Chapter 303: Black Pearl!

Old Jack was shocked!

The crew was shocked!

The knights were equally shocked.

They had indeed picked up countless ownerless things while following their lord.

For instance, ownerless stranded merchant ships, ownerless brand-new underground armor, and even ownerless gold coins in the river.

But the three-masted sailing ship ahead was also unmanned; what had happened to this world?

That was a three-masted sailing ship, a national treasure, owned only by ducal families and the royal house.

Even if a god appeared before him right now, he probably wouldn't feel too surprised.

Very quickly, the fleet approached the three-masted sailing ship.

When the distance was only a few dozen meters, everyone had to look up at this three-masted sailing ship.

Only then did the sheer size of this three-masted sailing ship become more apparent.

The length was at least ninety meters, and the width at least twelve meters.

The height of the main mast reached sixty-five meters.

This was absolutely a sea monster.

"My lord, it really seems no one is here!"

At such close range, yet not a single person was seen on that three-masted warship.

Instantly, whether Old Jack or the knights, all showed unprecedented delight.

If there really was no one on the three-masted warship, that meant it was truly ownerless.

And if they picked up ownerless things, wouldn't Stormwind Territory now possess a three-masted warship that only dukes and the royal house could own?

"My lord, this three-masted warship seems a bit strange!"

"What's strange about it, Old Jack?"

"My lord, I have also seen three-masted warships at the Hernand family's port!"

"But the Hernand family's warships do not have as many portholes as this one!"

"Are you sure?"

Gervas also noticed these windows!

However, he had not previously seen a three-masted sailing warship in this world, so he did not immediately raise an objection.

But now Old Jack had raised an objection, which meant this warship before them was indeed different from the rest.

And the previous intelligence had indeed described it this way: this was a peculiar three-masted sailing ship.

"My lord, I am certain; the windows on this three-masted sailing ship total two rows, while the Hernand family's sailing ships have only one row of windows! Furthermore, the number of windows in that one row is less than half of this warship's."

"Moreover, this warship even has windows designed on the deck railings; that seems useless, doesn't it?" Jack replied affirmatively.

"No, the use is great!" Gervas's expression became complex.

First, he knew very well the purpose of these portholes: they were cannon positions.

In the Age of Sail of his past life, European warships had this very design.

But the problem was, wasn't this world devoid of cannons?

Wasn't the cannon he fired this morning supposedly the world's first cannon?

After all, even the System had acknowledged it.

"Let's go, board and take a look!"

With too many speculations in his mind, Gervas could only board the ship to investigate.

Quickly, Gervas led Old Jack and a group of knights onto the warship.

Although the warship's deck had mud and grime, the wood was brand new.

All the sails were lowered, and upon inspection, they were intact.

Even the ropes were brand new.

"My lord, this is simply unbelievable; whether the sails or the ropes, they are all brand new and intact!"

"Even the deck and railings show no signs of wear; this three-masted warship is as if it had just left the shipyard and was then lost!"

Old Jack's eyes were full of disbelief.

It was like someone going out to pick up the latest model of a Fruit phone; even more unbelievable was that this Fruit phone had not even been registered with an ID!

"Go check the lower decks!"

The ship was new; Gervas had already learned this from the intelligence.

So it was not strange.

And what he was currently concerned with was whether this three-masted sailing ship was indeed a gunship.

Quickly, Gervas and the others arrived at the interior cabin of the warship.

After investigating two consecutive layers of cabins, they discovered... this was indeed a gunship.

Of course, no cannons were visible inside the sea vessel.

The interiors of those portholes were empty, yet Gervas could confirm from the interior furnishings that this was prepared for firing cannons.

At this moment, there was also an unexpected situation: on this hull, there were many unknown metal iron sheets.

Engraved on the iron sheets were some inscriptions, which extended all the way to the stern position.

Following these metal iron sheets embedded in the ship's wooden planks, Gervas and the others arrived at a secret room at the stern.

"Magic array? My lord, there is actually a magic array on a sea vessel?!"

Knight Mi Gen and the others were dumbfounded.

Because hidden within this secret room was a precise, small-scale magic array.

Although they did not know the function of this magic array, anything related to magic was obviously very high-end.

"Old John, have you seen this in the Hernand family?"

"My lord, I have never entered the three-masted warship of the Hernand family, but I have never heard that warships have magic arrays!"

"However, I have heard that mages are arranged on warships to fight!"

Gervas nodded; he had already confirmed that this three-masted warship was likely not from the Glory Continent.

Thinking of the legend that on the other side of the ocean, there existed another world.

Gervas speculated that this sea vessel had likely truly drifted here from another world along the currents.

Of course, that so-called other world, explained scientifically, was simply another continent.

It was just that because the ocean was vast and dangerous, no one had ever gone there.

Additionally, on the other side, that path likely already possessed things like magic cannons.

This also explained why intelligence had already confirmed that his cannon was the world's first.

Yet this world possessed cannon warships.

"This is good; for now, I don't need to worry about some sneak opening the Storm Domain gates with sturdy ships and powerful cannons!"

Afterwards, Gervas examined the magic array more carefully and discovered a missing palm-sized, peculiar 'key' on it.

Something like a magic fan switch.

And without the switch, this magic array was obviously just a decoration.

Of course, even if the magic array were complete, Gervas probably could not afford to use it.

Because at the six corners along the edge of this magic array, there were slots.

Those slot outlines were uniform and very familiar; they were absolutely slots for monster beast crystal stones.

Moreover, every slot was fist-sized.

Therefore, that required at least level-six monster beast crystal stones to start.

Six level-six magic crystal stones would surely be worth three or four thousand gold coins; he, Gervas, truly could not afford them.

"Old Jack, can you operate this warship?"

"My lord! We can operate it, but we may not be skilled!"

"That doesn't matter; as long as it can be operated is fine! Let the sailors come aboard!"

"Also, Lei Meng, go immediately to find Chief Thousand-man Lawrence and have him arrange two hundred soldiers to come to this three-masted sailship!"

"By the way, move all the cannons and the five ballistae onto the ship as well!"

Afterwards, Gervas reorganized the deployment once more.

He ordered the two merchant ships to be operated by the minimum number of sailors and immediately return to the Storm Domain.

He himself boarded this brand-new three-masted warship along with two single-masted warships to continue north, going to help Adams.

"My lord, do you need to give this huge three-masted warship a name immediately?"

"Just call it the Black Pearl!"

Recalling the origin of this sea vessel, Gervas directly chose a name based on a TV drama from his previous life.

"Yes, my lord!"

Old Jack responded excitedly, then looked at the sailors who had been waiting for a long time.

"Lord Gervas has ordered: The Black Pearl, set sail!"