Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 204 Setting Sail on the Sea of ​​Despair

On the sea of ​​despair, in the conference room of the Valkyrie, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief because of Panini's sudden disappearance.

"We...we survived?" Mr. Lu Ting asked incredulously, "After having a drink with Lord Panini?"

"It seems so."

Yun Lan smiled, stood up, and curtsied. "Gentlemen, I should go back and write to my father. Captain, when it's convenient, please take my bracelet out of the Eternal Coffin."

"No problem," Cheng Lang readily agreed.

"Your Highness Yulan"

At this moment, Senfa stood up, suppressing his excitement, and asked cautiously, "You...you are actually...you are the esteemed Princess Bakla?"

"Mr. Senfa, do you believe what you're saying now?" Yun Lan asked with a smile.

"I can disbelieve in myself"

Senfa shrugged. "But I don't believe Lord Panini would mistake someone for someone else."

"Wise subjects are the wealth of the duchy."

Yun Lan said, "Your judgment is correct. I am Princess Bakla from more than 20 years ago."

"Flamingo Merchant's Senfa is always ready to wield his sword for you!" Captain Senfa exclaimed excitedly.

"Lu Ting is willing to wield the sword for Princess Bakla."

Mr. Lu Ting, who had been silent the whole time, also stood up and gave a knightly salute.

"Please continue to be loyal to the Brotherhood fleet."

Bakla, no, Yunlan bowed again, lifting her skirt. "A knight's honor resides on the edge of his sword, but the territory of Lika extends beyond the Star Sea Continent."

"We are willing to measure the land with our swords!" Senfa and Lu Ting answered in unison.

"This is the motto of the Royal Guard of the Founding Duke of Rica, and also the motto of the Principality of Rica," the Magic Mirror whispered in Cheng Lang's ear.

The team is huddled together?

Cheng Lang was secretly pondering this with great delight, then waved his hand and said, "Yun Ji, go and fetch Princess Yun Lan's bracelet."

"Ok"

As soon as Yun Ji agreed, she disappeared from the conference room.

"Yafso, what's the maximum number of spores you can provide right now?" Cheng Lang asked.

"As much as a powder keg"

Fearing that Cheng Lang might underestimate them, Yafso quickly explained, "This is already a very large quantity. Each arrow shaft only needs a pinch about the size of a small fish's eye."

"In that case, let's keep the parts we need, leave some for the Brotherhood fleet, and send the rest to Pirate City," Cheng Lang arranged with great interest.

"I'll go prepare right away!" Yavso immediately stood up.

"Take this with you."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he took out a clam named Abyss Nightmare from his pocket and handed it to the other person, "Put it on that Fresh Fruit ship and see if it can give us a surprise."

"Aren't you worried that Lord Panini will take a fancy to this clam?" Yun Ji asked, placing the bracelet she had retrieved on the conference table.

"You're really fast!"

Cheng Lang picked up the bracelet and looked at it, then casually handed it to Yafso along with the clam. "If Panini wants this clam, he just asked for it directly. How can we refuse?"

"Your Excellency Captain, you are absolutely right."

The magic mirror said obsequiously, "In fact, he didn't even take the Eternal Coffin with him."

"Don't worry too much about the deal with Mr. Panini."

Cheng Lang waved for Yafso to make preparations, then snapped his fingers to change the subject, asking, "Mr. Senfa, Mr. Lu Ting, how is our business going?"

"very good"

It was only at this moment that Senfa took out the Void Dock key that he had been keeping in his pocket and handed it to Cheng Lang. "Thanks to Ship Bottle, our liquor business has taken up a huge share of the Pirate City's transactions."

Furthermore, due to the recent situation, our artillery business is selling very well.

"Please ask Your Highness Yunlan to mention in her letter home whether Mr. Senfa can be given a larger share of the artillery business," Cheng Lang said without turning his head.

"I will go and request Your Highness Yunlan's permission immediately," the Magic Mirror said respectfully, before disappearing from the conference room.

"And then there's the treasure map you need."

Suppressing his excitement, Senfa continued, "Over this period of time, through trading and anti-piracy efforts, we have collected a total of 116 treasure maps."

"Yun Ji, I'm leaving her to you." Cheng Lang waved his hand.

"Please take me to my cabin later," Yun Ji said.

"no problem"

Senfa quickly agreed again, "Finally, there are the supplies you need for this long voyage. But I'm sorry, due to the tight schedule, we haven't been able to get any skis suitable for use in the desert. They need to be specially made, and the manufacturing process will take a long time."

"Don't worry about this."

At this moment, the magic mirror said, "Respected captain, have you forgotten?"
We found the sled of the armed merchant ship Miracle of Life on the corpse of the dark elf hiding in the oak barrel that we bought from the Bear Clan's boat-pulling tribe on the Arctic Ice Sea.

Those two skis were obtained by the captain of the Miracle of Life from Lord Panini more than a decade ago; they were sufficient for navigating the desert.

"I had completely forgotten about that. I should have asked Mr. Panini earlier," Cheng Lang said regretfully.

"Let's just forget it."

Yun Ji reminded him, "Perhaps Lord Panini has also forgotten. If he remembers, that sled probably won't be ours anymore."

"makes sense"

Cheng Lang nodded in deep agreement, and then said, "Time is of the essence, let's start the handover now."

"Yun Ji, you and Yun Lan will be in charge of the handover with Mr. Senfa. Hand over any spoils we don't need to them, and then replenish all supplies for both ships. We'll be entering the Sea of ​​Despair next."

"Captain, what should I do about the dark elves on my ship?"

Yun Lan appeared in the mirror on the wall. "Their presence on the ship will significantly increase our resource consumption." "Our little princess, Mist Shadow, needs playmates, so ask the seven little wolves we met in Panjiao Town and the dark elf Kruk who was with them if they are willing to join us on our adventure. As for the rest, let them temporarily join the Brotherhood fleet."

Cheng Lang looked at Senfa as he spoke, "Those are all dark elves we rescued. Please take them to the port they want to go to, and one that you can reach. These people are free to stay or leave. If they want to stay, you can decide what kind of work to arrange for them."

“Leave it to us,” Senfa assured.

"Kruk and the wolf cubs are willing to stay," Yun Lan responded. "They have already become good friends with Wuying."

"Is there anything else?" Cheng Lang asked.

There is indeed one more thing.

Mr. Lu Ting began, "Lady Magic Mirror just mentioned the armed merchant ship 'Miracle of Life.' Is it the same ship that belongs to the Duchy of Morfita and that sails the Arctic Ice Sea year-round, selling women with snow-white breasts and buttocks?"

“That’s right,” Cheng Lang teased with interest. “Did Mr. Lu Ting ever patronize that ship’s business?”

“That’s not true”

Mr. Lu Ting and his assistant, Captain Senfa, exchanged a glance, and then explained, "Fleet Commander, not long ago, my Furnace and I led several fast ships on an emergency trip to Rica to transport spirits."

On the return journey, we encountered the armed merchant ship, the Miracle of Life. But that ship had become a ghost ship.

"It's turned into a ghost ship?" Cheng Lang and Yun Ji exchanged a glance.

“That’s right, and the captain is a metal monster that looks like a crab,” Mr. Lu Ting said with lingering fear.

"It's Van Hart!" Now, even Shenba guessed who the ship's captain was.

"You two have been in contact?" Cheng Lang asked, frowning.

“That ghost ship stopped us,” Mr. Lu Ting said, “in a way that was somewhat friendly but impossible to refuse.”

"and then?"

Then he gave me a roll of parchment.

As he spoke, Mr. Lu Ting pulled a rolled-up parchment from his pocket and handed it to you. “He said he was going to Iron Oak Island to find the Web Weavers and asked me to give you this roll of parchment.”

"Give it to me?" Cheng Lang took the parchment with a puzzled look.

"That's right, I'll hand it over to you for roll call."

Mr. Lu Ting said, "He said it was compensation for his rudeness in leaving without saying goodbye."

Did the other party say anything else?

As Cheng Lang untied the hemp rope from the parchment, he asked, "This roll of parchment also has a fire seal mark."

“No more,” Mr. Lu Ting shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Lang gently tore off the seal, unfolded the parchment, and handed it to the magic mirror.

Without needing to utter a word, the magic mirror, understanding perfectly, displayed the contents of the parchment on the mirrored wall.

"It's obvious that this is a treasure map, a treasure map that has already been deciphered."

The magic mirror paused, then said in a strange tone, "The treasure map points to Oak Island."

"Isn't going in there just suicide?"

Cheng Lang was speechless. He already knew when he was first sent to this world that Oak Island had been surrounded by a ring of poisonous fog for hundreds of years. It was precisely because of that ring of poisonous fog that the Iron Oak Blood Core of the Star Sea Continent had been driven up to an outrageously expensive level.

Inevitably, he once again thought of those "wooden sticks" that he had thrown into the boat's hearth, and he couldn't help but feel heartache again.

"But this treasure map does point to Iron Oak Island."

The Magic Mirror then returned the parchment to Cheng Lang, saying, "Respected Captain, in my humble opinion, perhaps Mr. Van Hart has already prepared to die on Iron Oak Island."

"You mean this treasure map points to his belongings?" Cheng Lang asked, "if he's dead."

"Perhaps so," the magic mirror replied.

"I'm truly flattered," Cheng Lang shook his head. Just then, Yun Lan also jumped back onto the Valkyrie's conference room.

"Just now, the Fresh Fruit, under Yavso's orders, has left with the spores, the handwritten letter I wrote to my father, and the bracelet."

As Yun Lan spoke, she handed Senfa a small stone that seemed to have been threaded onto her bracelet. "Take this and go to any port in Rica to find the port tax officer. You will receive the greatest business support."

"Thank you for your help, Your Highness!" Senfa excitedly accepted the seemingly ordinary little stone with both hands.

"Let Mr. Senfa take the extra travel wagons and hunting tents with him later; they'll definitely need them."

Cheng Lang thought for a moment and said bluntly, "Since we've decided to bet on the Principality of Lika, Yun Ji, hand over the war machine Despair that we captured to Senfa as well."

"Yes," Yun Ji replied without hesitation.

"Senfa, you can keep the travel wagon and hunting tent for yourselves."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he took the war machine Despair, which was locked in the silver cage, from Yun Ji's hand. After taking one last look, he handed it to Senfa, saying, "You need to personally deliver this to the King of the Principality of Lika."

"I will personally deliver it to the King!" Senfa excitedly promised, determined to live up to this trust.

The friendship between these two fools who met at sea is truly enviable.
Mr. Lu shook his head, both amused and exasperated. Such trust was not as easy to achieve as it seemed.

"Okay, let's get started!"

Cheng Lang urged, "After we finish resupplying, let's set off for the Sea of ​​Despair immediately!"

"Yes!"

The people in the meeting room responded with unanimous confidence.

After a flurry of activity, the Brotherhood fleet, led by the pirate brothers, Senfa, and Mr. Luting, replenished the Valkyrie and Thorn with various supplies piled up in every corner, and then headed towards the nearby pirate city with the precious spoils from the mainland.

This resupply was different from the previous ones because of the "sail canopy" of the Thorn, which was full of fruit, as well as the mushrooms, Yavso, and vegetables carefully cultivated by Gerta growing all over the Thorn.

Therefore, they did not need to replenish the fruits and melons, which take up space and are not easy to preserve. Instead, they raised a lot more milk-producing goats and hens.

Aside from these, the remaining supplies consisted entirely of grains, beans, gunpowder, and cannonballs. Of course, there was also fresh water and fruit wine in bottles on the ship.

With everything ready, under the cover of the ring-shaped mist manipulated by the Silver Queen, the Valkyrie and the Thorn adjusted their sails and course, and guided by the small sailboat in the metal bowl in Cheng Lang's hand, they cleaved through the waves and headed towards the Sea of ​​Despair.

(End of this chapter)