A few days later, Hope was holding two more exquisitely crafted electric saws and couldn't let go.

In the end, Carl couldn't resist Hope's nagging and gave her the chainsaw.

This has caused Hope to be eager to try in recent days, and she is looking forward to the appearance of some enemies on the sea so that she can try out her "knife".

"Who would expect an enemy to come to them and kill them? Can't you expect something good? Like a gust of wind that brings us directly to the Hilt Bay near Sharn?"

At the border between the ocean and the Kingdom of Breland, there is a bay shaped like the handle of a long sword.

It is the only way to reach Sharn and also the hub for entering the inland from the sea.

"But this kind of thing is impossible to happen. Pirates and the like, they might show up at any time."

Putting down the two chainsaws, Hope looked into the distance, always on guard.

Seeing that Hope was in high spirits, Carl shook his head, turned and walked into the cabin.

After starting the lathe, he took out his hammer and planned to add some special effects to it, such as making it emit flashes of lightning when swung.

"It seems like it would be a good idea to create a heavy crossbow similar to the magic artilleryman's ability. We can't always engage in close combat with the enemy, right?"

The magic pattern on the hammer had just been completed a little bit when Carl had a new idea.

But unfortunately, Carl didn't know much about the professional knowledge of the magic artilleryman, and could only make a large heavy crossbow with a continuous-fire weapon magic pattern.

Although the magic artillery master's power crossbow is based on a similar principle, its power is much stronger than this simple heavy crossbow.

However, Carl did not give up. After completing the upgrade of the hammer, he began to continue studying the improvement of the power crossbow.

For the next half month, Carl and Hope continued to drift north.

Occasionally, they would see some islands and use them to correct their course.

But for some unknown reason, the two seldom saw other ships.

After finally seeing it once or twice, the other side would never come close.

In this way, Carl and Hope stumbled to the coastal area of ​​Korvale and saw the vast land they had not seen for a long time.

…

"Gah~Ah——"

As we sailed past a reef, the seagulls perched on it screamed and flew away into the distance.

In the distance, the estuary of Sword Handle Bay is visible.

It was not until this time that Carl and Hope finally felt at ease.

There was an endless stream of ships entering the sea from here. Carl even saw several fishing boats smaller than the schooner he was driving leaving the sea from the Sword Handle Bay.

After experiencing the unpredictable weather on the Thunder Sea, he really didn't know whether these people were fearless like newborn calves or they had a special kind of confidence in themselves.

Although it is not ruled out that they just want to fish near the coast, there is a checkpoint in Sword Handle Bay, and customs duties need to be paid when entering and leaving here.

The average fisherman probably doesn't have enough money to deduct tariffs like phone bills.

As soon as he entered the harbor, the navy of the Kingdom of Breland drove up in their warships. The soldiers at the checkpoint ordered Carl to stop the ship at the harbor. A wizard, surrounded by several soldiers, ran over to check it out.

"The customs duty in Sword Handle Bay is deducted according to the size of the ship. Even if your ship is not fully loaded, it will be deducted according to the degree of full load. The customs duty for a brig is 500 gold coins. Do you want to pay directly in cash or use assets as collateral?"

Due to the popularity of dimensional bags, the long-distance transportation industry once became chaotic.

In order to have a more fair standard, the Breland officials had to set tariffs according to the size of the ships entering and leaving the port.

1 gold coin is equivalent to 10 silver coins, and 1 silver coin is equivalent to 10 copper coins.

A skilled craftsman’s daily wage was only about 1 gold coin, which had a purchasing power roughly equivalent to 100 yuan in the previous life.

500 gold coins are roughly equivalent to 50,000 yuan.

This tax is indeed high, but if it is not high enough, given the situation in the Kingdom of Breland, all the people in the country will probably go to sea.

"Use the supplies as collateral!"

Upon hearing this, the expression on the wizard's face immediately became much more materialistic.

The value of an item can be measured using appraisal techniques, but there is a lot of room for maneuver.

As long as the person in charge of valuation makes a small move, the price difference will be enough for them to make a lot of extra money.

However, when the mage leaned forward to see what Carl used to pay the tax, Carl took out a bag of Eberron dragon crystals from his backpack.

Upon seeing this thing, the mage in charge of the inspection straightened his back.

Dragon crystal is a scarce resource no matter when or where.

No country would say that it has no shortage of dragon crystals. Its value is even stronger than oil in the previous life.

Especially Eberron Dragonglass. As the most widely used dragonglass, it has never been possible to sell it at a discount.

"Bring me the scales!"

Turning his head, he whispered something to the soldier behind him, and the mage's expression became much kinder when he looked at Carl.

Carefully he took a piece out of the bag and placed it on the scale, then the wizard placed a weight on the other side to make the two ends level.

"647 grams. I paid for this dragon crystal. Here's the change!"

The mage quickly took out a handful of gold coins from his dimensional bag. Fearing that Carl would go back on his word, he directly put the dragon crystal into his own dimensional bag.

Eberron Dragon Crystal is a scarce resource for any wizard, especially the Orin Crystal made from it, which is a special item that can replace spell books.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Carl had a clear understanding of the wizard's face.

Carl quickly stuffed the remaining pieces of dragon crystal and the bag back into his backpack, and was somewhat glad that he did not take out the larger bag.

Soon, the wizard and his soldiers left Carl's sailboat, and Carl weighed anchor again and headed towards Sharn.

"Phew~, I almost came out with a chainsaw just now!"

After passing the checkpoint, Hope came out of the cabin.

It's not that she didn't want to show her face, but mainly because the Tiefling race was indeed prone to causing trouble. If she had been at the scene just now, it might have taken her even longer to get out of the outpost.

"Fortunately, I passed the customs smoothly. The situation should be better when I get to Sarn. By the way, I will write a letter to my parents and the teachers at school as soon as I get there. I wonder what they were doing during the time I was missing."

Looking at the water flowing in the distance, Carl sighed helplessly.

According to the customs bill issued by the wizard, it has been more than three months since he was captured by the Mind Flayer.

"When I get the chance in the future, I will definitely seek revenge on that Mind Flayer! And the one in the dungeon!"

Carl slapped the mast and said hatefully.

(End of this chapter)