Diego stood beside the Maiden's upturned foremast, looking out at the sparkling sea in the distance.
The rolling mountains of the Arathi Highlands are fading behind them, and among the dark mountains, the reborn kingdom of Fort Riptide is rejuvenating with a thin layer of life, and the hopeful Arathi are building their own beautiful new life with their industrious hands, but they still face many difficulties and challenges, and the other humanoid races that inhabit this area—the Stonefist ogres, the Deadwood Troll tribes, and the kobolds hidden in the Withered Gorge—are always waiting for their chance.
Prepare to challenge humanity's dominance in the Arathi Highlands.
"How?
Your Excellency, are you still used to it?
"Shaxx?
Captain Aubrey stepped out of the stern and walked this way.
After a few days of getting along, he already knew Diego's identity, and of course, the latter had no intention of hiding it from him at all.
To be honest, the Maiden was fortunate enough to carry such a famous person, enough for him to blow for a year.
Everyone on the ship, including him, was very attentive to the saint, and of course, the cost of the trip was non-refundable, it was the principle of those who begged for a living at sea, and as long as the gold was in the purse, do not think of running away, even if the passenger is a king!
Aubrey couldn't have been happier with the trip.
A whole company of passengers filled almost all the cabins, you know, ordinary merchant ships often only have the necessary sailors, and it is impossible to be full of sailors like a warship, but in fact, the Virgin at this moment, although it is still a merchant ship on the surface, is actually a warship - except that there are not so many guns.
In his opinion, these passengers were free marines, and if his fleet was carrying so many elite soldiers when he came, it was impossible for the Spirit of Silver Pine and the Veil of Mist to be sunk by the Naga Sirens.
"Of course, this isn't my first time at sea, and Captain Kraz in Booty Bay knows this very well!"
Diego said proudly.
He was also happy to get some closer to Captain Aubrey, especially if he was the leader of their trip.
"Oh?
Do you know Kratz?
Aubrey asked, somewhat surprised.
"Of course, he and I worked together on the Spray Goddess for more than two weeks until the ship was sunk."
Diego said nostalgically.
"Wow, I've heard about that naval battle, and you gave the Bloodsail Pirates a hard blow!"
Aubrey's emotions were immediately aroused, and he said excitedly, "My ship was in Minethil Harbor, and by the time we return to Treasure Bay, you'll all have finished fighting!"
” "That naval battle was indeed thrilling, and no more than a dozen of the people on the Goddess of Waves survived in the end," Diego said with some sighs, "I have to say that these people who survived to the end were indeed lucky." ” "That's right, this bitch of the Endless Sea is always as capricious as a jealous woman, and even if we don't fight, we need some luck to survive," Aubrey nodded heavily, with a look of no approval on his face, he raised his head and recalled his sailing career, "I have been on the ship since I was sixteen years old, and twenty-two thoughts have passed now, from this ship to that ship, from an ordinary sailor, to the first mate, and now to the captain of the Virgin, No one understands better than I how dangerous sailing can be, sickness, hunger, reefs, storms, pirates – well, sometimes we make a cameo as pirates ourselves – there are so many ways to take a sailor's life......"
"Well, may the Light be with us!"
Diego was very clever in his words, but he didn't expect this to attract the captain's objection.
"I don't approve of this, Lord Saint, I don't mean to offend, but I would say that while the Light will bless all who believe in Him, it is on land, and for those of us who are begging for a living at sea, the Endless Sea is the territory of Neptulon the Tide Hunter, and anyone who dares to enter his realm without his consent will play with you to death as he pleases, and we dare not offend him!"
Diego smiled noncommittally, not arguing with Aubrey on the subject, to be honest, it was a very helpless choice of faith for those who begged for a living at sea: not believing in the Light, the gentle Light will not punish you, but if you do not believe in Nepturon the Tidehunter and please him with sacrifices, your ship will not be able to sail in his realm, fish, or rob.
"But the tide hunter never asks a sea traveler like you to believe in him, and I have always wondered how he can distinguish between the status of a sailor and a passenger.
Because the sailors are all covered in the smell of the sea?
As if to lighten the mood, the captain said self-deprecatingly.
It was a joke that was very popular among sailors, and Diego had heard it before, but he laughed cooperatively.
Just then, Huffman walked up from the lower cabin.
He had been tending to the soldiers in the cabin - Storm Whip had seasick, and while many of them were not landlubbers, an inland lake like Lake Daron Mill could no match for the windless sea, and many of them had vomited less than a day at sea.
"My lord, something is wrong!"
He walked over to Diego and whispered.
He didn't shy away from Aubrey's presence, it was his ship, and he had more say in some issues.
"How?"
Diego asked, confused.
It was normal for the soldiers to get seasick, and Huffman had prepared some oranges and medicine to relieve seasickness before getting on the boat, so there should be no surprises.
"Our groom was feeding the horses and heard some strange noises in the bilge, which seemed to be coming from outside the cabin."
Huffman also said with a puzzled face.
Diego's Kodomon and Stormwhip's horses were housed in pens in the barn, and in order to prevent the plague, the grooms lived in the bilge almost every day to care for them nearby.
"Damn, it's the Naga Siren again!"
Captain Aubrey's face changed drastically, he raised his head and shouted to the goblin first mate on the stern, "Nizlix, sound the alarm, all on alert, damn Naga again!"
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” Soon, a hurried bell rang, followed by a series of shouts from the second mate, the boatswain, the gunner, and others.
The whole ship was bustling with activity at once, and sailors and gunners rushed out of all directions to their posts.
"Go and shout out to all the guys who can still stand up, we have a job to do!"
Diego whispered to Huffman, who looked up at Masrae as he leaned out of the mast, "Hey, man, there's something in the water, it's time for you to show off!"
” A few seconds later, an inaudible sound of entering the water reached Diego's ears, and he looked down to see a splash on the surface of the sea.