Two days later, the Houyi and Xingtian were anchored on an island called Ximeno.

Jimeno is an island northeast of the Pearl Islands, but it is not on the main trade route, because it is relatively small and its location is more than 50 nautical miles away from the main shipping route, and most ships will choose the larger and closer to the main shipping route as the first stop.

So anchoring on Jimeno Island is a way to avoid the eyes and ears of others.

Sailing in this magical world, Xiao Chen and his party, who have a large number of mages, will not be bothered by the problem of fresh water, mages can summon fresh water with magic power, but for the sake of insurance, they still replenish fresh water and food on Ximeno Island.

However, another purpose of staying here is to contact the Undercurrent Alliance and let them redeem Trina and the others.

Xiao Chen added a special clause to the conditions for ransom, and Trina herself must use the information of the ghost ship to redeem it. In his opinion, an old organization like the Undercurrent Alliance must have more and more detailed information in this sea area than he does. According to the original plan formulated by the Tower of China, they would sail between the islands, probe and buy information about the ghost ship, and find the whereabouts of the ghost ship, but now, Xiao Chen can let the Sea Clan collect information while he sits on the island and waits for news to come to the door.

The owner of the island of Jimeno is a tribe of scales, and most of the people of this tribe are short in stature, only one meter twenty or thirty tall. The population of the tribe is also not large, just over a hundred people. They survived mainly on seafood and for the occasional merchant ships.

When Xiao Chen and the others arrived on this island, they really frightened the tribe, not to mention that their metal boat was amazing, like two giant beasts in the sea that no one had ever seen before. And there were more than two ships that came to the island together. They were followed by seven or eight Sea Clan warships, filling the island's harbor.

These warships were not Xiao Chen's trophies, but voluntarily followed them to Ximeno Island. Except for a few ships that had gone to report the news, they were all loaded with the wounded of the Sea Clan.

Even if they live in the sea, the bacteria in the sea still eat away at their wounds. Therefore, they need to go to the nearest island for repairs.

Moreover, the mages in Xiao Chen's fleet did not refuse to continue to treat these Sea Clan warriors, so following Xiao Chen's two ships was a good opportunity for more wounded people to survive.

The sea clans who came with Xiao Chen's fleet unceremoniously occupied the best house and the best port on the island for Xiao Chen and his subordinates to use. The scale elders of the local tribe, in front of the incomparably noble merfolk mages and the tall shark warriors, did not dare to say anything, and respectfully gave up the best things on the island.

And those mages of the mermaid clan and the warriors of the shark clan looked respectful and obedient in front of everyone in the Tower of China. Whether it was the brutal killing before or the careful treatment afterward, they were extremely impressed, so that they did not dare to make mistakes easily.

Xiao Chen stayed on this island for half a month, and he had to be patient, because for sea navigation in this era, half a month was really short, but it was just the time required for a slightly longer distance to go back and forth between two islands.

However, Xiao Chen was not idle, and he began to choose mercenaries among the sea clan warriors and mages who had recovered from his injuries.

Through these days of understanding, Xiao Chen discovered that these warriors who followed Trina were not from a tribe, but were temporarily recruited from the tribes to which the alliance belonged.

Xiao Chen asked some of the leaders of the warships and learned that the family that Trina belonged to had paid a part of the money to hire the warriors of these friendly tribes, and then promised them that after the operation was successful, they would get another part of the commission. However, now this defeat has made the shipwrecks of these tribes, the dead of the dead, the loss of money and people, and the losses are very heavy.

This made him think of taking advantage of the situation and recruiting Sea Clan warriors.

The Sea Clan warriors were defeated in terms of technology, organization, and number of masters, but the value of these warriors themselves should not be underestimated. They are physically strong, and their combat effectiveness is especially strong underwater, especially when they are working in the Pearl Sea, the territory of the Sea Clan, it will undoubtedly be much more convenient to have the Sea Clan's warriors under them.

The Sea Tribe's tribe was defeated and lost, but Xiao Chen was not short of money, so this kind of cooperation was a perfect fit.

Xiao Chen sat under a parasol formed by ice crystals, watching the Marines train a team of shark warriors in a clearing in the forest.

These four or five meter-tall warriors, standing in a row of ten, like a real city wall, are very impressive.

They were struggling to do various queue poses against the sun, and the officers who trained them, although they were less than half as tall as them, were very imposing with the silver-white whips in their hands.

As soon as the Shark Warrior behaved badly, the Spirit Whip in his hand would be pulled down mercilessly.

The shark clan, which is known for its rage, seems to have lost their temper here, and they all honestly follow the officer training.

Trina was by Xiao Chen's side, and she had seen a lot of such scenes in the past few days, and she was no longer surprised. Although she has a lot of worthlessness for these shark warriors in her heart, at this moment, as the general of the defeated army, she has no confidence to speak.

After looking at it for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Do you pay them every day to hire them just to let them walk around?"

Xiao Chen stood up, pointed to a shark warrior and said, "We can't teach much about how to fight in the sea, or how to use their physical advantages, the shark clan is originally a natural warrior. How to bring their forces together and exert greater combat effectiveness. That's what we can teach.

These ten shark warriors come from four different tribes, and some of them are at odds with each other, but can you still see that?"

Trina looked at it, and there were some similarities in the actions of the shark warriors. It's like a brother from the same family.

She vaguely felt that the combat effectiveness of these people was no longer the same as when she commanded them.

She couldn't help but think about what kind of combat effectiveness her team would have if her subordinates were all like this? Fighting against Chinese, she didn't dare to think about it. But with such a fighter, in the face of Arsino's challenge, everything will be different.

But thinking of this, she smiled self-deprecatingly again, she no longer had that qualification.

At this time, he saw Xiao Chen's eyes, and he looked at her with a smile, as if he understood her thoughts.