Chapter 433 (1/2)
16-27 Garleon Union (3)
Satou here Speaking of aquarium, you may believe that dolphins are the star of the show, but I don't think you could dish speeds underwater contrary to their looks, and the cute penguins and their behavior
That reminds me, I think my childhood friend ith me said that they wanted to eat fried prahen they saw spiny lobsters inside the water tank
“『Command an army, and demonstrate your power』, is it–”
On our way back from Garleon Temple, I told what the trial was about to Mia, Lady Karina and princess Sistina who came with me
“This looks to be my turn”
Princess Sistina's glasses sparkled for an instant there
Come to think of it, feels like it's been a while since I saw her wearing glasses
“Mwu, sea”
Mia pointed out that fact to princess Sistina while pointing her finger at the sea
“Oh right… My golems can't float on water, can they”
“But they can help defending the coasts I can also prepare wooden gole to let them on board a shi+p”
Wooden golehting prowess far surpasses your average soldier, it should work fine against pirates
“I also want to take part in it desuwa!”
“Agreed”
Mia nodded to reply Lady Karina
Unlike princess Sistina, Lady Karina who specializes in close-quarter coh-powered artificial spirits aren't the type that can lead an army by themselves
“Then, I'll be asking Karinsauard unit”
“Yes, bring it on desuwa!”
Soldiers' o up with her looks
“Can I ask Mia to coes in naval battles?”
“Nn, ork hard”
I pat Mia who puffs out her chest while snorting, and we go to board the airshi+p
First of all, let's get a grasp of the situation
“Satou-sama, no shi+ps or people found in the airspace and sea surface around us”
“Thank you”
I juh altitude
“I' out for a bit Stay in the air for a while”
“Roger!”
After telling that to the saluting brownie, I' Flash Drive
I went around Garleon Union's countries and the surrounding ones one by one and used [All Map Exploration] ic to collect information
“There's a lot ht…”
There are more than 100 shi+ps of various sizes, and each has 10 to 100 pirates on board
I guess a group of a several thousands pirates is enough to fight a country
However,alone, only a few of theroup of three or more
Their levels are split in two groups, 15-30 and 3-7, the former is 30 and the latter is 70
The strongest looking pirate is level 43, even Lady Karina can win if they act alone
The pirates mostly consist of humans and beastkins
The sea beastkins are illmen, and not a lot of mermaids
Most of the pirates are either sailing around the oceans in a fleet of shi+ps, or staying at independent towns and settleroups of islands or areas of oceans with lots of reefs tooff pursuers easier
“And the Skeleton Archduke is–there it is”
The one who has that title is a shi+p captain of the flagshi+p of a fleet of sly low at 24
He's probably the type that coth itself is low
Ilook more like an armed force of a country than that of pirates
Though considering his skills; Deception, Negotiation, Persuasion, Threat, Coercion et all, he doesn't seem like an able commander…
“Fus?”
About 30 of the pirate shi+ps are heading toward the port where the Skeleton Archduke's shi+p is anchored
Have they really joined forces, and do they really intend to attack Garleon Union?
“As for Garleon Union military forces–”
They have a lot of merchant shi+ps, but not a whole lot of pure battle shi+ps
After leaving out the s se shi+ps equipped with mana furnaces and mana cannons Garleok City itself only has nine of those
There are some excellent soldiers and commanders whose levels exceed 30, but they're few and far between, le digit level
As for uard merchant shi+ps, more than half of the offense, and there are even shi+ps with active pirates working part-time as mercenaries
These guard shi+ps are alley shi+ps, only a few are equipped with mana furnace
There are around 90 of these guard shi+ps in total in the Garleon Union
The her than the pirate's on average, but even the best one is only level 31, so you can say that their individual strength is lower
If they bring the whole arainst the pirates
As long as they don't split with mercenaries or there is no city or country that secedes from the union, they should be able to win unless their commander is extremely incompetent
Well, bringing the entire arh
“Now then–”
I went out to the open sea and checked out the depth dwelling monsters while I was at it
The dangerous looking ones are only level 50-70 large monsters called [Those that Lurk in the Abyss], the other monsters aren't much different from any other oceans
The Sea Orcs I saw at Garleok City port were also there, but it was just a swarate them
“Next, the hometown of the mermaid we saved back at the port–found it”
The Map north of the Garleok City are dotted with es, and one of theirl's home
After gathering all the info I need, I return to the airshi+p's deck with Unit Arrangement
“Welcome back”
“I'm back, Mia”
Mia who i me
She's rubbing her forehead on my chest
“Don't tell ation already?”
“Yes, I haven't analyzed it yet, but I'”
I gave an affirly
“Y-you really were?”
“As expected of my… desuwa!”
“Nn, good boy”
Surprised princess Sistina, Lady Karina who's boasting like she did it herself, and Mia who's standing on her tiptoes trying to pat me
Got three different kind of reactions
In addition, my Attentive Ears skill picked up the … part Lady Karina was hiding, which was [Satou]
“Feels like we can conquer the world with Satou here”
“I' to do that”
I negated Princess Sistina's joke with a smile
Just conquering the world doesn't sound like a hard work, but I want absolutely nothing to do with theat the end of the line, called reign
“Next, are you going to check the rumors we heard at the port?”
“Yes, that's right”
Next, I need to investigate if there is a discord within the union and whether that Skeleton Archduke guy is really rallying pirates
I caught a sight of a brownie in ht when I was about to say that
“Satou-sairl has come to~”
Looks like I've got to postpone the investigation for now
>[Finfolk Language] Skill Acquired
“Calht”
The brownie in irl
『You're safe here, calm yourself, okay』
I talk to the ic
I thought of allocating skill points like I did at Sania Kingdom back then, but since it didn't seeic [Translate] instead
『…Language of Nifu Spoken by human? Where is this?』
The translation being rough at first seeic
『This place is near the port where you got washed ashore』
『Human town?』
『Are you familiar with Garleon Union and Garleok City?』
The irl shook her head to reply my question
『I don'tyou back to your hometown if you're lost, how about it?』
『Nyua is not lost!』
The ot mad when I said that