All six ships except the Maraud changed direction and rounded the island to get closer to the smuggling anchorage, where the vampire pirates sent people in dinghies and got protective gear and weapons under Claire's first mate's arrangement, as well as medicine and ammunition to the ships.

With the capacity of their fleet, it is impossible to carry all the contents of the cave at once, so this is only an armed link before entering the port of Chardo.

This batch of materials that were cut off by Murphy and Pablo is of average quality, but it is superior in quantity.

Weapons and armor that can arm more than 30,000 people are real treasures no matter where they are on the mainland, and if Pablo can contact a generous buyer, this transaction alone can give the current stormy Blooddread Clan the first pot of gold to survive the crisis.

But as Pablo said, the "treasure" given by Murphy was so hot that he, a great pirate, had to take it seriously.

At this time, in the cockpit of the flagship of the Maraud, which was quietly parked on the sea, Pablo opened a bottle of wine and poured himself several sips, and then used the quantum communication of the Far Traveler Protector to contact Murphy, who was staying in the port of Chardo.

"The 'treasure' has been found."

He said to Murphy:

"Enough weapons and armor to arm 30,000 people, as well as a large amount of medicine and ammunition, a staggering fortune, so, how are you going to divide it?"

"What! Only 30,000 people? ”

Pablo thought that Murphy was going to use this treasure to negotiate terms with him, but he didn't expect that his report would cause Murphy's side to fall into some kind of incomprehensible anger.

He heard the vampire lord scolding indignantly from the other side:

"It was clearly said that it was 100,000 people! These dusk dogs don't seem to have any intention of fully fulfilling their agreement with the Lord of the Hunt, and the poor hunting brother was put on a table by them, blanch! It's really disappointing that only one-third of the amount is so disappointing, look at the etiquette of this year!

Even the cultists don't plan to act according to the contract, can the world still be okay?

That's my poor hunting brother's life money! Even this has to be saved? Even the dead man's money has to be greedy?

What a bunch of dog stuff! ”

"What's that?"

Pablo was dumbfounded, and the Bloody Archduke hurriedly asked:

"How does this have to do with the Lord of the Hunt and Dusk? What is 'life money'? If it's the hunter's life money, how do you know the exact location? Ah, this looks a little scary now.

Don't you tell me that it's all arranged?

Can you even arrange God's affairs? ”

"Hey, I'm too lazy to say it, I'm looking forward to it."

Murphy replied very unhappily:

"Since there are only 30,000 people, then you can arrange the distribution yourself, Hogg's side must get one-third, and you can find a way to do the rest yourself, and give 50% of the money you get to Transnesia, and the rest is the funds of the Blood Vulture Clan to support the reconstruction of the Blood Dread Clan."

"Ahh

Barbro felt like he was punching cotton.

When he discussed it with Claire just now, he thought that this treasure was the price that Murphy used to win over the Blooddread Fleet, but after a long time, the handsome vampire didn't plan to let Pablo swallow the profit alone.

Look, he has prepared the distribution plan in advance, which shows that Murphy really just wants the Blooddread fleet to stop by and help him count the treasures.

It turns out that Murphy's mind is not to guess, all the imagination of the Bloody Fear Grand Duke about the treasure along the way is basically equivalent to fighting wits and courage with the air.

This made him angry for a while, but then a subtle sense of happiness came to his mind, and fortunately Murphy had arranged it so that he would not have to decide whether to sell himself to the side of Transncia at this moment.

It's not that Murphy's territory isn't a good thigh, it's mainly that the pirate's cunning nature makes him want to wait and see, even if he is about to sell himself, he has to choose the most perfect time to maximize his benefits.

"I'm going to take the gnolls to Port Chardo tonight, and I'll be there by the early hours of tomorrow morning at the most, but there's two more things you need to know."

Pablo's mood relaxed, and his tone returned to his previous cynical gesture, and he said in a long voice while drinking a little wine with taste:

"First of all, the gnolls may have found allies, we encountered a large number of wave fishmen on the way here, they are not normal to be entrenched here, and it is not difficult to see that the goal of those guys is likely to be to attack the port of Chardo by water, and complete an evil internal and external alliance with the biting bone gnolls.

You'll have to prepare in advance.

At the speed at which the fishmen are moving through the water, they may all be close to the sea outside the harbor and attack at midnight.

You landlubbers have never seen how fish-men fight, so I'd advise you to consult with some experienced sailors in the city, and don't fight fish-men in the same way as you do against gnolls.

It's useless.

They don't have the concept of 'morale'.

There are so many fish-people that if you don't stop their tidal rush in the first place, the city will be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of fish-people overnight.

Oh yes!

The Dagon Esoteric Cult is also in action, so the port of Chardo may face an unplanned tidal rush to the city, which is the best tactic of the fishmen, who will ride the waves in the storm and fight their way to land. ”

"Well, that's important information, thanks, Pablo."

In the embassy in Port Chardo, Murphy turned his head and gestured to Adele beside him, and the Shadow Intelligence Officer turned to leave, immediately sending the information he had just recorded to various important people in the city.

There would be six hours to go until midnight, which would be enough to focus on the city's port area.

"What about the second message?"

Murphy asked, and Pablona picked up the label on the table, looked at it, and said:

"This shipment comes from a force called the 'Martinque Trading Company', which I remember not having a name among the smugglers in the port of Chardon, but the fact that they were able to stealthily get so many supplies proves that they are very skillful.

You just said that this is the forces of twilight, so you should probably find a way to search around the port of Chardo.

Here's a clue. ”

"Yes, it is, and I happen to have a bunch of good hunters around me who are always ready to give Twilight a little intensity, and they only need a name to pull off a great hunt."

Murphy recorded the name and said to Pablo:

"The current situation in the port of Chardo is a bit bad, although I have recaptured the city walls, the number of gnolls outside the city is still increasing, and the worst thing is that I have discovered some dangerous things hidden under the city, and I have no time to focus on this matter at the moment.

So if you and your pirates are going to join this war, I'll transfer you to Maxim, do you have any opinion on that? ”

"No, I'd be happy to do some safe and rewarding transportation in such a situation."

The Grand Duke of Bloodterror smiled and said:

"Who doesn't like the good thing of making money without having to fight? But since you have said this, it proves that you have plans for me, so what are you going to do for me? We're friends who have done great things together, so don't bring out Lord Pa Ying to press me. ”

"Okay, then I'll get straight to the point."

Murphy banged on the table, and in a rhythmic voice, he said to Pablo:

"Let Claire take command of your fleet, you come to me to participate in the next thing, I need your shotgun with exaggerated lethality to press us down, by the way, we can discuss the future development path of the Blooddread Clan, I guess you have been waiting for me to take the initiative to bring this up.

To tell you the truth, when I left Transancia, Miriam told me that I must take care of you and your fleet.

If Transencia wants to rise and open up enough trade routes, it needs a navy above the limit. ”

"But you don't even have access to the sea."

Pablo complained weakly:

"The previous few outlets to the sea before the Portia Confederacy weren't very good, and those places were in the Cato area, which is now occupied by Plantagenet, and if you want to build a navy, you have to retake it first."

"No, I don't need a seaport in the Cato area."

Murphy snorted and said:

"I think your base camp Bloody Raid Harbor is good as the first home port of the Translancian Navy, anyway, that place is close to the border of the Gnoll Kingdom, and with the future relationship between Translasia and the Gnoll Kingdom, I don't need to worry about your supplies and security at all.

Of course, what you say makes sense.

If we want to build a navy, we have to have our own access to the sea, so from your professional point of view, what do you think of Bing Bay?

Is it suitable as a naval home port? ”

"Blanch!"

Pablo was shocked and scolded:

"You're trying to kill me, aren't you? As far as the feud between the Bloody Fear Clan and the Vam barbarians, I dare to take someone there and estimate that the Vam Temple will be blown up that night. The last time they let Claire and I go was because we were involved in the god-killing operation and were favored by the god god, but this kind of personal preferential treatment and clan grudges are not so easy to resolve. ”

"This kind of political and diplomatic problem is not something that you, as an admiral, need to think about."

Murphy shook his head and said:

"All you need to do is tell me if the place in Icy Bay is suitable for a long-term fleet stay, and Miriam will take care of the diplomatic matters, and I have a way to get the Vam barbarians to pretend not to see your activities."

"Well, well, then I'll give you a look, first of all, although the environment of the Storm Sea near the northern polar region is much worse than that of the Misty Sea, its sea conditions are actually a little better than the Misty Sea, at least there are no waves and fishmen everywhere, and mermaids and tide hunters who are more terrible than the fishmen.

Moreover, during the Fourth Black Plague, the fleet of the Isha Kingdom provided material support to Nordtov through the Storm Sea several super-large operations, which have proved that the safety of navigation in the Storm Sea can be guaranteed. ”

Babromo rubbed his chin and replied as he pondered:

"The only problem with that place was that it was once the territory of the kingdom of Isha, but after the Sealand annexed the kingdom of Isa, the fleet that once dominated the continent has fallen apart.

King Louis was only able to receive a third of the fleet despite his best efforts, and the rest either went to Helms Island to join the rebels, or turned into a maritime group to run that trade route, so in this case, if Transcia could grab a home port there before the Plantagenet Kingdom reorganized its fleet, it would also be able to participate in the growing Storm Sea trade network and get a piece of the pie.

But you have to convince the barbarians to get out of the harbor first.

Although the barbarians are not good at long-distance sailing, the deterrent power of their keel warships in the coastal waters is too exaggerated.

So, if I have to say, I think the coastline of the Sachs area might be a better place for you to choose as a military port.

The climate was milder, there was no dangerous ice floe on the sea, the material production was more abundant, and it was connected by land to the ancestral woodlands of Translasia, the only problem was that it was now the territory of the Plantagenets.

You see, Murphy, the rise of Transcia on the sea, you can't get around King Louis. ”

"Sooner or later, I'm going to have to teach that nasty guy a hard lesson."

Murphy complained and said:

"Okay, I know your opinion, now hurry up and pack your things and arrange your own subordinates, and then come to Port Chardo and we are ready for war. Speaking of which, I've always been curious about what strange inheritance you've acquired in the ancestral lands of the Blooddread Clan.

Can this time be an eye-opener for me? My future Admiral, Your Excellency. ”

"Hey, I haven't promised you to be a person from Transancia yet, don't use that title yet, I'm a little scared, and the payment hasn't been negotiated yet, don't worry, Murphy."

"Naturally, someone will talk to you about the reward, and I think Lord Pa Ying will be happy to have a good exchange with a greedy pirate leader on my behalf about the Blooddread Clan's duty and dedication to vampire civilization."

"Damn! What a dog, you, you all said don't use Lord Pa Ying to press me! ”

——

In the night of the port of Chardo, a large army is rapidly deploying on the docks in the port area.

After receiving the news that the Wave Fishmen may have formed an alliance with the Gnolls and may attack the port, the Steam Lords, who had been brought out of the PTSD by the deteriorating situation, reacted fairly quickly and aggressively.

The defense on the front line wall could not be moved, so they mobilized the entire city as a reserve defense of the walking machine and artillery array to the port area, as the most important commercial area of the port of Chardo, the port area already has a fairly complete defense system, and it is not without the attack of the fishmen before, so the city defense officials in the port area are not very nervous.

"Push the city defense cannon up! Prepare grapeshot and aim at the sea. ”

A halfling city guard in small armor waved at several of his subordinates behind him, hoping that the halfling's small physique would push the cannons, which were transported and erected with special walking machines.

Walkers with bodies are constantly delivering shells to positions, and the evacuation of residents in the port area is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

This scene made the players who were ordered to run to support the war here look at each other.

"Damn! No matter how I look at it, I feel that these halflings have achieved mechanized combat. ”

The three-catty sweet potato burner who followed Qin Ye and pretended to be a "guard" stared at the walkers transporting the cannonballs, as well as the mechanics who were doing the final checks on the walkers, and he whispered:

"This scientific and technological power has crushed the gnolls by several grades, which is equivalent to copying machine guns to fight the Mongolian army, how can it still be beaten like this?"

"Because no matter how powerful a weapon is, it must be operated by people, and halflings, whether they are physically fit or civilized, are by no means a race suitable for war occasions, they are scholars and should be scholars."

Lao Qin gave a standard answer, and his gaze kept wandering over the halfling soldiers.

He could feel the timidity and fear in the hearts of these little men, and although they operated powerful machinery, these powerful weapons could not give them enough courage to count on them if the war was really going to be dangerous.

However, halflings are not without merit.

Lao Qin walked to a platform and looked down to see the residents of the port area, led by the Cheng Defense Force, evacuated in an orderly manner with their most important property and family members at a very fast speed.

It can be seen that they are all scared, the adults are clutching the children's hands, and some of the children are crying, but the whole evacuation process is not chaotic at all, and the innate order and sociality of the halflings often allow them to complete large-scale activities at a speed far beyond human imagination.

"They are suitable for staying in the rear to do support work, and it is indeed too difficult for them to go to the front of the battlefield."

Qin Ye shook his head and said:

"Hopefully this war will teach the halflings some lessons, and their combination with the machine is the perfect way to fill their talent disadvantage.

Although the war will die, it will be dangerous to forget the war.

Since I entered this world, this truth has been played out in front of me again and again.

Okay, don't follow me, go down there. ”

He turned back to the three catties of sweet potato roast and said:

"You and your brothers have to assist the city guards to hold that position, this task is not difficult in terms of the firepower that the halflings currently have, it is said that the individual strength of the fishmen is also very poor, and tonight is just the right time for the newcomers to practice.

If we can deal with the danger here alone, then it is best not to bring in the soldiers of the expeditionary force, whose task on the outer walls is much more important than here. ”

"Don't worry, isn't it just a group of fishmen who take advantage of the fire to rob?"

Sweet potato Yao patted his chest and said:

"I've killed a lot of fishmen in other games, so I'll let you see how powerful our 'fishman killers' are tonight!"

"These guys have been a little proud lately, and it seems that winning the battle against the Gnolls has boosted their confidence."

Lao Qin Mu sent the sweet potato to burn away, he shook his head and thought:

"Lord Murphy's personal warning, this means that there may be a tough battle tonight, maybe I should have prepared early?"

He glanced at the steam walkers that were transporting supplies back and forth around him, thought for a moment, turned his head to the five pairs of wheels walking beside him, and said:

"Please ask the little Earl of Sharon and Ruyi to come over, and then apply for five dragoons to suppress the formation, and you and the Qing Dynasty veterans will personally lead people to set up a cross-fire network at the commanding heights on both sides. It's the first time we've been able to face real urban warfare and street fighting, so let's get the lads out there and learn it. ”

(End of chapter)