Chapter 281 Broken Island
The elven elders of Minas Ishil had taken the branches of the "sacred tree", and Feige was sure they understood what it meant. A defender who can teleport and launch a surprise attack at any time, facing the island, can break through to the temple area of the core unscathed, which is unimaginable for the elves, but it actually happens. They had to face this reality and then quickly react with the only correct one.
The Council of Elders agreed to Feiqi's terms, without changing a word. They didn't mention sending someone to learn the secrets of the strategic teleportation circle at all, they just asked Fei Qi to give them any requirements for the standard rune board as soon as possible, and asked Fei Qi to wait for ten days. Feige has been working on cave protection for the Tibetan women, and Eddie has persuaded potato farmers to relocate to the United Kingdom of Hoya. She also received a formal call for her in the name of His Majesty King Andrew, and was about to set out as a "baroness of agriculture in the United Kingdom".
"Although not a hereditary nobility, or even a formal title, you are the first woman ever to become a nobility not by inheritance or marriage. Feige congratulated Eddie and said, "But just because you become a baroness doesn't mean everything will go well. The land of Minas Ihir belonged to the lord, and as long as Didlit agreed, no one else would stop him. But in Minas Ihir, there were various nobles under the king, and most of the land was in the hands of those nobles, who did not like to be judged by others, and would see it as interference with the power of the nobles. β
"Well, there is such a problem. But I think in addition to power, they should also look at the benefits β more food is the real benefits. I'm not in a hurry, I'm going to set an example first, and then I'm going to make breakthroughs. β
"It's great that you have a plan like that. Feige and Shani personally saw Eddie off, and he instructed, "Be sure to pay attention to your own safety, if anyone bullies you, come to me immediately, and I will give you a head." Although you are the king's baroness, Andrew still needs to pay attention to balance in his position, I won't care about that! Remember, it's not that we bully, but our family is now the family of the king and the earl, and anyone who dares to fight is treason. If it can't establish its authority, then the United Kingdom will be as divided as the elven society, you see?"
Eddie nodded vigorously and set off. She looked back at Feige a few times, and felt that he was a little different from before. The original Feiqi was about a "anything is fine, as long as it doesn't interfere with my research of spells", but now he is much tougher and more murderous. Is it because he has to be like this when Andrew becomes king, or because it will naturally be like this when he becomes stronger? Eddie couldn't quite figure it out, but Feige always guarded himself against others, which was a good thing after all.
Ten days have passed since the elves had made Feige wait, and the Church's announcement came. According to his personal wishes and the deliberations of the Patriarch, it was agreed that Didrite would step down as Lord of Minas Ihir and continue to promote justice and protect the weak on the road as a traveling paladin. The new lord is a male half-elf named Sedron, whom Feige has never met and has little interest in.
"Collect your homework!"
The students of the school of magic turned in their assignments with a variety of expressions, some writing only two pages, others writing nearly forty pages with gusto. "On How to Solve the Troubles of Elven Island" became the most popular title, which he learned from Feige, who often used it in his notes on spells and spells, and those books and notes became textbooks for magic schools.
He was pleased that the students had worked very their assignments, and they could see what they were thinking about each one. Although some of their thinking is naΓ―ve, this is mainly limited by their life experiences. Most of the students thought that using a large illusion circle to conceal the ship would allow them to safely carry the elves. Feige thinks it has something to do with their experience on the night of the Scarlet Meteor. On that occasion, the students joined him in setting up an illusion circle in the underground caverns of Fuzang Town, hoping to confuse the monsters that might descend. It has to be said that it is a good idea to carry the illusion circle to the ship and use the runes of the water-biased elemental energy whenever possible.
The idea is good, but the students can't come up with a complete rune solution at this stage. What effect the illusion should achieve, and how to adjust and adapt to the weather such as rough waves and strong winds and heavy rain, are beyond the students' magical abilities for the time being. However, this assignment also allowed them to identify their shortcomings and promoted their motivation to continue to strengthen their learning, which is the biggest reward. Feige gave them the illusions and invisibility spells he had recently put together as a reward.
Three other students thought of something other than illusion smuggling, and they suggested attacking Pirate Island to destroy the pirate threat directly. The three students put together a joint assignment in which they evaluated various options and decided that attacking the pirates' docks, ships, and ship repair yards and destroying their timber and canvas warehouses would be the most efficient means.
"These three little imps are with me. Feige carefully read their plan, made many changes and instructions, and then gave them an "excellent" grade. As for the rewards, Fitch is ready to see what souvenirs are available on Pirate Island and bring them back.
On a cloudless day, Feige teleported into the air near Pirate Island, patrolling and scouting in the form of a blazing god. He hadn't intended to use teleportation to help the elves in the first place, and he didn't want to waste his time escorting the emigrant ship. Since pirates are trouble, let's get rid of them. There is no need to kill anyone, as long as pirates can't get into the water, then they are just "islanders", not "pirates".
With the help of Eagle Eye Meditation, Feige can quickly spot targets during the day and then hide in the clouds to observe. Pirate Island is made up of three relatively large islands and a series of coral reefs, one of which is all difficult to inhabit due to the mountainous terrain, so the pirates gather on the other two islands. At low tide, a shallow shoal emerges between the two islands, making it easy to wade through.
It is a beautiful place, rich in natural resources, a large island with a mountainous area covered in vegetation, an abundance of fresh water, and trees that provide a source of timber for pirates to repair their ships. Fish and shellfish are abundant near coral reefs, so you won't go hungry even if you don't go to sea. There are two deep water areas suitable for marinas, and there are shallow shores with soft sand. If it weren't for the more than 2,000 pirates, it would definitely be a great place for a relaxing holiday.
"Uh, do you want to wipe out all the pirates and take this place?" Fei Qi did have this idea in his heart, but considering that the elves would come here sooner or later to investigate, large-scale killings could not be concealed, and it would affect the reputation. In order to cherish his feathers, Feige spared the lives of the pirates, forcing them to change their careers.
For most of the day, Feige hovered in the sky, hiding with stealth and observing the movements of the pirates here. For example, where they parked their ships, where they unloaded their cargo, and where they rested. Fei Qi stumbled upon a few elves, presumably captives from the last pirate raids, who were being pushed and locked into a room with handcuffs and shackles. Feige noticed that although there were female members on Pirate Island, the overall proportion did not exceed forty percent, so the living elven captives were all women, and their purpose was conceivable.
In my heart, these pirates have been sentenced to death, but the specific actions are still up to the elves themselves, after all, revenge with their own hands is more relieving. According to the terrain, Feige mentally drew up a plan of action, and then waited for the middle of the night to start the action.
Finally the night darkened, and Feige lowered his height. Listening to these pirates, it seems that they are going to go around the elf island again in the near future to see if there is a chance to get a ticket and run. Feige was not at all optimistic about their plan, and perhaps at sea the ship-operators would take advantage, but on land, the elven archers and priests would completely reverse the form. How did Feige know? He had just been welcomed like this by the elves ten days ago.
The pirates were on guard against the sea, never believing that they would be attacked by the air force, and they were unaware that there was a six-winged "birdman" in their middle. Feige took on human form and walked almost swaggering to the cell where the elves were being held. Only one of the original two guards at the door remains, and the other is doing evil inside. A chilling core silently turned the guards outside into ice sculptures, and they remained in their original posture until death. Feige pushed the door open and entered, just as he saw the other guard walking out with his pants strapped.
There was one more ice sculpture, and it was placed at the door to form a pair, and if you didn't look closer, you wouldn't have noticed that they were all dead. Feige used a spell to block out the sounds around the cell before he walked in to identify himself to the elves. They didn't believe it at first, as if the prolonged torture had left them mentally closed and mechanically obedient to orders. Fortunately, there were still a few elves willing to try this hope, so they organized the others and followed Feige out of the cell.
Under the cover of illusion, they successfully boarded a brig clipper. Feige asked around, and was surprised to find that none of the elves could sail a boat. Knowing that elves live on an island, each with a lifespan of thousands of years, is it time-consuming to learn to steer a boat?
"It's not for nothing that you've been defeated by pirates. Fei Qi had no choice but to cut the rope and fly to the stern of the ship, controlling the rudder as he pushed the ship out with a hard hand. Fortunately, it was late at night, and the pirates were resting on shore, and no one on the harbor noticed that a ship was missing. Feige pushes them away from the island's swell zone to make sure the tide doesn't send the boat back again, and then turns around and kills them.
Destroying ships and setting them on fire is the most convenient method, and this is also Feige's plan at the beginning. However, three of his students made a good suggestion, which was to destroy the keel directly. The students have wild imaginations and don't know how to do it because they don't know enough about spells, but this advice is absolutely fine. Feige held his breath in his Lust form, dived underwater, and directly stuffed the freezing core into the position of the ship's keel.
The sea water freezes rapidly and expands in volume. Under Feige's control, this expansion caused the keel to bend until it shattered. Next, the continuous expansion causes the planks to separate from each other, creating gaps that constantly leak.
Feige surfaced and swam to the next boat. The advantage of using a cold core is that the destruction is silent, at least there is no fire that can easily attract attention. He swam in the harbor, ship after ship wreaking havoc.
Suddenly, the sound of wood breaking suddenly erupted, and immediately after that the ship began to tilt. The pier's pier was directly crushed, and a loud roar echoed across the island. Feige had already used Freezing Cores on all twenty or more brigs, and now it was time to set fire. By the time the alarm bells sounded on Pirate Island, Fitch had already set the ship repair yard on fire. Fireballs rained down from the sky, knocking down the wooden structure.
"Fight the fire, it's on fire!, get out!" the pirates shouted and rushed out of the resting house, disheveled, but it didn't affect their high morale (for the time being). The firelight of the warehouse illuminated the docks, and the black shadows of the capsized ships entered their field of vision. "Sea monsters! It's sea monsters! We've been attacked!"
"Sea monster?" Feige hid behind the smoke and heard the pirate's shouts clearly. He wouldn't have taken it seriously if only one or two pirates had called him that, but many of them called the Kraken with a very firm attitude, using the specific name "Hydes".
"Oops, why did the boat fall?" several people rushed to the dock, dumbfounded. "Look at those bubbles, it's the bottom of the boat!"
The brave man plunged into the water and rushed back in a few seconds. The man's face was pale, his teeth were warping, and his hair was covered with hoarfrost. "I ...... I almost ...... I almost didn't die down there! It was ice, it froze! The bottom of the ship froze, and the keel shattered!"
"How can the bottom of the ship freeze? Could it be that Hydes has another head and learned the ability to be icy?"
"Excuse me, what is Hydes?"
This abrupt voice stunned the three of them. Turning their heads, they saw Feige's smiling face. Looking up and down, there didn't seem to be such a well-dressed and unfazed young man on the island. "Which boat are you on?"
"That!" Feige pointed to the sea, where the brig of the elven refugees floated slowly in the night. But ordinary humans can't see that far, and of course they think Feige is lying.
A muscular arm grabbed at Feige, but only caught an illusion. Feige emerged from another position and continued to ask in a kind voice, "Tell me about Hydes, and I won't kill the three of you." β
"This must have been sent by the elves!" shouted one of the pirates, and the men next to him shoved him into the sea.
"Hydes is a sea monster we have encountered, which can spew tar and flames, and has long ...... It looks like a squid, except that the tentacles are its head, which is a hundred meters long. It speaks and loves alcohol, especially rum. β
"Very well answered. Feige's apparition shifted his position and asked, "Since you like rum, it's a relationship." Why are you so sure that the sea monster attacked you?"
"Because a customer heard about Hydes a month ago, and gave us a box of gold, and we had to find a way to capture it, transport it to Tawu Harbor City, and then give another box when the matter was done. We drugged the rum and Hydes fainted. We dragged it with a net, but it woke up only halfway through. Because it was not in good shape, it broke free and sneaked away. We think it has the potential to come back for revenge. β
"Uh-huh, I see. Feige nodded. At this time, the pirate who had been pushed into the water came to the surface, and he wiped his face with his hands as he spat out the water, but he stopped scolding, and seemed to understand his companion's intentions. Feige smiled and said, "This time it wasn't the sea monster that attacked you, but Feige St. Hall, the magic advisor of the Hoya United Kingdom. This time I came to vent my anger on the elves who were attacked by you, so blow up your ship and burn down the shipyard and docks. I personally advise you to change careers and surrender to His Majesty Andrew of the United Kingdom is best. As for this fire, you can save it with no difficulty, because the fire I want to burn will neither burn too much nor be easily extinguished. β
Feige reached out and patted the pirate, then flew into the sky. Soon, thunder fell, fire rained, winds swirled, and the fire grew bigger and bigger. Not only docks, warehouses, and ship repair yards, but also ships whose keels were damaged and capsized were set on fire. It's not that there are no pirates trying to attack Fitch, it's just that they can't break the illusion, so they can only rely on luck Humon. The pirates' sparse arrows were almost impossible to hit, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to break through Feige's tough thick skin.
The destruction was completed in the middle of the night, but Feige stayed until dawn, and he did not drift away until the pirates had completely lost their will to fightβ"Island Breaker" became the pirate's new nickname for Feige.