Chapter 45: Chapter 45
'They are Lymsleia Falena, Miakis, Alenia, and Gizel Godwin.'
I cannot help but smirk when I hear those words.
'Good work, Chiyome. Keep up the good work, and make sure to stamp the target you encounter.'
'Of course, Lord Master. I shall not disappoint you.'
'You will never disappoint me, Chiyome.'
After our communication, I cannot help but calculate the points I will get by the end of the process. Twenty-two points are what will appear in my wallet. It is not much, but I know that Chiyome will start hunting after she is done with the other tasks I set for her.
I can finally pay off my debt and only focus on my job here. I release a sigh and walk out of my pocket dimension. As I walk out of my pocket dimension, I can see movement outside my window from the corner of my eyes. I have a bad feeling about this.
I quickly leave my room and knock on my companion's room. I gather them inside my room and say.
"There are movements on the outside."
To my surprise, Hazuki nods her head and says,
"Yes. I also see a group of three people looking at my room from the outside. They are amateurs."
Gavaya nods his head and says.
"That means they are not assassins or spies. I bet they are the people working for the Lord of this place."
I nod my head and say.
"That is exactly what I am thinking. Gather your items. We will get out of here. Gather your items, and I will store them inside my pocket magic for quick transportation. You guys do not need to get out of your room. I will visit your room later. Also, make sure to close your window and the curtain."
My companions nod their heads, and they walk out of the room. I wait for a minute before looking out of the window. I look around for a few seconds and see nothing. I nod and visit the others. She does not have much and already has all of the items in a small bag.
"They are gone. That means they are reporting back to their lord. Go and use the window."
Nikea nods and quickly gets out of the window. I continue to do this for all my companions before jumping alongside Hazuki. I look at my companions, and we quickly run to the dock. Before we enter the dock, I create a thick mist to cover the entire town, and we slowly get into our boat.
"Dammit! They are violating my baby!"
Logg grumbles as he sees a group of four people on his ship looking for something. I bet they are looking for the crystal that lets the ship move. I look at Hazuki and Nikea before saying.
"We need to take care of them. Hazuki, Nikea, you two come with me. The others, wait here and wait for my signal."
After saying that, the three of us move and ambush the four people. We decide not to kill them and only make them unconscious. I don't want bad PR for the prince for killing 'innocent' people even though they are about to do the same to us.
We let them go and throw them to the side, and I signal the others to come. Lun and Logg quickly prepare to depart, and after a few seconds, we are already leaving the town. When we are far away, and darkness covers our figure, I deactivate my rune and release a sigh.
Covering the entire town with mist takes quite an amount of mana from me, even though it is only a few minutes.
We set sail for half an hour before Logg stops the boat and says.
"We should camp here. Estrise's gate is already closed, and it is useless to go there immediately. A safe house is nearby for all the fishermen and boatmen from Raftfleet around here."
I look at him in confusion and decide to follow his advice. We get inside the forest and get behind a massive boulder, where we see a small camp waiting for us. There are four tents and a fire pit ready to use.
"How did you make this place, Logg?"
"Hmmm? This place was made a long time ago. A fisherman who wants to catch every fish in the entire country creates this camp. The other fishermen decide that this is a great idea and help him build a safehouse for all fishermen and boatmen who go back home too late and need shelter. These safe houses are the reason why boatmen from Raftfeet are the only ones willing to take them out at night."
"I see."
"Anyway, we have four tents. Men to the left and women to the right. If you want to eat something, a fire starter is inside the firewood basket."
I nod and decide to get to bed earlier. Logg, Gavaya, and I take the first tent while the women take the others. I release a sigh and close my eyes.
=//=
We arrived in Estrise early in the morning, and the gate was already open for us. It looks like Logg is right. No boat or ship can enter the city while the sun is down, but they can enter when the sun rises. It is for security reasons. Night inspections are not good because many things can slip past security at night. Because of this, Boz, the Lord of Estrise, decided to ban any boat from entering at night. They need to anchor near the city.
I shake my head and look at the others.
"Let's rest for an hour. I need to visit the Seafaring Market."
"I will come with you, boss! I want to see what kind of goods I can buy from that place."
"Sure. You can come, Nikea. Anyway, before I forget."
I take out all of their items from my pocket dimension and say.
"Here you go. You can do whatever you want, but please return here after an hour. We need to get back to Raftfleet."
Seeing their confirmation, Nikea and I went to the easternmost market of Estrise. I can see ten massive ships docked at the port and walk to one of them. My money sense is already tingling for a great deal.
I walk to the ship with the symbol of the Scarlet Moon Empire from the Northern Continent. As an avid fan of the Suikoden Series, I know that symbol anywhere. A golden dragon in the field of crimson is the symbol of the Scarlet Moon Empire.
They are the biggest and arguably the strongest empire in the entire Northern Continent. I walk toward their ship and bow a little at the man who is wearing the most expensive clothes among the people.
"I am sorry to bother you, but are you the man that owns all the goods here?"
The portly man nods his head and puffs his chest.
"That's me. What can I do for you?"
"I want to buy your goods, of course."
I can see him smile at me and let me get inside his ship. Lucky for me, I'm wearing rather expensive-looking clothes. He will not let me get inside his ship if I wear anything less than what I'm wearing.
After a few minutes of looking around, I look at him and say.
"You said that one bag of wheat is one thousand and two hundred Potch, right?"
"Yup. Each bag is twenty kilograms worth of rice."
"Hmmm… Nine hundred, and I will take one hundred tonnes of rice."
He blinks for a few seconds before saying.
"Are you sure? I don't mind, but do you have that kind of money?"
I smile and take out a stack of money from my pocket dimension.
"One hundred tonnes of rice will cost me four million and five hundred Potch, right? Here is the money."
The man looks at the money and quickly counts it. After he is satisfied with it, he nods and says.
"It is a pleasure to do business with you. Where do you want to take it? We will be the ones taking care of the transport."
"Don't worry. Just make sure to move my goods to the side, and we are good."
He looks at me strangely but decides to obey me. After all that is done, I walk to the goods and store them inside my pocket dimension.
"A magician!"
"And a merchant. My family is a family full of magicians, but my passion is trading."
He nods in understanding and says.
"Trading is a good passion. However, I'm envious of your power, my friend. You did not need to hire a ship to transport your goods."
"I'm blessed with this kind of power. Anyway, show me your other goods."
=//=
We arrive at Raftfleet before the sun goes down, and I can see people are busy because of something.
"They are even more excited than usual."
"You are right, pop! Something must happen! Let's get to Dahak!"
Logg and Lun suddenly run toward our headquarters, and we decide to follow them. As we arrive in Dahak, I can see the prince and his companion already inside the Dahak with a guest. However, it was a guest that I'm familiar with.
"Gerrald!"
A small missile hit my body, and I laughed as I picked the 'missile' into my arms. This young boy is Toma, Lordlake's citizen and the young man who takes me around Lordlake each time I visit that place.
"Toma! How are you?"
"I'm doing fine, thanks to you."
"That is good. Why are you here?"
"We are here to destroy the Hatred Fortress!"
"What?"
I look at Lucretia and say.
"Care to explain, Lucretia?"
"Of course."
Lucretia then tells me how the prince manages to convince the people of Lordlike to join his cause, but we need to destroy the Hatred Fortress (I did not like that name) to give Lordlake their water once again.
Not only that, they are also already recruiting the Beaver People to join this campaign.
I look at them and say.
"Just what the hell are you guys doing while we are away?"
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