Raise the sails and set sail!"

After the storm was over, with Aven's order.

Standing on the stern of the Conch and watching the island disappear into view, the two ships sailed side by side to the sea, and Evan had completely calmed down the waves of choosing a wizard's path.

Before leaving, he commanded his sailors to completely destroy the island's exposed man-made structures, and all the wooden houses built by the "shark-toothed pirates" were burned down. Judging by the length of vegetation on the island, it will not be long before it will be restored to a complete desert island.

The forces of nature will help to remove the last vestiges of human presence from the island.

Then the island that changed its future will silently wait for its return in the sea, and at that time, it will reactivate the giant rock golem "Mountain Giant"!

And next to the "Conch", it is naturally accompanied by Aven's trophy pirate ship: "Thumb".

Although this corsair is not a standard model like a sixth-class warship, it is quite good in terms of size and firepower of 3o shipboard guns.

Although the hull was slightly damaged in the previous battle with the "Reef", and the ship's guns were mainly small-caliber of 9, 6 or even 3 pounds, strictly speaking, it was not much worse than the sixth-class warship "Conch".

In line with the principle of making the best use of things.

Evan drove Milan, the only colonel-level officer on the "Conch" other than himself, to the "Thumb" as a temporary captain.

Then he arranged for the officers and men of the "Reef" who were inconvenient to see more secrets about him, and transferred a group of sailors from the "Conch" to re-support the combat effectiveness of the corsair.

Originally, I didn't want to act with others, firstly, because the merits were not clearly divided, and secondly, I was afraid of revealing my secrets. If there is another hunt for "One-Eyed Becky", it will be nerve-wracking for a greedy pit like the "Warrior", and it is better to have it than not.

But now that these sailors have been co-opted, the situation is naturally different.

Although the number of personnel has not increased much, and their hand-to-hand combat ability is not in Aiwen's eyes, it has at least doubled the firepower of their own warships!

However, now both ships have an acute shortage of ammunition reserves, and the priority is to restore the combat effectiveness of the ships.

"Target: St. Maarten Naval Base, all forward!"

.......

The kingdom of Phaletis, the first military port "Port of Newin".

In the "Shadow Library" in the Princeton Chancellor's Witchcraft Garden, Anthony scribbled the last character on parchment in his independent research room.

"Whew-"

The young wizard apprentice let out a sigh of relief.

"This paper is finally complete, and Aiwen's latest practical data is too timely. If it weren't for these data, I don't know how long it would have been time to completely complete the actual combat analysis of 'Song of the Banshee'!

Finally, there is a complete result to submit to the school! This will definitely change the combat mode of the navy in the future, and even break the dominance of the sea monsters in the sea, well, only 'great' can be described!"

Anthony quickly checked it from the beginning, and after making sure that there was no problem, he quickly sealed it with a thick envelope, and put it together with his own witchcraft seal and a small brass ball in a small box.

"I don't know how this guy's head grows, and he has made such great creations that are enough to change the world one after another, what will be the next 'scurvy prevention plan' and 'Siren's song'? If it weren't for him, who would have thought that sound waves would have such great power?

Hahaha, I was still prescient. There are so many apprentices in the "Alchemy Instruments and Enchantment Engineering Branch" in the school, if I don't have a good relationship with this guy, how can this kind of good thing of assisting research to gain fame and fortune fall on my head?"

With the results of his research, Anthony walked out of the laboratory briskly, and the results of this level were enough to initiate an emergency procedure and pass it directly into the hands of the principal of Princeton!

.......

The vast sea.

There were no more accidents on this voyage, and after three days of non-stop sailors in two groups of sailors, two warships crossed the boundary between the open sea and arrived at the naval base of St. Maarten.

Dock at this island with snow-white sand beaches, beautiful scenery and a sheltered harbour. Evan even saw the fields carved out on the island, filled with various crops, as a supplement to the island's supplies.

The first mate, armed with a certificate of action from the Third Fleet Command, was on his way to the base to make contacts, with the main task of replenishing ammunition, fresh food, and further maintenance and sail replacement for the Thumb.

To be honest, a Navy warship and a Blacksail Corsair running together is too much of an eyesore, and it is easy to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

"Take this!"

Evan gave his goddess-blessed "Black Iron Cross" in a beautiful box to the first mate Borg, and St. Martin was managed by the Duchy of Tulip, and the main personnel naturally also had teaching positions.

As a "devout" believer of the goddess, how can he give this medal a face.

It's not enough, if the goddess in the kingdom of God knows that her "patron" has already equated her god medal with a discount coupon in her heart, she can vigorously pick up the wool of her own church, and I don't know how she will feel....

Uh, maybe not too happy, right?

Actually, Evan didn't think about it that much.

After all, it is a naval base controlled by another country.

He now just wants to complete the supply smoothly, resume the hunt, and ensure that he can get the "golden compass" in his hands safely, and has no interest in the filthy and various intrigues between possible kingdoms.

At this time, even if it is a little high-profile, as long as it can reduce the trouble outside of the task a little, it is nothing at all.

However, the base clearly valued the Iron Cross more than he expected, and as soon as Borg was gone, a colonel officer in charge of the base came to see Evan himself.

"Captain Aven, patron of the Goddess, welcome to our naval base in St. Maarten. Basking in the glory of the goddess, we will make the most of your convenience in this base....

By the way, congratulations on your current merit ranking of the number one!' The 3,000 golden lions of the Eagle Spirit and the 2,500 golden lions of the Thumb have reached 5,500 golden lions.

Here's the latest report, you can take a look.....

I won't bother, the goddess is with you!"

After saluting each other, Evan sincerely thanked each other for taking care of him.

Holding a briefing in his hand, he watched the other party leave with his first mate, and personally commanded the logistics staff to replenish supplies for his two ships.

The hunt has been underway for more than half a month, and there has been feedback on the progress of the operation, which is summarized by the naval bases scattered along the main routes.

Judging from the briefing, the warships currently going to sea have different harvests. Among them, there are those who have gained a lot like the "Conch", and there are those like the "Reef" that have almost been wiped out.

Of course, many more navies did not even find the tail of the pirate, and there was nothing to gain.

Because in this hunt that encircles the hunting ground to the entire eastern shore of the Black Sea, the most difficult thing is not how to defeat the pirates, after all, although there are many pirate ships involved in the massacre, most of them are just small characters like "Blood Anchor Zack".

There are only a few dozen pirate ships under the command of mortals, even if you add the direct line under the command of the pirate king.

On the contrary, how to find the more than 200 pirate ships on the wanted list on the endless sea is the most difficult!

Even within the inherent sphere of influence of the "Tulip Alliance", there are many naval bases and some patrol ships that can monitor the major shipping routes to a limited extent, and provide some intelligence for the navy on duty.

But by analogy, it's like looking for 2oo beans in a lake, even if you go out and drive a battleship that can beat your opponent into powder with one blow, but you can't find anyone, it's for nothing.

Like Aven, who was "lucky", in less than a month, encountered two pirate ships with high bounties, and was able to win the battle, and he was currently the only one.

However, he cares more about the names behind him than about temporary results. Without the assistance of Milan and the seabird scouting network, the results are still very tight, and they can be called their fierce rivals!

The first place, Evan Galliot of the Kingdom of Faletis, 16 years old, officially knight-class, captain of the sixth-class ship "Conch". Earn a total pirate bounty of 55oo Golden Lions.

Second place, Thomas Gregory of the Kingdom of Ilija, 25 years old, veteran knight-class, captain of the fifth-class ship "Snow Lake". Earn a total pirate bounty of 42oo Golden Lions.

Third place, Bertlem Solomon of the Kingdom of Taylor, 28 years old, veteran knight, captain of the battleship "Royal Guard". Earn a total pirate bounty of 35oo Golden Lions.

“......”

Although the people in the back may also hide the dragon and crouching tiger, the gap with the three people in front of them is a bit big.

However, there are still more than two months before the deadline of the mission, and anything can happen in such a long time, and a temporary lead is not a reason to take it lightly.

There was a delay in the transmission of information at sea, and now someone might have hunted down another pirate, and if someone else accidentally squeezed out of the top six, it would be too late to regret it.

Thereupon.

With the overtime of the sailors and the full cooperation of the base personnel, the two warships under Ai Wen's command were fully rationed, sails were replaced, and simple maintenance were quickly restored to their heyday of combat effectiveness.

Without the slightest hesitation, the "Conch" and "Thumb" returned to the sea together!

After confirming through Milan's divination that there was a high probability of another harvest on the route to the neutral port of "Attilan", the two warships headed north, reopening a large net and waiting for the next prey.

Next up... Hunting time!

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