Arad's Sword

Chapter 177 Explore
"The Bibo family sent an invitation to the party."

"reject."

"The Chiba family sent an invitation to the afternoon tea party."

"reject."

"The Purcell family sent an invitation to a fishing competition, and a large number of gifts were attached."

"Accept the gift. We can't make people think that we are reckless. As for the invitation, refuse it."

When the several major forces lurking in Faroe Bay reacted differently, Midi, who had finally joined the high society on the west coast, fell into a state of being unable to deal with it.

Various invitations like flakes, all kinds of chance encounters when traveling, coupled with the almost cannibalistic eyes of many ladies and ladies, Midi couldn't help but start to have some doubts, did he go too far?Perhaps, in that sparring with Liufeng, it should be played for dozens of rounds first, and then the winner will be decided.

But things have come to this, the only thing Midi can do now is to refuse all the invitations one by one.

However, one of these invitations piled up like a hill caught his attention.

"An invitation to the Neptune Festival?"

Midi looked at this simple invitation and pondered secretly.

The Neptune Festival, as the name suggests, is naturally a maritime festival on the west coast.

For a region that relies on maritime trade routes and various marine resources to prosper, the content of this kind of festival is naturally the old-fashioned sacrifices and celebrations, plus various shops and dances, etc. There is much to say.Midi's focus is on the people participating in the festival.

As the biggest annual event on the west coast, the Sea King Festival is also an open and secret struggle for the rearrangement of seats by major maritime families and forces.

Why is the Yunlang family the number one maritime family, but Feifan is not?It was decided at the Neptune Festival.

Now, Midi and Lionheart Dojo, who are making a big splash, also have the qualifications to participate in this competition.But at the same time, since Midi was able to enter, the Shinra Dojo, which had developed power on the west coast earlier than Midi, was naturally invited.

At that time, what actions will the Delos Empire behind it take?

Thinking of this, Midi frowned secretly.

After all, the Sea King Festival is a rare opportunity for all the great powers on the west coast to gather together. From a military point of view, it can be said to be the best time to wipe out all the masters.Even Midi, thinking of this possibility, would feel a little bit moved, not to mention the Shinra Dojo, which has implemented a policy of fighting since it came up?

In the previous life, Midi remembered that the Delos Empire also found a high-sounding reason to gather all the major maritime families together, saying that they wanted to discuss future development and share benefits.But in the end, they turned their faces and refused to recognize anyone, detained all the Patriarchs, and took this opportunity to launch attacks from Belle Mare and the mainland of the empire at the same time, occupying Faro Bay in one fell swoop.

In this life, at the Sea King Festival, maybe the Delos Empire will adopt the same strategy.

It seems that I need to make some preparations in advance.

However, Midi is also very clear that although the heart of defense is indispensable, it must not fall into the rhythm of competing for strength with the Delos Empire.

If you have to compete with Shinra Dojo in everything, then the result will only become a war of attrition in which both sides compete for national strength.

You know, the goal of the Delos Empire is to "rule" the west coast, "blockade" this sea area, and then "monopolize" Sky City and the Land of Awakening.Zhenluo Dojo adopts various extremely aggressive strategies, and aggressively expands its influence on the west coast and enters the territory, all based on this strategy.

But Midi is not interested in monopolizing Sky City, and the facts of the previous life have also proved that this kind of ambition of the empire cannot be realized at all, and no one can complete this kind of blockade.

Therefore, now that he has established a firm foothold, what Midi has to do is not to attack, but to seize the opportunity while defending.

As long as they can find the entrance to Sky City, enter Sky City, and get the best awakening place faster than everyone else, what impact will the situation in Faroe Bay and the entire West Coast have?
"Speed ​​up the construction of the iron-clad warships, investigate the surrounding waters of the Neptune Festival, and at the same time, release rumors that the Shinra Dojo is a lackey of the Delos Empire, see how the reaction is, and then make more contacts with those big maritime families and gather contacts. Kai Erwin, I will trouble you with these matters." Midi glanced at the magician who was wearing glasses and had always been impeccable in doing things, and gave the order like this.

"What about me?" asked the bald man Dixon from the other side of the room.

"Come with me, and prepare to explore the southern sea." To the question of the paladin, Midi replied without thinking.

Following the orders given by Midi, one after another brand new three-masted full-brigade sailing ships went into the sea one after another and sailed to the vast southern sea.

The [-] sailboats that were originally scheduled to be delivered within a month were all in place in just one week.This is not to say that the Feifan family's shipbuilding technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, but because they took out the sailboats that were originally stored in the dock for their own use and handed them over to Midi in advance to further enhance the relationship between the two parties.

This is the benefit after showing strength.You don't have to follow the rules and follow the rules step by step, but you can enjoy the benefits that ordinary people can't imagine.

As for the crew of the twenty ships, Midi didn't have to worry at all—it was just dispatched directly from Belle Mare, and he could also directly dispatch the experienced elite of the Hamilton family without training newcomers at all.

In this way, Belle Mare's influence can be further infiltrated into the west coast, and the progress of sea area exploration can be accelerated, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, a mere twenty boats is nothing at all in the endless South China Sea, so Midi will not only count on these numbers on the surface.

In secret, he also ordered Red Lotus Dojo and Wells to dispatch a full eighty sailboats, plus the [-] ships from Lionheart Dojo, a total of [-] sailboats, like a giant net opened, began to attack Many islands in the South China Sea to explore!

And Midi himself still maintains his usual appearance, usually practicing in the Lionheart Dojo, occasionally going out to attend a few relatively high-level tea parties, secretly sorting out the search information every day.

However, even so, the search progress is still extremely slow.

Obviously, Sky City is not that easy to find.

Even with the memory of the previous life, Midi, who is a reborn person, cannot easily touch its outline.

The southern waters are vast, and even the most experienced fleet in the Faroe Bay, no one can guarantee that they know everything about it.Most of the time, the sailboats sent out by Midi can only sail aimlessly, and they can't find anything at all in their respective areas of responsibility, not even a single noteworthy abnormality.

Occasionally, some sailing boats will find some reefs out of the water, or uninhabited isolated islands, but these islands are so small that they can see the whole picture clearly without even going ashore.And on these islands, there is naturally nothing.

After a few weeks, the progress of the exploration is not small, but unfortunately, in all the areas that have been explored, there is nothing that Midi wants to get.

"Where will the entrance to Sky City be?"

Looking at the map of the southern waters with more and more "red crosses" painted on it, Midi fell into deep thought.

He clearly remembered that in the previous life, the emergence of Sky City was divided into two stages.

The first stage is the "connection" stage.During this period of time, the small world where Sky City is located and the Great Thousand World where Arad Continent is located gradually began to overlap, causing several cracks to appear in the South China Sea. Through these cracks, one can directly enter Sky City. That is "connected".

The second stage is the "appearance" stage.The small world where the Sky City was located completely collapsed, so the entire Sky City was exposed in the South China Sea of ​​the Arad Continent without any cover, and everyone could see its towering tower.

In the previous life, Midi, Fina, and Alice broke through the blockade of the Delos Empire through a special secret route after the sky city appeared, and then they were able to enter the sky city and find a place of awakening. ground.

But in this life, since we want to seize the opportunity, we must try our best to find the cracks during the "connection" stage, so that we can find the awakening place with the best environmental conditions before the awakening tide, so as to pursue "perfect awakening" , and then stepped into the realm above level 50 earlier than others.

Although Midi is very clear about the location of the sea area where the main body of Sky City appears, the location of the crack and the main body are completely different things.Therefore, all he can do now is to trawl the net.

However, looking at the chart, he gradually realized that something was wrong——

Quite a number of fleets have explored very far areas, even beyond the location of Sky City itself for a few days.Although the crack may be some distance away from the main body, it is impossible to be so far away, right?Otherwise, wouldn't it be possible to sit at home in Faro Bay and be sucked directly into Sky City by accident?

The scope of exploration is beyond the size of the small world itself, and it may be meaningless to explore further.

Among them, there must be some problems that I have overlooked. What could it be?

Midi asked herself, but got no answer.

In the final analysis, the reborn is not omnipotent, and Midi is not very good at maritime affairs.Not only that, but the people around him, such as Fina, the queen of magic bullets, or Alice, the witch of the mist, don't know much about it.

Moreover, considering the various butterfly effects that may be brought about by Midi's rebirth, the situation becomes more complicated.

Just as Midi was thinking hard, a rough voice came from the door of the study.

"Head, I'm going out for a while. The exploration team is in some trouble. It looks like I have to do it myself." Walking into the study, although Dixon kept saying "trouble", he couldn't hide his excitement.

After staying in this money-filled Faroe Bay for so long, there are only a few times when he kicks the gymnasium. Most of the time, it is Midi who makes the shots himself. As the doorman of the Lion Heart Dojo, he has no chance at all. This bald man feels that he is too fast Rusty.

"What's the matter?" Midi asked slightly surprised.

Since Dixon volunteered, it meant that the boats in Lionheart Dojo were in trouble.Who in the Faroe Bay would dare to make trouble for himself these days?Midi was curious too.

"It's a pirate!" Dixon replied immediately.

"Pirate?" Midi repeated, and suddenly realized.

That's right, pirates!
　Ball monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)