Chapter 184: Learning to Pinch
Balthazar and his friends had been sailing along the coast on the Marquessian Dame for a couple of days now, slowly making their way to the cliffs that the crab’s map marked as his destination.
Blue spent most of her time flying around in the sky over the ship, enjoying the breezy freedom of the open sea and hunting down pesky seagulls who came too close to their boat, much to Balthazar’s approval.
Druma, on the other hand, had experienced a much rougher time. The young goblin learned soon after their departure from the dock that he suffered from severe seasickness, which left him spending most of his time onboard retching and dry weaving over the side rail. Despite his misfortune and slightly paler shade of green, the loyal assistant still managed to always give his boss a pained smile and reassure him that he was fine and excited to soon meet the arcane wizard again.
The Dame was a small but fine vessel, built by Captain Leander as his personal project after retiring. It was designed as a replica of his former and much larger ship back when he was still on active duty, but scaled down and built specifically to be manned by one person alone.
Despite their destination being a relatively short distance away from the Marquessian Bay, the old sailor explained to the crab that they would have to proceed very cautiously and slowly, as that was the trick to reach the treacherous coast Balthazar wanted.
Many a traveler had met their doom trying to reach those cliffs, either by land, getting lost in the dense and danger-filled forests surrounding them, or by water, finding themselves shipwrecked in the jagged rocks around that coast.
Despite his eagerness to finally find Tweedus and hopefully a way to repair the golem core he had been carrying ever since he left his pond, Balthazar did not mind the wait. He had already spent so much time looking for mangoes just to get directions to where he was doing, a couple more days were not going to hurt.
Perhaps traveling the continent was starting to teach the merchant the virtue of patience.
“Bah, I’ve been trying for two days, I’m never going to get it!” the frustrated crustacean exclaimed.