The Ruler of the Two Continents
CHAPTER 9 - A TRIP TO THE BLACK CONTINENT

They'll be back upstairs soon. In the Hall they drew up a plan.

“ We must cultivate this treasure, and must also build this village with expertise. We can produce goods to sell to the city center or outside the kingdom.

But because we are former soldiers, then our skills are only fighting, therefore we have to find people who are experts in other fields.

The general proposed, some people to go to the city center, three people to look for mine workers and diamond craftsmen, two people looking for leather craftsmen, and two people looking for blacksmiths.

The chosen men must learn from these experts, they can work for experts even if they are not paid, which obviously they have to take their knowledge at least within five months.

The general will join the miners and diamond craftsmen. Tomorrow morning they leave for the city center.

Early in the morning, some of the men were preparing to leave for the city center, the general wearing a leather-coated, black robe with a large hood on his head and a cloth covering part of his face, it was also the same one worn by Merlin, he also wore a brown robe with a large hood covering his head, and a cloth as a partial covering of his mouth, so that his face was not too visible.

The general also carried a sword that was always at his side. They're going downtown.

In the center of the city, many people were completely inescapable, all the merchants in the Hazmut kingdom were gathered there, there was the largest trading center.

Merlin and his comrades occupied the selling place as usual, he compiled and tidied the herbs on the small wooden table.While the generals of several other people were looking for what they were talking about yesterday.

But it turns out that in the center of Hazmut there are no diamond craftsmen and mining experts, they can be found in the waters of the Black Continent.

They had to cross through the vast sea. Finally the general and his two friends say goodbye to Merlin, they will be a long time in the Black Continent, because the distance is far across the sea.

“ Do you know about the Black Continent?” ask the general to two of his friends.

“ I have never heard the general “ Dumor answer while shaking his head.

“ Well, it looks like it's outside the Oleic continent, so it sounds foreign to us “ added Lizo, a skinny, tall and blond man to the brown.

Merlin looks worried when the general and his two friends say goodbye, even though he believes the general is a strong person.

I don't know what Merlin is worried about, it doesn't seem like that, but he will be left by the general for a long time, and it's quite stuck in his heart.

Merlin, who was accompanied by Bugerd, only saw the general and two other friends from behind and disappeared in the crowd. When will He gather with them again.

“ Hey miss, looks like you're looking sad.” Buged turned towards Merlin.

“ Ah, no mister Bugerd, I'm fine” Merlin slightly lowered his head.

“ Are you thinking of the General?” with a small smile, Bugerd tried to investigate.

“ Hah?.ah.em, no.. I mean “ Merlin looked awkward with the question earlier.

Merlin was a little surprised, and only understood the general's problem all along. He wanted to get to know the general more closely, and wanted to try to heal his heartache.

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General Luzen, Dumor and Lizo wait for the transport ship to arrive. They brought makeshift gear. Finally a large ship arrived, and they boarded it towards the Black Continent.

On the deck of the ship crowded with passengers, most of them from the Hazmut kingdom or other kingdoms of the Oleic Continent who want to sell slaves or jewelry.

The generals Luzen, Dumor and Lizo stood leaning on the edge of the ship looking out at the sea, the vast ocean, the general's dark brown hair gushing in the wind, he seemed to think of something.

His daydream stopped, the general then turned to his side, looking a somewhat old man, with white hair and beard, his clothes a little dull.

“ Old man, where are you going? “ The general asked the old man.

“ To the island of Gozan” briefly answer the old man with a raucous voice.

“ What is the island close to Black Continent?” The old man laughed, hearing the general's question.

“ Hahaha...hei boy, where are you from?” the old man looked at his face.

“ We from Hazmut region “ The general replied with a frown, astonished by the laughable old man.

“ You should know about the Black Continent, Gozan Island is the Black Continent ”

“ We're only newcomers, so don't really understand. What kind of place is the Black Continent? I've never heard of “ asked the General again.

“ Black Continent is the most beautiful and worst place to buy and sell jewelry as well as a place to buy and sell slaves.

There are many good slaves, because there slaves are taken from the greatest soldiers of the defeated war. Before being sold they were held in the slave holding room “

“ How many kingdoms are there old man?”

“ There are only two, East Gozan Kingdom and South Gozan Kingdom “

“ Which is the most powerful? “

“ Actually more powerful kingdom of South Gozan, but because East Gozan cunning, and somehow when the two fight, finally Gozan East who ruled and won the war. So soldiers from South Gozan were made slaves in the kingdom of East Gozan ”

The general just silently heard the old man's explanation, a little bit already understood the picture of the situation there.

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