Its daybreak……
At the slaughterhouse on the shore of Bone Bay in Bilgewater, even though it is still early in the morning, there are no fresh sea beasts being slaughtered on the slaughtering gallows. However, due to long-term slaughter over the years, the scarlet blood of a large number of sea beasts, It has already been soaked into every rock, every grain of sand, and every drop of sea water in this harbor... So, the sea water here seems to always be a miserable red color with that fishy smell?
Of course, after a whole night of continuous washing by the waves, the red water in the pier has gradually been diluted, and it cannot be compared with the terrifying deep red color during the peak period of the slaughter.
then,
After the red sea water and the rising red sun in the distance complement each other, looking around, both the sky and the sea are all red... giving the scenery here a strange and bloody feeling. The tragic beauty that only exists on the battlefield... and this "watching the sunrise from the bone-carved harbor, with the blood-stained blue sky" is one of Bilgewater's most famous wonders!
It's a pity that no one here will pay attention to this now, because this kind of thing has long been a normal thing in the eyes of the people of Bilgewater.
"hurry up!"
~(￣0￣)/speed speed~!
"You lazy guys, hurry up and get all the things on the boat for me. We'll need them soon! Also, what are you looking at, that big bearded guy on the shore? I'm talking about you. Hurry up! Untie it now That thick cable under your feet!!”
ψ(*｀)
"Hey! Are you a sailor? You have to untie the mooring rope before sailing. Don't you even know this?!"
s(·｀ヘ·;)
at this time,
In this slaughterhouse, a medium-sized hunting ship was swaying in the scarlet water. It was being driven by a group of incompetent sailors who looked a little chaotic and busy, as well as a little boy who was giving random orders and shouts. Under the operation of the captain, the three dirty sails were finally pulled up unsteadily, and taking advantage of the morning breeze, they slowly floated towards the outside of the shore of Kegu Bay.
Yes, the captain of this ship is Queen Anne, you read that right...
This medium-sized hunting ship, which was renamed the Greasy and looked shabby and somewhat dirty, was the one where Annie went from being poor to fast-paying in a hotel in Bilgewater last night. Bought from a down-and-out captain who couldn't afford rent or drinks!
As for the clumsy Sea Hunter crewmen who were operating the ship, the reason why they listened so much to a little girl was actually because:
What little Annie spent money to buy last night was actually not just a medium-sized ship used for hunting giant beasts. In fact, the down-and-out captain also bought one and got one free, directly gifting her such a ship. A team of sea hunters who are said to be very incompetent. They went out to sea several times but failed to successfully hunt any deep-sea behemoths, and then almost bankrupted their former captain alive? !
You know, here in Bilgewater, a hunting ship that goes out to sea many times but fails to catch any giant beasts is easily despised and ridiculed... and may even be considered extremely unlucky and unlucky. exist? And those sea hunters or other captains who go to sea to earn their lives often attach great importance to such an invisible and intangible thing as 'luck'!
so,
Under normal circumstances, no sea hunter or captain would be willing to take over this kind of ship!
If some ignorant and fearless little girl hadn't bought it, it would have been spotted by someone one day in the future, and then dragged ashore at a low price to be used as a house or for other purposes, and the nameplate on the door of the house would have been engraved with Apart from taking its experience as an 'epitaph', it will never have a better ending...
but,
There is an exception to everything, right?
No, because of a rich little girl who was extremely confident in her own strength and never considered any consequences when doing things, she met a poor captain by chance... So, a bag of unknown quantity was After handling the heavy gold coins, the ship was rowed to Anne's name, and a group of sea hunters who almost died of starvation were given as a free gift! !
This,
It was here at the Slaughterhouse today that the reason why Annie was able to command a ship of more than twenty people and successfully sailed her own ship, the Greasy, slowly moved under the curious or mocking eyes of many Bilgewater people. The reason for sailing away from the slaughterhouse and the shore of the Boneless Bay! !
The reason why this broken ship is called the "Greasy" is actually because Anne just used those disgusting greasy things to tease some two bad robbers who wanted to seek wealth and death, and early this morning, When she came here to receive it, after seeing this dirty old ship, she naturally used such a disgusting word.
But actually...
At first, she planned to call it 'Little Bear'... Unfortunately, due to the strong opposition of her Tibbers, she had to settle for the next best thing and casually choose such a strange name. He had someone write its new name crookedly on a piece of broken board, and casually nailed it to the sacred position of the original ship's name on the bow.
Little Annie would never pay much attention to such troublesome little things, and out of distrust of the new captain, the crew members who did not have high hopes for this trip to sea naturally also I didn't bother to pay attention to the very unlucky thing of changing the name of the ship. I just let it go and let such a rich little girl with some strange magical abilities do whatever she wanted.
(…)
(Dear little master, what kind of trouble are you running out to sea so early in the morning... I obviously remember that you had such a slow sea-breaking boat in the Caribbean before. If you have played it before, do you still want to play it now?
(●￣￣●)
For the first time, a certain bad little master did not sleep in the luxurious room of the hotel, but came to play this kind of sea game early in the morning. This really made Tibbers feel very, very sad. Puzzled!
Because it is really rare for the sun to rise in the west...
Well, Uncle Tibbers Bear almost forgot that this is not any other plane on earth. If the sun comes out in the west, wouldn't it be too strange? )
“Of course we’re going hunting!!”
(><)
"That huge sea beast is so delicious, so big, and so ferocious. I'm sure I'm going to hunt a few of them to have a good time!!"
(`)
When she thought of the piece of meat she ate yesterday, the corners of Annie's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
That kind of delicious food is not available for sale every day...
Moreover, it is said that the best things are specially given as tribute to the gang leaders and smuggling bosses in this city... They are the ones named by the people above to keep. Even if she has money, she may not You can buy those special items!
Besides, the harvest at the Slaughterhouse was a bit poor today. Early in the morning, and until the sun rose, no sailing ship from the sea hunters was seen returning. Therefore, there must be no fresh giants in Bilgewater today. Animal meat is sold, but Annie doesn’t like eating ordinary sea fish!
so,
After eating a not-so-pleasant breakfast, for the sake of her stomach, which was likely to get increasingly injured, Anne made a resolute decision: use the medium-sized sea-going boat she bought last night to go out to sea and hunt for herself. Big fish go!
Moreover, she also decided:
She will never use her powerful abilities easily. As long as no particularly powerful monster appears, she will only use the power of this ship and those stupid sea hunter crew members to fight against the enemy she wants. The kind of sea beast she wanted, she was so envious of those guys who laughed at her on the pier when she was sailing! !
Of course, if she really can't be caught, maybe...maybe...she will really cheat secretly?
(Uh-huh...Master, just be happy with yourself...
It couldn't be stopped anyway. The ship was now gradually moving away from Bilgewater anyway. Tibbs didn't think much of the crew members who couldn't even steer the boat well enough to catch big fish, so he didn't plan to say anything more. , allowing a troublesome little master who probably only had three minutes of heat to look around on the bow of the ship, looking at the rugged sea and the seabirds that had been flying around to hunt for food early in the morning. )
"!!"
∑(△｀)? !
"Hey! It's going well, why did you stop suddenly? Didn't you have dinner this morning? Come on, speed up, full speed ahead with full right rudder!!"
(｀へ)ノ
Annie went out to sea for hunting today, not for fun!
If she could, she would definitely kill a big enough beast today, just like the giant octopus she caught in the Caribbean! Therefore, she was very dissatisfied with the crew's behavior of slowing down the ship and floating slowly on the sea without her consent!
If they keep drifting like this, I'm afraid they won't be able to reach the nearest deep-sea hunting ground until next month, and they won't even be able to catch those ferocious super sea beasts! !
"..."
"Well... Dear Captain, we didn't stop the ship on purpose... We just wanted to ask, have you paid the 'tithe' for going to sea?"
The person who came over and nodded and asked humbly to the little girl was a legendary harpooner named Lars who was additionally recruited by Little Annie!
Under normal circumstances, harpooners are the soul of a team of sea hunters. They are mainly responsible for shooting with harpoons or using other weapons to sneak into the sea to hook and try to kill those huge sea prey!
This kind of senior harpooner is often the most critical and core figure in a ship or a team of sea hunters! There is no doubt that many harpooners are infallible marksmen or fearless free divers! A team of sea hunters without a qualified harpooner would definitely not be able to hunt any prey, and this was the real reason why little Annie listened to the down-and-out captain and spent a lot of money to recruit him. .
"Pay taxes?"
∑(￣□￣;)?
"Okay, why do people have to pay taxes? Isn't Bilgewater a free port? So why do you have to collect taxes? You guys, do you want to deceive your captain, and then you can do that kind of deception? Is there any corruption and fraud that has been hidden from above?"
"Let me tell you, I hate this kind of people the most. Do you want me to burn you right now?!"
(ψv)
The reason why little Annie was able to successfully recruit Lars, the legendary harpooner in front of her, and command the crew members who had no hope of success in life and began to engage in deceit, abduction, murder and smuggling in the city of Bilgewater was honestly. Listening to herself, in addition to the offensive of gold coins, she also appropriately disclosed her identity as a powerful spell caster!
So now, after hearing that the other party wanted to trick her into paying taxes, she glared at the other party's sloppy beard without any politeness at all, and angrily grabbed a ball of orange-red light in her hand. and little fireballs of terrible heat.
Guys, don't think that Lady Queen Anne doesn't know anything when she's still young!
If they thought they could deceive and deceive her unscrupulously after running to the sea, then they were totally wrong! !
"this……"
"My Lord Captain..."
"Everyone who goes to sea must pay taxes, don't you really know that? Everyone here in Bilgewater knows that... As the saying goes, 'if you don't pay a tithe, the sea will boil', but that's No joke, that is very important, more important than whether our ship can hit those deep sea monsters!!"
because,
If you don't teach tax, it will be fatal!
Those terrible experiences in the past have long made Lars understand: whether it is when going to sea or when returning with a full load, tithes must be paid... If he hadn't seen the captain pay the tax with his own eyes, He would never continue walking into the deep sea, or he would never easily approach the Anaconda Islands, a place that Ms. Bearded is paying close attention to.
Anyway, if the little captain in front of him doesn't listen to the advice, even if he unilaterally terminates the employment relationship without authorization and jumps into the sea to risk swimming back, he will not hesitate! !
"..."
(_)
"No one has ever heard of this nonsense about tithes!!"
s(·｀ヘ·;)
No one has ever dared to collect taxes from Queen Anne, whether it is toll tax or anything else!
She really had never thought that her ship came out of a free port and had to pay taxes first without doing anything... Is there really something outrageous like that in this world?
Moreover,
Pay taxes and so on, now we are on the sea, there is not a ship around, who should we pay to? Moreover, if she refuses to pay, what can these people do to her? !
"..."
"Captain, that's the tax paid to the bearded lady in the sea..."
At this time,
Lars seemed to have remembered that this little girl mage was probably not a native of Bilgewater, because the commission paid to them seemed to be gold coins from Noxus, not their Bilgewater. The unique golden siren here in Givaud?
Therefore, although he also felt that the other party was probably an unreliable guy, he still patiently explained this to the little girl.
"Mrs. Beard?"
(=w=)o?
"Oh...you mean that big octopus? Where is it now? It's a monster like it that doesn't cost money, so why do you have to pay taxes to it?!"
(●｀●)
Anne has heard of Lady Beard many times, including its other names, such as: God representing life, growth and eternal motion, Mother Snake, Sea Beast, Giant Octopus, etc.?
and,
Since the other party is also a sea beast...
This made Anne have a very crazy idea in her mind... She thought, if she could find it and capture it back to Bilgewater for slaughter, wouldn't it be a big sensation and make people happy? Does the entire city of Bilgewater know her reputation as Queen Anne? !
While others were catching sea beasts, she was taking back an indigenous god. Thinking about that kind of thing makes people a little excited...
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Captain..."
"That's not why... because everyone has to pay taxes... Those who don't teach taxes are dead and dragged into the sea by the deep sea titan..."
"Especially...when the prey is captured and returned?"
"I used to be a harpooner, and I saw with my own eyes that the Long Snake was dragged down into the sea... everyone died, and I almost didn't make it back alive..."
Lars slowly explained with a hint of fear in a trembling voice. He fully understood the terror of Nautilus, the titan of the abyss. No one in the sea could be his opponent!
Even if the little girl in front of him seemed to be able to do some amazing fire magic, he didn't think that she could defeat that kind of monster like the devil of the deep sea, the bearded lady's 'tax collector' when she was in the sea!
"..."
(`)
Anne doesn't actually want to pay taxes, but...
"Tell me, how much tax do you have to pay?!"
(,,.,,)
Although she was a little reluctant, in order to let these hired bastard sailors work quickly and catch that huge sea beast, Anne still asked impatiently.
"Now we need at least one Golden Siren or property of equivalent value!!"
Lars held up a finger. Paying taxes is a must. Everyone must pay taxes!
Because, even he always kept a golden Kraken in his pocket, which was his lucky Kraken coin. When he was the most impoverished, he did not exchange it for wine... But, if necessary, He will definitely use it to exchange for the chance of his own life!
"oh……"
(.)
Annie doesn't have the Golden Siren or anything like that. She only has the gold coins from Noxus and the gold galleons from Gringotts in Diagon Alley, or industrial gold ingots that have a different weight than the Golden Siren... So, Not knowing how many gold coins she should throw away, she simply took out an ordinary magic gem from her pocket and threw it far into the sea water.
Plop!
There was a soft sound, and all the sailors, including Lars, who took the initiative to remonstrate with their captain, were sure that they saw their little captain paying the tithe of the sea to the bearded lady. Tax.
"Here! Can we sail the boat now?!"
s(·｀ヘ·;)
Anne secretly decided in her heart that she would not pay taxes until she returned. Then, let's see what the 'bearded lady', or the Deep Sea Titan, could do to her?
(!!)
(Dear little master, this is the sea. When the time comes, don’t expect the little one to come out and fight with the enemies you provoke!!
Whether it’s the Bearded Lady, the Titan of the Abyss, or other indigenous gods, Uncle Tibbers Bear is not afraid of them all! However, the premise is that it must be on the shore, and the enemy cannot fly and cannot run as fast as it?
But if it is a sea full of sea water like this, then I'm sorry, it will definitely not come out to fight the enemy, because Tibbers is a veritable 'landlubber', not only will it not Swimming, and a little afraid of water...)
“Of course, great captain, let’s sail the ship now!!”
After saying that, Lars stumbled away from the bow of the ship and ran towards the mast at the back, intending to continue working and direct the sailors to set sail and sail towards the deep sea area where they hunted the giant beasts in the sea. 2k reading network
