It’s a pity that although the other party is the deputy leader, he doesn’t know the confidential information.

He only knew that it was Mondo who took the initiative to come to him about this matter. As for Mondo's identity and who was behind the assassination of Ronin, Callaway had no idea.

It is obvious that the deputy leader of the White Whale Pirates is just a nominal position. The key figure is still the leader of this group of pirates, but the other party usually does not take action personally.

Although he did not obtain any useful information about the assassination, Roning did gain a certain understanding of the pirates of the Howling Sea.

The White Whale Pirates were a relatively large group. In addition to them, there were Bloodsail and Ghost Tide, which were of similar size. In the early days, the fleets of the Kingdom and the Earl of Screaming Island had also surrounded and suppressed them.

However, the ocean is so vast, and robbery can bring quick and huge profits, so pirates cannot be eliminated.

However, they usually only target merchant ships, and will leave once they get what they want. It is rare to see a ship collide with Dennis III at the cost of losing a ship like today.

According to Kalam, the reason for choosing to ram a ship was, on the one hand, to facilitate the assassination, and on the other hand, when the royal family, Wushanbao and other nobles investigated, they could attribute it to an accidental incident such as a collision, rather than turning the blame on the pirates.

After all, the grandson of the Wushan family might become the king’s son-in-law. Once it is found out that he was assassinated at sea, it will surely lead to revenge.

If Roning didn't know magic, if his strength didn't reach the gold level, it would be possible for the other party to succeed.

The night sea breeze blew on Ronin who was standing at the bow, making him feel a little cold.

In this situation, if he spends the night in the sea, even if he is a Golden Knight, he may suffer from hypothermia after spending the night in the sea.

"Count Ronin."

Knight Reiss walked out of the cabin. Although his expression still gave people a feeling of aloofness and indifference, his mood had changed fundamentally.

In the evening naval battle, Ronin saved the lives of at least half of the people on Dennis III, including Reese himself.

Although the decisiveness, determination, courage and strength he displayed could not completely conquer Reese, they had already won the latter's respect.

Reese came over and leaned on the bow railing. "Who do you think was responsible for this assassination?"

Roning shook his head. He knew who wanted to kill him, but he couldn't be sure who had teamed up with the White Whale Pirates to plan the assassination.

"I guess it might have something to do with the Count of Screaming Island."

Reese expressed his guess.

"Count Alfonso is a famous seventh-level wizard in the kingdom, and the Fleming family calls themselves a magic family. They have the ability to create magic cannons, and they have always regarded my Dennis family as an enemy. Friction and conflict have never stopped over the years."

"Now that we have seen your and my strong rise, we have realized that the situation in the Howling Sea may change in the future. In order to protect the Fleming family's maritime interests, they have the motivation to deal with us."

Eliminating two threatening people from a rival family in one operation is a huge benefit.

"Your guess makes sense, but we can't accuse people based on guesses alone. Captain Bran said that the White Whale Pirates robbed the ship of the Earl's family of Screaming Island. Even if the magic cannon is really the product of the great wizard Alfonso, the Fleming family can be said to have been robbed by the White Whale Pirates."

Roning is going to meet His Majesty the King this time. If he has conclusive evidence, he can report it directly to the king and let him make the decision.

But given the current situation, I guess we can only suffer in silence.

Assassinating a noble is a felony, and slandering a noble is also a felony, especially when the other party is the overlord of the Howling Sea.

And in Ronin's opinion, compared with the Fleming family, Orson and Jesus are more likely.

Apart from anything else, the birthplace of the Skull and Bones Society, where the assassin Mondo who was just killed by Ronin was located, is likely to be within the territory of the Hyde family.

Last time, even with the key figure Lei Sen present, they still couldn't come up with any results. This time, it would be even more difficult to drag the nobles into the water through the captured Kalam and others.

Instead of wasting time on such fruitless things, it is better to promote the construction of ports and maritime fleets.

A weak country has no diplomacy. In fact, this can also be applied to the relationship between the duchies, marquises and earls within the Kingdom of Alduin.

No matter when, strength is the foundation.

"When we get to Niujiao Bay, hand these people over to the royal family for custody and trial. Then write a letter to your father and Wushan Fort, and they will send someone to deal with it."

Reese nodded slightly. It was fine for him to fight with others, but he was not very interested in dealing with such troublesome things. He looked Ronin up and down, "It's time to talk about your business, Earl."

Luo Ning was stunned, a little confused.

"My business?"

"What is your current strength, Silver level? Or Gold level?"

Reese asked, "Also, you are a magician. What level of magician are you?"

Although the number of magicians was much smaller than that of knights, they were not so rare that he had no chance to see them. At least when he was studying at the Royal Knights Academy, he had seen many magicians. Of course, most of them were junior, intermediate or advanced magicians, and stronger magicians were relatively rare.

Reese had witnessed the magician casting magic, and his intuition told him that the large-scale defensive spell that Ronin had just used that could block arrows was definitely not the so-called third-level magic wind wall that the latter mentioned.

But an eighteen-year-old fourth-level magician, this sounds ridiculous.

"Want to know?"

Luo Ning raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and did not answer the other party's doubts, but said: "When you can defeat me, I will tell you."

Reese took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with powerlessness and frustration.

If it were before today, he still thought that he might be able to defeat Roning, but after today's naval battle, after seeing the opponent's strength thoroughly, he knew in his heart that the possibility of defeating the opponent was very slim.

Reese seemed to see the style of Crown Prince Garrett in Ronin, and he was afraid that in the future only the two of them would be able to compete with each other.

Roning sensed the powerlessness and frustration in the other's eyes, and wondered if today's battle had brought too much of a shock to Reese, who refused to admit defeat. So he patted the other's shoulder and encouraged him:

“No matter what insurmountable peaks you encounter, you must keep a normal attitude, face it with a smile, and keep going!”

Reese came back to his senses and raised the corners of his mouth. This time the fake smile seemed more sincere.

"You told me to consider following you."

Luo Ning was startled for a moment, then showed a look of joy, "Why, you are willing to follow me?"

"With the calmness, courage, and strength you showed in the naval battle just now, you are indeed worthy of my following."

Reese said seriously: "I will go back and discuss this matter with my father."

Unlike Rognar, the second son of Viscount Marvin, Reese is the heir to the Dennis family.

Whether he chooses to work under Roning for a period of time or really follows Roning, this is not just his business and needs to be discussed with other members of the Dennis family.

"Hahaha!"

Roning slapped the soft armor on the other's shoulder heavily: "Landlord Wu Bei welcomes you to join us at any time, Knight Reese!"

What he lacks now is strong knights, and both high-level, bronze and silver ones are in short supply.

He was looking for someone like Reese who had potential, was strong, and could adapt to naval warfare. (End of this chapter)