Chapter 1969 Jagged Island

At first, Menia, the giantess of the heavens, thought that her sister was just making up stories to comfort herself, but after hearing what Fania said vividly and swearing that what she said was true, she was gradually duped into half-belief, hoping that her sister's prophecy would come true soon.

Messinger stayed at Frodi Manor for three days, and did not return to the ship until the morning of November 8.

Along with Messinger, besides Mustafa and Frodi, there is also Frodi's demon servant Agares.

Frodi carried the "Golden Mill" Grotti with him, and Agares carried a large bag with the "shrinking technique" on his back.

After boarding the ship, the master and servant immediately went down to the bottom deck where the cargo hold was located, and cleared a large space.

Agares put down his pocket and poured out the magic crystal ore in it.

The ore in the bag is as fine as sand grains, and the moment it leaves the mouth of the bag, it gets rid of the shackles of the "Shrinking Object Technique" and turns into a large piece of raw magic crystal weighing tens of pounds, filling half of the cargo hold.

Amn Frody brought a full 50 tons of raw magic crystals to the ship, of course not as ballast stones.

There is still some space in the cargo hold. Frodi used it to place the golden millstone. He chanted a spell to enlarge the millstone, and by the way, he summoned the sisters Fania and Menia, and told them to continue working during the voyage. Grind a ton and a half of ore, or beat them with a whip!

The giant sisters didn't dare to argue, and lowered their heads to hide the resentment in their eyes.

Satisfied with the obedience of the sisters, the halfling warlock led Agares out of the hold.

Shortly thereafter, the "Narwhal" blew its whistle, slowly left the port, and turned its rudder to sail eastward.

Amn Flodie never dreamed that he carried the golden millstone on board and forced Fania and Menia to have no leisure during the voyage. It was tantamount to planting an enemy spy on the ship on his own initiative, so that Joann could not only Monitor the location of the "Narwhal" at any time, and use Fania's ears to listen to the information on the ship.

On the afternoon of the day when the "Narwhal" set sail, Joan, Hyrule, Audrey, and Holden bid farewell to Mr. Theodore Popper, returned to the boat anchored in the fishing port, and joined Captain Odysseus.

Joan had long heard that the destination of the voyage of the "Narwhal" was the "Sawtooth Island" located in the west of Maple Leaf Bay, about 1,000 nautical miles away from New Avalon Port. Speed, it will probably take a week.

The tonnage of "Coral" is much smaller than that of "Narwhal", and it is faster and more flexible. Joan suggested that Captain Odysseus should not pursue too closely, and just keep a half-day voyage with the "Narwhal", so as not to arouse the vigilance of Messinger and Frody.

In the maple leaf bend in mid-November, the weather was exceptionally clear, and the voyage for the next week was uneventful. On the morning of November 16, the armed merchant ship "Narwhal" successfully arrived at the destination of the trip, "Sawtooth Island".

The "Gloranto Archipelago" to which the Sawtooth Island belongs has been the sphere of influence of the hill giants since ancient times.

There are nearly a thousand islands, large and small, in this sea area, a quarter of which are inhabited by creatures, and the hill giants are at the top of the archipelago's food chain.

The hill giants who settled on different islands belonged to different tribes. In order to compete for limited survival resources, they often drove rough sailboats to plunder each other and snatch territory.

To this day, the hill giant tribes on the Grolanto Islands are still fighting each other endlessly, but the way of fighting has changed. It has gradually evolved from a tribe-based battle that was limited to two islands. A full-scale confrontation based on the "tribal alliance".

In Grolanto Islands, there are ten large-scale tribal alliances, the most powerful of which is the "Calidon Alliance" with "Calidon Island" as the core, and the "Fang Tribe" that rules the Sawtooth Island, It is a member of the "Calydon Alliance".

Traders from the human world regard the Grolanto Islands as an important transit point of the "Triangle Trade" between the old and the new continents. Here they sell spirits and sugar, which are loved by the hill giants, in exchange for two special commodities of the archipelago. — Spices and slaves.

The Grolanto Islands are rich in cinnamon, but not all islands are suitable for growing laurel trees. In contrast, the hill giant tribes on almost every island are hostile to tribes on neighboring islands, and conflicts often break out. After a war, the winning side can always capture many hill giants from the opposing tribes.

According to local customs, the hill giants would kill and eat seriously injured or disabled captives, while healthy captives would stay, be held in a centralized manner, and sold to slave traders who came to the island to do business.

The custom of fighting among the hill giants provided a steady stream of strong labor for the slave traders. Of course, the merchants were happy to see the results, and even offered to provide sophisticated weapons and equipment to their trading partners, encouraging them to expand their wars and conquer the surrounding islands, so as to capture more prisoners of war and provide them with sufficient supplies.

The so-called "civilized world" on the mainland and the wild world on the island have established a bond through slave trade. Keep it up.

Both Messinger and Flodie are experts in the slave trade. Over the years, they have made a lot of money by relying on this route. Of course, they have many good business partners on the Grolanto Islands. Chief Bull is one of them.

The island, which covers an area of ​​more than 100 square miles, is shaped like a huge gear that has been cut open. There is only one port around the island where ships can berth. The rest of the island is densely covered with sharp jagged rocks, hidden under the water There are countless hidden reefs.

With the unique terrain of Sawtooth Island, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Tusk tribe who ruled the island basically does not have to worry about foreign invasion. In recent years, it has grown stronger and stronger. The number of hill giants who have settled on the island has exceeded 1,000. They are all top-ranked.

At the same time when the "Narwhal" was berthed at the port of Sawtooth Island, on the "Coral" expedition ship, Joan was casting a spell to remotely control an invisible blood mosquito agent hovering above the deck, and projected what the blood mosquito saw to the "remote viewing" mirror” and share it with the companions sitting around to watch.

After the "Narwhal" broke down, Messinger, Frody, Mustafa, and Agares disembarked one after another, greeted by two hill giants who had been waiting on the pier early, and headed towards the to a manor.