This sea lord is a bit strong

Chapter 261 Everything is inseparable from running, sitting on the ground and raising prices, pocket array

In just one day, the public opinion of Xingyao Islands was completely fermented.

The defeat of the parliamentary fleet completely consumed the remaining confidence of the merchants. They simply left the property here and left overnight by boat with their wealth.

Residents with conditions also paid to board merchant ships and leave the archipelago that was about to be ravaged by sea beasts together.

The sun only sets and rises.

The prosperous archipelago in the past has become empty, and the commercial district full of people is only cold and silent. The goods in the shops have been emptied, leaving only a few mice looking for food.

The wharf is always crowded with ships entering the port, and there are only a few lonely ships left at this time. The fat merchant is urging the sailors to load the last batch of goods. Set sail and travel far.

No one wants to enter the belly of a sea beast and be digested into excrement.

On the other side of the city, however, residents crowded in front of City Hall.

"Masters, please let that powerful army participate in the battle! They must be able to stop those terrible sea beasts!"

"Just some gold coins, please show mercy!"

"Woooooo, I don't want to die!!"

The soldiers blocking the entrance of the city hall were dutiful and stern. Once someone dared to attack them, they would kill them without hesitation.

But there is also a bit of complexity in the eyes, even the sea fleet can't block the footsteps of the sea beast, and they are absolutely invincible.

These loyal soldiers couldn't help but think at this moment, it would be great if the councilors could let that powerful army join the battle, so that everyone would not have to die, and the Xingyao Islands could return to their previous appearance.

The public opinion that was deliberately guided secretly was driving the parliament to pay the price for the army to help resist the tide of sea beasts, but the door of the parliament hall has been closed tightly, and there is no sign of opening it.

Some players secretly watched this scene and secretly discussed,

"Made and the councilors are really calm. They are still unwilling at this time. Thanks to our efforts to guide public opinion, it seems that those councilors don't care about these residents at all."

"Nonsense, the concept of hierarchy in this world is extremely strict. The level gap between nobles and commoners is even bigger than that of the Tamar East African Rift Valley. Don't think they are polite to us players. In fact, they look down on us in their hearts, but Treat us as tool people."

"Is it so realistic? Then they'd better die. But let's not talk about this, who knows what they think. In the face of some costs and life and death, isn't it obvious which one is more important?"

"Zuzu, but the appetite of the aboriginal army is not small. One-tenth of the property of the thirteen congressmen's families, it is estimated that they can directly buy a town, right?"

"If this continues, we will have to run away. Is the ship ready?"

"It has been prepared a long time ago. There are enough supplies on board for us to reach the North Continent. There are also some citizens who are willing to leave with us. A steady batch!"

As time passed, the sea beast horde that was thousands of miles away gradually approached, and it was only less than a day away from the Xingyao Islands.

And at this time, the gate of the parliament hall, which had been closed for a long time, was also opened at this time, and a group of soldiers filed out from inside, boarded giant sea eagles, flapped their wings, and flew towards the north side of Xingyao Islands.

Seeing this, the players hiding in the dark instantly became excited.

"Look, these bastards finally can't stand it anymore!"

"Hold the grass, so the Xingyao Islands are saved?"

"It's too early to say this. Who knows whether that army can successfully stop the sea beast? If it can't stop us, we still have to run."

"Everything is inseparable from running, right? Soybeans sweat."

Ji Chen stood on the high ground of the island, looking at the distant sea with his hands behind his back.

Suddenly, they heard a ray of restlessness in the wind, and a dozen black spots appeared in the sky in the distance, and the army immediately became vigilant.

The water elf archer held a bow in one hand and condensed arrows in the other. The clusters of arrows pointed to the distant sky. The dragon-horned catfish and the silver sea elves were also preparing their spells, looking at the southern sky from a distance.

Several heroic units were about to come to guard Ji Chen, but he raised his hand to stop him from attacking, and then he signaled to Alice before returning to the army formation.

The latter understood, put on the mask and walked forward.

Call ~
The giant sea eagle landed slowly from the sky, and a group of Xingyao City soldiers jumped from it.

The soldier looked at the powerful army in front of him with complicated expressions, with fear and hope in his heart.

This army is the only hope to save the Xingyao Islands.

The captain of the team stepped forward and came to Alice.

Beat your chest with your right hand.

"Chairman Hardman sent us here to inform you that Xingyao City is willing to accept your conditions. Please send troops to the south of the archipelago to resist the tide of sea beasts as soon as possible."

Alice smiled faintly, remembering the previous arrangement of the adults, and said in a leisurely manner.

"Tell Mr. Councilor that our preparations for resisting sea beasts could not be completed in time because of the red flames they replied, so my master said that we should pay more on the basis of the previously agreed price, um, about 30 rare resources look like."

"Otherwise we may not have much motivation to fight against the tide of sea beasts."

The captain looked confused and swallowed his saliva.

Although it sounds a bit strange, he is just a small person, and these matters should be left to the MPs to decide.

"I will pass this on to Councilor Hardman."

The giant sea eagle came and went in a hurry, and soon turned into black spots and disappeared into the sky.

The Xingyao City Council, which received this report, immediately exploded.

"Damn, how dare that guy, isn't this just raising the price!?"

"This person is a hundred times more treacherous than those goblin merchants! Does he think 30 rare resources is a small amount, enough to buy a small island!"

They were very angry, and it was already very painful to achieve the previous conditions.

Now the so-called owner of the woman who bought a mask continued to negotiate the price at this juncture, and even gave the reason that there was not enough preparation time.

These 30 rare resources are not much compared to one-tenth of their family property, but it is a bit disgusting to suddenly bring them up at the last moment.

It's like deliberately disgusting them.

It's just too deceiving!

But they had nothing to do.

Councilor Hardman held back the anger in his heart and said loudly.

"Everyone, we don't have time to continue arguing. The sea beast tide will arrive in less than a day. Now time is life."

"This rapidly fermenting public opinion is probably also catalyzed by them, in order to make us submit. Otherwise, how could those untouchables have the courage to gather in front of the city hall to protest?"

"This kind of behavior is very despicable, but even if the conditions proposed by this jackal are unacceptable, we can only agree, everything must cooperate with them first."

"Only when we use them to drive back the tide of sea beasts, will we have a chance to avenge this!"

This statement was endorsed by the majority of MPs.

"That's right, we must make them pay the price in the future! Let them know that Xingyao City is not at the mercy of others."

"We can also use a little reward to secretly issue a commission to drive those honor lords to assassinate the owner of the masked woman."

"This is a good idea. Anyway, those Lords of Glory are guys who value money and small profits. I believe they should be happy to accept such a commission."

Ji Chen didn't know that he had suddenly been blamed. He didn't guide the public opinion of the residents of Xingyao City, and there was no need to guide it. After all, the Xingyao Islands had no other choice but to rely on them to repel the sea beasts.

In addition, he really didn't just sit on the ground and raise the price. If he wanted to repel the army of sea beasts with thousands of troops, it was necessary to make arrangements in advance.

Those 30 rare resources are really a childish price... Well, it is indeed a bit dark.

But when that squad of soldiers appeared in the sky riding a giant sea eagle again, Ji Chen knew that the deal had been reached.

The Champions of the Ocean team, which had been resting for a long time, moved again, heading towards the south of the Xingyao Islands under the command of various hero units.

"Tell your Councilor Hardman that I need your assistance."

Before he came, he had already received an order from the council to fully cooperate with the other party, so he nodded without any hesitation, "All the soldiers of Xingyao Islands obey the command and fully cooperate with you."

Alice, who was still wearing a mask, was also unambiguous when she saw this, and continued.

"I need you to evacuate the residents of the islands on the southern side of the Xingyao Islands, and then place a large amount of meat in the center of each island, on the route, preferably fresh and bloody."

"You finish it as soon as possible, we will send troops to get involved for a while."

"In addition, you have to follow our command and use the coastal defense turrets on the island to minimize the range of sea beasts."

"You need to guard Xingyao City and the port. According to our experience, some scattered sea beasts will get lost in the sea beast tide, and maybe they will wander near the gathering place."

"That's all, we'll take care of the rest."

They can receive the money, they are still very dedicated and serious, and they said a few key points.

"Understood." The team leader remembered all these in his heart, and quickly rode away on the giant sea eagle.

Seeing them leave, Ji Chen came out from the army formation.

"My lord, I have told them verbatim what you ordered."

Ji Chen nodded slightly. Unlike the crown of the ocean, the Xingyao Islands have a considerable strategic depth. Thousands of islands constitute a rather vast battlefield.

In this way, they don't need to fight on a line of defense like the crown of the ocean, they can make full use of space in exchange for time, and kill sea beasts at a minimum cost.

If you want to complete the arrangement mentioned before, there is definitely not enough time left, so you sent the soul slave army to get involved - there are soul slaves who don't need money, even if you lose all of them, it's not a pity.

Under Alice's ingenious operation, the Soul Servant Legion attracted the attention of the sea beast horde, making their advancing route a little bit tortuous. Although they could not deviate completely, it also made it a little later for them to arrive at the Xingyao Islands It took half a day.

This half day plus the original time just gave them enough time to complete the arrangement.

The extra 30 rare resources are used to make up for the loss of the soul slave army. After all, it is not an easy task to catch more than 1000 qualified soul slaves.

A large amount of meat was transported from the ice storage in Xingyao City, and after being doused with fresh blood, it was transported to dozens of islands on the south side of the archipelago, or placed on fishing boats to moor on specific water surfaces. position as bait.

The placement of these meats seems to be out of order, but if you look down from the air, you can clearly see that the placement is generally pyramid-shaped.

The wide side faces outward, and the pointed side faces deep into the archipelago.

Sea beasts like to eat meat, and once they smell blood, they will be crazy, so they will desperately want to eat.

Therefore, Ji Chen put the old wine in new bottles, and according to the previous principle of the Ocean Crown using boats as bait, he placed meat in specific positions, so that the sea beasts attracted by it would walk into the pocket formation step by step, and the width of the battlefield would continue to shrink. , so that the sea beasts can obediently move towards the defense line, and will not escape to other places.

After all, no matter how high the quality of the Champions of the Ocean team is, it is only a few thousand, and the defense range is limited. If the sea beasts run around, they will have nothing to do.

The coastal defense turrets built on each island were reactivated, and groups of soldiers from the Xingyao Islands settled in.

I don't know if the Xingyao City council figured it out or what, and finally made up their minds to resist the sea beast.

Therefore, a boatload of artillery shells and mines were delivered. These bulky mines, which were originally used to defend against enemy ships, were placed in the waterways that the pocket array must pass under the guidance of the crown of the ocean.

Time gradually passed, and with everyone's efforts, a large net covering the southern side of the Xingyao Islands was gradually formed.

Located at the top of the "Pyramid", there are two islands not far apart. There is a strait about three kilometers wide.

The final line of defense is here. If the plan goes well, most of the sea beasts will be lured here, and they will be drawn here thanks to the natural terrain.

The limited width of the defense line will prevent them from exerting an overwhelming numerical advantage, and they can only use a small number of sea beasts to continuously attack this three-kilometer defense line, and then they will be continuously consumed until the last sea beast is lost.

Of course, this is the perfect result.

Ji Chen stood at the highest point of the mountain on the west side, looked at the layers of islands in the distance, and secretly clenched his fists, as if he saw a huge wave of sea beasts coming in front of him.

It would be a lie to say there was no tension at all.

That was a wave of millions of sea beasts. Even if this number is just an exaggeration, the actual number must be somewhat different, but eight or nine million sea beasts definitely cannot escape.

This means that they have to kill a full 150 sea beasts for one unit.

Even with the help of artillery and mines, alchemists can only kill a small number of them. The outcome of this battle still depends on the crown of the ocean.

If you win, you can take away a very considerable reward, and then you don't have to worry about the resource consumption of recruiting the next round of troops.

If they lose, they can only run in desperation. The Xingyao Islands will be engulfed by the tide of sea beasts and turned into a dead zone, and countless aborigines will become food in their stomachs.

Inexplicably, he suddenly felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.

woohoo-

The dull horn sounded suddenly.

Ji Chen's expression straightened.

The wave of sea beasts is coming!
(End of this chapter)