Chapter 8: Flying
"I want to let the sunken wings of freedom fly again, and I won't give up until Brother Xia Yan returns to the team! As for the gem that I exchanged my life for, let it be buried in the snowfield! Because this is Xia Yan's responsibility, it should be up to him to find it himself!"
"That's a lot of money...... Whatever you want, I've long been determined to abandon worldly ideas, so I won't dissuade you, good luck!
"Hmm!Thank you~ I'll burn some paper money for you next time I come!Now is the time for me to lead my family on a rampage, and there will be a period later!Uncle Duke~"
After hurriedly saying goodbye, Shaw left along the path down the mountain, looking at Shaw's distant back, Duke couldn't laugh or cry, took off the top hat on his head, and sighed: "This time I actually became an uncle......?" This girl. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoI hope that the obsession with the past will not affect your vision of the future, and that you are very capable, so you should guide the way to the future for your partner, and then Viktor, Shibei, and even Maitreya will be proud of you?...... I'm being amorous again, and one last time, good luck to you~"
After that, Xiao Yi and Mo Cha accepted commissions all over the mainland, and at the same time did not forget to inquire about the whereabouts of Maitreya and Shibei in various places, and obtained the trust and help of his partner Mo Cha, as well as the support of Yosim in the army, plus the various mission information that White collected for her, the name of Freedom Wings spread again throughout the mainland, because she believed that as long as she did well enough, she could make the three who left change their minds and return to her ideal family.
The elemental gem discarded by Shaw that day fell into the glacier below the cliff, and over time, the river brought a dead man who had lost his arm from the lake upstream - Eric Valheitt, who was defeated at the hands of Delacro, as Shoy said, this re-refined sacred stone has part of her life force and the endless power of the fire demon Agni, and after contact with the body of the blonde boy, a new arm with a flame blood tattoo was created, and the life force contained in it also dyed his blonde hair red, giving him a new life, Shoy's importance to Sieg is not only because of her remaining vitality in the sacred stone, but also the will left in Maitreya Natsuhiko, who had fought with Agni, which became all the reasons why Sieg cherished Shaw so much. When Sieg and Shoy pursued the Witch King to no avail, they had to escape from the castle together, sneaking around the patrol route and waiting for an opportunity to slip through the south gate and enter the harbor. They met little resistance along the way, and even the best of the Dark Hunters were lost along the way, as if the Druas had deliberately let them escape.
There were many corpses lying in the aisle of the docks, including the black-armored sergeants of the Order and the sailors of the Goshawk, and Shoy was very sad as she stepped past the corpses of his companions, but Sieg's actions made her realize that this was not the time to be sad, because there was a fierce battle on the Goshawk at the berth at the end of the aisle, and the entire escape site was completely controlled by the Druas ambush.
"Looks like we're in trouble, I knew they wouldn't let us go so easily!"
"Kill them then! Wings of Liberty must not fall here!"
The two of them took out their weapons at the same time and ran towards the Goshawk dozens of meters away at the fastest speed......
After rushing to the deck at the wooden ladder where they boarded the ship, they quickly joined the battle and worked with the goshawk sailors on the deck to repel dozens of port guards, but in the windless corner of the goshawk could not move an inch, at this time the defenders near the port brought catapults, and the dock also gathered hundreds of snipers of the Order, the overwhelming rain of arrows directly attacked the deck of the goshawk, and the sailors who did not find cover for a while were killed by arrows, and under the cover of the shooters, a group of heavily armored sergeants emerged in the harbor, raising shields and forming a phalanx to advance towards the goshawk。
Shoey directed the crew to use the hull structure to counterattack the enemy, while the cover goggles and Melva carried the wounded into the cabin for shelter. The structure of the Goshawk was ideal for point-based combat, with the shooters on the main deck holding out in a hail of arrows using the ship's side bulkheads, and the snipers at the docks were killed and wounded by a subsequent round of fire, and the Drua sergeant who was a daredevil's squad was completely destroyed by the devastating blows of multiple giant crossbows on the lower deck.
Just after holding the first round of charge, the two trebuchets at the south gate tower had calibrated the coordinates, and under the operation of dozens of workers, the boulders were poured with fire oil, and then the ignited stones were thrown into the air, sweeping the entire dock like a meteor shower, everywhere was shattered wood chips, and ignited broken wood, and even the water surface was burned under the influence of fire oil bombs.
"It's over! Why do the bad guys always have the best gear! Why do you want to make the Goshawk move?"
"Wow, Captain, you're really back!!I'm sorry, I'm going to find a way to move the ship out of here!"
Mo Cha, who was rescuing the sails of the burning ship from the mainmast, finally noticed Shoey's return, put out the fire in three or two blows, jumped off the mast and ran to the bow to inform the helmsman, because Nabal was injured, Lemuel was temporarily at the helm, but he was also troubled by the lack of wind, so he had to grit his teeth and knock on the rudder under the flying sparks.
"The Druas must have a way to move their warships...... Try that!!But we have to find a way to open the sluice!!" Sieg dodged the stray arrows that flew past him, pointing at a large gate in the deepest part of the dock, which, once opened to release water, would propel all the ships moored in the harbor out of the haven and into the offshore.
"Or take a gamble and raise the foremast and mainmast, and the hot air pressure from those flames will be enough to propel the ship!" After Sieg, Shoey also gave his opinion, but at this time the Goshawk was already full of holes, and if he risked raising the sails, it was very likely that it would be ignited by the flames and sunk.
When the three of them discussed the escape plan, a burning rock pierced the stern bulkhead of the Goshawk, Melva hurriedly took Raguil and other lightly injured crew members to extinguish the flames in the cabin, but the huge crack in the stern attracted the attention of the dock soldiers, and the surviving crossbowmen all changed their targets and began to shoot at the sailors in the cabin, seeing their own people fall one by one, Lemuel hurriedly said: "The deputy commander's method works, but we don't have that much time!" The stern of the ship is badly damaged, and if you don't stop those two catapults and those snipers raised by the son of a bitch, then you can only do what the regiment commander said!"
In desperation, the tide of battle turned, as the remnants of the Gronya navy, rescued by Sig in the dungeon, seized the trebuchet at the tower and used the only remaining rock to destroy another catapult that threatened the Goshawk. After the catapult from the gates was relieved, the sailors on deck began to focus on fighting the pursuers rushing to the berth, and Melva, who had finished the fire in the cabin, joined the battle, reinforcing the west wall of the ship that had nearly disintegrated under the catapult with several steel cables from the mechanical crossbows, and then kicked down the wooden ladder used to board the ship.
"Why would those people, who look like soldiers of the Dark Order, help us?" asked Melva, gesturing to the soldiers at the tower.
"They? they're Gronia's expeditionary troops, I saved them in the dungeon, they bought me time when I dived into the lower levels, and now we should give them a ride in return!"
The group agreed, and the ladder was lowered again, and Tea and Raguil jumped off the boat and ran to the gate where the lock had been opened, determined to escape the place of death before the next wave of attacks from the Dark Order arrived.
After a few moments, the friendly forces on the ramparts managed to reach the dock and stepped onto the walkway leading to the Goshawk, and one of the officer-like swordsmen shouted at Sig on the deck, "Comrade!
"Of course!!, but it's better to hurry, there's not much time left for us!!!" Sieg replied, pointing to the pursuers behind them.
When the naval soldiers heard Sieg's reply, they immediately sprinted towards the Goshawk dozens of meters away, but unexpectedly, the walkway that should have been clear was empty, but suddenly two figures shrouded in darkness appeared like ghosts, and surrounded the dozen naval swordsmen together with the pursuers.
Out of the first reaction of encountering the enemy, several swordsmen swung their swords and slashed at the black shadow in front of them, the moment the blade touched the black gas, it suddenly caused a storm, and the soldiers were all obscured by the black fog in front of them, and the mysterious strong enemy hidden under the black gas finally appeared in its original form - a ghoul warrior wearing dragon armor and eyes glowing red.
“...... No one dares to challenge me......"
The two ghoul warriors drew their black arc knives and slaughtered their opponents without much effort, and as the head of the last friendly soldier landed, Sieg suddenly remembered the Praetorian warrior Finreal had mentioned to him.
"We're in big trouble!!We can't let those two walking corpses come close!!Drag them with throwing spears and crossbows!!"
After Sieg finished explaining the threat of the Black Dragon Forbidden Army, the sailors on the deck picked up their idle spears and suppressed the Drua soldiers who tried to board the ship with bursts of javelin rain.
At this time, in front of the valve of the sluice. The corpses of the Drua soldiers were everywhere, and after Chacha had finished off the last of the guards, he and Raguil turned the hinges of the gates, and the huge and heavy sluice gates slowly rose, followed by a raging wave that soon affected the moored Goshawk, and the current caused the ship to move slowly towards the harbor exit.
"It's successful!Hurry back and meet the regiment leader, it's faster to walk in the water!!"
Without saying a word, Raguil jumped directly into the turbulent water, but suddenly a ghoul warrior suddenly came out of the water, and the sharp tip of the arc knife pierced Raguil's chest, he spat out a mouthful of blood in pain, and disappeared into the surging water with the ghoul.
"This ...... How does this freak withstand the current!"
The moment his teammates were attacked, Mo Mocha couldn't believe his eyes, took out a short knife and jumped into the water, slashed off the ghoul warriors who got in the way, and swam to the bottom of the water following the fading blood, and finally caught the seriously injured Raguil, but the huge current made it impossible for the two to swim, and they were carried by the waves to the harbor exit together.
A few minutes later, the two of them who were struggling in the rapids finally surfaced, but before they could catch their breath, another inhuman roar was heard from the water not far behind them, and the ghoul warrior just now was floating in the current, staring at the fleeing two with red eyes, and began to follow the current towards them.
"Hey...... Brother Horse Thief...... Looks like I'm going to get an early retirement pension...... Anyway, this level of injury is destined to kill me...... I won't drag you down...... Ahem......"
"What are these words!!We're getting close to the Goshawk!Obviously there's still a chance!?" he tried to persuade Raguil to hold on, while swimming desperately towards the Goshawk with his endangered partner.
The two persevered for a while, and finally approached the side of the Goshawk, and the sailors on the deck immediately lowered the lifeline, and Mo Cha also successfully held the cable, but the two who thought they had successfully escaped were in a fatal crisis at the last moment, and the arc knife that had stabbed Raguil flew from under the water again, slashing the two people hanging on the side side, and blood splashed all over their bodies.
"Damn!!Laguil, you poor oil bottle, I am ashamed of you, it seems that there is only one thing I can do for you now!!" He barely held back the grief in his heart, wiped the blood from his face, and threw his dagger through the only face of the ghoul on the surface of the water that was not protected by heavy armor, and then grasped the long knife behind him.
"Fall for me, you goddamn walking corpse!!"
He leapt down, slashing angrily at the ghoul's helmet on top of the ghoul's head, and with a crisp thud, the blade snapped because it couldn't withstand the strong concussion, but the attack didn't stop after the blade broke, and Mo Mocha, who fell into the water, caught the broken knife in the air, and stabbed it and the rest of his hand into the ghoul's face with all his might, and then easily removed the shattered head.
The ghoul who had lost his head did not fall, he still swiped his limbs and approached Mo Chacha, he quickly snatched the sharp black arc knife from the ghoul's hand, turned around and stabbed the ghoul through the heart, and finally killed it after pulling the arc knife back again, kicked it on its body and crawled up, re-grasping the lifeline, and the remains of the ghoul gradually disappeared into the water down the river.
“...... I almost forgot...... What a good knife, ebony steel, not for nothing!" He examined the weapon carefully, feeling that it was in his own style, and put away the arc knife and carried the dead Raguil back to the deck.
"Okay, it's windy!It's time for us to go!!"
After successfully leaving the harbor, Lemuel gave the order, and the sailors immediately began to raise the foresail and mid-sail, and the fierce westerly wind in the early morning quickly drove the Goshawk to the southwest, but it was not long before the patrol fleet near the harbor noticed the fleeing Wings of Freedom, and formed a pursuit force of five large ships to follow the Goshawk.
"His entrails are chopped up, but it's not your fault, at least you've avenged him. Melva said after examining Raguil's body.
"I have nothing to say...... Let's hope Nabal won't get angry, and how are the others?" Most of the crew members were demoralized, and Mo Cha couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.
Melva took off his surgical gloves and said firmly: "More than half of the sailors who passed through the dock were killed or wounded, and we only have seventeen left after counting the wounded, but we can't give up, because Calradia needs us." ”
"I don't care about the affairs of the mainland, I just want my brothers to live in peace, Raguil has always wanted to be a martyr when he was in the Goshawk Regiment, and he got his wish...... May he rest in peace. ”
Samuel prayed to Raguil's corpse, shook his head and took a hammer and nails into the lower deck to repair the damage to the stern with others, and a few new crossbows were added to the main deck, and a small number of sailors skilled in carpentry began to arrange the Goshawk's defenses under Samuel's leadership.
"Lemuel, Samuel, about Raguil...... I'm sad, but now is not the time to be discouraged, hurry up and reinforce the side bulkheads, and once you are overtaken, you must be prepared for a broadside battle!"
"Don't worry! Commander! Raguil's death did not hurt us, but aroused our fighting spirit! We will definitely not be overtaken, the speed of the Goshawk is the overlord of the sea!!"
Shoey's words encouraged the two Lemuels, and the situation on the ship was temporarily stabilized, but at this time, the crew had no time to rest, the Strait of Calidos under the black clouds was still full of murderous opportunities, and the only possible savior of the Destruction Thunder fleet was far away, and everything was still unknown until they truly escaped from the clutches of the Blackeye Fortress.