Seeing that the two of them didn't have any comments, Connix briefly introduced the local situation:
"The settlements of Neopolis Island are concentrated in the port and urban area, as well as the nearby Heura Town. There are large farms, pastures and forest farms on the west side of the island, and there are several smaller towns scattered there. Some travelers and herders.
“The local garrison knight took a team of Beyonders to carry out a mission on an island in the Broken Sea. Currently, except for the three of us, there are only two Beyonders left here from the garrison.
"The main stronghold of the Extraordinary is the Mage Tower in the city, but daily personnel are stationed at the nearby Sheng'en Church in Hepu Town. It is a tourist attraction with dense crowds. We will gather there at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning. If we have anything to tell you, Announce."
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"Arrogant guy, he's only a Sequence 7 at this age," Amber folded her hands on her chest after finishing the examination, "He must have a bald head under his hood!"
"Status does not depend on sequence, but more on ability and contribution to His Majesty the King." Griffith defended the resident mage, "And sequence 7 is already very powerful."
"I can guarantee that if black magic items are found on the ship, the resident mage will definitely write down his contribution and the dangers he has borne in the report!" Amber continued to complain, "Our combat distance is longer than his. He would definitely skip such details as Baili."
"That's good. With professionals doing it for us, we don't have to risk going deep into the dirty and dark cargo hold." Griffiths pointed to a restaurant on a street outside the port area in a relaxed mood, "Let's go together. Want to have lunch? I’ll treat you to it.”
"Okay, okay!" Amber followed happily, "Is your salary high?"
"The monthly salary is 100 silver francs and the subsidy is 10 silver francs. After promotion to sequence 8, it will be 50 silver francs." Griffith took out a booklet and looked at it.
"It's not much. We just need to eat something simple. We can't spend money randomly." Amber said seriously, "What is the brochure about?"
"Travel guide to Neopolis Island. I was born here, but I haven't been back for a long time. It is now a popular resort in the kingdom." Griffith looked at a shop selling fish and raw fish, "This one It looks good.”
This street is not far from the port area, and there are all signs for Yusheng. Tuna is prominently painted, as well as various seaweeds, scallops, trout and eels. There was a huge fish head placed in front of each store. Griffith made a gesture and felt that these big fish could definitely eat him in one bite when they were alive.
The tourists who got off the boat ran straight to these shops, as if they had been prepared for it and were just here to eat.
"I have no objection. Free food is the most delicious." Amber found a place to sit for herself and flipped through the menu. "People here eat all raw fish! Wow, it's so expensive!"
"All the fish caught in our shop come from the deep sea in the west of the Broken Sea. The boys bring the freshest ones every early morning. They are cooked on this street. The biggest one is also auctioned!" The shop owner paused. "There was one there yesterday. The bluefin tuna fetched a high price of 4,000 silver francs!”
"Did you add an extra zero!" The blonde girl shouted in surprise, "Did you catch the legendary creature and eat it!?"
"Is this a fair price? The young men who run the boats need at least three or four silver dollars in wages every day? This doesn't guarantee that they will be able to catch it." The shop owner gestured to a big fish head in his shop.
"What concept?" Amber glanced at Griffith.
"Ordinary stevedores and construction workers only earn a sou a day," Griffiths explained. "Sailors earn twice as much, and the cost of fishing is very high."
"That's right! If you can't catch good fish? Boats? People all have to spend money. Every day's expenses are like running water. Some desperadoes dare to sail boats into the deep sea in order to make money."
"Are there many fish there?"
"Of course, it's not just fish," the shopkeeper lowered his voice. "There are never-ending waves rolling there, and weird shadows appear under the sea from time to time. There are also weird things that are beyond common sense."
"Someone was attacked?" Griffith immediately sat up straight.
"Maybe, maybe not? If those things really appear, they will definitely die. But? Those who can't come back may not encounter these weird things in the end? Will the wreckage of the fishing boat be blown back to the coast? Look. It looked like they were torn apart by a storm and they were drowned in the sea.”
The store served fresh tuna and trout to the two of them. Thick fish fillets are spread on ice, the crystalline texture is fascinating, and the meat is extremely elastic.
"Please try it with soy sauce and wasabi."
"Where did these ice cubes come from?" Griffith discovered an interesting place. "Is there an icehouse on this island?"
"Yes, but the ice is brought from the high mountains in the west and south. Those poor places have nothing but ice cubes." The shop owner is really knowledgeable. "The workers use ice picks to cut thick ice and saw it into strips. blocks, and then transported by raft to the harbor at the foot of the mountain for loading.”
"Just using ice as cargo?"
"That's right! They sold the ice here and in other big cities, and then went back in exchange for grain, fish and other things. Thanks to them, many people now pile ice in their cellars to chill milk. It’s perfect for drinking and preserving food.”
Precious transportation capacity...
Is Beyeland's capacity already abundant to this extent? Griffith was surprised. While in the East, the transportation of military rations, equipment, and personnel was always tight, but not long after the war ended, shipping capacity became available to transport ice.
"The ice trade started a long time ago. During the previous war, the ice to Beyeland and other places was not broken. There were also naval battles at that time." The shop owner added.
No wonder shipping capacity is tight. Griffith was so angry that his teeth itched.
"Woo~!" Amber suddenly let out a wonderful moan, "This fish is really delicious and bone-crushing!"
"That's not true!" The shopkeeper walked away proudly to greet other customers.
Amber dipped the raw fish into soy sauce and wasabi, covered it with crystal clear rice and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Such a rich taste, and not greasy!" Amber praised repeatedly, and then suddenly remembered something, "That's right, Perrin and Hakan asked me to express my gratitude to you, welcome you to Pasha as a guest, we will treat you well your."
After the battle in the Whispering Forest collapsed, one of them escaped the same way, and the other jumped off the cliff. Griffith had earlier thought they had met with misfortune. Now it seems they both definitely have something up their sleeve.
"Perla has publicized your heroic deeds several times," Amber praised with her hand on her cheek. "Although you are not as crazy as she said, you are braver and more powerful."
At that time, my sanity had almost evaporated, and I didn’t know what Perla, the talkative one, had to say. Griffith smiled awkwardly and asked: "By the way, will Captain Valkyrie come to this island? I mean, if there is a follow-up mission."
"Do you look down on me?"
"No, no." Griffith quickly defended.
Amber snorted lightly and said:
"The number of Transcendents above Sequence 6 is limited, and there are so many incidents that need to be investigated. Once action is taken, it is very difficult to keep intelligence secret. Without them, important nodes will easily expose flaws and attract attacks.
"And the more powerful the Extraordinary is, the more obvious the psychic ripples are. Their actions are easily detected by prophecy and divination. Therefore, the first ones to attack are Extraordinaries like us who are below Sequence 7. Extraordinary people go first. The party that takes action will easily be at a disadvantage."
It turns out that the high-level combat power of all parties has actually formed a situation of betrayal.
"It makes sense, but what if things get serious and reinforcements are not delivered in time?"
"No, most of the mage towers stationed in the core area have teleportation circles. When necessary, reinforcements can be provided at any cost. After the completion of the big astrology tower, debugging is being carried out everywhere," Amber didn't care. "If there is no such thing in some places, , indicating that it’s not important there, and it can be solved by slowly sending out garrison troops.”
"It would be nice if there were more low-level Beyonders," Griffith said while chewing the raw fish. "From the kingdom's point of view, Extraordinary characteristics and potions are not that expensive, so there should be more manpower. "
"It's impossible. Only those of you who are in the lawbreaker path can ask this kind of question."
Amber waved her hands very nonchalantly:
"Elementary potions are not expensive for the wealthy class, and many businessmen want to train their children to become extraordinary people.
"However, there is a high probability that ordinary people will not be able to adapt to potions. Even the lowest-level potions contain madness. Every year, many, many people want to ask for a future, or want to cure diseases with the power of extraordinary characteristics. Drink Taking potions bought on the black market and turning into monsters, it all ended up being a witcher's business.
"This kind of thing happens a lot in our southern border, that's why the beacon is set up there. If you have a chance to come to our academy to communicate, it will definitely refresh your world view!
"Without corresponding talents, sufficient training and study, trying to change your life with a bottle of magic potion will most likely end in tragedy. In the end, the children of the extraordinary family will become the new extraordinary, and the official does not care about this kind of thing. It’s always been very strict.”
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This meal cost Griffith 2 silver francs and 10 sous. Since he was the person sent by the squadron commander, he felt that he had to entertain him well.
Griffith paid the bill and slung his backpack casually over his shoulders.
"Do you have any plans next?" Amber asked hurriedly when she saw the trainee knight was about to leave, "I'm going to report to the Marine Research Center in the port area, and then take the ship back in a week. If we have time, we can go shopping together!"
"Our return trip should be on the same ship. I will go to the nearby Echo Hub first to see if there is a letter from the squadron leader," Griffith said. "My uncle Dr. Zion and her daughter live not far from here. I'm going to stay at their house for a few days in Hepu Town, which is far away. You are welcome to be a guest!"
"Okay!" Amber stood on tiptoes happily, "Tell me the address!"
