The next time I saw Brent, it was on the rough sea, compared to his own Dawn Goddess, Brent's new ship was very stable on the sea, standing on it only felt a little shaky, this kind of shaking for people who have lived on the sea for many years, peacefully no difference.

"Great new boat. ”

From the moment he boarded Brent's Hope, Ethan looked around to see what the ship that Brent had invested so much of his fortune and energy was like.

With a wooden structure, metal skin, and four masts full of sails, this is still a sail-powered boat. However, Ethan noticed that there was an obvious bulge in the rear waterline of the ship, and there should be a magic stone thruster installed there, and with Brent's financial resources, the ship would not have to worry about stopping in place and not being able to move, even if there was no wind.

Ethan wondered why Brent hadn't simply given up on the sails, maybe it was because of his inherent thinking that he didn't think about it that way, or maybe he was worried that the magic stone thruster would lose energy at a critical moment, and there could be sail dependence - when the ships on Earth went from sail power to steam power, many designers had this idea, especially at that time it was not convenient to replenish coal, so the sails were retained for a long time.

In addition, the steering wheel of the Hope is installed indoors, although it is still on the stern building, but it is not the kind of open-air design, it is estimated that the harsh sea conditions in this sea area, too much to test the physique of the ship's personnel, the best way is to hide in a constant temperature room - it can be speculated that the ship must have been installed with a temperature regulating device to ensure that there is a relatively normal temperature inside the ship.

"Thank you for the compliment, I can show you around later if you want to, and when you change to a new boat, you can make a reference. ”

Brent was enthusiastic, not at all worried that the information he had painstakingly gathered would leak out because of the ship's design, nor was he worried that the intelligence of his ship would leak out from Ethan, giving his enemies a chance to know more about him.

"If it's convenient, I'd be happy to take a tour of your new ship. ”

"Nothing was inconvenient. ”

Brent led Ethan into the cabin, Brent's new ship was huge enough to reserve a large enough conference room, and after he led Ethan into the conference room, there were already several people sitting inside.

Among these people were Bruno, whom Ethan had seen, and several others whom Ethan did not know, and it seemed that they were all captains of ships who had participated in the expedition.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Captain Ethan, the last member of our makeshift fleet. Brent seems to have made a good excuse for Ethan, explaining why he only joined up with the others at this time: "Captain Ethan left here early to conduct an early reconnaissance, and what we have learned so far is that the situation has not changed much from what we knew before. ”

The captains looked at each other, then looked at Ethan carefully, and they did not despise Ethan's relatively young appearance.

In fact, to be able to sail a ship to this place at such a young age, and even have the guts to participate in this operation, they value Ethan more than they treat ordinary captains.

This kind of young man is either a genius with adventures or a madman. And no matter what it is, you must be careful, otherwise it is easy to trap yourself and your crew to death if you are not careful.

Several people greeted Ethan one after another, but none of them, including Bruno, meant to introduce themselves.

Ethan thought about it and understood, their operation this time was completely initiated by Brent, as long as Brent knew them, it was enough, as for them, there was no need to be too enthusiastic about each other, the ghost knows if they would become enemies when they met again after this operation.

Brent also knew what these people were thinking, but he still called all the captains together to meet with each other, if not for anything else, but to let them know each other, at least when there was a conflict, and when the problem was solved, he knew who to turn to.

Of course, if he can, he hopes that there will be no contradictions, and the troubles ahead will be solved smoothly, and then everyone will go back together happily and peacefully.

Unfortunately, his wish was destined to be difficult to come true, and just when everyone had just met and had no chance to say a few words, one of Brent's men rushed straight in, and did not knock on the door in a hurry.

"Captain, something has happened. ”

His message was clear, Brent was better off going out and seeing it for himself and then making the right decision.

Seeing this, no one could still sit down, and they all walked out of the conference room with Brent, and then went straight to the top of the stern building.

Due to the special customization of the stern building of Brent's ship, the steering wheel and other driving equipment are indoors, which also results in this ship having a higher aft building than ordinary open-air control boats, and there is also an extra floor on the top, which is fully used for observing the surrounding conditions.

All the captains had arrived, and there was enough to see what was going on, and then they saw several white lines in the sea ahead of them.

"What's that?"

"It's not going to be a good thing anyway!"

Experienced captains are present, and in the middle and late parts of the sea there will be all kinds of strange creatures, and even powerful creatures will take adventurers as prey.

"We're going to have a naval battle, captains, you need to get back to your ships as soon as possible and command the battle. ”

There was no need for Brent to remind them, the captains had already walked down the stern building one after another, and everyone's boats were parked around Brent's boat, and even if they were a little farther away, they could swing back with a rope.

One by one, the captains returned to their ships, and Ethan took a special look at the ships before leaving.

Most of them are similar to Brent's Hope, with thrusters and skins installed, with only two still having open-air consoles, while the others have opted for indoor piloting.

And with the return of these captains, all the warships have raised their sails one after another, and to Ethan's surprise, none of them have thought of using thrusters to speed up.

"Is your thinking rigid?"

Ethan's Goddess of Dawn was parked right next to him, and he didn't need to perform acrobatics, he just had to walk back from the gangplank. It's just that before going back, Brent gave another extra advice: "You command your ship to follow my Hope, and use the magic stone cannon to maintain long-range attack fire, and don't rush forward." ”

"I know. ”

As it stands, his Dawning is undoubtedly the weakest of these ships, and Brent doesn't know if Ethan has installed a magic stone shield on his ship, so he can only treat it as if he didn't.

"Is your ship firepower sufficient?"

"There's still a layer of cannons. ”

Thanks to that ransack, otherwise Ethan's Aurora only had ten guns on one side, and now he was able to fill the gun emplacement, although it was still not a lot of firepower, but at least it wouldn't look too ugly.

"That's enough. Brent reiterates: "Remember, don't rush too far ahead. ”

Ethan returned to the Aurora, Logan had made all the preliminary preparations, and Ethan began to slowly regain his mobility as soon as he returned.

As all the ships gradually regained their mobility, and the captains tacitly maintained the right distance and the same speed, Brent's Hope had become the flagship, coordinating all the ships for battle.

"I found out that they didn't use thrusters to get up to speed in the first place, and I didn't. ”

Ethan stood in front of the console, he didn't think there was anything wrong with Logan's choice, although he didn't know why those captains did it, but he didn't want to act too different, he had no experience in this kind of fleet combat, and it was better to do it like others.

"Just do what you are told, and you don't need to be in a hurry. ”

With Ethan's current mental strength, he can easily stand here and 'remote' the console, and then control the ship's cannons, without affecting him holding a telescope to observe the situation in the distance.

As the fleet gradually gained speed, Brent commanded all the ships to gain the upper hand, and then lined up in a column for the bombardment.

Ethan's location on the Dawn was right behind the Hope, and even the lack of a communication device would prevent him from fulfilling Brent's request, only to sail behind the Hope, and let all the cannons on one side roar when it was time to shoot.

Boom Boom!

Only a dozen or so cannons were already shocked when they fired, and now several ships have hundreds of cannons firing at the same time, although the sound of the magic stone cannons firing is not as scary as the artillery, but the momentum of the hundreds of cannons is really amazing, even Loki, who has no interest in this matter, ran out of his room and stood next to Ethan to watch this rare naval battle.

"Primitive way of fighting. As usual, Loki said a few words of poison: "But it's still fun to experience it once in a while." ”

Perhaps men liked this tune, and as all the cannons were firing together, Ethan felt a burst of electricity rushing from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, and a strange tingling sensation rose from the depths of his heart.

"Excited?"

"Yes. Logan didn't know when he took another cigar in his mouth: "I know this feeling, it made me addicted for a long time. ”

Looking at the veteran who had participated in many battles beside him, Ethan stood on the side of the ship and continued to look into the distance, the energy cannonballs fired by the magic cannon had already landed on the white lines in the distance, and there seemed to be something mixed in the water caused by the explosion.

"Is that the one?"

Ethan knew it was something rushing towards everyone, and with the help of his telescope, Ethan could barely see what they looked like: it looked a bit like a shark?