Translator: ryangohsff Editor: Nora
Chapter 856 – One Sword Through the Heavens
The seasonal wind on the Atlantic Ocean blew with strength and tempo.
Around 400 meters away from the west shoreline of Morocco, there was a small group of islands. However, many merchant ships had been passed through these few desolate islands as of late.
A week ago, the Great Xia Dynasty used the excuse of attacking pirates to lock down this entire region to prevent any spies.
Under the cover of the 4th division, the four legions were transported on merchant ships one by one onto the islands.
Without an exception, all these large-sized merchant ships came from the Song Chamber of Commerce, Bai Trading Corporation, and Cui Chamber of Commerce. Hence, they were absolutely reliable and no news would be leaked.
Even so, they faced many problems during that time.
First, the soldiers could not stand the ocean sickness, and all of them started vomiting before they even got to shore. With much difficulty, they set up tents in the desolate islands. However, as they were not used to the weather, they fell sick once more.
Along with there being so many mosquitoes and bugs around, the soldiers were in a terrible state.
After the successive hits, the overall combat strength of the army was less than 30%.
Luckily, the Great Xia voyage trading merchant ships followed the navy arrangement and had 10 doctors, along with the following physicians of the legions and those of the Mediterranean Squadron. With a batch of medicine from Shanhai City, they controlled the spread.
Recently, the army had been resting up on the islands and getting used to the weather. At the same time, they were familiarizing themselves with the Rabat arrangement. The soldiers who had ocean sickness even received special training to get used to it.
During their free time, the army went through attack drills.
Among the ocean breeze, the soldiers went through a routine lifestyle, and time quickly flowed by.
5th month, 18th day, morning, 100 large-sized merchant ships came to the desolate island once more. Before coming, they first made a trip to the resource storage base to load up on the items.
After the merchant ships docked, the forces were given orders to follow the arrangements. Soldiers and their horses boarded orderly, quietly disappearing from the islands as they headed towards the Moroccan shore.
The Mediterranean Squadron 4th division would protect them in the nearby ocean region.
That night, the merchant squad arrived near the Moroccan ocean. As they were all Great Xia merchant ships, it did not raise the suspicion of the players.
The sun set in the west; the orange red sun slowly dropped under the horizon.
At this time, one could not see any ships on the ocean. In the sky, the moon shone alone, and the cold moonlight and cold ocean water intersected and merged together.
As the ocean wind blew across, the ocean surface shimmered like an endless mirror, reflecting a new world.
When the soldiers who were coming out to sea for the first time saw that, they were in awe.
Under the leadership of the Marine Corps, the merchant ships used the moonlight to quickly travel across the ocean surface.
At 9 PM, the squadron docked 50 miles south of Rabat. Before this, the Black Snake Guards had already placed a lockdown that spanned a radius of 10 miles around her.
No one was allowed to enter this land.
On a cliff beside the shore, a tent was set up. Black Snake brought a group of elite spies and personally sat there. They were in charge of the shore defense.
On the outskirts, there were a large number of spies who were monitoring the activity around.
It was currently midsummer, and the bugs and mosquitoes were especially rampant in Africa. Many mosquitoes flew around in the air like a black cloud, a terrifying sight.
Some spies were squatting in the bushes, only revealing a pair of pitch black eyes. There was a mosquito cloud above their heads. Even though the spies had really high mental strength, their faces were still ashen white.
Including Black Snake, although the weather was hot, they were still dressed in tight fitting clothes. Even though it was hot, it was better than being sucked dry by the mosquitoes.
Occasionally, there was an ocean wind that brought them a cooling sensation.
“Sir, the ships are here!”
Black Snake nodded. He raised his head and looked out at the ocean surface, only to see lights light up on it. Weirdly, the lights were not kept on but shone every five seconds.
“It’s them.” Black Snake looked really excited, turning round to instruct, “Light it!”
“Yes sir!”
After a short while, a similar light was lit up on the shore. However, this light only shone every three seconds.
After getting the message that everything was safe, the squadron docked, putting down deck board after deck board. The soldiers all stepped onto the boards and disembarked.
The entire process was soundless apart from the noise of the ocean waves hitting the rocks.
Close to morning, the four War Fighting Legions had made it to shore. During the entire process, the sailors of the merchant ships had brought down all the combat resources.
Luckily, the battle tomorrow would not be a battle of attrition. If not, they would not be able to maintain their logistical supplies. Even if the merchant ships shipped more supplies, they had no way to transport them to the frontlines.
The difficulty of a cross ocean battle was as such.
After unloading, the merchants did not stay for long and left for the desolate islands to bring more soldiers or the second batch of battle resources.
The soldiers all took the spare time to tidy themselves and get some sleep. In the morning, they would rush out to ensure that they reached Rabat before the Moroccans could react.
Obviously, it was going to be a tough journey.
However, compared to their own lives, the mosquitoes were not much.
The night sky became darker and darker.
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Just as the legions docked onto the Moroccan shore, the Mediterranean Squadron started to act.
Ouyang Shuo brought Jia Xu and the three thousand Divine Martial Guards to follow the 1st and 2nd divisions of the squadron to head straight for Rabat.
With the help of Kalia, most of the Mediterranean Lords were gathered in Atlantis. Hence, no one interfered with the activity of the Mediterranean Squadron.
The Mediterranean Squadron flagship -The Shiner.
Ouyang Shuo stood on the top deck, looking into the distance. The breeze blew onto his new Purple Dragon Pattern Cape.
On the black and vast ocean, the shine of the moon and stars often gave one endless amounts of hopes and dreams. Under such a vast and huge heaven and earth, Ouyang Shuo could not help but feel lonely and suppressed, “Compared to the size of the heavens, we are just too small.”
However, a small person could still have a big heart and make unbelievable achievements.
Under the sky, the weak would fall, and only the strong could control their fate. Like this attack on Morocco, Rabat was going to turn to ash, and those innocent civilians could not control their own fates.
Maybe, at this moment, they were having sweet dreams, dreaming of riches, dreaming of getting a pretty wife…
What they did not know was that a catastrophe was heading their way.
They could only shiver under the crisis and pray that for survival.
Although Ouyang Shuo pitied these people, he would not be soft on them. The road to ruling was an endless fight against fate; you either lived or died.
If Ouyang Shuo was merciful, he might be the one who died tomorrow.
Conquest was like that.
This path did not allow one to be merciful.
“Anyone who stands in my path will die. Naturally, there’s no reason to pity anyone.”
If this was before, Ouyang Shuo would have been worried about Jia Xu’s plan. But now, he was able to look at this all coldly.
Ouyang Shuo was feeling no worry only because the path he sought had not been reached yet.
Ouyang Shuo was asking himself, could he control his destiny? Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked up; his eyes looked like they were going to pass through the sky and look at the city in the skies.
The city in the skies was like the highest ruler of mankind, looking down with cold and rational eyes onto the changes in the world.
The heavens were unpredictable, and the path there was hard to seek.
Naturally, Ouyang Shuo would not be arrogant. He only held the dagger to change his destiny, but he was far from being able to slice through the heavens with a sword and do whatever he wished.
That current sword was far from being sharp enough.
If he were not careful, the blade would break, and he would be hurt instead.
To become a top treasure sword, he needed training, training, and more training.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was deep in thought, Tsing Yi’s voice spread out from behind him, “King, the night is late, please rest.”
As the Secret Document Pavilion Advisor, Tsing Yi would follow Ouyang Shuo wherever he went. Seeing that he was alone and staying still on the deck for an hour, Tsing Yi finally dared to call him.
Even Xu Chu could only stand afar.
Ouyang Shuo smiled, turning around to look at Tsing Yi, “I’ll go back soon; you should sleep early too.” The moment Ouyang Shuo turned around, it seemed like the entire sky had turned darker.
It was late and dawn would appear once again.