Katrick felt like he must be dreaming, having a nightmare.

In his dreams, he dreamed that his mighty fleet had been crushed by cunning enemies, that the kingdom's mighty airships had become as vulnerable as papier-mâché, that the woman he liked had turned into a ruthless and vicious pirate, and that he had been kidnapped by the Ragner pirates into a strange ship that could sail underwater.

Soaked in the icy seawater, and immobile by the sturdy knots of ropes, Cattrick was thrown like a broken sack in a small cabin full of strange smells, and when the hatch was closed, the cabin became invisible, and Cattrick shivered in the dark, both because of the chill in his body and because of the fear in his heart.

He forced himself to believe that he was dreaming, and he couldn't accept what was happening to him today, even though he knew very well that it was not a dream, but a naked reality.

Because, indeed, he was now in a strange ship capable of sailing below the surface.

This is a submarine of the Rigner pirates, although it is a different world, but in some ways, the continent of Erathia and the earth have many things in common, such as the fact that the creators of both worlds have adopted the same name for this ship that can sail below the surface.

From the earthling's point of view, this is definitely a fairly primitive submarine, wooden structure, human-driven, streamlined in appearance similar to a common blue-ridge shark in the ocean, of course, much larger, not long ago, an unexpected genius pirate designed and built it, and dedicated it to his emperor.

Before she didn't know that there was such a magical thing as an air warship in the world, the pirate princess Catarina once regarded this kind of submarine as the secret weapon of the pirates, and invested a lot of manpower and material resources to improve it, but with the emergence of the air warship, now Katarina is not so concerned about submarines.

Because this primitive submarine, with the technological level of the world where the continent of Erathia is located, has too many flaws to solve, it is really a bit difficult to put it into practical use and then use it on the battlefield.

First of all, the power problem can not be well solved, on the sea, this kind of submarine can be driven by wind power, because of the small size of the speed is much faster than the regular warships of the Rigner pirates, but under the sea surface there are no such convenient conditions, only with human power, the speed is really unsatisfactory.

Secondly, the small space inside the submarine also makes it impossible to sneak under the surface for a long time, the pirates don't know what the concept of hypoxia is, but they know that if the submarine is underwater for too long, the people inside will have difficulty breathing, at this time, they must rise to the surface and open the hatch of the submarine for ventilation.

These two problems alone have made the pirates' submarines useless, and to make matters worse, under the surface, the pirates have not yet figured out how to effectively attack the enemy, and they have no suitable weapons.

Magic can't be used under the surface, it's a common sense, of course, the bow and crossbow can't be used, the pirates' skill level makes them not have the ability to create a bow and crossbow that can have enough strength underwater, so the only way this submarine can attack is to use a sharp ramming angle mounted on the bow of the ship to hit the enemy ship, but the problem is that this ramming angle can't exert its due power at all, and this kind of submarine, which can only be driven by human power under the surface, can't get enough impact force at close range.

These problems, coupled with the appearance of warships in the air, Catarina eventually gave up the idea of using submarines for actual combat, but she also realized that submarines could effectively hide their advantages, so she used this submarine as a means of transportation for her own covert operations, such as now.

After changing her clothes, Catarina came to the crowded wheelhouse of the submarine, where several pirates were busy, and when they saw her coming, they quickly stopped what they were doing and saluted her.

"How's the situation going above?" Katarina frowned, underwater, for some reason, even the magic eye magic has lost its effect, which makes it difficult to observe the outside from the submarine, and can only rely on a kind of observation mirror made by the submarine designer to use several mirrors reflecting each other to extend out of the water to complete this work, but this kind of observation mirror fixed on the submarine is quite inconvenient to use, because its length is fixed, and the length is sacrificed for clarity, As a result, each observation submarine had to rise to a height where it could easily expose itself.

"The alliance army has retreated, they are very cunning, and they did not destroy all the warships of the Bracada army, but left the other side with a dozen scarred rotten ships, it seems that they don't want to force the other party to fight them to the death!" The commander of the submarine was a middle-aged female pirate, and she would respectfully report the latest situation to Katarina, "The Bracada Navy is definitely finished this time, relying on the dozen or so seriously damaged warships, they will definitely not be able to return to Bracada safely, even if those gargoyles who don't eat or drink can hold on, those magicians and gods and monsters will definitely not be able to hold on, and there are so many people, they can't squeeze in a dozen or so warships, in addition, I think the Alliance Army will not let them go, the Alliance Army will go back and rest enough, I will definitely come back again and try to annihilate or force them down, this commander of the Alliance Navy is not easy! ”

Katarina nodded, her face was blue: "We really underestimated Jian Chen, we didn't expect him to hide such an amazing strength in the sea!" Hundreds of dragons, even if he had a way to carry two dragons at a time with that kind of strange ship, it would take hundreds of warships! With such a huge fleet, he can sail all the way from Negan all the way here without anyone noticing, I really don't understand how he did it! Fortunately, we didn't fight him hard at Negan, otherwise we would have been the ones who would have suffered! ”

Like Cattrik, Katarina, who didn't know that the Alliance Army actually used a portal to send troops to the sea, misunderstood the true number of Alliance Navy warships, which made Catarina's jealousy of Jian Chen deepened a lot, but if she knew the real situation, this jealousy would not be less than half a point, maybe more.

The middle-aged female pirate was obviously Katarina's confidant and knew a lot of things, so she asked Katarina: "Your Highness, what should we do now, you are gone, how will the aftermath be dealt with by Bracada?" ”

Catarina pondered for a while and said, "Anyway, the Bracada fleet is over, so let them think that I will die at sea together, I don't have time to play a game of saliva with those magicians now!" However, the negotiations with them can't be stopped, now is not the time to turn the other cheek with the Bracada Kingdom, you go and arrange it, let the island rearrange the manpower to continue the negotiations with Bracada, and let them send a clever guy! Also, in the name of the empire, immediately provide the information that the Bracada Kingdom sent a fleet to the western waters of the continent to Jian Chen! Have our people figured out what exactly the Bracada fleet is trying to do? ”

The middle-aged female pirate smiled: "They went to the coast of Titalia, it seems that the Bracada people want to intervene in the Titaria region as well, but I don't know what their idea is!" ”

"Really?" Catarina also laughed, "Then Titalia will be very lively during this time, necromancers, the Erathia Empire, the Tytarians, and what Farouk, plus Jian Chen, now there is another Bracada Kingdom, there is a good show to watch now, tell Jian Chen about this, I want to see how he reacts!" ”

Speaking of Jian Chen, the smile on the pirate princess's face gradually disappeared again: "Damn, it seems that we have been tricked by Jian Chen again!" Look at the performance of the Bracada air battleship today! Jian Chen must have known the weakness of the air battleship early on! That's why it was so easy to give up the air battleship to us! With the ability to transport so many dragons to the sea, he is not afraid that we have the technology of a battleship in the air! Where did he get those weird warships? And how did he hide the whereabouts of the fleet? It's incredible! ”

After frowning and thinking for a while, Katarina's face became more and more ugly, because she found that she really couldn't think of a good way to deal with Jian Chen for a while, and finally, she sighed helplessly and ordered to sail back to the Rigna Islands: "Let's go back first, it seems that our air warship must be redesigned on the basis of the existing one, otherwise even if it is built, it will be of no great use like this submarine!" ”

The middle-aged female pirate hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "Your Highness, if you want me to see, the reason why Jian Chen is powerful is not only that he has a warship that we don't have, but also that he is the most powerful thing, but also that he can make people die for him, the Negans, the Krigans, the Angel Clan, the Dwarf Clan, and many other races, as well as those soldiers of the former emperor, are now all used by him!" I don't quite understand what this is all about, but his slogan of racial equality really seems to have such a magic! Perhaps we can try to follow his example? ”

Catarina couldn't help but fall into deep thought again.

Racial equality? Does this slogan really have that kind of magic? Katarina is a little unsure, but if this slogan can bring enough benefits to the Endless Sea Empire and attract those powerful races to attach to the Empire, she would be happy to shout that on the Jadami Continent, which is not a big deal, but she knows very well that the image of the Empire has always been unpopular, and the interests of the sea cannot be let go, and the piracy that maintains the existence of the Empire does not seem to be so in tune with this slogan.

Pirates on the continent of Jadami to promote racial equality? Everyone would have thought I was crazy!

Katarina couldn't laugh or cry.

She was suddenly very envious of Jian Chen.

Because Jian Chen didn't have to be like her, although he didn't want to, he had to take over the huge foundation of the Rigner Islands while carrying the notoriety accumulated by pirates over hundreds of years, and he often felt a sense of restraint when he did things.

"If you are under the same conditions, Jian Chen, how can I lose to you!"

In a voice that she could only hear, Katarina said this to herself, and also to Jian Chen, who was far away in Negan.