After setting up the ballista, everyone found that it was not all a bad thing for the ship to fall into the windless barrier, at least it was much easier to aim. In the past, in the rough seas, www.biquge.info often fired a cannon, and the arrow did not know where it flew, and whether it could hit it or not depended on the blessing of the father of all gods. But at the moment, the wind and waves around the southern star were calm, and the huge merchant ships were barely motionless on the water under the weight of their own weight and full load of cargo, which brought great convenience to shooting.

The first mate pushed the sailor standing behind the ballista aside, and went up to aim himself, holding the handle at the rear end of the heavy ballista with both hands, turned the bottom gun mount to roughly aim the six crossbow arrows in the direction where the four Ike Warlocks were, and then locked the bottom gun carriage with an iron pin, and began to turn the upper gun mount to fine-tune, slowly aiming the leftmost crossbow arrow at one of the warlocks who were casting spells.

Sean watched from the sidelines, admiring the designer of the ballista. He always thought that the kind of folding crossbow designed and made by his mother was both delicate and powerful, and it was difficult for others to reach the height of his mother's design. But the giant ballista in front of him told him that even on a large machine with a large volume and heavy weight, there can be extremely exquisite craftsmanship and almost perfect production standards, which is enough to show the charm of mechanical technology.

Originally, Sean thought that the wooden buckle design that could easily fix such a heavy crossbow carriage to the groove in the bow was already very exquisite, but what made him even more admired was that the tutor hired by the Duke of Rakshasa out of nowhere actually designed two layers of rotatable gun carriages for this kind of ballista. The lower gun carriage is connected to the base of the crossbow machine, and after the operator fixes the base on the ship through the buckle, as long as the upper iron pin is pulled out, the lower gun carriage can be rotated for general aiming, and then the iron pin is inserted back into place to re-fix the lower gun mount.

The upper gun carriage is much more elaborate in structure, although the upper winding winch is shared by six crossbow arrows, but the upper gun carriage and the wooden grooves supporting the crossbow arrows are separated, and each crossbow arrow can be aimed within a certain range by turning its own independent crossbow carriage, and the wooden groove is also connected to the fire trigger of each crossbow arrow.

In this way, whether you are firing at multiple targets at the same time or sequentially at the same target, the ballista can provide precise aiming and convenient operation.

At present, the first mate is taking advantage of this design convenience, and all the six crossbow arrows on the crossbow frame are aimed at the four warlocks through fine-tuning, after all, the restriction effect of the windless enchantment on the Southern Star is too great, and it is completely trapped in this sea area, so the captain and the first mate have reached a consensus, that is, they must kill the four spellcasters first, and let the Southern Star break out of this encirclement first.

The first mate looked back at the captain after the operation, and Captain Pike observed the speed of the Ike people around him and nodded at him. The first mate, who had received the order, grinned and steadily pulled the trigger of the first crossbow arrow, and the entire ballista let out a muffled hum, and an iron-headed crossbow bolt more than a man long roared out and shot in the direction of the Ike Warlock.

In an instant, the entire boat held their breath, staring with all their eyes and intently at the trajectory of the crossbow arrows.

At this moment, although the Southern Star was almost stationary, the Ike people riding the giant scorpion were always approaching them, so the distance between the two sides was not far, and the crossbow arrows only flew in the air for a short period of time, and then plunged headlong into the very closely arranged Ike formation.

The first mate slapped his forehead in frustration and sighed heavily, the cannon was clearly aimed too close, causing the bolts to fall on the other group of Ike in front of the warlocks, and not hitting his desired target.

"It's okay, come again!" Captain Pike knew that this was not the time to complain, but resolutely cheered for his lieutenant. And the sailors did not affect their morale when they saw this scene, and many of them couldn't help but let out a small cheer.

Because they all saw the amazing effect of this cannon.

The purple-shirted wooden arrow, almost as thick as an egg, was pressed against the cast-iron scissors, and with the tremendous power provided by the powerful winch of the ballista, it cut a slightly curved arc through the air, and hit a giant scorpion that happened to stand in front of the warlocks like thunder from the sky.

The giant scorpion was divided into two rows and a total of eight Ike people were standing, and the deadly crossbow arrows flew close with a roar, almost giving them any time to react, and directly shot through the three people in front of one of the rows, and the arrow shaft of more than one person passed through multiple human bodies in an instant, bringing up several puffs of blood that made people palpitate, and the arrows of the people who were hit were almost stirred to pieces, and they were killed on the spot without saying a word.

However, the arrow did not diminish after shooting through three people, and the arrow forged from the hard iron pierced diagonally down the buttocks of the last man, and then plunged headlong into the back of the giant scorpion, which was almost half the length of the arrow before finally stopping.

At this time, everyone on the Star of the Southern Realm clearly saw that the yellow-brown giant scorpion was so painful that the two pincers were lifted high, and the whole body spasmed and trembled, and even the poisonous hook on the tail bent down in a panic under the severe pain, and stabbed into the body of the Ike warrior standing at the end, and the sharp giant hook pierced through the back and through the chest, stabbing the man in pair. The others were shocked to see that the giant scorpion had lost control under the severe pain, and they jumped into the sea one after another, struggling to swim towards their companions. The scorpion, which was seriously injured by the crossbow arrow, first writhed frantically in the sea for a while, and the scorpion tail hook with a corpse hanging from it flung around in mid-air, which was shocking. However, it only struggled in vain for a while, and soon exhausted all remaining life force, and its whole body turned over, and it floated on the surface of the sea with its belly facing the sky.

"Haha, well done, first mate!"

"Shoot these bitches!"

"Let them see how good we are!"

Although the shot missed, the power of the arrow still brought great confidence to the people on board, and the sailors cheered and excited for a while. Captain Pike also smiled and nodded, you must know that the biggest gain of this arrow is not just as simple as killing four Ike and a giant scorpion, but to make these sailors and mercenaries on the ship understand a truth: although the other party is outnumbered, and has a terrifying monster like a giant scorpion, they are still flesh and blood, and they will be injured, bleed, and killed after being hit by a weapon, which is enough.

If you can kill an enemy, there is no need to be afraid.

Thinking of this, Captain Pike jerked out the long knife at his waist and swung it in the direction of the four Ike Warlocks amid the cheers of the sailors around him.

The first mate immediately understood, and he re-adjusted the upper gun carriage of the second arrow according to the landing point of the arrow, and then pulled the trigger.

There was a buzzing sound, and crossbow arrows like thunder and lightning roared out again.

This time, there was no deviation from the target.