Pirate Kingship

"Gulf Stream God, come out."

Byron shouted softly, and invisible ripples spread rapidly towards the depths of the bay in front of him.

Just three seconds later, a huge vortex quietly formed in front of the fleet, with a diameter enough to easily swallow a 160-meter-long dreadnought-class steam battleship.

A half-human, half-whale behemoth jumped out of the vortex.

It looks a bit like a combination of a humpback whale and a human, but it has a complete human head, proving that his humanity is dominant and he has complete reason.

There is also a circle of golden divine aura above his head, and an inexplicable sense of sacredness comes to him.

The visitor bowed his head deeply and saluted humbly to Byron:

"Your Majesty, [Gulf Stream God] Colville salutes you."

When Byron was crowned emperor, he had both the power of man and the power of the land, and also gained two new abilities: [Summoning Heroic Spirits] and [Enfeoffment].

All of them have been used in the Mermaid Kingdom.

The Gulf Stream God in front of him is also a product of the same power.

Colville was once a wild third-level totem god, but now he has become a registered god in the [Golden Law] system.

[Enfeoffment]: "You can enfeoff human nobles of all levels, including the title of king, and you can also enfeoff the mountains, rivers and natural spirits in your own territory, so that they can suppress the earth vein nodes, assist you in governing the country, and ensure good weather and good harvests."

After Byron returned from the Corridor of Truth, he enfeoffed a large number of natural spirits within his own territory. They were all old team members who followed him when he first unified the two indigenous empires of the entire Yucatan Island.

Like Quetzalcoatl, they can maintain their original intentions in such a wild environment, do not accept blood sacrifices, and are relatively upright.

Byron wove different levels of godhood for them in his [Golden Law]. Like human official positions, there are seven levels in the seven-layer law, corresponding to the ranks of extraordinary people.

Of course, above the fifth level are orthodox pseudo-gods and demigods, so the current highest level of godhood is the fourth level, which is completely sufficient for managing the country.

These gods no longer need to cultivate their own tribes and city-states, they don't need to launch the Crown War from time to time to hunt for sacrifices, and they don't need to worry about being defeated and eaten by other totem gods.

They only need to work seriously for Byron, share the faith and willpower flowing in the law network, constantly improve their strength, and gain a long life.

Otherwise, why do we say that the end of the universe is the organization?

The "guaranteed harvest in drought and flood" alone is enough for countless people to fight for it.

The only flaw is probably that these natural spirits in the farming sequence have not found their own immortal ladder and cannot truly maintain their self-independence.

But this is a plus for humans.

The human mind and will will correct and reshape the thoughts of the gods in the organization bit by bit over a long period of time, so that they can perfectly meet the requirements of the corresponding gods for them.

For example: "The supervisory gods and law gods are absolutely fair and strict. They will not favor the powerful and the rich, nor will they treat the people differently because of gender, race, or age.

The weaker sex will not be treated preferentially. There are those absurdities that take away half of the man's spirituality and extraordinary abilities without divorce; special ethnic groups have no privileges, and everyone is treated equally;

Little devils are also devils, serious criminals are raised to adulthood and then executed, and bad people are still bad people when they are old, and they cannot take advantage of their age to do whatever they want."

Other gods include land gods, river gods, forest gods, city-state gods, etc., each with their own responsibilities.

In the middle, there is also an absolutely fair and just central intelligence [Alpha] as the core processor for task distribution and emergency response, gradually forming a huge administrative system assisted by gods.

Of course, the executors of general affairs are still humans, and these gods will only intervene when human officials make mistakes or violate laws and rules.

People and gods check and balance each other and jointly pledge allegiance to Byron, the emperor of the empire.

"What?

You said that the law is so strict that there is no chance for corruption. Officials in my Holy Golden Empire and North Sea Empire are not even dogs?"

Byron could only say: "Young, too young."

As far as he knows, there was a dynasty in history where the emperor felt that eunuchs were the most loyal to him, so he stipulated that those who wanted to be officials must be castrated, and officials still flocked to it.

There is nothing wrong with letting public servants return to their essence.

With this set of "human-god assisted governance system", although the Holy Golden Empire and the North Sea Empire are still backward centralized empires in appearance, their governance level has already broken through the atmosphere in advance and stepped half a step into the sea of ​​stars.

If Byron can become the legendary [God on God] in the competition for the "Triple Point" among all the old gods and creators, he should be able to take this step completely.

Lead the pirate civilization that has been transformed by him to achieve dimensional upgrading!

As for the Gulfstream God stationed in the coastal area, he is responsible for patrolling and guarding the 12-nautical-mile territorial waters line and providing short-distance transmission services for military operations.

Byron and the two queens jumped onto the deck of the fleet's flagship, the Vanguard, and ordered the Gulfstream God Colville:

"Teleport to the sea trial range."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The vortex around Colville quickly rose up, forming a vortex tunnel perpendicular to the sea surface, and the fleet disappeared in an instant.

After a few breaths, the entire fleet had arrived at the west side of Yucatan Island near the Ocean of Storms with the help of "vortex transmission".

It was more convenient than those [large sea monsters·fiddler crabs] at the beginning.

The gods who are canonized in a specific area do not need to go there in person. As long as they are within the coverage of the Imperial Law Network, they can be accurately located.

"Byron, Catherine, come with me. Let's first visit the artificial ship spirit [Flame Spirit] that is combined with the whale oil power reactor."

Violet led Byron and Catherine into the lower engine room equipped with the whale oil power reactor and steam turbine.

The capable chief engineer, who is also a second-level professional whale oil mechanic, quickly came up to salute them.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesties, Good Day."

Then he stepped aside, holding an exquisite mithril incense burner in his hand, and began to pray around the main power reactor filled with whale oil and burning.

The burning of the fine spices released a refreshing aroma, which not only made the furnace fire more stable, but also gradually formed a human face made of flames.

The flame-faced man opened his eyes, revealing a pair of blazing white eyeballs. He looked at Violet with admiration, grinned and uttered a voice like the roar of a boiler:

"My Lord, the [Vanguard] ship spirit reports to you."

This was the first time Byron had seen an artificial ship spirit on board. He felt its breath and was amazed.

At the beginning, they obtained the artificial ship spirit technology [Flame Essence] from the Truth-Embodied Sun Ship, and obtained a full set of construct knowledge from the Furnace Church of the Master Maker.

Violet integrated this knowledge through her own creative priesthood and finally created the "artificial ship spirit" technology in front of her.

The materials disassembled from the strange warship and the collected [Furnace Giant] souls were mostly consumed in the research of this project.

In the end, Violet did not use the form of an external strange figurehead, but directly combined them with the whale oil power furnace to transform them into a form of half energy and half digital life.

In other words, it is to directly inject their own [machine soul] into these dreadnought-class steam battleships!

Imitate the real ship spirit to the greatest extent.

Violet nodded to the artificial ship spirit, then looked at Byron and Catherine, with a trace of regret on her face:

"Now these spirits are all my family.

It can provide warships with extraordinary versions of the 'fire control system', 'navigation system', 'power system', and 'command system'. Just like ordinary extraordinary people awakening the flow of mind, the combat effectiveness rises sharply.

The only drawback is that artificial ship spirits are not truly immortal legendary ship spirits after all, and the raw materials are only elemental creatures or dead enemy soldiers.

A special person needs to light the incense every day, pray and appease them, and maintain the best working condition.

So our chief engineer is responsible for maintaining the artificial ship spirit in addition to ensuring the stable operation of the equipment.

In the future, various large whale oil structures built by whale oil mechanics will also adopt this technology. It is better to call them artificial ship spirits than artificial machine souls."

"It doesn't matter, it's already very good."

Byron didn't think there was a big problem.

Just one innovation bypassed a series of huge pre-technologies such as electrical engineering, chip manufacturing, digital programming, etc., and gave intelligence to large-scale war weapons.

Although it is not very friendly to the popularization of civilian products, war will be the main theme in the next few decades, so there is no need to worry about this.

The next research direction can be miniaturization, scale, and development of simplified versions, making a bunch of unmanned structures on land, sea, and air, running and singing with a music box:

"Looking for friends, finding a good friend."

Then

Boom!

Just think about the scene of overwhelming the enemy. It is very exciting.

At that time, [Whale Oil Mechanic] can continue to produce new branches [Mechanical Tamer], and the group combat capability will reach a new high.

"Let's go, let's see what the title special effects of the new fleet are."

The three left the cabin and entered the bridge command room under the leadership of the deputy captain.

Indicated to Admiral [Death Knight] Andrew Lancaster, the commander of the fleet, to start.

The latter changed his usual unseriousness and saluted his nephew Byron solemnly, activated the knight's [Dragon Taming Technique], and communicated with the artificial ship spirit of [Vanguard].

"Order: All warships of the Dreadnought Fleet, with [Vanguard] as the lead ship, line up in a battle line.

The ship spirits of each ship take over the fire control system, the gunners assist in fine-tuning, the left main gun is loaded, and the target is the fortress castle on the island with a maximum range of 20 kilometers."

The projectile weighing 390 kilograms was stuffed into the gun barrel by a group of artillerymen who were transformed into [soldiers].

There are 8 305mm 45-caliber breech-loading rifled guns, one in front and two in the back, plus a turret in the middle, which slowly turn under the strong high-pressure steam.

The main guns with elevation angles between -3 and 16 degrees continue to be fine-tuned up and down.

The ship spirits between the warships are interconnected, and the gunners, who are at least second-level professional [gunnery experts], ensure that each gun is at the best shooting angle.

"Fire!"

Andrew gave the order.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Five steam battleships lined up in a row, with a total of forty heavy guns spewing flames, and the unprecedented roar of artillery fire exploded for the first time on this planet.

The main gun shell has an initial velocity of 831 meters per second, and the maximum range is 20,435 meters when fired at an elevation angle of 16 degrees.

According to the design performance of the armor-piercing shell, it can still penetrate 170 mm steel armor at a distance of 20,000 meters.

The fortress castle built in advance by the "infrastructure maniacs" of the engineering corps is naturally difficult to compare with steel. Ordinary concrete walls can't even stop rifle bullets.

Under the precise control of the fire control system, forty heavy artillery shells almost covered every corner of this small fortress in no particular order.

Boom--! ! !

The flames rushed into the sky and the smoke and dust rolled.

Even on the warships twenty kilometers away, the huge thunderous sound of "booming" could be heard. The purest violent catharsis completely tore everything above the sea level into pieces.

The whistling hot wind crossed the sky and sea, blowing the skirts of Catherine and Violet.

But if it was only this degree, it would not be worth Byron and the two queens to come and visit in person.

Just after the first round of forty explosions, the rolling flames mixed with shrapnel had just risen, but they were reassembled under the drive of an inexplicable force, and exploded again after turning into a bright light spot.

And the coverage area is getting larger and larger.

Not only did it completely flatten the original fortress, but it also devoured the islands and reefs protruding from the seabed one meter at a time.

In the end, there was only a white light in front of everyone's eyes. The flames flashed again and again without interruption, and even the rocks and soil were burned into rolling magma.

The soldiers who saw this scene for the first time couldn't help but point out the equilateral triangle of the Royal Church's holy emblem on their chests, and groaned unconsciously:

"Lord, is this your divine punishment?"

"Which fortress in the world can withstand this level of attack? We are truly invincible!"

Byron and Violet's divine vision saw the scene inside the light clearly:

"This seems to be a chain reaction. The fuel is not only the whale oil and gunpowder in the shells, but also the ubiquitous source tide in the air.

It will only stop when the concentration of the source tide in a specific space drops to a certain critical value."

In fact, all "flame combustion" in nature is essentially a chain reaction.

When a certain combustible material is heated, it will not only vaporize, but also the molecules of the combustible material will undergo pyrolysis, thus generating numerous free radicals.

Free radicals are a highly active chemical form that can react with other free radicals and molecules, thus allowing combustion to continue.

The Dreadnought Fleet seemed to have triggered a similar miraculous reaction when it concentrated its fire.

Byron's logbook immediately showed the ability of the Dreadnought Fleet Corps title - [Demon Slayer Order]:

"With five Dreadnought-class or above steam battleships as the basic unit, launching concentrated fire together can induce the most basic chain reaction, amplifying the original whale oil bomb's power limit.

The more warships in the fleet, the stronger the concentrated firepower!"

Byron shared this title special effect with the officers in the fleet, and immediately received a cheer:

"Long live! The strongest power in the world is violence. From today on, no one can stop us from reaching the top of this world."

"Long live the Empire!"

"Long live His Majesty!"

Byron looked back at the cheering naval soldiers.

The Dreadnought Fleet undoubtedly concentrated the most essential part of the entire North Sea Empire.

Each captain's rank is at least a naval colonel, with a third-order mid-sequence extraordinary rank, and at least half of them are pirate officers and captains who made their fortunes with him.

They have gone through the "721 Captain Fission Mode" where the old people teach the new ones, and have grown rapidly after experiencing wars. Although there are not many outstanding people like Bruch and Bazhi who have broken through to the fourth order.

But the number of third-order has begun to explode, gradually enriching the foundation of a great empire and catching up with Castile's century-long accumulation.

Especially the best elite crew members on the Golden Deer, it is still popular to call him "Captain" or "Principal" to show their unusual close relationship with him, the emperor of the empire.

With them as the backbone, plus the five other dreadnoughts that will take several days to be put into service at the local shipyard, Byron was very happy just thinking about it:

"What about the Orthodox Union's joint fleet?

I taught you what it means to break the engagement a month ago, and I will teach you what it means to be a 'Gulf War' in two days!"

Soon after the alliance meeting in the Vientiane Palace ended, Byron received news that the Orthodox Union countries were gathering their main fleets.

The top level of the fifth-order high sequence cannot be infiltrated for the time being, but the middle and lower levels have long been infiltrated by the skin-wearing people and the lay priests who practiced the [Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven] and become a sieve.

He always has a grasp of the opponent's every move.

This time, the North Sea Empire will face the strongest opponent since its strong rise - the Invincible Fleet.

Although they have defeated the Treasure Fleet and the fleet of the Invincible Fleet one after another, Byron will not simply think that this is the true level of the main force of the Invincible Fleet.

The [Holy Trinity], known as the strongest legendary battleship, and the Invincible Fleet, which has never been defeated, may have a chance to rival a mythical battleship.

Especially the Holy Trinity, which is said to have been blessed by a certain generation of popes and all saints.

"This most powerful legendary warship has the world's first Holy Trinity statue, which represents the favor of the Creator.

The Trinity means: the Creator is one, and at the same time has three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Although the three have different persons, their essences are absolutely the same, and they are all worshipped, honored, and eternal.

That is: God created the world, God saved mankind through the Son, and God is with believers and churches through the Holy Spirit.

Its legendary battleship skills are the same as the strongest state of the Invincible Fleet [Invincible Banner]. No opponent has ever been qualified to experience it.

But no matter what special abilities they have, I believe that there is an insurmountable technological gap between dreadnoughts and sailing warships. "

Byron's eyes were burning.

"You have a sword to open the gate of heaven? Then let me open the customs with a ship!

After the first battle, I will make sure that no one in this world dares to speak loudly to me.

After offering the [Demon Slaughter Order], the next step is to open the door and trade freely! "

Time flies and it's October 12th.

Constantinople, the former capital of the Western Silver Empire, the current capital of the Star-Moon Empire, and the largest city on the current Silver Continent.

The streets are decorated with lights and the residents are singing and dancing on the streets, all wanting to see how beautiful [the most beautiful princess] Qajar is.

In order to show off his military power and show the beauty of the most beautiful princess to his people, the fifty-year-old groom [Lord of the Two Seas and Two Lands] Muhammad II did not hold the ceremony in the palace.

Instead, it was held in the large square in the center of the city. People from the Star-Moon Empire and foreigners can come to watch the ceremony.

He looked like a confident and domineering person from a great country.

In order to make the plan go smoothly, Byron also followed the wedding procession of the Fire Worship Empire and came to the city one day in advance.

A man in a desert-style white robe, with a red plaid cloth on his head and a red scarf on his face, sat in the special seat prepared for the Fire Worship Empire accompanied by Amita.

He took the glass of sea buckthorn juice poured by the girl and said casually:

"It is basically certain that the person who issued the task to assassinate me was St. John.

Not long after I returned from the Fire Worship Empire, that is, after the coronation ceremony, a clergyman serving in St. Peter's Cathedral prayed to me.

It is said that he clearly heard St. John furious in his prayer room, and he didn't know who he was calling "waste."

But he may just be an executor, and this idea came from a collective resolution.

I don't know how your [Assassination] priesthood promotion ceremony will be calculated. Is it enough to kill only St. John, or do you need to kill all the saints and popes in the former parliament of God? "

The context of the series of reactions of the Orthodox Church is very clear.

On the one hand, the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon merged to establish the Pyrenean Empire.

Byron had expected that they would issue a decree to draw the Papal Meridian.

The Orthodox Church must support a secular country with enough weight to compete with the thriving North Sea Empire.

On the other hand, as long as he is solved, it will be solved once and for all.

With two approaches, no matter which side succeeds, they can rest assured.

But perhaps it is normal to suppress Protestantism and the uncontrolled new emperor. .

But Byron relied on his own intuition, and the resonance that gradually replaced the [Creator] and [Alaya] that was deepening.

But he could feel that [Alaya] was unconsciously warning him that the dispute between him and the Pope might not be a simple dispute over the future path of mankind.

Things might not be as simple as they seemed.

Therefore, it was particularly important for Byron to take over the three holy cities of the Holy Spirit Church and become the [Caliph] of the Holy Spirit Church, and to increase the equity of the Silver Law.

With this, he had the confidence to overturn the table.

"Your Majesty, it's started."

At Amita's reminder, Byron looked up at the square.

The "Meat and Egg Chariot" Kazar, who was riding on the flying carpet, slowly flew to the ceremony platform along the red carpet-covered avenue in the middle.

Perhaps it was the attitude of the members of the Demon Banquet Parliament of the Fire Worship Empire that made her doubt her stunning charm, and she took the initiative to pull open the veil on her face in advance.

Hoo--!

The people watching the ceremony along the way were in a frenzy on the spot.

"Ah! The most beautiful princess is so beautiful.

I'm dying just looking at that charming mustache."

"No, I feel like a knife is cutting my heart when I think about this beauty becoming someone else's wife."

"Huh? Brother, are you wrong? Shouldn't someone else's wife be a plus? We should like her more."