Two days later, Houyi and Xingtian had anchored on an island called Jimeno.
Jimeno Island is an island northeast of the Pearl Islands, but it is not on the main trade route because it is relatively small and is located more than 50 nautical miles away from the main route. Most ships will choose Gloria Island and Gomesanda Island, which are larger and closer to the main route, as their first stop.
So anchoring on Jimeno Island can avoid the eyes and ears of others.
When sailing in this magical world, Xiao Chen and his crew, who are surrounded by a large number of wizards, will not be troubled by the problem of fresh water. Wizards can summon fresh water with magic, but to be on the safe side, they still replenished fresh water and food on Jimeno Island.
However, another purpose of staying here is to contact the Undercurrent Alliance and ask them to redeem Trina and others.
Xiao Chen added a special condition to the ransom: Trina must be redeemed with the information about the ghost ship. In his opinion, an old organization like the Undercurrent Alliance must have more and more detailed information about this sea area than he did. According to the original plan made by the Tower of China, they would sail between various islands, inquire and purchase information about the ghost ship, and find the whereabouts of the ghost ship, but now, Xiao Chen can let the sea tribe collect intelligence, while he will sit on the island and wait for the news to come.
The owner of Ximeno Island is a scaly tribe. Most of the people in this tribe are short, only about 120 to 130 meters tall. The population of the tribe is not large, only about 100 people. They mainly rely on seafood and provide supplies to the merchant ships that occasionally come here to survive.
When Xiao Chen and his crew arrived at the island, they really frightened the tribe. Not to mention the alarming sound of their metal ships, which looked like two sea monsters that no one had ever seen before. Moreover, there were more than two ships that came to the island together. Behind them were seven or eight warships of the sea tribe, filling up the island's port.
These warships were not Xiao Chen's spoils of war, but they had voluntarily followed them to Jimeno Island. Except for a few ships that were sent to report the news, these ships were filled with wounded seamen.
Even for the sea creatures living in the sea, the bacteria in the sea water will still corrode their wounds. Therefore, they need to go to the nearest island for repair.
Moreover, the mages in Xiao Chen's fleet did not refuse to continue treating these sea warriors, so following Xiao Chen's two ships was a good opportunity to save more wounded soldiers.
The sea creatures that came with Xiao Chen's fleet unceremoniously occupied the best houses and ports on the island for Xiao Chen and his men to use. The scale elders of the local tribe dared not say anything in front of the noble mermaid wizard and the shark warrior who was as tall as a mountain, and respectfully gave up the best things on the island.
However, the mermaid mages and shark warriors appeared respectful and obedient in front of the people in the Tower of China. Both the brutal killing and the careful treatment left a deep impression on them, making them dare not act rashly.
Xiao Chen stayed on the island for half a month. He had to be patient enough because for sea voyages in that era, half a month was really a short time. It was only the time required for a round trip to one or two islands that were slightly longer.
However, Xiao Chen was not idle. He began to select mercenaries from among the injured sea warriors and mages.
Through these days of understanding, Xiao Chen discovered that these warriors who followed Trina did not come from one tribe, but were temporarily recruited from tribes belonging to various alliances.
After asking some of the leaders on the warships, Xiao Chen learned that Trina's family had paid part of the fee to hire the warriors from these friendly tribes, and then promised them that they would get another part of the commission after the operation was successful. However, this defeat caused these tribes to suffer heavy losses, both in terms of money and lives.
This gave him the idea of taking advantage of the situation and recruiting sea warriors.
The sea tribe warriors were defeated in terms of technology, organization, and number of experts, but the value of these warriors themselves should not be underestimated. They are physically strong and are particularly strong underwater. Especially when doing things in the Pearl Sea, the territory of the sea tribe, it will undoubtedly be much more convenient to have sea tribe warriors under your command.
The Sea Tribe suffered a great defeat, but Xiao Chen had plenty of money, so this kind of cooperation was a perfect match.
Xiao Chen sat under a parasol formed by ice crystals, watching the Marines training a team of shark warriors in a clearing in the woods.
These four or five meter tall warriors, standing in a row of ten, looked like a real city wall, and their momentum was quite astonishing.
They were standing under the scorching sun, struggling to do various marching postures. Although the officer who was training them was less than half their height, he looked very imposing as he wielded a long silver whip in his hand.
As soon as a shark warrior performs poorly, he will whip him mercilessly with the whip of spirit in his hand.
The sharks, known for their brutality, seemed to have lost their temper here, and each of them followed the officers' training obediently.
Trina was right beside Xiao Chen. She had seen this kind of scene many times in the past few days and was no longer surprised. Although she felt sorry for these shark warriors, she had no confidence to speak at this moment as a defeated general.
After watching for a while, she couldn't help asking, "You pay them every day just to let them walk around?"
Xiao Chen stood up and pointed at a shark warrior and said, "We can't teach them much about how to fight in the sea or how to use their physical advantages. Sharks are natural warriors. What we can teach them is how to combine their strengths to exert greater combat effectiveness.
These ten shark warriors come from four different tribes, and some of the tribes have conflicts with each other, but can you still see this now?"
Trina looked over and saw that the shark warriors had some similarities in their gestures, just like brothers from the same family.
She vaguely felt that the fighting effectiveness of these people was no longer the same as when she commanded them.
She couldn't help but wonder, if all her subordinates were like this, what would her team's combat effectiveness be? She didn't dare to think about fighting the Chinese. But with such a warrior, facing Asino's challenge, everything would be different.
But thinking of this, she smiled at herself again, she no longer had the qualifications.
At this time, he saw Xiao Chen's eyes. He looked at her with a smile, as if he understood her thoughts. (To be continued)