"Sir, we found a Giant Sea Snake." The captain, who had been quietly waiting by the magic compass, suddenly spoke, interrupting Rex and Juno's conversation.
"Sprinkle the 14th magic potion, drive it away, don't attack." Juno calmly replied. The Giant Sea Snake was a level lower than the Finless Whale, but it was very aggressive. Unless the mission was completed, they shouldn't deal with it. There was a record of a hunting ship being overturned by a Giant Sea Snake. That time, four mages and a dozen swordsmen died.
This time, the mages participating in the hunt were of a higher rank, so they could have attacked. However, Juno's mind wasn't on the hunt, he only ordered to drive away the Giant Sea Snake.
Encountering magic beasts at sea was different from encountering on land. If the magic beasts in the sea weren't hungry, they wouldn't attack. If they met by chance, as long as they had a targeted method, they could safely avoid them. For example, the Giant Sea Snake hated sweet taste. As long as a large amount of magic potion was poured into the water, the Giant Sea Snake would avoid it.
Similarly, according to the habits of different magic beasts, the magic potion could also be used to lure prey.
"Sir, it's a Four-eyed Sea Snake!" The captain's voice was a bit anxious. Juno raised his head and asked, "Really?"
"What is a Four-eyed Sea Snake?" Salin saw that Juno had lost his calm, so he interrupted and asked.
"Have the Left Wing send the flying puppets to determine the target's status." Juno was a bit excited and answered Salin's question, "The Four-eyed Sea Snake is a rank 8 magic beast. Those that live in shallow waters are all immature. This thing is a hundred times more valuable than the Finless Whale. "
"Sir, what about us?" Seeing that Juno was moved, the captain also became excited. The value of this Four-eyed Sea Snake was enough to make him give up on adventuring for a living.
"Call the other ships and have them approach the Left Wing."
"Yes." The captain immediately opened the magic array on the magic compass and contacted the other two ships. The ship that Salin was on also began to turn and accelerate.
"Woo woo …"
Juno frowned and said, "We've encountered some trouble. Follow me to the surface, I'll leave this place to the captain."
Salin didn't know what kind of trouble it was, but from Juno's tone, it might be dangerous. The group followed Juno to the 3rd floor. Juno's room was almost as big as the cabin with the Magic Compass. The front of the room had a huge crystal porthole, and behind it was a magic array. Two 6th Rank High Mages were staring at the magic array, and when they saw Juno return, they said, "Sir, it's a humanoid Siren."
Juno turned around and said to the swordsmen who followed Salin and the others: "Go to the deck, be careful of the Sea Demons boarding the ship. You'll get 20% of all the dead sea demons. "
"Yes!" The six swordsmen held their swords and left.
Salin did not ask what a humanoid siren was. He walked to the porthole and saw the abnormality on the surface of the sea.
Suddenly, a wave that was four to five meters high appeared on the originally calm sea. Within the wave, a green humanoid creature stepped on the wave and pounced towards the hunting boat. These magical beasts really did look a bit like humans. They were about three meters tall, with slender forelimbs and sharp claws. Their upper bodies were covered in blue scales.
Juno glanced at Neris and Silva, who stayed by Salin's side, and did not say anything. The conflict between Salin and Sandro was because of the warriors beside them. Juno had seen this many times. If not for Rex's special status, he would not have gone down to mediate.
More and more humanoid Sea Demons appeared, and there seemed to be less than 400 of them. They surrounded the hunting boat that Salin was on. The faces of the Sea Demons looked like humans, or more like golden-eyed baboons, and they had long mouths. After surrounding the hunting boat, the humanoid Sea Demons let out sharp cries and pounced towards the side of the ship.
Salin took a deep breath. The lower body of the humanoid Sea Demons was not a fish tail, but a hind limb like that of an animal. Their sharp claws hooked onto the side of the ship, and they quickly climbed up to the deck. In just one or two steps, they flipped onto the deck.
The mage's cabin was in front of the ship, facing the sea on one side, and the door to the deck on the other side. When the Sea Demons climbed onto the deck, the swordsmen in the mage's cabin immediately rushed out and protected the entrance.
The door on the first floor of the cabin opened wide, and dozens of battle puppets rushed out, as well as the sailors on the ship.
At the stern of the ship, rows of portholes opened, revealing the firing ports. Small alchemy crossbows were set up, and they started shooting at the Sea Demons that were pouncing at the back.
The mage's cabin in front faced the sea, and dozens of fireballs flew out, attacking the Sea Demons on the sea. The Sea Demons on the deck jumped on all fours, pouncing towards the sailors and swordsmen.
There was no rhythm to the battle, and it instantly became intense and bloody. The Sea Demons raised their nostrils and sniffed the scent of their prey. They ignored the battle puppets and focused on attacking the swordsmen and sailors. When they waved their long claws, they were the deadliest weapons. The swordsmen's leather armor was cut open with a single touch.
The weapons used by the swordsmen on the ship were broad-headed straight swords. These weapons were quite lethal when swung, but they were not good for stabbing. The sailors used harpoons with barbs at the tip of the spear. Under the cover of the battle puppets, three to five sailors simultaneously stabbed the body of a Sea Demon with their spears. They didn't pull the spears out, and after letting go, they returned to the cabin to retrieve their weapons.
One of the swordsmen lost his balance and stepped on the intestines of a Sea Demon, causing him to fall to the deck. Immediately, two Sea Demons pounced on him, and one of them grabbed the swordsman's leg, while the other opened its bloody mouth and directly bit the swordsman's neck.
Seeing the casualties, the two 6th rank mages couldn't sit still, and said to Juno: "Sir, let's go down."
"Don't worry, these Sea Demons are strange, it might be a trap."
"Sir, the pirates don't have this ability, and they don't dare to enter this sea."
"You guys wait outside, if half of the Sea Demons are dead and they still don't retreat, then you guys can make your move. There are dozens of mages below, there won't be any problems for the time being. "Juno calmly looked at the battle on the deck. There weren't any islands nearby, so how could there be so many Sea Demons? He wouldn't believe that these things were raised by pirates even if he was beaten to death.
The pirates within a thousand miles had long been eliminated, and even the Cloud Current Fleet wouldn't come here.
The magic formation on the front deck lit up, and the lower limbs of the Battle Puppets were firmly fixed on the deck, forming a circle and waving the giant axes in their hands. The swordsmen started to hide behind the Battle Puppets, and the sailors in the cabin also changed to steel crossbows, no longer fighting the Sea Demons.
The Battle Puppets of Alchemy City were obviously not as good as the ones made by Rex. These Battle Puppets were huge and clumsy, and could easily be destroyed by all kinds of weapons on the battlefield, but they were the best against Magical Beasts.
The swordsmen stabilized their formation and held back the Sea Demons on the deck. The door of the mage cabin was tightly sealed, and there was an opening the size of a bowl on the door that kept shooting out spells.
There were 15 foreign mages on this ship, three of whom accompanied Juno to watch the battle, and there were 12 more on the deck. Among these 12 mages, there were four third-level mages, and the rest were fourth-level mages.
Although only Andrew and Gao Gen had participated in the hunt, these mages quickly found suitable spells to deal with the Sea Demons.
Ice Arrow — Level Two Water Spell, with penetrative power exceeding that of Ice Cone, can freeze for a long time, and has a slow effect.
The scales on the Sea Demons were not afraid of fire, and although Fireball consumed little Mental Energy, it could only cause a small wound after hitting the Sea Demon. Ice Arrow was different, though. Even a small wound on the Sea Demon's body could reduce the Sea Demon's speed by half. When the Sea Demons were slowed down, even the Battle Puppets could deal with them easily.
Pfft …
A Sea Demon that was injured by the Ice Arrow was hit by the Battle Puppet's giant axe. The axe, which weighed more than 100 kilograms, split open the Sea Demon's head, and brown brain matter splattered everywhere. A few Sea Demons tried to attack the mage cabin, but the door was made of steel, and the Sea Demons' claws left deep marks on it. They could not break through the door, but the mages cast Ice Cone at close range and killed a few of them.
Salin calculated carefully. These Sea Demons' combat abilities were uneven. The stronger ones could already take on two human swordsmen at once, and the ordinary ones could not even compare to the sailors with harpoons. The sailors were obviously very familiar with the Sea Demons, and they did not dare to provoke the stronger ones. There were three to five sailors together, some holding rattan tags, and some holding harpoons, but there were not many casualties.
These Sea Demons looked like humans, but they were not very intelligent. Salin estimated that he could kill all the Sea Demons on the deck with one Level Two Ice Cone. However, his attack would probably destroy the deck as well. By the same logic, Juno's Level Seven spell could kill a whole group of Sea Demons, but it could not guarantee that it would not destroy the ship.
Normal fishing boats would have been doomed if they encountered such Sea Demons. There were too many Sorcerers and Warriors on the Alchemy City's hunting boat, and there was not much space on the deck. A circle of Battle Puppets protected the Swordsmen, so the Sea Demons had no space to move.
More than a dozen small boats suddenly appeared on the sea in the distance. They were the ironclad ships that were following them, and they were sent to help. The cabins of these small boats were closed, and there were only four sailors inside. On the deck of the small boats, there was a puppet that was fixed, operating the Alchemy Crossbow and shooting at the Sea Demons on the sea.
These small boats were less than ten meters long. If they did not follow the big ship, they would not be able to survive on the sea. Now, they were very useful. Under the control of the puppet, the Alchemy Crossbow shot six huge arrows in a row, easily piercing through the bodies of the Sea Demons. Patches of purplish-red appeared in the sea.
The Sea Demons discovered these fatal small boats and tried to surround them to attack. The small boats were extremely fast, but they only stayed at the periphery and did not get close. The Sea Demons chased after them, and the small boats avoided them. In a minute, these small boats killed hundreds of Sea Demons.
He didn't know if it was because the small boats had run out of arrows, or because the magic cores were almost exhausted, but after a short attack, the small boats left Salin's hunting boat and headed back. The magic circles on these small boats were completely embedded, and they could only be replaced on the big ship. Magic circles used on the sea were more complicated, and the elements were not as stable as on land. Once the magic cores were used up, they would have to be reinstalled on the big ship.
When the second batch of small boats arrived, the Sea Demons had already dispersed. The remaining Sea Demons on the ship were all killed by the Sorcerers' attacks. Salin heaved a sigh of relief. Sea Demons were Sea Demons, after all. If they could not defeat them, they would run. He had been calculating the magic strings of the 12 Sorcerers on the deck in front of him. If the Sea Demons did not leave, these Sorcerers would soon lose their ability to fight, and they would need at least three hours to recover.
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