On the endless sea, the sea breeze gently caressing the face makes fine waves appear on the originally calm sea surface. The spring sunshine gently shines down, reflecting the entire sea surface into a blue, with nine rows of ships of different sizes. They grew in a long row, raised their sails, and sailed towards the north. Groups of seagulls followed the long fleet and flew. They flapped their white wings, sometimes flapping their wings and trying to fly forward, sometimes landing on the sails and shouting A crisp cry,
Ryan stood on the deck of the ship's side and took a long breath, feeling the fresh and slightly fishy sea breeze. Alando stood beside him with his arms folded, looking at the people on the deck with a smile on his face. As Xiaobai was running around, Flanner grabbed a large piece of bacon in his hand. He kept cutting off small pieces of bacon with a knife, and then threw it into the air, while Xiaobai would run over quickly and dexterously. He jumped up and bit into the bacon thrown by Flanner. When it landed, he immediately swallowed it in several mouthfuls, and then ran to the next piece of bacon.
It has been three days since they left Seawind City. The three-day sailing experience made Ryan and Allendo, who were going to sea for the first time, very happy. Since it was spring, there was no strong wind yet, so the whole journey so far had been calm. Let Ryan and the others experience the gentle side of the sea,
Because it is a fleet made up of various shopping malls, each ship is different in size and style. Ryan, Lille, and York are riding on the largest ship among them. Along with them, there are nearly a hundred mercenaries. , while waiting for the ship in Seawind City, mercenaries and caravans from other cities arrived, and the fleet that Ryan and the others were waiting for had one more big ship than expected, so everyone boarded the ship and set off together.
This fleet has a total of seven merchant ships and two escorting warships. The ship Lane and the others are on is called "Flying Fish". This ship is the one that is more than expected, although it is not the largest one. , but it was indeed the strongest one, so Lille and York chose it as their own ship. Once they got on the ship, they took turns taking ten mercenaries with magic hands to stay in the cargo hold to protect it. For the special goods transported to the Thunder God Fortress, the mercenaries of the Magic Hand stayed in their rooms when they were not on duty. They would not leave even a step except for eating. The other mercenaries were not as disciplined as they were. , basically as soon as the ship set sail, I hung out in the bar on the ship, drinking cheap wine and telling dirty jokes.
In the captain's room, a burly man with an eyepatch on his right eye whispered: "Boss, you are so smart. We don't have to rob them at all. They just filled the goods for us. In a few days, we will find them." We'll get a chance to get rid of the people on the ship and sell the goods, and we'll make a fortune."
The man who was called the head turned around and gave the man with the eyepatch a hard slap, and then scolded: "Ditteb, you are such an idiot." It turned out that the man with the eyepatch was the pseudonym Gulf Gentlemen. Ditbu participated in the Imperial Capital Royal Athletic Competition, and the man who became the leader was their pirate leader Keenst.
"Ah, head, why did you hit me?" Ditbu said aggrievedly, "Isn't this the perfect plan you said?"
"My plan is to pretend to be an ordinary merchant ship. Now that the entire south is transporting goods to the north, our smuggling business will no longer be possible. If we change our profession to become a pirate, you know which ship is transporting to the Thunder God Fortress. Instead of worrying about robbery, It's better to just transport the goods, I'll ask around, they are short of ships, and the transportation pay is not low."
"Then it's not a waste of money."
"Idiot, can you think about things without using your lower body?" Keenst lowered his voice and said: "How dare you do that, I guarantee you won't survive this month, the Magic Guild, the Mercenary Guild, and the Free Paradise will all hunt you down unless You can hide in the legendary Dragon Island or simply go to the Orcs Territory."
Ditbu tilted his head and thought for a long time. It was obvious that he was considering whether to go to Dragon Island or to the orc territory. This made Kyenst not know what to say. But fortunately, his two subordinates, Ditbu was cruel and good. Edward is insidious and vicious. Everyone has their own characteristics, but they also have fatal flaws. This is why he can completely control these two people.
"Boss, I'm back." Edward opened the door to the captain's cabin and walked in.
"How about it."
"I took a look around, and the mercenaries were drinking happily. They were all so drunk that they couldn't even pick up their weapons. The group of Magic Hands stayed in the room all day long. As long as you were careful not to provoke them, there was nothing to fear. "
"very good."
"but… "
"Nothing."
"Head, I saw a few people."
"Who, who?" Ditb, who was thinking hard at the side, suddenly interrupted and said,
Edward had a complicated look on his face and said, "Ryan, and Alan Duo."
"Ah, Team Rais in the Royal Tournament."
"No, just the two of them."
Kyenst waved his hand and interrupted the conversation between the two subordinates: "Ignore them. This time we joined the transport team heading north for the purpose of seeking money. Edward, please work hard again and warn the brothers thousands of times." Don’t show off, especially Ryan and his companions. You saw how powerful they are when you were in the imperial capital, and we can’t offend their background.”
Before Edward could speak, he heard the lookout outside the captain's room shouting: "Head, an unidentified fleet has been spotted ahead on the port side."
Kyenst looked in the direction mentioned by the lookout, and saw five ships without clear flags approaching him in two forward and three back directions where the sea and sky met. This was the most commonly used ship by pirates before they attacked. formation,
Kyenst frowned and said: "What kind of blind guy dares to mess with me?" After thinking for a moment, Kynst gave the order: "Sign up and tell them that we are a cargo ship transporting the Thunder God Fortress. .”
The flags were raised quickly, but the five ships on the opposite side ignored them and continued sailing at full speed. Edward observed carefully and suddenly said: "The boss, it's Leo the red beard. There's no need to hide it anymore. Get ready to fight. They He never leaves anyone alive."
"Damn, this is the first time we've done something good." Kyenst cursed loudly. Redbeard Leo was one of the three most famous pirates in this area. Just in terms of numbers, Kyenst couldn't compare to him. , and after red-bearded Leo completes the robbery, he will definitely kill everyone who has seen him and leave no one alive.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack." Under Kyenst's order, someone rang the bronze bell on the bow of the ship and sounded the alarm loudly. Soon, the warning of enemy attack spread throughout the ship, and Kyenst's men He gave up his disguise, rushed to the deck with various weapons, and quickly set up a battle formation. However, the mercenaries who were drinking in the cabin were at a loss until they heard the shouts of the enemy attack. Many people ran to the deck. Many of them were disheveled and did not even have weapons in their hands.
"What's going on?" Lille, who had just arrived on the deck, lowered his voice and asked Ryan, who had been on the deck. Ryan looked meaningfully at Ditbu, who was wearing a blindfold next to him. Just when he was about to speak, he heard Ditbu shouting loudly. Said: "It's the Carnage and the Blood God. Damn Red Bearded Leo, they actually used two ships to deal with us."
Lille looked up and saw that two warships had broken through the water at full speed and were heading towards him. On these ships, without exception, there was a sign of "a skull and two crossed bones". This It is the common mark of pirates, except that the bow of one ship is painted with a severed human head still stained with blood, while the bow of another pirate ship, which is obviously larger than the other ships, is painted with The bright red color, which looked like blood, sent a ferocious terror towards the passengers on the Flying Fish. This was the flagship of Red-bearded Leo, the "Blood God"
"Three hundred meters." Ditb shouted loudly: "Get ready to throw the gunner."
More than twenty sailors holding throwing spears immediately clenched their weapons and stared at their targets, while behind them stood twenty sailors holding log shields, which were used to resist the opponent's long-range attacks. , firing bows and arrows on a high-speed ship is a very difficult task, and the sea is windy, so it is difficult for lighter arrows to hit the target. On the contrary, holding a heavy throwing spear in your hand can better kill the enemy. ,
"Damn, how could this happen?" Lear cursed. On the one hand, it was for the sudden pirates, and on the other hand, the sailors on his ship did not look like real sailors, but more like well-trained warriors. ,
After careful consideration, Lille decided to deal with the foreign enemies first. He quickly recited a magic spell. A few seconds later, a crystal clear ice ball condensed in his hand. Lille waved his hand, and the ice ball crossed a white line. He flew towards the "Blood God" pirate ship, which was closest to him and had its prow painted red.
When Ryan saw that Lear had taken action, he immediately took action. If the enemy ship in front of him was really loaded onto his own ship, even if the enemy could be defeated in the end, it would cause damage to his own ship and would definitely affect the sailing plan. , a long string of magic spells flew out of Ryan's mouth, and a red fireball formed in his hand, and then flew towards another pirate ship "Slaughter" with a bloody head painted on the bow.
"Boom." The fireball hit the front side of the "Slaughter" head-on, emitting hot magical flames. The violent explosion tore apart this part of the side of the ship, revealing a huge hole. The wood chips on the side of the ship were rolled up by the violent explosion. When it reached mid-air, it couldn't bear the intense heat of the magic flame and immediately burned, turning into pieces and falling into the sea.
"Bang." Lear's ice ball also hit the main sail of the "Blood God" after Ryan hit the target. As soon as the ice ball hit the target, it exploded immediately, releasing a gray mist that enveloped the area several meters around the explosion. After a few seconds, the main sail of the "Blood God" made a "click, click." sound. It was frozen into a hard section and lost its ability to accelerate sailing. The "Blood God" sailed at full speed. Due to this reason, the ship slowed down, and due to the effect of inertia, several pirates standing on the bow lost their footing and fell into the sea.