Chapter 335: Successfully Landing on the Island

On the simple pier of Baijing Island, five pirates were rowing a small wooden boat, catching sea fish in the waters near the shore.

Although there were a few plots of farmland on the island, they were mainly used for growing vegetables. For the pirates living on Baijing Island, seafood was one of their primary sources of food. As for items like bread and wheat, they needed to be replenished from the outside periodically.

They had originally thought today would be another day of rowing and fishing, but they did not expect to be interrupted by a scene they suddenly witnessed.

"Quick... look quickly!"

A pirate pointed at the distant sea surface and shouted in panic.

His companions looked over and saw four large ships cutting through the waves toward Baijing Island.

As pirates, besides boarding ships for combat, their ability to identify noble flags was also excellent.

"It's the royal warships!"

"And the flags of the Wushan Family and the Dennis Family!"

"Noble warships have come to wipe us out!"

The five men rowed their wooden boat toward the shore in a panic, attempting to reach land first and then find a place to hide.

It was a pity that they were a bit far from the shore; by the time they had completely landed, the noble ships were less than a hundred meters away from them.

Just then, a white Griffin soared into the air, and Mixi landed from the sky.

Looking closely, Kalada was clutching the Griffin's talons, landing on the shore in a strange manner.

Whoosh—

The Griffin quickly arrived above the five pirates, then rapidly descended in altitude. When it was only a dozen meters from the ground, Kalada let go, falling from the air and landing steadily in front of the pirates.

Thunder flickered on his Knight sword; without even using any Battle Technique, his ordinary Thunder Battle Qi knocked down the pirates charging at the front.

"If you don't want to die, kneel and surrender!"

The remaining four pirates knew they were no match and immediately scattered to flee, but at this moment, the Griffin in the air circled down, passing over the pirates' heads at a very high speed; the rapidly passing gale knocked these few pirates to the ground.

On the royal warship, Luoning watched the landing battle, which was as simple as a pier, and felt a bit emotional for a moment.

On the way here, he had envisioned the scene of landing on Baijing Island.

For instance, they might be subjected to fierce arrow attacks from the pirates on the shore, or they might have to resort to forcibly jumping onto the shore to break through the enemy's defensive lines.

For this reason, Luoning had brought out the Level 4 Ice Cone Technique Magic Cannons he had seized earlier, coordinating them with the Level 6 Magic Cannons on the royal warships to minimize the difficulty of the landing operation.

But he never expected that the landing battle would be this simple.

He even suspected that perhaps without the coordination of Kalada and Mixi, they would not have encountered any resistance at all.

As the four large ships approached the simple pier, Luoning and the others walked off the ships one after another.

At this time, Baron Meilongnika, who was addicted to cultivation, revealed himself at the right moment; having arrived in a dangerous zone, he began his work.

Luoning couldn't help but laugh: "You finally deigned to come out of your room."

Meilongnika was in a good mood: "I had a small harvest; after the matter here is resolved later, I will find a place to practice freely."

Luoning thought to himself, this really is a cultivation fanatic.

He began to look around, focusing on the simple pier under his feet.

Such a simple pier was built entirely of timber; it didn't take much time to build, the difficulty was not high, and the construction cost would be relatively low.

Perhaps before the official pier in Wubei Territory was built, Luoning could consider building such simple piers first as a transition.

In this way, Wubei Territory would have the conditions to train a navy, without having to travel thousands of miles to borrow Dennis Port for training.

Luoning came to Kalada, and at this moment, Knight Mixi also drove the Griffin to land from the air.

"Your coordination is truly tacit."

Luoning said with a smile: "Did you train for it?"

Mixi did not answer, while Kalada said awkwardly: "It was just an impromptu idea."

Next, Luoning and the others interrogated the few captives they had caught and gained a certain understanding of the situation on Baijing Island.

It turned out that a day ago, the leader of the pirate group had taken several members and left Baijing Island on three large ships, saying there was a special operation; the other members on the island did not know when the leader would return.

Luqi of Jianjiao City couldn't help but say after hearing this: "This is no special operation; it is clearly abandoning the island and leaving."

Luoning nodded.

It was very obvious that their leader had inside information and knew about the royal family's movements in advance.

That is to say, the White Whale Pirate Group had someone supporting them behind the scenes.

"Weike," Luoning called out.

Captain Weike, who was waiting on the periphery, heard this shout and immediately trotted over.

He was very respectful to Luoning now.

The captives caught at Niujiao Bay were still in a state of imprisonment. What awaited them was either being sent to the gallows or being sent to the exchange to be permanently branded as Slaves.

Only Weike and two other experienced crew members had escaped punishment unscathed.

Weike knew that all of this was the credit of the young noble before him.

"My Lord, Weike is happy to serve you!"

Luoning asked: "Does the White Whale Pirate Group have any other bases?"

Weike shook his head: "I have been out to sea many times over these years; besides hijacking ships, I have also resupplied at other island ports, and there is no second base."

Luoning thought for a moment and instructed: "Then please have Baron Luqi arrange some men to look after the ships, and the rest of the people will head to the pirates' living area to capture them all."

Everyone had no objections to this arrangement, and soon, the capture of the remaining pirates began rapidly.

This was a troublesome but completely non-dangerous task.

The Knights spent half a day before finally rounding up all the pirates and Slaves on the island.

After interrogation, it was discovered that there were only three Transcendental Knights left behind on Baijing Island, and they were all Primary Knights; the rest were all ordinary people.

Dawei and Tangmu, led by Weike, searched several key wooden buildings.

"My Lord, we have already searched these places; apart from some scattered silver coins and copper coins, there wasn't a shadow of a single gold coin."

"Besides that, some wheat grains were found in the warehouse. It is said that the pirate leader moved quite a lot when leaving, but perhaps due to lack of time, they were not all loaded."

Luoning nodded.

The leader Baijing took away all the core members, ships, and important assets of the pirate group; it seems he was already prepared to abandon this base.

Luoning had originally planned to stay here for two days to wait for a rabbit to hit the stump, but now it seems there is no need for that at all.

"Go and compile the information on those captives, and see if there are any useful talents, especially craftsmen, crew members, and so on."

Luoning said: "If there are any, keep them and bring them back to Wubei Territory."

"Yes, my lord!"

Wubei Territory lacks people familiar with the sea; although this group of people living on Baijing Island are pirates, it cannot be denied that they are quite familiar with the ocean.

Luoning can completely bring them back to Wubei Territory.

Not to mention any major use, at the very least they can provide some guidance and experience to the Knights, Guards, and others of Wubei Territory.

As for whether they have eyes and ears from other nobles, Luoning does not care.

As long as this group of people cannot reach the Core positions, it will be fine. (End of this chapter)