"To be honest, I don't know you as a person. Who did you hear about me from?"
In the private room of the Hearthstone Hotel, Black Jack looked at Duran uneasily.
The rest of the people went back to the hall to wait under Dulan's instructions. He and Black Jack were the only two people in the box.
Despite this, the man wearing a funny triangular captain's hat was still very vigilant. Before drinking the glass of rum that Duran handed him, he sniffed it twice before drinking it with confidence.
Duran shrugged: "That's not the key."
"No, no, no, this is the key." Black Jack said seriously: "Anyone who knows me knows that I never do business with strangers."
"Even if I pay a large amount of cash?" Duran raised his eyebrows.
Black Jack showed a sly smile: "Then it depends on the price you pay."
"I paid a high price because I know that in the entire Kordo, you are the only one who has been to Nightmare Beach." Duran stared into Black Jack's eyes and said word by word.[
"Damn it." Hearing Dulan's words, Black Jack almost choked on his drink. He coughed several times before he recovered. He looked at Duran in shock: "How do you know? What on earth are you?
people?"
"I bet that no more than ten people know about this matter! And those ten people have also sworn an oath to keep it secret forever."
"This is not the key to the problem, just like who I found you from." Duran smiled: "Listen, I need your help, so I will pay you a large amount of cash."
"Take me and my men to Nightmare Beach, it's that simple." Duran said.
Black Jack stood up angrily: "This is impossible!"
He threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground and glared at Duran fiercely: "I will never go back to that place. I swear, never!"
"You delusional careerists, you think there is some incredible treasure in that place - haha, it's the same as when I was young. But I advise you, there is nothing there, only murderous devils!" Black Jack said coldly.
: "No matter who you heard about me from, since you bought me a drink, I might as well tell you that Nightmare Beach is an extremely dangerous place. We landed on the beach with a boat of more than 200 people in the end.
Only eleven came back alive."
"Me, and ten other people."
Dulan nodded: "I know this, and I also know that since you escaped back, the other ten people will never go to sea again."
"Only you haven't given up on the way of life at sea. That's why I came to you."
Black Jack spat, patted his chest and said, "I will not follow your nonsense, no matter how high the price you offer. I have a large ship of people to feed, and as a captain, I am responsible for their lives.
"
Dulan smiled faintly and said nothing.
Black Jack looked at Duran with some surprise. He fully expected that Duran would offer a higher price.
However, Duran just said calmly: "This is a deal. The so-called deal is something that both parties are willing to do. If you are not willing, I will not force you. I will stay at the Hearthstone Hotel in the past few days.
, if you change your mind, you can come to me at any time."
"I will never change my mind." Black Jack said sternly, and then he slammed the door and walked out.[
After a while, Simodo and the rest of the people came in.
"Looks like he's not happy about it," Jamal said with a chuckle.
"And it seems that he is very determined." Tiepi commented. Abu lay quietly on his shoulder, yawning a little chatterly.
Dulan hadn't seen Abu for a long time, and immediately hugged the fire-eating beast. The latter's body still exuded a touch of warmth, and he felt very comfortable in his arms.
"Should we choose another person?" Simodo looked at Duran with questioning eyes.
"I've been hanging out at the Hearthstone Inn for a while, and I know a few captains. They are all old captains who have been on the Roaring Ocean for more than ten years, and they have their own way of doing things at sea. They should not be better than Black Jack.
Bad." The mercenary man suggested.
Dulan shook his head loudly.
In his memory, the game set that only the plot character Black Jack in the entire Kordo City could find the Nightmare Beach. In fact, the so-called Nightmare Beach is a dangerous place. You can reach it by crossing this place.
The Lake of Winter. After passing through the Lake of Winter, it is Eberron, the refuge of the moon elves, the sanctuary opened by the goddess of the first moon, Vanya.
So if you want to find Eberron, you must find Nightmare Beach; and the reason why Duran wants to find Eberron is just because the holy land of Modovac is to the east of Eberron. It is the safest place in the world.
A place that the dragon people's power can never reach, not even the twelve giant dragons can get close to.
"We don't need to be in a hurry. Let's first inquire about Black Jack and his fleet nearby." Duran thought for a while and said. "Recuperate well these days and prepare for a long journey."
Everyone nodded.
…
Two days later, the noisy hotel lobby.
"In my memory, Black Jack is very short of money. According to the information given to me by the game company, as long as the player pays more than 15 purple dragon coins, this guy will work hard for you." Dulan sat there and slowly said
He was thinking deeply. "It's just that when I was negotiating with him the day before yesterday, he didn't even give me a chance to make a quotation. Could it be that there was a problem in some link?"
But Duran is not in a hurry. He has asked people before that Black Jack's fleet just docked a few days ago. The sailors are in urgent need of rest and will not leave the port in a short time. As long as they are still in Cordo,
Duran has a chance.
"Sir, I have heard some good news." Simodo hurried in from outside and nodded and smiled at Duran.
The rest of the people showed curiosity, and Jamal even asked directly: "What news?"
Simodo smiled strangely: "Black Jack is in trouble."
Du Lan rolled his eyes and suddenly remembered the part that had been vague in his memory before. He couldn't help but ask: "Did his subordinates betray him?"
Simodo was so shocked that his eyes popped out of his head. He stared at Dulan with dumbfounded eyes. It took him a long time to come back to his senses.
He scratched his head and said in confusion: "Master Dulan, how do you know?"
Dulan smiled slightly and said nothing. Only at this time did he complete the vague parts of his memory.
If Black Jack's men had not betrayed him, he would not have been reduced from a captain to a solo sailor, let alone a random person who would have given him a sum of money and taken him in a boat to Nightmare Beach.
It turns out that the key is here.
That night, the news that Black Jack was kicked off the ship in embarrassment by the first mate of his fleet spread throughout all the underground bars in Port Cordo. The Hearthstone Inn was naturally no exception.
Old God Dulan sat in the hall and waited for a while before he saw that familiar figure entering the door in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
He stared at Duran fiercely: "Is the deal you mentioned before still valid?" (To be continued...)
