Verse 77: Blending into the fish-man villages
USS Justice, Captain's Quarters.
Cang Su held a list in his hand and was slowly reporting: "In this battle, our side has killed twelve people and disabled sixty-five people. ”
"The loss of seventeen sails, the mast and hull that need to be repaired, are estimated to take four days. ”
"Three bronze guns were damaged, more than a hundred bronze-class shells were lost, and twelve silver-class shells were lost. ”
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The boy sat behind his desk, listening quietly the whole time.
Compared with the previous battles, the loss of shells has increased significantly.
The main reason is that the sea giant is large and moves slowly, making it a very obvious target.
In this battle, these artillery pieces also played a great role in the establishment. The shells lost a lot, but they also played their due value.
After talking about the losses, Cangsu talked about the spoils that had been fully counted this time.
The Justice Pirates have gained a lot in this battle.
The silver-level sea giant corpse is the biggest gain.
The teenager did not use the blood nucleus to absorb it. Although the sea giant bloodline, it is very much in line with the selection criteria of the teenager.
First, the body was recovered on the spot, and it was difficult for the teenager to do it alone.
Second, everyone sees that even if the young man orders it later and secretly absorbs it, it will arouse suspicion.
Third, even if the teenager absorbs it, at most it is only a broken silver bloodline, which is not enough for the teenager to have a huge improvement.
The benefits are far less than the pay, and the teenagers are not willing to take this risk.
In addition to the corpses of the sea giants, the corpses of the fishmen and the fish-men captives piled up into small mountains also provided a large number of experimental subjects for Cangsu, as well as raw materials for the manufacture of soul crystals.
There are also some gains that are not on the surface.
For example, the combat experience that the pirates gained as a result of this battle. According to Mango's words, the training effect of actual combat is very huge, and the entire pirate group is becoming more and more elite.
Moreover, in order to cope with the next exploration of the Poseidon Temple, some underwater breathing potions were deliberately used in this battle, allowing some transcendental pirates to enter the water to fight against the fishmen.
"The gains are far greater than the losses, but it's not appropriate for the pirates to continue to penetrate into the eye of the sea. The boy said to Cangsu.
Cangsu nodded, agreeing with the young man's words, and he thought the same thing.
In fact, it's not just him, but so is Mane and Gray.
According to the current information, there will be more powerful indigenous forces in the eyes of the sea next. As the fleet continues to go deeper, it will need to deal with a more formidable enemy.
In the battle just now, facing a silver-level sea giant, it was necessary to join forces with Mane Ge and a gray body.
Facing a more powerful indigenous force, the Righteous Pirates will take a greater risk. In particular, the leaders of these indigenous forces are becoming more and more wise, which is the most feared by the high-ranking members of the Righteous Pirates.
Because wisdom means being able to use stratagem, even to join forces.
"How many days will our supplies last?" the boy asked again.
Cangsu immediately replied: "According to conservative estimates, it can support at least one hundred and twenty-seven days." ”
That's a fairly accurate number, and since the experience of Mystery Island, Cangsu has been very important about supplies, and almost every day or two, he will recalculate it.
"Actually. "We may still be able to hold up too much time." On the one hand, we will reduce our staff. On the other hand, we can fish on site. ”
"The sea eye is rich in resources, and there are a lot of marine fish. Spirulina has been in the limelight lately, and he can catch enough food for half a shipload of pirates to eat three times a day. ”
"How's the hull modification?" the boy asked again.
Faced with this problem, Cangsu finally changed his previous calm and looked embarrassed.
In order to deal with the delegation of the Sea Goddess, the high-level of the Righteous Pirates decided to modify all the hulls of the ships to make them more resistant to water pressure and able to dive and float in a short time.
Cang Xu said in a deep voice: "Not counting the supply ships, five of them have been renovated in Crescent Harbor, adding a series of water intake and drainage devices. Since then, I've been installing the acquired equipment on other seagoing vessels. At present, two of the remaining ships have not been converted. ”
"But after this step, we also need to paint the other five ships with a layer of crystal top gel. ”
"This kind of topviser covers the surface of the hull and helps the sea vessel resist water pressure. It used to be very popular, but in recent years, it has been defeated by the Empire's metal-coated alchemy technology, which is not used by many people. ”
Metal coating is an alchemy technique that is currently only in the possession of the Empire.
It is impossible for Cangsu to master this technique.
"I'm just a necromancer, Black Iron level. Abarsu sighed bitterly to the captain in front of him, "Recently, I've been studying engrams, and I've become more and more aware that we need to add a trustworthy alchemist. ”
In the entire Righteous Pirates, the busiest person is not the dragon boy or Mane, but Cangsu.
On the one hand, this old man needs to manage and report on the affairs of the entire pirate group, on the other hand, he has to study engrams behind his back, and on the other hand, he has to make soul crystals. In addition to that, he had to maintain his daily mage practice, such as meditation and spell practice. For the writing of "Theory of Evolution", he can only squeeze out as much time as possible every day.
"Thankfully, my body has been modified by necromancy and only needs to sleep for an hour or two a day. ”
"I'm not exaggerating, joining the Pirates is the busiest time of my life. Sometimes, I don't even have a break for days. ”
The young man hurriedly spoke out to comfort the old scholar in front of him.
Cangsu shook his head: "My lord, I'm not complaining to you, nor am I asking you for credit. In terms of engrams, it's hard for me to make any new progress. ”
"To be honest, being able to restore the soul crystal and use the magic circle is already something that makes me feel very accomplished. ”
"In the realm of alchemy, my already pitiful mage talent can help me very little. ”
Currently, the Righteous Pirates have an alchemy device for making engrams.
It's what Zidi used to use for needle gold.
However, no matter how much Abarsu tried, he was unable to use this device to forcibly extract the target's memories.
Cangsu attacked a lot of fishmen.
Out of a hundred fishmen, only a single digit succeeded.
However, the memories contained in the engram crystal are very broken, and they do not match at all, so they have no reference value at all.
And the fate of these fishmen who were forced to succeed was also very bleak. Either crazy, or brainstormed to death.
In a nutshell, this engram manufacturing device can only allow users with subjective wills to successfully and safely produce valuable engrams.
"I'm sorry, sir. Cangsu apologized, "We can't use this way to torture the fish-man language, the fighting spirit and fighting skills used by the fish-people, and the information of the fish-man forces in the sea eye." ”
"No, I already know how to speak Fishman. The young man pressed this sentence in his stomach, and on the surface he sighed, "There are too many vacancies in intelligence." ”
"I think we need a strong thief who can bring a lot of intelligence more than an alchemist. ”
"Just now, there was a traitor among the fishmen!"
"Without that Brown-scaled Fishman's sneak attack, we wouldn't have been able to win so easily. Unfortunately, we didn't have the Brown-scaled Fishman left. ”
But from this point, it can be seen that Tianzhuhai has many forces in his eyes, and there are many contradictions between them. As outsiders, if we have sufficient and reliable information, we can completely switch between these forces. ”
"It's a pity. The boy sighed.
"yes. Everything happened too fast. Cangsu sighed.
The boy continued: "In this way, I will have to dive to the bottom of the sea alone on the Monster Fish of the Deep Sea to find out. ”
"Captain, is this a bit risky. At least one or two Silver Transcendents have to be by your side......" Cangsu could not finish his words when he was interrupted by the young man.
"There is no need to waste valuable military power. Even if they came to help me, at the bottom of the sea, their help was relatively limited. ”
"The Monster Fish and Taling are my greatest help. ”
"These days, you consume the fish-man captives as quickly as possible to create soul crystals. I need a boat, and it's not been long before the pillar rises. ”
Cangsu nodded: "Understood, my lord." ”
The boy didn't reveal that the brown fishman was his secret.
If you use the excuse of beasts, you can actually convince others.
But there is no need for this.
It's a lot of work.
A few days later, the boy handed over the fleet to Cangsu and Mane Ge to take care of it, and announced to the public that he wanted to retreat and cultivate, but in fact he took the Deep Sea Monster Fish and went deep into the sea eye.
In a trench, he hid the Deep-Sea Monster and swam out on his own as a fishman.
According to the plan, he "encountered" a caravan of fishmen detected by the Monster Fish of the Deep.
The boy blocked the caravan's way.
The leader of the caravan was also a brown-scaled fishman, who was very old at first glance, and his eyes were not very bright.
When the old brown-scaled fishman saw the boy, his heart was shocked: "Gralwm, Wallral, Mwalrl?" (This little brother of the fish-man clan, what is your name?, you killed these iron manta fish?)"
Next to the fish-man boy, there were the corpses of two black iron-grade manta rays.
This is the debut plan that the teenager designed for himself.
“wmgrlll,mmmwagrl。 (Of course I killed it, my name is Ben Bo.) The young man said calmly, and at the same time, he turned his wrist and played a few knife flowers with the black iron-level scimitar in his hand.
The old fishman's pupils shrank, opened his mouth wide, revealing his sparse teeth, and laughed: "mlwwl, ?" (Brother Ben Bo is so powerful at such a young age, it's really gratifying.) Is your prey for sale?)"
The fish-man boy thought about it for a while, then agreed to the old fish-man and decided to sell the two iron manta fish corpses.
He took the opportunity to ask the old fishman, where are you going?
The old fishman said the name of a fish-man town, and the fish-man boy tilted his head and thought about it, and naturally said that he was a little tired from his penance, so he simply followed the old fishman and his party to this fish-man village and town together.
The old fishman hesitated, but nodded and agreed to the boy's request.