Chapter 272 005: Blazing Fire Dragon
"Sir, please look at me. I can fly the airship for you." At this moment, an anxious voice sounded from the side.
Luo Xi turned his head and saw a man locked in a cage, who looked to be in his forties. Luo Xi had seen him when he first came to the market. The desperate and sad look in his eyes left a deep impression on him.
Now that they were closer, a more detailed image of the man appeared in front of Luo Xi. His eyes were deep and sharp, his face was like the walls of an ancient castle, and the deep wrinkles seemed to hide countless stories. His skin was tanned by the sun, like steel baptized by fire. His messy hair was like thorns cursed by magic, although messy, it revealed an unruly wildness.
He was very burly, with strong muscles, and each muscle seemed to contain endless power. His palms were broad, and his knuckles were covered with calluses, which were obviously the marks left by holding the airship's control rod for a long time.
Luo Xi raised his eyebrows: "Who is this?"
The man bowed to Luo Xi with an elegant aristocratic courtesy and introduced himself: "Renald Valentine, sir. This name may have had a place in the legend of the "Flame Kingdom". I was the captain of the "Flame Dragon" flying group, a warrior who flew freely in the sky."
"I have been flying airships for more than twenty years. I guarantee that no one here can control the wind direction and air flow better than me. You will not make a mistake in choosing me."
Luo Xi was surprised and asked, "The leader of the flying group?"
As he spoke, he looked at the slave trader next to him for confirmation. The flying group had a high status in the sky world. If it was compared to the ground world, it would at least be aristocratic, and they were already high-class talents.
The slave trader nodded and confirmed, "He is right. This guy is indeed the leader of the Fiery Fire Dragon. Well, he used to be, but now he has messed it up."
After a pause, he explained in detail: "Before, he and his flying group were hired by a wizard to help transport a batch of goods to Storm Canyon. Something happened on the way and the important goods were lost. And then... nothing happened."
Luo Xi said: "So that's how it is."
Leonard quickly defended himself, "I had no choice, sir. The wizard asked me to transport obsidian. We were attacked by air pirates at the time, and I had to throw away these heavy things to allow the airship to move at full speed."
The slave trader said, "So you messed up the mission."
Leonard choked: "I"
Having said this, he finally didn't say much, but lowered his head with a gloomy look in his eyes.
In the flying group, credibility is very important. If you mess up the mission, especially if you throw the employer's goods off the airship, it is definitely a stain that cannot be washed away in this line of work. What's more, this involves a wizard. For him, being able to live and become a slave is the best result now. He lowered his head and said bitterly and weakly in an almost inaudible voice: "At least I got the airship back safely."
Hmm. Luo Xi looked at the man for a while, then nodded and said to the slave trader: "Okay, I'll take him."
Although he didn't know what the rules of the Flying Group Association were, in Luo Xi's opinion, there was no big problem with the way Leonard's accident was handled. Since they needed an airship pilot anyway, there was nothing wrong with finding him.
Although the goblins also have excellent airship driving skills, it is very troublesome to communicate with those blue-skinned monsters. Luo Xi still prefers humans of the same origin, who are at least more friendly in terms of race.
"ah!"
Leonard, who was in a depressed mood, suddenly raised his head, his eyes widened. He originally thought that he had no chance.
He was surprised and said, "Sir, sir, are you willing to buy me?"
Luo Xi raised an eyebrow: "You don't want to?"
Leonard said hurriedly: "Ah, no, that's not it, I am willing to go, no, I swear, Leonard will do his best to serve you, my Lord."
It is not easy for a tainted airship pilot like him to meet a buyer. He has been in the cage for a long time. If he cannot be sold, then the final result will most likely be that he will be sent to the underground market, which is a place that makes people shudder just thinking about it. After confirming with the slave trader, Luo Xi handed over a slave scroll and got a slave contract document in return.
Every slave in this market has had his soul magically imprinted with a slave contract document in advance, and the buyer can control the slave through the rune codes on the document as long as he gets his contract document.
This kind of control is comprehensive from the soul to the body, which can make the slave's life worse than death. A single thought can make the slave disappear into ashes. No matter what the slave is asked to do, he must obey. Therefore, with the contract documents, there is basically no possibility for the slave to betray or escape.
Afterwards, Luo Xi bought two more first mates from his classmates, both of whom were goblins. Their main roles were: one was responsible for repairing the airship, and the other was to assist Leonard in flying the airship.
With these three time travelers, the airship can basically be controlled to set off. However, this is not safe enough. The airship still has enough space for the crew. The Moon Shadow can accommodate more than 20 crew members at most.
So after some thought, Luo Xi bought more than ten crew members, all of whom were used as ordinary sailors. Luo Xi chose the Minotaur. After all, these big guys from the orc tribe were simple-minded but extraordinary in strength. They might not be able to do jobs like driving airships, but they were definitely more than capable of doing hard work.
When everything was ready, Luo Xi took them out of the slave market and boarded the airship. The originally empty airship became lively as more people joined.
"Have you arranged the rooms?"
Standing on the deck, Rosie asked Leonard.
Reynard said, "Yes, sir, there are 13 crew members on the Moon Shadow, all of whom are already in line and ready to set off at any time."
Luo Xi said: "There are 16 crew members, and 3 more will come over soon."
After a pause, he glanced at the group of guys. At this moment, they were all still wearing clothes from the slave market, which were basically tattered. Some of them were just a piece of dirty rag hanging on their bodies.
Luo Xi thought about it, and simply took out a bag of magic stones and handed it to Leonard: "Take them to the market to buy some clothes and daily necessities. Our journey will last a long time."
(End of this chapter)
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