Seeing the huge black shadow rushing out of the sea with huge waves and endless water vapor, everyone on the Pearl suddenly changed their expressions.
Although it was impossible to see clearly what the black shadow was at first glance, just by looking at its body that emerged from the water, it was almost as big as a sailboat. It was really a huge volume that made people feel terrifying and desperate.
"Hurry! Hurry! Fill the sails and tighten the cables!" Captain Sudit quickly glanced at the black shadow and yelled crazily again.
However, sailboats that traditionally rely on wind power are no better than those ships with self-power, so in the current acceleration stage, the absolute speed of the Pearl actually seems a bit slow. No matter how hard the old sailor encourages the crew under his command, it will be difficult to get up.
What an immediate effect.
In contrast, that huge black shadow has a navigation speed and maneuverability that human ships cannot match.
But in just the blink of an eye, the black shadow that had just emerged from the sea was already cutting through the waves and swimming towards the Pearl.
And I don’t know whether the black shadow itself is extremely intelligent, or it secretly received special instructions. I saw that its patrol trajectory was not a straight line, but instead took a large arc as if "deliberately taking a long way". As for the circle
The end point of the arc is directly in front of the Pearl's planned channel.
Obviously, Black Shadow intends to rely on its greater speed advantage to give human sailing ships a head-on "cut-off".
At that time, once the two get close to each other, with just its huge body, the black shadow can completely knock down the sailboat and sink it easily to the bottom of the sea.
"Sir, think of a way quickly. Our ship can't escape that monster at all!" The veteran sailor with a lot of energy immediately judged the dangerous situation and shouted hurriedly.
"Bruno, can you shoot that black shadow?" Moriarty immediately raised his head and asked loudly to the elf at the top of the mast.
"You can try, but it's not easy."
A moving target is no better than a fixed target, not to mention that the sailboat under his feet is still speeding up at this moment. Bruno can only try his best to block it.
I saw that another armor-piercing bursting arrow was instantly attached to the magic long bow.
Then the string opens like a full moon and the arrow moves like a shooting star.
Under the flash of thunder, the armor-piercing arrow pierced the sky and shot sideways towards the black figure that was approaching quickly.
At this moment, countless pairs of eyes were fixed on the long silver electric tail of the magic arrow without blinking.
And Bruno is indeed a "Three Flowers" level magic archer. Under all-round data such as speed, relative speed, angle, wind speed, and wave undulation, etc., he is constantly changing under rapidly changing conditions. His arrow still shows
With incredible accuracy and prediction, the armor-piercing bursting arrow rode on the salty sea breeze, drawing a wonderful and unusual arc in the night sky, and shot down rapidly towards the side of the black shadow like a precise guidance.
It was about to hit the target.
At this moment, cheers burst into the sky on the Pearl.
It's a pity that this shout of joy came a little too early.
Just before the armor-piercing arrow was about to hit, the huge black shadow suddenly plunged toward the sea surface without warning. In just a blink of an eye, the black shadow completely disappeared in the "rumbling" waves.
But when the armor-piercing bursting arrow almost "arrived", it had "nothing left to hit" and could only helplessly penetrate into the undulating sea surface, and then sink silently.
"this!"
Seeing such a scene, Guderian, who was lying tightly on the deck railing, couldn't help but open his mouth. The elf's arrow was so wonderful that it didn't even touch the enemy's hair. Such a huge contrast is really incredible.
believe.
The next moment, before everyone on the Pearl could react, a huge wave roared up again.
And riding on the rolling turbid waves, the huge black shadow appeared again.
At this time, there was only one nautical mile between the sailboat and the black shadow.
"Zi!"
As if he was angry at the despicable attack he had just suffered from humans, the black shadow continued to speed up and swim, and suddenly burst out a burst of sharp "screams" that made people feel sad. It was like countless sharp stones were constantly rubbing against the glass.
generally.
Then, a large piece of strange fog that was thicker and darker than the night suddenly rose up from behind the black shadow and shot straight into the air.
In just a moment, the strange black mist that flew up quickly expanded, covering the sky and sea within a radius of several hundred meters. Immediately, Moriarty and others completely lost sight of the black shadow.
trace.
"I know what kind of monster that is!" Looking at the expanding black mist, Sudit roared violently.
"What is it?" White immediately turned to look at the old sailor.
"The Abyss Giant Squid! It's the Abyss Giant Squid!" Sudit's face was pale, his fingers tightly clasped into the wooden rudder, and he kept trembling: "Only this kind of monster can spray out such a large piece of 'ink mist'
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"What! Abyss giant squid!? Isn't that ghost only found in the ancient abyss at the bottom of the sea? How could it suddenly float to the surface of the sea?" After hearing the captain's words, some knowledgeable sailors immediately screamed in horror.
"It's over! We're done! The sea monster must have summoned the giant squid! This guy even dares to hunt down sperm whales and kill the carnivorous sea monsters. We will never be able to escape." Another sailor was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
On the deck, his eyes were full of despair.
"Captain Sudit, what are the attack habits of the Abyss Giant Squid? Sneak attack? Collision? Or something else?" Looking back from the large black mist, Moriarty looked at the old sailor and asked quickly.
"I don't know! I don't know!" It seemed that the old sailor was a little incoherent.
"Calm down! Captain Sudit, calm down!" Moriarty took a step forward and came to the opponent: "It is far from the time to surrender. Besides, even if we plan to surrender, the Kraken and the Abyss Giant Squid may not be able to surrender.
Will you accept it?"
"Sir... I... I really don't know..." I wonder if it was the mage's calm gaze that helped Sudit quickly suppress the fear in his heart. The old sailor took a deep breath and shook his head fiercely: "The giant abyss
Squids usually only exist in the bottomless abyss of ocean trenches and rarely appear on the surface of the sea. In the past, their names could only be heard in some legends and stories."
"Then tell me the contents of the legends and stories. Quick!" Moriarty glanced at the black mist that was getting closer and closer, and shouted.
"Yes, sir!" Sudit did not dare to hesitate anymore and immediately told everything he knew: "According to legend, the giant abyss squid has a huge body like a hill and is extremely powerful. In the sea, these monsters have
The main food includes giant fish such as wolf sharks, killer whales, and even sperm whales. But no one knows how they hunt. But I have heard someone say that a few years ago, there was an abyss giant squid and a giant squid.
The carcasses of even larger monster fish were washed up on the coast in the northern bay. At that time, nearly half of the abyss giant squid's body was inserted into the stomach of the monster fish, and there were also many terrifying tentacles with suckers attached to them.
It was cut into the body of the strange fish. It almost broke the body of the fish."
"Direct body collision? Tentacle strangulation? And spraying black mist to cover up the tracks?" After listening to Sudit's statement, Moriarty concluded coldly.
"Morty, what should we do?" At this time, the forward of the billowing "Ink Mist" was only one kilometer away from the Pearl.
"White, let me find a way to block the first round of impact from the giant squid in the abyss. You command the crossbow team, seize the opportunity when the giant squid appears, and attack it with armor-piercing explosive arrows." Moriarty turned around and looked at
Black Mist said in a deep voice.
"Yes." White didn't bother to ask Moriarty what method he could use to stop the impact of the giant squid, which was as huge and terrifying as a hill. Instead, he responded directly.
"Please note that you only have one chance to attack. If you don't seize it, I'm afraid we will have to swim to the south tonight." Moriarty paused and then added in a serious tone.
"I understand!" White nodded solemnly and hurried directly to the other side of the deck.
At this moment, everyone on the Pearl knew that it was the last moment. If they could not stop the attack of the Abyss Giant Squid and kill it or force it to retreat, then this icy sea would be its final burial place.
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When the archers of the crossbow squad lined up neatly in the middle of the deck, holding their crossbows and waiting, elite warriors from Olympus and other city-states gathered to guard around them.
As a staff officer, Clausewitz even issued a combat order to the Wolf Cavalry Company to prepare for death:
Once the crossbow squad cannot rely on the armor-piercing arrows to kill or injure the giant squid and drive them away, then all the wolf cavalry must ride the wolf cavalry into the sea and engage in a final desperate struggle with the enemy in the water.
The only person excluded from this suicide attack order is the female werewolf Margaret. Because she needs to shoulder a more important responsibility: if nothing can be done, Margaret must rely on herself and her
The warg took squadron commander Moriarty away from the battlefield and tried to find a way to return him safely to land.
Although such a mission sounded like a fantasy, and even though the female werewolf knew that Clausewitz hoped that she could escape from the mortal battlefield with Moriarty, she still nodded and agreed.
Time passed by minute by second, and the huge black mist breathed by the God of Death was getting closer and closer to the Pearl.
Moriarty, alone, stood at the forefront of the bow, with the waves breaking like flowers at his feet.
He raised his head and smelled the stench of death that was billowing in the air like a mountain and a tsunami, his eyes were as bright as silver stars.
At this moment, the lives of more than a hundred people on the Pearl were placed on Moriarty's shoulders.
Behind him, there is an endless and vast sea, but there is no way out.
The next moment, Moriarty began to recite the curse. (To be continued...)
