Pirate Kingship

The turning point of the Hastings Civil War came here.

"Ship maneuver tactics" is also known as "the tactics of breaking the enemy's battle line".

Organize a large fleet into several tactical groups that can act independently, and use column battle formations to intersperse and divide the enemy fleet's battle line, clamp one part and surround another.

Concentrate firepower to attack the surrounded and isolated enemy ships, and attack the enemy command ship with all your strength, so that the enemy fleet command is paralyzed, and then destroy the enemy ships one by one with superior artillery fire.

Byron has the experience of commanding a large fleet in person, and this time he uses ship maneuver tactics more easily.

"Keep the formation, keep pace, Valerian, One-eyed Owl, Ivanka and I will keep pace."

The main body commanded the Pirate King's flagship [Dreadnought] to open the [Heavy Force Field], constraining the force field wall to form a ramming angle, and rushed all the way to the Third Fleet where Edward IV was, bravely moving forward, unstoppable.

It was like a peerless general who could take the head of an enemy general in a million troops.

Even if there are many escort warships surrounding it, they will be pushed away by its force field.

At the same time, the pirate fleet around him gradually split into four independent battle line clusters.

In addition to his headquarters, the other three squadrons are led by the three fourth-level pirate commanders, [Thief Baron] Valeran, [Dung Eater] One-eyed Owl, and [Candy Witch] Ivanka.

It's like four sharp blades, fiercely inserted into the ranks of the third fleet, to dismember them into five large pieces.

There are 35 pirate ships above level 5 in the headquarters, and a total of 98 pirate ships above level 5 summoned from Black Sail Port.

A total of 133 warships, although the recruited pirates are all wild, but there is no weakling who can survive in the fiercely competitive pirate group.

Half of the pirate captains are well-known third-level pirates.

Not only did these guys not flinch, but they all shouted with red eyes like they were pumped with chicken blood:

"Steal the country! Steal the country!"

"Force is better than hard work!"

There has been no precedent of commoners becoming kings on this continent since ancient times. The power game of the upper class has nothing to do with these pirates who are like scum at the bottom.

Even if they don't obey the inheritance law, they have their own relatives to send troops to support them in the war for the throne. How can they get the meat?

But this time is different from the past. When Byron, the "fallen prince", led his troops back to the kingdom to seize the throne, he did not rely on any external forces, but chose them to help.

Let every pirate see a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to turn over.

You should know that there is an old saying in the old continent: "Three generations produce a nobleman."

The first generation, robbed and killed people as pirates to accumulate original capital;

The second generation, used the original capital to engage in politics, business, and to please the lords and kings, and began to expand the industry little by little, laundering funds and identities;

The third generation, spent a lot of money, married the daughter of a down-and-out nobleman to squeeze into the upper class, occupied the cultural discourse, began to talk about truth, goodness, and beauty and the eight virtues of chivalry, and advocated the inviolability of private property!

Only at this point did they dare to brazenly say to the outside world that they were a noble gentleman.

But now, as long as they can help Byron succeed in stealing the country, they may be able to wash the blood on their hands and become upper-class people in an instant.

Descendants will also be called: Sir or even Your Excellency!

Family information has been registered before the war, even if they die in battle, their merits can be inherited by designated objects.

When I think of becoming the ancestor of the first page of the family tree to establish an aristocratic family, how can I not charge forward?

They each broke through the battle line under enemy fire, split the Royalist Third Fleet into five sections, and after dispersed and surrounded, they remembered that the merit of capturing was greater than sinking, and immediately launched the pirates' signature boarding battle.

"Kill, kill, kill!"

"Both the ship and the title are ours!"

The Marines on the battleships also used the "line tactics", using a large number of soldiers to make up for the lack of muzzle-loading smoothbore rifles.

"Musketeers, line up, get ready."

But what responded to them was:

"Show your hidden swords!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

[Hidden Blade 1473] and [Witch 1472] and close combat revolvers fired at the Marines who were lined up in dense formations and looked like live targets.

Countless bullets and steel balls set off a metal storm on the deck, without even needing to aim.

The pirates were unstoppable in naval battles and in boarding battles.

The "export version" muzzle-loading flintlock smoothbore rifle sold by Rheinmetall was not much better than a toy in front of the advanced weapons they used.

The key point was that after a round of shooting, traditional muskets could only be equipped with bayonets to start hand-to-hand combat.

But the pirates only pulled the bolt or the handguard, and there was another round of firepower that was no less than the first round of enthusiastic concentrated fire.

"Ahhhhh."

"No, their weapons have witchcraft!"

The soldiers on the ship were directly stunned. Some had their minds opened up, and some were overjoyed. They kept holding the gun and charging, and fell to the ground with holes all over their bodies.

After five or six rounds of volleys, there were only a few living people left on the deck who dared to resist.

Most of the remaining people also knelt on the ground and surrendered.

As expected, the "trench broom" perfectly achieved its mission of "reducing soldier casualties and achieving world peace".

However, only our side reduced casualties, and the enemy would only die more tragically.

Moreover, in front of these weapons, the value of low-sequence extraordinary people was obviously greatly reduced.

Level 5 legends are no longer "thousands of enemies", and mid- and low-sequence extraordinary people are no exception.

Their weak extraordinary abilities are completely unable to withstand the close-range shooting of whale oil bullets. Most of them died miserably when they used their previous experience of facing flintlock rifles to fight modern firearms.

The accompanying [Storm Cloaks], led by [Phantom Blade] Gus, focused on eliminating the stubborn elements in the York Party who were loyal to the White Rose, as well as the accomplice executioners with blood debts.

Of course, there are also traditional land nobles who occupy a large amount of land and population and are destined to become obstacles to industrialization.

They are not even given the opportunity to be tried after the war, and they must be solved on the spot.

"Brothers, kill according to the list, don't let anyone escape."

"Yes!"

Just like the Lighthouse Country, although the execution rate of the death penalty is low, the rate of being shot on the spot is high!

No one knows how these people died on the chaotic battlefield, anyway, "the murderer is not me."

The [Ghost Fleet] led by Prince Sorenburg on the other side also had a smooth mission.

Even though most of these ghost ships were old ships made by various nations, and their overall design concepts were not advanced, they had huge advantages that living people could not match.

A total of 63 ghost ships were not afraid of ordinary artillery attacks at all, and it didn't matter if they were hit by thousands of holes. They were more Deathwing than Byron's guards [Deathwing].

The dead Lancasters had a rage of revenge in their eyes, and they were determined to take away all the traitors who killed them!

Kill the Earl's party first, and then the Royalist party later.

In the eyes of the Royalist nobles, these people worked so hard even after their death, which was simply a model of "Loyalty to His Majesty" and "Love in Death".

Soon, the two "reinforcements" joined the [Royal Oak] and [Centaur], and surrounded the two flagships and a small number of nearby frigates with superior forces.

While other fleets entangled the main forces of the second and third fleets, [Dreadnaught] and [Blue Dragon King] led the fleet to fully compress the encirclement.

The Royal Oak of Warwick, the King Maker, and the Centaur of Edward IV were pushed forward involuntarily. They were only a hundred meters apart, but soon they were all stuck together.

Boom!

Countless hooks flew, locking several ships together tightly, and in disguise, they built a gladiatorial arena that was about to decide life and death.

Byron's original body, the Wild Hunt, led his guards to jump up, his cloak fluttering, and a gust of wind rushed straight to Edward IV.

He also shouted:

"Sir Kingmaker, let's go together.

According to the agreement, the land north of Hadrian's Wall belongs to me, and the land south of the wall, Ganquan Palace, York's wealth, and the [most beautiful woman in the Channel Islands] all belong to you."

Then he continued to add fuel to the fire of Edward IV:

"Edward, today is the day you die!

Go with peace of mind, your wife and children will be raised by your Excellency the Kingmaker."

Although Warwick felt that Byron's words were not right, but this was indeed what he had agreed on before, and he did not refute it.

He just rushed towards the [Centaur] with his guards.

"Dare to steal my Elizabeth, I want you to die!"

Edward IV's eyes suddenly became bloodshot, and with a pale and withered face, he looked even more hideous and terrifying.

Who doesn't know that the queen is his Achilles' heel now?

And "Helen's Symphony of Fate" is essentially to steal women.

Facing Byron and Warwick who came together to kill, it was hard to say who Edward IV hated more, but he subconsciously stared at Warwick.

Byron could only be regarded as the public enemy of the interest group, but Warwick was both a public enemy and had a personal grudge against him!

"Don't panic, Your Majesty, I'll take this lunatic down for you!"

At this time, Thomas Neville, the Marquis, who had always been not very strong in the war between the two parties, picked up his [Dictator's Baton] and rushed towards Byron.

At the same time, the [Sea Hunter] on the other side of the battlefield had already divided the Sixth Fleet and captured the [Northern Snow Wind] in a boarding battle.

The [Golden Deer] just flashed in place and jumped to the core battlefield through a small world crack.

The [Sea Hunter] also rolled up a gust of wind and pounced on the [Wild Hunt].

He shouted with a righteous face:

"If you want to hurt Your Majesty, you have to get through me first!"

On the "King Edward", the "Norwich York" was not to be outdone and also drew his sword to join the three-to-one siege.

After all, in the various occupations of the [Ladder of Glory], three low-level people against one high-level person is the most basic configuration.

Anyone with less than three people is just a delivery.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The terrain has long been unable to restrict this level of extraordinary people. Figures flashed between several warships, weapons clashed, sparks flew, and the roar of forging iron was deafening.

While the royal party nobles dodged subconsciously, they couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Didn't they say that the [Uncrowned King] has not yet officially promoted to the fifth level, and can only fight the [Puppet King] with the additional bonus of some means?

How can he be so strong?

It takes two fourth-level Marquis Neville and Earl of Stromberg, and the Marquis Norwich who has been transformed into a fourth-level undead creature to barely stop him? Too strong!"

In fact, Byron didn't waste those precious few minutes of "real man time" at all. It looked fierce, but there was no real substance, all hard work and special effects.

Fake fighting, Byron is a professional.

At this time, Edward IV frowned deeply at the completely different performances of the people under the royal party.

Now, although he was becoming more tyrannical, he was also more sensitive. He secretly made his own comments on them in his heart:

"The Earl of Stromgarde is a loyal minister!"

"The Marquis of Norwich is a loyal minister!"

"The Marquis of Neville is also a loyal minister!"

When he turned his eyes to the timid members of the royal party, he couldn't help but sneer:

"If these nobles and ministers could be like these three, why would I need to personally suppress the rebellion? Wouldn't it be better for me to spend so much time with my beauty?

They are all cowardly wastes!"

Raising his hand to untie his cloak, he took the initiative to meet the [Kingmaker] Warwick with his right hand of the king, and said coldly:

"It's time to make a break.

As long as you are killed, the ignorant Lancaster remnant is not a concern at all. My ghost fleet can also kill him."

Buzz——!

A circle of light-quality golden crown lit up on his head, but it was only half broken.

A circle of crowns of the same shape also lit up on Warwick's head, which was also missing half.

If the two crowns could be combined into one, they would find that they fit perfectly and perfectly, and that would be the complete kingship of Hastings.

Whoever laughs last would receive everything from the other.

The two looked at each other's "crowns", and their eyes burst out with fiery light at the same time, but there was no more nonsense, and their figures flashed and collided with each other.

The two long swords in their hands were blazing with spiritual light, and they burst out with a brilliant light that was not inferior to the volley of battleship artillery.

The marines who were fighting nearby were instantly thrown away by the aftermath of the battle between the two, and blood was splattered all the way in the air like free money.

The so-called strongest [Law Master] must be effective in places with jurisdiction, and can only defend the land, not open up. The strengths are long enough, but the weaknesses are also very short.

Like them, the first generation who conquered the world, no one would choose this profession as their main job.

Instead, they all chose the [Punishment Knight] of the Inquisition sequence that focuses on combat effectiveness and balance. They don't have too many fancy skills, but they don't have obvious shortcomings.

Even if they are a bit dull and easy to be caught by others, they can be compensated by [Dragon Taming] and various strange objects and props.

In Edward IV's hand is the [Sword of Dedication], one of the seven sacred artifacts of the Hastings royal power.

The sword body is made of fine steel, the hilt is silver-gilt, and is carved with lions, unicorns, brooms, and roses. The wooden scabbard is covered with velvet, with silver-gilt roses, thistles, harps, and brooms.

There are also runes engraved: "The Creator and My Rights", which is also the motto of the Hastings monarchs.

But since it is called [Sword of Dedication], it means that it is actually not "natural royal power" but "people-endowed royal power".

The legal network is centered on the sword and connected to Edward IV. In theory, the more he is supported by people from all walks of life in the country, the stronger the power increase he will get.

Unfortunately, his reputation as a tyrant has already spread in the past few months.

In order to fill the huge hole in the war funds, he has been raising taxes in the country.

The whole country, from top to bottom, has personally experienced the tyranny of Edward IV.

The faith and willpower concentrated on him is at best barely up to the passing line, far less than when he conquered the Iris Kingdom under Henry V.

What's more regrettable is that the title ability of [Kingmaker] is still transferred through Edward IV, allowing Warwick to enjoy half of the power.

He is strong and he is strong, but he can't suppress the latter at all.

The "dragon" tamed in Warwick's hands is actually not ordinary.

——Level 2 Cursed Item [Louisette Guillotine]:

“On the surface, it looks like a giant two-handed heavy sword, like a huge silver cross.

In essence, it is actually an integrated weapon and torture instrument with a hundred variations.

As the only torture instrument in the Old World that has publicly executed a king and has become a cursed item, it has extraordinary legendary status.

Effect: [Regicide]!”

The Iris Kingdom once had a famous monarch [Locksmith] Louis Auguste, who loved all kinds of sophisticated mechanical creations.

Nothing could stop the king's extraordinary hobby for various forging, locksmithing and similar work.

He did not even take up a position in the traditional Tribunal sequence, but plunged into the ocean of knowledge of the Tower Sequence [Craftsman].

He built the most advanced workshop in his palace, often immersed in making locks, keys and other various mechanical creations.

Before him, the judiciary of the Iris Kingdom used many sophisticated death penalty methods, including: sword beheading, hanging, wheel breaking, horse dismemberment, burning at the stake, and sometimes using molten lead and boiling oil.

Later, the Iris judicial reform determined the idea of ​​only sentencing criminals to death without causing more pain.

So, the king, the highest-level [locksmith] in the kingdom, personally designed this guillotine.

And gave key instructions to the craftsmen, replacing the round blade with an inclined blade head can minimize the pain of the death row prisoners.

It also applied the versatile lock technology invented by Louis, which can change into a hundred forms at will: guillotine, cross sword, bed crossbow, catapult, etc.

It was originally just an ordinary second-level wonder, but after being stained with Louis' own blood and being the only king publicly executed by the rebel army, it became a powerful cursed object [Louisette Guillotine].

Special attack on the king, as long as the injury reaches the level of limb loss, a king can be killed with one sword.

I just don’t know if King Louis foresaw this day when he named it.

Side effects: The weapon harms the owner, and the user will be beheaded by the guillotine one day.

The kingmaker believes that he is already a spirit [devil], and he is not afraid of being beheaded, so he dares to use this weapon.

Warwick and Edward IV fought with swords in their hands, and the sky and the earth were dark. For a while, they seemed to be evenly matched.

The former was calm and confident that he would win in the end.

Although he was much older than Edward IV, except for his single-minded pursuit of evil ways, he went to bed and got up early every day, had no bad habits, and was much healthier than the latter.

However, the sequelae of Edward IV's excessive drinking and sex made him always resist the urge to "hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss", and he could not compete with the old man in terms of endurance.

"One minute and thirty seconds, shower and bath" is not just talk.

If Edward IV's ability and preparations were limited to this, it might be really bad.

But another hidden mastermind, Richard, the [Duke of Devil], has been preparing for this "Game of Thrones" that helped him reach the top for too long.

Before using [King Maker] to trigger the "Death Stranding" last time to kill three birds with one stone, he had already prepared a plan to trap him in advance.

Or in other words, at the moment of getting the three wishes of [Devil in the Bottle], a fatal weakness had been artificially created for [King Maker].

Whoosh!

Under the protection of a group of guards, Richard, the [Duke of Devil], suddenly had his soul out of his body, and had transformed into the soul of a fourth-level mythical creature devil, and instantly possessed his second brother, George, Duke of Clarence.

[Devil] can possess his low-ranking blood relatives without any obstacles, achieving the effect of immortality.

Although Richard's initial targets were his two nephews: Edward and Richard.

But the closest relatives were his other two brothers in the Three Phantom Suns: Edward IV and George.

In addition, George foolishly fell for the trick and became a low-level follower of the devil's path. He had no power to resist Richard and was immediately taken away.

Looking at the back of his father-in-law, Warwick the Kingmaker, he sneered and whispered:

"I make a wish!"

A golden wishing lamp quietly appeared in his heart.

The devil does have a kind of dreamlike supernatural power comparable to a wishing machine - the core witchcraft "Wishing Lamp".

Like the laws of the Law Master, the prayers of the Clergy, and the disaster spells of the Witch, they are essentially a kind of word spirit with different focuses.

It's just that they especially like to satisfy other people's wishes in various twisted ways, and never use this ability peacefully.

The higher the rank, the stronger the ability of the [Wishing Magic Lamp] to modify the material world. The more stringent the preconditions for making a wish, the stronger the effect that can be achieved.

"Whatever the wisher gets, his enemy will also get" is one of the most common preconditions.

Some devils will set more stringent conditions, such as: "Whatever the wisher gets, the enemy will also get double."

As long as it is used well, this ability can also be used as a magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

Wish that my body temperature has been 36.5 today; I can sleep for 12 hours a day; I lose half my weight; I am so happy.

Especially when the enemy is in a fierce battle with equal strength, it only takes a little "accident" to send him to the underworld.

For example, now.

[Devil Duke] Richard expressed his wish:

"I wish that the body I have now will become as weak as Edward IV!"

He made a wish to himself and the [Devil in the Bottle] who still owed him two wishes.

Not only did he gather the power of two fourth-level devils, he also prayed to the fifth-level devil lord Lorina, using his status to suppress Warwick and fulfill this wish together.

Then he immediately felt his body being hollowed out in an instant.

He couldn't help but cover his waist and let out a cry of pain: "Ah, hiss, hiss, hiss."

He felt numbness and tingling in his two kidneys, as if they were no longer his own.

Then he left his second brother's body without hesitation and returned to his short, ugly but not weak body.

He left the fullness to himself, and the "kidney deficiency" to his eldest brother, second brother and second brother's father-in-law.

At the same time, [King Maker] Warwick's face suddenly turned pale.

He once again felt the excitement of spending a night with seven beautiful mistresses when he was young: "Ah, hiss, hiss, hiss."

The sword moves also involuntarily changed.

Edward IV didn't know what was wrong with this old guy suddenly. The [Sword of Dedication] in his hand turned and cut off half of his palm in a flash.

"Ouch!"

Warwick screamed in pain.

Edward IV was in a dominant position and continued to attack with red eyes, even though he was already out of breath, and beat Warwick back step by step.

Perhaps their physical fitness was the same at this time.

But Warwick suddenly became weak, while Edward IV had adapted for several months.

Naturally, he could defeat the opponent with his rich experience in "kidney deficiency" under the same conditions!

The situation suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse.

Warwick wanted to avoid the edge temporarily, but because he had been missed by [Devil in a Bottle] for a long time.

Whether it was [Marathon Running Shoes], [Sword of Damocles] or other treasures, they were all restrained by the devilish Duke who took action brazenly.

Soon, half an arm, half an ear, and a large piece of flesh

The tyranny in Edward IV's heart once again dominated his body, and he thought he had secured the victory and wanted to brutally kill Warwick with a sword.

While chopping, he laughed wildly:

"Don't you want my crown?"

"Don't you want my queen?"

"Don't you want my navy and army?"

"Come and get it! Hahaha."

With each strike of the sword, the crown on the head of the [Kingmaker] peels off a little, and the crown on the head of Edward IV becomes a little more complete.

At the same time, the [Sun Crown] that has been worn on the head also shines brightly, projecting three particularly dazzling suns.

"Long live your Majesty!"

"Long live!"

"Three magic days! Three magic days!"

The nobles of the royal party celebrated with their crowns.

The biggest enemy is about to be eliminated, and the remaining [Uncrowned King] is nothing to worry about.

No matter how powerful he is, he still doesn't have the crown of [King]. When Edward IV frees up his hands and uses all his strength, it only takes one sword to kill him!

And just when Warwick was covered in blood, the last piece of the light crown on his head was refocused on the head of Edward IV.

Byron finally breathed a sigh of relief and whispered:

“The royal power of Hattings has finally been reunited.

In your eyes, Edward IV is brilliant, but in my eyes, he is wearing nothing! "

The last sentence spread throughout the battlefield with the breeze.

"He's not wearing anything!"

"Nothing to wear!"

"Nothing to wear!"

"Nothing to wear!"

"."

The words just fell.

The gold crown on Edward IV's head that had been put back together suddenly cracked again.

He subconsciously looked down at his body and found that something seemed to be dimming and dissipating quickly.

"No-! What did you do to me?!"