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The next day, Noah was on the tree boat.
One hundred of the most elite warriors were summoned to Senia. They are all famous and strong men in various families. When Noah was separated from the World Island, they were the ones who kept the Imperial people out of the tree boat.
Senia put on the pure white priest's robe and slowly climbed onto the tree stand.
"I believe you have heard about what happened yesterday. The facts are just as you guessed. The enemy came smelling blood. The blood came from the islanders who have the same blood as us."
"I'm ashamed to say that my first thought was to stay away from the edge for a while and wait until the crisis has passed before coming back - or in other words, this has been the case for us in the past ten years or so, retreating from the ocean to the world island, and then retreating from the world island to something further away. The ocean, escape gradually became a matter of course.”
"But this time, Jinxia City stands behind us. This is an unsinkable continent. Even if the trees and boats are burned in the flames of war, we will not be homeless, so I don't want to take everyone to continue to escape. More than that, I also want to grab those tribesmen who have fallen into the hands of the empire and lead them out of the abyss before they become slaves!"
"For this, I need the help of all the warriors. Use this green shuttle to find traces of the tree boat and the enemy."
Senia folded her hands on her chest, "There is no doubt that this is an extremely dangerous exploration, and those who go there are likely to be buried in the sea, so I will not order you as an elder or high priest, but as a Islanders are asking everyone to bring hope to those trapped in another tree boat."
"If you are willing to go, please come to the front!"
As soon as she finished speaking, someone stepped forward.
"I, the eldest son of the Cinder family, am willing to go!"
"Master Priest, please count me in."
"We have lost many times, but we have never surrendered once!"
"Sir, please tell me directly, how many people are going to go? I don't think there is a coward among these hundred people."
Seeing this scene, even Senia was a little moved. In the continuous defeats, many people did lose the courage to fight against the empire, but the spirit of resistance was still not completely cut off. There were still people who dared to stand up and face the enemy's artillery and blades.
"I only need ten people." She said happily, "Everyone please arrange in order of priority."
"Choose only ten...isn't that too few?"
"Your purpose is not to kill the enemy, but to find the tree boat. If there are too many, it will be easy to expose yourself. In addition, the chosen one also has a task, which is to protect the safety of these two people along the way." Senia pointed to the two people behind her. Young Elves, "Haimshaman and Tyr."
"Sir, why do you want them to go together?" The eldest son of the Xinde family asked doubtfully, "Not only have these two little guys never participated in a battle, they have not even killed a few fish, right?"
"That's true, but they are the key to the investigation." Senia nodded, "Only those who have taken lessons from Miss Mo Yun can use Jin Xia's special contact magic weapon."
"Is there such a strange request?"
"If you understand the principle of electromagnetic conversion, you may have a chance to drive it." Probably feeling that he was underestimated, Tier couldn't help but interjected, "Sister Mo Yun said that in the future, brute force alone will not be enough for the battlefield." Whoever finds a way to win, the victorious party will definitely belong to the knowledgeable one!”
The other party smiled and shook his head, "Just don't throw up when you get on the boat."
Senia solemnly asked again, "The hope of that tree boat is all pinned on you. Please be sure to hide yourself, send back the news, and wait for Jinxia's next move."
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"My lord, the rope is tied, please be careful where you step." Captain Philincat stabilized the boat.
Tural stepped over the side of the boat and stepped on the trestle made of vines. Hundreds of steps away, countless tree trunks rise from the ground, converging into an undulating dense forest. Below them is the ground composed of intertwined tree roots and vines. Although he had seen the wonders of tree boats when he conquered the World Island, setting foot on a tree boat in person was a completely different experience.
Even though the sound of crashing waves was still in his ears, there was no feeling of shaking under his feet, as if he was stepping on land. A little further behind, the flagship Invincible and the two companion ships Midnight Horn and Angela can be seen.
These three warships are all the main ships of the navy. They should be giants when docked at any city dock, but compared with the tree boat in front of them, they seem a bit small.
Tural straightened his tricorn hat and asked, "Are the islanders still resisting?"
"According to the news from various ministries, there is still sporadic resistance in the residential areas and the bottom of the tree boat, but the surrounding areas of the tree spirit have been controlled by our army." Feilin replied, "After all, this thing is too big."
"It doesn't matter, on the way back, I have a lot of time to teach them how to obey." He looked at the mage who was following him, "By the way, Miss Songxing, what do you think you need
"It's not me, it's my mentor. He needs ten tree spirit seeds, two pieces of bark, a rhizome, and two elves who can control the growth of the seeds." The female mage replied expressionlessly.
"I remember he is a master of conjuration and transformation, right? Can the Mage Tower really find a way to replace the elves?"
"The research progress is the secret of the mage, please forgive me for having no comment."
"Haha, we are all working for His Majesty the King, why should we be so arrogant?" Tural waved his hand indifferently, "Forget it, let's get down to business first. Mr. Carter, please take us to the core of the tree boat - where the tree spirit is. look."
"You two, please come with me."
The group walked through the pier and entered the main part of the tree boat. Along the way, you can see islander prisoners tied in strings with ropes everywhere, and soldiers are marking them efficiently. By piercing a string of numbered metal earrings that cannot be opened once closed, the troops can quickly calculate how many elves have been captured.
Of course, these earrings are significantly thicker than ornaments, and the workmanship is quite rough, which will inevitably cause a lot of pain when pierced. Therefore, the crying and sobbing did not subside much all the way.
But in Tural's eyes, this is undoubtedly an improvement.
Compared with the soldering irons that were cumbersome to use and prone to infection in the past, numbered earrings are naturally much faster and more effective. The empire has been developing rapidly recently, and even a small place like this can reflect the innovation of civilization.
The World Island is obviously a negative case.
Sitting on such a huge tree boat, there was nothing he could do against his warship. After three days and three nights of pursuit and a whole day of boarding operations, the tree boat fell into his control.
Unfortunately, during the pursuit, many islanders took advantage of the cover of night to escape from the tree boats in various strange and bizarre boats. It was obviously impossible for his army to do such a trivial matter as chasing down the fleeing people, so they could only leave it to the pirates who cooperated with him to capture them. The problem is that pirates' hands are much dirtier than those of the army, and it's unclear how many of them will be brought back alive.
And the loss of every slave harms the interests of the empire. If it were not too short of manpower, Tural would also like to send those pirates to the guillotine.
But now, he can only endure these slight discomforts for the time being and enjoy the sweetness of victory first.
Capturing a complete tree boat, plus a large number of elves on the tree boat, was enough for him to receive a personal commendation from His Majesty the King.