Chapter 180: New Target, Rat Dragon

The Caribbean Sea is undoubtedly vast, but in the eyes of Lao Wang and others today, this sea is simply narrow and crowded, which makes people feel bored, because no matter where they go, they will meet Wang Mancang often said "good friends".

Since the killing of the six of them in the Black Turban, the Pirate Duke's group has been completely enraged, and this national-level pirate group entrenched in the Caribbean Sea has not hesitated to show their protection, and it is said that the third officer of Duke Drake's general fleet flagship personally reported the seriousness of the situation to the Duke, and then the Drake Pirate Group immediately issued a black notice against the Van der Campo Chamber of Commerce and the Portuguese privateers who cooperated with them.

As the name suggests, this kind of bounty document called a black notice is different from a white notice issued by a regular state agency, this type of wanted notice is not explicitly posted, but only through word of mouth and centralized release by the office, and the scope of diffusion is also limited to the circle of privateers with black sails and unclean hands and feet.

But God has "favored" Lao Wang, and the pirate Duke Drake has personally appeared in the past two years except when he is troublesome with the Spaniards.

Only this time, the old pirate leader seems to have really killed too many young leaders at the hands of Lao Wang, so he was really angry with them, and he personally came forward for the first time and issued a black notice, and everyone noticed that the reward on the wanted list was extraordinarily generous.

With his deterrent power and the rich family of the Drake Group to open the way, the pirates who received the black notice, whether they were gang or bulk, began to follow the map and look for traces of Lao Wang's fleet like flies that smelled the stench.

9 ships, gathered together is a lot of numbers, Lao Wang and they dare not divide the troops, Drake's powerful intelligence network in the Caribbean has reported the characteristics and ship type of each of their ships, scattered and accidentally surrounded by the enemy, it is a dead end, so even if it will increase the probability of being discovered, Lao Wang They can only sail in groups.

So Lao Wang and they began to be constantly discovered, those pirates who had the strength to fight the autumn wind, found Lao Wang and chased after him, or they were beaten away, or they were beaten to escape.

And those who don't have the strength will also leak the tracks and news of the old king with a "selfless" heart after discovering it, the reason is very simple, there is a reward for providing information, which is admitted by the Duke himself, all in all, the seafarers of the two camps of Black Sail and Gray Sail are driven by interests, counting on pulling a fortune from Lao Wang.

The disgusting situation is not only the mercenary harassment consequences brought about by the black notice, you must know that the person is the dignified pirate Duke Drake, and he also has a lot of family business, at the same time as the black notice is issued, the pirate leader's own fleet and sub-fleet, as long as it is currently operating in the Caribbean, will all pursue Lao Wang while doing their jobs, so the Van der Kamp Chamber of Commerce and the accompanying Portuguese privateer fleet were surrounded and intercepted by mercenaries and regular armies, and their lives soon began to be difficult。

Wang Mancang They are just an emerging force, and they are not frequent visitors to this world, they are poor and white in this Caribbean Sea, with no foundation and no strong support.

All over the world, the Argoth Chamber of Commerce and the Swedish Navy, which can barely be called friends, have done their best to help within the scope of space allows, and besides, they themselves have their own messes in the North Sea, even if they let go of their hands and feet and are willing to help themselves wholeheartedly, a proper piece of Atlantic Ocean is in the middle, and from a distance, it is far from quenching their thirst.

As for the big forces, we also have acquaintances in the Dutch East India Company, but the temporary layout of the fat head is all in Malacca and the Indian Ocean, and at present, the company in the Caribbean region only has a few forward bases established with the navy, and under the high pressure of Drake, these forward bases only dare to provide some limited support to Lao Wang secretly.

Hope for the other forces active in the Caribbean, only the government troops of the Spaniards and the Portuguese can fight the pirate duke, but the Spanish treasure fleet has finally won peace, and now it is in a hurry to send wealth to the homeland, and it is not empty.

Portugal is a small country, and it has a colony in the Americas, and it is simply happy to have a mouthful, and it is currently in full swing, vigorously engaged in infrastructure construction, and ignores everything outside the window, as for the other bulk forces, they are not Drake's opponents, then again, even if they can compete with Drake's power, who wants to offend the famous Duke Drake in order to stand up for the old king and their nobodies?

Before, the third mate of the Great Voodoom, Ultim, also guessed that Lao Wang was the vanguard of a certain force branch to declare war on the pirate duke, but he really overestimated them, to put it bluntly, these people are the ones who run their own gangs, and sooner or later hang their heads on the main mast of the flagship.

Affected by this, there are still 4 of the five tulips left, and each of them is injured, 2 of the 3 warships under the command of Hines are left, and the Argotic Chamber of Commerce support ships brought by Ferdinand have suffered the least damage because they don't show their faces much, so the current fleet of 7 ships has become the most unpopular street rat in the Caribbean.

They are underfed and lack rest, not to mention docking in a free pirate port like Port Royal, even in a harbor under the control of Dutch power, Lao Wang and they don't dare to stay longer, but after replenishing fresh water and food, they don't even dare to leave the port in a hurry, in the words of conspiracy theorists like Hines and Takenaka, they can't rest in any port now, and the current situation, even their own parents can't believe it.

There is no way to find a way, after all, they still have to complete the task of space, Lao Wang and several people decided to stay at sea for the time being, the sea area where they are located is not too dangerous, and it can still support until the third step of the mission officially begins.

Thinking about it, the 9 of them fought hard repeatedly, not to mention one of them, and even took on the risk of offending the Drake Group and increasing the difficulty of the task in the future, all of which was extremely disturbing.

However, it is not the slightest benefit, the most intuitive gain is that Lao Wang and the activation resources they now have are abundant, and the Seven Seas Powerhouse Challenge Book required by the two teams to activate the tag blood, they got 7 bottles.

Because of Pierre's death in the battle, there are only 8 people left who need to activate the challenge book, and after the distribution of the lottery mode, there is still Boss Tan who has not obtained the activation blood, according to the color classification, it is a bottle of red blood.

After a few days at sea, there were about 12 days left in their mission, and by this time, all the Chosen Ones who should have come and should not have come had already assembled in the Caribbean.

Their cannibalism is the real topic of space laborious psychology to create such a magnificent space, Takenaka observed the beacon and told Lao Wang that the number of selector beacons in the Caribbean Sea has surged to more than 460, and this number is changing almost every moment, showing an upward trend in the shock, which shows that the general trend is that there are constantly selectors pouring into the Caribbean region, but there are also people who continue to die in the ocean, Lao Wang They are one step ahead of others to activate the blood This resource is in their own hands, from a certain point of view, it is also a strategic advantage, which is equivalent to avoiding competing with more selectors for limited activation goalsAnd according to the bad personality of the random space, the future target will not only become fewer, but also more difficult.

Lao Wang's reason for their wandering on the sea is not all idle and evading the enemy's capture, in the end, Boss Tan's red challenge tag activation blood has not yet landed, and this matter can't be ignored all the time.

According to the current situation that Lao Wang and they dare not show their heads, they can't count on the bounty pirates and ships in the open seaway.

Just kidding, now these buddies are rushing in groups for their bounty, really going to fight, who is the prey and who is the hunter.

In addition, Pierre's death made the melting point tactic, the naval weapon of the Hines team, no longer available, so the option of hunting ships had to be abandoned.

It's not good at the sea.,Then let's talk about the land.,The human monsters near the town kill this option.,It's not possible.,The serious city doesn't let you do it.,Let the place where you do it is basically the same as the situation at sea.,As long as the old king shows their heads long enough,Absolutely will summon all the gods who want their lives.,When the time comes, someone else will block the cage and catch it.,Maybe it's gone.。

Therefore, the small islands dotted around the Caribbean Sea came into the sight of Lao Wang as the last option.

These islands are so vast and numerous, and most importantly, eighty or ninety percent of them are uninhabited, and even the best explorers and expedition ships have not been able to discover them all, so that they have escaped the exploitation of the colonizers and are inaccessible to the people.

Another theory of inaccessible is that the natural resources and primitive features are well maintained, so the task of killing legendary creatures often exists on these islands, as the only remaining challenge tag to activate the way to obtain blood, Lao Wang and the others discussed, and naturally locked their eyes on these straight-haired birds and beasts.

In the trial world of the Age of Sail, the Antilles Islands have been discovered and colonized by the Dutch, the large island in the two islands of Curacao and several large islands in the chain of archipelago have been relatively well developed, as the base for the advance of the Dutch in the Caribbean, while the small Curaçao has no resources, although it is only 15 nautical miles away from the Great Curacao, it is still rarely cared for。

The island has a rare semi-arid prairie climate, and because of its favorable geographical environment, the island is not affected by hurricanes all year round, and the vegetation on the island is different from the typical tropical island vegetation type, but similar to the southwestern United States, where a variety of cacti, thorny shrubs and evergreens are common.

In addition to being remote and uninhabited, the vicinity of here is barely considered the sphere of influence of the Netherlands, and the old king and they can also rely on their own power to get some protection.

In addition, because of this geographical feature, the little Curaçao island is rich in wildlife and, unlike the species commonly found on tropical islands, is home to a special species of apex predator, the mouse lizard.

No one knows exactly what kind of mouse lizard it is, and zoologists from Europe can only vaguely explain it as a protosauropod herbivorous dinosaur, yes, a dinosaur.

In the real world, humans first discovered the fossil of this huge creature in 1822 and named it an avian dragon.

After decades of research, scientists have compared the fossils of this creature with the bones of lizards, and have never been able to determine whether they are reptiles, so they have never been given a uniform fixed name.

Finally, in 1842, the British paleontologist Sir Richard Owen coined a name for these unidentified creatures using Latin.

The Latin word is made up of two roots, the first meaning "terrifying" and the latter meaning "lizard", along with the name being announced, along with a large number of imaginary reconstructions of the creature and fossilized bones.

At that time,The huge physique and terrifying appearance of this creature left an indelible impression on the world,The word "terrifying lizard" spread rapidly,Become a general term for this group of animals,As for the word "dinosaur",It is a ghostly pen in the process of sinicization,It's really appropriate and vivid。

In order to set up legendary creatures, the nautical world directly applied the basic setting of the real world, and placed the mouse lizard on this island, according to the information they gathered, there are many reasons why Little Curacao has never been developed, one of the most important is the mouse lizard, or called the mouse dragon, which still has a large population on this island.

As its name suggests, this legendary creature combines the cunning and swiftness of a rat with the ferocity and ferocity of a dragon, and the Dutch sent a small expedition to the island, always without returning, but it was really determined to send a large army to the island to clear the field, except for discovering a new species and bringing back some specimens, there was no other benefit, and the pragmatic Dutch people were unwilling to spend more time, so the exploration of this creature seemed to be poor, so the small island of Curaçao has been idle as an uninhabited island.

The so-called waste of one person is the treasure of others, with Wang Mancang's current situation, Little Curacao is simply the most suitable task location, and the challenge label of the mouse dragon is red, which is also in line with the challenge mark activation color that Boss Tan needs, so everyone looked at the mung bean with the king of Little Curaçao, which happened to match.

With a clear goal, the fleet set off immediately, and the fleet of 7 ships did not dare to take the main route of the dense ships, so they could only pick remote and dangerous waters to advance, changing the color of the sails and changing the sailing speed along the way, and finally arrived at the small Curacao island in disgrace after sailing for one day.

As soon as they landed, Lao Wang's 8 people took 20 elite sailors ashore and began to look for traces of the rat dragon.

Little Curaçao is really small, the entire island covers an area of only a few dozen square kilometers at most, and the terrain is generally flat, except for a small raised hill near the center of the island, which is only 170 or 180 meters high.

Tall and disproportionate cacti can be found everywhere on the island, and the rest of the plants are coconut palms and low, thorny shrubs, and the overall vegetation is relatively small, which is excellent for everyone to see in the bright sun.

Speaking of which, this is an advantage over traditional tropical islands, even if there are hostile creatures, it is not convenient to surprise Lao Wang and the others through a stealth sneak attack.