After teleporting back to the Captain's Hotel, Feng Chou looked a little nervous. After releasing Count Patrick from the tower, he had completely lost control of him. Although Qiankun Pagoda had repeatedly assured him that the other party would not notice anything amiss, he did not dare to fully believe it.
Feng Chou had arranged for many bionic petrels to monitor the Patrick. If the Patrick discovered something amiss and chased after them, he would definitely take control of the Patrick immediately. There was a huge amount of wealth on this ship that he could not ignore.
By monitoring the ship, Feng Chou would be alerted in advance.
After ordering Qiankun Pagoda to keep a close eye on the Patrick, Feng Chou tossed and turned in bed for a long time before he gradually fell asleep.
After resting for two days at East Stronghold Port, the fleet set off again on the morning of the third day.
During these two days, Feng Chou did not set foot on the Patrick at all. He hid in the city and secretly watched every minute change on the Patrick. As long as there was even the slightest movement on the Patrick, he would escape.
It was only when the fleet was about to leave the port that Feng Chou hurriedly boarded the ship.
He stood at the bow of the ship and watched the port gradually disappear into the distance. He gradually relaxed.
The Advanced Teleportation Spell required him to know the exact location of the other party before he could teleport. The ship was constantly moving at sea, so it was very difficult to lock onto it. Therefore, as long as the ship was out of the sea, he would be safe for the time being.
After leaving East Stronghold Port, the fleet headed south along the coast of the isthmus. After sailing for more than 7,000 kilometers, they circled around the southernmost point of the Northern Continent, Good Luck Cape.
The capital of the Kingdom of Meredith, Holy City of Meredith, was less than 100 kilometers north of Good Luck Cape. This huge city was built on an isthmus that was less than 40 kilometers wide. The city was divided into two districts, the east and west. Both sides of the isthmus were excellent harbors.
Based on the location of this city, it was not difficult to tell that the Sea God's next goal should be to open up a sea route to the Southern Continent.
Although there were currently merchant ships heading to the Southern Continent, they were all desperadoes who were risking their lives. On the nearly 100,000 miles of sea route from the Northern Continent to the Southern Continent, there were almost no supplies other than a few deserted islands where fresh water could be found. It was unlike the east-west coastline route that the God of Ocean operated, where there were safe and stable supply points and safe havens along the way.
The fleet would stay in the Holy City of Meredith for a day to replenish their water supply.
On this day, Feng Chou used the same trick again. He hid in the depths of the Holy City and used bionic seabirds to monitor the ships.
The day passed peacefully once again. After leaving the Holy City, Feng Chou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
If Patrick had realized that something was amiss, it would undoubtedly be during the time they had just left the tower. If the reason why he did not make trouble for them during the two days they were at East Wall Harbor was because he was pressed for time, then the one-week journey from East Wall Harbor to Holy City of Meredith was more than enough time for him to make preparations and teleport to Meredith to intercept Patrick.
When Feng Chou safely passed through the Holy City of Meredith, the possibility of the other party discovering that something was wrong became very small.
However, Feng Chou still did not dare to be careless.
After leaving Holy City of Meredith and going around Cape Good Luck, the fleet turned around and headed north along the west coast of the Kingdom of Meredith. After a week of sailing, they arrived at West Wall Harbor.
From West Wall Harbor to the north, the fleet would pass through a small part of the Green Lizardmen's territory and enter the territory of the Black Lizardmen Kingdom.
The Black Lizardmen were separated from humans by the Green Lizardmen, so they did not have any hostile relationship with humans. However, these creatures were barbaric, cold-blooded, cruel, and natural predators. Therefore, human ships were not safer in their territory than in the Green Lizardmen's territory.
In order to avoid the Lizardmen, the fleet once again left the coastline and passed through the deep sea.
The fleet would not be able to get any supplies for this more than 20,000 kilometers of sea route.
As far as possible, the fleet would stop at West Wall Harbor for three days.
After the fleet arrived at West Wall Harbor, Feng Chou quickly left the ship and hid in the depths of West Wall Harbor. He remotely controlled Locke's vampire spawn and arranged for the purchase of supplies.
When the fleet left West Wall Harbor, Feng Chou was completely relieved.
After leaving West Wall Harbor, the fleet first headed west. After entering the deep sea a thousand kilometers away from the coastline, they turned north again.
During the boring voyage for nearly a month, the fleet did not encounter any other trouble apart from a storm. A normal storm was not much of a threat to a large magic-powered ship like the Patrick.
Feng Chou was not surprised that the fleet did not encounter any trouble along the way. According to Locke's memory, it was normal for a large fleet like this to have a safe journey. Otherwise, why would the mercenary sea merchants be willing to give up a third of their profits?
Other than the Lizardman Kingdom's navy, the pirates on the surface of the sea and the intelligent creatures in the sea all avoided such a large fleet of over a hundred ships that was escorted by a navy.
As for the sea monsters, most of them were not interested in the wooden hull of the ship. The human flesh in the hull was not even worth mentioning. Therefore, unless they were angered by the ship, the sea monsters rarely attacked the ship. Moreover, the flagship of the escort fleet had the holy residence of the God of the Ocean. Unless they were hostile, the sea monsters would avoid them like the plague.
After nearly a month of sailing, the fleet safely arrived at the most important port of supply and shelter on the western coast of the sea, Malades Port.
Maledez Port is located at the bottom of a natural fjord on the west coast of Maledez Island. The fjord opens to the ocean to the west, mountains to the south, and a forested plateau to the north. Towards the interior of the island, there is a plain to the east. It is a natural haven.
Maledice Island was a large island with an area of tens of thousands of square kilometers. All of its territory belonged to Marquis Maledice.
Marquis Maledice was an overseas enclave of the Meredith Kingdom. It was the most important territory developed by the Church of the Sea when they opened up the west coast route.
The first Marquis Maledice was a famous naval hero who emerged when the Church of Meredith opened up the west coast route. He was also a legendary Killer Whale Knight.
Killer Whale Knight was an advanced legendary profession of the Church of the Sea. His prerequisite profession was Shark Knight.
Killer Whale Knights not only had the combat power of an ordinary legendary warrior, but also mastered many water and sea spells. They were even more adaptable and flexible in the sea than the murlocs.
In order to consolidate this territory, the Meredith Kingdom not only enfeoffed powerful warriors here, but also built many castles here, formed a powerful fleet, and built a Mage Academy here.
Maledice Island was also known as the Island of the Seven Towers because there were a total of seven wizard towers on the island. One of the Legendary-level wizard towers was located in Maledice Port, while the other six Master-level wizard towers were located in key locations on the island.
With the financial resources of a Marquis, of course, it was impossible to support a Mage Academy and seven Mage Towers. These were all supported by the Meredith Kingdom.
All of this had only one purpose, to make this territory like a nail nailed to the sea tens of thousands of kilometers away from the human kingdoms.