"What, are you still thinking about those Yingzhou pirates?" Raising an eyebrow at Alice, Roger played with the Qi Spirit Ball in his hand a little carelessly.

This qi spirit ball was also one of the apologies from the Violet Chamber of Commerce sent by Nia, and it was directly given to Roger by Alice.

"It's not unclear how chaotic that place is in Yingzhou. If the sea elves really gave the leaves of the World Tree to those Yingzhou people, would we have to clean up all the more than thirty lords on Yingzhou Island, large and small? Alice shook her head in annoyance, God knows where that little island nation came from so many forces.

"Although it is said that there are more than 30 lords, in fact, there are only two or three so-called daimyo who can support these pirates behind their backs, and it is estimated that it is not the so-called Shimazu or Maori." Roger didn't raise his head and said, "Anyway, I'm more willing to fight with these Yingzhou people, after all, compared to those sea elves, Yingzhou people are really too easy to bully." ”

"I also know that the people of Yingzhou are easier to deal with, but the leaves of the World Tree are also likely to be in the hands of the sea elves, isn't it?" Alice, who became more and more frustrated the more she spoke, directly lay on the table, "If you want to fight against the sea elves at sea, with our current strength, I'm afraid it is far from enough." ”

"Now that you already know that this is likely to be the case, you are still in such a hurry to go to sea." Giving Alice a blank look, Roger looked out the window helplessly.

Outside the window is the endless ocean. That's right, now Roger and Alice are already adrift at sea, and at this moment Roger and Alice are on the flagship of this fleet.

"No way. It had been five days since the Violet Chamber of Commerce was attacked. Alice sighed helplessly, "Originally, the golden fleet of the elves was going to pursue the enemy. But suddenly there was a heavy fog on the sea. Regardless of whether the fog was a magical effect or a natural formation, it was obviously unwise to pursue the enemy in such a fog. So the Golden Fleet finally chose to escort the Violet Chamber of Commerce's fleet back first. ”

"And the golden fleet arrived in Shangdu. It was three days ago when they informed me of the news, but it took us a whole day just to urgently assemble troops and prepare those supplies! Alice gritted her teeth in confusion, "What's more, even if we wait for the other troops to gather, we don't have any more ships to use now!" That's why I gave the order to go immediately. After all, even if our ship is faster, it will not be so easy to catch up with the three-day journey. ”

"So, if the leaves of the World Tree are really still in the hands of the sea elves, we will directly attack the Yingzhou cities that have been identified as pirate dens, and then immediately build a portal and transfer Sikeld's army. Wouldn't it be much easier to compete with the sea elves again? "Roger sentenced those Yingzhou cities to death very lightly, and it seems that he really doesn't intend to let go of these cities that produce Yingzhou pirates.

"It's easy to say, but our troops are really insufficient." Alice counted with her fingers, "Although we have borrowed three large ships from the Iron Blood Mercenary Group and the Sword and Rose Mercenary Group, we only have twelve ships now, and two of them are cargo ships with little combat power. Although each ship can carry thousands of people, the total strength of our fleet is only more than 10,000. This kind of combat power may be enough to deal with some pirates, but if you want to attack the city directly or something. Even if you fill in all the troops, I'm afraid you won't be able to take a city, right? ”

"No, no, no, you look too highly at the city of Yingzhou." Roger explained helplessly, "The cities of Yingzhou are not as large and solid as the cities on the continent of Elia. A small cottage can be called a city! After all, Yingzhou is an island country, both steel and wood are very tight, and iron armor and weapons can be used as family heirlooms. Even most of the soldiers used bamboo guns that didn't even have iron heads. ”

"No, the so-called more than 60 countries on Yingzhou. It can't be just more than 60 villages, right? Alice was genuinely shocked.

"Not really." With a wry smile, Roger waved his hand. "Those so-called daimyo will still build a relatively complete city for themselves, so there are still more than a dozen alchemy cities on Yingzhou Island."

"However, although all kinds of materials in Yingzhou are relatively scarce, because many living materials have to be imported from other countries, the shipping of Yingzhou's forces is developing very well, and those more important port cities are all alchemy cities, with many alchemy troops stationed." Shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, Roger spread his hands and said, "If the leaves of the World Tree really fall into the hands of the people of Yingzhou, then we will have such a murderous large fleet, if we want to find a suitable port to land, I am afraid it will be a little troublesome." ”

"And most importantly, do you speak Yingzhou?" Without waiting for Alice to speak again, Roger directly pointed out the biggest difficulty of this operation.

"Wait a minute, don't the people of Yingzhou speak the lingua franca?" Alice's eyes widened suddenly, she had really been shocked many times today, but now she still felt speechless. Now, when the lingua franca has been popularized for nearly a thousand years, there is still a kingdom of Terrans who do not speak the lingua franca? Is Yingzhou a civilized country after all?

"Those nobles in Yingzhou still speak the lingua franca, but ordinary civilians generally only know some local dialects of Yingzhou." Roger felt very interesting and looked at Alice, who was so shocked that her hair trembled, "So when you want to inquire about information, you still need a few people who understand Yingzhou." ”

"That's why you specially invited those three Yingzhou people to come over, right?" Alice tugged at the corners of her mouth, "I thought that Sakurahime was your little lover, but it turned out to be just a translator in charge of inquiring about the news?" ”

"Where did you think of it?" Roger covered his head speechlessly, "Sakurahime is the patron of the goddess of water!" A dignified water shrine maiden! With her abilities, she is definitely the best navigator! Do you think that with those charts we can catch up with those pirates safely and smoothly? ”

"Eh. Is that so? Looking at Alice, who was so embarrassed that her ears were a little red, and Granny and the others who looked different behind her. Roger genuinely feels that his future is bleak.

"Sakurahime is a shrine maiden of water, and she can communicate with the sea. Sensing the movement of both undercurrents and ocean currents allows our fleet to avoid reefs and large sea beasts, and even predict storms. At the same time, she can read the charts that only navigators can understand, and know which route we have to take to catch up with the pirates as quickly as possible. Shaking his head, Roger explained to Alice and the others helplessly, "And the phantom shooters led by Melia, I asked them to temporarily serve as lookouts for the fleet, the strong eyesight of the elves can make us find each other one step ahead of the enemy." This is something that even the sea elves can't compare to them, after all, the sea elves who live in the sea. Most of my eyesight has deteriorated a bit. ”

"Ina and the other druids and Wendy are doing their best to keep the wind magic circle running, and even the hurricane elemental forces are helping to control the wind and push the ships forward, so that our fleet can pursue the pirates at a much faster speed than normal. And at the current rate, it seems that in two days or so, we should be able to catch up with those pirates. Very helplessly, he grabbed a fruit and ate it, Roger glanced at Alice and the others lightly, "It should be said that fortunately, fortunately, a considerable part of the navy of the mercenary kingdom remained in Seakeld, and they were all temporarily recruited by you." Otherwise. It's up to you rookies in naval warfare, let alone defeat the pirates, and if we don't get shipwrecked, we should really thank the god of war for his blessing. ”

"Well, I still know that. I called these navy officers. Alice muttered dissatisfied. But she actually knew that if it weren't for Roger's help, she would have relied on the compass handed over by the Golden Fleet. Her chances of chasing the pirates to reclaim the leaves of the World Tree are a bit low.

Not to mention anything else, just those high-level druids who are maintaining the wind magic array and the wind "magic" hero Wendy. It is not for the force-minded Sikerd to be able to find an alternative. Even apart from the Tower of the Nine Rings and the Elven Clan, there was no place where so many spellcasters could be found in one go.

On strength. The clergy of the Church of the Gods may not be weaker than the mages of the Tower of the Nine Rings and the druids of the Elves, but the clergy don't have the ability to control the wind like this. Even because of the use of divine magic, the four hundred seventh-order priests on the other ship couldn't even help the druids, they could only watch the druids and the wind elementals work hard.

And in addition to Wendy, Roger also recruited the two famous "Red Lotus Swordsman" Rabbit and the "Variety Magician" Kerr, two legendary powerhouses, which greatly increased the confidence of Alice and others. What's more, there are also the formidable Elemental Legions and Phantom Marksman troops, which are powerful combat forces that money can't buy.

"By the way, what about the legendary guard who always followed you before? It's that powerful warrior named Tuna! Alice suddenly remembered something, and she asked directly, and Grannie, who was beside her, immediately focused her attention.

"Well, she's been doing something lately, so she's going home." Roger Pi said with a smile, but apologized to Alice and the others in his heart.

He really didn't know how to explain it, so he simply told a lie and tried to prevaricate like that.

In fact, as an Earth Elemental Hero, Tuna expressed strong resistance to the vast sea. Not being able to keep her feet on the ground will make Tuna who relies on the power of the earth to fight very insecure. So Tuna finally gave up following Roger, and instead stood behind Roger with a straight face.

After all, Mum has not yet reached the legendary realm, and such a "guard" is just a spectacle.

Without Tuna's leadership, Roger would not have rallied the Earth Elemental Legion to act together.

A similar situation actually happened to the fire elemental hero Rabbit, but the rabbit said that he didn't want to part with Kerr, so Roger thought twice and let the rabbit get on the boat. After all, in naval battles, the flames of the Fire Elemental Legion are really a great weapon.

However, Kerr specially found Roger for this purpose and asked Roger not to let the rabbit out of the cabin, but only to bless the aura of the Fire Elemental Legion in the cabin.

According to Kerr, compared to Kerr, whose strength has increased greatly at sea, the strength of rabbits without the replenishment of the fire element has almost dropped to the lowest point. And in case a rabbit who is a fire elemental hero accidentally falls into the sea on a somewhat slippery deck, although it will not return directly to the elemental plane, it will definitely be damaged in a short period of time. It's as if a red-hot stone fell directly into the water, and it broke with a "zing" sound. Therefore, the sea is definitely the most terrifying environment for rabbits who are fire elemental heroes.

Even so, the rabbit still follows Ke'er closely, are you really Lily? The imaginary Roger is already thinking about who will attack Rabbit and Kerr.

"Wow", "Wow", "Wow......

Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came, and Aisha, who had a small fireball on her head, broke directly into the captain's room, and said loudly: "Oh no, there is a sudden fog around our fleet!" (To be continued.) )

PS: PS: Something happened yesterday, and it turned out to be broken. Please rest assured, I have no intention of being a "father-in-law", and this chapter was made up yesterday. Also, thank you Wu for the commuter pass here!