Mechanical Doctor

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On the third day of the voyage of the [Pterosaur].

A pirate ship entered the sight of Manolin who was slacking off in the main control room.

Manolin, who saw the large ship with a black sail and a skull flag in the distance on the magic screen in the main control room, suddenly became energetic.

After two days of freshness, he began to feel bored.

Now Manolin has nothing to do except making and designing some machinery and going to the medical room to treat several people who are sick because they are not adapted to life at sea.

And because the fortress is too fast, Manolin can't even do his favorite fishing, which makes Manolin even more bored.

Now he sees a pirate ship, and he can just have some fun on the pirate ship.

"Barrit, do you know which pirate this pirate ship belongs to?"

"Wait for me to take a closer look."

After saying that, Barrit began to drag the magic screen clumsily so that the magic screen could enlarge the picture of the pirate ship.

Since Barritt was not very good at using the "high-tech" in the fortress, he was quite clumsy in controlling the magic screen.

Fortunately, the operation of the magic screen was not complicated. After several adjustments, Barritt successfully fixed the picture on the pirate ship.

What appeared in front of Manolin and Barritt was the pirate flag with a red axe and a skull.

Seeing this flag, Barrett thought for a moment and then said:

"This should be the ship of Pirate King Randolph."

"Pirate King?"

Manolin asked in confusion:

"So we have met a big shot?"

Barrett shook his head and said:

"You probably don't know much about the situation at sea. There are at least 800 people who call themselves Pirate Kings in the entire ocean. Pirate King is a common name."

"Of course, if I were still on the previous ship, then this Pirate King would naturally be a big shot, but now that I am on the powerful creation you made, this Pirate King is even less of a thing?"

"Compared to you, the so-called Pirate King is just a bigger ant."

Hearing Barrett's compliments to himself, Manolin was a little embarrassed.

"Don't flatter me, let's talk about business now."

"Do you know the specific situation of this Randolph?"

Barrett turned and came to the room next to the main control room, which is his dormitory.

After all, Barritt needed to revise the direction of the voyage regularly, so Manolin simply arranged for Barritt to live next to the main control room to facilitate Barritt's work.

"Please wait a moment, I'll go get some information."

After Barritt entered the room, he began to look for something along the bookshelf.

His room was about 50 square meters, which could be considered a small suite.

But except for some measuring tools that Manolin couldn't understand, the rest of his room was filled with all kinds of books.

These books almost filled up Barritt's room.

"Found it."

Barritt's books were very neatly organized, and all kinds of books were arranged in a certain order.

So he was very fast when he wanted to find a certain book.

"Here, this is a collection of general information about pirates in the nearby waters."

Manolin took the thick book handed over by Barritt.

The title of this book is, Reference Book of Pirate Forces in the Southeastern Sea of ​​the Endless Sea.

The publisher of this book is an organization called the Seamen's United Association.

Manolin knew a little about this organization.

They were organized by some people from sea merchants, exploration ships, and ocean-going fishing vessels.

However, due to the special nature of seafarers and the loose organizational structure, this led to the fact that this seafarers' association did not achieve much.

Manolin flipped through a few pages and saw the bounties and some general information of each pirate leader.

It introduced the nicknames, general strength, and the areas where these pirate leaders were active.

"Randolph... Randolph... Found it!"

Manolin flipped through more than ten pages of the book and found the name of "Blood Axe" Randolph.

"This guy ranks quite high."

Because the information of the pirate leaders in this book is arranged in order from the highest bounty to the lowest.

That's why Manolin said that Randolph ranked high.

"Good guy, this guy is quite cruel!"

Manolin called Randolph a good guy as soon as he saw the introduction of Randolph.

This "Blood Axe" Randolph is the most unruly of all pirates.

Most pirates on the sea are just looking for money. As long as they can get money, they generally won't kill everyone.

After all, how can they make money if they kill everyone?

So generally speaking,Under normal circumstances, the first reaction of ordinary merchant ships when encountering pirates is to run away.

If they run away, everyone is happy, but if they can't run away, they usually just lose money to avoid disaster.

Most pirates are also very disciplined. As long as the merchant ships don't resist, they will only take part of the goods and property and leave.

After all, making money is not bad!

Of course, there are pirates who follow the rules and there are naturally guys who don't follow the rules.

Just like Randolph in front of him, he doesn't follow the rules.

They want money and goods, and they also want people.

Manolin learned from the book that these guys are not only pirates, but also part-time slave traders.

In addition to attacking merchant ships, they also attack coastal villages to abduct people and sell them.

As for who bought the slaves from Randolph, the book didn't record much.

"Pirates and slave traders, this Randolph is ready to die!"

After Manolin played a joke that people in this world couldn't understand, he began to prepare to "entertain" these guys.

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When Manolin discovered this group of pirates, the pirates also discovered the [Pterosaur].

After all, it would be strange if the pirates couldn't see the huge size of the [Pterosaur].

"Boss! Boss! There is a mountain ahead!"

After the lookout saw the fortress from the watchtower, he hurriedly slid down the lookout and rushed into the captain's room.

"Mountain? Are you drunk again?"

"Where is the mountain here?"

As Randolph slapped him twice, the younger brother who came to report the news was immediately hit and staggered.

"Boss, I really didn't drink. There is really a mountain outside!"

The younger brother covered his face and said.

"Hmm?"

Seeing that the younger brother didn't look like he was lying, he immediately picked up the telescope and climbed up to the observation tower.

This look immediately shocked him.

Because the younger brother just now didn't lie, there was really a "mountain" in front of them.

As Randolph was a high-level professional, his eyesight was quite good, so he could see more clearly what the thing in the distance was.

It was a huge metal ball.

Seeing this strange thing, Randolph immediately sounded the alarm.

After he slid down the observation tower, he immediately shouted:

"Quick! Quick! Quick!"

"Something happened, the helmsman quickly turned the rudder."

"The engineer quickly increased the horsepower and left here!"

Randolph was able to live freely for so long, and his caution was a great help.

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