Chapter 90 - 87: The Cottage Industry's Mysterious Stealth Navigation Technique

Chapter 90: Chapter 87: The Cottage Industry’s Mysterious Stealth Navigation Technique

——Phantom March: Your army was difficult to be discovered by the enemy when marching in the wild. Learning requirements: God-level Reconnaissance Technique.

Da Fei was pleasantly surprised, “Could Phantom March be one of the skills combined to form Mysterious Stealth Navigation?”

Catherine nodded, “Exactly! Pirate King Red Beard’s special skill not only terrifies the Kingdom’s merchant fleets but also makes all the other pirate forces envious. It’s said that the global naval forces are trying to figure out his skills, including my father. We’ve focused our attention on Pirate King’s right-hand people: the Grand Mage O’Neill, First Officer Quig, and that special warship Sea Tyrant that Red Beard washes with shark blood every day. The fact that Pirate King owns a God-level Reconnaissance Skill is known to all pirates. Hence, we’ve concluded that Mysterious Stealth Navigation is a skill that requires at least the three of them, along with that special Sea Dominator warship!”

Da Fei clapped his hands and laughed, “As I thought!” Oh, my dear, you knew it all along! Truly, there’s more than meets the eye!

Catherine coquettishly winked, “It’s precisely because of the captain’s answer that I look at you in a different light!”

Da Fei raised his eyebrows with joy, turns out my casual display of knowledge was the key to winning over this beauty! Wahahaha! Indeed, one must constantly show off even in trivial matters. A steady accumulation of goodwill eventually leads to a transformation. Alas, back in the day, I accumulated ill will bit by bit and was finally fired by my boss. Meh! I’m thriving, so why harp on the past? I’m more successful than my boss now!

Catherine sighed, “However, even if the conclusion was guessed, reality is quite hopeless. According to my father and Uncle Barak’s multiple tests, this skill probably requires all three of them to master God-level skills to execute, meaning Pirate King’s God-level Reconnaissance, O’Neill’s God-level Arcane, Quig’s God-level Navigation, plus the pirate profession’s ship control bonus. But because Father hired the Grand Mage multiple times to test, Pirate King found out and mocked him—”

At this, Catherine’s face darkened, “All pirates know that when Pirate King laughs, someone dies, even mockery is a form of laughing, that’s a warning to my father! Since then, no other pirate forces dared to publicly test Pirate King’s skills. Besides, people with God-level skills are rare in any kingdom, how could they all gather among pirates?”

——System Prompt: You’ve further obtained information on the skill “Mysterious Stealth Navigation.”

Now Da Fei understood. No wonder when I asked about it back in the tavern, the pirates all had elusive expressions. But—

Da Fei was puzzled, “The problem is, we don’t have a God-level Arcanist or God-level Navigation Skill, do we?”

Catherine laughed, “But we have the World Tree’s barrier! This barrier would definitely severely interfere with the enemy’s perception near the coast. We can ask that Arcanist Mrs. Anwen to come and cast Mist Spell, then I can use Master Level Navigation and Master-level Pirate ship control to stealthily sail over, the enemy is unlikely to notice, then we launch a surprise attack!”

Da Fei exclaimed, “This can work?”

Catherine smiled, “Back when Father and Uncle Barak were testing it, I saw various funny things. Even if we can’t reach the legendary invisible and formless effect, some confusion would still ensue, better than directly charging in to be first attacked by the enemy’s magic tower. Moreover, the captain has already achieved a God-level skill, the effect will be much better!”

Oh yeah! A knockoff God-level skill! I love it!

Da Fei was overjoyed, “Great! Let’s do it, let’s go invite Mrs. Anwen right away!”

Ah, wait! The mayor said Anwen would no longer contribute to the Pool of Purifying Light operation! Isn’t she an NPC from another quest? This doesn’t seem right. The quest difficulty is clearly upgraded, no longer just purification! Well, let’s try, if we can invite her, great. If not, we’ll just have to go in with guns blazing.

Da Fei and the other two headed to Anwen’s resting room.

Da Fei straightened his captain’s uniform, cleared his throat, knocked on the door, and called out, “Lady Anwen!”

No response. Da Fei waited for a while, then continued to knock and raised his voice, “Lady Anwen, we have a major operation, we’d like to request you to cast a Mist Spell.”

Still no response.

Selvia quietly said, “Captain, Lady Anwen is extremely exhausted. She was using spells to forcefully sustain herself before the expedition. She might be in a state of complete meditation now, unable to hear anything outside.”

Da Fei was dumbstruck. Clearly, the difficulty increased yet no additional help, is this how it’s supposed to be? Definitely an NPC from another quest! Ah, my dear Mr. Ma is truly helpful, managing another epic quest across different tasks. So, it’s all up to the Phantom Crossbow Cannon!

Da Fei sighed, “Looks like we shouldn’t disturb her, we’ll have to attack forcefully and find the best attack point on the map.”

The three returned to the Banshee Camp dejectedly.

Upon learning of the situation, Deirdre chuckled, “Master, I have another tactic!”

Oh? Another idea? Da Fei was delighted, “Baby, tell me quickly!”

Deirdre nodded, “I’ve long heard the Phantom March under God-level Reconnaissance Technique is incredibly elusive, letting the hero’s troops be in a similar stealth state. My two Banshees have already learned stealth, if they activate it and are led by your Phantom March, the concealment effect would be beyond imagination! So, my tactic is, you lead them to sneak into the Magic Tower and destroy its core from inside! Once the Magic Tower is disrupted causing chaos among the enemy, our cannons can take the opportunity to support!”

Da Fei was shocked, “Do you know how to sabotage the Magic Tower internally?”

Deirdre laughed heartily, “The Magic Tower’s interior is quite sophisticated, the more intricate, the more it fears disturbance. As long as those little ones slip in unnoticed, messing around a bit will suffice. Moreover, with the enemy building so many new magic towers, how could there be enough mages stationed? Most are temporary workers doing simple operations, easier for us to handle!”

Da Fei was tearfully nodding! How are you so amazing! How do you know so much! Why aren’t you a hero! Does the ultimate stage of BOSS evolution turn into a hero? But—

Da Fei asked again, “What if the operation fails?”

Deirdre chuckled, “If it fails, we’ll go with the master’s original plan of a frontal attack.”

No way, my point is if the operation fails, won’t those little darlings be doomed?

At this moment, Catherine was surprised, “Stealth-capable Banshees? The captain’s new troop? Mind if I have a look?”

Deirdre clapped her hands, “Come out and greet the lords!”

Two little Banshees came bouncing out of the hall!

Catherine exclaimed, “Wow! How cute!”

Selvia exclaimed, “Why aren’t they wearing clothes?”

What’s cute? If they wear clothes, how could they be invisible or let uncles inspect?

Catherine clapped her hands laughing, “Interesting! How about I train them too?”

Da Fei was taken aback, “Train them in what?”

Catherine smiled, “Of course, train them as pirates! These children are natural talents for sneaky acts!”

Deirdre awkwardly laughed, “Banshees are weak Demons, unsuitable for combat, truly can only do such things.”

Da Fei’s eyes widened! Exactly, Catherine is also an instructor, aren’t pirate’s professional skills part of training sub-skills for pirate soldiers?

Pirate Training: Pirates can train naval units as pirate warriors.

——Pirate Warrior: Attack 10, Defense 2, Damage 6-10, Life 35, Attack Speed 14, Move Speed 12, Command Value 2, Training Cost 250 Gold Coins, special skill: Sailing Skill, Flying Axe, Agile Evasion, War Plunder.

So if that’s the case, pirates are considered special soldiers? But, this is on a ship, not a pirate’s territory, can this work?

(Asking for all sorts of votes)