Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 334: Fire in the Backyard, Dragon Lizard Warrior

Three thousand kilometers away, on the westernmost side of the archipelago, on the crescent-shaped Yucatán Island.

In the world's only industrial city, Rapids Harbor, smoke and steam billowed, and the roar of hydraulic machinery awakened the dawn again.

In the continuous plantations on the vast plains outside the city, famine hunters, loggers and spice harvesters also began another day of work.

Thanks to the excellent effects of the [Golden Toilet] and Crystal Skull No. 3 [Corn God], the corn, potatoes, spices, and teak grown here have once again ushered in a bumper harvest.

Day after day, it provides an inexhaustible supply of raw materials for the rapid development of Strom Fortress.

Phew——!
Following a loud eagle cry, five eagles took off from a tower at a corner of the fortress.

Wyandot, the [artillery expert] on the Golden Hind and the heir to the throne of Chichen Itza, one of the three major city-states, transformed himself into an eagle and led his team to begin routine patrols.

Recently, in the absence of Violet, the Governor of Strom Port, the pirate officers who were responsible for the defense had to be even more alert.

Looking at the thriving city below and the hard-working indigenous people, Wyandot felt genuinely happy.

Especially the [Second Level Holy Relic - Blast Furnace] in the steel factory, which can actually produce indestructible steel from fragile red stones.

To every native, this seemed like a miracle.

There is also a series of factories built around the shipyard, Dock No. 1, and heavy-duty cruisers, which make him feel proud as a participant.

Wyandotte still clearly remembered what his captain said:

“The significance behind the heavy cruiser is more than just a ship.

A whole industrial system has been built around it.

Iron and steel making, gunpowder, artillery shells, milling machines, boring machines, artillery, muskets, wood processing, tar chemicals, shipbuilding and other subjects all require research.

When the heavy cruiser is completed, it will also be the time to establish the original industrial system of metallurgy, shipbuilding, coal chemical industry, military manufacturing, etc. in the territory. "

The city of Chichen Itza, which has always had a good relationship with Byron, was one of the first beneficiaries of this industrial upgrading.

Cheap iron farm tools, composting technology that surpasses the entire era, and various foreign trade weapons and equipment that are already very advanced compared to other forces
He watched with his own eyes as the lives of his people improved day by day, and he firmly believed that the future would be even better under Byron's leadership.

“The system built by the captain is larger and more advanced than that of the Old World. He must be the son of prophecy in the legend of the Taya Empire.

One day, we Taino people will have the opportunity to become noble colonists, expand our territory and build great achievements under the leadership of the captain, and restore the glory of the Taya Empire."

Wyandot led the patrol south along the Candelaria River, the main transportation artery of the Rapids Fortress.

As Torrent Fortress became more and more prosperous, more and more Old World colonists were sold to Hastings, Iris, and Castile, and the demand for real estate became more and more vigorous.

Cultivated land, spice forests, teak groves, various plantations and estates expanded naturally.

Even if you encounter some weird and active restricted areas, you will be crushed to ashes on the spot by the "physical exorcism" that Torrent Fortress is best at.

Today, in the crater basin, which is 180 kilometers in diameter, buildings and human settlements can be seen almost every few kilometers.

However, the closer they get to the periphery, the sparser the population becomes, and the weaker the power of the Golden Law becomes. They, the privateers and city guards, are particularly needed to fill in the gaps.

After flying for half an hour, Wyandot discovered that a colorful totem pole carved in the shape of a dragon suddenly appeared in the forest ahead.

My brows furrowed subconsciously:
"Have we encountered any outlying tribes affiliated with Tayapan?

Before they knew it, the two families' spheres of influence began to intersect.

It’s just that those pretentious and self-important guys in Tayapan are the most annoying, and I don’t want to have anything to do with them at all.”

As we all know, after the collapse of the Taya Empire, it split into more than 100 city-states of various sizes, with a population of several million, plagued by internal strife.

Each city-state has its own interests, and each wants to take the lead in restoring the former glory of the Taya Empire.

If the Azik Empire in the north had not been watching them covetously, they would have already killed each other and shed blood.

With the fall of Azik Royal City, the former great enemy was torn apart, and signs of internal unrest began to emerge again.

This has always been the civilizational heritage of the indigenous Taino people.

Death is never the end, and the guardian spirits that protect their city-states and tribes also need to be fed with blood and souls at all times.

The Taya also enjoy launching blood sacrifices and wars of honor.

It is just limited by its lack of strength and is not as bloody as the Azik Empire.

Today, the Taya Empire has three city-states, each of which retains a crystal skull: Uxmal, Tayapan, and Chichen Itza.

At the beginning, they naively wanted to exchange peace for marriage.

As a result, his beautiful princess and king were lured to the royal city of Azik to attend the wedding of the previous emperor.

Eventually, they all became sacrifices to create the [Golden Code] with the royal city of Tenochtitlan as the core, gathering the Taino people's "collective subconscious sea".

In particular, Uxmal and Tayapan acted as the vanguard in organizing the "Anti-Azk Alliance". They sent a large number of high-level warriors to rush into the Azk Royal City together with the Kingdom of Castile.

In the end, not only the princess and the king were accompanied in, but also a considerable number of elite troops were almost destroyed by the [Funeral Bird-beaked Plague Doctor].

Later, if the [Father of Medicine] had not intervened, the entire indigenous group would have been destroyed.

When Wyandot thought of his white moonlight Princess Kyatri who was sacrificed in blood, his heart couldn't help but ache.

"My princess! When will you come back to me?

I am now the heir to the city-state, and I am worthy of you."

Byron had already given him the animated skin of the native princess.

When Beatrice, the "Enchantress of Change", failed in her human skin replacement surgery, the activity of these activated human skins was preserved.

But a suitable skin-wearing apprentice is needed to fully revive the other party.

Taboo: "Low-level transcendents cannot wear the skin of high-level transcendents, otherwise they may be quickly replaced by the other party's spirituality and personality, and resurrected by borrowing their bodies."

This side effect of "The Thousand Faces Ritual" also became his last straw.

Now he was hoping that his captain could take down the Flayed Church as soon as possible and help him choose a suitable "sacrifice" to resurrect Bai Yueguang.

Oh, maybe three "sacrifices".

Naturally, the skinned princesses of the other two countries also have hope of resurrection.

Even if they are returned to the other two city-states in the future, it would be a good deal to demonstrate the power of the "Father of Medicine" and win over the hearts of the natives.

Unfortunately, not everything can develop as planned.

"what--!"

A shrill scream suddenly came from the distant river.

Wyandot's sharp eagle eyes immediately looked in the direction where the sound came from.

It turned out that two inland coal ships from Rapids Fortress were attacked.

The fortress has insufficient coal reserves and has always relied on this abundant tropical river to transport coal from other inland areas.

Inland ships would be loaded with ironware or fertilizers, which are special products of Rapids Fortress, when they set out, and would only carry coal when they return, so as not to waste transport capacity by carrying nothing.

These two ships had obviously just set out from the fortress, and they were carrying ironware that was extremely valuable to the natives.

They were attacked by a group of longboats made from hollowed-out tree trunks.

And Wyandotte happened to know the attackers.

"Dragon Lizard Warrior? Tayapan?!"

What was before our eyes was a group of half-human, half-lizard monsters, three meters tall, that had already pounced on the coal ship and started killing people.

That is Tayapan's special beast spirit [Colorful Dragon Lizard]:
“A species of subdragon that has long been extinct in the Old World but is still very active in the Bantaan Islands.

It’s actually a bit of a stretch to call it a dragon species.

After all, the suffix of the name is no longer "dragon", but "lizard".

There are five colors in total, corresponding to five different attributes.

There is no reproductive isolation between the five species of lizards, and the eggs laid all have colorful patterns and look exactly the same.

However, if they are placed in different environments to induce hatching, different types of dragon lizards will be born.

This sub-dragon species also gave rise to an extremely powerful beast spirit warrior [Dragon Lizard Warrior]!
Before the fall of the Taya Empire, this was the number one fighting force in the Bantaan Islands."

Wyandot also knew that the Crystal Skull No. 1 [God] Itsumna was enshrined in Tayapan.

Among the gods worshipped by the Tayal people, the dragon-shaped Itsumna has the highest status and is the chief of the Tayal gods.

He is also the lord of heaven, the lord of night and day, the patron saint of priests, and the creator of writing, science, and medicine.

This river flows through Tayapan's sphere of influence, and they are clearly committing theft.

Although the looting seemed to be carried out on a medium-sized tribe within Tayapan's sphere of influence, rather than the main force of the city-state, Wyandot and the team members behind him were still shocked and angry.

While immediately asking for help from Rapid Harbor, he had already rushed forward first, his angry shout piercing gold and splitting stone:

"Damn lizards, how dare you rob the cargo ship of the Vanguard Pilot Colonial Trading Company?!
You dare to rob us pirates, are you crazy because of poverty? ! "

(End of this chapter)