With the continuous investment of manpower, the port now has a rough shape.
According to the estimate of the person in charge, Eamon, if the construction period is given another year or so, it will be almost completed and can be used in advance.
The simple pier was extended, and the Dawnbreaker from the Crescent Continent docked here. Now the ship has become Simon's office.
Over the past few days, the foundry craftsman has adapted to life in the port. Apart from repairing ships and building new ones every day, he spends the rest of his time either practicing or eating barbecue and drinking Shanlin Town's unique distilled liquor with Rig and others who have recently been stationed here.
Many people cannot adapt to this spicy taste, but he enjoys it very much, especially when he takes a bite while forging, which makes him feel energized.
At noon that day, Rig boarded the Dawn with barbecue and fine wine.
He knew that the dark-skinned uncle on the boat was a distinguished guest of Wu Beiling, and he also knew that he was a strong man.
Whether it was to entertain distinguished guests or to get close to the powerful out of selfish motives in order to gain an opportunity to be instructed, it was reasonable for Rig to do so.
"Here comes Rig!"
Simon rubbed his palms together and put down the polished parts in his hands. "Did you bring the wine?"
Rig raised the white porcelain bottle in his hand: "Haha, anything can be forgotten, but this thing will never be forgotten!"
Simon quickly ran over to take it: "It's too little, you'd better get me a tank!"
"I asked the winemaker, and he said that the Lord had just developed this kind of wine, so it will probably take some time before it can be mass-produced."
The two set up a small table on the deck and began to eat and drink.
Soon, a knight who was patrolling on the shore quickly boarded the ship and said, "Captain, there are ships approaching on the sea!"
Rig quickly dropped the meat in his hand and stood up.
Their team was stationed here to prevent enemy sneak attacks.
But during these days, the sea was calm and it seemed that no enemy was concerned about this place.
He took out his telescope and saw the flag flying on the ship at a glance. He was shocked: "It's pirates, the Ghost Tide Pirates!"
After the shock, there was joy.
It’s good to have enemies, because having enemies means you can gain military merit.
He was feeling very upset because he didn't have the chance to take part in the attack on Moonlight Valley this time.
"Go, everyone listen up, gather and prepare to meet the enemy!"
"Can I see it?"
Simon came over and took the telescope handed over by Rig, "It is indeed the pirate flag that Reese mentioned, but why is there only one?"
Rig frowned. He was so happy that he didn't notice that the other party only had one ship.
"They want to attack Wubei Territory with just one ship. They really look down on us!"
Soon, the ship arrived a hundred meters away from the port.
However, it did not continue to move forward, but stopped where it was.
On the shore, Rig had already led his men to be on high alert, but he felt awkward facing this situation.
Since Reese took the trained navy to Rapids Island, they had no available ships here, and if the other side did not land, they really had no way to deal with them.
For a long time, the pirate ship was silent.
Rig was surprised and asked, "Could it be that he was just passing by and not coming to attack us?"
But soon, fire was lit on the ship.
With a buzzing sound, a 20-30 meter long fire snake sprang out from the pirate ship, carrying flames and huge impact force, bombarding the various ironwood facilities in the port! Rig's eyes suddenly widened, "It's a magic cannon, they are specially used to attack the port!"
Only at this moment did he realize the other party's purpose.
He leaped forward, trying to intercept the red flame snake before it arrived, but it was obvious that he was not as fast as magic.
Just when the fire snake was about to destroy the port buildings, Simon appeared in front of the fire snake and smashed it to pieces with one punch.
"Ronin's prediction was really accurate. I didn't expect you guys to actually come to the port."
He took a step and flew directly into the air, arriving in front of the pirate who was about to fire a second shot but was frightened by the scene in front of him.
Simon kicked the gunner away, confiscated the magic cannon, then pulled out the opponent's sword and put it on his neck.
"If you don't want to die, dock the boat now."
The crisis at Wubei Port was resolved calmly.
At the same time, things were not peaceful on Rapids Island.
On the vast sea, five warships were traveling together, heading straight for Jiliu Island.
Standing at the bow of the middle warship was a tall knight, Viscount Partridge of Crescent Island, who was loyal to the Fleming family.
As a Meteor Knight, he did not take this mission seriously at all. In his opinion, conquering Rapids Island was as easy as going out for a trip.
It's a bit of a waste to dispatch five warships.
"My Lord Viscount, the mountain ahead is Rapids Island." The captain said, pointing to the protruding land on the sea ahead.
Partridge leaned on the railing with both hands, and said in high spirits: "Order all ships to prepare landing tools and get ready for battle!"
Whoosh~ Just at this moment, a strong wind blew by, and the originally clear sky suddenly became overcast, as if the sun was blocked by dark clouds.
Patrick subconsciously looked up into the sky, and just this one glance made him fall into a state of shock.
"Seven Gods, what the hell is this!"
The huge black shadow in the sky was as long as a warship, and its wingspan was as long as seventy or eighty meters, covering the sky and the sun!
Patridge was also a man who had seen the world, but facing Carlos who was speeding towards him, he admitted that he was terrified.
"Is it a passing monster?"
Partridge prayed in his heart, "But, the outside world says that Ronin seems to have a giant dragon..."
In the air, Carlos was gliding.
On its back, Karada sat trembling, looking at the five warships below with a telescope.
"Mr. Dragon, I know the man standing on the bow of the ship in the middle. He is Meteor Knight Partridge, a vassal of Screaming Island. He should be the commander of this pirate group."
As soon as he finished speaking, the flames formed a string of words in front of him: "I know!"
This is Carlos' way of communicating with outsiders.
Carlos suddenly changed direction in the air, causing the air flow to become chaotic. If Karada had not been restrained by the other party, he would probably have fallen down.
“Here it comes!”
Partridge's eyes widened: "Sure enough, it's coming for us!"
He roared madly: "Everyone, aim your magic cannons at the monsters in the air and fire!"
Faced with such a huge monster, everyone was terrified, but Patridge's voice made them take action subconsciously.
Suddenly, a total of ten magic cannons on the five warships fired at Carlos like fireworks, with a deafening sound.
Karada felt a chill on his back when he saw this scene. If there had not been the dragon, Rapids Island would have definitely been blown to pieces by the magic artillery in this battle.
Faced with such a bombardment, Carlos emitted white mist from his nose to express his anger.
Then, it opened its bloody mouth and a tremendous flame like magma poured out, which was controlled by Carlos to intercept the attack of the magic cannon.
It spun in the air and spit out a five or six meter long ice arrow, which slammed into the ship in the middle.
Faced with the dragon's maneuverability, no matter how Patridge controlled the ship, he could not escape the fate of being bombed. They were like targets placed on the sea.
The huge ice arrow grew bigger and bigger in his pupils, and finally fell on the deck and exploded, and the sturdy warship began to fall into pieces.
Partridge leaped forward, trying to jump onto another boat.
But he only felt a gust of hurricane passing by, and then his body tightened. When he looked around clearly, he found that he had been caught in the claws of the dragon.
As long as Carlos wanted, he would explode with just a slight pinch.
This is a complete dimensionality reduction attack.
At the same time, on Rapids Island, Reese and Lusen left the port with their warships.
Each of these warships is worth five or six thousand gold coins. It would be a shame if they were all burned.
So they planned to board the ships and fight after getting rid of the troublesome guys, and take as many of these warships as possible. (End of this chapter)