Gold is Justice

Originally, everyone thought that recruiting soldiers in such a place full of black markets and all kinds of crimes was not an easy task.Even if the residents themselves do not directly participate in these dirty activities, they should more or less live under such activities, right?

Unexpectedly, when the recruiter of the mermaid army spoke to the soldiers and publicized the idea of ​​the mermaid army and the treatment of every soldier, almost [-]% of the young and middle-aged people in the city raised their hands, hoping to join the mermaid army. military.

Not to mention those slaves who were originally captured and should have been resold. These people were kept in a dark dungeon. When they saw the sunlight coming in when the door was opened, What is the mood in your heart?

In just one day, in this dark city full of crimes, the mermaid army directly expanded its army by almost 2000 people.This also brought the total number of this army to almost [-], which were distributed in various provinces in the entire Blue Bay Empire, forming a unified command.

While the mermaid army was expanding, another piece of news reached Ariel's ears.

That is, the army strength of the Blue Bay Empire has been seriously damaged in the past few battles.Especially in the battle against the Demon King's Army, almost all the vitality of the entire Imperial Army was filled in.In the absence of enough troops to support it, the Belan XIII made a decision that made Ariel look ridiculous and pitiful——

Decentralization of military power.

In other words, Tide Bilan decided to abolish the decision made by his elder brother, Bilan XII, Violent Wave Bilan to gather military power.Henceforth, the lords of every city and nobles everywhere will once again legally have the right to hire private soldiers.In the name of the Blue Bay Empire, these nobles and lords will recruit private soldiers and then participate in the encirclement and suppression of the mermaid army and other rebels.At the same time, the guild organization that had been abolished by the fierce wave was restored again. In addition to being used to fight against the Demon King's army, these guilds can also be used as local armed forces.

When Ariel heard such news, she really felt that the world was really ridiculous.

Menglang Bilan, the emperor hoped to reunite the scattered imperial power in his hands throughout his life, hoping to build the entire Blue Bay Empire into a beautiful country with stable imperial power, sufficient treasury, and people living and working in peace and contentment.For this reason, he did not hesitate to offend merchants, lords, nobles, and landlords, and even offended many adventurers who originally relied on the guild organization to escape military service and earn money at the same time.Of course, he also offended himself.

Finally, after offending almost everyone, the emperor finally died under the hope of almost everyone.And will the Blue Bay Empire become better after his death?The younger brother who succeeded to the throne pushed back all the reforms established by his elder brother, and after everything was restored to its original position, did he think that everything would return to the original peace and harmony again?

Ridiculous, really ridiculous.

At such times, Ariel would feel sorry for the violent waves after all.She respected the dead emperor, lamented the failure of his reforms and the helplessness of fate, but in the end she was also glad that he died early enough.

After all...she really didn't want to face such an emperor at the last moment.

Therefore, after Tide devolved all military power, the so-called Imperial Army existed in name only.It was also under such circumstances that the son of the lord of Xiaoxi City borrowed an army of 5000 people from the two neighboring cities after all, and began to march towards the city.

Maybe this son thinks it is very easy to use an army of 5000 to crush the army of [-] before the expansion of the mermaid army?

So, one week after Xiaoxi City was broken, the 1000 mermaid army who attacked the city earlier and the [-] soldiers who followed the signs, a total of [-] soldiers, took advantage of the night to withdraw from Xiaoxi City, and reorganized them into pieces. Teams of three or four hundred or five or six hundred were in ambush on the edge of each road leading to Xiaoxi City.

When the son's army came over in a mighty manner during the day, the gunfire of the surrounding elements immediately sounded, but the attack of hundreds of people formed the feeling of a large-scale annihilation battle of no less than 1 people in an instant.

For a moment, the son's army only felt that there were enemies in all directions, and was afraid in their hearts. However, this mercenary army, which was not organized at all, was about to collapse under such an attack. They dropped the elemental guns in their hands and fled for their lives. How much organized fighting.

In just one day, the reinforcements of 5000 people were routed, and countless surrendered, and the leftover supplies fully filled the consumption of the mermaid army.

It was also during this battle that Ariel finally learned from these soldiers who surrendered a question that she had been pondering for about a week——

Where is Dead Island?

Compared to Ariel's previous confusion and doubts, when she actually got the answer to this question, she was a little surprised by the simplicity.

That was after the mercenaries were captured and their weapons were seized and they were allowed to leave. One of the mercenaries couldn't hold back his excitement and asked if there was anything the mermaid soldiers could do to help.When he learned from a mermaid soldier that the mermaid army was looking for the island of death, the soldier immediately said excitedly that he knew the location of the island of death.At the same time, he also told the story of the island of death in great detail...

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All the way north, unknowingly, even though it is already summer in July, the surrounding air has become more stagnant.The breath exhaled from the people's mouths also began to melt into a little white mist.

At this time, Ariel had rewrapped her cloak and padded jacket tightly. She pressed the hat on her head, and pressed the left and right ears of the hat tightly to her ears to prevent the coming severe cold.

After that, she rubbed her hands together and continued to look at the map in her hand.

"President, you can already see the coastline ahead."

At this moment, Jelly came over and spoke.

Ariel raised her head and glanced forward.Sure enough, at the other end of the horizon, the sea level shrouded in the gloomy sky could already be vaguely seen.The unique salty smell of sea water can already be smelled in the air.

At this time, the mermaid army had already begun to disperse their actions, forming a total of three battle groups.Among them, the First Legion has the largest team, mainly operating at the border between the Blue Bay Empire and the Hunting Seat Empire.This area is obviously a place that is difficult for both sides to govern, and it is just used to cultivate strength.Ariel has also ordered the legion to let the engineers who followed the army reassemble the element machine factory as soon as they found a suitable location, and reassemble the greatest strength of the entire mermaid army.

The Second Legion roamed around within the Blue Bay Empire. It was mainly responsible for combating the connections between cities, controlling the villages that the lords and nobles were reluctant to govern, and was also responsible for inquiring about the movements of the Demon King's army while increasing its troops. , to prepare for the next action.

The Third Legion left the Blue Bay Empire and the Murderous Seat Empire, and went to other empires to communicate and seek the strength to fight against the Demon King's army together.

And Ariel's current unit belongs to the first unit of the Third Legion, leading a total of [-] soldiers, together with some guild members of Song of the Mermaid, marching towards the northernmost coastline of the entire Blue Bay Empire.This time, the place they are going to is called the island of death by some people.And in the mouths of some other people, the name of that island is——

"Help Island?"

When the soldiers were building the boat, Jelly turned his head and asked Brad next to him——

"What kind of weird name is this?"

Brad, on the other hand, chuckled. He picked up two planks and walked towards the keel that was being built over there. After putting them down, he said, "I don't know what kind of strange name this is. I just heard that the name in Elvish is ' Hope' means. So... maybe we can call it Hope Island."

Jelly shrugged slightly, and said, "Hope Island and Death Island...these names are quite different."

One thousand 540 three chapters break through the fog

Brad still smiled and said: "I also felt strange when I heard this name just now. How could such a good name in Elvish language become the Island of Death in a blink of an eye? This is really strange. Later I After inquiring with the captive for a while, he told me that some strange things seemed to have happened on this island. All the people who wanted to go to this island disappeared in the end, so the original Hope Island became the Death Island. "

Jelly frowned: "Strange thing? How do you say that?"

This time, Brad shook his head, looking a little helpless, and said, "I don't know exactly what it is. Anyway, our goal now is this island known as the island of death. Hey, The almond cake couple are already on board, let's hurry up too."

While talking, Jelly saw Suta and Bass stepping onto the board of the boat that was first built over there.Standing in the front is not Bass, but Suta.She climbed up the mast two or three times, and looked out through the dense fog floating on the sea in front of her.

Judging from her expression, she should have seen nothing.But this couldn't stop her determination to set off immediately.

Brad continued to carry the wooden boards and walked towards other ship boards that were being assembled, while Jelly rubbed his lips, raised his hand, and a large bag of nails, iron sheets, hammers and other tools followed behind him Levitate up and take them to the assembly site over there.

However, compared to the current assembly scene, Jelly felt a bit boring.

After putting down these tools, he turned his head and looked at President Ariel who was discussing with several soldier captains over there. Seeing her curled up like this, her whole body covered under a thick cloak, he couldn't help but sigh. Take a breath.

Jelly doesn't want to go to Dead Island.

It's not that he's afraid of death, but that he feels that he needs to do something more important now.

Now, Cream, Coco, and Margaux are all on the front lines for guerrilla warfare.It can be said that they should be living in danger and fighting every day.

In addition, Tesla brought cheese, mochi and other members of the blood family to build the base in the base.They need to build various factories in a very short period of time, they also need to appease the local people, and even rebuild the base, and then they also need to guard against the infiltration of spies from the Imperial Army and the suppression of various aspects. It is not easy to think about the work, right?

On the other hand, Duck and Sweet Wine Cheese went to other countries with a large number of flower fairies to communicate against the Demon King's army.They need to face many different emperors and powerful officials, right?For this reason, they must bring along the flower fairies who are relatively easier to gain the favor of others.Even so, it's not an easy job.

But, only myself...

Now, I have to come to such a remote place to explore the small island that I don't know what's going on.

The almond cake couple will not say anything, this is an action for their purpose, so they should come here as a matter of course.But why am I here?

Jelly lowered her head and glanced at her empty right arm...

After all, is it because he is disabled that the president only cares about himself and keeps him by her side?

Although it is a bit arrogant to say so, Jelly feels that his ability to control magic power has improved recently. Under such circumstances, he should be regarded as a great help, right?

In the entire guild, only myself and Coco are complete offensive long-range magicians, and the number of magicians in the mermaid army is almost negligible.So no matter how he thought about it, Jelly felt that he should be assigned to a place where the fighting was more intense, instead of hiding far away in this kind of rear area, and finally spent time looking for the children of the parents.

Thinking of this, Jelly felt a little frustrated again.

This sense of frustration made him feel that all of this was ultimately due to the loss of his right arm... plus the Thunder Army who defected before, they should still be moving around in the name of the Demon King Army now, right?The leader of the Thunder Army is still my uncle, so it is conceivable that I should be guarded by the president, so I always take it around...

The more she thought about it, the more depressed Gel's mood became.He even felt that his steps were a little heavy, and his head that was originally high was now lowered.

At this time, suddenly, a cloud of fragrance floated into his nose.This made his spirit shake violently!Then she raised her head, only to see that Buffy was flapping her wings and floating in front of her. "Hey, you blacksmith, what are you doing now? So dejected."

Seeing her depressed appearance, Buffy felt a little embarrassed for a while, and quickly shook her head: "No! I'm fine! That... Thank you, Miss Buffy. I feel much better now!"

As he said that, Jelly raised his magic power again, and continued to help carry various iron objects to build ships.

But Buffy still floated with him for a while, and after thinking for a while, suddenly came to him again, and stretched out her hand to stop him.

"Wait a minute, this is for you."

After stopping Jelly, Buffy reached out and groped in his small pocket for a while, then took out a smaller-looking amulet and handed it to Jelly.

"Well, it's for you."

Jelly was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly took it with trepidation.Seeing the words "Pay attention to safety" crookedly written on this small amulet, this made Jelly a little depressed for a while: "Excuse me... this is...?"

Buffy immediately covered her mouth, and said cheerfully, "Guess who asked me to give it to you? The other party was embarrassed to send it to you directly, so I asked me to pass it on to you. He also said that if you look very energetic I don’t need to give it to you, I’ll give it to you if you’re feeling down. How about it? Are you a little moved?”

Looking at this little amulet, Jelly's heart warmed.The terrible and depressing mood that was still entrenched in my mind just now is also swept away.He took a deep breath, put a smile on his face again, stuffed the amulet into his arms, pressed it tightly against his heart, and nodded his head vigorously.

"Thank you, Miss Buffy."

At this time, Brad over there was waving to Buffy over there, and at the same time shouted something like "Get on the boat", Buffy responded quickly and flew towards the big man.

And now Jelly cheered up, stepped on the deck of the next boat, and sailed towards the sea ahead.

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For Ariel, this is not the first time she has gone to sea.

Compared with the time when I went to sea in Hanhai City, I still have about [-] soldiers around me, and there are about a dozen boats in front and back, which is really not small in terms of lineup.

But now, compared to the previous voyage, all this still made her heart rise in her throat.

Not far from the coastline, a thin layer of mist began to float on the sea.

This completely blocked the line of sight on the sea level, making it completely impossible to see the sea conditions ahead.Even if the soldiers standing on the mast look far away, all they can see is the fog-wrapped sea in front of them.

Ariel took out the chart again, looked at the marked points in this area, and frowned involuntarily.

Now leading this team to such an unknown island is not just to find the child of the macaroon couple.

This small island is not in the memory of most people, even many skilled sailors have never heard of it.If it wasn't for knowing this news by accident, I am afraid that the existence of this island will continue to be buried in the long river of history.

Now, this island starts from the northern coastline of the Blue Bay Empire, but this island is not within the borders of the Blue Bay Empire.This also means that once they can land on the island, a buffer point can be established.Whether it is offensive or defensive, it can become a strategic location.

This is not only to guard against the Blue Bay Empire, but more importantly, to guard against the Demon King Army.In case the Demon King Army captures the Blue Bay Empire in one go, then the Mermaid Army will at least have a place where they can retreat and wait for a comeback in 50 years...

"Ah."

Thinking of this, Ariel couldn't help laughing at herself.

After 50 years?

Fifty years later, God knows whether he still has the confidence to continue to counterattack from that small island.For humans, 50 years is too long...

"Wow------!!!"

But when Ariel was still looking at the chart and thinking, suddenly there was a scream in front!

Ariel raised her head, and saw a soldier standing at the bow suddenly fell to the ground, and kept trying to climb back, as if seeing something very scary.

Ariel quickly asked, "What happened?"

The soldier stood up with the support of other soldiers, pointed at the thick fog in front of the bow, and shouted tremblingly——