Of the 17 people on the ship, except for Chu Nan, no one had ever sailed a ship in Glory. They all scrambled to get to the helm and tried to enjoy the pleasure of sailing. However, the sea outside the dock was full of irregularities and irregularities.
The Maple Leaf experienced 12 collisions with the towing ship, and three of them resulted in conflicts. As a result, Chu Nan had to take people directly to board the opposite ship and kill all the people on the ship. Finally,
Only then did he sail the Maple Leaf out of the offshore waters of Eastwatch with great difficulty.
Although the Maple Leaf has been scarred after many collisions, the ship can be repaired. As long as there is wood left on the ship and the hull is not damaged to the point of being irreparable or sunk, the problem is not big.
As a captain, you have to look like a captain. Therefore, before leaving, Chu Nan deliberately bought a monocular telescope and a compass at the grocery store. Of course, in fact, these things are not very useful in the current situation.
It is very useful, because the volcanic island is not very far away, and the Seraphim who is currently in charge of sailing the ship once took an NPC ship to the volcanic island during the time when he was looking at East Sea, so he hardly needs any telescopes and compasses.
The location of the volcanic island can be found.
According to the introduction of Liuyi Tianzhi, the monster levels on the volcanic island are all below level 30. The monsters are very sparsely distributed, so not many people go there. More importantly, the volcanic island is an active volcano.
There are regular eruptions, and the area near the crater is very dangerous. Once hit by the falling magma, it will kill people, and a monster called a magma demon will emerge from the erupted magma, which looks similar.
It is similar to the Balrog summoned by the Elemental Master, but it is much more powerful than the Balrog. Anyone who is close to the Magma Demon will suffer high fire damage.
Facing the slowly blowing sea breeze, Chu Nan stood on the bow of the ship, looking through the telescope at the situation on the sea in the distance from time to time. The sea was very calm, but soon, five small black spots appeared on the horizon where the sea and the sky meet.
, as the distance between them continued to get closer, they gradually turned into five clearly visible pirate ships.
Chu Nan frowned. Although there were enough cannonballs on the ship at the moment, even if they were all shot, he could make another batch in a short time. But in a naval battle, the ship types are the same.
When it came to a one-on-one fight, Chu Nan obviously didn't dare to take advantage of it. He turned back to the Six Wings and others on the deck and said, "There are five pirate ships approaching. Change your sailing direction to avoid them."
However, Xiaoluan and others shouted that they disagreed. Although there were some conflicts with people in the sea area at the dock just now, they were mostly hand-to-hand combat. Now that they encountered a real naval battle, they would not give up.
"This is not land. What if our ship is sunk? Do you plan to swim back?" Chu Nan glanced at the small wheel and asked them.
Little Wheel and others who were about to take the plunge were stunned by Chu Nan's words. At this time, the Maple Leaf was far enough away from the shore that the land could not be seen when looking back. If it was sunk, breathing medicine could be used.
We can cope with it for the time being, but everything is not smooth sailing in the water. This is not an offshore sea, nor is it a fixed channel. When the ship sails here, it can already frequently encounter the clawed sea monsters that emerge from the water and run to the deck to attack people.
Yes, the Claw Siren is no match for humans on the deck, but in the water, the situation will be reversed. In addition, Chu Nan told them that in fact, if the pirates ran into the water, their fighting power would be stronger than that of the Claw Siren.
Even if they are still strong, they can only give up the idea of having sex obediently.
So, in the end, Chu Nan chose to let the Six-winged Heavenly Value drive in the southeast direction, trying to avoid those pirate ships. After all, Chu Nan's purpose this time was to go to the volcanic island for an investigation mission, not a mission to fight monsters.
However, Chu Nan obviously did not expect that although he intended to avoid the battle, the pirates might not let him get what he wanted. After discovering the enemy in the distance, the five pirate ships kept their eyes on the Maple Leaf and pursued them.
Chu Nan calmly said to Liuyi Tianzhi: "It's okay, keep driving. The pirates' ships are the same as ours. They can't catch up with us."
The Six-Wing Tianzhi nodded and continued to steer the Maple Leaf toward the southeast.
However, Chu Nan was wrong. When he turned back to look at the pursuing pirate ships, he found that one of the pirate ships had a faint tendency to catch up step by step.
Chu Nan raised his telescope in surprise and looked at the pirate ship. Only then did he realize that the hull of this pirate ship was larger than that of an ordinary pirate ship, and it was also two-masted.
"Is this ship different from other pirate ships?" Chu Nan frowned and murmured, then he turned to the Six Wings and asked, "Are we running at full speed?"
"Definitely."
"It seems that we can't get rid of this ship by running in a straight line." Chu Nan frowned, thinking about countermeasures.
Little Wheel said: "Then we'll go back and kill them."
"Gian Maoxian, that ship is bigger than ours, and there will be more pirates on it. There may be a leader-level pirate on it. Whether it's an artillery battle or a boarding battle, we may not be able to defeat them."
As he spoke, Chu Nan raised the telescope again and looked towards other sea surfaces around him.
"We need to find a place where we can maneuver with them, preferably a small island or a sea area with rocks." Chu Nan said.
"I'm afraid it won't be easy to find." Liuyi Tianzhi thought for a moment and replied, "We have left the offshore sea now."
Gradually, the two-masted pirate ship gradually caught up with the Maple Leaf, and only about 200 meters away, a sudden blast of a cannon was heard, and a black cannon shell drew a long line of smoke from the sky.
stern, fell into the water near the starboard side of the Maple Leaf, and exploded into a huge white spray.
Everyone on the deck was surprised, and glanced at the bow of the approaching two-masted pirate ship, where a plume of white smoke was rising.
"Damn, there's actually a cannon placed at the bow of that ship!" Chu Nan was shocked. That pirate ship was superior to the Maple Leaf not only in size and speed, but also in the placement of the cannon.
"Can't we fight back?" Little Wheel said.
"Our cannons are all on both sides. If we want to counterattack, we have to turn the ship sideways, so that we can't escape." The six-winged Tianzhi at the helm replied.
"What should we do? I can't run away, and I can only get beaten when I run, but I can't fight back." Little Wheel asked.
Chu Nan asked Huo Wu Jiutian, who had never spoken much before: "What do you think?"
Huo Wu Jiutian pursed his lips and smiled: "It seems we have no choice."
Chu Nan sighed, nodded and said: "Okay, Xiao Liuzi, adjust the direction, little wheel, you all go down and shoot for me, and aim more accurately!"
"Xiao Liuzi...who is it?" Liuyi Tianzhi was stunned for a moment. Three seconds later, he realized with great depression that it was him who was shouting.
Then Little Wheel and others rushed into the cabin below. After the fourteen people were in place, they loaded black powder and cannonballs into the gun barrel in sequence.
