My Divine Pet Enables Me To Become The Biggest Winner
Chapter 226 - 224: What Went Wrong? _1

Chapter 226: Chapter 224: What Went Wrong? _1

Vanessa Thoughts of Shadow shook her head, "It’s not that easy. It’s easy to join the Horizon Bureau, but it’s hard to arrange for any positions higher than Chief Flag now.

After all, the resources in our Devin Family are ultimately going to be given to the main heirs. There’s not much left to allocate to them."

Owen Bertram chuckled, "I have some."

For such a small matter, he just needed to mention it to Master Lane.

Owen Bertram was very confident; he was in a good position with Master Lane after all.

However, Vanessa was still shaking her head. "Don’t make random promises to me. You have a great future ahead, and you need to cultivate your own power."

Owen looked at her in surprise, "When did you become so smart?"

Vanessa was a bit annoyed, "Little Owen, you’re getting too presumptuous! I’m the one who brought you into this field, and if you dare to mock me, I’ll hit your head!"

She brandished her fist in a show of force, which looked quite cute.

Owen couldn’t help but smile, and Vanessa couldn’t hold back a snort of laughter either, "Being in a powerful position is much harder than I thought. I used to envy my aunt’s prestige, but now that I’ve become a Prescott myself, I realize how difficult it is. So many relationships to consider, and if I don’t take care of all aspects, I could offend people. And this is with people giving me some leeway because of my position as the Devin Family’s daughter...sigh...

At this moment, Owen felt as if she were a young lady new to the workplace; she had always been well-protected since childhood and only now understood the various dangers and difficulties.

She had to go through this process, and Owen didn’t offer any false reassurances but simply sat quietly with her for a while.

Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound from outside, as if a thunderbolt had exploded underwater!

The entire Iron-Shell Battleship was immediately thrown into chaos, with the voice of Easton Lin shouting loudly, "Quickly, quickly! There’s a powerful Demon Beast, all troops on alert!"

"Open the armory and fill the large-scale Magical Instruments with Spirit Jade!"

Owen frowned, as he had already explicitly refused to activate the large-scale Magical Instruments. Yet, Easton Lin wanted to open the armory and use Spirit Jade without authorization!

Although it’s urgent, the thunderbolt was still more than ten miles away from the Iron-Shell Battleship, and there were many strong people on the ship, so they shouldn’t be afraid.

Old Fisher’s voice rang out, "What’s the panic?!"

"Everyone return to your positions. No one is to act without Lord Prescott’s orders!"

"On this ship, we have two Prescotts and one Officiant; it’s not your place, as a panicking Chief Flag, to give orders!"

The chaos outside gradually subsided.

Owen gently tapped on the table, feeling a bit apologetic towards Vanessa, "I’m afraid your reputation may be affected this time due to disciplining your subordinates."

Instead of blaming him, Vanessa felt ashamed, "I didn’t manage my subordinates well, and I’ve caused you trouble."

Owen decided to punish Easton Lin, not because he had violated his orders and wanted to open the armory and waste Spirit Jade, but because of his panic and his unauthorized command!

As Easton Lin had said before, an incompetent commander could lead an entire army to ruin. A commander needed to possess many qualities, one of which was to be calm even when faced with a crisis!

Those who are not calm and can’t grasp the overall situation on the ever-changing battlefield will issue hasty orders and bury the entire army.

And that’s exactly what Easton Lin did just now!

Even worse, not only was he panicking himself, but he also wanted to take command of the entire ship without authorization, which would make all the military officers panic as well.

Vanessa was clear-headed and understood the reasoning at a glance.

Owen adjusted his clothes and secretly prepared his Five-toothed Flying Sword!

If they really encountered danger, there wouldn’t be a second chance for the people on this ship! The insecure element of Easton Lin had to be eliminated before they arrived in Casterly County.

As he walked out of the cabin, he saw Easton Lin standing in front of Old Fisher with an indignant look on his face, believing he was in the right!

"With such a powerful enemy nearby, how could the Officiant handle this so indifferently?"

"Is it because they’re worried about Lord Devin gaining merit?"

Owen’s gaze turned even colder: Easton Lin had made two more big mistakes!

He was insubordinate in the face of battle and questioned his superiors.

He provoked opposition and created internal divisions.

Owen shook his head again. Easton Lin might have some talent, and being a Chief Flag suited him well, but any higher positions would be beyond his ability.

Because he lacked a very important quality: a sense of the big picture.

In simple terms, this person was on a too low level.

Old Fisher sneered coldly, unwilling to indulge him. As he prepared to activate his Magical Instrument, he saw Owen come out. Old Fisher took a step back and bowed, "Lord Prescott."

When Easton Lin saw Owen, he couldn’t help but snort, believing that Old Fisher had been instructed by Owen to deliberately make things difficult for him.

Owen didn’t pay any attention to him but looked at the huge wave tens of feet high that had erupted a dozen miles away. The River Water sprayed high into the sky, and only at this moment, all of it fell back into the river. Following that, another loud rumble echoed as another pillar of water shot up even higher and thicker than the previous one!

"Ah!" Easton Lin became even more anxious, "Hurry up and prepare. The Demon Beast is about to charge over..."

Owen walked casually to the side of the ship, facing the direction of the disturbance. As if to prove Easton Lin’s words, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in the river and rushed toward the Iron-Shell Battleship at an alarming speed!

Easton Lin was utterly anxious, "Lord Owen, if you don’t order to face the enemy now, are you still worried about using a few pieces of Spirit Jade at this point?!"

Owen still ignored him, turning to his troops instead, "I’ll remain still and give no orders!"

All the soldiers in the Outpost, from David to the regular military officers, snapped to attention, remaining completely motionless!

Owen nodded in satisfaction, as this was what an army should look like: strict discipline!

Easton Lin was furious, "You’re all... you’ve all gone mad!" He waved vigorously at Vanessa’s subordinates, "Don’t go with them. We don’t have to die with them. Hurry to the armory and activate those large-scale Magical Instruments. It’ll be too late if we wait any longer!"

Vanessa quietly appeared on the deck, watching coldly and saying nothing for now.

More than a dozen military officers indeed followed Easton Lin’s command and rushed towards the cabin.

Vanessa’s face darkened, and without a word, she swiftly acted! A Talisman soared into the sky, spinning and unleashing thousands of golden lights. The golden lights enveloped their bodies, and the dozens of people were immobilized by her.

Meanwhile, in the river, the dark shadow rushed to within a few hundred feet of the ship. Easton Lin screamed, "We’re going to be killed by you..."

But the dark shadow suddenly stopped. The waves it brought with its huge body came rolling at them, causing the ship to sway slightly.

Then the dark shadow suddenly sank and disappeared without a trace!