With amazing eyesight, the Wizard Li tribe's Conqueror looked at the three iron steam ships that were not much bigger than sesame seeds following behind the wooden ship from the narrow round window of the cabin. He muttered, "These mainlanders are starving to death, but they still can't find the shadow of that Venis City. Don't tell me that I've wasted these two months in vain just like this!
Right now, among so many fugitives, only Hanoo and Anduki are really valuable. They should have the ability to patch up the damaged nautical chart, but a noble captain would rather die than succumb to the Hellfire barbarians. As for Sir Navigator, there's only a 50% chance that he'll succumb to me. It's just too risky.
However, if I drag it on like this, what if Hanoo suddenly dies of malnutrition or overuse of his brain one day? Then, it would be even worse! Should I continue this' escape game 'or should I end it right away? "
When Zhang Lisheng was calculating the pros and cons of this matter, he suddenly heard a commotion outside. After a while, Annete suddenly ran into his cabin in a panic. "Mr. Lisheng! Mr. Lisheng! Please save my sister! Save Helena …"
This young master of the Venis City's Bailile Family had often secretly come to look for Zhang Lisheng behind his tutor, Hanino, during the first 20 days of his increasingly difficult escape journey. He had repeatedly revealed his desire to become a spellcaster and had repeatedly asked about the special conditions needed to become a monk.
Of course, Zhang Lisheng knew what he meant by such an obvious hint, but he could only feign ignorance and deal with it.
When Annete saw that the young man was pretending to be a fool and did not have the intention to teach him his spellcasting ability, he gradually no longer came to see Zhang Lisheng alone. In particular, the two of them did not meet each other even once in the past few days.
At this time, when Zhang Lisheng saw him suddenly appearing in front of him in a panic, he could not help but ask in bafflement, "What's wrong, Young Master Annete?"
"Mr. Lisheng, those sailors have rioted. T-They first beat up Helena's personal maid, Anilunsa, and then somehow, they wanted to rush to the cabin where the women live.
Fortunately, Captain Anduki arrived in time to stop them. B-But it doesn't look like they're going to give up. I was worried that something would happen, so I hurried over to look for you.
Only you, only you can scare them with the power of a spell caster. Only you can save Helena … "Anito replied in a panic.
"I know that the situation is not good right now, but it shouldn't have suddenly deteriorated to this extent, right? Is Hanoo alright?" Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before jumping down from the hammock and blurted out.
"Mr. Hanoo is fine. He's in the driver's seat."
"It's good that he's fine." The young man breathed a sigh of relief and patted Annete's shoulder to comfort the young man. "Don't be nervous, Young Master Annete. I'll go with you to have a look."
"Thank you! Thank you, Mr. Lisheng! Let's go now! Let's go now …" Upon hearing that Zhang Lisheng was willing to help Helena, who had always been hostile to him, Annete could not help but breathe a long sigh of relief. Hastily, he led the young man to his twin sister's cabin.
Due to the deliberate arrangement of Captain Anduki, who was experienced in sailing, the women's cabins were at the corner of the second floor of the cabin. Helena's cabin was at the innermost position. It was originally a large storage room that the sailors would never pass by.
Crossing the deck and climbing up the steep stairs into the cabin corridor at the bottom, Zhang Lisheng, who was following closely behind the young man, could clearly hear an angry voice shouting loudly, "Captain, we haven't caught a single fish for several days now! We, the sailors who work every day, can only eat half our fill according to your instructions, so why is it that the food of these women has not been reduced at all?
Not only that, but that Anilunsa is just Miss Helena's maid and yet she's so arrogant in front of us! She even slapped Old Werther's face when she gave us two pounds of dried fish less!
Look at the situation now! If it weren't for us, these women would have long starved to death! I can't believe that they don't even have a single bit of gratitude in their hearts … "
Walking in the direction of the voice, Zhang Lisheng took two turns and soon saw several dozens of strong sailors who were either bending down or rubbing their scalps against the ceiling in front of a cabin at the end of the corridor.
Even though these sailors were of different heights, there was a faint sense of despair and madness on their faces. The leader was a dark-skinned, skinny young man. It was apparent that he was the one who had shouted just now.
"Hadari, Miss Helena has already reprimanded Anilunsa's way of doing things. Not only that, but she has also promised that all of the maids and butlers, including her, will have their food reduced by half in the future. What else do you want?" In front of the skinny and strong young man, Anduki blocked the door and suddenly questioned loudly.
The authority that the captain had established for a long time made him intimidate everyone the moment he opened his mouth. Even the strong young man became silent at once.
Upon seeing that the situation might be under control, Anduki slowed down his tone and continued to say, "Everyone has been working for the Bailile Trading for more than one or two years now.
Some of you have even been serving the Bailile Family since your great-grandfather and grandfather. As a proud Venisian, I believe all of you know the meaning of loyalty.
There's a reason for what happened today, so nobody will blame any of you. However, since Miss Helena has already made a promise, it's unreasonable for you to continue to pester her. God is watching us from the sky. Go back to the deck and continue your work, sailors. We'll be saved … "
Upon hearing the captain's words, the sailors who were originally hot-headed and had planned to go all out in a frenzy began to have a hesitant expression on their faces. However, right at this moment, a murmur of hatred resonated from behind Anduki. "If we can really be saved, I'll definitely teach all of you a lesson …"
This sentence was like a spark falling into a barrel of dynamite, finally causing the situation to collapse to an unmanageable point.
"Miss Helena is bearing a grudge against us!" The instant his words left his mouth, the strong, lean young man had already shouted loudly, "We're about to starve to death in the wild Hellfire sea region because of the willfulness of the Bailile Family's young master and young lady, but in their eyes, we deserve it!
In this case, why should we, these cheap sailors, care about the illusory god watching us? Why should we just wait for our death silently … "
"Everyone, calm down! That's not Miss Helena's voice! It's not her voice just now! It's Anilunsa! Anilunsa …" When Anduki saw the situation taking a turn for the worse, he quickly explained.
However, unfortunately, at this time, the madness in the sailors' hearts had already been reignited. The leader of the riot would not give the old captain a second chance to control the situation either. With a forceful push, he pushed the old captain to the ground.
"Mr. Lisheng! Mr. Lisheng! Hurry up and save my sister! Those lunatics have rushed in!" Annete, who had just relaxed a little, saw the sailors scrambling to rush into Helena's cabin after the captain fell down and shouted at Zhang Lisheng in a panic that was even more intense than before.
At this time, Zhang Lisheng, who had already made up his mind to summon the iron steam ship that was tailing behind the wooden ship and leave the other fugitives to sink the wooden ship while bringing Hanoo back to the Shrimp No. 2 Island, said nonchalantly, "Young Master Annete, your sister will pay for having a personal maid whose head is stuffed with weeds by her side sooner or later. Right now, it's just …"
"That Anilunsa grew up with Helena. These few years, let alone the servants, even I hate her arrogance. If it wasn't for Helena protecting her … Wait, Mr. Lisheng!
Wait a minute, Mr. Lisheng. That's right, now is not the time to judge my sister's personal maid. Please save her, save Helena … "Annete grabbed Zhang Lisheng's sleeve and said incoherently.
"Young Master Annete, you're just too …" Zhang Lisheng frowned and looked at the young man. Just as he was about to knock him out and bury him with the wooden ship, his ears suddenly twitched. An irrepressible joy crept upon the corner of his mouth as he corrected himself, "I'm just too muddle-headed! How can I attack when you're grabbing my clothes like that?"
"I'll let go! I'll let go now …" Upon hearing this, as though there was magma flowing in the young man's body, Annete suddenly let go of his hand. At the same time, Zhang Lisheng's body dashed forward lightly and crossed half of the corridor in just a blink of an eye. He came to the back of a group of sailors who were crazily squeezing into the cabin and threw the strong adult men behind him like he was pinching straws.
In less than ten seconds, more than half of the rioting sailors had already rolled into a ball with their heads bleeding. After clearing the madmen in the corridor, the young man strode into the cabin and saw that four to five of the more than ten women who were screaming in panic in the huge cabin had already been skinned and pressed on the ground like white sheep. At once, he could not help but frown.
With a gentle wave of his hand, Zhang Lisheng mobilized the invisible power obtained from the Eye Beast's soul. Just as he was about to wring the heads of all the crazy sailors in the cabin, he suddenly felt that it was a little inappropriate to be so brutal. With a flick of his body, he used the invisible power to knock all of the sailors out.
Then, the young man reminded the women loudly, "Stop screaming! Put on! Tidy up your clothes! Throw these madmen out of the door later!" With a step, he disappeared in a flash.
The women in the cabin originally thought that there was absolutely no chance for them to get lucky, but in the end, in their despair, they strangely saw all of the thugs falling unconscious in just a blink of an eye. After a while of being in a daze, someone finally shouted, "It's that outlander! It's that outlander who saved us again! God above, please bless him with wealth and fortune …"
Right at this moment, the door of the cabin was suddenly pushed open. A tall young man wearing a luxurious double-breasted captain's uniform, holding a rapier in both of his hands, rushed into the cabin with a gloomy expression.
Looking around, when he saw Helena, who was dressed neatly despite her shabby clothes, his expression relaxed right away. Striding up to the girl, he said loudly in excitement, "Helena, I'm relieved to see that you're alright! Don't worry, the suffering has already passed. I've brought the fleet to save you …"
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