Northeast of the New Continent, at Giant Horn Cape.

This place is already near the northern boundary of the Black Sea, and in fact, it's not too far from the perpetually frozen "Eternal White Land."

In this sea area.

The Brado Cold Current from the north and a branch of the West Wind Warm Current veering northeast converge at the sharp point of Giant Horn Cape, creating an enormous natural fishery.

The scale of this fishery is unparalleled even in the entire known human world!

Especially the main fish consumed by the people of the Old Continent—"cod"—is virtually endless.

The first to discover this place was the Atlant Kingdom explorer Cabot, who described it in his nautical diary:

"There are so many cod here that there's no need for a fishing net; just put a stone in a basket, sink it into the water, and when you pull it up, the basket is full of fish."

"Walking on the glittering backs of cod, we can walk from the ship to the shore."

It's easy to imagine just how bountiful this fishery is!

In fact.

Although the sea is rich in resources, it doesn't mean everywhere in the sea is teeming with fish.

Fisheries are mostly formed by the convergence of warm and cold currents, agitating the currents to bring inorganic salts from the sea floor to the surface, making the plankton thrive, and providing extremely rich food for the fish.

And most of them are not far from land.

If you are a deep-sea sailor wanting to fish while traversing the deep sea, the best you can catch even with good luck is one or two bizarre-looking deep-sea fish that you might not have the courage to eat.

And the vicinity of Giant Horn Cape is part of Atlant Kingdom's colony, and this fishery is regarded by them as a generous gift from the "Frost Breath."

With the extraordinarily rich fishery resources here, their fishing boats return to the homeland fully loaded with salted and dried cod, thus gaining huge economic returns.

Each year, there are at least hundreds of fishing boats or even whaling ships operating in this sea area, similar to the significance of the fur industry to Tulip and Sak, the fishing industry is also the backbone industry of Atlant in the New Continent.

However, with two watchful neighbors nearby.

This fishery has become one of the continuing sources of conflict among the three powers.

But today.

Compared to fishing boats and whaling ships, two expedition ships, which are extremely rare in this sea area, have suddenly barged in.

Expedition ships, built for speed, are easy to identify.

The hull is relatively long and narrow, with a length-to-width ratio of almost 6:1, the ship is relatively low and equipped with wing sails, making it much faster on the sea than ordinary fishing and merchant ships.

"Lord Daos, according to the nautical chart, we're about to reach the legendary Potosi Island."

Behind the dolphin-shaped ship's figurehead, led by a tall middle-aged man, three "explorers" gathered to study the nautical chart.

Though both ships were flying the snowflake flag of the Atlant Kingdom's war axe, the language spoken on board was purely in Hilus.

Given their mention of "Potosi Island," it's clear they are the Hilus treasure hunters who set off from the Old Continent earlier than Aiven and his party!

In line with Hilus tradition.

Their warships generally have two highest-ranking commanders, one from the navy and one from the army.

However, many times, it's the army commander who holds the highest rank on the ship.

It's not that they are foolish enough to have an outsider command insiders.

But because the Hilus Invincible Fleet is best known for its tactic, or the unparalleled, unstoppable tactic of "boarding battle!"

It's said that if it comes to boarding at sea, no one can withstand the Hilus soldiers' blades.

Thus.

As the proposer of the battleship concept and the builder of the first battleship.

Even if they have lagged behind newcomers like Phaletis in ship construction, sail installation, and cannon casting due to a lack of industrial or even handicraft foundations in recent decades.

It doesn't matter to them at all.

Because having the world-renowned marines is entirely sufficient!

Moreover, the marines ensure the maximum acquisition of spoils, personnel, materials, ships, weapons, and the "greedy" Hilus People do not want to miss a single bit of loot.

Even at this moment, it is no exception on the so-called "expedition ship."

Essentially, a select elite from the army was combined with a group of experienced expedition crew to form this expedition team.

Led by Brigadier General Daos from the kingdom's army, who is also a genuine Tier 3 Great Knight!

Together with his kingdom's marines, they formed the strongest military contingent in this expedition fleet.

"Alright, be very cautious.

The mission we're undertaking this time is a state secret. If the information leaks, neither you nor I can afford the consequences, understand?"

"Rest assured, my lord, our Chief Navigator has sailed past Giant Horn Cape more than ten times, and we've already avoided the main shipping lanes and fishing boat activities along the route so that we won't be detected by others."

"It better be this way."

The three people at the bow, Great Knight Daos, Captain Victor, and Chief Navigator Locke, are the only ones in the entire team who knew this journey's destination and the real mission's content.

However, to keep the mission a secret, they have already paid a price.

While navigating the outskirts of the Summers Trench, home to the "Mother of Sea Monsters," they unfortunately encountered a cunning large sea monster.

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