At dusk, Gray Lint, who was woken up by Jim, got good news from the waiter:
The Black Pearl wiped out the "Crazy Pirate Group"!
As for the battle damage of the Black Pearl, Alvin chose not to make it public in order to prevent the passengers from being frightened and leaving a bad message.
"Crazy Pirate Group" Gray Lint learned about it from newspapers and bounties.
This is a medium-sized pirate group with more than 80 people. It is famous in the Sonia Sea for its crazy ruthlessness and unyielding vengeance. Their captain "Wolf" has a reward of 4,300 pounds in Loen. Just look at the reward and you will know that,
This is a category of pirates at the same level that behaves quite badly.
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After this battle, the Black Pearl encountered no other accidents, and safely arrived at one of the port cities of Loen Colony: Gulain.
Another port city is Alese.
After Gray Lint and the other three report to Tetnik and receive their respective sealed artifacts, Weitz will return to Gulain and then take a boat to Alethor.
This is because the middle part of the East Balanluen colony is an ancient deep forest. It is this ancient deep forest that separates Tetnik, Vertek and Alethor.
It is not impossible to travel directly from the edge of the ancient deep forest to these three cities, but it is not as convenient as traveling by sea.
In comparison, the danger posed by pirates is actually lower than the extraordinary creatures in the ancient deep forest.
As for the two of them, they had to go to Vertek, the central city of the colony, so they had no other choice but to walk through the ancient deep forest on the left side.
The enemies who attacked Vertek were the natives of West Balam in the southwest of the ancient deep forest and directly north of the Harvest Plain.
But they will have experienced people sending them there, so the risk is actually not too great.
There is a steam train between Gulain and Tetnik. This is partly because the two cities are relatively close to each other, and partly because the Kingdom of Loen has a strong military power in this area.
Come on, no natives can cause damage.
Therefore, after the three of them arrived at Gulain, considering that the situation was urgent and there was no reason to delay, they chose to take the steam train directly and arrived at Tetnik City before noon.
For the three people who have lived in Backlund since childhood, the style of the architecture here can be said to be quite strange.
In order to withstand the generally hot and humid climate of the Southern Continent, most of the buildings here are made of wood or earth, rather than the brick and tile structures common on the North Road.
At the same time, in order to facilitate air circulation, these houses basically have multiple windows, and the windows are more screened than glass.
The color of the house is lighter gray, white and brown. This color should be to reduce the absorption of heat by the wall.
After a few interesting discussions, the three of them lost interest.
Later, under the leadership of Gray Lint, they came to an auditorium-style house on Wilmings Street, which is the headquarters of the MI9 Southern Continent Level 1 Branch.
Unlike the secretive MI9 at Backlund's headquarters, in Tetnik, MI9 appears to be quite "open and aboveboard" and is clearly a military intelligence agency. This is both a warning and a deterrent.
After presenting a series of supporting documents and gathering passwords, the three of them finally reported successfully at the Southern Continent Branch.
The branch first arranged accommodation and asked them to place their luggage. Then, under the leadership of the security personnel, they came to the courtyard responsible for extraordinary affairs.
Sitting in front of the three people from Gray Lint now is a young man who looks to be under thirty years old and has a rather stern face.
His name is Buck, and he is the liaison chief of the secondary branches in the other three cities in the Southern Continent except Tetnik. Like Gray Lint, he holds the rank of major.
Buck was quite friendly towards this nobleman who had the same military rank as himself. However, perhaps because he was not good at talking meaningless nonsense, his attitude was more rigid and direct:
"First of all, on behalf of the two principals and all members of the branch, I welcome the arrival of the three colleagues."
"Unfortunately, Lord Calvin and Lord Darnell are both busy with their own work and do not have time to hold a celebration party for the arrival of the three of them."
Calvin is the top chief of the first-level branch of the Southern Continent. He is a half-bald man with the rank of lieutenant general and a "Chaos Mentor" of "Lawyer" Sequence 5. Darnell is the deputy chief, also with the rank of lieutenant general.
A "Punishing Knight" of "Arbiter" Sequence 5.
Casey had already told some of this information before setting off.
However, she only briefly mentioned the sequence paths and sequence levels of the two lieutenant generals, and the specific sequence names were known to Grainte himself in advance.
"But you will have to select the sealed items later, so you may have the honor to meet Lord Darnell."
"You are allowed to stay in Tetnik for no more than three days to rest."
"But the extraordinary beings who escorted Major Mariano and Ms. Nolan to Vertek are also ready, which means you can leave at any time."
"Now that you have finished reporting, I don't know if you want to choose your respective sealed objects first or if you want to take a rest and talk about it tomorrow or later?"
After hearing these words, Gray Linte turned to look at his two companions, only to find that they were both looking at him, obviously letting him make the decision.
He pretended to ponder for a moment, and then said with a loyal face:
"Let's choose the sealed object first!"
"In this case, we can rest for one night and set off directly to Vertek tomorrow."
"Okay, Major Mariano. You three, please follow me."
Buck nodded with approval, and then led the three of them from a side room to a basement through a secret passage.
Since the passage had several consecutive turns with unknown angles, Gray Linte soon became unable to determine the specific location above him.
"Your Excellency Darnell is still inside, but the inside is an area where the negative effects of sealed objects can affect it, so I can't take you in anymore."
As he spoke, Buck took out a document from the third layer of the vertical cabinet next to him and handed it to Gray Lint:
"This is a list of the third-level sealed objects we have contained. You can check it carefully and try to choose the items that are most suitable for you. After you have selected them, I will go in and inform Mr. Darnell and ask him to take out the corresponding items."
This is a thick book! However, the papers inside are all thicker hard paper, and the actual number of sheets is actually not many.
After taking the document, Gray Lint handed it over to Joan and Weitz, and said to Buck:
"Major Buck, actually I have one more thing."
"Originally, I wanted to buy a powerful magical item at the headquarters, but I heard from Ms. Casey that each of our branches has an internal flow of magical items."
"Her suggestion is that I can buy it from my teammates after arriving at the branch. I don't know how to do this specifically?"
"Powerful magical item?"
Buck asked in confirmation, then shook his head and said:
"We have two semi-annual meetings every year, at the end of June and the end of December. This is also an opportunity for all members to get what they need."
"At this time, it is easier if you want to purchase items."
"But now, maybe you can ask Mr. Darnell to see if he has any collection that he no longer needs."