"Sure enough, he is a slave. The mercenaries hired by the slave owner are chasing him." Elaine asked depressedly, "Can I get rid of him?"
"No." Queeg shook his head: "This boat is heavy and can't match the speed."
Of course, the [Osprey] is neither a battleship nor a light ship. It also carries a bunch of slaves... and a group of tied up sailors.
"You can only fight, how about fighting..." Elaine wanted to try his best to avoid a sea battle. Firstly, because he was not good at operating ships, and secondly, he had already had a fight today and was very tired.
But the other party has no intention of letting them go. Hundreds of slaves are valuable "commodities", and the slave owners will definitely not give up simply.
Boom! At this time, the speedboat behind had launched a steel spear harpoon, which penetrated the hull of the [Osprey]. The steel cable connected behind the harpoon dragged the speedboats forward, as if they had captured prey and were moving forward.
Putting the prey into his own mouth. The mercenaries on the speedboat were even more clamoring to kill the pirates and speaking vulgar words. They were obviously from the bottom of society.
"Don't kill anyone." The young leopard man ordered again.
"Yes, let's talk when you have time!" Elaine couldn't help but get angry when she was told not to kill anyone at this time.
"But——" Queeg still wanted to be verbose.
"It's all your fault!" Elaine took the opportunity to pour out the anger she had been holding back for a long time: "Why did you book a ticket for this kind of ship in the first place?"
"They said that the orcs are discounted at 20% to save money." Queeg replied straightforwardly.
"You..." the white lion boy almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Huh?" Queeg tilted his head in confusion. Anyway, this guy doesn't even know where he went wrong.
"I, I'll settle the score with you later." Elaine said, drawing out her weapon: "Deal with the pursuers first."
Boom, boom, boom! The bows of those small boats hit the stern of the Osprey, making a dull sound. Their penetration was almost embedded in the hull of the slave ship, and the several ships merged into one.
This is a tactic commonly used by pirates in the Mediterranean to seize ships. As long as the steel spears and harpoons launched by their small ships hit the big ship, they can easily "capture" the target. The speed of the big ship dragged by the small ship has to be slowed down, and eventually
There is nowhere to escape. Then the pirates will put away their steel ropes and board the ship to rob, fight hand-to-hand with the sailors, and suppress the entire ship they want to rob.
In this way, the pirates can use the most effective means to quickly suppress the target without accidentally damaging the valuable cargo in the cargo ship due to the exchange of gunfire between the ships. It is really a very smart approach.
The goal of that group of mercenaries is very clear, which is to recapture the [Osprey] without hurting the group of slaves under the cabin. They seemed to be shouting to kill the pirates just now? However, they are so skilled in robbing the ship, probably
He is a pirate.
...how ironic.
"Seven, no, no, nine?" Elaine looked at the enemies rushing towards the Osprey one after another and counted them roughly. The big men all had fierce looks and were holding various weapons. They were all fighting.
A veteran.
But...you want to defeat Elaine with this number of people? The other party underestimates him too much.
This time, Queeg was unusually honest and did not try to be a hero. When Elaine jumped from the bridge to the deck and fought with the group of mercenaries, the young leopard man did not follow him.
The guy was aiming his gun at the bridge, not knowing what he wanted to do. Elaine was a little afraid that Queeg's firepower would accidentally injure him.
But now is not the time to be scrupulous. The mercenaries have surrounded Elaine and have barely taken action against Elaine. Seeing that Elaine is just a teenager (at least on the outside), they immediately underestimated Elaine.
(Obviously, they did not watch the live TV broadcast of the Round Table Trial Arena...)
"Little brat, do you want to die so much?" "Let us capture you and make you a slave." The group of vulgar mercenaries spoke with a heavy Roman accent, and occasionally a few spoke in English. Elaine also
Elaine could barely understand them, but Elaine, who spoke Roman, could not understand them at all. She could only roughly understand what they wanted to express from their contemptuous expressions.
He didn't bother to pay attention to the opponent's insult, and rushed forward to engage in a melee with his opponent. At the moment when the group of mercenaries attacked him, the young white lion man had already gone around behind them, slashing the tendons on the enemy's feet with a knife, and
Three people were cut down in an instant. Those mercenaries were about to get up and continue fighting, only to find that their tendons were broken and they could no longer use their feet. Of course they didn't know what happened (they suffered from illiteracy)
), thinking that Elaine had used some magic to drain away their power.
Someone else stubbornly attacked the White Lion boy from behind. Elaine turned around and raised her shield to block, then slashed the man's chest with a scimitar, cutting off the tendons of the opponent's right arm. The opponent was in pain and his arm
Unable to exert force and feeling the difference, in the moment of hesitation, Elaine had already kicked the opponent away, causing the man and another mercenary to collide and both fell to the ground.
The remaining four mercenaries discovered that Elaine was difficult to deal with, so the four of them attacked from all directions at the same time, thinking that they would have the advantage based on their numbers. Their attacks were coordinated so well that all attacks were carried out at the same time.
came, but he harmed his teammates just because he cooperated so well. Elaine activated [Void] while sprinting forward. All attacks penetrated through his translucent body, and he also escaped from the four servants.
Surrounded by soldiers, they escaped. However, the group of mercenaries harmed themselves. Their blades and spears struck their teammates, and each of them suffered serious injuries.
Taking advantage of the four people screaming in pain, Elaine had already gone around behind them and slashed them one by one, then cut off the Achilles tendons on their feet!
The nine mercenaries who came to pursue were instantly killed by Elaine in a short period of time. Well, instant kills didn't count. At least they didn't die. They just had their tendons cut off and lost their ability to fight.
The white lion boy wiped the sweat from his head and was about to take a breath. Unexpectedly, a mercenary suddenly rushed from behind him and wanted to sneak attack!
"Huh?!" Elaine couldn't help but be surprised when she was thrown to the ground. Her opponent's tendons had obviously been severed and it was impossible to get up again in a short time?!
Then he instantly saw who among the group of mercenaries had glowing palms and was stroking the wounds of his teammates with the glowing palms. That guy could use healing spells, so he could heal the wounds of his teammates and heal the broken ones.
Tendon recovery is naturally a simple matter!
Elaine originally thought that just cutting off the opponent's tendons would make the opponent lose the ability to resist, but it turned out that this idea was too naive!
"You brat! Cut off your hand first -" the mercenary who pressed Elaine to the ground said angrily, raising the knife with his hand.
Bang! - Gunshots rang out from the bridge in the distance, and Queeg opened fire. The mercenary who originally planned to hurt Elaine was hit in the vest by a shot and fell down weakly. Elaine also took the opportunity to roll over, and from there
He escaped under the pressure of a mercenary.
Bang bang bang bang! Queeg seemed to have spotted the right moment before firing continuously, and prioritized hitting the mercenary who could use healing spells, knocking him to the ground. The remaining few who had just been cured wanted to get up again.
The mercenaries fighting were also knocked down by Queeg's firepower. The remaining ones were still in a state of broken tendons and unable to get up. The mercenaries were finally completely suppressed.
"You killed, killed someone." Elaine complained when Queeg rushed over.
"No kill." The cloud-patterned leopard raised the weapon in his hand and showed it to Elaine: "Needle launcher. Anesthesia needle."
"Seifer made it for you?"
"Yeah." Quigg nodded: "Just in case."
"Yes, there is such a thing, why didn't you use it earlier?!" Elaine complained.
"My marksmanship is poor and I can't hit you." The Leopard Man young man replied, "Unless you don't move."
It seemed that this was indeed the case. A drop of sweat broke out on Elaine's forehead.
"Hmm..." There were still a few mercenaries on the ground who were planning to get up and continue fighting. Seeing this, Queeg fired two more shots to anesthetize all those people.
"Tie them up, tie them up." Elaine ordered: "Especially the ones who know how to use healing spells, tie them up tightly. Let them heal the injuries of friendly forces, then we will be in trouble."
"Yes, yes." Queeg went over to deal with it and began to tie up the group of mercenaries with the prepared ropes: "What should we do after we get to the shore?"
"After arriving at the Yere Islands, we threw these mercenaries, slaves, and crew members together on a small island." Elaine looked at the sky, and it was getting dark: "You swim, you are a good swimmer.
?"
"Generally," Queeg replied.
Elaine planned to abandon the ship and sneak into France after the ship approached France. The Osprey stayed directly on an island in the Hyères Islands, while Elaine and Queeg took advantage of the night to swim to the coast of France, unknown to anyone.
Disembark quietly. After that, we cross the French border and find another ship to Greenland.
If you want to leave that troublesome slave ship behind and go to Greenland in a low-key manner, this is the only way.
"It's okay. If you don't know how to swim, I will take you." Elaine remembered that Leo was a good swimmer when he was a child. It is very likely that this white lion man's transformation is also very good at swimming. In the worst case, if this transformation
If she has difficulty swimming, Elaine can also transform into a white shark. Since the white shark can swim in the sand sea after its transformation, she can still swim in the water, right?
And the distance they need to swim is also very short, less than one nautical mile. The Hyères Islands are very close to the French coastline, and the large and small islands are like little pearls scattered on the coastline. The small islands swimming in the archipelago
Moving a short distance between islands and small islands, you can eventually reach the shore.
Of course, swimming in the sea at night is very dangerous. They plan to move to one of the islands to spend the night before it gets completely dark. They will move to the vicinity of Marseille Port when the sun has just risen tomorrow morning and the sea is still shrouded in morning fog.
The position is on land.
...At least that's what Elaine planned.
There were no more pursuers along the way. It seemed that the slave owners in Rome had completely given up...or maybe they had lost the pursuit. The sea was so vast that I didn't know where to track the ship.
As the ship sailed, twilight gradually fell. Under the bloody sunset, the entire sea was filled with an indescribable sense of sadness. Elaine could already confirm the islands in the distance through the telescope. scattered, small
, but still covered with various vegetation, small islands form the Hyères Islands.
The ship has gradually docked and is slowing down due to the automatic navigation system control.
"Get ready to dock." Elaine said: "Although there are no pursuers, no, don't relax."