The reason why Luscan's 'ghost ships' have been invincible in the waters of Sword Bay over the years is that they are stealthy and raidy, and they can directly inflict heavy damage on the opponent before the 'target' can react.

In terms of the design and structure of the ship, the side parts on both sides are often relatively fragile, not to mention that almost all ships in this era have wooden structures whose main hull materials are relatively easy to break.

And it is precisely this that the Luskan Ghost Ship takes advantage of, taking advantage of the 'target before it is detected', directly hitting the strongest bow of the ship, and some of the inferior merchant ships will even be directly broken by the waist, no matter how bad it is, it can inflict heavy damage.

Although this will inevitably lead to some damage to their own hull, since they can dive below the surface of the sea, they are naturally not afraid of water seepage caused by some damage.

Most importantly, they used this method to achieve a more advantageous broadside battle.

Often, when they cut melons and vegetables with absolute numerical superiority and broke into the cabin of the deck, some of the adventurer guards who were still resting in their shifts were killed one by one in confusion and panic before they could even put on their leather armor and take up arms.

In fact, this tactic has also appeared in Levi's world, and it is called Blitzkrieg.

Blitzkrieg, also known as blitzkrieg, is a tactic used by Germany in World War II, which makes full use of the quick advantage of aircraft, tanks and mechanized troops to defeat the enemy by surprise attack, and uses mechanized troops to quickly cut the enemy's main force to achieve the desired effect.

The core elements of Blitzkrieg are: speed, surprise attack, concentration, lightning strikes the enemy at a speed that exceeds the opponent's reaction, which can make the enemy lose morale under the sudden threat, so that it will collapse immediately under the first huge blow!

In Levi's view, the tactical objectives of the two are the same, and the operational policies are also similar.

It's just a pity that once these two lose their most important advantage, they will fall into fatal passivity.

Like now.

When the captains of the ghost ships realized that they had not only failed to achieve the expected results, but had also crashed their ship into a half-wrecked battle, they immediately ordered the crew to drive the hull to sink into the sea again.

"It's a guest, shoot me!"

Seeing that the 'fish' that he had finally caught actually wanted to run, how could he let them get his wish, so he immediately raised his hand and ordered.

The improved 'ballistas' that had been preparing for launch but had not been used in the cabin immediately turned in unison and shot out with a bang.

I heard four muffled sounds of 'aggressiveness' in succession, and the four huge whale-hunting crossbows stabbed into the hulls of the four ghost ships, penetrated deep inside, and opened four hideous barbs, like the claws of a giant beast.

Countless fine steel wires were entangled into steel cables, extending from the tail of the arrow, connecting with the brackets in the cabin of the Intrepid.

Almost at the moment when the whale hunting crossbow shot into the interior of the ghost ship, an ultra-high-frequency harsh noise enveloped the sea area, and all the adventurers who were still in the confusion of 'what happened' covered their ears in pain, even Levi couldn't help frowning slightly, staring at the sea area as fast as being blackened thoughtfully:

"Alive?"

Immediately, I was a little glad that in order to guard against the rogue tactics of these guys 'if you can't beat and run', on the night of departure, in addition to the main ballista at the bow of the ship, all the magic ballistas on both sides were replaced with whale hunting crossbows, and in order to prevent pirates from cutting the reins with sharp weapons, the rope was replaced with a wire lock.

So the whole scene suddenly became a tug-of-war between the four ghost ships and the intrepid, but unfortunately, whether in terms of power or quality, these ghost ships of Luskan are obviously no opponents, just like the 'whales' who were shot but still only wanted to escape.

"Everybody come with me!

At the same time, the adventurers on the ship, led by Alyssa, also reacted, untied their longbows from their backs, and shot deadly arrows at the Luskan pirates who were in a dilemma on the pirate ship.

With another shudder from the Dreadnought, another ghostly ship emerged almost staggered past the intrepid stern with a piercing creak.

The side of the ghost ship was visibly damaged, and most of the planks on the stern of the Intrepid had been wiped off, revealing the silver-gray iron armor underneath.

Merlin Dela, who was standing on the bow of the ghost ship, naturally witnessed this scene, and her originally frightened eyes shrank suddenly, and immediately revealed a somewhat neurotic smile mixed with absurdity and despair.

At the same time, he finally understood why the other party was still standing under the siege of dozens of pirate ships, and why four ghost warships in a row were destroyed in the sea of swords.

Originally... It was 'really' hit the steel plate.

'We... What kind of monster did you choose as a hunting target...'

Yes... Isn't such a battleship, fully armed and covered in steel plates, a veritable monster on the sea?

At this moment, she was completely disillusioned, and she couldn't imagine how she would be cruelly punished by the Brotherhood after letting the Arcane Brotherhood collapse four ghost ships in succession under her own will.

At this moment, she suddenly saw a young 'apprentice' on the ironclad ship, as if sensing her presence, slowly turning his head and showing her an 'extremely kind' smile.

It's just that Levi's mood today seems to be too happy, and this smile is reflected in his relatively skimming 'human transfiguration', which inevitably twists a little, the corners of his mouth go straight to the root of his ears, his mouth is full of fine and sharp teeth, and there are even some scraps of meat from the medium-rare steak he enjoyed in the cabin before...

So it fell into Merlindela's eyes, and this smile... It's like the devil...

And in her instincts, this guy who directly ordered the brutal slaughter of her people as soon as she came forward...

is the most dangerous existence!

Run!

Run!

Get out of here!

Immediately!!!

"Get out of here!" the pale Mellindella staggered back two steps and immediately ordered.

She didn't want to stay here for a moment, and she didn't even have the slightest idea of rescuing those people.

At the same time, she also knew that her failure this time would ruin her last hope of returning to the Arcane Brotherhood.

Not only that, but Luscan's biggest strategic secret has been exposed, and I am afraid that it will not be long before she is even wanted and hunted by the Arcane Brotherhood.

As the ghost ship descended beneath the surface, the icy waters submerged her again, and her mind, which seemed to be in a mess, cleared up a little.

She suddenly felt that something was wrong...

The other side doesn't seem to have the intention of chasing them...

Is it disdain to continue the pursuit of them?

Or... And a backhand?

Backhand?

Her gaze suddenly swept over a group of swift tuna, and her pupils shrank to the limit again.

"Be careful! tuna!" she barely had time to make such a puzzling warning in the magic communication, and instinctively stepped back, raising her staff as she raised her staff, and used her few remaining spell slots to unleash bundles of ice spears that shot at the tuna with black barrels under their bellies.

The tuna, which was quickly incapacitated under the influence of the ice, stared at her without the slightest expression, grinning like a silent smile.

The horrific scene reminded her of the horrible smile of the young man on the deck of the Intrepid as the tuna suddenly exploded and scattered in all directions.

Merlindella only had time to instinctively cast a magic shield on herself, and she was swept away by the scorching current, and slammed straight into the raised mast of the ship, and the whole person was folded into a U-shape, and a mouthful of blood mist gushed out from the mouth that opened to the limit, and was thrown away from the ship.

And this... But she saved her life.

Falling into a state of confusion, Merlin Dela's ears were full of 'ding' auditory hallucinations, and the picture in front of her seemed to have become an intermittent scene of frame drops.

In the haze, I could only see in despair and helplessness as the remaining ghost ships exploded one after another under the 'suicide attacks' of those 'tuna', and began to disintegrate, 'deactivated', and 'fall' towards the depths of the seabed.

At this time, her [underwater breathing] had finally reached the time limit, and the icy sea water poured into her body from her mouth, nose and even ears under the pressure of the sea, making her suffocate and painful convulsions and roll her eyes.

She instinctively danced her limbs and wanted to swim to the surface of the sea, but after being hit by a close-range alchemy dynamite, she seemed a little powerless at the moment, and blisters kept pouring out of her mouth and nose.

Finally, she lost control of her body, and her mind fell into chaos again, only the strong unwillingness in her heart made her maintain the posture of reaching out her hand upward.

'No...'

'It shouldn't be like this...'

'I'm Merlin Dela...'

'The most illustrious disciple of Aklem, King of the Seven Seas...'

She... There should have been a brighter future...

'It's just... Why did it become like this...'

Just when she began to fall into the darkness in front of her eyes, in the haze, it seemed as if she saw a figure swimming towards her...

'Save...'

'Help me...'

'Whoever it is...'

She just wants... Stay alive.

Even if... Live like a dog.

Because only alive... to be qualified to talk about the future.

Just as her consciousness was about to fall silent, she seemed to barely see the other person's appearance...

'A... Fishman?'

The fish-man with the blindfold also smiled happily at her, revealing a mouth full of tiny fangs.

Then a pickaxe slammed into her head...

Bang...

This elf, who had been plagued by disasters since forty-six years ago, lost consciousness.

......

The environment at sea is always unpredictable, one moment there is thunder and lightning, heavy rain, and the next second it suddenly calms down, and it can even be said that the wind and the sun are beautiful.

But those who are experienced in this will not think that the storm is over...

They were only extremely lucky enough to get into the eye of the storm, which was about forty nautical miles in diameter, and perhaps in a few minutes the terrible storm would 'come' again.

But the sudden cessation of the storm also made the remaining pirates realize their situation...

After seeing the mountain of corpses piled up on the merchant ship and the four ghost ships that looked like 'dead fish' on the side, the remaining twenty or so pirate ships turned their rudders in unison, trying to escape from this 'terrible' monster floating on the sea, and the seemingly endless army of mermaids in the sea.

Among them is the flagship of Red Devil Eric.

Even if he is well-informed, he has never encountered such an absurd and terrible situation, but fortunately, he has always been cautious, even if it seems to be a foolproof battle plan, he will never be the first to enter the front line.

And this habit also allowed him to escape.

Looking at the mottled but standing ironclad ship, he had an indescribably complicated feeling in his heart...

He seemed to have foreseen that in the near future, the entire sea area would be replaced by this kind of ironclad ship, and all the forces would compete to develop and build this kind of warship or be able to compete with it.

Gone are the golden years of piracy.

......

On the Dreadnought, the battle was almost over, and all who were able to help clean up the battlefield and escort the pirates who were scrambling to surrender just to save their lives.

At the bow of the ship, I saw that the silver-white jackal was holding the chopping knife that was half the width of the door panel as a shovel, and kept shoveling up the pieces of minced meat on the mountain of corpses, and swung them into the sea, which immediately attracted the presence of countless sea fish.

This scene almost scared the pirates who surrendered, although they usually did not do less things to sink in the sea, but the two orders of magnitude of the picture gave people a very different impression.

Even Alyssa, who was originally going to scatter her father's ashes into the sea in this area, silently dismissed her idea, and was only ready to wait until the sea of glory.

'This sea... It's already unclean...,' Alyssa said silently.

And for the adventurers on board, this escort journey is too thrilling.

However, when they looked around after the war, they were shocked to find that after this encounter that was completely comparable to that of the epic, most of the guys they knew were still alive... Even if some of the injuries were not light, most of them were treated by the pastors.

Only a few of the more unlucky guys were directly hit by the pirates during the initial broadside battle, and they were not rescued in the first place, or they were thrown out of the hull and fell into the sea because of the bumps of the waves and the chaotic battle situation.

And all of this is due to the fact that there are too many strong people like that Holtz on this ship...

So much so that they all began to doubt life a little, since there are so many strong people on board, then... What exactly is the point of hiring them?

"I'm afraid... We're just a disguise, like... The exterior of the Intrepid was the same as the wooden slats. Jason, who had a bandage on his chest, couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This speculation, which is closest to the truth, made the adventurers fall silent for a moment...

"Whatever, if you have money to take it, you can still save your life, although this journey is a little thrilling, but it is definitely not a loss, and when I return to Am, I can blow it for the rest of my life!" the dwarf took a sip of wine and sighed in amazement.

"Well, maybe there are dancers who give me free of charge. The warrior who had removed his armor laughed.

"......" Jason didn't know what to say for a while.

Sharela, who was salted all the way to the side, also smiled wryly.

She always felt like she had messed up the task...

But when everyone thinks about it, they seem to think that is the case.

Although the employer seems to be hiding something from them, the treatment of them is enough conscience.

"What exactly are they doing?" the fighter asked.

"Maybe... That's what they're for. Jason frowned, looking at the 'knight' and Archmage Fischer who were violently dismantling the ghost ship in the distance, and muttered.

A moment later, when the first ghost ship was violently dismantled, the corners of Levi's mouth twitched a little as he looked at the 'sea monster' at the bottom of the cabin, who had died of serious injuries, and said:

"That's it??"

The words were full of disgust and disappointment.

Because what is presented in front of you is a big squid that has died!

He had thought about countless 'deep-sea magic technology' about the Luskan ghost ship, and his mind was full of wanting to get his hands on this 'submarine' technology.

Don't look at the slimes who turn into Kou Tao Fishmen and hold the boat can also play a similar role, but Kou Tao Fishmen are amphibians after all, and they can't dive too deep in the sea, they can't sneak for a long time, and they can move fast enough.

As a result, it took a lot of effort to find that although there is indeed a design for the sealed air chamber, there are more... It's 'biotechnology' at all!

No!

Not even technology... Fischer detected the remnants of the magic contract in the squid.

"That is to say... In fact, the mysterious ghost pirate ship that the Luskan Arcane Brotherhood is engaged in is actually a squid's hull... What a..."

Can you not be pitted...

Because he can't copy it at all, unless he can find some big squid that can already be called a 'sea monster'.

And according to his guess, eighty percent of these big squids came from the squid community in the Far West Traceless Sea.

"Wait... This also means that Luskan and the squid colony have been secretly teaming up for a long time... No wonder..."

No wonder, in the past two years, Luskan has frequently provoked Lunaris Island... No wonder, no one has been able to find the complete wreck of the ghost ship so far.

Because even if the ghost ship is damaged, the squid that is its latent power has also 'broken out of its shell'.

Levi suddenly felt that he didn't seem to have learned nothing this time.

"The boss... Alyssa has just come over to report that our cabin probably won't fit so many pirate captives. Fischer trotted over to report.

And this sentence also attracted the attention of many adventurers and pirate captives.

The pirates, in particular, were all pale and trembling, for fear that this fierce master would directly order them to sink into the sea.

As a result, Levi's answer made everyone dumbfounded.

"Then get rid of all the stones in the storehouse and use them for the prisoners, and take them all to Karinshan and sell them to the slave traders and the gladiatorial arena, which is a lot of money!"

Levi smiled and looked around at the stunned-looking pirates and said coldly.

"Wait... We shipped a boatload of stones. This time, Jason finally felt that his head was a little out of tune.

And as the equally bewildered sailors dumped heavy crates into the sea, the ship fell into silence like never before.

It's really a stone...

Wow!

A pirate suddenly collapsed on the ground, crying in doubt about his life.

They... It's so miserable to be deceived...

But at this moment, a shrill voice came from the clouds.

"Oh, it's really playing everyone around? just... Young Dragon, are you going to compensate me for the precious time I've lost for this?"

Then, a black shadow rapidly expanded across the deck, and in just a moment, it almost enveloped the entire Dreadnought.

At the same time, a rapid sound of breaking through the air hit.

Like a meteorite falling to the ground.

Levi looked up sharply, his pupils shrinking.

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