Pirate Kingship

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The bells echoed over the port of Havana, a colony of the Kingdom of Castile.

After three consecutive times, each time with nine rings, they no longer waited for the accompanying cargo ships that were still not ready, or the unlucky sailors who were accidentally late.

The voice of Wycliffe Dibo, the commander of the Treasure Fleet and the fourth-level transcendent [Behemoth Nemesis], reached everyone's ears:

"All Treasure Fleet, weigh anchor and set sail!"

Then the captains' orders came one after another in the port:

"Hold anchor and set sail!"

The sailors on the warships and cargo ships shouted and worked together to turn the capstan, pulling up the huge anchors weighing several tons from the bottom of the sea bit by bit.

"One, two, one, two, one, two."

The sailors loosened the mast halyards and partially opened the sails to let the large galleons slowly leave the port.

The total number of more than 100 ships, loaded with various precious goods, took them most of the day just to leave the port.

Until these man-made behemoths finally stretched across the sea, stretching for more than ten kilometers, with white sails connected into a piece, and you couldn't see the other end from one end.

On the flagship and the lead ship [Niucheng], the voice of fleet commander Wycliffe Dibo once again notified the entire fleet through the legal network:

"Title special effect: [The key to the treasure ship] is about to be opened, all fleet members are ready, and it is strictly forbidden to leave the deck of the sailboat.

Attention [navigators] of each ship, the countdown is now ten seconds. Ten, nine, eight

Three, two, one, the key is unfolded!"

Buzz——!

A circle of golden extraordinary aura spread from the bow beams of all ships, the legion flag that symbolizes the identity of the treasure fleet, and instantly enveloped the entire fleet like a wave of water.

Collecting all information elements, condensed into the shape of a giant lock above the fleet.

Click!

With a crisp sound of mechanical closure, the entire fleet instantly disappeared on the sea.

Not even a trace of seawater that should have been pushed away by the bottom of the ship was left on the sea.

It was as if they had collectively escaped into another parallel world, shielding their own sense of existence and cutting off all contact with the outside world.

Only members of the same fleet could see each other.

In fact, they had always stayed where they were, sailing eastward.

But unless one of the three secret keepers could help them decrypt the secret, they would disappear forever in the world of others.

Just like Guts, who was almost forgotten by everyone.

Seeing the light waves spreading smoothly around the fleet, Fleet Commander Wycliffe Dipo finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"Huh, this time the keepers are three fifth-level people including His Majesty Enrique IV, and no one can force them to reveal the secret.

Now that the key has been successfully deployed, this treasure transport operation has been completed for more than half.

Next, just pray that we don't encounter unavoidable natural disasters."

A female attendant officer next to him, who had the same striking red hair as him, nodded along, but suddenly lowered her voice and asked:

"Brother, did you say that [Green Lady] Angelica and the guards she led have boarded the ship?

And what are they rushing to take back? And it's so mysterious and so hasty.

I wanted to take the opportunity to visit the Bantaan Islands, but I didn't find a chance."

Wycliffe first observed that there were no outsiders around, and then explained to his sister:

"Catrina, you have to know [Green Lady], this fourth-level heroic knight, has put on the [First-level Holy Relic Aurora Guardian] passed down by the Bay People.

This armor makes all of them become part of the light, and they are one with the whole world and the light, and divination is invalid.

The confidentiality level is not inferior to the title special effect of the Treasure Fleet.

Only by cutting off the power of the invisible thing such as the Aurora from the concept can we find the true body under the armor and hurt the owner of the armor.

Don’t say that we can’t guess what mission they are carrying out. Even if the group of them is standing in front of us, we can’t see it.

[Green Lady] is His Majesty’s direct line. If it weren’t for preventing misjudgment and conflict between us and her, His Majesty might not even tell us the existence of this secret team.

You don’t have to worry too much. Even if [Green Lady]’s mission has an accident, it can’t be blamed on us. "

The brother and sister obviously haven’t realized the serious consequences that Green Lady’s trip may cause.

If they knew in advance what [Green Lady] was escorting, they would definitely not be as relaxed as they are now.

Because in the eyes of some people, the royal power of the Kingdom of Castile is a hundred times more valuable than the wealth of the Treasure Fleet, and the power that can be determined to invest will also increase exponentially.

Unfortunately, there is no "if" in the world.

The Dibo brothers and sisters Wycliffe and Catalina are the children of a fifth-level legendary navigator [Barcelona Ship King], a guardian of the Kingdom of Castile.

Their family is not the king's private retainers, but the descendants of the emerging marine aristocracy that slowly rose with the opening of the Age of Exploration.

It was also this ship king who first proposed the declaration of a maritime power many years ago:

"Whoever controls the ocean controls trade; whoever controls world trade controls the world's wealth, and finally controls the world itself!"

The Dibo family is equivalent to the Neville family of the Kingdom of Hattings, but with more terrifying strength.

As an independent faction at the core of the kingdom, they are qualified to be loyal to the throne without taking sides. They will listen to the arrangements of whoever wins the throne in the future.

Coincidentally, the Treasure Fleet is not the private property of [Incompetent] Enrique, but belongs to the entire country.

Only a neutral faction like the Dibo family, which is extremely powerful, only abides by the rules, and does not side with any party, is qualified to lead such a rich shipping activity.

Both the king's faction and Princess Isabella's faction are very confident to hand over their "secrets" to them for escort.

The Dibo brothers and sisters are both fourth-level extraordinary people. With a fourth-level deputy commander and the world's best marines, they are already cautious enough.

It's a pity that they have only been following the navigation rules step by step until now, and have not realized that their actions this time have been passively involved in the vortex of the throne struggle.

The fleet sailed forward with full sails, winding through the sapphire sea.

At the beginning, there were several large galleon merchant ships similar to the Treasure Fleet following behind the team, simulating their speed and trying to locate the fleet.

But as the distance increased, all the trackers were left behind and disappeared.

After sailing calmly for a few days, the Treasure Fleet finally set foot on the "first circulation belt" flowing northwest again.

Unlike the time when they came, the fleet took the center of the circulation belt, which could maximize the power of the ocean current.

This time, they chose to take the edge position to minimize the impact of the reverse ocean current, and with its protection, they could resist the weirdness and weirdness in the Storm Ocean and the Sea of ​​Monsters on both sides.

Another factor that affects sailing is wind, which is the three-circle atmospheric circulation system.

The three circles of circulation are: low-latitude circulation of 0-30 degrees; mid-latitude circulation of 30-60 degrees; high-latitude circulation of 60-90 degrees.

In the process of returning northward from the Bantaan Islands to the Old Continent, it is necessary to go against the wind through the low-latitude circulation of 0-30 degrees north latitude, where northeast winds prevail all year round.

Once they successfully pass the "dead horse latitude" doldrums at 30 degrees north latitude (Chapter 215), they will enter the mid-latitude circulation of 30-60 degrees with prevailing southwest winds until they return home with favorable winds.

The reason why the ocean-going fleets of various countries choose to return before the end of October every year is because the Bantaan Islands have a rainy season from April to November, and the source tides are particularly active.

The storms induced by the tides interfere with the original low-latitude circulation system, greatly reducing the headwind phenomenon, and sometimes there will be a smooth journey.

However, when a puppet thread began to tremble slightly at the bow of the fleet flagship and the lead ship [Niucheng], it meant that someone obviously did not want them to return smoothly.

It has begun to warm up for the next big show.

Woo woo woo.

The members of the fleet were stunned to find that the northeast wind that prevailed in the low-latitude circulation all year round was even more violent than usual!

A third-level [navigator] on the ship predicted the weather changes at the first time and immediately reported to the fleet commander [Behemoth Nemesis] Wycliffe:

"Commander, the weather is abnormal now. This northeast wind will most likely continue until three days later. Do we need to take shelter before leaving?

It is too difficult for a large galleon to sail in such weather conditions."

This [navigator] is also an old sea dog. He has been to the Old World and the colonies countless times and is very familiar with the situation of his own warships.

Since the Kingdom of Castile opened the Age of Exploration and established a colony in the Bantaan Islands, the main sea ship types in the early stage were caravels and caravels.

But as time went on, these ship types gradually became unable to cope with the heavy task of transporting large amounts of goods or soldiers across the "First Circumfluence" across the ocean.

So the [shipbuilders] combined the advantages of these two types of ships into a new hybrid ship, and finally the Castilian galleon was born.

It is usually three-masted, with the front two masts hanging cross sails and the rear mast hanging triangular sails.

The standard length is 46 meters to 55 meters, the displacement is 300-1000 tons, there are several through decks, and the poop is tall. The large galleon poop is even 7 layers, and the draft is 8 meters.

It is suitable for carrying cargo through long sea routes, with long endurance, and has been the largest ship in the world for decades.

Unfortunately, the hull itself is a huge sail, which does not have any advantage when the wind is against it.

Anyway, except for Byron who is not so particular, the mainstream sailing ships of various countries have always retained the tall ship buildings that can provide a better living environment, and the headwind is also a shortcoming they can never overcome.

Fleet Commander [Behemoth Nemesis] Wycliffe flatly rejected the navigator's proposal and ordered:

"The whole fleet continues to move forward.

Order, the lead ship will adjust the wind, and the fleet will follow, and keep the formation.

Even if the crab crawls sideways, we have to crawl back little by little."

Ordinary small cruisers can change the square sail to the longitudinal sail to achieve the "windward sailing" maneuver, so as to sail against the wind.

These large galleons are huge cross-sails, and can only sail upwind at the maximum windward angle.

And because the entire fleet must maintain a formation for defense.

Therefore, all ships, regardless of size, must keep pace with the slowest and least maneuverable large warships and detachment flagships.

As a result, a rare spectacle of hundreds of large galleons "crab crawling sideways" suddenly appeared on this sea.

However, the Treasure Fleet also needed to control the radius of the adjustment, so the fleet was involuntarily divided into three squadrons and began to circle.

The first fleet was led by the flagship and the commander in the front, and the second fleet was led by the deputy commander in the middle.

Finally, the third fleet, mainly composed of powerful merchant ships, was led by the [Rumaminata] and this generation's [Don Quixote] Jeanne Don Quixote.

They circled alone at the junction of the "First Circulation Belt" and the Sea of ​​Monsters, day after day.

During this period, no ships were encountered.

Until the third day, they had thoroughly penetrated the first circulation belt, and the northeast wind finally gradually weakened, and even the most seaworthy southeast wind blew very rarely.

"Haha, great. Our bad luck is finally over!"

"The Creator blesses, the fleet will definitely have smooth sailing next."

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After fighting against the headwind for a long time, the sailors in the fleet, who were already exhausted physically and mentally, cheered loudly.

However, they didn't wait for long to be happy.

Woo, wow, wow.

A salty sea breeze mixed with thick fog suddenly blew from the depths of the Sea of ​​Monsters.

They tore the crests of the waves, pulling out long strips that rolled like white snakes, and mercilessly wet the sailors' clothes.

The originally sunny weather suddenly became overcast, the wind was howling, and the "moo, moo" sound of cattle kept coming closer and closer under the water.

The lookouts in the fleet all stared at the dark water in the distance with their eyes wide open.

Suddenly, a sharp-eyed lookout exclaimed:

"Sunfish, Captain, it's bad, such a big school of sunfish!"

Soon, others also saw the owner of the bull call, which was a large group of gray-white giant fish with an oblate shape.

Even the smallest one was bigger than a small wooden house, and the largest one was more than ten meters long, and each sunfish had an ugly human face on its head.

This proves that they are not ordinary sunfish, but grotesques that swam in from the Sea of ​​​​Source through a world crack.

[Grotesque Sunfish]:

"Sunfish lack a real tail. As long as there are waves in the sea, it will turn over and over and cannot maintain balance, so it often turns over.

This creature has always been regarded as an ominous symbol by fishermen, who firmly believe that it is very easy to capsize if they encounter them.

When sunfish and the human souls of shipwreck victims combine to form grotesques, the ocean legend immediately becomes a reality.

When these grotesques appear in groups, the waves on the sea will become extremely unstable and absorb energy from neighboring waves, forming extremely terrifying "killer waves"!

Even large battleships can't stop this natural disaster."

Realizing what is about to happen, the sailors of the Treasure Fleet are horrified and screamed:

"Quick, all hold on to the hull and prepare for the killer wave."

Although the Treasure Fleet in the "lock and key" state will not be observed by others, it does not mean that the various disasters of the world itself can do nothing to them.

Once a strong storm or other natural disaster occurs, it will still sink.

Fleet Commander [Giant Beast Killer] Wickliff's voice sounded again at the right time:

"Order: Double column, approach the flagship [Niucheng]."

The other large galleons knew that the situation was urgent, and they all turned the rudder quickly, forming two long queues on the sea.

At the same time, Wickliff brought his sister Catalina to the steering wheel and activated the extraordinary ability of the warship under his feet.

—— [Sea Great Wall]!

The iron-colored spiritual glow rose from the ship, extending rapidly along the two queues, condensing the entire fleet into a whole.

The hull, which was originally just made of wooden boards, has a thick and solid texture like a stone wall under the blessing of this ability.

It seems that in an instant, these large galleons were used as raw materials to build an unbreakable "Sea Great Wall".

Obviously, this [Niucheng] is not just an ordinary large galleon.

Its true identity is actually the [First-class Relic·First Galleon]:

"With a displacement of 1,500 tons and 70 guns, it is different from the popular sixth-class battleships today.

Because when it was first born, it became an epoch-making existence just like the [First Heavy Cruiser].

It was also after the [Niucheng] that the grading system of sixth-class battleships was established.

As the originator of the "sea siege war", its basic ability is to unite all other similar galleons to form a battlefield that is most beneficial to itself.

The more warships there are, the stronger the effect."

When the bizarre sunfish rushed over with the murderous waves, the entire fleet stood still.

When the waves as high as more than ten meters reached the front of the fleet, they immediately seemed to hit the invisible sea defense dam, and after being under heavy pressure, they quickly recovered to normal waves of only one or two meters high.

Flowing away from the gaps between the ships.

A few sunfish were too stubborn and insisted on confronting the "Great Wall of the Sea". They would immediately hit the hull and bleed, and they would not find out what hit them until they died.

However, these sunfish continued to attack, and the impact of the "killer wave" lasted for half an hour before it ended.

The light of the Great Wall of the Sea formed by the treasure fleet was much dimmer than at the beginning.

This magical skill that can withstand artillery fire in fleet battles still seems a bit difficult to resist "natural disasters".

Moreover, in addition to natural disasters, there are also man-made disasters!

On the sea not too far away from the treasure fleet, under the national border mystery unfolded by the [First Overseas Development Order], another even larger fleet was already looking at it with eager eyes.

It was the pirate treasure hunting alliance that had been waiting here for a long time after being leaked by Raven Muni and [Puppet King].

Others could not discover the treasure fleet, but after getting the key information, they broke the information black box, and everyone could clearly see these legendary fat sheep.

There is a saying that every "loyalty curse" is broken by a traitor.

Byron, who serves as the commander as [Wild Hunt], asked [Scoop Eater] in the psychic network:

"Mr. One-Eyed Owl, can we attack again?"

After hearing Byron's words, the coprophagic man on board the "Church of Misery" who was panting slightly smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"Mr. Wild Hunt, weird gregarious species also have their own territory, and these sunfish are the largest group in the vicinity.

Moreover, [The Great Uncleanness]'s ability to isolate pollution also has an upper limit, and a large-scale attack can only occur once in a short period of time. "

[Scoop Eater] The one-eyed owl's job is a fourth-level [Animal Tamer] in the wilderness sequence.

Motto: "I come, I see, I conquer."

The title ability [Great Uncleanness] makes him unique in dealing with monsters. He can use various "dirt" to attract various beings in the nearby sea of ​​monsters to attack, just like now.

"I see."

Byron nodded.

He also knew that these pirate warlords were all old foxes, and they must have kept several trump cards, ready to grab the benefits later, and he would not force him too much.

This time we were fully prepared, and even a frontal attack was completely sufficient.

After all, if the remaining pirates are too strong and have too many mountains, it will not be conducive to his future rule.

Therefore, the entire pirate fleet was notified through the legal network connected by the "Ten Commandments of Pirates".

"Every ship is loaded and ready for battle!

I have cracked the key to the treasure ship as promised, and what follows will be your carnival! "

At the same time, the battle readiness signal was also sent to the [Golden Deer] and the direct line privateer fleet, which were waiting.

Including sister [Mithril Dragon] Catherine, the first level four fanatic believer Sihuatl, former Azik Emperor [Conqueror] Cortez, etc. The power accumulated during this period has been poured out.

This robbery is related to Tianliang's wealth and the promotion of their family of three.

Byron himself needs to win a large-scale fleet battle to level up to level 4 [Storm Lord];

Violet needs to advance to the fourth level [War Witch] to promote a war that brings disaster to the enemy;

And Catherine only needs money to advance to the fourth level [Mithril Knight] and [Mithril Dragon]! Lots and lots of money!

In particular, Catherine's two routes are perfectly matched, and the promotion ceremony is also highly consistent.

Byron even had some doubts about whether the mithril knight profession came from the mithril dragon in the mythical age?

According to the current rate of wealth expansion, maybe one day when you wake up, you will be promoted to the fourth level through two routes at the same time.

And as long as he can successfully complete this job, he will probably be promoted on the spot.

Their house has everything.

The three [Ladder of Glory] and the [Original Code of Bloodline] double fourth level, coupled with the tacit understanding of the Golden Triangle, these "one king and two queens" will not be defeated even if they fight a fifth level legend together.

Only then will the princes truly occupy the colony and watch the rise of the mainland!

As the pirate fleet shrouded in the mystery of the national border gradually approached the huge treasure fleet from the upper position.

Byron winked at the [singer] Chameleon Jacqueline on his ship, who immediately understood and took the lead in singing the pirate song.

Although it was a female voice, it was extremely heroic and spread across the sea in an instant:

“Riding the wind and waves, ten cannons; not sailing, but flying.

Terror is a name, pirate is a surname; within a hundred miles, no one is not surprised! "

On the [Bloody Hand] next to [Dreadnaught], which also belongs to the Gulf people, [Rogue Baron] Valiland also followed with his crew members loudly:

"Sail forward, my warriors; there are no enemy ships and the sea is calm.

Selfless, fearless, and invincible. Twenty female slaves, serve me! "

When they heard the lyrics "Slave Girl", all the villains in the pirate fleet laughed wildly, with burning greed in their eyes.

While banging his sword on the side of the ship, he sang loudly:

"A hundred countries will surrender to me. Warships are treasures, freedom is heaven, force is law, and the sea is home!"

Byron also activated the ability of [Storm Admiral], letting the wind carry his and the entire fleet's songs to the ears of the Castilians on the opposite side:

“I am the only one in the sea.

There is no royal law, no boundaries, no flag, just us.

King of the sea, cruise here. Those who follow me will prosper, those who go against me will perish!

All prey shall be distributed by me. Average money, keep beauty! "

This "Pirate Song" has obviously been sung many times, but it perfectly fits Byron's identity and state of mind at this time.

Because at this time, he is also extremely close to the Bantaan Islands and the Sapphire Sea [Pirate King]!

Although the ship opposite, composed of hundreds of large Galen ships, stretched for more than ten kilometers, the singing was encircled by the extraordinary ability of [Storm Admiral] from all directions like a stereophonic sound.

All the Castilians suddenly changed their expressions.