Section 50: Long-range confrontation
"Fire, fire, everybody shoot me!!" the offended silver hook roared.
After being bombarded by the Justice Pirates, the Gold and Silver Brothers quickly launched a counterattack.
The sixteen pirate ships turned their rudders slightly, aiming their side as far as possible at the Justice Pirates, and the bow guns rotated the muzzle position one after another.
Bang bang bang......
A series of white mist rose up, and hundreds of shells flew into the air one after another.
The cannonballs pierced through the air and whistled in unison, blasting towards the Righteous Pirates like a torrential rain.
"Dodge shelling!!"
The pirates of the Righteous Pirates quickly sought cover and did their best to dodge.
Boom, boom, boom.
The vast majority of the shells bombarded the sea, stirring up columns of water that soared into the sky.
A small number of shells hit the hull of the ship, some made a hole in the side of the ship, some fell on the deck and exploded, countless shrapnel flew sideways, and some exploded in mid-air, turning into a puff of acid rain that corroded the sails after falling.
Some of the pirates who were unfortunate enough to be blown up on the spot, some were corroded by acid rain and screamed, and some fell into the sea.
Birdie.
Bai Ya's ears were buzzing, and he shook his head hard before he stood up in the gun emplacement, where a piece of wood was broken.
Looking at it, Bai Ya found that the cannon he was operating had been smashed and deformed by a solid cannonball, and could no longer be used. Of the pirates he worked with, only one survived.
Scattered flesh and blood, the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke, and the faint pain on his cheeks.
Bai Ya steadied his staggering figure and tried to touch his cheek with his hand.
"Shhh
He gasped, and the pain suddenly intensified.
He cautiously probed with his hand, and finally pulled a piece of wood from his cheek, slightly smaller than his little thumb, from his cheek. The piece of wood was stuck in the flesh beneath the young man's cheekbones.
Bai Ya pulled out the wooden thorn and hurriedly took out the wound medicine from his arms.
He took a small piece of the powder in his trembling palm and rubbed it on the wound on his cheek.
Although the wound medicine produced by the empire was ordinary, the effect was still very sufficient, and the bleeding on Bai Ya's face immediately stopped.
After this buffer, Bai Ya's hearing gradually recovered. The buzzing had subsided, and he heard the screams around him, and heard the pirates shouting: "Get up, stand up, load the shells, and return fire!"
Bai Ya gritted his teeth fiercely, and hurriedly dragged his body and ran to the nearest other gun position.
Pirates died in this gun position, and the rest of the people were urgently reloading the shells, and Bai Ya immediately filled the gap.
A similar scene keeps happening on the three pirate ships of the Justice Pirates.
The Gold and Silver Brothers have many ships and artillery far more than the Righteous Pirates.
Just one round of confrontation, the Righteous Pirates fell into an absolute disadvantage.
But the gold and silver pirates were even more anxious.
The three ships of the Righteous Pirates are still unabated, and the wind direction is favorable to the dragon boy and the others. If this continues, the two sides will distance themselves, and the gold and silver pirates can only watch the righteous pirates flee.
At the critical moment, the only silver mage of the Gold and Silver Pirate Corps made a move.
Wind Spell - Wind Blows!
After gathering momentum for a moment, the Silver Mage successfully cast the spell.
The Righteous Pirates were originally windless, but now the wind direction has suddenly turned into a reversal, and the speed of the three ships has plummeted to the bottom.
On the other hand, the gold and silver pirate fleet had a half-tailwind, and the speed of the voyage surged.
"Well done!" said Silver Hook.
The Silver Mage smiled to himself, preoccupied with maintaining the wind, and the mana on his body rapidly decreased.
"The other party's magician must be eliminated!" said Manego, with a solemn look on his face.
At the beginning of the war, it was common sense to give priority to the eradication of the legal transcendents on the opposite side.
The mages have much more means than the fighters, and what is even more terrifying is that the mages on the opposite side have reached the silver level of life. His presence is quite a threat to the Justice Pirates.
However!
The golden hook showed not the slightest sign of a move.
He sat on the Silver Hook, guarding the Silver Mage's side, waiting for the enemy to throw himself into the net, and waiting for the rabbit.
If he charged ahead, the Dragonman Boys and his gang might still have a chance to take advantage of it, but now this defensive posture made the Righteous Pirates see no chance at all!
Another round of shelling.
Although the guns of the Justice Pirates are sharp, the average level is even higher than that of the Gold and Silver Pirates. The latter artillery had many ordinary guns, and some of them were not firing pins, but backward fuse launchers.
However, the number of artillery pieces of the Gold and Silver Pirates exceeds that of the Righteous Pirates.
Quantitative change has led to qualitative change.
The Righteous Pirates were gradually beaten to the point where they couldn't raise their heads.
The Justice is a black iron-level magic energy ship, and its defense is still relatively good, and its condition is fine.
However, the situation of the Rapids and the Little Bird is worrying, especially since the Little Bird itself is just an ordinary ship, the surface of the hull has been torn everywhere, and the inside of the ship is leaking.
The dragon boy hurriedly ordered, and the fleet adjusted its formation, with the Justice at the front, while the Rapids and Little Bird hid to the side.
As a result, the pressure on the Justice has surged. As the distance between the two sides was pulled, more shells fell on the deck. The dragon man boy was covered in gray and defended with all his might, and more and more shells were missed.
On the artillery deck, the bird pulled the rope fiercely, and the cannon fired.
The shells whistled out, hitting the mast of the enemy ship, directly breaking the mast, and the enemy was in a hurry.
"Well done, little girl!" the bird slapped the cannon's ass excitedly.
The four silver-level cannons that the dragon boy had supplied before and exchanged from the imperial side were all fired by the birds.
His gunnery is the highest in the Righteous Pirates, and when the battle began, Birdie had an extraordinary record.
"Captain, we've got it here!" the pirates shouted.
They looked at the bird, and there was a lot of adoration in their eyes.
In the process of being suppressed by the opponent's artillery, the bird became a pillar of morale for the pirates. Every time he fired a shell, he could inflict heavy losses on the enemy and greatly stabilize the morale of the army.
The bird hurried over.
"It's a good feeling!"
His face was full of excitement, and he enjoyed the eyes of the pirates around him.
"The only pity is that I can only use two guns. If all four silver cannons can get me to fire continuously, it must feel great!"
Four silver guns were arranged on either side of the ship. Because only one side of the ship was facing the enemy, the artillery on the other side could only be temporarily vacant.
The little bird hurried to another gun position.
He affectionately stroked the tail of the cannon and adjusted the direction of the muzzle of the gun.
He only has a black iron level of cultivation, and the artillery level he controls is silver, but it doesn't matter, there is no need for the little bird to instill his fighting spirit at all. The mana reserve in the mana pool of the Justice is very high, and after the bird is adjusted, the mana in the mana pool is immediately transmitted.
However, just as the bird was about to fire, his heart suddenly jerked, and the strong throbbing made him erect.
"Find cover!" Birdie, who was very experienced in combat, immediately understood this palpitation, and after a roll, he burrowed behind the column between each gun position.
In the next second, an unremarkable cold arrow was shot into the gun position in a rain of shells.
Rumble!
The cold arrow exploded, and the silver fighting spirit exploded, killing all the pirates in the gun position.
The silver-level artillery here was destroyed on the spot.
The bird narrowly escaped, and fear was followed by anger.
"Damn, I'm being targeted!" he roared, and stood up sharply, his head held high.
But when it came to the gun emplacement, which had been bombed out of a huge gap, he immediately lay on the ground and peeked out with a thief's eyebrow.
There were many enemy ships, and there were many people on board, and the birds could not find the archers.
"It's okay, it's obviously a Silver Fighter! I'll be waiting for you. ”
He half-knelt on the ground, hiding his body, then pulled out the Lucky Divine Rune and began to pray.
On the sea, the distance between the Righteous Pirates and the Gold and Silver Brothers is rapidly decreasing.
The former slopes to the northwest, while the latter intercepts from the northeast.
The Silver Mage has been keeping the wind at bay, guarded by the Gold and Silver Brothers.
Magic Scroll - Windless Realm!
In the captain's room of the Justice, Cangsu had been preparing for a long time, and finally succeeded in casting this wind spell.
He is a necromancer, and he strikes independently, and necromancy will demoralize both friend and foe, revealing his identity. However, with the use of magic scrolls, you can cast spells across systems.
The difference with the Wind Silver Mage on the opposite side is that with the Magic Scroll, the Beard consumes more mana, lasts longer, and has a weaker effect.
After all, the mana of the beard is not a wind attribute.
The windless realm envelops a large area, and the three ships of the Righteous Pirates are in it.
This spell was once used by the Sea Serpent Girl against the Dragonman Boy and others, but now she is helping them.
The wind howled, and after entering the windless field, the wind suddenly decreased greatly.
The three ships of the Justice Pirates seemed to have been freed from a thousand pounds of heavy burden, and their speed had increased a lot.
The beard was panting.
This is a silver-level magic scroll, and the mana required is very heavy for the black iron level.
The scroll gradually turned to ashes in Cangsu's hands, and Cangsu raced against time to rest.
He pulled out the magic potion and drank the pale blue potion.
As the potion took effect, the mana in his body began to rise rapidly.
The appearance of the windless realm surprised the gold and silver brothers.
"There are even magicians on the other side!"
"Don't worry, it's just black iron level. ”
"Although we used silver-level scrolls, they are still no match for us. ”
The magicians in the Gold and Silver Pirate Regiment are wind-based silver, and they use the wind-based spells they are best at, and they are very powerful. Relying only on the black iron level Cang Xu to use a silver scroll could not be offset.
But the members of the Gold and Silver Pirates didn't stay complacent for long, because the next moment, the bow of the Justice shimmered.
The bow of the ship resembles an angel with a deep face, his hands clenched into fists on his chest, bowing his head in prayer. The wide wings on his back almost envelop his entire body, giving him a strong sense of security.
It was the dragon boy who listened to the advice of the blue-green algae and, during a recent break, purchased the bow of the Angel of Tranquility from the Imperial side!
The function of this ship's bow statue is to calm the storm and bring peace and quiet.
It's also a silver-level magic item!