After a long time.

The huge sun still hung high in the sky, and the scorching sun shone on this part of the sea. The blue water is like an endless treasure, and at any moment a fish will rush out of the water, turn up a white star, and then twist and fall down with a clatter.

"How are the fish that just came up?" asked a middle-aged man who had just pulled up his net on a half-old fishing boat, when an old man with messy hair came out of the narrow cabin.

"Father, there are more than 30 fish, two of which are quite large, hey, strange, these two big fish look a little strange. The middle-aged fisherman tugged at the corners of his mouth, looked at the fish in his net, and then turned back to the old man.

"Doesn't it look weird? Originally, the old man's face still had a trace of confusion, but when he heard his son say this, he immediately came to his senses.

He stepped over the debris with great agility, and then walked over to the middle-aged man.

The two "strange fish" in the middle-aged population are swimming in the fish bucket at this time, their appearance is indeed a little different from other fish, the snow-white fish body, but the head is as red as blood, it looks red and white, very weird, no wonder the middle-aged man was surprised. He followed his father to fish for ten years. I've never seen this fish before.

"Well, yes, yes, these two are the juveniles of the yellow devil fish before the mutation, it is a very delicious magic fish, the strength is not great, but because it has the characteristics of a magical beast, and has a taste that ordinary fish does not have, these two fish just hatched out of the net not long ago, and they will not mutate within half a month, and they happened to be caught by us." The price of a fish can cover our income for a few months, and now we can make money. ”

The old man, however, recognized the fish, and as he spoke, he fished the two fish, which looked very fat, out of the large bucket and placed them separately in a larger, more delicate bucket.

"It's better for them to be separated from other fish, the juveniles before the mutation of the yellow devil fish are very weak, once they are injured by other fish, they will easily die, the price of dead fish and live fish is different, we have to be careful." ”

The old man's words made the middle-aged man nod again and again.

"That's right, we're glad we caught them this time, so we can make some more money, and we can get better from my mother's illness sooner" Damn pirates, we've been able to go to sea a lot less since they've been around the seas so often. Thinking of the old mother who was sick in bed at home, the middle-aged Wang Fu, who was in urgent need of money, showed a resentful expression on his face.

"Shhh

"Father, it's at sea now, not in a small fishing village, you don't have to be so afraid, are they pirates still so good that they can hear our conversation now?" Seeing that his father was frightened like this, the middle-aged fisherman said with some resentment.

"Yes," he said, feeling a little too nervous, the old scumbag exhaled softly, and then. Looking out at the endless sea.

"Forget it, we also caught a fish today, so let's go back quickly, it's not good to encounter pirates in a while. ”

While assisting the middle-aged man to sail away, the old man talked about some things he had encountered before. The middle-aged man suddenly asked, "Father, didn't you use this strange fish before?"

The old man nodded: "Yes, I did catch it, I heard my father tell me about the magic fish when I was young, and I heard about these strange fish from my father, and in the future fishing days, I have only caught a few of them, and every time I can catch this kind of fish, there will be some big things happening at sea" Speaking of this, it seems that he has realized what he said that he should not say. The old man immediately closed his mouth again.

The middle-aged man had no scruples when he spoke at this time, he looked at the other side of the sea with some disappointment and said, "If you want to talk about big things on the sea." Then there is nothing bigger than being able to eradicate pirates, some time ago I heard that the navy of the Fifth Fleet finally went to sea to exterminate the pirates, and as a result, after so much time, the pirates are still at large, but those navies are not even a shadow, father, what are you talking about!"

"Pirates?" the old man listened, but shook his head disapprovingly.

"Since the day I became sensible, pirates on the sea have existed, and I have never heard of anyone who can really wipe out the pirates, they are all boring games of noble lords, let's not follow the thoughts. ”

As he spoke, he put his hand on his forehead and looked into the distance. Just as the sun was shining, a large ship was moving quickly towards this direction. "Oh no! It's a pirate!

But where can a small fishing boat be as fast as the pirates' warships? After a while, a warship with a skull flag fluttering came to the vicinity of the small scum boat, and the faces of the father and son on board were pale with fright, and they had not been able to "make such contact with Haidang at such a distance." Usually I just heard how Hailuo Xiaoba "robbed,Now that I really met them face to face,The terrifying pictures that I once fantasized about rushed to my head,Let the father and son be speechless for a while。

Fortunately, the pirates were now busy with other things, and seemed to have no intention of plundering them, but only asked them if they had seen any traces of the navy in the nearby waters, and after receiving a negative answer, the pirate warship quickly sailed away. After watching the huge warship gradually move away, it took a long time for the father and son to suddenly wake up and hurriedly leave in the small fishing boat.

"Are those two scumbags okay, right? Do you need to arrest them and ask a few questions?"

"That's two ordinary scumbags, we have other things to do, we don't have time to toss this, you don't want to eat free fish, right?" The pirate was distracted, laughed, and then stopped talking.

At this time, the battleship circled the nearby area, and found no sign of the navy, so it turned its bow and headed towards the coast.

Next to a small island far from the coast, the battleship stopped, and after a while, a small boat rowed over from the shore. There was only one person on the boat, a person, long thin and withered, as soon as the boat approached the island, this person jumped directly from the boat to the island, and his skills were agile, and he never seemed to be an ordinary scumbag.

"Here it is. The man was looking for something near the island, when suddenly, a hand slapped him on the shoulder from behind. This person snorted, clever, turned around and opened the person, and immediately grinned and flattered. "It's First Officer Kasei, you're here to connect with me this time?"

"Yes. The man named Cassius was the one who was scraping the crew on the pirate warship, and at this time he stood in front of this person with a cold face, urging: "What's the latest news?

"Brother Cassiu, are you asking about the navy? Hey, I still haven't come back, I've been running back and forth for the past few days, trying to get some inside information, only to find out that those people on the shore are also guessing wildly, it seems that these navy have really disappeared, can they, let the kraken eat them?"

"Nonsense, is there any other news?" asked the pirate Kasiu impatiently.

"No," the thin man said, looking at Cassius with some trepidation.

The pirate Cassius pulled a few silver coins out of his pocket and threw them on the ground. "This is for you, get some useful news in the future, and fool us like this, so that you will not have good fruit to eat. ”

"Don't worry, Brother Cassiu, I'll do my best to gather information!" The man shouted a few times as he looked at the figure walking away, and then lowered himself to pick up the silver coin.

When Cassiu returned to the pirate ship, the pirates in his company inquired about the Navy, and when they learned that the Navy had indeed not returned to the shores, they were all surprised.

"They really didn't go back, and they didn't contact anyone on the shore?"

"Nope. ”

"Strange, so where can they go?"

"yes, it's a bit strange, was it really swept to the bottom of the sea by the Kraken?" Cassius shook his head, and then, to the others, "Go back, report to the Lord first." ”

Other pirates also stopped talking nonsense, got up cobalt, and sailed. While the pirate's warship was traveling, the pirates pondered about it, and they all felt that the sudden disappearance of the Fifth Fleet Navy was too weird.

The pirates were surprised that the people on the shore were not idle, and after hearing that the Fifth Fleet navy had disappeared, the letters between the various nobles increased.

Private banquets held by the nobles also became more frequent.

There are more people who come to Rock Town as guests.

"You walk slowly. Old Hughes, who was the butler, was bowing down at this time and put the guest in the car. And the mistress of her own house, because it was inconvenient to see the guests, had already gone to live in the castle.

In charge of the reception of the guests, two nobles, Scholar Lulun and Nick.

Both of them were officials of the Tetashaw Domain, and they usually dealt with more affairs with other nobles, so it was easy to receive these visitors at this time.

The guest who was sent away by the net was a representative from the Merchant Alliance, and their identity was not enough for Nick and the Lulun scholars to come out to send them off, so the person in charge of sending them out was replaced by the butler Lao Xiusi.

Just as the butler turned to leave, a carriage suddenly came from a distance and stopped in front of Romond's villa. Baron Roccas, supported by his attendants on the left and right, stepped out of the car.