pertwk Chapter 11 Trouble at Sea
Chapter 11 Trouble at Sea
On the other side of the island, Loon sat on a reef, gazing absently at the prosperous lighthouse that resembled a torch.
This island, called Eagle's Nest Island, is the territory of Earl Empoli.
Because of the lighthouse, merchant ships would use this place as a transit point.
Chambers of commerce from various places have also established a presence on Eagle's Nest Island.
As a result, Eagle's Nest Island became exceptionally prosperous—hence the name Prosperity Lighthouse.
Three more days have passed since Loon left the Wizard Tower.
Over the course of three days, Luo Ang had used his mental power to wear away the secret mark left by the old man on the storage bag.
Logically, within the Wizard Tower, they should have discerned the old man's ill intentions from his "Introduction to Wizardry" and then reacted accordingly.
However, the atmosphere on the island remained very calm.
Neither the old man's death nor other changes within the Wizard Tower caused any disturbance to the world outside the lighthouse, and the lighthouse's flame remained burning eternally.
"strangeness."
Luo Ang frowned.
"What exactly happened?"
"Did those classmates inside the tower really just swallow their anger at being wronged?"
"Or is it that they don't know the old man is dead, and therefore dare not vent their anger?"
"Or perhaps Count Empoli on the island suppressed the matter?"
Even if there's no movement on Prosperity Beacon and Eagle's Nest Island, why is there no movement on the old man's chain of interests?
"Never mind, it's a good thing there's no movement!" After thinking for a long time, Luo Ang finally put all these doubts aside.
"The most urgent task is to leave Eagle's Nest Island."
Loon turned his gaze to the passing merchant ships.
The news that a wizard had used the lighthouse on Eagle's Nest as his wizard's tower deterred the pirates from coveting Eagle's Nest's prosperity.
Therefore, even though it is already night, merchant ships still come and go to Eagle's Nest Island in an endless stream.
Taking advantage of the darkness and mist, Luo Ang used his Concealment Technique to silently infiltrate a departing merchant ship and hide in its cargo hold.
After searching the warehouse for a while, Loon found a secluded spot between the canvas and the cargo boxes, and then dispelled his magic to reveal his true form.
The cargo ship sailed across the vast ocean, rising and falling with the waves.
Inside the warehouse, Luo Ang's figure also swayed incessantly.
As night fell and Lo Ang was preparing to meditate, a sound suddenly rang out from the locked warehouse.
Luo Ang's heart stirred, and he instinctively used the Concealment Cloud Mist technique again, concealing his figure and even his breathing in the darkness.
Immediately afterwards, the two cargo boxes were pushed open, and someone rummaged out from inside them.
"Damn it, we finally managed to sneak in," one of them cursed.
"That goblin bastard, once we take the ship, I'll make sure he's swimming in the sea fishing for sharks."
"Alright, shut the hell up."
"Get things done first, or if you mess things up, the boss will skin you alive!" another voice said.
As they pried open the warehouse door, the two discussed how much profit they could make from this operation.
Listening to their words, Loon knew that the two men were from a group of pirates.
On Eagle's Nest Island, wizards have taken up residence, and pirates at sea dare not enter Eagle's Nest Island to plunder.
But the prosperity of Eagle's Nest Island deeply attracted and tempted those pirates.
Therefore, there would always be some pirates who would send their men on board the merchant ships while they were resting at Eagle's Nest Island. Once the merchant ships had left the port and Eagle's Nest Island, they would sabotage them, cutting down the masts, sterns, and other parts of the ships.
As a result, the merchant ship's slow speed would naturally become a burden to the entire fleet—if the other members of the fleet discussed it briefly, there would be a high probability that they would be abandoned when they encountered pirates.
For the pirates, not only were their profits more stable, but their safety was also greatly increased during each operation.
Every time a merchant ship departs from Eagle's Nest Island, the crew and other personnel on board undergo strict inspections to prevent pirates from sneaking in.
But it was clear that even the strictest inspections could not prevent the crew from stealing from the ship. After being bribed, they deliberately sent the pirates' leader onto the ship.
Although everyone knows that encountering pirates at sea is an extremely dangerous thing, it is inevitable that some people will be blinded by greed and have their eyes on gold coins.
"If this ship is abandoned, won't I be forced to join those pirates and end up in their den?"
He left Eagle's Nest Island for two reasons: safety and to search for traces of wizards elsewhere to fill in the gaps in his knowledge of wizardry. If he were to follow them into a pirate's lair, communicating with other places would undoubtedly become much more difficult.
Moreover, when pirates raided, they would often sink or burn useless merchant ships.
If Loon is unlucky and manages to escape before the ship is scuttled, wouldn't he be sinking into the sea with it?
"How can we let you succeed?" Luo Ang shook his head inwardly.
Although there were no clouds or fog inside the warehouse, the darkness itself, combined with the light and agile effect brought about by the magic that allowed him to hide in the clouds, made Luo Ang's movements in the warehouse seem like those of a ghost.
While the two pirates who were prying open the door were still discussing whether to hide at the mast or go to the captain's cabin to take the captain hostage, Loon's figure had already appeared behind them.
Immediately, Loon took out a longsword from his storage bag—he had learned some swordsmanship before coming to the Wizard's Tower.
After becoming a first-class wizard apprentice, his physical abilities increased significantly.
At this moment, they launched a surprise attack directly from behind.
These two pirates, though considered elite, were no match for this.
In the blink of an eye, the longsword in Luo Ang's hand pierced through the chests of two pirates.
Immediately afterwards, he cleaved open the cargo hold door with another sword strike, maintaining the spell of hiding in the clouds and mist, and using the fog that permeated the sea as cover, he moved to another part of the cargo ship.
Before long, the ship's hunting dogs, which had smelled blood, led the patrolmen to the entrance of the cargo hold where two pirate corpses were found.
The ship's alarm bells were also rung directly.
"What happened?" The owner of the cargo ship looked at the two corpses at the entrance of the cargo hold, his expression full of coldness.
Based on the two empty cargo containers, he immediately identified the person who had loaded them onto the ship.
He was a rather short young man.
Upon seeing this scene, the young man was so frightened that he immediately knelt down.
After the matter of the young man was settled, the owner of the cargo ship had someone signal with flags to notify the other ships in the fleet that pirates had infiltrated—this was also a principle of mutual assistance among merchant ships at sea.
"Master, although the problem of the pirates infiltrating has been resolved, there is another troublesome matter on board," said a man in armor carrying a greatsword next to the ship's owner.
This was clearly a knight.