Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

The "Hermit's" words caused all the members to freeze for a moment, wondering if they had misheard.

"Hanged Man" Alger: "Night Emperor" fell because he was besieged by the Six Gods? This…

"Fool" Klein was also very surprised: Weren't the Six Gods supporting the Trunsoest Empire? Why would they suddenly besiege the "Night Emperor"?

"Priestess" Cattleya sighed: The Six Gods are indeed the key to the "War of the Four Emperors." In the previous battles, the "Night Emperor" had successfully defeated the "Black Emperor" and the "Blood Emperor," but he was still no match for the Six Gods… definitely not their opponent.

She was a little strange, what caused the two sides to turn against each other?

And simply asked: "'Hermit' sir, why would the Six Gods do this?"

"Regarding this matter, I have obtained two pieces of information," Audrey said, "I cannot judge which reason is the specific one, or rather, I cannot judge which reason is the main one."

The other members sat up straight, quietly listening to the "Hermit's" account.

"The first reason is that the 'Night Emperor' was attacked by the Six Gods because he was contaminated by an Evil God," Audrey continued, "There is evidence that the 'Night Emperor' was contaminated by an Evil God."

"This was analyzed from a sealed artifact formed after the 'Night Emperor' fell. It is said that the sealed artifact encountered an unknown pollution."

"So it is speculated that the 'Night Emperor' encountered pollution, which is why the sealed artifact has pollution."

Cattleya then asked: "May I ask what kind of sealed artifact is it?"

"I'm not very clear either," Audrey said, "I only know that it is now in the hands of the Church of the God of War."

In fact, it is the "Brass Book of Trunsoest," but Audrey does not intend to be too clear about it here, because it is enough to say this.

Moreover, for this kind of high-level intelligence, it is more reasonable to say it vaguely.

Cattleya slowly nodded, without continuing to ask further. She also knew very well that the abilities of this kind of sealed artifact were high-level secrets within the major churches, and it was already very good to know that it was in the Church of the God of War.

Audrey continued: "The second reason is that the Six Gods are said to not allow the 'Night Emperor' to become stronger, fearing that he would lose control, so they joined forces to besiege the 'Night Emperor,' causing the Trunsoest Empire to collapse along with it."

He took a deep breath and said: "It's hard to say which is the main reason. I personally think that both are true.

"When we were talking about the Tamara family just now, I said that the 'Night Emperor' had contacted a certain Evil God.

"That Evil God is similar to 'Original Moon,' an evil deity lurking in the starry sky. It is very likely that in the process of this contact, the 'Night Emperor' was contaminated.

"Later, when I was exploring a Fourth Epoch ruin, I found corresponding evidence to confirm that the 'Night Emperor' was subjected to some unknown pollution."

The ruins that Audrey mentioned were the "Secret Chamber of Trunsoest" that she had explored with Bernadette before.

He seriously suspected that the "Night Emperor" was likely using the "Unshadowed Mist," or even the pollution of this Outer God, to find the "Land of Disorder."

After all, the Source Materials were sealed, and some special means were needed to find and obtain the "Land of Disorder."

Judging from the fact that the "Brass Book of Trunsoest" had the pollution of the "Land of Disorder," the "Night Emperor" was very likely to have found the "Land of Disorder" and was already preparing to become an Old One.

The pollution of the "Land of Disorder" on that sealed artifact was pollution to others, but it was not necessarily pollution to "Night Emperor" Trunsoest.

After a slight pause, Audrey continued: "As for the second reason, it must also be true. The Six Gods just need a ruler to help them manage worldly affairs.

"After all, the development of a society and a civilization cannot rely solely on the power of faith. It also needs a ruler to lead their development.

"And these affairs not only cannot be handled well by the church, but are also prone to some negative effects.

"The better the worldly civilization develops and the more stable the society, the better it is for the state of the gods.

"But Trunsoest was obviously willing to accept the rule of the Six Gods at the beginning, and was also willing to cooperate deeply with the Six Gods, but in the end, he was unwilling to always be a puppet of the Six Gods.

"He strengthened his power by marrying into the Blood Clan and worked hard to make himself stronger, but this process angered the Six Gods.

"So, the Six Gods used the reason that Trunsoest was contaminated to besiege Trunsoest.

"Thus, the three emperors fell one after another, and the era of the 'War of the Four Emperors' ended."

Audrey immediately felt the sense of era and destiny coming towards her, as if she saw a torrent rolling forward.

Alger then thought: So, the Six Gods regained control of the entire Northern Continent and continue to this day.

Suddenly he thought again: Could the "God of Steam and Machinery" have taken advantage of this era's changes to officially transform from a family leader into a god?

Klein also realized: The fall of the "Night Emperor" also involved the division of the Northern Continent. It's really a pity, the "Night Emperor" clearly achieved a phased victory in the "War of the Four Emperors," but the fruits of victory were divided up by the Six Gods.

At the same time, this made him deeply feel: Gods are not easy either, or rather, even at the level of gods, they still need to be careful. If they accidentally offend public anger and are besieged by the gods, falling is only a matter of moments.

Seeing that everyone had no other questions, Audrey said: "The above is information about the Trunsoest Empire."

Everyone was still savoring the information they had just obtained. "Moon" Emlyn thought: No wonder information about the Trunsoest Empire costs 4,000 pounds. It turns out that to explain this empire clearly, one must uniformly explain the extraordinary power of the "War of the Four Emperors" era.

After this round of transactions, even several members such as "Magician" Fors and "Sun" Derrick had a very deep understanding of the history of the Fourth Epoch.

After about ten seconds, the other members came back to their senses one after another.

Seeing that everyone was not speaking, Derrick said: "'Hermit' sir, this week I still need six extraordinary weapons, namely three 'Ice Snow Bombs' and three 'Thunderstorm Bombs.'"

Audrey recalled for a moment that she had "stock" of these weapons, so she did not recommend her scrolls to Derrick for the time being.

After having scrolls, Audrey's previous disposable extraordinary weapons were not used much. Derrick's needs just gave her a chance to clear out her stock.

So Audrey said: "At the last Tarot Gathering, I still owed you 30 pounds. This time you used 400 pounds for intelligence transactions, and the weapons are 300 pounds. So, you now owe me 670 pounds.

"This time I need 10 extraordinary materials of Sequence 9 level, or 5 materials of Sequence 8 level, in which case, I will owe you 30 pounds again."

Currently, information exchange meetings and mysticism exchange meetings basically have fixed demands for extraordinary materials.

Audrey currently only has 6 materials left in her hand, which can be said to be very quick to monetize.

10 materials are still not much pressure for Derrick: "No problem."

The two completed the transaction, and the transaction link also came to an end, coming to the free exchange link.

Fors was organizing her words, preparing to talk about the joint exploration with "Hermit," but Derrick took the lead and said: "Elder Lovia has been released. I met her in the library."

"Justice" Audrey recalled slightly: "Elder Lovia? That 'Shepherd'?"

"Yes," Derrick replied, then turned to look at the "Hanged Man" on the side: "'Hanged Man' sir, does this mean that I accidentally made some wrong decisions, causing the Six-Man Council to realize that I have a certain threat, so they released Elder Lovia?"

Alger thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "Has your Chief returned to Silver City?"

At a previous gathering, "Little Sun" had mentioned during the exchange session that the Chief had led a team to start a new round of exploration.

Hearing the "Hanged Man" ask this, Audrey suddenly realized: That's right, releasing such an important person, the remaining members of the Six-Man Council cannot not wait for the Chief to return.

Since Silver City hopes to find a balance between Elder Lovia and 'Little Sun,' if the Chief has not returned, they have made the decision to release Elder Lovia at this time, which means that they think 'Little Sun's' matter is very serious, so serious that they cannot wait for the Chief.

If the Chief has returned before making such a decision, then the release of Lovia is likely related to his exploration results.

In the end, Audrey sighed in her heart: Why didn't I think of this just now? Audrey, your experience is still insufficient…

Derrick was a little surprised by the "Hanged Man's" accurate guess: "Yes, the Chief has returned, just recently."

"Hanged Man" Alger smiled and did not immediately give further analysis.

And Derrick, reminded by the "Hanged Man," seemed to realize something.

At this moment, 'Magician' Fors, who was quietly listening, suddenly had an idea based on the materials she had learned before: "'Sun' sir, could it be this kind of situation?

"Your Chief took the exploration team and that little boy Jake to find the road that can lead to the outside world, only to find that this must be done with the help of the power of the 'True Creator'.

"Hehe, this is not something I fabricated, but a deduction based on facts. The father of that little boy Jake belongs to the 'Aurora Order.' They came to you in pursuit of the sanctuary of the 'True Creator.'"

“To find the passage to the outside world as soon as possible, your chief decided to release ‘Shepherd’ Lovia, not because of you.”

The more Derrick listened, the more he felt this was the case. In the end, when he saw that Mr. Hanged Man didn’t say anything or add anything, it meant that Mr. Hanged Man also agreed with Miss Magician’s view.

So Little Sun thanked her: “Miss Magician, thank you for your analysis, it has helped me understand many things.”

Audrey said with some worry: “If that’s the case, will Mr. Sun be in danger next?”

At this time, Alger smiled and said: “No, it will be safer instead.”

Derrick, Audrey, and Fors thought for a moment, then nodded one after another, all understanding the meaning of ‘Hanged Man.’

Cattleya didn’t express her opinion because she didn’t understand the whole picture.

Only Emlyn, ‘The Moon,’ who had just roughly understood the situation, asked: “Why?”

Alger thought for a while before answering: “Balance.”

Emlyn said “Oh,” but everyone could see that he still didn’t quite understand.

Seeing that everyone had stopped speaking, Fors said: “Let me share our exploration with Mr. Hermit last week.”

Audrey slowly turned around, facing ‘The Magician,’ she had been looking forward to it for a long time.

“Before the exploration began, I only learned from Mr. Hermit that the ruins were related to the Abraham family.” Fors said, “When we arrived on the island, we found that someone had already arrived before us…”

Because she often wrote novels, Fors was very good at telling stories. Just telling about eavesdropping on the other party’s conversation already made the other members feel thrilled.

When “The Priestess” Cattleya heard the content written in “Ancient Giant Language” on the tall wall, she immediately had a question, so she took advantage of “The Magician’s” pause to ask: “Who does the ‘Sage’ mentioned in that passage refer to?”

This made Cattleya couldn’t help but think: Could it be the ‘Hidden Sage’?

Klein also noticed this “Sage,” and according to his memory, he didn’t remember such an existence.

Fors was stunned by the question and immediately looked at ‘The Hermit.’

‘The Hermit’ Alger said: “I’m also seeing that kind of description for the first time.”

Cattleya nodded with some disappointment.

Next, as Miss Magician continued to describe, everyone marveled at the wisdom and decisiveness shown by ‘The Hermit’ in the exploration.

Hearing about hiding in the ruins to “hide,” then suddenly attacking the enemy’s weakest point, and pretending to leave the ruins, everyone was already very impressed.

Later, hearing that ‘The Hermit’ took the opportunity to enter the warehouse, realized the danger from the enemy’s conversation, and quietly opened the secret room, even Klein felt that this wit was rare.

And Cattleya noticed that ‘The Hermit’ made judgments based on extensive knowledge and found the best solution.

She thought: This should be the rich knowledge and experience accumulated by ‘The Hermit’ in continuous adventures, as well as the trained reaction.

This also explains well the source of ‘The Hermit’s’ intelligence. A large part of it should be obtained through his exploration.

Then Cattleya sighed: He escaped from the side of two demigods!

She unconsciously put herself into the situation at the time and found that she couldn’t do this at all.

When she found that the opponent was very strong, she might simply stop the exploration and choose to leave immediately.

Among the other members, the most excited was Audrey: This is the adventure on the sea! Mr. Hermit used clever means to not only kill three enemies but also obtained many gains from the warehouse.

The most admirable thing was the way to escape from that space, which even exceeded the expectations of the two demigods.

Audrey also wanted to have such an adventure, although it was indeed very dangerous, and the consequences of a wrong step were serious, but she just yearned to try it.

While fantasizing, she also made a psychological sketch for herself: All along, my life has been too stable, which makes me like stability, but at the same time, my heart can’t help but look forward to a risk-controllable adventure.

Emlyn sighed: Although Miss Magician didn’t specifically say their gains, in this kind of ruins that haven’t been looted, you can definitely find many good things.

‘Hanged Man’ Alger pondered for a moment and asked: “The main purpose of the ‘Knowledge Church’ in exploring this ruin seems to be to find the person buried by the skeleton?”

“I also think so.” Odyssia said: “And later, the ‘Saintess’ of the ‘Witch Sect’ also went, which shows that this matter is very important to them.”

“They mentioned in the conversation that the ‘Witch Sect’ recently found a key clue from a batch of materials from the Southern Continent before they started looking for relevant information and started relevant actions…”

Klein was slightly stunned when he heard this: Materials from the Southern Continent? Could it be the batch of materials imprinted for Mr. Azik?

Speaking of which, the matter of this batch of materials originated from Klein.

He learned from a soul in the ‘Creeping Hunger’ that ‘Hurricane Admiral’ Qilangos had once seized a batch of materials unearthed in the Southern Continent.

Klein believed that the batch of materials should currently be in the hands of the ‘Disease Admiral’ who had incorporated Qilangos’s fleet, so he planned to disguise himself and assassinate the ‘Disease Admiral.’

As a result, the assassination failed. Klein asked the big shot Mr. Azik to come forward and get the information, but he encountered an ‘Ageless Witch,’ who was also an old acquaintance of Mr. Azik.

That ‘Ageless Witch’ agreed to imprint a copy of the information and give it to Mr. Azik.

It seems that when imprinting the information, the ‘Witch Sect’ also reviewed the information and obtained some key clues as a result.

Klein took a deep breath, unexpectedly there were so many follow-ups regarding that Southern Continent information.

Odyssia didn’t look at ‘The World,’ nor did he look at ‘The Fool,’ but continued: “I have also guessed for a long time, but I didn’t think of any clues, but since we know about this, we can pay attention to the actions of the ‘Witch Sect’ and the ‘Knowledge Church.’

“Once we find any clues, we can provide them to the Church.”

The other members nodded one after another, only Cattleya almost asked: Provide it to the Church?

In her opinion, the ‘Tarot Club’ is definitely a newly emerging secret organization, and ‘The Hermit’s’ background is also very mysterious, and he should also belong to a mysterious organization.

Suddenly saying that the clues should be reported to the Church made Cattleya feel a little funny, but it also seemed to open a new door, realizing that sometimes it is also possible to use official Extraordinary organizations.

Klein noticed another important thing. He manipulated ‘The World’ to ask ‘The Hermit’: “Have you cracked the ‘Teleportation Formation’?”

The other members were reminded by this and suddenly remembered that ‘The Hermit’ had been studying the magic formation.

Perhaps his most important goal was to find that magic formation.

They sat up straight one by one and looked at ‘The Hermit’ one after another.

That was the legendary ‘Teleportation Formation’! If it was cracked…

They could even see that ‘The Hermit’ had mastered a large amount of wealth and resources.

“Basically cracked.” Odyssia smiled and said: “But this magic formation is very special. It’s not enough to just crack the magic formation.”

He didn’t say it too detailed: “There are still many harsh conditions that make this magic formation completely unable to be arranged as you want.”

He really cracked it!

Alger thought to himself: Even if there are more harsh conditions, it is worth investing energy and wealth… No, it is easy to be targeted by some powerful existences or secret organizations. Relying on a certain orthodox Church is the most stable action.

He was about to remind ‘The Hermit,’ but he felt that ‘The Hermit’ couldn’t possibly not think of this.

At this time, ‘Little Sun’ asked: “Mr. Hermit, can the ‘Teleportation Formation’ be used in Silver City?”

“I guess not.” Odyssia said: “The barrier between the ‘Land Abandoned by God’ and the normal world may not be something that a ‘Teleportation Formation’ can break through.”

‘Little Sun’ nodded with some disappointment.

After chatting for a few more sentences, no members initiated a new topic, and Klein announced that this Tarot Gathering was over.

Back in the captain’s room, Odyssia stared at the ceiling for a while, reminiscing about the Tarot Gathering just now.

Then Odyssia came to the cockpit and asked the on-duty navigator trainee to confirm that the ‘Deep Blue’ pirate group had not launched an attack.

So Odyssia returned to the studio again, set up the altar, and first sacrificed those six Extraordinary weapons to Mr. Fool.

After about ten minutes, Odyssia received a notification from ‘The Fool’ and obtained the cash and Extraordinary materials earned from this Tarot Gathering.

Odyssia earned a lot at this Tarot Gathering. Two intelligence transactions, a total of 4,600 pounds in cash, and 10 Extraordinary materials.

Looking at the stacks of cash, Odyssia thought to himself: My financial luck has been good recently!

Not only did I make a lot of money in the previous exploration process, but I also made a lot of money by destroying the ‘Red Lion’ pirate group, and this Tarot Gathering earned more than four thousand pounds.

After putting away the money and Extraordinary materials, Odyssia rested for a while and took out the map of Cruise Island to look at.

He estimated that the final battle would break out tonight, and he had already chosen the location of the final battle for Eggersbert.

Now the only uncertainty may be that ghost ship.

Odyssia was a little unsure, what exactly are the abilities of that ghost ship, can the ‘Spirit Wave Cannon’ kill it?

He stretched, figuring that even if he couldn't destroy that ghost ship, forcing it to retreat shouldn't be a problem.

Since he knew too few clues to make an accurate judgment, he simply stopped thinking about it, relaxed, and prepared for the upcoming decisive battle.

No mistakes, one first, one hair, one inside, one content, one at a glance!

After nightfall, the heavy fog still hadn't dissipated.

Odis ordered the *Argo* to be sailed into Moon Bay.

Preiss and the others were somewhat puzzled by this action.

Hadn't they said before that anyone who sailed a ship into Moon Bay was asking for death? Why was "Captain Jall" still sailing the ship in?

However, they naturally didn't dare to ask, and after watching for a while on the pier, they went back.

In the darkness and fog, the crew of the *Sword of Dawn* pirate团 were quite excited; this was the first time most of them had participated in such a large-scale battle.

Their "Captain Jall" had already given them many surprises with the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" and "Extraordinary Mortar." They heard that the weapons on the *Argo* were even more powerful, and they all wanted to see them.

But until after ten o'clock in the evening, the enemy's attack still hadn't begun.

Odis went to each position to give orders, telling everyone to take turns resting, but to remain vigilant.

At midnight, the port town, which had been preparing for a decisive battle, gradually quieted down.

Many people felt that the pirates might not come today, so they all went home to rest.

Odis also rested for a while, but because he had things on his mind, he woke up about every half hour.

Finally, around four in the morning, Odis woke up and went straight to the cockpit, staring blankly at the increasingly dense fog outside.

Now, it had become a battle of patience.

In fact, war, in many instances, is about seeing who has more patience.

Bang, bang, bang~

Suddenly, a burst of cannon fire came from the sea.

Before the watchkeeping apprentice navigator could react, Odis abruptly stood up: "Maximize the shield!"

The "Extraordinary Puppet" in the cockpit pushed the corresponding control lever to the maximum position.

At this moment, a dozen shells fell into the water near the *Argo*, creating clusters of water splashes.

Odis smiled slightly; the enemy's attack had finally begun.

The sudden cannon fire seemed to wake up the entire island of Cruise.

The residents of the town quickly went out with weapons, only to see the *Argo* in Moon Bay being bombarded by cannon fire from the sea.

At dawn, the fog was at its thickest, making it impossible to see where the ships on the sea were.

But the enemy seemed to be able to see the *Argo* in Moon Bay.

Everyone was worried, fearing that the *Sword of Dawn*'s ship would be sunk.

Then, the second round of cannon fire rang out. After the first round of trial shots, the second round of shelling was relatively accurate, with seven or eight shells hitting the *Argo*.

Cries of alarm immediately came from the pier, and some people were even preparing to flee.

But at this moment, everyone saw an amazing scene: around the *Argo*, there seemed to be a layer of transparent, arc-shaped wall, usually invisible, but visible when blocking cannonballs.

Because the cannonballs exploded suddenly like that, and the fire produced by the explosion spread out along an arc.

Only then did everyone quietly breathe a sigh of relief. Many people were already saying that since "Captain Jall" had parked the ship in Moon Bay, he must not be afraid of the enemy's cannons.

At this moment, the *Argo* finally raised its anchor, but showed no sign of moving.

The booming of cannons rang out again on the sea, this time with more cannons involved, sounding like dozens of them.

This shocked the people on the pier again, and no one spoke anymore, just watching the sea.

After the third round of shelling, they heard screams and saw fire from Lighthouse Hill.

Only then did people realize that many of the cannonballs in the third round had hit Lighthouse Hill.

… …

Lighthouse Hill was the battlefield for the decisive battle between the two sides.

Egbert had conducted a probing attack yesterday. Although he didn't attack here, judging from the number of defenders in the north and south, he knew that the defense here must be very weak.

So he also chose the battlefield for the decisive battle here.

Egbert made this decision because he didn't know how strong the firepower of the *Argo* was.

However, at this time, the *Argo* still didn't retaliate, quietly staying in Moon Bay as a target.

The one responsible for defending Lighthouse Hill was Third Mate Beavis, and the main force forming this defense line was the residents of the port town and their servants, whose combat effectiveness was very poor.

Under Odis's arrangement, almost all of the elderly council members of the autonomous association were here.

The reason given to these council members for being stationed here before was that they were old, and this place was closer to the town, so there was no need to walk a long way to the north of the island.

During the probing attack the night before, Egbert didn't attack here, and they all thought that no one should attack here, after all, it would be inconvenient to climb the mountain after landing here.

At this time, they were suddenly awakened by the cannonballs, and after a moment of confusion, they rejoiced that everyone was basically at the top of the mountain.

And the enemy's shelling mainly bombarded the foot and waist of the mountain.

Soon, the people stationed here discovered that something seemed to be stirring up the heavy fog on the sea.

They stared hard, and finally saw clearly that they were small boats!

The small boats were full of pirates, and under the cover of artillery fire, they were quietly and quickly landing!

In their eyes, that was a very terrifying scene.

The pirates, who had always been very rude and liked to shout, suddenly sat quietly on the boat and rowed the boat very quickly in very tacit cooperation.

Glug~

One small boat after another rushed onto the beach, and the battle captains and boatswains loudly ordered the crew to launch an attack.

In just a minute or two, a total of a dozen small boats arrived, and about two hundred people completed the landing on the vast beach.

Although the defenders of Lighthouse Hill also numbered two hundred, the ones landing on the beach were two hundred vicious pirates!

And before the battle began, the defenders were still residents of the town, a large part of whom were servants holding cold weapons, serving the residents of the port town.

When they saw the pirates landing, their first thought was to run!

It wasn't that they were unwilling to shoot, but that the guns in their hands were basically revolvers, which couldn't hit the enemy at all.

And the pirates generally had weapons such as long guns, short guns, and short knives, and could attack the defenders as soon as they rushed to the mountainside.

Beavis didn't stop their rout. According to Captain Jall's plan, the more embarrassed they ran, the better.

Bang, bang, bang~

As the pirates landed with almost no resistance, the shelling began to extend, and soon began to bombard the top of Lighthouse Hill.

Cannonballs exploded beside Beavis and the others, and for a time, cries and screams filled the top of the mountain.

Beavis held a "Defense Scroll" in his hand, but hadn't used it, intending to use it only in the most dangerous moment.

He retreated while observing the pirates' offensive.

With the constant shelling, the lighthouse was the first to be blown down, and those who ran a little slower were immediately blown away and killed.

Even the elderly council members of the autonomous association were walking as fast as if they were a dozen years younger.

Soon they retreated from the hilltop. Beavis, who was walking last, noticed that the pirates had already rushed to the mountainside.

So he took out a whistle and blew it hard.

The crisp whistle cut through the fog and across the sea.

At this time, Egbert, who was on the *Wraith*, observing the occupation with binoculars, heard the whistle and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Many people on the pier in the harbor also heard the whistle, but they didn't know what it meant.

But soon someone discovered that the *Argo* had started to move. Although the sails were still firmly tied to the mast, the ship was moving!

Egbert also noticed this. He breathed a sigh of relief and issued an order: "All ships turn around and start firing on the *Argo*!"

After learning that the *Argo* had entered Moon Bay, he knew that this ship was not simple, or that the *Sword of Dawn* pirates must have some plot.

At this time, the *Argo* started to move, and he knew that the *Sword of Dawn* pirates' action had begun.

But Egbert wasn't worried, because they had four ships, one of which was already blocking the outside of Moon Bay, and the other three only needed to turn their ships slightly, and the *Argo* would soon enter the range of these ships' cannons.

Even if the *Argo* had the protection of the "Extraordinary Shield," it couldn't withstand several rounds of shelling from dozens of cannons.

But then, Egbert saw an astonishing scene: the *Argo* began to fight back.

Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang~

The cannon on the bow of the ship continuously spewed out cannonballs, forming a fire snake, piercing through the fog and accurately hitting the pirate ship blocking the outside of Moon Bay.

The large pirate ship was immediately engulfed in flames, and screams were heard on the ship. Many people jumped into the sea covered in flames.

Egbert, holding the binoculars, gradually breathed heavily. In just four or five seconds, the large ship had lost all its combat power, and the sailors and crew who jumped ship a little slower had been buried in the fire.

And the *Argo* was rushing out of the harbor at an alarming speed.

"Fire!" Egbert immediately ordered, and then he felt that his palms were now full of cold sweat.

Bang, bang, bang, bang~

The three sea vessels, including the "Ghost Ship", simultaneously opened fire towards "Moon Bay", but this barrage was once again blocked by the "Extraordinary Shield" of the "Argo".

The relatively small "Argo" thus charged out of the harbor, heading towards the pirate ships, several times its size, blocking the entrance to "Moon Bay".

Just as it approached the pirate ships, a phantom, pure white cone-shaped shield suddenly appeared at the bow of the "Argo".

Initially, Egbert thought he was mistaken, but when he saw the cone-shaped object pierce through the burning pirate ship first,

he immediately understood that it was the "Argo's" weapon for ramming.

Whoosh~

The "Argo" rammed the pirate ship in front of it, splitting it in two, and directly charged out of "Moon Bay", heading towards the "Ghost Ship" and the other vessels.

Egbert took a deep breath and used his spirituality to communicate with the "Ghost Ship", activating its "Extraordinary Shield".

This ghost ship still gave Egbert confidence.

However, he soon noticed that the "Argo" was only heading towards them, but hadn't retaliated.

Just as Egbert was feeling strange, he saw the turrets on the bow and stern of the "Argo" begin to adjust their positions.

When the opponent finally fixed their firing positions, Egbert broke out in a cold sweat: "Retreat! Quickly, have everyone retreat!"

But it was already too late.

Bang bang bang bang bang~

The machine guns on the bow and stern of the "Argo" fired together!

Firing towards "Lighthouse Hill"!

The pirates at the front had just reached the summit of "Lighthouse Hill". When they looked back, they saw a magnificent scene.

On the misty sea, two fire snakes spewed out, stirring the fog into an orange swirl.

A series of light spots were reflected on the sea, like pearls strung together.

But this was the last sight they would see.

The next second, the fireballs exploded on the summit, fire engulfed everything, and heart-wrenching screams seemed to echo throughout Cruise Island.

The residents on the island couldn't help but tremble when they heard this, not understanding why the battle had suddenly become so tragic?

The "Argo's" shelling did not stop. After the sea-facing side of "Lighthouse Hill" was completely engulfed in flames, the two "Extraordinary Machine Guns" entered a cooling phase.

Under the scorching heat of the fire, the fog thinned out considerably.

On the docks, people anxiously waiting for the results gradually saw clearly that there were four ships in the near sea.

The "Argo's" shelling had ended, and the fire on "Lighthouse Hill" was astonishing.

But the three pirate ships, including the "Ghost Ship", were quiet, as if they were watching the battle, rather than participating in it.

Surprisingly, even though the fire on the mountain was so intense, there were still people who hadn't died, and they were rushing down the mountain, trying to jump into the sea.

At this time, the "Extraordinary Machine Gun" on the "Argo" made a "da-da" sound.

Under the machine gun's strafing and burst fire, those few people who were running wildly in the fire also fell one after another.

Immediately afterwards, a hole suddenly appeared in the fire, revealing a huge evil spirit that could only be seen with "Spirit Vision".

It was the First Mate of the "Ghost Ship", who had summoned a spirit body to help block the fire.

Suddenly, a silver-white electric ball shot out from the "Argo". The electric ball exploded, and the evil spirit was instantly torn apart. The First Mate was also seriously injured.

Then, an extraordinary mortar shell went over, and Egbert saw that the First Mate's upper body was blown into the sky.

At this moment, he seemed to suddenly react and ordered the "Ghost Ship" to quickly flee with the two other ships.

But the "Argo" did not pursue, only cruised in front of "Lighthouse Hill", shooting or shelling, attacking the survivors in the fire.

This made Egbert on the "Ghost Ship" breathe a sigh of relief.

He guessed that the "Argo's" power was so great, and the continuously firing cannons must have considerable negative effects, and they certainly couldn't be used all the time.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have let the three ships leave with such a good opportunity just now.

The distance from the fire on "Lighthouse Hill" became farther and farther, and the "Argo" never chased after them. Egbert gradually relaxed.

Suddenly, Egbert's spirituality seemed to sense something. He picked up his binoculars and looked at the "Argo", just in time to see something full of mechanical sense rising from the cabin.

Two mechanical rods extended, now facing the "Ghost Ship".

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