Path of light

Chapter 838 839. Secrets in the Merchant Ship

Two three-masted sailing ships stopped next to an imperial merchant ship, sandwiching the imperial merchant ship on the left and right.

The two sailing ships put up sampans and grid rope ladders almost at the same time, and two teams of fully armed half-elf guards boarded the imperial merchant ship along the sampans.

This imperial merchant ship is over 100 meters long and is nearly half a hull larger than a three-masted sailing ship.

This sea area is full of coral reefs and ships have a deep draft.

Many half-blood elves were waiting on the deck. When they saw a half-blood elf guard boarding the ship, they cheered excitedly...

The imperial crew members stood on both sides of the ship, their eyes fixed on the half-elves, their expressions full of undisguised contempt.

The imperial crew all had a strong sense of banditry, but they only restrained themselves after the half-blood elf guards boarded the ship, and even retreated to an inconspicuous corner.

The Empire merchant Moses and several other merchants stood in the captain's cabin, staring at the half-blood elf guards through the glass window...

He was regretting his carelessness just now.

Moses didn't expect Roy to be so sensitive about price.

The price of the boat ticket for two magic crystals was indeed ridiculously expensive, but the other party was a business tycoon who had a large amount of magic herbs in his hands! How could he know so much about the price of slaves?

Obviously the other party discovered something.

This time, on the three-masted sailing ship that was transporting the half-elves, so many half-elf guards suddenly rushed out. He hurriedly asked the mercenaries on the ship to retreat back to the room to avoid unnecessary conflicts.

"This half-blood elf army is indeed as well-trained as the rumors say. No wonder the half-blood elves were able to swallow up the island of Que and beat the gray dwarves on the surrounding islands so hard that they couldn't even raise their heads."

Imperial merchant Moses stared coldly out the window and said to the other merchants.

"Moses, it looks like they are targeting us."

The Silver-haired Empire merchant walked back from the glass window on the other side.

His hand was on the hilt of the sword at his waist, but his eyes were always on the half-elf guard on the deck.

An imperial merchant said bitterly:

"But after these half-blood elves are taken to Kui Island, our merchant ships will most likely be besieged by their fleet..."

The Imperial Swordsman of the Mercenary Group immediately responded:

"Their three-masted sailing ships obviously have no combat power. As long as we seize these two three-masted sailing ships, detain all the half-blood elf guards on board, and then head to the Lost Sea at full speed, we may still have a chance to escape."

The imperial merchant Moses leaned against the window, pointed at the sky outside the window, and said in a desperate voice:

"We don't have much of a chance, everyone look up at the sky!"

Other merchants from the empire followed the direction of Moses' finger and looked at the dock of Kui Island. Some of them couldn't help but exclaimed:

"They actually sent out a magic airship. What on earth is on that ship?"

"It's the Griffin Knight!"

"I told you not to provoke these half-blood elves on Kui Island, but you didn't listen. Now they are targeting us."

The complaining imperial merchant had a mental breakdown and began to complain.

"What did Darwin say?

Let us honestly transport the half-elves to Kui Island, even if we send them to the island for free, and then we can exchange them for a whole ship of high-grade magic herbs.

As long as we can use the slave route to transport these magic herbs to the Green Empire, the profit will be at least three times higher than that of the slave trade.

But you insisted on collecting tickets, and now they even sent out magic airships, which clearly shows that they want to seize our ships..."

The Empire merchant Moses shouted in a low voice, "What's the point of saying this now?"

"As long as they don't catch us, they have no reason to detain us. After all, the Green Empire is behind us. We are legal merchants of the Empire and we do legal business."

After saying this, the imperial merchant Moses pushed open the wooden door of the captain's room.

A group of imperial merchants walked out of the captain's room one after another and greeted Sabrina who was walking over from the three-masted sailboat.

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Sabrina, wearing an exquisite set of exquisite thorium armor, boarded the Imperial merchant ship.

The Imperial crew members looked at Sabrina boldly, until the merchants came out of the ship's tower, and then they restrained their gazes...

Sabrina said to the Imperial merchants in front of her:

"Welcome everyone to Kui Island. I have been ordered to pick up the half-blood elves on the ship."

Then, she turned to the half-blood elf beside her and said:

"Welcome to Kui Island. You can board the ship now..."

She moved out of the way, and the half-elf on the deck made her way over to the three-masted ship via the rickety sampan.

Seeing that Sabrina did not make any other moves, the imperial merchants' tense nerves relaxed a little.

When the half-bloods passed by Sabrina, they always asked her some questions:

“Are we going to live on this volcanic island forever?”

A half-elf guard stood behind Sabrina, holding a parasol for her.

Sabrina smiled and said:

"You can experience life on Kui Island first. If the life here is not what you want, we will arrange a ship for you to leave. Currently, there are only half-blood elves on Kui Island."

The half-blood elves couldn't help but ask:

"So how many half-blood elves live on this island?"

"There are currently about 50,000 half-blood elves living on Kui Island!"

"Are the half-elves in charge of this island?"

"Yes."

Sabrina reached out and had all the half-elf guards around her lift the visors on their helmets, revealing their appearance.

Seeing countless compatriots standing on the ship in armor, these half-elves walked onto the three-masted sailing ship without any hesitation.

There was a special clerk with a notebook who counted the number of people on the three-masted sailing ship.

In addition, the crew members temporarily accommodated them. After all, the next journey was only two kilometers, and even if they stood in the cabin corridor under the deck, they could bear it for a while.

Just as the imperial merchant Moses said, this imperial merchant ship probably carried more than a thousand half-elves, and the two three-masted sailing ships were just enough to send them back to the dock.

Sabrina walked around the deck and saw the iron cages covered with tarpaulins beside the ship. She asked the Empire merchant Moses:

"Can I have a tour of your ship?"

As he spoke, he looked at the area covered by tarpaulin on the side of the ship. The imperial merchant quickly stood in front of Sabrina and said:

“…The ship is too chaotic.”

The imperial merchant Moses explained earnestly:

"Those are small wooden boats that are about to be scrapped. Many parts of them are rotten. They are so smelly that we have to cover them with tarpaulin..."

Sabrina stopped and did not move any closer, but walked towards the bow of the Imperial merchant ship.

There were even some crosses propped up on the ramming pole on the bow, some of which had chains hanging down from them, and the shackles on them had not been removed.

She just glanced at it casually, then raised her head to look at the five huge masts on the merchant ship. The masts were also dirty, and there were even some hooks hanging from them.

It was clearly a merchant ship, but there was a strong dark wind on the deck.

Although Sabrina did not see the imprisoned elves, there were dried blood stains in many places on the ship, and it had even seeped into the wood.

Imperial merchant Moses followed Sabrina with a nervous look on his face, and other Imperial merchants also stood nervously on the deck.

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While Sabrina was walking around on the deck, she attracted the attention of the imperial merchants.

Captain Tennyson hid in the shadows and sneaked into the cabin below the deck of the merchant ship. As soon as he entered the cabin below the deck, he smelled a faint stench in the corridor.

At this time, half-blood elves kept coming out of the cabin, walking along the corridor to the deck, and then boarding the three-masted sailing ship through the sampan.

Tennyson also sneaked in while several half-blood elves left the cabin.

The space in the cabin was very small, with no seats or windows, and three bunk beds were squeezed into the small space.

These bunk beds only had the most basic bed boards, and the cabin was filled with the smell of smelly feet, sweat, and some other strange smells.

However, the half-elves that came out of these cabins were at least wearing some decent clothes, and their state seemed to be a mixture of excitement and fatigue.

Captain Tennyson checked three cabins in succession, and other Dark Moon Elf warriors also checked some cabins, but they did not find anything wrong.

As the half-blood elves on this floor quickly left, half-blood elves walked out from the second floor below...

The mental state of these half-elves seemed to be even worse, with pale faces, thin bodies and malnutrition.

In addition to the stench, there was also the smell of rotten fruit in the cabin, but they had no scars on their bodies. When they heard that the merchant ship had finally arrived at Kui Island and that they could leave the ship, these half-elves seemed particularly happy and couldn't wait to go to the deck.

Captain Tennyson hid in the corner for a long time before he found an opportunity to enter the cabin on the second floor.

Obviously, these cabins on the second floor are not dormitories, but some large flat warehouses. However, there are not many supplies inside. Some wooden boxes are used by the elves to divide the cargo hold into several areas.

Currently, those who are crowding outside are all half-elf women, while there are also half-elf men in the cabin who are patiently waiting in line.

Although the air in the cabin is relatively polluted, there is a bucket of drinkable water every few meters.

All the half-blood elves seemed very excited, probably because they were about to leave this almost mixed-race cabin...

If there are more than 400 half-blood elves living in the more than 90 rooms on the first floor, the number of half-blood elves in the cabins on the second floor is almost doubled.

Captain Tennyson discovered that this imperial merchant ship had more than 1,200 half-elves on its two decks.

There are four such imperial merchant ships anchored on the sea. If those merchant ships also have such loading capacity, then the number of half-blood elves they brought with them will exceed 6,000...

In fact, for such a giant merchant ship, the lower three floors should be a cargo hold, and the lower four floors are the bottom hold, and below that is the sealed cabin.

The crew on the merchant ship only opened two cabins and let the half-blood elves inside walk onto the deck...

Captain Tennyson discovered that the door leading to the third-level cabin was tightly closed and guarded by Imperial crew members. If he wanted to enter the third-level cabin, he had to find another way.

In order to ensure normal air circulation in the cabin, there are actually some ventilation holes in this kind of large cabin.

Tennyson quickly found a ventilation hole in the corner of the cabin on the second floor, but it was too small and he couldn't get in...

But he was on the second floor below, hiding in a corner at the stern.

This is the position closest to the rudder...

Although Tennyson did not find an entrance suitable for him to sneak into the lower three floors, he did not give up entering the third floor. He took out a long and narrow dagger with a knife on the back from his boots.

There are magic patterns on both sides of the blade of this dagger, one is engraved with the most classic "sharp", and the other side is engraved with "piercing".

Captain Tennyson held the dagger. One side of the blade appeared light red, while the other side appeared bright yellow. As he stabbed the dagger into the floor under his feet, the dagger pierced into the wooden board incredibly smoothly.

Unfortunately, he couldn't cut horizontally, so he could only stab downwards continuously, one after another, and Captain Tennyson's movements were very gentle.

Only after he had stabbed the entire floor around his feet, forming a circle, did Captain Tennyson put the dagger back into the scabbard and pull out a single-edged dagger from his boot.

This dagger was much stronger. He used it to channel his energy into the board beneath his feet, slowly pushing the dagger to connect the holes that had been pierced, and then used a dagger to lift up the round floor.

A hole with a diameter of more than one foot was revealed, and it was pitch black and silent underneath...

In comparison, the air in the lower three cabins is slightly better.

Captain Tennyson later discovered that there was still a sour smell in the cabins on the lower three floors, besides these, there were other smells.

Like a black loach, he went straight into the lower three decks of the cabin through the round hole.

After entering the cabin, Captain Tennyson was lucky enough to find that he was actually in a room for storing supplies. In addition to a large amount of wheat cakes and dried meat, there were also some oak barrels. Although the room was not too big, there were at least nearly a thousand wheat cakes and dozens of boxes of dark red dried meat.

In addition, there are dozens of round wooden barrels.

These supplies filled the room on the third floor below.

Captain Tennyson was squatting on top of the barrel, and was about to look for the door to the room when he heard very light footsteps coming from the dark cabin.

Then there was the sound of a door opening in the dark room, and a little bit of gentle light came from the doorway. It was an arm holding a candle.

As that figure squeezed in through the crack in the door...

Captain Tennyson was very surprised to see a gray dwarf wearing simple linen clothes and holding a candle walking in. The gray dwarf came to a pile of baked wheat cakes, picked up a large pile of wheat cakes, and walked out slowly...