410 How I Envy Them (2/2)

Though Hawk played a trick, it was not too annoying.

The man's intelligence was real. Though they were slightly manipulative, they had expressed their sincerity by giving away what was likely to be a piece of epic equipment.

”Then let's talk about this Kämpfer at the port.”

”So you're willing to help?” Brenda's eyes sparkled.

Roland nodded.

At this point, he had to help them, or this trip would be for nothing.

”Thank you.” Brenda couldn't be more delighted.

Then, she introduced the situation at the port.

As it turned out, the port at Bluewater Harbor was actually not controlled by the mayor of the city.

The mayor had a lot of troops, but they weren't good at sea battles. Kämpfer the White Beard conquered the port with six warships thirty years ago, but they didn't attack the mayor because they were bad at land battles.

There was nothing the mayor could do about the six warships, either.

They were caught in this predicament for years. After they both lost a lot of men, an unspoken agreement was established.

The taxes of Bluewater Harbor were divided into halves. Kämpfer levied taxes on the business ships, and the cargoes would be taxed again on the land by the mayor.

It would be fine if it was only about taxing, but the problem was that Kämpfer often crossed the line.

Now and then, he would capture the women in the city and sell them to other cities as slaves.

Also, the areas near the port were very unsafe. Crimes happened all the time.

Brenda said, ”After I took the post of sheriff, I confronted Kämpfer's men more than twenty times, with more losses than victories. I only managed to maintain the situation and even reclaim some of the areas he occupied because I'm undying, but that was the best I could do. The enemy is very cunning. He would go back to his warships and seal the port if things didn't look right. In the end, we had to negotiate with him and apologize to him.”

”So you want me to blow up his warships?”

”Yes.” Brenda nodded. ”It's barely possible for other people, but it's as easy as pie for a high-altitude bomber like you.”

”Not a problem. Why don't you describe the warships for me?”

Delighted, Brenda said, ”They're easy to recognize. There are altogether six warships, all anchored outside of the port, with the symbol of a white-bearded old man on their sails.”

Roland pointed at the table and said, ”Heat the wine for me. I'll be back shortly.”

Then, he turned around and left.

Vincent gasped. ”I found that scene very familiar.”

Brenda thought that she had seen it from somewhere else too.

At this point, Liz said gloomily, ”It's how Lord Guan cut Hua Xiong while his wine was still warm[1]!

After a daze, Vincent burst into fury and slapped the table. ”Damn it, that's so awesome. I'm so jealous of him. I want to be as cool as him! Why can't I? Why?”

[1] a story from Romance of the Three Kingdoms