Volume 10 Call from the Sea Chapter 2 The Navy

Although sea dragons are called dragons, they do not actually belong to the dragon family. Instead, they are marine beasts that generally inhabit deep-sea areas, growing up to hundreds of meters in length and capable of wielding water-magic. Ordinary units are standard tier-17 creatures, and they can only be recruited in wild biological lairs known as Sea Dragon Caves, at a rate of just three every six months. The three sea dragon eggs in the hands of this fellow named Pasa were likely the quota for the second half of the year.

Pushing the three sea dragon eggs back toward Pasa, Li Bin said, "Take your sea dragon eggs and leave. I cannot help you with this matter."

"No, please! I've been to many places, and only you managed to chase them away. You must protect me," Pasa said anxiously.

"Protect you? With what am I supposed to protect you? Do you have any idea what tier those sea dragons are? Do you know how many sea dragons your enemies have? Have you noticed that I don't even have a single naval vessel?" Li Bin said loudly.

Stung by Li Bin's words, Pasa felt too embarrassed to remain in Li Bin's territory any longer. He hastily packed away the sea dragon eggs and jumped onto his ghost ship, intending to set sail. However, his ghost ship had been dragged ashore by the bone dragons under Reeder's command by force, and there was no harbor outside Li Bin's Chanas City, leaving him momentarily unable to launch.

Looking at Pasa's helpless expression, Li Bin couldn't help but sigh and say, "We've all been through the novice stage. I'll help you out this once."

"Really?" Pasa said excitedly.

"That's what I said, but I at least need to know who your enemy is," Li Bin sighed again, secretly hoping this decision wouldn't bring too much trouble to his territory.

Yet, Li Bin's subordinate heroes were all incomparably excited, with Reeder and Cadoqin even shouting exaggeratedly that they would teach those self-proclaimed dragons a lesson.

Li Bin, however, did not share their buoyant mood.

After inviting Pasa back into the city to be properly entertained, Li Bin gave orders to pour all the venom from the toxin source into the waters outside Chanas City over the next few days.

Following that, Li Bin summoned all the Harbingers of Doom, having them take turns standing guard atop the Chanas City walls with instructions to slaughter any enemy sea dragons or other hostile forces the moment they appeared.

Only then did Li Bin return to the city with peace of mind to interrogate Pasa regarding the enemies pursuing him.

As for this mysterious enemy, Pasa didn't know much himself. In the beginning, he had merely stumbled upon a deserted island and, while looking for food, discovered these three sea dragon eggs. Having just entered the game, how could he possibly know the importance of sea dragon eggs, nor could he know that an empty Sea Dragon Cave nine times out of ten already had an owner.

Out of temporary curiosity, upon discovering the place where the sea dragon eggs were kept, he prepared to make a delicious egg barbecue. Not only did the eggs fail to roast, but he ended up burning down the cave instead.

"Good grief, you actually destroyed a Sea Dragon Cave," Li Bin said, smacking his forehead.

This was an irreconcilable situation. No wonder nobody dared to take Pasa in even though he held three sea dragon eggs.

Because this was no ordinary trouble; it was a calamity of monumental proportions.

Upon hearing this news, Li Bin very bluntly said to Pasa, "You can forget about surviving on the sea from now on. I'll trade you a Graveyard Demon for your ghost ship and give you a batch of land combat troops instead. From now on, you'll develop your forces on the land."

"That won't do! All my skills were chosen for naval warfare. If you make me go ashore, I'm afraid I won't be able to adapt," Pasa replied, shaking his head.

"Then you must at least stay in this city for a while, otherwise the moment you leave this sea area, you'll be killed by your enemies immediately," Li Bin said with a wry smile. "I'll have someone look into who you've offended. We'll make further decisions about the future later."

With that, Li Bin dumped Pasa in the city and went off to figure out a solution.

Pasa was not one to sit around idly either. Bored inside the city, he pulled out the shipyard architectural blueprint he had obtained from a quest and sought out Morgan, the garrison commander of Chanas City. Although Morgan was a hybrid of undead and dryad, he firmly believed that a city bordering the sea like Chanas must have its own harbor and shipyard. Thus, when he approached Pasa and requested the shipyard blueprint, Pasa—who was worrying over Li Bin's ambiguous stance—saw a high-ranking official of Li Bin's command knocking on his door and naturally agreed immediately. On the condition that he would receive two ships built from the shipyard once completed, Pasa handed the architectural blueprint over to Morgan.

Having obtained the blueprint, Morgan embarked on his grand shipbuilding endeavor, only to encounter a massive problem: Li Bin's new territory lacked the timber required for construction.

It was only then that Morgan reported the matter to Li Bin, hoping he would transfer a batch of timber from his old territory.

Upon hearing this news, Li Bin was nearly driven to fury because Morgan's actions completely failed to take Li Bin's current situation into account. It was true that Chanas City was by the sea, but Li Bin currently lacked the capability to organize a navy. Leaving aside the fact that he had no specialized navigation personnel on hand, he didn't even have shipbuilding timber or troops suited for maritime combat. Although the undead did not need to breathe and could simply walk along the seafloor by jumping into the water, combat operations were an entirely different matter.

Nevertheless, since Morgan had already made the promise, Li Bin had no choice but to instruct Jessica to transfer a batch of timber over from the old territory so Morgan could build the shipyard and docks first, while Fatty Croc was put in charge of applying undead-themed modifications. As for sailors and aquatic combat units, those would have to wait until the ships were actually built.

At that moment, Li Bin also learned the origins of the forces hunting down Pasa through the Joshua Chamber of Commerce, Disya, and the Tears of Sorrow.

Come to think of it, Li Bin had actually heard of this fellow before. Back in Ghost Rock City, Li Bin had already interacted with one of his beautiful subordinates, and in fact, a certain Purgatory-faction city heart in Li Bin's possession had been obtained from her.

However, the person Li Bin was facing this time was another of his subordinates: Xuan Yu, a marine demon combatant in charge of maritime affairs. Furthermore, the three sea dragon eggs Pasa had stolen and the Sea Dragon Cave he had destroyed were the fruits of Xuan Yu's long and arduous efforts to conquer—one that hadn't even produced a single sea dragon yet.

Upon learning this, Li Bin was utterly speechless, especially since Tears of Sorrow had specifically sent word that this mastermind behind the scenes was none other than the cousin who had tricked him into the game. Although Tears of Sorrow could ensure this person would not actively oppose Li Bin, a battle between Li Bin and Xuan Yu was practically guaranteed to happen.

Recalling that combat hero's favorite squad-based tactical approach, Li Bin felt his scalp go numb. Who knew from which corner those combat heroes might suddenly burst into his territory?

Faced with such circumstances, Li Bin had no choice but to first seal off the situation within his new territory. As for the old territory, which had a greater number of players and external heroes, Li Bin was currently powerless to manage the chaotic situation over there.