Chapter XXVI: The Path of Exile III
"The distress signal is coming from here."
Lair stepped over to the side of the ship and looked down at the three-masted galleon in the distance, with its tattered sails, floating above the empty sea.
"That's the Oxin Silverfire, do we have their contact?"
"Nope"
"Go up and have a look."
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It took about half an hour for them to get closer to each other.
When they got closer, the Florians noticed that the Silver Fire of Orshin was now covered with terrible scars—two large holes had been made in the side of the ship, the openings were almost pierced, and the artillery deck inside was in shambles, and the marks left by the cannonballs were visible.
There were many similar scars, visible on the bow, stern and deck.
One mast was broken and fell sideways, the other two masts were also damaged to varying degrees, and the tail was vandalized. A shell hit the mid-belly of the Osin Silverfire, and the entrance port was pitch black, and the cannon apparently caused extremely severe damage to the ship's paralysis.
Captain Ellan Draville received the visitors with some embarrassment.
Lair offered to meet their president, but the captain politely told them that the president was not on board, and that there were not many Electors on board the Orshin Silver Fire at the moment.
The people of the Descendants of Flor looked around.
The deck of the Orshin Silver Fire was littered with the marks of battle—large stains of blood, bullet marks everywhere, gaps left by slashing weapons, and burning, corroding, or freezing marks left by magic.
Most of the sailors were wounded, and even then there were not many people left, and at best they managed to keep the ship afloat.
Asking the other party what had happened, but all they got was vague information, and Captain Elan-Draville did not mention anything about the previous battle, but he could tell them the identity of the attacker.
Judging from what they witnessed, there was no doubt that they were the targets on the wanted notice.
The remaining Electors on the Orhin Silver Fire were a bit easier to talk to, but they were also confused when it came to what had happened before, and Lair could understand their embarrassment, and no one would be embarrassed to fight more and fight less.
But from the bits and pieces of information, he still sorted out some information.
Although there are few people on the other side, there are a few that are quite difficult to mess with.
The first to bear the brunt was naturally the leader of the craftsmen, and Lair couldn't help but think of the video he had seen along the way - the other party was indeed very powerful, whether it was the battle of Dorifin or the battle of Idus, it was amazing.
He is different from these people on the Ao Xin Silver Fire, he clearly knows some of the inside story, and even the owner of the Blue Cross, Qing, is said to have suffered the losses of the other party, and his level can be imagined.
Although Qing has never disclosed the details of the time, some clues can be seen from the vague description of the battle of Idus.
But even so, he was still a little surprised by the Fang Plover in the description.
In the dictation of the remaining Electors aboard the Orshin Silverfire, the other party used a very peculiar build, and at least by describing it, he was sure that he had never seen a similar flexible build.
The slender construct can be used near and far, and the use of a six-shot magic guide gun in long-range combat, Lair has described it as somewhat similar to the Imperial Eleven for constructs.
But in the later description, this kind of magic guide gun showed the attribute of breaking demons, which made him a little uncertain.
On top of that, they also use spear-throwing attacks, with Imperial Eleven-style attacks reaching hundreds, and spear-throwing attacks are even higher - and the latter is relatively stealthy, especially threatening to the dexterity class.
They also use a long knife in melee combat, though it is unknown if it is to disguise the exaggeration of defeat, and the melee attacks of the other side are described by these people as being ridiculously high.
According to them, their melee heavy class has even been able to break through the shield wall with one sword, and then take the head with the second sword.
This statement is simply incredible, according to the protection level of a level twenty-seven or eighteen-level protective profession, unless this sword has up to a thousand damages, he really can't think of the possibility of this happening.
"They also have a high resistance to magic...... "Magician Elector said to them with trepidation, "magic is almost ineffective for them......
High attack, high mobility, high magic protection, even in addition to the ability of these strange constructs to be able to move near and far, in terms of the balanced strength they show, there are at least about thirty levels.
However, in the descriptions of these people, the other party used a total of ten of these constructs to fight, and even Lair was a little surprised to hear it. His first reaction was impossible, if every combat craftsman in his twenties could control so many flexible structures far beyond his own level to fight, then would other professions still be alive?
Even if there is such a thing as genius, although there is a gap between man and man, according to the other party, this is no longer a gap between man and man, this is simply a gap between man and God.
At the same level, even if Loofah comes, it is estimated that this strength is not enough for the opponent to fight with one hand.
"Are these people scared?" The other people who came with him obviously didn't believe it either, "The attack is high, the mobility is good, and the level of protection is still above average, if such a construct really exists, then I should also go and become a combat craftsman." ”
"It's like you can turn if you want."
", didn't I just say it, the combat craftsman is really so powerful, then the three major leagues don't need other professions."
Lair shook his head, he didn't have a thought about the exaggerated descriptions for a moment, but he was sure that the other party hadn't used a similar construct before.
He was keenly aware that this was the first time the other party had come up with such a new construct in public, and he uploaded the descriptions to the Alliance, trying to see if he could get any answers.
In addition to Fang Yuan, there are also some people on the wanted list who are also quite outstanding.
According to the description of the other party, there is a lion paladin, this big cat is wearing heavy armor, the model of the magic furnace is unknown, it seems to have been modified by himself, and he uses a two-handed sword, which can fight back and forth with their president.
Of course, there are backs and forths that are a euphemism, but the fact is that within about two or three rounds, the latter, who is also a great sword warrior, was sent back to the respawn point.
Unlike large guilds, small guilds like this generally have the highest level and the strongest existence in their president, otherwise they can't convince the public. It is said that the leader of the Osin Silver Fire is level twenty-nine, and with the same weapons used by both sides, the battle can be ended within ten rounds, and the combat effectiveness of the other side can be imagined.
Either the level is higher, or the combat experience is so experienced that the reconsideration add-on.
Lair checked the previous news while asking, and finally found out the identity of the other party on the source of the footage on the wanted notice:
"The Paladins of Marland, the Wildlanders of Rotao, first appeared in Elpahim."
The two men who were photographed with the big cat were also present in the fight, but according to the people on the Osin Silverfire, the Paparal was unremarkable.
As for the other element, it's a bit level.
"Luo Yu," Lair quickly found out the other party's identity as well, "a former member of the Oak Knights Academy. ”
In fact, he also found Kita, who is also a former member of the Oak Knights' academy.
The members of the two youth leagues surprised him slightly, he was still very clear about the operation of large guilds, such as the members of this kind of youth academy are generally descendants, and they will not be easily let out of the guild.
However, he did know that the Oak Knights had some deals with Fang Yu before they were disbanded, and although they were not made public, they wanted to have something to do with these two people.
The information did not say anything about the little girl's occupation, but he knew that there was a naturalist in the other party's team, and it must be this.
In this battle, this naturalist lady did not participate in the battle, he couldn't help frowning, it seemed that the people on the Oxin Silver Fire did not know, and the other party had not yet exerted all his strength.
In the description of the people on the Oxin Silver Fire, there is also a 'Demon Martial Dual Cultivation' magician, a maid lady with a huge gauntlet, whose combat power is quite terrifying.
The other side should also have a very outstanding Nightingale, who had been suppressing their Guns, and had assassinated an Elemental Messenger, but never showed up from beginning to end.
Except for the wizard who was in the middle of the wanted list, Lair didn't find the remaining two people on the wanted notice.
In the end, the people on board the Silverfire Ohsin, even Captain Ellan Dravel, who had always been cautious in his words and actions, all agreed that the other party's ship was also quirky.
"Their ships are incredibly nimble, and I've been begging for decades on the empty sea, and I've never seen anyone drive a ship like that."
"I also tried to get the sailors to open fire after the outcome of the battle was inevitable, but they could always get into our shooting corners at unbelievable angles, and I had never encountered anything like this...... Especially when the two boats are so close together......"
These were the exact words of Elland Draville at the time.
Of course, Lair wasn't entirely convinced.
He learns that the Seven Seas Traveler had unexpectedly damaged the foremast and at least four sails of the Orshin Silverfire in the first round of attacks. Therefore, from the very beginning, the Osin Silver Fire was engaged in a struggle with the other side on the premise of losing maneuverability, and the captain said this mostly to shirk responsibility.
However, he was still impressed by the Seven Seas Traveler's maneuverability. He hadn't forgotten that they had met each other once in the port of Orenze, and although he didn't know that the other was the target of the wanted warrant at the time, the other party's boat skills were indeed superior at the time.
"Something."
That's Lair's final conclusion.
"Those guys are nice, they actually invaded the lower level of the Orshin Silver Fire at one point and destroyed their respawn point," the person who came back from the investigation from other places also brought back his conclusion, "Their leader is not on the ship, and that's probably because of that." ”
"Are these guys on the Osin Silver Fire so weak, I heard they brought sixty or seventy men?" Someone couldn't help but ask.
"Half of them are sailors, and thirty of them are good," Lair asked, returning to his ship, taking a look at the miserable Osin Silver Fire from afar, "Speaking of which, were we the first to arrive?" ”
Everyone else shook their heads: "The first to arrive were the Long Beach and the Gray Whale, and they had already chased in the direction of the Great Rift Valley. ”
"The other party fled to the Great Rift Valley?"
"Pretty much, if the people on the Causeway and the Gray Whale are not mistaken."
"It's really strange, the other party's level is not bad, where did these people come from?"
People couldn't help but discuss a few words, although they had a holiday with the people of the Seven Seas Brigade, this did not prevent them from objectively evaluating the strength of Fang Yu and his party.
Over the years, almost all of the best callups have come from the Grand Guild's academy, and it has been many years since there have been such a powerful guy among the free drafters.
It's not that it doesn't happen, but at least the majority of the people in a group are at this level, and it's very rare.
"Could they be people from the military? . S? Or Elite? ”
Lair shook his head, "The Oak Knights' academy, or something. In fact, he didn't know much about Fang Yu and his party, except for some of the other party's deeds, he didn't know much about the members of his team.
It's not just him, it's actually the outside world.
"Whatever they do, though, it's an air-sea battle," Lair replied at this point, he didn't have any intention of competing with them, "tell the men on the Long Beach and the Gray Whale to try not to fight each other one-on-one, and to engage each other in broadside combat." ”
"Is that necessary, Big L, no matter how powerful they are, how powerful can they be, it may also be that the people on the Oxin Silver Fire are too weak?"
After all, they had a conflict in the port, and the people of the Flor Descendants still remembered it, and they were inevitably a little unconvinced.
But Lair shook his head and was about to speak again, when a sailor hurried over and whispered something to him.
His face changed, and he raised his head and said to everyone:
"The Causeway is gone."
"Wait, what do you mean it's gone?"
"Gone is gone," replied Lair, "the Long Beach caught up in the Great Rift Valley and was sunk in the fight. ”
Everyone was taken aback, and the ship couldn't help but fall silent for a while.
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Fang Yu watched from afar as the Causeway fell into the gap in the light of the fire.
He knew very well how difficult it was for the birth of a wind ship, especially for them who were not big guilds, it was often the hard work and efforts of countless people.
And unlike the death of the Chosen One, the Chosen One often has multiple chances to resurrect from the dead in Aitaria due to the presence of Starlight.
But for a guild, once the wind boat sinks, it is often years or even more than ten years of hard work in vain.
Therefore, in battles on the air and sea, as long as there is no feud between the Electer and the Elector, they will not easily sink the opponent's ship.
Incapacitating them by injuring them, or capturing the opponent's windboat through broadside battles and having them ransom them for redemption are also measures to prevent mortal enmity between the Electer and the Electee.
That's what they did with the Orhin Silver Fire before—
The battle seemed to have knocked the other side out of their fighting spirit, and in the end the rest of the ship even had to raise their flags and surrender, but in fact it was not as easy as expected.
At that time, it was just by relying on the other party's carelessness that the other party's viability was greatly weakened by surprise when the other party jumped to fight. Speaking of which, although there were sixty or seventy members on board the Osin Silver Fire, only half of them could participate in the war, except for sailors and life occupations.
And the Seven Seas Traveler only has more than a dozen people, and most of them are serious battle recruiters, not to mention that he is a combat craftsman.
In the case of more than a dozen against thirty, plus ten dragon hunters, in fact, the strength comparison between the two sides is not as big as imagined.
Especially when the opponent lost two melee classes in succession, within the fifteen minutes of these people's resurrection, he really ordered Miss Tata to control the Seven Seas Traveler and crash into it.
At that time, the situation on the battlefield had actually been rewritten.
The Big Cat then killed the leader with the help of his dragon hunters, and the opponent never organized any effective counterattack since.
He blew up the opponent's tail with more than a dozen fire djinn, making the Osin Silver Fire lose its mobility, and then the Seven Seas Traveler was free to look for angles and opportunities to shoot.
After clearing the upper deck of the Osin Silver Fire, he knocked out the opponent's artillery deck, leaving the opponent without the minions to resist.
Then they landed on the ship and then entered the other party's lower cabin to take the opponent's resurrection point, and the whole process actually took less than forty minutes.
The opponent only carried out one round of resurrection, but was suppressed by the firepower of the Nanami Traveler and the ten dragon hunters so that they could not reach the upper deck at all.
After the resurrection point was taken, the rest of the opponent decisively chose to surrender in order to save the ship.
Fang Yu didn't embarrass these people, and after taking some supplies and valuable things from the other party's ship, he let them go.
Although the Oxin Silver Fire lost its mobility, according to the other party, there were still many ships searching for them nearby, and they could have called for help from others.
But the Causeway is different.
Fang Ou stood on the side of the ship and watched the last flashes of light in the gap in the distance, watching the brig like them turn into a ball of flame and tumble and fall.
In the end, it disappeared completely-
The men on the ship were far more cunning than those on the Silverfire of Oxin, and it seemed as if they had learned the lesson of the former, and no longer came up to engage them in broadside combat.
The Long Beach was a gunboat armed with eight guns, and while it wasn't as sharp as the Orhin Silverfire, it was also much sharper than the Seven Seas Traveler.
Moreover, Attaria's magic technology has been improved in almost thirty years, and the antique cannon on the Seven Seas Traveler taken from the pirate ship is no match for the rapid-fire artillery on the opposing ship.
The two sides fought real fire, and the other party seemed to be bent on beating the Seven Seas Traveler to lose its mobility, and after receiving several shells, Fang Yuan couldn't help but be really angry.
He had Miss Tata burrow into the claustrophobic gaps, take advantage of the terrain and then surprise the fire djinn to attack them, with the intention of blowing off their masts or sails and making them lose their mobility.
But unexpectedly, the people on the other side of the ship panicked for a moment, and in order to avoid the attack of the fire djinn, they actually crashed into the cliff of the empty gorge.
Hence the previous scene.
Looking at the tumbling and disappearing flames from afar, he silently sighed in his heart - he couldn't imagine what it would be like if the Seven Seas Traveler were the defeated side today.
Could it be like this, burning with raging flames and falling under the empty sea?
So in any case, they will have to be the victorious side in this potentially lengthy pursuit.
It has to be all the time—
"Ed, the other wind elemental source that has been chasing us has just disappeared," Sylvid walked over from behind, looked at him, and said softly.
Since that night a few days ago, she had rarely addressed him by the Captain in private, when the two of them were alone.
"They've got the news," Fang Yu replied, turning back, "The precedent of the Oxin Silver Fire and the Long Causeway should be enough to make these people dare not catch up alone." But it also means that the next time we see these people, it may not be a ship, but a fleet. ”
He paused for a moment before asking, "What about our losses?" ”
"Not optimistic."
The noble lady frowned rarely.
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