That's right, Levi is preparing to fish in the open, fishing for Luskan's deep-diving ghost pirate ship.

Of course, there are many pirate ships in Sword Bay, and their ownership is very different, and there are even many pirate ships that make cameos from other merchant ships.

But none of this mattered to Levi.

Pirate ships, come and rob one another.

Anyway, he is worried that his boat is not enough, even if he can't dismantle it, he can save some materials, and he can still sell it if he doesn't have a good rest.

As you head south, you'll always come across Luskan's new pirate ship... Right?

Just kidding, although there are many pirate ships floating on Sword Bay, they will not run into several stubbles in one trip, otherwise the merchants of the Northland will have a sea of hammers.

In general, pirates are small and medium-sized ships of single or double masts, and their combat effectiveness is average.

Therefore, they will also pick and plunder targets, and it is the norm to bully the soft and fear the hard.

And when you see the warships of the city-states of various countries, you will flee from the wind.

But when they occasionally gather information on high-value targets, they tend to... Swarming!

That's what Levi intends to take advantage of.

To a certain extent, the organization of pirates has also promoted the survival of the fittest in maritime trade in disguise and accelerated the evolution of sea vessels.

Businesses that can continue to operate for a long time often have two brushes.

Either the background is strong and the financial resources are abundant, and no one dares to provoke, such as the Xialan Chamber of Commerce.

Their merchant ships have always been at the forefront of the Northlands, and ordinary pirate ships will be frightened by the thousand-ton four-masted dhows with two or three decks and double-digit magic ballistas.

Either they have an outstanding advantage in some way, such as Kevin's apprentice and fan sister, and the Queen of Sword Bay, Elisa.

According to what Levi learned on the road, Alyssa was able to further develop the family's maritime trade and become one of the most trusted transporters in Sword Bay.

The main reason for this is also the background and connections that her father created when he spent a lot of money to send her to the Drawing Water City Academy of Magic.

If it is an ordinary person, at most, he can get a relatively decent job in the academy, or use this to marry some down-and-out nobleman who needs the gilding of a 'magician'.

But Alyssa's talent in magic is extremely outstanding, and later she became the apprentice of the half-elf warlock Kevin, activating her own bloodline talent, becoming the most dazzling magic genius of the Magic Academy of Jishui City, and also becoming the 'goddess' that many mages in Jishui City longed for when they were young.

With this resume, and the fact that she is usually bold and generous, it is not too easy for Alyssa to recruit a mage after graduating from John Sr. to take over the family's maritime trade business.

Other maritime merchants begged grandpa to sue grandma and spent a lot of money to envelop the 'Fa Ye' who promised to ride for free for life, in front of Alyssa, it was like the ladies of some clubs lined up in a long line, for you to choose.

And because Alyssa insisted on taking out 20% of the profits from the trade to share the profits with these 'classmates' and 'younger students', and even donated a lot of money to the Magic Academy of Jishui City to build a research facility building in the direction of maritime ship research in the same way that Kevin, who was a student in the early years, donated a lot of money to the Academy of Magic in Jishui City, which became even more famous for a while.

Therefore, Elisa's John Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce has become one of the choices of some mages of the Magic Academy of Drawing Water City.

And the profession of mage, especially the sculptor mage and the illusion mage who has become popular with the light and shadow drama in recent years, can be compared to a strategic weapon in terms of the role of naval warfare.

As Levi had predicted, Eagle did not hesitate to choose the latter.

Just as the group had wandered around the shipyard again, Eagle came back and said to Levi:

"I have contacted Miss Alyssa of the John Chamber of Commerce using magical communications, and she has expressed her willingness to cooperate with our operation, however, her ship has just departed from Silvermoon City at this time, and is expected to arrive at dawn tomorrow, and has said that if we act urgently, she can directly mobilize the merchant ships of Drawing Water City for our travel. ”

Just as Levi was groaning, Kevin on the side couldn't help but ask eagerly: "But before Alyssa told me that her father was seriously ill and needed to accompany him back to Silver Moon City to recuperate, is it..."

Eagle glanced at him and said, "The old John of the John Chamber of Commerce has passed away, just yesterday, he passed away just after returning to the ancestral mansion of Silvermoon City. ”

Kevin's expression was slightly dazed, the kind old man who patted his hand on the deck affectionately and entrusted his daughter to him, just... Passed away?

That Alyssa... It must be very sad.

"Miss Alyssa is going to bury his ashes at sea as her father has ordered, so I suggest that we stay in Drawing Water for a day.

"As a connoisseur who has been riding on Sword Bay for more than ten years, Miss Alyssa has far surpassed all of us in this room, both in terms of sailing experience and knowledge of piracy.

"Second, we can also use this time to continue to transform the new ships that travel.

"Since Crown Levi is planning to test the Luskan Ghost Pirate Ship, I thought it would be better to test our new ship together?"

Iggy's gaze fell back on his lord, "But what kind of plan to use, please ask Levi to decide." ”

"Transform the battleship, can't you take advantage of my slumber to give me a surprise that you have prepared?" Levi couldn't help but look forward to it.

Eagle and Calvin glanced at each other, and the latter smiled and said to the shipyard leader, "Show it up, our lord can't wait." ”

"Follow your will. ”

The person in charge of the shipyard bowed to everyone and said to the dock of the seventh Zuotang: "Open the curtain." ”

Bang.

As the curtain opened, I saw a silver behemoth in sight.

Lucifer and Kevin, the pseudo-mother and daughter flowers, couldn't help but open their rosy lips and exclaimed incredibly:

"Ironclad, how is this possible!"

Yes, what caught everyone's eyes was a steel beast of steel and iron bones.

And for these two elven warlocks, how could an iron item float on the surface of the sea.

This almost pinnacles their three views.

"Good guys, did you really get this thing out?"

On the contrary, Fischer, who had been a colleague of Eagle for many years, was not too shocked by this.

What had happened to the iron ship floating on the sea, and he knew that he had seen a magical ship floating in the sky in Iggy's treasured Nethrel Codex.

"This is the killer weapon you are going to use to deal with the Luskan Ghost Battleship?" Levi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

"It's not a killer feature, the two sides haven't fought each other, so I don't know how effective this magic ironclad will be against its ghost pirate ships, and all the results will have to be known in practice and actual combat. ”

Still as humble as ever, Eagle continued:

"Moreover, the ship is not made entirely of steel at the moment, its main material is still wooden, but the outer layer is covered with steel armor.

"The reason why the steel armor is covered is that it is obvious from the naval battle data we have collected over the years that the wooden warships are too fragile and powerless under the bombardment of increasingly powerful alchemical cannons and magic ballistas.

"And since our steam locomotives are widely sold in the Northland, the principle of the steam engine is not a difficult principle to crack in front of the mages of the city-states.

"Therefore, I boldly predict that the ironclad ship powered by steam or magic is the direction of future development, and with the development of magic technology and shipbuilding industry, it will gradually replace the position of sail battleships.

"For example, this prototype ironclad ship, with a total field of 120 feet, a width of 63 feet, a displacement of 1,800 tons, and ten magic ballistas and fifty alchemy cannons on each side of the ship.

"Since there are no extra masts, and they are all propelled by magic powered water wheels, theoretically fire attacks below mid-level magic will not do much damage to them. ”

"Very good, very nice. Everyone, including Levi, nodded in appreciation.

Even if Levi was already mentally prepared, he still didn't expect the other party to make an ironclad ship so quickly before he had time to give any hints, this kind of ship evolution that is also a milestone in another world.

Levi did not have the slightest doubt about the dominance of the ironclad ships on the seas.

In another world, the world's first battleship with a steam engine as an auxiliary power plant was built from the French chicken——— "Napoleon", which became the forerunner of steam-powered battleships for the Navy.

Then to the Crimean War, the steam warship was established in the modern naval fleet of a pivotal dominance, after that, on the basis of the steam warship, the steam ironclad with steel armor began to appear, the French chicken built the world's first steam ironclad, the first ironclad appeared in the Citigroup civil war.

From its appearance to becoming the new hegemon of the ocean, it took only thirteen years.

It's just that the only thing that makes him a little uncertain now is what kind of impact the magical factors in this world will have on this process and the 'food chain' of ocean ships?

Just when he had a question, Fischer suddenly raised his hand and asked:

"I have a question, is it just that iron-clad wood can withstand the impact of those deep-diving ghost ships?"

Everyone couldn't help but look at Eagle again.

"For this kind of problem, I still report the previous opinion, I have not experienced actual combat, and I can't make completely correct inferences, but if I only use the current data as a guide, there is a high probability that the defense will still be broken. ”

Hearing this answer, Fischer couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

But at this moment, I heard Eagle continue: "I have also considered the design of the ironclad iron-hulled ship before, but the ship of this plan is too heavy and slow, and with our current immature magic power, we can only fall into the embarrassing situation of being beaten passively.

"However, we have adopted a separate sealed compartment design, so even a few bilge perforations do not affect the safety of the ship.

"For these deep-diving ghost ships, our war team has also proposed several designs in general directions. ”

"Oh?" Levi couldn't help but think.

Eagle continued, "First of all, the biggest threat to Luskan's deep-sea ghost ships is their stealth.

"Many merchant ships on Sword Bay are often unsuspecting, and they are hit by the corners of the pirate ships or even broken by the waist.

"We've thought of a lot of ways to do this, but traditional prophecy alone isn't realistic.

"In the end, it was Calvin's Kingdom of Heaven set that inspired us. ”

When the "......" group heard the words Heavenly Suit, their faces suddenly became unnatural.

Especially Lucifer and Kevin.

Calvin even had a ', Iggy, you actually cheated me' on a devastated expression.

He's been whitewashing himself for years.

Now that decades have passed, he should have forgotten almost all about it.

But now, it's all in vain!

Eagle also seemed to realize that his expression was wrong, and he was stunned for a moment, and quickly changed his words:

"To be exact, it's the vibration technology used by the Celestial set that Netharel Grand Arcanist Brad has studied all his life. ”

"Sound waves are a situation of vibration.

"We found that the attenuation of sound waves propagating in the water is only slightly lower than in the air, and when a whale farts in the deep sea, we can get feedback from several kilometers away, and the low-frequency sound waves can even penetrate the layers of the ocean floor for thousands of meters and get the information in the formations.

"With this sonic technology, we can detect the existence of those ghost ships at least twenty minutes or so in advance.

"The only pity is that once Luskan knows that we have mastered this sonic technology, they should quickly innovate their stealth technology.

"So I suggest that this technology cannot be put into use on a large scale for the time being, at least, to ensure its level of secrecy as much as possible. ”

Levi nodded with some relief: "That's it." ”

He didn't expect that in order to deal with the threat of the ghost pirate ship, the sonar was actually made out.

But... If Brand's predecessors knew that their life's research had finally been used in the right way, they would have been relieved... Bar...

Then I saw Eagle raise his second finger:

"Second, in order to cope with the impact of the ghost ship diving, we have developed an alchemy device that uses the principle of an undersea volcano to erupt and quickly heat seawater for a short period of time to sublimate it.

"The large area of steam created by the alchemy device in an instant, when it encounters the cast material, will form a barrier between seawater, steam, and liquid demonic substance, prolonging the duration of its effect.

"Such a high-heat gas explosion can not only hide the position of our ship for a short time, but the hot gaseous layer of the ghost ship when it passes through it is enough to cook the pirates who are still on the deck.

"If they choose to stay inside the sealed cabin, they will also lose their first strike when they rush out to sea.

"At the same time, the huge thrust of the steam explosion can push our ship into the air, and with the deployed magic glider, the ship can hover and glide above the sea for a short time. ”

Looking at the four gorgeous wings spread out on both sides of the silver battleship, everyone couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded...

Nima, is this still a sea vessel?

It's almost time to be transformed into their magic ship by this Nether remnant!

The corners of Levi's mouth twitched slightly.

I can't help but think of the funny scene of the encounter with the Luskan pirates at sea in the future.

You can dive, right?

You can still fly!

You have the ability to come up!