They don't want me to work harder

However, half an hour later.

Richard secretly carried a small bat given by Veronica, left the captain's room alive, and returned to Katyusha and White.

Seeing the worried look on the little girl's face, he quickly touched her head to comfort her.

The Pearl Buck sailed all the way and arrived at another larger and more prosperous smuggling port two days later.

In the evening, the crew went to have fun in nearby taverns, and whether intentionally or unintentionally, they relaxed their guard over the prisoners.

"I've had enough of this fear!"

"If we don't run now, I'm afraid we will die on the boat!"

The remaining twenty or so Black Shark pirates became more and more excited as they talked and decided to take the opportunity to escape!

This time, Richard also pulled Katyusha and White.

"We should go."

After a while, the other prisoners managed to break free from the ropes, and when the guarding crew members were called to play cards, they all ran towards the dense forest outside the port.

"Haha, we are free!"

"Smelly bitch, wait until we find another ship, and you will look good!"

Amidst the cheers of the prisoners, Richard pulled his companions and turned around and ran into the streets in the opposite direction.

White asked: "Your Highness, aren't we with the others?"

"No need, it's easy to get caught if there are too many people."

Sure enough, a few minutes later, a large number of bloody bats flew up from the Pearl Buck, covering the moon, and rushed towards the jungle.

That night, the screams in the forest kept coming and going and never stopped.

Richard already knew this.

Veronica let him go as agreed, but she would never be lenient to other hostile pirates who harbored hatred.

On the other side, White was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder split. He was thankful that his boss had chosen the right path, and he stayed up all night, praying that he could escape.

Richard was speechless for a while.

Putting aside the deal between me and Veronica, even if there is no fight, I have dragons and dragonflies, and I can still run away with you, okay?

As for whether it's like this, he doesn't have a firm belief...but think about it, if it weren't for this, this person wouldn't be able to become the internal agent of the standard fruit.

Anyway, knowing that Veronica would not disturb him again, Richard found an abandoned house and had a good sleep.

The next morning, the Pearl Buck did not stay long and sailed away.

Richard hired a ship and returned to Connaught overnight to assure the people around him that he was safe.

Next, he resumed his earliest behavior of following the ship. Although there was no trace of the pirate again, White was relieved.

However, one thing that still concerned White was that Richard refused the exclusive room and exquisite meals provided by the navy, and instead requested to live and eat with the most ordinary sailors.

He could not stop Richard's wanton behavior, so he was worried that Henry II would criticize him afterwards for not taking good care of the prince.

This afternoon, on the flagship of the Connaught Navy.

Richard was learning to pull the sail from some sailors.

"So you have to pull it like this? I see, it really saves a lot of effort. Thank you for your guidance."

"No, you're welcome, Your Highness."

Being praised so much by the dignified prince, the sailors who had always been at the bottom of the hierarchy were both frightened and moved.

One of them, who was over fifty years old, also praised Richard in turn: "Your Highness, you are super smart. You learned to control the sail in just two days. It took us a long time..."

"you flatter me."

Richard knew that this was the effect of the [Dragon Field Enlightenment] feature, which allowed him to learn everything many steps faster than anyone else.

During the past two days, he was not idle. While eating and living with the crew, he also spent time learning the work of each position.

He thought, since he was out to fight pirates, he should learn some sailing and naval warfare, right?

Although the two days were short and he had only scratched the surface in all aspects, at least it was not as dark as at the beginning.

Just when he wanted to continue discussing the wind direction with the old sailor, he felt a scratching in his clothes.

He quickly said goodbye to everyone, found an unmanned cabin, and took out a small bat.

After the bat stretched its wings, Veronica's voice came from its mouth:

"I have found the traces of the Evil Wind Pirates. They are planning to attack the Palm Tree merchant ship on the southern route. I would like to ask Your Highness to go over and protect the ship and force the Evil Wind Pirates to go north. I will ambush you in the middle..."

Upon hearing the news, Richard, who had just seen the chart not long ago, immediately understood the plan. He immediately concealed it from White and found the captain of the warship, Buford, the Connaught admiral.

After many days of overt and covert observation, he was basically sure that this person, who had never told the outside world, could still be trusted...

Just a little incompetent.

When Richard climbed into the captain's cabin through the porthole, Buford was peeking at the tabloids.

"Your Highness, Your Highness...ah ho ho ho!"

He was so startled that the hot coffee in his hand spilled onto his pants.

Richard held up his forehead and helped put a water element over. After the latter calmed down, he said: "Let's change the route and turn around to protect the merchant ships coming from the south."

"However, don't reveal your destination right away. Continue to circle first and then turn around at night. Also, don't reveal that this is my order!"

Richard used the characteristics of [Vizier in Black].

But even if he didn't, Buford wouldn't dare say no.

For several days, the captain thought that he had taken the prince around but found nothing. He was already quite nervous and was afraid of being spoken ill of in front of Henry II.

Now that the prince has an order, it's not too late for him to please him!

As a result, a total of three medium-sized sailing ships of the Connaught Navy immediately turned around.

At first, White thought it was just another futile detour, but after a night passed, he found that the ship had arrived at the traditional shipping route south of Connaught.

At this time, even if he leaked the information, after the information was forwarded through the hands of the Standard Fruit Director, it would be too late...

Finally, the next afternoon, the Connacht navy, which had been wandering on the sea for so many days, saw their first enemy.

"S-what a big boat..."

While they were still far away, the sailors saw the fluttering black skull and crossbones flag and the three-story-high hull with dozens of ferocious cannon muzzles exposed.

And Richard further noticed the magic runes on the hull and canvas.

This evil wind pirate group is very capable!

No wonder that being able to stand out in the red sea of ​​pirates on Shen'en Island makes a person of Veronica's strength constrained.

On the opposite side, the Evil Wind Pirates also apparently discovered Richard's fleet.

Although there was a big difference in the quality of the ships, there were three ships on Richard's side after all, and the pirates didn't want to fight a tough battle, so they simply set sail and left, signaling that the water in the well would not interfere with the river...

Don't make a fool of yourself!

You pirates are robbing ships that come to our port to unload their cargo!

Richard immediately decided to pursue him.

However, from the corner of his eye, he noticed that the sailors on the deck all had fearful faces. Even Buford, the captain and commander-in-chief, was shy and looked very embarrassed.

He got it.

Due to the long-term poverty of the royal family, Connaught's navy was relatively poor in terms of equipment and remuneration, which made them low in morale and prone to fear when facing pirates...

It's understandable, but you can't let it go.

Richard took a deep breath and floated into the air.

"Your Highness?"

"Everyone, if we let these pirates go today, they may point their guns at our compatriots tomorrow! They will cut off the trade routes that our city-state depends on for its livelihood, and everyone will be hungry by then!"

After briefly naming the necessity, he shouted and summoned Dahei.

The giant dragon spreads its wings above the battleship and roars!

"So we must not let these pirates go! Next, I, Richard Targaryen, the prince of Connaught, the champion of the Easter Festival of the Empire, will lead the charge. Please follow me!"

Do you lack courage?

Okay, then let me be the role model!

Is this year’s champion of the Empire’s youth qualified enough?

When Richard rode the dragon across the sea, the crew on the flagship cheered together, and their morale suddenly increased!

Buford, who was a little timid at first, saw that the prince rushed out. For the sake of his future, he immediately called his men to cooperate with the attack.

In the blink of an eye, Connaught's three warships followed the black dragon and rushed towards the Evil Wind Pirates.

Boom boom boom!

Cannonballs exploded on the water on both sides of the Evil Wind Pirates' ship.

On the opposite deck.

"What's going on with those cowardly Connaught people? They're so ridiculous that they think we retreat because we're afraid of them?"

"Ha, artillery? We only need to fire one round, and they won't be able to hold on!"

"Wait, why is there a dragon?"

"No, that's the little Targaryen! The one who defeated William!"

As the saying goes, a person's life is reflected by the shadow of his tree. The pirates who originally looked down on the Connaught Navy became nervous after recognizing Richard.

Until heavy footsteps sounded behind them.

"Children, what are you so afraid of?"

midair.

Richard felt a flash of white light and saw a burly man with cast iron wings on his back, a shield in one hand and a giant ax in the other, standing in front of him and smiling at him:

"You little brat, have you ruined your brain? Why are you chasing after me in such a hurry?"