Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

Several days later, inside the Pisces Palace.

Pisces King sat on his throne and asked the vice president of the business alliance below.

Has Durant sent any word back?

"Why am I receiving more and more notifications to leave the alliance lately?!"

Pisces King's mood has been getting worse day by day.

The reason is that more and more docks are withdrawing from the alliance, especially in the last half month, reaching hundreds per day.

This made him very dissatisfied with Durant's efficiency.

However, when faced with Pisces King's questioning, the vice president of the business alliance trembled slightly and his face turned very ugly.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he gritted his teeth and answered.

"Your Majesty... Chairman Durant, he... he has been unreachable for several days."

As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of the other powerful ministers in the hall subtly changed, but none of them were pleasant.

Many people secretly glanced upwards at the figure sitting on the throne.

Pisces King's already unwell expression turned even more gloomy.

The atmosphere inside the hall became extremely somber.

quite a while…

Pisces King's suppressed anger broke the silence.

"You should explain to me properly what it means to be unable to contact me."

The vice president of the business alliance was trembling so badly that he responded in a shaky voice.

"Your Majesty, Chairman Durant delivers a message every two days."

"But... more than four days have passed since the last message was delivered. I tried to contact the chairman, but... but there has been no response."

Pisces King asked again, but this time the suppressed anger in his tone was even more obvious.

"What about the rest of the fleet?!"

"Hasn't a single message come back?"

The vice president of the business alliance continued in a trembling voice.

"Your subordinate... Your subordinate has already inquired with the dock lords who participated in the joint annihilation of the fleet these past two days."

Most of the lords could only confirm that the sailors they had dispatched were still alive, but they were unable to contact them.

"A very small number of lords reported that all the sailors they sent out had been killed in action."

"And the last message Durant sent before he went missing was... that he was about to arrive in the rebel-held area."

After saying this, the vice president of the business alliance stopped talking.

Whether it was the many powerful ministers in the hall or the Pisces King on the throne, they all understood the meaning behind these words.

The coalition fleet had just arrived in the rebel-held area when it lost all contact.

This is definitely not good news, and the worst thing is that the coalition fleet has already encountered trouble.

However, neither these powerful ministers nor the Pisces King were willing to believe that such a situation would occur.

After all, this is a coalition of 6 million warships, including a million extraordinary warships.

In addition, the report just came in that most of the lords' fleets were not killed, which indicates that the combined fleet did not suffer major losses.

Pisces King's face remained gloomy.

"Since most of the fleet did not suffer casualties, why didn't Durant send any information back?"

The vice president of the business alliance gritted his teeth and turned his gaze to another powerful minister in the hall.

The person whose eyes were being focused on by the vice president of the business alliance was the governor in charge of personnel management of the capital's population.

Upon seeing this, the Pisces King immediately turned his gaze in that direction as well.

Under the gaze of the Pisces King, the Director of Personnel reluctantly stepped forward.

"Your Majesty... Three and a half days ago, I received a report from my subordinates that the population of the capital had decreased by more than 800,000 in a single day."

"After some investigation, it was found that more than 79 of the missing were registered Wangdu fleet sailors who had been taken away by Durant."

Upon hearing this, the Pisces King's anger finally erupted.

"Good! Very...good!"

"Such an important matter, and you're only telling me now?!"

The vice president of the business alliance and the personnel director immediately knelt down in fear, with the vice president hurriedly trying to explain.

"Your Majesty... We have been investigating the accuracy of the information these past two days, and we are preparing to report back to you today."

However, at this point, any explanation was too weak, and the Pisces King, consumed by rage, wouldn't listen to a word.

The Royal Capital's extraordinary fleet only has a total of 5 million ships, and Durant took away one-fifth of it all at once.

But what if we tell him now that 80 yuan disappeared in one day?
Moreover, the remaining 20 survivors were involved in the same mission as the 80 fallen sailors, and now that they are out of contact, their situation is definitely not much better.

How could Pisces King accept this?
Someone had to bear this anger, and the two powerful ministers kneeling on the ground naturally became the victims of it.

At a single command, the two powerful ministers were immediately taken away by the guards, declared guilty of serious dereliction of duty, and sentenced to death.

The royal meeting ended with the cries of the two powerful ministers as they were taken away.

Pisces King retreated to his palace with a cold face, his anger still lingering, along with a hint of fear.

The source of the fear was that rude young man from my memory.

His first impression of the young man was that he was rude and arrogant, showing no respect for him, the king, whatsoever.

He generously forgave the man's rude behavior because of his contribution in reclaiming the polluted dock and cleaning up the pollution.

His subsequent status as a "saint" made him feel that his royal power was threatened.

Even so-called "saints" must accept the king's rule and be used by him.

"How could you have grown to this level in just over a month..."

Pisces King was very puzzled.
He had investigated when Fool's Wharf joined the League.
It took only a few months for a 3rd-tier dock to join the alliance and then leave the alliance to become a 5th-tier dock.

But this didn't bother him.

After all, with sufficient resources, it is not difficult to build a Class 5 port in the short term.

However, what the Pisces King couldn't understand was...

How could a level 5 dock lord manage to turn over a thousand docks to the enemy in less than a month, and even deal with the 600 million-strong allied army that was dispatched there?
Even if all the thousands of docks and fleets that had been turned against them were gathered together, they would still be no match for the 600 million-strong allied army.

Therefore, Pisces King did not believe that this rebellion would be able to shake his royal power.

However, upon hearing about the accident involving the joint fleet today,
The figure of "Su Wang" suddenly became unknown in the eyes of Pisces King, along with the fear of the unknown.

If something really happens to the joint fleet, how can this mutiny be contained?
Should we send more raiding fleets over there?
But this time we've already dispatched one-fifth of the capital's fighting force. How many will we need next time?
2 million or 3 million?

Pisces King's mind was racing with thoughts, and for a moment he was in complete turmoil.

He was even afraid that the coalition he had assembled would fail again if he were to send troops there once more.

The remaining 4 million extraordinary ships constitute the strongest deterrent to the Pisces Kingdom's rule over the alliance.

If another two or three million are lost, the rule of the Pisces capital will be shaken even before this rebellious lord attacks.

Thinking of this, a look of panic flashed across Pisces King's face.

"No...I need more...more fleets!"

"The king of this world can only be me!" With this thought in mind, the Pisces King immediately summoned his guards and announced several royal decrees.

...

the other side,
Su Wang spent more than a week integrating the captured fleet.

With over 4 million large warships and a fleet of over 20 extraordinary ships, this represents a considerable increase in manpower.

Even now, Su Wang cannot control the surge in manpower and can only divide most of the large warship fleets into various local docks for management.

Only one million large warships and 200,000 extraordinary ships were left to the Clean World Alliance to expand the strength of the merchant alliance.

The local docks that joined the Clean World Alliance were privately dissatisfied because they had to hand over a lot of resources, but they didn't say it out loud.

Now that they have suddenly acquired a large fleet of ships, their previous dissatisfaction has turned into ecstasy.

The local ports in the border waters are not as well-funded as those in the interior. They don't have that much capital. Having a fleet of several thousand medium-sized ships is considered quite impressive.

But the sudden addition of thousands of large warships to their forces has delighted them.

They secretly harbored a desire to support this leader of the alliance who had "threatened" them to join.

With the addition of millions of personnel, the Pure World Business Alliance suddenly had the capital for rapid expansion.

Compared to the original speed of conquest, it would be more than ten times faster.

It was not in vain that Su Wang had gone to such lengths to capture this allied force.

...

Another month and a half passed in the blink of an eye.

There are less than four days left until the first rainy season arrives.

Progress on both the polluted and safe waters is proceeding very smoothly.

The number of polluted docks cleaned has exceeded 5, and the cleaned sea areas are gradually approaching the range of deeply polluted sea areas.

With the mutation of Mirei's abilities after advancing to extraordinary qualifications, the depth and thoroughness of pollution control have become even greater.

Each time the purification matrix is ​​used, tens of thousands of purification coral spores are left behind.

Su Wang had observed these spores; within just half a minute, they would rapidly grow into coral reefs floating in the water.

One after another, the light fish continuously emerge from these coral reefs.

The polluted fish that were not cleaned up after each purification process will be quickly purified when they come into contact with these light fish.

This greatly solved the problem that while cleaning up polluted docks was easy, cleaning up strange fish was difficult.

In addition, Su Wang had already launched an operation nearly a month ago, mobilizing the Saint Grace ability users to go out to sea to deal with the strange fish.

To meet the requirements for "fish," it is necessary not only to clean up the polluted dock but also to remove the strange fish underwater; neither can be neglected.

On Cao Ge and Di Anxuan's side, progress was also extremely rapid.

There is no shortage of polluters in the polluted sea area. Cao Ge has already completed his path of slaughter. The only thing left is to transform the vehicles into souls, which will take a long time.

Unlike Su Wang, Cao Ge could not gain a large number of believers by purifying a dock.

Those who gain faith can only convert slowly through the temple, so it's perfectly normal that the progress can't be fast.

However, according to Su Wang's estimate, the vehicle soulification will definitely be completed before the arrival of the second rainy season.

Di Anxuan became a Saint a few days later than Cao Ge, and their progress was similar.

Su Wang was also very satisfied with the progress in conquering the local docks.

The expansion of manpower has led to a rapid increase in the progress of the conquest.

Moreover, unlike the polluted docks which required Su Wang's personal intervention, the conquest of the local docks could be accomplished by the merchant alliance fleet.

After a month and a half, the number of local docks joining the Clean World Alliance was more than five times that of the docks that had been purified.

If it weren't for the need to develop transit points for every sea area expanded, the progress could easily double.

With the rapid expansion of the Clean World Alliance, it has already begun to gain widespread fame.

There were many instances of local docks immediately surrendering upon seeing the arrival of the Clean World Alliance fleet, and some lords even took the initiative to come and join the alliance.

What Su Wang found somewhat strange was...
Since the last incident of clearing out the allied fleet, there has been no response from Pisces King.

During this period, Su Wang passed through several Pisces Merchant Alliance docks within the expansion area.

Initially, they were able to acquire more than a dozen merchant alliance docks.
But further back, only a small number of extraordinary ships remained stationed there, and the dock manager had been reduced to just one person.

Su Wang learned after interrogation that
These Pisces business alliance docks all received orders from above.
They were tasked with bringing back to the Pisces capital any supplies that could be taken from the docks within a short period of time.

This resulted in Su Wang gaining very few resources from the last few Pisces Merchant Alliance docks, only acquiring the population of one dock.

This also made Su Wang slightly unhappy.

With the rainy season approaching, the progress of the project has also become more standardized.

With the strength of the Pure World Alliance, they can continue their conquest missions even during the rainy season.

The torrential rains that lasted for a month and a half were enough for Su Wang to completely solidify the territory of the Clean World Alliance.

Therefore, Su Wang decided to go and see what the Pisces King was up to.

Even if Pisces is lost during the rainy season, it will not cause unrest at the local docks, at least not until the rainy season ends.

When the rainy season is about to begin, the Pisces King will no longer need to exist.

Su Wang conveyed the message of a one-day departure to the fleet in the polluted sea area, and ordered 2 air and sea warships to be on standby at any time.

Then, recalling the coordinates of the Pisces capital, he prepared to travel there as an individual.

The figure vanished instantly on the dock, and when it re-emerged, it was already in the sky above a vast area.

Due to the integration of humans and boats

Su Wang was currently standing in human form high in the sky, and would not be detected by the dock lighthouse.

Looking down at the scene below.

Upon seeing this, Su Wang frowned slightly.

"Why are there so many more warships?"

On the outer waters of the Twin Fish Pier, the number of warships lined up was nearly one-third more than when they last arrived.

"Are they increasing their fleet to guard against me? Or are they planning to form a second annihilation fleet?"

Su Wang immediately had a guess about this strange phenomenon.

Considering the situation where Pisces Business Alliance docks are withdrawing resources one after another,
These newly added extraordinary teams may have originated from this.

This made Su Wang even more uncomfortable.

This is a typical extraordinary warship
It's effective against ordinary polluter fleets and local docks, but it's useless against the terrifying entities in deeply polluted waters.

Instead of wasting resources on this, it would be better to save them to expand his fleet.

In Su Wang's view, the Pisces King was wasting the resources that could be used to combat pollution.

Meanwhile, another anomaly also caught Su Wang's attention.

On the sea, a large number of transport ships were moving back and forth in an orderly manner, carrying something unknown.

Some sailed from the distant seas to the Pisces Pier, while others headed from the Pisces Pier towards the distant seas.

With a thought, Su Wang immediately added more fish scales to his face and adjusted his bangs to cover his forehead as much as possible.

The next second, the figure disappeared silently into the sky, and another figure suddenly appeared in an inconspicuous spot in the Pisces Wharf port.

…(End of this chapter)