Chapter 39: Reef Escape
Joshua managed to infiltrate the inside of the warship and set fire to the powder magazine, and explosions rang out one after another throughout the warship, causing everyone on the deck to be in chaos.
The flames from the explosion spread throughout the ship's cabin. The sailors who stood outside the doors of the powder magazine were consumed by the merciless tongues of fire. And the generals of the White Dragon Knights who were in the command room felt an even more violent vibration.
"What's going on?" Exclaimed Elena, "Where did the explosion come from?"
"Oh no, something seems to have happened to our powder magazine. Wren opened the hatch and felt a rush of heat.
There were several more explosions, and the fire quickly spread to the command room. A wave of heat swept the entire command room to pieces.
"Yelena, be careful!" Wren quickly flew over and knocked Elena down. After the aftermath of the explosion, the cabin became a mess.
Wren crawled out of the rubble, shook off the dust on his body, and asked Yelena under him, "Yelena, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, it's just that I'm pressed underneath by you, and my bones hurt all over my body. Elena rolled over and got up from the rubble.
"I think our lives are quite big. Wren laughed at himself, "I'm still alive with that level of explosion just now." ”
"It's funny how you look now. As a result of the explosion, Wren's face and clothes were covered in black ash. When Elena saw Wren's appearance, a rare smile appeared on her face.
"Elena, sure enough, the way you smile is even more charming!" Wren teased at Elena.
"Well, I'm still talking about that. Let's get on deck and see what's going on!" Elena climbed onto the deck with Wren. I saw that some of the people on the deck were shouting loudly, some were running for their lives, and some were organizing everyone to put out the fire.
"Anyone, come on, anyone, can anyone tell me how the powder magazine burned on its own?" shouted Yelena from the deck. However, due to the chaos on the deck, Yelena's shouts went unheeded.
"Wait a minute, tell me what just happened?" Wren asked aloud as he stopped a sailor.
"Big ...... Big...... My lord...... I didn't know what was going on just now. We were on deck patrol when the powder magazine suddenly exploded!" replied the sailor, trembling.
"There must be a spies with Wings of Liberty who got on the warship. At this time, Charles also went to the deck to make peace with the people.
"Charles, calm them down. Yelena said to Charles.
"I'll try as much as I can!" Charles said, whistling. At this moment, a large griffin in armor flew onto the deck. Charles sat on a griffin and hovered low above the warship: "Don't panic, everyone, our ship will not sink, all the soldiers of the White Dragon Knights will gather at the mast." ”
As Charles shouted loudly, the crowd began to settle down. The White Dragon Knights deserved to be one of the ace legions of the Empire, and there was no complete chaos in this sudden situation, and after some adjustments, the entire army was quickly regrouped.
"It's not a good thing, Lord Elena, catch him, he's a spy who has come in!" Simon shouted and ran to the crowd. It turned out that after Joshua detonated the powder magazine, he and the Jungle Rangers ran to the place where the dinghy was stored, ready to put the ship down and leave the warship. However, they happened to be discovered by Simon who was passing by and the sailors who had picked them up earlier.
"Simon, you've got it all done. Who's the spy and where is he?" said Elena to Simon.
"Over there, Lord Elena, don't let them run!" Simon shouted, pointing to the rear of the warship.
"They set the powder magazine on fire, right?" Seeing Joshua and his gang getting down the dinghy and fleeing, Elena shouted to the crowd, "Catch them!"
"Fool is zhanzhu!" Joshua grimaced at the White Dragon Knights and climbed down the cable.
"It's not that easy to escape!" Wren sneered and led his troops to rush over. But by this time, Joshua and the others had already gotten into the dinghy and evacuated in the opposite direction under the noses of the people.
"The helmsman hastened to his position, turned the bow of the ship and hurried to catch up with them. Elena ordered, "Don't stop those who put out the fire, and the rest prepare for battle." ”
"Lord Elena, we are now in the sea of the setting sun, and the enemy is now fleeing to the northwest, and will soon reach the reef group. The helmsman reported to Elena.
"Reef, then our warships won't be able to pass through, right?" said Yelena, frowning.
"That would only try to catch up with the enemy before they enter the reef group. Wren commanded, "Turn the bow of the ship as soon as possible and pursue at full speed." ”
Since the Sunset Sea faces a near-coastline, it is very difficult for warships to turn around. By the helmsman of the Blue Dragon Knights had turned the bow of the ship completely, Joshua and the others had already driven their boat away from them.
"Damn, I can't imagine that our dignified White Dragon Knights have been planted in the hands of these spies. Elena was furious, "We must capture them alive." ”
The fires from the explosion of the Imperial Knights' demolition unit on the surface of the sea at sunset are particularly dazzling at night. Geraint and the others, who were in the Foott neighborhood, saw all this from afar. "How can there be fires on the sea at sunset. Geraint said, holding the binoculars.
"The fire on the sea?" Hag suddenly thought of something beside Geraint, "how is this so similar to the scene prophesied by the prophet?"
"Lord Haig, Commander Geraint, we have just captured a few spies sent by the Imperial Knights in the Green Mud Shoal. At this time, the Jungle Ranger escorted the Shadow Assassins and Green Archers of the White Dragon Knights, who had previously been captured by Joshua, to the Freedom Wings' base camp in the Furt neighborhood.
"Are you saying that the Imperial Knights want to use the Green Mud Shoal as a breakthrough to sneak up on us from behind?" asked Geraint nervously, "How is Joshua?"
"Lord Commander-in-Chief, Joshua, he seems to have said that he will do what he wants, disguised as a soldier of the Knights, and go to the warship to sabotage. The leader of the Jungle Ranger said.
"What? You mean Joshua ran to the enemy's warship? What nonsense!" said Geraint, slamming his fist on the table, "Lord Haig, Joshua is in danger, I'm going to save him!" ”
"The enemy sent a demolition unit, and if that burst of fire was caused by an explosion, could it be said that Joshua had succeeded?" thought the leader of the Jungle Rangers.
"Knight Geraint, bring some more men. Then choose the most Haode ship from the dockyard and go to the rescue!" Hagrid said.
"Thank you so much, Lord Haig!" Jaylant hurriedly led some of the Freedom Wings warriors to the dock, preparing to rush to the sunset sea to meet Joshua.
"Come on, everyone, we'll be on the reef soon. "Once inside the reef group, their warship will run aground, and we will be safe immediately." ”
"So you can talk!" Joshua stared at the forest rangers for a long time.
"Damn, let them escape. "Elena watched as Joshua steered their boat into the reef.
"Our warships are so big that once they enter the reefs, they will definitely run aground on the reefs, so we can only turn the rudder and bypass these reefs. The helmsman reported to Elena.
"That's the only way, first go around the reefs and head towards the Misty Trench. If we really can't catch them, we will join up with the main army and attack the port directly!" said Wrenjihua.
"Lord Wren, please rest assured of this. Our warships are moving much faster than their artificially piloted dinghys. When we get to the vicinity of the Misty Trench, we'll have a chance to catch them. Charles smiled at Wren.
"Hmph, I can't beat you, can't I outrun you?" Joshua and his party drove the dinghy out of the reef group to the Misty Trench. He looked around and felt very proud to find that the Imperial Knights' warships had disappeared from their sight.
"Sure enough, they were heading in the direction of the Misty Trench. Wren took a telescope in the bow of the ship and observed Joshua's whereabouts.
"My lord, the fog in the Misty Trench is too foggy for us to lose our course, and the small island near where civilians are stationed is easy to cause accidental injuries. The helmsman said worriedly.
"Then let the griffon knights attack, and be sure to bring them back, taking care not to hurt the civilians!" Wren ordered.
"We'll be at Broken Mouth through the Misty Trench!" said the Forest Ranger to Joshua.
"Haha, boy, don't rejoice too soon. Your Uncle Simon is here, don't run if you have a kind!" Suddenly, above the ship, Sergeant Simon of the White Dragon Knights rode a pegasus and led a group of griffon knights in pursuit from the sky.
"Then you don't chase ......," Joshua shouted, looking up.