The blade slashed straight at Hiko's face, and if Hiko's inaction continued, the next moment the scimitar would slash directly into his face, cutting his entire head in half. And just as things were speeding in this direction, Hiko had already made a move.

Like a tightrope walking on a cliff, at the last moment, Hiko slammed sideways his body, allowing the cold blade to pass in front of him almost against his nose. Such a sudden change immediately shocked the ship's first mate. He wanted to deflect the blade and let the close-fitting scimitar continue to threaten Hiko, but by this time it was too late for him to move.

Because at this time, Hiko had already erected his palm and slashed at his wrist like a steel knife. And in a crackling and crisp sound, the wrist bone of the first mate holding the knife was already completely split into pieces, and the entire palm suddenly fell down softly as if it had lost its strength.

One of his hands was dead, and he could feel the sharp pain coming from his wrist. But this severe pain did not make the first mate lose his fighting spirit, let alone make him succumb. At such a critical juncture, in order not to be completely overtaken by Hiko. He immediately turned sideways and crashed into him, regardless of the danger.

The first mate is tall, even if he is half a head taller and a shoulder wider than Hiko, who is a Norder. So when he approached so closely, Hiko couldn't make any effective moves against him for a while. And that's exactly what this first mate is all about.

What he wanted was such an opportunity, and taking advantage of such an opportunity, he had already stretched out his intact other hand, grabbed the scimitar that had just fallen from his hand, and then stabbed at the back of the scimitar behind him.

At close range, it is difficult for ordinary people to dodge such a blow. It's not just that the first mate is blocking Hiko's view and making him unable to see his movements clearly. It's more because his movements are so fast that it's hard for people to have a chance to react. It can be said that this is an opportunity for the first mate to turn the tables by relying on his own experience. If Hiko's mistakes are really not careful, then there is a real possibility that he will be planted here.

Unfortunately, Hiko has never been careless in battle.

Although he couldn't see the first mate's movements, Hiko could still judge what he wanted to do through the rhythm of his body muscles. And when it comes to reactions, his speed is definitely faster than that of the first mate. So this blow of the first mate did not work at all. As soon as he poked the knife in front of Hiko, Hiko, who was already pinching his five fingers and pinching the blade of his scimitar tightly.

The two men began to fight with a scimitar at the distance between them. It stands to reason that this kind of competition should be that the first mate holding the handle of the knife is more advantageous. After all, the structure of the scimitar is there, and the handle must be better than on the blade. But because of the difference in power between the two, they are at a stalemate in this kind of competition.

That's not a good thing, at least not for the first mate. Because this is his sudden outburst of action, it is an explosion of his strength. He simply couldn't hold out for long, so the end result of this stalemate was likely to end in his defeat. What failure would mean at this time, he knew very well in his heart. So he could only do everything to shift the balance of victory in his direction.

Obviously, he had exhausted his physical strength, but with his will, the first mate still added strength to this kind of competition. And this made the scimitar, which had already been pressed to the limit of the competition, immediately tremble slightly.

The first mate's saber is not a magic weapon. It's just a standard weapon, a battle-hardened thing. Although the first mate cherishes it very much and maintains it frequently. But inevitably, this scimitar will leave some traces of battle inside and out. These marks were not a problem in the past, but now they were enough to be the last straw that broke the scimitar.

A slight metallic twisting sound was heard, which gradually turned into a somewhat shrill moan. In just an instant, the scimitar that had been exerted more than its limit had already collapsed into several pieces.

The shattered blades began to splatter in all directions, so both Hiko and the first mate were targeted. And in this case, the first mate was immediately hit hard. Because he was so close, the scimitar was like breaking in front of him. So naturally, the shattered blades stabbed him in the face one after another, delivering a near-fatal blow.

In contrast, Hiko's situation is much better. Because of his extraordinary agility, the moment the blade broke, he was already pinching the large blade in his hand and parrying. The scattered blades were either bounced off by him or dodged by him. He himself was not harmed in any way, even if it was stained with some blood, it was on the first mate's body.

It can be said that he is a complete victory. And this complete victory greatly damaged the morale of the entire Zephyr Scream, and made Yan's goal of subduing them infinitely close to success.

There were only so many dozens of sailors on this ship, but now almost half of them were single-handedly cleaned up by Hiko. Just looking at his easy appearance, most of them would not think that their group would be able to play any decisive role if they went up again. The biggest possibility is to be the same as the hapless companions in front of you, maybe even a little worse.

At this time, some people have begun to retreat, and some people have not dared to look directly into Hiko's eyes. They had been frightened, frightened by the force that Hiko had shown. And that's exactly what Cameron doesn't want to see.

He originally wanted to turn the tables by taking down Hiko, but now he was cornered by Hiko alone, which is simply a nightmare. And in order to prevent such a nightmare from continuing, he immediately took out his secret weapon from behind him and shouted at Hikono from afar.

"Stop, stop me, or don't blame me for being rude to you!"

Looking at the weapon in Cameren's hand, Hiko really stopped. He was so obedient, it was not out of some kind of teasing and pastime, he wanted to make fun of Cameron Shabu. It's because the weapon in Cameron's hand is indeed a certain threat to him. It was a gun, strictly speaking, a musket made through alchemy.

In this world, alchemy is very developed. Although the power of alchemy is built on the magic arcane. But the productivity it brings is no less than that of the planet before the Second Industrial Revolution. It can be said that what can be created on the earth in the Age of Discovery, what can be created by the alchemy of this world. Coincidentally, the musket, a special weapon, has also appeared in this world under the impetus of productivity.

The muskets of this world have many similarities with the flintlock muskets of the earth, such as the stock, barrel, trigger and so on. And they also have many differences, for example, the muskets on the earth rely on gunpowder as a propellant to shoot projectiles, while the muskets of this world use magic and alchemy.

It doesn't seem like much of a difference, but the difference in the middle is frighteningly large. To take the simplest example, if Cameron was now holding a flintlock musket activated by gunpowder, then Hiko dared to stand ten meters in front of him and let him shoot at himself casually. It was his bad luck to be able to hit. And if he had changed to an alchemy musket here, he wouldn't have dared to say such a big thing.

To say this is not to belittle the potential of flintlock muskets. In fact, if the flintlock musket is developed into a super sniper rifle of the future industrial age, Hiko will definitely have as far as he can dodge. But now he compares only flintlock muskets, and in the case of flintlock muskets alone, the two are not at all comparable.

This is because of the rigor of science itself. A flintlock pistol is absolutely impossible to produce the effect of a cannon even if it is given the best gunpowder when it is activated by gunpowder alone. Because it's only so large, you don't even think about how much a flintlock pistol can do unless you dare to stuff it with a miniature nuclear bomb that hasn't been implemented yet.

But the alchemy musket is different, and how lethal this weapon can be is entirely up to the ability of the maker.

Alchemy muskets based on alchemy use not gunpowder at all to activate bullets, but special alchemy circles. Based on the power of the ether element, the energy accumulated in the barrel of the gun engraved with the alchemy circle while firing the formation, and finally relied on this burst of energy to push the bullet to shoot in a fixed direction. This is the principle of the alchemical musket of this world.

It doesn't seem magical, but when you look closely, you can see that there is a shocking potential in it.

It has no kinetic energy limitations, unlike flintlock muskets, which rely only on gunpowder as a source of kinetic energy. The source of its kinetic energy is the alchemy circle inside, and how much energy power the alchemy circle can produce depends entirely on the level of the alchemist. As long as he is high enough to create a powerful enough energy firing circle and a barrel that can withstand this energy, then he can create an alchemy musket with no upper limit of power.

The most powerful alchemical musket ever seen in this world is the Titan Strike, created by Howard Leonardo da Vinci, known as the god of alchemy, from magic steel and pure gold. Once, a good archer used this thing to slay a dragon, and the reputation of Titan Strike resounded throughout the world. Cameron definitely wouldn't have an artifact like Titan Strike, but Hiko wasn't sure if he was the work of some alchemist.

Be careful to make the 10,000-year-old ship, Hiko, who doesn't want to capsize in the gutter, can only watch Cameron carefully at this time, and say this to him.

"Your Excellency, Captain. It's useless for you to do that. Again, hand over the person I want, it's the best choice for you and me!"