"The other party wants us to stop the ship for inspection." The sailors on the three-masted ship Dereban looked at the light signal on the fast triangular ship from a distance, and shouted to the captain and first mate below from the observation deck.
The first mate was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. When he heard this, he punched the mast hard and said angrily: "What qualifications do they have to stop us? Do they really think they are the Imperial Navy?"
"Forget it," the captain held his pipe in one hand with a calm expression, "That is the ship of the Death Advent Guild. Behind them are the people from the Iron Thorn Academy, and behind the Haifa family is the cunning owl.
After all, we still have to make a living on this route, so there is no need to cause trouble with them."
He raised his head, gestured upward, and replied: "Answer the letter and listen to them."
The sailor immediately stood up, pulled the handle hanging on the hinge of the wind light on the observation deck, and sent a flashing light signal to the other party.
The three-masted sailboat Dereban took the lead in lowering its sails, slowing down, and the sailors closed the gun doors to show no harm.
The two airships with huge airbags hanging behind them also slowly stopped.
…
"The wind is northeast at five," Baggins looked up at the bulging sail and reported into the talking tube.
Tata's emerald green eyes stared at the main core crystal called 'Fairy Heart' with a calm expression. The crystal was emitting a glowing blue light, reflecting like stars in the depths of her pupils.
But the boatswain's voice came from the pipe above, and Miss Goblin stretched out her hand to tilt the ship. Several sails began to turn under her control, leading the Seven Seas Traveler to tilt to one side.
The Seven Seas Traveler is passing over the top of a low hill.
There, Fang Plover and his party were waiting for their arrival.
The hatch on the side of the flight platform slowly opened, and several Lancer-type structures were waiting there. They opened the air curtain thrusters behind them and lit up the azure light representing the wind element.
The Lancer-type structure slowly slid forward, then leaped out, flying into the sky with a bright cyan light strip.
Fang Plover looked up at the blue meteors streaking across the night sky, and then the Lancer-type structure slid down and landed under the control of Tata, and stopped in the open space on the top of the mountain.
Luo Yu, Jita and Sylvide boarded three Lancer-type structures in two batches and returned to the Seven Seas Traveler.
Fang Yu himself stayed, projected something from the information crystal, and inserted it into the ground. It was a beacon, obtained from the advance team of the 'Death Comes' guild.
But Fang Yuan installed a signal amplifier on it.
Since the other party likes to track them so much, let them track them well enough. By the time the other party finds out that they have been deceived, the Seven Seas Traveler may have already entered the empire.
After doing all this, he took out his flare gun and fired a flare in the direction of the Seven Seas Traveler.
Aboard the Seven Seas Traveler——
The big cat man threw down a set of ladders and let Fang Plover climb up from below. Finally, he stretched out his hand and pulled the latter onto the deck.
"The next step may not be so peaceful," Red said.
"I know," Fang Yu patted the dust on his sleeves, "The signal amplifier is just to divert the other party's attention and lead them here. The old servant of Lin En's family will be much safer."
He raised his head and looked ahead. In front of the Seven Seas Traveler was a dark night, with pine forests like a sea, spreading to the horizon. "What's going on ahead?" Fang Plover asked.
"The magic detector shows that there is a merchant fleet ahead."
The big cat man took out a box of matches and struck them twice in the cold wind before lighting them. While carefully protecting the flames, he lit the pipe, took a deep breath in his mouth, and then replied calmly: "Get out of the port."
At that time, I checked the sailing schedule. The one ahead of us should be a three-masted armed merchant ship called the Dereban, and the two airship-style cargo ships it escorted were transporting turpentine and boar bristle to the empire. Miss Tata said that currently
They were stopped by a caravel, and if nothing else happened——"
"Is it the person who has suffered death in the guild?" Fang Piao asked.
The big cat man nodded.
"how far?"
"About twenty miles."
Fang Plover looked ahead.
Rhett asked from the side: "Do you want to go around?"
"No need." Fang Yu shook his head.
The field of view in the sky was too vast, and he would have to go around in a huge circle to get around it. He was not interested in going around in circles with the opponent. It was best to break through forcefully before the opponent could react, and then rely on the excellent performance of the Seven Seas Traveler
Leave the pursuers far behind.
The opponent is a local snake from Tagli who has been operating in the local area for who knows how long. There may be aboriginal forces behind it, so Fang Plover does not want to be entangled with the opponent here for too long.
"That's fine," the big cat man nodded matter-of-factly. "At least we have an advantage now. You didn't expose your identity when fighting against the opponent, and they probably don't know the existence of the Seven Seas Traveler."
Fang Plover actually thought so too.
For the next period of time, the crew of the Seven Seas Traveler were in their respective positions, preparing for the possible battle that followed.
Fang Yu also returned to his room - it was behind the captain's room and connected to his alchemy studio. As for the ship officer's room, it was on the other side.
Entering the studio, he first adjusted the brightness of the magic lamp, and then lifted the cover of the experimental magic furnace. Then Fang Plovor took out the box, placed it on the workbench, and took out Ash-
Crystal made by Lynn.
Fang Yu took a closer look at the crystal, and after confirming that there were no clues, he inserted it into the slot of the magic furnace.
This magic stove was eliminated from the Tansniel Craftsmen Association. It is a style about ten years ago. Although it looks a bit antique, it is cheaper. There are three types of sockets on it, and this crystal is suitable for standard small sockets.
.
The things made by craftsmen generally meet the standards. About thirty years ago, Aitaria's alchemy completed the standardized process under the influence of the ideas brought by the Chosen. Judging from Ash Lynn's age,
It was precisely that era when he made great achievements in magic and alchemy.
As for older alchemical works, special instruments must be used to detect them. In fact, this experimental magic furnace also has a smaller micro socket, which is used for experiments such as communication crystals and projection crystals.
Kind of gadgets.
Fang Yu started the magic furnace and injected magic into Ash-Lynn's crystal. This process lasted about five minutes. When the red light behind the iron grille window completely lit up, he pressed the lone king's pride on the magic furnace.
on the interface of the furnace and connect it.
Guide magic——
But the crystal didn't respond.
Fang Yu was slightly startled, and was quite surprised. He couldn't help but subconsciously took back his hand and looked at the crystal.
Normally, he should be able to see the unfolding 'starry sky', which is a key node of the magic circuit, but this crystal can obviously be infused with magic power by the magic furnace, but he cannot connect to it.
This is how the same thing?
Only then did Fang Yu carefully observe the inside of the crystal, and found that after being filled with magic power, the dark inside of the crystal revealed a dark purple color, as if it contained a sea of light, like countless floating stars.
Fang Plover frowned, vaguely remembering that he had seen the same situation somewhere.
He thought carefully, then suddenly walked aside, came to the bookshelf, took down a voyage diary from the top, spread it out page by page and flipped forward.
It didn't take long for him to look through it before he found one of the records:
September 4th, unknown weather, no wind, sea of fog——
A sunken ship was discovered in the Da Kong Gorge. The owner of the sunken ship should have been a pirate and a member of the Empire during his lifetime. His identity and age are unknown. According to his own description, he should have had a certain reputation. His legacy and will were found in the bottom of the tank.
With a batch of mysterious constructs and a black key.
(The content of the will is attached below)
(Added on September 11: The model of the mysterious structure should be 'Dragon Hunter'. It was produced eleven years ago. The producer is Jade Ham. The abbreviation of the production workshop is, suspected to be the Empire's Flame Blade Workshop.)
(Constructor data attached below)
This record reminded Fang Yu of the memory in his mind.
He remembered that when the dragon hunters were dismantled, they did not find the main core crystal and resonance crystal in the usual sense inside those structures. Instead, a small piece of crystal was inlaid on the densely packed pipeline device on its head.
The appearance of the crystal at that time was exactly the same as Ash Lynn's crystal after charging.
"how so?"
Fang Plover was filled with surprise. How could the mysterious structure on a pirate shipwreck far away in Kaolin-Ithulian be related to a great mage from the Hart Principality who was active twenty years ago?
But it doesn't seem impossible. The dragon-hunting human-shaped construct was also produced eleven years ago. Although Ash-Lynn had passed away at that time, he had already completed the work in his hand before that time. Two
It can basically be said that they are products of the same era.
And it also comes from the empire.
After Ash-Lynn passed away, what happened in the next ten years? What was the background of the birth of the dragon-hunting humanoid constructs? Who was Jed Ram, the craftsman who made them, and what relationship did he have with Horfen College?
what relationship?
Why did these constructs end up on a pirate ship?
Who is the enemy of the pirate captain who claims to be the 'Pirate King'? What is the legacy left to the empire mentioned in his will?
Fang Yu always felt that he had vaguely grasped something. He didn't know whether it was a coincidence or some destiny that made him discover the dragon hunter and get this from the old servant of Lin En's family.
crystal.
Of course, everything is still based on his own speculation and may not be accurate. Ash-Lynn's crystal may not be consistent with the crystal inside the dragon-hunting human-shaped structure, but they are similar in appearance.
But as long as there is this possibility, it is enough.
Because this provides him with a new idea.
He has studied the dragon-hunting human-shaped structure for so long, and of course it is not without gain. Otherwise, it would be impossible to analyze its internal circuits and use this to adaptively transform the dragon-hunting human-shaped structure.
What happened next was already familiar to Fang Plover.
He turned off the magic furnace, took off the crystal, and then walked towards another instrument - a backlight projector. Since he could not find the answer from the etheric sea, he looked for the answer from the material world.
As long as this crystal is still a work of alchemy, the alchemy array engraved on it will naturally tell him how the master Ash Lynn carved its internal structure and analyzed the effective magic circuit.
Of course, it is not an easy task to analyze the circuits from the lowest level of the magic circle. Most of the chosen alchemists do not have this ability. But for Fang Plover, before there was a system, this was his basic skill.
one.
The Seven Seas Traveler sailed under the vast darkness for half an hour.
The boatswain on the mast soon observed two or three flickering lights ahead.
That was not a meteor. If nothing else, it was the tail light of a sailboat, but it was far away. There was no sign of any other ships nearby, so the one in front of it should be the Dere that the big cat man found from the port authority's sailing list.
The flight number, along with the two airship cargo ships it escorted.
Baggins put down the telescope, the firelight hovered motionless in the night, and the magic detector showed the same result. It seemed that the Death Advent Guild's inspection work had not been completed.
The other party had made up their mind to keep them and checked them very carefully.
And those three ships are not small in size. The Dereban weighs more than 300 tons, and the two airships are larger. Each requires nearly a hundred sailors to fully control it. The Death Advent Guild needs a lot to inspect the entire ship.
time.
The Seven Seas Traveler was still sailing at full speed. Alyssa came to ask for instructions once, but Fang Plover simply asked everyone to maintain normal sailing status and did not implement light control.
So soon, lights in this direction were also seen over there. There was a flash of fire in the darkness, and the other party in the distance chose to fire a warning shot - no shells were flying, but the meaning was already obvious.
Have them slow down and get checked.
"Don't worry about them," Fang Yu was pushing out the door of the captain's room. He saw this scene with a calm expression and said. At the same time, he said to his Miss Dragon Soul through telepathy, "Hang up the sails and move forward at full speed.
"
"Received." Miss Tata replied immediately.
All the sails were raised, and even the feather-like horizontal sails on both sides of the ship were spread out. The Seven Sea Traveler was originally a light sailing ship, and now its speed suddenly increased.
The distance between the two sides was at least five miles away, so the other party did not notice the speed of the Seven Seas Traveler at first. But when the lights on the Seven Seas Traveler suddenly became much closer, the members of the Death Come Guild calculated the speed.
Only then did I realize something was wrong.
Instead of slowing down, the other party accelerated.
Under the instructions of the captain, the sailors on the mast of the fast dhow quickly flashed the light signal to the Seven Seas Traveler:
"You must stop immediately, otherwise our ship will open fire!"
Sylvide read the signal and looked back at her captain.
Fang Plover acted as if he had never heard of it.
"How far is it from entering the territory of Oshur?" he asked.
"There is a canyon ahead, and after that we reach the territory of the empire." Miss Ship Officer imagined for a moment and replied.
Fang Plover nodded.
Three minutes later, the alarm sounded on the fast dhow.
The chosen ones were taking a sampan back from the Dereban and the two airships, back to their own ships, and then the triangular sailboat raised its sails in the shortest possible time and slowly departed from the three-masted Dereban.
Leave aside.
The sailors on the Dereban were crowding on the side of the ship.
They watched this scene as if they were watching the excitement. At this time, the fast dhow of the Death Advent Guild had opened its gun door, revealing the black muzzle - although it was only a speedboat at best, and it was generally only responsible for doing miscellaneous tasks in the Imperial Navy array.
, is an inferior miscellaneous ship.
However, this speedboat is still equipped with four small-caliber magic cannons, as well as a rotating ballistae on the bow, which is considered to be armed to the teeth.
Packing cannons into small boats is also the favorite thing for Chosen Ones to do, because generally speaking, Chosen Ones guilds have few ships, but human lives are not valuable, and they like to emphasize firepower and use small things to achieve greater results.
The Seven Seas Traveler was getting closer at this time, and people could already see its outline - a light sailing ship, which was more than one circle larger than the dhow of the Death Advent Guild. Once this kind of ship started running at full speed, ordinary sailing ships would not be able to catch up.
superior.
It's an adventurer's favorite.
At this time, except for the novices with little experience, most of the experienced sailors on the Dereban saw that the sailboat coming up from behind not only did not reef its sails and slow down, but actually accelerated further.
The lights on the ship got much closer almost in the blink of an eye.
There was a good show to watch.
people thought.
"A light sailing ship, it doesn't look like the imperial standard." On the Dereban, the first mate was also looking in that direction. "It seems that the other party is planning to break in. The people the selectors are looking for are probably on that ship."
?”
The old captain also looked over there and nodded.
Then he turned back and asked: "Do you think that side can win?"
"I do hope that we can win over there. These guys rely on their connections with the Haifa family and stop us for inspection at every turn," the first mate replied, "but that ship doesn't seem to be well-armed. If you want to get rid of the opponent with speed,
We must seize the upper hand, it depends on the ability of the captain and sailors on the ship..."
Before he finished speaking, Death Comes. After several warnings to no avail, the guild finally couldn't bear it anymore and chose to open fire.
There was a flash of fire, and the loud noises of the two magic cannons firing were almost in no particular order. The flames ejected from the muzzles formed a golden-red ray - but it was just a visual residue in the dark night, lasting about ten seconds.
After the bell, two balls of fire exploded in the sky.
The first mate snorted slightly when he saw this, showing quite a bit of disdain. As he expected, the skill of these people was as bad as ever. Not only did the shot miss, but the timing of firing was also wrong.
"They fired too early," he commented mercilessly. "The opponent was not within range at all, and they had to recharge and reload, missing the best opportunity to fire. Now the opponent is no more than 100 meters away from them.
In Sankongli, if I were in charge, I could fire at least twelve rounds, and it would be good if they could fire eight rounds like this."
Fang Plover stood on the deck, his dark eyes reflecting the fire that exploded in the distance, and he thought the same thing in his heart.
The cooling and warm-up time of a magic cannon is quite long, especially for a small magic cannon without a cooling device. It can fire one round in two to three minutes, which is considered to have excellent performance.
But the large magic cannon was too bulky. They had dismantled one from the pirate shipwreck before, and then dismantled it after trying it for a period of time, which seriously affected the balance of the Seven Seas Traveler's head and tail.
Not as useful as a ballista.
"Can you tell which type of artillery the other side is using?" Luo Hao held up his shield, looking eager to try.
"The Thirty-one Year Type of the Empire was produced under the order of Stuart IV when he was still alive," Fang Plover replied casually. "It is an ultra-small caliber magic cannon that was originally used on the fourth-class battleships of the Oshurs.
The secondary weapon was later moved onto a speedboat by the chosen ones, and its rate of fire was about one round every three minutes."
"I probably think so too."
"Are you still interested in this?" Fang Yu was a little surprised.
"Hey, before I became a military recruiter, I was actually quite interested in craftsmen and magic technology," Luo Hao replied, "especially the armament of sailboats."
The two of them chatted nonchalantly while silently counting the time - a little later than they expected, about three and a half minutes later, the other party opened fire for the second time.
The magic barrage exploded on the port side of the Seven Seas Traveler, deflecting so far that it could not even activate the Seven Seas Traveler's wind element shield.
Except for Tian Lan, who was trembling with fright, no one else even blinked. Luo Hao was even talking to Fang Yu: "It seems that the opponent's skills are very poor. The opponent can still shoot three rounds before the ballista enters the range."
Not bad, now it’s our turn to fight back.”
After experiencing such a large-scale fleet battle over the northern border, it is difficult for this small disturbance to make any waves in the hearts of everyone.
Fang Plover only nodded.
The speed of the Seven Seas Traveler's full sail is extraordinary. The two sides are now approaching rapidly. Although the opponent's dhow is also a type of fast sailing ship, it will take a considerable amount of time to completely start from a stationary state.
It is almost difficult for the opponent to gain the upper hand with the Seven Seas Traveler, and it is expected that the Seven Seas Traveler will catch up with the opponent soon.
Next, the members of the Death Come Guild fired two more rounds, but they all missed. The wind was not strong at night, but it would still cause the sailboat to roll. Without modern computers, it would have a great impact on the impact point of the cannonballs.
Uncertainties.
However, the battles between the sailboats in Etalria are still much crueler than those in the sailing era on Earth. After all, there are magic cannons, ammunition that can set the detonation time, magicians, and flexible constructs.
In the third round of shooting, the shock wave generated by the explosion finally entered the damage range of the Seven Seas Traveler, but before the air waves and debris arrived, a green halo suddenly lit up around the sailboat.
The halo was roughly spherical in shape, and after flashing for a few times, it completely offset the shock wave of the explosion.
"Elemental shield, how is this possible?!"
On the dhow, the people in the guild couldn't help but be shocked when death came to them.
Even the first mate on the Dereban showed surprise.
The wind element shield is almost a standard feature of large ships, and is generally only found on capital ships of a certain level or above. Even the Dereban, a three-masted armed merchant ship of more than 300 tons, does not have this device installed.
On the one hand, it is extremely expensive, and on the other hand, it requires the core magic furnace on the ship to provide matching magic output power, and this level of magic furnace is difficult to install on a small ship.
But the Seven Seas Traveler is one of the most advanced sailboats of this era. It is the crystallization of the technology left by Luo Zhen, Sir Mawei and many generations of Corin-Ithurian craftsmen. Its birth itself is a miracle.
Under the cyan halo, the tall and graceful Seven Seas Traveler was breaking through the waves from the fire. Its figure was so shocking that even the members of the Death Advent Guild on the triangular boat forgot to refill it.
"Mr. Knight."
At this time, Miss Tata's voice sounded on the Seven Seas Traveler: "Enter range."
Fang Yu turned around and saw that Luo Hao was the first to run towards the ballista position. The ballista had already been loaded. At this moment, the other party was turning the wheel hard to turn the ballista while shouting: "Miss Tata, help.
I’ll correct it and shoot Zhu Yuan!”
The ballista and the gears below started to rotate on their own.
Luo Hao raised his head, panted and held his hand on the handle, looking at the crossbow arrow with a cold light pointing in the direction of the triangular sailboat, then he pulled it down hard and shouted: