Chapter 438: Voyage. High Race III.
The storm on the eastern route continues.
Even, there is a tendency to expand.
And the fleet that found it wrong either avoided it early, or looked for a few nearby islands to avoid the storm - although it was not as famous as the three islands of Mystic, Military Port, and Trade, and it was far less than the Free Capital, but there was no problem with serving as a temporary dock.
Therefore, when there are some ships in this area that should not be there, it is absolutely conspicuous.
A sloop, sailing half-sail, sailors paddle hard and hard.
However, the main driving force is still driven by the wind.
It can be seen that the captain of this dhow is definitely a commendable veteran, and he is able to sail in a storm, even if the ship is specially made, and it is only sailing along the edge of the storm, and not rushing into it, but the technique of this navigation is still amazing.
"Captain, captain, there's a discovery!"
The dhow's lookout shouted.
Quickly, the dhow began to turn its rudder, and then, cautiously, approached the area designated by the lookout.
And after getting some distance closer, this time, there was no need for a lookout, and the sailors of the dhow also saw clearly what was in front of them—
Lots of ice floes, corpses, wrecks of ships.
The sailors let out a burst of exclamations.
"Oh my God! What did they encounter? ”
"Those are the co-captains of Kirgill's men! They are all dead! ”
"Look! That from time to time Kirgill? ”
With the exclamation from behind, the dhow captain's eyes were attracted, and he shouted: "Go and get that corpse up!" ”
"Yes. Captain! ”
The two sailors shouted.
A moment later. Two sailors returned with the corpses.
"It's really Kirgill!"
"It was cut in two. It's really miserable! ”
"Miserable? Such a fellow, who is innocent of death - think of the poor man who was plundered by him! ”
Surrounding the corpse of Kergil, the sailors talked a lot, with the sympathy of the good and the ridicule of the sensible; And the captain of the dhow clearly belonged to the latter.
"Check around, and if you don't find anything, we're heading back - this damn storm, it's getting bigger. I don't want to go into the sea to feed the fish! ”
With a perfunctory look, the captain of the sloop shook his wet jacket and splashed in all directions.
Suddenly, the sailors, who understood what kind of environment they were in, immediately began to take action - salvaging the corpses, the corpses that could enable them to complete their mission.
The first mate of the dhow also joined in.
Soon, however, the first mate returned to his captain's side—
"Weapon wounds, all the same, should have been committed by one person...... And the ice floes around here. and charred shipwrecks ......"
The first mate said with a frown, with a deep surprise on his face.
"Is that the head of the Zelgang family?"
The captain asked slowly.
"It should be!"
The first mate nodded slowly.
"Shhh How can it be? ”
The captain immediately gasped. His gaze scanned the sea of floating corpses and ice floes - he had imagined that the good men of the Zelgaon family should have attacked together, and then, the bastard of Kirgill would have lost his life; However, he will not doubt the inference of his deputy.
After all, his own deputy is an expert in this area.
"There's a lot of ice floe that keeps this place pretty much the way it was - if it weren't for the fact that this place was on the edge of a storm, we would have been able to see a large chunk of ice floe when we got here!"
The deputy couldn't help but shake his head as he imagined what it would look like.
"A sea area has been frozen—...... the head of the Zelgang family?"
The captain's words grew lower.
Eventually, without saying anything, he looked at his lieutenant and shrugged, "We are just hired people, not enemies of the Zelgang family master...... Once we're done with this mission, we'll leave Trade Island and take refuge on Harbor Island for a while - damn guys, we're always getting some headaches! ”
The words that followed, only the first mate could hear.
"A wise decision!"
The first mate nodded approvingly.
As a baptized knight, he knew very well that there was no other possibility of the consequences of encountering such an opponent than the total annihilation of the army.
Although the guys on the Trade Island are very generous, it is absolutely impossible for them to ignore life and death.
After the captain and first mate had made a plan, there was no way that anyone would object to the whole dhow.
So, a moment later, with some corpses that could be used as evidence, they left in a hurry.
And shortly after the departure of this dhow.
Two figures appeared in the sea, they glanced at each other, and then, as if they had suddenly appeared before, they disappeared again.
However, a confirmed message was secretly transmitted from the hands of these two figures.
On the message, it reads-
'The target's strength exceeds the original estimate, Jian yì stops the action, and the chance of Jiadis betraying increases! ’
……
The fleet of the Zelgang family under sail has added several new ships-
One three-masted galleon and six two-masted galleons second only to the Galen.
This brought the number of ships owned by the entire fleet to seventeen in an instant, especially with two-masted galleons as the base ships and two Galen ships as flagships.
This in the Emerald, which can already be called a fleet.
And the two magic cannons hidden in Galen's ship make the term 'fleet' well-deserved.
For such a change, the elder of the Zelgang family, Ronk, was the most excited-
"The fleet of the Zergaon family! The fleet of the Zergaon family! ”
Every once in a while, such a chatter would appear on the lips of this respectable old man.
For this old man, the strength of the Zelgang family is a qiē.
And for Dean, who made the Zelgaon family quickly strong. The old man became more and more respectful.
In fact. on the entire fleet. The respect for the patriarch was obvious—the battle two weeks ago was something they would never forget.
Dean was shocked to overturn a fleet by himself.
In particular, after no one on the other side was able to escape, such a shock, as if it was a soul imprint, followed these Zelgan people like a shadow.
And they were originally quite apprehensive about Gao Sai and his party. At this time, he became extremely confident.
Even, it's fanatic!
Because, they have an incomparably powerful patriarch, and they are also an unusually young patriarch - a strong man, and the cohesion of a family is beyond Goddez's imagination.
Just look at the energetic sailors and acting captains on the ships of the Zelgaon family.
They even can't wait to reach the royal capital of Gaosai and see the 'frost nobles' that belong to Gaosai.
It seems that because of such an eagerness, the sea breeze is felt.
Since rounding the storm, the direction in which the fleet of the Zergaon family has sailed. It was all tailwind, so the original estimate of three weeks to arrive. Two days less.
"Young Master, at the current speed, we will be able to reach the port of the King of Gaosai tomorrow!"
Nord reported.
As one of the elders of the Zergaon family, with the deliberate authority of Elder Ronk, Nord has begun to gradually become a link between the various ships.
Anything is reported to Nord first, and then, Nord tells Dean.
Dean had no objection to this.
Dean, who knows that a person's energy is limited, doesn't mind having loyal subordinates to help him.
"Well, slow down and wait for Your Highness to enter the royal capital of Gosai with you—to raise the flag of the Zergaon family...... And the golden battle banner of His Highness! ”
Dean nodded in command, then added.
As a family under the jurisdiction of the Emerald Grand Duke, and also served as the Grand Duke's messenger, Dean has the right to fly the banner of the Emerald Grand Duke.
And when he was about to approach the high race, flying the flags of the Zelgang family and the Emerald Archduke, Dean was naturally to identify himself and reduce unnecessary trouble.
Any country is quite wary of unidentified ships in its own waters, even if it is a completely landlocked country, and this is true of Sitty.
At the very least, they had a few fleets of ships that sailed the seas under the guise of trade.
As for the real intentions?
As long as you are not stupid, you can understand what is going on.
"Yes, young master!"
Nord, who bent down and saluted, walked out of the cabin, while Dean, who was left behind, continued what he had not done before—perfecting the [Concentration Breath-Holding Technique]!
When he was on the Secret Law Island before, although he had considerable knowledge, due to the problem of time, Dean did not really perfect the [Concentration Breath Holding Technique], but only filled the gap a little.
And in this two-and-a-half-week voyage, he can be regarded as converting his previous knowledge into a supplement to the [Concentrating Breath-Holding Technique].
[Concentration Breath Hold Lv7 (Broken): A simplified method from wizard meditation; Effect: Gain +1.0 Perception Judgment Blessing, Energy Recovery +1.80/min]
[Special Option: Two Solidified Level 0 Spell Slots, One Level I Spell Slot]
(Solidified spells require knowledge of spell construction, or spell scrolls)
(Note 1: The maximum level of this skill has been reached)
In two and a half weeks, the level of [Concentration Breath Holding] has reached the limit of the next stage, and at the same time, there has been a slight change in the attributes, which were originally specially blessed, which have been directly converted into direct blessing attributes, and the speed of energy recovery has also been greatly improved, and, after two level 0 spell slots, Dean finally obtained an I. level, which can be called a real spell bit.
Perhaps, for the direct improvement of strength, it is not so intuitive.
However, the peculiarity of the spell made Dean know that he had some more means.
So Dean was delighted.
This is especially true if very little XP is consumed.
Dean glanced at his XP -
8960!
Even though it cost nearly 200 XP to increase [Concentration Breath Holding], Dean still has a considerable XP on a large base.
And in the face of such a considerable XP value, Dean's gaze scanned back and forth between [Mountain Spirit] and [Troll Power].
PS first update ~ (to be continued......)