After solving the problem of Hawkins's identity and ensuring that the "Mercury United Trading Company", an important asset that is sure to be more profitable than a robbery in the future, will not be unavailable.

Surprisingly, Evan spent another three days in Port Hatrafa.

However, in the past three days, no one has seen their own head of the group, and even Milan, who has always been inseparable, does not know what mysterious things Aven is doing when he hides.

The wind is calm until... On the third day, at nightfall.

The members of the pirate group who were about to fall asleep were completely dispelled from their sleepiness by a loud thunder overhead.

Boom Boom...

Like a prelude to an impending storm, the thunder rolled under the clouds, weighing down on the pirates' hearts.

"Hurry, hurry, go and check if the boats on the dock are all tied?"

At first, the pirates were busy settling their ships in the harbor in anticipation of the impending storms.

However, several transcendent captains who stayed on the island took out the "Storm Bottle Body" that had been assigned to each ship and observed it, but found that there was nothing abnormal, and there were only clear skies for twelve hours from this moment.

"Strange, what's going on?"

After they carefully distinguished, they realized that the faint thunder was actually coming from the island at their feet!

A loud thunderclap rang out in the rainforest deep on the island.

Boom! crackling...

Even from the gentle seaside settlement, they could see the electric light shining in the towering montane rainforest in the middle of the island.

Everyone on the island knows that it is actually the site of an extinct volcano on the island and a two-kilometre-diameter freshwater volcanic lake that serves as a water source.

Red, yellow, purple, blue... Normal electric light in nature does have different color distinctions, but it is rare for such colorful lightning to appear at the same time.

However, no matter what the cause is, the great power in it is not inferior to the thunder that fell from the sky.

The huge movement also attracted most of the pirates on the island to come out and watch, and there was a lot of discussion about this bizarre sight.

If there were people in the crowd at this time, no matter whether others could understand it or not, they might shout: "Who is the Taoist friend who is here to cross the tribulation?"

However, the only one here is in the center of the shining thunder!

Cracking sound...

In the rainforest at the foot of that extinct volcano.

Wearing a marble sculpture-like upper body, Ai Wen, who was wearing only a pair of trousers, was covered in blue electric light.

At this time, he held an ordinary iron sword for training with both hands, standing majestically like a temple.

With his feet on the earth and his head above the sky, Aven's tall body seems to be a bridge between heaven and earth.

His eyes closed slightly to hide the increasingly powerful white light in his eyes, and his breathing between his mouth and nose gradually adjusted, exhaling into a violent wind and inhaling into thunder, and gradually developing a wonderful synesthesia with the world.

After a few breaths, he inexplicably grasped the melody of the world itself, and the visions between the breaths disappeared.

And after listening to the pulse of the world in synaesthesia, there seemed to be thunder in Aiwen's ears, but it was a loud sound.

The next moment.

The spirit sitting in the sea of consciousness is like a majestic god with the authority of thunder, and its vision is instantly raised, as if it has come to the outside of Aven's body.

[Oyi Thunder Breath!]

On the surface of his body, the jade-green inscriptions on his wrists, ankles, and heart lit up one after another.

Crackle –

The thin blue electric light of Ai Wenwen's watch was instantly integrated, turning into a bright and sharp electric circle of blue light around him!

Transcendent Energy [Kamui!]

Boom –

Aven paused on one foot, and the thunder dragon trampled like a roar.

The furious thunder came out of the air, instantly turning the bluestone under his feet into powder, and his body was also pushed by this terrifying force, like a railgun accelerated by electromagnetism and flying out with wind and thunder.

Whew——!

At the same time, in the eyes of the pirates on the outskirts of the island, they saw a shining blue lightning like an arrow, flying up the towering mountain of life and death in the center of the island.

In a blink of an eye.

In the slight tremor that can be felt even at the edge of the island.

The blue arrow light was like a retrograde lightning, which had already pierced the outer wall of the volcanic rock more than ten meters thick on the outer side of the volcanic lake, and the abundant water accumulated in the rainy season poured down.

Under the moonlight, a shiny waterfall was formed in an instant.

"That's... Thunderbolt?"

"Didn't you see that it was going from the bottom up, it should be ball lightning, right?"

"It's terrifying, but it's good that it didn't fall into the port area, otherwise none of us would have survived. ”

“......”

The pirates talked a lot, but without exception they all thought that it was some strange natural phenomenon, and they didn't expect it to be the work of their own captain.

The person in charge of the logistics department of the command room was the most steady, and said in a deep voice:

"Let's all disperse! After daybreak, let's go up and check the water source to see if we can make use of the waterfall. ”

The islands have a typical tropical oceanic climate, with volcanic lakes that store a lot of water during the rainy season.

However, except for the time when the water is at its highest, when the lake crosses the mouth of the crater to form a small stream, the daily fetching of water requires special personnel to carry it on their shoulders.

At this time, the crater lake formed a small waterfall in the direction facing the harbor.

Perhaps, with a little renovation and the construction of a water tower, a complete water supply system can be built with a continuous stream of fresh water from hollow bamboo.

It also greatly saves the cost of later construction and provides convenience for the members.

And at this time.

With a sword piercing through the thick mountain, Aven was floating on his back in the clear waters of the volcanic lake, throwing the iron sword that had been completely melted due to the powerful electrical energy into the lake.

If a pirate fishes this sword out of the lake in the future, thinking of today's lightning and thunder, maybe there will be more reverie.

Whew-

Ai Wen let his body float naturally on the surface of the water, exhaled lightly, and the life magnetic field slowly calmed down.

The electric sparks on his body dissipated without a trace, and the surging heat generated by the thunder also quickly subsided with the lake.

In fact, Aven's advancement had started three days ago.

However, because this is a unique profession that has never been called before, it has been slowly advanced for the sake of caution, and it is not completely completed until today.

If you look at Evan from a spiritual vision, his vitality at this time is simply as surging as a real monster, and the limit of his life should be far more than the average lifespan of a great knight of 150 years.

And after his body has undergone many transformations, his height at this time has reached one meter nine.

The curves of the body are flawless, and even the fair skin seems to be shrouded in a faint layer of light in the moonlight.

Although the [Brand Swordsman] is in the same vein as the [Life Tree Totem Samurai], it is still comprehensively surpassed.

When the totem mark is combined with the projected roots in the sea of consciousness, the perfectly engraved "Tree of Life" does not need to cover almost all of its skin like the totem warriors.

Instead, most of them are hidden under the skin, except for a lifelike jade-green "Tree of Life" emblem on the heart.

And it's a red hemlock that's closer to Aven itself than the mysterious source!

The [Brand Swordsmen] far surpass the latter in terms of appearance and actual strength, and they do not have the shortcomings of their weak spiritual strength.

And his physical data at this time has also become a qualitative change:

Name: Evan Garlott

Gender: Male

Rank: Commodore Captain (4th Rank Battleship "Storm Horn")

Rank: Third-Order Brand Swordsman Official Wizard

Attributes: Constitution 6.1, Strength 6.1, Agility 6.1, Mental Power 3.2.

Skills: Thunder Swordsmanship (Mastery) White Sail Swordsmanship (Half-Step Master) Witchcraft (Mastery, Excitement, Potions, Activating Aura, Revitalizing Animal Skin, Bloodline Transformation...)

Because the physical attributes are not isolated but a sophisticated system that affects the whole body, even the spiritual power has been fed back due to the rapid increase in physical activity, and great progress has been made.

Evan has completely reached the third order of transcendence, comparable to his sister Anita, who has always been excellent.

At this time, even if he did not give Wang Guoguo many merits, he was also a good treatment for a starting brigadier general based on his strength alone.

Because even in the modern era after the birth of the "Breath of the Behemoth", the proportion of official knights who can generate Douqi Advanced Great Knights is only two to three percent.

It is conceivable that the third-order great knights and the transcendents of the same kind are precious.

Among the most powerful kingdoms in the mortal world, except for the kingdom guardian who stood high at the top of the pyramid, the Third Order was already a bigwig in all parties.

Even Vice-Admiral Gustav, Faltitis' highest-ranking military commander in the New World, and the captain of the only quasi-legendary ship of the Brilliant Rear Admiral Demont Brand, was no different.

Looking up at his slender and powerful palm, Ai Wen couldn't help but murmur:

"Is this the power of the third order?"

And after becoming a third-order boss, while inevitably gaining more privileges, many things no longer necessarily need to be done by yourself.

Ai Wen also silently took stock of his family background in his heart.

property;

A copper mine in the New World owned by the Ilia royal family of Kribum Mining Company. With two percent of the shares, Evan can bring himself at least 1,200 Golden Lions in dividends every year.

The "Vanilla Manor" in the Southern Continent obtained in exchange for the "Shipwreck Mourning" has about 1,000 golden lions per year from various crops.

Then there is the main force of the commercial project in hand, "Mercury United Trading Company", which owns 40% of the shares and has the right to manage it. This is a high-quality asset that can lay golden eggs, and the future is limitless with careful management.

These were all entrusted by Evan to Hawkins, and to the spirit seagull that stayed in Hawkins' dream.

Although Evan did not doubt Hawkins' loyalty, after all, the transcendent level was too low, and some things were not determined by his subjective consciousness.

Necessary insurance measures are still available.

In terms of influence:

There are 2,256 young and strong pirates carefully selected in the "Dragoon Pirate Regiment", and for such a long time, Evan has easily memorized the name, strengths, and appearance of each pirate, and knows the entire pirate group well.

There is a total of real estate under its command: one central port of Hatrafa Port and three attached small private ports (under construction).

Movable assets: his own heavy cruiser "Daystar", "Iron Bone" led by William, "Gladiator" led by Baldwin, "Wrestler" led by Alec, and "Rocking Lur" led by Zinaro.

There are also eight brigs that have not been completed for the time being.

Although it has not been established for a long time, the lineup is not bad, and it already has a bit of momentum as a large pirate group, at least the core fleet is unmatched.

Finally, there are his own elite direct subordinates in the military.

The Storm Horn now has 185 men left after the initial combat attrition and the backbone of the privateer fleet.

Evan has completed his promotion, and tomorrow he is ready to reunite his crew and go together to fulfill the responsibilities that belong to the deputy commander of the garrison.

By the way, we received a number of new crew members carefully selected from the colonies, some from the naval bases, some from the garrison, and some from the colony's top brass.

The list has been passed to Evan by "Fort Dilborn".

It is said that one of them is about to embark and become the first "alternate officer" ever on the Stormhorn.

"The team can continue to grow and grow, as a temporarily unknown boss, I am very happy!"