Chapter 210 Deep Sea Dream
Old Ivan maneuvered the train to slowly stop in front of the boulder. As the workers on the roof began to operate, a mechanical arm extended down and inserted into the side of the boulder.
Then the noisemaker drove the transmission gear, making a teeth-grinding sound, and the boulder was pried aside from the center of the railway.
Old Ivan pulled the joystick, and the locomotive used to clear the road pushed the stone completely to the side of the road, and the train continued to move forward.
Woo——
The whistle sounded again.
No one gets off the train during the entire journey, and the workers operating on the roof are protected by guard plates. As long as the railway is not damaged, this train can eliminate most troubles on its own.
The crowd cheered again, and Hughes finally smiled.
This train is not just a simple train for transporting ore. Ever since the fishmen began to harass them day and night, the islanders have been trapped within the high walls of the church.
If a large number of murlocs land, the Crusaders and Banshees will go to repel them, but small-scale infiltrations are simply impossible to prevent.
If the army is going out, it would be fine. Small groups of fishmen are basically here to deliver food, but if the workers want to leave the high walls, they must be escorted by a large number of soldiers. This is very costly and will take up a lot of manpower.
It is not a problem to get out through the underground webway, but firstly, someone has to be assigned to guard the webway, and secondly, this is Castel, their home, and no one wants to live underground like a rat.
Hughes was determined to get people out of the walls and into the sunshine of Castel.
The end result is this armored train, which is easy to move and can travel quickly on the railway, and the heavy armor can withstand the attacks of arm monsters.
People can go wherever the railway network is built, and they can also carry out other construction along the railway line. The armored train is a mobile firing point, a walking gun tower! People walked out of the wall, recaptured the factory, and finally pushed back into the sea to find the source of the changes in the sea. I hope we can move from one victory to another. Hughes prayed silently in his heart.
Ken slammed the table, stood up, and walked out with gritted teeth.
"Hey, Ken, calm down. I know you're in a hurry to find the prince, but it's still late at night. If you fall into the water when you get off the boat, there's no way you can get yourself out!"
Josh jumped up, rushed forward to hug Ken, turned his head and shouted to the other side of the room: "Jeremiah, come and help too!"
The dim candlelight was shaken by the movements of the two people, and Jeremiah's face in the corner was reflected in uncertain light and dark. He held an empty silver wine jug in his hand and looked at the two people at the door with indifference.
This is his captain's room. There are a lot of things piled up in the room. Although it is messy, it makes him feel at ease, especially after he saw those strange things on the shore just now.
It is said that many old captains were unwilling to spend the night on land even if they docked. Jeremiah always mocked them for having forgotten how to walk on land.
But tonight, he also planned to sleep on the boat.
Jeremiah pulled out the scimitar from his waist, and the sharp cold light flickered even in the dim candlelight.
The two teenagers swallowed, stopped arguing, and stood still.
Only then did they remember that the person in front of them was not the factory director or their elderly father, but a famous pirate in the Storm Ocean.
After Jeremiah pulled out the scimitar, he glanced at the blade, reached out and grasped the blade, turned the blade, and handed the handle to Ken.
"If you want to go, take this."
Ken hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to raise his hand, he was grabbed by Josh.
"No, no, Captain. I will go to the Prince's mansion with Ken tomorrow. I've been there before for the soap business, so I'm familiar with the place!"
After saying that, he looked at Ken again: "I am also worried about Gaia and Old Ivan, but it is better to know more details now, so that when I talk to the 'Prince' tomorrow, I will be more confident."
Ken took a deep breath, trying to calm his chaotic thoughts. He slowly sat back, lowered his head and bit his lips. After a long while, a muffled voice came from the other side.
"Mr. Jeremiah, could you tell me more about what you saw and heard on the shore?"
Jeremiah's eyes swept over Ken and Josh one by one. He nodded silently, put the scimitar back into the sheath, and half-lay in the armchair, lost in his memories.
The story begins today.
Earlier, while Ken was checking in with the port tax collector, Jeremiah had found his informant on shore.
Pirates would keep some informants on the shore. This is a very old tradition. Before Gem Bay unified the Storm Ocean, when the Principality of Tis still existed, pirates used the information from these informants to plunder at sea.
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If they had really been stranded on the sea, they would have starved to death long ago.
Of course, pirates nowadays can no longer make a living by looting, and Jeremiah’s so-called informants are just a few intelligence dealers who help him to make connections and do some smuggling work.
Jeremiah went to find them, firstly to understand the situation and to resettle the refugees from the north, and secondly because he had an "acquaintance" here.
That was the tattooed man with whom Jeremiah once collected maritime taxes. Jeremiah knew that he secretly worshipped the Church of Poseidon, an organization that was once one of the five major orthodox religions but is now regarded as a cult, and his identity was also shady.
Jeremiah had no interest in the Church of Poseidon, but he knew that this man was a direct subordinate of the Pirate King. If anyone knew what happened in Gem Bay, he would definitely be the one closest to the truth.
Because the Church of Poseidon has some means to contact the Pirate King directly. Jeremiah has seen this. The Pirate King uses this ability to command the Black Sail Fleet across the storm, thereby unifying the entire ocean.
Since they obtained a stable supply of nitroglycerin in Castres, the two men have made great contributions and no longer have to go around collecting maritime taxes. Jeremiah went to Castres to live permanently, and the tattooed man bought a house in Blood Harbor to live out his retirement in peace.
Jeremiah was very surprised by this. The man looked to be only in his thirties, so why did he have to start retirement?
He successfully found the tattooed man and told him about the situation in Gem Bay. The man was also very surprised. After Jeremiah's repeated persuasion, he decided to contact the Pirate King directly to find out what had happened.
The man's way of communicating is to sleep in bed. It is said that he will enter a huge dream world where he can communicate with the Pirate King.
Jeremiah just watched the man lie on the bed, and then watched him turn into a monster.
(End of this chapter)