Seeing that there was nothing to worry about in Blackwater Bay, Snorri simply returned to his room. He heard some of the tribesmen who were taking a boat for the first time muttering and some cheering.
This dreadnought was large enough by the standards of his previous life, and it could barely feel the waves when sailing in the inland sea. However, it didn't look as elegant as a human ship, but rather like an iron bastard.
In order to face the aerial power of the high elves, the designers strengthened or even alienated its defensive capabilities. This also leads to a series of side effects, including but not limited to fuel consumption, small internal space, etc.
After spending a few days sailing out of Blackwater Bay, the dwarf fleet entered the Bandit Strait. As the name suggests, this area is a very uneven place. The sea routes of Tilea, Border Princedom, and Arabi converge here, and a lot of pirates are also looking for business here.
More importantly, this sea area is a buffer zone between the dwarf navy and the high elf navy, and there is no strong naval control. The dragon ships and eagle ships of the high elves cruise in every corner of the vast ocean, but generally do not enter this sea area.
In contrast, the dwarf navy rarely comes here, so Fleet Admiral Panosin has increased his vigilance. He changed the long snake formation headed by the Thunder of Grimnir in Blackwater Bay to a prismatic formation.
It still starts with the most powerful dreadnought, but three armored ships are located at the three corners of the prism. These four battleships protect the transport sailing ships in the middle. Panoson also dispatched a ship-based airship, which is almost unique to Haimen Pass.
In this busy sea area, both merchant ships and pirates took the initiative to avoid the dwarf warships when they saw them. However, the good times did not last long. At night, a message was uploaded back from the airship.
"Altman said they discovered the Black Ark and are returning quickly!" Panoson said in the command room about the latest situation. Rune transmitters are also used in the fleet.
"Black Ark?" Snorri frowned. In his previous game, these things were only used as troop carriers to transport Dark Elf troops to all over the world, but in fact, these things were far more powerful than that.
"You know, the dark elves, they call themselves Druchi, they are the most murderous group among the three pointed ears. Many of them directly worship the evil god of chaos. The remaining ones believe in their god of war - Bloodhand Kane, but this one follows The evil god is pretty much the same."
Panosin introduced Snorri to the guy they were about to meet. The Dark Elves were Malekith's supporters when he split the High Elves. They believe that the elves must become a more martial people instead of becoming a group of cowards who only know how to enjoy themselves.
These guys were defeated in the final battle, and the Witch King, who preferred to lose both sides, took the risk and tried to destroy the maelstrom that Caledor and the Dragon Tamer had built to drain the wind of magic.
However, due to the obstruction of the high elf archmages at that time, Malekith failed to do so. The energy released by the Maelstrom after being attacked was far more powerful than anyone could imagine. Nearly half of the land around Ulthuan sank to the bottom of the sea forever, with Malekith's Kingdom of Nagaryth bearing the brunt.
Together with his mother, Witch Queen Moras and other followers, he used powerful black magic to raise several fortresses of Nagaris so that they could float on the sea. These maritime cities were later replaced by people. It's called the Black Ark.
"What do you think? Are we going to get rid of those bad guys with pointy ears?" Panoson asked next.
"Me? You are the real expert at sea. This ship is also yours. You have the final say." Snorri had never seen the Black Ark, but he thought Malekith couldn't be there by chance, right? As long as you don't encounter a particularly powerful legendary dark elf or one with a bunch of different names, you should be able to win.
"I swear on the name of my ancestors, I am not cowardly, but I have to be responsible for my crew." Panoson laid the groundwork first, and Snorri motioned for him to continue.
"I suggest defeating or at least driving away the Black Ark, otherwise there may be trouble when the fleet returns."
Snorri nodded. In order to free up as much space as possible in the hull, the battleship at Haimen Pass did not have a full crew of sailors, and it did not carry many artillery shells. There were three thousand regular troops on the ship on the way out, and no one dared to touch them, but that was not necessarily the case on the way back.
"Well, this also happens to be an opportunity to train troops! I believe they won't be too strong!" Snorri agreed with Panoson's suggestion. The high-level troops of the dark elves generally have armor-breaking capabilities, but even on this Black Ark, There won’t be too many.
The Dark Elves have an extremely strict class system. Under the Witch King and Witch Queen are the seven fear lords, nobles, commoners, and slaves. The captain of the Black Ark is usually a minor noble.
Malekith restricted the strength of his subordinates, and he planted seeds of distrust among the nobles. All the nobles sometimes fought with each other to please the Witch King. This method is just to prevent the accumulation of nobles from jeopardizing Malekith's power.
After a while, a young dwarf wearing a windbreaker and leather jacket walked into the command room. "This is Altman Yanmei. He is the engineer of our ship. He is also responsible for the takeoff and landing of the ship-based airship."
"Greetings to you, respected goddess of choice, my friend Bloxen is under your care!" Altman said hello and got down to business.
"I discovered a Black Ark, plundering the coast of the Principality of Lucini." He stretched out his hand and pointed out the location of a town on the map.
"This is not the main city of humans!" Panoson analyzed as he looked at the map. "They've arrived? Are they plundering slaves?"
"Otherwise? My prince, aren't those black leather pointed ears good for this?" Altman confirmed Panoson's words.
"The hometown of those bastards, the place they call Nagaros, is an extremely barren and desolate place. The important economic lifeline of the dark elves relies on the loot obtained from plunder. And the most important material among them is slaves. "
Panosun's expression was very serious. It was obvious that Haimen Pass had, or at least had, a clan member who had suffered such a misfortune. In the slave market of Karonde-Kal, dwarf slaves have always had a price but no market, whether it is from the perspective of scarcity or practicality.
"Slaves are never enough for the black leather goods. They have to provide labor, sacrifices and serve as cannon fodder in wars. They have to do everything their evil masters don't want to do. When they can't do it anymore, or for whatever reason, they will It might be taken and sacrificed to the evil god!"
"I suspect that Bloody Kane might have something to do with the Blood God!" Altman added.
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