Chapter 229: Winner?
Hit a spirit!
Alec instantly came back to his senses from the past, and judging by his years of experience as a pirate captain, this was at least a salvo of twenty guns.
In this era, the structure of the battleship with guns installed on both sides determined that it was impossible to exert all its firepower in naval battles, and it was conservatively estimated that the number of shipborne guns on this battleship should be at least forty!
"Is that battleship catching up again?!"
Being a captain instinctively made Alec struggle to sit up, but in an instant he realized that he was no longer the captain of the "Demon Monkey".
And even if he is still the captain, his "Demon Monkey" has been blocked by a battleship in the shallow water near the island, and there is no suspense about what will happen to him.
Poof-
He lay back on the beach and let out a long and weak breath. Relieved of his responsibilities as captain, Alec felt that now was the easiest time for his pirate career.
Listening to the rumbling of artillery fire in the distance, he closed his eyes, and for the first time felt that even the sound of artillery fire was not so harsh.
It may have taken up too much of his physical strength by struggling to get up, and then Alec actually snored and fell asleep...
"My former baby pirate ship is about to be sunk by the Navy?"
Boom –
Heavy artillery easily pierced the "fragile" planks of the pirate ship.
"Oh no! I was shot in two places below the waterline, and the cabin was flooded!"
"Quick, quick, get the boat moving! We can't stop here!"
“......”
Just a kilometer away, the "Cape Storm" happened to pass by nearby without concealing its own at all, and was not discovered by the pirates who were in full swing with a crew meeting.
Because, the lookout who was supposed to be on duty was also unwilling to give up his precious "democratic voting rights" and did not stay at his post at all!
By the time they realized they were going to flee after the first round of shelling, they had been blocked by the battleship in the shallow waters on the edge of the island.
As a result, the new captain, who had just been "democratically elected", had not had time to exercise his rights, and was very unlucky to hit the muzzle of Aivan's gun, and was tragically ravaged by the fire of the battleship!
However, at this time, don't say that it is on Ilya's bounty list, even if it is not there, there is a high probability that it will not be able to escape Aiwen's "clutches"!
"Heh, the bounty is only five hundred, and the 'Demon Monkey' that doesn't even have a formal transcendent?
Don't take prisoners! Don't take spoils! Reach a distance of 100 meters, and shoot me all the remaining shells with 'scorching bombs'!"
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
The officers did not squint, and His Excellency the Captain, who was expressionless at this time, was it really terrible, wasn't it just a pirate ship and possible trophies?
In contrast, the mood of the captain is a little more important...
There was no suspense in the ending, under the powerful fire of the battleship, the "Demon Monkey", which did not even have the ability to counterattack, was almost like a live target, and it did not even last twenty minutes, and then it disintegrated in the raging fire.
The pirates who escaped by jumping ship were shot with muskets by the naval soldiers who surrounded them in longboats.
Eventually, the pirates were wiped out.
The "Storm Horn", which finally vented its depression slightly, put away its hot muzzle, turned the bow of the ship, broke through the waves, and walked away.
All that's left on the surface of the sea is the slowly sinking wreckage and the already buried ambitions of the new pirate captain, uh, and of course a former captain who is already alive...
After the battleship left, more than half a day passed.
In the evening, the waves crash against the snow-white sand, and the tide rushes onto the shore in waves, and also "nourishes" Alec lying on the beach again.
"Ahem, ahem... Ahem, ahem..."
Barely drinking or eating for a day, Alec, who was so weak that he couldn't move at all, stared at the sunset at the sea level in the distance, half-"sinking" in the water, as if setting the sea on fire.
"It's beautiful!"
Even if there is still a glimmer of hope that his body can recover, as an old pirate, Alec will try his best to save himself.
But after being delayed at sea for too long to avoid the navy, his injuries have reached an irreparable level, and even if he is not exiled, he will not be able to hold out for a few days.
"Tsk. Squeak..."
Little Jack, the ignorant miscellaneous monkey next to him, didn't know that the countdown had begun for the owner's remaining life, and he was still playing happily with a little crab next to him, but he didn't dare to stay away and stayed by his master's side.
Bang –
Suddenly, there was a loud splash of water on the sea.
Little Jack looked at the things that appeared on the sea, and instantly bared his teeth and let out a frightened cry: "Whoa...!
Alec was still lying on the beach unresponsive, what did everything happen in the outside world have to do with him as a dying man?
It wasn't until the sound of the rushing water approached that some behemoth had already landed on the beach by its tail that Alec tilted his head slightly, just in time to meet a pair of dim pupils with black pentagrams.
"Ahem... The god of black wings is on top! This way of dying is a little too exciting!"
A shark's bloody jaw had bitten at him.
......
Clang.. Clang.. Clang...
On a small beach in the military port of Gabred, the sound of a dense clash of swords was continuous.
"Don't be fast, an accurate sword is more useful than a crude three-sword. ”
Evan wielded an unbladed training iron sword, parrying Gary's swift and furious attacks with ease.
Extraordinary swordsmanship is the mainstream in this world, and even Ai Wen, who has copied half of the "shadow library" on the wall, has not been able to find a method of battle that allows axe warriors to break through the transcendent from his own storage.
Therefore, Gary is still majoring in the "Pharytis Saber (Advanced Version)", which can allow him to continue to improve on the path of extraordinary knighthood. It's just that there are two more tomahawks, one long and one short, in his sidearms, which can allow him to maximize his strength after "going berserk"!
Now that Gary has completed his extraordinary transformation and has been fighting for several months on the sea, his physical stats have changed drastically from the once fledgling "Mountain Boar Samurai".
Name: Gary Farman
Gender: Male
Rank: Captain/Boatswain (Battleship Stormhorn of the Third Fleet of the Kingdom of Phaletis)
Status: Official knight
Attributes: Constitution 1.78
Power 1.76
Agility 1.69
Skills: Advanced Phaletis Saber (Beginner) Nautical Knowledge (Beginner)
It is worth mentioning that on the second day of his return to Hong Kong, with the help of Milan, Gary successfully passed the promotion examination and was promoted to captain, officer and official boatswain.
Now Gary has faded away from all the imperfections that appear in his acquired development and the old and new injuries left inside and outside his body, and his already outstanding height has jumped again. did not look clumsy, but became more powerful and powerful, and even the originally ordinary face seemed to be a little masculine and heroic at this time.
Let's not talk about anything else.
Just the effect of "extraordinary transformation", which seems to be an all-round "beauty", is worth many people's attention, of course, the premise is that you can pay after failure.... The price of death or loss of control!
Now that Gary already has a transcendent essence, what Evan is doing now is to make up for his shortcomings in swordsmanship skills as soon as possible because his cultivation time is too short.
After all, his ship has been replaced by the battleship "Storm Horn", according to the convention, a battleship will be equipped with two transcendents, at this time Gary must be able to take charge of himself as soon as possible.
However, even under the precise control of the "data-based vision", it took nearly two years to complete the qualitative change of the swordsmanship level from "beginner" to "proficient".
Evan didn't want Gary to be able to complete this qualitative change in a short period of time, to the extent of using the mysteries of swordsmanship. But at least you must be able to give full play to your own strength and live up to the strong combat skills of "madness".
Subsequently, the sparring between the two people resumed.
Today was the third day of the "Cape Storm" returning home, and after going to the nearby naval base on Degard Island to repair the ship, change the sails, and replenish the ammunition stock, there was not much time left for the "Cape Storm", so Aven directly ordered the return voyage and returned to Gabred as fast as possible.
And two days later came the deadline for the pirate hunt, and by this day all the warships involved in the pirate hunt had returned, except for .... Those who will never come back.
There are always risks at sea, and even a powerful battleship does not dare to say that it will return 100% victorious.
In addition to technical limitations, it is precisely this harsh natural environment and the existence of various transcendent creatures that greatly delay the pace of human exploration.
It has been nearly two hundred years since the Great Voyage began, and the world territory that mankind has explored is still very limited, and it has not even been able to complete the circumnavigation of the world like Evan in his previous life, and he does not even have a basic understanding of the overall appearance of this world.
Perhaps, even if the times develop, just like in Aiwen's previous life, the steam-powered ironclad ships that have truly crossed the era are launched on a large scale, and human beings will not dare to claim to have conquered the sea.
In particular, the task of hunting pirates, which is not only natural disasters but also man-made disasters, actively pursues danger and death, and only eight of the ten warships of the Third Fleet can successfully return this time, and three of them even find nothing.
And even the battleship that was the most powerful and confident before setting off only ranked twenty-third in the overall list of the six countries. After returning to Hong Kong, he didn't wait for the final result, so he directly took a new mission and ran out of the New Continent route to do an escort mission.
Even if Aven's team currently tops the list with 15,300 golden lions, there are actually only six pirate ships that are within the scope of the wanted warrant. This is also the result of a seabird's reconnaissance network with a radius of more than 50 kilometers plus divination, plus various serendipitous coincidences.
It's not uncommon to go out to sea for three months and get nothing.
So, even if there are two days left before the deadline, in fact, in the minds of most people, the attribution of the "Navy Nova" is completely determined.
A certain young captain in the history of the Navy has been crowned the crown, becoming the biggest winner, and even a new flag for the Kingdom Navy for years to come, if not a decade!
But.
Some people don't think so, at least not entirely...
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