Chapter 143: The Triumphant Ilor
This year's monsoon went south very early, which made Ilore feel very happy.
The small island he occupies is called Tirsis, which is not large in size and only about 50 square kilometers, but this island has precious resources that are difficult to reach other islands.
Not only are there forests and quarries, but there is even a rich gold mine and a barren vein of gemstones.
It was barren, but the people of Ilore could dig up a dozen pounds or even dozens of pounds of various gems from it every day, and he even felt that if he could tie up some excellent dwarven craftsmen, it was very possible to truly develop this barren vein.
On top of that, there are large cliffs to the southwest of Tirsis, where countless seabirds and eagles nest every year with the southerly monsoon.
When Irol was just an ordinary pirate on someone else's ship, he had seen the power of this giant bird.
By chance, he was overjoyed to find that he could communicate with these fierce birds, and the treatment that had been ridiculed and excluded by others made him finally make up his mind to go it alone.
He joined a dozen like-minded and undesirable pirates to get a small boat, and then searched around the vast sea, and the hard work paid off, and he actually found the island before all the supplies of fresh water ran out.
After that, he climbed the cliff alone, and then he easily won the approval of these fierce birds, and then he used these fierce birds under his hands to rise all the way on this sea.
In just over two years, the reputation of "Ilor, the Great Sea Trainer" has become famous on this sea, and his status as a horse boy on someone else's ship is simply not the same.
Of course, he added the word "great" himself, but as far as the current situation was concerned, he lacked wealth, beauty, power, and men, and even raised a huge fleet of four large ships, two medium-sized ships, and two thousand pirates.
And this year's southward monsoon has brought a large number of sea eagles to Tirsius, which means that the sea eagle army in Ilore's hands will be greatly expanded.
In this sea where power means everything, what could be more exciting than this?
He hears that a new group of pirates has been stationed on the island of Misty to the east, and that the cunning pirate leader has embraced the legendary pirate Peterley's thigh before he can stand on his heels, but for months he has been ignoring his close neighbor, much to Ilore's displeasure.
He felt that he was being slighted.
Even if it was Peterley, if it weren't for the treacherous waters of Misty Island, he would have been going to teach that arrogant neighbor a lesson after the training of the last nest of sea eagles.
But it doesn't matter, there is always a day when they meet on this endless sea, and when the time comes, they must let the other party understand the majesty of the great sea beast tamer, just as Irol was thinking so, suddenly a subordinate reported something important outside the door.
"Come in. ”
Ilore returned to his tall sea animal skin seat, and since he was in power, he had also fallen in love with the majesty of being looked up to and feared.
"My lord, the patrol fleet has just reported that a fleet of three large ships and three medium-sized ships has appeared in the open sea, and Captain Fisher has set sail to intercept and warn, and he has ordered me to report to you immediately. ”
A fierce pirate with a scarface knelt down on one knee in front of Ilore and reported in a deep voice that these pirates had so much etiquette in the first place, but after Ilore's strong request and the killing of a few unruly people, everyone had to do the same.
"Unknown flags?what?"
Ilor's brows furrowed when he heard this, as his murderous reputation has grown in the past two years, few people have dared to swagger through his territorial waters so blatantly.
"It looked like a dragon, but it looked so strange that no one recognized it. ”
"Let all the ships go out and intercept them, and I'll be there. ”
With that, Irol walked straight to the apse, where there was a passage leading to the sea eagle's lair, since becoming an animal trainer, he had rarely taken a boat, and he preferred the feeling of flying in the sky on the sea eagle to the bumpy deck and waves.
Like a god.
No sooner had the lonely voyage come to an end than Lear's fleet entered a tense standoff with the enemy.
This time he brought Haag, Ivo, and Jeremy, and even Adela and Guina were left behind on the Isle of Mist.
Luna's recent growth has been getting faster and faster, and Lear has no time to take care of her, so she has to entrust Adela with her mentor for the time being.
And before the Order was officially established, he didn't want to arrange anything else for Mrak.
Jeremy stood beside Lear with an agitated expression, he was now the latter's Grand Master of Maritime Affairs, and although he still had the title of Peterley's Emissary or Overseer on his head, even he didn't care about that.
"Sir, the other side is waving a flag asking for our identity. ”
Looking at the huge bunting dangling from the pirate ship's mast nearly a nautical mile away, Jeremy quickly explained to Lear.
"Ignore them, go full speed ahead and get into range to attack directly. ”
Lear was originally here to do things, and of course he didn't talk nonsense with the other party, and he was quite unsympathetic to pirates.
"Yes!"
Jeremy replied in a deep voice, and then walked quickly to the gun bay, and before leaving, he conveyed the command to the flag-bearer on the mast, and the two armed ships behind him immediately began to nervously prepare for battle after receiving the flag.
Of course, the flag on their side did not escape the eyes of the other party, so Fisher knew for the first time that the comer was not good.
He ordered the fleet to retreat for the time being to join the rear, the opposing side was clearly superior in size and number, and he did not want to be struck until Ilor himself arrived.
As soon as Ilor's sea eagle troops arrived, it was easy to sink the enemy's ships under the attack of the sea and air, and in the past many raids or battles between pirates, they cooperated to achieve victory.
"My lord, they seem to be waiting for something. ”
Ivo came to Lear's side and whispered, he saw some clues from the opponent's retreating formation, and immediately came over to remind Lear.
"I know. ”
Lear's eyes were always on the sky behind the pirate fleet.
Some time ago, he had been using the combined tactics of sea, air, land and air, but he didn't expect that it would be his turn to taste the feng shui rotation so soon.
However, it was clear from Lear's calm eyes that he was not very worried.
The so-called absolute air supremacy also depends on what level of creature is being manipulated.
Soon, a large black shadow appeared in the sky behind the pirate fleet, looking like a dense flock of black crows from a distance.
It wasn't until I got closer that I realized that it was hundreds of huge noisy sea eagles.
The creature is over three meters long and has a wingspan of five meters, with the claws and pointed beak of a bird, but with huge fleshy wings like a blood bat.
As they fly through the air, their huge fleshy wings make a strange sound in the air that makes a trembling sound like a piece of paper.
When hundreds of giant sea eagles appeared, the opposite pirate ship stopped retreating.
The five ships formed an inverted V formation and rushed straight towards Lear's fleet.
"Get ready for battle. ”
Lear said lightly to Ivo behind him.
This time he had Ivo bring his entire team of archers, two hundred archers on each armed ship, and a total of six hundred men on three ships, precisely to deal with the current situation.
As for the thirty-six guns, it was a gift for the pirate fleet opposite.
After Ivo left to organize the shooters, Haag and Tariq stood by Lear's side, one left and one right.
Aside from broadside warfare, infantry had a limited role to play in this type of naval warfare, but they also had their own task, which was to form formations to guard the archers against attacks from the sky.
As for the ballistas and arrows on the pirate ship opposite, that's something Jeremy needs to worry about.
Every man is in his place, and every man is in his place.
Amid the tense gazes of both sides and the approaching distance between the ships, a fierce battle was on the verge of breaking out.
As Ilore flew over Lear's head with the leader of the eagles, a series of dull and fast incantations rang out from his mouth.
Immediately, a fierce fire burst directly into the dark shadows in the sky.
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