"Hurry, hurry, we're about to set off!"
"Check the energy, don't let it stall halfway!"
"Is everyone on board? If you're lost, it's not my problem!"
"Boss, there are still two people who haven't gotten on!"
A man dressed as a boatman pointed at Ember and Morgott on the shore, speaking to Gui Long, who was wearing crimson samurai armor.
Gui Long looked up at Ember and Morgott, who were closely following the cargo ship on the shore, and his scalp tingled.
He had thought that after Ember and Morgott ran off yesterday, they wouldn't come back, but to his surprise, they appeared here again early this morning.
Not only that, but the two of them had been following Gui Long from a distance. When Gui Long gave chase, Ember and Morgott would run, and they ran incredibly fast.
Gui Long had tried to intercept them with people, shoot them with bows, and trap them with pitfalls, but nothing worked.
In desperation, he could only treat Ember and Morgott as two invisible entities and ignore them.
"Don't mind them! Set sail!"
"Be careful, there's a lot of cargo today. Better to be slow than unsafe!"
Gui Long glanced at the bulging sacks in the cabin. So much grain and medicine—if the deal went through, it would be more profitable than a month of scavenging.
It was precisely for this reason that he personally escorted it, just to ensure foolproof safety.
"Understood!" The boatman nodded, then cleared his throat and shouted loudly, "Anchor aweigh—and we're off—"
"Whoosh!"
Waves began to ripple around the ship, and with the sound of rushing water, the cargo ship gradually moved further and further away from the shore.
"Phew—finally, I can get rid of those two persistent guys." Seeing this, Gui Long wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Although he tried his best to treat Ember and Morgott as air, it was difficult to ignore two people with such distinct characteristics.
When Ember and Morgott openly followed him, Gui Long always felt a prickling sensation on his back.
But now it was fine; the cargo ship had set sail. Could those two really cross the sea to chase them?
Then he saw Ember and Morgott indeed crossing the sea to chase them.
Behind the Waverider, two churning white wakes threw seawater high into the air. Amidst the white spray, two figures vigorously waving their arms were faintly visible.
"Are these two guys monsters?"
When Gui Long saw this scene, the Hannya mask on his face became ill-fitting due to the changes in his expression.
The demon-like mask hung half-off Gui Long's ear, revealing the other half of his dumbfounded face.
Soon, Gui Long reacted. He hurriedly waved to his subordinate controlling the cargo ship behind him and shouted loudly, "Stop, stop, stop! Don't go any further!"
"Boss, what's wrong?" A subordinate ran over and asked, puzzled.
"Wait for these two guys!" Gui Long covered his forehead, pointed at Ember and Morgott crossing the sea in the distance, and sighed helplessly... On the sea, Ember was vigorously moving his arms, closely following the distant cargo ship.
His Mora was all stored at the Adventurers' Guild, and he didn't have a single coin on him. So when Gui Long asked him what price he could offer, Ember decisively turned and ran away.
Although Ember had no money for a ticket, he could follow behind the cargo ship. After all, this sea didn't belong to Gui Long alone.
The cargo ship's speed gradually decreased. Ember, catching sight of this in his peripheral vision, also slowed down.
"What a coincidence, we meet again."
Swimming alongside the cargo ship, Ember waved to Gui Long on the deck and greeted him.
"Creak!"
Whether it was the sound of clenched fists or grinding teeth, Gui Long was seen tightly gripping the railing, staring intently at Ember below.
Soon, this teeth-gritting sound faded away, replaced by Gui Long's slightly pleading request.
He clasped his hands together, swaying them up and down, muttering:
"Sirs, I was wrong. May I invite you both up?"
"Don't make such a big commotion down there. If you attract the army, none of us will get away unscathed!"
"How can we impose?" After only hearing the first half of the sentence, Ember leaped from the water and landed on the cargo ship's deck.
With him was Morgott, looking up at the sky and whistling.
Anyway, this was Ember's order, not something he wanted to do himself, so it wasn't his business.
Seeing Ember and Morgott neatly jump onto the deck, the corner of Gui Long's mouth twitched beneath his mask.
However, he had no intention of causing trouble. Hadn't he seen the commotion these two guys made in the sea? Gui Long even suspected that their arms were the steel arms of a Ruin Grader.
Because in his impression, only behemoths like Ruin Graders could create such a huge commotion in the sea.
"Phew—, you two, come with me into the cargo hold." Gui Long sighed, then led Ember and Morgott into the cargo ship.
This cargo ship was a bit smaller than the one Gui Long had been on before, but it was still over ten meters long.
To have such an asset in troubled times was quite difficult.
Opening the door to the cargo hold, a stale smell of piled rice and grain wafted out.
"Not bad, huh? So much grain, it must be worth a lot of Mora, right?" Ember ran over, patted a sack filled with grain, and exclaimed.
He now understood why Sanda had said Gui Long was the biggest merchant and pirate leader here.
"Don't even think about doing anything. This is my property." Gui Long followed warily, truly afraid that Ember might tamper with something.
With so much grain, if anything unexpected happened, even he would be heartbroken for quite some time.
"Who cares." Ember lowered his arm, pulled over a stool, and sat down.
"Selling to Higi Village?" Ember popped a loya fruit into his mouth and asked Gui Long.
However, Gui Long didn't speak. He carefully checked the sacks around him, and only after finding no holes did he sit down cross-legged with peace of mind.
"Of course, on the entire Yashiori Island, only they have the capacity to take on so much cargo."
Gui Long's gaze moved up and down with the loya fruit Ember tossed in his hand.
"Did you secretly take something from me?" After watching for a while, Gui Long asked Ember with some unease.
Although he had just carefully checked, nothing was missing from the cargo hold, but what if?
This guy in front of him was so strange; he might be able to secretly pilfer some things without his knowledge.
"What are you looking at! Do you want to try our local specialty?" Ember noticed Gui Long's gaze and directly broke open the loya fruit in his hand.
Orange and extremely coarse fibers emerged from the loya fruit's tempting skin. Ember scraped it across Gui Long's exposed arm, and immediately, red marks appeared.
"Hiss—is this cotton? If you made clothes out of this, it would kill people." Gui Long rubbed his reddened arm, looking at the bright red fruit in Ember's hand and complaining.
Its exterior was so tempting, yet inside was a mass of thick fibers. Are plants starting to defraud humans now?
"Now you know I didn't take your stuff, right?" Ember not only took out a loya fruit but also a golden loya fruit, a snowfield loya fruit... What use are these? Not much. Humans choke on them; they can only be made into wicks and cotton.
Actually, giving them to Torrent wouldn't be bad either. Torrent is an ox-horse, eating loya fruit is no problem for him.
"Ha... haha, sorry, when you're out and about, you always have to be careful, don't you?" Seeing his thoughts exposed, Gui Long awkwardly scratched his head.
"Boss, there's someone ahead!"
Just as Ember and Gui Long were talking, a startled cry suddenly came from outside the cabin.
Gui Long immediately tensed up. He stood up from the ground and then pressed Ember, who had also stood up, back down.
"You two wait here, I'll handle it."
Given Ember's unpredictability, Gui Long was quite certain that if he let him out, he would definitely mess things up.
So Gui Long merely waved his hand at the two, then walked out of the cargo hold himself.
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