Commander, you smell so good.

Chapter 266: The Invincible Crown and the Great Vader

After successfully arriving in the New World, the Royal Fortune saw land and shouted excitedly. After a long voyage, they finally saw land.

But unfortunately, when they saw the land, they also saw many remnant fleets, which were mass-produced Siren fleets that were bombarding the port terminals in the New World waters.

There was no other way, Jiang Zheng sent the well-fed St. Martin to fight, and while fighting like a guerrilla, he led the fleet out, otherwise the port area would be destroyed.

At this moment, Saint Martin left her flagship, waving a blood-red spear in both hands. She was like a Valkyrie bathed in holy light, with her wings spread. She swiftly struck and destroyed the Reverberation Fleet that was surging like a wave and opening fire. She dodged the aimed shells and chanted hymns of blessing.

"Forward, forward, the golden flag will never be lowered!"

"Fire, fire, the glory of gold will never fade!"

"Sing, sing, the hymn of gold will never be absent!"

Just like her reputation of Invincible Crown, the artillery fire of the Echo Fleet could not cause any effective attack on her, but she withstood the fierce artillery bombardment with her own strength. Of course, in addition to St. Martin, the Golden Hind, Royal Fortune, and the Ghost Ship Mary were also contributing. Their tentacles harassed and attacked the enemy, and their naval guns were also firing, but they were still outnumbered.

"What a powerful existence! Thanks to Saint Martin's activeness, otherwise we would have fled in despair. Do we need to retreat?"

Seeing the graceful figure of Saint Martin fighting in the front line, the ghost ship Mary exclaimed in admiration. She was worthy of the title of invincible. She began to understand what it meant that even if the enemy was outnumbered, she could still go in and out of the huge number of enemies like a tsunami.

However, facing the surging fleet, Mary asked Jiang Zheng whether he wanted to leave, otherwise there would be no retreat route.

"We can't escape. Behind us is the port of the New World. There's nowhere to run. Moreover, once we escape, the Saint Martin will be surrounded and attacked from both sides. It's easy to be strangled."

In such a naval battle, Jiang Zheng's mind was spinning very fast. He quickly shook his head and rejected Mary's idea. He couldn't run away now. If he really ran away, he would lose. Then he would be unable to do anything.

Besides, who says there are no means?

Jiang Zheng glanced at the Golden Deer, and she nodded with a smile. Now was the most appropriate time, so he took the flare she handed over. Mary also noticed their actions.

After the fuse of the flare was lit, it flew into the sky like a skyrocketing monkey, and exploded several fireworks one after another, emitting positioning signals in all directions.

"A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops come to meet you!"

"Oh...it's a backup hidden energy source."

"No, none of them! Are our reinforcements here? The ones prepared by the Golden Deer? I don't think I've seen them... Oh! Here they come!"

Seeing the flare rising into the sky, the Royal Fortune looked around but saw no response signal. Just when she thought there was no response, she saw another flare slowly rising, illuminating the hidden fleet in the night. They were sailing quickly in this direction, making her shout with joy.

Seeing the fleet coming towards them from afar, the Golden Deer helped Jiang Zheng, who was almost losing his balance due to the shaking of the ship, and whispered in his ear with a smile:

"After all, we're sailing out here, not just to solve the problem, but also for us. Commander, do you think I'm doing the right thing?"

"It's still an emergency, Golden Deer..."

Like a kitten that wanted to take the initiative to ask for credit, the Golden Deer began to stick to Jiang Zheng's side, talking to him affectionately while giving orders to the tentacles to continue harassing him.

Naturally, the Golden Deer's movements could not escape the eyes of the Royal Fortune and Mary. They would get close to the Golden Deer at any opportunity, and both of them turned their heads away at the same time.

This is too outrageous. Do you have the means to do this? Can you be more serious?

Leave some for her.

But the Royal Fortune felt more and more strange. The leading ship also had sails, but it was unexpectedly smaller, lying comfortably like an underdeveloped child. Apart from the large pirate hat, the Royal Fortune thought that the little guy had come to the wrong place or was just here to make up the numbers.

"No, Golden Deer, could you please stop sticking so close to the commander every day? By the way, did you see that? Are you sure that's your reinforcement? A little kid, are you serious?"

The Royal Fortune hurriedly pulled away from the Golden Deer and pointed at the approaching fleet in the distance, with some disbelief in his tone. Is this serious?

Also, could he please stop leaning on the Commander all day? It's not good for his health.

"Yes, to be precise, it's her. She also has an extraordinary ability called money power."

"Excellent! As expected of your friend! No, this is our friend! What's her name?"

"The Whydah, the Great Whydah"

As soon as she heard about Xiaodouding's ability, Royal Fortune immediately understood. What Xiaodouding? This is the biological sister of her adoptive parents. If the situation was not urgent, she would have wanted to carry out the recognition ceremony quickly.

Of course, the purpose is to support someone. What's wrong with me using my good sister's money to support my lover?

"Ah, it's my friends from the City-State World~, let me help you escape from danger."

Because the distance was too far and the battlefield was tense, the Vida did not say much, but instructed the fleet to start a pincer attack with the Golden Deer and others, like two pieces of bread sandwiched with cheese. Under the attack from both inside and outside, the Echo Fleet soon found that it was powerless and even about to be counterattacked, so it began to retreat.

Of course, Jiang Zheng also took advantage of this opportunity to let Royal Fortune and others beat the enemy when it was down. Chasing and killing can always weaken the enemy's combat power. In this case, why not do it?

After dealing with the scattered lone ships, they stopped when they could no longer catch up. Everyone looked at the Vida that came to support them and boarded their own frigate. It was not the strong and powerful existence like St. Martin, but a cute and younger sister. The unnoticed St. Martin and Mary were stunned for a moment.

"Thank you for your help, Vader. This is a gift to thank you for coming to support us~"

Seeing its friend coming up, the Golden Deer prepared the candies it had prepared in advance to properly entertain the lovely and great Vida.

Chapter 267 Not Losing is Winning

"Art! It's a big explosion!"

After the Vida made its efforts and destroyed a large number of fleets, it encountered another fierce attack from behind, and it was a specially made giant battleship. In fact, this was a counterattack from the Remnant Fleet.

It’s like when the younger one is beaten, the older one comes and starts to help the younger one.

However, the Vida took out a secret weapon that could destroy this thing, which is the verification terminal called [Terminalu], which is a high-end product.

After an identity verification, the so-called summoning magic was actually a cruise missile launched from nowhere, which directly destroyed the giant battleship.

After successfully eliminating the obstacles again, the ghost ship Mary, like a hunter seeing a happy heart, picked up the cute and smaller Vida and rubbed it around, as if she had nowhere to release her affection. When faced with cute things, Mary had no ability to refuse at all.

And now, with the addition of another ship girl, Jiang Zheng and others began to head towards their final destination, the Fountain of Youth.

And most importantly, Jiang Zheng felt that as long as he reached the so-called Fountain of Youth, this journey that seemed to be deliberately pushed forward would soon be over.

After all, the Vida's magic book [Terminalu] came from the Fountain of Youth.

After a few days of sailing, Vida quickly became familiar with everyone. Although she still wanted to pretend to be the big sister, it was a pity that it was impossible with her cute appearance.

And now, she was hiding behind her Jiang Zheng, avoiding the ghost ship Mary's stickers.

"Okay Mary, you've been stuck with Vida for two hours now. No amount of candy will help. I think you should just give up."

Knowing that Mary would not force herself, Jiang Zheng took out the Vida hidden behind him and held it in his arms and took care of it as carefully as if it were a baby. Of course, calling it a baby was a bit of an exaggeration. It looked about ten years old.

As to why it's not eight, what does that tell me is it eight?

"Hmm... Commander really favors Vader. I still remember a few days ago, Commander, when you were free, you would come to me from time to time, burying your head in my arms like a child, and I coaxed you like a mother."

"Commander, is this what they call things have changed? You have changed."

Seeing that Jiang Zheng was no longer on her side, Mary pretended to be sad and sat beside him, like a beautiful woman who was abandoned but still deeply in love with someone. There was a bit of resentment in her eyes when she looked at Jiang Zheng.

Seeing this, Jiang Zheng held his forehead with his hand helplessly. That was not his initiative at all. It was Mary who provided the facial cleanser service, and it was a compulsory enjoyment every day.

In addition, Mary looked like a mature and beautiful woman, but her pitiful appearance with tears in her eyes immediately attracted the attention of the Golden Deer and the Saint Martin who were cooking.

I suddenly felt sad about being slandered.

Although the facial cleanser is indeed comfortable and I have to try it.

But the Vida in his arms curled up like a frightened cub, so Jiang Zheng naturally would not hand over the Vida.

"Okay, Mary, stop bothering Vida. Everyone needs to consider the surface area of their interactions. Since Vida doesn't want to, let's leave it at that for today."

"Yes, Commander..."

Mary was a little disappointed that Jiang Zheng refused to give in, but she soon cheered up and planned to go to the kitchen to try to help the Golden Deer. Even though it was making things worse, she still told herself whether she helped or not.

The Vida finally relaxed after seeing Mary leave, with an expression of finally being over on his cute little face. He took out his big pirate hat and put it on, looking up at Jiang Zheng's face. After thinking for a while, Vida took out a small and exquisite treasure box from his ship's equipment. It was filled with valuable ornaments and gems. This was the one she liked the most among dozens of pieces.

"Commander, this is for you. Consider it a reward for helping me. Even though you still treat me like a child, I will still be happy to give you the gift you deserve."

"That's not necessary, just put it away. I just saw that you were so unhappy so I helped you. But I can't do too much about it, so you can only wish for the best."

He took a look at the beautiful treasure box, which looked more like a precious jewelry gift box than a treasure box. It looked luxurious and expensive just from the appearance, but he was not interested in it.

After putting it back to Vida, he reached out and pinched her little face, making her puff up her cheeks, which was a silent but powerless resistance.

After comforting Vida, Jiang Zheng took the initiative to look for the Royal Fortune, which was rare. Seeing her rather bored expression, Jiang Zheng wanted to laugh. He took a table and chair and sat next to her. Looking at her expression of boredom as she supported her face with one hand, the expression that had originally shown interest in sailing turned silent.

Glancing at her profile, I discovered that the quiet Royal Fortune actually had a rare beauty. I was used to seeing her laughing and joking, but now I felt a little uncomfortable seeing her like this.

After thinking about it, the final method was to take the initiative to contact and break the silence. Then Jiang Zheng stretched out his hand towards the face of Royal Fortune, wanting to caress her face gently.

But I was caught by the little tentacles hidden in her hair, as if to say, "Don't bother me."

But when he wanted to retract his hand, the tentacles would curl up tightly, leaving him in a situation where he could neither go any deeper nor do nothing. Now Jiang Zheng had to think about what to do.

"If that's the case, I'll have to go find Mary and the Golden Deer."

"No! Commander, you're so biased. I was the first one you met, yet you're always thinking about the Golden Deer and Mary's sailboats. Tell me, have you changed your mind?"

Jiang Zheng's counter-measures made Royal Fortune unable to hold back. It stood up without paying any attention to anything, sat on Jiang Zheng's body, and asked him in a questioning tone.

To sum it up in one sentence, you have become a dog.

This matter is not over yet!

"How could that be? What's the difference between changing your mind and not changing your mind? Seeing you laughing all day long, so..."

"So you're ignoring me?! Humph! Commander, you're totally wrong! Although I enjoy a free and adventurous life, what's the point of being alone? So I can't be alone, you have to stay by my side too."

After the analogy confession, Royal Fortune's cheeks flushed a little, but the next moment he realized that he had done the simple and easy-to-understand things, so what else was there?

Then, Royal Fortune kissed Jiang Zheng without saying a word. She didn't want to be the last one.

Chapter 268 It’s Akashi

"Meow meow~, are you guys here to see Akashi for something?"

After logging into the port area of the Sardinia Empire and completing the formalities, Akashi was instructing the barbarians to work and transport important goods like Zhou Baopi. At this time, Pola and Zara, who had learned the news from her, came to her with expectant and excited expressions on their faces, which made Akashi very worried.

Although the dumping of goods she carefully prepared was indeed great, the main reason was that the industry on the main island of Sakura was saturated, so she needed to expand the market from time to time to promote overseas.

But it would be a lie for Akashi to say he wasn't nervous just after he came up and finished the formalities and faced their gazes.

What if they knew she had paid more than double the price? Would she still want to do this business?

"I'm sorry, Ms. Akashi, I need you to come over because of something very urgent. Please forgive me."

After saying that, Zara grabbed her like a cat, and then quickly rushed to Veneto's office. The earlier she arrived and got things done, the sooner the commander could come back.

Of course, Akashi didn't know why she wanted to be arrested, but when she thought about being convicted of selling items at excessive prices in Sardinia later, she wanted to be miraculously released on bail.

I was even wondering if I was caught because I sold the secret cooling water at five times the price?

For a moment, the guilty little kitten nervously entered Veneto's office, where only Veneto and Marco Polo were.

After Akashi was brought to the office by Pola and Zara, they asked her to sit down and what happened next was not something they could say.

Seeing that the pair of cats above his head had folded ears and their erect ears had drooped, he became worried about his future financial prospects.

Seeing Akashi so flustered and guilty, Marco Polo stood beside Veneto and asked the decision-maker beside him with some uncertainty and a complicated tone.

"Veneto, are you sure this little thing, this little kid, can really create the high-tech that Clemenceau mentioned? I don't quite believe it."

"Well, actually I don't believe this either, but we still have to give it full trust."

After a small exchange, Veneto settled into a sitting position, staring at Akashi with a kind smile, causing her to become even more flustered.

"Ms. Akashi, do you know why we brought you here?"

"Meow, I don't know, meow... maybe it's something important? The shipping procedures have been completed, and the price can't be changed. At most, buy one bottle of cooling water and get two free, meow."

Rubbing his hands, Akashi made a tentative guess and decided to show his friendliness first, at least he would give enough face through his actions.

Of course, she couldn't give out the money she had already received, otherwise it would cost her life.

Veneto was slightly taken aback. Buy one bottle, get two free? But he quickly shook his head, his smile growing even brighter, and then he got straight to the point.

"Thank you for the complimentary price, Ms. Akashi, but I won't keep you in suspense. Let me explain it to you."

Afterwards, Veneto told Akashi basically everything that happened on Jiang Zheng's way back, and hoped that she could build an instrument that could travel through the other world, or to be more precise, open a channel to the other world, and be able to accurately open the location. It would be best if she could send the ship girl there.

After all, they haven't mastered enough technology yet. Most of Iron Blood's technology is on Iron Blood's side. They can only know the progress, but cannot know more in-depth things.

"Meow?! Impossible, meow. Not to mention how harsh the conditions are to open another world, the technology and materials required alone are not something I can easily afford, meow."

"And there's no important data, meow. Akashi doesn't recommend doing this, meow."

After hearing the whole story, Akashi shook his head vigorously. How was this any different from creating something out of nothing? Not to mention that the materials used to build the shuttle were like a bottomless pit, the lack of technological advancement was a major hardware issue.