At 2:30 in the morning, at an estuary of a river in the eastern part of New Saul Island, three boats were moored quietly on the calm sea. All of these boats were anchored and sailed, looking very relaxed.
On the shore not far away, two old-fashioned ships were removed from their masts and pushed to the beach for maintenance work on the bottoms of the ships. On the beach next to the ships, many pirates were singing and dancing around several bonfires while drinking.
You can get all kinds of spirits or gamble with dice, and in several places you can see pirates boxing there, with a group of people surrounding them placing bets.
"Boss, I'm a little worried." Two figures, one tall and one short, stood on the bow of a steam sailing ship with a famous metal calamari bow rimmed in black, looking at the lively scene on the shore.
The tall pirate lowered his head and said to the short leader.
This short leader is the leader of this group of pirates called the Killing Fog, the black priest Sam who previously apostatized from the Poseidon Church. Unlike other pirate leaders on the sea, this black priest dressed very well.
Neat. If it weren't for the string of human skull necklaces hanging around his neck, he would look more like a scholar than a murderous pirate.
After listening to the advice from his subordinates, he did not take the advice to heart, but said disapprovingly: "The previous business was indeed worthwhile, but it also made those navy people smell it and act like crazy dogs.
I chased them so hard that I managed to get them away. So there’s nothing wrong with letting the little cubs relax for a while now.”
As a subordinate, the tall man naturally knew that the boss was right. In order to escape, they not only gave up the good boat they grabbed at that time, but also sank an old sailboat during the pursuit, losing 1/6 of the people. So.
Now these pirates have been in a very nervous state before.
After all, pirates are not navy, and they are much more fragile than soldiers when facing such great pressure. Therefore, two mutinies have broken out among the pirate groups along the way. Fortunately, Black Priest Sam acted as the center
The extraordinary beings of this level were able to successfully suppress these people on the ship, so they were able to control the situation after killing a group of people.
But the leaders on the ship also know that everyone has reached their limit and it is impossible to persist in this state for too long. Therefore, after entering this sea area, they will allow the pirates on the ship to go ashore to repair.
Repair the ship by the way.
The reason why he did not go to places with people was purely because he was worried that if he gained too little from those small human settlements, it would cause dissatisfaction among his men, which would eventually lead to his pirates running ashore and escaping. However, he was not sure that he could recover and kill them on land.
Kill all the fleeing pirates. Large settlements generally have strong defenses. With their current situation, even if they are captured, they will suffer heavy losses.
So he chose this beach at the mouth of a river with good natural conditions as a temporary stop and rest point. There were not many people in this place, but the surrounding natural conditions were good. As for the surrounding goblins who were bullying others, if they wanted to attack them, they would definitely have to gather the strength of many tribes.
But by that time they had already left and flown away.
Black Priest Sam dared to stop here like this because he was confident that there was no power on the surrounding islands that could defeat them on the sea. So he was not worried about being attacked by any sneak attacks.
As for Lawrence, the new lord of the island, he also knew about it, but he didn't think that this young man in his early 20s had any ability to complete control of the island in just a few months. More importantly, he had not done anything before.
They sent people to investigate the largest settlement in the north of the island, and found that the lord had never even been to that small village except for sending people there to make purchases.
From the perspective of this pirate, Lawrence's behavior was obviously a unique manifestation of losing control of his own territory. Therefore, he chose to re-open new territories elsewhere. Therefore, he was not worried that Lawrence, as a local lord, would treat him and his
What threat does his men pose?
"It must be some kid from a noble family who got this territory by relying on his parents. This guy who doesn't know anything must be just plating himself with gold in this place. Maybe he is hugging him under the quilt now.
The maid is crying." Black Priest Sam muttered in dissatisfaction. "But this is fine. When the time comes, I just need to fire one or two shots from a distance where he is now, and that little brat will kill me.
Everything was sent to me."
After saying that, Black Priest Sam turned around and walked into the cabin with his subordinate. He believed that no one in this area could sneak through the series of magic traps and early warning facilities he had arranged, so he prepared
Take advantage of this opportunity for everyone to relax and go back to your room to sleep for a while.
After all, he had been busy for a long time in order to escape and ascend to heaven, and now he felt extremely tired. For a spell caster, the tired state would affect the performance of his strength, especially that important magic item
Therefore, in order to prepare for the next action, he must have a good rest even if he is not at ease with the ragtag group of people under his command.
Just when Black Priest Sam returned to the cabin to sleep, a steam sailboat was sailing quietly with only its sails seven or eight nautical miles away from the mouth of the river. Standing on the bow was what Sam thought was a human being.
The cowardly Lawrence who dared to hide under the covers and be comforted by the maid.
"How far are we from our destination?" Lawrence asked Fatina next to him as he watched the black shadow representing the island on the water antenna in the distance getting bigger and bigger. The clouds in the sky were very low today, and the sea was also a little thin.
Thin mist. If it weren't for the fact that all the people at the helm and observing the ship were the rat sailors brought by Fatina, Lawrence would not dare to travel along the coastline with many rocks around it in this weather.
Since there is a very obvious gap in the strength of the two sides at sea, Lawrence proposed in the previous meeting that this sortie would need to launch a sneak attack on the enemy in the dark night or early morning. However, there is an extremely important key point in this plan, and that is
If the Enterprise approaches from the distant sea, the opponent will definitely detect it in advance and be prepared, which will lead to the direct failure of the attack.
Fortunately, Fatina said that the ratmen under her had professional night guides and helmsmen, as well as several ratmen who had served in the surrounding navies and were able to join the operation. With the help of these ratmen,
, the Enterprise can use the terrain around the pirate ship's anchorage as cover to launch an assault at a distance where the opponent cannot react.
"Less than ten nautical miles." Fatina and the rat-man lookout on the mast squeaked a few times before raising their heads and saying to Lawrence. "If everything goes well, we will reach our destination within two hours."
"I'm back." As soon as Fatina finished her words, Nora also completed the aerial reconnaissance and fell from the sky, then reported to Lawrence, "I have discovered the pirate anchorage seventeen or eighteen kilometers away.
There were more than a dozen fires on the beach, which illuminated the silver mine at the anchorage very clearly..."
"Isn't it a trap?" Lawrence asked subconsciously. After all, in his previous life, there were many examples of using empty camps to lure the enemy into night raids and then ambushing those night raiders. So after hearing about the pirates' seemingly disorganized state, he
The first reaction is that the other party is luring the enemy.
"Definitely not." Nora shook her head. She could understand Lawrence's nervousness, because that was what she thought at the beginning... So during the investigation, he also conducted further investigation "those pirates around the fire"
They just lay down on the beach to rest. I roughly counted the number of each other and found that except for the people on duty on the three boats, almost all of them were on the beach."
The ships used by these pirates are all standard goods, so the number of people that can be carried on them can basically be regarded as a fixed number. Therefore, Nora's current judgment can be regarded as a relatively accurate conclusion.