He shuddered!
Alec instantly recovered from his recollection of the past. With his many years of experience as a pirate captain, he judged that at least 20 cannons were fired at the same time to cause such a commotion.
In this era, the two sides of the ship were equipped with cannons, which determined that it was impossible to fully utilize its firepower in a naval battle. A conservative estimate of the number of cannons on this ship was at least 40!
"Is that battleship catching up again?!"
As a captain, Alec struggled to sit up. However, he instantly realized that he was no longer the captain of the "Devil Monkey".
Even if he was still the captain, his "Devil Monkey" had been blocked by a battleship in the shallow waters near the island. There was no suspense as to what would happen to him.
Puff — —
He heavily laid back on the beach and weakly exhaled a long breath. After removing the responsibility of a captain, Alec felt that this was the most relaxing moment of his pirate career.
Listening to the distant rumbling of cannons, he closed his eyes. For the first time, he felt that even the sound of cannons was not that harsh.
Perhaps the act of struggling to get up consumed too much of his energy, Alec actually started snoring and fell asleep.
"My precious pirate ship is about to be sunk by the navy? Heh, who cares, it has nothing to do with me anymore. Huzz "
Boom — —
The heavy cannons easily penetrated the "fragile" deck of the pirate ship.
"Not good! Two places below the waterline were hit, the ship's cabin is flooded! "
"Quick, quick, let the ship move! We can't stop here! "
“.....”
A kilometer away, Storm Horn, which happened to pass by without concealing itself at all, wasn't discovered by the pirates who were having a crew meeting in full swing.
Because the lookout who was supposed to be on duty did not want to give up his precious "democratic voting rights" and did not stay at his post at all!
When they realized that they were about to escape after the first round of cannons, they were already blocked by the battleship in the shallow waters near the island.
Therefore, the newly "democratically elected" captain did not even have the time to exercise his rights and was very unlucky to hit Elvin's cannon muzzle and was brutally ravaged by the battleship's cannons!
However, at this moment, not to mention that it was on Ilya's bounty list, even if it wasn't, it probably wouldn't be able to escape from Elvin's clutches!
"Heh, Devil Monkey only has a bounty of five hundred, and it doesn't even have an official superhuman? No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat.
Don't take prisoners! They don't want the spoils! Once you're within a hundred meters, switch to 'Scorching Bullets' and fire the rest of the shells! "
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
The officers looked straight ahead. At this moment, the expressionless captain was too scary. Wasn't it just a pirate ship and possible spoils of war?
In comparison, the captain's mood was more important …
There was no suspense in the outcome. Under the powerful firepower of the battleship, the "Devil Monkey", which did not even have the ability to fight back and was almost like a live target, disintegrated in the raging fire in less than twenty minutes.
The pirates who were lucky enough to escape by jumping off the ship were shot dead by the naval soldiers who surrounded them in longboats.
In the end, the pirates were completely wiped out.
The "Storm Horn", which finally vented a little of its depression, put away the hot muzzle, turned around, and broke through the waves and left.
Only the burning wreckage and the buried ambition of the new pirate captain were left on the surface of the sea. Of course, there was also the former captain who was barely surviving …
After the battleship left, more than half a day had passed.
In the evening, the waves hit the snow-white beach, and the tide surged to the shore, waking up Alek who was lying on the beach.
"Cough cough cough … Cough cough cough …"
Alek, who had not drunk or eaten anything for almost a day, was so weak that he could not move at all. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the setting sun on the horizon in the distance. He was half "submerged" in the water as if he had ignited the sea.
"It's so beautiful!"
Even if there was still a glimmer of hope for his body to recover, as an old pirate, Alek would try his best to save himself.
However, in order to avoid the navy, he had been delayed at sea for too long, and his injuries had reached an irreversible level. Even if he was not exiled, he would not last more than a few days.
"Squeak … Squeak …"
The muddle-headed monkey Little Jack did not know that his master's remaining life had begun the countdown. He was still playing happily with a small crab, but he did not dare to go far and stayed by his master's side.
Bang-
There was suddenly a loud splash on the surface of the sea.
Little Jack looked at the thing that appeared on the surface of the sea, and instantly bared his teeth and screamed in horror, "Ow ow ow ow! Ow ow ow ow! … "
Alek was still lying on the beach without any reaction. What did the outside world have to do with him, a person who was about to die? It was just a pity for Little Jack. He hoped that there would be another monkey to accompany him on this deserted island.
Until the sound of the splashing water gradually approached, and a huge creature had already landed on the beach with its tail. Alek struggled to tilt his head slightly, and just happened to look at a pair of dim pupils with a black pentagram.
"Cough cough … God of the Black Wings above! This way of dying is a bit too exciting! "
A shark's bloody mouth was already biting towards him.
.....
Clang … Clang … Clang …
On a small beach in the military port of Gabred, the dense sound of swords clashing could be heard.
"Don't just blindly pursue speed. A precise strike is more useful than three crude strikes."
Elvin held a training iron sword without a blade in his hand, and easily parried Gary's fierce and violent attacks.
In this world, Transcendent swordsmanship was the mainstream. Even Elvin, who had copied half of the "Shadow Library", could not find a combat technique that could allow an axe warrior to break through the Transcendent level.
Therefore, Gary's current major was still the "Faletis Army Knife Technique (Advanced Version)", which could allow him to continuously improve on the path of a Transcendent Knight. However, he now had two additional battle axes, one long and one short, among his weapons, which allowed him to exert his strength to the maximum after he went "berserk"!
Now that Gary had completed the Transcendent transformation, and had gone through several months of continuous battles on the sea, his body's data had undergone a drastic change compared to the once fledgling "Boar Warrior".
Name: Gary Farman
Gender: Male
Military Rank: Captain Boatswain (Belongs to the battleship "Storm Horn" of the Third Fleet of the Kingdom of Faletis)
Identity: Official Knight
Attribute: Constitution 1.78
Strength 1.76
Agility 1.69
Skill: Advanced Faletis Army Knife Technique (Beginner), Nautical Knowledge (Beginner)
It was worth mentioning that on the second day after returning to the port, with the help of Milan, Gary successfully passed the promotion exam and was promoted to Captain and Official Boatswain! The others were rewarded according to their military merits.
Now that Gary's body had shed all kinds of imperfections that appeared during his postnatal development and the old and new injuries left on his body, his already outstanding height had increased by another notch. He did not look clumsy, instead, he looked even more powerful. Even his originally ordinary face looked a little masculine and heroic at this time.
Let's not talk about other things first.
The "Transcendent Transformation" alone, which seemed to be an all-round "beautification" effect, was enough for many people to scramble for. Of course, the premise was that they could pay the price of failure … death or losing control!
Since Gary already had the essence of a Transcendent, what Elvin needed to do now was to make up for his shortcomings in swordsmanship due to his short training time as soon as possible.
After all, his flagship had been changed to the battleship "Storm Horn". According to the usual practice, a battleship would be equipped with two Transcendent. At this time, Gary had to be able to be independent as soon as possible.
However, even under the precise control of his "Data Analyzing Vision", it took him nearly two years to complete the qualitative change from "Beginner" to "Adept" in swordsmanship.
Elvin did not expect Gary to complete the qualitative change in a short time and reach the level where he could use the profound meaning of swordsmanship. But at the very least, Gary had to be able to fully exert his strength and live up to the powerful combat skill "Berserk".
After that, the two of them resumed their sparring.
Today was already the third day since the 'Storm Horn' had returned. At that time, after repairing the ship, changing the sails, and replenishing the ammunition stock at the nearby naval base on Deegard Island, there was not much time left for the 'Storm Horn'. Elvin immediately gave the order to return, returning to Gabred as quickly as possible.
Two days later was the deadline for the pirate hunting operation. So far, all the battleships that participated in the pirate hunting operation had returned, except for … those that could not return.
There were always all kinds of risks at sea. Even a powerful battleship could not be 100% sure that it could return with complete victory.
In addition to the technical limitations, it was this harsh natural environment and the existence of all kinds of Transcendent creatures that greatly delayed the pace of human exploration.
It had been nearly two hundred years since the start of the great voyage, but the world map that humans had explored was still very limited. They could not even complete the voyage around the world like in Elvin's previous life. They did not even have a basic understanding of the overall appearance of the world.
Perhaps when the era developed, just like in Elvin's previous life, when the steam-powered ironclads were launched on a large scale, humans would not dare to claim that they had conquered the sea.
Especially for missions like hunting pirates, which were not only natural disasters but also man-made disasters, they actively pursued danger and death. This time, only eight of the ten battleships of the Third Fleet that set out successfully returned, and three of them even came back empty-handed.
And even the battleship that was the strongest and most confident before setting out only ranked 23rd in the overall list of the six nations. It was really a bit dejected. After returning to the port, without waiting for the final result, they directly received a new mission and ran out of the New World route to do escort missions.
Even if Elvin's team was currently at the top of the list with 15300 Gold Lions, in fact, they had only hunted down six pirate ships that were on the wanted list. This was the result of the seabird's reconnaissance network with a radius of more than 50 kilometers, divination, and various coincidences.
It was not unusual to go out to sea for three months without any results.
Therefore, even if there were still two days before the deadline, in fact, in the hearts of most people, the ownership of the "Navy's Rising Star" had been completely determined.
A certain youngest captain in the history of the Navy had been crowned the laurel, becoming the biggest winner, and even a new flag of the Royal Navy for the next few years or even decades!
However.
Some people did not think so, at least not completely …
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