Before nightfall, the bar street of Sisis Harbor is already bustling with sailors, tired and sweaty, into the bars to spend the rest of the day with a drink.

For the Green Forest Bar, business has been declining for a while, not only because of the damn growing tension in the city, but also because of the departure of Emma, a beautiful and cute little girl.

No one knew where Emma had left the Green Forest Bar, and even though some of the sailors had inquired about Emma's whereabouts on the basis of their familiarity with her, Maria remained silent.

"Is there any news for today?" "Maria lay in her dark, darkly lit room, her face slightly sideways, looking at a bar girl in front of her, her face full of anticipation and excitement that could not be hidden.

The seemingly simple three whips almost broke Maria's back and blood all over her body, and when the bar girls who were close to Maria saw her sent back with her skin peeled open, they couldn't help but shed tears.

The barmaid in Maria's room is called Charna, an older and more experienced petrel, and she is one of the few barmaids here who can talk to Maria without having so much dirt with each other.

Hearing Maria's words, Charna turned her head, glanced at Maria, and smiled bitterly: "My boss, for the sake of the sea god Tira, you are injured like this, don't think more about the man who caused you to become like this!"

Maria tilted her head and didn't speak, just stared straight at Charna with a pair of watery eyes.

Charna raised her hands and said helplessly: "Okay, okay, I can't help you, you're really enchanted, Maria, have you ever thought about what will happen to you if I tell the Countess about your condition?"

Maria smiled faintly, "You won't, my Charna! ”

Charna muttered to herself, unable to understand how Mary could be so enchanted by a pirate that she was willing to put herself in it, she took a small rolled note from the cork of a wine bottle, opened it and handed it to Maria: "See for yourself, my Mary!"

Maria smiled, her sexy lips slightly curled, revealing a row of snow-white teeth, a smile from the heart.

She knew very well that she would not continue to do it in the Green Forest Bar in the future, and Margaret could not tolerate such an important position as Sisis being held by someone who had a crisis of trust.

Never giving people a chance to repent is Margaret's style.

Maria uses Emma's hand to destroy the first information, and the consequences are very serious.

The Countess didn't kill her for the sake of what she had done for the Kelsmans, but she would certainly kick Maria out of this intelligence network, out of the family.

Without the Kelsman family, the towering tree on which she depends, Maria can't imagine what she will do in the future.

Is it to quickly find a less annoying nobleman to marry, or to be reduced to a low-status genuine bar girl?

Mary knew very well that a woman like her was a vine, and that she had to be attached to a powerful force in order for her to produce beautiful flowers, for her to grow vigorously, and that without this tree to rely on, she was just a pile of dead vines on the ground.

Thinking about her future days, Mary felt a little dark, and she shuddered.

Emma is sent by Margaret to the "Black Crow's" den for secret training, and the Countess discovers another trait in the girl, which she hopes will play in other roles in the near future.

As for Maria herself, her intelligence work in Sisis was gradually taken over by her former subordinates, and she gradually faded from Sicis's huge underground intelligence network.

As for replacing her in Sisis as the new leader of the petrel, whether this candidate is Charna or someone else, Maria doesn't care at all.

The only thing she could do every day was to lie on the bed to recuperate, and then wait for news from Mozambique to get a little update on the man.

When Maria saw what the man was doing in Mozambique for the first time, the mature and beautiful woman would even be alone in the room smiling secretly, enjoying the feeling of secretly participating in this huge plan, in the grandeur of the chessboard.

She will secretly rejoice in every achievement that man has achieved, and she will bite her plump red lips with her snow-white teeth and smile like a little girl who has received her beloved toy!

Sometimes, when this feeling of joy has dissipated, Maria herself looks at the deep and distant starry sky outside the window, she blinks a pair of bright and soft eyes, and from time to time she thinks of what she has done, and feels a little incredible: Playing with those men in the palm of her hand, Maria, who has been **** for a lifetime, would do such crazy things for a man?

However, having done everything, regret became the most meaningless thing, and Mary never felt sorry for what she had done.

What's more, what he did indeed pay off, that guy set off a storm that shook the world in the distant Mozambique, while his own lair was not breached for a long time.

It's not without her credit.

It's just that this wrongdoer doesn't seem to know what he's doing......

Thinking of this, Maria sometimes felt sorry for herself, I was so crazy that I would abandon everything to help a pirate, and he would probably not be able to take my love for the rest of his life!

Maria glanced at Charna, smiled slightly, and did not answer her words, but took the small note in her hand, opened it and looked at it, and then her eyebrows slowly stretched, and her face showed a playful and smug look like a little girl.

Charna on the side looked amused and angry, shaking her head vigorously.

This woman who is easy not to move her feelings on weekdays, once she is emotional, it is really unreasonable!

"My Mary, what's the news for today?" said Charna, sitting beside Maria, her eyes glancing at the three horrible scarred wounds on Maria's back.

"This guy did a great job in Mozambique!" Maria raised an eyebrow, then handed the note to Charna, "He cut off the head of a merchant in the Kelsman Chamber of Commerce!"

"Huh?" Charna was startled and quickly took the note, "Why is that?"

"Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, and stabilize the prices in the city!" Maria waited for a day's news, and now she finally got her wish, she lay down on the bed calmly, her chin resting on the back of her hand, and smiled slightly, "It's just that no one thought that he would go to the Kelsman family to do it." ”

Charna's eyes quickly glanced at the note, and said with a wry smile: "Madame will hate him to death!"

"If hatred can kill a man, it's clear that this fellow has been crushed and killed ten thousand times by His Majesty the Emperor and the Countess!" said Mary, giggling.

Charna glanced at Maria and shook her head helplessly: "It's not funny at all, my Mary! This guy has caused the empire to lose a lot, can't you see what will happen next?"

"Oh?" said Mary, raising an eyebrow.

"The huge wealth that was originally at your fingertips has now come to naught, and the empire's territory on the southern side has not only failed to resolve the potential threat of Mozambique, but has aroused their hatred of the same enemy, and more importantly, without such a thirst-quenching emergency property, the empire's taxes will inevitably increase, and there will be many more sailors on the docks of Sisis who curse the empire and the emperor all day long......" Charna sighed slightly, "We are providing a steady stream of soldiers for this guy!"

It is also said that if the empire is stable and peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, where will there be so many pirates who take risks and enter the sea to become pirates?

Even if Tang Jie wants to set off a storm, where is the space and market?

If everyone can eat their stomachs, who will play with him to beg for a living on the cusp of the knife?

"Snort......," Maria couldn't help but sneer, "dear Charna, why didn't I find out that you were so worried about the country and the people?"

"My Mary, do you really not care about our empire at all?". Charna looked at Maria with some surprise, "You have to understand, this guy has indirectly killed countless families and displaced people, and you, you are his accomplice!"

"The Empire?," Maria let out a strange laugh, "Has our Empire ever cared for us?"

This sentence was really heartbreaking, and Maria's eyebrows condensed with an indescribable sarcasm: "Xiarna, believe me, I have seen through it for so many years, we are just a tool for this empire and this family!"

"When it's valuable, use it, and when it's worthless, kick it away like a broken stone!" Maria sneered, "Dear Charna, believe me, if you want to live happily in the future, you might as well think more about yourself, don't think about this so-called empire!"

"Without this guy, the current state of the empire is just a little more time to survive, and in such a big country, where can I pay for its decay?"

"You, don't you have a little bit of ...... Uh, guilty, huh?" Charna opened her mouth wide.

"When I'm dead, it's a flood!" Mariaha said, "I just want to do something I want to do!"

Charna said angrily: "Hell, Maria, look at you now, is this what you call thinking about yourself? God, for the sake of the gods, if these three whips are a little heavier, you will spend the rest of your life in bed forever!

When Maria saw that Charna was angry, she calmed down and smiled slightly, "Dear Charna, you don't need to say anything. I just want to do something that I really want to do in my lifetime, and I just want to try to occasionally jump out of the palm of someone's hand and see what the outside world is like...... That's all!"

Charna was silent, they were all orphans bought by the Kelsman family since childhood, they didn't know who their biological parents were, they were forced to undergo all kinds of training just from the beginning of their sensibility, and their virgin bodies were taken by the family as gifts to those so-called noble lords as various political bargaining chips.

As Maria said, they are indeed tools, cold tools, used when they are useful, and kicked away when they are not.

Maria looked at Charna, who looked a little gloomy, and she smiled and said, "Dear Charna, don't you think it makes sense to do something you really want to do like me?"

Charna was silent for a while, then said slowly, "Maria, why did you choose to help him instead of someone else?"

Maria was stunned for a moment, then smiled slowly and charmingly, her head resting on the back of her hand, her eyes closed, as if remembering something: "You know, when I saw him, I was always curious, well, yes, I was just curious......"

"Curious about what?" asked Charna.

"I wonder how far such a man can go, how far can he go?" said Mary's voice, almost whispering, "Is it a brief burst of brilliant light, fleeting like a comet?, or is it like Athos, who will become the overlord of the seven seas and be remembered forever?"

"You're such a madman...... Charna smiled wryly as she looked at the scar on her back, "but if he doesn't get back soon, his lair will be taken down, and he will lose his so-called sea stronghold, then what he does in Mozambique will have no meaning!"

"Yes, you're not wrong at all!" Maria opened her eyes and looked at Charna with a smile, "But don't you think it's interesting?"

"What?" asked Charna, frowning.

"Let's see if he can get back in time!" Maria smiled, "If he can get back in time, then this guy will mercilessly tear off the last fig leaf of the Duchy of Marta, the Pound Empire, and the Kelsman family! I can't wait to know what expressions our Emperor and Countess and His Majesty the King and Lord Alamsey of the Duchy of Marta will greet him?"

Sharna sighed, "You're hopeless, Maria!"

Maria looked up with a smile, "Want to make a bet with me?".

"Bet on whether that guy will make it back in time?". "No, I don't make such a bet with you!" "If I lose, there will be countless people who will suffer with me, but if I win, you will be the only one who will suffer! I will not take advantage of you, my Mary!"

Mary smiled noncommittally: "He'll be back, he'll be back......"

......

It has been the twentieth day since Alamsey left the port with the warship, and the news that the Sisis Navy had not won for a long time has come from the departure of the Sisian Navy from the beginning to now, and the curiosity and schadenfreude of the Sisian civilians have gradually turned into worry and pain.

When Alamsey set off with the naval fleet, almost everyone was guessing that Alamsey would bring back news of the victory in the next few days, and no one thought that the pirates would win the war.

But now, when those pirates at sea dragged the war into a war of attrition, the entire Sisis was bound by Alamsey and fell into a terrible abyss.

The daily consumption of more than twenty warships at sea was extremely staggering, and in order to blockade Alcatraz Island, Alam Shei did not even dare to pull the warships back, for fear that as soon as his blockade was relaxed, this group of pirates would get precious respite.

Hundreds of pirates confronted thousands of officers and soldiers on the island, like two wild beasts, glaring at each other, waiting for each other to be dragged to death.

Alcatraz's fresh water and food consumption is being reduced at an alarming rate, and Nia has cut her daily food and water supply quota for the third time, she now eats only one piece of jerky per day, drinks less than a hundred milliliters of fresh water, and the pirates on the island even suffer from scurvy because they can't eat vegetables and fruits.

Disease is raging like a demon on the island, and now as long as the Sisians can land ashore, they can even take the damn island without bloodshed.

If it weren't for the Dada's witch doctor who was barely treating these wounded pirates with weak witchcraft, I'm afraid that the Alcatraz pirates would have collapsed long ago.

Nia clearly understands that it has now reached the most critical time, every day Alcatraz may change dramatically, and even every night Nia does not know if they will survive tomorrow.

The pirates of Alcatraz are gritting their teeth, and they pray to the sea every night: Captain, come back quickly, we can't hold it anymore!

The pirates were not happy, and the Sistic navy, their enemy, was even worse, and it was not an exaggeration to describe their condition as if they were living for years.

The pirates relied on the island to resist stubbornly, like a turtle hiding in the shell of the turtle, so that the Sisian Navy had no way to attack, they could only use the stupidest and stupidest method: blockade the island with warships!

With more than twenty warships floating on the sea and unable to return to port, supplies were consumed far faster than the island's pirates, and every day Alamsey had to write astonishingly worded requisition orders to rebuke the city's officials in charge of logistics.

The logistical pressure of the Siths was almost overwhelmed by the navy floating at sea, and every day a large number of supplies were delivered to cargo ships, and then sailed out to sea to help the Sisian navy that was besieging the pirates.

If the ratio of the number of Sithian navy and the number of warships and pirates is 1:10, then the ratio of logistical consumption and logistical pressure between the two sides is at least 50:1!

Nia could cut their rations and supplies, but Alam Shah didn't dare, he didn't dare to let his soldiers go hungry to fight, after so many days at sea, the soldiers' resentment had almost reached its peak, and he didn't want this war to be lost in the supply process.

What's more, during the twenty days of stalemate, the pirates once took advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack, a successful raid, which made the Sisitic Navy highly nervous and nervous every day, and it seemed that pirates would emerge from the sea at any time.

After the beach-raiding battle, Nia wanted to attack that night, but Simon suggested that she attack again in a few days, because Alamsey would be a hundred times more energetic in the next few days, and he would be on guard against their sneak attack.

Only with them has been consumed, consumed until these naval soldiers gradually wear out the will to fight and patience, they will kill again!

Nia was very much in favor of Simon's proposal, so they did not rush to launch a sneak attack, as Alam Shei expected, but patiently looked for an opportunity, and finally on the fourteenth night, after the pirates of Alcatraz Island had eaten a feast, they launched a fierce attack on the Sisian navy with a warship from the deep-water harbor on the south side.

In this attack, Lilith's strength played an important role, she destroyed three battleships alone, if it wasn't for the darkness of the night, it would not be possible to distinguish Alamsei's flagship, and the presence of magicians on the opposing battleship, it is very likely that this battle would have been reversed by Lilith alone.

After striking a heavy blow at the Sicisian navy in the dark of night, Nia led the pirates to flee back to Alcatraz under overwhelming artillery fire, and although they did not sink Alamshe's flagship as they had hoped, they dealt a heavy blow to the enemy's morale and greatly boosted the pirates' confidence.

If it weren't for that, it would be hard for them to imagine that these pirates would have been able to hold out until now.

As for Alamsey, Nia's surprise attack made him break out in a cold sweat, if he hadn't expected that these pirates would send magicians out to fight, and he brought back three fifth-level magicians from His Majesty the King of the Principality of Mata, maybe they would have been dragged to death by these pirates with a magician this night!

On the sea, the magic messenger will win the world!

However, when both sides have magicians, both sides will be very jealous of each other's magicians, and unless the difference in strength is too far, it will be difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser.

Because in war at sea, it is not people who fight, but the ships under their feet.

The battle between a magician and a magician has changed from fighting people to fighting a ship while protecting it.

Alam Xie originally thought that he had brought three fifth-level magicians, and he must be able to give these pirates an unexpected surprise, but what he didn't expect was that the other party's magicians would not be defeated at all, not only saving the battleship under their feet in the stormy shelling, but also sinking their three battleships under the protection of the three magicians!

It's a shame!!

The only thing Alam Shea was thankful for was that they discovered the hidden harbor on the south side of Alcatraz and surrounded it with hundreds of cannons, making it impossible for the pirates to come out of the way.

At first, Alamsey also commanded a warship to launch a tentative attack, but soon the battleship hit a reef and sank into the sea.

Alam Shay sighed as he looked at the reefs on the south side of Alcatraz Island, he didn't have a nautical chart.

The Sisis Navy could not attack, and the pirates also couldn't find a chance to fight again, and the two sides continued to fight and attrition, and the people on both sides were living every day in fear.

They all know that the stalemate of the battle has reached this point, like a taut string that will break at any time!

It's just that they don't know, is it the Sith's navy that was dragged down by supplies first, or the pirates of Alcatraz Island who were dragged down first?

However, in the eyes of Nia of Alcatraz Island, Alamsei's navy is backed by Sissis and supplies are constantly being sent, although the consumption is dozens of times that of them, but they are source water after all, and they pirates are sitting on empty water.

Seeing that the amount of fresh water and food consumption was about to bottom out, Nia's brows became more and more worried, and she looked at the sea longingly, and cried out again and again: "My captain, where are you, what are you doing, when will you be back?"

Of course, it is impossible for the pirates of Alcatraz to know everything Tang Jie has done in Mozambique, and similarly, Tang Jie, who is overwhelmed by all kinds of tedious chores in Mozambique, does not know that the pirates of Alcatraz Island have been in turmoil and will collapse at any time.

The far-flung pirates on both sides were in a terrible situation of being cut off because of the lack of a person who could communicate with each other.

Nia stood alone on the cliff of Alcatraz Island, looking in the direction of Mozambique in the distance, and muttered bitterly at the corner of her mouth: "Who is going to tell my captain, who can get him to come as soon as possible? His sailors need his support!!"

......

After the battle of Mozambique, Sisis became a different chessboard, and both the Countesses of the Kelsmann family and the Emperor of the Empire, Kriza XVI, were eager to erase the shame they had received in Mozambique.

Growing dissatisfied with the inaction of the Aramazier thieves, the Countess sent a secret letter to the Emperor, and when her request to send the Royal Navy to Sisis to eliminate the pirates was delivered to His Majesty's bedside, Agatha of the Alembel Chamber of Commerce arrived in the imperial capital of Garcia at the same time.

And in distant Sisis, an even more inconspicuous pirate, an even more small and neglected little pawn, also arrived in Sisis.

Link, the little pirate who returned to Alcatraz with Tang Jie's orders, finally returned to Sisis after several twists and turns.

This chess game across Sisis and Mozambique became more and more suspicious and confusing because of the addition of Agatha and Link.