The lookout hand in this world is a bit special. During the voyage of John's previous life, the lookout hand chose crew members with excellent eyes to climb up the observation deck above the high mast to observe the movements and movements of the surrounding seas. In the era after the birth of the telescope, this range was also
Not much expanded.
In this world with extraordinary power, ordinary folk watchers are like beast tamers who can train birds. They are between extraordinary professions and ordinary beast tamers, and some are simply extraordinary
Professional.
As a reconnaissance aircraft, birds with super-visual abilities in the sky can detect targets at any time, the efficiency is comparable to that of high-tech drones, allowing lookouters to magnify the observation distance to dozens of times to observe the situation in the surrounding waters.
The Emsdan Kingdom was famous for its nautical trade in the old continent. Now, it is not only an island country, but also a high-level wild druid, Marquis of White Wolf, and every few years the Erifin family will cultivate a
When a druid apprentice is criticized, the wild druid who is best at taming animals is more suitable for serving as the best lookout than ordinary animal trainers.
Whether on or under the water, there are animal companions of druids, and as long as there are unknown objects approaching, they will be discovered early.
The Red Dragon Maharaja is equipped with multiple watchers. After all, it is the king's car and requires absolute safety. Therefore, there are as many as four birds distributed in the sky, and they are all extraordinary monsters. Before the water surface is over
Later, there were two large aquatic monsters guarding him. Ordinary sea beasts would basically stay away from him and would not pose any threats.
Although the level of these monster companions trained by the druids is not high, their intelligence and spirituality are far from comparable to ordinary beasts, and they are definitely more efficient than professional scouts. After all, animals' perception abilities are usually
It's far beyond humans.
The trailing ships discovered now were discovered by the birds behind.
"Oh? What kind of ship is it? Is it an ordinary merchant ship?"
John was right. The route they took was the busiest commercial route in the New World region, connecting the eastern coast of the White Eagle Federation in the northern part, the eastern part of the Central and Southern continents and the route to the west bypassing the Southern continent.
Because of the development of the west over the years, the busyness of this business road is second only to the trade routes between the Old and New Worlds.
Therefore, it is very common to encounter merchant ships. As long as they choose to take this public route, they will inevitably encounter other ships.
It’s not that John and the others don’t want to take straight lines or shortcuts. After all, the Antilles Islands are actually only a few hundred nautical miles away from the southernmost tip of the Northern Continent. If you take the route, you will reach the front sea.
But John could not force the crew to do so, because the sea of this world is full of dangers, and a mature channel was breeze through countless times by his predecessors. Only by passing through such a route can we reach the greatest extent
To ensure the safety of ship personnel.
Otherwise, the sea is so big, why can’t you walk?
In fact, the storms and waves that ordinary people think are not the most dangerous for sailors. After all, there are routines every year, so the one that causes the most shipwrecks is the sudden attack of sea beasts in unfamiliar waters.
and regional unstable sea weather.
Although the sea is vast, humans can actually enter a few "narrow" routes, with wider unknown areas that have never been truly explored and understood.
Facing John's inquiry, Captain Colonel Frank replied with a somewhat unkind expression:
"Your Highness, what the lookouts discovered was not like a merchant ship, but a small ship with a very fast speed."
John understood what Frank meant.
Emsdan was known for his sailing commerce when he was in the old continent and was also known as the "sea coachman". After the royal family retreated to the Antilles Islands in the New World, because it was an island country, his knowledge of navigation was highly valued, so As the crown prince, we must naturally be consistent with the people and have learned a lot of knowledge about navigation.
In addition to the foundation laid from the aristocratic education he received in his childhood, John is no longer a novice in navigation. Although he has never actually done it, at least many of the principles are memorized in his heart.
He soon thought of the small but very fast fast fast fast Clippers at the sea were basically either smuggling merchants or pirates.
It would be fine if it was the former. They would not interfere with the Red Dragon Grand Lord, and would not provoke such a big ship.
If it is the latter, although the pirates do not have the strength to threaten the powerful armed Red Dragon Majesty, if they encounter a fool with a brain, they will inevitably not regard the Red Dragon Majesty as an ordinary person. The nobles' luxurious yachts have the idea of leaving after a ticket.
Although the latter situation is easy to deal with, no one wants to fight against the poor pirates on the way home. Not only is there no good or bad news, but he will also Waste ammunition.
Just in John's heart, if the pirates who came were really the kind of blind pirates, he would have the idea of smashing the pirate ships with one sword.
Then, twenty or thirty miles away, the man with extraordinary eyes could see the ship following the Red Dragon Maharaja on the sea level.
This is a brigged schooner, which is only about seventy feet in size, or just over twenty-three meters.
However, the shape of this ship is very narrow and smooth. With the wind power, the angles are constantly changing, and it is faster than the Red Dragon Maharaja, which has two powers of steam and sails. .
Of course, the size of the Red Dragon Maharaja is here, and merchant ships of the same size may not be able to catch up with them. The ship is so fast that it should only take advantage of the small size.
Seeing that there was only such a small boat nearby, rather than a group of pirate ships like sea wolves, everyone on the Red Dragon Maharaja also let go of their worries and just kept their basic vigilance.
About half an hour later, the ship caught up and approached the Red Dragon Maharaja. One of the young men who were driving the sail was struggling to wave toward this side.
What's the situation?
The people watching on the deck couldn't help but have many question marks on their heads when they saw this scene.
On the sea, unless ordinary people encounter difficulties, they will basically hide far away when facing such a giant instead of choosing to get close to them.
It took more than ten minutes, and when John and his friends deliberately slowed down and waited, the boat was able to approach the Red Dragon Maharaja and then boarded the rope, threw it over the rope ladder, and the young man ignored his boat by taking advantage of the rope ladder. , climb directly to the Red Dragon Maharaja.
"Huh! What a big ship, I'm honored to be able to board this noble ship and meet all gentlemen, I am James Hockley, an adventurer from the East Coast..."
Seeing the visitor warmly greeting the sailors and their followers, John felt that this guy seemed to be a little sick and familiar with him.
As the kingdom navy, there are basically no ordinary sailors on the ship, so naturally they will not allow such people of unknown origin to approach their crown prince.
So the first mate gestured, and immediately two strong crew members raised the man who was trying to come over on the spot.
"Oh! Let me go, you can't treat a real gentleman like this..."
"No, I am..."
After his dissatisfaction with the struggle and shouting, he took to the deck not far from the captain and John.