It was almost noon, and the crowds on the few spacious avenues behind the King's Port pier were getting denser. Dockers in tattered and dirty clothes and sea hunters with scars and fierce auras were constantly flowing on both sides of the road.
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People always need to eat. As long as they are not at sea, most of these sailors will come to this avenue to stay for a short while, um, or an afternoon?
Who knows?
Behind the Port of Kings pier, there are still three avenues that are not covered by alleys built randomly by wooden sheds of all sizes. The reason why sailors like to come to this one is not only because it is the closest to the pier, but also because it is the closest to the pier.
This avenue has the most affordable and largest taverns in the entire Kingsport port area.
Snake Bay Tavern.
The owner of this tavern is said to have been a respected sea-hunting boat captain. At his peak, this captain owned a fleet of twelve large-scale professional sea-hunting boats.
He once led this fleet deep into the depths of the Twin Seas. Not only did he return safely in the end, but all the ships were also covered with all kinds of rare seafood and the carcasses of ferocious sea beasts.
At that time, his reputation was as great as that of some high-level professionals in aristocratic areas.
The port area of Kingsport can also be regarded as a legend.
However, if you walk too much at night, you will always encounter ghosts. In the end, the captain could not escape this curse-like iron law.
In another subsequent operation deep into the Twin Seas, perhaps he did not pay the tithe, or perhaps the "Mist Lady" (the superstitious sea god of the sailors in King's Harbor) felt that he had received enough.
In short, his fleet was not lucky this time.
When they went out to sea, there were a total of twelve large sea-hunting boats, and there were seven or eight other sea-hunting boats behind them who wanted to follow them to pick up some bargains.
In the end, there was only a small sampan that came back, and he was the only one on the sampan.
And although he is still alive, he is by no means intact.
Both of his legs were gone, and half of his face had been chewed to pieces by something unknown. He had probably been paddling with his hands, and his entire right hand had been chewed into bones by fish and currents.
The legend of the old captain ended here. He returned to King's Port and used the savings of the first half of his life to open the "Snake Bay Tavern" on the former "First Avenue", but no one has seen the captain since then.
figure.
People can only hear from the bartender of the Snake Bay Tavern that the owner of this tavern has always been the old captain, but even he has never seen their boss appear with his own eyes.
There are different opinions as to what exactly happened to the huge sea-hunting fleet in the depths of the Twin Seas.
Some people say that the old captain was too greedy and failed to pay the tithe. As a result, he was punished by Lady Fog and led the fleet into the fog at sea.
Some people say that the fleet was attacked by sea monsters as big as a city in the depths of the Twin Seas, and eventually they all sank into the trench.
Others say that the old captain made a deal with the evil god in the deep sea with the lives of the fleet and other people in the fleet, as well as his two legs and half of his face. He offered a large number of sacrifices, and the evil god gave him immortal life.
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All in all, basically everything was covered, and the various outrageous versions even made many sea-hunting ships at that time afraid to go to sea.
As time went by, the old captain's story was gradually forgotten. In the end, only this legendary tavern was left open, and its business was getting better and better, and it seemed that it would last forever.
At this moment, in front of the bar of this tavern, Xue Hua raised his head and drank the last sip of the bitter bitter algae wine. At the same time, he also listened to the nagging "Captain's Story" by the bartender in front of him.
He reached out and touched the head of the girl next to him who was still sipping citrus pulp, and placed a silver sail coin that he had collected from the gangsters of the Black Rat Gang on the bar counter.
"It's a good story, just think of it as the money for the drinks and the story."
"Thank you, generous guest." The bartender looked around, calmly reached out and put the coins into his pocket, and then refilled the wooden cup in front of Xue Hua with light green wine.
"By the way, I want to ask you about someone." Xue Hua grabbed the wine glass and took another sip. Although this wine brewed from a special kind of seaweed is very bitter, it has a special sweetness after it goes down the throat.
Aftertaste, the overall feeling is not bad, at least he likes it.
"You said, I am not bragging to you. Working in this tavern, I, De Vera, have no other skills, but my ability to identify and find people is second to none."
While the bartender was serving the other guests at the bar with a wine bottle, he was bragging to Xue Hua with a smug look on his face.
"There is an old sailor named Cherki. I heard that he often comes here to drink?"
Legs of an old drunkard.
The Snake Bay Tavern is very large. In addition to the bar, there are seventeen or eighteen wine tables. And it is almost noon. There are also many guests coming here to have a drink or dine. Because the environment is too noisy, there are many kinds of wine tables.
The little tune of the song and the loud shouts of the sailors made him frown at first.
But after sitting at the bar and having two drinks, he quickly adapted to the environment here.
According to the gangsters, the old sea wolf named Cherki usually likes to sit at the bar and drink, but Xue Hua did not find such a distinctive guy among the crowd at the bar.
"Ah! Are you talking about that old liar? Haha! This guy has been suffering from the same old problem these days. He was tortured by salt spray during the day and rolled around in bed, so he won't come until evening... But
What does someone like you do with him?
Ah! I see, you are here to listen to stories! When it comes to telling stories, no one here is as good as that old guy, but no one knows whether the things he said are true or false.
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If you are looking for him, you only need to wait a little longer, and he will almost be here by the time the sun sets into the sea in the afternoon."
The bartender filled the wine glass for a muscular sea hunter, and after paying for the drink, he turned to Xue Hua with a smile.
"Okay, then I'll just wait for a while." Xue Hua nodded, picked up the cup and took a sip of wine, then turned to look at Aman beside him.
"Girl, I have to stay here for a while, otherwise you should go back first and don't delay buying medicine for your brother."
He had just heard about Aman's story. This girl's parents had died in a shipwreck since she was a child - this kind of thing is common for those who make a living at sea.
She was raised by her brother who is six years older than her. The two siblings have been dependent on each other since childhood, and their relationship is extremely deep.
A few days ago, while his brother was working at the dock, his leg was accidentally smashed by a large box, so he had to go home and slowly recover from his injuries.
In this port area, which lacks medical treatment and medicine, such an injury is very serious. No, when Aman took care of his brother yesterday morning, he found signs of infection in his injured leg. They had no money to buy medicine, so Aman took care of his brother.
He had no choice but to pretend to be a child laborer and work on the dock, hoping to earn enough money to buy medicine for his brother.
"Well, thank you, kind sir, I will remember your help." Aman first took a deep look at Xue Hua's face, and then there was a hesitant expression on his face, just when Xue Hua felt a little bit
At a strange moment, Aman suddenly jumped off the chair, bowed deeply to Xue Hua, then turned around and ran away without looking back.
"This girl..." Xue Hua was stunned for a while, not sure what Aman wanted to say just now.
"Kind sir, this girl is lucky to meet you, but you also have to know that in this port area, good intentions cannot be used casually. Here, sometimes, good intentions may not be rewarded...
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The bartender in front of Xue Hua looked at Aman's retreating back, shook his head slightly, picked up a wooden cup and wiped it gently with a rag, and nodded to Xue Hua casually.
