Chapter 805: Chapter 593: Frozen Pirate Group
Blue sky and white clouds.
A few sea birds perched on the ship’s rope as the Mermaid gently bobbed with the waves.
As the captain of the Mermaid and a commander of the Ice Sculpture Kingdom’s First Navy, Mei Lin was handling official duties.
She was inspecting an intelligence report in her hand, a thoughtful expression on her face.
This report was about the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
“Yesterday, Long Fu accepted a Silver Level challenge, opting for a private duel, and directly killed the Silver Level challenger.”
“An interesting response…”
There are many ways to duel.
Some duels are open for observation, while others are very private.
“Challengers to Long Fu want to make a name for themselves, but by choosing a private challenge, even if they win, their fame is diminished.”
“Long Fu directly killed the challenger, wanting to display vicious ferocity to deter others.”
“Of course, he is also protecting his own intelligence, not showing more tactics to the outside.”
Apart from this piece of intelligence, Mei Lin was also paying attention to Yao Ma Mage (Zi Di).
“She hasn’t signed up for this Warm Snow Cup yet?”
“The Snowbird Port branch has been reactivated, starting to leave port and conduct military training at sea.”
“Quite interesting.”
“Oh, and there is a squad set off from Snowbird Port, they will inspect and audit all Dragon Lion shops along the way. Finally, they will enter the Royal Capital to report to squad leader Long Fu and Yao Ma Mage.”
Upon seeing this, Mei Lin immediately had the thought of sending soldiers to attack them.
But the next moment, she shook her head slightly, dismissing the idea of military action.
“Even if I killed everyone, I couldn’t destroy the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.”
“Their highest level demon energy ship is just Silver Level, with only one Golden Level cannon and a Feathered Snake sail as their highest alchemy components.”
“With the current profit ability of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, they can afford these things.”
“That’s precisely why they would start military training again?”
“No, maybe it’s also intended to lure me into taking action!”
“The Lijian family collaborates very deeply with them, and the former has strong spatial technology, capable of easily setting ambushes even on the vast sea.”
Mei Lin’s main attention was attracted by the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps branch led by Sanda, while she didn’t pay much heed to Fat Tongue and his group.
From the intelligence, this squad led by a Black Iron Level leader, has a clear purpose of examining and verifying the business conditions of shops everywhere.
Mei Lin was too lazy to act, even hoping they could find some issues, creating a rift between the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps and the Lijian family.
After thinking for a while, she judged the possibility of an ambush set by the Lijian family. Such a huge risk made her even less willing to attack and destroy the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps branch.
Zong Ge’s analysis wasn’t wrong; Mei Lin’s personality affected her way of deploying troops. She liked to hit the target accurately, calculating precisely and then carefully deploying every bit of force, rather than deploying excess forces to completely remove the enemy’s wings.
With a light sigh, Mei Lin decided not to move against the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps branch.
She put down the relevant intelligence and picked up another report to review.
This had nothing to do with the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
It concerned the pirates.
“With the National Ceremony approaching, the seas have indeed begun to stir.”
The report in Mei Lin’s hand was about the Mist Pirates.
Their squad leader is a Golden Level Pharmacist, very adept at battlefield healing.
According to the intelligence, the Mist Pirates were invited by other pirate groups to join forces, and these pirate groups are almost all Golden Level forces.
Mei Lin put down the intelligence in her hand, picking up seven or eight similar reports to review again and again.
Finally, her gaze fixed on a report.
“The Icebound Pirates!”
“Pirate leader Da Han, Holy Domain Level Magician, the fourth leader of the Firebeard Pirates.”
“The reason why so many pirate groups have rushed here is because Da Han, leading the Icebound Pirates, is directly targeting our country.”
“Of course, this is just the obvious reason; there may be a mastermind controlling things behind the scenes.”
The Firebeard Pirates are one of the top three pirate groups on the Main Plane, and Firebeard himself is a Legendary Level powerhouse. Under him are many Holy Domain Level members, one of whom is Da Han.
Da Han alone is enough to make the Ice Sculpture Kingdom take him extremely seriously.
Since the strongest in the entire nation are only three Holy Domain Levels.
Not to mention Da Han’s followers are numerous, with many demon energy ships, and though his flagship is only Golden Level, it illegally houses a Holy Domain Level Ice Crystal Jellyfish.
“This Ice Crystal Jellyfish has the ability to fly and a very strong recovery power, making it extremely tricky to handle.”
“In comparison, our Navy has just upgraded its equipment; though we have new warships, they haven’t been fully integrated yet. Even the Lijian family’s previous engagement against a pirate group didn’t yield good results in their practical tests.”
Mei Lin sighed inwardly, feeling a lot of pressure.
Just Da Han’s pirate group alone forces the Ice Sculpture Kingdom to take serious note. The initial estimate for the other pirate groups is that there are over 20 Golden Level Transcendents. They’re like sharks smelling blood, swarming in.
This is all because of the Ice Sculpture National Ceremony.
During this time, emissaries from various sides, large merchant ships from different guilds, and many important figures will be invited to participate.
If they can’t rob the merchant fleets, the pirates can take these important figures hostage, thereby extorting their powers.
Pirates often engage in such hostage extortion.
This has more advantage than regular cargo plundering.
Because many types of cargo aren’t needed by pirates, and they have to sell them at a discount, wasting time and manpower. But through extortion, they can directly demand money, or equipment, weapons, and even ship repair services.
As a commander of the First Fleet of the Kingdom Navy, Mei Lin bears the heavy responsibility of patrolling during the National Ceremony.
Her main focus must be on this rather than the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
In fact, it’s not just her; other duelists are in similar situations.
For example, Snow Ball will participate in this Warm Snow Cup, while Devil Muscle and Cloud and others will participate in the kingdom’s great duel.
Others like Zhu Gan, who have no interest in dueling, are even less likely to follow Mei Lin’s command to take the risk and deal with Zong Ge and the others.
“For now, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps can only be shelved.”
“But they absolutely cannot continue operations!”
Mei Lin’s determination to strike at the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps is very firm, especially when she saw intelligence predicting the profits from the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ current sale of Dragon Power Riding Potion.
The richness of the profit made Mei Lin also feel alarmed.
“With money, many things can be solved.”
“After the National Ceremony, they must be dealt with quickly, or the longer it drags on, the harder it will become.”