"Protect the head of the family!" The Marines quickly formed a human wall in front of Karl, protecting him and Zao from behind.

"Be vigilant! Always be ready to clear out any non-friendly units! The captain of the guard ordered with a yell.

“BOOM！”

An even more violent explosion alerted everyone present, and the Marines almost dragged Carl away from the construction room.

"What happened? Is there another deep-sea attack on the European Palace? A group of shipwives ran in the distance, led by a second lieutenant and asked nervously about war-weariness.

"I don't know, but it looks like the builder exploded. Second Lieutenant, you are responsible for guarding the perimeter. War-weariness casually said to the second lieutenant.

"Yes, Secretary-sama!" The second lieutenant hurriedly led her team to set up defenses a little farther away.

"What was the situation? Builders explode too? Karl immediately asked about war weariness.

"Judging from the situation just now, it should be that the builder exploded for unknown reasons, but the specific reason has to be investigated by those senior engineering ship mothers." War-weariness said to Karl.

"Uh, okay. But this shouldn't cost me, right? Karl asked cautiously.

"What do you say?" War-weariness squinted at him.

"Well, how many four resources? I pay. Carl said embarrassedly. After all, he was the one who broke someone's builder, and it is reasonable to pay compensation.

"Don't be in a hurry about the compensation, Mr. Karl, your ship's mother is still there." War-weariness gestured to the building room, which had been reduced to a pile of rubble.

Carl then remembered that he seemed to have built a ship in the builder just now, he looked at the construction room that had become a ruin, and the corners of his mouth twitched twice and asked, "She should... You okay? ”

"Archbishop, you don't have to worry about me. It's just a single house collapsing, and you think I'm too vulnerable. A majestic female voice rang out from the rubble.

Carl followed the sound and saw a half-kneeling figure in the rubble. The dust and rubble from the previous explosion of the builder could not be traced on her.

"It's beautiful! She should be the most beautiful shipwreck I've ever seen! He couldn't help but admire.

A golden doxedo cape hung behind him, and dazzling blonde hair flowed down from the feathers on either side of his forehead like a waterfall. Beneath the white skin on the chest is a golden feather chest guard that protects the two thriving peaks.

In her left hand is a gold-and-red kite-shaped shield, and on her right hand is a shrunken Super Cluster Laser Emitter. Her upper body was inlaid with a ring of red gems in her golden armor, her lower body was dressed in a golden skirt, and her legs were red over-the-knee boots.

Seeing Karl looking at her, the new ship lady looked up and said, "Paladin-class plundering ship, the lead ship, Paladin has seen Lord Archbishop!" ”

Only then did he realize how remarkable the self-proclaimed Paladin shipwreck was. Naturally, there is nothing to say about her appearance, but the most striking thing is that her eyebrows and eyes are golden. Under the illumination of the sun, if you use a sentence to compare, it is a golden flash that blinds the eyes of a 24K titanium alloy dog.

How much of the golden light shines on her? So much so that Carl had to ask for a pair of sunglasses from the captain of the guard beside him, otherwise he would find it difficult to even open his eyes.

"Oh my God, how much gold does this armor cost?" Carl looked at Paladin dumbfounded.

"Your Excellency, please sign a contract with me. I will turn into a sword in your hand and cut through all thorns and thorns for you. I will be your strongest shield against any cold arrows in the shadows! Paladin rose from the rubble, walked up to Karl and got down on one knee.

When she got closer, Carl realized that the headdress on her head was not simple. Among the two flying feathers is a large yellow diamond-shaped gem. Topaz also shimmers golden in the sun's rays.

Looking at Paladin, Karl was thinking about something else.

I just don't know how much a topaz can sell for this big. He looked at the topaz on Paladin's forehead and thought.

Paladin also seemed to sense Karl's thoughts, and she lightly raised her red lips and said, "Your Excellency, are you thinking of something very rude?" ”

"Uh... I'm sorry, I'm really shocked by your beauty, and I lost my mind for a while. Carl hurriedly said.

"Then please sign a contract with me, Your Majesty the Archbishop!" Paladin bowed his head in obedience.

It was another familiar mental contact, but it didn't feel like it was the same for Carl. He suddenly pushed everyone around him, clutched his forehead and stumbled to the base of the wall and sat down.

"Admiral, what's wrong with you?" Yamato and Zao immediately chased after him and held him up.

"I'm fine... I'm fine... Let me take it easy. Carl said with a hard grip on his forehead.

Seeing that Karl was very uncomfortable, Yamato sat down on his knees, despite the fact that there were still fine stones on the ground. She placed Carl's head on her plump thighs and gently massaged her hands over Carl's temples.

After a moment of light pressing, Yamato asked softly, "Admiral, how are you feeling?" Is it better? ”

As the headache subsided, Carl opened his eyes. He looked at the ghost of Zao in front of him and said, "It's better, but I still feel a little dizzy." Hey? Why are there two Zao kings in front of my eyes? ”

"Admiral, why don't we rest here for a while? YOUR STATE ... The standing Zao stopped talking.

"Ask war-weary, she should know what's going on." Karl said to Zao.

War-weary, who had been pulled in from the outer circle by Zao, looked at Karl carefully for a moment, then asked him a few questions and breathed a sigh of relief. She said to everyone, "Mr. Karl, you should have reached the upper limit of the contract, and your spirit is only enough to contract these ships." Anything else, and your life could be in danger. ”

Hearing this, Carl smiled bitterly and said, "It turns out that the contract has reached the upper line?" I'm going to take all the ships aside! ”

"Be content! You know, according to the rough estimate given to you by the African Governor before, your mental power is about equivalent to that of a lieutenant general. There is no problem with the contract of fifty or sixty ship girls, I guess the problem is mainly in the three ship girls you newly obtained. The contract of these three probably occupies the vast majority of your spirit, otherwise you would not have exhibited this symptom after the contract with her. War-weariness explained to Karl.

But then she asked Karl, "Mr. Karl, if it's convenient for you, can you let me check your contract with these three?" Of course, don't worry, I won't do anything superfluous, just check it out. Besides, with Yamato here, I can't do anything superfluous even if I want to. ”