However, nautical charts can be further subdivided: general nautical charts, ocean-going nautical charts, offshore nautical charts, coastal charts, bay charts, and so on.

Each nautical chart has a different purpose and is worth a different amount. For example, the one in Adrian's hand is only an offshore navigation chart, and the scope of the mark is extremely limited, only including the route of the "Conch" and some offshore cities.

Despite this, it was treasured like a treasure by Adrien, a fellow who used to eat as a navigator.

To be honest, judging from the nautical charts, the fishing town of Leopold and the Third Fleet's station Gabrid are not very far away. When Evan set out from there to join the army, it only took two days to take the "Yellow Bird" for a total voyage.

But from the beginning of joining the army until now, a year later, Evan took the opportunity of the overlapping mission to have time to return to his hometown.

Looking back on all the experiences of this year, reuniting with Uncle Geer, fighting sea monsters and killing pirates, narrowly missing deaths several times, and even confronting evil gods, it is even more wonderful than the experience of many people's lives!

For a while, Evan was quite embarrassed.

"Is this the usual route of our 'Conch'?"

After all, this is Aven's first cruising mission, and if there is anything unclear, ask Adrien, the navigator, directly, as a commander, it is the most terrible thing to pretend to understand.

"Your Excellency, it hasn't always been like this. Our cruising routes are subject to change depending on the season, wind direction, and trade routes.

However, most of the time it is a formality, and there are not many times a year when pirates actually come across pirates roaming this offshore area.

As long as we have a small pirate with only one broken fishing boat, they will flee on their own initiative, and there are very few cases where we really need to fight each other. ”

"Okay, I know..."

Cracking sound.... Cracking sound....

Before Evan could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by a strange sound outside the captain's room.

"What's going on?" the two men in the captain's room turned their heads to look out of the portholes at the same time.

At this time, there were already people on deck who were shouting:

"It's a school of flying fish!

Get out of the captain's room.

Ai Wen saw that the sea outside was already shining with silver, making it impossible to tell whether it was a wave or a tide of fish on the sea. There are so many flying fish that there are too many to count to jump out of the water, glide over the surface of the water for tens or even hundreds of meters, and fall back into the water.

The flying fish are connected into pieces, and the "Conch" seems to be sailing in a silver sea at this time.

There were even many flying fish that could not dodge and crashed directly into the ship or happened to land on the deck, and were picked up by the sailors.

Each flying fish is at least the length of an adult's palm, with a carp-like body, a dark blue back, and broad pelvic fins that spread out like translucent wings. Even when it landed on the deck, it was full of energy, and its tail bounced vigorously to get back into the water.

Ai Wen squinted slightly, and in the field of vision of another seabird, the scale of this wave of fish from the air was indeed not small, at least stretching for several kilometers. Even many seabirds flying nearby to scout did not care about their own reconnaissance duties, and also joined the ranks of predation.

It's just that he has just been focusing on the nautical charts and has not accessed the perspective of the seabirds, and probably Beth does not feel that this "feast" of seabirds needs to remind himself that he will not be aware of it until the flying fish is already close at hand.

"Your Excellency, Captain, it's unusual for the Exocet to come out of the water on a large scale. Seeing that Evan was silent, Captain Adrien, who was behind Avene, couldn't help but remind.

"Level 3 combat readiness!"

Before he could continue, Evan had already exhaled and given the order to prepare for battle.

Bell, bell, bell...

The alarm bell on the ship was sounded, and all the crew members immediately ran to their respective jobs, and no one picked up any flying fish even if it landed at their feet.

Ai Wen nodded with satisfaction, although it was only a sixth-level ship, after all, it had been adrift on the sea for a long time and was facing various dangers at all times, and the military quality of the crew was still guaranteed.

He himself shook the big on his body and reflexively ascended to the command position with the best view in the stern building.

The fact that the flying fish come out of the water means that there is a high probability that there is some kind of predator underwater, depending on the size and fierce reaction of the flying fish. There is either a big guy or a large group of predators underneath, and in either case it requires its own "Conch" to be treated with caution.

After all, the last time the "Silver Wing" was even attacked by a sea monster on the offshore route, it is clear that it is not only in dangerous seas that it encounters danger.

Now that his identity has changed, as the captain of a battleship, he must not lose his vigilance with the lives of more than 100 people on his shoulders.

It felt like a long time to do all this, but only half a minute had passed.

Underwater predators have come into sight of the Conch on the heels of fleeing flying fish.

"This is... Spear stinging toothfish?"

The seabirds, who had lived in the sea, had a sharp eye that saw through the water, and through their vision, Evan spotted the hideous-looking monsters before anyone else.

At that time, a large fish with an average body length of more than twelve meters was larger than the size of a ferocious killer whale!

The spear spinefish, also known as the spear gill schizodon, is a demonic creature unique to the Black Sea.

The dark gray snake has a long torso, a pointed head and a large mouth, the edges of the gills extend back into four or five spear-like spikes, and the fangs in the mouth are protruding, and you can see that this is a very vicious fellow by looking at the appearance.

They are ferocious and aggressive by nature, and they have a wide range of diets, from large whales to small fish such as flying fish. Even the ruler of the deep sea, the "sea monster", dares to go up and take a bite when it is extremely hungry.

If Aven were to describe it as a more well-known animal, it would probably be the honey badger.

And like a pack of wolves, they like to hunt in groups, and the group that appeared in Aven's field of vision is composed of five spear stinging toothfish.

It is really difficult to predict the pattern of the demonic creatures when hunting, and the "Conch" is in their path, and whether there will be a conflict or not is impossible for Evan to judge.

Be prepared.

"Second level combat readiness! Gun commander, port artillery ready! Loading grapeshotfire!"

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

The order was given, and the gunners, located on the left side of the main deck, quickly filled the muzzles with small pellets one by one.

Grapekey shells are one of many types of shells that disperse to form a barrage of shells that kill enemies over a large area. Although the range is short, it is the best way to deal with this slender and agile sea beast.

Whoa, whoa, whoa—

I didn't feel it from the perspective of the seabirds from above, but when I saw them with my own eyes, Evan was also shocked by the momentum of these big fish.

They rushed close to the surface of the water at high speed, their blade-like dorsal fins raised high, cutting through the sea and pulling out five snow-white waterlines. It was still far away, and it was as if I had heard the sharp cutting sound in my ears.

呲.. 呲.. 呲..

Because of the arrival of several "overlords" in this sea area, sea creatures of all sizes within a radius of several miles are hiding or racing to escape, but they have never jumped out of the water like flying fish and have not been discovered by the sailors.

Because of the powerful strength and ferocious temperament of demonic creatures, they will treat all sea creatures as if they were nothing, and they will not hide their affection, and naturally they will not take a single sea ship in their eyes.

The direction of progress did not change in the slightest, and under the leadership of the largest fish monster, it crashed straight over.

It was impossible for Evan to bet on whether the "Conch" was stiffer or the head of the Cracked Toothfish was more iron, so he decisively ordered to fire:

"The target is directly in front of the sea, 70 meters away! Fire!"

Boom, boom, boom...

Ten shipborne guns on the left side of the ship fired at the same time, orange-red flames lit up the sea, and the dense grape shells turned into a large black barrage that instantly enveloped all the space on the side side.

Sou.. Sou.. Sou.. Sou..

A few wild demonic creatures collided head-on with spears and leather shields like primitive people who had never seen modern firearms before.

Although weakened by the seawater, they still advanced against the surface of the sea, and the grapeballs fell on them after the grapes pierced through the sea water under the huge kinetic energy of the gunpowder, penetrating the scales and burrowing into the flesh.

Grunt...

The sea monsters, who were so arrogant that they rarely encountered this kind of encounter, were beaten head-on, and they all flicked their long tails and dived underwater to dodge, leaving only the churning foam and a trace of bright red in place.

"It worked!"

"Don't be careless, pay attention to the underwater!"

After the baptism of knowledge in the "Shadow Library", now Evan can be called well-read and strong-minded, and after truly understanding the characteristics of the spear-piercing toothfish, he also has a headache for this creature with a personality similar to that of the head brother.

Moreover, as the lowest level in the six-tier battleship sequence, the weapon ration is not much higher than that of a transport ship, especially the alchemy bomb specially designed to deal with underwater targets.

If this group of big guys hid under the water and kept sneaking up, it would really make people scratch their heads.

Bang –

Bang –

Sure enough, recklessness does not mean stupidity, and soon there were two low muffled sounds under the water, and the hull of the ship also shook twice.

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