In the sea east of the White Sturgeon Island, there is a hidden little bay hidden by trees.

A slender streamlined boat about 15 meters long and 3 meters wide, which was somewhat similar in shape to a modern speedboat but had a strong alien style, slowly slid into the sea.

"Crash~~"

After the black boat with a hint of blue entered the water, it swayed slightly behind the hull in the sea water and immediately regained its balance.

It shows quite excellent hull stability.

There were many people standing on the secret dock in the bay.

There were senior officials from the Navy, the best local boat craftsmen and construction craftsmen on White Sturgeon Island, the weapons research wizard Gatlan, Alonso who specialized in motors, and Vigo who studied steel potions. Naturally, they also came.

Rosen was there, of course.

And this small boat in the water is the creation that embodies the highest magical achievements of the White Sturgeon Island.

The official name is "Tempered Clay, Hybrid, Rune Combat Speedboat".

A very strange name.

Because it was the first trial boat, and it might also be the world's first lightning-propelled speedboat, no one had the courage to control it.

Rosen jumped on without hesitation.

He is bold because he drives a puppet stand-in.

"I will be in charge of driving the boat, but I will need three companions, one to control the Lightning Torrent Crossbow, one to defend, and one to light the fire in the stove."

Why is the stove burning? Because although the boat is small, it is a warship, and warships must be prepared for all-weather combat.

Although it is electrically driven, the energy absorbed by light guidance is not enough for the battleship to run wild, so it has to burn coal.

Where does the coal come from? It is dug from the mountains near Black Rock Town, which is why the town got its name.

There is a coal mine on that mountain. The reserves are not large. Rosen estimates that it is less than 10 million tons, but it is enough for their island to use for a long time.

In addition, there are many coal mines on the giant island of Weilan, especially in the northern county, so there will be no worries about having nothing to burn in the future.

Burn coal, change light-to-lightning into fire-to-lightning, charge the medium-sized lightning house, and then the lightning house drives the Hercules motor, thus propelling the speedboat to run wildly on the sea.

This is called 'hybrid power'.

Also because of the addition of magic power, the utilization efficiency of the heat energy generated by the combustion of the coal furnace is particularly high, reaching 65%, and this is because the test ship is relatively rough.

Seeing that Lord Rosen had already gone up, Harry also jumped up: "I will control the Torrent Crossbow!"

He jumped into the middle of the speedboat and grabbed the handle of the ship's torrent crossbow.

Wei Ge thought for a moment, then jumped up and sat next to Rosen: "I am responsible for detecting underwater life and activating the lightning defense array."

Alonso chuckled and said, "I'll light the stove. This is fun."

There were four seats in a speedboat, which were quickly filled and everyone took their seats.

The people on the shore looked at it with surprise and anxiety, fearing that something might go wrong.

Yop reminded, "Lord, please drive slowly. I always feel that this thing is not very reliable."

He can rely on the lord for food for the rest of his life.

Rosen laughed: "Don't worry, I have mastered every technical detail of this small battleship and have checked it many times. There will be no problem."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pressed the power switch.

"Woo~~~~~"

The Hercules Rune motor produced by the assembly line immediately began to run, and the entire speedboat trembled slightly and began to vibrate slightly, like a beast ready to attack.

Rosen slowly turned the round steering wheel, adjusted the underwater rudder, and stepped on the accelerator pedal with one foot to control the power, allowing the boat to turn in the water little by little, and then pointed in the direction of the sea.

Although the speed was very slow, it was the first time in the world that there was a controllable power other than sails and oars. Everyone at the dock looked at it with amazement.

Everyone on the boat was nervous, yet excited.

Soon, Rosen adjusted the direction and shouted, "Hold on tight~~"

After the three were ready, he firmly grasped the steering wheel with both hands and stepped on the accelerator bit by bit.

"Woo~~~Hoo~~~"

The sound of the boat became louder and its speed increased. The specially designed bow was slightly tilted up, and the special windshield blocked the wind from the front, but the wind from the side gradually became stronger.

Everyone's hair was blown wildly.

“So fast!”

Wei Ge was a little panicked and held the fixed handle tightly with one hand.

Far from being frightened, Battle Mage Harry was excited.

He shouted loudly: "Faster~~Faster~~~"

Rosen said: "Alonso, make the fire stronger~~"

Alonso immediately threw more black coal into the fire and opened the specially designed air intake on the side.

"Hoohoo~~~"

The coal burned fiercely, emitting a large amount of heat, which was transformed by the rune array into a lightning force that was both violent and orderly.

"Woo woo woo woo~~~"

"Hualal ...

The speed of the boat suddenly increased significantly, the bow was raised higher, and the water from the hull and behind the boat splashed backwards wildly.

The speed has reached 70 kilometers per hour, which is even faster than the average speedboat on Earth and far exceeds all the sailing warships in the world.

The audience on the dock couldn't help but look shocked as they watched the speedboat racing across the sea.

No one expected that this boat could run so fast and impressively! Look at the huge white waves behind the boat and the triangular cone-shaped waves on both sides of the boat. It is simply a beast! Someone shouted: "This is the charging knight on the sea!"

This description was so vivid that everyone nodded in agreement.

On the speedboat, Rosen controlled the boat steadily and shouted loudly.

"Look, there's a murloc over there~~ Do you see it? On the left side of the ship, 300 meters away~~"

"Harry, shoot them!"

Harry had wanted to try it for a long time, so he immediately adjusted the Torrent Crossbow, aimed it at the murloc and pulled the specially designed trigger.

'Hmph~Hmph~Hmph~~'

The specially made ship-borne torrent crossbow has a greatly enhanced range, reaching an extreme 380 meters.

The power of a single shot is also greatly increased, reaching the strength of an intermediate spell.

The rate of fire has been slightly reduced to six rounds per second.

The crossbow disc was specially made, with a particularly large capacity of 1,000 rounds! Fist-sized balls of lightning were seen flying over the sea, and after hitting the sea surface, they quickly exploded and turned into a large ball of dark blue electric sparks.

It was difficult to aim at high speed, and it was Harry's first time, so his hands were a little clumsy, so the group of murlocs were not hit directly.

But seawater is a good conductor of electricity. Once it hits one spot, a large area of ​​water becomes electrified, and there is no escape! After a burst of lightning, more than a dozen fish-man corpses floated up in the seawater.

Harry roared loudly, his finger on the trigger never loosening.

The fishman was suddenly attacked and of course he was not willing to accept it, so he immediately turned around and chased after him.

After chasing for a while, they found that they could not catch up with the strange thing on the sea.

This thing is so fast!

If you can't catch up, block from the side.

There are many fishmen in the waters east of the White Sturgeon Island. They use biological ultrasonic waves to communicate with each other on the seabed, and their tactical coordination is quite powerful.

"Weige, the fishmen are coming, be ready to activate the lightning storm!"

"good."

Wei Ge was a little scared, but at the same time she felt a strong sense of excitement, which changed the tone of her response.

Feeling that Wei Ge was ready, Rosen turned around and rushed into the encirclement of the fishmen.

A dozen fishmen immediately pounced over from the bottom of the water on both sides.

When they approached to about thirty meters, Wei Ge suddenly activated the lightning storm under the ship.

The lightning storm is of high intensity and is charged by the ship's onboard lightning house. It can fire once every fifteen seconds without affecting power.

'Swish~~~~'

A ball of blue electric fire exploded on the sea surface with the small boat as the center, but this was only the situation on the sea surface. Although it could not be seen on the seabed, it would only be more violent.

More than a dozen fishmen suddenly stopped moving and floated upwards one after another.

Harry laughed out loud: "Hahaha~~~ It's simply a murloc killing ship!"

Feeling that it was about time, Rosen turned around and returned to the hidden bay pier.

He was not worried about the dock being attacked by murlocs because the dock was equipped with shore flood-prevention crossbows and a lightning storm array was installed under the water.

As soon as the murlocs get close, there will be more than a dozen Lightning Torrent Crossbows to greet them. If they can't hold on any longer, they can trap the murlocs and cook them all in one go.

Soon, the boat returned to the dock and slowly stopped under Rosen's control.

The four people on the boat got up and landed, and saw a group of almost petrified spectators standing on the shore.

Rosen smiled: "It's unexpected, isn't it?"

Yop was the first to react: "Simply the invincible god of war!"

He had never seen such a fast and powerful boat, not even in his dreams, and he probably couldn't find it in the kingdom of nature.

Rosen shook his head: "It's still far from being invincible. It can only bully the sea fish people, but it's hard to impress real naval warships."

Although the sailing warships are currently bulky, their attack and defense capabilities are still quite strong, and there are many strong people on board. A joint long-range curse attack can cause great trouble to the captain and his crew.

Yop immediately said, "As long as there are enough of them and we pounce on them like a pack of wolves, we can still fight."

Harry also said, "Right, right, right. Not only should there be more of them, but the lightning crossbows should also be more powerful and have a longer range. Although 380 meters is good now, it is still insufficient because I heard that the Southern Fleet has many deadly weapons that can hit farther."

This poses a challenge to weapon research mages like Gatlan.

He frowned and said, "380 meters is the limit of the lightning ball. If you want to go further, you either need arcane magic or force throwing weapons."

Rosen smiled and said, "Let's discuss these carefully when we get back and find ways to improve them."

Although this speedboat is powerful, its endurance is poor, so it can only show off its power near the White Sturgeon Island and achieve near-shore denial.

Adding a large supply ship would greatly increase the endurance, but that is the plan for the future.

"The most important thing at present is to build more small warships, at least 100 or more, and establish a unique navy for our Sturgeon Island."

Although this small battleship is easy to build, its cost is not low. The hard cost of one ship is about 1,500 Oggs, and one hundred ships cost 150,000 Oggs, which does not include the subsequent use and maintenance costs.

But most people present were not aware of this, and they all thought that since the lord had spoken, there must be no problem.

Except for Wei Ge.

She turned to look at Rosen, and seeing that he looked so heroic, she didn't say anything on the spot.

Rosen said again: "Everyone, please give this little thing a name, everyone?"

Everyone immediately became interested and started giving names.

There were a lot of names like Sturgeon Cruiser, Wild Wolf Ship, Sea Arrow, etc., but after a final discussion, they unanimously decided to call it "Murloc Nemesis".

Thus, the 'Fishman Nemesis' that made the fishmen tremble in fear was officially born on the White Sturgeon Island.

The next step, of course, is to start production on a large scale.

On the way back, Rosen suddenly heard Wei Ge whisper: "Lord, 100 Murloc Nemesis are not cheap. Other places on the island are also spending money quickly."

In addition to researching warships, large-scale construction is also underway on the island.

Using 'yellow clay' steel potion to build new magic laboratories, magic academies, and even ports, roads, etc., burns money faster than firewood.

Apart from that, the research on various techniques is also an endless pit.

As the head of the magic department, she already considered herself a part of the White Sturgeon Island and was worried that Rosen would spend too much money and cause the White Sturgeon Island to go bankrupt.

Rosen sensed her worry and smiled, "My Lord, interests that are not protected by force are gold mines without owners."

"If you came across an unowned gold mine in the wild, would you occupy it?"

Wei Ge was startled, and looked up at Rosen, her dark blue eyes unblinking: "Gold mine? Is there a gold mine on the island? I thought the island was very barren."

Rosen turned to look at her, recalling the relevant information collected by the "Detection Guard" seal, and knew that the other party was determined to follow him.

In this case, it's time to give her some confidence.

He whispered, "There is a lot of bird droppings in the mountains and forests. It's amazing. And it's the best fertilizer."

This White Sturgeon Island, also known as Bird Shit Island, has always been a derogatory name, but only Rosen himself knows that in an era of chaos, it is more valuable than a gold mine!

Gold mines cannot be eaten or drunk, but the food production increased by using bird droppings can definitely feed people.

According to his preliminary investigation, the amount of phosphate formed by the accumulation of bird droppings in the forest over billions of years exceeds 150 million tons.

Ten years ago, a ton of guano was sold for 2 Oggs, but in recent years, it has quietly risen to 4 Oggs.

Don’t underestimate the small base number; it has doubled.

The reserve is 150 million tons, 4 Ogg per ton, and it may be even more expensive in the future. Rosen dare not think about how explosive it will be when the news spreads! Therefore, without sufficient military force to escort, he will never sell guano on a large scale, not even a ton!

Wei Ge certainly also knew the situation on the mainland, so as soon as Rosen pointed it out, she understood.

Because she understood, her heartbeat and breathing accelerated significantly.

After a few seconds of silence, she seemed to have made up her mind.

"Lord, when we get back, I have to tell you something, a secret between my mentor and the royal family."

(End of this chapter)