Steven asked: "Black, can your flintlock musket penetrate those wooden shields?"
Blake confidently replied: "It's no problem within a hundred meters! Their wooden shields can only block bows and arrows, bullets can not only pass through, but can also hurt them!"
As he spoke, the rafts were already within a hundred meters. Blake and the five long-time shooters took aim with their guns. Blake issued an order: "Aim at the middle raft! Front end left and right! Free fire!"
"Bang bang bang", there were several loud noises in succession, and gunpowder smoke filled the side of the ship, and was then blown away by the sea breeze.
The people standing on the deck saw that the shield-wielding giant on the right side of the middle raft had loosened his shield and fell on the raft. The blood from several bullet holes in his body dyed the raft red and flowed into the seawater along the gaps.
There was another burst of cheers on the deck!
The giants on the raft were a little confused. They didn't know what kind of weapon could cause harm to them at such a long distance, and it also passed through the wooden shield that could withstand bows and arrows. They couldn't help but hesitate in their rowing movements.
Blake and the other gunners immediately turned their guns and started loading. At this time, Steven said to Kate: "Kate! They have reached our shooting range! It's time to show them the power of the steel-armed hunting bow! I'm here to help you.
Let’s deal with the paddler on the raft on the left first!”
Kate nodded and started to nock the arrows and draw the bow. Steven also drew the arrows and drew the bowstring under the incredulous looks of the several crossbowmen around him. As the steel wire bowstring was fully stretched by the huge force, the two of them released the bowstring at the same time, boom.
Two strings ring!
The triangular steel-headed arrow instantly crossed a distance of 7 or 80 meters, passed over the wooden shield at the front of the raft on the left in a weak arc, and accurately inserted into the chests of the two giants sitting behind and paddling on the left and right!
The two giants were so weak that they were on the raft. The arrows were inserted into their chests, leaving only their tail feathers exposed. They were seriously injured immediately!
There was another burst of cheers on the boat!
Those giants were already a little scared, and the raft on the left stopped directly!
At this time, the chief on the shore roared again, and the giant on the raft began to paddle vigorously. The uninjured giant standing at the front of the raft in the middle took a spear from his back. He retreated to the back of the raft and ran for a few seconds.
After taking one step, he raised his hand and threw the spear towards the ship!
The spear drew an arc and was inserted into the wooden fender of the ship's side with the eyes of everyone on the deck following. It made a thud and the front end of the stone spear penetrated the fender. Fortunately, no one was hit.
There was a burst of curses.
At this time, Blake and his gunners had already loaded their bullets. They picked up their long guns and began to aim. The raft had already approached 60 meters under the rapid paddling of the giant.
There were several more gunshots, and the giant who threw the spear from the raft was shot and fell to the ground before he could pick up the wooden shield. He rolled several times on the raft and then fell into the sea. The nearby seawater was immediately dyed red.
Steven and Kate drew their bowstrings amidst cheers from the deck. They had climbed up to the poop and stood on the roof, looking down at the right angle.
Two connected boom sounds sounded, and the two giants who were still rowing on the raft on the left tipped over into the sea without saying a word. The arrows penetrated their eye sockets and the arrowheads stuck out from the back of their heads. The two giants immediately
Death! Red blood spreads in the sea water.
The only people left standing on the raft were the two giants holding up shields at the front. These two frightened giants now only dared to squat behind the wooden shields and let the raft be beaten by the waves and begin to roll sideways.
The raft on the right that had not yet been attacked slowed down, and none of the giants dared to paddle forward.
The chiefs on the shore let out a series of roars, and the giants who received the order dropped their wood pulp and shields and jumped into the sea with the wounded.
A dozen monsters that had been swimming in the sea swam up to the giants. The giants stretched out their hands and grabbed the monsters' tails. The monsters took the giants behind them and began to swim quickly toward the shore.
Louder cheers sounded again on the ship, and several pirates couldn't help but jump up and hug each other. The emotions that had been suppressed for a long time under the pressure of the giant finally burst out, and everyone could relax temporarily!
The remaining giants grabbed the monster's tail and quickly returned to the beach. The two giants who were seriously injured by the arrows were carried to the sand pile, and the giant chief began to treat them.
Steven held a monocular and carefully observed the process of the chief using wood elemental power to treat the wounded.
I saw the wounded man lying on his back on the sand. The chief stretched out his hand to hold the tail feather of the arrow exposed on the chest of the wounded man, and quickly and roughly pulled out the arrow. The triangular arrow brought out several strips of flesh, and blood spurted out along with the arrow.
, the giant puffed up his chest and opened his mouth in pain!
The chief did not care about the pain of the wounded, but reached out and grabbed a handful of gray powder from the leather bag on his waist, and applied it directly to the wound. Then he chanted in his mouth while covering the wound with his palm, and then the wound and his palm
A burst of green smoke rose nearby. The smoke neither rose nor fell, and just hung around the wound and palm.
After a while, the smoke gradually dissipated, and the chief took his hand away. The giant's wound no longer bled, his expression relaxed, and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep!
The chief turned the giant's body over, applied powder and saliva on the wounds on his back that were scratched by the bark of the raft, and then carried the giant to the wooden house in the camp.
Steven handed the binoculars to Kate beside him, and Kate took it and began to carefully observe the process of the chief handling the second wounded person.
In a short period of time, the chief had already finished treating the wounded man. The remaining giants with minor injuries were not treated in this way. The chief only gave them some of that powder and smeared it on the wounds with their own saliva.
It was almost noon by now.
Later, the telescope was left in Blake's hands. He observed for a while and said to the two of them: "They are still making the raft! It seems that they don't intend to stop like this!"
Steven said: "Blake, how many giants are there on the shore?"
Blake took a telescope and observed carefully for a while, and said: "It is estimated that there are 32 to 34 places that can be seen, and I don't know how many other invisible places there are, but I guess there are not many!"
Kate on the side said: "Steven, do you remember the ogres in the dark rain forest? Since they all worship the same totem, I guess there should be more than one giant tribe on the island!"
Steven nodded and thought: "That's right! This island is very big from what is known! There must be more than one giant tribe! It's not even sure if there is an ogre tribe! So we have to use this speculation as a reference
Provided to Captain Langdon!"
Then several people came to the cockpit. Steven and Kate told Langdon their speculations. After asking about their encounters in the dark rainforest, Langdon felt that their speculations were reasonable.
Especially judging from the totem poles found in the giant camp, several people felt that there must be other giant tribes on the island. Combined with the large number of felled logs piled on the beach, they could not rule out whether the chief had sent out scouts.