Chapter 46 One-eyed Kayla
Chen Yaogang pushed the door and entered. The diners in the tavern just turned their heads and looked at him. Then they tacitly avoided looking at each other, so as not to be treated as a little gangster who was not beaten and would be beaten for no reason.
In this dark age of demonic invasion, many people need to numb themselves with alcohol or drugs.
These civilians are curled up under the high walls that Roger is watching, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work and the thinnest salary. Compared with the peaceful life a month ago, they are now much thinner. Only those mercenaries and adventurers who are holding their heads and looking for opportunities to make money can eat fat and strong.
Several servants served vegetables and water in the tavern. One-eyed Kaila lazily placed her on the counter, pounding a few petals of purple orchids and linseed fruit with a mortar and pestle, and looked at her newly painted nails casually.
Seeing Chen Yaogang coming, one-eyed Kaila's mouth showed a standard and polite smile: "Oh, why are you free to come to the tavern today? Do you want to drink something?"
"Our hunting and production team has recently obtained a lot of meat. You can check out the new menu: sauce dipped in wild boar legs, fragrant grilled shrimp, leek oysters, salted grass venison... As long as you can get a few gold coins, you can enjoy the deliciousness cooked by Roger Watch No. 1 chef."
Chen Yaogang kicked away the solid log and sat in front of the stage casually: "Come and fill your stomach, just do whatever else."
One-eyed Kaira smiled, stretched her waist as she woke up at the nap, and was about to get up, looking at the huge creature in front of the counter: "When I was traveling around, I heard someone say that family, friends, and food, these things are the most important things in the world."
Seeing that Chen Yaogang was holding the menu without expressing his opinion, one-eyed Kaira picked up a lady's pipe, knocked a few spoons of tobacco spices with her little finger, and put the pot on the incense candle to roast it: "You are taking risks outside all day long, and you have no mission today. You eat so casually when you come to me. What's the use of making so much money?"
Chen Yaogang touched the armor and his level was improved, but his appetite seemed to have increased in proportion, so he pushed a few gold coins away: "A basket of fine salt grilled potatoes, a lobster soup, a wild boar skewers and barbecue sausages, cheese baked rice and grilled shrimp skewers, and a grilled whole chicken and grilled pork chops, two beer..."
After hearing Chen Yaogang finish reading the long list of recipes, many diners present couldn't help swallowing, wishing they could squeeze into the barbarian to have a delicious meal.
However, looking at Chen Yaogang's outfit, many people did not have the courage to get up close. Only one-eyed Kaila handed the menu to the kitchen and brought out a plate of side dishes on the bar: "The dishes are being cooked, please wait a moment. This is the hand-pickled green onions in our tavern, soft and thick kelp and island jerky, which is a free side dish for you."
Chen Yaogang pinched a translucent garlic clove and threw it into his mouth. With his tongue pressed, the spicy, salty and astringent taste spread rapidly, which was quite appetizing and refreshing.
The soft and thick kelp was also rubbed with sauce and it was rotten when it was put into the mouth. When it was put together with the jerky meat, the taste of the meat and vegetables was very good. Even Chen Yaogang could see that the one-eyed Kaila's life was very delicate: "Will eating garlic cloves for ladies seems to be rude?"
One-eyed Kaira smiled, “This smell is not as good as the fishy smell that can never be washed off on the deck, but it is not as good as the frown.”
"But... I was really surprised that you kept chatting with me today. If you want to ask about things in my tavern, just remember to tip. Everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope. As long as you don't want to do damage at Rogue Watch, there is no need to hide anything else."
Chen Yaogang was not seen, and put a gold coin on the counter. He picked up the game that players used to deal with NPCs and said, "Are you just talking here?"
"It's not something shameful. Are you asking about some girls' private affairs?" One-eyed Kaira smiled and snapped her fingers, and a faint magical flow rose in front of the counter, isolating all the whispers in the tavern.
Since one-eyed Kaila was so direct, Chen Yaogang began to recite the mantra: "You should already know about Sostem City, right?"
One-eyed Kaila lifted up her orange-red long wavy hair and sat behind the counter. Her shoulders were half-open and smoked a cigarette, and said with a strange look like a sea snake, "I went there a few times a few years ago. There was a nest of snakes and rats in the sewer of Sostem City, which was not a good place."
"What happened now is that the surviving human town is the alliance target that Roger Watch strives for. Shana should have planned to use the crown of King Asan to organize the human power in the Western Frontier to jointly fight against the demons who occupied the monastery."
"But to be honest, I think Shana is too presumptuous. Even in such an era, the conflict between humans has increased and unabated. The communication between teleportation arrays is a major event that only lords will discuss. After all, no one hopes that when sleeping, a group of monsters who are robbing everywhere will suddenly appear in the teleportation array. Why, she gave this matter to you?"
Chen Yaogang followed the words of one-eyed Kaira and said, "This is almost the case. I also know someone in Sostem City. He is the inner supporter of the Thieves Union."
One-eyed Kaila covered her mouth as if she was choked, and frowned helplessly: "Ha, the thief union... you really can cause trouble for me. It doesn't seem like you just talk to me casually. If you have any plans, you can discuss it with me directly. Although I am not a person like Shana who is loyal to honor and mission, I don't hate Roger's watch. At least I'm very comfortable staying here."
Chen Yaogang took out Roger to watch the map around him and sprinkled a few gold coins on the pattern of the reef and wilderness.
One-eyed Kaila raised her eyebrows and looked serious: "What do you mean?"
Chen Yaogang pointed to several ancient tidal caves in the reef wilderness: "As you said, Sostem is a rather troublesome place. Although it is one of the only remaining human towns, people are not necessarily willing to unite against the demons."
"Adventurers of unknown origin, the private army of the Count Lord, and various mercenary unions, were mixed up in that fortress. If we want to establish a teleportation node in Sostem City, we need to find ways to win people's hearts and trade. Roger Watch may not have established a town vault that can resist risks, and I think this is an opportunity."
One-eyed Kaila looked at Chen Yaogang: "What does this have to do with the reefs and wilderness? Do you want to go fishing on the sea?"
Chen Yaogang and One-eyed Kaila looked at each other: "I found a broken page of the treasure map, which showed the reef wilderness and nearby sea areas. There was a place called the Tomb of the Painful Boat. This strange sea area caused countless famous captains to fall into the sand. When the Lion Empire was prosperous and prosperous, many pirates in the west had stirred up winds and waves and accumulated countless treasures. If the specific location of the Tomb of the Painful Boat and excavated those treasures, Roger could watch over..."
One-eyed Kaila frowned and interrupted Chen Yaogang's speech: "Where did you find the treasure clue? The Tomb of the Pain Ship is not a joke! Maybe you can fight bravely on land to kill powerful enemies, but a mortal like you can still die if you fall into the water."
Chen Yaogang shrugged without any mind: "I am a druid."
"Then you should stay in the forest and don't make the idea of the sea. Do you think siren are vegetarians? Those ghosts are much more difficult than you think. If you don't have enough preparation, you want to enter that sea. The shipwreck is your only ending. I have lived in Roger Watch for so many years and have seen too many people who claim to be extraordinary and eventually sink into the sea. If you cherish your life, don't think of something strange."
Chen Yaogang stared at one-eyed Kaira: "I believe you can take me to find that place."
One-eyed Kaira smiled and said, "Why?"
"Because you are the only captain."
The magical water flow around seemed to be a little out of control because of the fluctuations in the mood of one-eyed Kaira. Fortunately, the one-eyed Kaira is also an old world. Before Chen Yaogang could appreciate her expression, she quickly returned to peace: "Okay, I don't know where you got my identity... But I tell you the truth, I really haven't been a pirate for many years, and my subordinates who have been with me have long been dismissed. Do you expect me to take you to find the damn sea god ruins? Haha, stop dreaming, even I am not sure."
Chen Yaogang looked at Kaira, one-eyed: "Don't you want to find your other eye?"
One-eyed Kaira sneered a little cruelly: "If I open my eyes every day, I can only see the extremely ugly and deformed world, it's better not to have that eye."
When Chen Yaogang saw that the one-eyed Kaila had not lifted the water curtain and issued an order to expel guests, he immediately increased his weight: "But Roger Watch now needs your help, and you have also seen that as soon as the homeless and mercenary adventurers came, the number of people on Roger Watch began to fall into chaos."
"Shana's Roger sisters and the psychic nuns of the monastery are originally not good at dealing with the secular people. They are not good at dealing with the evils of human nature. And you are different. As long as you are willing to stand up, I believe no one dares to speak loudly on your territory."
One-eyed Kaila smoked a cigarette and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Hmph, a savage man with sweet words... What a evil human nature! I originally thought that your mind was full of muscles. Your IQ really opened my eyes. I will not underestimate your little thoughts in the future."
"After those things happened, I had already said that I would not do anything, so as to avoid taking everyone to die sooner or later. As a result, I have been hiding for so long, and when I encountered such things, people always came out to persuade me to do my old job. To be honest, if half of my adjutant had you, I might not have had to dismiss them all."
"I can consider helping with the matter about Sostem. I have lived in Roger Watch for so long and I really don't want to see all the people here die."
"But remember what I said! We agreed first, don't expect me to take you out to sea to find treasures. You only care about your battles and honors. I have to worry that my soul will not be able to rest after death. Seeing countless disgusting tentacles growing on the corpse, I will not become a ghost like a half-human, half-fish, half-octopus."
"The Tomb of the Pain Ship is a place that is seriously cursed. Now I don't know how many chaotic meteors fall into the sea. The pollution index of evil forces is soaring. God knows what the hell is there! I would rather dig up the ruins of the ancient manor of the Adan royal family than cause trouble on the sea. When you get to the sea, your life depends on the meaning of the sea. If there are fewer filial things, it will be hard to say what strange things happen."
Chen Yaogang smiled. Although One-eyed Kaira looked extremely reluctant, he knew that he had successfully convinced One-eyed Kaira.
Chen Yaogang looked at the delicious food on the kitchen counter and smiled: "Since that's the case, can I start eating?"
One-eyed Kaira glared at Chen Yaogang with dissatisfaction, waved her hand and wiped the gold coins placed on the map into her pocket: "Don't forget, although you are very good at fighting, you are just a foreigner. Although you have heard of Sostem City, you definitely don't know that place enough."
"To be on the safe side, I will go with you to avoid being wiped by someone in the middle of the night. I don't know... I'm not worried about your safety, I'm just worried that your mission will fail and that the Wang Guan will fall into the hands of some troublesome people. You don't have to worry about my source of information, after all, I'm also an insider."
"I will come to you before leaving. Anyway, there is no shortage of me as a treat for wine and food in the entire pub. I won't happen if I am not in the pub. Just prepare your own supplies. Don't lose all kinds of unexpected situations before leaving. I hate being a nanny the most, so you'd better not make me angry either."
"Of course, Captain Keira."
The water curtain was lifted, and one-eyed Kaila was smoking her lady's pipe thoughtfully, ignoring the cruelty of eating Chen Yaogang, who was only concerned about his own feast.
Although the one-eyed Kaila's position was a little different from that in the game plot, she did not wait until the last critical moment before going to the boat tomb to venture, but instead took the initiative to ask to go to Sostem City with Chen Yaogang.
Regarding this kind of abnormal world line changes, Chen Yaogang also thought of a follow-up routine: when he got on his own pirate ship, he had to do those things even if he didn't do them. He could always find excuses and reasons to push the world line to its original track.
After all, keeping a tomb of a ship with a pain is also a big disaster. If you can get a ghost ship, Roger's watch can greatly reduce the pressure on the city defense. Especially when it rains, some ghost ships with special affixes can even be directly driven onto the land. The sea demon cannon of the ghost ship is definitely a power that cannot be underestimated.
However, one-eyed Kaira is right. Siren is difficult to deal with. One-hand ice-type water-type magic is so annoying. Silence and hypnosis are both quite annoying skills. Tide giant beasts are also a big trouble. Not only do they have various crawling and throwing skills to teach adventurers to be human, but they also have unblocked devouring skills. Normal people with brains will not go to sea to commit suicide.
Chapter completed!