Master Tongtian

Chapter 354 The Islands Neglected by the Mainland (13)

After a while, Rosen drove Sky 2 to an altitude of five thousand meters above Beluga City.

You can see through the telescope that the city is quite large, with a radius of more than 6 kilometers.

The buildings in the city are pretty good. Although they are not as clean as Crescent Territory, they are much better than Silver Moon Castle.

But there is no lord's palace in this city, and there is no divine light.

There are several temples, but they all look rather dilapidated and far less glamorous than other city temples.

Heya Jiali introduced it carefully.

"This archipelago was only included in the Golden Land 300 years ago. Although my father is the great lord of the Feiyu Islands, he dislikes it very much, so he only sent a governor to manage it on his behalf."

"Look, the big courtyard in the center of the city is the Governor's Palace."

Rosen looked through his binoculars and soon saw what was known as the Governor's Palace.

The area is quite large, covering an area of ​​about 1,000 square meters. The stone building with blue roof and white walls in the courtyard is also quite tall, but the outer wall is obviously dilapidated, the ground is obviously dirty, and the corners are overgrown with weeds, giving it a depressed appearance that lacks maintenance.

In contrast, there are several mansions in the city that are similar in size to the Governor's Palace. The interiors of the houses are clean and beautiful, and they are obviously carefully maintained.

"The Governor's Palace doesn't seem very respectable."

Heya Jiali also looked puzzled.

"It's indeed strange. Because the Governor's Office seems to be doing a good job. It pays a fixed amount of taxes worth 360,000 kroner every year and has never been in arrears for many years."

Rosen had read the records and knew that taxes were paid not in cash, but in various kinds of objects.

Because it is an archipelago, all seafood is available, such as fresh fish, pearls, corals, sea vegetables, etc.

The most famous among them is the golden pearl, a specialty of the archipelago. It is very large, as big as a child's fist, and as bright as gold. It is an excellent decoration, and after being ground into powder, it is also a precious medicine refining material.

A gold pearl of ordinary quality can be sold for more than 800 crowns in the northern border. Although Nutau City is close to the water, it is definitely not cheap.

Rosen asked again: "Are there any nobles on the island?"

Heya Jiali shook her head.

"There are large local aristocratic families, but none of the previous Storm Dukes have acknowledged this in official documents. Therefore, there are no aristocrats."

Rosen somewhat understood.

"Then it seems that the Governor's Palace is just a decoration. Through the tax of 360,000 kroner, the local powerful people in Beluga City have gained autonomy over Beluga City."

In other words, 360,000 is not a tax, but a tribute.

As for an archipelago with such a high degree of autonomy, I am afraid that it would not easily recognize itself as a great lord descended from heaven.

He counted the number of mansions and found six.

There is a high probability that there are six top households in Beluga City. They divide the interests of the Feiyu Islands and are the actual rulers of the islands.

If he wants to gain actual control of White Whale City, he must suppress these six families. Otherwise, like the Governor's Mansion, he will become a puppet in name only, unable to accomplish anything.

So, to what extent should we suppress it?

Rosen thought carefully and came to a conclusion.

"Let's look at the opponent's strength."

"If you are strong, discuss it carefully and use gentle methods to grind it slowly. If your strength is too strong, you can't blame me!"

I am also glad that I was fully prepared, otherwise this situation would be really tricky.

Seeing that he was silent, Heya Jiali suddenly showed guilt on her face: "Brother, are you disappointed?"

Rosen was startled, turned around and saw Heya Jiali's expression, and immediately laughed: "Disappointed? Why do you say that?"

Heya Jiali was a little sad: "Because this territory is very bad, Jiali has become a drag on you."

Rosen raised his hand and grabbed her palm, smiling and saying, "No, no, no, Carrie has never been a burden to me, and this territory is very good, like a bright pearl."

"Currently, the pearl has fallen into the dust and is stained with some dust. All we need to do is blow the dust away."

"real?"

"Really."

Rosen raised his hand and touched Heya Jiali's face, feeling that he had to divert the princess's attention from focusing on him all day long.

Otherwise, she would worry about gains and losses all day long, worry too much, and feel exhausted herself.

So he changed the subject: "Want to learn to fly a plane?"

Heya Jiali was startled: "Ah, can I?"

"The second prince can do it, why can't Jia Li? Come, let me teach you."

The second prince has a high-level 15-star achievement, and Jiali has a high-level 17-star achievement, which is more powerful than the prince.

Rosen stood up from the driver's seat, forced Heya Jiali to sit in the driver's seat, then leaned over slightly and fastened the X-shaped strap for her.

After fastening the belt, he also lifted up Jiali's broad chest, which immediately made the latter's cheeks turn red, and also made the guard maid on the side turn her head hurriedly.

Then Rosen began to teach: "Come here, yes, that's it, yes, very good, speed up slowly~~~~How does it feel?"

Heya Jiali's bright eyes shone: "Interesting~ really interesting~"

Rosen waited for her to become a little more proficient in flying, and then taught her to do a quick roll.

"Ah~~~~"

Heya Jiali screamed in fright, and her movements were somewhat deformed, but Rosen always grasped everything and helped her successfully complete this maneuver.

After the plane stabilized and leveled off again, Heya Jiali was not afraid at all. There was still a hint of excitement in her eyes, and she said softly: "Brother, teach me another one~~"

Rosen was very happy to see her so focused, so he also taught her flying maneuvers such as fast turns, hovering, and large loops in the air.

For ordinary people on earth, flying a fighter jet may require a long period of training.

But for high-level seventeen-star mages, proficiency in flying is a necessary ability.

Now it is just a matter of changing from flying by oneself to flying by controlling a magic weapon. The absolute difficulty is about the same as mastering an intermediate logic spell.

So, less than an hour later, after flying around Beluga Island seven or eight times, Heya Jiali became quite proficient in flying.

Her white jade cheeks were flushed with excitement, and her eyes were surprisingly bright. She was obviously very interested in flying.

Rosen smiled: "Is it interesting?"

"Um!"

"Then you fly first, and when we stabilize, I will also build you a flying magic weapon."

"Thank you, brother~"

Her voice was delicate, with a slight twist at the end, which was particularly sultry. At the end, she turned her head and kissed Rosen gently on the lips, which immediately aroused a small flame in Rosen's heart.

After finally pressing it down, Rosen got down to business.

After asking Carrie to slow down her flight speed, she pressed the green communication gem, dialed a separate communication channel, and then entered her voice.

"Angelou~Angelou~where are you? Please reply when I receive it."

It has been almost a month since Angelo and his people set off early. Calculating the time, it should be time.

After repeating it three times, a response was received.

"Lord, our ship completed an emergency landing in the Howling Wilds on the northwest side of the main island of Beluga. It has been two days since we landed and we have repelled two waves of attacks."

"Emergency landing?" Rosen was suddenly worried.

"Yes, the ship hit a reef. Although it successfully reached the shore with the help of Master Anweniya, the ship eventually sank, but all the combat supplies were moved out."

"What a blessing."

Rosen let out a long sigh.

Fortunately, the mages were brought along, otherwise these 500 elites would have suffered heavy casualties, and a large amount of combat supplies would have been lost, and their effectiveness would have been greatly reduced.

And in a wild frontier place like Beluga Island, it would be really difficult to get things done without some close friends around.

"Just wait, I'll be here soon."

Needless to say, Heya Jiali had already turned around and flew all the way to the roaring wilderness northwest of the main island of Beluga.

The diameter of Beluga Island is about 200 kilometers. At the speed of Sky 2, it only took ten minutes to reach the end of the island.

While rushing, he communicated to confirm the other party's location. Soon, Rosen saw a temporary circular camp on a high ground covered with fine-leaf coconut trees by the sea.

The camp has a diameter of 100 meters, and a high wall has been built around it using petrification technology. Many petrified bunkers have been set up inside the wall, and a large number of temporary tents have been set up.

Many warriors can be seen busy inside and outside the camp.

Some are hunting, some are making fires, some are maintaining equipment, and some are patrolling.

I also happened to see the apprentice Anweniya.

The other party was sitting on a small stool at the door of a tent, holding a thick spell book and reading it carefully.

Rosen said: "Let's land in the open space in front of the camp."

Heya Jiali controlled Sky 2 to slowly fall.

When they fell more than a hundred meters high, they found some blood on the ground around the camp. What they said before contacting Angelou should be the blood stains left by the attackers.

I don’t know which part of the force they belong to.

The camp had discovered Sky 2 and quickly cleared a flat open space next to the camp.

After Rosen parked Sky-2, he opened the hatch and jumped out.

Heya Jiali wanted to go out with him, but was stopped by Rosen.

"Don't go out. It's too dirty outside. If you step on mud when you go out, there will be a lot of bugs."

"I'll just go and find out the situation."

The main reason is that Carrie is too beautiful to be seen by a group of hot-blooded young people in this kind of situation. She may easily cause some inexplicable troubles.

After getting off the plane, Angelou, Anweniya, and Lydia quickly came up to greet them.

Rosen stood next to the plane without going far and distributed some random snacks.

For example, smoked dried whitebait, preserved fruits, pine nuts, etc.

After posting for a while, he asked.

"Thank you for your hard work. Are there any casualties, brothers?"

Anweniya and Lydia were busy eating delicious snacks and did not speak.

Angelou bit off half of the dried smoked fish in one bite and shook his head.

"No, it's just a waste of a lot of rune bullets. Currently, there are less than 20,000 ammo left."

"Who is the attacker?"

"Pirates. Pirates who collude with ordinary people and fishmen. There is a large camp nearby with more than 3,000 people."

"When they saw that there were few of us, they wanted to come and take advantage. After beating us twice and killing more than 400 people, they never came again."

Rosen asked again: "Have you seen any masters?"

Angelou's face suddenly showed a trace of worry.

"Although I haven't seen them, several of the prisoners we captured said they were loyal to the Cavidi family. They also threatened that the terrible Archmage will soon come to trouble us."

Rosen was speechless. He raised his hand and patted the cabin and asked, "Madam, can the Archmage also become a pirate?"

What is the difference between this and a prince going to farm?

Heya Jiali was also chewing pine nuts in the cabin. After hearing this, she said: "There should be."

"Because Beluga Island is on the edge of the golden land and no one cares about it, many wanted criminals like to take refuge here."

"In recent years, there have been many archmages who committed crimes in the Eastern Territory, including civilians and nobles. There are also many who went to White Whale Island, but they are basically low-level archmages, first and second level, and the highest No more than level 4.”

"In addition, there must be a great mage on the island, and being a pirate should be the tradition of the islands."

"Understood."

Rosen looked at the sky. It was only around 10 o'clock in the morning, and said: "One hour for lunch, and then set off for Beluga City."

His first goal now is to take over Beluga City and stabilize the rear, rather than to exterminate the pirates.

Dealing with pirates was a matter for later.

After that time, the soldiers in the camp prepared lunch, and Anweniya and Lydia were invited to enter the cabin.

When the two women saw Heya Jiali, they were stunned for a moment, and then Lydia immediately saluted: "Madam is well."

After carefully identifying it, Anweniya said in surprise: "Your Highness?"

Heya Jiali was startled: "Have you seen me?"

Anweniya immediately explained: "I am from Baisha City and have seen His Highness's portrait."

"Oh~~So that's it."

Lydia on the side was startled: "Your Highness, are you Princess Morning Star?"

Heya Jiali chuckled: "No, I am not the Princess of Morning Star now, I am the wife of the Earl of the Islands."

Seeing that Lydia was a little confused, Rosen explained: "Carrie is my wife in the East, and now she is the Countess."

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The two women looked at each other, first shocked by Rosen's sophistry, and secondly shocked by Rosen's powerful methods.

The majestic Princess Morningstar, the supreme flower of the East, is actually willing to deign to share her husband with other women. It can only be said that Rosen, the golden baron, is really amazingly powerful.

Rosen didn't explain much, and took out some simple delicacies from the cargo hold: "First fill your stomach, and then go to Beluga City."

"Yes, Lord."

"Yes, mentor."

A few people were feasting in the cabin.

After everyone finished their lunch and were about to set off, the light curtain on Sky 2's detection glass suddenly shook rapidly and sounded a 'beep beep beep beep' alarm sound.

Rosen glanced at it and said with a smile: "There is really an archmage here."

After thinking for a while, he said: "Jia Li, you turn on the blue sky concealment mode and take people to high altitude to wait for me. Leave this place to me."

Heya Jiali immediately said: "Anna, protect your brother."

Leliana suddenly looked embarrassed.

Rosen immediately said: "Don't! Anna's first duty is to protect your safety!"

After speaking, he comforted: "Don't worry, Carrie, I'm fully prepared. If it doesn't work, you can also use machine guns in the sky to support me."

While speaking, Rosen had already brought all the auxiliary spell-casting tools.

Seeing that Rosen had a lot of magic weapons on his body, Heya Jiali was relieved and said, "Brother, be careful."

Rosen nodded, jumped out of the cabin, and flew towards the camp in the distance.

"Angru, there is an enemy attack, be on alert and prepare to fight!"

Angelou has also discovered it, because the camp also has three highly sensitive mana fluctuation detectors.

And this thing is particularly useful. Not only can it report mana fluctuations close to ten lamimeters, but it can also detect both warrior combat skills and mage spells. Finally, it can also accurately detect the direction of the attack.

There have been attacks in the past two days, and the scale of the attacks is not small, but they can achieve zero casualties every time. First, the weapons are powerful, and second, they rely on this good thing to provide early warning.