At this time, the weather on the sea was getting gloomier.
The wind was not too strong, but the waves were not small at all. If one's field of vision was high enough, they would see that this situation was not limited to the coast of Tylon Kingdom, but also spread across half of the Black Sea.
Countless fish jumped out of the water and fell back into the water. It was as if there was something in the sea that they were afraid of. They kept jumping up and falling back into the water in vain. Some aquatic creatures even jumped onto the shore. They were unwilling to return to the sea even if they would die from dehydration.
On a ship sailing in the sea, no matter how dense one's mind was, one would be able to sense that something bad was about to happen.
"How is it, Annie? What did the creatures in the sea say? "
Seeing Anita open her eyes while using the "Language Recognition Mask," Jasmine asked with concern.
She had already learned about the ability of this secret treasure of the sea from Anita. She had even tried it out herself.
It could convert the roars, infrasonic waves, ultrasonic waves, body movements, pheromones, and other forms of communication within a two-kilometer radius into human language that it could understand.
This included all kinds of marine mammals, birds, fish, shrimp, jellyfish, and even plankton.
With it, one could say that they had eyes and ears all over the sea. They could easily obtain precious information that others could not.
"A few hours ago, they experienced a terrifying tsunami. There was also a battleship and countless monsters that attacked the human city together with the tsunami."
Anita took off the golden mask and told Jasmine what she heard with a frown. It was obvious that they had not come at the right time. Huggins' operation had already begun. Moreover, it was done in such a way that seemed like something out of a fairy tale.
"However, this kind of disaster is nothing to most of the tiny creatures living at the bottom of the sea. But a deeper fear is spreading.
With the estuary of Leiden River as the center, countless aquatic creatures are frantically trying to escape from the sea. It is not a natural enemy or a natural disaster. It is a fear that is rooted deep in their blood.
Every wave in the Black Sea around him seemed to contain endless danger.
What did Huggins do this time? "
Anita felt that the things that had happened here had far exceeded her initial expectations. It had even exceeded the scope of her control as a rank 3 Knight.
The two of them who were talking did not notice that not far away from their Gold Horn Deer, an enormous white whale was swimming close from the direction of the Adriad Sea. It was swimming quickly against the fleeing fish to the estuary of Leiden River.
Even though they might face unknown dangers, the Golden Horn Deer continued to speed up.
On the other side.
No matter what bad things would happen in this area, it didn't matter to Elvin and the crew of 'Storm Horn'.
This was because something very bad had already happened to them. If they couldn't get past this, they wouldn't have to worry about the future at all.
"Bertram! You're a bastard … bastard … bastard! "
With the lung capacity of a senior Knight, Elvin's roar echoed on the surface of the sea.
"Hahaha, thanks for the compliment! Same to you! "
On the Royalguard, which was not far away from 'Storm Horn', Solomon did not back down and responded to Elvin's compliment. Behind him were two large sea monsters baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, roaring furiously as they chased after him!
Creak –!
Crack –!
The crew of the two ships were intimidated by their captains' abuse of power. At this time, they were like quails and didn't even dare to raise their heads. No officer would be so stupid as to record the 'cordial greetings' of the two captains in their own logbook.
But scolding was just scolding.
Elvin also knew that Solomon made the best choice for the battle. Using the advantage of speed to mobilize the enemy, he dragged 'Storm Horn' into the water and concentrated all the available forces on his side to deal with the powerful enemy.
Alright, this time, he would treat it as calling it even with the previous time when he had screwed him over.
As for the half-destroyed redoubt and the 'old, weak, sick, and disabled' in it, they had obviously been ignored by the two captains intentionally or unintentionally.
"Everyone, get ready for battle! Open the muzzles, activate 'Siren's Song', and wait for them to come closer. "
'Storm Horn' had a total of two artillery decks. There were a total of eighteen 24-pounder cannons, twenty 12-pounder cannons, ten 9-pounder cannons, and two 6-pounder cannons on the stern.
There were a total of 281 crew members, three transcendents (one berserker, one senior Knight and peak-level apprentice, one prophet), and two sea treasures.
Even among all the fourth-level ships in the Tulip Alliance, such a lineup was second to none.
And today, "Storm Horn", which had officially joined the Navy, finally welcomed its first real naval battle since it entered the service.
Elvin did not give the usual order of the Faletis navy to gain the upper hand in naval battles.
Because the sea monsters were different from warships. They were far more agile in the sea than their own warships. In a real battle, they did not care whether you had the upper hand or not. It was meaningless.
Flutter —
A 'needle-tailed swallow' darted down from the sky and flew at 'Royal Guardian' like a black arrow.
Since they were about to face a fierce battle, any internal disputes could be left for later. Elvin immediately sent his own messenger to Solomon.
Since there was an instant communication tool, why would they use flag signals, which had a high error rate?
"Bertram, you'll be the main attacker, and I'll support you. Show me what you've got! By the way, how many alchemy bombs did you bring? Leave them all to me. "
After seeing the water elemental seal, Sepes, under the 'Royalguard', Elvin knew that this guy's trump card was far more powerful than he thought. He did not hesitate to assign him the role of the main attacker.
"No problem! How do we fight, one on one or two on two? "
Bertram also knew that he was in the wrong, so he agreed without much hesitation. The main attacker's role was to use all his strength to kill the enemy, and the support only needed to share the firepower to restrain the enemy. The difficulty was obvious at a glance.
Although he claimed to be afraid of trouble, this noble's pride was still in his bones.
"You take them in a circle, and let me do a wave of airstrikes first!"
While communicating with Bertram, Elvin sent out the bomber formation that had already flown back and was on standby.
In order to facilitate the command, the owl Beth had already arrived on the deck early. It folded its wings and stood beside Elvin. It called twice at Elvin's shadow as if it was demonstrating its power.
Cuckoo … cuckoo …
Kaka …
At this time, Elvin had a total of 19 large seabirds under his command. Previously, he had 9 in his own ship's reserve, but the reserve on the 'Royalguard' exceeded the normal base number. There were 10 boxes of 40 bombs.
Previously, in order to quickly support the rear admiral, he did not let the seabirds carry multiple alchemy bombs. This time, there was no concern. Each seabird carried two alchemy bombs, which was far from their load limit.
Soon.
The bomber formation took off with 38 alchemy bombs and flew towards the two sea monsters behind the 'Royalguard'.
As the only battleship of the Tyro Kingdom this time, the 'Royalguard' was of course equipped with a 'Song of the Siren'.
Thanks to this, although the two sea monsters were in hot pursuit, they had to surface during the long chase. This also made their speed far slower than normal.
On the contrary, the large seal-like water elemental creature that powered the battleship, Sepes, was not affected by the infrasound because it was immune to physical attacks.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
After the bomber formation arrived at the designated location, it immediately launched an intensive airstrike.
Rumble —!
A large number of alchemy bombs exploded at the same time, setting off a powerful shock wave and even creating a wave of sizable surges.
The water wall spread out in circles, and even the two battleships that were still some distance away from the explosion site experienced violent turbulence.
However, the result of this battle was far inferior to the previous bombing of the 'Water Cannon Humpback Whale'.
Although these fast-growing sea monsters had low intelligence, it did not mean that they were blind. They saw the scene of the 'Mantis Shrimp' and the 'Whale' being attacked one after another. Of course, it was impossible for them to turn a blind eye to the 'bombers' that flew above their heads.
Seeing that the situation was not good, they had endured the continuous damage of the infrasound and dove into the water at the first moment.
When the two sea monsters could not withstand the infrasound attack from the bottom of the sea and resurfaced, the 'Iron-armored Seahorse' was almost unharmed thanks to the hard bone carapace of the bony fish. As for the 'Ghost Shrimp' whose defense was weaker, it only had its carapace damaged and was far from losing its combat ability.
However, this bombing had clearly angered them completely.
Creak!
Rumble —!
The 'Iron-armored Seahorse' contracted its pharyngeal muscles and let out a dull and short cry. The 'Ghost Shrimp's' right pincer, which was almost the same length as its body, opened and closed rapidly with a thunderous rumble.
Then, the two large sea monsters with an average body length of 70 meters quickly rushed towards the two battleships that had completed the rendezvous.
Among them.
The 'Iron-armored Seahorse' had the upper body of a seahorse covered in black plate armor. Its lower body was made up of countless wriggling thick tentacles. It rode the violent sea currents like a heavily armored Knight that was rampaging on the sea.
The characteristics of this creature determined that it was one of the enemies that human battleships did not want to encounter the most.
The large "Ghost Shrimp", on the other hand, was a stealthy deep-sea killer. Its entire body was as transparent as crystal. Even its internal organs were transparent before it ate.
As long as this creature hid in the sea, ordinary lookouts would not be able to find it at all.
Moreover, it had a pair of asymmetrical pincers. Its right pincer was so thick that it was almost the same length as its body, while its left pincer was short and small as if it was deformed.
"It seems that none of them are easy to deal with."
Even though there was no record of these sea monsters in the official 'Sea Monster Illustrated Handbook', according to the general rule, those that looked strange must have unique abilities.
Elvin and Solomon looked at each other across the sea and instantly decided on the next step of the strategy.
The 'Iron-armored Seahorse' had no other choice but to fight head-on with real swords and spears. They would leave the hard bone for last. First, they would focus their firepower on the assassin-type enemy, the 'Ghost Shrimp'!
The two battleships had already lined up in a line according to the wartime manual. This was the most simplified 'battle line'. No matter how many battleships there were, this formation was the most advantageous for the battleships to display their firepower.
"Sepes! You go and entangle that 'Iron-armored Seahorse'! "
Solomon, as the main attacker, had already made the first move.
Guru guru …
The 20-meter long water elemental seal let out a sound like boiling water. It quickly left the bottom of the 'Royal Guardian' and turned into an undercurrent in the sea. It shot towards the 'Iron-armored Seahorse' that was like a berserk Knight.
The atmosphere was tense.
The final battle between humans and sea monsters on the sea was about to begin!
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