Tides: Years of Dawn

"Do you feel hungry?" Gareth couldn't help asking after walking around Bloodstone Island in a big robe.

"No," replied Tristan, "I just feel crowded."

Although the robe looked loose on the two moray eels, it was a bit tight on Tristan and Gareth, which belonged to the slim and fit type.So the two walked very carefully, for fear that if they strode too far, their clothes would be torn.

They have been walking in the market for half an hour. The island seems small, but in fact the road is winding and winding around the island.

The sea people's market is similar to that of land wizards, selling meat and wine.It's just that the ingredients of the wine and meat are slightly different. For example, just now they passed by the door of a starfish barbecue restaurant that looked like five jibs put together.

The starfish was not the same as the starfish they knew, the five corners were not sharp but oval, and there was a small dent in the middle of each corner.It looks pink and tender, a little cute, and a little wretched.However, after being processed by Haimin's craftsmanship, Gareth has already ignored its shape, only the long-lasting fragrance of spices echoed in his nose, making his mouth water.

Tristan will not allow him to eat. Although Tristan himself is very hungry, they have no money from Haimin, and they don’t know who they are. Easy to handle.

Ten minutes ago, Gareth accidentally collided with a seaman, and the little snake in the seaman's basket immediately bit a hole in Gareth's cuff.

Tristan was just about to say sorry, but the seaman lifted his hat, revealing seven pairs of fish gills on his neck, Tristan's mind went blank, and he forgot what mouth shape he should use to say "I'm sorry".

Fortunately, the seaman just gave Tristan and Gareth a hard look, stuffed the little snakes into the basket, put on the hood and continued on his way.

"Try not to make physical or eye contact with people, you know?" Tristan whispered in Gareth's ear, and pulled Gareth's hood down a little further.

They both pulled their hoods down, trying to hide a little more of their faces.But even so, Tristan himself couldn't restrain his interest in looking around. After all, this was their first time in the world of Haimin, and their curiosity about new things made it difficult to control their eyes.

For example, at this moment, he couldn't help but keep looking to his left.The hood was right next to his eyes. Although it covered his thick and thick eyebrows, it couldn't hide his eyes that were hungry for knowledge.

To his left was a large glass window with many eels sucking on the boards - Tristan had seen such things in waterfalls, their long tails followed the water in the glass tank. Fluctuating at the same frequency, there are countless small sharp teeth in circles.The sign advertised in a bright green paint—Lamprey specializes in drilling holes, draining drains, and cleaning pipes.

Tristan sneered and looked to the right again.

On his right is a sea tobacco shop, the waves on the signboard are slowly surging, and there is a cigarette seller girl who is very lovely if you ignore her tail exposed outside the robe sitting at the door of the shop.

The girl also had a cigarette in her hand, chatting with the young man who bought cigarettes but was unwilling to leave immediately.Her teeth were as white as those of a lamprey in front of her, and the hand on the young man's shoulder was still shining with blue light, as if there was an electric current flowing through it, but the electric current turned into delicate bracelets.

Tristan suddenly felt a tight pain in his chest, his mouth was dry and his heart was beating fast, so he suddenly realized that he had not been able to smoke for a long time.He has a lot of cigarette addiction, and he started smoking when he was still in the spider's house.In this way, he has been smoking for 20 years. Apart from Gareth, Tristan couldn't give up this stuff the most.

But just as he was about to take his right foot towards the shop, he caught a glimpse of the water tank next to the tobacco shop out of the corner of his eye.The creatures in the water tank immediately reminded him why he came here, so he turned his right foot resentfully and continued to move forward.

That's right, next door to the tobacco shop is a small shop that looks like a jellyfish house, with water tanks of various sizes and shapes in it.There are many kinds of jellyfish in the water tank, some of which have complex structures, while others are just like a translucent bag with different colors and colorful.Without exception, they are all only the size of a palm.

Next to it is a huge sign written in bright red paint - "Only you can't think of it, there is no poison /// medicine you can't find".

Tristan swallowed, put his hand into his pocket, and took out the map again to take a look.

It still matters.

There are three main buildings on Bloodstone Island, two old houses and a church.

The church is not far away, and it is estimated that it can be reached after passing through this market.Tristan didn't find any other office locations on the map, so he deduced that the sanctuary was the work area of ​​the administrator of Bloodstone Island.

In addition, there are two big houses of the family.The crocodile's home is in the southwest, and the moray eel's home is in the northwest, that is, near the hillside of the gap.

The jellyfish's home is not on Bloodstone Island, but on the cliff island adjacent to Bloodstone Island.But if they want to find a port leading to Cliff Island, they still have to go all the way up, and they can only find a navigable port near Moray's house.

Tristan narrowed his eyes and measured the distance again, estimating how long it would take them to reach the other port.

The deeper you go into the market, the thinner the original dense fog becomes.Now Tristan could see the blue sky behind the low building and the sun, which had dipped slightly to the west, and the light was getting warmer in tone.

They had to hurry up. If they couldn't reach the port leading to Cliff Island before the sun went down, they would have to stay overnight on this crocodile-infested island.

Although according to the situation of the Haimin branch, it is not impossible to find an inaccessible place for the night and then take a boat the next day, but Tristan is particularly clueless.

It was okay in the human world, whether as a spider killer or as an ordinary bounty hunter, he had the experience of staying overnight in any environment, and even slept alone in a dangerous forest for several weeks.

But now they are on the territory of the sea people, and Tristan has no idea whether these sea people still have different schedules, such as waking up during the day to go to the market, and another wave to hunt at night.

Thinking of it this way, the pressure on my heart became even greater.

Just as Tristan was thinking about how to draw up a comprehensive plan to find that jellyfish hidden somewhere more efficiently and safely, Gareth suddenly clubbed his arm and exclaimed in a low voice— — "Look, look! That's a good thing!"

Following Gareth's direction, he saw an extremely cruelly decorated shop appearing diagonally opposite the two.

There was no wood in that shop, and everything from the signboard to the gate was made of stone.The only thing that proves it's still a shop is that it still has glass windows.

There are all kinds of exquisite axes on the window, including long axes, short axes, double-edged axes, fishtail axes, and a round shield similar to that used by Viking pirates.It's just that this round shield is not made of wood, but is actually a huge stone slab. It can be seen that the sea people who use this kind of shield must have amazing arms.

A badge of a double-headed ax is drawn on the round shield, and compared with the family coat of arms on the map, it can be seen that this is the weapon shop of the Crocodile family.

That's right, in the market, you can see the guards of the crocodile's house everywhere.But the strange thing is that there are not many guards of the moray family, only a few sea dwellers who buy hand-copied books and periodicals, and the totem of the moray seems to be painted on their clothes.

However, such doubts did not last for a few minutes, and there was a commotion in front of the street.A moray guard broke into the crowd suddenly, walking towards them from a distance.

Each of them has a lightning-like totem tattooed on the left chest of their armor, and the same current light path as the cigarette seller before flashes on their wrists.They walked all the way, pulling past the sea people beside them, as if they were searching for someone.

Tristan shuddered and quickly pulled Gareth into the crowd.

They didn't forget which house they were wearing, and it would be bad if they met someone who had seen the real owner of the clothes.

However, after thousands of calculations, the owners of these two sets of clothes were not considered to be extraordinary.Not only did he know the guards in this case, but he was also the young master whom these guards had to guard to the death.

The guards approached slowly, screening the passing crowd bit by bit.

Their eyes scanned the faces of the Sea People one after another, and finally one of the guards' eyes lit up, raised his arm and pointed in the direction where Tristan and Gareth were struggling to retreat, and shouted—— "There! I saw the school robes of the young masters!"

As soon as he said this, Tristan didn't even wait for the surrounding sea people to turn their heads, he immediately grabbed Gareth's arm and yanked it, and ran towards the small forest beside the main road of the market.

The two of them tore off their robes as they ran, but before they had run a few steps, there was a slap on their heads, and a thunderbolt exploded.

Gareth only felt a numbness in his right hand, and the numbness seemed to forcefully remove his arm.

"Ah...fuck! Did we steal some amazing clothes..." He groaned, flung off his clothes and staggered close to Tristan.

"It's probably, it's, it's a fucking student robe..." Tristan replied breathlessly, then pulled Gareth again, and turned around to take a look.

But it’s okay if you don’t look at it. The moment Tristan saw the scene behind him, his hair stood on end.

The guards didn't catch up, but the electric current on their wrists was like hounds and pythons, chasing them in the direction of their escape.

Tristan had only seen lightning flashing in the sky, but never seeing them spread like overgrown vines on the ground.

Not only that, but when the bunches of blue lightning passed by, they made a crackling sound, causing Tristan to tighten his grip on Gareth's arm and pull it forward desperately.

Although the situation is critical, Tristan still has the rationality unique to the spider family.The outline of the island on the map became clear again, and instinctively emerged in Tristan's mind.

According to the map, Tristan knew that Bloodstone Island was a long island.The north and the south are far apart, but the east and west are very close.If the judgment is correct, they can reach the coast of the border as long as they run all the way west from the market place through the grove.

Although there is no port on the coast, jumping into the sea is also a way.Even though this is very likely to be a dead end-after all, this is all sea people, all the species that can do a 720-degree backflip in Thomas's circle three times in the sea with a single jump-but it's too late to think about it now, especially Ristan can only force himself to believe that jumping into the sea is equivalent to drawing a rest.

Facts have proved that Tristan still has combat experience, even if all the decisions this time are guesswork.

When the two were about to run to puke, they heard the sound of waves.The voice was like a mother's call, forcing the two of them to muster up all their strength and stride forward with lead-filled legs.

When the two of them were about to crawl on the ground, they finally saw the sea.

Looking back, the Lightning Snake was still following closely behind with great enthusiasm, without any sign of fatigue.

Tristan could only grit his teeth, patted Gareth on the back, and said—"Damn it, it's too late to go to the port, let's... let's float over!"

Gareth would like to say that floating in the sea is not floating in the sky in a hydrogen balloon. It is not up to him to decide how to float, but only depends on the mood of the waves.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, Tristan had already climbed onto a small plateau. He glanced down to make sure that he would not jump off and fall to pieces on the sand, and without saying a word, he jumped .

Gareth still wanted to hesitate, but the crackling sound behind him was getting closer.After hesitating for half a second, he had no choice but to shake his heart and chase Tristan's footsteps.

I saw him run up a few steps, climb up the small rock, gritted his teeth and kicked his legs, and after drawing a not-so-elegant arc in midair, he also plunged into the embrace of the sea with a plop.

TBC