XIV

Leonard Kekawi quietly walked over to the woman he loved.

The sailors set off to the passenger ship with amusement, and the sailors automatically made room for him and her. It was the captain of the navy, who was the real day-to-day manager of the ship, and the "alchemist of terror and destruction" that everyone talked about, and no one wanted to provoke them. Anne and Bonnie also retreated playfully, hiding behind a corner not far away, pricking up their ears and eavesdropping on her conversation with him.

"Miss Helmont...... Uh, can I call you Raisa?"

Hearing the half-elf's words, the alchemist who was about to climb into the battle golem turned his head and looked at him with strange eyes.

"Whatever you want, whatever you want. ”

"This ...... Okay, Rysa, could you please get out of that thing first?"

"Call it Ganda. Resa coped impatiently and jumped out of the golem. "What the hell is going on?"

"That's right...... I'd like to ask you to stay on board, okay, Rysa?"

"Ahh

"Because...... The first is that the difficulty of this battle is not high, and there is no need for such a strong combat power, and the second is ......" he hesitated. Do you want to speak your mind?

In the end, emotion triumphed over reason.

“...... As long as you are on this boat, you can protect something very important. ”

This affectionate love sentence caused quite a stir in the audience.

"Is it a prelude to confession? The flaxen-haired girl commented in a low voice.

"Get out of your spirits and conquer her in one go!" Anne clenched her fists quietly, nervously cheering for the man.

It's a pity that none of the heroines of this play feel sexually conscious.

"Oh, what do you want to protect?" Lesa raised her eyebrows, "Is it a secret mission? I don't know the target, there is no way to protect it." ”

"Goals, goals...... Uh...... "Can you say that, if she or her two followers are really spies......

The half-elf had an idea and took out a seal ring from his pocket. "Just protect this for me, it's important to me. Wear it on your hand. ”

"Why save it...... can't you save it yourself?"

"This is a tradition of our St. Sen's Navy. If I am killed, use it to sign my death notice, and I will leave you all my inheritance. If I triumph, give it back to me, and then we will raise a glass to celebrate. Leonard quickly made up a "St. Sen's Naval Tradition."

Hearing these words, Raisa's eyes trembled slightly: "Didn't you just say that this battle is not difficult?"

"Maybe it's not that hard to ......" The half-elf put his left hand on his right chest and gave a solemn elven salute. "But I hope you can bless me with a triumphant return. ”

"Well, that's perfect. ”

"Tsk, he asked me about confession before...... Actually, didn't he plan it all himself?"

The two girls continued to be in the shadows, judging their masters in a very disproportionate manner.

The alchemist fell silent, stretched out his right hand, and gently picked up the ring with his index and middle fingers.

The ring is engraved with the initials of Leonard Kakawi's name, as well as a family crest with an eagle as the main motif. The family crest didn't follow heraldry, it didn't see the bloodline, and it didn't see the lineage—like most half-elves.

"Then, I'll take it. Lesa smiled softly and placed the ring on her right index finger. "However, I will bless you with a triumphant return in my own way. Close your eyes. ”

Is "uh......" a kiss?

The half-elf closed his eyes happily with a fragrant delusion.

Then came the crisp slap sound.

The half-elf covered her left side of her face in astonishment, looking at Lesa with an angry face in front of her.

"If you're going to come back alive, don't make up these nonsense traditions, as if you're really going to die. If you have anything to say, come back in triumph. Lesa fiddled with the seal ring in her hand and said coldly. "Also, you have to be a little more sincere, or you'll ......"

Seeing her flip the protruding side of the ring to the side of her palm, Leonard stuck out his tongue in fright and quickly changed the subject.

"Okay, okay, I see, I'll wait until this battle is over...... Also, I have a small request. ”

Say. ”

"Well, I'd like to borrow one of your retinue......"

Lesa raised her eyebrows and showed a curious expression, "Oh, Anne or Bonnie?"

Leonard leaned into her ear and whispered, "Anne is alright." I always thought they were a little weird...... Take them apart, and we'll each look good, just in case. Beware of them......"

"Don't talk nonsense! you're too worried!" Lesa retorted sharply, a little angry, "But, for the sake of the comfortable version of the rhetoric you just made, I'll lend her to you." With that, Resa walked around the corner and pulled Anne and Bonnie out of there.

"Alright, you two should have heard enough, right? She patted Anne on the shoulder, "Leonard wants to accept your training, let's go." ”

"Don't!" the blonde girl struggled to resist, but was pulled up by the half-elf and left.

"Remember, you have to keep yourself and my property safe, or I won't spare you!"

Listening to the alchemist's shouts from behind, Leonard smiled wryly and stepped onto the deck of the enemy ship with Anne.

There, there were no enemies and no hostages.

There was nothing on the deck except for the sailors who surrounded the staircase leading to the lower cabin, and the burnt bow of the ship. The whole boat was eerily quiet.

"What's going on?" Leonard asked, grabbing a squad leader who was looking out at the top of the stairs. "The enemy took the hostages and retreated into the cabin, why didn't they pursue them?"

The man hurriedly defended: "Report to the sir, someone has gone down to pursue...... But none of the people who went down came up again. ”

Hearing such an argument, the half-elf was a little dissatisfied: "If the battle is fierce below, it is normal for no one to come up and report it." There's no need to create tension, right?"

The captain of the detachment was stunned and speechless for a while, but fortunately Anne relieved him.

"I think, he meant, there's no sound coming from down there, and that's not normal. The blonde girl whispered in his ear.

Leonard immediately came to his senses. Indeed, it is not strange that there are no enemies, but it is really strange that there is no sound. He hurriedly asked, "Who is going down?"

"Twelve people from the second detachment. ”

The half-elf frowned, he knew that the second captain was a man with quite good skills. If it was just a few miscellaneous soldiers left behind, it would be impossible to easily clean up the second detachment...... That said, it's most likely a trap.

"How many people are left in your third team?" he asked.

The captain immediately replied, "Twelve too." ”

"Form a three-person battle team, follow me, and don't scatter. There should be a pretty powerful guy down there, and if you fall alone, you will end up in the second team. Leonard gave the order, "The first detachment is guarding this place, and the fourth detachment guarding the ship will take care of each other at any time! ”

"Wouldn't it be too conservative?" the captain of the first detachment on the side objected. "What are we going to do if you disappear down there too?"

Leonard said categorically: "If we don't come back within a quarter of an hour, you all withdraw to the ship at once, and let the captain leave the ship immediately!"

Hearing his words, everyone immediately froze and immediately took their places according to the order.

There was also a faint appreciation in the eyes of the blonde girl Anne: "I can sacrifice for the sake of the overall good, and I will not waste my official business for personal reasons...... He's got a lot of energy. It lives up to its name......"

The look on her face when she whispered this was completely different from what she usually looked like. It was by no means like an ordinary businesswoman, much less like a bankrupt who had been reduced to slavery. It was a "everything under control" expression.

"Miss Anne Seffir, let's go in a group, and you'll cover my back......" The half-elf's voice stopped suddenly. That's because, when he turned around, he caught a glimpse of Anne's expression.

"Ah, what's wrong? Sorry, I was distracted...... Is there something wrong?" Anne looked up at the half-elf's words, and had the same vague but bright smile on her face as usual.

Looking at her bright smile, the half-elf really doubted his eyesight. Perhaps, what he just saw was just an illusion.

But is that really a delusion......?

"Alright, let's go. Leonard turned with a hint of uneasiness and walked down the stairs, Anne following closely behind him.

Even though it was broad daylight, the cabin of the "Daino" was a little dark.

As a three-masted merchant ship converted from a passenger ship, its cabin is much larger than that of the "Emperor Cleon". The cabins on the first and second floors, which were originally used to store goods, are now separated into independent cabins with white wooden planks for guests with status, while the cabins on the third and fourth floors are larger and full of hammocks for ordinary passengers. Two corridors running through the bow and stern of the ship connect all the cabins.

"It's a little tricky. Leonard Kakawi frowned, calculating the manpower at hand, as well as the area to be searched. "The three of them are a team, take care of each other, search for the first floor! If there is something wrong, call immediately!"

The sailors quickly dispersed into the cabin, listened to the voices inside, and carefully searched from cabin to cabin, Leonard, Anne, and the detachment leader formed a vanguard group and walked at the front of the group. Door after door was kicked open, but there was nothing behind it. There were no passengers and no enemies.

"Looks like they might have gathered the hostages and ......" The squad leader glanced at the blonde girl and didn't go on with his speculation.

"But that doesn't make sense. If they were to kill, the quickest way would be to push all the hostages into the sea. Why retreat into the cabin?" Reinard retorted. "There's also the possibility that they're stalling for time. They thought their ship would come back, so they hid with the hostages......"

As he spoke, he jerked open another hatch, and then immediately dodged to the side, dodging possible attacks from within.

Anne glanced inside, took a sharp step back, covered her eyes and let out a brief exclamation. Hearing her exclamation, the half-elf held the sword in his hand, turned around and slaughtered into the cabin.

What appeared in front of his eyes were the corpses of two sailors. The two died tragically, the injuries were all on the vital points, and they were all behind, and it looked like they had been plotted.

"Squad 2 ......" Leonard identified the deceased and crouched down to examine their bodies. "Both stab wounds were fatal. ”

He and the squad leader glanced at each other, and each saw the doubt in the other's eyes. In such a small space as a cabin, how can two people be controlled behind their backs at the same time?

Anne shrank aside and timidly asked a question: "Shouldn't there be three people in a battle group, and what about another?"

The sailors who followed also heard her words, and everyone was stunned, and they all looked at the people next to them with suspicious eyes. There is no one who does not understand the implications.

Leonard hesitated, but said, "I can't rule out the possibility of a mole...... However, more evidence is needed. Search the first floor first, don't be cranky, don't be suspicious of people near you, maybe it's just a coincidence!"

With that order, he stepped out of the hatch and continued his search—but his back rested against the plank wall. Seeing his movements, the blonde girl could only smile bitterly.

There's a word called up-down-down. Soon, everyone was leaning their backs against the wall.

At this moment, the solid hull of the "Daino" shook dramatically.

"W-What's going on?!" Leonard was startled.

"It seems to be a shaking ...... coming from the lower cabin"

"Let's go down and have a look!"

"Are all the enemies coming up? Are all the people who came in clear?"

Calben Blackrobe stood at the end of the three-story cabin and calmly asked a pirate beside him. The pirate covered the wound on his left arm and nodded.

"Okay...... It's now!"

The man took out a small iron box from his bosom and placed it on the ground, took a few steps back, and whispered the order to activate.

"Eighty feet long, thirty feet wide, ten feet high, and the two fronts are empty!"

At the same time as he gave the order, the iron box instantly turned into a huge steel channel, slamming through the sturdy stern plate and smashing into the bow of the Emperor Cleon.

The surrounding pirates were all stunned by the power of this magical item.

"You...... Who the hell are you?" someone asked with a shudder.

The black-robed man took off his hood, revealing his pointy ears and white face: "Of course it's Kalburn Black-robe." But, as you can see, I serve another, more powerful Master. Do you want to follow me?"

The pirates looked at each other.

The black robe continued with a sneer, "If you can help me complete this mission, the reward will be absolutely satisfactory. ”

"That'...... So, what are we going to do?"

"It's simple. Find a young priest and kill him. He pointed to the passage of the black hole, "If you want to get ahead, come with me now." ”

"What's going on with that shaking just now?!"

Lesa and Bonnie followed a group of sailors and ran to the bow of the ship to look down.

They saw a huge passage eighty feet long, thirty feet wide, and ten feet high, with a stalk under the bow. It connects the two ships into one.

"That's ......," Bonnie Seiffel exclaimed.

Ressa smiled coldly: "It's a random box that can change the size and shape at will, and it's quite a famous high-grade magic item." Its value may be higher than the cost of the ship. I didn't expect to see such an amazing magical item here...... Looks like we're going to have to get busy. ”

The two women turned and walked over to the Golden Golem, making way for the sailors who were rushing back from the gangplank behind them.

"Ganda, if someone from this boat approaches, there will be no mercy!"

Hearing the alchemist's order, the golden golem slowly stood up and nodded.

"It'...... Can you identify everyone on this boat?" asked Bonnie, surprised.

"Of course. Lesa replied confidently, "Do you think it's been on this ship for so long, and it's a rock solid as long as it's here!"

The brown-haired girl stuck out her tongue: "He's so smart." ”

"Alright, let's go!Go hunt for the intruders in the cabin!" Lesa stepped out of her slender legs, strode down the stairs with a golden afterimage.

"Yes, dear lady!" Bonnie Seiffel followed closely behind her. She quietly pulled out her fist sword from her waist and held it between her fingers.

There was only a violent tremor.

But since then, the planks have been shaking under my feet. Leonard Kekawi led the team up the stairs to the lower level of the cabin.

The second level of the luxury cabin looks similar to the first, and it seems that there are many enemies lurking in it. But the half-elf only stayed here for a moment, as his sensitive nose smelled a faint smell of blood wafting up from the third layer.

With a wave of his hand, Leonard stopped the team and quietly infiltrated the third floor with the squad leader. From the inside of the Odori cabin, the voices of several pirates could be heard.

"Why did the advisor let us stay here, and can this team really come back?"

"If the powerful military advisor says yes, it should be okay. There are so many elven navies, and it's not easy to solve them?"

"Speaking of which, what is that? magic, or is he a mole in ambush?"

The half-elf didn't say a word, cautiously moved to the door, and looked inside.

Inside the Chase Cabin were four pirates chatting and a group of shivering men and women hiding in the corners. On the ground, many warriors in the uniform of the saint lie lying in pools of blood.

Seeing the last frozen expression on their faces, the half-elf couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. The expression was utter, indescribably stunned. Most people's wounds also seem to be behind them.

He quickly calculated in his mind: the enemy seemed to have a mysterious military advisor...... That military advisor can make people die in extreme shock. That's eighty percent a magician. He's not here now, but he might be back with the team. Other words......

"Assault here first to rescue the hostages, and then set up an ambush!"

He waved his hand and motioned for the detachment leader behind him to go up and take everyone down to prepare for the raid. The detachment leader understood and quietly walked up the stairs.

"Boom, boom!" At this moment, there was another violent shock in the hull, and a large hole was suddenly broken in the board on the left side of the cabin, and a black cannonball smashed the hull and shot straight inside!

"Help!" the women among the passengers screamed.

Just as the cannonballs hit the ship and the smoke and dust rose up, the half-elf made up his mind. He no longer waited for backup, and dodged in, his right hand sword suddenly unsheathed!

"Who's shelling?!!!!......!?!

"Damn, here we go again?!" another pirate cursed angrily. As soon as he finished cursing, the tip of the half-elf's sword swept back from his face, picking out a long trail of blood. The pirate covered his face and screamed, and then the tip of his sword ricocheted through his throat.

"Enemy attack!" the third man reacted to this, and hurriedly pulled out his scimitar in his hand, shielding his throat with his arm shield.

Leonard frowned, and the tip of his rapier flicked, stabbing the opponent's right wrist. The scimitar fell to the ground with a "bell", and the pirate's throat was broken.

"Weird...... The monster ......" The fourth man turned around and ran, grabbing a beautiful woman from the crowd as a hostage. "Don't, don't come here, throw away your weapon!"

The half-elf hesitated and stopped. It was a woman with beautiful light green hair, looking at the dagger in her throat in alarm.

"Help, help, don't kill me!"

She screamed, and the pirate's hand kept shaking, leaving a faint blood mark on her neck.

At this time, Anne and the soldiers of the fourth detachment followed, and everyone was taken aback when they saw this scene.

"Get out, get out!" the pirate panicked, holding the woman hostage and backing away.

Leonard stepped forward and said coldly: "It's useless to take hostages, it's better to surrender, we can spare your life......"

Suddenly, for some reason, the pirate let go of the hostage, his eyes turned bloodshot red, and he lunged at him with a loud roar!

"Look for death!"

The "Throat Stabber" rapier accurately hits the enemy's vital points. The pirate's face was full of astonishment, and he fell limply to the ground and died. Half-elf Ichi---he had just seen this expression.

It was the look on the face of the dead sailors on the ground. He slammed past the woman who had fallen to the ground and rushed to the next cabin near the bow of the ship.

There, he saw the huge steel passage, and vaguely saw several figures on the opposite side of the passage. He looked at the strange square passage in disbelief, not knowing whether to go in or not.

The black-robed man Kalben was also standing on the opposite side of the passage, coldly squinting at the movement here. The two half-elves looked across the passage connecting the two ships, neither of them moving.

Another deafening cannon fire came. Leonard peered through the porthole, and a familiar, smoky brig appeared in his field of vision.

"Is it ......?!"

The huge tremor caused by the steel passage smashing into the ship naturally reached the captain on the lower deck.

"What's going on? Confirm right away, where is the attack?"

"The bow part seems to have been inserted by something...... Can't get out of it!"

"What?!!How could this be ......" Captain Ferron's brow furrowed when he heard the report like a stream of water.

It's a conspiracy. This is undoubtedly a conspiracy.

Secret information has been leaked, and he has been tricked. The other party already knew about the secret mission of the Emperor Cleon...... Then he doesn't need to keep it a secret.

The baron made the following order: "All marines and royal guards, beware! The enemy has infiltrated the ship, protect the priest Nopp, who is Lord Ferdinand, at once!

No sooner had the order been conveyed than another sailor rushed in in a panic.

"Your Excellency, it's not good!

"What, could there be worse news?" said the captain's voice, already tired.

"The sea and the pirate ship are back!"

Ferron picked up the binoculars. He saw that the scarred enemy ship appeared on the sea level......

The second bag has been torn open, and the quasi-angel number has been returned.

"Do you think I don't have artillery, elf? Then you're wrong......" Kezmi's mouth smirked miserably. "Swear by the status of the world's eighth-strongest pirate......"

"We made our own pseudo-explosions to make our observations wrong...... It's a bloody investment. The elven nobleman quietly set aside his binoculars, and beneath his calm exterior lurked a tsunami-like rage. "In the name of the Admiral of the Iron Wall" ......"

Although the two had not met each other and could not have heard each other's voices, at this moment, they both knew each other's thoughts.

“...... Even if I fight for my life, I will definitely sink you!"

The southwest trade winds are blowing tighter.

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