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Chapter 1490 No Loss

"Oh! Seeing it again still makes me feel so oppressed!"

Blaze stood at the Camelot fleet's berth and couldn't help but sigh.

A row of huge ships of uniform specifications are parked neatly in a lake. This lake, which looks boundless and almost like an ocean, seems small because of these ships.

The fleet that once chased here and was enough to make one's heart stop is now parked here quietly, like a group of tall soldiers.

Although the main ship, the Avalon, sank, the fleet did not lose any of its intimidation. There is no doubt that it is still the strongest naval force in the world, and all other naval forces need to be assembled to contend with it.

"We will convert most of the ships into salvage vessels to collect supplies from the ocean, and the Eternal Kingdom, as the nominal owner of these ships, will give priority to restoring the transmission tower network." Herby introduced while pointing at several ships.

Obviously, those ships will be converted into salvage ships first, and the foreigners who are the real owners of the ships don't seem to have any objections.

To outsiders, it seems romantic to transform weapons of war into farm tools.

"Won't other kingdoms and city-states have any objections? The teleportation tower network is one of the hubs of today's large kingdoms. Letting the Eternal Kingdom, no, letting any kingdom recover first will cause quite a bit of dispute," Blaze asked doubtfully.

"Do you want to hear an ideal answer first, or a realistic answer?"

"It's more ideal. I like sweetness first and bitterness later."

"The Eternal Kingdom has just put down the Red Dragon Rebellion, and is extremely unstable internally. It urgently needs a teleportation tower network as a convenient means of transportation to stabilize the power structure." Hebie shook his head, his words full of righteousness and morality.

"Moreover, the Eternal Kingdom was once an active region during the dark ages brought about by the chaebols. We must not allow the chaebols to take advantage of this opportunity to revive in the Eternal Kingdom."

"Peace is so hard-won. The Eternal Kingdom needs the teleportation tower network more than we do. Only when the Eternal Kingdom ends the chaos that has lasted for nearly a thousand years can the [Olympus Games] that benefits everyone be promoted."

"It sounds very touching. If I hadn't seen that the Eternal Kingdom's combat fleet was being transformed into salvage ships with only basic self-defense capabilities, I would have believed it." Blaze put his hands on his hips and sighed.

"Okay, I know what the answer is. Are you using the overwhelming naval force that the Eternal Kingdom now possesses to lobby other kingdoms?"

Herbie shrugged and didn't answer directly, but that was the best answer he could give.

This is actually lobbying mixed with threats. If other kingdoms do not agree to provide the [Ika Black Stone] to the Eternal Kingdom first, then the Eternal Kingdom can once again mobilize this terrifying fleet to carry out large-scale fishing, or even attack and plunder the salvage ships of other kingdoms at sea.

Although the Eternal Kingdom has experienced civil strife, the [Absolute Military Force] and the Knights Ranking Strangers have not been disbanded.

Now that the Eternal Kingdom is willing to voluntarily abandon part of its maritime military forces to salvage the [Ika Black Stone] and provide it to all kingdoms, this is enough to make any king with a little vision wake up with laughter in the middle of the night.

Of course, this would definitely be a loss-making deal for the Eternal Kingdom. As mentioned before, they can completely do the salvage themselves and even prevent other kingdoms from salvaging.

Unfortunately, the Eternal Kingdom also has its own difficulties, which is that the manpower available is almost zero.

Although the knights are still there, their mobilization efficiency is not as high as the high-pressure policy planned by the goblin minister. War is fine, but simply sailing to the sea to salvage aimlessly is not enough.

Camelot, the capital of the Eternal Kingdom, was previously home to only the commoners who had transformed into lake fairies. However, they were all melted into the water of life during the Aquarius incident, and were almost empty.

As for other kingdom city-states in the vast Third Kingdom area, they don’t even have teleportation towers now, and foreigners need to use expensive temporary teleportation towers to transfer them there.

The gains would not outweigh the losses, and Camelot's lack of ability would once again shake the already stabilized power structure.

Not to mention that even the hardworking knights and foreigners could not withstand the long-term sea salvage, let alone ordinary people who have not been trained.

The Eternal Kingdom's naval fleet is also a paper tiger.

At this time, the proposal of [Hermes's Traveling Hat] solved Camelot's urgent problem, or more precisely, it solved Morgan's troubles when he realized the crisis of the Eternal Kingdom.

Part of the fleet was scrapped and converted into salvage ships, and part of the fleet was equipped as frigates, which were then packaged and leased to [Hermes's Brigade Cap] in exchange for the priority right to obtain the [Ika Black Stone].

After that, whether it was the transformation of the fleet or the salvage of the [Ika Black Stone], all were the responsibility of [Hermes's Brigade Hat], and even [Hermes's Brigade Hat] had to pay the rental fee.

This was a business that was sure to make money. As a smart man, Morgan sorted out his thoughts in an instant and decisively chose to accept the cooperation.

"Making both sides feel that they have made a profit is the quality that a good businessman should have. It's a pity that this time it's another loss-making deal." Herbie raised his voice as if to vent his dissatisfaction. Blazer also knew that this was just Herbie's habit.

"So how long would it take to convert the fleet into salvage ships?"

"It won't be long. We just need to remove some of the weapons and replace them with some fishing nets for salvage." Herbie pointed to the huge black net that was being pulled into the salvage ship.

"The entire ocean can be considered an enormous mineral vein, and the Ica Stone is the gemstone in it. This fishing net is specially made to filter and screen the seawater to obtain trace amounts of the Ica Stone."

"We have considered the lack of islands in the ocean that the foreigners complained about, so we are considering making artificial islands. It is also possible to use world seeds, but it is too extravagant. Rather than making islands, it is better to use them to repair the vertical hell environment and the abyss hell environment."

"Oh~ So you plan to use several ships to connect together to create a drifting island." Blaze nodded in understanding, "Then if you want the drifting island to be stable as a teleportation point, you must have something heavy to use as an anchor to fix it."

"That's right. We can't find anything that heavy right now, so we decided to compromise and use chains to connect to the underwater reefs. As long as the coordinates of the teleportation tower don't move more than a certain value, the teleportation can be stable."

"So we decided to detonate an undersea volcano."

"I understand." Blaze nodded habitually.

"Wait!? What did you say you were going to detonate!?"

(End of this chapter)