Pirate System

Chapter 355: Competition Mission

The fleet of the Greenland Empire on this trip has a total of more than 210 ships. The flagship is the fourth-order magic ship "Magic Scorpion". It has two main abilities, one is to absorb the magic power of other magic ships, and the other is to "Scorpion Tail Magic Needle Cannon". ****Of course, a powerful existence like the fourth-order magic ship often has multiple abilities, which cannot be summed up in one word.

Cangyan displayed various semaphores, shuttled through the fleet, quickly arrived at the side of the Demon Scorpion, and boarded the bulwarks.

Tang Ke, who had changed into a navy uniform, stepped onto the boat. He is now a nobleman, has a formal military rank, and has received the canonization of the queen. When the sailors on the ship saw him, they had to stand at attention and salute with the utmost respect. When he arrived at the captain's room, he shook the letter on his hand, but the guard at the gate of m-n said that the commander was busy now and asked him to wait in front of m-n.

Obviously the other party asked him to come, but Tang Ke got a slap in the face. This made him feel a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't attack it.

The first governor, the second emperor, the third hero, the fourth y-n, and the fifth commander. Now in the room is George Tina, one of the famous five commanders.

It can be seen from the name that Georgetina is a woman, and she is the only woman among the five commanders. Those who can ascend to the position of commander are all strong, and George Tina is no exception. She is an eighth-level magician, her attribute is wind, and she is also the mother of the three masters, Emily.

The Empire of Greenland started relatively late, and it only tasted the sweetness from maritime trade after the opening of the Age of Discovery, and gradually rose. When it comes to national power, the Greenland Empire is inferior to the other four countries.

Twenty years ago, there were no eighth-level magicians in the Greenland Empire, and this has always been the queen's heart disease.

Georgina felt the Queen's worry, and took the initiative to resign from the Queen, and went outside to hone herself. Ten years later, Georgetina returned strongly when the Greenland Empire was attacked. At that time, she was already an eighth-level magician, and she ended the war by turning the tide and helping the motherland win. It took Georgetina ten years to upgrade from the sixth level to the eighth level. In such a short time, one can imagine how much sweat she put in.

When it comes to ambition, loyalty, mind, etc., Georgina is no less than a man, and she is a type of strong woman.

Tang Ke waited for half an hour before the captain's room m-n was opened. He entered the room in a muffled voice, and gave Georgetina a military salute.

"Warrant officer, I called you here because I want to talk to you about the sailing competitions. There are four competitions this time, two for ordinary boats and two for magic boats. The differences between the competitions It's racing and shooting. Which ones do you want to participate in?" Georgetina leaned her arms on the table, resting her chin, her brows were slightly wrinkled, and the sides of her beautiful eyes,

There are already traces of the years.

"Of course I participated in all four games." Tang Ke blurted out. In those four games, the championship rewards for each game are coveted, how can I miss it.

"You have the Blue Flame, and I have no objection to participating in the magic boat race, but I have no confidence in you in the two ordinary boat races."

Tang Ke frowned, and said angrily, "What do you mean?"

"You brought two magic boats to participate in the competition, which greatly increased our chances of winning. If I deprive you of the other two competition qualifications, I forgive you. This is good, we will hold a warm-up match at sea, you If the ordinary boat you drive can win, I will give you the qualification for the ordinary boat." George Tina said in an affirmative tone, and did not mean to ask Tang Ke for his opinion.

Tang Ke stared at Georgetina for a moment, with anger in his eyes.

"Okay, I accept this game, but I have to add a little lottery. If I win, I will be given two boats in each game."

Georgetina rolled her eyes and nodded, "I agree."

The huge fleet slowed down, and under the command of the commander, two small ships of the same model sailed near the Scorpion. Although these two three-masted sailboats are small in size, they are very fast. The top speed can soar to 20 knots, which is comparable to the magic boat. In order to reduce weight, the two ships did not have any artillery on board, and the wood of the hull was very thin.

The commander sent a group of people to board the boat. These people are the master sailors in the fleet, including the captain, helmsman, sailor, sailor, etc., everything is available.

Tang Ke also boarded another ship with his own troops. Although his power is not as powerful as the Greenland Empire, the group of people he brought are also masters of sailing. In order to win this sea competition between the two countries, he spent a lot of money and hired several captains in the port of Greenland.

"Windrunner, the name sounds nice."

Tang Ke glanced at the line of elegant small characters on the rudder, and read with a smile.

The other four captains were also in place, three of them were to control the sails for the three mainmasts, and the other was to wait on the side of Tang Ke as the reserve captain. On ordinary sailing boats, sail control is done by the sailor, but this game is not trivial, and the most experienced captain must control the sail.

The sailors also took their positions. Although a large number of people will make the sailboat heavier, but at that kind of extreme speed, sailors need to press the side to ensure the balance of the sailboat.

"It's a headwind, visually it's level seven to eight." An old captain wearing a wide-brimmed hat glanced at the pennant flying on the rope and shouted.

"It's fun against the wind." Tang Ke likes competitions and worked up his energy. "If we win today, the sailor will be rewarded with fifty gold coins, and the sailor will be rewarded with one hundred gold coins. Everyone cheer me up and start the boat. must win"

The pirates responded with a loud roar of excitement.

"Don't be complacent, victory will belong to us." Some of the contestants on the navy ship Qianyu couldn't sit still, and challenged this side. The marines are well-trained on weekdays, but under the spur of the game, the formation has long been lu-n, and they all lie on the side of the ship, yelling.

George Tina ordered the sailors on the Thousand Feathers to calm down and hurry up to prepare. She is the judge of the race and does not take part in the driving.

The rules of this game are very simple. Within the time limit of an hourglass, the two ships sail in a straight line against the wind. When the time limit is up, whichever ship drives ahead will be considered the winner.

Both ships were soon ready.

"The game begins!" George Tina yelled crisply. Just by hearing the voice, it is absolutely impossible to guess that she is fifty years old. With a wave of her hand, she created a strong wind and sent the two ships away.

The two ships were like wild horses running wild, galloping forward, crushing the sea l-ng, and sailing with the wind. Under the strong wind created by the magician, the sails were stretched tightly, and the extremely tough mast bent accordingly.

"The wind is too strong. Tighten the jib, jib and stays," Tang Ke ordered.

In fact, even if Tang Ke didn't give the order, the three captains were already doing these tasks. Under the strong tailwind, the canvas should not be loosened too much. The three kinds of rigging should be put away to tighten the canvas a little.

Not long after sailing, the magical tailwind disappeared and became a normal headwind.

"It's time to test me." Tang Ke's eyes froze, and he moved the rudder again and again. The huge wooden spokes were as light as a toy in his hands.

When a sailboat sails against the wind, there is an "optimal channel", on which the fastest speed can be obtained. The work of finding this mysterious channel falls entirely on the helmsman, not the sailor.

If the sailboat goes beyond the best channel and runs to the upwind side, the frontal wind direction of the sail will be slack, and if it runs to the leeward side, the back wind direction of the sail will be slack, only when it happens to be on the best channel, The sail will show a perfect curve and get the smoothest wind

Through careful observation, Tang Ke successfully found the best channel, allowing the Windrunner to gain the fastest speed. He glanced sideways, raised his eyebrows, and found that the other Qianyu had also found the best channel, which proved that the other party's helmsman was not easy.

From the beginning to the present, the two ships have been evenly matched.

"Interesting, let's compare the sensitivity to the wind direction x-n Ke chuckled, the wind direction is like a woman, it is ever-changing, and it is necessary to constantly adjust every detail on the sailboat in order to always maintain the highest speed.

This game is very fair, the same boat is used, the number of people on board is the same, and during the voyage, except for the gust of wind sent by Georgetina, no other means are allowed to interfere with the sailing of the boat. Even at the bottom of the sea, there is a group of tiger sharks who are supervising. If Tang Ke asks the sea beast to boost the bottom of the boat, he will be sentenced to lose.

In the outcome of the two ships, the only competition is pure strength.

Half of the hourglass time passed, but the two ships still couldn't decide the winner. The distance between the two ships was only twenty yards.

"Captain, the water on the sea is a bit dark, and the gust of wind is coming soon, this is our chance," Wendy, who knows the sea best, reminded. Although the scars on her face had disappeared, she still wore a veil as usual.

"Very well, let me use this gust of wind to increase the distance." Tang Ke became excited, the gust of wind was stronger than usual, and it was the best time to speed up the sailboat.

Because the gust was predicted in advance, the Windwalker was prepared earlier than the Thousand Feather. When the gust came, the speed immediately soared, and the sailors on the deck almost fell down. One person's hat was blown off, and the hat danced in the air. After a few hits, it fell into the sea.

The Windrunner took the opportunity to widen the gap by three hundred yards and ran ahead, and the pirates laughed.

In the subsequent races, Qian Yu was not to be outdone, and kept chasing after her, shortening the distance between the two ships to one hundred yards.

The yellow sand in the hourglass passed to the end, leaving only the handful. At this last moment, both ships chose to change course, pursue a tailwind, and strive to run a longer distance at the last moment.

The so-called headwind is only relatively speaking. Sailing boats cannot sail in an absolute headwind. In fact, they all move forward with slanted sails to accept crosswinds.

The race is coming to an end, increasing the wind power, although it will deviate from the course, but it will increase the speed, anyway, it is almost over, and it doesn't matter if it deviates a bit.

With the same idea, the two ships turned towards the southeast together, making a final contest.

At the last moment, the pirates nervously adjusted every detail of the sailboat, maintaining an advantage and always surpassing the Thousand Feather.

time's up. The Windrunner won by about fifty yards.

"Haha, we won"

"Great, the gold coin n-ng is in hand"

"How is it? ***Navy, you know how powerful we are?"

"Keep your voice down, idiot, now we are the Royal Pirates, we can't lu-n scold them."

"Uh, sorry, I was so excited that I forgot."

Listening to the cheers of his subordinates, Tang Ke exhaled and smiled. He handed over the rudder to the reserve captain, turned around, and faced the Thousand Feather which was left behind.

"You lost." Tang Ke raised his thumb, then turned the thumb down, and pressed it twice. Seeing this contemptuous action, the sailors on the Qianyu were so angry that their faces turned green.

Although it was a race between two ships, the entire fleet followed. George Tina on the flagship even watched the whole race with binoculars.

"I really can't underestimate these pirates. Their sailing skills are so superb." Georgetina's face was neither sad nor happy, and she was not discouraged by her subordinates' failure. Anyway, the competition between the two countries will be the highlight after a while. If Tang Ke can win, he will also win glory for the Greenland Empire.

The two participating ships slowed down and fell into the arms of the Grand Fleet.

"You won. According to the agreement, I will give you two quotas for participating boats in each race. Please do your best." George Tina said to Tang Ke.

"Thank you, Commander. I don't think the captain and sailors on the Thousand Feather are very good. Would you like me to spend some time and teach them for you?" Tang Ke suffered from the old m-o disease of getting carried away.

"Thank you for your kindness, but there is no need. And I want to remind you that in this game, I did not send the best captain in the fleet."

"So that's the case." Tang Ke shrugged with a smile, turned and left.

At this moment, the system confirmed Tang Ke's qualifications and gave a task prompt.

"Ding, you have sent a competition mission. The goal of the mission is to win as much as possible in the naval competition between Greenland and Longya. The mission reward is 5000 points for the first place in the magic boat racing competition, 3000 points for the second place and 3000 points for the third place. 1000 points for the first place, 5000 points for the first place in the magic boat firing competition, 3000 points for the second place, 3000 points for the third place, 1000 points for the first place in the ordinary boat racing competition, 3000 points for the second place, 1500 points for the third place, 500 points for the ordinary boat firing competition First place 3000 points, second place 1500 points and third place 500 points."

Tang Ke blew the whistle. With the system task, this game has to work harder. After accumulating for so long, his reward points have increased to 15,000 points. After this competition, it can be increased to at least 20,000 points. At that time, whether it is recruiting strong people or organizing special forces, it will be enough .

He is now a Tier 6 powerhouse, and the standards for recruiting personnel have been relaxed accordingly, and he can recruit a Tier 5 powerhouse at most. In other words, as long as he has reward points, he can directly recruit a fifth-level magician

"Very well, let me work hard this time"

Tang Ke strode out of George Tina's captain's cabin.