To be able to obtain a bottle of "Shadow Dragon's Blood" from an ancient Sorcerer's treasure vault was naturally a great surprise for Elvin.
In this era …
In the Old Continent, where human civilization was the most developed, even some sub-dragon species with dragon bloodlines had long disappeared, let alone the mythical dragons.
Due to the more active magic elements in the New Continent, there were still faint traces of sub-dragon species, such as the young sea dragon that Anita had once killed.
However, regardless of the species, a pure-blooded dragon would at least be a Stage Four true dragon when it matured. Ever since the colonists came here, there had never been any witnesses.
If they wanted to find traces of dragons, they might really have to go to the Shattered Star Sea, which had a large mysterious domain, or even deeper into the unknown world.
The Shadow Dragon, which mainly lived in the Shadow World, had the lowest combat strength among the various dragons and would only be a normal Stage Four creature when it matured.
However, no matter how weak it was, it was still a true dragon. It was an existence that even the peak human powerhouses were unwilling to face alone!
With this bottle of "Shadow Dragon's Blood", it would definitely be easier to modify Kaka's bloodline in the future, and the success rate would be greatly increased.
According to the established bloodline template, even if it couldn't become a true dragon in the end, it wouldn't mutate into a chaotic monster.
Elvin smiled like a benevolent old father.
"Kaka, you're in luck!"
"Kaka …?"
The little shadow lizard, which had been born less than a year ago, raised its head and cried out in confusion. It felt an inexplicable chill at the back of its neck.
Whoosh!
Its instinctive sense of danger caused its body to instantly shrink, and it hid in Elvin's shadow, unwilling to come out again.
Elvin was about to tease it again.
Suddenly, Herald Besmir's voice rang in his ears.
"Commander, the target has entered the predetermined area. It's confirmed to be the Shilius Santarbia Company's slave-transporting fleet!
According to the speed of both parties, they will engage in battle in about five hours! "
Elvin and Milan's expressions instantly turned serious.
They immediately connected to the seabirds' vision and saw a medium-sized fleet with a total of ten sailboats sailing over from the southeast.
It was the target of their Dragon Cavalry Pirate Team!
"Summon all the captains of the warships to the Morning Star for a pre-battle meeting."
"Yes, Commander!"
The next moment.
On the other three level-five warships in the privateer fleet that went to sea together, the seagulls, who served as communication terminals, all opened their mouths and delivered the orders of the White Knight, their captain, to the captains of the warships.
It was obvious that Elvin had already applied such a biological communication network to his privateer fleet in advance. Its accuracy, range, and reliability were all a hundred times more efficient than the outdated flag signals!
The three captains immediately obeyed the order.
All of them braved the wind and rain to rush to the fleet's flagship, Morning Star.
Although this was the first time the fleet was mobilized as an army, none of the three captains dared to neglect the commander's orders.
"Regiment Commander!"
"Take a seat."
The three captains took their seats in the captain's room.
They were William, the captain of the Iron Bone, a pirate ship that was 40 meters long and equipped with 21 ship-borne cannons.
He was the acting captain of the Gladiator, which was 39 meters long and equipped with 32 cannons, and had been modified from a captured Shilius fifth-class ship into a fast cruising ship.
There was also Alec, the acting captain of the Wrestler, which had the same specifications as the Gladiator.
That's right. Elvin, who had been watching the battle from the side, had not only stopped the pirate crew members who were about to swarm forward, but he had also taken in this old pirate!
Because …
After doing a slight check on Alec and hearing what he had said about his encounters on the isolated island, Elvin was certain.
Back then, when he had killed the great pirate Basam, it had allowed the Magus' body tissue that he had transplanted to break free from its shackles and turn into a parasitic body with independent thoughts.
Thereafter, it had entered Alec's body by chance and helped him recover the heavy injuries in his body.
Moreover, it had allowed this fellow who had just been betrayed by his crew to benefit from this misfortune and obtain the support of a Magus at the level of an official Magus.
This included but was not limited to Magus Shield, Bewitchment, Sand Control, Spiritual Vision, and so on.
The combination of the two produced an effect where one plus one was greater than two. In addition to Alec's rich experience as a pirate captain, he was a rare general!
Moreover, since it was already a privateer fleet, there was no need for him to be obsessed with mental cleanliness. Elvin had made the decision to accept him.
However, due to the fact that he had participated in the "Baijing Harbor Massacre", his hands were stained with the blood of the Tulip Family's citizens.
Elvin had made an extremely strict one-sided Magus Contract with him.
Alec, who was in a stronger position, obviously had no other choice. He could only grit his teeth and swallow it, completely selling himself to Elvin. His rights were not much better than a slave contract.
However, after some thought, Elvin told him about the relationship between the two of them.
Alec had never thought that at first, he had joined this new pirate crew for the resounding name of the "White Knight". He had wanted to rely on Sparrow's strength to make a name for himself.
At the same time that he had completely sold himself, he, the White Knight, and Sparrow had a deeper connection.
This "White Knight" had not only beheaded the great pirate Basam and gave Sparrow his freedom, but he had also killed the entire crew of the "Devil Monkey" who had betrayed him.
He had also given him a chance to meet Sparrow, giving him a chance to be reborn. With all these, Alec did not know how to feel about facing this captain.
Although the contract was extremely harsh.
Regardless of whether it was from the perspective of Sparrow, who was living in his left hand, or from his own perspective, the captain was an indisputable benefactor. He did not have any resistance to working under him.
Moreover, with an organization and a strong backer, he shouldn't be like before, where he almost died for nothing on some desolate island, right?
Although Alec was already over fifty years old, he had drifted on the sea for half his life. From the beginning to the end, he had never thought about dying in a hospital bed.
After joining the powerful White Knight, his future should be filled with all kinds of magnificent things.
This kind of ending could be considered a happy ending … Probably.
At that moment, the military commanders of the privateer fleet, including Gary, had all arrived.
Other than William, who had joined the fleet with his "Iron Bone", the original crew was still there.
Including Elvin's own "Morning Star" and the other two fifth-level ships, all of them had been reorganized.
Twenty-four naval elites from various key positions on the "Storm Horn" had become the pirate cadres on the three ships. In addition, there were three Beyonder captains and the necessary seagull messengers on each ship.
Although most of the new members had joined for less than a month, and Elvin did not have a thorough understanding of them, he already had absolute control over the fleet with this network!
With this as a foundation, it was not difficult to create an elite privateer fleet that could fight and resist. And the first battle would begin today.
After sweeping his gaze across all the military commanders present, Elvin said, "Captain, I'm going to inform you.
"Navigator, please give us more information about our opponents."
He knew very well that his title as the great pirate "White Knight" had a time limit.
Even if it was not as fast as in modern society where information was highly developed, the popularity would gradually fade in at most half a year. It would gradually become a symbol in people's memories from a high-quality topic of conversation.
Therefore, he had to strike while the iron was hot and personally lead a few more big raids!
After using a few tough battles to establish the foundation of the dragon cavalry pirate crew and get it on the right track, there would be no need for Elvin to personally take part in small-scale plundering activities.
Compared to openly going against the Shilius people, Elvin was more inclined to make a fortune in silence.
If it was purely for the sake of plundering wealth, this would naturally be a better choice, but from the strategic point of view of the country's "Blood Loss Plan."
Even if he was made of iron, how many nails could he make?
Just relying on himself and his subordinates of the dragon cavalry to plunder, not to mention 996, even if all of them were 007, it would be impossible for them to hurt the Shilius people.
Therefore, Elvin's plan was very simple.
Spiritually, he would become the flag of the anti-Silius alliance, and materially, he would use the enormous wealth obtained from plundering to lead the trend.
He would use his actions to constantly inspire more "ambitious young men" to join the plundering of Shilius.
He would cause Shilius to fall into the sea of people's war.
Moreover, Elvin himself was not prepared to be completely tied down by the plundering activities. Greater power and a wider world were his goals!
The target of his first operation with great fanfare would naturally not be a small fry.
Milan stood up and handed over the intelligence documents that she had collected in advance.
"Our target this time is the largest private company of Shilius in the New Continent, Santabarbia …"
On the surface, Santabarbia was formed by five large chambers of commerce in Shilius, but it was secretly backed by the Shilius royal family. Many times, King Philip II himself was the actual controller of the company.
As far as the secret channel knew, the royal family had at least 40% of the shares, and it was also an important source of income for the royal family in addition to the national income.
The company mainly engaged in the slave, precious metals, tobacco, sugar trade, as well as piracy and colonization. Its main area of activity included the western part of the Southern Continent, the entire New Continent, and the Golden Sea.
The target of the plundering fleet this time was a batch of slave ships from the Southern Continent that belonged to Santabarbia.
They set off from the slave coast with Benin, the birthplace of voodoo in the Southern Continent, at the center. With the strength of the fleet, they followed the Northern Belt and traversed the entire Black Sea to the Golden Islands.
In other words, they were in the middle of the triangular trade of "guns and cloth" in the Old Continent, "Anumar" in the Southern Continent, and "gold, silver, tobacco, dyes" in the New Continent.
Naturally, Elvin had his reasons for choosing this target.
In this world, although money was not omnipotent, it could solve most problems.
As long as there was an endless flow of gold and silver into the Shilius Kingdom, no matter how many problems there were within the kingdom, they could be solved one by one.
From now on, while launching the "Blood Loss Plan", he had to cut off the other party's silver supply at the source.
Ore sources, mercury, and labor were the three key factors that limited the production of silver!
Under the premise that the other countries could not snatch the ore sources, he could totally make an issue out of the latter two. Moreover, the profit of the slave trade was … 600%!
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