Chapter 378: The Pirate White Knight
When Evan and his party were still nested in the rainforest, waiting for the arrival of the BMW team.
The privateering tide set off by the anti-Hylius alliance in the "Golden Sea" has gradually made waves in the New World.
In particular, the shipping conditions in the spring are good, and it is the time when all kinds of ships from the old and new continents come and go frequently.
The stormy weather on the Black Sea during this season is relatively mild, and as long as you are not afraid of pirates, one or two merchant ships dare to cross the Black Sea along the established route.
Even now on the shortest route back to Syrius, the "Eye of the Black Sea" has proven to be the sanctuary of the goddess of the Black Sea, and the naval base of Syrius is half scrapped, and the risk of a long voyage is greatly increased.
But the excess benefits of ocean trade have emboldened captains to spend more time navigating the waters already known as the "eye of the storm" and embarking on their way home.
Even the adventurers of Cyrius have set out early, vowing to explore the best new route connecting the Golden Sea with the mainland!
Such energetic "fat sheep", coupled with the fact that now due to the loss of an escort fleet, Sylius's maritime military strength has been weakened, which has made the route defense system even more holes.
All these conditions have greatly facilitated the "bloody operation" of the United Front of all countries, and looking at those Sylius merchant ships coming and going is simply looking at a group of gold mines floating on the water!
in the Union.
Sark, who is in the midst of a shift in national policy to develop the navy, is the most active, because the piracy industry is now a serious business in Sark.
In addition to the powerful elites, ordinary manor owners, wealthy gentry, and broken knights bought a boat and gathered a group of people to go to sea to rob.
And now that the official call of the empire has been issued, the people in the colonies have already responded enthusiastically, without waiting for the local personnel to hear the news.
There have even been successful ransacking of a small settlement in Sylius.
Atlan, on the other hand, is located in the northernmost part of the Old Continent and is a literal Icelandic country. The original living conditions were very ordinary, worshipping the strong and the people were fierce, believing in bandit logic and take-it-or-leave-it.
For many years before the Age of Discovery, piracy was the backbone of the country's industry.
As early as thousands of years ago, the image of a pirate wearing a horned helmet and holding a sharp axe made the coastal countries fearful!
This is a country that has pirate blood in its very nature.
Not to be outdone, many small countries have joined the carnival with a roar. In the past, of course, they did not dare to provoke Sylius at will, and at most they secretly shot guns, and the privateer license issued by the official was still exempted.
But now that "the world is against it", of course, there is no scruple anymore!
In less than two months since its establishment, the alliance has already made its own gains.
Although for the time being, it can't make up for the losses of being targeted by Cyrius and the Pirate King.
Compared with the situation when you could only swallow your anger at the beginning, it is no longer the same. Even the countries can't stop after tasting the sweetness!
I have worked hard to plant, gather, and produce, and where is the robbery that comes quickly?
Even without the full set of plans of Faletis, the raids were only to serve larger strategic objectives, and these countries could not stop at all.
Larger privateer fleets are already quietly being formed.
On the other hand, when the nations are gearing up.
Because of the policy of the Church of the "Goddess of Kings and Navigation" to "crack down on all unofficial piracy", the Tulip Kingdoms, which were most reluctant to private piracy, were naturally the least efficient.
The perennial crackdown of the government has made the survival soil of the Tulip Alliance pirates the most impoverished.
Even the Black Iron Cross Church, the "goddess of kingship and navigation", has publicly declared that the bullying behavior of the Kingdom of Cyrius against the kingdoms has hindered the development of navigation and maritime trade, and is no longer protected by the goddess.
In disguise, he recognized the legitimacy of the plundering of Syrius!
However, those speculators who are not of a high level in China are still a little skeptical.
Therefore, Tulip also needs the official to set an example and break the inherent perception of the people!
If he hadn't taken advantage of the fact that the plan had just been launched and Sylius hadn't fully reacted to make targeted precautions, he would have taken a big bite of fat, and there would not be many opportunities like this in the future.
Lieutenant General Gustav, who knew the overall plan, was of course also very concerned about this matter, and he was also slightly anxious to see that the actions of various countries were already in full swing.
Because of the particularity of the kingdom's policy, the advocates of the "blood loss plan" can only watch others eat meat at this time.
"Perhaps we should establish a heroic image among the privateers among the people, and rekindle the blood in the bones of the people.
It's up to you how much the kingdom can get now, Brigadier Advan!"
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The Isthmus of Balboa, deep in the hot and humid jungle.
Because of the monitoring of the seagulls throughout the whole process, Aven did not waste any time in the days of waiting.
The "Adventurer's Blood" suppression plan on the current schedule, the first "Spirit Exploration" after becoming an official wizard, and the renewal of the Seabird Scouting Network... It's all done one by one.
Preparing the "Revitalized Animal Skins" for the members under his command is a slow job, even if he keeps taking time to prepare in the middle, only about 100 sheets have been made so far, and he still needs to accumulate slowly.
The focus of his current research is on the four types of Totem Warrior Training Methods in his hands.
These are the Tiger Warrior Training Method, the Eagle Warrior Training Method from the Azks, the Bobcat Warrior Training Method, and the Brown Bear Warrior Training Method, which belonged to the Iroquois people.
He had been stagnant at the peak knight for long enough, even if he didn't take too much initiative to practice physical liberation, but with the improvement of his swordsmanship level, even his physical liberation was close to 100%.
Under the premise that he is not ready to make a normal breakthrough and gather his fighting spirit with his will, it is urgent to find a new way to support the knight's progress!
However, after this period of continuous research and comparison, Ai Wen already has some clues about this "totem warrior" path that focuses on the combination of totem and physical power.
Although they look completely different from the surface, in addition to the natural spirit, the "totem mark" part that Ai Wen values the most actually has quite a commonality.
Based on the premise of this commonality, different totems have their own emphasis.
At present, Ai Wen has extracted the highly overlapping totem engraving systems with the help of "digital vision", such as the main body parts, functional partitions, meridian systems, stress responses, etc. Wait a minute.
and the magical root runes (alienated symbols rooted in the world itself, like programming languages for the rules of the world) that each of the different nature spirits represents:
The balance of the bobcat "Libr", the physique and strength of the brown bear "cons" + "impe", the agility of the eagle and even gliding "mobi" + "mult", and the agility and strength of the tiger "mobi" + "impe".
When the operation is over and we return to Port Hatrafa, we will find a few volunteers to carry out further experiments.
Closing his witchcraft notes, he put them in his "magic pocket" and looked up to see that the commandos had packed up the camp and tried to erase all the traces of life left here during this time.
With the resilience of the rainforest, it won't take half a month to wipe everything out after they leave.
After the procession was completed, the number of people was counted, and the remaining ninety-eight gave their final salute to the two companions who had already buried their bones here.
Then facing everyone's expectant eyes, Ai Wen waved his hand:
"Let's go!"
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As the time ticks in early May, the rainy season in the rainforest also arrives.
Although it is not yet the peak of the rainfall, even the prelude has made the roads in the rainforest extremely muddy, making it difficult for the BMW fleet, which barely travels during the season.
At this time, a long army of mules and horses was winding down the post road.
The total number of mules and horses is about 230, because there are no wagons to travel through the mountains.
The upper limit of the weight of mules and horses for long journeys is about 200 kilograms, so it is estimated that the total capacity should be about 46 tons.
In addition to a sufficient number of grooms, there was also a convoy of one hundred and eighty men, led by a Cylius army colonel, Hubbard Rudolph.
After more than 20 days of trekking in the rainforest, the soldiers were a little sluggish, and the colonel, with a brown beard, patrolled back and forth, exhaling and encouraging the soldiers:
"Soldiers, cheer up, and when you get to Port Dios, I'll give you a charter at the 'Pink Lover's Bar'!"
"Long live Colonel Rudolph!"
“......”
With just over a day to go before the rainforest is completely gone, the soldiers are ready to come to an end, and with the Colonel's promise, the soldiers are refreshed as if they were looking to quench their thirst.
The officer combination of a colonel and two majors in the team also breathed a sigh of relief, they were not too worried about the possible foreign enemy, the only concern was that the soldiers' poor condition might delay the sailing ship's departure.
After all, this is the heart of the kingdom's colonies, a pinnacle, two official knights and... That annoying but powerful guy is completely enough as a guard.
There are no priests of the "Eternal Flame" in the procession, and there is a group of people waiting on the ship to make do, how dare this kind of pure hard work work for those high-ranking masters?
"Stay in formation and be careful not to fall behind!"
After a word of advice, the team moved on.
However, the slightly invigorated spirit of the Yunbao team did not last long.
While passing through a pass.
Hubbard Rudolph, who was in the middle of the line, keenly heard a sound in the woods:
"Detonate!"
A strong sense of crisis caused him to smash the ground and rush into the rainforest.
The next moment.
A large number of alchemy bombs planted in advance under the ground erupted like a volcanic eruption.
Boom, boom, boom....
In the team of mules and horses behind him, there was already a burst of fire, and even hundreds of pounds of mules and horses were blown up to a height of more than ten meters.
Before the smoke cleared, there was a flood of mourning all over the field, and there was another burst of gunfire overhead.
Bang!bang...
The bearded colonel, who had escaped for the time being, raised his head and shouted:
"Who dares to attack the army of the Kingdom of Cyrius?"
A young voice rang out in the rainforest:
"Pirates... White Knight!"