"Seventeen ships in total. Every one of them is gold-plated, and they're connected by cableways..."
Yang Yi held the telescope and spoke as he observed.
He examined them carefully, looking over every ship to get a thorough grasp of the Golden Commerce Guild fleet's composition and assess its combat strength.
"The large ship at the head should be a store. Most of the others are cargo ships. There are only six warships."
Yang Yi made his judgment based on the ships' appearances.
Not far beside him, Su Na was also looking, though she was looking at Yang Yi... wondering how long he intended to hog the telescope.
Fifteen minutes passed.
Yang Yi paid for another session and continued observing.
At last, Su Na couldn't stand it anymore!
"Have you looked enough yet?"
She snatched the Eye of Greed Telescope away, shooting Yang Yi a fierce glare in passing, then found the right direction and used it to examine the distant Golden Commerce Guild.
"If you wanted a look, you could've just said so. Honestly..."
Yang Yi pursed his lips but didn't make an issue of it. He took control of the Nightmare Star and followed the convoy, keeping almost exactly the same speed.
He began considering how to approach the guild.
According to the Faction Intelligence, the Golden Commerce Guild was a neutral, principled organization that wouldn't rashly attack visitors. After all, most visitors were customers.
Moreover, the combat strength of the Golden Commerce Guild's merchant ships varied enormously. Some weaker groups consisted of little more than a small merchant ship, and had even been robbed by players.
As for the consequences of robbing them, that wasn't very clear. In any case, there had been no further reports from that player.
The convoy before them was relatively large and had