When Aiven and his team were still nestled in the rainforest, waiting for the arrival of the transport treasure team.

The privateering tide initiated by the Anti-Hilus Alliance had already begun to stir waves in the New Continent on the "Golden Sea".

Especially when spring maritime conditions are favorable, it is the time when ships shuttle back and forth frequently between the New and Old Continents.

This season, the stormy weather on the Black Sea is relatively mild, and as long as one isn't afraid of encountering pirate ships, one or two merchant ships dare to cross the Black Sea along the established routes.

Even though the shortest return route to Hilus now has the "Eye of the Black Sea" confirmed to be the Holy Sanctuary of the Black Sea Goddess, half of Hilus's navy base has been rendered useless, greatly increasing the risk of long voyages.

Nevertheless, the excessive profits of long-distance trade still provide captains with enough courage to spend more time detouring around the now-called "Eye of the Storm" area to embark on the return journey.

There are even adventurers from Hilus who have set off early, swearing to explore a new and optimal route connecting the Golden Sea with their homeland!

Such enthusiastic "fat sheep", coupled with the current weakening of Hilus's naval power due to the loss of a convoy fleet, have left major gaps in the route defense system.

All these factors combined have greatly facilitated the "Blood Loss Plan" of the Allied Forces, looking at those Hilus merchant ships shuttling back and forth like looms, it's like seeing a group of floating gold mines on the water!

In the alliance.

Sak, which is vigorously developing its navy through national policy shifts, has been the most active, because the pirate industry in Sak is considered a legitimate business.

In addition to the powerful aristocracy, ordinary landowners, wealthy gentry, and impoverished knights would buy a ship, assemble a group of people, and head out to sea to rob.

And now that the empire's official call has been issued, even before local personnel could act, the response among the colonies has been fervent.

Some have even successfully plundered a small settlement of Hilus.

Meanwhile, Atlant, situated in the far north of the Old Continent, is truly an Iceland nation. The original living conditions were quite average, with a strong-willed people who worship the strong, believing in the logic of banditry and appropriation.

Years before the Age of Navigation began, the nation already relied on pirate profits as a pillar industry.

Dating back over a thousand years, they instilled fear in coastal nations with their image of axe-wielding pirates wearing horned helmets!

This is a nation with pirate blood coursing through its veins.

Even many small countries refuse to be outdone and eagerly join this frenzy. In the past, they dared not provoke Hilus easily, only conducting secret raids without official privateering licenses.

But now, with "the world turned against Hilus," they are no longer apprehensive!

The alliance, within less than two months of its establishment, has already seen some achievements.

Although it cannot yet compensate for the losses caused by the targeted plundering from Hilus and the Pirate King.

Compared to the initial situation where they had to swallow their anger, the current state is vastly different. Countries, having tasted the benefits, are now unable to stop!

Why is it that planting, gathering, and producing arduously doesn't compare to the speed of looting?

Even without Phaletis's comprehensive plan, with pillaging just serving a larger strategic objective, these nations simply can't stop anymore.

Larger privateer fleets are quietly being assembled.

Conversely, while the nations are gearing up eagerly,

due to the policy issue of the "Church of Queen and Goddess of Navigation" to "strictly crack down on all unofficial pirate activities," the Tulip Countries, which are the most averse to private piracy business, are of course becoming the least efficient among them.

Years of ongoing official suppression have rendered the survival soil for pirates in the Tulip Alliance the most barren.

Even though the Black Iron Cross Church of the "Queen and Goddess of Navigation" has openly declared that Hilus Kingdom's bullying acts against other countries have hindered the development of navigation and maritime trade, and are no longer under the protection of the Goddess.

This indirectly acknowledges the legality of plundering Hilus!

But the local speculators at home, of lower rank, are still somewhat skeptical.

Thus, Tulip internally still needs the official stance to break the citizens' entrenched mindset!

If they don't seize the opportunity now when the plan is just starting, before Hilus fully responds and puts up targeted defenses, they'll miss the chance to take a big bite of the fat meat, and such opportunities will be rare in the future.

Vice Admiral Gustav, who understands the full plan, is, of course, also very concerned about this matter, seeing the proactive actions of various countries, he too is slightly anxious.

Due to the special nature of the kingdom's policy, the advocate of the "Blood Loss Plan," at this moment, can only watch others feast.

"Perhaps we should establish a heroic image of a privateer among the citizens to reawaken the courage ingrained in our people's bones.

How much benefit the kingdom can receive depends entirely on you now, Brigadier General Aiven!"

....

Balboa Isthmus, deep in the humid and hot jungle.

Thanks to the uninterrupted surveillance by Seagulls, Aiven had no intention of wasting time during the waiting days.

The suppression plans on "Adventurer's Blood," the first "Spirit Realm Exploration" after becoming an Official Wizard, the updates of the "Sea Bird Reconnaissance Network"... have all been completed one by one.

Preparing "Activated Beast Hide" for the members under his command is a slow work; even with continuous time allocation in between, only about one hundred sheets have been made so far, requiring slow accumulation.

His current research focus is on the four kinds of "Totem Warrior Training Method" in his hands.

These include the "Fierce Tiger Warrior Training Method" of the Iroquois, the "Eagle Warrior Training Method" from the Azik Remnant, the "Mountain Cat Warrior Training Method" of an already annihilated small tribe, and the "Brown Bear Warrior Training Method" of the Yucatan Tribe.

He had been stalled at the level of Peak Knight long enough, and even though he hadn't been actively pursuing the practice of Physical Liberation, with the improvement in swordsmanship, his degree of Physical Liberation was nearing 100%.

Under the premise that he was not prepared for a normal breakthrough and intended to concentrate his Combat Qi through willpower, finding a new path to sustain the Knight's strength moving forward was urgent!

However, after constant research and comparison during this period, Aiven already had some clues about the Totem Warrior path, which focuses on the combination of totems and physical strength.

Although they appear completely different on the surface, aside from Natural Spirits, the Totem Engraving part, which Aiven values most, actually shares considerable commonality.

With this commonality as the premise, different totems have their respective focuses.

Currently, with the aid of Data Visualization, Aiven has extracted a highly overlapping Totem Engraving System, such as the main human body parts corresponding during engraving, functional zones, meridian systems, stress responses...etc.

Mastering this, even drawing a common chicken on the body would not significantly affect the final outcome, let alone eagles, tigers, or bears.

There are also magical fundamental runes represented by different Natural Spirits (alien symbols rooted in the world itself, like the programming language of world rules):

The balance of the mountain cat "libr," the constitution of the brown bear with strength "cons" + "impe," the agility of the eagle and even gliding "mobi" + "mult," the agility of the fierce tiger with strength "mobi" + "impe."

Just waiting for this operation to end, back at Hatrafa Port, Aiven is ready to find a few volunteers to conduct further experiments.

Closing his Witchcraft Notes, putting it into the Magic Pocket, he looked up to see the assault team members already packed up, trying to eliminate the traces of life left here during this period as much as possible.

With the rainforest's recovery power, everything here will be obliterated without a trace within half a month after they leave.

After forming a line, counting heads, the remaining ninety-eight people gave their final salute to the two comrades whose bones lay here.

Then, facing the expectant eyes of everyone, Aiven waved his hand:

"Let's go!"

......

As time reached early May, the rainy season in the tropical rainforest also quietly approached.

Although it's not yet the peak period of concentrated rainfall, even the prelude made the roads in the rainforest extremely muddy, causing great misery to the transportation convoy that hardly traveled in this season.

At this time, a long team of mule-horses was winding along the post road.

The total number of mules and horses was about 230, as no carriages were present due to the mountain-crossing journey required.

The long-distance carrying capacity of the mule-horses was roughly 200 kilograms, estimating a total transport capacity of around forty-six tons.

In addition to a sufficient number of horsemen, there was also an escort team led by a Hilus Army Colonel, Hubbard Rudolph, with a total of 180 people responsible for the escort.

The over-twenty-day long trek in the rainforest had left the soldiers somewhat languid. The colonel, with a face full of brown beard, patrolled back and forth, encouraging the soldiers with a hearty voice:

"Soldiers! Cheer up, once we reach Dios Port, I'll book the entire Pink Lover Bar for you all!"

"Hooray! Colonel Rudolph, long live!"

"..."

The distance left to completely exit the rainforest was only about one more day's journey, with the end of the ordeal in sight, combined with the Colonel's promise, the soldiers were rejuvenated like quenching thirst by admiring plums consumed in the mind.

The combination of officers, including a Colonel and two Majors, also breathed a slight sigh of relief. Regarding potential external enemies, they weren't particularly worried, only concerned that poor soldier condition might delay the departure time of the sailing ship.

After all, this was the heartland of the Kingdom Colony, with a Peak Knight, two Official Knights plus... that detestable yet powerful guy, the escort force was already fully adequate.

There was no Priest of Eternal Flame in the team. On the ship, a group of people serving would barely suffice, but how dare they trouble those high-status bigwigs with such pure manual labor?

"Maintain formation, ensure no one falls behind!"

After a reminder, the team continued forward.

However, the slightly invigorated spirit of the transportation convoy did not last long.

As they passed through a gorge.

Hubbard Rudolph, positioned in the middle of the team, sharply heard a sound from the forest:

"Detonate!"

A strong sense of crisis caused him to stomp the ground hard, leaping ferociously into the rainforest.

The next moment.

A large number of pre-buried Alchemy Bombs under the post road erupted abruptly like a volcanic eruption.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Within the mule-horse team behind him, it was already a scene of flames soaring with people and horses overturned, even with several hundred-kilogram-heavy mules being blown a dozen meters into the air.

Before the smoke had even cleared, amidst the cries of lamentation, gunfire erupted overhead once more.

Bang! Bang! Bang!...

The big-bearded Colonel, who had temporarily escaped danger, looked up and shouted fiercely:

"Who dares attack the Hilus Kingdom Army?"

A young voice rose in the rainforest:

"Pirates... White Knight!"

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