"No! I'm going to kill her! I'm going to kill her! No one can stop me!"

Ignoring Lear's grim expression, Jeremy had just regained some of his senses before shouting hysterically at Lear.

Lear frowned slightly at the sight of him, but Haag was already standing behind Jeremy with an axe.

From the barbarian's red eyes, it was clear that he was about to kill.

Lear shook his head.

"Take this gentleman to sober up, and let him come to me when he comes to his senses. ”

Jeremy was about to say something, but a massive blow slammed into the back of his neck, and he lost consciousness like a puddle of mud.

"Full speed ahead, pursue the other two enemy ships, and send out another small boat to save the people on the sunken ship. ”

Lear gave orders to the sailors and then took charge of the bombardment in the bilge himself.

Commanding artillery is not the preserve of one person.

Under Lear's command, the pirate ship Jonker was on soon rose with smoke and slowly sank with sawdust flying and cries of despair.

As for the other pirate ship, it had already fled when it saw that the situation was not good, and Lear finally ordered the pursuit to be stopped because of the distance.

Treasure Island, the harbor, Lear stands on the harbor wooden stack and looks out into the island.

Behind him, Jeremy's head was being pressed hard against the water by Haag.

A few minutes later, Jeremy stood behind Lear trembling like a water dog, and even the midday sun could not dispel the cold in his heart.

After regaining his senses, he naturally understood what he had just done.

Haag stood behind him like an iron tower.

The axe did not leave his hand.

"Poof!"

Jeremy knelt down directly, as a captive Lear had already given him extremely high treatment and appreciation, and even personally assisted him in fulfilling his dream, and his reward was battlefield disobedience.

He no longer knew what to say to express his fear and beg for Lear's forgiveness, and what he knew was that Lear knew no less than he did about artillery.

That is to say, he is not indispensable.

"Sober?"

Lear opened his mouth, but didn't look back.

"Yes, sir. ”

Jeremy bowed his head deeply, if Lear was going to kill him, he really didn't have any words to defend himself.

"Get up, your knees should be left to your parents and the woman you love dearly, not me. ”

Being kneeled like this by a man in his thirties, although Lear was still angry in his heart, he still felt weird.

And more importantly, he didn't intend to kill Jeremy from the beginning to the end, and the reason why he let Hag do that was just to sober him up and leave a deep lesson.

"Huh?"

Jeremy didn't react, but then Hag kicked him hard in the ass and kicked him like shit.

No matter how stupid a person is, he understands that he doesn't have to die in this situation, not to mention that Jeremy is not stupid at all.

He jumped up from the ground, not even bothering to wipe the stains on his body, and immediately stood honestly by Lear's side.

He looks like he's listening to his teachings.

"Tell me, what's going on, why is it so out of control?"

Lear glanced at him, not hiding his disappointment.

"I'm sorry, sir. ”

Jeremy looked like he was listening to the teachings again.

"Looks like you're not sober enough, Haag. ”

Lear walked forward, Annabelle's strongest forces had been lost in the naval battle, and the landed warriors had already attacked her lair, so he could only walk past the battle where the balance of forces was unassuming.

Behind him, Hag lifted Jeremy's neck again.

There was a clattering sound on the beach.

On the island, at Annabelle's base camp, Lear sat on a stake at the entrance to watch the soldiers clean up the corpses and carry their goods.

The battle lasted less than ten minutes, and after a volley of axes from the orcs, the warriors tore down the barricade of the wooden wall, and the warriors who landed on the island were able to rush in a third of the way, and the pirates inside surrendered.

Thirty enemies were killed and two hundred were taken prisoner.

Own losses, zero.

Poor Jeremy was behind Lear again, and water droplets were still dropping from his body.

Looking at his pale face and the way he couldn't breathe, it was clear that Haag didn't let him drink less.

This time, without waiting for Lear to ask, he confessed all his grudges against Annabelle.

It turns out that he and Annabelle are childhood sweethearts, and the deaf Neris had fostered Anna in Jeremy's small village before he became famous.

He has had a crush on Anna since he was a child, and the two were quite close when they were young.

But since Neris became famous, he took Anna away, and since then he can only see the beautiful figure in his dreams.

Finally, when his brother Peterley also went to sea to make a name for himself, he finally left the small mountain village, but he did not want to meet the girl of his dreams again at sea.

But what he didn't expect was that after the reunion, Anna not only disdained him, but instead became his brother's mistress, and humiliated him many times.

If it was someone else, it wouldn't matter, after all, Jeremy was not less ridiculed, just because he was obsessed with artillery.

But Annabelle's humiliation of him was unbearable in any case, and she had repeatedly declared him a waste in public, saying that the things he had studied were inferior to the scales of a sea serpent.

This made Jeremy grudge against her deeper, which led to the loss of control in today's naval battle.

It's another sad story of love turning into hate.

"Have you ever wondered how you're going to face your brother after killing Annabelle?"

After listening to the story, Lear was noncommittal, but asked a question that Jeremy didn't expect.

"Why should I face him?"

Since being Lear's captive, Jeremy has devoted himself to the study of artillery, and he is so satisfied with his current life that he has forgotten that he has a legendary pirate brother.

"You never thought of going back?"

Lear was inexplicably asked by him, is this the legendary Joy of Thought?

"Didn't think about it. ”

Jeremy replied honestly, and his expression didn't seem to be fake at all, but then he asked in a panic as if he remembered something, "My lord, are you going to drive me away?"

That's right, making such a big mistake and not being killed is already benevolent and righteous, how can you still have the luxury of staying and studying artillery.

Thinking of this, Jeremy suddenly became extremely lost.

He felt like his soul was gone.

"You think too much, I don't plan to let you go for the time being, if you make a mistake like today, I will kill you directly. ”

Lear said coldly.

Jeremy was shocked, but he immediately regained his faith knowing that he would not die or be driven away.

"What do you mean, my lord?"

He asked cautiously.

"I have an idea, your brother is a legendary pirate, we are a newly rising force, maybe we should have more contacts with him, if the interests are right, of course, we can do some business, but we need a guide in the middle. ”

After saying that, Lear looked at Jeremy quietly, waiting for his response.

"Me?"

Jeremy was stunned for a moment, but then it occurred to him that there was really no better candidate than himself, he was Peterley's own brother.

Although there is a rift between the two brothers because of the artillery, but on the whole, Peterley is still very good to him, and it is of course most appropriate for him to thread the needle.

On top of that, his artillery research had been successful, and although it was still in its infancy, it was enough for him to straighten his back in front of Peterley.

"Now you understand why I didn't let you kill Annabelle?"

Lear's gaze followed a box of gold coins that had been carried in front of him, and a meaningful smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

............

Two months later, in the port of Misty Isles, three merchant ships had now been converted into heavily armed warships, each equipped with twelve new guns.

Thirty-six guns, that's all the production that Misty Isle has been assembled for three months.

If it weren't for the amount of sulfur consumed in distress, this number could have even doubled.

But this is enough, the purpose of this voyage is not to conquer cities, but to build bridges of friendship.

Proper deterrence of force can make the other side make a more informed choice, but too much can be counterproductive.

For the time being, Lear doesn't plan to provoke a large-scale war, and Misty Island needs trade and a relatively peaceful environment for development.

"Are you ready?"

Lear smiled and looked at Adela in front of him, dressed in military uniform, with silver armor and long golden hair, as good as ever.

"Hmm. ”

The female mage was still so concise and to the point.

This wasn't the first time she'd been on such a mission, from subduing orcs to going to Erathia as a single person.

Rather than a bloody battlefield, Adela prefers to defeat his enemies psychologically.

The outcome of every war is actually predestined before the two armies clash.

Ever since this phrase came out of Lear's mouth, Adela has made it his motto in life.

"Well, it's all the best. ”

Lear gave Adela a gentle hug, then quickly let go.

"I will be back soon. ”

The mage quickly turned around as she dropped the words, and Jeremy and the sailors were already lining up on the deck waiting for her.

The sun was like a dream, stirring up a blush on her sideburns.

......