The Righteous Player(s) Chapter 89: Money is like a flood
Chapter 1021 Money is like a tide
Annan followed Isaac's gaze and looked back.
——That was a group of men dressed as thugs.
Wearing jackets with many zippers, they were holding leather weapons that reminded Annan of leather rackets, and they came menacingly from a distance.
The person they were chasing in front of them was a middle-aged man who looked quite wealthy by appearance, but for some reason was extremely panicked and stumbled forward.
"The name of that weapon is [Whale Baleen]."
On the side, Isaac explained to Annan: "Because this thing was originally made from the baleen plates of baleen whales.
"Do you know baleen plates? Baleen whales have no teeth, and baleen is the teeth they use when they filter feed. It has a considerable degree of toughness and is a very good material. Since the age of elves, old sailors have used baleen plates Must be made into special self-defense weapons.
"You only need to tie an iron block to a section of the whale's baleen, and then wrap it up with a cable to form a hammer that is easy to use. Because the main body of the whale's baleen in the middle is quite tough, it is easy to exert force. At the same time, it is not easy to get rid of. Compared with a hammer, it is easier to carry... Of course, the biggest advantage is that it is cheap."
"There are a lot less whales now."
Annan turned his face slightly and whispered: "It seems that the only people who are still hunting whales are the Noahs."
"This is actually because of the gray fog. In the past, the name of this place was not 'Black Sail Town', but 'Red Sail Town'. But in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer whales, and the number of fishermen who go out to sea with red sails is There are fewer whales, but more pirates with black sails..."
Issac chuckled: "Of course, the gray mist will not sink below the sea surface, but will float in the air... This prevents the fish from being corrupted by the curse, so fishermen can still fish. .
"These fishermen are ordinary people, so the curse cannot corrode their souls. For them, the biggest disadvantage of the gray fog is probably that 'food spoils very quickly at sea'. But as long as they come back quickly enough, don't Going to the distant sea is actually no different from before.
"But your Majesty, you may not know that a whale is not actually a fish - it cannot breathe in the water, but needs to return to the surface to breathe. In the process, the whale will inhale a large amount of gray mist.
"Although whales will not be eroded by gray fog, the food in whales' bellies will be more easily eroded by gray fog and rotten. Eventually, they will suffer from gastroenteritis or gastric cancer, which will sharply reduce the number of whales to Less than one-twentieth of the elf period.
"Another reason is also because of the invention of green fire - the existence of green fire, which replaced whale oil. But because the number of whales suddenly dropped sharply, the number of fish began to increase, so it did not let coastal cities Losing too much food.
"Whales are quite rare today. The existing whales now have new abilities - they can judge the concentration of curses nearby before floating up. If the concentration is not too high, they will rise... and because of the long time Breathing the gray mist, they themselves are gradually alienated and have special abilities.
"First of all, the size of whales began to increase abnormally. It was almost three to four times that of the Second Age... and they will also acquire some special abilities. Since whales are already cursed creatures, they have Materials - such as 'whale baleen', naturally become expensive curse materials.
"Then the sailors and the thugs at the port... they could no longer make weapons out of baleen. So they modified it. Instead of using baleen as a filler, they used it on the outside. The tanned leather is stuffed with a solid lead block at one end, and cotton is used as filling inside..."
While Isaac was talking to Annan, the group of thugs finally caught up with the middle-aged man who seemed to have neglected exercise.
The surrounding crowd did not react at all.
They were not panicked or afraid. Just stood there and watched the excitement.
It's not that no one is afraid at all, but those people look like outsiders, or in other words, outsiders who have come to Denisoya for the first time.
"What's going on?"
Annan tilted his head slightly and asked Isaac: "This seems very common...even people are not afraid of them."
As a local, even though he was a local more than a hundred years ago, he definitely understands Denisawya better than Annan.
And Isaac did not disappoint Annan.
He nodded and explained: "Those people run gambling stalls."
"Gambling stall?"
“It is a **** shop with gambling, or you can also understand it as a casino with the function of a **** shop.”
Issac squinted his eyes and looked at the group of people.
The group of thugs from the gambling stall quickly surrounded the middle-aged man.
They took out the "baleen" and slapped the middle-aged man on his forearms, calves, lower back and groin.
Soon the middle-aged man let out pitiful howls like a slaughtering pig - his arms turned blue and purple at a speed visible to the naked eye. There also seemed to be broken bones.
And Isaac looked at him with unusually cold eyes.
He introduced calmly: "Don't look at how light the baleen is... but a proper hammer blow can crack the skull; if it hits the chin, it can make people faint immediately. Use It is much easier to break limbs than to hit with a stick. The most important thing is that it hurts very much."
"So, what are these people here to do?"
Annan pointed at the group of strong and aggressive thugs with his chin: "Are you arresting those who escaped from gambling debts?"
"Yes and no."
Issac replied: "The so-called gambling stalls must exist in places where pirates thrive... because the things 'pawned' in the gambling stalls are not just treasures and the like."
"What is that?"
"——Of course it's a human being."
A lean, dark-skinned old man stood behind them and took over.
He was wearing a short shirt, and traces of the sea breeze could be seen on his face. On her feet are open-toed bamboo shoes similar to sandals.
The old man looked at the man with the same indifference, with unabashed gloating on his face: "Even the top poker player will not enter the gambling stall...unless he has a grudge against someone..."
"Have a grudge?"
"Bet on your arm, bet on your head."
The old man sneered: "It's a small fight. ~IndoMTL.com~ Those who really know how to come to the gambling stall are those pirates.
"Captured prisoners, punished traitors, women and children of enemies. There are also businessmen like pirates who borrowed loans but could not repay them, so they had no choice but to sell their children.
"Money... here with us, is just like the sea water. The sea water rises and falls, and so does the money. If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come..."
The old man said angrily and walked away with his hands behind his back.
Annan looked thoughtfully at the middle-aged man dressed as a businessman and with a big belly.
In this way...
"Probably the goods were robbed by thieves... He was a fool who wanted to use his wife and children as gambling capital to make a comeback, but also gambled his own life."
Issac's green pupils were quiet and deep: "There are many such idiots in the United Kingdom."
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