Hearing this, Lin Feng couldn't help but rekindle hope again, and it was also thanks to Tyranya's words, Jackson inexplicably received the exploration task of Lin Feng, the baron: to explore the deep sea in the south and find the volcanic island.

Philip received a large order from Lin Feng for the purchase of ships again, and unlike in the past, this time he had to order four warships. This is also because piracy at sea has become increasingly rampant in recent years, and the Auron Empire has had to give coastal nobles the right to purchase warships and set up private escort fleets.

But after having qualifications, there are not many nobles who are willing to pay a lot of money for warships. One is because the cost of warships is expensive, each one is about 80,000 gold coins, and the second is because pirates only plunder the passing merchant ships, and the nobles affected by this are only a minority after all.

Lin Feng took out all the gold coins at the bottom of the box, and he could only buy four warships, although he still had a little regret here, and felt that he bought less. But in Philip's opinion, this is a big order, which is enough to cause the major shipyards in Golden Moon City to rush it. Well, there's room to keep prices down.

Cook was one of Jackson's old companions, and as Jackson became the captain of a fleet again, he rose to the rank of captain of a large armed merchant ship. In the past few years, his route has basically been fixed, from Nanlin Island to Jinyue City.

Cook also heard from other captains of the Orc Empire that the waters of the Orc Empire were plagued by pirates, and there was a tendency to gradually spread to his own waters, and rumors of the lord's purchase of warships had also spread in the territory, and Cook himself was wondering if he was qualified to change the warship to open.

Half a month ago, Jackson suddenly issued an order to the fleet to explore the southern deep sea to find volcanic islands, and said that this was a task assigned by the lord, and many people in the fleet did not understand very well, "Nanlin Island is already an island deep in the South China Sea, and it is necessary to explore any volcanic island in the south? You know, there are many monsters in the deep sea." ”

However, the lord's orders still have to be carried out, and they must be carried out if they are not understood. In this regard, Jackson secretly said to the old brothers Cook, "This is an opportunity, I can only make a contribution in the exploration mission, and when the battleship is bought, then you can become the captain of the new battleship." ”

At this time, Cook's ship was sailing in the southern deep sea away from Nanlin Island, in order to find the volcanic island in the mission, he had been out for more than three days, and if there was no gain, he had to return to the voyage, and the supplies were already urgent.

At this moment, the lookout standing in the mast bucket suddenly shouted, and Cook vaguely heard the lookout shouting again, "Island, island, there is an island in front of the left." ”

Cook was vaguely excited, wishing it was a volcanic island, not a small island like the coral reefs he had searched before. Cook then turned the rudder himself and sailed in the direction indicated by the lookout.

As far as the eye could see, two small islands appeared on the distant sea level, and one of the islands was filled with smoke and fire, which was the volcanic island they were looking for. Before Cook could rejoice, the lookout on the bucket suddenly shouted "Alert, alert", and then slid off the bucket and headed straight for Cook.

"There's a Kraken on the island, and they're fighting some monsters," the lookout said as he ran to Cook.

When Cook heard this, he quickly ordered the ship to slow down, and after handing over the rudder to the first mate, Cook quickly climbed the mast into the bucket, and then took out a monocular and looked in the direction of the island.

The smoky island was exactly what they were looking for: the volcanic island, and the smoke and dust also indicated that it had erupted a while ago. On another island to the left of it, creatures with green bodies and snake tails are fighting a group of monsters with fish heads and human bodies.

As a captain, Cook naturally has more knowledge than a lookout, and from those ancient sea secrets, he naturally understands what the two creatures in front of him are, that is, the Kraken and the Fishman.

Kraken, also known as the Kraken, was abolished during the time when the Elven Empire ruled the continent and was changed to Kraken. Legend has it that they are a variant of elves, no one knows what they encountered in ancient times, only that they live in the sea all year round, and their bodies have mutated into human body snake tails, of course, in terms of specific appearance, they still have the shadow of elves, such as pointed ears.

Fish-people, as the name suggests, are humanoid creatures with fish heads and human bodies, with low intelligence and cruel personalities, and their living habits are similar to those of fish. It has also been recorded in other seas of the continent, at least more often than the Kraken.

After observing for a while, Cook found that on the island where the battle broke out, the Krakens were on the defensive, and the attacker's fish-men migrated from the island that was suspected of a volcanic eruption, and it can still be seen that there are fish-men hastily moving away from the volcanic island.

When Cook saw this, he slid down the mast and returned to the bow, and he called the first mate, the second mate, and the boatswain together to discuss it. In the end, they decided to get closer and take a look, and they were not willing to go back like this. Although the volcanic islands have been found, both islands have "monsters", which requires them to observe them closely, or at least get a general information.

Cook was still very careful, first let the merchant ships set up protective nets, which were some fishing nets with small iron hooks, set up above and below the waterline on the side of the ship, as a means of dealing with underwater attacks, and then Cook had the sailors fully armed except for the necessary operators, well, the guns were also advanced into the preset gun positions.

Seeing that the whole ship looked ready for battle, Cook nodded in satisfaction, he shouted "Raise the sails", and then firmly grasped the rudder with both hands, and headed towards the two islands ahead.

In a few moments, they were already approaching the island where the battle was being fought. Cook noticed that the Sirens on the defending side were fighting the fishmen with metal weapons, which were bronze or other metals in their sheen to be. Well, that's a bit behind the steel weapons on your side.

The fish-men are even more backward in terms of fighting, and they are all fighting with bone weapons, which seem to be made of the bone spurs of the giant fish of the deep sea. However, Cook took a closer look and found that the fish-men's bone weapons were not inferior to the Kraken's bronze weapons, and it seemed that the bone spurs they used to sharpen their weapons were somewhat secret.

As Cook and the others approached, both the Kraken and the Fishmen spotted their merchant ships, the Krakens did not move, but the Fishmen split up into small groups to kill Cook's merchant ships, and Cook cursed "brainless monsters" while letting half of the artillery fire at the Fishmen.