Raine had obtained a Sea God Fruit in a rather inexplicable way, but he didn't forget to fulfill his promise to the islanders.
That cave almost monopolized a region. Raine evacuated the islanders, divided the surrounding area, and then carried out a carpet bombing of this area with the Super Battleship.
When the top of the cave was blown open, the dense sea monkeys scattered everywhere. Unfortunately, facing the concentrated machine gun fire of a large number of drones, the sea monkeys had nowhere to escape and were collectively annihilated.
Afterward, Raine led White, Tiger King, and Fire Turkey to clean up the battlefield, cremating the bodies of the sea monkeys.
Although the sea monkeys did not leave the cave to harm people, they posed too great a threat to the local residents, so Raine had to wipe them out completely.
The giant coffin in the cave had also been shattered and left no trace. It's a pity that Raine still wanted to study that skeleton, but now he had to give up on that idea.
After exterminating the sea monkeys, Raine's reputation in the area further improved.
With no more harassment from the Dragon God and other fleets, the speed of ore mining greatly increased. Three islands, a total of five veins were continuously accumulating materials.
At the same time, Trajan, following Raine's instructions, headed towards the fourth island. They were going to conquer another island!
On one hand, it was to increase the speed of mining, and on the other hand, it was because the four beasts had nothing to eat again.
...
In the safe area of the Dragon-class sea region, on the largest island, Saipan Island, a meeting of the three major leaders was being held.
"We've investigated the matter with Golden Crow. It was a bounty group that just came from the Beast-class sea area." A man with an exceptionally burly figure said casually.
If he stood up, he might be over two meters and twenty centimeters tall. He was broad-shouldered and chest-thick, dressed in a black uniform, with a deep voice.
"Bounty group? Are there still bounty groups around? They still insist they're a bounty group? What idiots. What's the name of the bounty group?" The speaker had white hair, was about one meter eighty-five tall, and had some white stubble on his face, and some wrinkles, but looked very energetic, his age was hard to guess.
"Uh... Dad Bounty Group..." The other speaker was a woman, with a good figure and very peculiar hair color - long blue hair. Her age also seemed hard to guess.
"Dad... did their captain's brain get waterlogged?" The white-haired man shook his head.
The man in black said, "Don't underestimate them. They've been quite active recently. Previously, they killed three Dragon Gods, occupied four islands, and their submarine troops directly overturned the Golden Crow fleet. Recently, they killed another B7-level Dragon God and two divine beasts, and occupied the fifth island." The man in black also counted Old Wong's island under Raine's name, though in reality, Raine had basically stopped developing resources on that island.
Upon mentioning the achievements of this bounty group, the other two fell silent.
"I think they're disrupting the order of the Dragon-class sea area... Sea Sovereign, what do you think we should do now?" the white-bearded man asked the man in black.
Sea Sovereign frowned, "The order of the Dragon-level sea area was achieved at the cost of a large number of crew members. If we let them mess around and provoke the Dragon King God, we're all finished. Buddha Sovereign, do you have any suggestions?"
The white-bearded man was also at a loss, "Their stance is hard to judge. On one hand, they're killing Dragon Gods in various regions. On the other hand, they're taking out our fleets. I'm afraid they don't consider any of us friends."
The woman sneered, "Just an idiot who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. He probably doesn't know that we have reached a peace agreement with the Dragon King God. Since they are not friends, obviously, he's our enemy!"
Sea Sovereign nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "He's not only our enemy but also the Dragon King God's. We can't act alone and give the Dragon King God an advantage."
"Buddha Sovereign is right. On the fifteenth of August this year, we're going to offer tributes to the Dragon King God. We can arrange to join forces then and kill this unconventional player!"
"Yes, there are still seven months left. Let them be arrogant for another seven months. Half a year later, we'll take them out!"
...
Raine didn't know that he had suddenly become the public enemy of the entire Dragon-level sea area. Not only did the Dragon King God want to kill him, but even humans wanted to take him out.
He was currently actively mining the new vein!
After Trajan conquered a resource-rich large island, the number of veins Raine was now mining had reached seven!
The speed of resource accumulation was increasing at a rate of 13% per month. With the remaining 15% of the resources he had, it was estimated that he could upgrade to a new battleship in six months.
However, Raine was still not satisfied with this speed. It was like an aircraft carrier. The money to build the carrier was there, but the combat power of the carrier largely came from the aircraft, which was another huge expense.
Raine didn't know what the new battleship would be like, but he still wanted to prepare for this situation, collect as many resources as possible, and avoid the awkward situation of having a battleship but not enough money to build the entire combat system.
So he killed two more Dragon Gods and four sea monsters and controlled three more veins. The speed of resource growth had reached 20%!
All in all, Raine had killed six Dragon Gods and eight divine beasts! He controlled 8% of the area in the Dragon-level sea area!
One day, Raine and Fancy were idle and went to chat with Archie again. As a former crew member of a high-level fleet, Archie had the most detailed understanding of the Dragon-level sea area among all of them.
Nowadays, the islanders on the four islands were working enthusiastically. Raine's high wages and stable life made everyone focus on their work. Archie had nothing to do, so he chatted with Raine.
"Archie, have you heard any amazing legends about the Dragon-class sea area?"
"Raine, there are definitely legends, quite a few of them." Over time, the two had become familiar with each other. Raine didn't like being called "sir", so he asked people to call him by his name.
"Are there any about magical stones?"
"Magical stones, yes, there are. For example, the Sea God Stone, the Dragon King Stone..."
"Wait, I don't want to hear about these. Are there any like the Heaven Crystal Stone, or stones with some kind of elemental power?"
Archie thought for a moment, "There is indeed one."
"A few hundred years ago, I don't know exactly when the Dragon-class sea area was actually the same as other sea areas and didn't have so many metal veins. But later, for some unknown reason, a large number of metal veins appeared on the seabed. They were diverse and rich in reserves. Moreover, if you didn't mine them for a while, they would grow back like plants..."
Raine's eyes widened. As soon as he heard this story, he immediately realized that this was what he wanted to hear. If there was no accident, the Heaven Crystal in the Dragon-class sea area was the Metal Heaven Crystal!
Raine had obtained a Sea God Fruit in a rather inexplicable way, but he didn't forget to fulfill his promise to the islanders.
That cave almost monopolized a region. Raine evacuated the islanders, divided the surrounding area, and then carried out a carpet bombing of this area with the Super Battleship.
When the top of the cave was blown open, the dense sea monkeys scattered everywhere. Unfortunately, facing the concentrated machine gun fire of a large number of drones, the sea monkeys had nowhere to escape and were collectively annihilated.
Afterward, Raine led White, Tiger King, and Fire Turkey to clean up the battlefield, cremating the bodies of the sea monkeys.
Although the sea monkeys did not leave the cave to harm people, they posed too great a threat to the local residents, so Raine had to wipe them out completely.
The giant coffin in the cave had also been shattered and left no trace. It's a pity that Raine still wanted to study that skeleton, but now he had to give up on that idea.
After exterminating the sea monkeys, Raine's reputation in the area further improved.
With no more harassment from the Dragon God and other fleets, the speed of ore mining greatly increased. Three islands, a total of five veins were continuously accumulating materials.
At the same time, Trajan, following Raine's instructions, headed towards the fourth island. They were going to conquer another island!
On one hand, it was to increase the speed of mining, and on the other hand, it was because the four beasts had nothing to eat again.
...
In the safe area of the Dragon-class sea region, on the largest island, Saipan Island, a meeting of the three major leaders was being held.
"We've investigated the matter with Golden Crow. It was a bounty group that just came from the Beast-class sea area." A man with an exceptionally burly figure said casually.
If he stood up, he might be over two meters and twenty centimeters tall. He was broad-shouldered and chest-thick, dressed in a black uniform, with a deep voice.
"Bounty group? Are there still bounty groups around? They still insist they're a bounty group? What idiots. What's the name of the bounty group?" The speaker had white hair, was about one meter eighty-five tall, and had some white stubble on his face, and some wrinkles, but looked very energetic, his age was hard to guess.
"Uh... Dad Bounty Group..." The other speaker was a woman, with a good figure and very peculiar hair color - long blue hair. Her age also seemed hard to guess.
"Dad... did their captain's brain get waterlogged?" The white-haired man shook his head.
The man in black said, "Don't underestimate them. They've been quite active recently. Previously, they killed three Dragon Gods, occupied four islands, and their submarine troops directly overturned the Golden Crow fleet. Recently, they killed another B7-level Dragon God and two divine beasts, and occupied the fifth island." The man in black also counted Old Wong's island under Raine's name, though in reality, Raine had basically stopped developing resources on that island.
Upon mentioning the achievements of this bounty group, the other two fell silent.
"I think they're disrupting the order of the Dragon-class sea area... Sea Sovereign, what do you think we should do now?" the white-bearded man asked the man in black.
Sea Sovereign frowned, "The order of the Dragon-level sea area was achieved at the cost of a large number of crew members. If we let them mess around and provoke the Dragon King God, we're all finished. Buddha Sovereign, do you have any suggestions?"
The white-bearded man was also at a loss, "Their stance is hard to judge. On one hand, they're killing Dragon Gods in various regions. On the other hand, they're taking out our fleets. I'm afraid they don't consider any of us friends."
The woman sneered, "Just an idiot who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. He probably doesn't know that we have reached a peace agreement with the Dragon King God. Since they are not friends, obviously, he's our enemy!"
Sea Sovereign nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "He's not only our enemy but also the Dragon King God's. We can't act alone and give the Dragon King God an advantage."
"Buddha Sovereign is right. On the fifteenth of August this year, we're going to offer tributes to the Dragon King God. We can arrange to join forces then and kill this unconventional player!"
"Yes, there are still seven months left. Let them be arrogant for another seven months. Half a year later, we'll take them out!"
...
Raine didn't know that he had suddenly become the public enemy of the entire Dragon-level sea area. Not only did the Dragon King God want to kill him, but even humans wanted to take him out.
He was currently actively mining the new vein!
After Trajan conquered a resource-rich large island, the number of veins Raine was now mining had reached seven!
The speed of resource accumulation was increasing at a rate of 13% per month. With the remaining 15% of the resources he had, it was estimated that he could upgrade to a new battleship in six months.
However, Raine was still not satisfied with this speed. It was like an aircraft carrier. The money to build the carrier was there, but the combat power of the carrier largely came from the aircraft, which was another huge expense.
Raine didn't know what the new battleship would be like, but he still wanted to prepare for this situation, collect as many resources as possible, and avoid the awkward situation of having a battleship but not enough money to build the entire combat system.
So he killed two more Dragon Gods and four sea monsters and controlled three more veins. The speed of resource growth had reached 20%!
All in all, Raine had killed six Dragon Gods and eight divine beasts! He controlled 8% of the area in the Dragon-level sea area!
One day, Raine and Fancy were idle and went to chat with Archie again. As a former crew member of a high-level fleet, Archie had the most detailed understanding of the Dragon-level sea area among all of them.
Nowadays, the islanders on the four islands were working enthusiastically. Raine's high wages and stable life made everyone focus on their work. Archie had nothing to do, so he chatted with Raine.
"Archie, have you heard any amazing legends about the Dragon-class sea area?"
"Raine, there are definitely legends, quite a few of them." Over time, the two had become familiar with each other. Raine didn't like being called "sir", so he asked people to call him by his name.
"Are there any about magical stones?"
"Magical stones, yes, there are. For example, the Sea God Stone, the Dragon King Stone..."
"Wait, I don't want to hear about these. Are there any like the Heaven Crystal Stone, or stones with some kind of elemental power?"
Archie thought for a moment, "There is indeed one."
"A few hundred years ago, I don't know exactly when the Dragon-class sea area was actually the same as other sea areas and didn't have so many metal veins. But later, for some unknown reason, a large number of metal veins appeared on the seabed. They were diverse and rich in reserves. Moreover, if you didn't mine them for a while, they would grow back like plants..."
Raine's eyes widened. As soon as he heard this story, he immediately realized that this was what he wanted to hear. If there was no accident, the Heaven Crystal in the Dragon-class sea area was the Metal Heaven Crystal!
