Chapter 864 Reward

How long does it take to get from Freljord, the northernmost part of Rune Continent, to Bilgewater by boat?

The answer is one month. In order to hunt a sea monster, the Winter Kiss sailed on the sea for a whole month. The hunters on the ship fired more than 30 harpoons at it, and it was finally killed by Olaf's spear.

There was danger in the middle, such as the typhoon encountered near the coast of Bilgewater. Fighting a sea monster in the eye of the typhoon was undoubtedly an extremely dangerous thing. At this moment, they finally landed safely, and there were sailors sleeping on the deck.

They planned to disassemble this exaggerated sea beast on the spot after waking up and sell it to the locals, but Olaf has never had much patience and never felt tired. He picked up an axe and started to do it himself.

Facing a giant sea beast whose ribs could be used as beams and pillars, Olaf, who had drilled into its body from the tail, did not come out of its head with an axe covered in blood until three hours later.

This scene was seen by fishermen in the distance, who laughed and shouted: "Hey! Did that monster just pull you out of its stomach?"

Olaf looked over and nodded seriously: "I didn't have gold coins to buy a boat ticket, so I let this guy swallow me and brought me all the way south from Freljord."

The fisherman was overjoyed and said: "It's amazing. If it was a few days ago, I would probably be happy to listen to your bragging, but now there are more exaggerated stories, and your version is outdated!"

"Huh?" Olaf was a little curious: "Come to the Winter Kiss and find Olaf! There is a whole barrel of Jawa wine here. If your story is exciting enough, you can enjoy the wine as much as you want!"

"Hahaha, forget it." The fisherman waved his hand: "Thank you for your hospitality. Did you feel the typhoon two days ago?"

"Of course, we are still I fought this sea monster in the eye of the typhoon!"

"Oh! This story is more magnificent!" The fisherman thought he was bragging: "But it's better to tame three sea monsters in the typhoon and let them carry me from the sea, right?"

Olaf was shocked: "When did it happen? Could it be a beast spirit walker? No, I haven't heard of a beast spirit walker who can communicate with sea monsters!"

"You really believe it." The fisherman said with a smile: "Well, it happened two nights ago. Muheta at the slaughter dock saw it when he got up to pee, but I think he must have been sleepwalking!"

"Slaughter dock, Muheta?" Olaf picked up the axe and hurriedly set off: "Thank you, friend, come on board for a drink when you have time!"

Although he led the fleet to successfully kill a sea monster, Olaf himself did not have the ability to fight a sea monster in the sea.

The one who can ride three sea monsters must be a very powerful warrior, and he really wants to see him.

As a warrior, Olaf has always been afraid of a prophecy he once received about himself - he will become an old man with gray beard and die peacefully in his own bed.

That is the greatest humiliation for a warrior! He must live a vigorous life and die magnificently!

...

Yes, legends often have traces.

The one riding the sea beast is Ji Xing, but the cause is just a little bad luck - although he can use wind element magic to create a tsunami, Ji Xing has not yet mastered the precise casting method of any kind of Alliance universe magic. He relies entirely on rich accumulation and the most essential and direct use of magic energy.

He set off from Piltover in a small boat and was coincidentally enveloped by a typhoon that was forming and was swept into the sea whirlpool.

Using magic to escape has too much impact, and the sea water must be swallowed by Bilgewater. You should know that Bilgewater is different from the Twin Cities. The incarnation of wind and the goddess of wind in the Twin Cities have not appeared in the world for a long time because of the loss of the power of the withering faith. Some people speculate that they have disappeared silently, but Nagakaboros, the god of life and movement in Bilgewater, is likely to exist.

Ji Xing was very afraid of him, so he could only use a more physical way to reach cooperation with the three sea beasts that were also caught in the whirlpool. And the cooperation was pleasant. After all, without Ji Xing, they would probably be buried by the sea if they fought alone, so they happily sent Ji Xing to the shore.

Time went back to two days ago. Ji Xing, who landed near the slaughter dock in the early morning, was filled with a horrible stench in his sense of smell.

It was a mixture of the decayed corpses of dozens or hundreds of fish, and of course, the stench of decayed human corpses.

In terms of the environment alone, this place is worse than Zaun, but there is no poisoning.

After walking a few steps, Ji Xing saw a swollen corpse hung by a giant fishhook, nakedly warning outsiders like him.

If it were two months ago, this place would be several times more terrifying, because this is the core territory of Gangplank. When the Abyss is not out to sea, it is parked where Ji Xing landed, and the gang members of the Iron Hook Gang patrol and guard here all the time.

Now, the Iron Hook Gang and Gangplank have become history. Among the chaotic and fighting pirates, no one dares to occupy this territory and declare himself the new Pirate King, so this place has become a no-man's land, and only many scouts are watching.

Ji Xing, who was wearing a clean gray windbreaker and passing through here without covering his figure, was naturally noticed by many people.

But I don't know the background, and Ji Xing has no obvious property on his body, so no one will provoke him. There are too many hidden guys in Bilgewater.

He left the slaughter dock and entered the residential town while observing the human feelings and customs of Bilgewater.

This place looks poorer than Zaun.

Due to the lack of building materials, most of the buildings here are made of discarded materials, such as stone carvings and abandoned bows.

The flying plank roads connect these buildings together, like a maze city, with winding dark rivers and hidden entrances everywhere, and there seems to be no obvious separation from the sea.

The same world, the same island, Piltover has a 19th century style without Hextech, and here... it's a bit exaggerated to say that it's medieval.

The night in Bilgewater is very dangerous, and few people go out at dawn. The few guys who rush to work all cast a noticeable look at Ji Xing, but don't care about his origins.

Bilgewater never asks about the past origins of the people who land on the island. They only call the foreigners who haven't adapted to this place "ignorant little pink face".

Because the guys who make a living on the sea often have a dark skin color.

After passing through this chaotic urban area, Ji Xing found his destination-the bounty list based on the information provided by the Philos family.

A two-story brown sign decorated with swords is the only thing in Bilgewater that can be called order and law.

The lower part of the sign is covered with various bounties. As long as you get the head of the bounty holder, you can go to the person who posted the bounty to claim the reward. No one dares to cheat and break the unspoken rules here.

The upper part lists the five highest bounties from top to bottom, which basically lists the "five evil people" in Bilgewater.

For example, two months ago, the top three were occupied by Gangplank and his first and second mates. The bounty of the second mate killed by Ji Xing in Piltover was more than 700 gold Siren coins, and Gangplank, who was ranked first, was ten times his bounty.

It is said that Gangplank would regularly add a silver Siren coin to his bounty to challenge the entire island and declare his status as the king.

And now the bounty list has naturally changed dramatically.

Ji Xing looked up at the top and saw "Miss Fortune" at the top as expected.

The bounty is 2133 gold Siren coins.

Raven's name appears in the fifth place, and the bounty is only 307 gold Siren coins.

Overall, Bilgewater is still poor, not much better than Zaun. Because of the difference in manufacturing technology and purity, the value of gold Siren coins is only half of that of gold Hex coins. Even the former Gangplank is only more than 3,000 in total. Ji Xing's monthly expenses in Piltover can buy his head.

Ji Xing looked at the more diverse bounties below, not only for heads, but also for buying some special sea beast organs or looking for people.

Ji Xing glanced at it and saw four bounties looking for Miss Fortune Sarah, with bounties ranging from 50 gold Siren coins to 100 gold Siren coins.

He turned and walked into the bounty posting room, and said to the yawning old man registrar:

"Post a bounty."

"Type?"

"Looking for someone, Miss Fortune, 500 gold."

The old man was stunned, and his sleepiness was awakened a little: "500? You have to prepay 20%, which is 100 gold Siren coins, and it will not be refunded even if the bounty is cancelled."

"Well, no problem."

The old man pulled out a blank bounty form and handed it to Ji Xing along with a pen: "Fill it out."

Ji Xing picked up the pen and wrote, filling in "Bauhinia Inn" as the bounty delivery place and "Roger" as the name of the person offering the bounty, and then took out a gold note of 50 gold Hex coins from his pocket and handed it over.

After checking the authenticity, the old man couldn't help but look up at Ji Xing, then stamped the bounty and said with a smile: "Welcome to Bilgewater, a guest of Piltover, you can go back to the Bauhinia Inn and wait for good news."

"Sorry for the trouble." Ji Xing said, left the bounty house, and then walked towards the Bauhinia, the best inn in the Bilgewater Harbor area.

After turning two blocks, the strong stench suddenly came from a distance again, not back to the slaughter dock, but the smell of people.

Six strong men appeared on the opposite side, wearing blood-soaked leather aprons, with arms tattooed with thorns exposed, and tense muscles bulging. Each of them held a toothed meat hook in his hand, and several knives commonly used by butchers were hung on the belts around their waists.

They wore nail-head leather boots, and their bodies exuded a strong stench of rotten internal organs. I don't know how long it has been since they took a bath, and I don't know how many people they have killed.

They had no intention of hiding their bodies. After blocking Ji Xing's way, the fat man in the lead weighed the knife in his hand and looked at Ji Xing with a smile: "Welcome to Bilgewater, little pink face from outside."

Another followed: "Don't worry, we don't have the idea of ​​building a grave for you, we just want you to experience the unique welcome ceremony of Bilgewater, and we will leave you three days of living expenses."

"I think... three copper coins, if you save them, it should be enough for you to live for three days, right?"

"Hahahaha..."

They laughed wildly, full of a sense of accomplishment that came from nowhere. Perhaps as members of a small gang that is in danger of losing their jobs every day, they can only feel happy when they "bully newcomers" like this.

Ji Xing also laughed and walked through them without any pause.

He ignored them, and they seemed to ignore Ji Xing as well, until Ji Xing walked five meters away, and then they fell to the ground one after another like dominoes being pushed down, and lost their voices!

At this time, Ji Xing stopped and looked around.

Soon after landing on the island, he felt that he was being watched by something in the dark, and that feeling made him very uncomfortable.

It wasn't these six guys.

"Could it be Nagakaboros?"

The gods and demigods on Rune Continent have no idea what kind of abilities and combat power they have...

...

In a luxurious villa on the top of a cliff at the east end of Bilgewater, Miss Fortune Sarah was looking at her new outfit in the mirror.

Her originally beautiful face was covered by delicate makeup, and her curvy figure was also covered by relatively loose clothes. Miss Fortune looked at herself a little strangely, and she couldn't find any flaws after several attempts.

"You are really good, Nophi." She turned around and praised: "Come on board my ship."

Nophi looked fairer and more beautiful after removing her disguise. Facing Sarah's invitation, she seemed a little hesitant. After a few seconds, she shook her head and said: "No, Sister Sarah, I am an explorer. I won't stay in Bilgewater forever, but I can stay on your ship for a while."

"Waiting to meet Nautilus?"

"...Part of it."

Nophi chuckled and said: "Also because Sister Sarah, you are 'Miss Fortune'. Since I came to Bilgewater, I have been able to hear your story. There are many versions of the story of you and Uncle Raven joining forces with Lady Piltover to wipe out the Gangplank Pirates. I have been curious for a long time."

She licked her face and moved closer and said: "I will be on your ship for a while. Tell me what happened that day. As long as I submit this to the Explorers' Association, I can also become an official member of the Explorers' Association. 's explorer, and I don't need that 'deep sea titan'!"

"Is that so..." Sarah smiled: "Is that your purpose?"

"Yes!" Nofi nodded repeatedly: "Can you tell me? Sister Sarah."

"Let's talk about it later." Sarah neither confirmed nor denied, and waved her hand and said: "Go and have someone prepare some materials first. I'm not the only one who needs to change my appearance."

"Okay, Sister Sarah!"

Nofi jumped out, looking at her back, Sarah frowned slightly and thought deeply, then looked at the mirror again, and murmured: "This skill is really good, but... can I believe it?"

Just then, suddenly one of her crew members rushed in hurriedly, looking a little anxious: "Captain, someone spent 500 gold Siren coins on the bounty list to find your location."

"Five hundred?"

Sarah was a little surprised, really generous, she wanted to collect this amount herself.

Because the Soul-Eating Night is approaching, are some guys anxious?

"Who is this person? Or... did they get together?"

"Maybe, the person who left the name is a stranger, named 'Roger'."

"...Who?!" Sarah stood up, "Roger?!"

Isn't that the name Sewell used when he first met her in Piltover?

At the same time, the other pirate forces also learned about the new bounty. They were surprised by the amount and full of suspicion. Which side posted this? Could it be that... they have found a way to kill Miss Fortune?

Countless eyes gathered over.