Chapter 438 95. First Voyage
The purchased Ineson will not arrive at Gem Bay for about three days. Annan planned to let the New Initial go to the Violet Old Land first.
"Are you going?" Ingrid asked him in the wooden house that was temporarily used as the city lord's residence.
"You shouldn't go...what's wrong?"
"As your assistant, I shouldn't encourage you to take risks, but I still recommend that you go there yourself."
"Why?"
"The Violet Kingdom contains wealth beyond imagination, and gold diggers cannot snatch it away. Vultures can only eat the remaining carrion, and the real prey belongs to the hunter."
In fact, when Olmedo and Ingrid originally conceived the idea, they planned to use the Violet Old Land as the first pot of gold after Annan gained the territory. However, they did not expect that Annan would successfully establish a foothold in the Tatooine Empire and move out the magic. The images were a hit.
“And the expeditionary force is going north, maybe we can benefit from both sides.”
And there must be survivors like Count Ulmit in the Violet Old Land. After the expeditionary force cleans up, those nobles may restore the Violet Kingdom...
Annan and the gold diggers could only watch as the ownerless treasures all over the land became the property of new owners.
Those beautiful, naughty golden elves should not be obtained by greedy and ugly nobles!
And there is never too much money. Wouldn't it be better to buy two arcane energy cores and use one as a night light?
"Then let me go."
Annan does not need to do anything personally. He can come back after negotiating with Count Ulmit, but if he is interested, he can join in the fun and "excavate" "Look at the treasure.
There is no place in Gem City and Syltovis that cannot be separated from Annan for the time being. Maybe you can still see Maria in the Violet Old Land, if she is there.
Annan still had some things in Syltovis, so he contacted Mr. Swallow. When the father appeared expressionlessly, Annan said sincerely: "Mr. Swallow, I want to return it." Get some things from the college, and then go to the Violet Land. Please say goodbye to Alice for me."
Annan realized that it might be a mistake to let Mr. Swallow play Professor Snape, although he contributed. He has superb acting skills and topics, but the old Mr. Swarovski did not have the "Snape" style of scrutiny...
"...Do you want me to send you to the Violet Old Land?"
Mr. Swaro's sudden thoughtfulness made Annan feel uneasy: "No, I'm with the fleet..."
There was no negative state in the subsequent teleportation, as if he had really stepped through a door.
Annan went back to the lounge to get some clothes, and then went to the cat house.
Because "Annan Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has not yet been released, Diagon Alley, which is still under construction, is only visited by nearby residents. Annan's arrival went unnoticed.
Lily wants to follow Annan, and Annan thinks the same way - taking a cat on a boat will bring good luck. But the white cat insisted on following, so Annan had no choice but to take it with him as Lily's playmate.
It would also be nice to have this not-so-smart cat become the mascot of the new initial number in the future.
After explaining some matters to the merchants, Annan returned to Gem Bay and prepared for the next trip to sea.
The crew of the New Initial were clearing the deck for Annan's review. Taking advantage of the gap, Annan took a turn in the textile factory.
Female workers who have been busy because of the "Fast Pants" are following the textile factory's etiquette of "never treat the machines roughly" to comfort the machines that have been sleeping all night.
They started working after checking the machine and cleaning the dust.
Annan did not correct their "customs", so he found Ingrit and handed her the next step of reclaiming farmland in case he could not return before March.
"This is the farmland I handled in Xingyue Bay." Ingrid exposed it mercilessly. Annan held Lily in his arms dejectedly, boarding the New Initial with the white cat at his feet.
Standing on the shiny deck, this was actually Annan’s first time taking a boat.
Annan thought he would get seasick because he had never been to sea, but as the New Initial set sail, he felt no discomfort.
Compared with overcoming motion sickness when he went to Breeze City for the first time, Annan believed that it was Mr. Swaro's terrible portal that made him resistant.
With the sails raised, the New Initial cut through the waves, and its speed was much faster than other three-masted sailing ships - the ten sleepless large water elements in the bilge were the key.
Annan stood on the deck, with the vast expanse of sea stretching out, and the sea breeze blowing in his face. It was different from any time he saw the sea on the coast.
Let the elements drive the crew far away, Annan let out a cry that was carried far away by the sea wind: "I am the king of the world——!"
"Puff puff puff—— ”
A burst of snickering suddenly sounded from the surroundings.
Annan first looked at Lily at his feet. "It's not a cat." Lily shook her head.
"Meow~" the white cat next to me cried innocently.
"I am the king of the world——?"
Annan shouted again tentatively, assuming that it was the fart sound of a certain crew member that was blown by the wind.
The first meal on board the New Initial is fish. The lord's boarding made the chef try his best, but it only required one more step than before to scrape off the scales of the fish. Even the internal organs were required by Annan after he discovered it...
Unlike Xingyue Bay, which is rich in similar salmon fish, the fish in the Obiris Strait are nearly spindle-shaped, with thick and numerous bones, close to those of a several-month-old chicken.
While Annan was holding a completely grilled fish, he saw a mangrove forest in the unexplored area southwest of the forest mountains bordering Jewel Bay.
I wonder if there are crabs in this world...
The route of the New Initial is along the strait from east to west, sailing out of the strait and then heading north, which takes about a week to sail.
The ocean seemed new to Annan at first, but soon he became bored like other sailors.
This long period of being able to stay on the boat and do nothing made Annan irritated, but he was relieved when he remembered that he had done nothing on land.
There is a collection of books on board - thanks to Annan's widespread proficiency in the lingua franca. Annan chose knight stories among geography, history and humanities, and alchemical knowledge.
During the day he read in the captain's cabin, played cards with the first mate, second mate and the sailors, and when he had won enough nights, he meditated under the stars.
Lily was welcomed by the crew as a relative, and they gave it to Lily when they caught fish. But Annan loves Lily more than anyone else. So when Lily gets a small fish, she will run to the water element to remove the fish bones.
The white cat couldn't do it. It was too stupid. It would run away when it saw anyone other than Annan, and it couldn't be lured out with fish, so Annan named it "silly cat".
The sailing life dispelled the impetuosity brought by money and purified Annan's mind. At a certain moment, he felt that he was no longer far away from the elite warlock...
When Annan was getting closer and closer to the elite, they arrived. The place where the McKenna Skaven originally landed.
(End of this chapter)