"Hmm? ”

Standing outside the door of the office belonging to the commander of the garrison, Lieutenant General Gustav, in the "Fort Dilben".

The official wizard's keen senses and spirituality had allowed Evan to clearly hear the conversation in the room, well, not too pleasant.

"Sylius is really domineering! Don't you even bother to give a reason for blocking the sea? We..."

That was the voice of the host, Lieutenant General Gustav.

Another voice that sounded very strange but arrogant enough interrupted him very rudely:

"Heh! Anyway, the messenger has already arrived. What to do, I think you should know very well.

As for the reason, when did we Syrius do things on this sea, and when did we need a reason?

All right.

I'm short on time and I'm not going to make small talk with you two, and I'm going to your tulip colonies.

I hope you can appreciate Cyrius's... Good advice!"

Bang –

The office door was pushed open suddenly.

Escorted by two Cyrius Army soldiers in fiery red uniforms and boots, a man in an aristocratic formal suit with a Cyrius-style mustache strode out.

Ignoring the Ai Wenli standing outside the door, as if he was no different from a potted plant by the door, he walked over without squinting.

It looked swaggering, as if this was not the largest military base of the Kingdom of Pharytis in the New World, but the backyard of his house.

When he was completely away, Aven heard another voice from inside the door:

"It's too much of a deception!

The bastards of Cyrius didn't take us seriously at all.

If he hadn't come here as Philip II's emissary, I would have almost been able to slap him to death. Who gave an ordinary person who is not even an extraordinary person the courage to speak out in front of two great knights?!"

"Well, you and I both know, of course, it was the sea supremacy of Syrius that made the villain successful.

Let's get down to business.

According to the nautical charts, the men we quietly sent over had taken samples and sent back information that the Cyrius soldiers brought back by the Stormhorn were not lying.

But the kingdom is in an awkward position, and it is extremely difficult to extract the maximum benefit from this matter. Neither Sylius, Sack, nor Atlan are good characters.

Coupled with the warning just now, Sylius is clearly determined to take down Potosi.

It seems that the Kingdom's strategy of preparing for conservatism is the best way to deal with it at the moment.

Knock them with a stick, and at least let out a breath of depression!"

I don't think it's good to listen to the corners all the time.

When Lieutenant General Gustav's voice was temporarily silenced, Evan stepped forward and knocked on the door.

Knock! Knock!

"Report!"

"Please come in!"

Push the door and walk in.

"Your Excellency, Captain Evan Galliot of the Cape Stormwind is here to report!"

After standing up and saluting.

Not surprisingly, Evan saw Vice Admiral Gustav and the owner of the other voice, the "senior" of his Royal Naval College, Rear Admiral Demont Brand, the quasi-legendary captain of the battleship.

"Captain Aven, please take a seat. ”

Wherever he was, a battleship captain was already in the middle and upper echelons of the naval officer system.

Coupled with the many titles on Aven's body, even the serious and rigid Lieutenant General Gustav can hardly treat him as an ordinary young man.

As soon as Evan sat down on the sofa opposite the commander, before the lieutenant general could speak, Major General Demont on the side stared at him and suddenly asked:

"Aiwen, have you been promoted?"

The "Storm Horn" had reported to the base in advance when it went out, and it had just returned early this morning, and before it had time to return to its residence in the base, it was called by the herald.

Ai Wen also has nothing to hide, the stronger the strength, of course, the more valued, and the easier it is to establish meritorious deeds.

And before joining the escort mission here, the local military commander will of course receive the resumes of the main personnel, and both officers know that Ewen is a wizard affiliated with the kingdom's witchcraft association "Violet Eye".

In addition, thinking of the conversation he had just heard, Evan already had a guess about the purpose of the two bigwigs calling him over.

"Luck!"

Although there should be no accidents when I saw Evan return here in good condition, I was relieved to hear Evan say it with my own ears, and at the same time, I was also very happy, every bit of strength at this critical moment is precious:

"Great! We were a little worried about whether you would be up to the job.

Now it seems that there should be no problem, the combination of a peak knight and an official wizard is enough to be a secret hand to affect the battle situation!"

Even if he doesn't know much about wizards, as a senior member of the navy, Demont knows it very well.

The methods of wizards are rich and varied, and a full-fledged wizard of the "alchemy school" is not only a representative of productivity. If you are given enough time to prepare, it is not completely impossible to kill even a great knight.

In the fourth-order "crown wizard" only exists in legends, and the third-order high-ranking wizard is the guest of honor on the throne, a second-order official wizard is already a high-end force in conventional combat.

Even among all the armed forces of the current kingdom in the New World, Ai Wen's current transcendent rank is already the first person under a limited number of great knights!

Enough to take on the heavy responsibility!

Subsequently, Major General Demont also gave an update on the situation related to the Potosi silver mine during the time that Aven was concentrating on preparing for the promotion ceremony.

Truly.

The situation on the side of the Potosí Islands, as expected by the captured captain Victor, the three parties jointly blocked the news.

The information on the "Silver Island" in the northern part of the New World has not been known to everyone for the time being.

But for the sake of this unparalleled treasure, the navies of the three countries have also put on a posture and killed several times on the vast open sea.

Of course, it was not the tripartite conquest of each other, but the navy of Sack and Atlán besieging Silius together.

But the hegemon of sea power is worthy of being the hegemon of sea power, and even if it is a pair of two, he has the upper hand steadily.

It was only because the three parties were holding each other back and neither of them could safely land on the island for mineral mining that the situation was temporarily deadlocked.

However, in order to avoid the emergence of new spoilers.

Cylius had also sent diplomatic notes to the colonies of the New World, and had forbidden ships from other kingdoms to enter a large area of the sea he had demarcated.

This includes not only the Silver Island, but even the "Cape Fishing Grounds" in Atlan.

Let others look at it and think that Syrius has set his sights on the big fishing grounds of Atlán again.

Although there are some places where there is no suspicion of three hundred taels of silver, under the domineering style of Sylius, other countries can only dare to be angry but dare not speak.

"Once we have received the information you have captured, we have sent it back to the mainland as soon as possible.

Before Cyrius knew that we actually knew about it, the kingdom had already made contact with Sack and Atlan.

Now the Tulip Alliance and them have temporarily reached a united front to resist the pressure from Cyrius.

However, the front is tight now, even if the full strength of Sack and Atalan has been exhausted, while Hilius is playing away.

But with the arrival of their follow-up support, it has gradually overwhelmed the two countries.

To add insult to injury, pirates in the north have become more and more active in recent times, which has made both countries a little vigilant and have repeatedly urged us to send troops.

So the kingdom's plan is to prepare to get under the supply line of Syrius!"

Nor could the interests of the country be diminished by the intimidation of an emissary, and Major General Demont spoke of a plan that had been drawn up on his side before the arrival of the emissary of Hirius.

Then he took out a nautical chart and pointed to one of the points for Aven to analyze:

"Look! Sylius has never managed the 'barren' northern continent much.

Even in the central and southern parts of the main occupation zone, most of their colonies are on the west coast of the New World, near the side of the Broken Star Sea, rather than on the east side near the Black Sea.

It would also take at least 20 days to get to the Potosi Islands from their nearest central colony, and the long supply lines would inevitably drag down the fighting on the front line.

As long as there is no way to subdue the front two in one go, we will have to drag it into a war of attrition!"

Of course, Even was clear about the sphere of influence of the overlord of Cyrius in the New World.

From the middle of the New World to the south, in order:

The vice-royal district of New Hylius, the vice-royal district of New Granada, the vice-royal district of the Secret Dragon, and the vice-royal district of La Plata, any of which is much larger than the kingdom of Phaletis itself, has several prefectures.

Each region is governed by a vice-king of Syrius, and each has its own direct fleet. Although the strength of the fleet is also strong and weak because of the establishment of the first and the last, they together undoubtedly have the power to suppress this sea.

Even in order to prevent the remnants of the two empires in the New World from rebelling and intimidating the nations, there was at least one quasi-legendary suppression under the command of each vice-king, which was much more than the poor Phaletis.

At this time, it depends on how quickly and determined the four vice kings support.

Demont looked up at Aven, and the commander of the garrison next to him, General Gustav, also turned his head.

"So we have a daunting task for you.

In the "Silver War", which decided the ownership of 'Potosí', the main supply lines of Sylius were blocked between the near and far seas.

It just so happened that the Stormhorn and Endeavour had just arrived in the New World, and even if they suddenly disappeared, they would not be easily noticed by Cylius' intelligence agencies.

Her Majesty's order to us is that the great silver mine must no longer fall into the hands of Syrius, at least not completely.

Now I ask you to turn into a ghost unit and use the strength of two battleships to deal with some supply ships, civilian ships, and pirates that are very active, and it should be no problem.

Even small-scale warship reinforcements will eat everything they can! Just try not to leave any witnesses behind!"

Hearing this, Aiwen's mind spun rapidly.

Isn't this what the kingdom wants to be and what it wants to be?

Because it borders the vice-royal region of Neo-Hyrius in the middle of the New World, and Hylius is also the largest customer of the country's industrial products.

I don't want to openly send warships to participate in the war, and I want to tear my face directly, and I want to drag Hirius back, and I may even use the idea of fighting with snipes and mussels for the benefit of fishermen.

Under the scruples of many parties, he could only secretly poke and poke Sylius to stumble.

And.

Sure enough, as he expected, immediately after the war began, he couldn't help himself.

In particular, this kind of interception mission with an uncertain target is the most troublesome, and hunting at sea is like opening a blind box, and it is difficult to tell whether there is a white rabbit or a big tiger in the opposite boat before you start.

When chasing pirates, there was at least a list and corresponding information, so that the pursuers had a bottom in their hearts.

However, of course, it is impossible for Ai Wen to refuse this task, in fact, under the grand strategy of the kingdom, there is no room for refusal.

And Evan is confident.

With his current strength and battleship configuration, as long as he doesn't encounter that kind of almost incomprehensible "quasi-legendary battleship" again, no one will be afraid.

Smack——!

Stand up and salute.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Promised neatly.

The two base commanders smiled.

"Take it easy!

The other countries of the alliance will also send warships to set up nets layer by layer, but your task is the most difficult.

At the same time, we pledge that all seizures made during the operation belong to you.

And it's not like there's no extra support on the base's side. ”

Lieutenant General Gustav shouted out the door as he spoke:

"Is Major Boris here?"