Chapter 332: Out to Sea
After lunch in the afternoon, Gervais gathered all the guards in his territory, along with Gandalf and Nathan in attendance.
The reason why Gandalf and Nathan did not return to the territory with Alice today was because they learned of Gervais's plan for revenge.
When Gandalf heard about Gervais's plan of revenge, Gandalf immediately slapped the table and said: Little Gervais, father supports you! Obviously, Gandalf also hated the Larkin family's attempt to murder his most promising young son.
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This afternoon's trip to Gervais is not going to start a revenge plan immediately, but to inspect the situation on the beach.
Yesterday afternoon, Nathan conducted a separate interrogation of the captured pirates on Gervais's orders, and received information from the pirates that they had come with a total of 15 ships.
However, when they reached the mouth of the Withered Leaf River, after disembarking the pirates according to Wright's orders, the other ten ships separated when they were about to reach the seaside mountain village, and their whereabouts were unknown, and it is estimated that only a few knights of the name know.
And the five pirate ships were ordered by Wright to come to the seaside mountain village to attract attention.
Of course, the interrogation was not without information, and one of the pirates who was the leader of the pirate group confessed that when they came, they saw an island in the distance on the beach, and if the pirate ships did not leave, it was likely that they went to the island to dock and wait.
After all, the sea ships in this world are not as advanced as in the previous life, and it is impossible to anchor and stabilize the hull without finding a shallow place to dock, so Gervais's main target today is that small island.
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Soon Gervais and his party came to the seaside, and when they came to the beach, the guards in charge of answering and several captains of the Rose Knights were already waiting here, and when they saw Gervais, they immediately came to Gervais to salute and greet them.
"Lord Gervais!"
"Your Excellency!"
These soldiers of the Knights of the Rose were not that Alice forgot to bring them back, but that Alice deliberately left them for Gervais, and Alice also knew about Gervais's revenge plan last night, although she could not participate in it herself.
But he still left these fifty people to Gervais, which can be regarded as a sign of his heart, among the 50 soldiers of the Rose Knights, there are also 5 bronze knights, and it can be said that the combat power is absolutely extraordinary.
"Well, are you ready for water and food?"
Gervais turned over and dismounted, nodded to several of the Rose Knights squad leaders, and then looked at his guards and asked.
"My lord, it's ready, last night Butler Thomas arranged for the villagers to help us carry it onto the boat, and now we can leave at any time!"
The guard hurriedly replied.
"Excellent! Let's go, everyone! ”
With Gervais's order, all the soldiers came to the seashore.
Because the water near the beach is too shallow for the sea ships to dock, the pirate ships are used to transport the people who board the ships.
Each pirate ship has two small boats, which can carry about 10 people at a time.
The two hundred or so men of Gervais had to be divided into four times to complete the boarding, the first two groups were the slave soldiers and a few knights of the Knighthood of the Rosary, and the pirate captives were arranged to board the ship in the middle, although these pirates now looked very honest, but Gervais did not dare to take it lightly, lest these people escape or make some trouble.
As long as they are on the ship, with the suppression of the title knight, everyone will not make any trouble.
"In the future, we will have to build a simple pier by the sea!"
It took more than half an hour for nearly 200 people to board the ship, and this is still the situation where the supplies have been prepared in advance!
Sitting on the boat, Gervais glanced at the terrain around the coast, and his own coast can be regarded as a good harbor, which happens to be a concave trend.
Moreover, the sea is relatively deep at the rocky shore on the left, so you only need to carve a smooth road there, and then build a simple wooden bridge in the middle of the sea for dozens of meters to dock your ships.
A few minutes later, Gervais finally boarded the wooden sea ship of this world for the first time, which struck Gervais as a novelty.
In the past life, such a sea ship was most watched in Western medieval movies, with an oval hull and a deck full of sturdy hemp rope.
"Which of you is at the helm?"
After a brief glance at the ship's deck, Gervais asked aloud to the ten pirates in front of him.
"Big ...... My lord! It's a villain! The villain used to be at the helm! ”
A tall, lanky, ragged pirate replied with a wincing.
"What's your name?"
"My lord! The villain's name is Lille, Lille Salted Fish! Yesterday it was the soldier who was the villain and the adult who told the trail of the island. ”
"Oh, that's you! Then let's sail, Lille! Sail along the shores of the Stormwind Territory first, and if you don't find anything, head to the island you're talking about! ”
Gervais wanted to laugh a little, but in the end he held back, this is really a master of naming, and even salted fish can be used as a surname.
"You'd better be honest with me and don't play tricks! Otherwise, you won't want to know what the consequences will be! ”
"If you behave well during this time, you may be able to be spared the death penalty."
"Don't dare, villain don't dare! Adults are good-hearted, villains must do things well in the future and be loyal to you! ”
The reason why they became pirates in Lille was because of Wright's coercion, and now they can save their lives and live on land again, of course, they don't want to lose this opportunity.
The life of pirates is not as good as it seems, especially for the low-level pirates, who are probably no different from those outcasts if it weren't for the support of the Larkin family.
"Raise the sails!"
As Lille reached the rudder at the stern, and with a shout, the pirates, who were in charge of other work, began to operate on the deck with great speed, and when the sails were opened, the ship began to move slowly in the breeze.
Although these pirates are hateful and deserve to be killed, they have been begging for a living at sea all year round, and their boats are not bad at sailing, and the ships gradually accelerate under their control, heading towards the sea.
Taking advantage of this time, Gervais first went to the captain's cabin for a turn, and was a little disappointed, it was not as unique as it was seen in the movie.
The pirate ship's captain's room was just a small room, and there was nothing strange about it because it had been cleaned up in advance.
There is a small bed and a table inside, and the windows are also made of wood, and the kind that can be pushed up and supported by wooden sticks to let in the light.
There was a crooked chart on the table, but it was more accurate than a simple topographic map.
Most of the charts show the outline of the land and the distribution of forces, and only a few black dots representing pirates are marked in the sea, making the land much more detailed than the sea.
As for the more overseas situation, it is a blank, and it is estimated that even these pirates have not been to the far sea.
After coming out of the captain's cabin disappointed, Gervais stood directly on the deck, because it was already autumn, and the sun was no longer hot, but because the sea breeze was extremely cool.
The ship traveled along the coastline, and Gervais realized why Wright and the others chose to land on the edge of the Withered Leaf River.
Because Gervais seemed to have seen that most of the seaside edges of the Storm Territory were rocky cliffs, which were not suitable for landing on the shore at all, and it was only when he reached the vicinity of the Withered Leaf River that the terrain became gentle, and a large beach appeared.
It is estimated that this is all the effect of the Dry Leaf River, which has created a large quagmire at the mouth of the sea.
After taking a round around the seashore and finding nothing, Gervais gave another order, and let Lille steer the ship towards the pirate he had spoken of.
Now there are only two possibilities, or the rest of the pirate ships sensed that the situation was not good, and they drove back to the pirate den on their own, despite Wright.
In another case, the pirates were still waiting on that island.
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"There's an island up ahead."
The ship turned back in the direction of the mountain village by the sea, and then gradually sailed away from the shore, and after more than an hour of high-speed sailing, the pirate in charge of observing from the mast shouted loudly.
"My lord, that's the only island we found on your side when we sailed over!"
Lille said cautiously to Gervais as he took control of the rudder.
Gervais immediately looked ahead, and sure enough, in the distance, he saw an island covered in turquoise, apparently an island with a dense forest.
"Inform the ships behind and get ready for battle!"
Gervais wasn't sure if the remaining pirates were on the island, but he gave the order first.
Now only these pirates will speak on the ship, lest there really be a large number of pirates, who will deliberately spread orders against the water.