"When the next dry season arrives, Kilian will definitely attack the island. To ensure nothing goes wrong, he might even gather more ships and bring more men to launch a direct assault on the beach."
This was the unanimous speculation reached after discussions between Chen Zhou and all the high-ranking individuals on the island.
And because of this, the Steel Bone and the Iron Heart have been training so frequently, and have even conducted several practical drills.
No one expected that their preparations to deal with Kilian would end up confronting another group of pirates.
Furthermore, no one expected that a guy, stubborn to the extreme, would dare to send three armed merchant ships to a completely unfamiliar place in search of treasure, just for a ruby said to be larger than a pigeon egg, even during the rainy season.
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Besides training the sailors on the two steamships, other matters on the island have also been progressing smoothly in recent months.
