Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already the end of September.
In the northern region of the new continent, there was already a slight chill in the mornings and evenings.
The Golden Sea, which was located in the tropics, was still hot. Of course, it wasn't just the weather that was hot, but also the pirates' desire for wealth.
The blue smoke on the surface of the sea gradually dispersed, and a battle was nearing its end.
"Uha —!"
Currently, the only "Man in Skin" under Elvin, Baldwin, was in his half-human, half-shark combat form.
He was two meters tall, and his upper body was covered with bluish-black muscles that were as hard as granite. His back was slightly bent, and the shark's dorsal fin and a long spike protruded high.
His face, which was covered in fine shield scales, was elongated and sharpened like a mask. When he opened his mouth, the corners of his mouth were already behind his ears, and his white, sharp teeth were no different from a real shark's.
Although he was covered in blood, not a single drop of blood belonged to him!
He waved the Excellent-grade sword in his hand and attacked continuously. Although he hadn't practiced military swordsmanship for a few years and hadn't reached the Proficient level, with his strength that was close to that of a senior Knight, he smashed his opponent like an anvil.
"Clang! Clang! Clang! "
The red-haired Shilius was an official Knight. At this moment, the web between his thumb and index finger was torn and bloody, and his body was about to fall apart. Other than parrying mechanically, he didn't have any strength to resist, and his eyes were filled with despair.
This guy who looked like a monster also had the strength of a monster.
It wasn't that he didn't think of abandoning the merchant ship and jumping into the sea to escape, but would this humanoid shark-like monster with fins let him escape?
But at this moment, the sword hilt was gradually becoming slippery due to the blood flowing out from the web between his thumb and index finger. In addition, his muscles and bones were numb. After receiving another strike from his opponent, the longsword flew out of his hand.
Baldwin's shark face laughed sinisterly as he slashed down with his sword!
"No —"
"Crack!"
He didn't even use any spells, and a Transcendent of the same level had already been cut down by his sword. Even if it was extremely difficult for his strength to increase in the future, it didn't stop him from being powerful now.
After that, his pirates easily annihilated the merchant ship that dared to put up a resistance because it had an Extraordinaire on board.
Although they adhered to the concept of "heroic thieves" and "righteous thieves," the targets of benevolence didn't include such resistance.
"Let's go and pack up our spoils of war. We're going back!"
Baldwin crushed a crystal talisman made by Milan in advance and cleaned up the spiritual traces of his side in this area. During this period of time when their commander was not around, they became even more cautious.
However …
After the "Gladiator" returned with the spoils of war, Zhang Hanyang left.
At the edge of the battlefield.
A long and narrow two-masted exploration ship slowly emerged from the air as if it had removed a layer of invisibility. A young man in a sorcerer's robe stood at the bow of the ship. Spiritual light flickered in his eyes as he revealed a relieved smile.
"After waiting for almost two months, I've finally caught you, Dragon Cavalry Pirates!"
The White Knight had done quite a few major things in a row this year. The direct loss to Shilius was only secondary; the ripples that followed were the most far-reaching.
Wave after wave of privateers swarmed toward Shilius like mosquitoes that had seen blood. No matter how big the target was or how much health he had, he was gradually unable to withstand the onslaught.
To use a phrase that only the officials could use to describe it, "The impact is extremely bad!"
Whether it was the White Knight or the Dragon Cavalry Pirates under his command, they had all become a thorn in Shilius's side.
Especially now that the war in the Southern Continent had begun, the privateers supported by the officials in the New World were no longer concealed.
Especially since the Tulip Family had changed their original attitude of killing pirates without mercy.
As long as they did not plunder the alliance and were willing to pay taxes in the Tulip Family's territory, even true pirates did not have to worry about being suppressed by the navy. They could even be protected.
Of course, the colonial higher-ups also wanted to teach these endless privateers and their supporters a lesson, but even the militaristic Shilius's military strength was not unlimited.
It was like fire and water with most of the powerful countries without any allies. If it rashly launched a war that involved a wide range of national fate, it would be disastrous if other enemy countries attacked it.
However, since it was a flag, as long as they could catch the tail of the White Knight and the Dragon Cavalry and inflict serious damage to them, it would definitely be a great blow to the arrogance of the anti-Silius alliance in the New World!
Coincidentally, other than the priest of the Eternal Fire, they already had a new partner.
.....
The war in the Southern Continent had been in a stalemate for nearly a month.
The situation in the Tulip Family's colonies on the mainland had gradually become clear. With the world's number one army, Shilius was naturally unstoppable.
At this time, Ilia, which had the least amount of territory but had the most territory, had already fallen. Thessaly and Palos, which were weaker, had lost most of their important resource lands. The other countries had also suffered some losses, but the degree of their losses was different.
This was probably due to Shilius's "pickiness", which was why he had to be selective in his invasion.
So at this time, logistical support at sea became even more important.
Both sides surrounded the main artery at sea, constantly probing, interspersing, hunting, and counter-hunting. From the Tulip Family's point of view, if the supply line was completely blocked, they would have lost half the war before reinforcements arrived. From Shilius's point of view, as long as the supply line was defended, there was no need to worry about the Tulip Family's warships hiding.
Because they had suffered a loss at the Treasure Tree Bay, unless it was absolutely necessary, they would not rashly attack the large port of the Tulip Family again.
And as expected, the native Kingdom of Dahomey had also joined in, acting as the vanguard.
In terms of overall strength, the Alliance's navy, which had less than half of Shilius's third-level warships, could not fight them head-on. They could only rely on guerrilla warfare.
They tried their best to hold on until reinforcements arrived with minimal losses!
In the midst of this stalemate on the sea.
The Storm Horn, which had arrived late, barged into this vortex that was growing larger and larger.
Without any time to rest, Elvin transformed into a thunderbird and brought Olivia back to his flagship, which had just arrived at the Benin Bay.
Then, instead of heading south to the Treasure Tree Bay, they headed north all the way to the chokepoint of Shilius's supply line — Cape Verde.
In the Seagull's reconnaissance network, there was a small fleet consisting of a third-level warship, a fourth-level warship, and two fifth-level warships constantly patrolling the area. It was like a fishbone stuck in the Alliance's throat — not fatal, but extremely uncomfortable.
If not for the fact that Shilius was also hostile to Heimar, the current ruler of Cape Verde, in order to not expand the scope of the war, it would not be surprising if the blockade team was twice as large.
And Elvin's mission was to eliminate them!
On the bow of the Storm Horn.
"This is the new weapon you came up with?"
Looking at Elvin and Roddy fiddling with the strange weapon that looked like both a gun and a cannon, Milan felt that she had fallen behind in just a month.
"That's right. Today, I'll broaden your horizons!"
Including the three Extraordinaires, Milan, Boris, and Gary, although they had been through a long journey, the crew was still in good condition. They gathered around when they heard Roddy's words.
The total journey was less than a month, which was only half of the time they had taken to travel from the Old Continent to the New Continent. It did not affect their combat effectiveness much.
Moreover, with this weapon, they did not need their combat effectiveness for the time being.
"Maybe in the future, when there's a war, I'll just have to shout, 'Second Battalion Commander, pull up my Italian … electromagnetic cannon.' Then we'll be able to end the battle. You bunch of salted fish just have to shout 'Captain' from behind. "
Elvin glanced at the group of people who were about to lose their jobs.
After adjusting the weapon, he came to the shooting position of the electromagnetic cannon. His vision was already connected to the mental network of the seagulls.
The target was forty kilometers away, and he had to use the vision of the seagulls to guide the target. Otherwise, even with the vision of a Rank-3 Transcendent, he would only be able to see the target from forty kilometers away.
Hum!
Turning on the power source of the Sea Sapphire, the blue runes on the silver-white cannon lit up one after another. The electromagnetic cannon let out a faint buzzing sound, and a powerful electric current had already passed through the built-in coil of the barrel.
Under the expectant gazes of the group.
Elvin slowly relaxed his body, and lines of data appeared in his eyes. Among the four Shilius warships in the distance that were hard to see with the naked eye, he had locked onto the moderately sized Level Four warship with the biological fire control system.
Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The Storm Horn, which had an iron rib and a wooden shell, shook violently.
After the loud bang, a bright red line of fire split the atmosphere and disappeared from their vision in the blink of an eye, leaving only a beautiful rose-red trail on their retina.
It was a large amount of plasma smoke produced by the intense friction between the metal cannonball and the air. It was beautiful but fatal.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone who was connected to the mental network, sixteen seconds later.
Although they couldn't hear the sound, a dazzling thunderbolt flashed past.
Forty kilometers away, the Level Four warship seemed to have been hit by a siege hammer and trembled violently. A huge hole that was nearly two meters in diameter suddenly appeared in the middle of the hull.
On this line, the outer hull of the warship, the cannons on the ship, and the human bodies scattered in all directions. The gushing seawater had already surged in.
After waiting for twenty seconds, the indication runes on the electromagnetic cannon lit up.
Bang!
After the hull shook, another line of fire flew out from the four-meter-long muzzle.
Looking at the warship again, there was another penetrating wound. Although it didn't sink immediately, it had completely lost its combat ability.
Whoosh!
He whistled softly and looked at the dumbfounded officers with a faint smile.
"This is a victory of technology!"
With the technical level of the initial model.
The [Extraordinary Equipment, Electromagnetic Cannon 1.0] could fire an enchanted aluminum cone-shaped bullet every 20 seconds. Its initial speed was 2,500 meters per second, which was two to three times faster than a normal bullet. It was seven times the speed of sound and had a range of 50 kilometers.
The enchanted bullet carried a huge amount of kinetic energy and destroyed the target by hitting it.
At the same time, it could switch ammunition. The specially enchanted aluminum bullet No. 2 could disintegrate the moment it hit the target at high speed and turn into a large cloud of flammable and explosive aluminum powder. The plasma smoke was enough to ignite it and cause a violent explosion.
Even if it couldn't compare to the so-called active destructive element, it was still a hundred times stronger than the cast iron cannonballs of this era.
And because it didn't need gunpowder to propel it, Elvin installed stabilizing fins on the pure metal bullet to achieve higher accuracy.
However.
It was impossible for Version 1.0 to be able to destroy a battleship in one hit like the golden spear that weighed over a hundred kilograms.
But the advantage was that it was different from the golden spear that took minutes to charge. With the material resistance of this enchanted silver electromagnetic cannon, with a firing rate of three shots per minute, it wouldn't be a problem to fire continuously for ten minutes.
It was enough to completely wipe out this small fleet outside of sight.
For a moment, Elvin clearly experienced the exhilaration of "Commander of the Imperial Guards" dominating the lives of other warships! This was the attack power of a Quasi-Legendary!
"Let me try!"
"Let me try!"
“.....”
The next moment, the deck was in an uproar.
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