Pirate?

Sean was surprised for a while, there was such a coincidence, they were just talking about Ike pirates, and then someone knocked on the door, and looking at the length of the black shadow, there were really a lot of pirates. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, Helen had finished casting the spell, and a faint mist appeared in front of the two, and the distant scene loomed in a very vague state.

I saw that above the sea, densely packed with human figures, those pirates lined up in an extremely tight formation, rising and falling with the waves, rushing towards the Southern Star at a very fast speed.

"What's that?" Sean asked, surprised, pointing to the image in the mist.

"It's... Oh my God!" Helen was also shocked when she saw it clearly.

Although the images in the mist were blurry, the two of them could still make out the crimson skin on the faces of the intruders in leather armor, on their arms, and on their other exposed bodies, indicating that they were indeed Ike.

It's just that the words of the Ike people are not terrible, although the Ike pirates are fierce and cruel, and they come and go like the wind on the sea, but they are not completely invincible, especially the giant armed merchant ships like the Southern Star that often sail on various routes around the Emerald Sea, and they have the experience of repelling Ike pirates many times.

But what surprised Sean now was that these Ike people didn't come by boat!

Below them, rising and falling in the waves as the waves swelled, were tawny carapace monsters, each with seven or eight Ike men armed with various weapons standing on their backs. I saw that the tails of those monsters were raised high, and a huge black hook on them glittered in the sunlight, and at the same time, a huge claw stretched out on each side of the monster's head, waving it while breaking the waves, and it was murderous.

"It's... Scorpions?" Sean muttered to himself, confused.

When he traveled in the interior of the empire before, he had also heard many stories about these Ike pirates robbing at sea, but in these stories, the sea vehicles used by the cunning and cruel Ike people were all small galleys that were maneuverable, fast and easy to steer, and through their extreme familiarity with the sea conditions and hydrogeography around the route, they chose to ambush in dense areas of the island or use wolf tactics to besiege when the merchant ships were not moving against the wind.

But what is the matter with these scorpions that can ride the waves in the sea? No one had ever mentioned to him that Ike pirates were robbing on giant scorpions, and he subconsciously glanced at Helen, only to find that the girl's face was full of solemnity that he had never seen before.

"You read that right, this is the Scorpion, because these are not ordinary Ike pirates, but the Prophet Guards of the Scorpion King Hara, let's go and inform the captain. ”

Sean naturally had no objection, and the two of them quickly ran towards the stern command cabin, but before they reached the hatch, they saw that Captain Pike was already fully dressed, with a long knife on his waist, and strode out of the stern, while directing the boatswain to steer, while shouting at his sailors to open all the sails on the three giant masts, it seemed that the intention was to throw off the pirates by changing the course and increasing the speed of the ship.

Seeing this, the two hurriedly stepped forward to tell the captain about Helen's discovery, and Captain Pike also looked solemn after hearing this: "It's actually the personal guard of the Scorpion King Hara, it seems that the news that the ship is carrying important supplies has indeed leaked." ”

"What's on board?" asked Sean.

Captain Pike hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "Two hundred boxes of Starfall Mithril ordered by Archmage Soressa. ”

"What?!" both Sean and Helen were shocked.

You must know that the elves' starfall mythril is different from the dwarves' lava dragon steel, which is made by the dwarves with a very special process from the almost inexhaustible hard iron ore mined on the continent, so that as long as the dwarves are willing, the yield can be very high.

However, the Mithril Mine is a godsend, and it has been dug a little less for thousands of years, so in order to fully reserve this strategic resource, the elves rarely sell Starfall Mithril raw ore or smelted Mithril ingots to the outside world. Even if it was to be sold, it was their foundry who would first make the finished armor and then sell it at a high price that would bankrupt many minor nobles.

Now there are two hundred boxes of Mithril ingots on the ship, I really don't know how this Tasa family got it.

Helen was even more surprised: "What did my teacher buy so much Mithril for?" She had been in the West for half a year in order to steal the Blade of Vengeance from Duke Rakshasa Castle, and she didn't know why Archmage Soressa, who had never been interested in metal smelting, suddenly spent a huge amount of money to buy so much Mithril.

That's right, it's a huge amount of money, a full two hundred boxes of Starfall Mithril is enough to buy dozens of giant sea ships like the Southern Star. It's no wonder that the self-proclaimed Scorpion King Hara Ike tribal chieftain even sent his personal guards out to rob as pirates, this is already red-eyed!

Sean thought indignantly, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Morrigan, who was standing on the bow of the ship and directing his mercenaries to stick to the inside of the ship to pose in a defensive formation, and said in his heart that it would definitely be no good to be with the blood bats, and that they could be "completely trusted", and that this news would have been a ghost if they hadn't leaked it.

But after all, this is just a guess in Sean's heart, he has no evidence at all, and now the enemy is not the time for infighting, so he can only act at the opportunity.

He discussed with Helen, and instead of immediately joining the defense of the armed sailors and mercenaries on the deck, he first went straight to the cabin to find the Rebecca siblings, took out the spare long sword and dagger and stuffed them into Victor's hand, and gave him a defensive weapon to protect himself and his sister, Sean even left them with a folding crossbow and five arrow magazines, and then taught Victor how to use the crossbow, while telling them to stay in the cabin honestly, no matter what the outside is like outside, and not to get out of the cabin easily, so as not to be discovered by pirates who successfully board the ship or accidentally injured by their own people。

After all arrangements were made, the two returned to the deck again, and by this time, both the sailors under Captain Pike and the mercenaries of the Blood Bat Mercenary Regiment led by Morrigan had already put their armor and weapons ready to be put in place, and under the command of the leader, they were guarding various critical positions on the ship, and they did not see the slightest panic when they first received the alarm.

However, the sharp-eyed Sean still found that many people, especially those who were not used to armor piercing and only held a short knife in their hands, were still nervously pale, after all, Ike pirates were notorious, and most of them were not sure that they would be able to save the day.

At this moment, the rapid sound of brass bagpipes sounded again, and the sailor in charge of the lookout shouted: "Captain, pirates have been spotted on all sides, and... We're already surrounded!"