Next day in the afternoon.
Everyone was sleeping on the deck, their hands and feet smacking each other, the liquor and booze were everywhere and snoring noises were heard around the ship.
The day was good and the sun was high in the sky, birds were chirping as the blue sea rushed into the horizon.
*BZZKKKSSHHHTTT*
The door of the Captain's cabin opened and Andrei came out.
He looked down and clenched his fist for some reason.
"Idiots." He said this and went towards a bucket of water they had on deck.
*BSHHHGGTTT*
He splashed some water on his face, took some of it washed his neck elbows hands, and dried himself with cloth Alex made.
"Hm? This is good." Andrei felt like he was in the clouds as he dried himself.
He avoided stepping on sleeping boys and went towards the wheel, this was the fifth day since their journey, and luckily for them, nothing happened except for a minor storm they didn't even notice.
"Huh?" Andrei looked and took out his lens that was attached to a stick and looked out.
"Its... WE ARE HERE!!!" He smiled as he noticed the land.
"OI!!! Get your asses up right now!!!" He kicked the nearest person.
"GET UP!!! WE ARE IN THE REACH!!!" He yelled out.
"Ugh..." They opened their eyes and looked around.
Alex opened his eyes and felt something in his face, it was Anzhel's hand.
"Damn... that was a wild night." He bearly remembered anything he drunk so much.
Everyone got up and got themselves ready, they cleaned themselves and came out.
"Huh... this is fresh, what is happening Captain?" Alex asked and looked towards Andrei.
"We are about to reach Demetrias, the closest marine city to Pharsalus, get ready we are going to dock," Andrei responded.
"We are close now Captain." In the nest, Laszlo looked out in the sea and said this.
Alex dried himself and looked out, he saw the land as they were getting close.
"Hm?" He took out the altimeter he was holding, he wasn't able to modify it into a compass but he still used to look at it when he wanted to see how high they were on the sea.
"It's time..." He said this and got ready to dock.
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Demetrius was a weird city in Greece, it was a maritime city extremely important to the mainland.
As the boys got close city became clearer and clearer, the harbor was beautiful with countless ships docked inside of it, the walkways to the ships were designed and the poles that held those walkways were pulled into the ground with extreme care and were carved out.
People were going in and out and countless of them were talking to each other, it was a technology experience that Alex had not seen in full color up until now.
"Huh!!! this is Demetrius, i know this city!!!" Miloslav yelled out, he looked out like someone who had never seen anything like this before.
"Don't pay attention to him, he was traveling a lot in his childhood. and his favorite cities were seashore cities like this," Anzhel said this.
"Oh come on, how can you not like a city like this!!! you know how delicious their fish is???!!!" Dimas was almost drooling over.
Alex looked around and smiled, he also traveled a lot in the past and had seen countless cities like this, but the ancient experience he could see now was a new thing even for him.
They took their ship and docked it in one place.
A man came close to their ship, he looked middle-aged and had a brown tunic on his body, the fabric draped around the body and fastened at the shoulders pins or fibulae, it was not seen clearly.
"Greetings travelers, you have to pay a certain tax to come to our city. about 3 gold coins." Man said this with a smiley face.
"Of course, here it is." Andrei took out his pouch and 3 gold coins.
"Yes, thank you, enjoy Demetrius' experience and i hope we see you safely leave from here," Man said making Alex's eyebrows furrow.
"Now listen up brats, i am going to say this once, we are staying here for one night, we already spent a lot of time in the damn sea, this time i will go gather resources with some of you and take horses to the next city, am i clear here!!!" Andrei turned around and said this.
"YES CAPTIAN!!!" Crew yelled out.
Andrei nodded and they got down.
As Andrei and the crew were taking some stuff from the ship Alex looked around to explore, he could see countless people going around with some vendors outside selling different types of fruits.
The dock was at the seashore and the road was cut out for the carriages or mules and donkeys.
"Hea Hea!!! come here!!!" Vendors were yelled out and pulling their stuff to show the freshness of their food.
"Look aner!!! it's so fresh!!!" They were yelling out to people.
(Translation: Aner: come closer)
"Ithi people, ithi!!! it's extremely delicious." They were telling people to come.
(Translation: Ithi: come)
Alex smelled the fresh fruit and vegetables with some pottery, this was a humorous scene.
But he felt something... something ominous...
"You staring too long, let's go." Laszlo punched his shoulders and called out.
Alex followed everyone.
They walked for a while before reaching a tavern-looking building, it was made from clay and bricks and looked very ancient.
*CREAKKK*
Andrei opened the door.
"OHOO!!!" People were inside having fun knocking drinks on each other.
The entire tavern was made out of wood inside and it was polished as well.
Andrei went to the counter where a beautiful girl with knotted hair stood cleaning the table, it looked like a bar.
She had blonde hair and blue eyes as well as a beautiful body.
"How can i help you travelers?" She asked with a beautiful smile.
"Hoho... i wanted to drink but i might be already drunk from your goddess smile laddddyy..." Miloslav got close and made a hand gesture as he leaned on the counter with his hand both feet few meters away.
"Hahahaha, try again..." Lady laughed.
"Get out..." Andrei pushed Miloslav away violently.
"We want a room for 7, do you have the rooms large enough?" Andrei said this with a cold voice.
The cheekiness on the lady disappeared and her face started to show a little fear from the aura of Andrei.
"Y..es... we do have one, it will cost you 13 Gold coins." She said this.
"Hmph... expensive as always, this is the reason i don't like cities, they always try to export everything out of you." Andrei started to snort and talk making Girl even more scared.
"Thank you, lady, we are going to get that room." Ivan noticed this and pushed Andrei aside, he paid the lady.
"It's the room left to the side boys, i hope you have a wonderful night." Lady's face returned with a smile.
Andrei snorted and went up.
Some of the boys went up with him but some stayed.
Alex, Laszlo, and Miloslav stayed.
"Are you guys not coming?" Ivan asked.
"Not really, i am going to investigate something," Alex said this with a serious face.
"Oh yeah, i am going to investigate some caves tonight..." Miloslav said this and danced slightly looking at the ladies in the bar.
Laszlo shook his head and said, "Alright then, i am going to gather some information from the man over there, call me if you need me, Alex." He said this and went towards men who were drinking and laughing.
"Yes..." Alex said this with a smile and looked around.
His smile disappeared.
"Just what am i feeling... is it just paranoia?" Alex closed his eyes and looked around.
He opened them and took a deep breath, something was going on here...
End Of Chapter.