Battle of the Two Cities: Begins with the Mage

Boom!

A loud bang suddenly sounded around Coronkia Island.

Immediately afterwards, the rune formation bloomed from the sky, and the space battleship rushed out of it.

Seeing the island not far away, the strings in Seraphine's heart loosened slightly.

All in all, everything went well...

Except for the hook of Shadow Island, which was unexpected to her, the rest was within her expectations.

With the comprehensive strength of the space battleship, resisting a demigod with the strength of Morgana would definitely be the end of the ship's destruction, but if it was just Foyego, there was still room for manoeuvre.

Walking out of the cabin, looking at the cheering Poppies, Seraphine smiled and touched Lulu, who was full of excitement and begging for praise:

"This time, it's all up to Lulu!"

"Hehe!" Lulu raised her cute little face with joy, and said proudly, "Lulu is very strong!"

In the team, she has always been like a little sister, and the rest of the people usually don't want to take her out.

This time, after all, she showed her skills!

As for those who are said to be "reliable"...

Lulu glanced at the Poppies, who were full of life after the disaster, and snorted proudly.

Just saw that hook, these people are stupid!

It was Lulu who had the prescient name and had already colluded with Sister Fiddlesticks and knew what to do.

Seraphine smiled and patted Lulu's head, then walked to the other side and told Poppy to rest.

When facing Foyego and his Black Mist Legion, the Poppies all contributed. The intelligence of the space battleship is very high, but some places still need the assistance of the crew.

The Poppies did a great job.

Hearing Seraphine's compliment like a spring breeze, Poppy's mood suddenly improved, and they cheered loudly.

By this time, Seraphine was idle.

She took a breath, and felt the warm sun shining on her body, and the fear in her heart was finally dispelled a lot.

The power of Shadow Island is a bit beyond her imagination.

The departure of Ms. Syndra's demon clone may be the result of her active choice.

But the game behind it, she is only half-understood. Even if you ask the teacher, you should get an answer with insufficient strength.

She really understands now that it is a mistake to not know the strength in the book, and what its essence means.

Even if she only sensed the existence of Shadow Island from a distance, she felt that her soul was trembling.

Those existences are far worse than Foyego's feeling to him. Maybe some of them are not as strong as Foyego, but their manipulation and evil thoughts on the soul are far more than Foyego.

"But... it's more interesting to keep playing with these existences..."

Seraphine thought, with a different look in her eyes.

She may not have the mighty power of the teacher to fight against the gods, but she still has a certain ability to the ghosts in the gutter of Shadow Island.

"I don't know, what happened to Ziben's side..."

When the aerospace battleship docked at the port, Ziben, who had taken the initiative to disembark in Bilgewater Bay earlier, was a fish in water there.

Doom Tavern, the decoration at this moment has been completely new.

Ziben stood on a table and shouted loudly:

"Professional, professional! Give me a little professionalism!"

"But, my lord, this is already good wood!"

The big man in front of him held a huge wooden board, his face full of grievances.

Ziben smiled coldly, pointed at the board and said:

"Don't tell me this is the best wood, the bounty list is the most important thing in Bilgewater, and the Doom Tavern will be the largest bounty tavern in Bilgewater Bay in the future. You are going to let Captain Sarah put the bounty list on the list. Is it written on this broken board?"

"What's wrong... I used to write it on rags." The big man muttered softly.

Ziben held his forehead with his hand, hating that iron cannot become steel:

"There are thousands of bounty hunters, why do others come to you to exchange bounties?"

The bounty list is a list recognized by Bilgewater, but the exchange of pirate bounties is not as simple as imagined.

The bounty amount itself comes from major forces, and even some pirates in Bilgewater are involved.

After a bounty hunter kills a pirate, it is not uncommon to have no way to exchange it, and it is a blessing to even get 1/3 of it.

But it's true that those big forces are willing to pay to kill thieves. If you really go after you kill them, they'll take it seriously.

It's just like Demacia and Piltover have no offices in Bilgewater. To get a reward, you can only go to their local officials to find relevant officials.

Only in Bilgewater, you can only get the bounty accepted by the major taverns, which is far lower than the actual bounty amount, and there is a risk of being hacked.

The forces behind the major taverns are not small, and they have the ability to regularly go to the big forces to get bounties.

But everyone is born a pirate, what is the credibility? nonexistent!

It is not certain that the people behind these taverns are part of the bounty.

A few years ago, the most arrogant was Planck, the king of pirates, who openly offered himself a reward in his own tavern, adding a silver coin every day, and claimed to be the most reputable tavern.

But no one will go there except at the beginning.

If any fool believes it, his body will be seen in the sea the next day.

The big man obviously knew this, shrugged his shoulders, and said of course:

"The captain is the strongest, someone will always come, and our reputation is guaranteed."

Compared with Planck, Sarah's means are much lighter.

At least really give 1/10 of the bounty, and then send the other party away.

Ziben sighed, shook his head, and looked at the big man with pity:

"Watching countless amounts of money pass by in front of your eyes, you are so stupid!"

"Zibben, tell me your suggestion."

Stoby, who had been listening to the conversation between the two, sent the aggrieved big man away, found a chair and sat down, eager to be an audience member.

He was not familiar with Ziben, but he had heard of Ziben's father, Bo Xue, who was a man who made money out of money.

When he was following the general, he occasionally heard the general's praise to Bo Xue.

Since he is the son of the person whom the general praised, and now he is the treasurer of the general's student, there must be merit.

"Mr. Stoby, you know what. Bilgewater, in my opinion, should never be what it is today!"

Ziben looked sad.

His expression is not purely contrived, and most of them are acting with sincerity.

It is the responsibility of all pirates that Bilgewater has developed into the chaos and poverty it is today.

"Bilgewater..." Stoby frowned slightly. "The only wealth here is the fishing industry, and the rest can only loot merchant ships."

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"Let's not talk about the fishing industry to make Bilgewater rich enough, and looting merchant ships is enough to master the people here to become the masters. Unfortunately..." Ziben shook his head and said regretfully, "The masters here have brains. Not all bright."

Stoby's face was darkened, and this sentence could be regarded as scolding him in it.

After the fall of the previous king of pirates, Planck, Sarah was just a representative, and he was responsible for most things.

After all, he was called by the general as the most skilled man among the soldiers of the chapter at that time. Is it so unbearable?

Seemingly noticing Stoby's expression, Ziben asked patiently:

"Mr. Stoby, you suggested that Bilgewater boycott the bounty list."

"That's right!" Stoby said of course, "The bounty list is a weakening of the strength of pirates. In the future, Sarah and my forces will definitely be able to integrate here, and there is no need to let them die in internal friction."

"So in your opinion, as long as everyone boycotts the bounty list, in the end those bounty hunters won't be able to get money, so they won't fight those bounty hunters?" Ziben said with a strange expression.

"Isn't that so?" Stoby didn't think there was a problem.

"Then what are you going to let the bounty hunter do?" Ziben asked.

"Join us!" Stoby said of course.

"If they want to join the pirate group, they won't be bounty hunters." Ziben said disdainfully.

"Then just let them die." Stoby frowned.

Some small people, innocuous.

Ziben stared at Stoby in a stunned manner, not daring to believe:

"Aren't you wondering why there is such a thing as a bounty list in Bilgewater."

"It should be the product of the struggle between the big forces and the local Bilgewater, and it finally became a custom." Stoby thought for a while and replied.

"It's a big mistake!" Ziben said coldly: "I studied the history of Bilgewater before I came here. The earliest reward list was issued by the biggest pirate!"

"Impossible..." Stoby's eyes widened, "Isn't this killing myself?"

"The enemy can't be killed. There are criminals, gangsters, and dangerous elements here. You can't expect everyone who comes here to obey the discipline. But you can make those who don't obey you feel dangerous and even disappear from this world." road.

"So... the earliest king of pirates wanted to use the bounty list to kill the enemy?" Stoby asked uncertainly.

"Most of the time, if you spend a little money, you can not only kill your opponent, but also don't need to pay for any loss of manpower. What a good way."

The corners of Ziben's mouth curled slightly: "It's just that we played a lot in the back, everyone started to use this method, and finally all the strong people became part of the bounty list. And those Demacians and Peel whose ships were often hijacked Mrs. Tver, they had more money, so they upped the ante."

"Up to now, it is today's reward list."

"So we can use the bounty list to eradicate dissidents?" Stoby's eyes lit up.

Indeed, this is a good approach.

Ziben came up with a development plan when Sarah was still there.

According to him, since we want to be the largest and differentiated force from other pirates, we must find a difference.

And Sarah now has the biggest advantage, in fact, credibility and prestige.

According to Ziben's idea, start with the bounty list and increase the trust of the bounty hunters and others in Sarah. Naturally, many people will come to take refuge in the future.

This point was recognized by Sarah, and because the person who proposed it was Ziben, Stoby thought that they were all from the Empire, and naturally raised both hands in favor.

But for the current Stoby, the second plan that Ziben said is a bit tempting to be honest.

When the credibility is established, they only need to raise the bounty ratio, and for the real gold coins, there will always be someone who will help to kill their enemies.

He now also understands what Ziben did before. Not long ago, a woman with a cross-blade took a bunch of pirate flags in exchange for a bounty.

At that time, Ziben persuaded him that he only wanted to give 1/10, but decided to give 2/3, which is already a very high number.

Naturally, there would be no higher price in Bilgewater Bay. Although the woman was full of dissatisfaction, she finally agreed to the price, and even agreed to Ziben's additional requirements:

Later, when she or the crew members drink in other pubs, remember to talk about today's events.

Stoby now understands that he felt that he had spent a lot of money before, but now it seems...

value!

"Mr. Stoby, can you be more flexible with your head?" Ziben reluctantly pointed to his head and made a gesture.

"Ok?"

Stoby looked confused, he had all the clues together, everything was fine, is there any problem?

"Sigh..." Ziben shook his head, "Mr. Stoby, take a longer-term view. The current enemies, in the face of great interests, are just small fish and shrimp."

"How?" Stoby asked uncertainly.

He realizes that his ideas are already big, is there a bigger way to play?

"Have you never thought about letting the big forces pay for it, and then you both offer a reward?" Ziben's mouth curled up quietly.

"Are they so stupid?" Stoby frowned.

What Ziben said he understood was not to let people loot merchant ships, and then after Mrs. Piltover offered a bounty, they would kill them, and then go to those big forces to receive a bounty.

It's okay to do this once or twice, but it's really a lot. Others are not fools, and they can't afford to pay that much.

"Mr. Stoby, what are the merchant ships looted by pirates?" Ziben asked.

Stoby said without thinking: "The merchants of Piltover, the nobles of Demacia. Most of them do not have very good protection capabilities, such as the merchant ships of the Demacian royal family and Noxus, most pirates can't rob them. ."

This is a very real thing.

Although Bilgewater is known as a pirate's paradise, it made a fortune by looting merchant ships.

But there are thousands of merchant ships on the route of Demacia-Shurima-Piltover every day, and those that can be hijacked are only easy to attack ships.

For those merchants and nobles, a boat trip can earn at least 10 times the price difference, even if it is robbed once, it can be regarded as a **** profit.

Sea shipping is still the mainstream of current world transactions, Piltover airships are still insufficient in capacity, and land transportation is time-consuming and costly.

Even though Valoran Continent is now an ally of Noxus, the main business exchanges with each other are by sea, and when they arrive at the port, they are transported to the inland by carriages and other methods.

"Then if we say that we are willing to provide protection, as long as we pay 5% of the value of the goods, I am willing to provide protection. What will happen to such a choice?" Ziben's mouth curled slightly.

"Many people will agree!" Stoby said seriously.

By this time, he probably understood what Ziben meant.

Let Sarah do the merchant ship business. If they really charge according to the value of the merchant ship's cargo, then they can get a steady stream of wealth.

"But...how do we decide to issue a flag for protection?" Stoby humbly asked for advice~www.readwn.com~regularization! This is the first step! "Zi Ben said with a serious heart, "Each port has set up offices to be responsible for reviewing the value of cargo ships. Don't be afraid of being deceived, remember that behind us is an empire! Whoever dares to lie, specifically seeks out robbery! "

Stoby's eyes lit up with a look of "I understand": "I will give most of this income to Lord Seraphine."

To **** this policy, Seraphine must be the umbrella.

"No, no, no!" Ziben shook his head seriously. "You are working with my family's chamber of commerce, and have nothing to do with Mr. Seraphine. It's just that she is a frequent visitor to our chamber of commerce and often comes to sell some magic items."

Stoby raised his brows and looked at Ziben, who was about the same age as his son, with a serious look in surprise.

Good guy, this is how old, it can already be so meticulous.

Sure enough, there is a reason why Ziben's father can be praised by the general.

Noxus respects powerful people, and commercial power is one of them. Although Ziben was young, he was respected enough.