This sea lord is a bit strong

Chapter 152 Pharmacist Ilona, ​​a strange visitor

An underground cavity buried thousands of meters deep is filled with hot magma, and the absolute high temperature dominates the main theme.

In such an environment, no creature can survive here.

however.

In the center of the overflowing magma cavity, a huge body like a mountain curled up.

The antler-like crystal spikes emit a luster that even magma cannot cover up.

The six wings wrapped around the body, with boundless sharp edges, showcasing the master's mighty fighting power.

Under the glass-like crystal scales, there are leaf vein-like blood vessels, which extend in all directions, and the blood finally gathers in the huge heart, and sends the blood to the whole body as it beats again and again.

It is not difficult to see that this unknown creature is dormant or in deep sleep.

But suddenly, according to the law, the unhurried beating heart beat suddenly, and the beating drove huge energy out of the body, along the magma in the huge cavity, and shot upward toward countless upward magma flows.

Crown of the Ocean.

Lord's Palace.

"Did the shock last night trigger a collapse in the underground lizard kingdom and kobold cave?"

"My lord, I haven't received a report yet, but I have asked them to step up their investigation."

Hearing what Willus said, Ji Chen nodded.

Last night was when everyone was soundly asleep.

The vibration on the top of the mountain that day happened again, but it was the same as last time. After shaking once, there was no movement.

Therefore, realizing that the last shock was not accidental, Ji Chen sent troops overnight to the underground lizardman kingdom to see if there was anything wrong there.

According to the news that came, the lizard people didn't find anything unusual except that they also felt the vibration.

But if there is a slight abnormality, the magma river flowing through the ground has become a little more active.

Regarding this, Ji Chen was also puzzled for a while.

In desperation, the lizardmen could only send people to station by the lava river to keep an eye on abnormalities and see if there were signs of a volcanic eruption.

Conquering the lizardman kingdom in the past few days, Ji Chen knew that the four major lizardman kingdoms were located under the entire Crescent Islands, some of which were under the islands, while the other part was under the ocean.

Combined with the magma rivers all over the ground, it can be said that most of the islands in the Crescent Islands were formed by volcanic eruptions.

If it is ignored, if the volcano erupts again one day, not only the underground lizards will be destroyed in an instant, but even the Crescent Islands will be destroyed.

All Ji Chen can do now is to warn. After all, if a volcanic eruption is a disaster that cannot be stopped by humans, he can only run away with people when he sees it.

However, judging from the thousands of years of history of the lizard people, this volcano has already fallen into dormancy, and as long as there is no external force, it is estimated that it will not explode on its own.

Thinking of this, Ji Chen asked as if he remembered something.

"How is Irona doing now?"

"I have already joined. Ilona's medicine refining technology is the most powerful person I have ever seen in my life. Uh, the most powerful half-orc. The healing medicine she mixes can greatly speed up the healing of injuries."

"Those injured half-orcs can recover so quickly, a large part of which is because of the potion."

Willus said with a bit of admiration on his face: "In addition to healing potions, Ilona can also prepare dozens of potions such as berserk potions, breathing potions, and blindness potions. As long as the materials are sufficient, all kinds of potions can be produced continuously. Potion."

"My lord, where did you find it? It's like picking up a treasure!"

Ji Chen smiled, I said I met him on the way back, do you believe it?
That's right, Irona is not a combat hero, but the first "technical" talent in Ocean Crown, an expert alchemist who is good at mixing various medicines.

【Irona (hero)】

【Race】: Orc

[Sub-profession]: Expert-level pharmacist
[Level]: 20
[Current level]: Purple (rare level)

[Potential]: Purple (rare level)

[Skill]: Potion deployment (purple skill, capable of formulating various potions)

Material identification (purple skill, able to discern various materials keenly)
Talent creation (purple skills, through long-term research, new potions can be developed)

Absolute Loyalty (purple skill, absolute loyalty to the lord, unswerving until death)

[This is a humanoid female half-orc hero who rarely appears among half-orcs, an alchemist who rarely appears among millions of half-orcs, and an expert alchemist who is almost extinct]

Judging from the description, we can know how incredible it is for an expert alchemist to appear among half-orcs with well-developed limbs, a simple mind, and an average IQ of no more than 50.

But such a "talent" was accidentally met by Ji Chen, and he was abducted back smoothly.

In order to be able to display the talent of this expert pharmacist who is ten times stronger than a senior pharmacist.

Ji Chen specially instructed to build an exclusive medicine refining workshop for her, and mobilized a large number of lizardmen and kobolds to search for various herbal medicine materials on the ground and underground.

The first batch of healing potions were immediately used on the half-orcs who were injured a lot in this battle.

Apparently, excellent results were produced.

It's really worthy of spending so much effort to make Irona submit to her.

Well, what's the reward?
Ok!Let's reward her well tonight!
"Okay, let's go to work."

After sending Willus away, Ji Chen stood up and stretched himself with a relaxed expression.

After ending the underground lizardman kingdom, Ocean Crown entered a period of stable development.

Various buildings were erected every day, and the size of the residential area on the east side of the Lord's Mansion had expanded from [-] to [-] rooms at that time to nearly [-] rooms.

At a glance, the houses are neatly arranged, hidden among the lush trees and vegetation, quite a feeling of a villa area.

On the other side, there is the military recruitment camp building area surrounded by the wall. Dozens of recruitment camps stand inside the wall and are divided into military areas.

On the beach on the east side of the crown of the ocean, there are nearly fifty warships of various types moored in front of and behind the water village.

Every day, more than ten warships are patrolling around the Crescent Islands and within the stormy sea area to ensure safety.

The commercial port not far from the water village was completely completed two days ago.

This commercial port can berth hundreds of merchant ships at most, and there are more than 30 mechanical cranes standing on the pier, which can easily lift heavy cargo for loading and unloading.

It is believed that in the not-too-distant future, merchant ships from all over the place will be parked here, and it will prosper like Baiyin Port.

The seawater rice planting area located a few kilometers west of the territory has now grown to over a thousand acres through the hard work of the original indigenous tribes.

At first glance, it is a piece of green rice ear, which is gently shaking with the breeze, which makes people feel happy.

The so-called thousand acres of fertile land is too much.

From the underground lizardman world and the kobold cave, ores, fluorescent mushrooms, and various weapons and equipment are being continuously transported out of them, and they are piled up like mountains in the warehouse.

Part of these will be used for territorial consumption, and the other part will be shipped out and sold after Raymond returns in exchange for the required resources.

Having experienced several previous incidents, Ocean Crown, which has obtained a large number of labor forces, is now developing rapidly in all aspects.

Every day looks different, it can be said that it is changing with each passing day.

Ji Chen casually opened the territory panel. He didn't know when the prosperity had reached as much as 17 points, and the conditions for upgrading to a "city" had already been met.

Seeing this, he didn't hesitate and chose to upgrade the territory without hesitation.

The tens of thousands of resources needed for the upgrade are of course trivial to him now, and he spent them without blinking.

Soon, after clicking the upgrade button five times in succession, a system prompt popped up.

"Ding~ The territory level has been successfully increased (level 5 town → level 1 state city)."

"Ding~ The state-level building has been unlocked."

Ascending to the state city, the appearance of the lord's mansion has also undergone tremendous changes.

From a two-story attic to a four-story red-roofed white-walled castle with a main and auxiliary building, it is gorgeous while being strong in protection.

There are several rooms on each floor, including the living room, dining room, and storage room.

Ji Chen strolled around casually, showing a satisfied expression.

This is the Lord's Mansion where a Lord should live.

Then he opened the panel to check the current territory area.

The area of ​​a Level 1 state city is three kilometers long and wide, totaling nine square kilometers, or [-] square meters of land.

Not too big and not too small.

Not even a tenth of the main island is covered.

Ji Chen was a little dissatisfied, and planned to upgrade it again, directly upgrading it to level 5 Bangcheng.

This time he was a little more satisfied. The area of ​​the Level 5 state city was a square ten kilometers long and wide, totaling one hundred square kilometers.

But it is worth mentioning that because the crown of the ocean was originally located on the southeast side of the main island, nearly three-fifths of the [-] square kilometers were located in the sea, and the main island was only covered by about [-] square kilometers.

This is one of the pain points of the island-type territory. The land included in the upgrade may be less than half of the land-type territory.

Just when Ji Chen was thinking about whether to directly ascend to Jucheng.

There was a commotion outside.

"Unknown enemy found in the sea area! Alert!"

Ji Chen's expression froze, he turned off the panel and walked out immediately.

There was no panic on the faces of the residents, and they were still doing their jobs.

They know that the lord and the army of the territory will protect them from any harm.

Seeing Ji Chen walking out, they still saluted and greeted them one after another.

"grown ups."

"Adults have worked hard"

Ji Chen nodded and looked at the detection map of the warning lighthouse.

On the radar-like detection map, in the northeast direction of the Crescent Islands, a red dot resembling a ship appeared, traveling extremely slowly on the sea.

Two warships of our own are rushing at full speed.

Ji Chen looked at the red dot on the detection map representing the strange ship, which was driving along the edge of the storm, and frowned.

With this appearance, it doesn't seem like an enemy?
On the contrary, it looks like some kind of ship strayed here, filled with a feeling of bewilderment.

at this time.

The northeast sea area of ​​the Crescent Islands.

An extremely damaged warship is driving crookedly on the sea.

Two of the three masts were broken, and the remaining one was also scarred, with several large holes in the sail.

On a messy deck, sailors are working hard to repair the damaged hull and rescue the wounded,
The hull is full of traces of being bombarded by shells, some of which were even directly penetrated.

There was a fatal gap in the stern of the ship, which caused the hull to be continuously poured into the seawater, causing the whole ship to tilt backwards. No matter how much the damage control on the ship was rescued, the seawater could not be prevented from entering.

The sinking of this ship is only a matter of time.

"Your Excellency, Captain, what is the current situation of the Radiant Envoy? Can it continue?"

The captain looked at the girl in front of him, who had the golden hair that is the signature of the grand duke family of the Principality of Reinhardt, with a respectful yet polite expression.

"Your Highness, the current situation of the Radiant Envoy is not optimistic. The hull is seriously damaged, and more than 80% of its power has been lost. The damage to the stern, in particular, has caused severe water ingress."

"Based on my years of sailing experience, such damage is irreparable."

"How could it be?" The girl said with a sad expression, "We need to return to the Principality and deliver the news we have received in time, otherwise, if the plot succeeds, the Principality will be in an extremely passive position."

"Indeed." The captain nodded in agreement, "It is precisely because of this that we must abandon the ship now if we want to pass the news back."

"Therefore, I suggest that Your Highness better board the rescue boat immediately, otherwise once the Radiant Envoy enters the sinking stage, the vortex it will generate will bring you danger."

"But there are still so many heroic sailors and guards still rescuing the Glorious Envoy. The wounded who were injured in the battle can't be ignored, right?"

"As the envoy of the principality this time, how can I leave you behind and be the first to board the rescue boat and escape?"

"This is not an escape. Your highness is honorable, and you are also the best conveyer of the news this time. You cannot suffer any damage, so..."

"I can understand your thoughts, but as a member of the Grand Duke's family of the Principality of Reinhardt, one should not abandon his subjects and run away alone. This is the ancestral motto of the Valencia family, and it is also my insistence."

Seeing the solemnity and stubbornness in the girl's eyes, the captain sighed inwardly, knowing that he could not convince His Highness.

But it was precisely because of this that the sailors and guards on and off the Glorious Envoy followed His Highness so wholeheartedly.

Everyone on board is willing to sacrifice their lives for His Highness.

"Since that's the case, let's put down the boat as soon as possible, and let the sailors, guards, and Your Majesty's maids board aboard. Time is very tight."

For this mission, the Principality specially selected a group of highly loyal and well-trained sailors and guards to accompany them.

So when the order to abandon ship was given, everyone acted quickly, lowered the boats on the deck, and boarded the boats in an orderly manner.

The girl, the captain, and the chief guard were the last group of people to board the boat.

after an hour.

A dozen or so small boats were floating on the sea, looking at the Shining Envoy slowly sinking in the distance.

"Ah..." Looking at this scene, the captain couldn't help showing a look of worry on his resolute face.

"Your Excellency, Captain, we have successfully boarded the ship, and those chasing soldiers probably think that we have sunk in the storm, so what are you still worried about?"

"Could it be because of the sinking of the Radiant Envoy? Well, this is indeed a worrying and sad thing, after all, she has been with you for many years."

"I'm not worried about the sinking of the Radiant Envoy." The captain shook his head and looked around the sea, "I'm worried about this sea area."

"There have always been so many strange rumors in the Sea of ​​​​Storm. I am afraid that something will happen here, something we cannot grasp."

"Look in the distance, there is a boat!"

Before the words were finished, the sailors suddenly exclaimed.

The captain and the girl looked into the distance, and there were two heavily armed warships coming towards them above the sea.

The captain fell silent for a moment.

"Well, it's not a bad thing, at least there are people coming to save us, isn't it?" The girl said with a smile on the contrary, she was very optimistic.

The captain sighed again.

In such a weird and dangerous sea area, he really couldn't imagine that anyone would come to rescue them.

However, looking at the sail patterns of the two ships, it shouldn't be chasing soldiers?

(End of this chapter)