"Time, November 17th, location, Kira Bay at the end of Somnus, weather, fine. - The diary of First Officer Lemuel Sigris"

In the blink of an eye, a week had passed, and we had to admit that the speed of the Goshawk was not up to the previous standard, and there were still about three days to go before Dabaran, and Captain Huck had already sent a message to inform us of the news of the Drua fleet. The good news was that, thanks to the constant pressure on the enemy in the North Sea by Several's fleet, the Druas who had just arrived in the South China Sea were forced to enter the water blockade set up by Beatrice, which further delayed the Druas' march. The bad news was a big surprise, and after a series of trials, the old captain had learned the approximate combat strength of this fleet of forty-six large ships, including more than 500 black knights, and more than 2,000 sergeants and crossbowmen, which was almost comparable to the Royal Fleet of Gronia years ago.

Kira Bay was one of the safe anchorages in the waters of Somnus, where the Goshawk replenished fresh water and prepared for the next few days, and as planned, the Goshawk left the western sea at midnight the next day, and according to the tip, the Druas had forced a breakthrough of the water blockade at Beatrice, and could reach their landing point in four days, the River of Commerce on the north bank of Dabaran.

Upon receiving this news, Nabal decided that the Pirate Guild's allies could no longer stop the Druas and immediately set sail at full speed, arriving at Graham Island in the South China Sea the next day, where they encountered the retreating Exocet fleet. After several discussions, Nabal convinced Severer. Ordered the remaining four pirate ships of the Exocet to travel to Gronia with the Goshawks to participate in the coming war. "Time, November 20th, dusk, location, eastern estuary of the Dabaran Grand Canal, weather. Suspected of being on the eve of a storm. - The diary of First Officer Lemuel Sigris"

As the sunset reflected the dark clouds in the sky and reflected a dazzling glow on the distant sea level, four sailing boats sailed into the Grand Canal in the afterglow of the setting sun to rest and send people to purchase supplies from the local residents. Along the coast, there are many farms and fishing grounds on the turquoise soil, and similar to the northern land of Calradia, the local population also grows flax, potatoes, bananas, olives and other crops. At the same time, the farmers of Dabaran, who had been busy all day, were accustomed to the presence of these pirates after a busy day of catching and raising high-value fish and selling them at a good price. No one cared about the Goshawk and the Exocet's fleet, but they sold the surplus food and drink at a high price, and went back to work on the farm with a few bags of gold coins.

When the sun sank into the sea and the moon rose into the clouds, it didn't provide much light. Farmers lit braziers on both banks. Look around. Within a mile of visibility, there was a fire about every twenty yards, and it seemed that every peasant would light a brazier within the farm area at night to provide light for the fifty-meter-wide Grand Canal. Because of these light sources, the road ahead seemed less gloomy, and Nabal gave the order to set sail again, and the four ships moved quickly inland, propelled by the strong westerly winds of the night. It is expected to arrive at the port of Gronia early the next morning.

"It's not a good idea to go to Gronia from the Eastern Canal. Sailing on the river of commerce, there have always been many merchant ships from the East and the West, and I never feel lonely, why do I have to take such a deserted and gloomy canal......

More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and the pirate fleet sailed in the endless Grand Canal, gradually sailing away from the populated area, and the flame light sources along the coast gradually came to an end.

Gronia City is located in the southeast of the center of the entire Dabaran, at our speed, going around to the north will only waste more time, and Gronia is already under martial law, even if it is a river of trade, there must not be many ships traveling with it, Nabal also thought so, he explained to Xiao Yi, but she was still unwilling to endure this atmosphere, and gathered the teammates of Freedom Wings to discuss the next matters.

So Sieg, who was exercising at the bow, and Polcha, who had long since fallen asleep, were called to the door of the captain's room, and Nabal pushed the rudder to me, and climbed down the guardrail himself to join their meeting.

"We can get to Gronia tomorrow morning, their navy should have gone out of the city to contain the Drua fleet, but I think there is little hope, and they will be beaten to the city in the end......"

Shoey was not confident in the naval strength of the Gronyans, a few years ago the Gronya Navy and the Dark Fleet of Minella Island broke out in the Western Sea, even though they joined forces with the elite of the Pirate Guild, the fleet led by Atros only managed to cross the blockade line after suffering a lot of blows, so that only seventy percent of the combat strength reached Calradia, and it did not play much role in the campaign to assist Calradia to resist the invasion, which was enough to become a reason for her to doubt the fighting power of the Gronya.

"Captain, didn't you claim to be the most learned in the past!

Shoy nodded at Nabal's question, and he continued to tell him the story of Gronia, detailing everything he knew.

"For countless years before the era, Dabaran, which was not visible on the map of the world, was a borderland, and when it comes to the current Duchy of Gronya, its establishment dates back to the sixth century, the era of the Galadia Empire. However, the Gronya people are not a branch of the Calradians, they originated from the western continent of the same period, these people occupied Dabaran as colonists, when some of the pioneers noticed the hidden value of this land, the powerful colonists turned into the rulers of the independent kingdom, and opened this grand canal across the continent in the countless ruins of ancient times, and further construction on the building ruins in the center, which led to the current wonder of the world - the water city of Gronia. ”

Nabal tirelessly explained the origins of Gronia to his teammates, and the others listened very attentively, and when Shaw felt that what he wanted to know was not these old things, Nabal began to talk about Gronia's military power.

"The head of the regiment thinks that the Gronians are not good at fighting, this is really wrong, they are the extension of the ancient kingdom of Barion, the strongest combat power is the unstoppable heavy knights of the ancestors, in this respect they are far stronger than the Ryrdian people of Calradia, the two major knights of the Central Island, as well as the elite firearms force We have seen, but I am sure that it is definitely not all their family background, after all, the war has a backup job. ”

"It sounds like these guys just have no strength and lack of experience, even if they are a strong army, they are vulnerable if they haven't been in war for a long time, right?" Hearing this, Porcha also stood up and picked a thorn.

Now Nabal was running out of words, but fortunately, Dean was nearby, and the boatswain also joined the discussion, he cleared his throat and explained: "Gronia has one thing in common with your Chanda, they also provide mercenary resources to the outside world, and the main employers are several countries in the western Balion continent, and sometimes large-scale business travelers at sea will also hire some men to escort them. ”

"That's just a mercenary, it's no different from those rookies in Zenda, right...... When he met a Druya, he immediately stopped cooking...... "Xiao Yi felt that there was not much difference between the two, because Chanda's elite mercenaries were all killed in Chanda's final battle, and the mercenaries could never replace the combat power of the regular army.

Dean smiled and continued, "Miss, you don't understand this. The Gronians did not simply buy jobs for unemployed mercenaries, but simply delivered the regular army to the army, and at the same time to get paid for the big campaign missions and to keep the army fully trained, and I had the misfortune to fight the Gronian troops when I was on an errand under Captain Huck, and these scars were also obtained in the only defeat in that battle. ”

He took off his waistcoat and showed several scars on his shoulder and back, which were in good condition, but at least more than five years old. There were vaguely penetrating wounds from the flintlock pistol shot, as well as several distorted wounds from strange blades, and as soon as Xiao wanted to ask where the damage came from, Dean continued to answer her questions.

"Technology is the most important, the Gronians have the technology that is ahead of other countries, the Ryordian people, who are famous for their knights, are still designing thick multi-layered steel plate armor to resist damage, and the Gronians have developed the technology of using ravines to design to resist damage in the last century, the Gronian knight armor seems to be extremely heavy, but it is actually much lighter than the steel plate armor of the Ryordian people, which is also a metal craft that Gronia does not pass on. ”

Xiao Yi thought back to the images of the knights of the two major knights he had seen, they wore slightly different heavy armor, the armor of the Red Lotus knight was concave and convex, and the joints that needed to be protected were equipped with additional metal edges and corners, and the interior used high-tenacity leather to strengthen the resistance to blunt damage, making the knights in red look very burly and unshakable. She thought of the gray-based Fandog knights again, the armor of these knights was a little thinner, and they did not use the concave and convex damage reduction design of the former, but their armor was designed in layers, wrapped in a layer of light chain mail on the innermost, and a short-sleeved leather jacket that did not affect mobility was worn in the middle, and the outermost layer was divided into shoulder armor, breastplate, skirt armor, forearm armor, The five new types of armor of the leg armor use a technology that resists damage with a semi-arc surface, which is not inferior to the former in the protection of key parts, and at the same time greatly reduces the degree of cumbersomeness.

Dean guessed that Shaw already understood this part, and said, "The knights of the Calradia countries are only of unilateral value, and the strongest Dark Knights at the moment have not been able to break this framework. Speaking of the Gronian knights, they are like all-rounders in warfare, they can charge on horseback, and the long-range lethality of the Balleons in the West is also ashamed of the long-range lethality based on giant crossbows and large bows, and they can fight on foot and kill leather and metal armored enemies with long arc knives and serpentine greatswords respectively, if the rulers of Gronia did not follow the precepts set by their ancestors, it would not be the turn of the Dark Knights to fight in Calradia. ”

After discussing so much, everyone understood one thing in their hearts, compared with the armies of the Calradia countries, the armaments of Gronia seemed so advanced and alternative, and Shaw didn't dare to underestimate them anymore. (To be continued......)