Raine now owned 17 islands in the King-class Sea, including Pandora Island.
Trajan's subordinates were actively involved in the management of the major islands, helping Raine to refurbish them.
Due to frequent pirate and sea monster activity in the current shipping lanes, commercial exchanges between the 17 islands were still limited to a few effective routes.
However, trade between the various islands remained more active than before, and residents have clearly felt the huge policy changes, working harder to develop their own industries.
Starting from the third month, the tax revenue of the 17 islands increased to 580,000, Pandora Island reached a total income of 520,000, and Raine's monthly income reached 1.1 million.
In the two years it took to build the carrier battle group, Raine had already earned 25 million in tax revenue alone, in addition to his savings of 35 million. Even after deducting the 15 million consumed by the two new fleets, he still saved 45 million!
He had saved nearly half of the one billion gold pearls needed for the next level upgrade, even with the significant expansion of his fleet strength.
Raine's carrier battle group had finally been completed, which meant Raine would need to conduct a large-scale appointment and dismissal.
The carrier battle group consisted of three carrier formations, divided into the "First Formation," "Second Formation," and "Third Formation."
Raine served as the leader of the Bounty Group, Trajan serves as the fleet captain of the Second Formation, and for the Third Formation, Raine chose Charge King to serve as fleet captain.
Charge King was once the leader of the King Kong Guard, and also an outstanding old navy officer. His command ability even surpassed Shobe's.
The two fleet captains of the First Formation were Shobe and Avril, who served as both vice leader and part-time fleet captain.
The two fleet captains of the Second Formation are all Trajan's old subordinates, Scout and Lieutenant Colonel Leiden.
The two fleet captains of the Third Formation are Trueking and Komo, Trajan's subordinate lieutenant colonel.
In addition, Raine promoted many old members to become captains, including Shane, Bolton, and the core members under Charge King.
Although Onebear and Twobear had been following Raine for a long time, they preferred to stay on Raine's ship. After all, their captain was on board, as well as Fancy, whom they needed to protect.
At this point, Raine already had a total of 27 battleships, including three small aircraft carriers, 120 fighter jets. And the bounty group had one leader, one deputy leader, two fleet commanders, six squadron commanders, 18 ship captains, and 6,500 crew members, according to the crew list in his system, which spanned several pages.
In terms of system permissions, Raine had the highest level and could manage any ship. Avril had the second level of permission, followed by Trajan and Charge King, who had the third level of permission. The fleet captains had the fourth level of permission, and the ship captains had the fifth level of permission, which meant they could only control their own battleships.
During Raine's preparations for the carrier battle group, Trajan had already fallen in love with his third-level permission and spent his days training with his subordinates in distant seas. This was good, as Trajan's subordinates had not seen how Raine operated in combat, and it was necessary for them to become more familiar with their operations.
After everything was ready, Raine decided to use several battles to hone the coordination of the fleet, especially to increase the practical experience of the newcomers. His target was other fleets and sea monsters in the vicinity of 17 Island.
.......................
Half a year later, in a raging storm, a steel fleet rode the winds and raced through the storm. One of the three carrier fleets suddenly turned and headed towards the other side, apparently going to clear out some enemies.
Raine sat in the captain's room, knowing the fleet's movements like the back of his hand, but he didn't continue to pay attention. He knew Trajan and Charge King's command abilities very well, and those two guys were not much worse than him. Charge King sought stability, which was similar to Raine's style, while Trajan was more aggressive and, combined with his rich combat experience, could be a sharp knife for the fleet.
With such an excellent technical system at his disposal, Trajan was like a fish in water, and he wouldn't be comfortable unless he fought a few more battles.
With Trajan in action, Raine had nothing to worry about. He opened the crew's information list and saw that Trajan had brought many strong individuals, including 28 members above stage sixth, which was more than the top-tier fighters of the Three Kings Army! Moreover, there were also many strong individuals of stage 5 and stage 4.
Without exaggeration, Trajan's addition has multiplied the strength of Raine's crew!
Of course, Raine was still cautious at the beginning. He admired Trajan's character, but he did not know the people under Trajan, so he did not strengthen them.
After two and a half years of being together, Raine's guard was slightly lowered, and he began to consider strengthening some of the new crew members.
Trajan had become a member of Raine's crew, but it was frustrating that Raine couldn't see Trajan's mutation status.
[Name: Trajan]
[Position: Level Three Authorized Captain]
[Mutation type: Host level is not high enough to view]
[Mutation stage: Host level is not high enough to view]
...
Although Trajan told Raine that his level was at stage 7 level, he only said that his mutation type was material-based and then teased that they would have to rely on him to deal with the Ice Emperor!
There were some things that Raine didn't say to Trajan face to face. Trajan hadn't competed at sea for 20 years after all. Could he still be a match for the Ice Emperor after 20 years of neglect?
Trajan was now very motivated, and Raine didn't want to say anything directly to him. The best way was to learn about Trajan's strength through the system and prepare accordingly.
"Again, it says my level is not high enough...Fancy and White are the same, why is my level not high enough?" Raine was very frustrated.
When he was at level two or three, it was understandable that his level was not high enough, but now he's at level four tier 10. Fancy clearly hadn't upgraded, yet Raine still couldn't see!
Raine had always wanted White to level up, but since he couldn't see the guy's specific situation, he had no idea how to cultivate him.
"What level does the system refer to? Is it my ship's level or my own mutation level?"
"No, I can appoint their positions, which most likely means it's not a battleship level problem." Raine racked his brains, using all his experience playing games.
"It could be my mutation level...or it could be that my mutation type level is not high enough."
"Oh yeah, Tik said that stage 5 is a bottleneck for mutants! I'm at stage 4 level 10, so let's mutate again and see if I can see their status!"
"Damn it, I have 17 islands but I still haven't found a rare Sea God fruit in two and a half years!? Why am I so unlucky? I should level up again, or I'll be overtaken by these guys again!" Raine frowned.
Just then, his intercom rang, and Armin's voice came through.
"Captain, just received news that a group of mysterious merchants arrived at Eastern Dawn Island. They want to see you and said they have something good that you might be interested in."
"What good thing?"
"I don't know if what they're saying is true, but they said they have a legendary Sea God fruit."
Raine immediately stood up from his seat!
"Go to Eastern Dawn Island right away!"
Raine now owned 17 islands in the King-class Sea, including Pandora Island.
Trajan's subordinates were actively involved in the management of the major islands, helping Raine to refurbish them.
Due to frequent pirate and sea monster activity in the current shipping lanes, commercial exchanges between the 17 islands were still limited to a few effective routes.
However, trade between the various islands remained more active than before, and residents have clearly felt the huge policy changes, working harder to develop their own industries.
Starting from the third month, the tax revenue of the 17 islands increased to 580,000, Pandora Island reached a total income of 520,000, and Raine's monthly income reached 1.1 million.
In the two years it took to build the carrier battle group, Raine had already earned 25 million in tax revenue alone, in addition to his savings of 35 million. Even after deducting the 15 million consumed by the two new fleets, he still saved 45 million!
He had saved nearly half of the one billion gold pearls needed for the next level upgrade, even with the significant expansion of his fleet strength.
Raine's carrier battle group had finally been completed, which meant Raine would need to conduct a large-scale appointment and dismissal.
The carrier battle group consisted of three carrier formations, divided into the "First Formation," "Second Formation," and "Third Formation."
Raine served as the leader of the Bounty Group, Trajan serves as the fleet captain of the Second Formation, and for the Third Formation, Raine chose Charge King to serve as fleet captain.
Charge King was once the leader of the King Kong Guard, and also an outstanding old navy officer. His command ability even surpassed Shobe's.
The two fleet captains of the First Formation were Shobe and Avril, who served as both vice leader and part-time fleet captain.
The two fleet captains of the Second Formation are all Trajan's old subordinates, Scout and Lieutenant Colonel Leiden.
The two fleet captains of the Third Formation are Trueking and Komo, Trajan's subordinate lieutenant colonel.
In addition, Raine promoted many old members to become captains, including Shane, Bolton, and the core members under Charge King.
Although Onebear and Twobear had been following Raine for a long time, they preferred to stay on Raine's ship. After all, their captain was on board, as well as Fancy, whom they needed to protect.
At this point, Raine already had a total of 27 battleships, including three small aircraft carriers, 120 fighter jets. And the bounty group had one leader, one deputy leader, two fleet commanders, six squadron commanders, 18 ship captains, and 6,500 crew members, according to the crew list in his system, which spanned several pages.
In terms of system permissions, Raine had the highest level and could manage any ship. Avril had the second level of permission, followed by Trajan and Charge King, who had the third level of permission. The fleet captains had the fourth level of permission, and the ship captains had the fifth level of permission, which meant they could only control their own battleships.
During Raine's preparations for the carrier battle group, Trajan had already fallen in love with his third-level permission and spent his days training with his subordinates in distant seas. This was good, as Trajan's subordinates had not seen how Raine operated in combat, and it was necessary for them to become more familiar with their operations.
After everything was ready, Raine decided to use several battles to hone the coordination of the fleet, especially to increase the practical experience of the newcomers. His target was other fleets and sea monsters in the vicinity of 17 Island.
.......................
Half a year later, in a raging storm, a steel fleet rode the winds and raced through the storm. One of the three carrier fleets suddenly turned and headed towards the other side, apparently going to clear out some enemies.
Raine sat in the captain's room, knowing the fleet's movements like the back of his hand, but he didn't continue to pay attention. He knew Trajan and Charge King's command abilities very well, and those two guys were not much worse than him. Charge King sought stability, which was similar to Raine's style, while Trajan was more aggressive and, combined with his rich combat experience, could be a sharp knife for the fleet.
With such an excellent technical system at his disposal, Trajan was like a fish in water, and he wouldn't be comfortable unless he fought a few more battles.
With Trajan in action, Raine had nothing to worry about. He opened the crew's information list and saw that Trajan had brought many strong individuals, including 28 members above stage sixth, which was more than the top-tier fighters of the Three Kings Army! Moreover, there were also many strong individuals of stage 5 and stage 4.
Without exaggeration, Trajan's addition has multiplied the strength of Raine's crew!
Of course, Raine was still cautious at the beginning. He admired Trajan's character, but he did not know the people under Trajan, so he did not strengthen them.
After two and a half years of being together, Raine's guard was slightly lowered, and he began to consider strengthening some of the new crew members.
Trajan had become a member of Raine's crew, but it was frustrating that Raine couldn't see Trajan's mutation status.
[Name: Trajan]
[Position: Level Three Authorized Captain]
[Mutation type: Host level is not high enough to view]
[Mutation stage: Host level is not high enough to view]
...
Although Trajan told Raine that his level was at stage 7 level, he only said that his mutation type was material-based and then teased that they would have to rely on him to deal with the Ice Emperor!
There were some things that Raine didn't say to Trajan face to face. Trajan hadn't competed at sea for 20 years after all. Could he still be a match for the Ice Emperor after 20 years of neglect?
Trajan was now very motivated, and Raine didn't want to say anything directly to him. The best way was to learn about Trajan's strength through the system and prepare accordingly.
"Again, it says my level is not high enough...Fancy and White are the same, why is my level not high enough?" Raine was very frustrated.
When he was at level two or three, it was understandable that his level was not high enough, but now he's at level four tier 10. Fancy clearly hadn't upgraded, yet Raine still couldn't see!
Raine had always wanted White to level up, but since he couldn't see the guy's specific situation, he had no idea how to cultivate him.
"What level does the system refer to? Is it my ship's level or my own mutation level?"
"No, I can appoint their positions, which most likely means it's not a battleship level problem." Raine racked his brains, using all his experience playing games.
"It could be my mutation level...or it could be that my mutation type level is not high enough."
"Oh yeah, Tik said that stage 5 is a bottleneck for mutants! I'm at stage 4 level 10, so let's mutate again and see if I can see their status!"
"Damn it, I have 17 islands but I still haven't found a rare Sea God fruit in two and a half years!? Why am I so unlucky? I should level up again, or I'll be overtaken by these guys again!" Raine frowned.
Just then, his intercom rang, and Armin's voice came through.
"Captain, just received news that a group of mysterious merchants arrived at Eastern Dawn Island. They want to see you and said they have something good that you might be interested in."
"What good thing?"
"I don't know if what they're saying is true, but they said they have a legendary Sea God fruit."
Raine immediately stood up from his seat!
"Go to Eastern Dawn Island right away!"
