The catastrophe prophesied by Sister Teresa came quickly and violently.

In just one week, the major ports and routes of the Bantaan Islands have been full of mourning.

At the beginning, the major forces were not clear.

But as the number of shipwrecked ships skyrocketed, sightings grew.

This mysterious side disaster, named "Bloody Disaster", finally crashed into everyone's eyes through a series of cruel sea hunts and the addition of "Lighthouse Weekly".

The international harbor on Grand Tayman Island is filled with ships and countless white sails forming a sea of clouds that stretches to the end of the view.

If it weren't for the expansion of this international port, I am afraid it would not have been able to accommodate so many sailing ships to berth together.

Taverns, large and small, were crowded with captains and sailors who had taken refuge here on the east-west routes, and also brought a lot of money to all walks of life.

A certain count's lady almost dreamed of waking up laughing.

In addition to the serious merchant ships that took refuge, there are also countless pirates, bounty hunters, adventurers, and other characters who roam the gray and black areas.

But no matter what profession they are, anyone who lives off the sea has only one topic to discuss now - the Plague of Blood!

In a sage tavern in the port area.

An old sailor with a rosacea poured himself a large sip of beer, took a sip of wine, and complained to his companion:

"It's been an eventful time in the Bantaan Islands.

Some time ago, there was a stir about Treasure Island.

I heard that even the governor of Havana in the Kingdom of Choice, Velázquez, and the vice-king of the Barbary pirates, Barbarossa Helding, unexpectedly disappeared on that island.

Then came the new emperor of the Azic Empire, who led the indigenous army to capture Port Royal in Havana.

If it weren't for the garrisons of other cities receiving the call for help and rushing to help, I am afraid that the entire city would have been burned by the natives in retaliation.

It's a pity that they are still a step late, and even the pair of famous governor's wife and sisters were forcibly snatched away by the natives.

At this time, I am afraid that he is already giving birth to Emperor Azk.

The face of the Castile people can be regarded as a loss of face. ”

But the rest of the table, instead of sympathizing with the misery of the Castilians, hated and scolded them:

"Well deserved! If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be so miserable.

In order to avoid the [Maywind], which was crazy and murderous in the Kingdom of Needile, he could only shrink into the harbor and dare not go anywhere.

My ship is full of herbs with a limited shelf life, and with the wet and hot rainy season coming, I'll have to jump into the sea if it rots in the cabin.

Alas——! ”

He sighed deeply, and the helplessness and bitterness in his words made everyone else in the tavern feel relatable.

"Now that the Governor of Havana and the domineering [Blue-Haired] Hairing have fallen to Treasure Island, I don't know if they can come out again.

Bantaan's garrison is second-rate, and now who can deal with this bloody disaster? ”

"I heard that the men and horses of the Inquisition are still in Bantaan, and I don't know if they will make a move?"

"The combined bounties for the [Maywind] have exceeded 100,000 pounds, which is more than the treatment of most fourth-order hero-level wanted criminals.

If the first echelon in the celestial sphere circulation belt does not come back, it may be a hanging cry to take it down. ”

"You say, if it can't find a target at sea, will it attack the port directly?"

By this time, the Maywind, an adventure ship that kills people on sight, has become a nightmare for all sailors.

The news was aggregated from all sides to the Lighthouse Federation and then to every corner of the sea through the Lighthouse Weekly.

According to the newspapers, until now, not a single ship that had encountered that monster battleship had survived.

Like a bloodthirsty sea monster, it is always bursting out of the depths of the sea to attack ships.

And it seems that he is still commanded by an excellent captain, and his hunting skills are extremely sophisticated, far higher than the IQ of the sea monster.

Even the official fifth-class cruisers patrolling the routes of various countries are powerless, and sinking into the sea is the only ending.

And that's not all.

Even the few sailors who survived each other's hands were not lucky, but unlucky people who could not survive and could not die.

Without exception, they will be parasitized by a strange barnacle and suffer from a kind of "coral disease" that countless people talk about.

This barnacle-like parasite seems to harbor all the features of an entire offshore ecosystem.

After being parasitized by small barnacle larvae, humans will be randomly modified to develop the characteristics of fish, crustaceans, barnacles, algae, corals, and other creatures.

Reason is also lost over time, and then uniformly displays an astonishing aggression towards all land creatures.

The only obsession is to drag terrestrial creatures, especially humans, into the sea.

Infinite strength is only a basic ability, and when underwater, it can be as dexterous as a fish, and even use its skin to breathe underwater.

Once humans are entangled by them, even elite sailors, the only fate is to be dragged into the water and drowned.

Of course, it is more likely to be regarded as a new parasite, a miserable breeding ground for the growth of barnacles, corals, and a range of other marine life.

The only good news is that coral disease patients cannot go too far from the sea and can only move within about two kilometers of the coast.

Colonies and indigenous city-states in the interior don't have to worry about being affected by coral disease, but they can't be sailors.

Although there is no precedent for the Maywind to attack the port for the time being, it is unsettling that the Taiman Islands and the international port are hanging over the sea.

As one of the first local residents, the tavern owner saw the development of the Tayman Islands to the present day, but he was full of confidence in Byron.

Hearing the discussion of the drinkers, I couldn't help but interject:

"The Governor of the Tayman Islands, Lord Byron Tudor, is a great pirate who can escape from Treasure Island.

He is also the only pirate captain to successfully pass the 'Pirate Chest' and advance to the third rank.

I'll let you know a secret, there are quite a few ships under the Vanguard Pilot Colonial Trading Company, but none of them have been lost this time.

The international port is guarded by him, and that 'mad blood disaster' will never dare to come here.

I'm in for a treat with this cup in everyone's hands. ”

In fact, the situation was that Byron got the first-hand news in advance, and recalled his own ship at sea as soon as possible, faster than anyone else, which led to a beautiful misunderstanding.

After passing it a few times, the three of them became tigers, and let the people under their command make up their own brains to become what they are now.

But the effect is not bad.

Infected by the self-confidence of the tavernkeeper, the drinkers raised their glasses:

"That's right, to the Governor of our International Port!"

"Cheers to our heroic Mr. Sea Hunter!"

Thanks to this, in just one week, the legend of [Sea Hunter] has approached the critical point of 20.

A new title effect can be triggered at any time.

"Alas"

Polly Felix, who was also sitting in this tavern, raised his glass in the same way, but he was obviously preoccupied.

Of the three Lancastrian parties that follow Jacqueline to spearhead the Colonial Trading Company, Felix, the eldest, was transferred to the International Harbor before Treasure Island was alive.

Been here for half a month.

Now it was not the bloody plague that worried him, but the sea hunter himself.

At this moment, not only do I not think that it is a good thing that [Sea Hunter] is stronger, but I can't say that I am suffering.

Looking up at a notice from Port Royal posted on the bar notice board, along the lines of:

"The former royal family of Lancaster has gone against the grain in the kingdom, and the great King Edward has put an end to the worst of the evils.

I hope that the Lancaster Party will give up illusions and abandon the darkness and turn to the clouds"

In Polly Felix's opinion, this is all.

There was too much blood shed from top to bottom, and the blood feud between the two sides was incompatible.

The key is the last sentence:

"The kingdom has appointed the pirate general Byron Tudor the Sea Hunter as commander-in-chief of the bandits, with full responsibility for exterminating the Lancastrians."

The payment was made seven days ago, when the other party had just returned from Treasure Island.

Others simply don't pay attention to such trivial matters that don't concern them.

But for the Lancaster Party, it is an existential matter.

As soon as Felix saw this announcement, he passed the news back to Gonave Island, an iris colony island where the Lancastrians lived.

"I know best how strong this [Sea Hunter] really is.

Now that we are in his sights, if we don't attack with all our troops, and let Miss Catherine take this guy together, I'm afraid we won't have a chance in the future.

However, the two third-order adults, Burley Tania and Sam Leopold, the sons of the highlands, disagreed on this kind of action.

We had a good plan and plenty of time to work it through.

But I don't know what the Newman family is stimulated by, and they want to go crazy for credit, right?

Isn't it clear that such a notice is deliberately attracting firepower to the sea hunter, so that we can gather fire at him and let the two families fight to the death?

Could they not know where Miss Catherine came from?

There must be a conspiracy in this!

I really hate accidents. ”

The Golden Law had already sent his every move to Byron's eyes.

Looking at his tangled face, referring to the information he got from Jacqueline, he couldn't help but shake his head in his heart:

"If I hadn't wanted to see the reaction within the remnant party, I wouldn't have cooperated with the Newman family, who had just lost their son, had their dreams shattered in the New World, and were eager to make meritorious contributions.

Sure enough, these anti-thieves of the Lancaster Party can't use it directly.

It is indeed beneficial to take in Jacqueline, this little girl, in advance.

During this time, the current situation within the Lancaster Party was finally clarified. ”

Syllable!

With a snap of his fingers, Shirley, the head maid of the six maids, appeared and handed him a document.

Intelligence showed that there were two leaders of the Lancaster remnants in the Bantaan Islands.

One is a third-order fortress expert, who is almost fifty years old [Unbroken Fortress] Sam Leopold.

The other is the third-order Storm Knight, who is just thirty-eight years old and can be regarded as a young and powerful [Cave Enemy Leader] Burley Tania.

The latter was the former military governor of the Hattings colony, younger, stronger, and more restless.

The backbone of the two of them is most of the young Zhuang officers from the [Storm Knights], about twenty or so.

There were also quite a few survivors from the other sequences, and there were about forty of them in total at the second-order professional level.

They fled with about 3,000 private soldiers and their families.

It's a pity that just like the White Rose was divided into the royal party and the earl's party, the defeated Red Rose was also not completely monolithic, but each had its own interests.

Especially the [Cave Enemy Opportunity] Burley Tania, because the main ability of awakening is [Breath of All Things].

It can understand the emotions of any living being, grasp the weaknesses of dead things, and also develop a stereotyped character of not trusting others, only believing in oneself, not trusting people's hearts, and only paying attention to rules.

The style is radical, dare to fight, dare to fight.

The internal disagreement is that he advocates finding the "last Lancaster" and immediately serving as a mascot, and that everything else should not get in the way except for cohesion.

It can be said that it is an advanced "constitutional monarchy", or it can be said that it is "blackmailing princes to order princes".

Either way, it's not a good thing for Byron.

Although the world is different, there should not be another "Little Ming King" who accidentally fell into the water and died, but it has to be treated carefully.

Knock knock

Byron tossed the materials away, tapping his fingers down on the desk.

"As a leader, the ideal subordinates are NPCs, without their own thoughts, relatives, emotions and core interests, and can carry out the orders given 100%.

It's like the 70,000 Red Flame Army that was slaughtered.

They have no relatives, no clans, no marriages, no intertwined networks in the localities, and no appeals for their own interests.

But this is not the case.

Even Boss Zhu, who is famous for killing heroes, can't even kill middle-level and big-headed soldiers together.

I can only say one thing: cattle pies.

What's more, it's not a unified dynasty, it's just a separatist force, if this scene were changed to the world of any normal person, the country would have been destroyed eight hundred times.

It's the same with the Lancaster Party, which needs to be trimmed a little bit as I thought before using it.

Now that I have the general information about them, and I have been promoted to the third-order Storm Admiral, it doesn't matter what they have in mind.

Even if it's not that loyal, it doesn't have to be wiped out.

Even a straw has its use, let alone a person?

Even a thorn has a prickly purpose.

But there is one last thing before accepting this group of centaurs and borrowing their hands to 'revenge' the Newman family.

I was blocked by the elusive [May Wind Trumpet] for a week and didn't dare to go out, for fear that as soon as I went out, I would be swept into the whirlpool because of the [History Corrector].

As for now."

At this time, Violet's voice suddenly sounded in his heart, bringing him the long-awaited news:

"Byron, the first Tudor schooner is almost finished, come to the dockyard."