The Throne Under the Starry Sky Chapter 12: Sakura of Summer (Part 2)

"How long do they live." The astrologer apprentice couldn't help asking,

Danny slowed down and walked in front of Jonah, "For standard sandworms, it’s about 80 to 120 years old. Chacha was just 6 years old when he was captured by my dad and built a three-masted sailboat. It’s just a little girl. Giant sand-eaters generally have a lifespan of about 300 years. According to Lao Bei, the "Leyton Sisters" who carry the racing stars are 140 years old and are very healthy now."

"Where's the male." Jonah remembered the kind of small worms that have wings and can fly.

"3 days." Danny replied without thinking,

Jonah's eyes widened again,

"It’s nothing strange, cargo friend, I said that this is a feminist society." Gu Ying, the male Stewart’s family, sighed with self-pity, "You are lucky. You should be able to catch up with this year’s mating season. The route goes through the post-worm node of the parade. You can visit the spectacular scene of the sand-eater looking for a mate. The post-worm is now located not far from the south side of the big sand waterfall."

Jona’s little head couldn’t accept so many new terms at once, and shook his head confusedly, "Parade 8 characters, post-worm node, big sand waterfall."

"Go to the tavern and chat while drinking." Danny stepped up the steps enthusiastically. It seemed that too much conversation had been aborted in the cold eyes of his sister. At this moment, I found a guy who didn't understand anything. Okay. Enjoy the happy time of chatting and spanking,

Jona stopped on a viewing platform. Outside the oval porthole was a magnificent sunset of endless sandy seas. The deep blue sun Queavilo was slowly sinking into the undulating sand dunes of the skyline, unobstructed by clouds and fog. The orange-red light dyes the desert into an abstract landscape of light and dark. A dhow slowly sails out of the horizon, full of sails in the increasing wind,

The windless period has passed, and the north wind blowing from the wide surface of the holy river once again brings endless vitality to the desert. Jonah stretched out his finger, feeling the strong and scorching heat of the north wind blowing into the porthole, he stared in admiration. With the magnificent sand sea bestowed by the Creator on the Southern Continent, which is totally different from that of the Western Continent, but without a partner around to appreciate it, I can’t help but have mixed feelings.

"Don't stop, my cargo friend, the road is still long." Danny shouted from above,

The astrologer apprentice sighed and stepped up the steps,

This winding gangway took ten minutes to reach the end, grabbing the railing and stepping onto the creaking wooden deck. Jonah found himself on the bottom of the three decks of the "Racing Star". Behind you is a long corridor around the deck, and beyond the railings is the vast sea of ​​sand. The sloop is much closer, but it is even smaller due to the height difference.

"The west side is much stronger. They have a steam puppet-powered escalator. Old Bei is a stingy old antique..." Danny complained, using the sleeves of his white robe to wipe the sweat from his forehead. The stamina has been exhausted in the dry tornado. This steep gangway is a big challenge for the three people.

"The west side is where the rich go." Hannah glanced at him blankly,

"Maybe after receiving the bonus from this courier..." Danny looked up and down unkindly, and there was a chill on the back of the two-gold astrologer apprentice, "Yeah, sister, that Isn’t it Maximilian’s little cute sailboat?" Danny suddenly shouted, squinting his eyes and looking at the dazzling sunset, he also spotted the little sloop,

Hannah approached the railing and took a look, and said coldly: "Yes, then."

"Nothing, let's enter the house." Danny gave up the attempt to talk, and led the way first. The third deck was dotted with the various departments of the sailing workshop. Every time he passed through a door, Jonah looked inward curiously. The room was filled with the sound of nails smashing, and the aroma of wood came out; in some rooms there was hot molten iron, and the blacksmith clanged with a sledgehammer,

"Why didn't I see the sailboat." Jonah couldn't help asking,

"The sailboats under repair and construction are at Pier 3." Danny replied. He didn't seem to understand, and he reached out and gestured: "Two sand-eaters, the one on the left is Sister Leiden on the west side. On the right is Sister Leiden on the east side, the left of the sister is Pier 1, and the right of the sister is Pier 2, and there is Pier 3 in the gap between the two big bugs. The gust of wind' drove into Pier 3 for repairs, and we can see it in the tavern."

"Oh." Jonah still didn't understand, but I'm sorry to ask again,

Three people hovered up from another gangway. The second deck was the residence of sailors and repairmen. With a few simple guest rooms, a group of people boarded the first deck directly without stopping. The top deck on the side was empty, and the scattered supplies were tied to the deck in a mess. Among the scattered cargo, there was a dilapidated log cabin with air leakage everywhere. Just a glance, Jona felt close to him. This house is too similar to the run-down house of Mr. Cherry Du,

At this time, the sky is already dark, there is no lighting on the east side deck, the dim light of the cabin brings light to a radius of 20 yards, and loud laughter and crisp wine glasses can be heard from far away. With the impact, Danny swallowed and quickened his pace: "I smell sparkling wine, sister, cold sparkling wine, can you feel it."

"I only heard our money bags groaning." Hannah gave her brother a merciless blow, "The gun was fired today."

"50 silver coins." Danny screamed, and suddenly fell into depression, muttering and dragging his feet: "Don't be angry, you have to rush into the dry tornado, and 50 silver coins were lost in one shot. , The remuneration for delivery hasn’t arrived, so the 50 silver coins will be gone... I don’t know how much it will cost to repair the sailboat this time. In other words, how much money we owe Lao Bei, if... I just said if. , If Lao Bei claims this astronomical amount of money from us, can you consider marrying him to repay the debt."

Jonah walked behind and didn't see Hannah? What kind of eyes were used by Stewart to frighten his brother. In short, Danny changed his words smoothly: "...I want to consider the possibility of marrying Edward Schmidt. Sex, that big diamond smashed into eight petals, just picking one, is enough to pay off the debt..."

While speaking, walking to the wooden house, the astrologer apprentice suddenly stopped, and said tremblingly: "Well, has this house always been like this?"

"This has been the case since 2267 in the mainland calendar." The Stewart male replied elegantly, "I don't know the previous situation."

Jonah made a mental calculation, "Isn’t it 15 years ago? That is to say, when your father brought you to the Southern Continent, the racing star already existed. You are not saying that since he came Did you develop sailing technology?"

The Stewart brothers and sisters glanced at each other, and Danny opened his hands: "You got it wrong, my cargo friend. Long before the thirty-three Zawis crossed the river, the endless sand sea had a splendid civilization. The construction time of Star Star can be traced back to 80 years ago. Of course, at that time, it was not called the "Racing Star", it was just the largest mobile building in the desert and the best hotel. After Lao Bei came here, Obtained half of the ownership from its original owner, opened a sailing shipbuilding factory, and built many famous sand-sea clippers with the assistance of his father. From then on, this big guy was renamed the racing star, until now , It hasn’t been equipped with sails, so you can think it’s not a boat. As for this tavern..."

Hannah stepped forward and pushed the door in, "Be careful." Jonah yelled, reaching out and grabbing her cloak.

The bright red cloak rolled up the dust, a flower was in front of the astrologer apprentice's eyes, and a cold, hard touch came from his forehead again. This time, it was not the big sneerful spear that hit the forehead, but a small one. A small, whole body made of white ivory inlaid with petal-shaped red crystals. It looks more like a work of art than a murder weapon. The pistol is held in a chocolate-skinned, slender and powerful hand. The owner of the hand is using a pair of murderous Gray-green eyes staring at his prey, as long as the fingers tremble slightly, the offender’s life can be harvested,

"Two gold coins, sister, don't be impulsive." Danny howled miserably,

Because the distance is too close, Jona’s eyes can’t see the muzzle clearly, but the thirteen red crystals shining brightly attracts his attention. There are very fine stones between each crystal. The mithril threads are connected to each other, and the magical energy of the fire system circulates along the mysterious pattern carved by the mithril threads on the surface of the gun body, accumulating amazing heat. This energy collection method is very similar to the "scorching rays" star array, and astrology. The only difference is that the pistol does not mobilize the power of the stars, but squeezes heat from a spar with abundant energy at the back of the gun.

"Wait, this kind of fire magic circle is very interesting..." The curiosity of knowledge overwhelmed the sense of fear,,,, for some reason, Jonah was not so afraid of Hannah Stewart's death threat. Perhaps it was because he saw the shallow sympathy and teasing in her cold eyes, the astrologer apprentice stretched out his hand and stroked the ruby ​​on the gun body, "Wait a minute, don't move, oh, it turns out that this is a spiral compression, really It’s very similar to Star Array..." He held the barrel in Danny’s sluggish eyes and carefully observed the direction of the Mithril thread,

"You..." In the face of his offense, Hannah surprisingly did not express anger. She looked at the other party carefully studying her exquisite magic pistol with a little curiosity, spit out a word, and lost the following.

"Cargo friends, don't play, do you know how important you are." Danny Stewart begged, "You are a three-masted sailing ship for a month, or a racing star Westside Hotel for two nights. Accommodation fee wow... the gun is named "Summer White Cherry", the relic left by my father, don’t you know all of these, it is one of the three masterpieces of the magic weapon master Heftsbach, except for it In addition, there are two shields "Steel of the Night", and..."

The two parties ignored his desperate eyes and stood in the dim light of the tavern, each with their own thoughts. Without a word, the door of the tavern was half a yard away from them, but they were half a yard away. It’s a dark bottomless abyss,

They stood at the west end of the top deck on the east side, facing the west side deck far away. It turned out that the east and west sides of the racing star were separated from each other, connected only by a few floating trestle bridges on the bow and stern. , The two sand-eaters are not essentially fixed together, but rely on the tacit understanding of twins to move forward side by side at all times,

At the bottom of the deep gap between the east and west sides of the building, in the inner gap between the two parallel large worms, is Lao Bei’s Pier 3. This strange tavern is built on the abyss on the volley, with only a few supporting beams and the east side. The top decks are connected, and there is a gap of four feet from the edge of the deck to the threshold of the crumbling tavern. Looking down from the gap, you can see hundreds of yards far below. A few lights illuminate the hidden pier, rolling in the yellow sand. The blast of Bactria is slowly entering the berth. Behind it, there is a dexterous sloop.