The businessman Fang Plover rescued was called Bunigu. He was not from Istania, but a Kaolin business traveler returning from Istania. This fat, middle-aged businessman was full of gratitude to the Seven Seas Brigade and repeatedly said: "Ms. Roman's blessing." He took out the Scales Holy Emblem and kissed it several times with tears of gratitude.
Fang Yu interrupted him and asked, "No caravan has passed here for a long time. Why are you here?"
Upon hearing this, Bunigu immediately cursed: "Who would come here if it weren't for these damn air pirates? My caravan met these guys in the Eden area. They killed my guards, why don't they? Let us go, and escort the remaining people for three days and three nights before arriving at this inhospitable place... Now all my goods have fallen into their hands, and more than half of the beasts of burden are dead. This time it is considered a blessing. All money lost.”
After saying that, he spat on the ground angrily and stepped on it hard, as if he was the Blood Shark Air Pirate.
Eden went west here, which was closer to Anquid Bay. Fang Plover knew that there was indeed a trade route passing through there, so he believed what the other party said was true. But what does it mean that the Blood Shark Air Pirates go to such trouble to kidnap these people and bring them to Idos?
It is obviously easier to directly kill people and steal goods, but it is not realistic to kidnap hostages. This is not the earth. The relatives of these businessmen are far away from each other, and it is unlikely that they can raise all the ransom money and hand it over to this place. Moreover, if they negotiate directly with Kaulin-Ishulian, the only thing waiting for them is the kingdom's navy.
Do the Blood Shark Pirates need labor? Only this possibility seems more reasonable.
After listening to Fang Plover's question, Bunigu quickly replied: "I know something about this, Mr. Little Leader. In fact, it's not just us. I heard that air pirates invaded several villages in that area and killed all the people." Came to this place."
This confirmed Fang Yu's suspicion, but he only asked: "What do these air pirates need so many people for?"
"This... I don't know for sure, but from what I hear, it seems that they want us to dig something for them." Bunigou took another 'pooh' mouth, "They said that if they do a good job, they will Returning goods to their original owners, only a three-year-old kid would believe these nonsense - can they still let my beast of burden live?"
This person was still worrying about these losses at the end of the day, which made Fang Yu feel a little speechless.
Then he heard a low whimper coming from behind. Fang Yu looked in that direction and saw a half-year-old boy kneeling next to a woman. The woman's face was weathered, her age could not be seen clearly, and she had fallen in a pool of blood.
His cousin, Jita and Tianlan were also there. Tang Xin stood up from the ground, put away the sacrificial staff, and gently shook her head towards the others. "How is this possible?" Ai Xiaoxiao, who was standing behind, looked a little surprised. She couldn't help but grab her friend's hand and asked again: "Tangtang, why don't you try again."
"She is dead, little princess," Tang Xin looked much calmer, but her face was very ugly: "There is no resurrection after death."
Ai Xiaoxiao took a step back in a daze, her face pale. This was the first time Fang Yu saw this little girl showing such an expression. Beside Ai Xiaoxiao, the little boy in ragged clothes wiped his tears with his arm and touched his mother's cheek with his other hand, crying even deeper.
"This mother and son are not members of our caravan," Bunigu sighed when he saw this scene: "When you showed up earlier, those people thought she was blocking the road and chopped her with a knife... This poor woman no longer has Starry, these damn beasts!"
It's not that Fang Piao has never seen dead people - in Du Lun, he also saw the so-called "rebels" hanged, hanging precariously on the gallows like dried shells. But looking from a distance, it is very different from now.
He walked over silently and checked the woman's injuries. When he got closer, he saw that the woman was only in her early thirties at most, but she had wrinkles on her forehead and her hands were extremely rough. She didn't look like a girl. Like a pampered status.
The knife described by Buniguk was slashed on her neck, and the blood stained the ground red. The woman had long since lost her life as a result. But even so, her pale hand still kept reaching out to the little boy.
Fang Yu couldn't help but feel moved. He looked at the little boy and subconsciously thought of his parents.
He looked at the others again. Several ladies had red eyes. Ladies are inevitably soft-hearted. Except for Miss Elf, she was calm, but she sighed softly when she saw this scene.
There were seven people in the hijacked team, and except for Bunigu's two servants, none of them were from the caravan. Fang Pliance also saw a girl whose right hand was broken at the level of her arm, and her sleeves were empty. She kept her head lowered and remained silent in front of everyone.
Bunigou told them that the air pirates wanted to violate the girl, but the girl insisted on death and had one of her hands cut off during the resistance. Fortunately, those bastards failed to succeed in the end. The girl was originally dying, but she was rescued by others.
"It would have been better not to save her if I had known earlier." Bunigou regretted a little: "These people who deserve to go to hell will not let us go in the end. They will have to report to Ms. Roman sooner or later. If I hadn't still cared about my goods, I won’t follow you to this place.”
"Will her arm return to its original shape after being resurrected?" Tang Xin couldn't help but ask.
Bunigou shook his head: "That's not possible. Lord Mirela will not be so kind for no reason. Unless we find a priest who can cast high-level restoration skills, but such priests are at the level of archbishop, how can they care about us? Such a little person.”
"These damn air pirates," Tian Lan was furious: "Do they have any humanity at all?"
"Can you still call yourself an air pirate if you have humanity?" The Papalar people couldn't understand Tian Lan's logic.
Tianlan said to him angrily: "Shut up if you can't speak, Parker!"
Parker had no choice but to shut up.
However, everyone couldn't help but feel a little silent for a moment. Both Baggins and the old captain under Princess Brianne had told them about the behavior of these extremely vicious pirates. But at that time, "extremely evil" was just an adjective, and it was far less bloody and chilling than it is now.
Fang Yu couldn't help but think of Bishop Tirion of Yunzhi Port. If he holds the position of bishop of the diocese, he should be able to use high-level restoration techniques, right? It's just that the girl seemed to be very uneasy and afraid of life after this disaster. She closed herself up and refused to communicate with outsiders.
And they can't contact Tirion at the moment, so they can only ignore this matter for now.
The remaining person was a sailor on the ship, probably because their ship encountered the Blood Shark Pirates. The other party also suffered a lot at the hands of those people, but as a strong young man, he behaved fairly optimistically.
Only then did Fang Plover find Baggins and ask him to "well" torture the Blood Shark Pirates - as an old sailor above Kukai, Baggins was of course proficient in these torture methods.
The ladies were initially a little resistant to this, but after this incident, they also became united in their hatred. Since these air pirates don't treat themselves as human beings, there is no need for them to treat these guys like human beings.
After some howling, the big cat man, who had been watching with great interest, suddenly came back with a bad expression.
After he came out, he lit his pipe, took a deep breath, and blew out the smoke from his big mouth. His silver eyes seemed to sparkle in the smoke, and he said to Fang Plover:
"Ed, although revenge is temporarily satisfying - the goddess tells us to stick to the integrity of our hearts. Although I follow my heart and have a clear conscience, the Paladin is still better after all."
Fang Yu looked at the big cat man in surprise, thinking that he had understood something after watching a 'good show', so he couldn't help but ask: "Are you going to let that man go, Mr. Reid?"
"You think too much, little guy," the big cat man shook his head, and the gold ring hanging under his mane jingled: "But I will give him a happy one."
Among the crowd, Box and Papalar, who were equally curious, quickly ran out. Box vomited all over the floor with a "wow" sound on the side - and soon Papalar was not immune and began to vomit.
Luo Hao was the only one who persisted to the end, and curiously discussed his experience with Baggins, which greatly amazed the old sailor and felt that this little fat man was a talented person.
But our Mr. Iron Guard soon became a public enemy in the eyes of the lady.
Tian Lan looked at this guy and suddenly said angrily: "Damn perverted fat guy!"
Luo Hao felt aggrieved after hearing this: "I recognize the perverted fat guy, why did you add the word "death" in front of him?"
"My pleasure."
It was Fang Yu who pulled them apart to prevent the two guys from quarreling.
The results of Baggins' interrogation came out quickly. Probably because of the general environment of Etalia, the bones of these so-called hyenas in the sky seemed to be not as hard as they claimed.
In fact, most air pirates don't know much about mysterious magic, let alone the sacred magic of forest elves. When Baggins killed an air pirate in front of them, and the others watched the guy resurrected in front of them, they were almost stunned with fear.
Of course, they didn't know how long Etila's spell would last, nor did they know that the air pirate was killed and resurrected. In fact, if he committed suicide again, he could return to the temple elsewhere to be resurrected.
They were frightened, and after being tortured by Baggins to extract confessions, they naturally couldn't stand it anymore and told the truth. However, Baggins did not make it easy for these people. He repeatedly tested his methods on these people for several rounds, and only after confirming that their confessions were not contradictory, he finally let them go.
Tie these people up and throw them into Mr. Gray Rock's cabin, leaving them to fend for themselves.
"The situation of Idos has basically been determined, Captain."
Baggins washed off the blood stains on his body, changed his clothes, and then came to the 'Central Workshop' to find Fang Plover and said: "It seems that the news from the Elfendor Council is somewhat out of date. Blood Shark Sky Pirates" We arrived at Idos early in the morning and took control of the place.”
"Controlled that place?" Fang Yu put down the map he was studying and looked up, somewhat surprised.
Baggins nodded: "That's almost what it looks like now."
"What do you mean 'now'?"
"They entered Idos disguised as 'archaeologists' before. At that time, there were not many of them - in fact, they arrested many people from around Anquid, all in the name of 'archaeology'. Discover something in Dusi City."
"So the people sent by the Elfendor Council were not aware of this."
"I'm afraid that's the case, Captain. Many archaeologists have always been excavating here in Idos, which is indeed very confusing." Baggins took off his hat and hung it on a hook beside him: "In addition, The Upper Elfendor Council received the news that the Blood Shark Pirates had landed in Anquid much later than the time when they sent the first team of men to Idos. Therefore, it is normal for the news to lag behind during this period. …”
"And the people sent by the Elfendor Council are to find the whereabouts of Nicol Bolas. They don't know the plan behind the Dragon Cult like we do, so of course they don't suspect that the Blood Shark pirates who are carrying out excavations here with great fanfare are related to Is there any connection between this?" Fang Plover asked: "So what exactly are the Blood Shark Pirates digging for?"
"The people we caught were just peripheral members, and the captain refused to speak, so the remaining people didn't know what the people above were digging for. It is said that they also had some complaints. After all, they were here. Being a pirate is not just hard work."
"The only news that can be learned now is that the excavation work was carried out in about three places at the same time. From the description, one of them should be the original location of the Idos City Hall." Baggins replied.
"How long have they been staying there?" Fang Plover asked again.
"Almost two months."
"Two months?" Fang Yu was a little surprised: "Isn't that what happened before the Van Ricker incident?"
"Pretty much, Captain." Baggins replied: "But the real large-scale excavation activities only started in the past half month. Before that, the Blood Shark Air Pirates seemed relatively restrained."
"That means the raids around Anquid also started during this time period?"
Baggins nodded.
Fang Yu couldn't help but frown. Although he still didn't know the purpose of the blood shark air pirate, the other party would definitely not speed up the progress for no reason. Either because something was discovered, or because the situation changed, they had to risk exposure and speed up the excavation process.
As for the only change in the situation that can be called the last half month, it is probably the defeat of the Dragon Worship Cult in Vanrik, which happens to be closely related to them.
He thought for a moment and then asked: "Are the people from the Dragon Fire Guild also in Idus?"
"Those people don't know it clearly, but there are indeed chosen ones in the city."
"That's it." Fang Yu thought to himself who else would deal with these people - Dragon Worshipers, Blood Shark Air Pirates - only guys like the Dragon Fire Guild would gather like birds of a feather like this.
He asked again: "What is the situation in Idos 'now'?"
Baggins replied: "Since the other party captured many slave workers from various places, it has completely controlled Idus. Now almost all the core areas of Idus are under the control of the Blood Shark Air Pirates. It is almost impossible for outsiders to enter. It’s impossible.”
"Interesting." Fang Yu narrowed his eyes.
He was not stupid either. He immediately realized that the Blood Shark Pirates suddenly changed their strategy not just because of the emergency. They sealed Idos tightly, and it seemed that they had really discovered something in the city.
Thinking of this, he asked: "So is there any other information?"
"There is one. Starting half a month ago, they have blocked an area in Idos City. According to the air pirates, even their peripheral members can't get close to that place."
"Is this a change that only happened in the past half month?"
"Indeed, I have repeatedly confirmed different statements, and there is almost no difference in time," Baggins replied: "Do you know that place, Captain?"
"I do know that place," Fang Plover nodded: "That place was originally the square in the center of Idos. After Idos was reduced to ruins, the ground there subsided, forming an open underground area."
"What do you think is there, Captain?"
"I don't know about that." Fang Yu looked at the map in his hand. The captured air pirates provided more information than he imagined, so their next action plan would be much clearer.
"But we can go there first and have a look—"
"Where to go and see?"
Fang Yu nodded: "Go and see what the Blood Shark Pirates, Dragon Worship Cult and Dragon Fire Guild are doing."
"Then how do we enter Idos?"
"I do have a preliminary idea," Fang Yu replied, "but I still need to plan."
…
Fang Plover came down from the platform and found Bu Nigu. There is no room for more people on the platform. Fortunately, there are still some tents and supplies on the back of Bunigu's beast of burden, so they can camp in the valley.
After being comforted by Alyssa and Jita, the girl with the broken hand no longer seemed so uneasy. Probably because she was a woman, she occasionally nodded or shook her head to express herself in front of Tianlan and others. idea.
The others briefly disposed of the body of the little boy's mother. Luo Yu used the materials on the ship to make a simple coffin for the poor woman, and waited until they had the opportunity to find a suitable place to bury her.
The little boy stayed beside his mother's coffin for a long time before finally leaving reluctantly. He heard that Fang Plover was going to conduct reconnaissance near Idos, so he silently pulled the reins to fetch a beast of burden for Fang Plover and looked up at him.
"I don't need this, Pasha," Fang Plover looked at the little boy and couldn't help but think of himself - the other boy no longer has any relatives, but he is even luckier because he still has uncles, aunts, Cousin's family.
He had just learned the other party's name not long ago. This little boy and his mother were both Istanians, and they seemed to come from another caravan that was also in trouble. Fang Yu took out a clockwork fairy and gestured in front of the other party: "I am a craftsman."
The little boy seemed to understand what he meant and didn't say anything. He just led the beast back, but soon returned to him.
"Pasha?"
"I'll go with you, Mr. Captain," Pasha whispered, "You are good people, I can help you."
Fang Yu was a little surprised. The other party had been silent. He thought it was because the other party was in disaster. But I didn't expect that when Pasha opened his mouth, he turned out to be very orderly and not at all like the calmness and rationality he should have at this age.
But Fang Yu probably thought that the other party was out for revenge, so he couldn't help but ask: "Do you want to join us? But we don't plan to fight the Blood Shark Air Pirates for the time being."
Pasha nodded: "I understand, Mr. Captain, I will obey your orders."
"But why?"
Pasha looked back at the simple wooden coffin containing his mother, then looked back at him intently.
Fang Yu couldn't help but feel moved. He made such a decision because Luo Yu helped his mother make the coffin. He originally planned to refuse, but after thinking about it, he nodded anyway - he relied on the Clockwork Fairy for his investigation, and it was not too dangerous in the first place:
"Okay, but you can't stay too far away from me. If you don't obey my instructions, there will be no next time."
Pasha nodded slightly.
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