Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1988 Who would have thought?!

At this moment, Delar was leading the way in the exact same direction as the harpy, which was quite honest of him.

It's a pity that Delar can't speak, otherwise we could have gotten some information out of him.

They were still some distance from Dark Spirit Island, where the dark elves were hiding, so Zhou Xu decided to meditate on the deck again.

Those two moves just now didn't actually take much to his liking, but since he was idle anyway, it wouldn't hurt to recover a bit more.

Soon, a small island came into view.

After his previous operation failed and he retreated, Eredar chose to recuperate. To avoid the island being discovered, he gathered all his troops and stopped venturing out.

The sea is vast and the directions are hard to discern. Even if Wright eventually builds a ship, if he goes in the wrong direction, he won't be able to find himself easily.

Even so, it's impossible for Ereda to keep absolutely no informants out.

For example, the Hydra Delar is located in the outer sea area.

Hydra is capable of living in the sea, and it is currently in a phase of high energy. If you let it stay on the island for the next few years, or even decades, without moving, it will definitely cause a huge mess.

Putting him into the sea not only perfectly solved the Hydra's activity problem, but also solved its food problem, as the Hydra could also solve it by catching sea fish, which could be considered a win-win situation.

Under this premise, Delar's previous actions cannot really be considered as acting on his own initiative.

Because it was Eredar's own arrangement, when they discovered unfamiliar ships approaching their outer waters, they would launch an attack directly from the sea, destroying the hull of the enemy ships and sinking them.

After all, according to Eredar's logic, the enemy had already reached the outer waters of Dark Spirit Island, which meant that the location of Dark Spirit Island had essentially been exposed.

In this situation, he would definitely strike first.

If Wright and his crew were on the ship, and given enough distance, it wouldn't be difficult to ensure they died from exhaustion at sea.

The matter is actually quite simple: at sea, with nowhere to land or settle down, even a martial artist at the Transcendent Realm is helpless.

Conversely, if Wright and his crew are not on board, destroying the enemy's ships and preventing intelligence from getting out would also be advantageous for him.

Although the battle on Zhou Xu's side ended quickly, the commotion it caused was quite significant. The harpies hiding in the clouds quickly noticed the situation and rushed back to report.

"You mean, Delar betrayed us and is heading towards Dark Spirit Island with a giant ship completely covered in metal?!"

As she finished speaking, Ereda's voice unconsciously rose a few decibels.

The information brought back by the harpy is quite substantial.

For a moment, Eredar was unsure whether to be angry at Delar's betrayal or astonished that the steel behemoth could actually sail on the sea.

Ereda rubbed her temples hard, feeling a headache coming on and her mood was absolutely terrible.

He discovered that things hadn't gone smoothly for him since the attack on the Elf Forest.

The fact that the other side was able to sail here so quickly completely exceeded Ereda's expectations. Considering the time, they didn't take any detours at all.

Let alone taking a detour, the efficiency of the other side's actions was so high that even he found it somewhat unbelievable.

Under these circumstances, Delar launched an attack, was captured, and ultimately betrayed the cause.

Good heavens! Who would have thought?!

As things spiraled out of her control one after another, Ereda couldn't help but begin to doubt herself.

However, he also knew that now was not the time to lose his temper. [Delaar wouldn't betray him easily; he must have been overwhelmed by absolute power, leaving him no choice but to submit.]

Ereda knew quite a bit about the hydra he had raised for so many years.

Delar wouldn't betray him easily, but he would never risk his life for him either.

[Even ordinary Vajra Realm or Saint Realm cultivators don't possess this kind of strength, which means that Wright, and even that kid, are most likely on the ship!]

After making this judgment, a choice was presented to Eredar.

To fight or to flee?

If it were a fight, he wasn't actually injured much in the previous encounter; it was mainly the depletion of his true energy that caused him to recover to his peak condition. However, the two guys on the other side are most likely also at their peak condition right now.

His only advantage is at sea.

Naval warfare is highly dependent on experience, which gives him a certain degree of advantage in terms of terrain.

If they were to escape, his Black Sail fleet had already ventured outwards.

But to be honest, Dark Spirit Island is only so big and its resources are not abundant. Simply put, it cannot support a long-range fleet.

The longest voyage was only half a month one way, and a month round trip. They found nothing. All they could see was seawater. They gained nothing and wasted a lot of resources.

Since then, the Eredar have essentially given up on further exploration.

After all, they didn't have enough resources to support the project. He needed to accumulate resources little by little to prepare for returning to the Elf Forest in the future.

This directly leads to the fact that if he chooses to 'escape' now, he will immediately realize that he doesn't even know which way to escape to.

Setting sail rashly would be a gamble with pure luck, and there's no guarantee that he and his dark elves wouldn't end up accomplishing nothing and all dying at sea.

[Rather than that, it's better to settle things with Wright here!]

With that thought in mind, Ereda had already made up her mind.

"Order all soldiers to board the ship! We will fight the enemy to the death at sea!!"

He couldn't wait for the other side to reach the shore and land.

As mentioned earlier, Ereda believed that naval warfare was a major advantage. Given that he could not compete with the enemy in terms of high-end combat power and troop strength, he could not afford to give up his advantage in naval warfare, otherwise he would really be out of the game.

Once Eredar gave the order, the dark elf soldiers responded very quickly, and one after another, the black sail warships set out.

At the same time, the speed of the 004 destroyer would only be faster than theirs.

Almost at the same time that the Black Sail Fleet launched its attack, the destroyer 004 had already moved to their doorstep.

"They actually turned that thing into a ship?"

Hearing news is never as shocking as seeing it with your own eyes, let alone the unexpectedly huge size of the ships.

According to Zhou Xu and Qin Fen, a destroyer with a length of 106 meters is still considered a small ship, but from Ereda's perspective, it is undoubtedly a maritime behemoth.

After all, the Dark Elves' Blacksail warships are only about sixty meters long at this stage, making them look like mere underlings next to the Great Zhou destroyers...

(End of this chapter)