Who did they say to kill that you’re hesitating so?”
“It’s not a bad deal.”
The guild said that if they managed to kill Weed three times they could keep any equipment he dropped. They also could gain one piece of the equipment broadcasted by BardRay. Any equipment worn by Bardray was extremely powerful.
“It’s a very generous compensation.”
“It’s a fake though. The Hermes guild would not reveal their real equipment on air; its best kept a secret.”
“Then you don’t want to do it?”
“No opportunities like this don’t come very often.”
Griffith grinned. Not only the Hermes guild, but many lords and prestigious guilds of the Central continent had the same request.
***
The sailing speed of the ghost ship was significantly faster now. It was all because of the trained officer adjusting the sails and course. As expected, the anxiety of the three navigators grew with each new point they passed. It was a rare experience to work together with a ghost crew and steer a ghost ship. They now had a lot new tales they could tell at bars. Going to Las Phalanx was like waking up sleeping lion.
“Umm, I know of other hunting grounds.”
“Do you want to go somewhere with a better view?”
Board Mir and Hye proposed to Weed, despite that, he continued to fish! Deoreol was known as the captain of the ghost ship, so they did not know that it was Weed. A Mooo sound came from Yellowy. He was lying spread out on the deck along with Geumuni, who was fishing while wearing a straw hat.
“Why on earth did a lich suddenly appear?”
“He should be a high level… shit, we got caught up in this pretty bad. We can’t attack him.”
The Lich is not a class that can be easily killed by a surprise attack. Looking at the undead sea monsters that rose from the seafloor, the group felt exasperated.
“Is it possible to change jobs to Lich?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t heard of any users from the continent switching before. We’re so unlucky to meet the one who did.”
It was then, as Hye, Fractal, and Board Mir were wallowing in their despair,
“Large reef discovered on the port side! Turn.”
Fractal, who was monitoring the front, shouted out about the reef.
*tsu rurururu chwek*
Hye hastily turned the helm to the left. The turn was sharp enough to rock the boat from side to side, as they barely avoided the reef lightly scratching the side of the boat. They’d come quite a long ways from Becky Nin so there were no other boats in the vicinity.
“Whew. This is also a great experience, isn’t it?”
“Yes, my sailing skills have risen a huge amount.”
Hye and Board Mir were surprised. The more they moved along Weed’s route the more experience and skill proficiency piled up. This does not require the presence of the sea. The voyage itself gave off the experience, skill level, and fame of a user who discovered a new dungeon.
“I think it was a good thing to come along with this voyage.”
“I know what you mean, my navigation skills have greatly improved.”
“We can pretend to faithfully follow commands for now . . . but we’re the only ones who can steer the ship.”
“Well, don’t worry about it. We’ll definitely find an opportunity to take control of the ghost ship. We’ll desert them when we anchor on an unknown island. Captain of the ghost ship! Kuhuhuhu.”
The three men held a secret conversation. However Yellowy saw their scheming and could only feel sorry for them.
How daring to make such dirty conspiracies against Weed! Eumumu. ‘You don’t know how cheap, petty, and despicable master is.’
It was like little children trying to pickpocket professional gamblers. On top of that Weed didn’t even let the smallest amount of money slip through his fingers. Due to the north wind in their sails, they traveled quickly. Speaking cautiously, Hye call out to Weed.
“Captain, I have something to tell you.”
“Mmm.”
Weed fished on almost silently. His Fishing skill had risen to Intermediate 5 and 35% and his handicraft stat by 3%. There were millions of skills to improve maximum vitality, but they wouldn’t be gained by fishing.
“In about half a days time, we’ll be a third of the way to our destination. We can expect to arrive 2 days earlier.”
“MMMM!”
Modest praise from Weed. Even with an accurate map to Las Phalanx, without the three navigator’s skills, it would’ve been a harsh journey.Though their personalities weren’t much,, no one could deny their skills. Anyways, Weed was their employer.
“Keep up the good work. You will receive many rewards on our return.”
“Yes sir.”
Hye stepped back after the small conversation. While navigating for this long, they had been paid only a stipend of 1 gold a day, which was too cheap. He was trying to point this out to Weed, but Weed already knew that. Weed thought.
“I guess I will have to pay them 1 gold extra as payment for saving two days time.”
The waves became violently rough for the second half of voyage to Las Phalanx. As 7-meter waves met the ghost ship, it would repeatedly climb and fall.
“Whoooo! i guess I’ll have to hold on to something if I don’t want to fall”
“Ahhhh! Please let me live!”
The ghost crew that were struck were knocked into the sea. However, they soon reemerged in their assigned spots. If they were real sailors, they would either be dead or it would be very difficult to save them. Even the currents became harsh. They would be sailing calmly when suddenly a giant whirlpool large enough to suck in and shatter a large ship would appear.
“To the right! Turn wide.”
Without the utmost concentration, it was impossible to avoid them. The ghost ship teeter tottered through the stiff currents as they made their way north. After three days, they finally made it out of the whirlpool area. All Weed did was continue fishing. As they headed, north he caught rare purple fish species that raised his skills. On top of that, as the captain, he adjusted sails which raised his navigation skills.