Lorraine couldn't help but sigh and murmured: "Money is the root of all evil."
After hearing his sigh, Luo Linna rolled her eyes at him disdainfully and said, "How about taking out all your evils? I don't mind sharing them for you."
Lorraine laughed "hehe" twice and said: "Forget it, let me become more and more evil."
Luolina was quite dumbfounded. She shook her head and sighed: "You speak like a giant dragon. You are worthy of being a member of the Longyacao family."
Lorraine squinted her eyes, looked her up and down, and said, "Beauty, someone who doesn't even dislike bloody stolen goods, doesn't it seem that she is not qualified to say this?"
Luo Linna had a pretty face, then she pulled her hands together, and countless electric sparks appeared on her fingertips. She said in a cold voice: "You are looking for electricity again, aren't you?"
Lorraine saw that she had regained her pre-injury strength and couldn't help but smile hurriedly and said: "I'm just talking casually. If you don't like to hear it, I'll say something else, hahaha..."
Sure enough, in the next three days, everything was calm, and even the patrol boat that had been clinging to the expeditionary fleet like flies some time ago disappeared.
Lorraine knew this because the enemy already knew their location and direction.
However, the crusade made no secret of their goal intentions. Their course was directed towards Hafs, the largest port of the Almohad Empire on the Madidum Sea.
Five hundred miles south-southwest from Hafs is Abdelwad, the capital of the Almohad Empire.
Only by conquering Hafs can the crusade army gain a foothold that can accommodate tens of thousands of troops, a stable supply line, or even a safe retreat.
If this city cannot be captured, without the support of a port with a huge cargo throughput, the crusade's huge food supplies, personnel and equipment will not be able to be transported.
Then, even if we land on land, we can only transport a few people and equipment at a time, and they will easily be swallowed up one by one by the opponent's army.
According to intelligence, Hafs, as the most important port and sea channel of the Almohad Empire, has nearly 100,000 troops stationed there. Its geographical location is extremely advantageous, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
General Wabador even made a less optimistic estimate: If the enemy commander is calm-minded and can respond correctly, the crusade will need a month and at least 20% casualties to completely capture Hafs.
Of course, if these things might shake the morale of the army and cause panic, he only revealed it secretly when he discussed it with Lorraine in private.
In the early morning of this day, the first ray of dawn pierced the sky, showing a ray of fish-white between the sea and the sky.
People who had spent another boring day were still asleep.
The only things that could be heard around were the somewhat monotonous, ever-changing sound of the waves of the sea, and the pitter-patter sounds of the sailors on duty walking back and forth on the deck with bare feet.
The sailors at the lookout on top of the mast were dozing off in a daze, completely forgetting their responsibilities.
At this time, a seagull flapped its wings, flew over from a distance, and then slowly landed on the mast.
It glanced sideways at the still sleeping sailor, then carefully moved closer, making a low sound in its throat, and stuck its head out, trying to peck at the bread in his hand.
The sailor felt a light touch on his hand and immediately woke up. He instinctively waved his hand and cursed loudly: "Get away, you damn beast~!"
The seagull let out a loud cry of dissatisfaction, flapped its wings and flew away again. But it did not fly far, but circled around him and screamed loudly.
The sailor rubbed his dry eyes, stood up from the ground, stretched and let out a big yawn.
He lowered his head and looked at the small part of the bread in his hand that had been pecked by the seabird. He couldn't help but hesitate for a moment, and was about to display the spirit of hard work and simplicity and stuff the bread into his mouth.
At this moment, he saw a seagull flapping its wings, with the cunning characteristic of all seagulls after dealing with humans for a long time, flying above his head, and then pooped heavily.
The sailor suddenly felt something falling on his head. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to touch it. Then he took a closer look and immediately became furious. He slammed the bread in his hand and cursed: "You damn beast~!"
Haiou flapped his wings and hid, then rushed down like lightning, grabbed the piece of bread, shook his fat butt, and flew away triumphantly.
The sailor saw this and kept shaking his fists and yelling, "You damn beast, I'm going to catch you and make you a bowl of soup!"
As he said that, he leaned down and picked up the bow and arrow from the ground, and was about to shoot at the seagull. However, when his eyes looked in the direction of the seabird flying away, he couldn't help but be startled.
He saw something was wrong in the distance where he thought it was clouds, and turned into a thin blue-gray line.
He rubbed his eyes and looked carefully. Then he quickly dropped the bow and arrow, grabbed the rope of the alarm bell next to him, and knocked vigorously. At the same time, he shouted loudly: "Land~! The land is here~!"
Upon hearing his voice, the entire fleet immediately exploded like a hornet's nest.
Countless alarm bells rang at the same time, and the jingling sound echoed throughout the sea.
Lorraine stayed up late yesterday playing cards and was sleeping soundly, but when she heard the news, she woke up immediately and ran up quickly.
He ran to the window and looked out, only to see chaos on the deck. Everyone came out and ran around on the deck noisily like sheep.
"Where is it? Where is it? Where is the land?"
"Who is wearing the wrong pants?"
"Don't step on it, those are my shoes, be careful I will kill you with a knife~"
"..."
In the end, all the chaotic cries gradually disappeared and turned into the same sentence: "Land, finally we can see land~!"
Everyone looked at the blue-grey line in the distance and jumped up and down with joy. Some even hugged each other excitedly.
The entire fleet was boiling. Knights, mages, priests, warriors, nobles, civilians, men, women... countless voices shouted loudly together, forming a noisy ocean.
This kind of excitement would be difficult to understand without a long and boring journey by sea.
Under this situation, Lorraine also rushed out.
He rushed into the crowd of female magicians, pretending to shout excitedly, and taking advantage of the female magicians around him who were screaming excitedly and hugging everyone they saw.
Just when he was having fun, he let go of a female mage who was blushing with shame, and then picked up another female mage. When he jumped up and down with that person to take advantage of him, he suddenly
Suddenly, I felt something was wrong.
He couldn't help but be stunned, then slowly stopped and looked across the way, and saw the man's pretty face covered with frost and snow, standing there motionless, with just a sneer at the corner of his mouth, and his phoenix eyes narrowed, coldly
looking at himself.
With thousands of layers of evil spirit, like thousands of years of ice. Such a heroic figure, if not Luolina, who is it?
Lorraine's scalp felt numb for a while, and she waved her hands repeatedly and said: "Lina, listen to my explanation...
Before he could finish his words, she saw her snort angrily and said: "You bastard, you are taking advantage of others everywhere~!"
As he spoke, he quickly pulled his hands in front of his chest, and immediately a blue lightning arc flashed and swooped towards Lorraine like a spiritual snake.
Before Lorraine could react, she immediately felt numb all over her body and was knocked down heavily to the ground by the lightning.
Luolina looked at it and refused to give up. She walked over, kicked him again and said, "You bastard, are you dead?"
Adele watched from the side and couldn't help but feel extremely heartbroken. She hurriedly ran over, held Lorraine in her arms, and then looked at Lorena angrily and said: "Lena, what are you doing, beating and killing?"
What should I do if I really hurt him?"
"Him?" Luo Linna clapped her hands easily, glanced sideways at Adele, and said unhurriedly: "He has nine lives, and he can run away faster than anyone else. He can't be killed no matter what. You don't
You should worry about him, but you should worry about yourself."
Adele was stunned and said: "Worried about me? What are you worried about me for?"
As she spoke, she lowered her head and saw Lorraine in her arms, with a happy face pressed tightly against her plump chest.
What was even more abominable was that he was still rubbing and rubbing on his two soft and delicate balls that were full of astonishing elasticity. Immediately, he felt a strange, numb and indescribable feeling like an electric shock, which penetrated from his chest to the depths of his heart.
It made her whole body feel sore.
Adele immediately screamed and threw Lorraine out.
Lorraine's head immediately hit the wooden deck, making a "thud" sound. The pain made his eyes black, and he couldn't help but scream. He held his head with both hands and kept rubbing it.
Adele looked at his appearance and felt angry, annoyed, funny, and distressed at the same time.
She bit her pretty red lips, the expression in her eyes kept changing, and she wanted to step forward to see Lorraine's injury, but she was shy for fear of being laughed at by the people around her.
At this time, I saw Leo holding a lot of playing cards in his hand and rushing over from nowhere. A small turtle and a mustache were painted with charcoal hair on the originally white and tender face. The white and tender skin and
The dark charcoal pencils contrast with each other and look extremely funny.
He rushed forward, like a monkey, climbed up the railing with his hands and feet, poked his head and looked into the distance, and then jumped back angrily. He said: "It's still far away. You guys are screaming
What do you mean, I was dreaming about grabbing a handful of good cards, and I was woken up by you people~!"
"Huh?" He lowered his head and saw Lorraine falling at his feet. He couldn't help but screamed in surprise. Then he didn't reach out to help him, but kicked him carefully with his toes and said: "Boss
, what’s wrong with you? Why do you fall asleep in this place? "
Lorraine groaned and slowly sat up from the ground. She immediately felt pain all over her body, from the inside out. She couldn't help cursing in her heart: Sir, my bones will be torn apart by them sooner or later~
!
Leo blinked his big, shiny eyes as black as paint and said, "Boss, are you okay?"
Lorraine raised her head and looked at Adele next to her. When she saw the young girl suppressing the concern in her eyes, and then raising her head arrogantly like she was angry, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Leo looked at it and couldn't help but stretched out his chubby hand, put it on Lorraine's forehead, and said, "Boss, are you okay? Why do you cry and laugh sometimes? Do you have a fever?"
Lorraine reached out and patted his little hand aside, and said angrily: "You are the only one who is sick~!"
At this time, the excitement of everyone on the boat had passed, and everyone gradually calmed down. Then they looked at each other again, and dispersed amidst the shouts of the officers and team leaders.
Lorraine leaned against the side of the ship and did not get up. Seeing Leo grabbing a lot of cards in his hand, he couldn't help but be surprised and said: "You also sleep with cards?"
Leo blinked his eyes and said matter-of-factly: "Yes, I hold the cards while sleeping like this. Maybe the God of Gamblers saw that I was working so hard, and when he was happy, he said something like 'What about changing the cards and rubbing the cards'?"
Give me your peerless gambling skills. When the time comes, I can draw whatever cards I want."
Lorraine looked at him baring his little white baby teeth and smiling shamelessly. She couldn't help but feel a headache and murmured: "If you work like this in arithmetic class, Nicole will be able to thank you."
It’s a lot easier now.”
Leo didn't hear clearly. He tilted his head and said, "What did you just say?"
Lorraine said: "Well, it's nothing. By the way, it's okay anyway. You can find two more people and we'll fight here."
Leo shook his head angrily and shouted angrily: "Do you think I'm stupid, and I'm still playing cards with you?"
He pointed at his little face and said: "I've never seen you like this~! You win every game, just draw a little turtle on my face. But have you ever seen a little turtle with a tail twice as long as its body?
?Just by drawing the tail, my face is completely covered."
Lorraine blinked and said sincerely: "I told you. That little turtle is a special species, called the Brazilian long-tailed turtle. You should be honored to have such a turtle painted on your face.
right."
Leo was furious and said, "Well, I will also draw a turtle with a long tail on your face, so that you can be honored too."
As he said that, he took out the charcoal pen from his pocket and drew on Lorraine's face.
At this moment, I heard someone next to me say: "Leo, stop making trouble. Lorraine has serious things to do."
The two of them were stunned and turned their heads together, only to see Luolina walking over again.
She first hugged Leo aside, and seeing his angry expression, she reached out and took out a lollipop, handed it over, and said, "This time it's mint flavored."
Leo immediately betrayed and surrendered, yelled with joy, then ran to the side with the lollipop and gnawed it happily.
Lorena smiled, turned to look at Lorraine, and said: "General Wabador has given an order to arrive at Hafs Port soon. He wants you to follow the original plan and prepare to take action."
Lorraine's heart trembled and she said: "I know."
Then he straightened up and stood up. He shouted loudly in the direction of the bridge on the ship: "Project Overlord, get ready to start~!"
Following his order, several messengers holding red and white signal flags rushed out of the cabin. Then, shouting at the top of their lungs and waving flags, they conveyed orders to the ships next to them.
: "The action begins, the action begins..."
Immediately afterwards, a long and sad conch horn sounded.
At that moment, dozens of warships and transport ships raised their sails, and then slowly left the huge fleet and headed towards the distant shore.
Leo climbed on the railing, licking the lollipop happily, raising his head and asking: "What are we doing here? Why are we separated from the main army?"
Lorraine smiled and said: "We are going to grab the first handful of things, so that we can have a good start so that we can grab more things."
Leo was stunned for a moment, looked up at Lorraine, and found that there was a strange light in his eyes. He couldn't help but feel strange, but he forgot to ask for a while, and just tilted his head and looked at him.
The long wind blew, making a whining sound. It was like the sweet and beautiful songs of sirens, full of infinite temptation, lingering in everyone's ears.
A group of ships left the large force that was advancing along the coastline and slowly headed towards Hafs Port, and then quickly headed for the shore.
According to the plan, Lorraine must land ashore in advance. While the large force attracts the attention of the opponent's army, he attacks in the east and west. He leads a capable and powerful force composed of mages and Knights Templar to bypass the land and pass through the port.
behind, swooped in, eliminated the defenders at the port, and captured the port intact.
In order to pave the way for the large troops to land.
Due to the strong sea wind, Lorraine's fleet sailed straight with the wind and arrived near the coast in just half a day. They followed the coast for a while and then under the guidance of sailors who were familiar with the local hydrological conditions.
, easily found a suitable site for landing.
Several mages rose into the air and flew towards the landing. They conducted reconnaissance in mid-air, and then flew back to report: "There are no enemy troops nearby~!"
Lorraine immediately gave an order, and the warships spread out to both sides to provide cover. All the transport ships frantically raised their full sails, and under the strong sea wind, they rushed towards the shore at the fastest speed.
past.
"Be careful of impact~!"
"Be careful of impact~!"
"..."
With that loud roar, a group of transport ships rushed to the beach, and then hit the shoal heavily. The bottom of the ship kept rubbing against the rocks on the seabed, making a heart-breaking sound. From time to time, pieces of wood were broken.
The sound came.
With violent vibrations, the transport ship rushed over the rocks with difficulty and rushed towards the shallow water. The ship's bow pushed away the sediment and kept pushing them up high. The seawater was immediately stirred up by the sediment and became extremely turbid.
Then, there was a sudden vibration, a loud noise, and then it ran aground.
Under such a huge impact, even though everyone was well prepared, some people still rolled to the ground because they didn't hold on tightly.
Then, the hatch of the transport ship opened wide, and the sailors shouted and threw down the gangplank on the ship.
Immediately afterwards, the knights led their horses and rushed from the boat, jumped into waist-deep water, waded across the beach with difficulty, and ran to the shore.
Once on the shore, they did not rest, but quickly set up defense lines and stood ready.