Escape

45. Roy and the Naga Assassin's Eyes Meet...

Seeing Roy's disheveled appearance did startle him.

He couldn't figure out how these human Sailors had hung up their own companion, binding his hands and feet tightly and stuffing his mouth...

The Naga Assassin gripped his dagger, twisting his body as he swam swiftly towards Roy, his eyes filled with intense killing intent.

He stared at Roy, his three-meter-long body as supple as a sea eel in the water, moving silently.

He extended an arm from the water and grabbed Roy's ankle.

The cold, clammy touch made Roy feel as if he had been abandoned by the entire world...

He had no room to struggle, except to close his eyes and wait for death.

His only hope was that the Naga Assassin's stab would be swift and clean.

Despair, fear, unwillingness, anger, pain, hatred—all sorts of negative emotions coiled around Roy's body like venomous snakes, and he instinctively wanted to break free.

Unfortunately, his hands and feet were bound by ropes, making it a great effort even to twist his body.

Moreover, the tiny wounds on his body from the fishhooks stung like ants gnawing at him after being soaked in seawater...

Jasper beside him was also struggling, realizing the Naga Assassin was hostile, but his condition was even worse than Roy's, and he couldn't help at all.

The Naga Assassin's body rose little by little from the sea...

When his upper body was completely out of the water, the dagger in his hand was pressed against Roy's left ribs.

The sharp dagger gave Roy a feeling of coldness and stinging pain...

"Hugh, is that you?"

A Naga word sounded faintly from behind, the voice weak and tired.

To Roy, it was another string of incomprehensible language, but the voice was very gentle.

The dagger pressed against his abdomen suddenly retracted.

The Naga Assassin released Roy and immediately swam behind him.

Only then did he see that the hold behind Roy was filled with Naga merfolk locked in the dark space.

He suppressed an angry roar in his throat...

He swam over quickly, using his dagger to cut the ropes binding the Naga merfolk's hands.

Then, holding one end of the chain connected to the collar, he tugged hard, finding the chain hanging from the vertical beam very strong. He held the dagger in his mouth, wanting to tear the iron chain apart with his hands.

"No, that will trigger the alarm here."

Another Naga word, the voice very pleasant.

The Naga Assassin had to cut the ropes tied to the Naga merfolk's wrists.

As the ropes broke inch by inch and fell into the seawater of the hold, the Naga merfolk grabbed the Naga Assassin's strong arm, swayed her slender fishtail, and asked in a trembling voice:

"Hugh, how many Naga came this time?"

Other imprisoned Naga merfolk in the hold happened to be awakened by the sound.

Finding that their kin had infiltrated the hold, they perked up and woke up their stranded companions.

Some Naga merfolk even cried with excitement, and the sound of splashing water could be heard from time to time in the hold.

However, the Naga Assassin's words plunged these Naga merfolk girls, who had thought they would be rescued soon... into despair again.

"Only me for now."

"I got separated from the search and rescue team, and they continued to chase south."

"I happened to swim into this Elven Kingdom's bay along the ocean current. I wasn't sure if they would resupply here, so I wanted to grab some human Sailors to ask, but I couldn't understand what they were saying. That Sailor pointed to the city, and I thought he was lying to me, so I ran to the port and docks to try my luck, and I didn't expect to meet you."

The Naga Assassin spoke a long string of Naga words, which Roy couldn't understand at all.

The Naga Assassin was a little agitated, and while he spoke, he cut the ropes binding the other Naga merfolk's hands.

The Naga mermaid's upper body was exposed above the water, and she was very clear-headed. She said to the Naga Assassin, "But you alone can't save us."

"Once these chains are cut, the robbers above will soon find out. You can't beat them at all."

"The most important thing for you now is to quickly gather the others and lurk in the sea area outside the port. As soon as this Great Sea Ship leaves the port, launch an attack."

"This is the Elves' harbor. We only stopped fighting with the Elves not long ago. Don't cause trouble here..."

The Naga Assassin said with a gloomy expression, "It's too late. They will leave here tonight. All the preparations before departure have been completed. Once this ship returns to the Great Sea, it may escape into the Twin Seas with the monsoon. Even if we chase after it, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up..."

"I'll chisel through here first, and then save all of you. I can't control so much. I'll save as many as I can, and I'll hold them back."

As he said that, the Naga Assassin swam back from behind.

He began to examine the structure of the bottom cabin, preparing to chisel a hole in the side wall with his dagger.

However, the only tool he currently has available is a dagger. It's a good idea to cut a round hole in the wall of the bottom cabin with a dagger, but it will be very difficult to implement.

The Naga mermaid who spoke first was obviously the leader.

Roy secretly looked at her. As expected, she had a Tricolor Tail Fin.

The process of the Naga Assassin rescuing his companions fell into the eyes of Roy and Jasper.

They guessed that the Nagas also wanted to escape from this Great Sea Ship...

Roy knew this was the last chance.

Otherwise, once the Nagas all ran away, leaving only the two of them in the bottom cabin, what good end would he and Jasper have once the sailors discovered that the Nagas had all run away...

But the two sides didn't speak the same language, and there was a communication barrier...

Roy prepared to use gestures, movements, and eye contact to convey some messages! At this time, he kept shaking his body, trying to attract the attention of the Naga mermaid and the Assassin...

Unexpectedly, this move immediately angered the Naga Assassin, causing him to swim towards Roy, holding a gleaming dagger in his hand.

"Hugh, save them first. I want to talk to these two Elves!" the Naga mermaid behind said.

Roy didn't know what the mermaid said, but the Naga Assassin stopped and turned to respond with a sentence:

"I don't trust them!"

The Naga mermaid thought for a while and said, "There are Elves among them. If they run out, they can probably call the Elven army. First, take out the things in their mouths, and I'll talk to them..."

The Naga Assassin didn't object this time, but swam to Roy's side and looked back at the Naga mermaid.

"I'll have my companion untie your ropes. Can you not shout and run around?" Her voice was extremely weak, but it was very authentic Elven.

Roy and Jasper, who were hanging in mid-air, looked at each other and nodded in agreement.

The Naga mermaid urged the Naga Assassin again, and the Naga Assassin reluctantly rescued Roy and Jasper from the hooks.

The way the two were tied was different from these Naga mermaids.

The Naga mermaids' hands were not only tied with ropes, but also had iron collars around their necks, connected to the keel of the cabin roof by chains.

Roy and Jasper had their hands and feet tied, and were directly hung up by the sailors with iron hooks. They were added temporarily and did not use the linked slave chains.

That's why the Naga mermaid asked the Naga Assassin to rescue the two from the hooks...

Roy's eyes had adapted to the darkness in the bottom cabin, and he could also see that the rear cabin was densely packed with Naga mermaids.

The Naga mermaid who had just spoken Elven swam out with chains, and the range of her activities was less than two meters.

"Which port in the Elven Kingdom is this?" the Naga mermaid asked. Her lower body was soaked in the sea water, and occasionally her tail fin swayed, which could support her entire body to stand upright on the water.

"Castleton," Roy and Jasper said almost at the same time.

"Are you residents of Castleton?"

"I'm a Half-Elf, he's a Half-Elf, we are both residents of Castleton, and we are also Novice Priests of the Goddess of Freedom Temple..." Jasper replied seriously.

The Naga mermaid had a beautiful face, and the dense scales on her body were like wearing a sequined tights. Her eyes were beautiful, but they were full of fatigue.

"If you have the opportunity to escape, can you reveal the news that this ship is privately imprisoning Naga Sea Clan people to the Elven army, and can you let them rush to the dock to rescue us?"

Jasper quickly said, "Definitely. This kind of slave ship has violated our laws, but there must be evidence. Otherwise, the Elf Rangers will generally not board the ship for inspection. We will ask them for help and report it, and the Elf Rangers will definitely check this ship."

The Naga mermaid first looked at Roy, then at Jasper, and said in a soft voice:

"However, only one of you can leave."

"Then I'll stay and let Roy leave!" Jasper blurted out almost immediately, and then, without waiting for Roy to speak, continued, "There are people here who need treatment, and I know healing spells."

These words completely stopped Roy, and he said with some worry, "Jasper..."

Jasper leaned weakly against the bulkhead on one side of the lower deck, and said with a wry smile, "Roy, let's not waste time arguing. When you get out, find the Elf Rangers on the pier and tell them that elves have been captured on the ship. They will definitely take care of it. Then go find Priest Theodore. He knows many Elven Nobles in the city. Ask Priest Theodore to help find a way. With the influence of those Elven Nobles, it may be possible to mobilize the Castleton city guards. Do you remember what I said?"

Seeing that Jasper was determined to stay, Roy could only answer, "I understand."

"Follow our companion, he will take you away." The Naga merman said softly to Roy.

Roy nodded, wading through the water and following the Naga Assassin towards the cabin door.

"Hurry up and go! I'm sorry, Roy, I didn't expect to bring you into such a dangerous situation." Jasper said softly, leaning against the bulkhead...

"Jasper, you must wait for me to bring the Elf Rangers back..."

Perhaps feeling that Roy was making too much noise while wading through the water, the Naga Assassin still couldn't hide the disgust in his eyes when he looked at Roy, but he still let Roy lie on his back, and after pushing open the cabin door, he gently swayed his fishtail and swam out.