Chapter 1845: Loser Langke
Compared to the notes about the underground world city recorded by the scholar who died in the Mum tribe, the second note that Leo read surprised him even more, because the person who recorded this note used the Sigma Kingdom language of the Viren world, and the first page of the note was the name and identity of the owner of the note, Count Morek Langko.
Count Morek Langko is very famous in the history of navigation in the Viren world, but his fame is not a good reputation, because the nickname corresponding to his fame is the eternal loser Langko.
For anyone who knows the history of navigation in the Viren world, as long as Count Morek Langko is mentioned, Count Drake of the Kingdom of Ing will inevitably be mentioned, because almost all of Morek Langko's experiences and deeds are related to the pirate Count Drake.
At that time, the Kingdom of Sigmar and the Kingdom of Ing were competing for the position of maritime hegemony, and the navies of both sides often clashed. Morek often served as the background board of the pirate Earl Drake, and became the record of Captain Drake in naval battles of all sizes, which made Morek have an extremely unpleasant reputation as a perpetual loser.
However, all those who are familiar with the history of navigation know that Earl Morek Langco is not a mediocre person. On the contrary, as long as he does not meet Captain Drake, then Earl Morek is definitely a model of the navy of the Viren World. Except for the defeat with Drake, all other enemy navies and privateers who fought with Earl Morek were defeated by Earl Morek's fleet without exception.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is because of Earl Morek's amazing record that even if the Kingdom of Sigmar failed in the naval battle with the Kingdom of Ing for the position of pirate hegemony, it can still be on an equal footing with the Kingdom of Ing for a long time, and the power and interests it should have are not reduced at all.
In addition, unlike Earl Drake, Earl Morek Runco was not only an excellent naval commander, but also a rigorous oceanographer. At that time, he completed the study of ocean currents in various ocean areas of Velen, including the Fallen Star Sea, and based on these research data, he drew an ocean current map of the Velen world, which played a very important role in the later navigation and development of the Velen world.
In addition, he was also a biologist and compiled the first biological encyclopedia in the Velen world, from the sea and the land, from plants to animals. Although some parts were wrong and the content itself was not complete, its value was still huge and was even included in the relevant encyclopedia by the medical school.
However, unlike Earl Drake who was able to enjoy his old age in the Kingdom of Ing, Earl Morek Runco disappeared during a routine cruise in the third year after he was canonized as an earl by the Kingdom of Sigmar.
At that time, Earl Morek led his fleet to patrol the route controlled by the Kingdom of Sigma for two months in accordance with regulations, protecting the Sigma merchant ships sailing on the route. The route he was responsible for was an old route. All the stops on the route were guarded by Sigma soldiers, and three naval polar regions were set up. It was the safest of all the sea routes of the Kingdom of Sigma. Almost no one would think that a ship from the Kingdom of Sigma would have an accident on this route.
However, unexpectedly, Earl Morek, the most outstanding naval general of the Kingdom of Sigma, had an accident on this route, and not only one ship had an accident, but all 24 ships of the entire fleet had an accident at the same time, and all the ships disappeared on this route.
Afterwards, the Kingdom of Sigma immediately sent people to investigate and at the same time attacked the Kingdom of Ing, because at that time, the only country in the entire Vilen world that had the ability to destroy a fleet of the Kingdom of Sigma was the Kingdom of Ing. Now that the fleet had an accident, the Kingdom of Sigma was the first to attack the fleet by the Kingdom of Ing, and it was also certain that the person who did this was definitely Earl Drake.
However, after investigation, it was found that when the fleet of Earl Morek was in trouble, Earl Drake was accompanying the British ambassador on a routine visit to the Frank Empire, and none of the fleets of the Kingdom of England were near that route, so the possibility of attacking Earl Morek was almost zero.
Therefore, some people speculated that Earl Morek's fleet might have encountered a super storm, so the entire fleet was destroyed by the storm, but the Kingdom of Sigma quickly calculated the approximate sea area where Earl Morek had the accident through the last supply location of the fleet. Although there were some storms in that sea area during the time when Earl Morek had the accident, those storms were not big, let alone blowing over a large ship like a warship, even an ordinary fishing boat would probably be difficult to blow over.
The Kingdom of Sigma later sent a large number of civilian and military ships to search, mainly to search for ship wrecks. After all, it was an entire fleet that had an accident. If it was attacked, there would definitely be a large number of ship wrecks floating on the sea. As long as the wreckage fragments were found, it would be possible to roughly infer what happened.
But the result was that there were no remains of any ships in that sea area, and the entire sea area was very clean, so clean that even the fish in the sea were scarce.
After a long period of fruitless investigation and spending a lot of money, the Kingdom of Sigmar had to stop the investigation, and the whereabouts of Count Morek became one of the many unsolved mysteries in the Viren world.
However, Leo now saw the notebook in his hand, which became the clue and evidence to uncover the mystery of Count Morek's disappearance.
This notebook undoubtedly belongs to Count Morek because the family emblem of Count Morek is printed on the leather of the notebook, and the inner page also writes Count Morek's personal motto "The wind never stops, the ship never stops".
This notebook is not Count Morek's sailing notebook, but his life notebook, so this notebook does not record how Count Morek came to this world, but in the notebook Count Morek will write some past events from time to time, just like an old man recalling the past, and in these fragmented memories, he mentioned two things, one is the gray fog, and the other is the huge monster in the gray fog.
There is only one sentence about the gray fog, that is, he feels that the days of drifting in the gray fog have tempered his will and enabled him to survive the subsequent hardships.
From the content of this sentence, it is not difficult to understand that Count Morek's life in this world is very bad, and it can even be described as suffering, and the only way he can deal with it is to rely on strong will, which means that when he encounters hardships, there may be no one around him, and he is left alone.
As for the huge monster in the gray fog, he recorded it in a little more detail. He seemed to recall the experience of his fleet being attacked by the huge monster in the fog, and deeply regretted being a deserter at that time. He swore later that if he could do it again, he would definitely stay and fight side by side with his companions and subordinates.
Undoubtedly, it is not difficult to see from this content that his fleet was probably destroyed by the huge monster in the gray fog, but he did not write down the form of the monster in his notes, but he should remember what the huge monster in the gray fog looked like, otherwise, when he recorded this text, his hands would not tremble so badly. It is obvious that his heart was still affected by the huge monster at that time, and he produced a fear that was enough to affect his physical condition.
In addition to these two contents involving gray fog, there is another content that is suspected to be related to the underground world. His content mainly describes an outsider. In his eyes, this outsider is very tall, half a body taller than an ordinary person, and his skin is pale, and it will emit a faint light at night.
This outsider came to participate in a sacrificial ceremony and left that night. From the attitude of the people around him, it is not difficult to see that this outsider is extremely respected, and some people even worship him as a god.
In the notes, Morek recorded the name of the indigenous tribe where he lived. From the pronunciation, it is not difficult to judge that it should be the Paho tribe. His identity in the tribe is a witch doctor. Because he is proficient in herbs and knows a lot of medical knowledge, it is also in line with his ability.
He did not record why he lived in the Paho tribe and was able to get a relatively low status in the Paho tribe.
However, from some details in the notes, it can be judged that he had lived in the Paho tribe for a long time at that time, and even formed a new family there and had offspring. This made Leo feel that perhaps the descendants of Earl Morek are still multiplying in a tribe of the Paho tribe.
Although this note from Earl Morek does not have much useful content, this note can also be used as a new evidence of the connection between the Viren world and the current world.
However, Leo also thought that perhaps Joe had more notes of Count Morek, including his navigation notes, and that navigation note might also record the process of Count Morek's disappearance from the Viren world and coming to this world.
Thinking of this, Leo had an impulse to go to Joe immediately and snatch all the information in Joe's hands for review.
In the end, Leo suppressed this impulse. He felt that there was no need to be too anxious. After more contact with Joe, the information in Joe's hands would naturally fall into his hands.
The night passed quickly, and the pioneer group was on the road again. Although the senior leaders of the pioneer group felt that they might not encounter attacks on the road again, the officers of the pioneer group still chose to be cautious. Not only did they let the soldiers remain alert when the pioneer group's convoy was driving, but they also let some ordinary people wear weapons. Even consultant scholars like Leo were assigned a scimitar.
In addition, in order to make the convoy more convenient to travel, except for a few people with special identities who were put on the carriage and transported to the pioneer group camp for burial, the bodies of those who died in the hands of the Blood Wolf Tribe yesterday were all placed in the jungle beside the road. Even the pits were not dug, which made the pioneers feel very sad. The overall morale fell to the bottom. If it was not clear that escaping into the jungle would definitely die, perhaps many people in the pioneer group would have escaped.
The subsequent road was safe and sound, and the pioneer group arrived at the pioneer group's frontier camp established in Matou Bay smoothly.
This camp has 3,000 soldiers stationed all year round. These soldiers are not used to develop colonies, but are formed as Matou Bay's reserve army, and the organizer is the governor of Matou Bay.
Although it was announced to the outside world that these soldiers were recruited for the development of the colony by the Kingdom of Rut, in fact, everyone who knew why was very clear. Although the Kingdom of Rut was extremely dissatisfied with this, it was unable to correct this mistake for various reasons, which made Matou Bay control this 3,000-man army that was not under the control of the Kingdom of Rut.
When the pioneer group arrived at the camp, a small accident occurred. The officer of the camp said that he had not received any order for the pioneer group to be stationed in the camp, while the pioneer group said that the Governor's Office had sent someone to deliver the order a few days in advance. The two sides immediately stalemate here. In the end, the pioneer group took out a pioneer order signed by the Governor's Office to prove that they were indeed a pioneer group formed by the Governor's Office. The camp allowed the pioneer group to enter the camp, but only set a stationing range for the pioneer group and required the pioneer group members not to walk around in the camp.
Although this camp rooted in the depths of the jungle is just a wooden camp, after several expansions and renovations, the defense strength of the entire camp is better than that of Matou Bay. There are three layers of protective walls from the periphery to the middle, each of which is five or six meters high, and there are a large number of defensive fortifications built on both ends of the protective wall. There are also many defensive weapons stored in various warehouses, which can be taken out and used at any time.
The place where the pioneer group was stationed was supposed to be an open space for the camp to guard the prisoners. This open space was marked out in the outer camp, surrounded by walls, with only one door for entry and exit. When the pioneer group was stationed here, guards were stationed on the surrounding walls, and it seemed that they were on guard against the pioneer group.
From the various actions of the high-level officials in the camp, it is not difficult to see that even if the pioneer group took out the governor's pioneer order, it still could not eliminate the suspicion of the high-level officials in the camp, because according to the normal process, before the pioneer group set off, Matou Bay needed to send someone to deliver a corresponding reception order, and the person responsible for delivering the letter was not just one person, but a small team of ten soldiers. Such a small team could at least allow some people to escape even if they encountered any danger in the jungle. But now the camp has not received the order, but Matou Bay has really sent the order, so there is only one possibility, that is, the ten soldiers who delivered the letter were all killed in the jungle.
In this regard, the camp leaders believed this statement for the time being, but they still remained vigilant and planned to send people back to Matou Bay tomorrow to understand the situation. Although this would waste a lot of time, compared to the camp being breached and all the soldiers in the camp being killed, wasting some time was not so important.
Just when the camp leaders made what they thought was the most wise decision, the officers and generals of the pioneer group were extremely annoyed by the arrangement of the camp leaders. After the camping order was issued, these people gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
Among these people, some of them didn't know whether they really had no brains or had ulterior motives. When they saw that everyone was angry at the rudeness of the camp leaders, they intentionally or unintentionally proposed to find an opportunity to sneak attack the camp and occupy the camp. It was a pity that people like them were a minority after all. The proposal to sneak attack and occupy the camp was rejected without even discussion, and under the guidance of the pioneer group leader, everyone's topic shifted one by one to the next step of the pioneer group.