Pirate Kingship

In late November, the sunshine is rare.

Bai Fan! Bai Fan!

Two hundred sailing ships, large and small, sailed together.

The white sails that cover the sky extend from the front to the end of the sight. Even a seabird cannot cross such a huge fleet for a while.

There are the largest number of merchant ships loaded with various goods such as blankets, cloth, ironware, and wine. Some belong to the York family, and some belong to great nobles and large trading companies.

Then there were the colonial ships filled with immigrants, indentured servants and dreams of becoming rich overnight in the new land.

Many of them are descendants of declining nobles like [Royal Hound] Vincent, whose families have declined and are preparing to flex their muscles overseas and rise again.

As the flagship of the fleet is a fourth-level ship [Support] equipped with a strange object ship's head.

The displacement is 1088 tons, the length of the gun deck is 44.5 meters, and the number of guns is 50, including 22 24-pound guns on the lower deck, 22 12-pound guns on the upper deck, 4 6-pound guns on the stern, and 2 6-pound guns on the forecastle.

Similar to Violet's [Flaming Rose], it is a very standard Portland-class 50-gun fourth-class ship.

In the navy, first- and second-level battleships have always been scarce. Most of the ones that truly participate in maritime battles as the main force of the navy are third-level battleships.

Even third-level battleships mostly only operate in the coastal waters of their own country and rarely go to the ocean.

After all, no matter in terms of sea self-sustainability or navigation capabilities, battleships of level three or above are too large, too slow and have too low self-sustainability.

Dare to go on a long voyage simply because the captain has become impatient.

On overseas routes, the most common warships encountered by navies from various countries are nominal battleships of the fourth level.

It's just that the strange objects and even holy relics equipped on the ship may allow them to exert a terrifying combat effectiveness that far exceeds that of ordinary battleships.

The dozens of pirate ships that had obtained the "Private License" and officially joined York's command used their own speed advantage to cruise outside and act as cruise ships escorting the fleet.

[Golden Deer] is naturally among them.

Not far away are the Greenville family's two merchant ships [Osprey] and [Kitty Hawk] loaded with wealth.

"Tsk, if something happens to the two of them during this voyage, Catherine may die directly.

However, these gold and silver treasures may seem like a lot, but they are actually just floating wealth without a source.

Land, minerals, manors, pastures, etc., these golden chickens that can lay eggs, have all become colonies on the Bantaan Islands that have never been seen before.

We don’t know what our future base will look like, or whether it can support the finances, infrastructure, and population of a privateering fleet.

If we look at the level of misers, Gus, who likes dignity and freedom, can only be regarded as a little mole, while Catherine is the greedy dragon.

If we want to pluck a copper coin from her hand, the two of us combined are not enough for her. "

Although he doesn't even know where the territory is now, Captain Byron has long been eyeing his own cabbage industry.

"Captain, please stop talking, I feel pain all over my body as soon as I say it.

However, I believe it would be fine if it were you.

Miss Catherine's nerves are too straight. As long as it is not real money that can be seen and touched, it will not stimulate her dragon nature.

When the time comes, you roll around on the ground crying, and then use the secret mantra that has always been tried and tested: 'I want it, I want it, if you don't give it to me, you won't get up.'

Miss Catherine always relents. "

The face of Bruch next to him, hidden under the mask and as cold as granite, also had a soft smile sincerely.

Although there were only two of them near the helm.

Byron still gave the latter a stern look, not to mention such an embarrassing thing that could easily lead to death.

However, the suggestion itself is relatively constructive and feasible, and the captain will consider it carefully.

He turned around and glanced at the Osprey walking side by side again, feeling a little worried in his stomach.

“The speed of the Grand Fleet is too slow, its speed is only one-third of the [Golden Deer].

This is still the effect of the rear wind blessing from north to south.

Only by officially entering the first circulation zone can the collective speed be increased to a constant speed of more than 6 knots and reach the Bantaan Islands in a month.

Calculating the time, it should be soon.

Only when we truly leave the old continent, where the church’s tentacles are everywhere, and completely embark on overseas routes can we dare to be a little more bold.

Even though she was so close now, it was difficult to even say a word to Catherine.

If I hadn't given one of the pair of [Echo Conches] captured from Little Norwich to Valerie...cough. "

Another gust of cold wind blew across the sea.

Byron tightened his cashmere cloak, but he didn't feel too cold.

The merchant ships nearby have already spread all their sails.

Skippers of full-rigged square-rigged sailboats prefer the mizzen wind to the stern wind.

In this state, almost all other sails can be opened except the windward half of the main mast that needs to be furled to prevent obstruction.

They won't block each other's wind, and they can also open their sails to speed up.

However, during ultra-long-distance ocean voyages, it is impossible to continuously output wind power. At this time, it is necessary to rely on the power of ocean currents.

Byron happened to tell Bruch about the first gyre.

clang clang clang.

The flagship [Support] at the front suddenly sounded the alarm and hoisted a signal flag.

Every ship in the fleet followed the same example, passing it level by level to the rear of the fleet.

That was not a warning, but: "Get ready, the fleet is about to enter the ocean current."

Soon, a huge ocean current belt appeared in front of the fleet, which was like another vast ocean, and was clearly distinguishable from the sea water next to it.

The sailors who were sailing on the ocean for the first time saw this wonder, and they all couldn't help but lie on the sidewalls with their mouths wide open.

"This seems to be a river in the sea!"

"It's amazing."

Catherine on the Osprey next door also ran out after hearing the news.

She leaned out half of her body, raised half of her white legs, and scooped with her palms, trying to touch the ocean current.

It's a pity that her hands were too short to touch it.

In fact, this kind of "river in the sea" is everywhere in the sea, some can be distinguished by the naked eye, and some are completely imperceptible.

The temperature, salinity, size, and length are different, and there are both mainstreams and tributaries.

But they all transport salts, oxygen and heat to various places in the world.

Wherever it passes, it will stir up underwater nutrients to feed plankton, and may even further create a world-famous fishing ground.

The [Naturalist] of the High Tower Sequence has specifically measured that this first circulation belt connecting the Old Continent and the Bantaan Islands, like a river in the sea, is hundreds of kilometers wide and thousands of kilometers long.

It is the first in the explored world.

When Byron drove the [Golden Deer] into this ocean current.

The logbook in the right eye wrote:

"Captain, you are constantly improving your strength, seizing your own pirate ship, and building your own team.

Now we have finally set sail and embarked on the first leg of the Echidna Triangle Circulation. Please keep up the good work, and endless unknowns and secrets will soon open their arms to you.

Spirituality increased by 0.2!"

[Secret: Prophecy, Kingship and Wild Hunt God Woden's Prophecy of Racial Revival, Historical Influence 69] The solution density also jumped from 15% to 17%.

Byron glanced at the suddenly changing logbook and realized that he seemed to have accidentally taken a milestone.

Moreover

"The Echidna Triangle? The triangular circulation of the Sea of ​​Monsters is also related to this secret with a historical influence of 69, which is almost enough to overturn the world order?

This. The coverage is not just in the Old World!"

Of course Byron knew what the "Echidna Triangle" was.

As long as you leave the North Sea between the Channel Islands and the Old World.

It is the dangerous, mysterious, vast, and no one has ever conquered the "Echidna Sea", which means: the mother of monsters.

This sea is also called the Sea of ​​Monsters.

Because no ship that dared to sail into the depths of this ocean has ever come back alive.

That's why it has such a fierce name.

In addition, according to scholars' observations, there is an extremely large counterclockwise triangular circulation system running around this sea - the Echidna Triangle.

The ocean current under the ship connecting the Old World and the Bantaan Islands is one side of the triangle: the first circulation belt.

The circulation belt is also a rare safe passage in the Sea of ​​Monsters.

Navigators all know this common sense.

The Storm Knights are second to none in their research on storm systems.

Byron has the legacy of the Lancaster family and knows a little more than others.

There was once a Lancaster ancestor who reached the fifth-order legendary level. He used the triangular circulation data compiled by his predecessors and rushed to the sky to personally sense and explore.

He asserted that in addition to the Bantaan Islands, which have not yet been explored to the end.

There must be another extremely large continent in the east opposite the "Echidna Sea"!

Otherwise, it is impossible to explain the current direction of the ocean current in this large triangle.

It's a pity that it is difficult to reach there directly because of the restricted area and circulation in the Sea of ​​Monsters.

The expedition ship must first go southeast to the end of the Bantaan Islands, and then step onto the second circulation belt and turn northeast.

If the inference is reasonable, as long as it reaches the end of that continent and then passes through the third circulation belt, it is possible to return to the old continent.

The end point is exactly in the Iron Anchor Bay of the Bay People!

According to the information displayed in the logbook.

In order to truly solve the secret of the prophecy of the God of the Wild Hunt, Byron may really need to complete the feat of conquering the "Echidna Triangle".

"Let's take it slowly.

Now we have only taken a small step in the journey of thousands of miles, and we have not even touched the current exploration boundary of human explorers. It is a bit too ambitious to consider this."

As we continued to go deeper into the first circulation belt, the sun gradually set below the sea level.

Due to the changes in salt and temperature, a large amount of white fog rose from the water surface, and visibility dropped sharply.

Byron suddenly turned his head and nodded to Bruch beside him:

"It's time."

At the same time as the two exchanged positions, Bruch turned into the appearance of the pirate general Bill and took over the steering wheel in Byron's hand.

Byron himself took advantage of the fog to climb over the bulwark and jumped into the sea. He was caught by a man-eating shark and disappeared in the fog after crossing a waterline.