Chapter 82: Encounter with an Easterner

In the North Sea, more than a day’s voyage from land, there was actually a small boat less than three meters long?

The sailors on the deck all cried out in surprise. The Sea Windmill was not an old-style sailing ship, but a magic-powered ship driven by a Magic Array. The distance it could cover in a day was at least seven or eight times that of those sailing ships. That meant even a large sailing ship would take five or six days to see land from here with favorable winds. A small dinghy less than three meters long basically could not return to land from this place.

“Which unlucky fellow was banished?” Lin Qi smacked his lips and took a broadsword from Thor’s hand. “Slow down and go closer to check! If it’s a banished pirate, let him keep drifting. If it’s some unlucky guy who had a shipwreck, well, I’m in a good mood today!”

Shrugging his shoulders, Lin Qi laughed. “If he really is a poor soul whose ship wrecked, then we can give him a ride!”

Thor grinned and pulled the corner of his eye to make a funny face. “Young Master, we are sailors on a Whaling Ship now. We are in legitimate business. So, if he is a shipwrecked person, according to sailor rules, we should save him!”

The sailors on the deck all laughed together and picked up their harpoons for protection.

All sorts of strange things could happen at sea. If that small boat belonged to some shipwrecked unlucky fellow, that would be one thing. But if it was a pirate who broke the rules and was banished in a small boat, then they had to be careful. Pirates were already vicious thugs, and among pirates, those who broke the rules and were exiled in a small boat on the sea were the worst of the worst. They usually had extremely strong abilities.

A brand-new magic-powered Whaling Ship like the Sea Windmill was the ultimate dream of countless pirates. With such a large ship, basically no other ship on the ocean could escape its pursuit. It was the strongest tool for getting rich.

So they had to be careful. If that guy was a banished pirate and if he took control of this ship, the Black Tiger Family would be utterly disgraced. After all, all the sailors on this ship were subordinates of the Black Tiger Family, and they were also part-time pirates. If they got robbed, how could the Black Tiger Family keep their reputation in the North?

The Magic Array furnace deep in the ship gradually shut down, and the large ship moved forward by inertia. The sturdy ram at the bow broke through the broken ice floes. On the sea a few hundred meters ahead, there was indeed a small boat about three meters long. But surprisingly, half of this boat was frozen in the ice floes, drifting with the sea wind toward Dun Er Ke.

The captain of the Sea Windmill, Lucky Joe Arjang, came out of the command cabin and steadily walked to Lin Qi’s side. Lucky Joe Arjang was the most outstanding old captain of the Black Tiger Family and also the luckiest captain. When he was young, he commanded three pirate ships and robbed seventeen cargo ships in the North Sea within seven days. All those cargo ships were filled with spices as precious as gold, earning him the nickname ‘Lucky’.

Joe Arjang, whose body was as strong as a bear and whose hair and beard had turned gray, held a large axe and looked into the distance. He frowned and said, “Young Master, be careful later! This is very strange. No one sails cargo ships or passenger ships into the North Sea in winter, so no seafaring brothers would be banished at this awful time. This boat is suspicious!”

Lin Qi’s face changed slightly. Yes, in winter, only Whaling Ships and coastal fishing boats set out from Dun Er Ke. Other ships would only take the southern ocean route and would definitely not enter the North Sea at this time. This small boat was indeed strange, and they had to be careful.

Swirling the broadsword overhead, Lin Qi said coldly, “Tell them to get the whaling harpoons ready. If there’s anything strange, shoot him!”

Urgent brass bells rang from inside the ship. This was the signal that all six Magic-powered Harpoons on the Sea Windmill were ready.

The large ship slowly approached the ice floe about seven or eight meters across. Half of the small boat was frozen in the ice floe. The cabin exposed outside was empty. Through the translucent ice, they could see a dark mass in the half of the boat frozen in the ice.

“Wow, it’s a person!” Lin Qi cried out in shock.

As soon as Lin Qi shouted, the ice floe suddenly cracked with countless fissures. With a sharp cracking sound, the ice trapping the small boat collapsed, and the entire boat was fully exposed to everyone. Curled up on the bow was an Easterner wearing a valuable Blue Fox Fur Coat, with long black hair spread loosely.

Everyone on the deck gasped at the same time. An Easterner? How could he have entered the North Sea by boat on such a dreadful day? And how did he get frozen in this ice? Looking at his body covered in ice chips, he was probably frozen into a Zombie already.

Lin Qi sighed lightly. He threw down the broadsword, shook his head, and said, “What a poor soul. Send a few people to carry him up. That Blue Fox Fur Coat looks good; strip it off, clean it, and send it to the Hunchback’s Shop. It could still sell for several thousand Gold Coins. Hmm, see if he has any valuable jewelry. Someone who can afford such a Blue Fox Fur Coat wouldn’t be stingy about decorating himself with a few big gems!”

Just then, Lin Qi’s eyes swept over the Easterner’s hair. He had a topknot with a pure gold hair crown, set with a circle of Rubies as red as blood. Each Ruby was the size of a thumb, extremely luxurious and extravagant!

“It must be because I bought enough Indulgence Scrolls these past two years. The Gods are protecting me!” Lin Qi swallowed and ordered again, “Forget it. Let him come into this world clean and leave it clean too! His clothes must be high-quality Silk. Strip off his underwear and socks, clean them, and take them to the Hunchback’s Shop. They could sell for a few hundred Gold Coins. Those country bumpkin rich folks like Silk from the East!”

While Lin Qi was scheming to make a fortune from the dead man, the curled-up figure suddenly moved. He slowly stood up and gradually raised his head to look at Lin Qi and the others about ten meters away.

He was a young man as tall as Lin Qi, exceptionally strong and incredibly handsome. Because of the long freezing, his face was pale, almost transparent. His messy clothes made him look very disheveled, but none of that could hide his lofty pride, his wild arrogance, and his dominating presence.

Lin Qi and the others stood on the high bow of the ship, while the young man stood on the low dinghy. But Lin Qi suddenly felt as if he was being looked down upon by that person, as if he had to look up to him.

Shaking his head hard to dismiss the strange feeling, Lin Qi twisted his mouth and asked the Easterner, “Hey, need a ride?”

The man’s body swayed slightly and suddenly left behind more than a dozen faint afterimages. When his figure reappeared, he was already standing in front of Lin Qi.