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The endless sea in early summer is always changing. ︾Ding︾dian︾小︾ said,
It was raining heavily just a moment ago, but the next moment the rain had dispersed and the clouds were opening, and the sun was shining brightly, making the originally damp and cold sea become covered with clouds and mist, making it feel like a fairyland.
Seeing the shadows of people and trees swaying in the air in front of him and then gradually disappearing, Leslie spat viciously and spat out all the salty and bitter saliva in his mouth from the water poured into it.
This is already an area of 800 kilometers away from Thunder Island, and it is more than 300 kilometers away from the nearest land coast.
Looking around, not to mention a ship, not even a ghost can be seen nearby.
In addition to groups of seabirds and various large sea fish and even sea beasts that are not revealed on the sea, only a few scattered small islands can be seen in the distance.
It’s desolate here, but not desolate.
Just looking at the large schools of fish in the surrounding waters, Leslie knew that this trip was definitely worthwhile.
The sea fish close to the coast have long been extremely sparse due to years of fishing by fishermen near the coast. However, in the deep sea far away from the coast, there are still countless kinds of delicious sea fish and even sea beasts. It can be seen that there are many kinds of fish in the endless sea. Resources are far more abundant than people think.
No wonder I once said something to Leslie before - if you want to be rich, go to the sea.
Just catching all the fish in front of you and bringing them back to the shore can be sold for at least tens of thousands of gold coins. It is enough for ordinary people to have enough food and clothing for a lifetime.
Not to mention the seemingly endless schools of fish in the deep sea. They didn't know how many fish they bumped into along the way. If we find a suitable way to catch and sell fish, it will be enough for countless people to live a prosperous life from then on.
Of course, this time Leslie led the escort fleet of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce away from Thunder Island and went deep into the deep sea. It was obviously not to find fish schools.
This time, his main task is to expel the pirates in the nearby waters and further expand the influence of Thunder Island. At the same time, he will continue to build a reputation in the nearby waters and completely break out of his name as the Pirate King.
should say. He has accomplished this main task extremely well so far.
After clearing away all the pirates in the waters near the Kingdom of Luersun, Leslie led the escort fleet all the way eastward. Whenever he heard pirates nearby along the way, he would definitely come to challenge them.
As for the results…
It has more than twenty medium-sized magic frigates and nearly a hundred magic assault boats, and is equipped with countless magic repeating crossbows, magic rocket launchers, and even several magic cannons. How can it be a mere ride? The wooden ships, armed with machetes and axes, and all long-range weapons are just ordinary bows, arrows and javelins, can be matched by the pirates.
No matter what kind of pirate they are, they can't even get close to the escort fleet of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. It was directly sunk by endless crossbow arrows and magic cannonballs, and turned into an innocent soul on the sea.
It only took a month. The new flying merchant escort fleet led by Leslie made a huge name in the southern waters of the Candela Empire.
On the island, these novel sea ships made of steel from top to bottom are as scary as devils.
In the past half month, as soon as all the pirates heard that the convoy led by Leslie was approaching, they immediately chose to escape and never dared to think of any resistance.
So in fact, Leslie has not experienced even one battle in the past half month, and has always seemed extremely peaceful.
This made Leslie feel a little bored.
He originally decided to go to sea to become a pirate in order to stay away from the Lampali Kingdom.
But now, after living at sea for so long, he found that he had fallen in love with this kind of comfortable life.
Although life at sea is extremely unstable and the conditions are harsh, being on the high and vast sea all the time makes him feel unprecedentedly happy and free all over his body.
The battle with the pirates also gave him great pleasure. Seeing those evil-doing pirates wiped out in ashes, he felt no guilt at all, only feeling refreshed.
The only thing that made him feel a little unhappy was that the new escort fleet of the Flying Chamber of Commerce assigned to him by Xu Yi was too strong, so ridiculously strong that other pirates had no power to fight back.
This made him feel like he was always bullying a child and couldn't get any pleasure from it.
He mentioned this idea to Nerval of the transport fleet, but received Nerval's indirect but obvious contempt.
"When you are seeking life at sea, peace is your biggest prayer. How can you seek death on your own?"
Leslie is not a reckless person, of course he knows this truth, but this does not prevent him from feeling bored.
"ha-"
Perhaps because of being basked in the increasingly warm sunshine, or perhaps because he felt too bored, Leslie suddenly felt sleepy and couldn't help but yawned widely.
Glancing at the calm sea ahead, Leslie was sure that no pirates would come to seek death, so he thought he might as well take this time to get some sleep.
According to the goal that Xu Yi handed down through Nerval, his next task is to completely control the entire southern sea area of the Candela Empire and open up all sea routes in the southern sea area of the entire Sainz Continent for the New Flying Chamber of Commerce transport fleet.
This task is extremely arduous and time-consuming, and cannot be accomplished in a month or two.
Leslie knew that he might never return to the Lampali Kingdom in this life, so staying at sea would be his next destiny, so he did not resist the goals Xu Yi explained, but was very serious about it. Treat this goal as your own life goal.
Of course, this does not prevent him from taking time to take a nap at this time.
However, just as he turned around and prepared to enter his own commander's cabin, Leslie suddenly felt the ship's hull shake slightly and slow down.
This movement did not sound like it suddenly hit some hidden rocks, but it should be that the crew member responsible for driving the ship discovered something unexpected.
Leslie raised his head and looked at the lookout at the top of the mast. Pick up the magic talk box.
"what's the situation?"
The lookout's voice sounded through the magic talk box. His tone was a little anxious.
"Sir, a large number of sea ships were spotted ahead, and they seem to be heading directly towards us!"
"Oh?" Leslie was a little surprised, and then he was shocked. "Haha, great! Are there some blind pirates looking for death again? Sir, I was just panicking. Now it's great to have someone join in the fun and come forward!"
Having been in contact with a group of sailors and pirates at sea for a long time, Viscount Leslie, who was considered gentle and noble in the eyes of all the noble ladies and ladies in Anvilmar and Bonta cities, inevitably acquired some vulgarity.
The lookout was not as excited as Leslie. There was still a hint of panic in his tone.
"Sir, it seems...it doesn't seem to be any pirates. Because I saw those ships...hanging the flag of the Candela Empire!"
"Huh?" Leslie was slightly startled. "It's actually flying the flag of the Candela Empire? Are you sure you read that correctly?"
The lookout was silent for a moment, then his voice resumed.
"Yes, I read that right. It is indeed the golden lion and green flag of the Candela Empire."
Leslie frowned and thought for a while, put his hand on the railing next to him, put some force on his feet, and immediately jumped up high.
After a few somersaults in the air, he pressed his hands on the tallest mast a few times, and his body rushed directly to the observation deck, which was more than ten meters away from Overtime.
"Give it to me." Leslie grabbed the telescope from the lookout's hand. Look in the direction he points.
Through the lens of the telescope, I saw densely packed seas in the distance. There were probably three to forty huge ships heading here quickly following the current wind direction.
These ships were twice as big as the largest pirate ship Leslie had ever seen before, and were actually not much smaller than the medium-sized magic frigate at his feet.
Leslie has been at sea for so long, and this is the first time he has seen such a large wooden ship.
Moreover, the appearance of these sea-going ships was basically the same. Together with the hundreds of smaller sea-going ships following them, they came at the same speed on the sea in a mighty manner, and they looked extremely powerful.
Just by seeing this kind of momentum, Leslie can be sure that this is definitely not a pirate, because no pirate has such terrifying strength.
Nearby, except for the Kandra Empire's maritime fleet, it is impossible for any other force to have such a powerful maritime power.
His eyes passed over the huge flags with golden lions and green background hanging on the masts of the ships. Leslie further confirmed that these ships should be the regular maritime fleet of the Candela Empire.
But this made him very confused. The regular maritime fleet of the Candela Empire suddenly dispatched a large force, and what was it doing specifically for him
"Sir, the opponent is about to enter the effective range. What should we do? Fight or not?" The lookout on one side suddenly asked nervously.
"Hit me!" Leslie glared at him angrily.
Opposite is the regular maritime fleet of the Candela Empire. If they really want to fight, it will be tantamount to officially declaring war on the Candela Empire.
No matter how bored Leslie was, she would never do such a stupid thing.
What's more, Xu Yi is now trying hard to obtain a cooperative relationship with the Candela Empire. If Ledley really does this, it will cut off all possibilities.
"What should we do? Are we going to let them get close to a dangerous distance?" The lookout was dumbfounded.
Leslie picked up the telescope and took another look at the Bai Lai Sou ships approaching quickly. He frowned and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Give me my order. All ships must stop, but they must be prepared to start at any time. Follow my orders."
The lookout responded to the order and went down.
Leslie waited quietly for a while, and saw that the ships in the distance had begun to slow down slowly. He breathed a sigh of relief, jumped off the mast, and came to the front of the deck.
All the ships of the New Flying Chamber of Commerce escort fleet had stopped on the sea at this time. All the ships of the Candela Empire fleet sailed forward for a while after entering the effective range of the escort fleet, and were less than 10 meters away from the first medium-sized magic frigate. Stopped five hundred meters away.
Leslie, who was standing at the front, frowned slightly.
This distance is already the range that many bows and arrows can reach.
The Candela Empire's maritime fleet did this, indicating that they may launch an attack at any time.
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