Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1053
Xia Duo and Niya followed Evans to the port trestle, stood beside the "Distant", looking at this big ship that was slightly longer than the "Lucky Owen", Xia Duo nodded secretly.

This ship is not an ocean-going vessel, and its size and carrying capacity are not as good as real ocean-going vessels, but there is no problem at all in offshore navigation.

Although Hubble Harbor is far away from Severton, it still belongs to the scope of offshore navigation, which starts from a special geographical environment in the narrow sea.

The overall shape of the Narrow Sea is like a stomach, and the narrowest part in the northwest direction is the esophagus connecting the stomach. The trading city of Asker, the dwarf kingdom Danzo, is at the end of the esophagus.

In the east, a strait mountain range extending from the great northern glacier divides the main body of the narrow sea into east and west halves.

Genis is on the south shore of the West Narrow Sea, and Severton is on the south shore of the East Narrow Sea.

As for Hubble Harbor, it is actually the cut-off point of the Strait Mountain Range in the narrow sea. Of course, this is only seen from the sea surface. On the bottom of the sea, the Strait Mountain Range is still a whole.

Watching Island is the nearest island outside Harbor Harbour. Of course, it can also be understood as a peak above the sea in the Channel Mountains.

The fastest way to sail from Sevington to Harbor Harbor is, of course, to go as straight as possible, taking into account the wind direction and undercurrent.

However, doing so will inevitably go deep into the ocean, and the risk factor is relatively high.

With the "Yuanfang" a ship that is not suitable for oceangoing and the newly recruited crew, it is not safe to choose this way of sailing.

The really safe way is to drive west along the coastline first, and after reaching the Channel Mountains, continue north along the Channel Mountains until you reach Harbor Harbor.

If you sail in this way, you will basically be in the offshore range.

Xia Duo and Niya also discussed the issue of the route last night. Although the two of them are not worried about the risks at sea, the ship and other crew members on board need to worry.

Therefore, even Nya, who is looking forward to a sea adventure, is very much in favor of a safer offshore route.

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After boarding the ship, Evans introduced Captain Bill to the Chateau couple, an experienced old navigator who is said to have led the crew to defeat a sea monster at sea.

"My lord, what Evans said was too exaggerated. I only survived the attack of the sea monster that time, and it was not a victory at all." Bill said very humbly.

However, Xia Duo could hear a lot of pride from his humble words, which is indeed something to be proud of, after all, even spell casters have no good way to encounter sea monsters at sea.

Running is almost the only option, and it is almost impossible for ordinary spellcasters to succeed in running in the vast sea.

When Evans continued to introduce the past of the ship, Xia Duo noticed that Bill, the old captain, showed a lonely look.

After listening to Evans' narration, he probably understood the reason for Bill's loneliness.

Basically, it’s just one point. Last year, Netheril and the Kingdom of Danzo cleaned up and rectified the underground passages connecting Zenith and Askor, eliminating most of the underground creatures that threatened the caravan traffic.

At the same time, toll fees have been greatly reduced, which has made ocean shipping a bit tasteless.

Apart from the short time, there is no other obvious advantage.

Most of the trade between Netheril and the Kingdom of Danzore focuses on raw ore, metals, weapons, food, wine, etc. Among them, Netheril mainly exports raw ore, food, wine, and imports metals and weapons.

The metal is mainly Mithril.

There is no shelf life for ores, metals, etc., but even for food and wine, the shelf life is enough to cover the entire land transportation time.

If there is any high-speed transportation in the future, then shipping will completely decline.

This "far away" was abandoned by the original owner for this reason, and Captain Bill recently lost his job because of this reason.

It is difficult for Xia Duo to comment on such a result. Although there is air transportation on the earth, sea transportation is still prosperous. The reason is nothing more than large transportation volume, cheap freight, and safety.

In this magical world, before the sea monsters can't be effectively dealt with, shipping by sea is a bit of luck. Of course, the land route may not be safe, and there will be a large number of wild monsters attacking the caravan.

But relatively speaking, the land route is safer.

Even if there is an environment and technology similar to that on Earth in the future, shipping may not be able to rise again. We must know that there is magic in this world.

It is of course impossible to teleport in space on earth, but here, Xia Duo just used the teleportation circle to come from the southern border!
Once the transmission cost is greatly reduced, no matter whether it is sea or land transportation, it will stop.

As a senior arcanist, Xia Duo knew exactly where the difficulties were. Basically, there was only one difficulty, and that was cheap resources.

Mithril, gold, colorless gemstones, arcane crystals, etc., as long as they are cheaper, it is easy for the teleportation circle to be used commercially.

And this is very easy to achieve in the foreseeable future!
For a while, Xia Duo didn't know how to describe this developed and backward society, but this made him more determined to develop magic civilization.

Only magic is the primary productive force; only civilization can exert this great power to the extreme.

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Before setting sail, Evans disembarked, taking the Tower of Time version of the communication artifact that Xia Duo had given him.

On the deck, Xia Duo waved to Evans, and took Niya to stand on the bow. As the sea in front of him continued to separate under his feet, the "Distant" also gradually left the port of Severton.

"Xia Duo, look! Is that a dolphin?"

Following the direction of Niya's finger, Xia Duo turned his head and saw five or six dolphins leaping from the sea surface, gliding through a curve, and hitting the water surface again, splashing a splash of water.

After that, he jumped up again, and after several times in succession, he disappeared.

In Netheril, there is also a saying that encountering dolphins in the sea will bring good luck, but this is the first time Nya has seen dolphins. After repeatedly confirming with Xia Duo many times, Niya also became extremely excited.

"Look, here they are again!"

Xia Duo looked back, not only came again, but also followed the "Yuanfang" for a long distance. At the closest time, the five or six dolphins were only more than ten meters away from the "Yuanfang".

And after those dolphins gave up following the boat, Niya still cast spells to search for their figures, but unfortunately, ordinary detection spells are not easy to use in water or mud.

Looking at the place where the dolphins disappeared in the distance, Niya suddenly said: "I have decided, I want to create a detection spell that can detect underwater information!"

"Hmm, great idea!"

Xia Duo encouraged.

(End of this chapter)