Path of Light.

Chapter 4 4. Crew

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Walking to the front of the big ship, Roy really felt how tall the ship was.

The ship was docked longitudinally on the pier, the brass ram was almost touching the stone steps, and it was more than four meters higher than the pier. The mainsail had already been lowered, but the 40-plus-meter-high mainmast was pulling With countless ropes and pulleys.

Compared with the exquisite merchant ships of the elves, this ship is very rough in terms of shape and facilities on board, but it is the largest ship that Roy has seen in Castleton Harbor. The length of the hull alone I'm afraid it will be more than 40 meters.

Putting down the bucket in his hand, Roy carefully observed the deep-draft ship. It seemed that there should be a lot of cargo on board.

The elf patrols on the pier rushed here at the first time, and they have climbed the ladder to the big ship. They should be checking the dangerous items on board, such as the armed forces and weapons on board.

The sailors were still sorting some wooden boxes on the deck, which seemed to be some worthless goods.

As long as these goods are not removed from the ship, according to the regulations set by the Silver Moon Elves, there is no need to pay taxes.

So Roy did not see the tax officer on the dock on the boat.

……

While Roy was standing in front of the pier, looking at the big ship in a daze, some well-dressed crew members had already walked down the ladder from the ship.

It can be seen that the safety inspection of these elf patrols on the ship went smoothly, so no order was imposed on these crew members not to disembark. Almost all of these crew members wore leather vests, white shirts, breeches and boots, waist No weapons were worn.

Roy saw that the sailors on the bow deck had swords around their waists.

The hair of these crew members seems to have not been taken care of for a long time. Many crew members have braids, and some have loose hair, which is messy when blown by the sea wind.

Their hair colors are varied, with yellow hair, red hair, and dark brown appearing the most, and they all look very strong, at least they look stronger than those elf patrols.

Probably because Roy was the only person on the pier who looked like them.

The crew members didn't walk around randomly after disembarking, but walked straight to Roy's side, and the strong crew member at the head was also looking at Roy curiously.

"Do you need a guide?" Roy asked proactively.

He didn't like being a guide.

In fact, this is the first time he has done this.

The main reason is to be able to find out some news about the outside world from these traveling crew members.

Castleton Port is a fishing port, and most of the merchant ships engaged in fish trade come here to dock. Even if Roy wanted to go to get news, he didn't want to talk to him.

"￥#...!" The strong crew member quickly spoke a series of words towards Roy.

Roy was stunned and couldn't understand what he was saying.

It seems that this is impossible to communicate!

Roy spread his hands and shook his head slightly, indicating that he was helpless and didn't understand...

"You don't know Imperial language?"

A thin young man in a black robe emerged from behind the strong crew member. He had fair skin, a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and a book with a copper cover in his hand. Elvish asked Roy.

However, his grammar and pronunciation are very problematic, but no elf can arrange words in this way.

Roy nodded.

"I can only speak Elvish, do you need a guide?" He asked the young man in the robe again.

Only then did he realize that there were some dark lines on the black robe, which seemed to be magic lines.

Roy guessed that the other party was probably a magician.

The magician also waited for Roy to slow down his tone, and then listened carefully twice before saying:
"Show us a hotel, and when we're settled, take us to a local pub, we all need a little relaxation."

When he spoke, he paused, very rhythmically, and it sounded like he was reciting a spell.

"No problem." Roy answered quickly.

The young magician discussed with the strong crew member before turning around and asking, "How much should I pay you?"

"If you can, tell me about the interesting things you encountered on your journey."

"Do you want to get some outside information? Let's exchange it with each other. We also want to know more about this elf city." The young magician quickly took the opportunity to say.

"This is the Port of Castleton in the kingdom of the Silvermoon elves." Roy said frankly.

"Green Empire, Strange Rock City. It is the largest southern city of Grimm Empire. If you have the opportunity to go to Grimm Empire, you must visit Strange Rock City." The young magician also replied without thinking, and then asked: "Here Is it far from the city of Buenos?"

"It's not too far away. What are you doing here?" Roy asked curiously, but he didn't point out the specific location of Buenos.

The young magician opened his mouth and said, "Of course it's for trade. We plan to start from the kingdom of the silver moon elves..."

"Ahem..." Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the strong crew around him.

Obviously he didn't understand the conversation between the magician and Roy, so the magician could only patiently translate it to him.

Then the strong sailor quickly said a few words to the magician.

The magician hesitated for a moment, then carefully organized his language, and then said to Roy with an awkward smile: "We just plan to buy some products such as elf biscuits and advanced sword shields."

Roy knew they weren't telling the truth, but he didn't bother to pay attention.

After all, we are not familiar with each other...

Seeing that the crew members were still wary of him, Roy shut his mouth.

Since he agreed to take the other party to find a hotel, Roy didn't say anything, but just introduced them to some hotels in the city, which were roughly divided into three levels.

There are two hotels on Brown Street where Roy lives, but Brown Street is a civilian neighborhood, so the hotels here are also of the lowest grade. Usually, some merchants who buy sea fish on the pier will go to the hotel for a couple of days. night.

But there are good things, the advantage is that the price is cheap, and it is very close to the port.

After hearing Roy's introduction, the crew readily agreed.

Roy walked in the front with a bucket. After walking out of the pier, Roy would take the initiative to explain to them what these shops were for without passing a shop.

At least let them know which one is a store and which one is a restaurant.

Brown Street is really close to the wharf. When Roy passed by the Statue of Liberty with more than [-] crew members, the crew saw that a temple with a small area was built on the hillside. Behaved unexpectedly.

Immediately, some crew members couldn't wait to come over and take a look, but there was a group of people crowded at the gate of the temple. Through the crowd, the priests in the temple's robes could be seen, and they were chatting with several elves patrolling. talking about something.

It seems that something is wrong with this temple.

When Roy passed by here in the morning, the temple was still so quiet...

A group of people passed by the door of the Statue of Liberty, and no one would be stupid enough to look there with curious eyes.

After passing the Temple of Liberty, Roy thought of one thing, and then took out a Kohler from his pocket. The thin shell was between his thumb and index finger. Roy introduced to the crew behind him:
"The currency used here is Kohler, which is polished from this shell."

"Isn't it okay to use gold coins?" the young magician asked in surprise.

Roy glanced at the magician with some envy. He really didn't know what it would be like to trade gold coins in the shops here, because he didn't have gold coins at all, and he had never seen others use gold coins.

So Roy said to the magician: "You can try it, I think some elves will like it."

Roy took them to an inn, and sure enough, this inn did not accept gold coins.

However, the young magician took out a light green spar from his pocket. The front desk clerk in the hotel was a sweet-looking young female elf. After seeing the spar, he immediately called the hotel owner. The hotel owner So he enthusiastically arranged ten rooms for them, and even the young magician got a big bag of Kohler in exchange.

The young magician counted fifty and Kohler handed them to Roy.

Roy hesitated and didn't pick it up, which was a lot of money for Doroy.

"Take it, I'll ask you to take us to a more reliable tavern later."

The young magician stuffed the stack of Kohler into Roy's hand and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)