Chapter 272: Backstabbing, Successful Ship Hijacking,
Mysterious Slaves (3)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
With his strength, he could defeat it, but the consequence would be that the overwhelming magical energy would destroy the entire ship. This would contradict his initial intention of obtaining the ship as intact as possible.
Ji Chen had already planned everything. He disguised himself as an elderly avenger, attacked the ship, and deliberately damaged its propellers, causing it to lose most of its power. This would allow Alice and the others to catch up and seize the ship.
The end result was quite satisfactory. Not only was the ship relatively well-preserved, but there were also so gnos left, who could be used to teach the Crown of the Ocean how to operate and use the vessel.
“Lord, we’ve found the cargo hold on the ship! There’s quite a lot of stuff stored inside!”
Anina stood at an entrance and waved her hand, saying.
Ji Chen’s eyes lit up.
Ernesto had been in the trading business for so long that it possessed an abundance of wealth, and what it had shown Ji Chen was just the tip of the iceberg.
Following Anina down into the ship’s hold, they navigated through tal passages, passed through more than ten tal gates, and arrived at a spacious chamber, roughly the size of two basketball courts.
The walls were all made of hard tal, and there was a tal door at the top that could be opened. This should be where Ernesto had hoisted the cargo.
Cargo crates with numbers painted on them were secured to the floor, including an empty crate labeled “No. 7”.
At a glance, there are more than a dozen of these large and small crates.
Ji Chen didn’t plan to open them here. He could do it later when they returned to the Crown of the Ocean.
Following a captured gno as their guide, they arrived at another cargo hold located at the stern of the ship. This hold was even larger and served as a storage area for ordinary goods.
In addition to trading rare items, gnos also traded in common goods like ordinary rchants.
Due to the return voyage, a large quantity of goods had been stored here, packed in wooden crates of equal size.
The crates were stacked one on top of another, completely filling the entire cargo hold.
Ji Chen turned to the guiding gno and asked, “What are these goods?”
The gno who was asked trembled and replied fearfully, “Reporting to the Lord, these goods are partly high-quality silk and fabric. They were specially purchased by the Lord Consul for sale to the human nobles in the Western Continent. There’s also so fine wine from the Eastern Continent, intended for sale to human nobles as well. They are highly sought after by these two groups.”
Wine was a commodity that always had a market wherever it went.
Unfortunately, the Crown of the Ocean was not an ideal place for winemaking, lacking the necessary environnt, skilled personnel, and infrastructure.
“In addition to these, there are so more unusual goods… slaves.”
Upon hearing this, Ji Chen’s expression beca serious.
“Where are they? Take to see.”
“In order to avoid port inspections and escape, they are hidden in a secret compartnt connected to this cargo hold…”
Guided by the gno, Ji Chen and his group arrived at a section of the tal wall at the back of the cargo hold. After moving a row of heavy wooden crates, they saw a tal door locked with iron chains.
“Because these slaves are sowhat special and very valuable, only Consul Lord has the key…”
With a resounding “clang”, Anina directly broke the chain with her greatsword.
The gno:
Under his instruction, two Naga Berserkers stepped forward and pushed open the tal door, revealing the interior.
When they saw the slaves imprisoned in the cages, even Alice and Anina couldn’t help but show surprised expressions.
Ji Chen looked at them with narrowed eyes.
He needed soone to tell him the definition of surprise..
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