merchant ship is Du Nai Island, and we hope to welcome you. The next itinerary can help you."

I gave him a noble salute and said, "Thank you for helping me out at sea, we are..."

I described myself as an aristocrat who escaped from Connerson Island and traveled all the way to Dunai Island by boat. Unfortunately, our ship sank on the rocks in the nearby waters, and only a few of us were put in the rescue. In the small boat, slowly drifting here with the ocean current.

The middle-aged captain kept looking at me, and after a long time, he shouted loudly: "Lydia, Lydia, take our new guests to their rooms to rest, maybe they haven't slept for several nights Well, they still have plenty of time before supper."

"Yes, my lord captain!" A woman upstairs responded.

I looked up at the ship building at the stern, and found that there were many female relatives on the second floor. They were lying on the levers to watch the fun, pointing and criticizing us for a while.

A woman in a red linen dress with a white apron over her breasts soon appeared before me.

She has long brown hair, wheat-colored skin, big bell-like eyes, and thick lips. When she saw us, she had a friendly smile on her face.

"Young gentlemen and ladies, come with me, I think you may want to wash up a little bit, but now it happens that the 'Nautilus' is in the period of saving water, although it is expected to arrive at Du Nai at night, but in Before we actually land on Dunai Island, everything is possible, and we have to keep the fresh water reserve above the emergency line on board, so there is no way for you to take a comfortable hot bath, you can only wash up a little bit." Liddy Ya greeted us very warmly.

She led us to the stern ship building, and said as she walked: "But if the sailing goes well, we will arrive at Dunai Island at night, where there are several hotels with good reputation."

The sailors on the deck were staring at Yingli Zhunv like a swarm of stinky flies.

Delia scolded those sailors unceremoniously: "Hurry up and go back to work, you toads, don't think that you will be favored by noble swans, instead of always daydreaming, it is better to use your excess energy Wipe the deck of the boat."

The sailors were afraid of the captain, but they were not afraid of Delia. Immediately, someone said: "Forget it, Lydia, we will be docking later, and we have to recharge our batteries for a 'big war'. The whole ship's cargo needs to be unloaded, but there is no energy to help you scrub the deck!"

Seeing that the boat tower was full of people, those women who were leaning on the railing with curious faces and kept watching us looked like a group of rich people or aristocrats. They wore imitation court evening dresses. The dress looks like a huge flower umbrella, with the upper part of the body tied around the waist, but a large piece of white snow is exposed on the chest, and the grooves squeezed out are so deep.

The woman named Delia took us to find a narrow room with only four beds on the first floor of the ship building. She called the sailors to move out the only writing desk and armchair in the room, and A camp bed was laid on the vacated floor, and a thick quilt was spread on it.

Delia said to me with an apologetic face: "I'm really sorry, the other rooms on the ship are overcrowded. I really can't find any other vacant rooms for you. Fortunately, I will arrive at Dunai Island in a while. I just rest for a while. , it shouldn't matter!"

"Of course!" I said to her, "we are already very grateful for providing you with such a comfortable room to rest in!"

As I said that, I took out five silver coins from the purse at my waist and stuffed them in her hand.

Delia didn't show any shyness, she accepted it generously, brushed her hair, smiled at me, and said, "If you need anything, just come to me."

Then her eyes fell on Helena and Katerina, she blinked at me extremely ambiguously, and said in a low voice: "Of course there are various special services, but I believe you definitely don't need them!"

I didn't expect Delia to mention this at all, and I looked a little embarrassed. I didn't expect this merchant ship to carry passengers.

It seems that many people in the ship building at the stern are guests on the ship. No wonder they still look relaxed and wait-and-see even when they are saving lives.

After finishing speaking, Delia turned around and backed out. After a while, she led several maids and fetched two basins of water, a plate of cookies and a jug of light fruit wine for us.

I sat in the cabin for a while, and then walked out with Katerina through the door, handed a silver coin to the attendant at the gate of the ship building, and asked her, "Where is the captain?"

The attendant held the silverware tightly, wiped it vigorously on the front of his shirt, then quickly put it in his pocket, and said to me: "Usually, our captain stays in the captain's cabin all day, but I think this time , it is best not to disturb him!".

The attendant took me outside the captain's room, looking a little embarrassed, and pointed to me gently inside, indicating that the captain was inside.

He seemed unwilling to stay at the door for too long, and when he saw that his task was completed, he turned around and left.

At this moment, the man's rapid breathing and the woman's... were vaguely heard from the captain's cabin. Katerina and I stood at the door of the captain's cabin, looking at each other.

I thought to myself: If I knocked on the door and interrupted them at this time, even if I said some words of thanks to the captain of the merchant ship, I would probably be hated by him!Unexpectedly, the captain still has the habit of taking a nap.

When a big snow-white leg stuck to the glass window, Katerina and I quickly tiptoed away from the door of the captain's cabin, and ran to the roof of the ship building in one breath. In the swimming pool, there are a few round tables and wooden chairs, and a few parasols.

Under the shady umbrellas, some gentlemen and ladies are sitting, some are talking softly, some are lying on the chairs and dozing, and some beautiful women are soaking in the swimming pool in cool gauze, these people are pampered It looks like it's either rich or expensive.

The waiter at the top of the building saw me pulling Katerina up the stairs, glanced at the noble badge on my chest, and ignored me.

(End of this chapter)