Chapter 205 The entire archipelago is gone?

Ken and Jeremiah stood at the bow, staring blankly at the sea in front of them.

Seagulls flew across the sky, calling lazily. The sun was shining brightly, and it was a rare good day in the Storm Ocean, but the two of them just felt cold all over.

"Mr. Jeremiah, are you sure this is the right place? Were you wrong?"

If it were any other time, Jeremiah would have fiercely fought back against this question. He was a captain who had been at sea for half his life, so how could he have calculated the position wrong?

But at this time, he just said dryly: "I measured it correctly, it's here."

He subconsciously tugged at his collar, as if something was wrapped around his neck, and looked around unwillingly.

"This is the Martha Islands. Do you know the islands? Even if I measured it wrong, there shouldn't be no islands here."

Ken and Jeremiah fell silent again.

The two searched for Castel for a long time but found nothing. Jeremiah hesitated for a moment and decided to drive the boat back to Gem Bay first.

Those refugees can be resettled in Gem Bay first. He knows the island owner and can also add some supplies to the ship so that he can go back and find out what happened to Castel.

But.Jewel Bay is gone too.

Castres was only an island, but Jewel Bay was a whole country.

There are hundreds of islands in the Martha Archipelago, and dozens of islands larger than Bistel. The total population of the entire Jewel Bay is over 100,000, which is enough to support an entire Black Sail Fleet.

The entire Gem Bay, let alone the Empire's navy, even if the Royal Army comes up, they can fight back. This is also the confidence of the Pirate King and the Queen to challenge. Except for the lack of resources, Gem Bay has everything in terms of population and strategic depth.

It’s gone now?

Hundreds of thousands of people, gone? The Black Sail Fleet that crisscrossed the Storm Ocean, gone? Such a large Jewel Bay, an entire archipelago, the Martha Islands, which were the size of seven duchies, gone?

The sunlight was warm on his body and Jeremiah's face turned pale.

After an unknown amount of time, Ken finally spoke tremblingly: "Captain, there are still many refugees on board. How about we go to the Blood Harbor in Tiss County first?"

The Territory of Tis was originally the Duchy of Tis. It is the closest land to Castel and is a quiet and peaceful small country.

Grand Duke Tis worked hard to govern the country in an orderly manner. He did nothing wrong, but he forgot one thing: the Principality of Tis was too close to the Empire.

After a war, Tis was destroyed and the Principality of Tis became the Tis Territory of the Empire. The newly crowned Queen sat firmly on the Ironthorn Throne and the Empire's army began to conquer all directions.

A considerable number of Castres' islanders were refugees from that war, who crossed the sea to the nearest Castres.

Josh, who had set out on the ship earlier, got off the ship at the Blood Harbor in Tis County. If everything went well there, he might have gained some power of his own and could send these refugees there for temporary resettlement.

Jeremiah did not look very good. There were not many supplies left on the ship, and it was really urgent to dock. He had originally planned to sail the ship to Jewel Bay, but he never expected that the entire Martha Islands would disappear just like that.

Even in the church scriptures, there was no such outrageous story! Nora had preached to Jeremiah at the time, and he had actually read some scriptures, a memory he was reluctant to recall.

Jeremiah weighed the options for a moment and headed toward the captain's cabin.

"Boys, hoist the sail, we are heading for Blood Harbor."

"We need to go check out Gem Cove."

As Hughes spoke, the room fell into silence.

The sunlight poured in from the high windows and sprinkled on the gray concrete walls. This was the meeting room of Castres Cathedral. As it had just been built, there was no decoration and the furniture consisted of only simple long tables and wooden chairs. However, no one in the room was in the mood to sit down and chat.

Alexi, Chloe, and Ash looked at each other, and Chloe spoke first:

"Why do you feel like going there?"

"Three reasons." Hughes paced quickly in the room. "First, we are completely blocked. It is too difficult to ask for help from the Empire. It is far away, and the Imperial Navy may not be able to help us."

Several people nodded. It was OK for the Imperial Navy to guard the port, but to go out to sea to fight? Forget it.

After all, the empire has always been a landlocked country. It only gained its own access to the sea after conquering the Principality of Tis more than ten years ago. The navy was established only a few years ago, and the navy built from scratch is really unremarkable.

"Secondly, Gem Bay has a close relationship with us. If we ask for help, they will at least provide some help. At least they can help us pass on information and let us know what is happening outside the island."

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"Finally, you've noticed, right? This time the monster came from Gem Bay. They must have had more dealings with the monster, and maybe we can learn the truth about the monster."

Indeed, these monsters are really too weird. Why sea urchins turn into arm monsters is still unclear. Those arms look like human arms no matter how you look at them.

As for whether Gem Bay had been destroyed, Zeus was not too worried about that.

Humans may not be a match for these monsters in the sea, but the pirates of Gem Bay don't always live on their ships.

There are many huge islands in the Martha Islands, some of which can even be called land. Even with the weak combat power of the fishmen and the arm monsters, they can definitely survive as long as they are well prepared on land.

Pirates are a military group. It is hard to say how good their governance capabilities are, but they are very good at fighting.

Besides, how could an archipelago with a population of hundreds of thousands be destroyed just like that? The Empire fought for several years on the western battlefield alone, and the population on the opposite side was even smaller than that of Gem Bay.

"What you said does make sense, but how can we get there?"

Chloe glanced at Ash after she finished speaking. "The arm monster is indeed nothing to be afraid of, but in the sea it is the terrifying sea urchin. I don't think the Banshees can get past the monster's blockade in the sea and get there. Besides, the pirates may not be able to accept the existence of the Banshees."

Ash didn't say anything. She also felt that it was impossible to do anything. But if she was alone, there might be a chance to break out of the blockade. "Have you forgotten that the lord had a plan before." Alexi suddenly said, "Use steel to build ships. No matter how powerful those monsters are, they can't break steel, right?"

"If the steel is thick enough, it really can't be broken." Chloe frowned. "But how can we make it? The sea is full of monsters now."

"I didn't say we wanted to build a ship to go there." Xius stood up with a smile on his face, took out a blueprint and put it on the table.

"Ever heard of an airship?"

(End of this chapter)