The Geared Immortal

Chapter 822

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While this is happening, Xiamen Gong and the burly young man named Axle Long have fully integrated themselves with Shin Jiao. Xiamen Gong is someone who could adapt to the situation along with the burly young man, Axle Long. The two learned more about the mages and the situation in the Xinglo Kingdom.

Meanwhile, Ansen Wine just follows the two women as they would just sit and watch everything on the side. As long as they did not cause any trouble, Shin Jiao will not bother them.

But how could they cause trouble for him or this group of mages? Right now, they are but mere powerless mortals, any of these mages could easily trample them. They could only practice their fighting styles every now and then as mere warriors.

Two days later, Shin Jiao and his newly formed merchant caravan finally set off to the nearby village.

With the training from Shinyu Jiang and the enlightenment and abundant mana energy from the camp and their diet, the mages have improved by leaps and bounds. Most of them have reached the 8th level and can be considered powerful mages in this area.

In these two days, Shin Jiao busied himself modifying one of the flying ships he has in his dimension. Since in this world, the universe's energy is not usable, he began changing the mechanism of the flying ship so that it could use the mana in the air to power it.

However, Shin Jiao discover one flaw, and that is the energy produced by mana is not comparable to the universe's energy.

So when he activated the flying ship, it seems to have a lot of problems and he has to go back to square one to figure this out. But then after two days at least he is able to make the flying ship rise from the ground up to 20 meters.

But its speed is not that fast, as it could only move forward with the maximum speed of around 50 kmph. But this speed is already fast enough for now. With this speed, the flying ship is already stable enough and would not cause problems in their travels.

When everyone first saw the 30 meters long, 8 meters wide, and 15 meters tall ship that looks like a galleon without the mast and sails, they were all stunned.

Everyone has already seen a lot of weird things that Shin Jiao would conjure while they are staying in this place. But this time, the large ship they are looking at is something that they have never seen before in their entire life.

Shin Jiao has crafted this ship on a whim while staying in Ji village. And he did not expect that it would be useful right at this moment in this land. It is not made of metal but very hard and sturdy wood from the immortal land which hardness and flexibility are comparable to an alloy.

Luckily enough the wood was not affected by the change of environment and retained its strength.

And so, as the group prepares to embark, everyone showed complex emotions on their faces.

Inside the quarterdeck of the ship, Shin Jiao, Xiamen Gong, Axle Long, and Nariz Gumal are currently looking at the map.

"When we scouted this area yesterday, I found a few traces of animal hooves… it seems that this is the main road to the nearby village." Axle Long said while pointing at a certain area at the floating 3D map on the table.

"Then thee village would be in this direction then…" Xiamen Gong said while pointing at a certain area.

"Maybe, but there is also a settlement in this part…" Nariz Gumal pointed out a certain part of the map.

"Hmm… We are not sure until we truly send out a scouting party to go to these locations…" Xiamen Gong said with a frown.

While the four of them are thinking, the little boy Im Ao happily ran towards the group.

"Big brother Shin, big brother Shin, I caught some people!" he said happily.

Seeing the reaction of the boy, Shin Jiao knew that he strolled outside the barrier again.

But he is curious about who this little boy captured.

When Shin Jiao and the three walk out of the quarterdeck, he noticed a few people on the ship's deck being carried by some of his people.

Those people are wearing silver armor that made them look like medieval knights.

Two of them are women and the rest are men.

One particular figure is noticeable amongst them. He is a golden-haired youth and he seems to be wearing the most armor amongst the group.

There are around six of them, and from their faces, Shin Jiao knew that Im Ao has beaten this group black and blue.

Shin Jiao knew the attitude of the little boy; he would only do this if someone insulted him. So in this case, these people might have said something wrong which ticks the boy off.

Shaking his head, he tousled the little boy's hair. Im Ao stood proudly on his side while giggling. One could not tell with his reaction that this cute little boy is actually a monster in battle.

Shin Jiao approached the six people who are looking at him with fear in their eyes.

They have seen the large strange ship which could only be seen in the rivers and the mages all over the place, though they are confused, they dare not say anything.

"Who are you, people? And where did not come from?" Shin Jiao asked while standing in front of the group.

Everyone was silent, but when one of the women noticed the little boy coming, she shuddered and could not help but lean back.

"Please… we… we are just an adventurer group from the nearest village. Around a day of travel from here." The woman said while showing fear in her eyes while looking at the young child.

In fact, they have around ten people in their group.

When they saw the little boy casually strolling in the forest as if it was his own home, they decided to capture the little boy.

Who would have known that the little boy was very fast and was able to escape them? Since they failed, some wanted to go back and hunt some beasts. But then their leader, who is the young man with golden hair, convinced them to try and capture that boy.

He said that if they could capture the boy, they might be able to get a bigger haul. Everyone's eyes shone in agreement. If they capture some people living in this forest and turn them into slaves then, they might even get more than hunting beasts.

Plus they are confident of fighting against rogue mages due to their powerful armor that has anti-magic enchantment.

But who would have known that after tracking the boy who went to a nearby river, the boy would found them out?

Their four companions decided to attack the boy and wielded their swords. This action seemed to have angered the little kid as he suddenly takes out a small sword and a shield. Then a small helmet appears on his head.

And that was the start of their troubles. No one escaped as the boy mercilessly killed those who tried to attack him with a sword and only knocks out those who did not fight back. The men tried to fight the boy without using their weapons for fear of dying, but they were beaten black and blue.

And so they were captured easily.

The next thing they knew they are now being carried towards a ship.

The woman then tells their story and the encounter which Im Ao nodded his head in agreement.

"You guys should be from rich families in that village, right?" Shin Jiao asked.

They did not look in his eyes and were a little shifty, and this confirms his conjecture.

"We are actually traveling merchants… we will escort you to your village. But of course, we will not free you yet. This is what you get for trying to attack one of us." Shin Jiao said while winking at Im Ao who giggled on the side.

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Everyone finished everything they needed to carry on the ship. Shin Jiao powered up the ship which slowly floated from the ground.

The people on the deck were a little afraid and so everyone was holding on to the railings and those who stayed inside are all looking at the ship's windows.

After hovering to around 10 meters, Shin Jiao walks out and deactivates the barrier.

The ship continues rising up until it reaches 20 meters. It is not that high, but it is enough to make their journey safer from the many different types of beasts on the ground.

And so the flying ship slowly moves through the forest to the direction of the nearest village.

Since this is its maiden voyage in this land, everyone feels a little tensed. This is because it is their first time riding on a ship that is able to fly in the air. They did not know if this ship would suddenly crash to the ground.

So a mixture of anxiety and excitement could be seen in each expression of the people on the ship.