Pirate's Swordsman

Duru Island is an island with a rather steep terrain. There are towering peaks hundreds of meters high in the north, while the south is slightly sunken inward, forming an extremely wide natural port.

"so big……"

This was the first impression that flashed through Xia Nuo's mind after seeing Dulu Island. The coastline that came into view was hundreds of miles wide, and it was not even as large as the islands he had visited in the East China Sea before. Comparing it, it is like a giant beast crawling on the sea.

"but……"

Looking at the empty natural port with only dozens of ships moored in the distance, Xia Nuo scratched his head and said with some confusion, "It doesn't look like there are many ships docked at the port. ?”

As one of the seven starting islands of the Grand Route, and with such an excellent haven, it stands to reason that there should be an endless stream of ships coming and going, right?

"It's a little strange indeed."

Behind him, Arrita, who was looking at the port, also frowned, "It shouldn't be. When I came here last year, it was at least ten times more lively than this. It's only been less than a year, why has it become so deserted?" Already?"

"After we land on the island later, let's ask the locals."

Xia Nuo actually just mentioned it casually and didn't take it too seriously. He turned to look at Arrita and said with a smile: "I heard that this Dulu Island is a famous fish paradise on the Grand Route. There are a lot of big fish, and most of the residents on the island are fishing experts, right?”

"Hey, does Sir Xiano even know about this kind of thing?"

Arrita was stunned for a moment, and said with some surprise, "Yes, after all, it is the westernmost route. It is not far from the windless zone. Coupled with factors such as ocean currents and climate, the waters next to Dulu Island are rich in wealth. At the trophic level, there are too many fishes, and there are many types of fish. This has also led to the entire island slowly becoming dependent on fish. The local residents not only fish, but also set up various processing plants on the island to generate income. Just rely on selling these specialty fish products overseas.”

As she spoke, she pointed to her own fleet behind her, pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, we came to Duru Island this time, firstly, to sell the goods we brought, and secondly, to buy some fish. The finished products are sold back to the East China Sea at a higher price, and some fish that are only available on the Grand Route are hot commodities among some nobles in the East China Sea."

"Sure enough..."

Xia Nuo had only seen some brief introductions about this island from Zhepu's logbook. Now that he heard a more detailed explanation, his curiosity was immediately satisfied. "Fishing and other things are really nostalgic." Woolen cloth……"

At Andric Island, he had no one to take care of him, but he could barely make ends meet by fishing every day.

As soon as his thoughts came to this point, the years in Xiangcheng Town floated through his mind one by one. Xia Nuo suddenly missed his three little followers. The chubby little Roy who knew how to eat and eat all day long had a shy personality. The shy freckles boy Bill, and the mayor's uncle's precocious bespectacled Anderson... More than three years have passed in the blink of an eye. They must have changed a lot, right?

I don’t know how these little guys will react when they see their reward list with a reward of 8900 million Baileys...

He laughed in his heart. Just as he was thinking this, the fleet unknowingly entered the port of Dulu Island. Xia Nuo looked at the shore and found that there seemed to be many people waiting on the pier. them.

"Those are all businesses on the island!"

Seemingly seeing Xia Nuo's doubts, Arrita smiled and explained, "One of the owners of a large processing plant has always had business ties with our Drumon family. This time we also called in advance. Chong notified them and asked the merchants who planned to come to trade to gather here at the port to facilitate our trading!"

"That's it."

Xia Nuo nodded slightly, but this

These didn't have much to do with him, so from the time the caravan parked at the port to the time when the sailors finished unloading, he didn't speak anymore. It wasn't until he saw Takemura coming from the No. 3 ship that his eyes lit up. I hurried over to ask him to release my boat, and then I planned to say goodbye to these friends who had been traveling together for half a month.

Although she was a little reluctant to leave, Arrita was not a mother-in-law's woman. She didn't ask him to stay for a few more days or anything. She agreed directly and happily, and then gave Xia Nuo a confused expression. Huge package.

"Fuck, it's so heavy!"

Xia Nuo was unprepared and almost dislocated his wrist. Then when he opened the package, he was blinded by the colorful things inside. The whole bag was filled with money. He immediately lost his composure and said with a bit of pain. : "Hey, hey, hey, I said, you're so good, why are you giving me so much money?"

"Reward, what, you forgot?"

It was rare to see Xia Nuo in embarrassment, Arrita laughed so hard that she almost couldn't stand up straight, "Haha, Master Xia Nuo, you are a guard hired by our family. Now that the mission is over, don't you even want the reward?" ?”

"That's only 200,000 Baileys, right?!" Xia Nuo glanced at the package again, feeling bad all over, "How much is this, at least one or two million Baileys, right?" "

"To be precise, it's three million."

Arrita stretched out three fingers towards him and said with a smile: "Don't forget, the guards on the ship are all bid according to their strength. Before, you didn't reveal your identity, so you only had that price. Now, you will put a bounty on Donghai." The price for the top pirate is not too much, right?"

"..."

Xia Nuoxu raised his eyes and had to admit that what the other party said made sense. Although he was not short of money, given his worth, it was indeed a bit pretentious to shirk it... So, Xiao Luo next to him had a look of contempt on his face. , he hummed and carried the package into the storage room.

Then, he returned to the deck with an expressionless face, and without even looking, he kicked the stupid bird watching the fun into the sea with a diagonal stab.

"Oh, yes, there's this." Arrita saw all this and almost couldn't hold back her smile. She took a small wooden box from Eveel behind her and handed it to Xia. Nuo said mysteriously: "I just asked Yful to get this from the big businessman I cooperated with. How can we survive on the Grand Route without this?"

"Eh?"

After being told this, Xia Nuo had some guesses in his mind. When he opened the wooden box and saw the transparent glass beads lying inside, the guesses were confirmed. He couldn't help but take out the glass beads, and then Put it on the palm of your hand and look at the metal pointer in the ball.

"Sure enough, it is a record pointer. I have been following the caravan before and I almost forgot..."

The islands of the Grand Route are connected by magnetic chains. The so-called seven lines are actually seven magnetic chains. An ordinary compass is of no use here, and neither the climate, nor the clouds nor the wind direction can be used anymore. As a basis for judging the heading, the only thing we can rely on is the recording pointer.

However, in order for the recording pointer to point the direction, it also needs to record the location of the current island, and the magnetic force of each island is different. The recording pointer needs different time to fill up the magnetic force, and then it will point to the next island. What surprised Xiano was that this pointer was obviously specially prepared and was actually filled with the magnetism of Duru Island.

In other words, Xia Nuo does not have to wait on this island specifically for him, but can choose to sail at any time and anywhere. Obviously, for him right now, this record pointer is much more precious than the five million Baileys.

"Thank you so much!"

After sincerely expressing his gratitude, Xia Nuo put away the pointer, untied the cable, pulled up the sail, and in the warm sea breeze, smiled and waved to Arrita who was getting further away: "Then ,Bye now!"