The pungent stench on Dr. Malwyn's body finally dissipated as he wobbled away.
Liu Qian returned to the cabin, and Jelena had already completed all the deliveries vigorously.
The Dragon Spirit Guard was directing hundreds of newly recruited sailors to board the ship, and the harbor was busy.
"My lord, everything is ready."
Jelena reported concisely, "My lord, everything is ready." A total of thirty new merchant ships, eleven barges, five swan ships, and the rest were galleons, costing a total of nearly 250,000 coins. "
Liu Qian nodded, he had obtained enough treasure from Tria and King Kaiyan to pay for these expenses.
He immediately ordered to set sail.
The massive fleet hoisted its sails and sailed away from the noisy harbor of Valantis, aiming for the chaotic Stonestep Islands.
Valantis is about 400 miles from the Stone Steps Islands, twice the distance from the Sea of Smoke to Valantis, but with the excellent performance of the new ships, the superb skills of hiring sailors, and the favor of the wind and currents, the fleet is amazingly fast.
In less than a month, they reached the southern edge of the Shijie Islands.
Liu Qian stood at the bow of a streamlined "swan boat", with a Mill lens close to his eyes, his eyes scanning the channel ahead, searching for islands and reefs that could be temporarily anchored.
"Huh?" His brows suddenly tightened.
At the edge of the lens's field of vision, several tiny black dots are rapidly enlarging.
Four long, narrow and fast rowing warships were besieging a small merchant ship.
Pirate!
The pirates' four rowing boats are in a corner, using their unrivalled mobility to trap the merchant ships in the center.
The ballista and rudimentary trebuchet in the bow roared, and stone bullets and thick crossbow arrows smashed at the target like hail.
The merchant sailors were like ants on a hot pot, desperately manipulating the sails, and successfully broke through with a strong crosswind towards Liu Qian's fleet.
Just when the swan ship in front of Liu Qian's fleet tried to evade, the panicked merchant ship was like an out-of-control wild horse, and with a loud "bang", it hit the side of the swan ship.
"Damn!" Liu Qian's face darkened, and he sternly ordered his swan ship to move closer at full speed.
The collision was a mess.
The doors of the merchant ship were open, and a large number of panicked, ordinary-dressed passengers and crew poured out, obviously just ordinary passenger ships.
As soon as Liu Qian's ship approached, Sister Jelena had commanded the Dragon Spirit guards to quickly set up a springboard between the two ships.
As soon as Liu Qian stepped onto the damaged swan ship, the sailors ran to apologize in fear: "My lord! The boat was too fast to go downwind, we..."
Liu Qian waved his hand to interrupt, and his eyes stabbed at the crowd shrinking on the deck of the merchant ship opposite: "Where is the captain?" "
The crowd separated, and a middle-aged man with a square face, a neat gray beard, and the appearance of a typical free trade city-state walked out tremblingly, "plopping" to his knees, and tears flowed: "My lord, spare my life!" No... It's none of my business..."
Liu Qian jumped over the side of the ship and landed in front of him, his voice cold: "What's your name? Where to come from and where to go? Why did those four ships surround and attack you..."
"My name is Te... Tenisio Tris, the captain of this 'Daughter of the Titans'," the captain's voice trembled, "We set off from Braavos and were heading to Reese, but we didn't expect to be surrounded by this group of pirates just after passing the Stone Steps Islands..."
Liu Qian sneered: "So you let your ship crash into my fleet?" "
"Not me! It's really not me! Tenisio waved his hands in horror.
"I ordered it to crash over." A deep and thick voice sounded from the shadows of the cabin.
Liu Qian followed the reputation.
A strong middle-aged man walked out slowly.
A dark-skinned, thick-haired middle-aged man came out of it, holding a sword with a thin trace of blood on it, wearing a breastplate but not a helmet, revealing his slightly bald brown hair.
His eyes were full of guard and vigilance, his eyes were fixed on Liu Qian, and his gloomy pupils shot out sharp light, like an astonishingly explosive beast.
As he appeared, the surrounding passengers stepped out of the way in awe.
Liu Qian's eyes froze, and he slowly pulled out the Valyrian steel sword he had obtained from Thales at his waist, and the dense swirl symbols on the sword were tightly attached to the cold mirror-like sword, reflecting a pale light.
The tip of his sword pointed directly at the strong man: "Report your name, I don't want to kill an unknown person." "
The strong man's eyes swept over the weapon in Liu Qian's hand, and a trace of shock flashed through the depths of his pupils.
He frowned, looked at the young black-haired opponent in front of him, and sarcastically said, "Boy, if your swordsmanship is worthy of the sword in your hand, it's not too late to ask for the name again." "
He crossed his sword as his chest and took a calm posture.
Just at this moment!
"Ugh-poof!"
A siege crossbow arrow as thick as a child's arm tore through the air, screamed with death, and nailed into the side of the merchant ship.
Sawdust exploded like a torrential rain, the hull shook violently, and the screams of passengers tore the air again.
Liu Qian glanced at the four paddle boats.
They cunningly stopped two hundred yards away, taking advantage of their range to continue harassing.
The figures on the ship swayed, and the shouts of ballistas and trebuchets, and the arrogant shouts of pirates, were clearly audible.
"Jelina!" Liu Qian's voice was decisive, "Order all swan ships and galleons to forcibly connect the sides!" The punt is blocked on the outside, and no one is allowed to run away! "
"Obey!" Jelena's eyes were boiling with fighting spirit, and her armor shone in the sun.
...
Swan ships and galleons were large and strong, but their maneuverability was inferior to that of agile paddle boats, so they had to adopt the tactic of encirclement.
Seeing the swan ship and galleon surrounded from the flanks, the four rowing boats flew over, trying to use their speed advantage to tear apart the encirclement net, while concentrating their firepower and frantically attacking the two swan ships rushing to the front.
The stone bullets roared and smashed into the brand new oak planks, leaving craters.
The thick crossbow arrow was nailed into the side of the ship, and the tail feathers trembled.
However, the wood of the new ship was thick and tough, and the long-range weapons fired by the pirates were limited in power, and most of them only caused some "skin trauma" and could not stop the approach of the ship's encirclement.
The first swan ship, with its size advantage, slammed into a paddle boat that was trying to turn to break through, and the heavy impact caused the paddle boat to tilt violently, the paddle blades broke, and the pirates screamed and fell.
The springboard was not yet fully set up, and a figure had already jumped over the side of the ship first, it was Jelena,
Valyria's steel armor wrapped her body, and the sharp sword of the same material turned into a dream light and shadow in her hands.
The deck of the paddling boat was filled with nearly a hundred pirates armed with short swords and dressed in rags.
When they saw that only one person jumped over, they were stunned for a moment, and then they broke out with a bloodthirsty howl and rushed up.
But they were greeted by the shadow of the sword of destruction.
Jelena's swordsmanship has been tempered a thousand times, and the terrifying power and speed given by the dragon blood contract have made her transform into a humanoid murder weapon.
The Valyrian steel sword is swung, no longer a skill, but a pure aesthetic of violence.
The sword light turned into a piece of silver that could not be captured, and the pirate's rudimentary weapons were broken at the touch, and the shoddy leather armor and even thin iron pieces were like paper paste in front of the divine soldiers.
Wherever the sword blade passed, the severed limb flew together with the splattering blood mist, and every step she took was accompanied by several shrill screams and the muffled sound of falling to the ground.
The ferocity of pirates is ridiculously fragile in the face of absolute strength, speed and invincible divine weapons.
Jelena's face was expressionless, like a scythe wielding a god of death in a wheat field, invincible, and forced to fight a bloody path paved by corpses in a narrow space.
She alone brought the morale of the entire ship of pirates to the brink of collapse.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen dragon spirit guards silently jumped over the side of the ship.
They were clad in armor, with precise movements and heavy steps.
Valyrian steel swords form a moving jungle of death in their hands.
The pirate's desperate counterattack landed on the heavy steel armor, leaving only a few white marks or insignificant scratches.
And every silent thrust sweep of the Dragon Spirit Guard will inevitably take away a life.
They formed a close battle formation, advancing steadily along the gap opened by Jerena, relentlessly crushing the remnants of resistance.
The deck was soon covered with corpses and wailing wounded.
The pirates on the first rowing boat completely collapsed, and the survivors cried and threw down their weapons and knelt down to beg for surrender.