The mage arrives

Although the communication brooch made by Gordon is only one-off, if such a magic item is to be distributed to every ten-member team, it will cost hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

Although the regular army of the Freyton Empire is also equipped with similar communication props, but it is only popularized to the level of the centurion.Moreover, these magic props are usually in the hands of the field mage accompanying the army.Ordinary soldiers are not eligible for contact at all.But now, the young lord actually distributed the summons brooch to the ten-member squad, which is considered a pioneering work.

Unlike the communication brooch that can be used repeatedly, the one-time consumable made by Gordon only needs to ensure that the holder can receive orders from Gordon, so there is no need for them to undergo any training in using magic props .

Gordon did not make this one-off messenger brooch on a whim.He is building a complete communication system for his army in the future and testing the water first.

Gunpowder weapons changed the shape of warfare.

The rail network changed logistics.

Radio changed the command of communications.

Gordon felt that in this world of swords and magic, it was almost impossible for him to form a musketeer army or lay a railway.This is a question related to the social structure and the development direction of civilization.On the contrary, the radio, which seems to be an item with a relatively high technology tree, can be replaced by magic with similar functions, which is easier to achieve.

If the result of this attempt is good, then he can consider the popularization of magic communication equipment in the future.

With perfect preparations and a good material foundation, then it is time to implement this plan.

Regarding intelligence issues, Gordon gave Hernandez full authority.He believed that the other party could successfully pass the false news to the ears of the great pirate Bellamy.

Then, just wait for the fish to take the bait...

late at night.About five kilometers away from the coastline of the Haiwen Peninsula, a huge ship cut through the thick fog and sailed towards the shore with incomparable momentum.

This huge battleship with a displacement of more than [-] tons had a bright red pirate flag flying on the main mast.On the flag is a skull, held in its mouth by a soaring vulture.

Sailors who have been sailing ships all year round on steam seas know it.As soon as this flag appeared on the sea, it marked the arrival of the famous "Man-eating Vulture" Bellamy. If you didn't want to die, you had to run with all your strength, or stop the boat obediently, furl the sails, and offer money.

Bellamy has been able to cross the sea of ​​steam for more than ten years.In addition to his powerful strength and cruel personality, the other most well-known feature is his flagship "Changxia Beauty."

In fact, the predecessor of this giant battleship was the "Turbulent City", a first-class battleship of the Freyton Imperial Navy.It was built in the famous Duolong Shipyard in Changxia Province.It was one of the five strongest warships of the Imperial Navy's Steam Sea Fleet.

However, this battleship is a bit ill-fated.After it was launched from the shipyard more than ten years ago, it had just started sea trials when it was snatched by the one-legged pirates who got the information.

For such a large ship that still smelled of fresh tung oil, it was snatched by pirates without a battle. For the Freyton Navy, it was a great shame.Therefore, "Turbulent City" has also become a taboo of the navy, and since then.There is no other ship named after the city.

And the captain of the one-legged pirate group, which was regarded as an earth-shattering business in the pirate world, was Abel Aldrich, the current King of Haven.After the one-legged captain quit his job and went to develop on land, Bellamy, as the first mate, took over the mantle and changed the name of the pirate group to "Vulture Pirates".

In a group like pirates with a strict hierarchy, which maintains cohesion through profit and violence, it is difficult to have any kind of camaraderie.For Bellamy, Abel Aldridge's retirement back then can only be described in four words: "happy and happy".Even later, Bellamy went to rob the Aldrich family's merchant ships because of conniving with his subordinates.Had a lot of conflicts with his former boss.

But now, in the face of interests, the two sides are standing on the same front again.

Unlike the stalwart King of Haven, Bellamy is a fat man with a considerable size.The reason why he has such a bloated figure also benefits from one of his hobbies: eating.

It is different from the style of the foodies of the aristocratic class of Fererton who are not tired of eating.Bellamy doesn't care too much about the taste of the food.What he pays most attention to is weight.

Unrestrained overeating caused his weight to soar year by year.But for those who know Bellamy, the most chilling thing about this big pirate is not his fat body, but his like to eat human flesh—to be precise, he likes to eat the flesh of any human intelligent creature, so A terrible hobby.

Coupled with the pet of a desert vulture bought from the southern continent with a lot of money, Bellamy has the nickname of "man-eating vulture".

"The meat of dwarves is rough, dry, tough and chewy; the meat of elves is soft and smooth; the meat of humans has a variety of tastes, but I have never tasted the meat of a mage or a noble lady so far." Bei Lamy's eyes, which were squeezed into a thin line by the flesh on his face, radiated greedy gazes.

At this time, he was sitting in the captain's cabin, stuffing bunches of sweet and juicy grapes into his mouth, while waiting idly - before the big meal, he had to use fruit as an appetizer.

The pirates next to them heard the captain talking about the taste of all kinds of meat. Although they were disgusted, they didn't dare to show any discomfort.If anyone had a problem with Lord Bellamy's cannibalism, then this unlucky guy would soon be reduced to a rolling piece of meat in a cauldron.

Fortunately, apart from the chilling habit of cannibalism, Bellamy was quite a generous leader among the pirates.

It's just that, if the landing attack succeeds this time, then I'm afraid it's not my turn to enjoy those delicate and beautiful girls. They can only be thrown into the cauldron and boiled, and then become Bellamy's meal.

"What a waste!" thought the pirates.

Although they would rush over to "eat" a beautiful girl immediately after they caught it, but the way of eating it was obviously completely different from Bellamy's.

The pirates really couldn't figure it out.There was something wrong with this fat big pirate, so that the abnormal appetite would completely overwhelm the desires that other normal human beings should have.

Due to the cover of dense fog, this time, there were a total of [-] pirate ships, large and small, headed by the flagship "Changxia Beauty".It has been driving until it is two kilometers away from the coast before it stops.These pirates could even see the blurred light from the sea cliff fort on the cliff from a distance.

Every pirate gritted his teeth with hatred for the castle that they suffered a lot from the last attack.Especially Bellamy.Because of the huge stone bomb fired from the castle, it is actually the flagship that it is proud of.They all smashed a big hole.

Fortunately, the damage to the Changxia Beauty was only on the upper deck, and the lower hull was not seriously damaged, so after simple repairs, it was put into today's battle again.

This morning, everyone in the Vulture Pirates was from top to bottom.They all landed on the Wen Peninsula with a sense of revenge.

Last time, Bellamy received a business from his old boss, Abel, to attack Gordon's territory.This experienced pirate thought it would be an easy task to deal with a young man who had just arrived and couldn't stand his heels.Who knew that this arrogance made him suffer a small loss.

The Vulture Pirates planned to land, burn, kill, and loot while Gordon led his army south to fight against the Salois and the territory was empty.The belongings that the northerner brought to the south were all looted.Who knows, the other party has already prepared key defenses.There is not much oil and water in places that can be robbed.And where there is oil and water, the pirates can't attack it.

Especially when the situation was not understood at the beginning, the forcible attack on Sea Cliff Fort caused considerable losses to the Vulture Pirates.

Fortunately, in a rage, Bellamy turned his gun around and went to Yunlin City to make a ruthless blow.Not only successfully stopped the loss, but also made a lot of money.

Bellamy has been running on the sea of ​​steam for many years, so Bellamy is naturally very clear about the details of those smugglers.He knew that the last robbery was far from hurting the foundation of those smugglers.So if you get the chance.Bellamy was going to do it again.Of course, this was after Gordon Freeman and Jill Phoenix were dealt with.

Bellamy got the information a few days ago, which said that Gordon was planning to invite the young lady from the Phoenix family to enjoy the flowers in the Sisdoro Valley before the end of spring, and would even stay there Camp for one night.

After knowing this information, Bellamy's first reaction was naturally to doubt whether it was fake news.But after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was very possible.

Because she had accepted the entrustment of the remnants of the Gribreth family to hunt down and kill Jill Phoenix, so Bellamy knew that the eldest lady was a rare beauty.Maybe Bellamy, a big pirate who only judges women by the standards of "delicious" and "not tasty", doesn't care too much about Jill's appearance, but he believes that other men will be interested in this The young lady has a very strong interest.

Especially a man like Gordon Freeman who is in a high position at a young age, has the title of earl and a large territory, after saving the eldest lady of the Phoenix family, he will definitely show his hospitality and want to fuck her Climb to the big velvet bed and enjoy yourself...

Bellamy used this mentality to guess Gordon, so he thought that it was very possible that Gordon went to the Sisdoro Valley to pursue Jill, create a romantic atmosphere with the help of beautiful scenery, and succeed in one hit.Even when he heard from his eyeliner that Gordon only brought twenty guards with him on this trip, he didn't have much doubt.

After all, it is impossible to bring hundreds of people to such a private tryst with great fanfare.

Bellamy believed in the veracity of the intelligence.However, out of prudence, he still continued to collect information carefully, and even personally drove a boat to the coastline of the peninsula several times to observe the movements of Sea Cliff Fort and Cloudscale City.

As a result, just as the intelligence said, Gordon and the blond lady went to the Sisdoro Valley for a private tryst for two days and one night with only a few guards.Moreover, after the young lord left, the army in the entire territory did not gather and mobilize on a large scale.

It seemed that in order to fear that Bellamy would land and plunder again, after Gordon returned to Sea Cliff Fort, he broke up most of the troops and organized them into small teams of ten, and then dispatched them to various places in the territory to take on the task of reconnaissance.If you notice that there are pirates landing.Then these reconnaissance teams have to notify the nearby residents to evacuate with their belongings in time to avoid too much loss.

Bellamy dismissed this kind of behavior like a turtle.

But he also knew that if the other party really did this, even though it looked very useless.But it will indeed greatly reduce the effect of looting.Originally, the Vulture Pirates were unable to gnaw down such a hard bone as Sea Cliff Fort. If they didn't even have the chance to loot small villages and towns, wouldn't it be boring?

Thinking of this, Bellamy's killing intent towards Gordon became stronger.

Another reason that prompted him to land this time was the eldest lady of the Phoenix family.Last time he took gold coins from the remnants of the Gribreth family.He promised to kill Jier, but he missed in the end, allowing the other party to escape smoothly, and was rescued by Gordon.

Later, Bellamy threw them all into a cauldron and boiled them in a rage when confronted by the dogs of the Gribreth family.

How dare you offend the mighty Baromew Bellamy.That's what happens.

However, because of this, Bellamy's reputation has been affected, and the number of nobles from all over the world who have recently discussed cooperation with him has decreased a lot.So in order to restore his reputation, he also made up his mind this time to kill Jier Phoenix as well.In addition to being able to taste whether the tender and smooth meat of the noble lady is delicious, you can also tell others: Look.I am a faithful pirate.The reason why I killed those members of the Gribreth family was not because I failed to complete the commission, but because they were too rude.Even if the client dies, I will try my best to complete the task.

"Shayi, let's go!" Bellamy roared.A huge bird with a wingspan of four meters flew away from the mast and landed on Bellamy's shoulder.

This vulture from the desert kingdom opposite the Sea of ​​Stars is a very strange species. Not only is it huge in size, but it also creates whirlwinds of yellow sand when it flies.This is also the origin of its name "Sand Wing".

Said the pirates.This vulture is spiritual, can spell, and is a monster.But Bellamy knew that Sandwing was indeed a magical animal.

Bellamy's previous nickname was actually "Blind Eye".Not "man-eating vulture." Even the veteran sailor who has been on the steam sea for more than ten years still calls him "Blind Bellamy".Because Bellamy was blind before getting Sandwing.He lost his eyesight due to a childhood illness.But one time, when he followed Captain Abel to find the sand wing from a merchant ship, Bellamy did not hesitate to give the spoils priority to this huge bird.

Why this decision was made, Bellamy did not know.Maybe it can be attributed to some kind of impulse.Or if Bellamy knew Buddhism, he would use "fate" to describe his encounter with Sandwing.

And on the second day after getting the sand wing, Bellamy's eyes healed without treatment.

Since then, he has changed his nickname to "Vulture".

Yes, at that time, there was no modifier "cannibal" before his nickname.But Bellamy didn't know when it started, she first had an abnormal appetite, and then even started to eat human flesh.

But for a murderous and ferocious pirate, this does not seem to be a big deal.At least after knowing that he is addicted to human flesh, no matter whether he is a subordinate or an enemy, he has a little more awe and fear for himself.For a pirate, it is a good thing to be feared and feared by others.

After the sand wing landed on Bellamy's shoulders, this fat pirate who weighed more than two hundred kilograms took a step forward and jumped onto the small boat moored below.

Bellamy's vulture pet is very powerful.It grabbed the pirate's shoulders and stretched its wings, like a parachute, allowing the heavyweight pirate to stand on the boat smoothly without even causing a little shake.

Because the target this time was the heads of Gordon and Jill, Bellamy only brought a hundred of the most powerful fighters of the pirate group.Because if it is a land raid, a lot of people are needed to carry the looted property, but this time the target is only two heads.

The smaller the number, the easier it is to operate stealthily.

Even if he knew that Gordon didn't have a large army that could threaten him, Bellamy didn't want to be discovered as soon as he went ashore carelessly.If Gordon was so frightened that he left the Sisdoro Valley and ran into the Sea Cliff Castle to hide, he would have missed his success.

The terrain of Haiwen Peninsula is complex and sparsely populated.Therefore, although Bellamy's landing site was only a few kilometers away from Sea Cliff Fort, this group of pirates still entered the Sisdoro Valley without anyone noticing it, relying on the cover of the terrain and the darkness.

The adjective "unknowingly" may be somewhat inaccurate.For although the gods of the outer world or the undead wandering in the wilderness knew of Bellamy's actions, it may not be certain.But since landing, Gordon has been firmly in control of the movements of this group of pirates.

It wasn't until the opponent had entered the Sisdoro Valley that it was no longer possible to escape, Gordon, who was cautious, issued an assembly order through the summons brooch.

In half an hour at most, 450 Redstone Guards and [-] Freeman's private army will arrive at the entrance of the valley, blocking the retreat of the group of pirates.

What Gordon needs to consider now is how to withstand the attack of a hundred elite pirates for half an hour.