Red Dragon has magic

Chapter 244 Pirates
Big waves, hurricanes, lightning, monsters, and pirates at sea may threaten the safety of a merchant ship. The disappearance of a merchant ship is not worthy of concern.

A week or half a month passed, and merchant ships disappeared one after another. In particular, the survivors jumped into the sea to escape and fled to Watch Harbor, telling the story of the horror of pirates. Finally, some people realized that pirates had reappeared on the Shining Sea, which had been quiet for many years.

If the undead admiral had not taken the initiative to visit the volcanic island, Leon would not care about pirates at all. He didn't care if those pirates robbed merchant ships, as long as they didn't mess with him. After all, he always adhered to the attitude of minding his own business.

As he came to rule Watchport, Leon gradually realized that peace on the Shining Sea was necessary - the Golden Coast Chamber of Commerce only wanted to make money, and even the Red Dragon didn't mind doing business with him after he showed order - and began to demand that the pirates behave themselves on the Shining Sea, especially when facing merchant ships traveling to and from Watchport.

Of course, Leon also knew to leave people a way out, otherwise a desperate dog would do anything. He only needed the pirates to restrain themselves in the Glittering Sea and turn a blind eye to other places. He would even allow pirate ships to enter Watch Harbor to trade, as long as they abided by the rules he set.

"I remember I said that they are not allowed to act recklessly in the Glittering Sea. This is my territory." Leon was sitting on a rock by the sea fishing. "They have been very well behaved in the past few years. Why did they suddenly jump up?"

The man with glasses was the manager of the Golden Shore Chamber of Commerce. It was he who informed Leon that pirates had appeared on the sea. His idea was naturally to let Leon handle this matter. Otherwise, why would he give up so many benefits? He said, "We don't know either."

Leon picked up the fishing rod and looked at it. There was bait, but he didn't understand why no fish had taken the bait. He put the fishing rod down again and ignored it. He said, "Don't you have any spies in Moon Bay?"

"We sent out spies several times, but they all disappeared in the end, so we didn't send any more." The manager of the Golden Shore Chamber of Commerce paused, "The only thing we can do is bribe the pirates, but the intelligence obtained by that method is often delayed."

Leon nodded without comment and said, "Give me some information about Moon Bay."

Fortunately, Leon received compensation from the elves and now has money in his pocket, so he doesn't care so much about money. If he had been penniless when he just transformed the volcanic island into a Feng Shui treasure land, he might have rushed to Moon Bay to ask for an explanation.

Even so, compared to the elves who are simply unwilling to trade, the pirates wreaking havoc on the Shining Sea has a direct impact on the normal trade of Watchport, affecting the tax collection of Watchport, and directly leading to a decrease in Lyon's income. As the saying goes, cutting off a person's financial resources is like killing his parents, so don't expect Lyon to remain calm.

After getting the information provided by the manager of the Golden Coast Chamber of Commerce, and thinking that the fire giants have returned to the Lost Plateau to develop their power, Cecilia is responsible for the affairs of the elves, Tassera stays in the Mage Tower every day to study spells, Fiora does not live on the volcanic island, and he doesn't know where to find her. Leon decides to step in personally because his only sister is unable to take on the responsibility.

Leon returned to his dragon form, kicked his legs, flapped his wings, and flew far away in the blink of an eye.

Lyon doesn't think anything serious has happened yet. He guesses it's just some blind pirate who doesn't know the rules of the Glittering Sea.

He was too lazy to pay attention to the offending pirate ships and just went to Moon Bay to find the pirate leaders and asked them to keep their men under control, otherwise don't blame him for being rude.

As soon as he flew out of the volcanic island and headed towards the open sea, Leon soon discovered a problem. He knew that there was a pirate city in Moon Bay, and that Moon Bay was south of Watch Harbor, and he even knew the specific coordinates, but it was difficult to grasp the exact direction, which could easily lead to a small mistake that would lead to a huge error. There was no way to judge the longitude and latitude by visual observation.

Not to mention that he didn't have a sextant. Even if he had one, he wouldn't be able to use it to measure the angle between the sun or other celestial bodies and the horizon at a certain moment and quickly find out the longitude and latitude of his location.

Of course, Leon would not just go home like this. He looked up at the sky and decided to fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters. 10,000 meters above sea level can provide a very wide field of view. In theory, you can see hundreds of kilometers away. In reality, it is affected by many factors, such as clouds and fog.

By flapping his wings he could only fly diagonally into the sky, and the climb was too slow. Leon chose to gather and disperse the air, and flew vertically into the sky, and he reached an altitude of 10,000 meters before the duration was over.

Looking down at the sea from an altitude of ten thousand meters, Leon did not see the crescent-shaped island, but found many ships sailing... He had to look carefully to see whether they were ships or sea monsters, and prepare to find a ship to lead the way.

Lyon picked a ship at random and flew closer and closer. He found that it was a gunboat flying a pirate flag. It was undoubtedly a pirate ship.

The pirate ship's lookout was so busy looking around that he forgot to look up, giving Leon a chance... To Leon, it didn't matter whether he was given a chance or not, because he certainly couldn't defeat him. Even if he had a speed of more than ten knots, he couldn't escape unless he could dive.

In short, Lyon dived and quickly approached the pirate ship, and found that the pirate ship was quite large, with dozens of guns, more than 30 meters in length and about 7 or 8 meters in width.

In this case, Leon's total length is more than 20 meters, but if you don't count the long neck and tail, his body length is only about 7 meters. If he is a little careful, there will be no problem landing on the pirate ship. He will just damage the sails and accidentally step on a few crew members to death.

"I told you not to plunder in the Glittering Sea." Leon glared at the pirate captain standing on the deck and roared, unscrupulously activating the evil spirit. Except for the pirate captain, who Leon had something to ask him, everyone on the pirate ship fell into a state of fear, and no one was exempt.

The pirate captain looked around stupidly, only to see all his men "fallen". He remembered the rumors about Moon Bay, that the red dragon in Watch Harbor was just a facade, it could be knocked down by one cannon or killed by a volley of musket fire... You fucking thing, I'll chop you to pieces with my sword, are you saying that the red dragon is a piece of shit?
The pirate captain is not weak, and the water giant is also confident that he can give the red dragon a try. This shows how strong the red dragon is. How could a roar from a red dragon make all his men lose their combat effectiveness?

He was shaking all over and stammered, "Red, Red Dragon... Your Excellency."

"Don't you know me?" Leon approached the pirate captain.

"Mr. Lyon, respected Mr. Lyon." The pirate captain swallowed.

"Since you know me, you must know my rules." Leon opened his mouth slightly, revealing his sharp white teeth.

"I, I, I know Lord Leon's rules. I am not here to plunder in the Glittering Sea. I am here to do business in Watch Harbor." The pirate captain tried to explain.

"Your ship is so empty, without any cargo, I can stand on it and it won't sink... You said you were going to Watch Harbor to do business, do you believe it?" Leon stretched out his claws and placed them beside the pirate captain, breathing heavily on him, "You lied and deceived the king, and your crime is even more serious."

The pirate captain was speechless.

"Kneel down!" Leon said suddenly.

The pirate captain's legs went weak and he fell to his knees, completely without any dignity.

"Let me ask you, you have been honest for so many years, why did you suddenly run to the Glittering Sea to attack merchant ships?" Lyon wanted to figure out what was going on.

The pirate captain looked at the ferocious head of the red dragon so close at hand, and was hesitant to speak.

He didn’t dare to say that the rumors in Moon Bay that the red dragon was shot down from the sky by an arrow from the elven general were just fake news. The rumors that a mature red dragon was hunted down on the Lost Plateau were all fake. The rumors became more and more outrageous. In the end, it turned out that the red dragon was driven out of the Lost Plateau. Otherwise, how could a red dragon run to the seaside instead of staying in the mountains...

"The higher-ups told us to come, so here we are." The pirate captain decided to tell a lie. If he lied and was discovered by the red dragon he would be dead, and if he told the truth he would also definitely die, so he might as well take a chance.

Leon could tell that the pirate captain was lying, so he moved his ears and didn't want to care about it. Suddenly, he had an idea, shook his head and turned into a human form, and said, "Now I am the captain, you are the first mate, you assist me."

Who doesn't have a pirate dream?

Anyway, Leon once had a dream of being a pirate, so he was interested in playing the role of a pirate captain. He took off the pirate captain's hat and was about to put it on. He took a look and thought it was dirty, so he said, "Give me that scimitar, and the gun."

Leon thought the pirate captain's hat was dirty, but he didn't mind using the pirate captain's weapon. He waved his weapon and shouted, "Everyone listen to my orders. Target Moon Bay. Set off... Um, hey, how do you use this rudder?"

Leon served as a pirate captain for three days and lived a pirate life for three days, which eliminated many previous misunderstandings about pirates.

Pirates actually don't like fighting and killing. On the contrary, they love peace more and hope that merchant ships will surrender when they see the pirate flag raised. The reason is that violence is the instinct of pirates, but this behavior often brings them huge costs.

Being a sailor is never an easy job, because the situation at sea changes rapidly, and when there are enough people to take turns, they don't have much sleep. If there are storms, they will be woken up in the middle of the night and run barefoot on the deck to pull the rope, and then be swept away by the surging waves or crushed by the fallen rigging.

"Moon Bay is ahead." The pirate first mate, whose position as captain was snatched away by Leon, serves Leon wholeheartedly every day and dares not to have any complaints. As for what will happen if he lets thieves into the house and takes the red dragon to Moon Bay, isn't it naive to expect bad guys like pirates to have any morals?
"We're finally here." Leon stood on the deck and stretched his arms, wondering whether he should turn into a red dragon and pounce directly on the pirate city.

(End of this chapter)