In naval battles, artillery is the best weapon to use.
Especially when there is a gap in equipment and hardware between the two sides, the dominant side can use artillery to defeat the enemy at a long distance, thus minimizing combat losses.
Coincidentally, artillery control is a compulsory subject for students of the "Luying Royal War College".
The professional soldiers brought to the adjudication team by Barrett were all students of the Royal Academy, and almost all of them were certified "senior gunners" and "super gunners."
So much so that the three battleships of the Dawn Regiment fired a salvo of hundreds of artillery pieces, and the shells seemed to be precisely guided, covering five pirate ships including the "Pulsatilla" a few nautical miles away with a very small error.
This kind of firepower can directly sink the enemy in just a few rounds.
Don't even think about boarding battles.
Moreover, Su Lun also guessed that there must be experts on the enemy ship. After all, the intelligence said that the Pulsatilla was escorting a heavy treasure.
Therefore, artillery is also the most suitable means of testing.
If it can be solved with cannonballs, that would be the best.
Before starting the war, Suellen considered various possibilities.
He felt that the enemy would most likely choose to escape. After all, after chasing them for so many days, they must have some special acceleration devices on those pirate ships.
But they never expected that the next moment the cannon sounded, a scene that shocked everyone in the Dawn Group would happen.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
""
The roar of artillery fire was deafening.
Su Lun stood on the deck, squinting his eyes slightly, watching the cannonballs rapidly hitting the local ships.
Some shells landed in the sea and exploded into waves more than ten meters high; some hit the enemy's pirate ship, causing cracks in the sails, masts, and wooden hull of the ship.
There were five enemy ships in total, all densely packed together, which was originally the best target for attack.
But a strange scene happened before.
The shells were normal on the three ships. They penetrated when they were supposed to and exploded when they were supposed to.
But when it hit two of the ships, the cannonball was blocked by an invisible barrier, causing ripples of gas explosions visible to the naked eye in the air!
Seeing this scene, everyone in the Liming Group looked shocked.
Barrett seemed to recognize something and immediately sent a warning: "No, there are seventh-level professionals on the enemy ship!"
Su Lun's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.
Just now when he looked at the priests of the Agapanaon Temple, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
I thought that this escort team would only have six-level professionals at most. It might be able to withstand attacks from hundreds of artillery pieces. This is definitely not something that sixth-level professionals can do!
Su Lun immediately realized that there might be a sensitive person on the other side's ship!
An idea flashed through his mind, and he immediately guessed something: "Is it the "Frost Moon Princess" from Mafa, or a certain big shot in the temple?"
If it were a big pirate from the North Sea Fleet, there would be no need to hide it.
It is possible that the people from the temple
But now in the entire Beihai, there are people who need to hide their whereabouts and are accompanied by top experts. The one with the greatest possibility is Princess Stika!
"It's a good idea. He deliberately leaked the information about the escort of the "Pulsatilla", making people think that it was a plan to divide the forces. But it turned out that the people were really mixed up in the escort fleet!"
Su Lun immediately understood something in his heart.
Princess Stika's move was probably to avoid people like the "God's Painter" Van Gogh.
The masters who wanted to assassinate her were attracted by the royal guard regiment of the Moros city-state, so that she could leave without anyone noticing.
But why does it appear here?
Su Lun looked at the ongoing sacrificial activities and guessed that the princess must have some agenda when she came here.
I thought it was an ordinary interception, but unexpectedly I actually intercepted a "big fish".
However, the fact is that nothing matters anymore. He directly ordered: "Continue the bombardment! Everyone is ready to fight!"
The current situation is that since they have met, no matter what the enemy's situation is, the enemy and they will not show mercy to each other.
Following Su Lun's order, the second round of ammunition was quickly loaded, and within a short time, flames came out of the muzzle again.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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Artillery fire exploded continuously.
Although Su Lun didn't see what the "sacrifice" was about, since those people would rather be shot than run away, it meant that the sacrifice was very important and could not be interrupted.
What the enemy wants to do is what the Dawn Group wants to destroy!
Even a seventh-level professional cannot resist for long under the salvo of artillery fire.
Obviously, it is impossible for the enemy to allow the Dawn Regiment to continue bombarding them.
At this moment, the black crows in the sky began to cackle.
Su Lun realized that there was danger approaching, his eyes were like lightning, scanning everything on the sea.
Almost at the same time, Tani also reported urgently on the communicator: "Captain, there is a huge sea monster in the sea attacking us! It seems to be the legendary 'North Sea Kraken'!"
"Siren?"
Su Lun has naturally heard of the legend of the "North Sea Giant Monster" that has been circulating in the North Sea.
It is said that there is a huge tentacled monster in the deep sea. It has a huge body as big as an island and can easily drag a large warship into the sea.
Su Lun's expression darkened and he shouted: "Leave the Kraken to me! Captain Barrett, Sister Senjo, Dr. Banks, beware of the enemy's seven-level decapitation guy."
Several people in Qiantiao responded: "Okay!"
With that said, Su Lun jumped onto the side of the ship and looked towards the sea.
With his eyesight, he could vaguely see a huge dark shadow swimming towards their battleship quickly, and the waves on the sea surface also started to churn.
There was no time to delay. Su Lun pinched the surgeon's seal and shouted softly: "Reproduction and removal!"
The eight-armed spider spear was revealed behind him, and with another transformation of the warlock seal, dozens more glass jars appeared out of thin air.
As soon as the mouth of the glass jar was opened, dozens of mechanical octopuses fell into the water with a splash.
In this battle, Su Lun did not dare to be careless at all. He originally thought that there would be no need for so many mechanical octopuses, but now they have all been thrown into the sea.
The tentacles of the mechanical octopus are more than ten or twenty meters long, but compared with the shadow of the giant creature in the sea, it is far behind.
But luckily there were enough of them, and as soon as the fifty mechanical octopuses came into the water, they all wrapped around them.
At this time, because the sea monster was close to the sea, Su Lun could see its true appearance clearly.
This is really a super big octopus.
[North Sea Kraken Kraken]
Detailed explanation: Sixth-order overlord-level deep-sea giant monster; ancient mythical bloodline, giant titan sea beast; one hundred and eighty meters long, weighing more than three hundred and seventy tons; it has powerful tentacles and suction cups, controls the power of the water element, and has a long range
The ability to spray from a distance; the mucus is highly corrosive; the epidermis is flexible and has a power-attenuating cortex, allowing it to easily resist conventional physical attacks;
Su Lun looked at the identified information and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He had always wanted to find the big octopus that was passed down from generation to generation by Roman fishermen, but he didn't expect to encounter it here.
But I was also relieved.
This giant sea monster is almost invincible in the sea. This sea monster alone can easily sink three battleships of the Dawn Regiment.
That huge body, even if the black scythe wants to cut it, it can't cut it.
Without the mechanical octopus army, the Dawn Regiment would really suffer a big loss
Before the "Kraken" even approached the three warships on the sea surface, the mechanical octopus army quickly swam past them.
Even so, a thirty-meter-long tentacle filled with terrifying suction cups roiled out of the sea. With a "snap", the huge waves set off almost overturned a warship.
Su Lun's eyes flashed, and the mechanical octopus he controlled quickly surrounded and killed him.
They are all of the same species, and both are good at strangulation attacks. Seven or eight mechanical octopuses wrapped around a tentacle, and in the blink of an eye, they wrapped the huge one tightly.
In order to better control the mechanical octopus army, Su Lun has also been studying the physiological structure of octopuses these days, and he has a very good understanding of the force generation mode of this creature.
I don't mean to kill it, but at least I can trap it.
Although the surface of the "North Sea Kraken" is highly corrosive, Su Lun's hand-painted runes and coating layers on the mechanical octopus also came in handy during this time. In a short period of time, it was not that easy to enchant the mechanical octopus.
Penetrated by corrosion.
Just like that, before this giant sea monster could even emerge from the sea, it was pinned down in the sea by dozens of mechanical octopuses and tortured, unable to show off its cruelty.
There were fierce battles under the sea, and there were also stormy waves on the sea.
The three battleships of the Dawn Regiment were swaying in the waves. Fortunately, the several lieutenant commanders in the gun room had enough experience in naval battles, and the artillery never stopped.
Although the hit rate is a bit off, a hundred cannons can always hit a lot in one round.
The high-precision characteristics of Marfa military artillery were also fully utilized in this war.
At this distance, the enemy cannot organize any effective counterattack.
After just a few rounds of artillery fire, the enemy's five pirate ships, except for the two that had barriers to intercept, the other three had their hulls damaged by artillery, and were slowly sinking with blazing flames.
The sea is full of pirates who have fallen into the water, and the source of wailing and screaming echoes in the waves.
Not only Su Lun and the others were caught off guard because they accidentally bumped into a "big fish"; on the other hand, "Frost Moon Princess" Skadi and her party on the "Pulsatilla" were even more confused.
Three ships came out of nowhere, and they just fired their guns as soon as they met, but now they didn't even sink the "kraken"?
The sound of shells piercing the wind was heard endlessly, and the sound of explosions was heard. When Princess Stika saw this scene, her face became very solemn: "What's going on? Why didn't the 'Kraken' sink their ship!"
She knew very well about the deep sea giant monster. This kind of monster was almost invincible in the sea and could not be resisted by a few wooden ships.
It’s useless now?
A subordinate quickly reported the report: "Your Highness, those guys have a special method to control the sea monster. Judging from the situation, it seems to be some mechanical octopus."
"People from Archduke Raphael?!"
Hearing this, Princess Stika's face was solemn.
Her first reaction was "assassin".
If the enemy has prepared targeted means, he must have complete intelligence.
Only then did Stika realize that the prophecy was referring to now.
At this moment, Merdis, the "King of Thieves" on the side, also looked solemn and said: "Your Highness, we have no advantage in the artillery battle, and it will definitely not work if we continue like this. I will find a way to kill them. Otherwise, our situation will be
It’s going to be really bad.”
The energy barrier that blocked the cannonballs was released by him. Without him, the two ships would have been sunk long ago.
As soon as these words came out, a priestess from the Agapathenon Temple looked shocked. She couldn't care less and quickly interjected: "But the sacrifice has not been completed yet. Once the 'Sea King' gets angry, all our efforts will be wasted! And if it is interrupted midway,
The sea festival will bring unpredictable and terrifying consequences!"
"snort!"
Hearing this, Merdis snorted coldly: "I am employed by Emperor Marfa, not you Roman. What does your sacrifice have to do with me?"
With this said, the domineering power of the seventh-level powerhouse makes people breathless.
Hearing this, the female priest looked anxious, but she did not dare to speak again.
She could only turn her head to look at Princess Stika.
Unfortunately, Princess Stika looked gloomy but did not speak.
Because she knew very well that even if she was as strong as a seventh-level professional, she would never be able to withstand the artillery attack for a long time.
To protect two ships, not to mention that the spiritual power is consumed very quickly, but a lot of spiritual power must be consumed in such a matter. When the time comes, her situation will be very dangerous.
Although she also knew that the consequences of interrupting the sacrifice would be very bad, she had already determined that this was an "assassination" aimed at her. Compared with her life, she still had to make a decision immediately.
Thinking of this, Stika said: "Mr. Merdis, be careful."
Merdis immediately understood, "Okay!"
Another meaning of this saying is, if you can't do anything, protect me first.
With that said, this "Top Ten Legendary Bounty Hunter" put away his domain barrier, stepped on his feet, and jumped onto the sea.
The masters of the Dawn Regiment were all on the deck, always paying attention to the situation of enemy warships in the distance.
At this moment, everyone watched as the energy shields on the three ships suddenly disappeared, and a figure climbed onto the sea and headed towards them quickly.
The observer on the mast immediately shouted: "It's coming! Everyone, be careful."
Su Lun gave an order: "Keep firing and sink those two ships!"
At the same time, Barrett, Senjo, and Dr. Banks jumped into the sea and rushed towards the figure.
The professional opposite was wearing a black cloak. Although his face could not be seen clearly, after he moved, a three-headed monster like a sheep, snake, and lion appeared behind him.
"Second interpretation of the phantom beast talent [A-044-Chiramei]!"
Su Lun looked at the vision and immediately recognized the talent and even guessed the identity of the person coming.
This kind of talent is rare to begin with, and since it is level two and level seven, it can only be used by one person.
That is the "King of Thieves" Carlo Merdis, one of the "Top Ten Legendary Bounty Hunters"!
Su Lun felt something bad in his heart, and immediately sent a warning to everyone through the communicator: "Be careful, that's the "Thief King" Merdis!"
He really didn't expect that during what he thought was a normal robbery, he would meet such a famous and top-notch strong man.
The current strength of the Dawn Regiment is not weak, but its high-end combat power is still a bit lacking.
Although there is still room for a battle, if there is a head-on confrontation, heavy losses will surely occur.
But when this legendary bounty hunter appeared here, he was 100% sure that on the opposite boat was Marfa's Frost Moon Princess!
"No, the other party doesn't know the strength of our Dawn Regiment yet!"
Suddenly, Su Lun thought of something in his mind, and a plan flashed in his mind.
If that's the case, maybe there's no need to fight to the death!
At this time, Su Lun took out the black scythe in his left hand and the [Cronos' Cursed Bow of Time] in his right hand.
He is very self-aware. She can't compete in a battle of this level. Only these two forbidden objects can pose a threat to the enemy.
The battle is about to break out.
"The King of Thieves" Merdis looked at the three people getting off the other side's ship, and first smiled contemptuously: "You don't even have a domain to condense, so you're not strong either."
There is no cohesive field, which means that it is at most six levels.
There are three or five of these enemies, but they are not a threat.
But the next second, when he looked at the golden body of the Rakshasa woman rising behind Qianjou, he was stunned and blurted out as if he had seen a ghost: "Sanjie [Rakshasa woman] How is this possible! Is this really true in this world?"
Has anyone realized the Three Interpretations Talent?"
Merdis frowned as he looked at the thunderclouds gathering in the "Thunder Hell" in the sky and the sword energy soaring into the sky.
He actually felt danger from a professional who was lower than his rank?
At the same time, he turned his eyes and looked at the person who transformed into a giant ape, and recognized it: ""Beast" Barrett?"
But he was also surprised: "Why does this guy appear here?"
At this glance, it seems that it was broken immediately.
On the ship in the distance, Princess Stika also recognized Barrett, and immediately understood that these people in front of her were the "mysterious forces" that made trouble in the Moros city-state that night.
Dr. Banks' method was even more bizarre. He jumped into the sea, and the vast sea surface turned pitch black as if it had been poisoned. On the large black water, seabirds fell one after another, and even the mosquitoes died.
In just an instant, several people collided with each other.
Even if it was one against three, Merdis would still have the upper hand.
Once his "Empty Domain" is activated, whether it is sword energy, poison, or power hammer, the damage to him will be very limited.
Compared with the three people in front of him, he was more afraid of the guy on the boat in the distance holding a bow and arrow and a sickle.
At this moment, Su Lun was standing on the bow of the ship, having drawn the [Bow of Time] with a serious look on his face.
However, he did not aim at the "Thief King" Meldis, but aimed his bow at the cloaked man surrounded by several people on the "Pulsatilla" in the distance.
He knew very well that the Barrett trio could hold on for a while, but there was absolutely no chance of winning.
If this drags on, the situation of their Dawn Regiment will only get worse and worse.
The only advantage of the Dawn Group now is that the opponent does not know their true situation.
"Continue the bombardment! Sink them as soon as possible!"
"yes!"
Another good news is that the members of the Dawn Regiment are very powerful. The artillery on the three warships did not stop and directly hit the last two remaining enemy warships.
Su Lun didn't hesitate at all. After drawing the bow, he shot an arrow directly.
The "Arrow of Time" can ignore most defenses and hit the human body.
A guard stood in front of Princess Stika. In an instant, her life was drained by light arrows and turned into a mummy.
Looking at the corpses around her, Stika turned pale with fright. How could she not recognize the famous forbidden longbow of the Luying Military Intelligence Agency [Cronos' Time Cursed Bow]?
Moreover, what is even more frightening is that as soon as this arrow came, the second arrow followed!
A forbidden object would not have originally made Stika so frightened.
But seeing another of her subordinates die, the unknown in her heart suddenly turned into fear: "How is it possible? Why didn't that guy suffer the backlash of the curse?!"
And when she looked from a distance, the guy on the deck opposite had already drawn his longbow with an expressionless face, preparing to fire the third arrow.
It is not a lie that Su Lun can peel off and improve the [Master Level Archery Proficiency]. Even if the guards around Princess Nastica tried their best to avoid it, they could not avoid it.
To avoid the eyes of Lu Ying's spies, she couldn't have Marfa masters around her.
It was not easy to invite one of the "Top Ten Hunters". Those fourth-level guards could not give her any sense of security at this moment.
Forbidden objects without curse backlash are so unreasonable.
It allows top professionals to
Su Lun's heart ached as he consumed the [Sands of Time], but he fired two arrows in succession. It was this unhesitating momentum that scared Marfa's people, and also made the "King of Thieves" Merdis throw his weapon at him.
Little did this legendary bounty hunter know that if he continued to tangle with the Barrett trio, the Princess Stika he was protecting would die on the spot.
This guy is also a very tough guy. Even though Barrett and the others were dragging him to prevent him from getting close to the ship, he blocked the three of them with one blow. As soon as the Warlock Seal condensed, an eight-pointed star suddenly lit up under his feet.
Formation: "Mystery of Flame·Sword of Holy Light!"
A long sword emitting hot white light suddenly condensed in his hand, and he pointed towards Su Lun.
Su Lun saw the lightsaber pointed at him, and his scalp immediately went numb.
The murderous aura of a seventh-level professional can be clearly felt even from several sea miles away.
At the same time, he also understood that this guy was willing to accept Mafa's employment, and most likely he was going for the space ruins.
[A-044-Chiramei] is gifted with super high affinity to the three laws of fire, space, and darkness.
That guy probably needs space materials too
Su Lun was almost certain to die if he resisted the seventh-level spell.
But there was no flinching in his expression, much like a "dead soldier" from the Luying Military Intelligence Agency. He drew the long bow in his hand and shot out another arrow.
The light arrow once again took away the life of a guard beside Princess Stika.
At the same time, the seventh-level law-condensing flame technique also appeared in front of Su Lun's eyes, and it was inevitable to avoid it.
But at this moment, a tall alchemy golem teleported in front of him. The lightsaber pierced the golem's abdomen, revealing a silver metallic luster. The high-level law burned the "wound", and it did not heal quickly.
A gargoyle of this level is far from able to stop a seventh-level professional. But it finally blocked this murderous intention.
Su Lun's expression remained calm. He drew his longbow for the fourth time and shot another arrow.
This time, another guard beside Stika was killed.
There are only two "shields" around her.
Almost at the same time that Su Lun was shooting the arrow, another seventh-level spell "Shadow Demonic Arrow" came towards him.
When the gargoyle is not restored, its stability will be greatly reduced.
This time, it may not be possible to stop it.
At this extremely critical moment, a pretty figure quickly stood in front of Su Lun and blasted away the shadow arrow with one punch.
Su Lun looked at it and let out a sigh of relief: "Huh, she finally took action."
A second look revealed that the person who took action was the masked Pandora.
Her alchemical body is invulnerable to all methods under a certain level of laws, and seventh-level professionals cannot harm her body. At least this kind of long-range magic is still far away.
I saw a mysterious strong man with strange methods appearing again.
Princess Marfa finally changed her color.
What she didn't understand was that he must be here to "assassinate" her.
Several people held Merdis down, and the archery master with the [Cronos' Cursed Bow of Time] started killing people.
Now that another person has appeared who can master the seventh-level magic spell, Princess Stika feels that her situation has reached a point of life and death.
At the same time, Su Lun's fifth arrow had been pulled away and aimed again.
She was so frightened that she couldn't care about anything else, and quickly said through the communicator: "Mr. Meldis, don't worry about those assassins, take me away quickly! There is something wrong with the sacrifice, and the 'Hai Ruins' may appear at any time!"
It's not worth it to compete with a bunch of assassins.
Even if she could kill them all, it wasn't worth the risk for her body of ten thousand gold.
In the distance, Merdis frowned when he heard the order.
He very much suspected that this mysterious woman who could take his attack was not very strong, but had a weird body.
Maybe try it again and you will know the result.
But the fact is that the situation no longer allows him to delay. If he is not sure that he can kill the man who pulled the bow in a short time, Princess Stika will be in danger. Besides, the "Hai Ruins" cannot be underestimated.
A flash of hesitation flashed across Merdis's eyes, but he immediately left the battlefield, turned around and ran in the direction of several sunken ships.
Then, under the shocked eyes of everyone in the Dawn Group, he led Princess Stika to tear up a special scroll. The figure flashed a few times and disappeared on the sea.
When Su Lun saw this, he didn't seem surprised. He let out a long breath and said, "I finally left."
If they really wanted to win, their Dawn Regiment should have used all their strength to surround and kill the "Thief King" Merdis.
But the probability of the fish dying and the net breaking is very high.
But Su Lun didn't want to see that situation.
Therefore, he has always been very decisive in killing the Frost Moon Princess, just to bet on this situation.
That princess cherished her life even more.
Will definitely retreat first
Pandora is willing to help, and Su Lun actually has great hope of killing the Frost Moon Princess.
But he didn't do that.
Can't kill either.
Because Su Lun knew very well that they could not deal with the "Thief King" Merdis for the time being.
Even if it could, the Dawn Regiment would suffer heavy losses.
On the contrary, keeping the princess would make that guy afraid.
Just like now.
A fierce battle ended suddenly, and no one in the Dawn Group seemed to understand what happened.
Seeing that the enemy really disappeared on the sea, Qian Jiao walked over and asked doubtfully: "Why did that guy run away?"
Su Lun sighed slightly and said: "That Princess Stika must have thought that we were here specifically to 'assassinate' her. We were not sure if we had any backup plan and didn't dare to risk our lives, so we ran away."
As he spoke, his expression was also very complicated.
I really didn’t expect that there would be so many coincidences, including meeting a Princess Guimafa and meeting a legendary hunter.
I don't seem to have good luck.
However, now that the matter has come to this, there is nothing more to say.
Su Lun looked at the bottom of the sea. The mechanical octopus was still fighting with the North Sea monster.
He said: "Doctor, help me anesthetize that big guy under the water. The others will clean up the battlefield over there."
Dr. Banks said: "Okay!"
The rest of the Dawn Regiment also began to clean up the battlefield.
The people ran away, but the precious sacrifices and the treasures on the "Pulsatilla" did not escape.