To the west of the kingdom of Hadrata and in the endless sea of mist, a burst of intense divine light emerged, and the dense fog around it immediately faded at a speed visible to the naked eye......

A fluttering flag appeared in the mist, followed by the massive pole and hull, and then the entire fleet!

This is the Empire's long-distance fleet, each of which is the latest type of sail warship, more than seventy meters long, like a terrifying beast cleaving the waves on the sea.

However, this mighty fleet galloped all the way, but it looked extremely embarrassed, and some of the ships that were behind were badly damaged, and the sails were even blazing.

The next moment, with the roar of artillery fire, hundreds of shells the size of human heads flew out of the fog, and the target was the entire fleet!

Although these cannons seemed to be inaccurate, most of them hit the sea, and some of the shells even landed directly hundreds of meters away from the target, except for blowing up columns of water, there was no meaning at all.

It's just that the number of artillery fire is so large that even if only one-thirtieth can hit the target, it is a huge threat......

In the chant that faintly resounded on the sea, invisible divine protection surrounded the sail warships and fended off the attack of cannonballs.

Performing such a wide range of magic is obviously a great challenge for these priests and bishops.

More importantly, similar attacks occur almost every ten minutes, giving them no chance to rest and relax.

A battleship that landed at the rear of the fleet was hit by five consecutive artillery shots, and the magic protection covering the hull exploded instantly, and the priests on the sail battleship spat blood one after another under the strong backlash, and could only watch as the huge cannonballs hit the hull of the ship, smashing holes into the deck and hull.

One of the projectiles was even more insidiously blessed with burst magic, and it exploded right behind the ship, and the flames and smoke rose into the sky, and the huge hull shook and shook, overturned and sank to the bottom...... The screams rang out so loudly that the soldiers and priests on board could only jump into the sea to protect themselves and swim to the nearest ship with difficulty.

"These damned devil believers, minions of the evil gods, they should be thrown into hell and their souls burned in the endless flames of hell!"

In the center of the fleet, on a huge battleship, Cardinal Sirid scolded in annoyance, and the faces of the bishops beside him were also extremely invisible.

Half a month ago, they were ordered to lead the first fleet of the empire, prepare to set off at sea, and directly raid the base camp of those wizards, and destroy this illegal wizarding organization that has plagued the Holy See for many years, hiding in the fog like rats, and appearing from time to time disgusting people!

But to their surprise, when the fleet was halfway through the voyage, it happened to run into a fleet of wizards.

Looking at the direction of the other party, it should be to rush to the aid of the [Hadratta] Kingdom...... The number of ships is less than a third of theirs!

This was undoubtedly an unexpected gain, which made the bishops happy, and they hurriedly greeted it, intending to destroy the wizard's fleet directly, so as to relieve the pressure on the battlefield of the kingdom.

It was only after the actual war that they discovered that the enemy was not as weak as they imagined, and was a complete hard bone.

As soon as the battle began, the sharp artillery made a deep impression on Sirid and the others, and its number and power were far from being comparable to the fire oil droppers loaded on their ships.

This thing is said to be a new weapon developed by wizards, and the specific information is still in the collection stage, so they were directly caught off guard.

What annoyed Sailid the most was that just when the First Fleet decided to force its way close to the gunside fire for a broadside battle, the sorcerers' fleet turned around and ran, without the slightest intention of making contact with them, and even attacked with artillery as they ran.

After rough calculations, the firing range of the artillery is more than one kilometer, and in comparison, the fire oil thrower equipped by the fleet can only hit about 500 meters even with the blessing of divine magic.

The remaining 500 meters was like a heavenly mound, and the First Fleet chased for several hours, losing more than 30 warships, before it suddenly realized that they would never be able to cross this distance.

The speed shown by the other party is actually far from reaching the limit, but it has been giving them the illusion that they can catch up as long as they are a little faster, so as to keep consuming the number of warships.

Realizing this, the fleet abandoned the pursuit under the orders of the Inquisitor, turned around and continued towards the Wizarding Lands.

However, the sorcerers' ships were like a pack of cunning and shameless hyenas, and they turned back and hung behind them, keeping a distance not far away, constantly harassing with the advantage of speed and range, destroying dozens of ships in a row......

Only then did Sirid and the others find themselves in an embarrassing situation where they couldn't chase, hit, or run, like a live target erected on the sea, passively bearing the other side's rounds of shelling......

Extremely aggrieved!

Some grumpy bishops were even fainted directly!

It's not that Sirid hasn't tried to attack those ships directly with the cardinal's flying ability, but the problem is that their flight speed is not as fast as that of the steel giant ship, and once they get close to the distance of two hundred meters, they need to face the attack of dozens of magic crystal cannons, and one cardinal was almost killed on the spot, and they can only turn back in the end.

The sound of artillery fire continued, and after this round of fire, two more battleships burst into flames and sank to the bottom, and the fleet of wizards finally drove out of the fog.

A cursory look at the past there were about a hundred ships, all of them without exception without sails, but they were able to move forward quickly on the sea, running several times faster than their sail warships!

Most notably, the four giant battleships in front of you!

Each one has a length of more than 100 meters, a height of more than 30 meters, and the shell is made of all-metal, which looks like it weighs hundreds or even thousands of tons, like a mobile fortress located on the sea......

Sirid couldn't imagine what powerful sorcery those wizards had used to make the steel ships sail through the seas!

Seeing that the hideous barrel on the steel giant ship began to adjust its position, and the next round of shelling was coming, Sirid hurriedly turned his head to look at the presiding judge, and said eagerly.

"Lord Joshua, you should be able to do it now, right?"

If this fight continues, the Empire's fleet will only be exhausted under rounds of artillery bombardment, and even the enemy will not be able to touch the shadow!

(End of chapter)