Time and afternoon.

The first mate, Pete, rested in the cabin, and now at the helm was a sailor Pitt trusted, named Rhodes, who was one of the three helmsmen of the merchant ships.

Rhodes was a twenty-three-year-old who had been on the ship for five years, a civilian in the Holy City, and had not become a mage or a knight, he could only be regarded as a warrior.

Therefore, its arm strength is also very amazing, looking at the bare upper body, the explosive power makes the muscles become lumpy, which makes Mars envious.

Looking at the four-pack abs that seemed to be beating in Rhodes's abdomen, Mars exclaimed in his heart, although the legend says that the six-pack abs are perfect, but it is also quite good to be able to train four-pack abs.

Of course, Rhodes ignored Mars's eyes, and when he was resting in the Holy City, he liked to practice his body, so that he could maintain a strong body and not look a little bloated like the first mate, Pete.

And Rhodes also knows that men love beautiful women, so why don't women like men who have good figures? Because he is handsome and has a good figure, he has won the favor of many women.

It's a pity that when they heard that he was a sailor, most women were not very interested.

Rhodes also decided that after another five years on the ship, he would leave the merchant ship and go into a small business, or be on duty in the Chamber of Commerce, which was also the promise that His Highness Mars had given to the sailors.

Any sailor who has served for more than five years can enter the Chamber of Commerce after retirement, and as for what position, it is up to them to fight for it.

Rhodes was full of energy, controlling the rudder of the ship, letting the merchant ship move smoothly, and even looking at the backward scenery ahead, he only felt that his mind was turbulent, and he couldn't help it, opened his throat, and sang a love song he liked.

The song is loud but contains a trace of tenderness, which makes people know that it is a love song at first listen, and there is a longing for the girl in her hometown, and there is also a faint sorrow for being far away from her homeland.

Mars stood on the side of the ship, always keeping an eye on the water in front of him, and when he heard this love song, he was immediately moved, and this tone was high-pitched and melodious, especially suitable for singing in the scenery of the Olgaard plateau.

If he remembered correctly, it was a love song that had been passed down through the ages, and its provenance was unknown, but he had seen it in the folklore category in the palace library of the royal capital of Angela.

And I also found some female artists to sing it, it is this song, but Angela is popular for opera, and there are almost not many people who like such love songs.

However, listening to Rhodes' cappella singing at this time, I actually felt that it had a different flavor.

And at this moment, a black pressure suddenly appeared on the water in front of him!

Mars frowned, quickly calculating the speed and defense capabilities of the big merchant ship in his mind, while Rhodes also stopped singing love songs, looked at Mars nervously, and asked, "Your Highness, what should I do?"

"No hurry, are our merchant ships equipped with ram horns?" asked Mars.

"No, Your Highness, it was because some merchant ships were equipped with ramming horns that caused unnecessary trouble in the Seven Kingdoms of Mankind, and since then, all merchant ships have not installed ramming horns. ”

Behind him came the voice of the first mate, Pete.

Marston frowned, if the ramming angle was not installed, the defensive power of the merchant ship's hull was afraid that after hitting it, the bow of the ship would be damaged, and there was a danger of sinking.

"Then slow down, I'm going to see what these people can do to me!" Mars ordered.

The first mate immediately informed the sailors in the power compartment to slow down through a metal microphone.

The speed of the boat quickly slowed down, and the small boats on the river were close in sight.

There are hundreds of small boats in this area, and each one has a kind of "horn" installed on the bow, which is considered to have a ramming angle.

This kind of small ship can easily pierce a hole against small merchant ships, but against large merchant ships, it is necessary to win by numbers.

Of course, even this may not be able to damage large merchant ships, but how many times a year can merchant ships on the Tianhe River encounter such large merchant ships?

On a slightly larger wooden ship, three sturdy men nervously looked at the large merchant ship slowly going upstream, and they couldn't understand that such a large merchant ship could go against the current.

It also made them feel their insignificance, they were a little afraid, even if all the warships were mobilized, the three of them had no bottom in their hearts, could they force this big merchant ship to stop?

"Boss Garden, what should I do?" one of the middle-aged men asked, a look of concern in his eyes.

Garden snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid of it, I don't believe it dares to collide with it, Ursol, order me to go down, and put it in the middle of the river for me, the concentration point!"

"Alright, Boss Garden!" the other middle-aged man immediately agreed, and ordered backwards.

Garden glanced at the middle-aged man beside him and said, "Wu Sen, do our business, that is to pin your head to the waistband of your trousers, and when you meet on a narrow road, it's just one word,! Either he dies or I die!"

Wu Sen nodded and said yes again and again, but his eyes kept looking at the big merchant ship in the distance, and suddenly his eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed ahead and said in surprise: "Boss Garden, look!"

Just after the merchant ship slowed down, there was a sudden burst of cheers ahead, Mars held the side of the ship with both hands, stared ahead in his eyes, and said inaudibly: "Look for death!"

The first mate and other sailors were nervously standing behind Marles, who at this time were dominated by Mars, and they could not figure out how to deal with the situation in front of them.

Without Frank, they would not have dared to sail out of the harbor on merchant ships, and they would encounter pirates at sea, and pirates or such bandits on the inland rivers.

This is one of the reasons why they have been docked in the port area of Angela for more than a month.

Soon, the bandits in front came to speak.

"Listen to the people on the merchant ship in front, my boss Gaden is only for money, as long as you hand over two thousand gold knives, we will let you go, these two thousand gold knives are your money to buy back and forth, Boss Gaden said, the time limit is half an hour to give you time to prepare, half an hour later, the boss of Garden will collect it personally. ”

Mars just looked at the hundred small boats twenty meters away, which were like ants compared to the big merchant ships, but they were all equipped with ramming horns.

Ants bite elephants to death, Mars feels this way at the moment, but the big merchant ships have little defense, so they can only passively stop the ship and wait for the situation to develop further, and he can only improvise.

"Your Highness, do you want to answer them?" asked the first mate, Pete.

Mars shook his head and said, "No, you just do your job, this group of robbers is solved by me, just a group of ordinary people, what are you afraid of?"

The first mate Pete and the other sailors all showed a wry smile, they are also ordinary people, but they can't refute it, they have seen Mars's magic to kill the water ghost, and they think that they are not Mars's opponents at all.

"Yes, Your Highness, but this group of robbers is a bit outnumbered, Your Highness be careful!" Pete reminded.

In Pete's opinion, although Mars is powerful and has enough strength to kill any ordinary person, if there are too many ordinary people, I am afraid it will not be easy to deal with.

Mars nodded and said, "Brother Pete, you better go and rest, and gather your strength to continue sailing." ”

Pete had been at the helm all night last night, and was not replaced until noon, at this time he had only rested for less than two hours, he was just a sturdy ordinary person, and if he didn't rest, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it physically.

There was a trace of tiredness in Pete's eyes, and a trace of gratitude flashed, and he said, "Then it's all up to Your Highness, I'll go and rest!"

Then he instructed the other sailors to do their duty and not to be influenced by the robbers.

A moment later, only Mars and Rhodes were left on deck, and Rhodes was still beside the rudder, quietly watching ahead.

Mars then stood on the bow of the ship and shouted, "Please come out and answer the bandit chief!"