The white-haired engineer warlock compared this ship with some designs from the previous world in his mind.
Esky simply understood the wind of flames below as propellers, while the sails above did not need to be understood.
It is somewhat like some new concept yachts in the green economy era, but there are no new concept yachts that use solar panels to make sails and use the sails to generate electricity.
However, wouldn’t the wind resistance be very high with this design?
If calculated according to the science of that world, it would be a better design to remove the sail and let the entire system be used to strengthen the wind of fire at the bottom.
Without the huge wind resistance caused by sails, the speed of the ship can obviously be faster than the current hybrid.
Elves, this is because the wind in the sky can always give the greatest power to the sail, so they ignore scientific design?
It’s really magic.
While thinking about it, the ship had completely separated from the fleet. Through the perspective of Sky Wind, Eski could also see that the Skaven flagship seemed to be sending semaphores non-stop.
But now, it's useless to say anything.
Those scurvy clan gadgets above no longer have the ability to control this ship.
However, we are at least still partners now, so the engineer warlock decided to go up and negotiate with the captain.
The setting sun has completely lost its due brilliance, and the faint rays of light are mixed in the darkness, which is no different from no lighting.
Using the night vision function of the observer, the engineering warlock successfully passed through the two gun decks without lighting. On the way there, he saw many rats who stayed in place because they could not adapt to the darkness.
The captain was so stingy that he didn’t even light the lamp at this time. Eski complained that if he had read correctly before, there was a lot of unused lamp oil stored in the bottom warehouse.
Even in the darkest areas of Skaven City, there are one or two braziers for lighting. Skaven have strong night vision and cannot see things in a dark environment.
Arriving on the deck, the clan rats of the scurvy clan and their captain all looked at the culprit who took them away from the fleet.
"Don't look at me like this. After the rune is activated, it has a self-sustaining function. There is no need for the mage to keep an eye on it until it needs to slow down."
The engineering warlock grabbed the railing and said while shaking continuously - Due to the high speed, the waves kept breaking and falling, causing everything on the deck to fluctuate greatly.
Captain Storm Rat was obviously not used to such a large amount of shaking. On the way to Esky, his steps were unsteady several times. Even so, his voice remained firm.
"We are running away."
Captain Stormvermin took out his command knife solemnly, pointing the sixty-centimeter-long blade at the engineer warlock. The thing on the blade and his expression made it clear that he was not fake.
It's really not like the Rat Man, the Engineer Warlock complained in his heart. Half of the time, when the Rat Man spoke like this, he must have other ideas in mind.
So, Eski spoke casually.
"No, Captain, this is a great victory."
After saying this, he pointed to the purple-black oak hull under his hand and shrugged.
"I saved the precious elf ship from the danger of sinking and saved all the valuable property on the ship for the Scurvy Clan. Isn't this a great contribution I made to the Scurvy Clan as an ally?" p>
"Is it better to let this ship be destroyed in the hands of sea beasts? As you said, if we can win, then the Storm Rats will be enough, and we don't need to take action at all."
Inexplicably, Aikeqi suddenly nodded.
"Yes, yes, that's right."
Then, he leaned on the side of the ship and watched the battle between the Scurvy Clan and the Sea Beast Land in the distance.
The clan rats on the boat, who were ready to draw their swords at any moment, also dispersed.
The engineering warlock also followed the captain's line of sight and adjusted the magnification of the observer to the highest level.
The battle in the distance continued, with more than a dozen sea beasts fighting together with the entire fleet.
The Gray Prophet wildly shook his giant bell on the transport ship carrying him, and the sea beasts around him were obviously slowed down by the interference.
Other Gray Seer apprentices are also doing their best to release damaging spells, but the damage is not enough to have much impact on the activities of the sea beasts.
The clan rats crawled on the sea beast one after another, without any effect.
Behind, there are some assault ships again, but this time, they seem different?
It's the Storm Rats, a dozen heavily armed Storm Rats, leading a group of dark engineering warlocks. The warlocks can't tell whether they are clan rats or slave rats. Compared to the Storm Rats, they are all too small.
Looking at the dozen Storm Rats, the engineering warlock glanced at the Storm Rat Captain and said.
"Captain Ikeqi, there are no Storm Rats other than you on your ship. If I remember correctly, this will be regarded as weakness among the warlord clans."
Having said this, the engineering warlock grinned.
He also thinks so. All leaders who do not have Storm Rat subordinates must be weak.
Of course, the engineer himself is an exception.
Eski believes that for him, the storm rats only have a longer alert time than the clan rats, and there is no need to invest resources.
However, Ikeqi doesn’t know a single spell like this...
"Brandy actually reused you as the captain of such a good ship."
The engineering warlock said in surprise that these days, it seems that Ekeqi neither has any advanced navigation technology nor extraordinary military strength.
Could it be said that this is the original intention of the warlord, which is to let this useless guy take control of it, and then the warlord can steadily control the ship?
This conjecture is actually quite ridiculous. The crew of a ship also needs to get along. Why is that?
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"Who knows."
Captain Storm Rat responded coldly.
If you hadn't known that you could never defeat the spell caster, you would have done it now.
As for, let the clan rats come together?
Mobilizing all one's resources for a momentary conflict of temper is a privilege only reserved for warlords, who are just captains.
However, it is the nature of rat people to retaliate.
Aikeqi secretly swore in his heart, just wait, don't fall into my hands one day.
The engineer warlock completely ignored his psychological activities and continued to ask, still with such malicious questions.
"What about your clan rats? You just lost more than seventy clan rats, and they were still elite gang members. Are there any elites left on this ship?"
"If I'm not wrong, this ship can't actually supply many rats. You can't do anything to the warlord."
The black-furred Storm Rat patted the railing and pulled out his command knife again, his voice sharp and angry.
"What's the deal? This is our clan's business."
It's just that the engineering warlock seemed not to be affected by his words, looking directly behind him, and then uttered a sentence.
"Aikeqi, I was really right."
"Huh?"
Storm Rat still didn't understand, and saw that the tip of the Engineer Warlock's claws pointed behind him, in the direction of the stern of the ship.
"Look, the pointy-eared thing is here."
The captain was shocked and looked over.
I saw several black sails flying on the sea, at least from this angle, they looked like black sails.
Both the captain and the engineering warlock knew that it was probably the iconic purple-black color of the dark elves.
As the ship continued to move away, it became increasingly difficult for Ekeqi to see clearly the specific situation there. The rat man's eyesight was really a formidable enemy during the voyage.
I wanted to ask the engineering warlock, but I saw the engineering warlock talking about it.
"They are the ones who got the sea beasts. Let me tell you, how can sea beasts appear in groups? Hunting grounds in the ocean will never cause such a situation."
After chanting, the engineer warlock fell into the sinking and began to scratch his nails with his paws.
Suddenly, he raised his staff. Green light flashed on the staff, and the tip of the staff flashed with weak electricity.
"Engineer, what are you doing?" Ekeqi asked.
"Using this smoke may interfere with their perception."
Eski raised his hand, and a burst of green mist began to spread from the sea. After the engineering warlock waved his staff again, it spread out regularly to the left and right of the sea where they appeared.
The green mist pulled up a smoke screen on the sea. Now, they can't see the battle situation over there at all.
"Only the cold pointed-eared things you caught will train sea beasts. They must be coming for this ship."
The engineering warlock said viciously. He approached the captain of the black-haired rat and adopted an angry tone, which made his words sharper and sharper, and most of his vocabulary began to use rat-man-specific refrains.
"If your people could muster up enough courage to attack the pointed-eared things, we wouldn't be skinned by the pointed-eared things. Unfortunately, they didn't."
On the battlefield just now, the paddle steamers belonging to the Scurvy clan were escaping in all directions.
There is even a boat that has escaped from the left side of the smoke screen, allowing Esky to clearly see the paddle wheel on the boat that may not have turned so fast since it was launched.
The slave rat also risked his life in order to speed up.
Suddenly, a trajectory flashed across the sky, and Captain Ekeqi had not yet reacted.
Boom——
The sound of the explosion spread throughout the nearby sea area, making Aikeqi's hands and feet feel cold.
He turned around and saw that the engineering warlock also stayed where he was.
From the perspective of the engineering warlock, the magical wind on this thing can be said to be the same thing as the chain arrow he used just now.
This is the normal attack of the elf ship!
Eski reacted and immediately shouted to the captain.
"Ekeqi, quickly mobilize your people and prepare to load the crossbow."
I thought something seemed wrong with this command, so I quickly changed it.
"Show me their ammunition."
After saying that, without even waiting for Storm Rat to give the actual order, the engineer warlock rushed to the gun deck below.
The engineering warlock is now certain that the explosion just now must have been caused by some kind of crossbow arrow from the elves, and the slave rats just happened to pile those arrows in the gun deck.
Open these exquisite boxes, at least for rat people, they contain handfuls of arrows.
The largest number are still those without runes, but there are always a few boxes containing those special ones.
"Locked, corroded, this is not it. Locked, split, this is not it either."
Eski read the runes above. Fortunately, most of the runes above were of the same type, and only a few used different phrases.
After searching, the engineer warlock found a special model that was thicker than any other arrows.
"Lock, accelerate, start. Is this it?"
The white-haired mouse is a little unsure. The arrowhead is a framed arrow about the size of a light bulb, and between the frames, there is something like a translucent thing, which contains something that glows blue, whether it is a liquid or a solid. p>
After grabbing two of these arrows, the engineer warlock returned to the open deck.
"What is this?"
The captain asked.
"Who knows, but I'm sure it's something dangerous."
The engineer warlock stared at the things inside, his eyes were in a trance, and his scarlet eyes were also dyed blue.
"I heard that the alchemy of pointy-eared things is very powerful. Maybe it is some kind of alchemical explosive."
"Duluqi can insult the skills of other things at will, but when it comes to making killing tools, they are absolutely professional."
The engineering warlock's words became excited, but Ekeqi's ears drooped - he didn't want to hear this, it was boring to him.
"So, are we going to torture those pointy-eared things?" the captain asked, looking at the sea, but was suddenly refuted by the engineering warlock.
"This is a waste idea, what good does it do to me?"
Eski looked at him as if he were an idiot and said again.
"Using pointy ears to vent your anger? Of course the pointy-eared things won't help me now, but they still have a lot of value to me, and they can't be wasted just now. I'm not one of those despicable warlords who only have a boring inferiority complex in their minds.
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Being humiliated again, but unable to take action immediately, Aikeqi turned around, trying to avoid this, but saw a scene that horrified him.
Three more elven ships followed.
He immediately changed his face towards the engineering warlock and said with fear.
"If we are caught up, maybe we can use pointy-eared things to negotiate with them? Pointed-eared things should care about their own compatriots."
"This kind of pointy-eared thing prefers to turn other pointed-eared things into slaves, just like the slave rats on your ship."
The engineering warlock stared at these ships with a crazy smile. At this time, the clerk who was supposed to be on the bottom appeared at the cabin door. The white-haired rat waved and said smoothly.
"Secretary, maybe if I hand over a Slaanesh disciple, they will be more interested. What do you think of a way to die by sacrificing yourself to Kane?"
"They will first cut open your stomach, take out your heart and throw it into a cauldron of blood. They will use daggers to draw blood runes on your body, and then they will take out your other colorful internal organs.
As a decoration for the altar."
As he spoke, the engineering warlock stabbed the clerk in the thigh with his halberd.
"I'm excited again! Hold it back."
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The speed of patching the previous article is really slow. I just finished the second chapter