Chapter 877: Tales of the deep
Chapter 877: Tales of the deep
It was very clear that whatever had happened during this time had affected this town, which was why everyone seemed tense.
Even after coming into the town, we could see that everyone was just as tense in the streets.
It was as if they were all afraid that they would be attacked at any moment.
When we listened closely, we could hear bits of the conversations around us.
“How are we supposed to do business like this?”
“What is the government doing? How could they just let that monster be?”
“If we don’t do something, we’ll be in the red this month.”
Since most of the people that came to this town were merchants, it meant that most of the conversations that they had were about their business. It seemed that the water monster that was just outside of town was attacking ships that belonged to the merchants, which was why they weren’t able to make any profit since they had to save their lives.
There were even some merchants who had lost all of their merchandise and had suffered large losses because they were attacked.
As such, it wasn’t strange that the merchants were all anxious because of this.
If this continued, there was no doubt that many of them would go bankrupt.
“Did you expect this when you came here?” Angela suddenly asked from behind me.
“I didn’t think that it would be this bad. I thought that the monster would at least have a bit of mercy on the people, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.” I said with a sigh.
When Angela heard this, she looked at me with narrowed eyes to say, “Do you regret it now?”
I just calmly shook my head as I said, “I would never regret this.”
This was a fact.
Even if things didn’t go the way that I wanted them to, it was still a fact that the general situation was still what I had expected them to be.
I had no idea what had changed that caused the monster to attack, but it didn’t seem like there were any casualties so far. After all, if there were casualties, there would be more of a
response from the royal army.
So for now, it seemed that they were just sinking ships for whatever reason…
Since we had come to find the monster, naturally the first thing that we looked for was a boat.
This was a monster in the water, so of course we would need a boat to find it.
When we arrived at the dock, we found that it was quite empty.
The town itself was filled with people, but the dock was completely empty.
It was as if there wasn’t anyone trying to set off, which was strange considering that this was a port town in the first place. This was a place where ships and boats came and went on a daily basis.
But it didn’t seem like there was any activity at this dock at all.
It was as if all boats and ships were forbidden to sail.
However, that wasn’t the case as we were called out by some people that were on the docks.
Even though there were no boats and ships leaving the port, there were still people that were here.
“What are you people doing here? Haven’t you heard of the monster?”
That was the first thing that this chubby man said to us after running over. Though he did have to catch his breath after running over.
I just narrowed my eyes to look at this chubby man for a bit before saying, “We’re here to rent a boat.”
The chubby man had a shocked look on his face when he heard this before quickly saying, “Didn’t you hear what I said? There’s a monster in the river right now! If you sail out right now, all you’ll be doing is sailing to your deaths!”
There was a faint smile that appeared on my lips when I heard this before saying, “We know about the monster, but we still need a boat. I hope that you will rent a boat to us.”
I had guessed that this chubby man was someone that worked at the docks, but it turned out that I had underestimated this man.
“Kid, I know that young people like you are reckless and brave, but trust this old man when I say that this is not something you want to do. The monster shows no mercy to anyone that sails down this river and you’ll be prime bait if you set sail now.”
He shook his head and patted me on the shoulder before saying with a sigh, “I don’t know what your intentions are for setting sail now, but there’s nothing more important than your life.”
The way that he said this showed that he was concerned for us, but that wouldn’t stop me since there was something that I had to do.
“Thank you for your concern, but we need to rent a boat. I hope that you will rent one to us.” The chubby man’s face twitched when he heard this before saying, “Look, I won’t be responsible for your deaths! It’s my responsibility as the head of the docks here to make sure that the people that set out are safe and I just can’t in good conscience rent you a boat in these conditions!”
I just had a firm look on my face like I wasn’t planning to listen to him.
This made the chubby man even more annoyed as he started telling us the different stories that the people who have encountered the monster brought back.
All of them included a period where they spent under the water, in the domain of the monster.
It was terrifying hearing the stories of the deep from these people, but they still didn’t make me back down since I needed this boat.
In the end, one of the shadows appeared and pulled the chubby man aside to have a private
talk.
After that, he said with a sigh, “Alright, I’ll rent one of my boats to you.”
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