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On the day that Morriel arrived at Bairders with the Black Dragon, Sylvia, who was in command of the First Fleet, had already entered the depths of the Crescent Moon Strait and continued along the course of the ships in the Strait.

The Crescent Moon Strait is also a very important sea communication artery in the waters around the Elasia continent, and most merchant ships from the Jadami continent will enter the strait from the north side, cross the strait, and then enter the southern waters of the continent, and finally dock at the southern port of the Elasia continent.

In fact, merchant ships from the Jadami continent can also choose to dock at the ports of Tulaone Forest or Eli, but the elven kingdom has always excluded foreign races, but the inhabitants of the Jadami continent are mostly non-human races, and the relationship between the two sides has not been very harmonious, and the elven kingdom also imposes heavy taxes on these merchant ships docked in their own national ports.

The merchants of the Jadami continent came out to do business for money, not for gas, if it was just a high tax point, everyone would have to endure it, after all, the sea is risky, and the rampant Rigner pirates made the merchants willing to give up some of their interests in exchange for safety, but in the Tulaone Forest and Eri. But they are both ruined and angry. Heavy taxes and the colored eyes of the elves, these two things are enough to make the backbone merchants of the Jadami continent sail out to sea and turn to the ports of the Erathian Empire.

The Erathian Empire was also alien to the Empire. However, thanks to the policies of the previous emperor and later Empress Catherine, the caravans were relatively polite, the taxes were reasonable, and the port in the southern part of the empire had a strong commercial atmosphere and more business opportunities, and merchants from anywhere were happy to come here to trade.

Now the Alliance's First Fleet is heading north along this route, and this kind of move is naturally good news in the eyes of the Rigner pirates who are chasing after them.

But Eric, who has always been cautious, is not too happy because of this, on the contrary, he is still worried.

"Aren't they related to Negan?" Eric stared at the charts on the table, puzzled. "Are they just trying to pass through the Crescent Strait?"

The muscular female first mate Ji Si stood on the side and stared at the chart in a daze, her eyes were also full of doubts, because judging from the actions of the other party, they didn't seem to have any intention of approaching Negan's offshore waters, and this situation was completely unexpected by the two, so they were a little overwhelmed.

Ever since entering the Crescent Strait, Eric has made up his mind that he will give up the chase as long as the other party has the intention of approaching the shore of the butt. and send scouts to scout the other side's landing sites. Determine which Negan lord is in cahoots, then retreat and report the situation to the Rigner Islands.

Even if he will lose the position of the commander because of this, he will admit it, anyway, he has made enough money over the years, and it is a big deal to take the initiative to apply for retirement, and then go back to the Rigner Islands to live a good life as a rich man, it is better than giving away his life here.

But now the situation has changed, so Eric is very depressed, he always feels that the other party has a conspiracy. But I can't think of what tricks the other party is playing.

Because the Negan Lords use the Black Dragon as a shore defense, the Negan Offshore Sea has always been a forbidden place for the Rigner pirates, and the Rigner Islands also require the pirates not to get close to the Negan Offshore Sea as much as possible, so if the other party escapes into the Negan Offshore Sea, then Eric does not chase it, it can still be justified, because although the Negan Lords never take the initiative to provoke the Rigner pirates, and generally do not have any hostile behavior towards the Rigner fleet that enters the Negan Offshore Sea, but such a large pirate fleet appears. They wouldn't have to do nothing, and for that reason, even if Eric would be punished by the Island Union, the charge would be a failure at best. Sluggishness. He also has some connections on the island, otherwise he would not have been sent to the lively sea area as the commander, and then as long as he dots up and down, find someone to help him talk, and then take the initiative to apply for retirement, I believe it will be safe.

But if the other side does not escape into the waters off Negan. If he dares to let go of this mysterious fleet that has cost the Rigner pirates all the face, it is believed that he will be sent to the gallows by the island's law enforcement team before long.

"These damn guys! What exactly do they want to do? Who are they? Eric thought about it for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out anything, and he couldn't help but be a little crazy again. Ji Si sighed and said, "You want me to see it." Let's contact the Grand Commander first, and ask him to send someone to help us intercept the enemy from the other side of the strait!" We can't let them run away like that."

Eric nodded a little helplessly. Forcing himself to calm down, he grabbed his pen and was considering his words, when a pirate soldier rushed to deliver him a piece of information.

"Head, this is information from the two fleets chasing the enemy in front, and the enemy has suddenly changed course!"

"Change course? Are they finally going to run away to Negan? Hearing this, Eric had mixed emotions because he wasn't very willing to let it go

But to his surprise, the pirate soldier who delivered the letter shook his head and denied his speculation: "It's not Negan, head, they fled in the direction of Baildus, and judging by the direction they are heading, it is likely that they are going to the port of Baildus!" ”

"Baildes?" Eric was taken aback, snatched the information and read it quickly, and Kiss also bowed

After reading it, the two glanced at each other, and they both found the look of surprise in each other's eyes.

Although dangerous, Bailders was separated from Negan and close to Hammondal, the transportation hub on the continent of Erathia, and caravans had been traveling between the two places for many years. Somewhere in Baildes, there was a natural deep-water port, so a simple dock was erected here for merchant ships from the two places to load and unload their goods, which were then transported by caravans to various parts of the mainland.

After the hill dwarves came to Baildus. Vigorously destroy and drive away the undead creatures, the roads are much safer, what's the matter, the port is also more prosperous because of this, but still no one dares to live here, no way, it's too dangerous here In addition to the undead creatures, the bandit groups active on the local trade routes of Bairders and the Rigner pirates at sea are enough to make people stay away from this port that was originally full of business opportunities, after all, no one wants to work hard to build an industry here in the end but attract the ravages of robbers and pirates, but when the caravans pass by, will consciously maintain the simple dock to avoid the destruction of the dock, and everyone is inconvenient.

In fact, when the merchant ships docked here to load and unload their goods, they all passed through Zhuo and there would be bandit groups to attack, and if it weren't for the caravan with a lot of money and many guards, they really wouldn't dare to take this route.

Eric and Kiss, two pirate chieftains, lived in the seas of the area, and occasionally they did a little business or two on the short route connecting Baierdes and Negan, so they knew the port well, and now they saw that the enemy they were chasing was going in that direction. It's all kind of weird.

And then at the same time, people thought of a possibility.

"Could it be that they want to escape from our pursuit by escaping ashore? Ji Si couldn't help but mutter, her face full of disbelief. "It's stupid, aren't you going to ask for so many ships? What a determination! And the supplies they looted, how are they going to transport them? Or did they have already contacted their accomplices and had them come ashore to meet them? ”

"Who knows?" Eric gritted his teeth and said, "Maybe there's some other conspiracy in this?" ”

It's no wonder that Eric is suspicious, he already has a heart, but the other party has a mysterious power of black dragons, although it is not sure whether they have anything to do with Negan, but who knows how many black dragons they still have? In case the other party really hid a lot of black dragons on the shore, and his own people rushed to catch up, the situation would be very bad.

But the direction in which the other party is moving is Baierdes. Not Negan, but there was no reason why he shouldn't chase it. For a moment, Eric was in a dilemma.

Kiss was a little unimpressed by Eric's worries, she felt that Eric was too cautious and cautious, and it was good not to underestimate the enemy, but it was not necessary to overestimate the opponent.

"Unlikely, right? How could the Negans go to such great lengths to deal with us? Why? The musclewoman shrugged her shoulders and squeezed Eric again, "You always like to complicate simple things, it's a bad habit!" ”

"Reason? It's not like you don't know that they can carry the black dragon to the sea to fight! It's not like you don't know that they have two weird warships that can move freely at sea without sails! That's already a reason, maybe they want to replace our Endless Sea Empire and become the new overlord of this ocean! Eric glared at his first mate angrily, "Their operation this time may be to test the combat effectiveness of their new warship!" Or, this time the incident was simply deliberate on their part, the purpose was to lure us or the main fleet out, and then gather and annihilate it! ”

Kiss looked at Eric dumbfounded. Marveling at the astonishing richness of his imagination: "Head, I find that you don't want to be a bard. What a waste! They want to replace our Empire of the Endless Sea, to replace the Rigner Islands as the new overlord of the seas? Why? With those two battleships? And what is the use of destroying our combined fleet other than to provoke the Rigner Islands? The power of the Rigner Islands covers all the oceans, the fleet is as large as a cow's hair, and the main fleet is several, even if we are all wiped out, it will not have much serious impact on the overall situation, if the Rigner Islands are angry. What benefits do they get? Or do you think they now have the strength to start an all-out war with us at sea? If they have such a strong strength, they will directly dispatch the navy to destroy us, so why bother so hard to lure the enemy into battle? ”

Neither of them realized that the situation that Eric had guessed was extremely close to the truth. (To be continued)