"Raise the sails!" Barnabas shouted.

The great coat of arms on the sail was rolled back into the canvas, and the twenty men on leather benches each took a long oar made of fir wood, ran to either side of the boat, lifted the oar, threaded it through the leather ring, and rested it on the oars. With a rhythmic sound of hitting the water, the wooden oars slapped against the waves in unison.

The Adrestia was a modest ship, but of course, this 'not too big' was compared to the triremes of the city-state's armies.

In a private boat, it is nimble and efficient, and it is well armed. The volume was between the galleys and the triremes.

Rann and Kassandra stood on the command seat on the deck, with Barnabas acting as advisor on one side, and Fauber being tucked directly into the cabin by Ran.

After all, it's not a time to sail freely on the Aegean Sea, and Megaris is close at hand.

And as Barnabas describes the battlefield, Sparta invested a considerable amount of land here, and Athens blocked the sea with their fleet.

Blue striped sails flutter in the air, and beneath them are fir masts and lacquered hulls. Each ship was filled with heavy infantry, archers, and light shieldmen dressed in bronze armor and linen armor.

Some of the boats were even full of Thessalian horses, and to prevent the horses from fearing the sight of the ocean, each horse's head was covered with a cloth to obscure the view.

The symbol of Athens is an owl with white stripes on a blue background and lines.

This bird of prey was considered a symbol of wisdom and the goddess Athena, and Athens would even depict this symbol on their drachma coins.

The abstract pattern of an owl crouching and looking behind is cute, but when this pattern appears in large numbers on a series of hideous and murderous warships, it makes people feel panicked.

The Adrestia was still approaching the shores of Megaris.

The heavenly Icarus chirped nervously, and Lan's cat's eyes shrank in unison.

Kassandra and Rann simultaneously saw the expressions of the soldiers and officers on the Athenian ship opposite.

Nervousness, fear, and the ferocity oppressed by fear.

Most of the soldiers of ancient warfare had this expression.

The harsh atmosphere of the barracks, as well as the fear of being killed by the enemy at any time, are entrenched in the hearts of every soldier.

As long as Tianda's advantage is clearly on his side, this sentiment will not disappear.

And as we all know, the strings of reason in the brain of human beings in a state of extreme tension for a long time. Very fragile.

As Adrestia crossed an invisible line, three ships in the Athenian fleet broke away from the blockade and headed for it like lions enraged by rats.

The ship's soldiers shouted and pointed their fingers at the Adelestea, while their commander roared at them to raise their javelins and aim at the enemy.

The Aegean Sea was not very rough, so the style of the ships was different from that of the ships that followed, and there were no higher sides on the side of the ship to prevent the crew from falling out in the rocking.

The deck of the ship looked like a large plane, and the main means of warfare was for the soldiers standing on the deck to shoot their bows and javelins, sometimes with tarpaulins wrapped around the arrows and javelins.

And if the position is right, the ship will also use its solid bow to launch a direct impact on the enemy's fragile hull.

All of this made it easier for Kassandra and Len to see the movements of the other side.

"Raise your shield! Immediately! ”

"Prepare your shield!"

Lann and Kassandra, both of them shouted at the same time.

Barnabas was still directing the route, and although he saw the Athenian ships approaching, he was still a little confused.

"Raise your shield? We shouldn't be"

Before the next half of the sentence 'adjust the position of the ship' was spoken, the sound of a swarm of locusts flying towards the sky sounded.

Rann pulled Barnabas to a crouch, and Kassandra did the same as they did.

The guardrail of the command stand is a good guard.

The crew, who had already taken the big round shield off their backs as instructed and squatted on top of it, were unharmed after this rain of arrows.

Under the rain of arrows, the crew under the shields looked at each other in amazement.

Shooting arrow rain from the opposite side, it's okay to be alone on my side. They've never been like that!

"O Zeus!"

Barnabas, who had been pressed down by Lanne, muttered unconsciously.

Kassandra and Lanne, on the other hand, were very calm from beginning to end.

The warships of this era and this region, the means and methods of attack are all placed on that large flat deck.

Men like Rann and Kassandra, who have a far more than normal vision, can even see the pigtails under the helmets of Athenian soldiers at the edge of the rain of arrows.

The distance of vision beyond the times brings the power of battlefield observation beyond the times.

Every move on the other side is actually in the eyes of the two people.

"What's going on on the other side?" Lann asked calmly at Kassandra, pointing to it by the way. "I'm inconvenient to probe, what does Icarus see?"

Kassandra's eyes were hollow and unfocused. Because she's not seeing with her own eyes at this point.

There was an eagle's cry in the sky.

"The rain of arrows was picked up by another ship, and the Athenian commander was well trained. There's another galley that is repositioning and trying to smash us in half from the middle. ”

Barnabas was caught between Lane and Kassandra like a helpless little girl.

He looked left and right, and his old face was wrinkled into walnuts, and he found that he couldn't understand what was going on with these two men.

But in the end, he was red and shouted.

"Guys! Turn the bow of the boat! Don't let him hit the right thing, let that ship pass us! With the help of the gods, we will not sink here! The coral temple of Poseidon has not yet prepared a place for us! That's what your two captains said! ”

Barnabas's sudden burst of energy made both Ryan and Kassandra stunned for a moment, and they came out of their respective sensory states and looked at each other in confusion.

Oh, they all forgot. Barnabas is a devout believer.

"Javelin ready!"

Kassandra shouted with her head buried in the rain of arrows.

"You don't have to remove your shields, listen to me! Prepare to port! ”

The Athenian warship that collided with it did not directly break the hull of the Adrestia according to the predetermined position, but only brushed it over.

The Athenian soldiers on the warship didn't care, they could do it again if they hit it off.

Anyway, it's on their side too.

"Javelin! Put! ”

The heavy, sharp projectiles pierced the air, tearing apart the relaxed minds of the Athenian soldiers.

They could not comprehend until they died how the crew of the ship was ready to throw javelins with shields and a rain of arrows.

But it doesn't matter.

A large number of Athenian soldiers were shot by powerful javelins, which pierced their flesh and even took their bodies into the air for a short time!

As if cutting wheat, the decks of the Athenian ships fell in droves.

After a moment of contact, this warship was directly and drastically reduced to the point where it was powerless to fight back!

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