"Protective flag, meaning the merchant ship paid us protection money?" Lukka confirmed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Crete replied, "Yes." However, this is beyond the scope of our commitment to protect, so an attack on a merchant ship will not affect our credibility. ”

"Then we don't care?" Ollie was already eager to try.

Lukka raised his binoculars and looked at it, and immediately made a decision: "Tube! Don't you see that all four ships are brand new galleons?"

Nora heard this and immediately rushed to the lower artillery deck.

"Hey, you're going to have to keep me a whole one anyway!" Lukka shouted at her back.

The merchant ship actually died on its own, leaving the waters near Tata Island, and forgetting to replace the blood-colored staff flag, although there were no skeletons on the flag, the Imperial Navy saw it and regarded them as pirates.

As soon as the captain of the merchant ship realized his negligence, he turned around and fled in the direction of Tata Island.

In order to decorate more cargo, he also dismantled the six guns that were not many and changed them into cargo holds, and all the firepower was only a small-caliber whirlwind gun at the bow, which was enough to choke a few fish.

His opponents, the four galleons, were the most advanced ships in the Sunset Islands. Unlike the bloated old Karak galleons, these new ships have slender and sleek lines, with the traditional design of the towering stern being hidden in the hull and the lowered center of gravity making them more agile to manoeuvre.

Whether it's speed, firepower, or agility, merchant ships don't seem to have the slightest chance of escape.

Then, the Silent Death came into view of the merchant ship.

At first, the owner of the merchant ship was even more alarmed, because it was really far from Tata Island, and he never expected that it would be a pirate ship.

When the lookout shouted the "Scarlet Skull Flag", the merchant ship boss breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn't sure that those pirates would help him, after all, this was not the sea area promised by the other party, but the ship was very powerful at a glance, and the Imperial Navy chasing after it would definitely have to be in good spirits to deal with it, and he could take advantage of the opportunity to slip away.

But the huge pirate ship in front of it, when it was still several hundred meters away from the merchant ship, suddenly lowered all its sails, turned ninety degrees on the spot, and aimed its side at this side.

This is the standard posture for the imminent fire.

The captain of the merchant ship sweated again on his head. With the agility of his ship, he would not have been able to dodge it.

"Captain, what are we going to do?" asked the first mate of the merchant ship anxiously.

Before his captain could reply, the roar of artillery fire was already coming from ahead. Countless shells flew in obscuring the sky, giving people the illusion for a moment that it was not the fire of the opposite ship, but the crows all over the sky.

The merchant ship owner did not answer, and squatted behind the side of the ship with his head in his hands with the first mate. In fact, this action has no effect, and the artillery fire of that density can be pierced even if you hide behind a stone wall, not to mention the not-so-sturdy wooden side of a merchant ship?

After a few seconds, the captain, first mate, and all the crew members of the merchant ship were all in the same posture, with their mouths wide open, facing the sky, watching the rain of shells flying overhead, unable to utter a word.

The shells passed over the merchant ship as if they had eyes, grazing the two masts and the already crumbling sails, but not a trace of dust fell onto the ship.

Then, from the direction of the four galleons, there was a continuous sound of shells hitting the hulls.

The captain of the merchant ship reacted quickly and immediately realized that this was an opportunity not to be missed. He shouted, "Full sails!"

Whether this round of artillery fire will completely stop the pursuers behind is not sure to the captain of the merchant ship, but at least it will slow them down.

On the Silent Death, Lukka was also anxious.

He held the binoculars and looked carefully at the opposite side, and the merchant ships blocking the view drove away very smartly, and the figures of the four Galen galleons clearly appeared behind the lenses of the monoculars.

Two ships were directly broken in half, one main mast was broken from it, and the other had a big hole in its hull, and it is not known how long it could float on the water.

"Didn't I say leave me a whole boat?" Luka's voice was almost crying.

The work of firing was still the cooperation of Nora, Crete and Daniel, who had completed all the shelling, and they returned from the lower artillery deck, just in time to hear Luca's complaints.

"It's so hard to keep it in order!" Nora, apparently making excuses for not being able to hold her hand.

"It's a good fight!" Daniel didn't bother to find.

Or Crete pointed out a clear way: "The one over there, the hull of the ship was not damaged at all, except for the loss of the mainmast." The mast of the other ship is complete, and the two ships are almost the same size, and if you drag them back to the dock and put them together, you will be a whole ship. ”

"Okay. Lukka had to compromise, or he would have to find another wave of navy.

As he spoke, the merchant ship had already sailed closer, and waved a string of flags expressing gratitude, Lukka couldn't read it and didn't bother to look at it, completely ignoring the other party passing by, and the Silent Death went straight to the wreckage of the four ships.

Ollie stood vigilantly on the deck with a giant sword, there was a ship on the other side that had a broken mast, and there were many sailors with the strength of battle left, although she was absolutely confident in her swordsmanship and Luca's magic, but after taking the broadboard, a fierce battle was inevitable.

As he was about to enter the opponent's range, Lukka put away his binoculars and pulled out the amethyst staff from behind his back.

After a few rounds of hailstorming, the gunpowder used by the opponent for the final blow also froze into ice, leaving only a boatload of soldiers shivering in the cold wind.

Lukka added an illusion to himself and shouted at the only ship that still had some combat power: "Listen up, sailors!

The well-trained Imperial Navy was indeed different from the pirates, and no one of them followed Luca's threat and jumped into the sea, but drew their weapons and assumed a defensive posture.

"Am I not speaking with any majesty?" Lukka asked, putting away his illusion spell and slightly frustrated.

"That's not it, they're still scared of you, they're all trembling. Crete denied his self-denial.

"Then why didn't they abandon the ship?" Lukka shook his head helplessly.

Ollie poked him in the shoulder with the hilt of his sword: "Don't you look at the weather, you let them jump into the water at this temperature? Freeze to death in the sea, you might as well resist us desperately!"

"Yes, but it's very troublesome to fight one by one. Lukka said, holding his staff and starting to cast spells again.