(Speaking of Fu Tu's success in quitting smoking, is this considered as spreading positive energy? The eighth day, it's really not easy! Today, there are two more. The recent plot will be more high-energy.)
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Teams of people began to get busy.
Søren stood on the deck of the dragon head warship and looked at the others. The Chamber of Commerce's management drove out the slaves and then let them carry things off the ship. The slave trade was not that simple. It was not that you could sell people as slaves as long as you caught them. The capture of slaves was limited to the indigenous people. If you dared to capture slaves on the mainland, it could be said that there would be people who would cut you with a knife. Even the relatively evil lords and aristocrats would never allow slave traders to act recklessly. They would be hanged at the intersection.
Among Søren's slaves, about half of them were indigenous people, followed by about half of the mainland population.
Slaves would appear because of many things, such as war, crime, bankruptcy, and so on. Selling oneself as a slave was also very common in this world. After bankruptcy, it was not surprising that they would become debt goods. Among them, the slaves of the mainland population were a little better. The indigenous slaves were much more troublesome. They had to be captured and then tamed. The price of a docile slave could be increased by more than 50%, while a disobedient slave was only suitable to be thrown into the arena.
There were many ways to tame slaves, some even involved taboo areas. Most of the slaves on the market were tamed slaves.
The price of mainland slaves was higher, and the price of indigenous slaves was relatively cheaper!
Søren did not have enough financial resources to use all the slaves from the mainland, so the proportion of indigenous slaves was still very high. With Søren's current experience, he could naturally see that many indigenous slaves' eyes lit up after getting off the ship because this was the outer islands they were familiar with. This made Søren feel a little headache, but there was no way. After all, this was where they lived. Returning to the place they were familiar with, these indigenous slaves' minds would easily have other thoughts.
"Watch them!"
Søren turned and glanced at Adele - Isabella next to him. The red-haired female pirate seemed to be thinking about something. She stood on the deck in a daze for a while, then she came back to her senses. Søren said to her, "Pay attention to these indigenous slaves, you must not let them have a chance to escape!"
Adele - Isabella quickly nodded and said in a deep voice, "Yes. Your Excellency. "
At the other side.
There were already pirate leaders preparing to set up camp. These pirates were not a group of incompetent people who only knew how to fight. It was actually much harder to make a living on the sea than on land. Although many pirates were illiterate, they still had some knowledge. For example, the guy who was missing two fingers and had a scar on his forehead. This guy couldn't even write his own name, but he actually knew astrology and could sail in the sea without getting lost.
Even if he didn't have any celestial bodies, he could still make a rough judgment based on the ocean currents, temperature, wind direction, and so on.
This guy was a very capable person!
Even though he wasn't that strong, he was still promoted to be the new pirate leader by Søren.
Pirates respected capable people.
The most important ability was combat power, but they also respected other abilities. Otherwise, a navigator's status would not be higher than that of many pirates.
A large group of subordinates were preparing to set up camp.
Søren had already brought a lot of supplies, enough for them to use for more than three months. There were also various tools. For this, he had mobilized a lot of resources from the Chamber of Commerce in Port Tylon. The others could more or less guess Søren's idea, but they were not so optimistic. The main reason was that there were too many dangers in the outer islands, and the land was not so suitable for farming. There were also all kinds of strange creatures and very xenophobic indigenous people. If there were indigenous people nearby and knew that they were camping here, the possibility of them attacking was quite high!
Time passed little by little.
Søren watched with satisfaction as the camp was set up. The pirates were cutting down trees, and a simple camp was now one-third complete.
In front, the half-elf first mate was instructing others to set up the tents. On the other side, the one-eyed man and the bald man were shouting at the slaves to carry the supplies. It looked like it would rain today, so it was best to move all the things into the tents. The weather change was also a very troublesome thing. It was impossible for the sun to always shine. Storms were more common here, and many supplies would be ruined once they got wet. The tools had been moved out, and the others were ready to erect a simple fence with wood according to Søren's instructions.
Originally, Søren thought that his first day in the outer islands would pass peacefully.
But he was wrong!
"Ah!!!"
A shrill scream suddenly came from a distance, and then Søren's figure turned into a shadow and rushed over. With Søren's action, the other pirate leaders hurriedly pulled out their weapons and rushed over. At the same time, they also ordered their men to prepare for battle. After all, this was the outer islands, the territory of the indigenous people. It was normal to have a battle. However, as Søren rushed over, he immediately found that it was not an attack by the indigenous people, but another kind of trouble that was also very troublesome.
"Your … Your Excellency!!! … "
The pirate standing in front of Søren's teeth were chattering. He was holding a leg in his hand, but only half of it was bloody. He stammered, "Frog … Frog was eaten! … Only … Only this much is left! "
Frog?
It seemed to be the nickname of a pirate. There were often some messy nicknames among pirates.
Søren frowned and glanced at the leg in his hand that originally belonged to a pirate nicknamed 'Frog'. He noticed some irregular teeth marks on it and said with a serious expression, "What happened? What did you just see? "
"I! … I saw it! … I saw it! … "
This guy was probably frightened, and he spoke a little incoherently. After a while, he gradually calmed down and said, "I went to cut trees with Frog, and looked for dry firewood on the way, but we … we didn't expect … Just when we were passing by, a strange plant suddenly opened a bloody mouth! … Then Frog … Frog was swallowed! … I wanted to pull him out! … But that's all I could pull out! … "
The pirate in front of him, who was frightened to the point of confusion, raised the bloody half of the thigh in his hand. Then, he abruptly woke up and threw it away, as if his mind was still a little confused.
At this time, the other pirates also rushed over.
Søren turned to look at them and said, "It's not the indigenous people! Let the others go back and be on guard. Adele, you come with me to take a look. "
It would be easier if it wasn't the indigenous people.
Because at this time, encountering the indigenous people was very likely to lead to a big battle. Søren didn't want to lose his men in a battle now.
"Your Excellency?!"
Adele looked at the half of the leg on the ground with an ugly expression and wondered, "What kind of monster did this? It can swallow a person in one bite, and only half a leg is left. It doesn't seem to be an easy monster to deal with! … "
Søren looked at her and said slowly, "I don't know."
"But I can roughly guess what it is. It seems that we are in trouble. There is a mutated area near this island!"
"The plants inside have mutated."
The jungle in front of them had traces of logging. In order to build a camp, they naturally needed to cut wood. Although Søren had the idea of burning bricks, the current resources and manpower were not enough. Cutting wood was the fastest way to build a camp.
Adele Isabella followed behind. She looked at Søren and whispered, "Your Excellency! I suggest that we set fire to the mountain once. Otherwise, there will be too many poisonous insects and snakes here. Today, two or three people have been bitten by poisonous insects and snakes. Although it was not fatal, there was still a guy whose wound worsened. If this goes on, we will consume a lot of manpower to deal with poisonous insects! "
Yes.
Poisonous insects and snakes were a very troublesome problem.
Those who had never been to such a primitive area would not be able to imagine how many poisonous insects there were. If someone had smoked a house that had not been lived in for a long time, or some holes in the wild, they would find all kinds of insects crawling out of them. Just looking at them would make one's scalp tingle. It was not so easy to open up the wilderness, let alone open up the more dangerous outer islands.
They were getting closer and closer to the site of the incident!
Søren suddenly reached out and stopped the red-haired female pirate next to him, and then said in a deep voice, "Be careful! There's something wrong with this jungle! "
It was too quiet.
The jungle in front of them was too quiet. It was so quiet that even the sound of insects could not be heard.
Adele Isabella stretched out her hands and held the two swords. Then she bent slightly and looked around. She also found that the environment in front of her was very wrong. It seemed that the nearby plants and trees looked a little strange.
Their colors were too bright, and they grew too well! [The other trees nearby have withered leaves and branches, but the forest in front of us is lush and green.]
There were drops of blood in front of them.
Soran reached out and picked up a little blood to take a look. Then he saw a strange plant that looked like a morning glory. The blood started from there and came all the way here. His face was not very good, and he murmured, "Rip Flower?"
"Damn it!"
"This is really a mutated area!"
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"Rip Flower [Mutated Plant] [Piranha Flower] (Grade 4)."
"Challenge Rating: Level 8, Monster Level 16, Has spell-like abilities."
"Highest and Lowest Attributes: 22 and 10. Total Attribute Points: 90-100."
"Special Abilities: Devouring Attack, Vine Tentacles, Mutated Plant, Piranha Flower."
"Difficulty: C +."
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