Lords go left, Emperors go right

"Your Highness Aosta, thank you for your concern. It is not necessary for the time being. I can still continue to pilot."

On the bridge (cockpit) of the "Seagull" ship, Osta was chatting with the girls accompanying him. The main members participating in this operation were the "Thunder Knight" Reina, and the members of the "Thunder Knights" under the command of this young lady, and those beautiful knights came together.

Considering the danger of the sea area where the incident occurred, Osta made all kinds of preparations in advance for the sake of caution and safety. When Osta went to the Cybrus Sea, in addition to bringing Chris, Sophia and Yulia, the three strongest fighters, he also invited "Black Rose" Avril to come and assist, and boarded the "Seagull" together.

With the help of the forbidden artifact "Golden Eyes", Avril can accurately identify the situation on the route when sailing on the sea at night, as if she has her own remote GPS positioning. She can give early warning of danger and is the best helmsman.

Up to now, thanks to Avril's remote prediction, the "Seagull" has successfully avoided multiple reefs and dangerous sea whirlpools and is still sailing safely. This has to be said to be a miracle. Without this auxiliary support, with the ship level of the "Seagull", a collision is enough to sink the ship.

Avril looked extremely cautious. Her forbidden artifact, the "Golden Eyes", had some effects similar to the Yin-Yang Eyes, and could see the souls of those who died tragically in the Sea of ​​Cybrus. Therefore, she felt uneasy. According to her, most of these undead were in the state of death, and none of them were complete corpses. Many were missing limbs and looked uncomfortable.

Osta didn't share vision with Avril, but he could tell from Avril's expression that there were too many dead souls in this sea area. The legend of the siren was not groundless. If no one came to purify them, the dead souls at sea would continue to wander in the sea area before their death.

The sea conditions in the Cybrus Sea are quite special, with a large number of coral islands scattered everywhere. Many sea monsters cannot go deep into it, even shallow sea monsters cannot get involved, so it has become a paradise for the sirens.

The Sirens live at the bottom of the oceans of all the seas, and are preyed upon by various deep-sea and shallow-sea monsters. The Sirens' songs and abilities have no control over sea monsters and most other sea creatures, so they are constantly squeezed out of their living space by other sea creatures, and eventually have to flee to some coral islands for refuge.

The Cybrus Sea is one of them, and it is relatively famous. There are many sirens fleeing here, and they are quite threatening to humans. Their songs that can confuse people are fatal to sailors who sail on the sea all year round, and they will lure them to drown in the sea.

"Your Highness Osta, we have never fought against a siren. If we really encounter one..."

“Reina, the siren is of water attribute after all, just use lightning. Don’t be afraid of that tempting melody, we have Sophia on the ship, she can help us purify the interference.”

"Got it, Your Highness Aosta, I will do my best."

"Reina, just use all your strength and you'll wake up. Chris and the others are here and can come out to help calm the situation when necessary."

Standing behind Osta, the "Thunder Knight" Reina still looked a little nervous. Like her fellow "Thunder Knights" and the other beautiful knights, she had never fought in a naval battle. The legend of the Sirens was only a rumor, and she had never seen one. When the time came, it was inevitable that she would feel nervous and uneasy.

Osta was not so nervous, with a fearless expression. He was more looking forward to the Sirens, and was not worried about safety. The experts he brought with him this time were enough to deal with it. If the Sirens did not come, this gentleman prince would be dissatisfied.

There are different types of sirens, and the most common type of sirens is mermaids. Mermaids are also divided into two categories, mermaids and mermen. The former has a beautiful human-like upper body and a fish tail, while the latter even has a fish-like head, which looks more terrifying.

The human race in the continental countries has almost no knowledge of the sea tribe. Occasionally, the human race will find some sea tribe bodies washed ashore by the waves on the coastal beaches. The human race's knowledge of the sea tribe is mainly completed through these remains, and the intelligence information they have is limited. The island countries do not have much interaction with the sea tribe, and the relevant intelligence information they know is not necessarily better than that of the mainland countries.

After gradually entering the waters of Cebrus, Osta and his crew encountered considerable trouble. The previous voyage was calm, but after the ship arrived in the Cebrus waters, the "Seagull" was hit by a huge sea wave.

The sea was covered with dark clouds, even the stars in the night sky were obscured. Fortunately, Captain Avril's forbidden artifact "Golden Eyes" was not affected, helping the "Seagull" avoid many reefs. The wind and waves here were basically created by the sirens hiding behind the scenes. Osta regretted sailing at night. He should have come during the day, so that he would not be prone to encounter these strong winds and waves.

Sirens usually don't summon strong winds and waves during the day, as that would be too obvious. After careful consideration, Osta ordered the "Seagull" to temporarily drop anchor. It would be inconvenient to set sail to find someone in the daytime, as it would be dark at night. Marceline can easily find someone using the "Golden Eyes", but using the Lost Artifact is very mentally draining, and Osta doesn't want Marceline to waste her mental energy on this matter.

Osta stopped the ship to observe the situation. If the opponent continued to attack, he would counterattack. Stopping the ship also meant to lure the opponent to take the initiative. The next step would depend on how the sirens would react. If the opponent stopped, Osta would not chase them. The sea area was the opponent's home field. When playing away in someone else's sphere of influence, Osta needed to consider many factors.

The "Seagull" had just dropped anchor and had just stopped for a while when it encountered a mental attack from the Sirens. In the sea where the ship was docked, there were waves of beautiful and ethereal singing, like a call from the sea. This soul-stirring melody had no effect on the people on the "Seagull".

Sophia clasped her hands together and closed her eyes in prayer. A moment later, with this beautiful blonde with golden eyes as the center, circles of golden music scores and melodies appeared around her, floating in the air and forming a beautiful picture. Sophia's hymn instantly dispelled the influence of the Sirens' mind control, and the crew members on the ship were not affected at all.

When the sirens saw that the sailors on the ship did not appear on the deck as expected, they began their second move. Many ugly figures climbed onto the deck of the "Seagull". They were some burly fish-man warriors. It seemed that the sirens saw that soft tactics did not work, so they decided to take a tough approach and board the ship to capture people.

These murloc warriors were very powerful, and with the added bonus of the sea as their home turf, even the elite pirates of the human race and the elite empire navy of the island countries were no match for the murlocs, not to mention some ordinary sailors. However, this time the murloc warriors miscalculated. As soon as they stepped onto the deck of the "Seagull", they were blocked by the "Thunder Knight" Reina and her "Thunder Knights" and other beautiful knights.

Reina and the others did not fight in close combat, but stood at the door of the cabin to fight the murlocs. They used the few long-range attack skills of the Lightning Knights to attack the murlocs from a distance. Although they were small tricks with limited damage, they were fatal to the murlocs because of the attribute restraint. A simple small lightning ball could easily injure the elite warriors of the murlocs.

The restraint of the lightning system on the water system was too obvious. After being hit by the lightning ball, many fishmen warriors twitched all over. They fled towards the sea after being electrocuted, fell into the sea and died one by one, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea.

The sirens, frustrated in their offensive, tried to use long-range magic attacks to save the situation and reverse the unfavorable situation. However, this was in vain. The huge waves they summoned were blocked by the sacred magic defense barrier "Dawn Curtain" summoned by Sophia before they could reach the hull of the "Seagull", and could not hit the hull at all.

Captain Avril of the Seagull personally participated in the command of the battle. She used the forbidden artifact "Golden Eyes" to assist in navigation and guide Reina and her team to attack targets. Reina and her team took advantage of the situation and took the initiative to kill the Sirens' third wave of attack in advance.

The sirens originally wanted to have the murloc warriors attack from the bottom of the water, trying to penetrate the bottom of the "Seagull" and sink the ship so that they could attack. However, Reina and the others used lightning magic to target them in advance, just like electrocuting fish, killing them one by one. After three consecutive defeats, the sirens had no choice but to continue attacking, trying to win by using their numerical advantage.

The human race has limited mental power. Even if the opponent has a lightning magician, his mental power will be exhausted and he cannot launch magic attacks all the time. The sirens' idea was soon slapped in the face by reality. The opponent did not have a problem of insufficient magic power at all. Reina and the others used small tricks that did not consume much mental power. In addition, Sophia could convert magic power and charge her teammates at any time. Basically, her magic power was unlimited and could continue to last.

The stormy weather actually provided a great boost to the Thunder Knights. The opponents were soaked by the rain, which made them conduct electricity faster. Many murloc warriors were killed before they even got close. What was even more embarrassing was that the murloc warriors were unaware of the situation and thought that the attacker was a magician. As long as they could get close to him and fight him in close combat, they would definitely win.

When the murloc warriors finally approached, they were immediately shocked. The opponent was actually a knight, not a magician. Not to mention the ranged, they couldn't even beat them in close combat. Lightning flowed on Reina and the others' weapons. Facing the murloc warriors, the Thunder Knights were like cheats. They were invincible. The beautiful knights killed one of their enemies with one sword. The murloc warriors were suppressed and had no power to fight back.

After more than an hour of armed conflict, the Sirens suffered heavy casualties and had to give up the siege on the Seagull. They fled in a panic after leaving their companions behind. After this confrontation, the sea was filled with a strong smell of blood, and many fishmen's bodies were floating on the sea.

The storm subsided a bit, and the sea soon returned to calm. However, the stars in the night sky were still invisible, and the dark clouds were still there. Surrounded by his female subordinates, Osta came to the deck of the Seagull to check the post-war situation.

Osta looked at the bodies of the fishmen floating on the sea, and his expression was a little cautious. Osta didn't think that the Sirens would give up and really escape. Sirens are said to be very vengeful. With such a huge loss, the Sirens will definitely organize a larger group of people to come for revenge after returning. It is not safe to stay in this position.

"Reina, you've worked hard, take a good rest! The next battle may be here soon."

"Your Highness Osta, we haven't enjoyed such a refreshing battle in a long time."

"Avril, please raise the anchor. We can't stay here overnight. We need to change to another location!"

"Your Highness Aosta, I understand."

Chapter 193 Special Fishing Operation on Coral Island

The daytime in the Sea of ​​Cybrus was relatively less terrifying. In the early morning of the next day, the merchant ship "Seagull" that Osta was on moved to a relatively calm sea area. After the encounter last night, Osta and his men severely damaged the attacking sea monster and were temporarily safe.

Osta's early transfer made the subsequent siege of the Sirens, who were trying to regain ground and save face, come up empty-handed. Although the "Seagull" had "Thunder Knight" Reina and the "Thunder Knights" who followed this young lady, their lightning attribute attacks had a natural attribute restraint on various Sirens. Most Sirens could not withstand it, but after all, there were too few of them, only a dozen or so.

The beautiful ladies of the Thunder Knights were definitely not as strong as the male knights. The Sea of ​​Cybrus was the home of the Sirens, and there were tens of thousands of them. Osta did not want to be besieged. He was afraid that the other side would use human sea warriors, and then things would become very troublesome.

Osta came here to look for someone, not to attack the Sirens. Therefore, if he could avoid a large-scale battle, he would try to avoid it, not wanting to get into a tug-of-war. Even if he could win, it would take up a lot of time, delaying Osta's plan to look for someone. He needed to find the princess as soon as possible and not waste time with the Sirens.

Aosta came to the deck and looked at the calm sea. It was hard to imagine that there were all kinds of terrifying sea monsters living under the sea. There were many islands in the distance. These coral islands had a long history. If it weren't for the sea monsters, this place should be suitable for development as a tourist resort.

"Your Highness Aosta, those islands are very dangerous. We should not go to the islands to look for people casually!"

"Avril, what did you see?"

"Your Highness Osta, I didn't see any living people. No, I didn't see any human beings."

"Avril, isn't this better? We can just find out the situation from the local residents."

"Your Highness Osta, I don't know the language of the Sirens. Even if I find them, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask them."

"Avril, this is no problem. There might be someone in the Sirens tribe who can speak the human language."

While Osta was still thinking about how to find someone, "Black Rose" Avril came over. The forbidden artifact "Golden Eyes" she possessed was emitting red light, which meant that Avril was conducting a long-range scanning exploration.

Osta carefully checked several nearby coral islands and soon discovered that there were too many dangers hidden under the beautiful scenery of the islands. On the beach, you can see the wreckage of ships, some wooden boards and some broken skeletons, which are obviously left by sailors who were killed by sirens in the past.

In this plane, the reason why sea monsters attack humans is basically hunting, just like humans hunting monsters. According to the research of many human scholars, these sea monsters themselves cannot compete with other sea monsters in the sea tribe, and are driven out of the seabed by the deep sea tribe. Even in the rich shallow sea area, the sea monsters cannot live completely peacefully, so the range of activities overlaps with that of humans.

The special abilities of the Sirens are only effective against humans. If they encounter other alien races such as elves, fairies, orcs, and dragons, they will be defeated on the spot. Especially if they encounter demons, they will be killed on the spot. Therefore, the Sirens can only wait and see on the coral islands in some remote seas, and dare not take the initiative to attack.

The countries on the continents of the human race didn't pay much attention to the maritime affairs. The island countries were busy competing for the resources in the safe sea areas. The sea monsters' attacks on merchant ships and cargo ships did not attract enough attention from the human ruling class. They also thought it was troublesome. No country took the lead in organizing a joint military action to fight against the sea monsters, so the sea monsters could get away with it.

Osta silently observed the coral islands, secretly calculating their strategic value. If there were enough resources, he wouldn't mind being the first to try them. In this island country in another dimension, there was no territorial waters or exclusive economic zones. The territory was mainly calculated based on the islands that were occupied and controlled.

If the Sirens were driven out and the war was over, the victor would directly have the right to rule the Cybrus Sea as long as he occupied and controlled the coral island. All the islands in the sea that had not been set foot on by humans were unowned lands, and whoever occupied them would own them. The island countries were all in civil war and had no time to take care of the matter of seizing new land from foreign races. Their strength was limited, and they were not good at external attacks, but only good at striking hard at their own people.

"Your Highness Aosta, it is not a good idea to continue searching like this. There are thousands of coral islands here. It will take a long time for us to search them all with just one ship."

"Your Highness Osta, we are still at great risk of being discovered by the Siren, just like last night."

"Reina, Phineas, I have an idea. Let's go directly to the Sirens to ask for directions."

"Your Highness Aosta, you mean..."

"I'm going to go fishing later, Reina, please lend me your lightning power."

"Your Highness Aosta, I see. We will help you."

Osta was holding a monocular marine telescope in his hand, and he used it to remotely observe the coral islands near the "Seagull". He just took a casual look and actually found a lot of interesting things.

On a coral island not far from the Seagull, on that beach, several sirens could be seen lazily basking in the sun. Those sirens looked like standard mermaids. They were much more pleasing to the eye than those fishmen last night, at least they looked acceptable.

Osta observed remotely for a while and found that these mermaids looked similar to the mermaids in Western fairy tales on Earth before he traveled through time. The upper body was the image of a beautiful girl. The mermaids that Osta saw were beautiful girls with blue hair and blue eyes. The blue eyes were as pure as the sea.

Mermaids don't wear any equipment, no weapons. They only have two pieces of clothing on the left and right sides of their chests, which look like glued shells, just covering the two bright red spots. Mermaids are very well-endowed. Osta estimated that their average size of breasts should be above size D, with deep ravines. It seems that the resources in the ocean are quite abundant, so they can all develop so well.

The lower body of a mermaid is a fish tail. Of course, this form is not absolute. If the mermaid has cultivated her own strength to a certain level, she can change the fish tail into a pair of slender legs, and then she will be the same as humans.

It takes a long time for a mermaid to reach the level of cultivation where she can grow legs, which results in many mermaids not being able to persist in cultivation to this level and dying midway due to various accidents. They die midway and cannot continue. Mermaids who can grow legs and go ashore and onto the mainland, up to now, only exist in legends.

The mermaids basking in the sun soon saw the merchant ship "Seagull" approaching quickly. Their pretty faces showed expressions of fear, as if they had never expected that a human ship could penetrate deep into the coral islands in the Cybrus Sea. Their first move was not to attack, but to flee.

Mermaids can cast water magic and sing to lure and confuse the sailors on human ships into the sea. However, the distance is too close now. Casting magic requires chanting time, and singing also takes time. There is no time to prepare for the attack.

The mermaids' escape route was blocked. When Osta bought the merchant ship "Seagull", he also bought several fishing nets from the fishermen in the port. Several fishing nets were thrown at the mermaids, trapping them on the spot and lying on the beach unable to move. The mermaids tried to struggle, but as soon as they touched the fishing nets, they were paralyzed by the electric current and could no longer struggle to break the nets.

When Osta cast the fishing net, he cunningly asked the "Thunder Knight" Reina for help. This lady and her "Thunder Knights" members, those beautiful knights, joined forces to add lightning magic to the fishing net, turning it into a miniature electric grid. This has a great influence on water-attributed beings. Even if other mermaids are caught in the electric grid, their fate will be the same as these mermaids.

"You...you guys, don't mess around. This is the Sirens' territory. Soon...soon the Sirens will come to support us. Then..."

"Ms. Mermaid, you're awake. I thought you couldn't speak the human language. It should be much easier to communicate this way."

"Are you...are you listening to what we are saying? Hurry...let us go!"

"What if I don't? Miss Mermaid, you are going to do this!"

"me..."

"Ms. Mermaid, this is my ship. You must recognize your situation."

When the mermaids woke up from paralysis, they found that the surrounding environment had changed. They were already in the cabin of the Seagull, tied tightly with brown hemp ropes and fixed to wooden cylinders. A handsome human man was looking at them with curious eyes, with an unexpected expression on his face, as if he was a little surprised that the mermaids could speak the human language.

In order to prevent these mermaids from using magic, Osta specially sealed their speech ability with a cloth ball, leaving only the most beautiful mermaid without a gag, so that she could be questioned. Those mermaids were not inferior to the human girls present. They had fair and watery skin, but unfortunately they had no lower body, otherwise, they could do many more interesting things.

The mermaid obviously hadn't thought about what to do next, and couldn't say it. She only realized now that this was someone else's ship, completely the other party's territory. She was in a delicate situation where she was at the mercy of others. If the man shamelessly refused to let her go, she really had no way to deal with it.

At this time, Osta took advantage of the mermaid's panic and came up to lift her smooth chin, forcing her to look at the gentleman prince. Osta looked at the fear in the beautiful blue eyes and saw that it was not a fake. It seemed that Osta had taken advantage of the opportunity to get in and get more information.

"Miss Mermaid, what's your name?"

"Sai...Sera, why...are you asking this!"

"Ms. Sera, you must be tired of life on the island. I will take you back to the mainland!"

"No, I'm not going to the mainland, I'm not going anywhere."

"Sera, I'm afraid this is not up to you."

"Why is this happening, you bad guy? You are such a bully!"

Osta's acting skills in playing the villain are quite superb, and his skills are perfect, and it may be that he is acting in his true colors. Sera did not realize that the man in front of her was a disguise. After hearing that the other party wanted to take her and her sisters back to the human continent, not only Sera, but also the other mermaids showed expressions of fear on their faces.

Although the sirens can hunt humans at will at sea, once they reach land, it will be the territory of the human race. At that time, it is self-evident who is the prey and who is the hunter. There are quite a few perverted royal nobles in the human race who like to hunt and collect. If they are passed on to these special heavy-tasting gentlemen, the end is unimaginable. Thinking of this, Sera and the others trembled and their faces turned pale with fear.

"Sierra, I was just joking, this time I want to ask you a few questions."

"What...what question do you want to ask?"

"It's not a difficult problem. Has any other ship entered this sea area recently?"

"We are of low status and don't know much. We can't answer questions that are too secret."

"Sera, this is what I want to know. Think about it carefully. If you tell me the truth, I can consider letting you go back."

"I...I don't know. Wait...wait, I think I remember."

At first, Sera looked a little hesitant and a little resistant. She was hesitant and didn't dare to speak. However, for a gentleman like Osta, this was not a difficult task. He reached forward and pressed on one of the shells, pretending to peel it off.

Sera couldn't resist on the spot and confessed in a horrified tone. The mermaid's voice was pleasant to the ears, and with a hint of crying, it was easier to bully her. Even without the lower body, for an experienced gentleman, only the upper body can play a lot of tricks.

The third princess of the Abigrans Empire, who had fled here in a panic, had her ship in distress in the waters of Cebrus. According to Sera, all the people on the ship were controlled by the Sirens, and most of them were killed.

There are many types of sea monsters that control this sea area, and the most powerful and dominant one is the Sirens. The mermaids captured by Osta belong to the mermaid tribe, which is just a servant race dominated and ruled by the Sirens.

After further investigation, Osta learned that mermaids were relatively gentle among the sea monsters. They could have relied on their own abilities to hunt for other food and did not need to attack humans. The attack on humans was completely forced by other sea monsters, led by the Sirens.

There are actually two different branches in the mermaid tribe. Mermen like Sera, who have human appearance and belong to the kind-hearted faction, have always been controlled and driven by other mermaid tribes. In essence, they are also victims of enslavement by other mermaid tribes, forced to help harm others.

The other branch of the mermaids is the evil mermaids who do not have the appearance of humans. They are also called "Naga Siren" and are one of the siren races that actively attack humans. The two branches have different ideologies, and the good faction was dragged into the water by the evil faction and only did evil under intimidation.

The third princess's ship sank after being attacked by the Naga Siren. As for where the people on the ship were taken, Sera was not sure. It might be Saipan Island controlled by the Sirens, or Nars Island occupied by the Naga, or they might have died at sea long ago.

Osta was sure that the princess was not dead. The "Black Rose" Avril beside him could easily see the dead souls wandering in this sea area with the help of the forbidden artifact "Golden Eyes". She had scanned several times before and did not find the soul of the third princess of the Abigrans Empire in the Cybrus Sea, so she judged that the princess was not dead.

Osta had inquired about the princess's features from several of her personal guards, the quadruplet sisters. Avril had not seen a ghost who looked like the princess in this area of ​​the sea. If there was no ghost, it would prove that she was still alive.

Among the various sea monsters that control the Cybrus Sea, the strongest is the Siren, followed by the Naga. The survivors on the wrecked human ships can basically only be in the hands of these two tribes, and will not fall into the hands of a third tribe. If you want to find someone, it is best to go to the territory of these two tribes and look for them on the islands where they are entrenched.

"Sierra, then please take us to Saipan! We will go directly to find someone."

"You...you are crazy. Those Sirens are very dangerous. They are not afraid of your lightning attacks. If they are discovered, they will not be able to escape."

"I see, Sera, let's change our thinking. It shouldn't be difficult for you to take us to Nars Island to find someone! That's the territory of your mermaid tribe, so it shouldn't be a problem."

"Are you...are you really just looking for someone?"

"Sera, you will know when the time comes."

Chapter 194: Naga Tribe Headquarters Nars Island

Among the sea monsters occupying the Cybrus Sea, the Siren is the strongest and occupies the most resource-rich Saipan Island. The Naga is the second strongest and controls the second-richest Nars Island. For many years, the Siren and Naga have been fighting overtly and covertly, trying to become the ultimate overlord of the Cybrus Sea.