"Hmm~ My information is not very accurate, just some vague folk reports~ Hmm!"

In the underground secret room of Crescent Castle, the noble Queen Nana was pressed against the smooth wall by a wild force.

In order to keep her balance, she had to push herself backwards.

Rosen attached great importance to the information she provided.

"The huge waves that appeared abnormally on the sea caused the passing ships to sway uncontrollably, as if a giant beast was cruising at high speed on the sea. This is really interesting."

The queen nodded: "But the strange thing is that apart from the waves, nothing unusual was found, and no foreign objects were seen on the sea."

"Ouch~be gentle~"

Rosen immediately reduced his strength and carefully thought about the queen's words.

"Is it the wave going from east to west?"

“I’m not sure, but judging from the time sequence of the abnormal waves, they should have come from the east.”

She raised her head and took a deep breath, then asked, "Do you think this could be Levender's fleet?"

"It's possible. Have you sent anyone to investigate?"

"We investigated, but my people didn't find any abnormal water waves. The detection wizards on the coast and the folk wizards on the freighter also didn't detect any abnormal magical aura."

"What about pure water divination?"

“No abnormalities were found.”

Rosen fell into deep thought, which caused the queen to complain again: "Don't be so hard, I can't stand it."

This brought him back to his senses: "I feel that it is possible that the fleet has a powerful concealment array and is coming from the direction of Levender."

"Levinder's Golden Fleet?"

"Not sure. It's possible, but Levender shouldn't have such a strong and long-lasting cloaking array, right?"

The queen nodded. "Probably not. The shadow spies stationed in Levender by the khal have not found anything relevant. It seems more like the method of the Glorious Empire."

The three kingdoms of the Natural Alliance have always been enemies. They are wary of each other on a daily basis and have sent a large number of spies to each other. They have a rough grasp of each other's capabilities.

After a pause, the queen said, "The mages of the Glorious Empire are best at manipulating light and shadow. They can achieve near-perfect invisibility in complex environments, and they can also hide the fluctuations of their magic power very well."

"Their newly developed legion-level concealment array will not allow even a sage to detect any abnormalities once the distance exceeds two kilometers."

As soon as Rosen heard it, he said, "This array is perfect for hiding a fleet at sea."

Legion level means huge-scale joint spellcasting, which can generally hide an army of thousands of people.

A spell of this scale is as eye-catching as a searchlight in the dark.

A general-performance legion concealment array can usually be detected by a sage from more than ten kilometers away, but now it has been compressed to two kilometers, which is indeed quite impressive.

He continued to speculate: "The effect can last for so long, it is likely that the Glorious Empire has found a way to convert cheap energy into expensive energy."

The queen was shocked when she heard this: "Wouldn't that mean that we can remain invisible forever? How can we fight on the battlefield then?"

It would be terrifying if an army of a thousand people were ambushed on the battlefield in advance and rushed out as a surprise force at the critical moment.

Rosen smiled and said, "There is no such thing as perfect invisibility in the world. There must be loopholes. As long as the loopholes are found, the invisibility effect will become a decoration."

"For example, the waves this time are a loophole, and they are definitely not the only loophole."

Whether it is ground troops or naval warships, they are always force dissipators and will inevitably emit this or that kind of force.

Moreover, speaking of invisibility, under the premise of small-scale casting, the combination of his Breathless Crystal Wall and the newly acquired Glorious Invisibility Technique is no worse than the Glorious Empire's invisibility technique, and can even achieve invisibility when facing each other.

At this moment, the queen suddenly groaned, and then stood still, just like the beast shot by the musket.

It took a while before things returned to normal.

She looked worried: "If it is really a fleet, it may be coming for Weilan, and you will be in big trouble."

Although there was no empirical evidence, Rosen had roughly guessed what was going on.

"It should be directed at me."

"I guess the battleship is still Levender's battleship, but it uses the Glorious Empire's cloaking magic weapon. Maybe there are powerful weapons from the Glorious Empire as well."

"The purpose is very simple. The little king of Levender does not want to pay back the money."

Seeing that the queen was so weak that she could hardly stand, he helped her into the bathroom and washed her body.

"I used to think this little king was quite resourceful, but now I think he's a cunning businessman with no bottom line."

Through Maxim, he knew that the little king was not a puppet and that he had always been in control of the political situation.

He makes the final decisions on a series of matters in the kingdom, so naturally the responsibility lies with him.

Since this guy is so unreliable, I will be the first to deal with him once he secures his position as Duke.

The queen was a little worried about Weilan's fate: "Aaron's Lion Fleet of 60 warships is about to head north, and now with Levender's ships added, there should be at least ten ships, right?"

"Can you handle it? Do you need Kao to send a fleet to join the battle?"

With a fleet this size, even Kao would have a hard time handling it, not to mention Weilan, who is in the process of developing everything.

Rosen narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Don't worry, I'm fully prepared."

He was not going to play Kaa's cards lightly, because the Queen also had a balance of power, which had to be used with caution.

The rose was washed clean by the frost and looked very beautiful. He bent down and kissed her, causing her to blush.

"After the war, I will take Your Majesty to the White Swan Castle in Weilan so that we can meet often."

White Swan Castle is the castle left by the Count of Montshire.

Although the county seat of Mont County, Mondania, is a mess, the White Swan Castle is only slightly inferior to the Dawn Castle in terms of exquisiteness, and even has a much larger area.

It is said that the former Earl of Montshire invested more than 8 million Oger gold coins in this castle, making it extremely luxurious.

In particular, there is a Swan Lake nearby, which is a huge naturally formed lake with a length and width of more than 20 miles. It is one of the most famous scenic spots in Weilan.

The queen actually didn't care where she lived, since her focus was always on the royal family of Kaa. But being closer to Rosen was always a good thing.

"Duke, do you think I can still advance to the sixth ring?"

"sure."

"Oh? But I feel like my magic power hasn't improved in many years. I also studied your practice records, but I found that they are basically useless to me."

Rosen smiled and said, "Don't worry, there's still a lot of time."

"I will invest a huge amount of money to build a large-scale magic school in Weilan, and set up a magic center in the school to specialize in researching methods to break through the ring wall."

"I believe that by gathering the wisdom of countless talented mages, we will definitely be able to find a way to cross the ladder of mana."

The Queen was slightly shocked when she heard this: "Isn't the Duke worried that there will be high-level mages everywhere, which will cause his power to be damaged?"

Rosen smiled softly: "How can you be considered a high-level mage if you only have magic power?"

His greatest reliance has never been magic power, but Lai Fu.

"Furthermore, only when there are more high-level mages can we truly promote the advancement of magic and find a way for the human race to become a god race."

The queen suddenly felt ashamed: "The Duke is right. I have forgotten the Duke's true ideals."

After some more intimacy, Rosen left the queen's residence.

First contact the Island Foreign Intelligence Bureau, and based on the clues provided by the Queen, carefully search for the "disappeared" fleet on the sea.

The search lasted two days and two nights.

Late at night two days later, Rosen, who was still at the magic center on White Sturgeon Island, received news from the Island's Foreign Intelligence Bureau.

The Director of the Foreign Affairs Bureau is Master Stonard.

He is a person who likes to stir up trouble. He feels that there is no challenge inside Weilan anymore, so he takes the initiative to collect overseas intelligence.

He reported: "Master, based on the combined inference of the underwater observations of the Deep Sea Murloc Mage and the pure water divination results of the Banshee, 10 Black Stone Ironclad Warships have arrived."

"The average tonnage is estimated to be 4,000 tons, 70 meters long and 10 meters wide, and the average speed is about 28 kilometers per hour. The maximum speed is unknown."

"In order to avoid alerting the enemy, the Murloc Mage and the Banshee Scout didn't dare to get too close, so there's no way to tell what kind of weapons the enemy was carrying."

Rosen secretly felt lucky: "International politics is really dangerous. No matter how nice the words are, they are all nonsense. In the end, the truth will be revealed on the battlefield."

As for the Glorious Empire's secret support, Rosen guessed that it might not be aimed at him specifically, but rather an opportunity to test the battlefield performance of new magical weapons.

When a major country develops something new, it will definitely think about taking it to the battlefield to test its performance.

"What kind of weapons are you testing?"

Rosen thought about it and found that there was only one possibility, that is, an anti-aircraft weapon specifically designed to attack aircraft.

Because the aircraft he built were slightly ahead of their time and were something that could truly threaten the Glorious Empire.

The other party will naturally think of counterattacking.

'How will the other party counterattack?'

He lacked information about the Glorious Empire.

But Kao often dealt with the Glorious Empire and had a lot of relevant information.

With the help of Kao's information, Rosen thought about it carefully and finally had some idea.

"I'll just do some targeted defense."

As to whether it is effective, I don’t know. We will have to test it on the battlefield to find out.

This is also what is bound to happen when fighting against a country. It is like groping in the dark. Unless a real fight breaks out, no one will know who is stronger.

Therefore, all countries are trying hard to hide their own good things and try hard to detect each other's good things in order to increase the certainty of the battlefield.

"Fortunately, my biggest trump card this time is not the plane, otherwise I might be in trouble."

He then asked: "Where are these warships currently located?"

"It is currently anchored in a remote area south of the middle section of the Gilded Strait. Judging from the situation, it should be waiting for the Lion Fleet and intends to act together."

Rosen asked again: "What is the latest situation of the Lion Fleet?"

"15 Black Stone warships and 50 traditional sailing warships."

"Among the traditional sailing warships, there are 20 2,000-ton giant ships, and the rest are over 1,000 tons, equipped with an average of 40 guns, for a total of 2,000 guns."

"The Black Stone warship has a tonnage of about 4,300 tons and a length of 73 meters. The hull is made of steel. Each ship is equipped with 60 so-called lion cannons that can fire 3 kilometers away."

"It is said that its maximum speed can reach 40 kilometers per hour, which is much faster than the Black Stone warship coming from Levender."

"In addition, Aaron has also temporarily requisitioned a large number of cargo ships to transport troops. Each ship can carry 1,500 soldiers. Once the fleet wins the naval battle, at least 40 troop transport ships will go north to deliver the 60,000-strong Lion Legion to the main island of Willan."

Rosen listened carefully and compared it with his own fleet.

10 high-speed Blackrock warships, 40 storm fleets that have just been equipped with Blackrock cannons, have not yet completed combat training, and have very limited ammunition.

Even without the sneak attack by Levinder's fleet, it was still far behind Aaron's fleet.

"You're trying to crush me to death before I even get going!"

If they really engaged in an artillery battle with the enemy at sea, the Weilan fleet would not have any chance of winning and would definitely be defeated, with the entire fleet sinking to the bottom of the sea as a coffin.

But the ancestors of the earth told Rosen through their rich history of war that fighting requires flexibility, and when one dimension cannot win, it is time to restart on a new track.

We must also use our strengths to attack the enemy's weaknesses.

After hanging up Stonard's call, Rosen took out the report from the arsenal on Stony White Island.

As he watched, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up: "Hehehe~~ Since you have sent the warships over from thousands of miles away, I will accept them all without hesitation."

(End of this chapter)