Chapter 19: Offering Island
Lunch time in the restaurant of the underground fortress of Bloodstone Island.
Coleman was sitting around a dining table with several close mid-level officers, waiting for the food to be served.
Before this, he always enjoyed his meals with Captain Rachelino.
But ever since Forrestal was killed and Bloodstone Island was besieged, Rachelino's temper has been getting worse and worse.
Just like the battle on the Velaryon island three days ago, it was clearly Rachelino who asked him to think of a way to capture the dragon alive.
But when he saw that the crossbow and chain formation was ineffective, he vented all his anger on Coleman.
This made Coleman feel very aggrieved, because that was the legendary dragon!
His knowledge of dragons was limited to storybooks and stories told by veteran soldiers.
Who could have expected that the giant green-scaled dragon could dodge the crossbow and chain array so easily?
So he didn't want to make himself unhappy after that, and thought to himself that he should stay as far away from it as possible!
"Here we go! Today's red octopus and bean soup.
Hehe, Lord Coleman’s favorite food!”
A fat chef with a fat head and big ears and a dirty apron placed a large pot of thick seafood soup on the table.
Seeing his favorite food, Coleman felt a little better.
He simply reached out and grabbed an octopus leg as thick as a child's arm from the edge of the soup pot, dipped it in the thick soup, and put it into his mouth to chew.
"Mmm, mmm, delicious!"
The taste of meat and familiar spices in his mouth made Coleman unable to help but give a thumbs up.
But after chewing for a while, he frowned slightly.
"Fat Phil, your cooking skills have declined!
This red octopus bean stew is a little salty! ”
Fat Fair became a little nervous when he heard this, as the second most important person on Bloodstone Island particularly loved this seafood soup.
If he doesn't let him eat to his satisfaction, he might lose his position as head chef.
“Uh…I’m sorry, Master Coleman.
I cooked it as usual and didn't add any extra salt.
Maybe those bastards under my command didn’t handle the ingredients properly.”
Coleman ignored Fat Fair's words of shifting the blame. He was listening to the officers around him arguing with each other.
“I agree with what Lord Coleman said. The soups we’ve had in the last two days have been very salty.
This made me drink twice as much water as usual these two days.
I don’t know if it’s because of the saltiness, but I even feel like the water has a hint of saltiness.”
"Hey, what the hell are you talking about?
I think Fat Phil and his friends have improved their cooking skills recently, and the food they make is much more delicious than before!"
"That's because you've always liked strong-flavored food!"
"I have a strong taste? It's because you guys eat too light food!"
Are all soups salty? Is water also slightly salty?
To be honest, apart from today's red octopus stewed with bean soup, the other dishes of Coleman, which also has a strong taste, are not salty at all.
As for the saltiness of the water, I couldn't even taste it.
That's right, guys like them who live on the edge of a knife usually drink more wine than water.
The taste buds in the mouth have long been damaged by alcohol, and each one has a strong taste.
The officer who just said that the water tasted a little salty was the only one among them who did not drink alcohol.
Wait, according to the report from the fortress ahead.
The Velaryon fleet and the giant green-scale dragon have been guarding the natural cave on the left side of Bloodstone Island for the past three days?
Could it be that……
Teng!
Coleman stood up suddenly, and Fat Fair thought he had offended this adult. He was so scared that his legs went weak and he knelt down.
But the other party simply ignored him and rushed towards the kitchen.
A young kitchen helper looked at Coleman who rushed in, his face full of confusion.
Coleman walked straight to a stew pot that was suspended on a rack over the fire.
He kicked the stew pot over and ordered, "You, clean this stew pot and fill it with fresh water.
You guys, make this fire burn brighter!
"Why are you still standing there? Do you want to die?" With Coleman's loud shout, the young kitchen helpers in the kitchen immediately started to act in a panic.
Gulu, Gulu!
The stew pot filled with fresh water soon boiled over the raging fire.
But Coleman remained unmoved, just watched quietly with a frown.
Fat Fair and the other officers who came in later didn't understand the situation and could only stand aside silently.
There were more than a dozen people crowded in the kitchen, but strangely, the only sound was the boiling water.
I don’t know how long it took, but the water in the stew pot was finally boiled dry!
"Bring the pot over here!"
When the two kitchen helpers brought the stew pot in front of him, Coleman couldn't wait to observe it.
There was only a thin layer of yellow-white sand at the bottom of the dried-out stew pot.
Coleman didn't mind the heat, so he quickly touched it with his finger and then put it in his mouth.
Oops, it really is salt!
Feeling the salty taste in his mouth, Coleman's already gloomy face became even darker.
What he was most worried about happened. The underground fresh water in Bloodstone Island was really polluted!
However, Coleman sincerely admired the person who came up with this strategy.
It is completely beyond one's imagination to imagine the unknown means of bringing sea water into the cave.
And the courage to destroy a precious island in an important geographical location will surely bring about the condemnation of the world!
In short, Coleman, who prided himself on his strategic skills, had completely lost the confidence to fight against the other side.
But he still has to fulfill his obligations.
Rushing to the room where Rachelino was, Coleman told him everything that had been confirmed and his own suggestions.
“…The underground fresh water in Bloodstone Island can still support it for a while.
If we surrender and offer the island now, not only can we survive, but we may also be reused.
If we really wait until the end, maybe our brothers can survive.
But we will certainly be executed by them to establish their prestige.
Captain, your thirteen wives and twenty-one children are still waiting for you to return to Tyrosh!"
Upon hearing this, Recharino shook his head and replied, “It is because of them that I cannot surrender easily.
Just wait!
The Grand Lord will not abandon us. Perhaps the Supreme Council has already sent the main fleet to support Bloodstone Island!"
"captain!!!
If there really were reinforcements, they should have arrived long ago.
The Supreme Council?
You should know best how many of the thirty-three governors have objections to you.
They are like a cart pulled by thirty-three horses, each horse trying to pull the cart in his own direction!
Perhaps the main fleet will really come to Bloodstone Island.
But by that time, our bodies may have already been eaten by fish and shrimps!"
Faced with Coleman's argument, Rachelino sighed heavily.
Then he waved at him and said, "Okay, let me think about it carefully."
Coleman shook his head when he heard this, turned around and left Rachelino's room helplessly.
As soon as he walked out of the door, he turned around and looked back at the door that was slowly closing.
Unlike Racharino, he had no relatives living in Tyrosh.
And the smarter a person is, the more he thinks!
That afternoon, all the officers in the underground bunker who had a close relationship with Coleman had gloomy faces and no longer had their usual smiles.
As night fell, the rebellion broke out first in the Commander's Fortress.
Then it spread quickly to other underground fortresses like an infectious plague.
The entire Bloodstone Island was suddenly engulfed in flames and cries of killing were heard everywhere!
(End of this chapter)