Chapter 108: The Pursuers Arrive
Raphael followed behind Celula. Hearing the buzzing sound in her ears, she suddenly widened her eyes: "That’s a refrigerator. Oh my god, this ship has a refrigerator. From now on, we can use it to store food."
Toti walked behind the girls, rubbing his hands together and looking around excitedly: "Captain, you’ve brought us another great thing without saying a word. With this cold storage, whenever we pass by an island, we can go hunting, pick fruit, and store it all as food."
Kevin rolled his eyes at the group going on about storing food: "Have I been starving you these past few days? With all the good food we have, you’re still thinking about hunting wild game and picking fruit? Have a little ambition, will you?"
Kevin turned to look at Luna: "From now on, this place will be used to store Eldritch Entity organs. Any organs we don’t use in time can be kept here."
Hearing this, Luna nodded excitedly.
Even though Kevin’s current production capacity was enough to make hundreds of bottles of Holy Spring and [Tears of the Goddess] every day, the number of Eldritch Entities they killed each day was in the thousands.
Every time Luna faced thousands of Eldritch Entity organs, she would worry.
Keeping them around was too smelly and hard to store.
Throwing them away was wasteful, since they could be turned into potions by soaking them in Holy Spring.
Now, with this cold storage, Luna no longer had to worry about that problem.
When the other girls heard Kevin’s plan, they all nodded in agreement.
After all, they really weren’t short on food. Especially since the rest period began, each of them had received the reward of being able to draw random daily supplies every day.
To be honest, the girls had drawn quite a bit of junk food like chocolate, cake, and potato chips.
In return, Kevin had also received a lot of reward bonuses.
So while other Survivor teams might struggle to find food, Kevin’s team only had to worry about having too much food to eat.
Next, the companions followed Kevin as he showed them around the ship’s new equipment one by one.
Especially when they saw two rows of [Warship Rifled Cannon] suddenly appear on the deck, Toti’s eyes lit up: "Wow! These are the best naval guns of the Age of Sail. Back in the day, you could only get these custom-made from old craftsmen, and they were really expensive."
Kevin smiled, loaded an Artillery Shell in front of Toti, and pulled the line.
With a loud bang, the entire deck shook.
Then, a burst of water suddenly exploded on the distant sea.
Even though they were seven or eight kilometers away, they could still clearly see all kinds of Eldritch Entities being thrown out of the water by the explosion.
For example, three-legged seahorses, seals with human faces, and mermaids that had both female breasts and male genitals.
Seeing this, Toti twitched his mouth.
He turned around and counted the [Warship Rifled Cannon] on the deck: "One, two, three... Holy crap, that’s twelve of them! If we ever get into a naval battle, we’ll actually have a chance to fight back now, haha."
Kevin patted Toti on the shoulder and smiled: "That’s not all. With these weapons, we can clear out a safe area of sea before we stop sailing in the evening. That way, we can effectively avoid attacks from Eldritch Entities."
Hearing this, Raphael’s eyelids twitched: "Really? I thought those Eldritch Entities just appeared out of nowhere."
Kevin laughed: "How could that be? They stay in the water during the day. Only at night, when the steam rises from the terrifying sea, do they come up to the surface and attack nearby Survivors. If we clear out the Eldritch Entities beneath a certain area of sea ahead of time, then the chances of them coming up to attack us will drop a lot."
Hearing this, Amelia’s eyes widened: "Is this another one of your daily intelligence abilities?"
"Something like that," Kevin smiled, without explaining further.
"Then how big of an area do we need to clear out to avoid being attacked by Eldritch Entities?" Celula asked the question that was on her mind.
Kevin pursed his lips and smiled: "At the very least, we need to do a saturation bombardment of a ten-nautical-mile radius around the ship to be safe."
He paused, then changed the subject: "Of course, this method can’t guarantee one hundred percent that the Eldritch Entities won’t attack the ship. Some powerful Eldritch Entities live in areas more than a hundred meters below the sea surface. At that depth, cannons and missiles can’t reach them. Only by laying down enough torpedoes ahead of time can we avoid attacks from those terrifying Eldritch Entities."
Hearing this, Celula’s excited little face suddenly fell: "We need torpedoes too? Then it’s really too hard for us to get a good night’s sleep."
Monchhichi gently patted Celula’s hair and comforted her: "It’s already pretty good now. At least we can still eat good food and take naps during the day. And when we’re in danger, we have so many strong sisters and the Captain to protect us."
Hearing this, Celula felt much better.
She nodded and took the initiative to snuggle into Kevin’s arms, rubbing against him: "As long as KevinCaptain is here, I’m not afraid."
Kevin chuckled but didn’t reveal anything to the girls about the next generation of tech equipment he was developing.
All along, Kevin’s Talent ability had been his biggest secret.
The girls could guess, but he wouldn’t explain or say it out loud.
In his past life, he had told all his secrets to Bella, only to have his weaknesses used against him, leading to cruel harm.
In this life, Kevin would keep his secrets tightly guarded. Mystery was also a form of self-protection.
In another part of the sea, more than thirty large ships were sailing side by side.
On the leading ship, the Sunny, Franky and Nami stood together at the bow, their faces grim.
"Dammit! Why can’t we catch up to those guys? Are the coordinates Miss Stephanie gave us really correct?" Franky asked repeatedly.
Nami silently calculated the coordinates Stephanie had given her and said in a low voice: "I’ve been checking the coordinates Miss Stephanie has been sending us over the past few days. Their ship was already faster than ours to begin with, and as of yesterday, it seems like their speed increased by another thirty percent."
Hearing this, Franky stomped his foot hard, cracking the deck at the bow. "Damn it! We still have to drop anchor at night to deal with those damn Eldritch Entity attacks. They’re still in their rest period, so they can sail at night. How are we supposed to catch up to them?"
Nami gently tried to calm him down. "Relax. Miss Stephanie is just being kept there against her will. She hasn’t been hurt."
Franky snorted. "That’s not good enough. Miss Stephanie is my princess. I’m going to be her first knight."
Nami rolled her eyes and kicked Franky off the bow. "You just want to be the first to sleep with her, don’t you? Don’t think I don’t know what you’re really after. With a dick as soft as an earthworm, you’d better watch out for going limp."
Hearing this, Franky roared in anger. "I’m being gentle!"
Nami let out a sarcastic laugh and ignored Franky’s rage.
She turned her gaze to the sky, watching the gradually darkening light, and said in a serious tone: "We need to get ready to drop anchor. Sailing at night is too dangerous. Notify the ships behind us to spread out when they anchor, so we don’t attract too many Eldritch Entity attacks."
The other captains soon received Nami’s message.
They had been chasing after Kevin and his crew for five days straight, but so far, they hadn’t even caught a glimpse of Kevin’s ship.
Some captains were starting to lose patience, complaining constantly among themselves.
"Fuck this. We shouldn’t have let those two idiots, Franky and Nami, be the leaders. Kevin’s crew doesn’t have to worry about Eldritch Entity attacks, so they can sail twenty-four hours a day. With us stopping and starting like this, when the hell are we ever going to catch up to them?"
"Ugh, just thinking about Miss Stephanie being tortured by that bastard Kevin for a few more days makes my crotch itch."
"An itchy crotch might be an STD. You’d better cut your dick off."
"Get the hell out of here! Even if I do cut it off, I’m going to shove it up your ass first."
While the captains were busy shooting the shit and messing around, a luxury yacht suddenly sailed into their waters.
Bella and Joseph stood inside the cockpit, staring at the large fleet of ships in the distance. Both of them frowned.
"Why are there so many Survivors here? It seems like they also know the coordinates of Kevin’s fleet," Bella said, holding the coin that Keston had given her, her brow furrowed.
"Maybe that girl Stephanie secretly leaked their location to other fleets," Joseph said, spreading his hands with a helpless look on his face.
Just then, Justin walked into the cockpit, looking very excited. "There are so many ships here. Tonight, there’s bound to be a huge number of Eldritch Entities attacking. Let’s drop anchor here! I’ll use the blood of those Eldritch Entities to power myself up big time."
As he spoke, Justin turned his head to look toward the back of the ship.
The Black Knight, Aaron, was still sitting in his small boat with his eyes closed, looking completely detached from everything.
Justin gritted his teeth as he stared at him. "Once I get stronger, I’ll make him pay."
Joseph looked at his brother’s stubborn expression and let out a sigh.
He wanted to persuade Justin to give up on revenge. After all, the Black Knight Aaron had arrived in this terrifying sea at least a year earlier than them. Even if Justin went through three more rounds of power-ups, it would be hard for him to catch up to Aaron’s stats
But seeing how eager Justin was, Joseph swallowed the words he was about to say.
"Don’t make a move unless you’re sure you can win," Joseph warned.
Justin was about to argue, but after seeing the cold look in Joseph’s eyes, he immediately backed down. "Okay, big brother. I promise. I won’t turn against that bastard until I’m one hundred percent sure I can beat him."
Joseph nodded and gave him a look of approval.
But before he could say anything else, the Black Knight Aaron suddenly pushed open the cockpit door.
"Who wants to turn against me?" Aaron asked, looking at the people inside the cockpit with a mocking smile.