The lone wolf of Freyrdrand

One Thousand and Four: Baru

Sarah walked into the Baru Grottoes.

This is the whole of Bilgewater, the only place where she would come alone without her subordinates.

Because no idiot would dare to commit crimes under the noses of Baru people, even that lawless Planck who doesn’t even look at Noxus in his eyes, would not do it.

Upon entering the grotto, many strange-looking people appearednow.

They wore ancient-style costumes, with green tattoos depicting the sea and sea beasts on their bodies. Each of them just glanced at Sarah lightly, neither saying hello nor showing hostility, as if they were in Bilgewater today. The dreaded Miss Fortune was just an insignificant stranger to them.

“They might really think so.” Sarah thought to herself.

Every time she came to the territory of the Baru people, Sarah would feel that she had come to another world.

Obviously this place is so close to Bilgewater, but it is completely different. There will be no noise, chaos, and smell of blood and bird droppings that will never be cleaned in Bilgewater, and there is no need to be on guard all the time. Someone stabbed a vicious knife from a dark corner.

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The place is very quiet, and all Baru people are doing their own things, or meditating, or doing penance, or kneeling in front of a big octopus statue, praying for the oracle.

That big octopus, named Naga Kabulos, is the goddess of the Baru people.

In Bilgewater, the pirates called her the bearded lady, and they would throw a coin into the sea before going to sea, as a tax to go to the sea, although Sarah felt that most pirates might not believe the existence of the bearded lady, But that has become a deep-rooted custom and has been passed down.

After all, the pirates are just outsiders, and Baru is the aborigine of this archipelago. The pirates have a certain degree of respect for these natives with strict religious creeds, and they will not choose to come to Baru to make trouble.

Sarah walked all the way, looking for the person who asked her to come here, but soon, they ran into each other at a corner.

“Hello, Sarah.” A burly woman said to Sarah, “The goddess guides us to meet.”

Sarah rolled her eyes: “Illaoi, I was obviously called here by you, can this also be regarded as the guidance of your goddess?”

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“Naga Kabulos guided me, and I let you come here. This is of course the goddess who let you come here to meet me.” The woman named Illaoi said seriously.

Sarah shrugged helplessly: “Okay, you won. I’m too lazy to argue with you. Whatever you say is fine.”

Sarah and Illaoi seem to be quite familiar with each other. In fact, Sarah has indeed dealt with this burly woman a lot.

Illaoi is the “true person” of Baru. Sarah doesn’t know what that means, but she probably understands that Illaoi has a high status in Baru and is “the one chosen by Naga Kabulos”. Unexpectedly, he is also the strongest of Baru.

Sarah looked at Illaoi’s arms, which were thicker than many men, and the heavy totem pole she was carrying—she always carried this totem pole, with many tentacles carved on it—Sarah Absolutely don’t want to borrow Illaoi’s punch with his body.

Fortunately, the relationship between Sarah and Illaoi is not bad, at least they are not enemies.

Illaoi has always been a very strange person in Sara’s eyes. Like all Baru people, she is always talking about their goddesses, and most of the time she can’t understand what they are talking about.

But Illaoi is different from other Baru people in that almost all Baru people are reluctant to communicate with the pirates in Bilgewater, but Illaoi often comes to Bilgewater, and seems to want to communicate with the Bilgewater people. communicate.

“Come with me.” Illaoi carried the totem pole and walked in front of Sarah.

“That’s it? Didn’t you tell me first what you asked me to do here?” Sarah followed Illaoi.

“You’ll know when you come.” Illaoi strode forward.

“Oh, why are you always like this.” Sarah said helplessly, “By the way, why do you always come to me?”

“Because of the guidance of the goddess.”

“Here it comes again… I mean why did you come to me as an outsider? Don’t you Baru people hate pirates?”

“Indeed, most of my people regard pirates as uneducable stupid pigs and dirty cockroaches who only spread stupidity and disease.”

“Ha, do you think I am the same?”

“No Sarah, you are very smart, and you are very clean.”

“Don’t comfort me, I know the virtues of pirates myself. To be honest, using pigs and cockroaches to describe pirates is really a compliment. Their stupidity and filth can always exceed your imagination.” Sarah said dissatisfiedly , “Do you know how rare it is to teach my subordinates to take a bath regularly? They would rather catch lice in their own hair and eat them than boil a tub of hot water for themselves.”

“I don’t discriminate against pirates, Sarah. I think pirates just choose another way of life. Among the countless lives in this world, there will always be someone who chooses a path different from mine.” Illaoi began the set of instructions. Sarah is tired of telling the truth, “I think the pirate’s way of life is also worthwhile. You keep fighting with the sea, hunting and killing, and you fight against fate in this way. I am shocked by your spirit. I think Baba Ru cannot remain static. Tradition is important, but the teachings of the goddess are ‘movements’, and we cannot stand still, we must seek changes and breakthroughs.”

“Ah… I’m beginning to regret coming here.” Sarah sighed.

“Trust me, you won’t regret it.” Illaoi said, “Have you often had nightmares recently?”

Sarah’s expression turned cold all of a sudden: “Who did you hear that from?”

“I haven’t heard from anyone, I can tell.” Illaoi said, “Sarah, although you don’t like to show your weaknesses to others, I want to say that for those who are willing to help you sincerelyThe difficulties are more beneficial to you. ”

“Oh…” Sarah sneered, “If I had exposed my weakness, I would have died 10,000 times. Bilgewater is not a gentle place that allows the weak to live. Before coming to you, I Just wiped out a gang.”

“I know, there are bloodstains on your boots, and you still smell of gunpowder.”

“If I show any weakness, I will be the one who gets wiped out, you know?”

Illaoi didn’t answer, her footsteps stopped: “Here we are.”

“Where is this?” Sarah looked around suspiciously, “What exactly are you going to show me?”

“New friend.” Illaoi said, “Maybe for you…an old friend too.”

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Don’t worry about the Baru people, they look fierce, but they won’t do anything to you.

Just like don’t worry that I will steal your wallet, hahaha.

——Bilgewater tour guide