Extraordinary Sailing

After the rain stopped.

The two men walking out of the "Fox, Badger and Mead" are still trying to soothe goosebumps on their arms.

"Aiwen, do you really need such a weird thing to be promoted to an official wizard?"

Even as an official wizard with far greater power than ordinary people, when Milan heard those stories, his extremely keen spiritual sense also felt some kind of crazy malice.

Clearly, to venture into the source of those frightful legends would most likely lead to misfortune!

But for Ivan.

Although I feel that compared with the old continent where the church is deeply rooted, the new continent should have the "evil dust" it needs.

But just after hearing these horror legends from the New World from an ordinary tavern, Aiwen realized that his thoughts were a bit too optimistic.

This time it's not because there are too few "evil spirits" too weak, but because there are too many and too strong!

It is no wonder that the 18 settlements established by the kingdom before Tomstown all died out, although the reasons may be various.

These terrifying existences roaming the continent may not be the main cause, but it is absolutely impossible to think of it as just sporadic accidents.

In particular, the three original primitive civilizations of the New World, the Kuma Empire, the Kashna Empire, and the Azik Empire not only generally believed in animism.

Moreover, among the Kuma people who perished before Silius arrived in the New World and the Azik people who inherited part of the Kuma people's civilization, they both retained the tradition of using the same kind of blood sacrifice!

In this "mysterious" active world, a large number of long-term extinction of intelligent creatures is very likely to lead to unexpected disasters. The source may be evil spirits, monsters, weirdness, or even a wandering evil god.

If you say that the weird demise of the entire Kuma civilization has nothing to do with this kind of thing, he wouldn't believe it if he was killed!

Don't talk about learning lessons from history. History is surprisingly similar. Breaking the vicious circle cannot be achieved with one or two wise leaders.

"Anyway, I'm not going to find any of these legends. Let's just let the matter of the 'Evil Spirit Dust' take its course."

Therefore, Aiwen decided not to act recklessly, and prepared to complete this escort mission first.

Now that I have just set foot in the New World, I will stay in the New World for at least half a year. There are still many opportunities.

It took more than two months.

A convoy of five warships escorted twenty-five merchant ships to the New World via the Tusgar Current.

Although at the beginning, when the second princess issued the mission, it was for the purpose of evaluating the impact of Hipponoah's recovery on shipping.

However, according to Colonel Robbins, the captain of the Endeavor, who has rich experience and has traveled to and from the two continents more than a dozen times, this voyage was smoother than ever before, and it can even be said that there was no disturbance at all.

Every time the Tern sends a message at a fixed time, only one sentence is sent back: "No abnormality, safe!".

One possibility is that both sides of the confrontation have died down, and the other possibility is that there is only the calm before the storm.

And because this god was active before the Age of Discovery began, until now, except for a limited number of countries, most people have not been completely sure where Hipponoah went after his return.

Therefore, the Tusgar Current, which is located in the northern part of the Black Sea and leads to the northern colony of Phalitis, may not be within the influence of Hipponoah, but the normal route directly leading to the Golden Sea of ​​the New World is not certain.

Those things had little to do with Ivan half a year ago.

At present, the New World colony of Phalatis does not have an absolute economic center, and sea transportation is far safer and more efficient than the densely forested land.

Therefore, the task of the escort fleet is to use the original colony of Tomstown as the boundary, one team goes north and the other goes south, and each colony will have merchant ships calling at the port and collecting and distributing goods.

In the end, they headed to Fort Dilben and Fort George, the naval bases located at the northern and southern endpoints, the borders of the Phalatis colony, to change their defenses.

And tomorrow, weather permitting, is the day we part ways.

Now that he has come to the New World, Aiwen has already done his homework on the status quo of the colonies here in advance.

Compared with the central and southern regions, which are rich in mineral and population resources, occupied by Cyrus and other countries, the northern part is obviously more barren.

But on this land, under the condition that the sea was blocked by the Sirius fleet for a long time, Phalatis spent hundreds of years establishing 11 independent colonies with difficulty.

All of them are on the coast of the northeast of the New World, lined up from north to south.

but.

When the colonization of the New World was just started a hundred years ago, Phalatis was far from the current national strength. He had no money, no one, and weak military strength, but it was impossible to sit back and watch the vast land slip away from his hands.

So His Majesty Thomas I at the time came up with a brilliant idea.

He established two colonial companies, Kagina and East Lunchi Colonial Company, and at the same time issued a call to civilians, businessmen, adventurers and nobles in the country in the form of charters.

To them "given, bestowed and affirmed" the rights of lands, forests, minerals within the boundaries, the right to establish churches and recommend clergy, as well as jurisdiction, franchises, liberties, immunities, royal rights and temporary exemption from taxation right.

In addition, there is the most crucial item: the "free, complete and absolute" power to prescribe, formulate and promulgate laws! The premise is that it cannot violate the laws and regulations of the kingdom itself.

An in-depth analysis of the principles and details of it would take a day and a night to finish.

To put it simply, the kingdom endowed them with independent economic rights and political privileges, and the price was only a little bit of remuneration.

So now these 11 independent colonies are not all officially owned by the kingdom.

Even at the very beginning, only company colonies (belonging to companies), owner colonies (belonging to nobles), and self-governing colonies (belonging to private individuals) coexisted, and there was no royal family at all.

It was only when the kingdom’s policies changed in the later period and the colony operators were faced with various serious problems that most of the colonies were bought back step by step, forming a new pattern that is now dominated by royal colonies.

mainly include:

Royal Colony 6. Including Carginia, where Tomstown is located, and East Lunzhi are governed by the governor directly sent by the royal family. It mainly adopts a bicameral system. The members of the upper house are appointed by the queen and serve as the governor's council at the same time. The lower house is elected by free people.

Owner Colonial has 2. The owners here actually refer to the nobles of Elmore and Pine and their descendants. The charter allowed them to appoint governors and officials and set up their own deliberative organs and courts, enjoying all the powers enjoyed by the king in the royal colonies.

They are the far sail collar of the Elmore Peninsula, which is already adjacent to the Golden Sea at the southernmost point, and Fortmont, which belongs to the Pine family at the northernmost point. They are actually similar to the independent kingdoms of the enfeoffment era.

Finally, there are 3 self-governing colonies. The queen directly issues charters to the colonies, and the governor is elected by the local council and approved by the queen for a one-year term. Adopt a bicameral parliamentary system, members are elected by free people.

In addition to the Phalatis Kingdom, because of the geographical advantage of facing the Black Sea, the "Tulip Alliance" has the advantage of being close to the water.

The six member states all have colonies, and they are all in the northern part of the mainland that Cyrus has not considered for the time being, but they are large or small, some are inland, some are by the sea, and some are large islands and bays.

And most of the colonies of the Sark Empire and the Atlan Kingdom, which have deep conflicts with them, are also here.

In such a situation where the composition of the colony is complex, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it takes half a year for a person to go back and forth, it is conceivable that in addition to the contradictions between the colonists and the natives, the contradictions between the colonies and the contradictions between the countries are also particularly prominent. .

This is also one of the reasons for the continuous turmoil since the discovery of the New World.

In addition, Colonel Robbins, the experienced captain of the Endeavor, also gave Aiwen a piece of advice when he came to the New World for the first time, which is also three basic principles that must be strictly observed:

1. Don't go out alone after dark; 2. Don't trust any strangers easily; 3. Don't touch things you don't know.

This is the way of survival summed up by the first colonists with their blood and tears!

From another perspective, from the knowledge system of Aiwen, a wizard.

Tracing back to the source, the most essential difference between the New World and the Old World is the difference in the degree of activity of the "mysterious factor" or the definition of "magic factor" by the senior wizards of the "Activation School".

The "magic essence" rooted in the spiritual world is difficult to define strictly, because of its nature beyond space and region, the content of "magic essence" in the whole world is constant.

However, there are differences in the degree of activity. In some places, the inertia is more obvious, while in some places, the activity is more obvious.

If the old continent ruled by the true god had a 50% "magic element" activity, then the New World would have at least 60% or even higher activity.

Obviously, the higher the activity of this magical energy, the easier it is for all kinds of weirdness that ordinary people can't understand! It's even more dangerous for mortals!

The two returned to the "Storm Horn" moored at the pier.

Ai Wen took out a notebook and looked at it seriously.

I don't have a clue about the evil spirit I'm looking for yet, but it doesn't affect my strengthening of other powers.

"My lord captain, are you really not going to give up the road of knights?"

Brought the captain's special pastries from the kitchen, Milan was preparing to make tea, when he looked up and saw the note in Aiwen's hand, as an orthodox wizard, he expressed that he could not understand.

In his opinion, as a wizard with a bright future, clinging to swordsmanship is putting the cart before the horse.

As long as you are an advanced official wizard and leverage the power of the world through the truth you have mastered, whether it is creativity, productivity, or combat effectiveness (with sufficient preparations), you will be a few blocks away from knights at the same level.

As far as he knows, in the major kingdoms on the mainland, it is common for third-tier high-ranking wizards and fourth-tier titles to sit on an equal footing.

However, Ivan obviously disagreed with his point of view.

During this more than two-month voyage at sea, Ivan had just celebrated his 17th birthday.

Not long after his birthday, his physical fitness finally reached the flawless peak knight level due to the continuous effect of "Holy Baptism Water".

Physique 4.96, strength 4.95, agility 4.98, mental power 0.99.

It can be said that every attribute has reached the limit of Aiwen's theoretical body, and the knight's physical violence has been completely completed.

The power system of the knight path is very simple.

The symbol of an official knight's extraordinary power is "the brutalization of the body". After the brutalization gradually reaches the limit and becomes the peak knight, the knights need to further control the brutalized body through breathing methods and self-suggestion, and the power is gradually liberated.

At this time, the knights are competing for the subtle control between rage and rationality. When the body is 100% liberated and can fully adapt, it means that you have the qualification to attack the great knight!

And Geer is a powerful peak knight who has completed 100% liberation of physical strength and is preparing to hit the third level.

Before Ivan set off, as his 17th birthday gift, Geer gave him his experience of liberating physical power in advance.

For Aiwen, even if he finds another way, he hopes that he can walk out of the new path with the most perfect posture, and he doesn't want to leave any regrets.

"Hey! Someone, how long has it been? The knight level is only an official level, and now I don't even practice swordsmanship much.

The sorcery of the prophet has almost no attack power, and now the combat ability is not as good as that of Gary later.

If you really encounter evil spirits on this continent, don't blame me for not pulling you when you run away. "

puff--!

After drinking the tea in his mouth, Milan sprayed it out all at once.

"Bah, bah, bah! I've been following you all this time, and I feel like we've been running away. We just came to the New World, can we stop the crow's mouth? Why do I suddenly have an ominous premonition?"

"Ahem, illusions are illusions!"

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