A year later, in the year 1505, the year of the sea was round.

Marin Vando

Ray and Caterina stood beside a pile of strange instruments, worried. "Huh! Why does this flower lose its ability to attract clouds when it is deactivated? Holding a "blue ** girl" in his hand, Ray complained.

After a year, Ray's height has approached three meters. But unlike their height, their research on meteorological weapons has reached an impasse.

Although William's launcher has been preliminarily produced, the range is terrifying, and it can only hit a few tens of meters; The ammo part that Ray and Caterina are responsible for is stuck in how to expand the power while maintaining the activity, and because the two have no research on biology, they have not made progress.

"In the past, we used to inject high-pressure air mixture into the shells, and this method was used to achieve the effect of explosion, but the shelf life of the shells was too short. Maybe we should change our thinking, can we create an environment suitable for the survival of the 'blue ** girl' in the shell, so that there may be a different result. Caterina read the experiment report several times and suggested it in her distinctively cold voice.

"Is that so?" Ray seemed to catch something, but Zefa's sudden intrusion interrupted his inspiration.

"Ray, Sengoku asked me to inform you that you are now a colonel." Zefa's promotion worries Zefa, which means that Ray can already lead a warship on his own.

"Why the sudden promotion? I don't seem to have done anything! Lei was a little puzzled while being happy, he had not achieved anything in this year.

The rest of the office pretended not to see anything, and went on with the work at hand. Usually, they often see Zefa here to get close to their son, and they have long been surprised by Zefa's appearance.

"Didn't you wipe out the Iron Pirates! Before, because you didn't have enough qualifications, you temporarily suppressed it, and now it's been a year before you reissue your military merits. Zefa said.

"Anyway, I'm already free to go out, right?" Ray took off his white coat and asked Zefa in a sure tone.

Seeing Lei's impatient look, Zefa added: "By the way, the Warring States have issued a warship to you, and it is now parked in the warship port, if you want to leave, it is best to bring these subordinates with you, the warship is now only equipped with soldiers who can drive away the warship." ”

"Come with me and bring the instruments with you." Lei took the lead out of the room with a wave of his hand.

......

The first half of the Great Fairway, somewhere a small country.

Lu Qi, who received the order, stood on the mast and muttered, "Is it the last battle before it officially becomes CP9?" ”

On a small island not far away, the flames of war and smoke were everywhere, and the sound of cannons and gunfire became the only melody. On the sea, small fishing boats are desperately trying to escape from the island, even if they are reluctant to take care of the threat of death.

On the deck, a bespectacled herald shouted to Luci, "Mr. Luqi, your mission is to rescue the five hundred Kingdom soldiers captured by the pirates, and act as soon as you arrive on the island. ”

Luch didn't answer, only Hadley, the pigeon on his shoulder, responded, "Mission received." ”

......

Somewhere in a small country

In front of the palace, the king's son Beret and other ministers struggled to dissuade the king from leaving.

"Father, the ladyboy kingdom on Peachcolor Island is a lowly and dangerous place, we hope you can change your mind and stay in the kingdom or choose another location to visit." The young Beret hugged the king's thigh and pleaded, and the ministers behind him nodded in agreement.

The king impatiently kicked Beret away and angrily rebuked: "You are the king or I am the king, I have made up my mind, you go back quickly." ”

Looking at the king's distant back, the ministers' eyes flashed with an unknown light.

......

East China Sea, Dawn Island, Kolpo Mountain.

Ace, who was already five years old, carefully hid in the dense bushes with a spear. More than a dozen meters away, a huge row-toothed tiger is gnawing at a wild boar that has been dead for a long time.

The Tiger's sharp fangs tore at the boar's sturdy muscles, and the smell of blood and viscera was blown to Ace's side by the wind.

"It's disgusting, but bear with me, and I'll be able to fix it when it's full." Covering his mouth and nose, Ace stared at the figure of the Lyrodon with his peripheral vision to avoid attracting its attention.

This Rowtooth Tiger was the same one Ace had encountered a year ago, and it had not returned to forage for food for a long time after being frightened by Karp's move, and it was a full year before it returned to this food-rich place.

The sun was rising and there was a faint mist in the forest, but it quickly dissipated when the wind blew. On the branches, a few scavenging birds await the departure of the tigers, who can feed them with their leftovers.

The last bite ate the boar's heart, and the tiger licked its blood-stained paws, and rubbed its face and the corners of its mouth with the back of its saliva paws.

"It's easier to hunt here, that human shouldn't come back!" Stretching his back, the Legiontooth Tiger recalled that shameful day. It had never faced such a formidable opponent in the forest, and even now it would be terrified.

In the bushes, Ace noticed that the Tiger was a little sluggish after it had eaten its fill, and that it seemed to be a little mentally strained.

"Good chance!"

Carrying his spear, Ace climbed up a large tree beside him, and little by little approached the row-toothed tiger lying cross-legged and napping from the branch.

Jumping from a branch with a spear in hand, "Die! Ace roared inwardly, as if to vent his fear of almost being shot to death.

The beast's instincts woke the tiger from its slumber, but it was too late. The spear stabbed precisely through where its brain and spine were connected, and the tiger instantly lost control of its body, only to let out a wail of pain.

He stirred the spear vigorously, blood gushing out from the wound, and Ace pulled it out and stabbed it into the heart of the tiger, ending the life of the beast once and for all.

"Whew! Call! Ace didn't gasp nervously until the end of the game, and the slightest mistake in this set of maneuvers would lead to the defeat of the hunt. As a young man, he couldn't defeat an angry tiger, and it was hard to even escape, but his adventurous spirit in his bones prompted him to make the decision, and in the end, he won.

"You can't bring something this big back, and if you stay here, you'll be eaten quickly." Ace looked at the scavenging birds hovering in the sky in fright, and said in distress.

"Forget it, cut off a bit of meat and go back!" Pulling out a knife, Ace quickly made a decision. Because the smell of blood would soon attract a large number of beasts, he had to leave as soon as possible.

......

Marin Vando, the port of warships.

"Colonel Ray, are we going out to hunt pirates?" Owen, who knew the most about Ray, asked.

Watching the last box of instruments be loaded onto the deck, Ray replied with a smile, "Before that, let's go to a place first, I miss that guy a little bit." ”