“…”
"Wow! It smells so bad, it's really annoying here..."
(ー`′ー)
Looking at the big monsters like sea fish hanging by various huge wooden winch cranes at the dock in front of him, which were even bigger than the blue whales on the earth, looking at their huge hideous teeth, their bloody skin cut by the sharp blade and their bright red and dry muscles inside, Annie couldn't help but cover her nose and push it away for several steps, and did not dare to continue to step forward.
Because, the pungent smell of blood made her feel uncomfortable...
At this time, looking at the past, the sea water in the entire port had long been dyed red by the blood of huge sea fishes and monsters in the slaughter rooms located everywhere in the pier... It makes people feel that the sea water in the entire port was as bloody as it was, very hideous and terrifying!
In the distance, there are round blood tanks of different sizes on the edge of almost every slaughter dock. The blood of the giant sea fish monsters that were slaughtered, except for a small amount of water flowing directly into the port to dye the sea water near the port into a "sea of ​​blood", most of the blood was collected by complete facilities into the blood tanks that were like salt pools.
Then, the workers at the docks were stirring, solidifying, and separating them. They skillfully filled the edible parts, medicinal parts or other uses of the sea monster's blood into small buckets, and then transported them away in time...
Obviously, they are already familiar with this kind of work. At this time, they are efficiently and quickly dealing with the huge sea monsters, trying their best to squeeze every piece of flesh, bones, teeth, and even every drop of blood on their bodies, turning them all into part of the commodity that can be converted into profits!
"Ha ha!"
"Little girl, isn't Blood Harbor very spectacular? This is what our bone-shaped bay is like. Over time, you will naturally fall in love with it slowly!"
"For you! This is the serrated tenderloin of the serrated sea monster. One pound is at least priced at one gold coin. There are almost two pounds here. Because it is an illegal channel, it can only buy so many of the three small gold coins you just gave me! Now, take it and leave quickly and let the restaurant you come here for the boss to steam it for you as soon as possible. If it is too late, it will be not delicious!"
"Also, don't blame me for not reminding you. It's better to move quickly if you are an outsider. Don't go to the small streets and alleys alone, and don't wait until it's dark and wander around here, otherwise...huhhhh!"
After snorting twice, the sea monster butcher who secretly stole meat to sell it to the little girl to earn extra money, quickly waved to the little girl and signaled the other party to get out quickly and not stayed outside his slaughter room, so as not to be seen by the stingy captain of the hunting boat?
Then,
He then turned his head impatiently back to his job position in the distance, intending to continue with his apprentices to slaughter and break it up before dark before it became stinking.
“…”
"Hmph! What's the best here? Who would like this?"
(ˉ▽￣～～)Tick
Looking at the bloody fish in her hand, little Annie thrust her cheeks, her cute little brows frowned. In the end, it was the foodie's attribute that defeated the urge to throw it away in her heart...
If the owner of the restaurant hadn't just told herself that she could only buy the freshest and most delicious butcher from the slaughtering wharf, she wouldn't have come here to suffer!
Only the undead like this dirty, smelly and fishy place!!
o(′^)o
"It's time to leave, Teebos!"
"The side mission of buying meat has been completed. Let's go back and let the weird boss lady cook it for us. If it is not delicious, I will definitely give you some!!"
)o
"Don't think of tricking me... Just now, your hand must have been rubbed with a layer of powder ground from the bones of some kind of monster, so the remaining magic power will be stimulated and emit a faint light when it is rubbed and heated... Otherwise, you take away your black cloth and let me see it. I guess there must be something like dust there?!"
(?_?)
A guy who had no magic power on his body, and then he only knew a little bit of magic knowledge dared to come to her, Queen Anne, to fiddle with these tricks in front of her, the omnipotent arcane master. How could this trick be deceived?
This kind of thing is definitely impossible. She will not be as easy to be deceived like her little bear!
(…)
?(o?o?)?Protest!!
“!!”
After hearing the little girl's words, the old witch's expression froze instantly, and the loose muscles on her cheeks were still thrusting...
"Go away! Since you don't want to count, that's fine... Little girl, go play somewhere else, don't come to my place to make trouble, otherwise, be careful to use a spell to curse you later, so that you can become the ugliest person in the entire runeland when you grow up?!"
With such a hidden means, the "magic" that had deceived countless sailor captains was actually seen through by the other party, which made the old witch look up and down at the little girl again. Then, she felt that the other party was probably the kind of person who had received a good family education, knew all kinds of secret common sense, and even really knew the mysterious magic knowledge. She waved at the other party a little discouraged and lazily, and planned to let go of the little "fat fish" in front of her and drive the other party away.
Then, her eyes began to look at the surrounding drinkers, intending to earn money for dinner tonight or tomorrow from some strange-looking guys who are stupid...
"I won't grow up. No curse you use is useless!!"
o(?3?)o Humph!
The rule power of the time gem has been tangled in Anne's body and entangled with the power of time in various worlds. Therefore, unless Anne takes the initiative to remove the power of time, no matter whether it is time or time, all the spells of time will be invalid for her!
“…”
The fake old witch had no strength to pay attention to the little girl anymore, but she just waved her hand absent-mindedly to the other party, signaling her to get out quickly and not delay her own work again.
Because, if she doesn't find a way to get some money tonight, she will probably be starved to death tomorrow or the day after tomorrow! Older and weak guys like her really have no other way to live except begging or cheating... And the worst thing is that there is no mercy here in Bilgewater. Those beggars who beg for a living basically died in an unknown corner for various reasons.
"Hello!"
"Grandma Witch, I guess... you must know a lot about this city, right?"
(^-^)o
Annie didn't want to watch the other party play those boring magic tricks that deceived children. She really wanted something else interesting.
"Little girl, what else do you want to do?!"
I have already admitted my mistake just now and don’t plan to try to fool the other party in any way, but why is this little girl still unyielding now?
So, the old witch glared at the other party helplessly!
"I won't forget it for you, you'd better leave quickly, and go far away from here and find your parents..."
She is different from the kind of children who are from rich families who are carefree and have no shortage of food. Just like if she has no income tonight, she might go hungry tomorrow, and then one day her decayed body will appear on a remote beach in Bilgewater, allowing those fish-headed rats who can rush up the shore and go down the sea to chew ruthlessly!
She has lived for decades, has been glorious for a while, has been even more down-and-out than she is now, and has seen too many things, but no matter what, she doesn't want to die yet, and wants to continue to live silly until the disease, or the god of death, or the sea monster of the "bearded lady" comes to take her away!
"I won't leave!"
"Can you tell me the story of this city? I can give you money!!"
o(*^▽^*)o☆
"money!?"
"You want to hear the story of this city..."
Hearing the word "money", the old witch was finally stunned, and her expression was no longer as impatient as before. Then, after a while, she nodded as if she had realized it, and her originally tired eyes flashed again with the cunning and treacherous light from the beginning.
"Our Bilgewater..."
"Little girl, I tell you, it is a unique port city in the world of Runeland... This is not only a paradise for sea monster hunters and dock gangs, but also a paradise for 'capable strangers' like me' in the whole world..."
"If you want to listen to stories, then you are looking for the right place... I'm afraid no one here is more familiar with those great legends than me..."
"but……"
"My story is not cheap... Little girl, do you bring money? If you don't have money, I don't have the energy to tell you those interesting things..."
"You may not know, I, a fortune teller, have always been very busy?"
If you have money, everything will be easy. If you don’t have money, you will never be able to do it from now on...
After all, Bilgewater, who has no kingship, is a paradise for lawless people! If you don’t have money and have certain self-protection ability, then no one can continue to live! Therefore, the most urgent task of this old witch is to use any means to successfully cheat money from this little girl or someone else!
If it weren't for the fact that something was difficult to operate in this tavern, she would have been in a heart that would have been to kidnapped the little girl in front of her, or to forcefully search the other party's place where the property might be hidden.
"Here! I'll give you this, is that enough?"
?ヾ(′?`o)+
Ding ~ Ding ding ~!
Several round and golden coins collided with each other and were thrown into each other by Little Annie. After rolling around on the thick boat board and wine table for two rounds before they got stuck in the gaps in the tabletop pattern carvings. Only half of them were exposed under the glimmer of fish oil candles, emitting a fascinating golden light.
There is no doubt that they are indeed gold coins, representing a gadget that everyone likes for wealth and purchasing power!
“!!”
Seeing this situation, the old fortune teller was really shocked!
even,
She also opened her mouth with yellow teeth slightly, and after a while she realized it, she suddenly reached out and used a movement that was faster than an ordinary young and middle-aged man. She simply searched all the gold coins on the table into her pockets in an instant, and covered them tightly with her other hand.
Then, after calming down, she suppressed her beating old heart and thought about it, she carefully grabbed one with her other hand, held it carefully in her palm, and hid it. She carefully came to her, and observed the heavy, round and flat little thing lying in her palm from a direction that would not be seen by others.
"It's really a gold coin...Is this a golden sir?"
The value of a gold coin, the purchasing power of this Bilgewater Port, can be roughly seen from the full 1,000 Golden Siren on the bounty list of the Blood Harbor Ghost Pike.
So, seeing that she had just fooled her for a moment, she could successfully cheat several gold coins from a little girl. For her "old witch" who had known to cheat her all day long, it was an unexpected fortune that was enough for her to spend several years!
certainly,
If others know about it, it is also enough to wipe her neck in a dark alley and then steal their source of sin!
"wrong……"
"This seems to be a gold coin from the Noxus people. You...you shouldn't have come from that Noxus Empire?!"
After taking a few glances with the candlelight, the old witch quickly saw the patterns and words on it. First of all, it was not the iconic Siren pattern of Bilgewater Port that she was familiar with, but the sword and shield badge pattern of Noxus and the strange words that made her feel a little strange? Moreover, the weight and thickness of the gold coins seemed to be a little thinner than that of the Golden Siren?
So, thinking that the little girl was a family member of a maritime merchant from Noxus, she was in ecstasy and barely suppressed the excitement in her heart. She turned her head and looked around again. After finding that no one noticed them, she asked cautiously.
The name of the Noxus Empire has a terrible influence throughout the Runeland, so she must confirm some things.
"Not!!"
(lll￢￢)
"Then why do you have these..."
The old witch was very cautious. Not only did she suppress her voice very quietly, she didn't even dare to say the sensitive word "gold coin" casually, for fear that she would be heard by someone. Then, as soon as she made a statement, she would give herself a knife and forcibly snatch the money she had just obtained?
"Oh! Are you talking about those golds? They were actually found from the nest of a large dragon..."
(′???`)
The industrial metal ingots from the Keplu Star area in Anne's bag have almost been sent to people randomly so far, and there are not many left...
However, the gold, silver coins, gems and other instruments obtained from a certain unlucky old dragon's nest are still hidden well in the semi-plane space in her bag, and there are not many opportunities to use them, and there are many more!
certainly,
In addition to the old dragon's collection, she also has a lot of gold gallons, which seems to have more than one million. But, unfortunately, this is not Hogwarts, so she subconsciously took out the small gold coins she had seized from the old dragon and belonged to this world.
Anyway, she has long been no longer interested in those things that occupy positions...
Basically, every time she goes to buy something, if the other party collects gold, she will use some? Unfortunately, many worlds she has been to do not collect gold... Those people either only collect those light and strange papers, or collect the electronic currency that cannot be seen or touched. Several times she has made her want to buy more good things!!
“…”
"In legend, no one can get gold coins from a dragon's nest. They all died without exception. They died under the terrible breath of the dragon, and did not even leave a corpse!!"
The old witch obviously couldn't believe the saying that the little girl was getting gold coins from the dragon's nest... Because that kind of thing was even more outrageous than those guys who went out to sea that didn't pay tribute to Ms. Bearded, and then could come back alive!
This is just as incredible as someone who had tried to steal the tithes paid to Him by the captains from the great sirens of Bilgewater, from the snake mother, the sea beast, or the bearded lady? The fate of their brave men is obviously not better than the guys who steal the wealth of a dragon!
“Eh?”
"That..."
(‘-??)
"Under normal circumstances, of course it's not possible... but if you go and burn the old dragon to death before taking it, it's definitely OK!"
(?^???)?
"I tell you, all the treasures it hides were taken away by me, and there are still many in my pocket!"
(????)?
"If you want it, you have to exchange your story with me... Let's do this, a story. If I think it sounds nice, I will give you a gold coin. What do you think?!!"
(ˊ??????ˋ)?
As he spoke, Annie stretched out a tender finger and shocked a fake witch who was getting a fortune.
“…”
The story told by the little girl was obviously not willing to believe it, but she was willing to believe in those real and heavy gold coins!!
"Tell a story..."
"If you want to hear the story... Little Girl, I think it would be a good idea to start listening to the legends of Bilgewater from Nothillus, Fitz, Tam and Pike?"
"No doubt, besides them, there is the famous pirate king Planck, and... Ms. Bearded, the demon in the ocean we believe in, the Lord Nagaca Polos Snake Mother?"
No one in Bilgewater would be unable to get along with money, and she, a fake, old witch who is afraid of being poor, is of course no exception!
so,
After confirming that the little girl might have more gold coins, and that the other party would indeed buy into the story that almost all Bilgewater people knew very well, she tried hard to lower her voice in endless excitement, supported the wine table with both hands, and got closer to the front of the long boat-board wine table, and then started to speak in a low voice after getting to a position where the little girl could hear it more clearly.
Today, it's her to make a fortune...
So she decided that before this strange but rich girl in front of her might be the one who had a girl from the Noxus Empire, she must tell a few more interesting legends and stories, and try to earn a few more gold coins from the other party, and then... her future retirement money will be basically obtained. Can she leave the slums of the harbor and go to the mountains in the island to retire with peace of mind?
"The story is very long, we can say it one by one..."
"Now, let's talk about the deep-sea Titan first, and the terrible guy... the legendary bearded lady's royal tax officer Nothellus..."
You can make money by telling stories, and it is a good deal for a Noxus gold coin... Obviously, there is definitely no easier and faster job in this world!
So, in order for her customers to have a better experience, the old witch began to lower her voice and used her sinister tone to vividly tell the little girl that "bedtime story" so that she could earn that expensive commission after she finished speaking?
"Nortirus? Deep Sea Titan? Bearded Lady?!"
〣(oΔo)〣
Annie said that these are all very strange and she had never heard of them! Moreover, she could not imagine that women really have beards?
Could it be...
Those guys are like some female dwarfs in the Azeroth world or Middle-earth world, all of them have big beards?
...
It's late at night,
The harbour tavern in Bilgewater is still very lively, but more and more people are getting drunk and getting out, while fewer and fewer people are walking in again!
What is different from all kinds of people who come in to drink or make money:
In a corner of the tavern, an old witch who looked very down and out was talking to a little girl with some enthusiasm. Then, from time to time, people could see a flash of one or two stunning golden light from the little girl's fingers... Then, it was quickly snatched into the hands of the old witch and disappeared quickly, completely preventing the "minded people" in the tavern from seeing it more clearly...
After the initiator hurriedly "escape", in the Noxus Fortress barracks south of Baruu, most of the Noxus people who fainted due to the misconduct of a little girl were successfully captured in a coma by the rebels who rushed over...
then,
This military camp fortress was also taken over by Navoli's rebels and announced that the entire island of Baru E Island was completely restored, and the Ionians successfully regained the first piece of land occupied by the Noxus!
And this will undoubtedly be a brilliant victory in Ionia's history!!
“…”
At this time, the nine-tailed demon fox Ah Li, who could be said to have indirectly caused all this, sat silently in a quiet but spacious room, allowing a female officer of the resistance army to deal with her naked, but full of terrible wounds.
Layers of magical potions stinged her, and even bleeded too much, smearing on the white wound, reducing her physical trauma little by little, so that she would not feel as uncomfortable as when she just woke up.
Although the wounds on her body, under the influence of the efficient potion and thick rune cloth bandage of the Rebel Army, had slowly recovered and no longer felt pain... However, she still remembered all the things before, and made the pain in her heart that was even more tormenting than the pain for a long time...
Although she has indeed gained a powerful force now, a powerful force she has never dared to imagine, she has also killed countless people for this, especially those Noxus... More than a thousand people died directly or indirectly in her hands!!
And there are hundreds of people who have absorbed life and spirit by her...
Those huge memories and complex emotions were mixed together. From the time she woke up in the evening until now, she has deeply troubled and tortured her. As soon as she closed her eyes, she saw those roaring faces at her and countless chaotic memories coming.
This kind of thing is an endless torture for her...
Once upon a time, she finally got rid of everything and made herself no longer relying on the evil "demonic hidden" but in the end, by accident, she turned back to the man-eating monster?
It is precisely because of this that now she is huddled alone in the inner room of this fortress, huddled at the corner of the bed, and let the female officer of the resistance army serve without saying a word. She is confused and has no idea what she should do...
She really doesn't know what to do now...
Because all her efforts before seemed to have become a bubble? She had no idea that she is now the man-eating monster, the nine-tailed demon fox that can scare children in the legend, specializing in eating living people!!
"alright!"
"You have a good rest now. Our guards are outside the door. Can you tell them if you have any questions?"
After finally dealing with the terrifying wounds on the other party, the female officer of the resistance army secretly amazes the other party's tenacious vitality, stares at the other party with a worshipful gaze and says this softly.
“…”
well!
Unfortunately, after seeing the young Vastaya sister still timidly huddled in the corner of the bed without saying a word, she could only sigh softly in her heart, then nodded and turned around and gently closed the door of the room.
However, at this time,
In the castle hall of the fortress barracks in Noxus, a wandering wizard was a fierce debate with the leader of the rebel army in Navoli...
“!!”
"I'll reiterate it last!"
"His Excellency Master Rez, I still stick to my point of view just now: if her power is so shocked that it will invade the land of Ionia and the people here, then we will naturally do our best to stop it or destroy her?"
"But, now she acts normally!"
"If she could continue to use her power to help us protect this land, as she did during the day, to destroy the evil invaders of Noxus who invaded our homes, she would undoubtedly be our sister!"
"Impossible sisters!!"
The leader of the rebel army, the blade dancer Arella, stood high in the position of the Noxus general, and condescendingly at the great wizard in the middle of the hall.
She led her subordinates to arrive here with flying mounts after everything was settled. After discovering the shocking scene here, more nearby rebels came here and successfully occupied the place, capturing almost all the Noxus people!
"this……"
"Ms. Arrelia! Are you crazy?!"
"I dare to assure you that her current state is very unstable! Also, if you rashly put the power of runes into the war, you will likely destroy this world... At that time, the fire that melts the world in front of you will surely destroy this whole world again, including the Aionia under your feet!!"
Rez really wants to use his own strength to forcibly seal the Vastaya Fox Girl, or to forcibly correct and "eliminate" the error that shouldn't exist!
However, when Wuji Sword Saint chose to stand on the side of the rebel army, after the little girl who started the culprit disappeared, he was isolated and helpless, except for using words to convince the other party.
"snort!"
"I don't know whether the world is destroyed or not, we only understand: if we cannot destroy the Noxus people as soon as possible and drive them out of the sea as soon as possible, we will be ours, our homeland and the entire Ionia!!"
Finally, I found a great Vastaya sister who could almost eliminate thousands of defenders in the entire Noxus camp with her own strength. How could she, Arriya, let her go easily?
In her opinion, dangerous runes or world destruction are just some alarmist words from the other party. She, Arriya, would not trust those words that the undead would not believe!
“…”
"The demise of a few people is better than the collapse of the whole world..."
"Arelia, please think twice?"
Rez was a little desperate...
They have been arguing since the evening, but the other party still has no intention of compromise, and has already made a clear attitude, determined to protect the Vastaya fox girl and the nine-tailed demon fox!
And Tarez is alone. What can he do when he faces the most powerful resistance force above Ionia? After all, he cannot have any advantage in terms of personal force or quantity.
"Hmph! It's ridiculous!"
"Master Rez, please ask: If we Ionians, our humans and Vastaya are destroyed by the Noxus, and if even Ionians whom we rely on are destroyed by those evil invaders, then what else do we have to do in this world?!"
"So, if you have nothing to do, please go back..."
"We will deal with our Ionians' affairs ourselves, so you won't bother you."
Arriya, who didn't want to continue arguing with the other party, sat impatiently on the main seat of the Noxus general, and then impatiently issued an order to expel the guest to the wandering master who had had several encounters with her.
After finally seeing the dawn of victory in years of struggle, she would not easily miss this excellent opportunity! She vowed that in the near future, they would surely expel the Noxus from their land of Ionia, and strive to integrate and unite this chaotic, hostile land, and often civil wars, to unite and unite the foreign countries?
“!!”
"Woman, you have to understand what you are doing, you are dancing on the edge of a cliff!!"
Seeing the elite rebel soldiers and spell casters who were silently surrounding him on both sides, the wandering mage Riz finally couldn't calm down and used the stern and rude words that were not respectful at all.
"Thanks!"
"Old Master, although I have been learning to dance before..."
"But...hum! Since the Noxus came here, destroyed our homes and killed our family, I have sworn that I wouldn't be dancing, whether it's on a cliff or anywhere else!!"
Arrilia felt that at least, before destroying the Noxus, she wouldn't jump again before integrating the split Ionia?
"Ah... Why is this rune land so cute and so ignorant..."
Reitz sighed in despair, then turned around silently, preparing to leave here first and think of other ways?
"Ignorance?"
"Old Master, this is not ignorance, it is because you are too stubborn!"
"A wise man in our Ionia once told me: 'The world has changed now, and today is no longer the same as before. There is no need to hold it anymore'!"
"Now, I'll give you this sentence?"
Looking at the other party's lonely back, Arrilia, who seemed to be a little reluctant, stood up from her seat and advised the great master who was walking out the door and gradually disappeared into the darkness.
“…”
However,
The other party did not give her any answer until the blue back gradually disappeared into the firelight in the distance...
Chapter completed!