Lynn replied expressionlessly, "This joke is not funny at all."
"It's okay if it's not. I don't know what's going on in this world now. It's getting more and more chaotic."
Hearing that there seemed to be something in the other party's words, Lynn looked at the other party.
"What?"
Luo Shili said with some fear.
"A village near Haji Fortress was looted by a group of pirates some time ago."
"They killed everyone in the village, even the women and children."
"It is for this reason that there are a lot fewer barges traveling to and from the Pontar River."
"Although Temeria and Redania have added many patrol boats to the Pontar River, so far, they have still found nothing."
Lynn looked at the mist covering the river, which had dissipated a bit compared to before.
"Do you know the origin of that group of pirates?"
Luo Shili shook his head. "I don't know, Pontar River has never had a large number of pirates before."
At this moment, a sailor ran over with a look of horror on his face.
"Captain, it's not good."
"What do you look like in a panic? What's going on?"
"There are boats ahead, many boats, and they are blocking our way."
"Is it Temeria? Or is it Redania?"
Pontar River flows through four countries, namely Temeria, Redania, Aedirn and Kaedwen.
Because their barge has not arrived at Dorian at this time, it is still far away from Aedirn and Kaedwen.
Therefore, they are still within the territory of Temeria or Redania.
Temeria and Redania are bounded by the Pontar River, but both countries claim to own this river at the same time.
In order to compete for the Pontar River, the two countries have often had conflicts in history, and both sides have shed a lot of blood.
Finally, after a large number of people died, the two parties, who could do nothing to the other, finally reached an agreement, and Pontar River was jointly managed by the two countries.
But this will create new problems.
Because it is much more difficult to draw national borders on rivers than on land.
Luo Shili prayed in his heart that it was best not to be the ship belonging to the Temeria people.
Because two days ago, he paid a tax to the passing Redania patrol boat.
He obviously only made one profit, but if he had to pay taxes twice, then he really wanted to die.
After he heard clearly what the sailor who came to report reported to him, Loxley's mood suddenly became mixed.
Fortunately, the boat blocking the river ahead was not Redania's boat, so he didn't have to worry about paying tax again.
What's worrying is that the one blocking the way is the lawless pirate group, which has been on the rise in recent times.
"Go, call everyone to the deck, go!"
Loxley drove the sailor away, and then looked at Lynn with pitiful eyes.
He knew that all witchers were good at wielding swords.
Not to mention that the opponent also has more than ten dwarf companions who can use axes.
It would be great if they were willing to help.
"Master..."
The captain didn't need to finish what he said next, Lynn already understood what he meant.
He sighed.
"Look, Sir Captain, I told you not to talk nonsense. Don't worry, Sir Loxley, my companions and I will join the battle."
"After all, if the pirates win, we can't stay out of it."
The ship's bell is rung to indicate an emergency.
All the ordinary passengers hid in the cabin and left.
The sailors came to the deck with weapons in hand to assemble.
When they heard the bell ringing, Yarpen and Zoltan, along with their dwarf brothers, also came to the deck.
But when he saw so many non-human races appearing on the deck, he almost had a conflict with Loxley's sailors.
"Wait a minute, don't do anything!"
Seeing the tense situation between the two sides, Luo Shili suddenly regretted it and realized that he had not thought it through before.
All he thought was that calling all the fellow demon hunters would be a big help, but he didn't expect that it would trigger panic among his men.
At this time, the turmoil caused by the inhuman race was not as great as after the First Northern War.
But in the end it still caused confrontation between northerners and non-human races.
Especially in special times like now.
"Yarpen, Zoltan, tell your brothers to come to me."
The witcher's voice sounded from the stern of the ship.
Both sides, who were about to break out into a conflict, were stunned for a moment.
Then they both looked at the demon hunter walking towards them.
"Sir Loxley, your people will guard the bow of the ship, and my companions and I will be responsible for protecting the stern. We will all divide the work and cooperate. Is that okay?"
"This is a very good proposal, Master, and I support it with both hands."
Of course Loxley could not object.
He also took this opportunity to restrain his subordinates.
But just as Lynn led the dwarves towards the stern of the ship, his unusually sharp hearing allowed him to hear the angry complaints of the sailors.
"Captain, let so many inhuman races stay on the deck with weapons. If they are together with those Children of Freedom who are causing unrest in the north, then we will be dead."
"If you ask me, when they boarded the ship, they should have confiscated all their weapons and locked them all in the cabin. This is the safest way."
Luo Shili frowned when he heard the endless complaints from his subordinates.
He finally couldn't help it and stopped the sailors from going to extremes and extremes.
"That's enough! Shut the hell up! It's not over, right? Stare your dog eyes wide open! If there's no blood on the sword later, I'll throw him down to feed the water ghost!"
On the other side, Yarpen walked towards the stern of the boat and glanced at the expression on the demon hunter's face.
But he smiled generously.
"You heard what they were saying, right? They must be talking bad about us. Hey, there are always some people like this. They can't do anything and they are the first in internal friction."
"But we don't care, because our employer is you, not them. We and our axes are fighting for you. Lynn, if you die and no one will pay us, that won't work."
Zoltan also farted loudly in agreement.
The smell is as strong as a biological bomb.
Suddenly, the depressing atmosphere from before was instantly extinguished by this stinky fart.
The dwarves laughed and ran to the stern of the boat, each one guarding his position.
Yarpen, Zoltan and Lynn stay together.
"You've been on the ship the whole time, Lynn, do you know what happened?"
Lynn replied, "I heard they are pirates."
Zoltan next to him was stunned for a moment. "Pirates? Isn't this Pontar River? How can there be pirates?"
Of course, pirates cannot only plunder at sea.
Pontar River and Yaruga River are the most important rivers in the north. With developed river transportation and many cargo ships, it is understandable that pirates would be concerned about them.
"There are also pirates plundering along the river, especially since it's not the peaceful autumn yet."
Faced with Lynn's explanation, Zoltan shrugged.
He spit into the palm of his hand twice.
"Come on then, my big ax is already hungry and thirsty. Come and I will chop one, come two and I will chop a pair."
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