There were few people left on the lower gun deck, and the result of the face-to-face bombardment of the two ships was a defeat for both sides. When Diego came in, all he saw was a mess. Shattered shipboards, overturned guns, messy tools, and cold corpses, this is what he saw at a glance, several badly wounded gunners lying on the deck with a faint **.

But he didn't see the mage's dazzling red robe, nor did he see Guan Haifa. With his gun in hand, he continued to walk to the lower cabin.

The structural layout of this floor is much more complicated, with the galley, sailor's cabin and, corral and anchor winch all on this level, and Diego touches one cabin after another. To be honest, he actually wanted the mage to hide in this level, because the bilge is more dark and cramped than this level, and the mage hiding in it is like a rat burrowing into a full warehouse, and it is difficult to dig him out again.

In fact, most of the bilge space was also used as a warehouse. Water, food, powder kegs, spare supplies, etc., filled every inch of space.

Wait, powder keg! Almost instantly, Diego understood why the mage had entered the cabin. Because if the powder keg in the warehouse is detonated, the whole ship could be blown to pieces.

He felt only a tingling in his scalp, and he opened his legs and rushed to the bilge. However, he did not understand how the mage could escape from the bilge after detonating the powder keg, and he had the impression that the mages would never choose to die with the enemy, because in their own eyes, the life of any enemy was not worth anything.

In order to prevent fire, there was no light in the bilge, and it was pitch black inside. Diego pulled the spell energy goggles off his forehead and placed them over his eyes. Then carefully touch inside. He didn't know that the powder kegs of the Goddess of Waves were stored in the compartment, so he had to find them one by one.

"Guan Haifa, move closer to me." Tong guò soul connection, he commanded the big cat. A few seconds later, a pair of green eyes appeared in the darkness on the left. Guan Haifa also lost his target, and the mage used some kind of spell to eliminate his body odor, and his keen sense of smell was completely useless.

Diego and the big cat went back and forth into the depths of the warehouse. He held the gun, the index finger of his right hand gently hooked on the trigger, and the power of the light spilled out of his hand and poured into the bullet. That's three times as much as usual. If the mage jumps out at this time, this bullet that is already unbearable will leave him with an unforgettable memory.

However, by the time they reached the stern of the ship and found the compartment where the gunpowder was stored, the mage was nowhere to be found.

The cabin was filled with gunpowder, and the airtight moisture-proof oak barrels were divided into two layers. One by one, huddled together. It looks a bit like a dwarven cellar for ale.

Diego turned his back on the Death Gaze and pulled the axe out of his axe pouch. He didn't dare to use the musket anymore, because as long as the gunfire of the Death Gaze was fired, there was a good chance that the barrels would detonate and send everyone to heaven.

It's very narrow, and in some places you even have to turn sideways to get to guò. He walked out with an axe in one hand and a barrel in the other, but he immediately felt as if he had touched something like powder.

"What is this?" He put his hand in front of him, and the smell of gunpowder came to his nose.

"Hell, it's gunpowder!" Diego was taken aback. He hurriedly touched the goods around him, but his hands touched. This powder is everywhere. The mage threw these things everywhere.

Now even a fool could see what the red-robed mage was up to, and Diego couldn't guess that he had any other purpose than arson and explosives.

Diego walked briskly to the stern. But after a few steps, he felt a tightness under his feet, and he almost tripped over. He looked down and saw a waist-high powder keg lying underground, but it was now empty, and the gunpowder inside had long since been spilled.

"Damn it!" Diego knew he had to leave right away, and now it was a huge powder keg - and indeed it was - that a little open flame could blow the entire ship, including any living creatures on it, to powder. This is not difficult at all for mages. There are so many ways for these natural arsonists to do this.

However, he had only run a few steps before he stopped. For he saw a glimmer of light above his head. He realized that he might be able to get out of here before the mage.

It was the cargo passage between the upper and lower decks, and the sailors often used winches to lift the supplies in the lower holds. For ease of access, powder kegs were stored in the compartment closest to it.

Diego glanced around. He found a long wooden stick leaning against the corner, but when he held it in his hand, he noticed that it was a cleaning stick used by the gunners to clean the chamber, with a thick soft cloth tied to the top.

He raised his stick and stabbed it upwards a few times. As he stabbed into the light-filled gap, a five-foot-square deck rang up. Flip it up.

Just then, Diego heard a loud tom from the upper deck, like the sound of bulkheads being blown open. Diego knew that the mage would leave the ship at any moment, and of course, he wouldn't forget to light a fire before leaving.

Diego moved a spare sail bundled into a square bag and stood on it. Then, with all his might, he jumped to his feet and grabbed the edge of the upper deck with his hand.

Diego is very grateful for the strong body he has, and he can climb up from below with the strength of his waist and abdomen alone. The moment he flipped up from the bilge, he saw a large hole in the bulkhead of this floor, and the red-robed mage was holding a small powder keg and pouring the next bit of black powder onto the deck.

Diego tossed the axe from his hand without even thinking about it, but with unprecedented speed he removed the Death Gaze from his shoulder and took aim at the gun, only to drop it a few seconds later. There was gunpowder powder everywhere on the deck, and he didn't dare take the risk.

The hand axe didn't work, and a translucent energy shield appeared behind the mage, blocking it. The mage turned, beckoned triumphantly to Diego, and leaped backwards from the hole. But he didn't fall directly into the sea, but slowly drifted away like a feather. When he floated twenty or thirty meters, a huge fireball appeared in his hand, he smiled mockingly at Diego, and then shot the fireball towards the hole.

Diego's horrified soul rushed towards the big cave with Guan Haifa, and this was their only way to survive. Thankfully, they reached the hole before the fireball, and the moment they leapt from it, the huge fireball whizzed over their heads and into the hole.

Diego and Guan Haifa didn't know how to fall, they fell straight into the sea like stones. But a moment before he fell into the water, he saw a behemoth leap up from the Red Mist, and the dark clouds suddenly enveloped the mage. The mage let out a scream of exclamation, and before he could dodge, he was smashed into the water.

At this moment, Diego, who had not yet floated out of the water, heard an earth-shattering roar overhead, like a volcanic eruption, and the tyrannical energy generated by the explosion of several tons of gunpowder poured in all directions through the torn hull, and the sea water shook violently, and the tsunami-like waves emptied up and covered the sky. The huge hull of the Red Mist, which was close at hand, shook violently like a leaf in the water, and for a moment, its mainsail almost toppled horizontally, and those who did not grasp the fixed objects around them, whether they were pirates or soldiers, were all dumpled into the angry sea like dumplings.

Diego in the water was not so lucky to see this spectacular scene, he was too close to the Goddess of Waves. As soon as the explosion occurred, the shock wave was transmitted through the body of water. It was as if a sledgehammer slammed into his body, knocking him into black eyes and fainting directly. (To be continued.) )