Lord of the Mysteries: Yao Guang

"I didn't dare to think about this kind of thing before!" Vika shouted loudly, he was riding on a dolphin, and Valeri on the other side looked calm, only occasionally glancing at a few silver dolphins that were chasing after him. snapper.

Esther was a bit distressed that she had gotten too far into the silver snappers in her first encounters with the sea creatures, disturbing their minds unduly.

As if there was a special attraction, some of the silver snappers scattered in the middle because they were unable to follow, but the remaining strongest ones still followed persistently.

Until Esther expressed a clear willingness to let them leave, the silver snappers finally dispersed.

"They seem to like you very much," said Vika on the other side. "Is this all what you said, the effect of the spell?"

"Yes, that was given to me by my friend. I don't have the power to control marine life."

The dolphin under Vika jumped out of the sea for a moment, causing his body to jolt, but Vika had already gotten used to it: "Does the potion formula you mentioned also have such an effect!"

"Not really." Esther smiled, looking at the other side of the sea level, the sky was dim, and she could already see a black spot moving in the distance.

Coming.

Soon, Esther sent the two dolphins away. There were many fishing boats near Nass. She stole the weight of the two again and replaced the marine life that carried herself and Vika with plaice.

Although Vika was a little regretful, she wouldn't say anything. The two of them had seen many marine animals along the way.

"Do you have any enemies in Nas?"

Esther asked suddenly, leaving Vika at a loss: "It's nothing, it's just a small matter, I don't think it's necessary to bother you..."

"I guess you don't know what gatherings there are among pirates? You don't know the gatherings of Beyonders nearby?"

Vika could only shake his head, worried about his ignorance.

"Should your captain come to Nath more often?"

"This is the stronghold where he frequently stops."

Esther nodded and didn't ask any more questions. She just pointed to the horizon, where you could already see the outline of the white building and the ships going to and from the pier:

"We'll be there soon. If you meet someone you know, you'd better think about how to prevaricate them."

Vika suddenly realized: "But there are quite a few people who know Valery..."

Esther shook the strange red cloak on her shoulders, and said without thinking: "I defected from the ship and believed in evil gods, you want to use this excuse with me?"

"That's fine..."

"I don't think I've asked you the name of that ship yet."

Vika stabilized himself on the plaice: "The Axe, it doesn't sound like a ship."

"It looks like it will be chopped up and used as firewood." Esther said softly.

The plaice under the two of them turned around and avoided the approaching boats ahead.

"Aren't we going ashore?" Vika asked subconsciously.

"We have to go to a more hidden place, and it's too conspicuous at the pier. Do you want to be questioned by acquaintances tonight?"

Vika let out a "Oh" and understood his intentions only after the reason was revealed. However, when he was said to be slow, he did not hesitate to choose the most correct method to ask for help from the existence he was afraid of when he was more at a loss.

Esther saw a bit of fate's favor in him, even though Vika was quite confused, she thought it would be interesting to make him a Beyonder of the "monster" path.

However, the rest of the formula has not been finalized yet, so it would be quite irresponsible to just throw Vicat away...

When the two arrived at a remote beach, the night had already fallen quietly, and Esther heard Vika's stomach complaining, and then realized that the two had traveled for almost eight or nine hours.

"Let's go, find a place to eat first."

Hearing what the other party said, Vika certainly smiled happily: "But I, I don't have much money with me..."

Esther didn't care either. She found a whole bag of gold coins from Captain Andrew's pocket, all of which were goldhorns commonly used by Nastone, mixed with some silver coins and copper coins, which was much more than the balance in her original satchel:

"It doesn't matter, let the former captain of the 'Axe' treat you."

When climbing over the white stone wall by the beach, Esther had to reach out and grab Vika twice. There was no water or food at sea, and she experienced a lot of fright and then remained excited all day. Looked weaker.

If it weren't for the excessive secretion of adrenaline, Vika would probably have fallen asleep on the back of the fish. After all, he is just an ordinary person, and it is not easy to persist until now.

Recalling Vika's performance on the island, Esther even felt that this person only looked weak psychologically, but was actually quite tough mentally.

But she didn't have the pleasure of accepting a younger brother. It was inconvenient for her to parasitize with such a big person, but since she promised to take Vika to Bayam, Esther did not leave him behind.

When the two walked into the city, the crimson moon was already hanging high. Esther didn't specifically look for restaurants that were still open, but walked into the bar that the two of them saw at first sight. The sign of "Herring Tavern" outside the door It was so dirty that the lettering was almost invisible, and it was obvious that the owner of the bar didn't care about this little blemish.

The environment in the bar was not very good, just pushing the door open, the smell made Esther subconsciously shut her breath, and the wooden door of the tavern was also greasy to the touch.

Someone vomited by the door, and the yellow turbid liquor was left on the blackened floor that had been stepped on.Although Esther dodged in time, Vika didn't notice, and accidentally stepped on it, which made his shoes already soaked in seawater emit an even more disgusting smell.

Although the configuration here is very simple, there are many drinking guests in the bar, and there is no boxing ring or greyhound games that Esther has seen, but it is not very quiet.

Except for a small open space carved out by fishing nets as a fence in front of the right wall, most of the other wine tables were filled with people, playing cards and chatting in twos and threes, laughing or cursing from time to time.

Only when Valery and Vika walked in one after another, the noise was a little quieter, and some people glanced at the two unfamiliar faces with unkind faces, and then lowered their heads to focus on their own cards.

There are really not as many restaurants in Nass as there are bistros everywhere. Maybe this is also a cultural feature?Esther thought so, and went to the bar and ordered a large cold fish dish, grilled sausage, two bowls of red cabbage soup, a basket of buns, and a bottle of Nebos from the bartender.

Valery pointed to Vika who was sitting beside him at the bar: "Give him a glass of light beer."

Vika was about to say something, but under Valery's stern gaze, he had no choice but to swallow the words that he wanted a glass of Nebos.

Valery gritted his teeth at Vika: "Seeing that this is a tavern, it's polite not to ask you for milk or water."

Esther no longer deliberately maintains her own temperament, so as not to attract too many strange eyes. She has observed many subtle expressions on Vika's face before.

The bartender gave two "tsk tsk", shook his head disdainfully at Vika, and took a gold coin casually thrown out by the bald man.Hearing that the rest of the money can be used as tips and intelligence fees, the bartender happily went to the back kitchen to ask the chef to prepare something.

Judging from the excited performance of the bartender when he shouted, it is rare for this small shop to meet such wealthy customers.

Esther asked the bartender for a rag that smelled like it had been soaked in alcohol, and wiped the countertop in front of herself and Vika carefully before she dared to put her elbow on the shiny bar counter.

She could hear clearly with her ears, and the people facing the bar sneered in a low voice, laughing at the sissy red cape, talking about the cleanliness of these two people, and guessing where they came from.

Because a gold coin was revealed first, the bartender's attitude was very kind, and soon he brought the plate up, poured wine for the two of them, and wandered around courteously:
"This guest, I wonder what you want to know about?"

The balding, middle-aged bartender lowered his voice and leaned in front of the two of them: "Don't bother with the group of poor people behind, they can't even get a goldhorn if they sell all their pants, they're just jealous of you."

Valle took two gulps of Nepos expressionlessly, and let out a heavy breath: "We need two tickets to the Rorsted Islands. If you have no way out, you can recommend some reliable contacts for us."

The bartender smiled and nodded at the bar: "To tell you the truth, I have been working here for more than 30 years, and people who come and go don't like to bring ID cards. I have seen a lot of guests like you...

"Don't worry, thirty gold coins are the price, but I only have a boat to the port of Olavi. If you want to go to Bayam, you can only go to those more powerful guys."

The bartender glanced at Vika who was buried in the soup: "One price for one person, two people, that's..."

Valery glared at the bartender with gloomy eyes, but the bartender felt his head was empty, and then he heard the rich goose waiting for cubs sneer.

"Forty gold coins."

The bartender looked away awkwardly, but still insisted: "The two of you will give you a little cheaper, 55 gold coins, okay? This is illegal work, honorable sir, I always need to save some money to support my family."

"You have a fart family, let's talk about it first when you marry a wife." Valery drank two more mouthfuls of Nebos, narrowing his eyes dangerously, "The only boat you can provide is even a private whaling boat, 45 gold coins, if you don't want it I'll go find someone else."

"Yes, yes, of course!" The bartender didn't know how the other party knew this, but thought that the two of them had done some research before they came to find out his confidence, and quickly put on a smile again.

Vika, who drank the red cabbage soup in one gulp, looked up, enjoying the warm food very much. He glanced at the bartender with pity, grabbed a piece of bun, and dipped the last part of the soup.

Then Valery counted out a sufficient amount of gold coins from his pocket, piled them on the bar counter, and pushed them in front of the bartender: "At this time tomorrow night, we will come here again, tickets for Tuesday or Wednesday are fine."

"Okay, okay, enough time, I just happen to have someone I know..."

After the bartender went to take care of other guests, Valery deliberately turned his head away and bared his teeth at a few people who were looking this way.

The few people who looked at him smiled back, but that expression was not friendly.

Valery turned his head indifferently, forked a piece of fish with all his strength, and began to eat slowly with the bun.