Chapter 184 The Dawn of France's Finance

The Combined Fleet, upon seeing the pirate ship trying to escape, wasn't too surprised and maintained its course, squeezing the pirates' space smaller and smaller.

The dozens of oars on the pirate ship were rowed so vigorously they almost took flight, quickly on the verge of escaping through the encirclement from the east and west sides, when all of a sudden, a tall warship appeared from the south, bearing the blue field and fleur-de-lis flag on its mainmast.

It was the 42-gun cruising frigate "Cleder."

Even though in the gentle winds of the Mediterranean, the oar-sail ship had a certain speed advantage, the formation of the Combined Fleet was impeccable; "Cleder" just needed to calmly wait there, and the warships from the other two directions would soon close in.