Chapter 1829 Disguise Identity

"Lord Leo, where do you think we will be transported to?" After the caged people were silent for a moment, another naval officer asked.

Leo knew nothing about the geography of this world, and of course he couldn't know where this ship carrying a large number of prisoners would go, but he could tell from the look on the officer's face that the other party had some guesses about it. The reason for asking was just to confirm whether his guess was correct, so he pretended to be mysterious and said: "In fact, you already have the answer in your heart, why ask me."

Hearing Leo's words, the naval officer also showed a look of relief on his face, smiled bitterly, and said: "It seems that our destination is really Matou Bay."

Matou Bay is obviously also an unfamiliar place name to the people around. They all showed a confused look. Although Leo didn't know where it was, his face was still calm, but he was thinking about how to get relevant information from the other party.

However, Leo soon didn't have to think too much, because someone had helped him directly ask the naval officer.

The naval officer did not hide anything and told the information he knew about Matou Bay. He also said that after everyone arrived at Matou Bay, no matter what position they were assigned, they had to unite, otherwise, accidents would easily happen.

According to the naval officer, although the coastline of the New World is very long, there are not many places suitable for docking ships and building ports on the explored coastline. Most places are only suitable for small boats to dock, and large ships need to dock in the deep sea area of ​​the coast for small boats to transport various materials and personnel.

As the name suggests, Matou Bay is a bay in the shape of a horse head. This is a natural deep-water bay newly discovered by the Kingdom of Rut. It is said that this bay was originally wrapped by a reef rock, and ships could not pass at all. However, it is not known whether it was due to seawater corrosion or an earthquake. These reefs and rocks were broken and sank to the bottom of the sea, exposing the natural bay of Matou Bay, which was discovered by the passing Rut Kingdom fleet.

The Kingdom of Rut, who discovered Matou Bay, was overjoyed and immediately began to build a pier, a port, and a corresponding town. They also stationed a large number of soldiers there. The entire process was carried out in a very secretive manner, and only recently have related rumors spread to the Novat continent.

"This should be good news for us, right?" After hearing the information about Matou Bay, a navy soldier couldn't help but say, "Since the Lute people have built the port and town, we shouldn't have to do hard labor and carry bricks and stones when we go there."

"You're dreaming. If possible, I'd rather carry bricks and stones." The officer looked at the soldier with disdain, then turned to look at Leo and said, "Lord Leo, didn't I just say that we are likely to be incorporated into Lute's pioneer group? Being a pioneer in the New World is much more dangerous than being a soldier on the battlefield. Do you know why the Lute Kingdom tried its best to cover up the existence of Matou Bay before, but now it can't stop the news from spreading?"

Someone immediately thought, "Is it related to the pioneer group?"

The officer nodded and said, "It is said that Lute organized a pioneer group of 7,000 people to expel the local people around Matou Bay. As a result, 7,000 people were wiped out after entering the jungle. Even the more than 1,000 Matouwan garrison troops sent out to check the situation did not leave the jungle again. Because the garrison force of Matouwan was greatly reduced, the people who were originally imprisoned there found an opportunity to escape, robbed the ship, and fled back to the Novat continent, and then passed the news out. "He paused, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "According to the information revealed by those who escaped, there are not only several large indigenous tribes with tens of thousands of people near Matouwan, but also a large number of monsters hidden in the jungle. These monsters will sneak into Matouwan in the middle of the night to eat people. Even the high walls around Matouwan can't stop those monsters. "

Hearing the officer's words, there were only sounds of gasps around, and everyone showed an ugly look on their faces. Some people even sat on the ground decadently, feeling trapped in some kind of despair.

The existence of monsters in the New World is not a rare thing in the Novat Continent. Since the discovery of the New World, more than 10 years have passed. There are more than 50 large and small coastal kingdoms that have organized various fleets and corps to extricate the New World. However, more than 10 years have passed, and the kingdoms can only wander around the coastline of the New World and cannot expand to deeper inland areas.

The reason is that in addition to the indigenous tribes of the New World and the dense jungle environment of the New World, the more important thing is the mysterious monsters that inhabit the New World. Nearly 90% of the pioneer corps established by governments and private chambers of commerce died in the attacks of those mysterious monsters, and the remaining layer died because of attacks by indigenous tribes or diseases such as malaria caused by the environment. Therefore, the monsters in the New World have become synonymous with death, and basically there is only death when encountering them.

However, the place where this ship is going now is actually a New World monster activity area, and it is very likely to be assigned to a dangerous organization such as the pioneer group. How can these people in the cabin who know the situation not feel desperate.

The emotional changes of these naval soldiers in the cabin cage were naturally noticed by the guards at the entrance and exit of the cabin. They didn't know why these Behrend naval soldiers were chatting easily one moment, and looked like they were about to die the next moment. expression.

However, they knew very well that these Behrend navy soldiers were very important to the kingdom's development of the new continent. Nothing could happen, at least not on the ship. If anything happened, it would have to wait until the handover was completed, so they immediately sent someone to tell them about the situation here. The captain and first mate.

After listening to the report from his subordinates, the captain and first mate were stunned. Then they saw the captain turning towards the first mate who was responsible for prisoner management and said, "Did you go to threaten them again?"

"No, I haven't gone since you gave the order last time." Although the first mate is much larger and younger than the captain, he still seems a little timid when facing the old captain. , shook his head quickly.

Upon hearing this, the captain turned to look at the guard captain in charge of the cage cabin and asked, "Have you deducted their daily meals?"

The guard captain hurriedly said: "Of course not. My subordinates are providing those guys with food exactly according to your instructions, so that they will neither be hungry nor too full."

The captain frowned, was silent for a moment, and said: "Observe their movements secretly. If they do anything bad, stop them immediately, take them to the deck and tie them to the mast, and let them dry in the sun for a day or two."

The guard captain quickly said yes and turned to leave. However, when he reached the door, he suddenly stopped. As if he remembered something, he turned around and said to the captain: "Sir, do they seem to know where we are going?"

"What?" The captain didn't understand for a moment and looked at the guard captain in confusion.

The guard captain immediately said in detail: "I mean, they seem to know that we are going to Ma Tau Bay, and they are planning to incorporate them into the pioneering group."

"How did they know these things?" The captain was stunned, and immediately turned to look at the first mate and asked, "Did you tell the truth?"

The first mate quickly denied: "Of course not. I have never mentioned anything about the route and purpose in front of those Behrend people."

The captain of the guard also explained to the first mate: "No, it wasn't what Mr. Cabot said. It was their own speculation. There seems to be a scholar among the prisoners. He guessed the destination of our trip and where they would be." These two things are included in the pioneering group.”

"Scholar?" Both the captain and the first mate asked in surprise: "A scholar from the Behrend National Academy?"

The guard captain nodded.

The captain and the first mate looked at each other for a long time, and then the first mate spoke first and asked: "Did you know that there is a scholar from the Behrend National Academy imprisoned in the cage on the ship?"

The captain looked at the first mate with a strange expression, as if to say, "Isn't this nonsense? If I had known, I would still have this expression."

Although the national academies of Rutte and Behrendt have always been at odds with each other, and they have publicly stated more than once that the other's national academies are a garbage dump and a maggot nest, in fact, regardless of whether they are scholars from the two national academies, Ordinary people in both countries know very well that the academic level of the other side is no worse than their own.

Therefore, even though the relationship between the two countries is extremely bad and has almost reached the bottom of incompatibility, both sides still respect the scholars of the other academy and also respect the aristocratic status given to the scholars by the other party.

Now from the mouth of the guard captain, we know that a Behrend scholar is imprisoned in the cage. The captain and others must take it seriously. Even if they cannot revoke the prisoner's identity, they should give the other party the treatment that a scholar deserves. For example, provide a separate room, provide better food, etc.

When the guard captain just walked out of the captain's room, the captain suddenly ordered: "Bring that scholar here, I want to talk to him."

Not long after, the guard captain was seen taking Leo to the captain's room. Perhaps because of Leo's disguise as a scholar, the guard captain did not put handcuffs or other torture tools on him.

After Leo entered the captain's cabin, the captain and first mate looked at Leo. First of all, Leo's clothes made them a little confused, because Leo's clothes were similar to those of Berent and Root. There is a big difference, but from the perspective of the cutting and matching of clothing, it is a mature clothing style. The two of them did not pay too much attention to this. After all, scholars’ thoughts are too divergent and they often have some fantastic ideas. He also designs some strange clothes by himself, so no matter how weird his clothes are, they have seen them, but Leo's clothes are pretty good.

Secondly, when they saw Leo for the first time, they immediately believed in Leo's status as a scholar. Although Leo's body shape made him look more like a warrior, the overall temperament he exuded made him Anyone who sees him will think from the bottom of his heart that he is a scholar, or that a scholar should have such a temperament.

The captain stepped forward, stretched out his hand to Leo, and introduced himself: "Buffy, the captain of the Speargun."

Leo also reached out and shook it, and responded: "Leo Dodd, an oceanographer from the Behrend National Academy."

"Ocean scholar?" The captain was stunned.

This is the first time he has heard the name of such a scholar. Although the coastal kingdoms have entered the era of great sailing adventures, there are no corresponding subjects in the national academies of each kingdom. Only the military academies of each kingdom have specialized subjects. Navigator training.

"This is a new subject I founded," Leo seemed to have seen through the captain's thoughts, and said: "It is mainly about studying marine climate, tides and marine life. It has not been recognized by the academy yet. I was originally planning to go to sea to study some results. , and then go to the college to apply for subjects and degrees, and now..."

Leo smiled bitterly and said no more.

Although Leo's words were just made up at random, neither the captain nor the first mate in the room doubted each other. After all, the temperament of the other party had already engraved the identity of a scholar on their consciousness from the beginning. The current explanation This will only make the two of them respect Leo even more, because in their understanding, scholars who can create a new subject are definitely extraordinary scholars.

"Who is your mentor..." the captain asked curiously.

"Professor Ferrance, specializes in the study of New World species." Leo said a name. This name was the scholar mentor in charge of leading the team on the silent ship. He knew this from an officer.

"Professor Ferrance, I have heard of his name." Before the captain didn't know the identity of the name, the first mate took over and said, "He is the leader of the research on New World species at the Behrend National Academy. I I once received a commission to get some plant seeds from the New World, and it is said that they were sold to him. "

"I think you won't be able to receive his commission in the future," Leo looked at the first mate and said solemnly: "A few days ago, the ocean-going ship he and other scholars and students were on was destroyed in that naval battle. Your country’s warship was sunk, and I was the only one left alive.”

Hearing Leo's words, the captain and first mate's expressions changed greatly, and they asked in unison: "What did you say? The ship of an academy scholar was sunk?"

Leo could tell that something was wrong between the two of them now, so he followed the other's thoughts and said, "Yes, you two can go down below and ask the prisoners, they should all know."

Neither the captain nor the first mate had any intention of sending anyone down to inquire, because they had already believed Leo's words, and their expressions turned ugly. The captain even punched the table hard, and gritted his teeth and said, "No wonder Those guys handed over the ship to me so readily, and also gave me the task. It turned out that they were in trouble and wanted to make me a scapegoat. Damn it, damn it! I should have thought that those guys had no good intentions! "