Once he had made up his mind, Brando had no need for any secret passage, even though the Lord of Rosalin had said there was one inside the castle leading to the port. He took the port's layout from the knight, skimmed it twice, committed the terrain around the main entrances and exits to memory, and handed the map back.
After turning down the Lord of Rosalin's request to send troops with him, he entrusted Huang Huo to the care of Brank, the former Grand Duke of Antobruo. The little girl remained quiet and said nothing, though she looked somewhat unwilling.
"Mr. Tagus." After thinking for a moment, he turned back to the vampire and said, "I need you to do me a favor. Go to Pirate Bay and have your ships put out to sea. Block the waters around Rosalin. Since you usually disguise yourselves as pirates, I assume your ships aren't lacking in weapons, are they?"
Tagus glanced at Instaron, fully aware that he probably had no choice but to help. He nodded. Using two fast sailing ships to blockade Rosalin Port would normally have been nearly impossible. Although the port was considered remote within Wagtail Strait, at least dozens of ships, fishing boats included, passed through it every day. But thanks to the Lord of Rosalin's order to close the port, it might not be impossible to try.
Besides, Brando did not expect Madara's two two-masted ships to stop Ghost Chariot's people. As long as they could delay them at sea, that would be enough. He now knew the layout of the port district by heart, with the main entrances and exits committed to memory, but he was still worried that the other side might have an escape route he did not know about.
After all, even