Chapter 1003:
The sky is clear and clear, and the blue waves are thousands of miles away.
Greed's three steamships were sailing forward smoothly on the sea of Sunrise Ocean in this clear weather.
After the sea monster attack that day.
Capone then broke out into a fight between the casters.
Claudia, the leader of the Greed fleet, obviously knew what she should do.
If defending against sea monsters saves civilians, of course they can and should lend a helping hand. But this kind of pure internal fighting... must of course be kept as far away as possible without intending to interfere in its internal affairs.
Therefore, the fleet, which was confirmed to have completed supplies and repaired its hull, continued to sail towards the goal of the expedition.
The next task that the fleet currently needs to complete is to confirm accurate and safe sea lanes, reposition the country called [Nix Empire], and establish stable exchanges and trade with it again.
[Knicks] The geographical location of this country is quite advantageous.
If you want to give an example, it is like the connecting area between South America and North America on the earth. It occupies a key transportation node connecting the upper and lower continents. At the same time, it happens to be between the [Shenri Ocean] in the west and the [Argo Sea] in the east. 】 center.
Under normal circumstances -
as long as any transportation industry can shorten the voyage, the ensuing benefits will continue like a cash cow.
[Nikos] occupies such a geographical location, of course it is impossible not to understand the benefits of building a canal.
At the same time, because of the power of spellcasters in this world.
So hundreds of years ago, [Nikos] gathered its national power and built a giant canal that cut off the two continents to the north and south, and also connected the two seas to the west and east.
As long as there's something going on around here.
So basically there is no escaping the influence of this country and its famous canals.
Therefore, when the world situation was stable before, [Knicks] had always been a very important partner of [Grade]. Even though there was a clear gap in national strength between the two countries, [Knicks]’s status had always been because of this The existence of the canal has considerable weight.
Speaking of which, Ronald had interacted with people from this country before.
The Countess Leticia whom he tried to contact when he was in Springs was from here, and the relationship between the two was even pretty good.
...
Time continues to pass like this.
Three steamships moved forward on the sea, and opened a channel with the assistance of many magicians.
It seems that because of rescuing many residents in Capone, the voyage of the Greed fleet has been quite smooth in the past few days.
Until one morning in early June.
When everyone in the fleet felt that they were about to successfully arrive at [Nix] and achieve the first important result of this voyage.
On the steamer in the center of the fleet, a bright and good sound suddenly sounded
.
At this moment, Ronald was lying on the deck, flipping through the books borrowed from the Capone Library.
Suddenly startled by the sound of the trumpet, he immediately jumped up from the recliner.
"This horn... I remember that the fleet encountered a special situation, but I don't know if there is any danger notice?"
With a slightly confused expression, Ronald first put the books away and put them inside his clothes. Then he recited a spell, flew high into the sky, and began to take advantage of the height to look around.
There is no need to activate detection spells afterwards.
With only his naked eyesight, Ronald saw a multi-track wooden sailing ship with a unique shape but fast enough to catch up with the steamer, heading towards the Greed fleet from the direction it came from. The direction came over.
And the other party didn't seem to have any intention of covering up.
Eye-catching magic fluctuations enveloped the entire sailboat, indicating that this was a powerful magic ship carefully crafted by spellcasters.
"..."
Looking at the ship behind, Ronald's expression in the air became strange.
When he was resting in Kurpis in the past few months, he also subscribed to the newspaper in Montenegro Town, so he was relatively familiar with some of the more famous international news.
And the flag hung on the pursuing sailboat.
It was exactly what Ronald had seen in the newspaper, the flag of the newly established country after the destruction of Entrod's original country - the [Entrode Democratic Republic]!
So this is a ship from Entrod?
Shitir's subordinates?
To be honest, Ronald couldn't figure out the purpose of this ship appearing on the sea at this moment, let alone the reason why they were following the Greed fleet.
Strong curiosity drove Ronald to want to see the situation on the other party's ship.
But thinking of his current status on the Greed fleet, he still suppressed his curiosity and landed back on the deck.
Immediately, Ronald's return was noticed.
Some casters who were still unclear about the situation immediately gathered around:
"Mr. Ronald, did you find anything?"
Ronald explained naturally and frankly:
"It's a ship. There is a multi-rail sailboat chasing us. Coming over."
"They are Entrod... Look at the flag hanging on the ship. This is a ship of the Entrod Republic. I don't know the specific situation." "...
"
"Entrod Republic? "
Their sailboat?"
"What are these guys chasing after? They can't be here to cause trouble for us, right?"
In this way, the discussion was passed on the deck.
The short sea surface could not prevent the practitioners from communicating with each other. The passengers on the three ships were all informed of the situation within a few hours.
Faced with this situation, Claudia also ordered the fleet to slow down.
After Entrod's ship caught up behind them, people from both sides immediately sent people to communicate the situation, and everyone also learned the specific situation.
This magical sailing ship was indeed chasing the Greed fleet.
The reason is that because of the establishment of the new country, Entrod now very much wants to express his position in the international arena and at the same time prove the power of his country.
So while knowing that Greed was preparing to launch an expedition against the remnants of the [Nine Rings Secret Society]. The remaining intelligence agency that Entrod had reorganized immediately passed the news back to the country.
After receiving the news, the leader of Entrod immediately made a decision and decided to organize his own ship to join this crusade against the [Nine Rings Secret Society].
However, due to the chaotic environment that has just calmed down in the country, it is impossible to form a luxury fleet like Greed.
Only a small number of elite young magicians gathered together, and then they drove this magical sailboat left over from history and began to chase Greed's fleet.
Of course, the fleet leader Claudia had no objection to this situation.
——But it brought trouble to Ronald!
On the night when the two ships met, an investigator knocked on the door of Ronald's cabin from outside.
Then the other party said in a very respectful tone, but also revealed these strange things:
"Mr. Ronald, Entrod's envoy heard that you were on the ship, and took the initiative to express the hope that you can come and participate in the banquet tonight." "
They... It seems like I really want to meet you?"
(End of this chapter)