On the surface of the sea, sharp noises appeared frequently. It was the sound of heavy artillery shells breaking through the air. The cannonballs dragged by the flame wind, or fired flatly, or projected, and chased the Silver Hook across hundreds of meters of sea. Every minute and every second, the vicinity of the Silver Hook is always accompanied by water jets brought up by explosions. This poor pirate ship has never experienced such a big battle, if it wasn't for Franklin's hill-like figure that gave the sailors on board a sense of terror. With unreasonable confidence, these ordinary pirates have already collapsed both mentally and physically.
Although they can barely escape with the boat, everyone has no fighting spirit, and it is really hard to tell whether they will escape into the Whisperer Strait.
The Whisperer Strait is 253 kilometers long. There are many bends and the width of the water surface is limited, only enough for one boat to pass through. And large ships like the Knights of the Holy Seal cannot sail in at all. Otherwise, the Pope Hall would have dispatched these large-scale warships to bomb the Roaring Bay, and how could the pirates survive until now.
If he could escape into the Whisperer Strait, at least he wouldn't have to face such a net-fishing attack, and he could use the curve and the speed of the water to throw off the warships of the Knights. But there is still a considerable distance from here to the strait, otherwise the first officer would not suggest taking a rest on a nearby island, because it would be already night to reach the Whisperer strait if he continued on the road.
Those who live at sea are well aware that sailing at night is a dangerous thing, especially in the Whisperer Strait environment. Complicated curves can cause ships to run aground or even crash at any time, so no one wants to pass through the strait at night if it is not necessary. It's just that they can't choose now, however, the knight order is very tight. The warships lined up in a wild goose formation fired frequently, shells raining down on the Silver Hook. Franklin tried his best to intercept it, but he couldn't support it alone. Gradually, the Silver Hook began to be shot. Fortunately, Franklin stopped the shells falling on the mast or the rudder, and other important positions on the ship, otherwise the Silver Hook would have been sunk long ago.
What made Franklin helpless was that the warships of the Holy Seal Knights always kept a certain distance from them. This distance is within the strike range of the heavy artillery, and at the same time, Franklin cannot forcefully board the ship and wreak havoc like last time, so he can only defend passively. The Silver Hook is also equipped with a gunpowder platoon, but it cannot compare with heavy artillery in terms of range and power. It can be seen that the commander of the other party has calculated all this correctly, and used the number of ships on his side and the power of heavy artillery to drag Franklin's ship to death.
Following the heavy artillery, Griffin Knights were launched into the air on both sides of the warship deck behind the main ship, and the armored troops of the Holy Seal Knights also entered the battle. The Griffon Knight is not like the Paladin-type power armor. Its mecha has been lightened, and it cannot carry heavy weapons in order to have short-distance flight capabilities. Griffin Knights are generally equipped with light machine guns and micro-missiles. Light machine guns are often just a decoration. The real lethality of Griffon Knights comes from the rows of micro-missiles on the shoulders of the mecha. They are the Gryphon Knights. True ace.
Last time Franklin also faced this second-generation mecha, but there were only four Griffin Riders at that time, but now there are more than twenty of them!
The red energy light rolled in Franklin's eyes, and then two crimson high-energy beams shot straight out, first strangling a Griffon Knight, and then the light swept across, creating four or five fireballs. But then, when the Griffin Rider was fully lifted into the air, Franklin's volley was not so easy. The Griffin Rider moved nimbly through the light.
The distance of hundreds of meters passed in an instant, and during this process, Franklin only shot down three or four Griffin Riders. The remaining ten or so flying mechs had already reached the sky above the Silver Hook. The shoulder armor of the Griffin Knight bounced off, and a row of miniature missiles rose from the stomach of the mecha. After locking on to the target, the miniature missiles swished out, dragging out extremely complicated smoke trails in the air, dozens of missiles fired in salvo, and immediately fell towards the Silver Hook like a kaleidoscope.
Franklin yelled and grabbed his captain's throne. With a little force, the base fixed on the deck with screws lifted off the ground. Franklin directly threw the big chair out. This chair blocked more than a dozen miniature missiles in front of it, and was turned into powder in the flames of the explosion. But there are still many missiles fired. The giant gritted his steel teeth, squatted down and exerted strength, and his whole body bounced off the boat like a cannonball, facing the mid-air missile.
He stretched his whole body wide open, grasping or waving his hands, abruptly blocked more than twenty miniature missiles. But seeing fireballs exploding continuously in mid-air, the flames and shock waves from the explosion made Franklin feel like his bones were about to fall apart. But even if he used himself as a shield, he still couldn't stop all the missiles. As a result, some fish that slipped through the net finally landed on the boat, and several fireballs exploded on the Silver Hook immediately.
All of a sudden, bullets were shot at the navigation area on the left, the deck in the middle, and the rudder paddle at the tail. In the flames of the explosion, sawdust flew everywhere, and a few unlucky sailors either died alive or were thrown into the water by the shock wave of the explosion. The sailors who fell into the water were dragged into the water by the fierce mutant creatures underwater before they could climb onto the boat. Not long after, there were bloodstains.
Franklin dropped back on board, and the Silver Hook had come to a standstill. A mast broke from it at this moment and slapped the water with the sail. The pirate ship swayed from side to side, the hull was damaged, and the cabin began to flood, and it was not far from sinking. But the Knights of the Holy Seal still had no intention of giving up. Heavy artillery came after them one after another. The giant had to do a futile interception effort, but they couldn't prevent the heavy artillery from damaging the pirate ship again.
A heavy cannon landed on the hull of the ship, and with the sound of the explosion, a huge crack ran across the center of the Silver Hook's hull. In the terrified scream of the first mate Jayne, the Silver Hook was folded and split from both ends, and the front of the hull immediately fell into the water because of the heavy decoration on the bow, knocking down several sailors .
Seeing this situation, Franklin was helpless. He was standing at the stern of the ship, but this part of the ship was gradually sinking. However, in the sky, Griffon Knights were still firing light machine guns. The bullets did not pose much threat to Franklin, but they punched dense bullet holes in the hull, speeding up the infusion of sea water and making the ship sink faster.
Is it only here? Franklin shouted in his heart, he was not reconciled. But he knew that even if he didn't want to, whether he fell into the sea or was captured by the Holy Seal Knights, the ending would not make much difference. The former was buried in the belly of a fish, while the latter could only spend the rest of his life on the operating table and in the laboratory, which would be worse than death.
On the upper ship, Signe turned the ring on his hand and said to his adjutant: "It's time to invite our Mr. Beast aboard."
The adjutant nodded, and shouted at the flag bearer: "All advance, surround the target!"
The flag bearer immediately conveyed the order by waving the flag, and Signe, who was leisurely waiting for the completion of the net collection, felt an awe-inspiring power appearing from the rear of the fleet. That power is rough, like a huge rock with sharp edges and corners, with amazing pressure! The sub-group leader immediately jumped onto the top of the building, and immediately he was shrouded in a huge shadow.
Just at the back of the fleet, a huge boat quietly appeared at some point, its volume was several times larger than that of Signe's car. It is 100 meters long from head to tail and 30 meters high, just like a small oil tanker. This gigantic boat was like a monster on the sea. It quietly turned out from an island behind the sea, and bit the knights' fleet with its tail in its mouth. The cannons on both sides of the giant boat had already opened fire. This kind of artillery was not as powerful as the heavy artillery, but firing at such a short distance caused the warships of the Knights to complain. The Griffin Knights near the Silver Hook no longer cared about Franklin. They turned around and flew back, attacking the giant boat that suddenly appeared.
On this giant boat, there are five tall masts raised, and on the huge sail that looks like a sky, there is a pattern of a giant black turtle painted on it. The giant tortoise has sharp-edged shells, a ferocious expression on its head, and awe-inspiring murderous aura in its triangular eyes. Seeing this pattern, Signe's face became gloomy. He knew very well what this pattern represented in the files of the Knight Order.
That is the symbol of "Iron Scale", one of the four major pirate groups in Roaring Bay. Since the Iron Scale is here, how could its captain "Fire Shield" Deborah be outside? Sure enough, after the pirate ship and the knight warship started to exchange fire, a burly man appeared on the deck on the right side of the ship. Deborah, the head of the Ironscale Pirates, is of Germanic descent, tall, fierce and warlike. It is a cross-domain ability user of fire and combat domains, and the weapon it uses is a tower shield covered with steel thorns.
As long as Deborah is willing, he can add a layer of high-temperature flames to his tower shield, making the giant shield both offensive and defensive. In the hierarchy of the Pope's Hall, Deborah and the other three heads of the pirate regiment were dangerous figures second only to the Big Three of the Rebel Army. Each of them has strength enough to rival the leader of the Knights, and they are men that even Signe is unwilling to provoke easily.
"The lackeys of the Pope's Hall! Since you have come to the door yourself, then I will not be polite, and I will accept your teeth-beating sacrifice!" Deborah roared loudly, and his voice resounded throughout the sea. There was galloping energy and power in the voice, and some ordinary crew members on the warships that were closer to the Iron Scale were stunned by his voice.
Deborah clapped the giant shield in his hand, and suddenly a bright orange flame entangled. Captain Ironscale let out a long laugh, and jumped up high. Crossing the deck of the Iron Scale, like a meteor, it smashed down to a warship below with a force as heavy as a mountain. In an instant, he collided with the warship, but it was the latter that was damaged. The warship sank first, the waterline kept rising, and the sea water almost overflowed the deck. Then it jumped upwards, and with another click, it actually crashed into two pieces from Dibora's break.
After destroying one ship in an instant, Deborah flew out of the cabin of the warship and landed on the deck of another warship. Many Seal Knights on the deck are ready for the contact battle. Seeing Deborah board the boat, a dozen knights activated their energy shields, and at the same time drew out the high-frequency knives behind them and rushed towards Deborah. They are also equipped with Dragon Gun II machine guns, but the knights know that against opponents of Deborah's level, machine guns are of limited use, and they are not as effective as high-frequency knives for melee attacks.
More than a dozen knights slashed with their knives, but Deborah was unafraid. He set up a flame shield to protect his whole body, and suddenly there was a dense crisp sound. More than a dozen high-frequency knives slashed on the flame shield. Not even a trace was left on the shield. Deborah sneered, the huge shield swept across, and the spikes on the shield caught the knight's long knife. For a while, they couldn't get away, and they were all knocked out by the flame shield.
The force of this collision was at least ten tons. Although these knights had energy shields to protect them, they consumed all their energy almost instantly. The energy shield offset most of the force, but the knights directly touched by the flame shield were stained with flames, and their bodies were distorted and deformed by Diborah's strange force. When they fell, they had already turned into corpses.
The cabin suddenly shattered, and a paladin mecha rushed out. The mecha raised a swivel cannon, and the driver fired as soon as he locked on to Deborah. The machine gun made a dull sound, and the bullets plowed across the deck of the warship and blasted towards Deborah. However, Deborah rolls nimbly, and when it bounces up, the flame shield spins and flies out, cutting through the waist of the paladin's mech with a halo of flame.
The knight in the cockpit widened his eyes, and the image in his eyes suddenly tilted, but it was the paladin's mecha being cut in half by the flame shield. A bright line of fire appeared at the cut point, and then exploded into a ball of fire with a bang, blowing the mech to pieces, and the knight in the driver's cabin was not spared.
After receiving the flame shield back, Deborah breathed in and roared, hitting the shield hard on the deck. The warship was shaken, and several lines of fire centered on Deborah's feet spread towards the surroundings of the warship, followed by a curtain of fire like knives, cutting the warship into several pieces!
The warship split apart, and Deborah was standing on the wreckage of one of the hulls. A long rope was pulled towards Deborah, and the captain grabbed it with one hand. When the long rope retracted, it pulled Deborah back to the Ironscale. In a blink of an eye, two warships were destroyed by one person. The pirates on board shouted loudly and attacked the other warships even harder. Deborah looked at Signe provocatively, but the latter jumped back to the deck with a silent face.
The adjutant asked at this time: "Captain, are you going to dispatch the Knights of the Round Table?"
The strongest battle mech in the Pope's Hall, the Knights of the Round Table, which only commander-level characters can control, is now fixed in the cabin of the building. Although the knights of the round table mainly fought on land, they were still capable of fighting even in the sea. But to the adjutant's surprise, Signe shook his head and said, "No, let's retreat and let them go temporarily."
"What about the beast?"
"Leave him alone, let's go!" Signe's tone was already filled with anger, the adjutant didn't dare to delay any longer, and quickly told the standard bearer the order.
Looking at Deborah on the Iron Scale, Signe said in a voice he could only hear: "Is this what you call a chess piece? Sauron!"
The leader of the 3rd branch recalled when he reported to Sauron more than a month ago that he found a conflict between the beast and two warships. After thinking for a moment, Sauron said: "From the course of this beast, he is Go to Roaring Bay. Signe, go and intercept him as much as you want. But remember, don’t kill him. If you are blocked by other pirates during the interception, you should retreat!"
"Why?" Signe asked in confusion.
Sauron said indifferently: "This question has exceeded your authority, leader. In short, just do as I say, and I will do it myself!"
Signe wasn't stupid either. After careful deliberation, he came to a conclusion that surprised himself. Sauron must have arranged his chess pieces among the pirates, and judging from the whereabouts of the beast, the giant made it clear that he was going to Roaring Bay. But what was he going to Howling Bay for? Signe then thought, there are not only the four major pirate regiments in Roaring Bay, but also Istar, the base camp of the rebel army.
There must be some kind of connection between Beast, Roaring Crossing, and Ishtar. At that time, Signe thought of other life forms from the previous era that were still under the control of the Pope's Hall. After the beast fled, the Vatican has awakened other beasts. It all came together suddenly, and Signe saw the outlines of the whole event.
The beasts who went to Istar undoubtedly wanted to take back their compatriots with the help of the rebel army. And Sauron must have figured this out, so on the one hand, he arranged for himself to pursue, and on the other hand, he used his chess pieces to rescue the beast. In other words, Sauron wants to take this opportunity to infiltrate Istar, because the Pope's Hall has disappeared, and the rebel army is also looking for the beast!
Then it all becomes logical. It's just that Signe didn't expect that Sauron was a big hand, and the chess piece he arranged turned out to be Iron Scale, one of the four major pirate groups, Deborah the Shield of Flame!
Franklin looked at the sea, and there was smoke everywhere. At least five warships were sunk, and many knights and mechs were damaged. This time the Knights came aggressively, but returned in embarrassment. Watching the warship and the remaining warships disappear on the horizon, Franklin was relieved, knowing that he had finally recovered his life.
As for the pirate ship that had beaten the Knights to shame, it started to drive towards him. Franklin didn't have time to pay attention to it. Taking this opportunity, he fished Jayne and two sailors out of the sea. Both the first mate and the sailor were pale. Although they temporarily saved their lives, because they were directly exposed to the sea, Franklin knew that they would not live long.
Jayne and the others seemed to know their fate, and they were all silent. At this time, a huge shadow shrouded them, and a bold voice came from the deck of the giant boat: "Get on board! If you don't want to soak in the water."
Seeing that his feet were almost soaking in the sea, Franklin sighed, carried Jayne and the others on his shoulders, and jumped onto the rope ladder hanging from the Iron Scale. Franklin boarded the boat again, and the Silver Hook had completely sunk into the sea and disappeared.