However, just as Tiantang Hualuo, Yong Ye and others were spreading rumors intensively, intending to induce the ferry at Iron Reef Port to stop sailing, a small boat had already sailed gracefully and sailed out of the port.
Xiu Li did what he said. It only took less than half a day to help the people from the Seven Seas Brigade contact the dock and purchase supplies and materials. The Seven Seas Traveler only suffered minor damage in the storm, and it was easy to repair.
Without any effort, they only stayed here for less than half a week and were ready to set sail again.
Before boarding the ship, Tianlan and Miss Attila settled the bill with the Black Goat Chamber of Commerce. The total amount was only a few thousand lisels, more than half of which was the rental fee of the dock. Of course, it must be more than this under normal circumstances. This is because the other party
We gave them a very low discount, almost to the cost price.
Before leaving Orenze, the Seven Seas Traveler still had about eight million Risels on its books. However, in order to make Lancers and improve Silver Bees, the money was spent like water, and now there is about half of it left.
It looks like. Of course, compared to this amount of money, a few thousand lisels is nothing, but don’t forget that this is just the maintenance cost of a sailboat at sea for a few days.
It's no wonder that Cowling's old saying goes: 'If you want to go bankrupt, invest in the fleet on the sea. It's like a black hole, swallowing up wealth continuously. Just one storm will turn everything upside down.
Of course, on the other hand, sailboats also bring a steady stream of wealth, and businessmen are not fools, they just waste their money away.
Nowadays, the waterways connected in the Cloud Sea have long been like the blood vessels that maintain the continents around the Cloud Sea, transporting the blood of wealth. Many business empires with astonishing wealth originated from here.
Fang Plover was lying on the side of the Seven Seas Traveler, looking at the sailboats coming in and out of the airport. He was a little confused - why haven't he seen them for a few days? There seemed to be a lot more sailboats painted in red in the port.
What are these Fenrisians doing, all crowded into this small place?
He couldn't help but become a little interested in what was happening in Iron Reef Port. Generally speaking, what are the things that the major forces care about? A new mineral vein was discovered, a brand new undeveloped exploration area, an important event, an
Quests with rich rewards, or lord-level creatures.
Any chosen one is interested in such things, and he is no exception. And after all, these people owe him a favor, right? It's not too much for him to grab some benefits, right?
Obviously not excessive.
It's a pity that their time is too tight, otherwise he must find out clearly what these people are doing.
Tang Xin held the cable with her slender hands and looked at her brother with his hands on the side of the ship, his chin resting on his hands, and his whole body leaning against the side of the ship as if he had no bones. She couldn't help but feel so angry——
Is this what a captain should look like?
"Hey, are you listening to me?"
"ah?"
Tang Xin showed a look of disdain: "Saliva, slobber."
Fang Yu blushed and thought he was drooling while daydreaming. He blushed and wiped it away quickly, but found that there was nothing there at all.
Tang Xin raised her eyebrows and said angrily, "You really weren't listening."
"No, no, no, Tangtang, please listen to my explanation -"
"I want to hear your explanation, go to hell!"
The noble lady was sitting under the mast, looking at the brother and sister from a distance, and it was a bit funny. Siesta stood aside for a long time, and suddenly she spoke in a rare voice and said softly: "Aren't you worried, miss?"
Sylvide turned around and looked at her with her wonderful eyes: "What are you worried about, Siesta?"
Siesta looked at her without speaking. The two had known each other for many years, and she naturally understood that her lady understood what she meant.
Sylvide pursed her lips and smiled: "They are brother and sister, what is there to worry about?"
There was a somewhat suspicious look in the maid's eyes. She believed in her young lady, but it was obvious that the 'brother and sister' were no longer brother and sister.
Sylvide smiled: "I might as well worry about the other lady, that is the truly formidable opponent."
"Miss, what do you mean?"
Sylvide made a fist with each hand and stretched out two fingers, gestured on her head, and let out a whimper from her neck. Then she showed a sly look and smiled knowingly.
"People's hearts are really dissatisfied. Ordinarily, he already has a young lady who loves him, so he should feel lucky." Siesta looked over there with cold eyes.
Sylvester looked at her amusedly, focusing on her maid for the first time: "Shesta, are you complaining to me?"
"I don't, miss."
"That's it."
She stretched out a green-white finger and nodded to her maid's heart: "Shasta, don't worry, you will always belong to me."
The maid lowered her head slightly.
Just as everything has a beginning and an end, the bulging money bag will eventually be empty.
What Tang Xin was talking about with her cousin was exactly the same thing. She actually represented the opinions of Tianlan and Atila - in the name of the Seven Seas Traveler Logistics Management Committee - referred to as the Logistics Management Committee. This is Tianlan
When announcing the establishment of the organization, she said that it has more Chinese characteristics.
But I don’t know what kind of Chinese characteristics it is.
In short, with Aitila's acquiescence, this nonsensical organization was established. There are three standing committee members, namely her - Sky Blue Fantasy, Miss Aitila, and Tang Xin, and all the members of the Seven Seas Brigade,
Even Lin Lin and others are considered subordinate members of this organization.
Originally, Tianlan wanted to win over Sylvide to join this broad united front and turn the 'Big Three' into a more convincing 'Big Four', but the noble lady was obviously not interested in this aspect, so she had no choice but to
Leave it at that.
The Post-Management Committee is mainly responsible for managing the logistics and materials of the Seven Seas Brigade. Of course, the financial power is also part of it. The financial situation of the Seven Seas Brigade was once very abundant - ever since Fang Plover obtained a large sum of money from Lavalli's father.
After the windfall'.
After that, there were several more projects one after another.
But this does not mean that the financial situation of the Seven Seas Troupe is healthy. After all, windfalls cannot be regarded as normal conditions. In fact, since leaving Istania, the Seven Seas Troupe's account has been running a large deficit for several months.
There is a serious imbalance between revenue and expenditure.
The current financial situation of the Seven Seas Traveler Group is like water without a source. Although after a series of expenditures on the construction of the Seven Seas Traveler and the renovation and construction, there is still nearly half of the remaining four to five million, and it seems that it can still sustain it for a while.
But even if the Seven Seas Traveler spends one thousand lisels a day, this amount of money can only last about half a year.
Especially the men on their ship, led by a certain captain, spend money lavishly, as if all the money comes from the water - although it does seem to be the case - without any heartache, if this continues, in the long run, I am afraid that the group will
Not grouped.
Of course, cutting costs is only part of it, and the more important thing is to increase revenue. Sailboats are gold-swallowing beasts, but they are also the source of wealth. But their captain doesn't seem to take it seriously, except wandering around with nothing to do all day long.
, and did not take the 'serious matter' of how to make money from the Seven Seas Traveler to heart at all.
This is exactly why Tianlan and Etila, and of course mainly because Tianlan entrusted Tang Xin to save her cousin from the wrong path no matter what. "Brother Ed is essentially good," Tianlan pointed to her
Little Naoguo, the original words are like this: "I'm just a little stupid."
The subtext is that there is still hope.
But that's just Tianlan's wishful thinking.
In the opinion of Tang Xin, who has always been extremely shrewd, being stupid and having no cure is one of the three hopeless symptoms. The other two are 'hopelessly lazy' and 'hopelessly ignorant'.
.In Tang Xin's opinion, her cousin is a master of all three poisons.
After listening to it for a while, Fang Yu felt his head swelled and felt a little dizzy. Things like business and investment sounded to him like myths and legends from another world, as if they came from the Neolithic Age.
Primitive man was listening to God explain the mathematical principles of natural philosophy.
In his opinion, making money is not just about finding a hole in the ground, getting into it, finding treasures - and then making a fortune. He is very familiar with this process and practices it personally.
He felt dizzy and complained: "You can just deal with these things, Tangtang, it's not like you don't know that I'm not good at this."
As soon as Tang Xin heard this, she understood that her previous tirade was in vain. Although she had expected it and was not surprised, at that moment, she almost hit her head and knocked her brother off the boat.
impulse.
Fortunately, Tang Xin showed great restraint and tolerance towards children with intellectual disabilities, otherwise Parker on the mast would have seen their captain falling off the ship with a scream.
Fang Yu probably knew a little about his cousin's character, so he weakly changed the subject and said, "Hey, what is that?"
Tang Xin sneered and gritted her silver teeth, obviously her restraint had reached its extreme.
But at this time, a sharp whistle sounded from the mast, and Miss Poet's shouting voice came from the observation deck: "Ships, so many ships!"
Then Tang Xin saw a shocking scene——
Today's sea conditions are quite good, but there is still a towering cloud wall lying across Iron Reef Bay more than ten nautical miles away. Those cloud walls are composed of continuous cloud islands, driven by the north wind, slowly moving southward and changing.
Taking shape.
Some creatures of the sea of clouds are traveling among them. They are originally living in these clouds. A group of silver plaice, creatures that the Kaolin people call "sea plaice", are spreading their slender wings and soaring in the wind. These are no more than the size of a palm.
Creatures, but in extremely large numbers, they form a migratory flashing wall in the sunlight.
Together with other fishes in the air and sea, such as the kelp, cloud sturgeon, etc., they form a spectacle of flying through the clouds. Although this spectacle occurs at the intersection of most cold and warm air currents, upwelling brings a large amount of airborne plankton.
It is very common in the air and sea coastal areas.
But what is unusual is that behind the cloud wall, a crimson sharp blade is slowly separating the cloud island from the fish school. It is not even a red boat anymore, but a red sail, and the sails are like a forest.
, is slowly revealed from behind the clouds.
A wall formed by hundreds of sails, a red wall, flutters above the clouds in the north. When it reflects the sun and appears outside Iron Reef Bay, not to mention the Seven Seas Brigade, even if it is
Inside the port, everyone on the dock was stunned.
The young lighthouse keeper almost let go and sounded the alarm at the port. Fortunately, the old keeper next to him slapped him awake, holding his face and looking a little dazed.
"That's a Fenrisian."
The old tower guard said angrily, this guy almost killed everyone in the port.
"What are they here for?"
This is exactly what Tang Xin is curious about.
Fang Plover on the side was also itchy - with so many people coming, that event, or mission, or undeveloped area and lord-level creatures must have very rich rewards, maybe it is really world-class. Fenris Island
The people on the Internet are really lucky to have discovered such an incident.
It's a pity that they have already planned to leave this place, otherwise they would have gone to take a look anyway.
He stood up, adjusted his collar, looked in that direction and said: "At least they are not here to attack the port."
"Why?" Tang Xin looked at her cousin a little suspiciously: "How do you know that by mobilizing troops like this, it doesn't seem like they have no ill intentions anyway, right?"
"You see, their sailors are all on the deck," Fang Plione pointed in that direction and replied confidently: "The gun doors are also closed. This is a sign of no malice. But so many ships should not be able to stop at the port.
I'm afraid there will be chaos when we come down to Tiejiao Port."
Tang Xin looked in that direction doubtfully.
But just as Fang Yu said, about half an hour later, they met the large fleet heading towards them.
Tang Xin raised her head and watched the large ships with blood-colored sails passing by the Seven Seas Traveler. The other party didn't seem to pay much attention to them, but headed straight for Iron Reef Port.
At that time, they were not the only boat in the sky. There were many fishing boats in the offshore area, and the Fenrisians also turned a blind eye to them and did not clear the sea. This shows that the other party does not seem to be an evil person. But why they came here is unclear.
As for Fang Plover and others, only God knows.
Fang Plover took one last look in that direction, looking at the towering stern of the blood ship. The group of selectors and guilds on Fenris Island combined could not produce this power. It should be the fleet in the Port of Clouds that was dispatched.
Once upon a time, because of the existence of Toragotos, this fleet was considered the only local fleet on the Cloud Sea.
"The strength of Fenris Island is actually so strong."
Tian Lan slid down from the mast, patted her small chest and couldn't help but uttered a few words, which scared her.
"It's not that strong." Fang Yu shook his head.
The fleet on Fenris Island can only rank last in the cloud sea, whether it is the two fleets of Corin and Ithulian, or the fleet belonging to the military of the third division anchored in Hengfeng Port, or even the fleet of Fenris Island.
The descendants of Lore and the fleets of the Rainbow Alliance are much stronger than this.
But from this we can also see how terrible it will be once the descendants of Flor really mobilize their power. Seeing this scene, he felt a little clearer in his heart. They attacked the local guild of Nognis in Kelan'ao.
The illusion created by the fleet is still not worth mentioning in the face of the truly powerful force.
The Seven Seas Brigade is still far from being able to compete with a real behemoth. It can be said that it is still far away.
But Fang Yu turned around and saw his cousin opening her mouth to him again. Suddenly he forgot all these emotions and immediately changed the subject and said: "Don't worry about the Fenrisians for now, Princess Brianne.
They should be ready soon and are waiting for us to go over and meet."
A large ship like the Berio could not dock in the Iron Reef Port, so it parked next to a small empty island nearby. There were enough skilled craftsmen on that large ship, and the rest and repair work might be completed faster than them.
Tang Xin looked at her cousin, how could she not know the other person's tricks, but she snorted softly and revealed the matter. She knew that there was no point in asking further, and after such a interruption, her original thoughts
It's also faded quite a bit.
So the first discussion on the balance of payments issue of the Seven Seas Troupe ended in vain.
The Seven Seas Traveler faced a huge financial deficit and continued to sail north to Rainbow Sky Gorge.
…
In the darkness——
Cordier looked at everything in front of him with some horror. He never thought that he would see this scene.
Between the five-pointed star, the half-melted candles, and the white skulls, the roiling pool of blood looked like countless hands struggling outward from the boiling, viscous liquid.
Struggling to grab his legs and pull him in.
Big beads of sweat were falling from his forehead, and his throat seemed to be blocked by a ball of cotton, making him unable to make a sound. He once claimed to be fearless, but he had long suspected that these people were doing illegal things down here.
, those missing people in the town can always find an answer below -
Unexpectedly, he actually found the answer.
But at this moment, Cordier felt his legs weakening for a while. Perhaps it was not because of fear, but an instinctive trembling.
And a deeper sense of crisis was rising in his heart. If these people had known what was down here, how could they have boldly let him in? Kill him? He is not afraid. Even if he returns to Earth, he
We must also expose the mask beneath all this hypocrisy.
But the question is, where did those missing people go?
A chilling thought suddenly came to his mind. Cordier turned back stiffly and looked at those people: "Everyone, what is this..."
"We didn't know it was here from the beginning."
"Do you think I will believe it?"
"Believe it or not." The man sneered.
Cordier took a step back and looked around at the gloomy faces: "Charter City..."
"It has nothing to do with you, Cordier. You've seen enough."
"You are violating..."
"Come on," a cold voice interrupted him: "That bullshit declaration is of no use to us at all."
Cordier's eyes widened and he was about to retort when suddenly a voice came down from the stairs:
"Cordier, are you down there? They said you found something."
The sound made him widen his eyes. He didn't know where the strength came from. He knocked away the person in front of him and ran towards the stairs. As he ran, he shouted wildly:
"Don't listen to them, Gladys, run! Run!"
"Corder?"
I don’t know whether his movements were too fast and unexpected, or whether those people were knocked to pieces by him, and no one could catch him for a while. Cordier stumbled and ran up the stairs.
He didn't have time to look back, and the footsteps of the girl outside were getting closer and closer.
He threw himself at the door and knocked it open. The door bounced open with a bang, revealing the silhouette of the girl behind him.
Those bright eyes were looking at him curiously: "Cordir?"
"Glidis, hurry up -"
Cordier's words suddenly got stuck in his throat. He felt a stabbing pain in his chest. He raised his head in surprise and saw that the girl in front of him was holding a sharp sword in her hand and was piercing his chest. Song
The expression on Lidis' face gradually turned cold, as if she was wearing a disguised mask.
"Song...Glidis?"
"Feel sorry."
A trace of purple flame flashed in the girl's bright eyes.
"Cordir, I am the Immortal..."
"you……"
The young man looked at his companion in disbelief, opened his mouth, and suddenly lowered his head feebly.