For Thousands of Years, My Weakest Brother Has Become a Demon King

   Chapter 168 Ys City

   "You mean you met the flagship of the Wan Flagship Team, the Mist Phantom of the Crown?"

   After the high elf officer asked about the situation, his poker face, which had been tense before, suddenly showed a smile.

   It was a mocking smile with a hint of arrogance.

   There is no doubt that he did not believe Hobbes and the others.

  Awa, known as the country of mist, has never been invaded by foreigners before entering the mortal era. At this point, it is the thick fog shrouded in the Awa Continent that has made a great contribution.

  The fog originating from the original spirit blocks all sight and interference from foreign gods. Until the magic of the platinum calendar era was widely promoted, once any force fell into this fog, it would completely lose its superiority in extraordinary power. On the other hand, the afterimages of those past things, the phenomenon called mist ghosts, is also a natural barrier.

  When the fog is full, ships sailing in this sea may encounter ghosts that have long since passed. Of course, it depends on luck whether you can get it or not, and what kind of ghost you will encounter.

It is relatively lucky to encounter merchant ships and passenger ships that have sunk in the Broken Sea because of the storm; and if they encounter pirates who have been buried in this sea area, there is a danger that the ship will be destroyed; During the battle, the destroyed Riel Empire expedition fleet was the most terrifying mist ghost that could theoretically be encountered.

In particular, the imperial flagship named "The Crown", according to the records in the Ava Continent Archives, the imperial emperor who was on the expedition was shot to death by the Continent Lord Remedios on that ship. . After that, his ghost has been lingering on that ship, constantly repeating the scene of his last battle before his death - of course, the Riel Empire has yet to admit this statement.

And if it is discovered by the misty phantom on the crown, unless it is a strong person who can reach the level of their continent master, no one can run out of the opponent's hands, let alone save them from the opponent's hands. Three lives were lost.

   But if the person in front of him is really a strong man at that level, can he still come here to do the smuggling business himself?

   However, based on the good cultivation of the high elves, this elf officer did not directly speak sarcasm, he just said to William:

   "Then please lead the way to check the cargo in the cabin, do you mind?"

   Although he said it was a request, there was an order in his tone.

   However, since he didn't want to cause too much trouble before meeting Remedios, William nodded anyway.

   The current political form of the entire Awa continent is still unclear. Until the form is clarified, there is still no need to fight over such trivial matters.

  Thinking of this, William stepped towards the other party, and as soon as he walked away, Diana, who had been standing behind him, was exposed to the sight of the elf officer. William saw the opponent's pupils shrank suddenly, and his mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

   But in the end, the officer turned around and walked towards the cabin.

  William was silent for two seconds when he saw this, and quickly followed.

  The two walked off the deck one after the other and entered the cabin.

  The aisle in the cabin was originally a little narrow, which was too low compared to the tall elf clan. The other party had to bow slightly to move forward. He asked as he walked:

   "You hired this ship?"

   "That's right."

  William replied while keeping a safe distance from him.

  Because the witch used to hide herself is invisible in the eyes of the high elves, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, William did not let her be by his side before leaving his room.

   "I just heard from the captain that you are not going to go through his contacts in the Fengge family, but plan to sell the cargo of this ship by yourself, why is this?"

   The other party continued to ask.

   "In Ava, I have some connections myself."

  William answered frankly.

   What he said was absolutely true.

   "Oh? Where are the connections? Clockwork City, Fengsui City, or Rock Fortress City?"

   For this question, although the other party was facing away from him at the moment, William still shook his head habitually and replied:

   "It's a network of contacts in Moon Law City."

  The elf officer stopped in the narrow aisle when he heard the words. He turned around with some difficulty, looked at William with a serious face and said:

   "Yuefa City will never do business with an imperial man. This is a rule set by the Continent Lord. Who do you want to do business with this time? Which family, please tell me the other party's surname."

   In this regard, William tilted his head and replied helplessly:

   "Not a family, but a ranger."

   "Returning Ranger?"

   The expression on the other party's face softened a little. Over the years, despite the blockade of the storm, there are still high elves who yearn for the outside world, and will travel to the Vic continent on a smuggling ship as a ranger. Later, even Avazhou officials would send rangers to establish an intelligence network to keep abreast of all aspects of the Riel Empire.

   Including the information that the Imperial Navy has assembled in Swan Harbor and Green Water Harbor today, most of them are returned by those lone rangers.

   The fact that    took the initiative to send a ranger to leave the Awa Continent for a trip was proposed by the current Continent Lord Remedios. Although the resolution was initially unanimously opposed by the Lunar Council, Remedios moved out of her status as the greatest "Ranger Hero" in the history of Ava, and finally persuaded everyone to pass the proposal.

   is also for this reason. In the past 800 years, many elves have gone out to practice as rangers, and then returned before their blessings weakened and became invalid, and became a part of the Avazhou system again.

   "I remember we met in Ravenwood back then, and we went on adventures together for many years. Later, we said goodbye because of some things, and we haven't seen each other for many years... I also learned that she had returned to her hometown some time ago."

  William said very sincerely.

   The high elf officer could tell from his tone that the other party was not lying, but he continued:

   "But even a ranger can't violate the rules set by the Continent Lord back then. Moon Law City will never allow anyone from the Empire to step in..."

  William interrupted the other party's words and said:

   "So that's another key question...I'm not an Imperial."

   The elf officer immediately retorted when he heard the words:

   "But Hobbs Black Whale said you were an Elementium silver merchant from Blackwater."

   "Don't you know that Blackwater Province is now independent?"

"independent?"

   Hearing this word, the other party frowned.

"when?"

"It's been several months... Even in Ava Continent, the news shouldn't be so ill-informed, right? Or the Whale Bone was the first ship to cross the Broken Sea to do business here after the storm ended. ferry?"

  William said in a relaxed tone.

   And the other party stretched out three fingers and said:

   "The third ship, and the first two ships were mixed with spies sent by the Empire."

"That's why you insist on searching every ship that crosses the border? But how are you going to tell who is a spies from the Empire? I mean, they're definitely going to do a disguise and don't write the word 'spy' On the face, right?"

   William asked immediately.

   Hearing the words, the other party gave William a deep look. Perhaps because William mentioned that he had a ranger friend earlier, his attitude towards William seemed to be less arrogant than before.

   He turned around and continued walking, then said as he walked:

   "We have our own way of distinguishing."

   It’s still a trade secret, it’s forbidden to leak it, right…

  William muttered in his heart, then looked at the door that he almost passed by and said quickly:

   "Ehhh, it's here, the warehouse."

   said, he took out the key and walked over to open the door, then pointed to the rough ore packed in wooden crates and said:

   "That's all, just check."

   The other party didn't say anything, but walked straight in.

   He took out a ball the size of half a fist from his waist, and then he didn't know what he did, and bright orange-red light overflowed from it, filling the entire room.

  Those Elemental Silver rough ore shone in this light.

   After a cursory inspection, he walked to the safe in the middle of the warehouse.

   "What's in it?"

   He patted the box with his hand and asked.

   "Refined Elementium Silver."

   William replied.

   "Is it convenient to open and check?"

  The other party looked at William and asked.

   "It's full of refined Elementium Silver ingots, about tens of kilograms, enough to buy all the boats outside you that are blocking us."

   William said so.

"What's the meaning?"

   The man asked with a frown.

   "Meaning, I can't trust you. So I won't open the safe."

  The elf officer looked at the safe, then turned to look at William, but before he could speak, he said directly to the convenience:

   "If you open it forcibly, a self-destruction technique is installed in the safe, and the contents inside will be sent directly into the space rift. Of course, I know you will definitely be worried about the contents inside, so..."

  William walked over and held down the safe, and a blue light flashed on his hand, releasing an [Appraisal Technique].

   also pressed his hand on the safe, and a message instantly appeared in the mind of the elf officer, confirming that the almost pure Elemental Silver was placed in the cabinet.

  Rao is because he has a firm mind. After feeling this information, he also feels that his head is dizzy after being hit by a hammer.

   This is dozens of kilograms of refined Origin Silver...

Ava Continent has no ore veins of source silver. Some scholars even believe that this is the reason why magic research started earlier than humans, and the talents are far superior to those of the high elves, but the application of magic was once overtaken by humans. reason.

   It was not until the establishment of the Rael Empire, and the human race that under the laws of the stars drove a historical reversal, and they barely caught up.

   "Is that all right?"

   Looking at the elf officer who was breathing heavily, William asked.

His breathing was also a little heavy, not for any other reason, but his previous [Appraisal Technique] did not rely on Liz to establish a magic path for him, but the body was directly released through the holy emblem across a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers of.

   An ordinary apprentice-level spell just consumes a magic power that even a peak spell may not be able to use up.

  …

   The final result of the inspection is to allow the release, but they must be accompanied by their people throughout the process, and their every move must be under their surveillance.

   "So, your 'release plan' seems to have failed. Are you going to let them take the springboard on the return trip, or just take them back?"

  William quipped to Hobbes.

   Hobbs had planned to release the three imperial sailors in Ava, but now it seems that it is difficult to find an opportunity.

  Hobbs didn't reply to William's words, but looked away with a worried expression.

   On a larger and more ornately decorated elf longship not far away, I followed the boat to check the few elves, and was reporting something to an elf dressed in gorgeous golden scales. As he said that, he also pointed to Hobbs' ship from time to time.

   "Guess what they're talking about?"

  William asked Hobbs after watching for a while.

   "I don't know...but my eyelids have started popping since those pointy ears got off the boat. Usually this only happens when a storm is approaching."

   Do people in this world also believe this?

  William resisted the urge to complain, and turned his eyes to the pier of Misty Harbor, which was getting closer.

  Ys City is the city of voyagers in Ava Continent. Half of the whole city is built on land, and half is built on ships. Almost half of the residents of the entire city have lived on boats all their lives, and have never set foot on land except to receive the blessing and return of the holy fire.

   During the Lunar Crisis that year, a quarter of the entire city of Ys was dismantled into a fleet to support the Vic Continent. The reinforcements of the high elves took this fleet to support Fairy Bay in Ravenwood, helping the forest elves to resist the ashes march of the commander-in-chief of the three devil generals under the devil of ruins, and successfully diverted the attention of Odin, the devil of ruins. For the trial seat to directly take the collection of the ruins of the opponent's hometown, he won precious time.

  Because he was busy stealing his home, William didn't see the magnificent scene when a quarter of the city came over, he just heard the battle report after the fact - he didn't even have a CG. But he was only based on this battle report, and he also thought about what a shocking scene this would be, and how prosperous the city of Ys, the city of Voyagers, would be.

   But after 1,008 years, when William finally saw the legendary city for the first time, he blurted out only four words:

   "So deserted..."

  As described in the literature, the densely packed ships here form a city on the sea. But unlike the documentation, the city does not change with the movement of the boats, because the boats are linked together by chains, forming a man-made island.

   And because it has not been started for too long, most of the hulls are covered with barnacles that can make people with intensive phobia die on the spot.

   "It's been like this since eight hundred years ago."

   Hearing William's words, Hobbs said aside.

   "It is said that the boats here have been cleaned up more than ten times, and the boats still left are not even one-third of the time of the war of the kings."

   "Why compare it with the era of the wars of the kings?"

  William asked suspiciously.

   "Because it was the peak of the entire Ys City at that time, the major kingdoms with balanced strength on the continent all hoped to get the military support of Ava, so there was an endless stream of trading fleets."

   Hobbes replied.

   "After the storm blocked the Broken Sea, the grand occasion of ten thousand ships was no more. Now the residents of Ys City, except for the fishermen, basically moved to the land to live."

   (end of this chapter)