Xiao Chen was flying in the air and saw the other crew members running around on the deck in fear. Some passengers looked out of the cabin, saw Xiao Chen and the others, and shrank back in fear.
"What's going on?" Mei Tiantian asked, "Why are these people so frightened? Do they think we are robbers?"
Huang Zheng said: "They seem to be shouting a word over and over again, but it's too far to hear clearly."
Xiao Chen touched his nose and said, "I heard it clearly. They called out 'devil'."
"Devil?" Umeda Tian asked curiously, "We have always been very friendly, right? Why do you call us that?"
Luo Ling said, "Didn't Xiao Chen just say that we are from the East Continent? Maybe they have never seen people from the East Continent, or maybe there are some bad legends about the East Continent among them."
The clothes worn by the people on this ship were relatively simple, a bit like jackets from another world. The sailors' clothes might be rougher, while the passengers' clothes were made of finer materials. However, they were still very different from the modern clothes worn by Xiao Chen and others or the East Continent-style wizard robes.
When Xiao Chen and his team flew closer, they saw a group of soldiers rushing out of the cabin. The weapons in their hands were beyond Xiao Chen's expectations. It had a long tube, a handle and a trigger. It was obviously a gun!
These soldiers pointed their guns at Xiao Chen and his companions, but their expressions showed fear. Xiao Chen could even see some of them had shaking legs and they could fall at any time.
Luo Ling said: "It seems that the development of the Western Continent is far beyond our expectations. They seem to be taking a similar development path as Earth?"
Xiao Chen said to the people below: "Please don't point your weapons at us. We are here for peaceful purposes, not to fight with you. If anyone can represent the people on this ship, please speak up. Otherwise, if there is a misunderstanding, it will be a loss for everyone."
At this moment, whether because of nervousness or some other reason, a young soldier suddenly pulled the trigger. The gun in his hand made a bang and the bullet was fired.
With this man taking the lead, the other soldiers, who were already very nervous, pulled the triggers one after another. More than 20 guns fired at the same time, attacking Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen and his companions were naturally prepared. The bullets hit their shields and then fell down.
The guns used by the people below actually had magazines, and each gun fired seven or eight bullets in one breath.
The bullets created ripples on Xiao Chen's shield, but Xiao Chen did not fight back. Instead, he observed the shield carefully: "This bullet is quite powerful, not inferior to our air guns. More importantly, I feel a chemical reaction in the barrel, generating high temperatures. They seem to have prepared an effective gunpowder. Such a thing is too valuable to us."
Xiao Chen said: "We are magicians from the Tower of China. Your weapons are ineffective against us. Let's have a good talk."
A middle-aged man pushed aside the soldiers in front and came to the front of the deck below. He had gray hair but brown eyes and wore a buttoned uniform. He said in a deep voice, "I am the captain of this ship, Balivian. Where do you devils come from? What do you want to do? Although there are not many military forces on this ship, we will not make deals with the devil!"
Umeda asked curiously: "Devil? Why do you call us devil?"
Balivian said: "You control and use the power of the devil, you are not afraid of bullets, and you can fly in the air. If you are not a devil, what is that?"
Xiao Chen said: "We crossed the Raging Sea and came from the Eastern Continent. Is there a piece of land on the other side that you don't know about?"
"The violent sea you are talking about is the sea full of devil power, right? We call it the Devil's Sea. Of course we know that there are also fallen lands over there. In that land, people are ruled by devils who claim to be gods, and there are many helpers of all sizes who have mastered the devil's power. Of course, they are also devils." Balivian said loudly. Xiao Chen could see that he really believed what he said.
Xiao Chen said, "It seems that you have a deep misunderstanding of the situation on our side, but I can tell you that we are not in the same group as the devil-like gods you mentioned. On the contrary, we are his enemies. The East and West continents have not been in contact for thousands of years. How about we sit down and have a good talk?"
"No, I don't want to talk to you! If you really have no ill intentions, then leave here! We don't want to have anything to do with the devil's power!" Balivian roared.
Xiao Chen found that not only was Balivian in a heated attitude, but the crew and passengers around him were also very excited. The soldiers began to reload their ammunition, and some passengers even took out their weapons, such as small guns, swords, and the like.
"Why is that? Any one of us four can defeat all of you," said Umeda.
Balivian gritted his teeth and said, "No matter how powerful you devils are, no one here will compromise. You are not welcome on this ship!"
Mei Tiantian glanced at Xiao Chen, who nodded. She stretched out a hand, flicked her fingers lightly forward, and a ball of light flew out from her fingertips and landed on the deck of the ship below.
The light ball exploded and turned into a wave that swept across all the people. This was a sleep spell, and when cast by a saint like Mei Tiantian, the power was naturally huge. Not to mention the ordinary people in front of her, even the low-level warriors and mages would probably be knocked down by her.
However, after the ripples passed, the scene on the deck surprised Xiao Chen and his companions. Only one-third of the people fell asleep. Most of the people were still shouting, especially the strong soldiers. Only two of the more than 20 people fell down. When they saw this, they started shooting at Xiao Chen and his companions again.
"What's going on?" Luo Ling asked.
"These people are very strange. Most of them show a kind of magic resistance. Moreover, this resistance has little to do with the level of magic attack. It only partially dissolves the magic symbols composed of mental power, so it is a matter of probability."
Huang Zheng asked: "If I release a fireball, can they resist it?"
Mei Tiantian said: "That's impossible. The flames of a successfully released fireball are real high temperatures after the explosion, and the damage caused is physical burns. Their resistance can only resist the effect of the magic rune."
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