250 Sregl Island Part 1 (1/2)
Saleen flew to the pirate ship, entered the water at the rear end of the ship, and dove down to the place where the pan’s turtle alchemical boat was. Although there was a teleportation portal under the alchemical boat, Saleen was not willing to pay a few hundred gold coins for its transmission, so he knocked on the turtle shell for a while, went around, and stood in front of the huge crystal.
Nailisi and Lex opened the magic image array after hearing the sound, and saw Saleen waving to them in front of the alchemical boat.
”Master wants us to go out.”
Nailisi jumped up and rushed straight to the cabin with the teleportation portal.
Lex turned off the magic image hurriedly, left a fully constructed puppet in the cabin, and then went to the cabin where the teleportation portal was with Nailisi.
Chuu…
They followed Saleen and came to the surface of the sea. Saleen cast a Flying spell, stepped onboard, and then said to Lex who had flown after him, ”I have met someone from my teacher’s mage group.”
”Are you sure?”
”Yes. That person has an aura around him that is similar to my teacher’s. That type of aura must be cultivated over years and cannot be imitated. And I heard them talking about …”
”Is it safe?”
”I’m not sure, but don’t be afraid. They are not targeting us. Daniel, ask the sailors to lower a boat and we will go there.”
Daniel followed his orders obediently and supervised the sailors as they lowered a boat. Saleen warned Nailisi, ”When we go there, do not say a word. Do you understand?”
”Not even a word?”
Nailisi’s eyes widened.
”No.”
”Okay then.”
Nailisi’s eyelids dropped quickly. Saleen thought, If you cause any trouble in front of my teacher, I cannot protect you. I hope Nailisi can behave for a while.
Ten pirates who were working as laborers paddled against their will, driving the small boat towards the warships. They especially hated and feared warships. Warships were the last thing pirates sailing on the sea wanted to encounter. With no ability to defeat or flee from them, a warship was an indication of death for pirates.
The small boat stopped next to the huge warship, and someone dropped a rope ladder down from the ship. Neither Saleen nor Lex used the rope. They flew onto the deck directly.
Of course, those three mages had not waited for Saleen all this time. Morpheus was waiting on the deck, and he said to Saleen after seeing him, ”Master Gaia is waiting for you on the fourth floor.”
He had become even more polite towards Saleen. Saleen thought about the four black metal grand swordmasters who worked for Lex. With my physique, if I had chosen swordcraft instead of magic, I would have only been a high-grade swordsman, not even a swordmaster, by this time.
Even if I had achieved the grade of a grand swordmaster, I would not have had equal status to a mage at any grade lower than that of a golden grand swordmaster.
Saleen thoughts were not wrong, but he had forgotten that he would have still been a grade-2 mage at this time if not for his luck. Plus, a grade-2 mage did not have high status in Alchemy City either.
If this black metal grand swordmaster had been at any place other than Alchemy City, other people would have competed to recruit him. Hiring a mage was expensive and troublesome, but hiring swordsmen was much cheaper. The cost of a swordmaster was less than that of a grade-4 mage.
Lex was in a disturbed state of mind. On this warship, she felt a lack of control for the first time, and the feeling of being uncertain of her future. She had been a viscountess, then a duchess, and was used to having over ten thousand people working for her, with a few dozens of them being mages. She was now on this warship all alone, and the black metal grand swordmaster from the other party was merely a messenger.
I have no idea whether the people from Saleen’s mage group are mages in the traditional sense. If not, there may be more variables in my plan. If this mage group is an orthodox one, then cooperation with them will be much smoother.
Saleen surprised Gaia again when he came back with his friends. One of them was a grade-6 mage and the other was a death mage. There were no more than ten death mages in the entirety of Alchemy City, and this death mage was already grade-3 and had a fairly high grade of death flames.
That tall girl, what type of person is she? Why do I feel like she is dangerous?
”Uncle Gaia, this is Lex, Nailisi, and Daniel.”
Saleen introduced them. Gaia looked at Lex, thought for a moment, and then asked, ”What‘s your last name?”
”Grukos,” Lex replied calmly.
”Are you the genius viscountess?”
”She is now a duchess,” Saleen interrupted with a smile.
”I haven’t seen many nobles like you. And Daniel, you are from Tanggulasi, right?”
Gaia hardly ever went to the mainland but possessed sharp eyes. He had been able to distinguish Daniel's lineage from his facial features alone.
”Yes sir.”