Although Luo Hao was the first to shout, it was Papalar who was faster. I saw Parker riding on another ballista and shouting: "Let me show you the strength of a professional ballista!"
He pushed the lever with his foot.
The ballista fired the giant spear with a bang, causing others to jump on it. Luo Hao was a little slower, but two giant spears, one behind the other, flew out from the Seven Seas Traveler almost at the same time.
The tip of the giant spear is equipped with luminous fluorite, which throws a long tracer trajectory in the night. The first shot deflects from the left rear of the dhow, and then the delayed detonation fuse is locked, injecting magic into the gray crystal on the tip of the spear. .
A bright light flashed in the night sky, and the bright light made everyone close their eyes. The roar of explosions followed one after another. However, the explosive crystal array is astonishing, but its actual lethality is very limited, inferior to that of ultra-small magic cannons.
The center of the explosion was about fifty meters away from the Death Advent Guild's dhow, and the air wave generated only pushed the small boat slightly when it arrived.
The second ballista shot flew towards the middle of the delta, this was the one fired by Luo Hao.
The members of the Death Arrival Guild on the dhow held their breaths as they watched the crossbow bolts screaming towards them. However, the next moment, the giant spear hit an invisible barrier about ten meters away from the delta.
A layer of white halo spread from the place where the spear tip hit the barrier, spreading in all directions, forming a ring shape. The wooden spear shaft broke apart in the next moment, and sawdust flew into the sky, carrying the spear tip and flying under the dhow.
Everyone in the guild cheered when death came. Someone even shouted: "They are nothing more than that!"
But not everyone is optimistic. The opponent's ship is equipped with ballistas, explosive crystals, and more importantly - a wind element shield. God knows how thick that shield is.
Both sides have entered combat distance, but the magic shield on their own ship is very weak. The captain of the dhow was aware of the danger and shouted orders for the sailors to turn around in an attempt to distance themselves.
The magic cannon has a range advantage——
The gunnery officer was also thinking about the others screaming: "Hurry up and reload, what are you doing in a daze!?"
The gunners just woke up from their dreams and started the next round of reloading.
But they were trying to distance themselves from the beginning, but it was so futile in the face of the Seven Seas Traveler's astonishing speed. Not only did the distance between the two sides not shorten, but they got closer to within three strands.
The dhow side tried to take advantage of its flexible steering, but it was a little too late to wake up at this moment.
"The magic shield expands to a range of fifteen meters," Fang Plover's voice reached everyone's ears through the communication crystal, "Pay attention to correcting the parameters for the second round of shooting."
The invisible barrier surrounding the dhow is the shield provided by the magic furnace on board, just like the shield of the magic furnace they had on Mr. Gray Rock's platform, but its power is even weaker.
However, the built-in shield of the marine magic furnace is generally only for emergency use. It is not a big problem to withstand the attack of the chosen one, but in a ship-to-ship battle, it is basically useless.
On the stern deck of the Seven Seas Traveler, the Papalars were hurriedly using the small crane at the stern to reload the ballistae, while complaining loudly: "What's so great about accurate shooting? At least mine successfully detonated, hum. , it’s just a dud!”
He had previously made a bet with Luo Hao to see who would come out on top in this battle.
The Papalar man finished his work and looked over there hurriedly.
But Luo Hao's job is much simpler than him. Controlling the crane, reloading, and correcting the shooting elements are all completed by Miss Fairy. The latter only needs to use a handful of strength to crank the winch and reset the bowstring.
"You are cheating!" The Papalar man jumped up on the ballista in anger.
Luo Hao looked back at this guy and said, "You can use it if you have the skills?"
"I don't need it!" The Papalar man had the reserve of being a crossbow shooter and sarcastically said in a harsh tone, "What's your ability to use foreign objects?"
"I am just cooperating with Miss Tata. If you are not convinced, you can go to Miss Tata. She will definitely not mind."
Luo Hao retorted blatantly and even used provocation.
But he underestimated the shamelessness of the Papalars.
"I don't care about this!"
Puck announced loudly.
Then he immediately jumped off the ballista and sneaked around to the other side, "Miss Tata, please help me correct the shooting angle a little...just a little bit is enough!"
Fortunately, Miss Tata doesn't care about this.
She looked away from the Fairy Heart and had a thought.
The gears on the Papalar crossbow immediately began to creak and turn.
The Seven Seas Traveler reloaded much faster than the opponent, and the second round of shots arrived in only half the time between the magic cannon shots on the delta.
In this round of shooting, the ballista on the bow of the Seven Seas Traveler also joined in. Luo Yu and Jita were controlling the ballista.
Three crossbow bolts screamed and flew towards——
Under the horrified eyes of everyone in the Death Come Guild, one shot hit the stern of the dhow, another shot hit near the mast, and another shot exploded near the freeboard in the middle section.
In order to prevent the opponent from hiding something, he deliberately narrowed the scope of the magic shield. The Kaolin people like to do this very much, deploying it before the second round of strikes arrives to smash the explosive crystal - so the detonation point of the three crossbow bolts is set twenty meters away from the delta.
The flames and air waves engulfed the delta almost instantly, interspersing with the flickering white light of the magic shield.
The shield was shaking violently.
There was a chaos on the deck, and many people were unable to stand and fell to the ground. The captain asked how much energy the magic shield had left, but received nothing more than a desperate answer.
The wing sails were fully deployed, but the speed of the ship's turn was as slow as a snail in everyone's eyes. The gunnery officer was almost hoarse, telling the magicians not to be stingy with their magic power, but to directly use spells to recharge and warm up the magic cannons...
"Someone is going to be in trouble."
The Dereban was far away at this time, hoisting half sail and sailing slowly towards the outside of the battlefield. The first mate stood on the upper deck, raising his telescope to pay attention to the battlefield, and said so after scanning the Death Advent Guild ship.
"We can easily deal with them as they are," the young man added with deep disdain in his tone, "It's a pity, but who are these people? Are they not worried that the Haifa family will cause trouble for them?"
"Adventurers have no fixed abode and wander around," the old captain replied leisurely, knocking his pipe against the side of the ship with his backhand, "What can the Haifa family do against them?"
The young man snorted softly.
At this time, a burst of exclamations suddenly broke out on the Dereban, attracting the attention of the two people.
The dhow side finally completed their final round of firing preparations - the captain of the other side made a bold decision to tilt the sailboat 25 degrees sideways, so that the artillery on the decks on both sides could fire a round. shoot.
The fire flickered, and the air waves from the muzzle even knocked several people on the other side flying, and they fell out of the deck. Fortunately, those people were all adaptable to the wind element, so they were floating outside, and they used their backhand to grab the rope net outside the sailboat——
The magic flash and the Seven Seas Traveler's third crossbow bolt happened to cross each other in mid-air.
The former arrived first and hit the green shield on the outside of the Seven Seas Traveler, and burst out with a dazzling flash of light the next moment. The harmless air wave passed through the shield, lifting the collar of Fang Plover's coat and fluttering in the wind.
"The wind element shield has dropped by 10%, the fairy heart is operating normally, and the power loss does not exceed 3%."
Miss Tata's voice was ringing in his heart.
"Prepare for the next attack." Fang Plover replied calmly.
The three giant spears hit the dhow again under his gaze, and the detonation point was even closer than the previous round.
The flash of the explosion of the first and second gray crystals directly tore open the magic shield of the dhow. After a violent flash, the white light burst out like pieces of mirror.
There was also a flash of light inside the hull, and the loud noise was masked by the explosion, but Fang Yu saw thick smoke billowing up, and the speed of the dhow suddenly slowed down.
It looks like the magic furnace is overloaded.
This is also one of the drawbacks of the magic furnace's own shield. The output power is directly provided by the magic furnace. Once the critical point is exceeded, it can easily cause the magic engine itself to become paralyzed.
The third spear penetrated the shield and struck the dhow midsection, where it caused an explosion. The explosion directly destroyed two magic cannons and knocked everyone on the deck to the ground.
On the bow of the Seven Seas Traveler, Miss Naturalist raised her little hand and clenched her fist hard.
This crossbow bolt was shot by her.
"What the hell!"
The Papalar people were howling like ghosts, "That doesn't count. If we hadn't knocked off the opponent's shield first, she wouldn't have been able to hit!"
"No, no, no, destroying the opponent's magic furnace can be considered as causing damage," Luo Hao put forward another opinion, "So I won."
"Wait a minute," Parker responded, "We have all caused damage to the shield, why is it you?"
"Whoever is the last to cause harm gets it."
"Who is it?"
The two suddenly stopped and looked at each other. They were scrambling before, who could remember who fired the shot first? Although they all had systems, there was no record of the ballista's damage in the system's combat records.
"Miss Tata!"
Luo Hao reacted immediately.
It's a pity that the goblin lady is quiet and doesn't pay attention to them.
A fire broke out on the dhow, which was just a small boat, not half the size of the Seven Seas Traveler. The blow just now left a large hole in the middle of its hull, and flames and smoke were billowing out of it.
People who were injured but not dead were crying and howling on the deck. Although Xinghui could save his life, he had to bear the pain himself.
Not long after, the other side raised a white flag.
In fact, the two sides are not far apart. Now they are close to within a chain, more than a hundred meters. The sailboat of Death Comes Guild was tilting, and a raging fire broke out in the sky. The sailors were busy putting out the fire——
The voice of the other captain also came from far away:
"Ceasefire, we admit defeat!"
Only then did Fang Plover make the Seven Seas Traveler stop its next round of attacks in time.
The opponent has already raised the white flag, and it would be against the rules to continue fighting. He asked Sylvide to use a light signal to notify the Dereban parked far away from the battlefield, asking them to come and rescue people.
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The Dereban watched the entire battle from a distance.
When one of the parties raised the white flag, the sailor above could not help but whistle.
Life on the sea is quite boring, and the life of ordinary sailors is even more boring. A fight on the ship can excite these boring men, let alone watching such a good show.
The battle is quite exciting.
Looking at the Seven Seas Traveler drifting away, the captain even praised: "What a beautiful ship."
"They asked us to go over and rescue people," the sailor looked at the flashing light signal on the observation deck and shouted down, "What should we do, Mr. Captain?"
"Come closer," the captain replied.
Then he turned around and asked his deputy: "What do you think?"
"The gunner's skill is not bad." The first mate was concerned about the previous battle. "During the first round of shooting, there were at least six chains on both sides, and the first round hit a thousand meters away."
Although Luo Hao's first shot smashed into the magic shield, the shield of the ship's magic furnace was as brittle as paper, and was usually directly counted in the HP of the ship itself.
According to the Chosen One, that is also structural resistance.
So if you hit the shield, you can basically hit the sailboat itself. There is no big difference.
"Haha," the captain smiled, "that's not what my deputy said just now. I remember that gentleman told me that he was more optimistic about the former side in this battle."
The first mate was a young man after all, and scratched his head, "But I didn't expect that there would be a ship-based shield on that fast sailing ship. This is really weird, Mr. Captain."
"Yes," the captain nodded, "In my impression, only fourth-class and above battleships are equipped with elemental shields. Or should we say that the shields of battleships have also been miniaturized. This is a new innovation of the craftsmen. technology?"
The two of them were not obsessed with weapons.
The Seven Seas Traveler is equipped with a ballistae, but there are few sailboats sailing in the air and sea that are completely defenseless.
Even the two airships they escorted had seven ballistas.
However, people who make a living in this land of air and sea generally do not consider ballistae to be a 'weaponry'. After all, in the face of large magic equipment, the range and power of the ballista are really not enough.
This is the same even if the explosive crystal is installed.
The old captain called the chief alchemist on the ship and asked about it, but he got almost the same answer.
The alchemist replied: "The sailboat has a lot of Kaolin-Ithurian style, but it is not all Kaolin shipbuilding techniques. There seems to be some dwarf style in it."
"This is not surprising, the dwarves and the Kaolin are allies."
"No, you are not alchemists, and you may not know much about this aspect." The alchemist shook his head. "The craftsmen of the dwarves and the Kaolin people influenced each other, but their shipbuilding styles are quite different."
"By the way," the latter thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Have you heard of the craftsmen of Istania?"
"Are you talking about that sea of silver sand?"
The old captain had been to that place when he was young.
"Yes," the alchemist stared intently at the shrinking shadow of the Seven Seas Traveler. "It's a little strange. When I was young, I went to Tansnir to study and learn the alchemy there. I always felt that this ship had some style and local ships. A craftsman’s handiwork.”
He repeatedly exclaimed: "It's really interesting."
"It's a really weird ship."
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