Chapter 6 Is White Clothes Crossing the River? (6)
City wall. This was the only word that came to Aulus' mind after he saw the flying Sealander.
The huge hull was like a mythical giant, approaching him step by step, as if it was going to crush him, his fleet, and the entire continent behind him under its feet.
He unconsciously took a step back on the deck. But after the fear that flashed through his consciousness, his whole body started shaking with anger.
"Prepare the fire of the ocean." He looked at the flying Sealander fiercely and said, "No matter how big it is, it is only made of wood after all."
The reconnaissance team plus the troops that came with Aulus, there were a total of fifteen warships, including three large ships and twelve small boats, with a total strength of about 800. They slowly approached and flew under Aulus's order
The Zealander, like soldiers in a phalanx, approached the enemy's battle formation with their spears raised.
To everyone's surprise, the big ship did not make any counterattack. As soon as the Aulus fleet approached, it honestly lowered the drawbridge from the deck. However, the flying Sealandian's obedient move did not
It allowed Aulus to relax his vigilance at all. He had never seen such a big ship and could not imagine what would be waiting for him on board.
"Everyone cheer up, oarsmen are not allowed to put down their oars, archers must be ready to fire at all times, and ocean fire and ballistae must also be kept ready to fire at any time."
After giving such an order, Aulus boarded the flying Sealander with a hundred fully armed soldiers and two officers protected by "Natural" level Ares.
Waiting for Aulus on the deck were several merchants and sailors. Judging from their appearance, clothing and behavior, those merchants were indeed from the Republic of Liguria. They lowered their heads timidly and said in a pleading tone:
"Sir, we are merchants from the Republic of Liguria. The pirates opened the sea route a few days ago and we paid the sea passage fee before we could leave. This time it was delayed for a long time and we suffered a lot of losses. Please give us a convenience, sir.
, let us pass..."
Aulus snorted coldly, and suddenly pushed a sailor who had been lowering his head next to the businessman to the ground, then grabbed his hand and took off an engraved metal ring from his hand. He took the ring
The group of businessmen looked at it and asked coldly: "What is this?"
"This... this is..." The businessmen looked at each other, hesitating and speechless.
"I don't know? Isn't there writing on it? Come over here, look carefully, and read it! Read it to me!"
The merchants tremblingly came over and looked at the characters on the iron ring. For a long time, they couldn't tell a reason.
"I don't know? That's natural. I don't know either. But my troops once fought against the pirate kingdom. When cleaning up the corpses, I found that each of the pirates wore this ring on their hands! This is
The sign of adulthood for a man in the Pirate Kingdom! The text above is also unique to the Pirate Kingdom! This man is a pirate in the Pirate Kingdom! Why is such a person on your ship?"
"I'm just a mercenary!" said the man pinned down by Aulus.
This sentence made the businessmen react and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, he is just a mercenary. We ran out from Azov City controlled by the Pirate Kingdom. If we want mercenaries, naturally we can only find these pirates.
…”
Aulus' sharp gaze swept across the wrists of everyone present.
"Are you a mercenary...Okay, take me to the cabin again and let me see your rowers...and the cargo."
The businessmen suddenly became anxious: "Sir, this..."
Before the merchants could finish speaking, Aulus put his sword to the throat of one of the merchants. As soon as Aulus moved, the soldiers he brought immediately restrained the people on the deck.
"Take me down and see your oarsmen and cargo." Aulus repeated coldly.
The businessmen had no choice but to agree.
The cabin was filled with wooden boxes half as tall as a man. Aulus glanced outside the cabin and asked, "What kind of cargo is in here?"
"There are... all kinds of..."
Just as the businessman was hesitantly answering, a voice suddenly came from a wooden box: "It's suffocating me! When can we come out!"
Aulus gave the merchants a meaningful look. One of the merchants wiped his sweat and continued his final struggle: "This...this is the slave we are going to sell."
Aulus gave the two soldiers beside him a wink. The two soldiers walked up without any explanation and used their swords to pry open the lid of one of the wooden boxes. Two crouching pirates suddenly appeared in the wooden box. These two
Before the pirate realized what had happened, he stretched himself and took a long breath: "Oh my god, it's finally here, but I can't hold it in... ugh"
Everything was said in silence. Each of the two soldiers covered the mouth of a pirate and tried to open their neck with a knife. But their strength was not as strong as those two pirates. The pirates struggled to break free from the control of the two soldiers.
He shouted loudly: "Brothers! We have been discovered! Stop hiding! Come out quickly!"
There was a sudden commotion in the hundreds of boxes. It was the pirates trying to open the boxes from the inside - not only this cabin, but the same noise was also coming from other cabins.
Aulus's face turned blue. He never thought that it would cause such a big commotion. With the size of this ship, if each cabin is filled with such boxes, and the boxes are filled with pirates, it can probably contain enough pirates.
Next thousand people!
"Follow me off the ship immediately!" Aulus clenched his sword, turned around and rushed towards the deck.
The sailors on the deck saw that the matter had been exposed, and broke away from the soldiers' grasp, preparing to block Aulus's escape route. Fortunately, these pirates disguised as sailors had no weapons in their hands, and the pirates in the cabin wanted to get out of the box.
It took some time to climb out. Aulus led the soldiers to fight their way out and successfully rushed to the deck.
"It has been confirmed that it is the enemy!" Aulus shouted to the fleet surrounding the flying Sealander, "launch an attack immediately!"
At this moment, the first group of pirates who climbed out of the box rushed up with axes in hand and fought with the soldiers around Aulus. Taking advantage of the opportunity obtained by the soldiers, Aulus climbed back down the ladder.
On your own boat.
"Are you ready for the Ocean Fire?" Aulus asked the soldiers around him as soon as he got off the ship. After getting a positive answer, he shouted at the top of his voice to the soldiers on the flying Sealander: "Don't
Love battle! I’ll give you five seconds. One, two, three..."
Not to mention that it was an enemy ship, in order to destroy the enemy, Aulus even dared to open fire on his own ship. The soldiers who knew Aulus's temper well knew that they could not slowly climb the ladder and one after another directly from the flying Sealander
Jumped into the sea.
"...Four, five, ocean fire, jet!"
Unlike Ella's formula, Aulus's fleet is equipped with real ocean fire. It can burn on the sea surface, which means that once a ship is ignited by it, the fire will be extremely difficult to extinguish.
Once the Flying Zealander is actually attacked, it means the beginning of the war between the Pirate Kingdom and the Seven Hills Empire.
However, just as the soldiers were about to step on the jet pedal, a figure familiar to Aulus suddenly walked to the side of the ship and shouted to Aulus below:
"Aulus! Do you want to declare war with the Khazar Khanate?"
