In the Name of the Queen

After walking out of the cabin and looking at the amazing changes outside the cabin, Roland's eyes suddenly froze.

The sea monster he expected did not appear. What appeared on the sea were several large and stunning tentacles.

octopus?

Roland squinted his eyes and his brain was working rapidly, searching for relevant information.

Soon, a string of information appeared in his mind.

If nothing else happens, this should be a super sea monster called the Devil Octopus. It is not affiliated with any marine force and lives alone, eating whomever it catches.

To put it simply, encountering this kind of thing should be either a conspiracy or just pure bad luck.

Roland thought of Alina's deduction before departure.

It's really accurate, he thought silently.

Before the fleet set off, Roland asked Alina to deduce Lisa's fortune in order to reassure the worried Alina.

Under the angel card, Alina saw Lisa being plagued by bad luck, and then there was a red mist, making it impossible to see clearly.

Although the prophecy was unfavorable, Lisa firmly did not believe it and still asked to go with her.

Now that Lisa is with him, bad luck is certainly contagious.

Facing the demon octopus, Roland did not rush to take action, but gave the command to Bridges.

Let the professionals do the naval battle.

Demonic octopuses have appeared many times in history, and there are mature ways to deal with them.

Although the giant octopus looks scary, it actually doesn't cause much damage.

The damage the tentacles can do to a hull made of solid oak is not fatal.

As long as you are not unlucky enough to be caught by the tentacles on the spot, the chance of being killed by the octopus is not high.

Bridges very calmly directed the crew to prepare according to the anti-octopus combat regulations.

Several second-level battleships around the Sovereign quickly dispersed, looking for a suitable location.

Artillery is temporarily unusable during heavy rain, but fortunately there is no need for artillery to deal with octopuses.

The huge ballista equipped on the bow is the trump card.

Several crew members quickly applied paralysis medicine to the arrowhead of the huge crossbow and prepared to launch.

At this tense moment, one of the tentacles of the demon octopus appeared very discreetly on the port side of the Sovereign.

"careful!"

The sharp-eyed sailors on the deck saw the tentacles and roared.

Unfortunately, the roar quickly dissipated in the storm, and an unlucky sailor was picked up by the tentacles and thrown into the sky.

The unlucky sailor was thrown at least dozens of meters high.

He looked at the gloomy sky and screamed in despair.

Although he is not dead yet, his life is about to end.

Without even looking at the hapless sailor, Bridges immediately gave the order to launch.

Accompanied by a crisp explosion, the Sovereign's bow ballistae fired a giant crossbow arrow more than three meters long at the arrogant octopus.

The crossbow arrow, as sharp as a spear, hit the octopus accurately.

At the moment when the crossbow was fired, another spear flew out from the top deck.

"call out!"

The sharp sound of the metal gun tip cutting through the air is like a magical sound that enchants the soul.

The high-speed rotating spear pierced the unlucky sailor who flew to the highest point like lightning.

Only a few people noticed this scene.

That includes Bridges.

The octopus was hit by a crossbow arrow, and its fate was already determined. Bridges naturally wanted to see the sailor who was about to land heroically.

However, he saw the spear flying out from the top deck.

The spear accurately penetrated the sailor's coat and took the sailor flying towards the mast.

"Boom!"

With a muffled sound, the sailor nailed his spear to the mast.

The hapless sailor who screamed in despair soon found himself surrounded by luck.

It was not Lady Luck who saved him, but Governor Roland.

The arrogant octopus was hit by a crossbow arrow, and the anesthetic took effect quickly.

The octopus has a high IQ and quickly judged that the ship was not easy to mess with.

It shook off one of its tentacles and scurried away.

Huge tentacles squirmed on the deck of the ship, as if they were still alive.

Bridges breathed a sigh of relief and shouted to the messenger: "Inform the fleet to stay on alert and leave this sea area at full speed!"

"Go with a few more people and put that lucky boy down."

After the arrangement was completed, he quickly climbed to the top deck and reported the battle situation to Roland.

"I've seen it all."

Roland smiled and raised his right hand, indicating that Bridges didn't need to say anything.

Pointing to the tentacles still wriggling on the deck of the ship, Roland asked with a smile: "General Bridges, how does this thing taste?"

Bridges was stunned for a moment, spread his hands, and said half-jokingly: "Octopus is a delicacy gifted by the ocean, but the meat of the devil octopus is too tough, I'm afraid."

"I have a solution!"

Lisa interrupted Bridges, her eyes full of anticipation.

"Roland, I have a way to cook devil octopus. Do you want to try it?"

"If it's octopus, can it be grilled on the teppanyaki?" Since Lisa was interested in cooking, Roland would naturally not be disappointed.

"certainly!"

Lisa excitedly jumped off the top deck, her toes on the railing, and stepped on the middle deck to jump off again.

The distance of more than ten meters is not a problem for her at all.

She shuttled through it like a flexible bird and quickly came to the tentacles.

Taking out the magic dagger given by Anthony, Lisa stabbed it hard and quickly cut off the most tender part.

What kind of devil octopus? This is clearly a food ingredient, a very rare ingredient.

The magic dagger in Lisa's hand is the Song of Lava, a well-known weapon used by a famous archon during the Magic Empire. Although it is not an artifact, it does have a few artifact properties.

Magic weapons of this level are also called holy weapons, and usually only high-level magicians and wizards are qualified to use them.

Anthony asked Lisa to use the holy weapon, which was somewhat against the ancestral law.

Fortunately, he was already the strongest magician in the Magic Association. He had no one above him, so he could secretly cheat for personal gain.

If Anthony saw Lisa using the fire attribute holy weapon as a fish knife, I wonder if he would be so angry that his beard would tremble.

This behavior, which was considered treasonous by orthodox magicians, was justified in Lisa's eyes.

Roland said that tools are meant to be used.

She thought Roland was right.

The material of the Song of Lava is excellent. Even if the magic contained in it is not activated, its sharpness is better than the masterpieces of most top craftsmen of this era.

Such a sharp knife would be wasted if it was not used to cut fish fillets.

Lisa looked at the tentacles of the demon octopus with a picky eye, and only selected a few sections with the most delicious meat and the thinnest skin to cut.

Her knife skills were precise, and she quickly completed the selection of ingredients.

Bridges, who was standing next to Roland on the top deck, didn't have time to shout "be careful" to Lisa before he saw her floating down like a ball of fire.

He stared in amazement as Lisa took out a seemingly ordinary dagger and cut off the extremely tough tentacles with a few strokes.

He knew how tough the tentacles of this demon octopus were, and only the sharpest spears with full power could barely pierce them.

What kind of strength is it to be able to slice it so easily with just a dagger?

Bridges was silent.

He knew that there was a big gap between people, but it was still a little hard for him to accept that Roland's chef was so strong.

He smiled self-deprecatingly and found a reason to leave the upper deck.

Looking back with his peripheral vision, Bridges saw that Roland was not surprised at all. He sighed and cheered up to go to the command room.

Although he had no chance in this life, it was a good thing to be able to create merits with the Governor-General and Her Majesty the Queen.

Less than a year after following the Queen and the Governor to sea, he became a baron.

Although this title was transitional and he would never really go to the Queen's territory, the honor of becoming a vassal of the Queen's private territory still made him excited.

Following the Queen and the Governor, there are plenty of opportunities to make meritorious contributions, and he wants to make progress.

He wants to be the Minister of the Navy, he wants to be a count!

Everyone has something they want to do.

So does Lisa.

She brought the most delicious tentacle slices into the kitchen, wanting to use this special ingredient to show her extraordinary cooking skills.

Roland wanted to see her cooking process, but was firmly rejected by Lisa.

"This is not ordinary cooking, but a cooking challenge. I don't want to be distracted."

Her reasons were very sufficient, and Roland could not refuse.

But this was only a superficial reason. The real reason was that she was not absolutely sure, so she cut several slices of fresh tentacle slices.

So many slices were all ingredients for her trial and error.

She could try and fail, but she didn't want Roland to see that the cooking was unsuccessful.

After watching Roland leave, Lisa inserted the bolt and hummed a light tune to start cooking.

Squinting her eyes and staring at the tentacles, Lisa cut with lightning speed and quickly cut one of the slices into thin slices.

Flames surged on her fingertips, and the iron plate soon became red and the temperature was getting higher and higher.

Without wiping off the sweat, Lisa evenly applied the oil and laid out the slices.

"Sizzle!"

The carefully prepared seasonings were sprinkled continuously, and the octopus slices exuded an attractive aroma.

Lisa stretched out her delicate fingers like water onions, picked up a slice of meat, and put it into her mouth to taste it.

It tasted good, but it was still far from perfect.

She didn't plan to serve this octopus slice teppanyaki to Roland.

She extended the sharp blade to the second slice.

Soon, the third slice was also used by Lisa.

The taste improved every time, but she was still not satisfied.

Lisa hoped to see Roland's incredible expression of amazement after tasting the delicious food.

Although Roland had given her a five-star rating, it was said that there was a soul rating that exceeded the full score above the five-star rating.

Only when the food touches the soul can it get such an evaluation.

Ordinary ingredients and common cooking methods will definitely not work.

If you want to get a soul praise beyond five stars, you must have some unique skills.

She cast her eyes on the last slice.

"Little octopus, please, it must be delicious!"

Lisa muttered to herself, and cut it with a knife.

"Ah!!"

A scream rang out.

Roland, who was looking at the nautical chart in the next room, heard Lisa's scream, his face suddenly changed, and he didn't even have time to go around the door, and jumped out of the window directly.

He slapped the door hard, and suddenly found that it was locked. Roland was anxious and smashed the kitchen door with a heavy punch.

Lisa stammered, looking at the tentacles that fell on the ground and were still wriggling, and blood kept flowing down her fingers.

"Is it, is it still alive?"

Roland looked at Lisa's fingers and suddenly realized.

Is this the result of Alina's deduction?

Will Lisa be plagued by bad luck, encounter danger at sea, and even bleed?

It was indeed a false alarm.