"King of the North Sea" Oleg is indeed the strongest pirate in the North Sea, and his fleet also has the strength to crush almost any force in the North Sea.

But he actually had no right to rule over all the forces in the North Sea, especially the four countries in Beizhou.

Power is far less important to pirates than wealth, and everyone is at peace. After all, pirates also need to survive. No matter how strong a tree is, it cannot destroy the land for it to grow. Many pirates recruited by the North Sea Fleet are also people from the Four Kingdoms.

But now Oleg has suddenly become the "king", and his situation has changed a little.

Seeing this "tax collection" move, Sulun guessed that Oleg probably wanted to start declaring sovereignty and taste the taste of a real lord.

So this time I went to collect taxes, the purpose was not to rob wealth.

Compared with any territory of Lu and Ying, the four countries in Beizhou are the endorsements of poverty and desolation. The income from taxation is better than robbing merchant ships.

At least for now...

Moreover, this time, the Ninth Fleet where Sulun was located not only brought artillery, but also had a large amount of money.

More gifts will be given as much as you collect.

It is roughly equivalent to the gift of the vassal territory by the country of the upper state, and the gift of the king to the small lord of the territory.

This is also Oleg is testing.

If the collection goes well, you will collect some money and pay some gifts; if it doesn’t go well, you will rely on force to shock it.

Once the four countries pay taxes, they recognize the status of the vassal territory, and Oleg is the true Neptune of the North Sea.

The relationship that follows will continue to be close, and in some years, Oleg will be able to completely control this sea area.

However, this process is not easy.

The four countries in Beizhou have a large number of gods and their faiths. Just like Shanyin Kingdom, their lord's monarchy has been granted for countless years. Now it is not easy to accept that outsiders suddenly want to be lords.

Su Lun recently learned a lot of customs and cultures of the four countries, and he knew that this tax trip might not go too smoothly.

So I've always been very alert

It takes several days to get from Pirate City to Shanyin Kingdom. There are a large number of islands in that area, which are also called the Tallinn Islands on the charts of Luying.

The days of sailing are very boring. As long as you don’t encounter bad weather, the job of pirates is to play cards, fish, and brag.

Su Lun found an excuse to spend all money in Golden City. He has been in a daze in the cabin these days and has not been mingling with the pirates in the artillery cabin.

In fact, it is digesting the knowledge of [Neuromechanical Drawings].

Even if he didn't see the drawings, Su Lun closed his eyes and saw the contents of the various drawings he had written down before appearing in his mind. He first deduced various possibilities in his mind, and then recorded them in his notebook. Occasionally, when there was no one, he took out his semi-finished silver arm and tried some new ideas, and his life was very leisurely.

Because she was always on guard against something, Su Lun also brought the Dead Bird with her side at all times.

It is not surprising that pirates raise small animals such as monkeys, parrots, hamsters on their boats. In addition to sending out loneliness, they are also used as early warnings. In many cases, animals' perceptions can be more obvious than humans. For example, in bad weather and some dangerous things are even more important.

This day.

The fifth day of the voyage.

It was when Su Lun was "drowsed" in the cabin as usual, and the black crow next to him suddenly screamed.

"Ga~"

Su Lun's ears moved slightly and opened his eyes suddenly.

He stroked the black crow and fed two drops of liquefied necrotic energy, but his eyes passed through the gun mouth and looked at the sea outside.

Now that I have become familiar with this black crow, Su Lun can understand some of its ideas more accurately.

The tweet warns that there are dangers around, but not too fatal.

"Is something on the sea?"

Su Lun thought of something and got up and walked out of the artillery cabin.

Sharp and several gunners were playing cards at the door. Seeing Sulun rarely leave the warehouse, he smiled and said, "Brothers Yojoni woke up today?"

Su Lun shrugged, rubbing his eyes as if he was sleepy, "Yes, go to the deck for ventilation."

He ignored it and walked onto the deck.

At this time, I heard a slight dispute coming from the deck.

"Captain Hanz, this sea area is the estuary of the Fiyi River, and there are monsters. Utopia cannot enter the sea, otherwise there may be big trouble. We have to sacrifice animals as soon as possible."

"Hey, I said Yongxiu, isn't it just a sucking shit into the sea? What's the big deal? Monsters? Haha, just some strange sea beasts, don't make such a fuss. I've seen giant monsters in the deep sea for so many years, and I've seen some monsters in the sea, but are you still afraid of some little monsters?"

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The thin man in mai clothes was the guide this time, named Matsunagahiro, who was from Yamain.

At this moment, he was anxiously dissuading a bearded man in the captain's uniform.

The big bearded man is naturally Sulun’s current captain, "Teabeard" Hanz.

This guy had previously obtained the advanced potion given by Oleg, and successfully advanced to the fifth level. In the past two days, he showed off his newly realized spatial displacement ability everywhere on the ship.

Sulun perceived spatial fluctuations more than once.

In layman's terms, this guy's strength has skyrocketed and is "floating".

Yongxiu was still persuading, but Hanz looked impatient: "Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense! If there is really a monster, just take it up and take it. I haven't eaten monster meat yet."

Some big fish of 1,800 kilograms are amazing monsters for ordinary fishermen who have never seen the world. But for high-level professions, they are usually food rations that can be killed with one punch. Hanz is now a fifth-level profession, and most siren are unable to do anything to him, and saying this is not entirely a floating person.

But Su Lun in the distance frowned slightly.

The black crow will issue an early warning, which means that there is really something happening around here.

Su Lun has seen the description of "monsters" from various gods, ghosts and strange ambitions in the Shanxi Kingdom, but he has never seen them before.

He also had some interest in seeing what the monster was.

The fleet is about a few nautical miles away from the docking. Looking around, you can already see blurry mountain shadows in the distance.

As soon as the sun sets, a faint mist floats on the sea.

Jiu Xiu was still at the bow of the boat, and he was praying for something with a look of fear.

At this moment, suddenly, a red light like an orange lamp appeared on the sea.

The observer on the mast noticed the abnormality and shouted loudly: "Captain, at ten o'clock, there seems to be a ball of fire on the sea!"

Su Lun guessed that something would happen, and he didn't get out of the cabin. Naturally, he also saw the erratic flame and his eyes narrowed slightly.

The eyes of the All-Knowing Eyes made him see the flame clearly. It was strange. There was nothing around, but the flame floated on the sea and said it was a ghost fire, but the color was normal orange-red.

Most of the pirates took the dispute just now and didn't take it seriously. After all, the legend of monsters in Shanyin Kingdom has been circulating for a long time, but not many people have actually seen it. Most of them are spreading rumors.

Now, looking at the sea suddenly with a fire of unknown origin, everyone on the deck looked at the flames in the distance with curiosity.

Jiu Xiu recognized something, pointed at the sea with fear, and said, "That's [Not Fire]!"

Su Lun was not surprised to hear this word, and the identified name was also this.

He has read in the classics [Buzhihuo], one of the hundreds of ghosts in the legend of Shanyin Kingdom. It is usually explained that the nameless anger that mortals violated the gods and thus subsided.

It was this moment that the flames floating on the sea were getting more and more.

When I looked closely, I felt like I could see some illusions of the burning ships. The fire became more and more prosperous, and in a blink of an eye it turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The vanguard fleet had a total of four teams and four ships. The pirates who heard the movement all ran to the deck and looked at what the legendary "monster" looked like.

It seemed to be really serious, and "Teabeard" Hanz was not careless and sent some people to take the charge boat to check the situation first.

Soon, then came back from the communicator: "Captain, those flames are just fantasies, not real."

Hearing this, the deck breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ha ha"

Hanz also sneered: "This is just a fucking mirage, what a monster! The fleet is moving normally!"

Because we had to enter the inflow from the estuary, there was no choice to detour, the fleet continued to move forward.

The crew didn't take it seriously, and looked at the sea of ​​fire in front of them with a smile, pointing fingers

In the crowd, Su Lun leaned on the fence, holding a black umbrella bound by cloth strips in his hand, muttering with a fine line of sound: "It's indeed a spiritual body. It is said that [Don't Know Fire] will burn unclean things, how will they burn them?"

During perception, some special spiritual bodies appeared in this sea of ​​fire.

This also made Su Lun confirm his previous guess that monsters are wise and must be spiritual.

However, these spirits are very strange, and feel completely different from the human soul. They are cold, weird, and have a sense of ethereality, like the feeling of the will of the gods that Su Lun had seen twice.

This is also good news.

At least many of the ghosts recorded in "The Legend of the Fairy" he watched have "supernatural abilities". They can be perceived, and the degree of danger will be greatly reduced when they encounter it.

The fleet continued to move forward and then broke into the mirage-like sea of ​​fire.

It was like breaking into a piece of light and shadow without any danger.

The flames burned beside them, but there was no sense of heat. They reached out and touched them and passed through them.

Everyone felt relieved and thought it was really a "mirage".

Only Matsu Yongjiu Xiu was still crawling at the bow of the boat, trembling and praying.
To be continued...