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In the palm of his hand was a necklace made of shells and the bones of an unknown water beast, and Franklin looked at it quietly. The sea wind stirred his hair, and the flag of the Silverhook still flew from a mast behind him. Franklin's figure stood on the pirate ship like an iron tower, becoming a haunting shadow in the minds of the dozen or so surviving pirates on board.
Oh no. They had gone from pirates to sailors since Franklin became captain.
Leaving that small island, the Silver Hook sailed out to sea, but for more than a month, it didn't do a single murderous business. Franklin obviously didn't have the slightest idea about this. The newly promoted captain was focused on rushing to Roaring Bay, and the sailors on the ship knew quite well what kind of place it was.
There are countless sea whirlpools in the Roaring Bay. Although they are not comparable to the great whirlpool called the Gate of the Abyss, they are superior in number. They created complex and changeable undercurrents in the sea, and it would be difficult for the ship to sail there if the helmsman was not familiar with the sea area. In addition, a large number of pirates gathered near the roaring vortex, and they used natural dangers to defeat the Holy Seal Knights many times.
Among those pirates, there are four biggest forces, they are the four pirate groups of Tiger Shark, Walrus, Nixie and Iron Scale. These four pirate regiments controlled the entire Roaring Gulf. Not only did they have vicious pirates, they also had abilities, and even power armor. There are rumors among the pirates that they are a force secretly cultivated by the rebel army, but this rumor has never been confirmed. The only thing that is certain is that these four pirate regiments are so strong that even the Holy Seal Knights can't do anything about them.
To wipe out these pirates, the only way is to lure them to land, and then use power armor to forcefully wipe them out. Otherwise, at sea, even if the most terrifying Knights of the Round Table were dispatched by the Holy Seal Knights, they would not be able to fight in the sea environment.
Of course, Franklin would not care about the grievances between the pirates and the Pope's Hall. He is more concerned about how to get to Ishtar through the Roaring Gulf.
He put this strange necklace on his neck, which was given by Anilu. After killing Silver Hook and capturing the pirate ship, Franklin was ready to leave the island the next day. Just beside the dock, Anilu gave him this necklace as a souvenir.
Franklin would never forget the first girl who was so kind to him after waking up, even if he might not have the chance to see him again in the future. But as long as he wears the necklace by his side, he will never forget every day and night on the island.
While his thoughts were still stuck in his memories, he suddenly heard a sailor shout: "Alarm! A warship of the Holy Seal Knights is found ahead!"
Franklin came back to his senses, the soft light in his eyes disappeared, and his eyes became extremely awe-inspiring. He raised his eyes and saw that there were indeed two warships parked on the sea ahead. Both are medium-sized ships using a hybrid of wind and human power. The jet-black muzzles of the ships were facing Franklin in a row, and the flags of the knight orders on the two warships were fluttering in the wind.
A sailor shouted: "Captain, there is still time for us to go around!"
"No, rush up, we have no retreat!" Franklin yelled out words that made all the sailors despair.
Using the Silver Hook to attack two well-equipped warships would be death no matter how you look at it. What made people even more desperate was that a flash of light appeared far away on the two warships. It was metal reflecting the skylight, and a sailor saw four Griffin Riders appearing on the Knights' warship through the binoculars, and immediately shouted: "No, they are equipped with power armor!"
At this time, on a warship on the left, a man with the appearance of an officer also put down his binoculars and sneered, "Is that Harry Silverhook's ship? It's just in time, Griffon Knight, sink this ship for me!"
The Griffin Rider is an improved second-generation power armor with the ability to fly at low altitudes and short distances. It is possible to carry out air strikes in a small area of sea at sea. Although the cruising distance is short, it is more than enough for both sides to fight within the visible range like now.
Under the commander's order, the Griffin Knights on the decks of the two warships soared into the sky, and the propellers behind the power armor sprayed out long tails of flames, making them go through the air like large missiles towards the Silver Hook.
Scared by the silver hook, the sailors turned pale with fright: "Here they come, it's the Griffin Rider. My God, there are four, four power armor!"
Seeing that the Griffon Knight was about to come over the pirate ship, two blood-red energy beams suddenly blasted from the Silver Hook. Two energy beams drew a semicircle on the sea surface and then disappeared. Then, four balls of fire exploded above the sea surface, and then amidst the booming explosion, the shock wave blew up large waves and scattered with the wind!
"What's that?" the officer yelled. "They have beam weapons? That's impossible!"
The sailors on the Silver Hook were also shocked. One of the sailors looked at Franklin, just in time to see the red light in his eyes gradually fade. Franklin ignored him, and only shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, raise all sails, and move forward with all your strength!"
"Yes!" The sailors just woke up like a dream, and then they got busy.
They hoisted the two sails on the ship, and the Silver Hook was in a downwind position. Immediately, the two sails were full of wind, pushing the pirate ship to break the waves. The Silver Hook crossed the rain of fire from the explosion of the Griffin Rider, and launched a suicide attack on the two warships in a straight line.
On the warship, the commander of the Knights roared: "Bombardment! I sank this ship!"
The sound of the booming guns suddenly came one after another, and the shells pierced the air one after another, and landed on the sea with a sharp whistling sound, causing water columns to explode around the Silver Hook and in the sea in front of it! On the Silver Hook, the hull shook violently, and the faces of the sailors turned green. Some even made the cross on their chests, regaining the faith that had been forgotten for a long time.
Franklin's eyes were burning, and he only calculated the distance between the ships on both sides. When the distance shortened to a value he expected, the giant ran across the deck. The short auxiliary guns made the Silver Hook shake even more. When Franklin reached the bow, he jumped up vigorously, and the huge force pushed the bow of the ship to the water surface. The Silver Hook, which was originally sailing with the wind, even slipped a little on the sea surface because of this, causing several shells that should have landed on the ship to blast into the water surface helplessly, bringing up several new water jets in vain!
Not only the sailors on the ship opened their mouths wide open, but even the officers and soldiers on the warship of the Holy Seal Knights were dumbfounded. In their eyes, a group of black objects crossed the sea area between the two ships with a strong wind, and then fell heavily on the deck of the ship like a shell! Franklin bent over, his big feet plowed off the decks of the ship, and finally stopped near the edge of the ship.
Then he slowly straightened his body, and said lightly: "Landing safely."
Only then did the officer come to his senses, pointing at Franklin and yelling, "Kill this monster, quick!"
So the soldiers on the deck of the ship raised their guns and fired, but Franklin had already started running. Regardless of his size, he was not slow to move at all, and most of the soldiers' shots missed. Even if they were lucky enough to hit him, the light machine gun bullets were just scratching the giant's itch. Franklin made a circle around the ship, and suddenly rushed to a mast in the middle of the hull.
He plunged his hands and ten fingers into the mast, roared again, and lifted his whole body upwards vigorously. The entire hull shook violently, and waves continuously swayed from the water. Finally, Franklin roared, the sound was like a sonic boom, shaking all the soldiers as if they were drunk, and everyone's ears were bleeding. But the giant took the opportunity to pull up the mast, and then threw it horizontally. Like a baseball player in the old days, Franklin swung the large bat and swept dozens of celebrities out of the boat.
I saw the mast passing by, sweeping away the fence of the ship, and all the soldiers who were hit by it spat blood and flew away, and fell into the sea below the ship one by one. Franklin chuckled and swept back and forth a few times. There were almost no people standing on the deck.
At this time, the body of the gun came from behind, and the thick back was shot immediately. Franklin looked back, but it was soldiers from a warship on the right who fired at him. Among them, a heavy paladin armor came out of the cabin, raising its loaded cannon and preparing to fire. Franklin turned immediately, sprinted, and jumped high as he reached the stern. He jumped over the warship on the right, with the mast straight down, and with a loud roar, he pressed the mast and slammed down!
The soldiers on board felt that the shadows in their eyes continued to expand, and finally the mast stabbed straight at the body of the Paladin armor, and Franklin directly pressed the mast and the Paladin armor down the hull. When his feet hit the ground, only a small portion of the mast was visible on the deck. The warship suddenly made a shocking cracking sound. With the mast as the center, there were two distorted cracks expanding and extending, and finally the huge ship broke through with a bang. The sides of the ship's ends were raised high, causing the soldiers on board to slide screaming into the water.
Franklin smiled coldly, climbed to the tip of the ship in an instant, and then jumped back to the original warship.
At this time, the warehouse of the warship suddenly exploded, and a paladin armor was knocked out from inside. In the armored cockpit, the former officer's expression was distorted, and he manipulated the cannon to shoot Franklin, and shouted: "I'm going to kill you, you monster!"
The machine gun is not as powerful as a light machine gun, and with Franklin's perverted defense power, he is unwilling to be hit by this terrifying weapon. So he ran up and made the opponent's shot miss with irregular movements. He ran to the left side of the boat and jumped into the water. The paladin armor chased after him and shot fiercely at the water. The Haloxylon bullets made water jets continuously bounce off the sea surface, but it was not known whether Franklin was hit or not.
After a round of firing, the officer gasped and looked at the water, looking for signs of Franklin. Suddenly there was a crackling sound from behind the mecha, and the officer immediately controlled the mecha to turn around, only to see countless debris of the deck flying up, and Franklin rushed under the deck like a demon. The giant raised his arms high, clasped his fists and smashed down with a loud roar. The iron fist hit the cockpit, and the tempered insulating glass in the cockpit immediately shattered!
Franklin's pair of iron fists hit the officer of the knight order, and there was a sound of bones and flesh being shattered, and the officer was instantly turned into a pulp. The out-of-control mech just stopped on the deck. Franklin's eyes lit up red, and two energy beams shot out. When he shook his head, the energy beams swept across the deck, immediately dividing the warship into cut two pieces.
When he jumped back on board the Silver Hook, the warship exploded, creating a huge ball of fire across the sea. The flames flew into the sky with debris, and the sparks danced with the wind, shining in Franklin's eyes. The giant pointed to the front of the two sunken warships and shouted: "Forward!"
"Yes!" Sailors shouted loudly on the Silver Hook. Everyone was furious. They never thought that the mighty Knights of the Holy Seal would be defeated by their captain like this.
Xizhou Continent, New Rome City.
In the strategic command room of the Pope's Hall, Sauron was like an angry lion. He was in the prime of his life, at the peak of both strength and power. When he was angry, no one dared to look at him directly, so twenty or thirty officers in the whole room bowed their heads and were scolded.
Sauron roared: "What do I want you bastards to do, how long have you been, you can't even find a single beast!"
At this time, the door of the command room opened, and a graceful young man walked in. He was wearing a black and gold Pope's robe, a scarlet blood-like cloak behind his back, a circle of white feathers embedded in his neck gaiter, a gold crown full of jewels on his head, and a carved golden crown in his hand. Holding the angel's golden scepter. When the young man arrived, all the officers except Sauron took off their hats and half-kneeled on the ground.
This is the standard etiquette for meeting the pope. In the whole city of New Rome, Sauron is the only one who does not kneel down.
"Uncle Sauron, what are you talking about?" the young man said vigorously.
The young man in front of him who is only twenty years old with a childish face is the current Pope Paul VI. Following him was a group of knights with bright armor and armed with spears and shields. Seeing Paul coming, Sauron snorted coldly and said, "My lord pope, I remember this time, you should be learning horse riding and fencing, right? Why are you free to come to the command room?"
The young Pope laughed and said, "Uncle Sauron, I heard that pirates are rampant recently, so I came to see if there is anything I can do to help?"
"Help?" Sauron laughed loudly, until Paul began to feel a little uneasy on his face. He gradually stopped laughing, and those who knew him well knew that Sauron would only laugh so happily when he was killing someone or getting angry. The louder he laughed, the more angry he was. Sure enough, Sauron's voice turned cold and said, "It's not true that the Pope wanted to help me, but it's true that he accused me of my ability?"
Paul's expression changed immediately, and he hurriedly said, "No... nothing, Uncle Sauron, you are too sensitive."
"Sensitive?" Sauron snorted coldly, suddenly the sword at his waist was unsheathed, and a cold light flashed, dazzled Paul. When the light dissipated, the sword rested on the Pope's neck.
The young pope's face turned green with fright, his legs gave way and he fell to the ground, trembling all over. Seeing this, Sauron said calmly, "My lord, the pirates are murderers without batting an eye. Let us do the rough work of dealing with them. You just need to stay in the Pope's hall. Where are you?" No need to go either. Do you understand, then?"
"I know, I know." Paul said hurriedly.
Sauron waved his hand and said, "If you know, go out, it's time for you to learn how to ride."
"Okay... okay." Paul stood up with the support of a knight, and then left the command room in embarrassment with the team of knights he brought.
After the Pope left, one of Sauron's confidantes said softly, "My lord, is it inappropriate to openly insult the Pope?"
"Isn't it right?" Sauron sneered: "The trash who frightened him with a single sword is not thanks to me to live a pampered life in the Pope's hall. I am a lion, and he is a sheep I raised .If the lion doesn’t eat the sheep, the sheep should be grateful. Do you still expect the lion to give him face? What a big joke!”
"Yes, your lord is very right." The confidant immediately shut up and stopped talking further on this topic.
Outside the command room, the knight who was supporting the Pope just now trembled with anger, and said in a deep voice: "My lord Pope, the traitor Sauron has openly insulted you. This tone, no matter what, this subordinate can't swallow it. As long as the lord gives an order, I will I am willing to kill this traitor for my lord!"
The other knights also responded.
A peaceful smile slowly appeared on Shang's childish face, he straightened his body, and straightened the crown. The young Pope's eyes were like lightning, and he was not as wimpy as he was just now. He said lightly: "Sauron naturally has this kind of capital. Now that he covers the entire city of Rome with one hand, how can he take me, the Pope, seriously. Didn't you listen to him? He said he was a lion and I was a sheep, he You don't care about me at all. But that's exactly what I want. Don't act rashly, just bear with it. Before long, Sauron will know how foolish it is to despise me, a lamb!"
"Yes, my lord."
In the command room, the light screen on the wall received a request for a call. Sauron winked, and someone approved the request, so a man's figure appeared on the light screen, but it was Signe, the leader of the third branch of the Holy Seal Knights. He habitually turned the ring on the little finger with a broken corner, and seemed to be thinking about something before the communication was established, with far-reaching vision.
"Captain Signe, I hope you have good news to tell me. To be honest, the past few days have been really bad, and the news I got is getting worse and worse." Sauron spread his hands.
On the screen, Signe sighed and said, "Then I can only tell you one more bad news. Just this morning, two of our warships were sunk by pirates."
As expected, Sauron's face darkened, but the sub-regiment leader said: "But the one who sank the warship was a person we all know well."
"Oh, who is it?"
Signe said indifferently: "Our crazy Mr. Beast, this is the record found on the armor of one of the destroyed Paladins, and now I will send it to you."
Then a file transmission sign appeared below, and after Sauron received it, a video appeared on the light screen. What caught everyone's eyes was the scene of the paladin's mecha shooting wildly, a flaming chain of bullets blasted from the machine gun chasing a tall figure. When the picture freezes, Franklin who is roaring loudly appears on the light screen like this!