In the afternoon at the Flying Fish Islands, the sky is as blue as a gem and the waves are as green as emerald.

"Wooo ...

"Clatter, clatter~"

In the sky, seagulls and banshees flew together. Above the blue sea, Rosen, Laertris, and Nelophilia stood side by side on the bow of the Sturgeon, looking at everything in front of them.

Narakufilia changed into a set of dark blue leather armor, which was the spare uniform of a banshee warrior.

Although they were about the same height, their other sizes were a little small, so the leather armor was stretched out very full, as if it would break at any moment.

Fortunately, the leather armor is of good quality. It looks tough, but it actually holds the plump body of the Banshee Queen securely.

In the waves, the mermen and banshees were busy as they were loading pieces of natural nugget gold and plates of the finest quality pearls onto the Sturgeon.

Although the Sturgeon is not a cargo ship, its structure is very solid and it has a fairly good cargo capacity.

Moreover, a lot of black stone was burned along the way, so a lot of cargo space was freed up.

"More than ten years ago, Levender's slave ships often came to harass us, and we couldn't drive them all away. Many sisters were captured, and they had no intention of reproducing, so their numbers dwindled, and there are only about 15,000 left."

Looking at the anxious banshee sisters, Narakufilia felt helpless and sad.

Laertris whispered to comfort her, "Mother, everything will be fine."

"Rosen is an outstanding lord. He will surely protect us and allow the sisters to reintegrate into this new world."

Hearing this, Narakufilia's expression became serious and she turned to look at Rosen.

"Although we have decided to move to the Triangle Sea, we will not recognize your qualifications as a lord unless you go through the True King Ceremony."

Rosen felt that this was a bit awkward and discussed, “Perhaps the tradition should be changed. The True King Ceremony should be held as usual, but only symbolically.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the mother and daughter both shook their heads solemnly, objecting in unison.

"no!"

Laertris said, "Maybe it will change in the future, but not in our generation."

"Because all the sisters grew up in the tradition, without the True King Ceremony, he is not a True King!"

Narakufilia said: "Lily is right."

"We can live outside the Triangle Sea and be friendly neighbors. But if the Baron wants to control the sisters of our branch and use the gold and pearls we have accumulated over the years, he must hold the True King Ceremony."

Rosen looked at the banshee dancing on the sea.

More than 15,000 banshees, more than 500,000 murlocs, about 15 tons of gold, more than 30,000 exquisite pearls and various precious minerals.

This is an extremely powerful force. Being a neighbor would be very uncomfortable, and it might even alienate the conservative faction of banshees in Laertris's branch.

Because Neferniloa's personal charm is so strong, she will definitely attract a large number of banshees to follow her willingly.

So, we can’t be neighbors.

Faced with the huge practical benefits, he could only nod and say, "When we return to the Triangle Sea, we will hold the True King Ceremony."

Seeing Rosen nod, Narakufilia secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After all, she didn't want to be a neighbor of an ambitious and powerful lord with extraordinary magical talent.

She never wanted the tragedy of the Flying Fish Islands to happen again.

Seeing that Rosen seemed a little unable to accept it, she smiled and said, "Although Lily and I are mother and daughter, the banshees live independently as long as they reach adulthood. Our relationship is more like that of sisters, so it's no big deal."

After a pause, she added: "Besides, I don't plan to have any more royal descendants."

Rosen's heart was slightly moved when he heard this, and he asked curiously: "Descendant of the royal family?"

"It is to give birth to an offspring who inherits the power of the high ring. Not only does it take a great deal of time, but it also requires the use of secret methods to split off a part of the soul."

At this point, Narakufilia turned to look at her daughter, and said with emotion: "Giving birth to Lily cost me half my life."

Laertris gently hugged her mother to express her gratitude.

Rosen was very curious and pointed in the direction of the cliff: "That sage should have gained the inspiration to break through the ring wall from a similar secret method, right?"

Narofilia nodded: "It should be, but he is indeed a genius in magic, yes, a cruel and ruthless genius."

Rosen was also very interested in this secret technique, and he bet that any magician would be interested in it.

Because Lafengge's secret method of breaking the wall is far from mature.

“Can I know the details?”

Narofilia smiled and said, "You can let Lily tell you now, or I can tell you after you go through the True King Ceremony."

"But this is a secret method passed down by our ancient ancestors. It only works on women. I don't know why."

After a pause, she revealed another secret: "It is said that the God of Nature and the God of Glory also encountered this problem, and they were never able to solve it."

Rosen found it amazing.

"Indeed. The first generation Lord of Light and the God of Nature, the Mighty Father, were both men, but in modern times, one became the Goddess of Light and the other became the Mother of Nature."

Laertris added: "And Melchilina from the White Sturgeon Island. I once fought with her."

Rosen carefully recalled the historical context and found more and more evidence: "Even ordinary sons of God have similar situations."

"Women seem to have a natural advantage in inheriting divine blood."

His wife Selena's divine blood is thicker than her brother's. Saint Weilan is one of the few descendants of gods in the Natural Alliance who has been promoted to the sixth ring by her own strength.

After careful consideration, Rosen guessed that it might be because the gene that affects magical talent is written on the X chromosome.

Women have two of these chromosomes.

It could also be in the mitochondrial genes, since they are inherited from the mother.

Genes and chromosomes naturally exist in other worlds as well.

As a rigorous wizard, he has confirmed its existence many times through magical experiments.

Thinking of this, he had a feeling that if he wanted to thoroughly study the secret method of breaking through the ring wall, it would probably be impossible to do so by relying on superficial methods such as rough dissection and drug testing. He still had to start from the bottom-level genes.

I thought secretly in my heart.

'After returning, I will open a blood research bureau and make an optical microscope. No, this is not enough.'

"Perhaps we need to develop a special magic microscope, increase the magnification to the extreme, and study bloodline inheritance issues specifically."

On the other side, Narakufilia saw that Rosen didn't say anything, and thought that he minded that she didn't have children, so she said: "If the Baron wants a son of Gao Huan, I can also have another one."

Rosen was startled, then came to his senses and said with a smile: "No, no, no, Madam, don't be embarrassed. I don't have such an idea. I was just thinking about the problem of bloodline magic."

Seeing a trace of fear on the other person's face again, I immediately realized that he was still in shock and was afraid that he might have thought wrongly, so I added a sentence.

"Madam, I hate what that sage did. I think he has lost his basic humanity, and I will never go down that path."

Laertris immediately said, "Don't worry, mother. Rosen is a kind lord. He treats every citizen of the island equally."

Narakufilia also felt that she was worrying too much and relaxed.

At this point, the banshee's joining was basically discussed, but Rosen still had a small concern.

"Your Majesty, I am worried that I cannot defeat you and pass the True King Ceremony."

Although the chances of winning are very high, there is also a small probability of failure, because once he fails to suppress the opponent in the first wave and is pulled away by the opponent, his chances of winning will quickly decrease.

Neferoniya smiled softly: "Baron, you risked your life to save us, which fully proves your bravery, so there is no need to fight."

In other words, just conquer.

But even this doesn't seem to be simple.

After a while, all the good things were packed.

As for the trivial items, Rosen waved his hand and said, "The most important thing now is to leave quickly. If we wait too long, something bad might happen."

In this case, the banshees and murlocs of the Flying Fish Islands all traveled light, followed the Sturgeon, and began to migrate towards the triangular sea area in the northwest.

Narophilia is worthy of being the Banshee Queen. She has an extremely strong body. After resting on the White Swan for a while, she fully recovered her strength.

She stretched out her arms and changed into a flying state. She spread her wings and rushed into the sky like an arrow, becoming the wind-breaking leader of the banshee clan in the sky.

Rosen took a look and said, "Lily, your mother's flying skills are amazingly powerful."

She feels much stronger than Laertris.

Laertris looked at her mother flying in the sky with a proud look on her face: "Even if we ignore the difference in strength, my mother's flying skills are the best among all the banshees."

“She is the queen of the waves and the queen of the sky. No one can fly better than her.”

Rosen looked at Nalofilia's agile figure, and his heart moved slightly:

"She is the best aerodynamics expert. When I return, I will ask her to be the flight consultant of the Flight Research Bureau and help me build the airplane."

But looking at Nephelion's plump body, he still expressed his concerns to Laltris.

"Lily, I'm a little worried that I can't conquer her now."

Neferoniya is obviously stronger than Laertris, and her physical strength and endurance must be extraordinary.

Laertris smiled softly and covered her mouth, "Don't worry, it's much easier than mine."

Seeing Rosen's confusion, she added: "You'll know when the time comes."

Then he continued, "The Sturgeon is too slow. I will take my mother back to Hank Island first. The sisters will lead you on the way back."

After saying that, she also spread her wings, rushed into the sky, and followed to the left side of her mother, serving as her temporary second wind-breaker.

Soon, the Banshees left the Sturgeon behind.

Perhaps it was because of the large-scale migration and the noise it made, or perhaps it was the effect of the ultrasonic device, but in any case, all the deep-sea monsters were scared away.

About seven days later, the Sturgeon, leading a large army of mermen, successfully crossed a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers and arrived at Hank Island.

Hank Island is being developed rapidly and Queen's Bay is planned to be built into a seaport, so there are more people.

But there is still a sparsely populated beach in the north.

As soon as he arrived, Rosen was welcomed by a large number of banshees on the beach to hold a ceremony to conquer the true king.

This time was even more grand than the last time, with nearly 25,000 banshees coming to watch the ceremony.

Being stared at by so many eyes, Rosen felt numb all over.

But soon, he understood what Laertris said.

Although Narophilia is strong, her spell resistance is very low. She is simply a banshee made of water.

In just three hours, he was conquered by Rosen and almost fainted.

"See, I didn't lie to you, did I?" Laertris, who was watching the ceremony, smiled.

It took a long time for Neferoniya to recover.

She was shocked: "Lord, no wonder Lily submitted to you, you are indeed a powerful person."

Rosen looked at the two banshee queens in front of him, one big and one small, who were as beautiful as flowing white jade, and sighed secretly in his heart.

"It's a good thing that I have endured for ten years and increased my magic power to the tenth ring, otherwise I wouldn't be able to taste such delicious food right now."

After that, he stayed on Hank Island for another three days to settle many matters for the newly joined Banshee tribe before returning to Sturgeon Island.

Once you arrive at the White Sturgeon Island, first land at the northern Fishman Port.

At this time, the dock at Fisherman's Harbor had been greatly expanded and could build four medium-sized tempered warships at the same time.

In fact, all four docks are under construction.

The four high-speed warships are already half completed.

It will take at most half a month before we can go into the water.

Of course, super high efficiency means huge investment.

At least half of the money earned from the smuggling trade was spent on these high-speed tempered warships.

At least half of the island's manpower and material resources are invested in shipbuilding-related fields.

When the Sturgeon docked, the dockmaster, Mage Belit, was already waiting at the dock: "Lord, how is the new ship?"

Rosen smiled and said, “Very good.”

He handed over a booklet: "This is my logbook for the journey south. It records some of my ideas for improving the warship."

Mage Belit's eyes lit up and he immediately took it with both hands: "Oh~ This is very important to me."

The battleship was able to be modified so quickly, and the new ideas provided by Lord Rosen played a huge guiding role.

Then, Rosen waved to the battle mages who were joining him on the voyage.

"You should communicate with them about the specific situation. My greatest hope now is to install as many artillery as possible on the new warships and to ensure the accuracy and effective range of the artillery as much as possible."

Artillery is certainly not the most powerful weapon that Rosen dreams of, but it is the best way for him to quickly realize combat power under the current conditions.

Because this thing is simple and crude.

It is simple to build, maintain and use, but its power is brutal.

Of course, even for simple artillery, one needs to specially train artillery mages.

This has also been done simultaneously.

"Yes, lord. But I'm afraid the cost will increase significantly."

After Mage Betley hesitated for the first sentence, he immediately said: "Four warships are currently under construction, using a lot of new technology and new materials. Each ship costs more than 150,000 Oggs. After adding artillery, the price will definitely be even higher."

He was a little scared of spending so much money that he was afraid the island would go bankrupt.

Rosen naturally knew about this.

"It's okay, continue to build at this pace. I just got a lot of money recently."

"Understood, Lord."

When Wizard Betley heard that he could keep spending money, his eyes immediately lit up like light bulbs, and he sincerely felt that the lord was really capable.

Rosen returned to Crescent Castle and found Master Stonard, the director of the Island Intelligence Bureau.

"Pearl Merchant, are you ready?"

Why did they spend so much money on building ships? The long-term goal is to compete for the ocean.

The medium term is to protect the interests of new routes.

The short term is to sell pearls! "Everything is ready, just waiting for the pearls, lord."

Rosen was very satisfied: "Let's get started!"

I thought to myself: "Lords of Weilan, please use the real gold and silver in your hands to exchange for my calcium carbonate for cosmetic surgery."

(End of this chapter)