Demon Royal Family

Beyond the five continents is the boundless ocean, divided into thirteen sea areas. The thirteen sea areas vary in size, area, and characteristics.

After Morning Star Port goes out to sea, there is the Frozen Sea. The Frozen Sea surrounds the Hokuriku. There are a large number of ice floes and icebergs on the sea surface. Even in areas where cold ocean currents pass through, the sea surface is frozen. This is the origin of the Frozen Sea. .

In the endless ocean, there are many islands, many of which are undeveloped wild places.

From Frigga to the continent of Odin, it takes three to four months to pass through three sea areas.

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The cold sea breeze from the north blew the sails and rattled, and the Changfeng sailed on the vast sea.

There are vast expanse of blue waves, the sky is high and the water is long.

It had been five days since we left Morning Star Port. After the initial excitement, the mercenaries on the ship soon lost interest in the unchanging sea surface. Many people showed signs of seasickness. The powerful mercenaries were worse than ordinary people. The senior sailor stood firm.

Ivo rubbed his temples. He leaned lazily on the bow of the ship every day, not wanting to move. He turned his head and looked at Gavin, who was covered in vomit and lying on the side like a dead pig. He suddenly laughed with schadenfreude. stand up.

"Boys, get moving and go to the bottom floor to clean. Don't let the goods get damp!"

The first mate Noconor roared loudly on the deck and distributed work. Ivo watched with interest. As a captain, he actually knew nothing about navigation. The first mate basically managed all affairs. Ivo learned a lot these days. Knowledge of navigation.

"Captain, forty nautical miles ahead is Fort Brown, the naval port of the Kingdom of Kuishang. There are one hundred warships stationed there." Navigator Gwen came over and said, "We'd better take a detour."

Ivo glanced at him and asked strangely: "Since it is a naval port, why should we avoid it?"

Gervin shrugged and said: "All ships passing within twenty nautical miles of the Navy Port will be charged tolls. Only after paying the money will the Navy protect passing ships."

Ivo was surprised: "The duty of the naval port is to protect the maritime security of the region, expel pirates, and protect travel and merchant ships, but it still charges money?!"

Noconna walked over and hummed: "The naval port is isolated from the land, lacks supervision from superiors, and has long been corrupt. They violate the laws of the sea, collect fees from passing ships, and amass wealth. They are almost no different from bandits. . The commander of the naval port distributes the wealth he gets to officers at all levels, forming a chain of interests. All the navy only obeys the commander's orders, and no one disobeys the order, just like the king."

Ivo couldn't help but glance at Noconor and said with a smile: "You seem to know a lot of inside information."

Noconor smacked his lips, did not answer, and turned around to continue arranging work.

Gervin said happily: "The first mate is right, so let's take a detour?"

Ivo waved his hand, "No, I want to see how the naval port collects tolls."

"But……"

"It goes without saying."

"Okay." Gervin shrugged. When he turned around, his face was slightly gloomy. He failed to let Ivo bypass the naval port. Involving the naval forces would bring great resistance to the plan to kill Ivo.

Gervin is the navigator of the Icehook Pirates. He lurked on Ivo's ship in order to lead the Changfeng to the designated ambush location and avoid the navy.

Although the navy is greedy, Gervin knows that Ivo is very rich and will not care about the toll. If Ivo obtains the protection of the navy, it will take at least another hundred nautical miles to take action, and other pirate groups may be able to get there first.

The reward for killing Ivo is open to all pirates. The identity of the employer is a certain heretic who does not want to take action personally. The identity is impossible to guess, because almost all heretics are enemies of Ivo.

From the moment Ivo sets out to sea, the journey of redemption has begun. The heretics in the secret will do whatever it takes to kill Ivo.

In the frozen sea area, the Ice Hook Pirates were not powerful or famous. They only had one pirate ship, and the bounty of 30 million was more expensive than their ship. They were very jealous and eager to seize this opportunity.

Gervin gritted his teeth and decided to notify the captain who was following dozens of nautical miles away and let them wait and see what would happen.

Coming to a secluded corner, Gervin activated the communication badge and whispered: "The plan has changed. They insist on entering the naval port and are on standby for the time being."

"Gahahaha..." A strange laughter sounded from the other side. Gervin was used to it. This was the habit of "Blue Knife" Vic, the captain of the Ice Hook Pirates. "Kid Gervin, my patience is limited."

"hold on……"

At the corner of Gervin's blind spot, Hades gradually disappeared.

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The Changfeng rode the wind and waves, and on the distant sea, the outline of a maritime fortress gradually appeared, like a giant turtle lying on the sea. The fortress stood tall, and the muzzle of the alchemy cannon could be faintly seen.

Tall warships docked at the pier. The navy warships of the Kingdom of Kuishang were blue and white. They were all large ships. There were eighty gun holes in total on both sides. Who knows whether they were loaded with ballistae or alchemy. gun.

The crossbows equipped on the ships are all of super large caliber, and the crossbow arrows are specially made, which are enough to cause damage to the hull. Their power is no worse than the artillery of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in the previous life, but the focus of destruction is different. The power of the crossbows is concentrated in one point, and the artillery in the previous life is More dispersed.

What's even more disgusting is that you can tie alchemical explosive bombs to the crossbow arrows, which will instantly have area-of-effect damage, similar to that of artillery.

Kuishang Navy of Fort Brown discovered the Changfeng. A warship slowly sailed out of the port and headed straight for the Changfeng.

"Slow down." Ivo waved his hand.

Under the chief mate's order, the sailors lowered the sails and reduced the sailing speed. The warship, which was one round larger than the Changfeng, slowly approached Ivo's ship.

A wooden ladder was thrown from the side of the warship that was several meters high. An officer wearing a blue and white button-down navy uniform led a group of fifty sailors on the wooden ladder to the deck of the Changfeng. The naval officer shouted Said: "Who is the captain?"

Ivo stood up from the deck chair at the bow of the ship, "It's me."

The naval officer looked Ivo up and down. The navy had little information. Most of the navy had never seen Ivo's true face, and did not recognize him as the Duke of Lascelles who had made a fuss in the Northland. He raised his chin and said calmly: " Please cooperate with the Navy’s routine inspection.”

Gavin hurriedly greeted us with a smile and handed out a bag of Benas. "Sir, officer, we are an ordinary merchant ship, so there is no need for inspection."

The naval officer weighed the money bag, hummed through his nose, and waved his hand very proudly to the accompanying soldiers to stand back, "In this case, there is no need to check."

Ivo frowned. It was the navy's duty to protect the safety of the naval port area. He didn't expect that some money could be spent. This proves that the security in the nearby waters is definitely not good. Pirate ships have to lower the pirate flag and offer money, and it can go smoothly. pass.

Ivo's opinion of the Navy was quite different. First Officer Noconor's fists trembled slightly, as if he was very angry at the Navy's behavior, which fell into Ivo's eyes.

Ivo's mind moved slightly. It seemed that Noconna had some relationship with the Kuishang Navy in the past.

The naval officer curled his lips and hummed: "The waters around here are not safe. If you want to get the protection of the navy and not be robbed by pirates, you need to pay a toll of 100,000 Benas."

Gavin was stunned, "Didn't I give it to you?"

The naval officer flipped his wrist, put away the money bag, and looked at Gavin coldly with an unkind expression.

Gavin cursed in his heart. There was at least 50,000 Benas in the wallet just now, and it was directly hacked by the naval officer. This look clearly meant that he wanted to kill them twice.

The sailors remained silent as usual, but the mercenaries of the Hurricane Regiment were filled with indignation and had angry looks on their faces.

Gavin took a deep breath, forced a smile, and took out the purse of 100,000 benas.

The naval officer's eyes fell on the money bag, and a look of greed flashed in his eyes.

Just when the money bag was about to fall into his hands, Ivo spoke and said expressionlessly: "Put it away."

Gavin immediately obeyed the order and put away the money bag.

The naval officer's expression changed drastically, he looked at Ivo fiercely, and said one word at a time: "You are not willing to pay the toll?!"

Ivo shrugged, "Shouldn't it be your responsibility to protect passing merchant ships? I don't think you need to pay."

The naval officer sneered, with a playful look in his eyes, looking at Ivo as if he were a naive fool, and said threateningly: "In that case, don't blame us for standing by and watching when you were attacked by pirates!"

Ivo also felt angry, "It sounds like you are certain that we will be attacked by pirates?"

No wonder the Navy Port has the confidence to collect tolls, it is obviously colluding with pirates!

How can he still be called a soldier? Just a bunch of robbers!

The naval officer sneered and waved his hand, "Don't regret it, go back to the fortress!"

The warship sailed back to Fort Brown Naval Port.

Ander sighed and said angrily: "A bunch of gangsters!"

Noconner said dullly: "The navy is no longer the navy it used to be." After saying that, he took a sip of malt wine and seemed to be depressed.

Ivo was unwilling to compromise with the robber-like navy and said calmly: "Always be on guard. You may encounter pirates at any time from now on. Hey, let me see how a naval battle is fought."

The behavior of the navy disgusted Ivo and others, and they drove in silence. The navy port did not send any warships to accompany them for protection, and ignored the Changfeng.

Gervin's face was expressionless, but he was actually very excited. He didn't expect that Ivo actually refused to pay the toll. While laughing, he felt that he was lucky and secretly sent a message to Captain Vic through the messenger badge.

"Ivo Harrican has lost his naval protection, and we can take action at any time."

"Gahahaha, you destroyed their rudder, don't let them escape."

"Don't worry, these people are all landlubbers. The sea is our home ground and they can't escape!" Gervin said confidently.

Recently, monthly tickets have been doubled, and the author will update more from time to time. I wish everyone a happy National Day in advance.