Struggle in the Steam Age

2:30 in the morning. At the mouth of a river in the east of Neusauer Island, three boats were moored quietly on the calm sea. These boats all anchored and sailed, looking very relaxed.

On the shore not far away, two old-fashioned ships were taken off their masts and pushed to the beach to maintain their bottoms. And on the beach by the boat. Many pirates sang and danced around a few campfires, while drinking all kinds of spirits they got before or using dice to gamble. There were also several places where you could see pirates boxing there, and a group of them surrounded them. The person placing the bet.

"Boss, I'm a little worried." On the bow of the steam sailing boat with a black and gold-lined well-known metal calamari prow stood two figures, one tall and one short, looking at the lively scene on the shore. The tall pirate lowered his head and spoke to the short leader.

The leader of this short man is the leader of this group of pirates known as the Mist of Slaughter, the black priest Sam who had previously aposted from the Poseidon Church. Unlike other pirate leaders on the sea, this black priest is very neatly dressed. If it weren't for the necklace of human parietal bones hanging on the neck, it looked more like a scholar than a murderous pirate.

After listening to the advice from his subordinates, he did not take them to heart, but said with disapproval: "The previous business was really worthwhile, but it also made the navy like crazy dogs after smelling it. After chasing them, I finally threw them away. So now there is nothing wrong with letting the little boys relax."

The tall subordinates naturally knew that the boss was right. In order to escape, they not only gave up the good ship they had grabbed at the time, but also sunk an old sailing ship in the pursuit, losing 1/6 of the people. So now these pirates have been in a very nervous state before.

After all, the pirates are not the navy, and they are much more vulnerable than the soldiers in the face of such great pressure. Therefore, there have been two mutinies in the pirate regiment along the way. Fortunately, the black priest Sam, as a mid-level transcendent, can smoothly suppress these people on the ship, so after killing a group of people, it can be regarded as controlling the situation.

But the bosses on the ship also knew that everyone had reached their limit, and it was impossible to hold on for too long in this state. Therefore, after entering this sea area, the pirates on the ship will be allowed to go ashore to repair and repair the ship by the way.

The reason why I didn't go to those places with people was purely because I was worried that going to those small human settlements would gain too little, but it would cause dissatisfaction with the subordinates, and finally caused the pirates to go ashore and escape. On land, he was not sure to recover and kill all the pirates who fled. Large settlements generally have strong defenses, and with their current conditions, even if they are attacked, they will suffer heavy losses.

So he chose the beach at the mouth of the river with good natural conditions as a temporary stop for his rest. As for the bullying goblins around, they must gather the power of many tribes if they want to attack them. But at that time they were already flying far away.

There is a certainty that the black priest Sam dares to stop here like this, that is, there is no power that can defeat them on the sea on the surrounding islands. So he is not worried about any sneak attacks.

As for Lawrence, the new lord of the island, he also knows, but he doesn't think this young man in his early 20s has any ability to control the island in just a few months. More importantly, he had also sent people to the largest settlement in the northern part of the island to investigate, and found that the lord had not even been to that small village except for sending people to purchase there.

In the eyes of the pirate, Lawrence's approach is obviously a peculiar performance after he has no control over his territory. So I chose to reopen new territories elsewhere. Therefore, he was not worried that Lawrence, as the local lord, would pose any threat to him and his men.

"It must have been a little boy from a noble family who got this territory by relying on his parents. This kind of guy who doesn't know anything must just coat himself with gold in this place. Maybe now he is holding his arms in the bed. The maid is crying," Black Priest Sam grumbled dissatisfiedly. "But that's okay. When that happens, I only need to fire a shot or two at the place where he is now, and that little **** will send me everything I want."

After speaking, the black priest Sam turned around and walked into the cabin with his subordinate. He believed that the series of magic traps and early warning facilities he had set up before should not be able to be touched by anyone in this area quietly, so he was ready to take this opportunity that everyone could relax and go back to the room to sleep for a while.

After all, he had been busy for a long time to escape and ascend to heaven, and now the whole person feels extremely tired. For a spellcaster, the exhausted state will affect his strength, especially the use of that important magic item. So in order to prepare for the next action, even if he is worried about his opponents, he must take a good rest.

When the black priest Sam returned to sleep in the cabin, a steam sailing ship was running quietly on the sails at a distance of seven or eight nautical miles from the mouth of the river, and the one standing on the bow of the ship was thought to be only Lawrence, a coward who dared to hide in the bed and comforted by a maid.

"How far are we from the destination?" Lawrence asked Fatina next to him as the shadow representing the island on the distant water antenna grew bigger and bigger. The clouds in the sky are very low today, and a little mist has formed on the sea. If all of the ship's helm and observation were not the scavengers brought by Fatina, Lawrence would not dare to travel along the coastline with many reefs in this weather.

Due to the obvious gap between the strength of the two sides at sea, Lawrence proposed in the previous meeting that this attack needs to launch a sneak attack on the enemy through the dark night or early morning. But this plan has an extremely important key point, that is, if the Enterprise approaches from a far sea, the other party will find out and prepare in advance, which will lead to the direct failure of the attack.

Fortunately, Fatina said that the rat people under her had professional night guides and helmsmen, and several rat people who had served in the surrounding navies were able to take part in the action. With the help of these rat people, the Enterprise can use the terrain surrounding the pirate ship's anchoring point as a cover to launch an assault from a distance that the opponent could not react.

"Less than ten nautical miles~www.ltnovel.com~ Fatina and the mouseman watcher on the mast squeaked a few times, then raised their head and said to Lawrence. "If everything goes well, we will be within two hours. Arrived at the destination. "

"I'm back." As soon as Fatina's voice fell, Nora also completed aerial reconnaissance and fell from the sky and then reported to Lawrence, "I have found the pirate anchorage 17 or 8 kilometers away. There were more than a dozen fires on the beach that showed the silver mine at the anchorage very clearly..."

"It's not a trap, right?" Lawrence asked subconsciously. After all, there were many battles in the previous life that used empty camps to lure enemies into night attacks and then ambush those night attackers. So much so that when he heard that the pirates seemed to be in a loose state, his first reaction was that the other party was luring the enemy.

"Definitely not." Nora shook her head. She could understand Lawrence's nervousness, because she thought that way at the beginning. . So during the investigation, he also carried out further investigations. "Those pirates around the fire lie directly on the beach and rest. I probably counted the number of each other, and found that they should be apart from the people on duty on the three ships. The rest are almost all on the beach."

The ships used by these pirates are all standard cargo, so the number of people on board can basically be regarded as a fixed number. So Nora's judgment now can be regarded as a more accurate conclusion.