Chapter 383 The North Sea Monster
In naval battles, artillery is the best weapon to use.
Especially when there is a gap in equipment and hardware between the two sides, the dominant side can use artillery to defeat the enemy at a long distance, thus minimizing combat losses.
Coincidentally, artillery control is a compulsory subject for students of the "Luying Royal War College".
The professional soldiers brought to the adjudication team by Barrett were all students of the Royal Academy. Almost all of them were certified "senior gunners" and "super gunners."
As a result, the three battleships of the Dawn Regiment fired a salvo of hundreds of artillery pieces. The shells seemed to be precisely guided, covering five pirate ships including the "Pulsatilla" a few nautical miles away with a very small error.
This kind of firepower can directly sink the enemy in just a few rounds.
Don't even think about boarding.
Moreover, Su Lun also guessed that there must be masters on the enemy's ship.
After all, the intelligence said that a heavy treasure was escorted aboard the Pulsatilla.
Therefore, artillery is also the most suitable means of testing.
If it can be solved with artillery shells, that would be the best.
Before starting the war, Suellen considered various possibilities.
He felt that after firing, the enemy would most likely choose to escape. After all, after chasing for so many days, there must be some special acceleration device on those pirate ships.
But they never expected that the moment after the cannon sounded, a scene that shocked everyone in the Dawn Group would happen.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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The roar of artillery fire was deafening.
Su Lun stood on the deck, squinting his eyes slightly, watching the cannonballs rapidly hitting the local ships.
Some shells landed in the sea, exploding waves more than ten meters high; some hit the enemy's pirate ship, exploding cracks in the sails, masts, and wooden hull
There were a total of five enemy ships, all densely packed together, which was originally the best target for attack.
But a strange scene happened before.
The shells were normal on three of the ships, penetrating where they should, and detonating where they should.
But when it hit two of the ships, the cannonball was blocked by an invisible barrier, exploding into ripples of gas explosions visible to the naked eye in the air!
Seeing this scene, everyone in the Dawn Group looked shocked.
Barrett seemed to recognize something and immediately sent a warning: "No, there may be seventh-level professionals on the enemy ship!"
Su Lun's expression suddenly changed when he heard this.
Just now when he looked at the priestesses of the Temple of Agaparnon, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.
Under normal circumstances, if there are at most six-level professionals in this escort team, they are considered "top-tier".
It is possible to resist the attack of hundreds of artillery pieces, which is definitely not something that a sixth-level professional can do!
Su Lun immediately realized that there might be a sensitive person on the other side's ship!
An idea flashed through his mind, and he immediately guessed something: "Is it the "Frost Moon Princess" from Mafa, or a big shot in the temple? ”
If it were a big pirate from the North Sea Fleet, there would be no need to hide it.
It is possible for people from the temple.
But now in the entire North Sea, there are people who need to hide their whereabouts, and top experts are accompanying them. The one with the greatest possibility is Princess Stika!
With this thought, Su Lun immediately understood something in his heart, and thought to himself: "What a good trick. He deliberately leaked the information about the escort of the 'Pulsatilla', making people think it was a plan to divide the forces. In the end, he was actually mixed up in the escort fleet!"
Princess Stika used this hand to successfully avoid those people like "God's Painter" Van Gogh.
The masters who wanted to assassinate her were attracted by the Royal Mechanical Guard Corps, so that she could leave the Moros city-state without anyone noticing.
But why does she appear here?
Su Lun vaguely felt that the problem seemed a bit big.
I thought it was an ordinary interception, but unexpectedly I actually intercepted a "big fish".
However, the reason is that nothing matters anymore.
When we meet on a narrow road, we can only fight.
He directly ordered: "Continue the bombardment! Everyone is ready to fight!"
The current situation is that since they have met, no matter what the situation is, the enemy and they will not show mercy to each other.
Following Su Lun's order, the second round of ammunition was quickly loaded, and within a short time, flames came out of the muzzle again.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
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The artillery fire exploded continuously.
Although Su Lun didn't see what the "sacrifice" was about, since those people would rather be shot than run away, it meant that the sacrifice was very important and could not be interrupted.
What the enemy wants to do is what the Dawn Regiment wants to destroy!
What's more, even a seventh-level professional would never be able to resist for long under a salvo of artillery fire.
Obviously, it is impossible for the enemy to allow the Dawn Regiment to continue bombarding them.
At this moment, the black crows in the sky began to cackle.
Su Lun realized that there was danger approaching, and his eyes were like lightning, scanning everything on the sea.
Almost at the same time, Tani also reported urgently on the communicator: "Everyone, be careful, there is a huge sea monster in the sea attacking us! It seems to be the legendary 'North Sea Kraken'!"
"Siren?"
Su Lun has naturally heard of the legend of the "North Sea Giant Monster" that has been circulating in the North Sea.
It is said that there is a huge tentacled monster in the deep sea. It has a huge body as big as an island and can easily drag a large warship into the sea.
Su Lun's expression darkened and he shouted: "Leave the Kraken to me! Captain Barrett, Sister Senjo, Dr. Banks, beware of the enemy seventh level coming to behead you."
Several people in Qiantiao responded: "Okay!"
When encountering top professionals, the group has already prepared a plan.
The atmosphere on the ship was tense but orderly.
With that said, Su Lun jumped onto the side of the ship and looked towards the sea.
With his eyesight, he could vaguely see a huge dark shadow swimming towards their battleship quickly, and the waves on the sea surface also started to churn.
There was no time to delay. Su Lun pinched the surgeon's seal and shouted softly: "Reproduction and removal!"
The eight-armed spider spear was revealed behind him, and with another transformation of the warlock seal, dozens more glass jars appeared out of thin air.
As soon as the mouth of the glass jar was opened, mechanical octopuses fell into the water with a splash.
In this battle, Su Lun did not dare to be careless at all. He originally thought that there would be no need for so many mechanical octopuses, but now they have all been thrown into the sea.
The tentacles of the mechanical octopus are more than ten or twenty meters long, but compared with the behemoth in the sea, it is far behind.
But fortunately there are enough.
Fifty mechanical octopuses entered the water and all wrapped around them.
At this time, because the deep-sea monster was close to the sea, Su Lun could see its true appearance clearly.
This is really a super big octopus.
【North Sea Kraken Kraken】
Detailed explanation: Sixth-order overlord-level deep sea monster; ancient mythical bloodline, giant titan sea beast; one hundred and eighty meters long, weighing more than three hundred and seventy tons; it has powerful tentacles and suction cups, controls the power of the water element, and has The ability to spray water from a long distance; the mucus is highly corrosive; the skin is flexible and has a power attenuation domain layer, allowing it to resist most conventional physical attacks;
Su Lun looked at the identified information and narrowed his eyes slightly.
He had always wanted to find the big octopus that Roman fishermen had said for generations, but he didn't expect to encounter it here.
This giant sea monster is almost invincible in the sea. Just this sea monster can easily sink three battleships of the Dawn Regiment.
That huge body, even if the black scythe wants to cut it, it can't cut it.
If there is no restraint, the Dawn Group will really suffer a big loss.
Unfortunately, there is Suellen's mechanical octopus army.
The "North Sea Kraken" hadn't even gotten close to the three warships on the sea surface, and the mechanical octopus army quickly swam past them.
Even though Su Lun reacted so quickly, a tentacle more than thirty meters long and full of terrifying suckers tumbled out of the sea. Unable to reach the defense line, it hit the sea surface, and the huge waves it set off almost capsized a warship.
He used his spider spear to firmly control his body on the deck, and the mechanical octopus he controlled quickly surrounded and killed him.
In order to better control the mechanical octopus army, Su Lun has also been studying the physiological structure of octopuses these days, and he has a very good understanding of the force generation mode of this creature. They are all of the same breed, and they are all good at strangulation attacks. Seven or eight mechanical octopuses wrapped around a tentacle, and in a blink of an eye, they wrapped the giant head tightly.
Although the mucus on the surface of the "Krant" is highly corrosive, Su Lun's hand-painted runes and coatings on the mechanical octopus also came in handy during this time. In a short period of time, the enchanted coating of the mechanical octopus is not so easily corroded.
Not necessarily to kill this behemoth, but at least to trap it.
Just like that, before this giant sea monster could even emerge from the sea, it was pinned down in the sea by dozens of mechanical octopuses, unable to show off its cruelty.
There were fierce battles under the sea, and there were also stormy waves on the sea.
The three battleships of the Dawn Regiment were swaying in the waves. Fortunately, the several deputy commanders in the gun room had enough experience in naval battles, and the artillery never stopped.
Although the hit rate is a bit poor, one hundred and ten artillery pieces can always hit a lot in one round.
The high-precision characteristics of Marfa military artillery were also fully utilized in this war.
At this distance, the enemy cannot organize any effective counterattack.
After just a few rounds of artillery fire, the enemy's five pirate ships, except for the two that had barriers to intercept, the other three had their hulls damaged by artillery, and they were slowly sinking with blazing flames.
The sea was full of pirates who had fallen into the water, and their wails and screams were drowned in the waves.
Not only Su Lun and the others were caught off guard because they accidentally bumped into a "big fish".
On the other hand, "Frost Moon Princess" Skadi and her party on the "Pulsatilla" were even more confused.
Three ships came inexplicably, and they just fired their guns as soon as they met, but now the "North Sea Kraken" didn't even sink them?
The sound of shells cracking through the wind was endless in my ears, and the sound of explosions was loud.
Seeing this scene, Princess Stika's face became very solemn and asked: "What's going on? Why didn't the 'Kraken' sink their ship!"
She was very aware of the strength of the giant deep-sea monster. This monster was almost invincible in the sea and could not be resisted by a few wooden ships.
But now, it’s useless?
A subordinate quickly reported: "Your Highness, those guys have a special method to control the sea monster. Judging from the situation, it seems to be some mechanical octopus."
"Duke Raphael's people?!"
Hearing this, Princess Stika's face was solemn.
Her first reaction was to assassinate.
If the enemy has prepared "targeted" means, he must have detailed intelligence.
Only then did Stika understand that the danger predicted was referring to now.
At this moment, Merdis, the "King of Thieves" on the side, also looked solemn and said: "Your Highness, we have no advantage in the artillery battle, and it will definitely not work if we continue like this. I will find a way to kill them. Otherwise, our situation will be different. It will be very bad.”
The energy barrier that blocked the cannonballs was released by him. Without him, the two ships would have been sunk long ago.
As soon as these words came out, a priestess from the Agapanaon Temple looked shocked, and without caring about etiquette, she quickly interjected: "But the sacrifice has not been completed yet, and the 'Sea King' has not enjoyed the sacrifice, so all our efforts have been wasted! And! If you interrupt the sea festival midway, it will bring unforeseen horrific consequences to you and the entire Roman Empire!”
Hearing this, Merdis snorted disdainfully: "I am employed by Emperor Marfa, not you Roman. What does your sacrifice have to do with me?"
This said, the domineering power of the seventh-level powerhouse made people breathless.
Hearing this, the female priest looked anxious, but she did not dare to speak again.
She could only turn her head to look at Princess Stika.
Unfortunately, Princess Stika looked gloomy but did not speak.
Because she knew very well that even if she was as strong as a seventh-level professional, she would never be able to withstand the artillery attack for a long time.
To protect two ships, not to mention that spiritual power is consumed very quickly. If she really consumes a lot of spiritual energy on this kind of thing, then her situation will be very dangerous.
Although Stika also knew that the consequences of interrupting the sacrifice would be very bad, she guessed that this was an "assassination" aimed at her.
Compared with life, you can decide immediately which one is more important.
Thinking of this, Stika said: "Mr. Merdis, be careful."
Merdis immediately understood, "Okay!"
Another meaning of this saying is, if you can't do anything, protect me first.
With that said, this "Top Ten Legendary Bounty Hunter" put away his domain barrier, stepped on it, and jumped onto the sea.
When the priestess on the side saw this, her face instantly lost all color: It's over.
The masters of the Dawn Regiment were all on the deck, always paying attention to the situation of enemy warships in the distance.
At this moment, everyone watched as the energy shields on the three ships suddenly disappeared, and a figure crossed the sea and was quickly attacking them.
The observer on the mast immediately shouted: "The enemy is coming! Everyone, be careful."
Su Lun gave an order: "Keep firing and sink those two ships!"
At the same time, Barrett, Senjo, and Dr. Banks jumped into the sea and rushed towards the figure.
The professional opposite was wearing a black cloak. Although his face could not be seen clearly, after he moved, a monster with three heads: a sheep, a snake, and a lion appeared behind him.
"Second interpretation of the mythical talent [A-044-Chimera]!"
Su Lun looked at the vision and immediately recognized the talent and even guessed the identity of the person coming.
This kind of talent is inherently rare. If it is the second level or seventh level, then it can only be obtained by one person.
That is the "King of Thieves" Carlo Merdis, one of the "Top Ten Legendary Bounty Hunters"!
Su Lun felt something bad in his heart, and immediately sent a warning to everyone through the communicator: "Be careful, that's the "Thieve King" Merdis! ”
He really didn't expect that during what he thought was an ordinary robbery, he would encounter such a famous and top-notch expert.
The current strength of the Dawn Regiment is not weak, but its high-end combat power is still a bit lacking.
Although it has the strength to fight, if it is a head-on confrontation, it will definitely suffer heavy losses.
But when this legendary bounty hunter appeared here, Su Lun was 100% sure that on the opposite boat was Marfa's Frost Moon Princess!
"No, I'm afraid the other party doesn't understand what happened now. If Princess Shuangyue was on the ship, she would definitely think it was an assassination"
Suddenly, Su Lun thought of something in his mind, and a plan flashed in his mind.
If that's the case, maybe there's no need to touch head-on!
At this time, Su Lun grasped the black scythe in his left hand and took out [Kronos' Cursed Bow of Time] in his right hand.
He knew very well that she wouldn't be of much help in a battle of this level. Only these two forbidden objects can bring certain threats to the enemy.
The battle is about to break out.
"The King of Thieves" Merdis looked at the three people who got off the other side's boat, and first smiled contemptuously: "You don't even have the domain to condense, and you're not strong either."
There is no cohesion field, which means that it is at most six levels.
Three or five of these enemies are not a threat.
But the next second, when he looked at the golden body of the Rakshasa woman rising behind Qian Jiao, he was stunned for a moment. He blurted out as if he had seen a ghost: "Three interpretations [Rakshasa Girl], how is this possible! Is there anyone in this world who has actually understood the talent of three interpretations?"
Merdis frowned as he looked at the condensed thunderclouds and the soaring sword energy in the "Thunder Hell" in the sky. He found that he actually sensed a hint of danger in a professional who was lower than himself?
At the same time, he turned his eyes and looked at the person who transformed into a giant ape, and recognized it: "Beast Barrett, why is this guy here?" ”
And Dr. Banks's method was even weirder. He jumped into the sea, and the huge sea surface became pitch black as if it was poisoned. On the large black water, seabirds fell one after another, and even the mosquitoes died.
At this glance, it seemed that the case was solved immediately.
On the ship in the distance, Princess Stika also recognized Barrett, and immediately understood that these people in front of her were the "mysterious forces" that made trouble in the Moros city-state that night.
In just an instant, several people collided with each other.
Even if it was one versus three, Merdis still had the upper hand.
Once his "empty realm" is activated, whether it is sword energy, poison, or power hammer, the damage to him will be very limited.
Compared with the three people in front of him, he was more afraid of the guy on the boat in the distance holding a bow and arrow and a sickle.
At this moment, Su Lun stood at the bow of the ship and had already drawn the [Bow of Time].
However, he did not aim at "Thief King" Meldis, but aimed his bow at the cloaked man surrounded by several people on the "Pulsatilla" in the distance.
He knew very well that the three Barretts could hold on for a while, but there was absolutely no chance of winning.
If this drags on, the situation of their Dawn Regiment will only get worse.
The only advantage of the Dawn Group now is that the opponent does not know their true situation.
"Continue the bombardment! Sink them as soon as possible!"
"Yes!"
The good news is that the members of the Dawn Regiment are very powerful. The artillery on the three warships did not stop, and they directly sank the last two remaining enemy warships.
Su Lun didn't hesitate at all. After drawing the bow, he shot an arrow directly.
The "Arrow of Time" can ignore most defenses and hit the human body.
A guard stood in front of Princess Stika, who was instantly drained of life by light arrows and turned into a mummy.
Looking at the corpses around her, Stika's face turned pale with fright. How could she not recognize the famous forbidden longbow of the Luying Military Intelligence Agency - [Kronos' Time Cursed Bow]?
Moreover, what is even more frightening is that as soon as this arrow came, the second arrow followed!
A forbidden object would not have originally made Stika so frightened.
But there is almost no way to resist the law of time.
Seeing another of her subordinates die, the unknown in her heart suddenly turned into fear: "How is it possible? Why didn't that guy suffer the backlash of the curse?!"
And she looked from a distance, and saw that the guy on the opposite deck had already drawn his longbow with an expressionless face, preparing to fire the third arrow.
So calm that he was almost numb.
To avoid the spy agents of Lu Ying, Princess Stika cannot bring any masters of Marfa with her.
It is not easy to invite a "legendary hunter". The remaining fourth-level guards couldn't give her any sense of security at this moment.
Forbidden objects without curse backlash are so unreasonable.
Su Lun also has [Master Level Archery Proficiency].
Even if the guards around Princess Nastika tried their best to avoid it, they could not avoid it.
Although Su Lun felt pain in his heart and consumed the [Sands of Time], he only killed two minions, but he still fired two arrows in succession.
It was this unhesitating momentum that scared Mafa's people and made Merdis, the "King of Thieves", take action.
Little does this legendary bounty hunter know that if he continues to tangle with the Barretts, the Princess Stika he protects will die on the spot.
This guy is also very strong. Even though the Barretts and the other three were dragging him to prevent him from getting close to the ship, he blocked the combined attack of the three of them with one blow. As soon as the Warlock Seal was condensed, eight lights suddenly lit up under his feet. Star Formation Method: "The Mystery of Flame·One Finger of Holy Fire!"
A long sword emitting hot white light suddenly condensed in his hand, and he pointed towards Su Lun.
Su Lun saw the lightsaber pointed at him, and his scalp immediately went numb.
The murderous aura of a seventh-level professional can be clearly felt even from several sea miles away.
At the same time, he also understood that this guy was willing to accept Mafa's employment, and most likely he was going for the space ruins.
[A-044-Chimera] is gifted with super high affinity to the laws of fire, space, and darkness.
That guy probably needs space materials too.
Su Lun would almost certainly die if he resisted the seventh-level technique.
But there was no flinching in his expression, much like a "dead soldier" from the Luying Military Intelligence Agency. The long bow in his hand was fully drawn and he shot out another arrow.
The light arrow once again took away the life of a guard beside Princess Stika.
At the same time, the seventh-level law-condensing flame technique also appeared in front of Su Lun, and it was inevitable to avoid it.
But at this moment, a tall alchemy demon teleported in front of him. The lightsaber pierced the demon's abdomen, revealing a silver metallic sheen. Perhaps the high-level law's technique burned the "wound", and it didn't heal quickly.
The gargoyles at this stage are still far from being able to stop seventh-level professionals.
Su Lun's expression remained calm. He drew his longbow for the fourth time and shot another arrow.
This time, another guard beside Stika was killed.
There are only two "shields" around her.
Almost at the same time as Su Lun fired the arrow, another seventh-level magic "Shadow Demonic Arrow" came towards him.
While the gargoyle is not recovering, its defense will be greatly reduced.
This time, it may not be possible to block it.
At this extremely critical moment, a pretty figure appeared and stood in front of Su Lun.
She had no intention of evading and blasted away the shadow arrow with one punch.
Su Lun looked relieved and said, "She finally took action."
Looking again, the person who took action was naturally the masked Pandora.
Her alchemy body is indestructible under certain laws and even a seventh-level professional cannot harm her body. At least this long-distance technique is still a little short of the mark.
I saw a mysterious strong man with strange methods appearing again.
Princess Marfa finally changed her color.
What she didn't understand was that this must be a "political assassination".
This is a very professional assassination tactic.
Several people held Merdis down, and the archery master with the [Cronos' Cursed Bow of Time] started killing people.
Now there is another person who can master the seventh-level magic technique, and the safety of the archers is also guaranteed.
Princess Stika felt that her situation had reached a point of life and death.
At the same time, Su Lun's fifth arrow had been pulled away and aimed again.
She was so scared that she couldn't care about anything else, and quickly said through the communicator: "Mr. Meldis, don't worry about those assassins, take me away quickly! There is something wrong with the sacrifice, and the 'Sea Ruins' is about to appear!"< br>
It's not worth it to compete with a bunch of assassins.
Even if she could kill them all, it wasn't worth the risk for her body of ten thousand gold.
In the distance, Merdis frowned when he heard the order.
He very much suspected that the mysterious woman who could take his attack was not of high rank, but had a weird body.
Maybe if you try it again, you will know the result.
But the fact is that the situation no longer allows him to delay.
If he is not sure that he can kill the man who pulls the bow in a short time, Princess Stika will be in danger.
What's more, "Hai Ruins" cannot be underestimated.
Merdis' eyes flashed with reluctance, but he decisively left the battlefield, turned around and ran in the direction of several sunken ships.
Then under the shocked eyes of everyone in the Dawn Group, he led Princess Stika to tear up a special scroll. The figure flashed a few times and disappeared on the sea.
Su Lun was not surprised when he saw this.
He took a long breath and said to himself: "Finally I'm leaving."
If they really wanted to win, their Dawn Regiment should have used all their strength to surround and kill the "Thief King" Merdis.
The probability of losing both sides is very high.
But Su Lun didn't want to see that ending.
Therefore, he has always shown a very decisive attitude towards killing the Frost Moon Princess.
The reason is to bet on this situation.
That princess cherished her life even more.
Will definitely retreat first.
Pandora is willing to help. In fact, Su Lun also has great hope of killing the Frost Moon Princess at the last moment.
But he didn't.
Can't kill either.
Because Su Lun knew very well that they could not deal with the "Thief King" Merdis for the time being.
Even if it could, the Dawn Regiment would suffer heavy losses.
On the contrary, keeping this princess would make that guy afraid.
Just like now.
A fierce battle ended suddenly, and no one in the Dawn Group seemed to understand what happened.
Seeing that the enemy really disappeared on the sea, Senjo returned to the ship and wondered: "Why did that guy escape?"
Su Lun sighed slightly and said: "That Princess Stika must have thought that we were here specifically to 'assassinate' her. We were not sure if we had any backup plan and didn't dare to risk our lives, so we ran away."
Senjo was very surprised, "Is Princess Mafa on that boat?"
"Yeah."
As he said this, Su Lun's expression was also complicated.
I never thought that there would be so many coincidences. During a robbery, I not only met a Princess Marfa, but also a legendary hunter.
My luck seems to be bad
However, now that the matter is over, there is nothing more to say.
Su Lun looked at the bottom of the sea. The mechanical octopus was still fighting with the North Sea monster. This big guy's fighting power is really fierce. I have lost several mechanical octopus, but it is still very energetic.
He said: "Doctor, help me anesthetize that big guy under the water."
Dr. Banks said: "Okay!"
Everyone else in the Dawn Regiment also began to clean up the battlefield.
The people ran away, but the precious sacrifices and the treasures on the "Pulsatilla" did not escape. (End of chapter)