Chapter 353 – Lining up to be shot at sea 3

Chapter 353 – Lining up to be shot at sea 3
Under the orders of the leader Zod, the pirate’s V-shaped fleet quickly headed due north.

However, after traveling for some distance, Nathan, who was in charge of observing the northwestern fleet, found something wrong.

“Chieftain Zod, there seems to be something strange about the other party’s actions! They seem to be turning to the north of us instead of towards the southern harbor! It seems to …… seem to be …… intercepting us?”

“What?” The pirate leader was taken aback, “Could it be that the other side has discovered us? At such a distance?”

Nathan lowered his head and fell into deep thought, it seemed that the Northwesterners had discovered them, could it be that there were spell casters on their ship who were good at long distance probing as well?
He immediately looked up and said, “Let’s abandon the plan of flanking! Chief Zod, formulate new tactics immediately!”

Zod raised his fist and swung it fiercely, “Hmph! Then let’s have a proper head-to-head duel!”

Under his command, the pirate fleet began to turn left and lined up in two horizontal rows of nine battleships each.

By the time the pirate fleet’s change of formation was set up, both sides could already see each other with the naked eye.

“Brethren! Kill those cowardly dryads! Let them know who is the master of the sea!”

Zod stood at the bow of the ship, shouting to his men who were fist-pumping on the deck, the flagship he was riding in being located right in the middle of the first row.

The leader’s motivation made the minions enthusiastic and wailing, the other ships saw what was happening on the flagship and responded by banging their drums, and for a while, slogans and shouts of all sorts resounded across the sea.

The oarsmen were riveted to the oars, pushing the ship toward the Northwest Fleet.

Zod, Nathan and a group of small leaders stood at the bow of the ship and stared at their opponents, the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

“Incredible! Their masts are built so high.”

“Yeah, won’t the ship capsize if the wind gets any stronger?”

The chiefs looked at the Northwest Fleet’s sailing ships and commented.

“Focus all your attention on the upcoming battle! Even though the opponent is a rookie, have you forgotten that a lion hunts a rabbit with all its might?”

Zod was quite displeased that these fools under his command dared to get distracted as the battle was about to begin, it was too humiliating, especially in front of the mage lord.

Nathan looked at the scene in front of him with a smirk.

The pirate leader was about to continue lecturing his men for a few moments when someone shouted, “Chief, look!”

“What?” The pirate leader who was interrupted was very upset, but he still cast his gaze towards the northwest fleet diagonally opposite.

His mouth turned into an O. An unbelievable scene was happening – the Northwest Fleet, which was originally traveling in a column with them, unexpectedly reversed its direction, one ship after another, and the new direction was …… south?
Northwest fleet to the south, the pirate fleet to the west, according to their direction of travel to draw a straight line, will certainly intersect at a certain point.

And at this time, the northwest fleet, although the direction has changed, but still maintains the previous neat column.
Zod was filled with question marks and even shock, didn’t this group of big-headed gulf old-timers know that their fragile flanks were completely exposed to the enemy’s direction of attack?

They seemed to have no intention to take evasive action, like a wild beast opening its soft belly to the hunter, both sides just continue sailing like this, the terrifying ramming horns on the pirate warships would be able to poke those big-bellied battleships with a big hole, and then sink to the bottom of the sea.

“Crazy! Completely a bunch of lunatics! Oh, maybe we should call them fools.”

Zod couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Captain Zod, what’s wrong with that fleet?” Nathan didn’t know much about the sea and couldn’t help but be curious about Zod’s reaction.

The pirate leader gave Nathan an explanation.

Nathan grinned, “Ha, perhaps they were planning to escape down the north wind to the south after seeing the reality of our fleet.”

“That’s possible.” Zod realized, “After all, but in terms of numbers, we have 18 ships to their 12. They didn’t see it coming before and didn’t know better than to head towards intercepting us. But ……”

His face was covered in a sardonic smile, “The other party’s commander is obviously quite a rookie, with their current speed, they won’t be able to escape me.”

The pirate leader yelled, “Signal the ships to speed up their sailing speed!”

The drums on each pirate ship became more and more urgent, the oars paddled faster, and the sound of the oarsmen’s horns even penetrated the decks and walls of the ship.

……

The cabin deck of the Unicorn was also where its second row of cannons were deployed, with one cannon pointing out to sea through a square gun window. It was very quiet here, only the lapping of the waves could be heard, and the sailors at each gun position were gazing at the pirate fleet in the distance with stony silence and bated breath.

The gunnery officer silently felt the rocking of the ship and turned to the small prospect beside him, “The wind and waves aren’t too bad today, so we’ll be able to fire when the other side is 300 meters away from us. Standard T-advantage, Commander Tirbitz must love these pirates.”

Alan nodded vigorously, trying to etch the bumpy feeling in his head now.

To be honest, he was in a bit of a complicated situation right now; nervousness, fear, eagerness, excitement, a mixture of emotions that made his little heart pounding. Sweat continued to ooze from his body despite the chilly sea air constantly pouring in through the gunwales.

Since joining the Navy, Alan had two experiences related to “war”, the first one was when he followed the Southern ship in Horn Bay, Captain Quirk organized a rescue operation in the middle of the night, but he and a few other candidates were not allowed to participate, and were locked up in the captain’s cabin for a night, and the second one was the War of the Umbrellas. In the middle of the war, Alda’s army landed in Fishtail Town, and the navy’s ships were responsible for a frontal feint by traveling up the river Wise, the Fishtail Town defenders only had a few crossbows, and the navy’s artillery directly crushed the other side.

Like today in the vast sea and the enemy tit-for-tat “bayonet”, or his military career in the first time.

……

Both sides of the fleet is only a few hundred meters away, Nathan retreated to the stern of the pirate flagship, quietly waiting for the beginning of the drama.

“Then, before the main show begins, let me play the overture!”

He skillfully took out several substances, mixed them together and placed them in the palm of his right hand, then held them forward.

At the same time, his mouth whispered unknown phrases, which resembled a poem but not a poem, a song but not a song, but had an ineffable rhythm.

Accompanied by the unknown chanting, tiny flames suddenly lit up on Nathan’s right hand, yet it did not hurt him in the slightest. Then, the flames grew bigger and bigger, and eventually converged into a fireball, at which point Nathan’s right hand still didn’t look injured in the slightest.

The young caster’s eyes lit up slightly, “Spirit of Fire Yo, convey my will!”

The fireball left his right hand with a whoosh and flew straight ahead.

Almost at the same moment, the Northwest Fleet on the opposite side was suddenly wrapped up in a white puff of smoke!

(End of chapter)