Emperor of Arcane

Boom!

Bang!

The spinning shells slammed into the side of the Japanese warship.

The wooden board suddenly shattered and dented inwards.

The screams of Japanese pirates could be faintly heard inside, but it soon became quiet again.

Matthew was in no hurry to get close to the warship, and commanded Li to knock out the artillery muzzles one after another.

At the same time, he slowly warned the gathered adventurer leaders:

"Never underestimate any opponent. Japanese pirates are cruel and inhumane by nature."

"Destroying their counterattack is only the first step to victory. They usually fight stubbornly in the warship and use their familiarity with the warship to carry out defensive operations."

"This is not the most dangerous thing. Once they realize that the battle has failed and the warship is about to be taken away by the enemy, they will die together without hesitation."

In just a few words, the adventurer leaders realized how ferocious and terrifying the Japanese pirates were.

However, none of the adventurer leaders backed down.

The leader of the adventurers who can get here is not a simple character.

They have experienced various battles in the Gulf Territory, large and small.

Killed trolls, orcs, drow, dragon creatures and many other dangerous enemies.

How could we be afraid of opponents like Japanese pirates?

They were all waiting silently, waiting for the lord to give a solution.

This is a bay collar specialty!

No matter how dangerous the task is, Gulf Territory will provide at least two solutions and provide corresponding help.

New adventurers are usually not particularly interested in this kind of help, thinking that they can easily complete the task with their own abilities.

They often suffer big losses!

The group leaders were looking forward to it very much, because they could already imagine the big move that the Gulf Territory would arrange for them next.

Matthew stretched out his hand and pointed it in the air, and the magical image of the Japanese pirate warship appeared.

The various structures of the Japanese pirate warships are clearly revealed above, and the various uses of different cabins are also revealed one by one.

"They are usually in the warehouse at the bottom of the warship, preparing explosives that can blow an irreparable hole in the bottom of the ship."

"Once the war goes wrong, they will detonate explosives and die together with the enemy."

“It’s actually not difficult to resolve this danger, that is to take the initiative.”

"Before they detonate, attack the bottom of the cabin first!"

As Matthew spoke, he showed the situation at the bottom of the cabin. He reached out and picked off the bottom of the cabin that was the most threatening.

Everyone is a little confused. The Lord's idea is good, but how to solve this problem?

Just when everyone was puzzled, there was a sudden commotion on the Japanese warship that was getting closer and closer.

Everyone could vaguely hear the panicked shouts of the Japanese pirates.

At this moment, Matthew decisively gave the order to attack:

"Rush up and deal with them!"

The sails of the magic warship that was originally moving slowly swelled up suddenly, and the huge thrust pushed the magic warship forward quickly.

Before the Japanese pirates could react, Magic Warship No. 3 had already rushed in front of them.

The big guys on the deck could already see the broken corpses inside through the holes in the warship.

The strong smell of gunpowder smoke spread everywhere, giving everyone the feeling of stepping onto a battlefield.

Fierce sounds emerged from below, and a fierce battle seemed to be going on inside the cabin.

The big guy who vaguely understood it immediately understood Matthew's plan.

At this moment, the magic warship made a deft side attack and accurately stuck to the side of the Japanese pirate warship.

Matthew made an attack gesture, and the soldiers who were well prepared pulled the trigger.

Twenty or thirty large crossbow arrows pierced through with a "swipe".

They showed amazing destructive power and penetrated into the ship's plank very easily.

The rope connected to the end of the arrow formed a temporary connection channel.

The adventurers who were prepared quickly climbed up the rope.

Without any hesitation, Izaya grabbed a thick rope, swung his body slightly, and began to climb up quickly.

At the same time, she also manipulated the water flow below, pulling upwards with force to create a water curtain full of water splashes.

The purpose of this is to limit the enemy's field of vision and add some protection.

When she climbed over twenty or thirty meters and arrived on the Japanese pirate ship.

Some powerful adventurer elites have already climbed onto the deck to suppress the Japanese pirates who rushed out of the cabin.

Listening to the deafening shouts of killing, Li remembered Matthew's teachings and remained awake, forcing himself not to rush out.

She first glanced at the deck, observing the battle situation.

There were only about 30 Japanese pirates, stubbornly blocking the hatch of the ship.

The more than 20 elite adventurers who rushed up had already gained the upper hand in the battle.

However, in the upper cabin of the Japanese warship, there were still vague glimpses of prying eyes.

Li carefully raised the shield, without subconsciously leaning up.

Matthew had taught her not to approach danger alone, and to preserve as much strength as possible.

Only in this way can we make more contributions in the subsequent battles.

Listen to others and eat enough.

Li did not attack rashly, but carefully stood on the side of the ship, silently waiting for other soldiers to board the ship.

At this moment, more than 10 crossbow arrows flew over.

Sensing the danger, Li jumped off the side of the ship very simply.

Scattered crossbow arrows pierced the air, and Li felt the vibration above his head, and his heart could not help but beat wildly.

Just now, she almost came to the end of her life.

However, Li's psychological quality was very strong. After a simple deep breath to adjust, he climbed back up very simply.

This time, other soldiers from the Gulf Territory have climbed over one after another.

They showed excellent cooperation. The first one to climb over the side of the ship was the strong shield soldier.

They slammed their heavy steel shields on the side of the ship, pressed their tall bodies against the rear, lined up neatly, and rushed towards the direction of the crossbow arrows above.

Li imitated his companions, climbed onto the boat, and hid behind the shield-wielding soldiers.

She picked up the crossbow on her waist, felt the direction of danger, and without looking, she raised her hand to shoot.

Whoosh!

Click!

"ah……!"

After a series of sounds.

"good……"

"Well done!"

"continue!"

"come on!"

As soon as he left, he heard the crisp cheers of his companions.

She felt a little happy, knowing that her attack had achieved results.

She skillfully reloaded the crossbow and followed the feeling in her heart, pulling the trigger without hesitation.

Another enemy hiding behind the door and window fell.

The shield-bearing soldier who saw this scene suddenly showed an expression of joy.

What human shield wouldn't like such an outstanding crossbowman?

The free moisture in the air and the guidance of his extraordinary intuition allowed Li to shoot very accurately, one arrow at a time, almost without missing a beat.

Such a powerful long-range suppression force immediately made the Japanese pirates hiding on the houseboat feel frightened.

They did not dare to get close to the windows and shooting ports, and had no choice but to let the Gulf Territory soldiers press forward.

They pointed out the window and pulled the trigger in fear, but only heard bursts of metal collisions.

The wooden doors and windows were pushed open, and a row of bright shields came over.

Each warrior raised a crossbow in his hand and pulled the trigger at the Japanese pirates who had nowhere to hide.

After a moment of chaos, the battle here ended.

Li slowly adjusted his breathing and swept the Japanese pirate's body calmly. Thinking back to the scene where he pushed it all the way just now, inexplicable exclamation emerged in his mind:

"They are obviously stronger than me, but they are really dead without any resistance."

"Just because I have better comrades, better formation, better equipment..."

She understood that when fighting collectively, one's own strength might be able to be used to some extent, but one still has to rely more on one's companions.

In fact, this is what Matthew wants to teach her.

As time goes by, with Li Li's outstanding talent, she will quickly widen the gap with her peers.

If there is no advance understanding, such young and talented professionals are very likely to fall into blind superstition of their own power.

When that time comes, it will take more effort and even a heavy price to reverse it.

Because of this, no matter how outstanding a talent they are, Matthew will arrange for them to start from the basics and collectively.

The temporary accumulation is for better growth!

After eliminating the enemies on the deck and the cabin, the soldiers formed an assault formation and began to rush into the cabin.

They did not enter the room and fight the stubborn Japanese pirates. Instead, they went straight to the lowest cabin, preparing to join the team members at the bottom of the cabin.

Li glanced at the faint light emitting from the armor above his head, and scanned the surrounding passages with vigilant eyes, trying his best to sense any traces of enemies.

The adventurer leaders who followed them also began to cooperate with each other to clean up the remaining Japanese pirates.

They have excellent insight and can easily find the opponent's hiding place, and then work together to kill them.

They did not relax their vigilance because the strength of the Japanese pirates was far different. Instead, they kept in mind the situations encountered in the battle and the Japanese pirates' attack and hiding methods.

Now, it is the Gulf Territory that is demonstrating to everyone how to seize a Japanese pirate warship.

It won't be long before they have to take action themselves.

Along the way, the short Japanese pirates launched surprise attacks from various dark corners.

Moreover, the various weapons they used were an eye-opener for soldiers and adventurers.

Complex weapons such as poisoned darts, traps filled with poisonous smoke, highly irritating smoke, sharp and long knives.

However, these weapons caused sporadic casualties.

He was quickly revived by the antidote and blood-activating potion from the Gulf Territory.

As long as they make a move, the area within the hiding place will be covered by crossbow arrows with extremely strong penetrating power.

Even the thick armor can't stop the enchanted crossbow arrows, let alone the wood inside to separate the space.

The Japanese pirates who resisted were eliminated, and the soldiers who came later firmly controlled the terrain.

Then a follow-up assault team was dispatched for in-depth support.

The whole process is very quick and smooth.

It shows that even if the Gulf leaders switch to the navy, they still have excellent discipline and well-trained combat capabilities.

The leaders of the adventure group who followed him in the attack felt that he should train well in the military camp in the Gulf Territory before going into actual combat.

Pull the trigger and shoot the Japanese pirates hiding in dark corners.

Li carefully bent down, hiding himself behind his teammates, and skillfully replaced the crossbow arrows.

She looked at the corpses piled on the ground and noticed the reformed warriors blocking the hatch on the bottom floor. Feeling the powerful aura on their bodies, a faint curiosity emerged in her heart.

How did they move under the Japanese pirate warship, and how did they appear directly at the bottom of the ship?

Judging from the bodies on the ground.

Their team of five killed at least more than 50 Japanese pirates without any casualties themselves.

This made Li have more thoughts in his heart.

Li looked at the cabin where nearly half of the water had seeped in. It was sealed by a piece of magic metal to ensure that no more water seeped in. He blinked in realization.

Is this the end?

"The follow-up assault team conducts the second search."

"Check if there are any injuries on your teammates..."

"Decontaminate the bodies and seal them all."

"Quickly count the loot, then clean the battlefield. After 20 minutes, inspectors and repairmen will repair the damaged parts of the warship..."

"Others quickly returned to the deck to prepare for the next raid."

"..."

Various orders continued to echo in this Japanese pirate warship.

Not long after we returned to Magic Warship No. 3 and rested, the Japanese pirate warship we had just captured was already able to sail.

She carefully recalled the battle scene just now to see where she still had shortcomings.

Warship No. 3 quickly sailed forward.

In about 15 minutes, they caught up with the other magic warships.

The second Japanese pirate warship has also stopped.

This time, it took less than 10 minutes for the raiding Gulf Territory combat troops to successfully capture the Japanese pirate warship.

This time, he rushed faster and rushed to the bottom of the cabin, only to see an empty cabin.

She understood the raid method of the reformed warriors.

Putting all the explosives into the storage space will eliminate the risk of explosion.

Of course, knowing this is only part of the story.

How did the Transformation Warriors get in?

How did they quickly defeat their opponents?

With such doubts, Li ended his first battle to hunt Japanese pirates.

When the four Japanese pirate ships returned to the fishing island, they immediately caused an uproar.

The other navy soldiers who were training were very envious and excited, eager to participate in the next battle.

Everyone at work also felt excited and happy.

They love the changes brought about by the Gulf tie, but they are still a little worried about the return of Japanese pirates.

Now, we see the corpses of Japanese pirates one after another, and several Japanese pirate ships have been captured.

They were completely relieved and went to work more excitedly.

Gathering a wave of public support, the Gulf Territory completely stabilized the situation on the fishing island.

In the next more than half a month.

More and more magic warships were brought from the bay to the fishing island.

More and more trained naval soldiers began to ride on these magic warships and began hunting Japanese pirates in the surrounding waters.

At the beginning, the Japanese pirates would boldly stop and intend to fight back.

After all of them, including people and boats, were dealt with and brought back to the fishing island, the remaining Japanese pirates became much more honest.

As soon as they saw the magic warship in the Gulf Territory, they turned around and ran away without any intention of fighting.

More and more naval soldiers have experienced fierce battles at sea and matured rapidly.

The number of adventurers participating in the battle began to increase.

Even a group of adventurers headed by Alice have begun to apply to purchase the captured Japanese pirate warships.

That's right, the adventurers had gone through many battles.

They had made up their minds and were ready to hunt alone.

With a smile on his face, Wildhammer has returned to feeling cheerful and relaxed now that he no longer has to worry about the war situation in the dwarf kingdom.

He was happily introducing the magic dwarf artillery produced by the United Factory to the adventure group leaders.

"Unlike the old-fashioned artillery in the past, you have to worry about rain, wet gunpowder, exploding chambers, and troublesome loading."

"Its built-in magic lead can still complete ignition when it is wet outside."

"Magic gunpowder is safe and stable and must be activated by specific detonators and fuses, which greatly improves the safety of storage and transportation."

"Needless to say, the benefits of rear loading are not only safer, but also faster..."

"Needless to say the range, the super long range of 1,200 meters can easily crush the old artillery of the Japanese pirates."

"..."

Looking at the different magic artillery of the same caliber and model, the captains looked at each other from time to time, communicating and discussing with their eyes.

They naturally know the excellence of magic artillery.

After witnessing the battle process of them crushing Japanese pirates, I fully understand their excellence and importance.

But some expensive prices still make them undecided.

However, the Gulf Territory quickly solved their worries.

"The Gulf Territory will continue to open up routes to the south and open up maritime trade routes with Falsico and the southern countries."

This piece of news alone was not enough for the adventurer leaders to make up their minds.

In the next two days, three ordinary warships of Alice's adventure team used the long-range advantage of magic artillery to defeat a small pirate team.

They not only sank two Japanese pirate warships, but also captured one Japanese pirate warship.

Just one warship is worth a lot of money.

Not to mention, they captured 4 transport ships.

It is loaded with rare metal ores worth more than 2 million gold coins!

This vote alone not only allowed the Alice Adventure Team to recoup its capital, but also allowed each member of the team to earn more than 1,000 gold coins.

Seeing their cheerful "harvest" scene, other adventure groups joined the ranks of buying warships and magic cannons without any further delay.

Taking advantage of the artillery, the adventurer team's fleet set off a wave of hunting Japanese pirates in the waters near the coast.

Adventure groups that are keen on forming groups like to take advantage of their range and strength to hunt down small pirate fleets.

The small number of warships in the small pirate fleet is not large and will not put too much pressure on them.

Even if the enemy is too numerous to defeat, he can still escape before the enemy's warship approaches.

If the enemy wants to pursue.

Without an absolute speed advantage, they would have to endure twenty or thirty rounds of artillery fire before they could catch up with their water release speed.

Sometimes some pirate warships chased after them, only to find that they had been scarred and suffered heavy losses.

The adventurer warship that has been escaping will show its ferocious fangs and launch a deadly counterattack.

More and more adventure groups are succeeding, hunting more and more Japanese pirates, and seizing more and more pirate warships and transport ships.

As a result, other adventure groups who saw the "Qian" scene must not be far behind, and started to work hard in this direction.

Of course, the ferocious and cunning Japanese pirates are not weaklings who can be manipulated by others.

They sometimes show their ferocious fangs.

Relying on their familiarity with the sea and islands, the Japanese pirates also laid some traps and surrounded and killed several warships of the adventurer team.

If they hadn't sent out a request for help in time, the Gulf Territory magic warship moving at full speed would have arrived in time.

I'm afraid it's not just that more than half of the personnel were lost, and the warship was almost sunk.

After experiencing this lesson, the adventure group's fleet woke up again.

Their opponent is not an easy character to deal with.

If you are careless, you are very likely to lose your life.

The Gulf Territory also gave them some pre-war training.

In particular, the "simplified version of maritime guerrilla tactics" takes "attack distance" as its advantage and mutual cooperation as the main body.

It opened the door to a new world for many adventurer fleets.

This was the first time they discovered that the battle could still be fought like this.

"Don't fight with the other side, they can't reach us anyway!"

"Once things go wrong, no matter how big the gains are, just run away first, or in the worst case, fight back again..."

"Before fighting, you must observe the terrain. The range of observation with the naked eye is relatively small, but pets such as birds and methods of opening up the field of vision can help everyone better detect the enemy's ambush..."

"When you are in doubt, fire two more rounds of artillery first. Although artillery shells are not cheap, they are certainly not as precious as human life."

"Explore more islands and record the information. The territory will be acquired."

"Pay more attention to the weather conditions. Most of them cannot fight back on rainy days. You can make good use of this..."

"..."

After training and training, the adventurer fleet is no longer as straightforward as before.

They integrated the knowledge they learned and the layout and arrangements of battles on land into battles at sea.

Soon, the unsuspecting small-scale Japanese pirate fleet suffered heavy losses.

In the past, there were only two or three adventurer warships gathered together, but now they have directly become seven or eight.

This is called a righteous gang fight.

The encirclement has just been laid, the bait has been arranged, and we are ready to wait for the prey to take the bait.

Unexpectedly, four or five warships rushed out at once, gobbling up the "bait" without saying a word.

A larger encirclement has surrounded their traps.

When they reacted, they found that they had become a "den".

Another half month has passed.

In the waters near the eastern coast, the small Japanese pirate fleets that were originally like locusts have become much sparser.

A considerable part became the spoils of the Gulf Territory Navy and the adventurer fleet.

The other part chooses to escape from this dangerous place.

Which part of the sea cannot be snatched?

No need to fight here!

However, although the Gulf Navy and the adventurer team made a lot of noise, they were still unable to fundamentally eliminate the medium and large pirate fleets of Japanese pirates.

Not only did they have a large number of warships, they also completed the replacement of some artillery "in a timely manner".

The Gulf Territory Navy made some contact with it and did not take too many advantages, so it temporarily withdrew its greedy tentacles to the outer waters.

In the joint factory.

A batch of magic cannons salvaged from a sunken Japanese pirate ship are being inspected and studied by many pairs of eyes.

Matthew stroked the magic cannon with precise and detailed lines and full of artistic beauty, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly:

"Elf Cole is really willing to spend money!"

Aini on the other side, recalling the magic artillery that appeared on the battlefield recently, snorted lightly and said:

"Although the magic artillery they made has good performance, it is obvious that they are built individually one after another, which consumes a lot of manpower, material resources and resources."

That’s exactly what it’s like!

The more resources the Cole elves invest in the Japanese pirates, the more pressure they can reduce on the El elves.

The Wildhammer on the other side was also a little grudge-y. The dwarf, who was very vindictive, quickly thought of a crucial issue.

"The Cole elves would rather support scum like the Japanese pirates than support our dwarf kingdom..."

"We are still allies...hehe..."

Mordenkainen touched his chin, looked at several key magic circle patterns in surprise, and said in an expectant tone:

"The Cole Elf's technology is quite good, and it takes a different route from us. There are many things we can learn from..."

Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Matthew left this batch of materials to the United Factory and began to prepare for the opening of the channel.

The Japanese pirates "sent" not only 15 warships, but also 32 transport ships.

The warships have been divided by the adventure group, and all these transport ships have been retained by the Gulf Territory.

Each transport ship can carry nearly 200 tons of materials.

One shipment can transport 1/4 of the Gulf Territory's monthly merchandise.

With such a precious asset, Matthew would naturally not let it sit idle.

Soon, through the Silverleaf family's channels in Falsico, Gulf Collier received a large batch of material orders.

The total value of this batch of orders exceeds 5 million gold coins, accounting for 1/3 of the monthly production value of the Gulf Territory. It can be said to be a big deal.

To ensure safety, really develop contacts and sales channels in Falsico.

Matthew decided to form a large transport fleet for a rehearsal across the Caribbean and the Sea of ​​Death.

April 13th.

Bay collar.

clear.

The scorching sun gradually exudes the power of summer.

The hot wind blows, causing the endless green seedlings to create ripples and beautiful waves.

On a railway connecting Bay City and the dock, a Golem train loaded with twenty containers was moving forward quickly.

The speed of the Golem train is very fast, reaching almost 200 kilometers per hour.

Both sides of the railway are protected by iron mesh railings to ensure that no unscrupulous person will hit you.

The train traveled for about 15 minutes and arrived in front of a large lake located in the middle of the Silver Moon River.

It was quickly inspected and entered the busy shipyard.

One large container after another was loaded onto a huge transport ship.

What makes it different from other transport ships is that its outer shell is made of metal.

This is a big steel ship!

This transport ship with a displacement of more than 1,500 tons was called Big Fish by Yaya.

It looks like a big, full fish.

Although its name is a bit silly, it does not prevent everyone who sees it from expressing unspeakable wonder.

Many members of the Gulf Territory who have not learned the "buoyancy" course are praising the power of magic.

Next to the Big Fish, six brand new magic warships were also covered in thick iron armor.

Their defense capabilities have increased nearly three times, but their weight has only increased five times, and their speed has only dropped by 20%, completing a comprehensive upgrade.

Of course, in order to drive this kind of warship with a displacement of more than 300 tons, it can gallop quickly on the sea.

The Gulf Territory specially equipped it with a large steam power engine, a contribution from the Yaoyue family.

Carlos, who contributed the drawings, forced himself not to think about why steel can float on the water.

He looked at boxes after boxes of supplies and asked curiously:

"Why do you need to prepare so many combat supplies? Falsico is relatively peaceful now!"

Shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly, Matthew didn't want to tell Carlos about the huge turmoil that was about to happen in Falsico.

No one can guarantee whether the Yaoyue family will compete with Haiwan Ling for business after seeing this situation.

So Matthew just checked the list and said to him calmly:

"There are many hills and woodlands over there, the Dragon Madness disaster is still raging, and combat supplies are still in great demand."

"Moreover, several big customers have already placed orders, and 1/2 has been paid in gold coins. All we have to do is ship the goods there."

After simply calculating the value of this batch of goods, Carlos showed undisguised envy in his eyes, and then asked expectantly:

"The training results for the last battle were good. When will we continue the arrangements?"

Why are you still addicted to using money to fight wars?

Matthew watched the last batch of containers get on the ship and said to Carlos calmly:

"No problem, the barbarians in the northeast can't wait to rush to our side."

"We have built strongholds and fortresses all over the Silver Moon River, which are very suitable for practical training of new recruits."

Carlos nodded excitedly, his eyes fell on the soldiers in formation, and he asked excitedly:

"Are this group of soldiers the elites going to the New World?"

Matthew looked at the new batch of reformed warriors, nodded with a smile and said:

"Yes, they need stronger enemies and harder battles to hone and improve themselves."

Carlos was a little speechless. He really couldn't figure out why these elite warriors from the Gulf Territory didn't stay properly.

Little did he know that true elites can only be forged in the flames of war.

Matthew recalled the situation in the New World and said in his heart:

"The demons of the New World are a good group of opponents!"

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