Act 154 The Mystery of Emerald (Part 1)

"Where are we now?" Brando asked again.

Tagus lowered his head and looked at the compass: "To the north of Rosalin, judging from the reference point on the west coastline, it should be not far from the Jade Hill."

"Shouldn't this route be busy?"

"Theoretically, it should be, but maybe because of this ghostly fog, the fleet heading towards Swift Plains was also blocked on the other side of the fog."

"Mr. Installon, does your statement have any theoretical basis?"

"It's just my guess, beautiful lady."

Delphine came to the other side of the ship's side and scanned the rugged coastline on the west side of the Wagtail Channel. There was a continuous sea cliff and rocks, and the waves broke into the rocks to form a thin white line.

The jagged coastline and dense reefs on the west coast of the Wagtail Strait are also the reason why this area is wild. Otherwise, it would never be so barren as the Swift Plains across the sea.

But there are not no good harbors on this coastline, otherwise there would be no route to talk about, at least Rosalin is one, and there are also the territories of the undead lords and deep-water ports in the north.

"What are you looking at?"

Others were not very familiar with Delphine, but Brando was now closer to her. When he saw the latter's expression, he understood what she should be thinking.

"Something strange."

"strangeness?"

The prime minister's daughter nodded slightly, and she gestured to the sailors not far away, even though it was the undead fleet. But there are also professional sailors, some of whom inherited knowledge during their lifetime, and some of whom were trained the day after tomorrow. Madara also has its own navy, otherwise they would not be able to cross the sea to attack Saint Osol and then take over from the latter. A nautical chart.

She opened the chart. A line was drawn from above: "The closest thing to us in the north is the island of Teweed. There is a port of the dead between this island and Sesam, but there is not a single ship on the sea nearby. This is too abnormal."

"It's not just the ship." Instalong ignored Tagus's murderous gaze, turned the blade upside down, inserted it on the deck with a 'taut' sound, then stretched and said: "On the nearby coastline It’s too quiet. Don’t you think it’s abnormal?”

After he reminded me. Only then did everyone realize that they had not seen any ships on the sea near Rosalin before. They could also understand that because the Rosalin port was blown up into the sky, the ships parked in the port were naturally destroyed. The ships coming from the east side of Wagtail Strait were blocked on the other side because of the fog, so naturally there was no sail on the sea.

But now the fleet has been sailing north for almost three days, and it can be said that it has arrived near the Jade Hill. Different from Rosalin, this area is the busiest sea area on the Wagtail Strait. It is not just the ocean-going ships departing from the Jade Hill. In fact, the most people on the sea in this area are shuttles between Madara and Swift Plains. of small merchant fleet.

Naturally, these merchant fleets not only set off from the Jade Hill, but also returned from Madara. How could it be so coincidental that not a single ship could be seen on the sea to the west of the Wagtail Strait?

What's more, even in the territory of the undead, there are actually humans living, especially in places like Swift Plains. The relationship between Madala and Jiufeng humans is quite harmonious, since the two sides have business and trade exchanges. Then it is difficult to avoid traces of human activities on the west coast.

But my eyes have already approached the territory of the undead, but the west coast is completely silent, and not even half a human being can be seen. This is a bit too weird.

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.

"What's going on?" Mr. Liu also thought of this. "When my lady and I passed by here before, we could see many merchant ships."

"Maybe they all returned to Hong Kong because of the fog."

“Then there should at least be fishing boats.

"

"That's true..."

Huang Huo looked at Instaron: "Mr. Instalong, have you noticed something wrong a long time ago?"

Instaron shrugged: "Isn't this obvious? My dear little lady."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Because it's not necessary," Tagus mused: "According to the plan, we have to go to Gusair for supplies, so anyway we will know what happened on this sea by then."

"Where is Gusair?" Brando asked.

"That's the port Ms. Delphine mentioned."

"It's actually very simple. There's no need to make such a fuss," Instalong interjected: "We don't necessarily have to go through the fog, we can just go overland."

"By land?"

"I agree with this view," Delphine nodded. She looked at the chart and then replied: "By taking the land route through the south of the Sea of ​​the Dead Moon, you can still reach Set, the Port of Eternal Death and the Deadwater Bay. You can take a boat from there or go directly into the hinterland of Madara, but in this case, Miss Huanghuo and Mr. Liu may have to take a long detour."

She looked at the two masters and servants on the side of the ship. Mr. Liu and the little princess of the Yufeng clan looked at each other, and the latter shook her head and said: "We have nothing to do, Sister Delphine, if it weren't for the star fall." , we would have gone to those places as well.”

"Wait, going to the hinterland of Madara?" Brando interrupted the two of them. Although he had a plan to go to the hinterland of Madara, he had never told the prime minister's daughter about this plan. In theory, they should be You have to go to Eruin.

What's more, if you take the land route, isn't it a complete circle and back to the starting point?

He suddenly felt a little pain in his balls.

Delphine put away the chart with a swipe, folded it twice, then raised his head and said, "What is your opinion, Lord Count?"

On the surface, she is still the daughter of the Prime Minister of the Empire. Because she has dealt with the old Marshal Blanc before, she still calls Brando Mr. Earl in front of others, but in private, she directly addresses him as Lord. .

"This..." Brando suddenly saw Delphine bending down and placing the chart on the wooden table. She turned around and winked at him with her back to the others.

Brando certainly wouldn't think that the prime minister's daughter's playful gesture was coquettish to him.

He pondered for a moment and realized that he couldn't find the origin of the mist. To be cautious, the suggestions of Instalong and Delphine were naturally more appropriate.

And at the same time. He also asked the other party in the spiritual communication: "What's going on?"

"The Mystery of Jade." Prime Minister Qianjin frowned nicely, as if she hadn't fully mastered this ability yet, so she answered in only four words.

"It's in Madala?" Brando was surprised.

But he suddenly realized that the player in history who obtained the Stasis Realm got it from an undead lord in the south of the Sea of ​​Dead Moon?

"are you sure?"

"Trust me, Lord."

Brando nodded silently. The prime minister's daughter's ability during the period of cooperation with him in Port Fatan was far from outstanding. And she is also very famous in history. Cruz's Flower of Wisdom is quite popular among Cruz players.

On the other hand, in terms of route selection alone, Installon also expressed the same opinion. These two geniuses in history reached an agreement unanimously. This heavy weight is not something he can easily despise. .

"In any case, let's go to Qusayr as originally planned."

Brando took one last look at the sea fog. So the decision was made.

Although they are now on the ship of Madara's undead, in fact, after Brando woke up, the command of the fleet returned to his hands. After all, he and Blanc together were enough to dominate. The fate of everyone on these two ships is up.

What's more, out of some different thoughts, the two people in charge of Madara, Tagus and Instalong, did not express any objection.

that's all.

Throughout the day, from noon to afternoon, the fleet continued to move towards Teweed Island according to the scheduled route, and until sunset, everyone on board was still on board. Not even the undead sailors on the watchtower saw any other ships on the sea.

In this weird atmosphere, the setting sun sank under the jagged coastline from the west. After nightfall, the stars rose, and the sea near Teweed Island seemed even quieter.

There are no dinner parties like those on floating ships on small sailing ships, and the undead don’t need food. Therefore, the only survivors on the ship brought their own dry food. Only Brando and Delphine had special treatment and were specially taken care of by the humans Tagus captured from the ghost car.

It has to be said that in terms of these details, this vampire nobleman does not compromise the style of the old-school nobleman at all.

But even so, the food is not necessarily rich. For example, Brando and Delphine's only dinner right now is a smoked mackerel, coated with grapefruit juice, and served with an avocado.

If necessary, you can also add some bread slices and butter, but Brando really disdains these junk foods, and since he is already close to a perfect body, there is actually little need to supplement these foods.

On the contrary, the prime minister's daughter ate very delicately. She sat at the table with a very decent manner, carefully tore off the smoked fish meat piece by piece, then put it into her mouth with a fork and chewed it carefully. It looked pleasing to the eye.

"Lord, don't you use it?"

"I don't have to."

"Do you want me to serve you for dinner?"

"You think too much, Miss Delphine..."

The light of the candles in the cabin flickered, and the two of them occasionally had such meaningless conversations.

Brando once thought that Antitina was already a model of aristocratic daughter, but compared with Delphine, there was really a gap. The way the prime minister's daughter ate showed that she was from a noble family and she was very picky about her food. It can be said that except for the most delicate part, most of the fish meat was discarded by her.

Although he was very restrained and did not speak, he could also see that the other party was obviously very dissatisfied with the dish.

He really doubted whether this woman could fill her stomach with such food, so he couldn't help but shook his head, then picked up his plate of fish and handed it over.

Delphine was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at him with charming eyes:

"Do I need to say thank you?"

Brando shrugged.

"I would rather you said something else, Miss Delphine."

"for example?"

"About the Emerald Mystery."

Delphine paused for a moment, then reached out and brushed the hair in front of her forehead: "I understand..."

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(ps: There are still a lot of gentlemen in the group. My classmates, after all, this benefit was promised to you a year ago. In fact, I didn’t want to write about it at first. Since I stopped updating for so long, I will compensate you. Don’t push yourself too far. Classmates, I don’t want to die yet. Besides, he doesn’t want to be a king, so what the hell does he want to be a queen? What about your moral integrity?) (To be continued.)