Chapter 96: The Capital Of Wu, Or Is It Woe?
“Full army,” Trader Wei laid down his cards winning the hand we were playing. We were only playing for wooden coins on the ship that was carrying us across the Emerald Sea to the Capital of the Kingdom of Wu.
“You are quite good at this,” I joked and complained at the same time.
“A good way to pass the time,” he replied.
After the third battle on the road we reached Port Nearsight without incident. From there it was a simple matter to get a ship to cross the Emerald Ocean to get to the Capital. The ore that had been transported by the caravan was on the ship. Cultivator Han had been let go at the port with the remains of his sword that would need to be reforged. He had chosen to head off in another direction instead of going to the Capital. More work in contested areas apparently.
At least the ship was going faster than my tiny little boat. Which was why I wasn’t getting frustrated at the moment. The caravan had been way too slow in my opinion. The fights didn’t help either. Since I knew Trader Wei, we were on the same ship togeather.
While he could have sold his gems in port, he would have lost a lot of money compared to transporting them himself all the way to the capital. He dealt the cards for the next hand. I looked at two cultivators and several soldier cards in my hand. They were all from different Empires. A terrible hand.
“Land!” One of the sailors up on the mast, keeping a lookout called out.
“It appears this will be our last hand,” I said as I traded in three cards and bet.
“I don’t think anyone else will be able to claim that they played cards with a cultivator,” Trader Wei joked with a smile.