Aztec Civilization: Destiny to Conquer America!

Chapter 2289: Chapter 1625: Spread the Plague, Destroy Them!

In May, the Caribbean Sea is in a season right before the full onset of the rain. The sky often carries a bright humidity, with clouds hanging low as if sails yet to be furled, and the sea breeze caresses the expansive ocean surface, creating alternating shades of deep blue and emerald green. Sunlight pours down through gaps in the clouds, making the crest of the waves surge like broken silver, while the reflective islands are scattered like stars.

At this time, the west wind is not yet firm, and the northeast trade wind is intermittent. With the lateen sails of the caravels, they can navigate in all directions but cannot travel very fast. When the long wind sweeps across the entire Caribbean Sea, the direction of each sail can be discerned.

Three medium-sized caravels from the Kingdom of Castile, carrying 70 sailors and 37 Kingdom veterans, set out once again on an unknown voyage. Led by Columbus, this fleet rapidly departed Barbados, heading straight southward to explore, escaping from the northern Caribbean’s skirmishes. Aided by the northeast trade wind of the Windward Islands, the speed of this exploration fleet going south was very stable. Only six days later, they had sailed more than nine hundred leagues, from latitude 13 degrees north to latitude 9 degrees north!

Heading south along this route, they did not encounter any other islands along the way, nor did they meet bothersome Caribbean barbarians. Subsequently, the incredibly vast and peaceful South American continent, like a green horizon, underpinned their voyage. They sailed along the coastline for three to four hundred leagues without finding the end of this "island," but they saw an unprecedented majestic great river!

"Almighty! What? What is this?! How could there be such a massive river! Is this color from a freshwater river?!..."

Columbus stood at the bow, with eyes wide in shock. He had never seen a river so vast and magnificent!

The grand Orinoco River surged forth, like a giant serpent winding from the South American hinterland to the sea, finally here, merging into the vast Atlantic Ocean. The mighty rainforest freshwater mingled with the vast saltwater, forming distinctly separate colors. The river water, carrying sediments and decaying leaves from the Amazon Rainforest, presented a heavy ochre-yellow, like copper paste flowing under the sunlight, charging toward the sea’s heart. Undoubtedly, May is the peak rainy season of the Amazon Rainforest, accompanied by the most amazing rainfall and floods! At present, the mouth of the Orinoco River here was astonishingly wide, reaching dozens of kilometers!

"Brother! Such a vast river, and such endless land in sight, this definitely doesn’t look like an island! We might... we might have discovered a continent deep within the Atlantic!"

Bartolomeo, similarly standing awestruck on the deck, hesitantly spoke with a somewhat hoarse voice.

Thunderclouds slowly accumulated on the horizon in the distance, and the air was hot and humid like a furnace. At the boundless rivermouth, flocks of egrets, flamingos, and vultures circled, flitting through the humid heat waves, snatching up fish. Waves rolled at the place where tides collided with the river, as if two worlds were clashing on the water surface. Looking further and deeper into the land, large forests stood in half-flooded mudflats, resembling a kingdom of green wood spirits.

Lokono people’s fishing boats navigated the rivermouth, and tribal fishermen on the boats were catching fish with simple hooks or using the same type of remora fishing used by the Taino People. These distant relatives of the Taino People curiously looked toward the distant white-sailed large ships, without showing signs of attack or fear. Their silhouettes reflected in the murky water, like mythical ferrymen from ancient forest myths. This is the territory where Lokono tribes have practiced fishing, hunting, and farming for generations, also the unreachable homeland of Lokono sailor Ah Yue.

"Brother, a navigator just measured it, it’s latitude 9 degrees north! This, could this continent be a brand-new, unrecorded New Continent?!"

Bartolomeo struggled to look for a long time, and his voice was somewhat hesitant. Meanwhile, Columbus furrowed his brow, carefully observing for a long time before finally revealing excitement in his eyes, a gleam of confidence that was passionate, wise, always believing in himself, and only doubting others!

"Haha! I understand, I finally understand! It turns out, this is India, the South India continent!"

"Ahahaha! North of South India is the East Indies, and to the west is Cipangu Island! Beyond that to the west, the place blocked by Cipangu Natives, is where the North’s Khitan and the South’s Seris are!"

"Undoubtedly! I, Columbus, am right! We truly, for the first time, have discovered the Indian Continent! I, Columbus, am the first great captain to arrive at the Indian Continent!"

"Come! Bartolomeo, we’ll land at this rivermouth! We’re going to erect a wooden pillar, carving the feats of me, great captain Columbus, discovering the Indian Continent! Then, we’ll ask these Indian Natives where to find the prosperous towns and villages of India!"

Columbus, full of excitement, led the exploration fleet of Castile to land at the Orinoco Rivermouth. Close to the rivermouth, faint smoke rose from the forest, as a two-hundred-person Lokono village was experiencing a peaceful evening. They were unaware that a fleet of evil demons had landed ashore, with a half platoon of Holy War Veterans! Their smoke exposed their location, and once the evil demons cunningly probed and assessed the tribe’s strength, it would lead to brutal looting and bloodshed!

Several thousand leagues away, De La Cosa carefully maneuvered the caravel ship, cautiously bypassing Lesser Antilles, where Caribbean horseflies were entrenched. When the coast of San Juan Island in Puerto Rico appeared in his view, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. But then he was suddenly shocked to discover...

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