Chapter Thirty-Ninth: Conferred God Ceremony (2)
The monsoon from the southwestern sea brings a new round of heavy rain.
Many fishing boats fishing in the offshore area have returned to Modo Port, and the marine products have been brought up by the sailors one by one, and many of them will be made into salted fish and transported to other places for sale. The profit from selling salted fish is not on the fish. More often, the salted fish is directly sold as a substitute for sea salt, because the salt content of these salted fish is actually quite strong.
A dark cloud appeared on the far horizon.
It can be foreseen that a heavy rain is about to hit, many merchants are busy packing their things, and the fleet has also docked at the port to put away their sails. The sailors and peons yelled and moved the goods faster, because as they became more familiar with the overseas weather, they also knew that the rainstorm would come sooner than expected. The shop moved the goods from outside, but the tavern next door was still lively, and many pirates were still living a drunken life. The Temple of Fortune built a luxurious tavern directly in Modo Port.
It offers expensive wines and beautiful wines from the south coast.
There are also some civilians in Modo Port. Most of them are skilled craftsmen. They live here after they are free. Sauron doesn't restrict them too much. They can come and go freely and live the life they want. But there are very few people who are really willing to leave at this time, because I heard that many places on the entire south coast are experiencing explosive wars, and the news of Modo Port is circulating very quickly. Many people are quite clear about the current situation on the mainland, isn't it? A fight here is a fight there, and it would be too long to run out at this time.
A cargo ship docked slowly at the port.
The port clerk, who was about fifty years old and wearing a top hat, walked quickly, followed by a ten-year-old boy.
"Foreign ships. Medium-sized cargo ships. The docking fee is five silver delores a day."
The clerk smiled and nodded, then stretched out his palm, and soon the captain threw over a small money bag. He shook the money bag and listened to the crisp crashing sound inside. Then he smiled and quickly recorded: "Ten Silver Dele, stop for two days."
The little boy behind stared at him with wide eyes. He was just a small follower who occasionally helped the adults run errands to get something.
You can have five copper Dele a day, and if you are lucky, someone will reward you with something.
soon.
The clerk left here, and it was going to rain soon.
He is more or less a decent official in Modo Port. Responsible for collecting fees for merchant ships to dock. If they are drenched in water, it will be embarrassing.
The sailors on the cargo ship began to carry things.
At this time, two figures in black cloaks appeared on the deck. They nodded towards the captain and jumped down lightly.
"Is this the Modo City?"
A slightly immature male voice sounded, and the silver-white armor under the black cloak could be vaguely seen. He looked around carefully, and murmured: "It's not what I imagined! I thought this would be another city of wealth!"
The vicissitudes of life are watching here.
An older man glanced around and said slowly: "It is indeed different from what we imagined. In the legend, Sauron the Pirate King is a murderous demon, a fearful son of mad destruction, and a cruel dictator. Cunning Insidious villain!..."
"But this way."
"Whether it's Shipwreck Bay, Tyro Harbor, Nusha Island, or today's Modo City. What we have seen is orderly. I thought the rule of pirates would be brutal and chaotic, but I never expected All I saw along the way was strict order and strict laws. And it seems that the people under his rule, whether they are civilians or businessmen, live better than other places!"
They had seen pirates who violated laws and regulations on Nusha Island, and they were hung up by the law enforcement team and smoked a dozen times, and their entire backs were bloody.
Along the way they saw the prosperity of the South Coast.
In other places, there are endless wars and hunger. Normal order is still maintained throughout the south coast, and people have not been affected by the turmoil for the time being. The civilians in these places are living pretty well.
in a dark corner.
Some vague figures were watching the two men who got off the cargo ship, and one of them said slowly: "Who is here? Do you need to report? Recently, many people of various kinds have come to Modo Port!"
The figure of the wanderer is inconspicuous in the corner.
The leading man looked carefully for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's just two paladins."
"There is no need to pay too much attention to them, they will leave by themselves after a while."
Paladins are not a threat.
Because everything in Modo City gives people a sense of confidence that they will not be enemies of the paladins.
The figures of the two paladins are observing everything here.
The legend of Sauron has spread throughout the entire continent, and there are various rumors about him everywhere. As the power to protect justice and goodness in the world, the paladins have also noticed this legendary evil pirate king who is rising rapidly.
—— Sauron, the Great Demon King!
There are actually many rumors about him, but it seems that the rumors are not the same as what they saw in front of them.
Because before they came to Modo City, Sauron in their imagination should be an evil big devil. Countless people died under his hands. He controlled the south coast with cruel rule and violence, forcing everyone else to surrender at his feet. Before they came to the south coast, they heard a lot of rumors about him along the way. Apart from Sauron's great strength, there were more about his extravagance, lust, brutality, immorality, insidious cunning and so on.
As expected, they became very angry!
As paladins protecting justice, they wished they could kill the Great Demon King Sauron directly.
But.
As they got closer to the coast, the rumors they heard were different.
The evil King Sauron seems to have turned into a heroic figure, unified the pirates everywhere with an iron fist, and then took this as an opportunity to rise rapidly, and finally became the most powerful pirate king in history! It seems that people still say that he is ruthless and an extremely cruel character, but it seems that he is not described as a devil anymore.
So go all the way.
When they came near the bustling Port of Tyro, their ideas were subverted again. The incomparably evil King Sauron became an idol worshiped and recited by the common people here. Whether it is the route of Arendelle or the route of the Eastern Sea, the port of Taylor is now almost as strong as the city of wealth. In the eyes of many common people, the extremely evil Sauron the Great Demon King is a wise ruler, a capable and king-like figure.
Although he still has the evaluation of being ruthless, ruthless, and cruel, etc., but the other sayings seem to have disappeared.
As long as the Great Demon King Sauron is mentioned, even the lowest level commoners will know that this Your Excellency takes promises very seriously! His reputation among the common people at the bottom seems to have been reversed. Although people fear him, they also support him very much.
Everything seems like a drama!
finally.
The two paladins definitely came to see the legendary Modo City, the "City of Miracles" that rose in the overseas archipelago, gathered a lot of wealth in a very short period of time, and affected the trade structure of the entire south coast.
Modo, Modo.
This place, which was described in other rumors as "Modor", "City of Demons" and "City of Fear", completely subverted the concept of the two paladins, and they really fell silent.
Son of Slaughter?
Fear of the Son of God?
Bloody ruthless dictator?
Evil and depraved licentious?
In this place called Modo, what they saw was that the common people lived and worked in peace and prosperity, and the trade was prosperous. What they saw was that the law was strict and orderly. What they saw was an unprecedented civilized city. It is dirty and messy, and there are no poor refugees living on the streets. Even the peons living at the lowest level wear full clothes and have a healthy blush on their faces, which means that they have been away from hunger for a long time.
You can hear the sound of children playing in your ears, the sound of merchants bargaining in front of you, and the patrolling of solemn security forces in the distance.
it's here.
They actually saw something more prosperous, more dynamic and more hopeful than the territories under the control of the Radiance Church, and all of this was not brought about by justice and kindness, but by a great demon king named 'Sauron'.
How ironic!
……………(to be continued ~^~)