248 I’m Gonna Tear Off Your Dock (1/2)

Can a snake be related to the Queen?

Yes!

And, her name is the Ice Queen, whose story of ancestry is as follows. It's not that this species does not have males, but rather that, among their ancestors, there was once an individual so powerful, she could kill off 95 percent of the world's strongest warriors in an instant. She was the instigator, whose presence made people start to realize, for the first time, the terror of this species that was living in the distant ocean.

Then, as early as 700 years ago, and long before Argyll was born, this humanoid monster was given the official title of The Ice Queen, and was given the role of Honorary Dean by 17 Royal Magic Caster Senates. She was then conferred as nobility in 21 countries, with extremely large feudal territories also granted to her.

As there was no such thing as national and ethnic concepts in the mind of the wild Ice Queen, she was willing to accept any title, from whichever countries desired to confer them upon her. There were even several hostile countries that tried with luck, inviting her over. Every single one of them had succeeded, without any effort whatsoever.

These countries, without exception, had her feudal dominion placed in territories that were disputed with other neighboring countries. Her lands were so wide and vast, they filled all of the princes with jealousy. Even the Gilnan Empire, which was the most powerful kingdom at the time, decided to tenure her with four territories!

This is the real reason why everybody named her The Ice Queen, because when all of her territories were added up, the total area was even bigger than an entire kingdom, not to mention that no one would dare invade her territories.

The root cause of her intimidating effect, which was far greater than the devil's, happened back in the days of her unevolved form, when she liked to hunt for birds and their eggs. There was one time, when she was almost torn to pieces by the raging Firebird couple, after she had accidentally eaten the egg of the Firebird. She had barely managed to escape by hiding from their clutches by fleeing into the deep sea.

Fast forward to two years after this incident, and the Ice Queen returned to find the Firebird couple. She told them that she would bury the hatchet, if they would either pluck off one of the two long, beautiful feathers on their tails by themselves, or allow her to do so. The outcome was obvious, as the Firebirds, who treasured their feathers more than anything, could never agree to such terms! The negotiation was broken, before the conversation could even get started.

So, what would not be freely given, the Ice Queen determined to take. After a series of battles, the Firebird couple looked at the four bloody feathers on the ground, yelling and crying over their cruel misfortune.

Once they were done yelling and crying, the Firebird couple decided to find helpers to seek their revenge. Unfortunately, the two helpers they found also ended up having their own feathers mercilessly plucked away.

This incident had provoked the entire Firebird clan, which led to more than ten years of fighting between the two parties. When all was said and done, the entire conflict resulted in 83 Firebirds' losing their two tail feathers, which were the sources of their pride and the symbols of their beauty. Adding to this terror, 17 of them were actually killed. After suffering such atrocities, the Firebirds panicked, hiding themselves among other social animals.

The Firebird, which was a magical creature that could compete with even the Great Dragon, had been defeated. In fact, it was this war, which had lasted for more than a decade, that first set the terrific name of The Ice Queen in stone. Even the Great Dragons humbled themselves in front of her, lest their fangs be plucked away.

What about this young man?

He is apparently teaching The Ice Queen to speak? Doesn't that mean that the Ice Queen then has opened up her ingenuity, and is not far from evolving into a higher level being?

Should we nip this relationship in the bud, or try to build a good relationship with him as well?

These thoughts appeared in Argyll's mind, but when he thought of the Ice Queen, who had yet to evolve, and the mysterious young man, Argyll had to extinguish the ideas entirely. He did this because he honestly figured that the possibility of either was little to none. With the ability to randomly give out such a peerless weapon, not even that idiot Balu would believe that he was not awesome!

Better not try anything, but just attempt to build a good relationship, then.

Would the young man possibly be the son of the Goddess of Fortune? Otherwise, why did all the good things happened to be his?

After thinking through a few indignant grievances, Argyll carefully walked toward the young man. It seemed like the reason that the giant white python had not launched an attack was because the old man had a similar look as Chen Fan. Hence, all the python did was keep an eye on him.

Chen Fan was slightly surprised, when he finally came into contact with this old man, as he looked so energetic, even despite his gray hair. His gorgeous fine-crafted robes, along with the two dazzling gemstone rings on his hand, made him look like quite a pampered and privileged noble!

In fact, Chen Fan thought that these two adjectives perfectly described him. He was, indeed, pampered and privileged.

”Hey, do you like this ring?” Argyll quickly pulled out the two rings, insisting on giving one to Chen Fan. As he did so, his expression seemed to be signifying that Chen Fan would be looking down on him, if Chen Fan didn't accept it.

As the two seemed to be unable to communicate with each other clearly, Argyll took out some paper and quill pens, then outlined the shape of a sailing boat and a nautical compass. He used this drawing, along with his rich facial expressions and gesturing, which made it easy for Chen Fan to now understand what he meant.

”You lost your nautical compass, and you would like to trade in order to get one from me?” Chen Fan nodded his head, which made Argyll feel instantly relieved. A nautical compass was sold everywhere, and even the most expensive ones only cost about a dozen dollars.

After completing the compass trade, Argyll suddenly had an idea. Why couldn't he just learn the language of this young man, along with The Ice Queen?

Argyll had studied their texts, which were similar to the structure of the common language, except for the difference between the words and the pronunciations of the meanings. Those who were capable of becoming magic casters were no fools, so Argyll was confident that he would master the language faster than the Ice Queen!

He decided that it didn't matter if he had to pester them consistently and gradually. He was determined that, however possible, he must build a good relationship with the Ice Queen and this young man. This was vital, because his motherland, the Kingdom of Rhine, was a mere second-rate country. It still had a big gap, when compared to the great empires.

But, if he could secure friendship with the Ice Queen...

The more he thought about it, the more excited he was. Argyll decided to stay, and made Chen Fan understand his intention through sketching and gesturing, just as he had done before with the trade. After getting Chen Fan's permission, he sat down on the beach, setting his every intention towards learning this new foreign language!

......

At 11:30, Chen Fan rubbed his sore bottom and got up from the beach. He planned to go back to Zhongyun to buy the compass for Argyll, as well as to get some delicacies from the hotel. He would like to let this guy try some Chinese delicacies, specifically!

When returning to the dock, riding on the electric eel, Chen Fan discovered that, at the left side of the dock, on the beach that had always been unattended, seven to eight cars had showed up from out of nowhere, three of which were Mercedes, two that were BMWs, one Mercedes MPV, and one Honda MPV.

In front of the cars, a large group of corpulent, middle-aged men looked as if they were commanding the world, as they were standing next to a few young men and women, all wearing business suits, and all of whom were obviously their subservient attendants.

Most likely, the leaders had gotten bored again, and had come to inspect him, he guessed. The group was currently two to three hundred meters away from the dock, and had no way of spotting the electric eel, as it was still submerged below the surface. Therefore, Chen Fan did not care much about them.

”Hey, Wang Bing! Get someone to help me buy a few nautical compasses, and have the hotel chef prepare some abalones, sea cucumbers, and what not. Then have Xiao Zhou send it to us! Also, tell Xiao Zhou to bring the seafood transport truck, as I've gotten my hands on some wild seafood!”

After the phone call, Chen Fan leisurely laid on the sofa, waiting for his men to send things over.

After about half an hour, the truck driver Xiao Zhou arrived with the Dongfeng extended box truck. He approached with a Ding Dong sound, then carefully handed the food box and the nautical compasses to Chen Fan.

”Boss, do we load all this seafood onto the truck?”

”Yep, just load all of them up! By the way, why is the guy called Wang, or something like it, not with you?” Chen Fan put the food box aside, then rolled up his sleeves to help him move the seafood crate. The task was usually done by two people, because one person would have a hard time carrying such heavy crates alone!

”He left halfway to handle something urgent!” Xiao Zhou, the driver, saw that Chen Fan was trying to help, and immediately said anxiously, ”It's OK, I can do it myself!”