Gross was a little confused. After thinking for a while, he probably felt that Ivan looked down on the little profit from selling prisoners, so he said flatteringly: "If you don't want to see these prisoners, Lord, I will go out and tell my men right now." "Kill them all!" "That's no need!" Ai Wen was stunned and shook his head. He just hopes that these humans can fight to death bravely, but since they have survived secretly, even if this result hinders his plan, Ivan will not deliberately kill them for his own convenience. It's not that Ivan still has too much identification with the humans in this world, but this matter has not yet touched his moral bottom line. If the existence of these human captives threatens his life safety, then Ivan Of course I don't care about their life or death, but if it's just a small matter like difficulty in getting supplies, there's no need to make a big deal out of it. What's more, from Gross's words, Ivan could tell that these prisoners had long been cared about by Sika. Sika himself was a third-level mage, and he controlled a hundred blood-sucking weapons that could be used as underwater troops. The larvae are of great use. In order to make him more active in the naval battles he may encounter in the future, it is necessary to give him some benefits now. Sika's experiments on transforming vampire demons are not limited to vampire larvae. In their eyes, living people have their own experimental methods, and dead people have their own experimental methods. There are ways to maximize the use of these captives, as long as Ivan doesn't These prisoners were reduced to ashes, and Sika could still use them after all. In this case, why should he bother! After pondering for a while, Aiwen seemed to have thought of something. He opened his mouth and ordered: "Since we have captured them alive, send someone to interrogate them all and get me all the information on the nearby sea area. Also give me the information on the sea ship we captured." The sooner the better, right? " "No problem, Lord!" Gross agreed loudly, but in his heart, he still felt a little strange about Aiwen's request. The information on the nearby sea area is just that. Is it necessary to inquire about the information on the ship? No matter how big the origin of this ship is, it is still a sea ship from the human world. Even if the forces behind it were furious, they would not be able to rush from the human world to the demon world to take revenge. However, thinking about it, Gross did not ask. "Okay. I have nothing else to say. If you have nothing else to say, you can go out!" Ivan thought for a while. Gross nodded quickly, turned around and left the room. Seeing Gross leaving, Alvin's majestic lord's demeanor immediately relaxed. He leaned lazily on the chair, groped around him, grabbed the small box, and raised it in front of him. He looked at the light. When Alvin was talking to Gross, Ollie had been drinking fruit wine next to him. Without saying a word, Gross went out at this time. She and Ivan were the only two people left in the house. She glanced at Ivan's behavior and asked: "You want information about that ship because of this ship?" A box?" "Absolutely!" Ivan looked at the box in his hand and replied absentmindedly. "Why?" "I have been to the human world once, so I know that there are not as many mages on their side as there are on our side, not to mention a mage who can make space props. His strength is at least Reaching the fourth level, this level of strength is already rare here, and it is even more rare in the human world. " "So what, you are not afraid, are you?" He raised his eyebrows, a little strange. "I'm not afraid. He is a magician. Am I not one? But the power of a magician with such strength sends people here to do business. It always makes people care a little. Not counting the goods in the box, just the goods in the box. This space box is of great value!" Ivan said thoughtfully. "Since you want to know the truth so much, just ask those two guys in the small world. They know more than the captives on the island." Ollie held the cup and sighed. , looking like why are you so stupid. "Of course I know that more information can be obtained from those two prisoners, but they are not ordinary people at first glance, and they may not tell the truth. Since a group of prisoners have been captured on the island, then it is necessary to take it from their mouths It's necessary to come up with something as a reference, it's better than nothing!" Ai Wen said lightly. After a quick glance, I saw that Ollie was not interested in his answer. Ivan stopped the topic and waved to her: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Come over and help me take a look. How to crack this box?" , I have been looking at it for a long time, but I still have no clue! " "If you want to open the box, just ask the two prisoners, why do you have to do it yourself!"Ollie muttered, but her movements were not slow at all. She put down the cup, walked to Alvin, pushed him away from his original position, and sat down. "This can be considered a kind of exercise. Besides, as a mage, wouldn't it be embarrassing if you have to interrogate prisoners before you can use the captured magic props?" Ivan turned sideways and answered while holding him in his arms. Ollie put her soft shoulders and said with a smile: "How do you do, do you have any impression of the magic patterns on the surface of this box?" "I seem to have seen it in my memory." Ollie stared at the magic patterns on the surface of the box, a look on his face. Feeling nothing. "Really, then can you explain to me what this magic pattern represents?" Ivan said a serious topic in his mouth, but his hands were not slow, following the soft curve of Ollie's shoulders. She secretly moved down a certain distance, then stopped, and said nonchalantly: "Among all the magic patterns, it seems to appear most frequently!" Ollie's body trembled, and then he said unconsciously: "Let's When I think about it, this magic pattern seems to be a derivative of the Guey system. If I remember correctly, the specific meaning should be the same as" The two of them studied the box in cooperation with each other, and their voices became smaller and smaller. , getting lighter and lighter, judging from their body movements without looking at their serious expressions. If they were to say that they were actually clinging to each other**, no one would doubt it. I don¡¯t know how long it took, but suddenly. There was a knock on the door of the room. Ollie was startled and suddenly woke up from the sweet and tipsy feeling. With a strong effort on her legs, she wanted to stand up from Alvin. Unexpectedly, Alvin's hand was still stuck in her clothes and she couldn't pull it out for a while. , under the area. She suddenly lost her balance and fell down, causing the chair holding the two of them to shake a few times. Finally, he fell backwards with a bang, and the two of them rolled into a ball. Ollie's face was red, and it was not easy to break away from the entanglement of Alvin's limbs and sit on the ground. Nor stood up. He crawled back a long distance with his hands and feet, and then he gritted his teeth and whispered: "Shameless guy, what did you just do to me?" "What did you do? Aren't we discussing the issue of the space box? At most, the actions are just a little intimate, but it doesn't matter, we are husband and wife!" Aiwen calmly dusted himself off, and stood up with some innocence and regret. Ollie was blocked by Alvin and was speechless for a moment, so she could only stand up angrily. He gave him a sharp look and threw his hand away. Walk towards the back of the hall. Ivan smiled and didn't say anything. He also knew that Ollie was just losing face for a while. In fact, as the saying goes, a slap can't make a sound Holding up the chair, Ivan sat down as if nothing happened. Then he shouted toward the door: "Come in!" A few seconds later, the door creaked, and a big head slipped in through the crack of the door. It looked like it was Gross. After checking that Ollie was not in the living room, Gross walked in with confidence and closed the door behind his back. "Lord, the confessions of those prisoners have been asked!" Gross stopped five meters in front of Ivan and said with a respectful expression. Looking at him, he seemed to be completely unaware of what happened in the house just now. generally. "So fast?" Since he was focused on taking advantage of Ollie, Alvin didn't know how long the time had passed, but no matter how he thought about it, it would not have been more than an hour. It was really impressive that Gross was able to obtain a confession in such a short period of time. It's surprising. "Lord, this is because there are many prisoners. As long as one of them can't stand the torture and opens his mouth, the others will no longer keep the secret strictly. What's more, what I asked is not a secret worth keeping in the first place." Ross explained. ¡°I see, then tell me what you have found out.¡± Ivan nodded, accepting his explanation. "Lord, first of all, let's look at the charts of the nearby sea area. I compared the confessions of many prisoners, and I think there shouldn't be much difference between the confessions and the reality." Gross said, raising his hand and taking the roll of sheepskin he had been holding. The paper was raised respectfully. "Oh, I want to take a look at the charts of nearby sea areas!" Ivan suddenly became interested. He waved his hand, and the roll of parchment automatically flew into his hand. He untied the rope buckle and unfolded it. Come on. After taking a look at the parchment, it turned out that a large amount of sea terrain was drawn on it. Looking up at Gross, Ivan said: "Don't worry about me, keep talking!" Gross nodded and continued: "In addition to this chart, I also figured out the relationship between this stronghold and the outside world. Generally speaking, Every three months, humans will send a supply fleet over to deliver supplies to the strongholds here and other places. As for the fleets transporting troops, it may not be certain, maybe half a month apart, maybe a month apart, NotThere is a fixed date. However, the last batch of troop transport ships that came to this stronghold to replenish supplies had just left a week ago. In theory, the next batch of troop transport ships arriving here would have to wait at least a week. "That's what he said, but no one can guarantee that they will not arrive early. Thinking that he may encounter an entire fleet of human navy at any time, Gross looked a little gloomy. "Don't worry, stay here for at most one day. When the time comes, we will leave. Now is not the time to officially start a war with the human fleet. When the fleet in Odelia Port is formed, it will not be too late for us to fight back. "Aiwen looked at the chart. Although he didn't raise his head, he still felt a little uneasy from Gross's words, so he comforted him. "It turns out that the lord has a plan, so I feel relieved. "Gross nodded, his face looked a little better. "I just know the strength in my hands. "Ivan said without raising his head: "Let's not talk about this anymore. How much information do you know about the ship that was captured by us? " "this. Lord, that ship does not belong to the defense organization of this stronghold, so I don't know much from the prisoners. "Gross's face changed. He hesitated. "It's okay. You can tell me as much as you know!" "Evan didn't have much hope, so he said. Seeing Ivan's attitude, Gross felt relieved a little and replied: "The ships garrisoned in human strongholds have such a rule that they do not occupy the transport fleet. Instead, a merchant ship that arrived with the transport fleet served as a guard force. Each stronghold will receive at least one fleet within a month, so the merchant ships stationed there will wait for up to one month before being rotated. The ship we captured is called Autumn Wind, and it is a private merchant ship that came with the last transport fleet. " "Use merchant ships to defend the stronghold? "Ivan finally moved his eyes away from the chart and looked at Gross with some surprise: "Won't those businessmen complain if they have bad luck? They will be delayed in these strongholds for a month! " "Lord Lord. There should be nothing to complain about, after all, they were able to sail here under the protection of the human navy. The cost of delaying a month is nothing at all. "Gross was a little reluctant to agree with Alvin's point of view. Alvin was surprised, thought about it, and realized with a slap on his head that he still viewed business behavior from the perspective of the past life. Most of the products in the past life were time-sensitive. If you dare to delay, let alone a month or a day, the business opportunity will disappear or be snatched away by others. But in this world, there are no spring, summer, autumn and winter, and there are no fashion trends, and most products are not. There is no so-called timeliness, not to mention that the three major camps in Gray Plains are at odds with each other, and there are a large number of small forces within the camps. This results in extremely poor circulation of goods. As long as the goods are in demand, let alone a month's delay. Well, even if you delay it for a year, the items can still be sold. In a sense, if the armor stored in the space box is indeed, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it. "It was just a mistake on my part, please continue. Go down!" Ai Wen said. "Lord, you built the Lion Heart Territory from scratch. How could you not know the key to it? You just didn't think of it for a moment. Gross complimented him first, and then continued: "For this reason, we don't know much about this merchant ship or the prisoners in the stronghold. We only know that the owner of the merchant ship is a middle-aged man named Nick. He There is also a nephew named Meni. The two of them usually live on the Autumn Wind and rarely stay in this stronghold. It is said that this time the two of them also went to war with the merchant ship. " "Oh, so where are the two of them now? "Aiwen seemed to have thought of something, and asked calmly. Gross's expression suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and after a while he said: "I interrogated the prisoners captured on that merchant ship before I came, but they didn't find them. They searched among the corpses of human beings who died in the battle, but found no trace of them. Maybe they realized that they were about to be defeated at that time, and somehow escaped in advance. " "Escaped? "Aiwen frowned, as if he was not satisfied with this answer, but he was silent for a while and then calmed down: "Forget it, it's not your fault. After all, this is the first naval battle of the Lion Heart Navy. There is nothing we can do about some omissions! " "Thank you, Lord. I promise not to make similar mistakes in the next naval battle!" "Grossbourne was a little uneasy. He ran away with two big fish. He didn't know if Alvin would punish him for an excuse. Hearing this, he was overjoyed and patted his chest and promised. "I hope you can do what you say. Okay, for these things The merchant ships that come here, do you know where they are going? "Aiwen nodded slightly, then?? asked. "Most merchant ships come here to buy the loot stored in various strongholds. As far as I know, the one to half month they stay at each stronghold is the time they use to buy goods." Regarding this issue, Ge Ross was prepared and answered immediately. So, Ivan suddenly understood. No matter how good the reason is, if merchant ships spend a lot of time guarding strongholds for the army, there will always be complaints. After all, there are still some people who would rather pay the maritime protection fee. It's a delay, but if this time is also the time for them to purchase the goods they need, then there's nothing to complain about. "As for the remaining small number of merchant ships, although they also buy loot from the stronghold, they do so only incidentally. Their main purpose seems to be to go to the other side of the Earth's Inner Sea." Gross said, pointing to the north. : "Doing business with those underground indigenous creatures." "That's it!" Ivan glanced at the small box at his feet and suddenly had a guess in his mind: "Then the owner of the Autumn Wind we captured is Are you also preparing to head to the north? " Gross followed Ivan's gaze and saw the small box, and he suddenly screamed that something was wrong. As the captain of the Lionheart, he knew the purpose of Ivan's voyage. This stronghold is only incidental. Crossing the Earth's Inner Sea and reaching the northern coast is the main thing. He has never seen this small box with Ivan before. Now that he thinks about it, it is something found on the Autumn Wind. Maybe it is the Autumn Wind preparing to go north. Goods traded. For a ship like this, the safe channel heading north is usually stored in the owner's mind. Two shipowners who were very helpful to Ai Wen's purpose ran away. Even if he didn't care before, he would probably be angry now that he knew about it. After a slight hesitation, and after going back and forth several times between honest admission and deception, Gross finally nodded with a grimace: "According to the confessions of the crew members, it is possible." (To be continued, please search for Piaotian Literature, novels. Better updates faster!