Magic Industrial Age.

Chapter 59-58: Sea Monsters

Compared with the minor skirmish on the Percinus, the battle between the Bloody Mary and the Habsburg Navy warships was the protagonist of this battlefield.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with the Habsburg Navy's choice.

This time, the pirates made an unusual landing and robbed the city of Auckland, causing such great damage. The first person responsible is naturally the Auckland City Government.

Even if Governor Dorji Petrovich and the officials under his command did not make any obvious mistakes, such a huge blame would still be put on them.

However, apart from the Executive Office, the one that should be held most accountable is of course the Habsburg Empire Navy.

In particular, the Habsburg Empire's Royal Third Navy, which operates in the Silver Sea, reported its merits some time ago, saying that they had pinned the Bloody Mary down on the sea.

For this, they were also commended by the Navy Headquarters!
But how long has it been?
Captain Giss of the Bloody Mary brought them big news. What's the difference between this and repeatedly slapping the Royal Third Fleet in the face?
Now that things have come to this, the Third Fleet must get back at square one!

Whether in the name of combating piracy or out of pure revenge, they will inevitably take action.

At this time, someone came to the door and provided accurate information, and clearly stated that the Percinus could be used as bait to lure out the Bloody Mary.

So, what will the Third Fleet do?
Of course, he just went with the flow. As for Maruna's action of redeeming his child, who cares?

The first shot was for calibration, followed by dozens of magic cannons that chased the Bloody Mary and fired.

The impact of the waves on naval warships has been reduced to a minimum. On the contrary, every time a salvo is fired, the huge hull will vibrate continuously.

The warships of the Habsburg Empire naturally have an overwhelming advantage in performance.

Not only is the hull larger and the design more reasonable, although it is not a magical ironclad ship, the hull is covered with a thick layer of copper all around.

You know, the corrosiveness of seawater is no joke, and there are also clinging organisms such as barnacles. If the ships are not cleaned regularly, they will decay, greatly reducing their service life.

Only the Empire has enough financial resources to wrap the hull of the ship with copper to increase its corrosion resistance and defense.

On both sides of the hull, there are dozens of magic cannons, equipped with professional adjustable bases, elastic force relief devices, and professional magic gunners.

Their salvos had a flavor of "targeted long-range bombing", leaving the Bloody Mary almost powerless to fight back.

Of course, if there is one thing that the Corsair has that’s worth mentioning, it’s just one – it’s fast!

In order to facilitate robbery and catch up with fleeing merchant ships, all modifications to pirate ships were made to make them light enough.

This kind of transformation began during the Age of Discovery and has continued to this day, with many achievements already made.

Like the Bloody Mary, it is a standard streamlined hull and a three-track sailboat.

Dozens of pirates acted as sailors and increased the ship's speed to the maximum. With the sea breeze blowing, it felt like riding the waves.

It is worth mentioning that there is magic on the Bloody Mary. The sails and masts are all made of special magical materials, containing complex magic patterns.

Its only function is that when you blow the sail, the sea breeze will follow.

The result is what is happening now. The naval warships are constantly adjusting their directions, aiming their hulls at the Bloody Mary, while the magic cannons are constantly calibrated, loaded, and fired...

The Bloody Mary was like an agile swordsman, running wildly on the sea, sometimes rushing forward, sometimes turning flexibly, sometimes moving erratically, and sometimes stopping suddenly to dodge.

Those actions, which didn't seem like something a ship could do, were actually accomplished by the pirates working together.

All the credit for this should go to the old pirate named "Tru", who is the real master of ship control.

Of course, the Bloody Mary did not just take the beating without fighting back, they also launched their own magic cannon.

There were only five guns, and they were just bare, black barrels, placed on sacks filled with earth and rocks.

Their shooting was also full of randomness. A few natives who looked more like shamans than magic apprentices jumped around and then put their hands directly on the gun barrels.

After the magic patterns lit up, their thigh muscles trembled, showing obvious signs of accumulating strength, and when the cannons roared, they jumped away like frogs.

There was no way. The reaction force of the cannon was extremely terrifying. If they jumped a little slower, they might be crushed to death by the cannon.

Looking at the entire process of firing, there is more metaphysics than reason, and more faith than calculation. But you have to admit, the shells fired in this way still have some accuracy.

It hit the side of the warship, and the splashing water was enough to soak a group of imperial soldiers.

There are many islands on the sea, and on these islands, many indigenous tribes live.

You can describe them with words like barbaric, cruel, uncivilized, cannibalistic, etc. Even pirates were unwilling to pay attention to these natives.

Because there is absolutely no benefit in killing them, all you'll get is a pile of smelly bones.

It was not until magic cannons became popular and changed the pirates' combat mode that these natives became useful.

The reason is that there is a certain chance that indigenous shamans will be born among this group of barbaric, cruel and uncivilized indigenous tribes.

Although their spells are strange and have different effects, it is undeniable that they possess a rare magical power.

The pirates captured them on the ship and asked them to fire the magic cannons, which led to the current random cannon technique!
The accuracy depends on the sky and the target is at will, but as long as you are not facing the regular navy, but those merchant ships.

Just fire a few shots and the merchant ships will basically lower their sails and surrender.

Of course, facing the Imperial Navy, they were just a dish, a dish that tried hard to survive but definitely would not last long.

This fast ship handling was based on Tru's long-term concentration and the concerted efforts of all the pirates.

But people always get tired, and they can't maintain this state for long. If they relax a little, it will be the time for these pirates to be destroyed.

The navy knows all this, and the pirates are certainly aware of this too, because they are fighting for just this little bit of time.

At some point, waves suddenly appeared around the battleship, colliding with the ripples caused by the artillery fire.

And beneath the water, a huge shadow passed by, hundreds of meters long, seemingly longer than the battleship.

At the same time, a long, low moan came from the bottom of the water, sweeping across the warship with an inexplicable tremor.

At this moment, the marines on the battleship also felt a huge crisis. They even gave up the bombardment and instead searched for the enemy with magic rifles in hand.

On the other side, the Percynus finally ran aground on Guano Island. They ran aground on a coast. Both the sailors and the Bauhinia Mercenaries jumped off the ship.

Roy and Oliveira each held a child, while Maruna Marquez could only roll down in embarrassment.

They waded forward, accompanied by the stench of feces, and finally reached the shore.

At this time, most people were exhausted, not to mention the sailors. Today was too exciting for them.

The Bauhinia Mercenaries and the Twin Detectives were seen sitting on the beach, breathing heavily.

That is, Roy and Oliveira were in better condition, with almost no changes, and they still had time to comfort the two children.

From their perspective, the great battle at sea was in full view, with continuous gunfire and roars.

At this moment, the leader of the Bauhinia Mercenary Group, the big man holding the bow, suddenly stood up and asked:

"Why? Why do we have to go to this Guano Island? Shouldn't we steer the ship and return directly?"

"We are trapped here and are lambs to be slaughtered. Whether the Bloody Mary wins or the Imperial Navy wins, do you think they will let us go?"

At this moment, everyone seemed to have regained their sanity. They looked at each other in bewilderment, until a voice suddenly rang out: "It was him. He was the one who asked to drive to the island!"

The one who spoke was the younger brother of the twin detectives, and the direction he was pointing was Luo Yi.

Luo Yi ignored him and stared at the battlefield on the sea. After a pause, he asked, "You all want to know why?"

"It is necessary to know!"

The bow-wielding man stressed, "Besides, Mr. Maruna, shouldn't you also give us an explanation?"

"Who are these two? Are they from the navy?"

"We have no business using yourself as bait, but you shouldn't involve us."

"We are mercenaries. We earn money by risking our lives. However, this does not mean that we can be fooled by others."

"I do not have……"

"All right!"

Maruna wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Luo Yi. He looked around at everyone and said, "Don't you want to know why I fled to the island?"

"That's why!"

As he spoke, the imperial warships on the sea suddenly suffered a huge impact.

A snake tail, covered with thick grey scales and barbs sticking out from its back, hit the battleship's hull directly.

boom!
It was a sound far more terrifying than that of a magic cannon, so much so that the huge warship even tilted.

In the middle section of the warship, huge cracks and pits clearly appeared on the copper-covered warship.

After the attack, the sea water rolled dozens of feet away, revealing a huge snake head.

He had a mouth full of sharp teeth, gray scales, barbs on his back, and a winding body that was hundreds of meters long.

And on top of the snake head, Gis stood naked, steadily, looking down, like a king returning.

This is the trump card of Captain Gis, the captain of the Bloody Mary. He tamed the sea beast, the descendant of the doomsday serpent Leviathan, a gigantic sea monster that roams the Silver Sea.

Roar!

With a roar, the sea snake dived into the water again and launched another charge.

On the other side, the Bloody Mary had already begun to turn the rudder, and the Ocean Goddess's ram was pointing directly at the Imperial battleship, staring hungrily.

On the coast, Luo Yi said, “This is why we have to go ashore.

If it were still in the sea, even with just the aftermath of their battle, the Percynas would probably have fallen apart.

And we will become food for the sea monster!"

　It is true that the ship was covered with copper. At that time, there was no reliable glue, so rivets were used to fix it.

　　At first, we used iron nails, but they rusted badly, so we changed to copper nails, but they were too soft, so we finally changed to copper-zinc nails...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)