"Admiral, you're awake!" Seeing Xu Mo walking slowly, Tie Lilie at the bow of the boat said happily.

"How many people did we sacrifice?" Compared with the elated crew, Xu Mo looked a little worried.

"There are about ten sailors who died, and a few people fell into the water and went missing, and the entire casualty is estimated to be around twenty!" Tie Lilie said in a heavy tone, his words also confirmed Xu Mo's concern, "Max is leading the musket team to clean up the remains of the sea beast, and in about half an hour, we will hold a sea burial ceremony!" ”

Xu Mo nodded silently, the crockpot was inevitably broken, and the sailor's death in the naval battle was not unacceptable. Xu Mo wasn't sentimental about this, but they came out of Stockholm, and there were about fifty casualties in the two official naval battles.

There were no antibiotics in this era, and sailors with wounded limbs were susceptible to bacterial infections. Once infected, they have to undergo amputation. Although Li Ze's medical talent is outstanding, because the drugs in space are almost ineffective against the plot characters in the space-time battlefield, and the drugs on the ship itself are extremely backward, the mortality rate of this kind of amputation is still extremely high.

The injured sailor can only rely on his own will to endure the extremely painful operation process, and whether he can recover his health after the operation also depends on his own constitution. The casualties of more than 50 people may not seem like much, but compared to the entire crew of the Vasa, it has reached one-tenth.

Just imagine how much of a burden it will cause to the psyche of other people if one out of ten people in the companion who is usually around you are disabled or even killed.

If it weren't for the fact that these two naval battles were finally won, if it weren't for Xu Mo's continuous distribution of gold coins to the sailors. Then their best option now is to go back to Sweden and rest in Stockholm for a month or two. Wait for the psychological shadow of the crew to gradually fade, and then go to sea again to fight.

In fact, these crippled and dead Viking sailors were lucky compared to the rootless duckweed-like pirates. At the very least, they were regular navy, and even if they could no longer go on board to fight, they or their families would receive a pension and a share of the loot.

Instead of being like a disabled pirate who was abandoned by his accomplices in a port, he was either caught and hanged, or starved to death in a stinking ditch behind a bar alley.

If these retired sailors are savvy enough, they can use the rich rewards accumulated in naval battles to invest in privateer ships that were originally in service. Well, if they are lucky, they will be able to get more, and no one will swallow up the dividends that these disabled companions deserve. In fact, it is also a common choice for many Navy sailors who retire due to disability.

This is also the most important reason why in the Age of Discovery, knowing that it is easy to die when going to sea, there are so many poor young people who flock to it.

After all, not everyone, like Christina, Tielilie, and Raphael, just embarked on the path of sailing out of the dream of sailing in their hearts. You must know that these people were originally the children of wealthy families, and they lived without food and clothing, and did not need to live on the booty obtained from privateering.

Walking from the captain's room to the bow of the boat, Xu Mo felt a little struggling due to the injuries on his body. I had to pick up the remnants of an oak plank on the deck and use it as a walking stick towards the middle of the deck. I saw the brave Admiral Alfred, now like an old man in his seventies and eighties on crutches. The sailors along the way couldn't help but smile and turned their heads away, lest they be reprimanded by the young admiral who was full of exasperation.

"Ouch, Alfred, how did you get out! Be careful, be careful, the ground is slippery, don't drop your old bones! However, at this time, a pleasant teasing voice came from Xu Mo's ears.

This is definitely a provocation, an impudent flirtation! Xu Mo thought angrily, but when he turned around, a flattering smile appeared on his face: "That...... Christina, I'm really having a hard time walking, why don't you give me a hand? ”

"Think beautifully!" Christina tucked the red hair of her temples behind her ears and rolled her eyes at Xu Mo, her face full of depression.

This England beauty, who was the captain of the Vassa, had barely contributed in the battle just now, and was not even as good as Camille and Emilio, the two seafarers who were guests. However, this is also because her combat methods are really useless to the big squid. The sword that is the same as the embroidery needle is a murder weapon against humans, and it is really no different from an embroidery needle against a sea beast with a huge body.

However, Christina herself knows her weaknesses, and the reason why she is a little angry is not because she failed to help. But she saw that in the battle between her and Xu Mo, the young admiral did not show his true skills.

Looking at the English mixed-race beauty who went away, Xu Mo had a headache, and after the injury was healed, he was afraid that Christina would still find him to "learn". The young man shook his head and walked to the middle of the deck with a stick, where the members of the musketeers were ** the remains of the sea beasts, and the bodies of the seamen who had been swallowed by the king squid were also searched by the musketeers and placed aside.

Xu Mo squatted down and lifted the shroud on a sailor's corpse, and the expression on his face suddenly froze. The corpse had been dissolved beyond recognition, its face had been melted into a paste by the fluids in the sea beast's tentacles, revealing a pale skull. It is conceivable that the other parts of the body that are still wrapped in the corpse cloth must also look similar to the face.

The twisted fingers clutching the throat revealed that the sailor had been suffocated to death within the tentacles. The broken cervical vertebrae indicates that he has been vigorously squeezed in the tentacles, and the bones of his whole body may have been broken to a greater or lesser extent. Xu Mo took a deep breath, he could imagine how much pain this Viking sailor had suffered before he died.

"Admiral, this is something found in the sea beast's body!" Max, who was in charge of handling the sea beast, gave Xu Mo a look and pointed to some things piled up next to the sea beast's remains.

Xu Mo raised his eyebrows, picked up a sea beast gland the size of an oak barrel, and was immediately shocked in his heart.

"Samsara 228, you have obtained an uncounted specimen - the ink sac of the king squid, and if you hand over the specimen to the space, you will receive 15 honor points, 10 superstring coins, and 30,000 credits. The world law of this item needs to be handed over to the space before it can be specifically statistically calculated, and it is currently speculated that the ink in the ink sac belongs to some kind of recovery item, as well as alchemy materials. ”

Xu Mo touched his chin, and a hint of thought appeared in his eyes. Credits are negligible, and a Bestiary specimen has 15 credit points and 10 superstring coins.

"BOSS, I've carefully examined this sea beast, and the valuable things in its body are basically here, it's definitely a bumper harvest!" In Xu Mo's team channel, Max's slightly excited voice came.

Xu Mo put down the squid's ink sac and checked the few things left on the lower deck at the same time. One thing is the white keratin plate in the sea beast's body, even if there is no space monitoring, Xu Mo can guess what it is, this keratin plate is definitely a top-notch shield material.

Although the middle of the plate was torn apart by a cannonball, it was large enough to be divided into five or six pieces without degrading the quality of the shield. This cuticular plate is also an uncounted hereditary specimen, and the space gives the same bestiary specimen reward.

There's also something that has a good reward that has cracked, a gland the size of a basketball. Judging from the ruptured wound, this should be the neurons of the sea beast's brain. This thing actually has more than 20 honor points reward, and the vague explanation given by the space is a precious attribute item.

In addition to these three things with the most generous rewards, other things on the king squid have also brought a lot of gains to the old K group. The remaining eyeballs of the sea beast, the serrations on the tentacles, and even the flesh on its body. These are either equipment materials or recovery items. It can be said that this legendary third-order king squid has solved the biggest shackles of the old K group in the era of sea power, and the shortage of recovery items.

Xu Mo raised his head and looked at the deck sailors who had been looking at this side, as well as Wood and his members in the crowd, and suddenly smiled slightly, and said loudly: "The performance of the musket team this time is very good, and the distribution of the proceeds of the next naval battle will be increased by 10%. In addition, wash this big guy and distribute it to the whole ship at night, so that everyone can taste what the meat of the overlord of the sea tastes like! ”

"Hooray!" The sailors on deck cheered loudly at the young admiral's decision.

In the era of sea power, this rare sea beast was almost entirely a treasure. Normally, ships that hunt such large sea creatures transport them to ports and sell them to certain chambers of commerce at a high price. For ordinary sailors on board, such treatment is rarely available.

In fact, sailors do not care about whether they can eat a bite of food, but about psychology. Although the era of sea power has entered modern history, the sea is still mysterious and terrifying to mankind.

Most of the sailors who make a living at sea are very superstitious, believing that eating the flesh of this giant sea creature will give them and their ships the favor of the sea god and bless them with good luck on the rest of their voyages.

"BOSS, THIS...... What a pity! These are precious recovery items! Max said with a bitter face in the team channel.

"Stupid, won't you secretly hide two tentacles, this also has to be taught by the boss!" Serna's chuckle immediately rang out in the team channel.

Compared to the cheers of the Viking sailors, the Wood team in the crowd showed a hint of regret. Of course, they can see that this sea beast is a treasure all over its body, and since the Admiral handed over the sea beast~ to Max and them to deal with, it is estimated that these reincarnations of X space will gain a lot.

"Boss, is that what you're looking at?" A reincarnation member of Wood's team said a little unwillingly.

"I'll talk to Max later!" Wood sighed silently and smiled bitterly, "In this battle, Max and Hong Jian both made great contributions, and we didn't do anything. It is estimated that there will be some blood, after all, in the space-time battlefield, the recovery items that can work are very precious! ”