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Chapter 271 The Most Frustrating Way to Die

This Sea God Cult is indeed troublesome!

"Quickly, gunners, aim the cannons at the shark monster!" Richard turned and quickly said to Captain Barolorick beside him.

"Lord Richard, the shark monster is too fast! The gunners can't hit it at all!" Captain Barrorick replied with a grim expression.

"Don't worry, I will create opportunities for you."

"Gunner! Activate the cannons and aim at the shark monster!!" Captain Barrorick immediately carried out Richard's order.

Richard entrusted the task of dealing with the severely injured Asakim to Stephanie. The goal was not to kill him outright, but to disrupt him and prevent him from recovering his fighting ability, thus keeping him occupied.

While Stephena, with her ability to move through shadows, may not have a killer move that can decide the outcome, she is the best choice for implementing this kind of restraining tactic.

Richard himself immediately led the Blood Bone Puppet forward, withstood the shark monster's attack, and shared the pressure of the vengeful spirits.

Otherwise, the vengeful spirit would likely be too badly injured and retreat back to the realm of the dead.

If that happens, no one can directly block the shark monster's attack, and the entire battle will inevitably fall apart!

Therefore, protecting the vengeful spirits is protecting victory!

"Gurgle, gurgle!"

Soon, seven or eight cannons were quickly pushed out of the compartment by more than twenty elite gunners, who began to adjust the elevation of the cannon barrels and aim at the shark monster.

Although Saridin seemed to have lost a lot of intelligence after transforming into the shark monster, he wasn't so stupid that he wouldn't react at all when targeted by cannons.

When it saw the gunners adjusting their cannons to aim at it, but it was also tightly entangled by Richard, the Bloodbone Puppet, and the Wraith Abomination, a loud roar, like two stones rubbing together, came from the shark monster's thick neck.

"Shark Tornado!!"

The next second, a rapidly spinning black tornado appeared out of thin air in front of it and quickly spread out for several meters.

Instantly, it encompassed all the vengeful spirits, blood-bone puppets, and Richard!

The tornado's area of ​​effect was small, but its attack power was extremely terrifying. The thick deck it touched was instantly shattered into sharp wood chips, which were mixed into the high-speed tornado.

These sharp wood chips, when given extremely high speed, become incredibly lethal!

The sharp wooden pieces struck Richard, who was enveloped in deathly aura, almost piercing through him. Fortunately, the deathly aura weakened them, reducing their kinetic energy. They were then blocked by Richard's next defensive spell—the Magic Armor Spell.

But the blows made the bones and armor on Richard's body clang and clatter, and Richard immediately felt a sharp pain on his skin!

The worst off was the vengeful spirit, which had already been severely injured. Now, its body was almost entirely covered in shards of deck armor, making it look like a giant hedgehog. Even its left eyeball had been punctured.

The Bloodbone Puppet was the most unharmed among the Shark Tornadoes. As long as the attack power did not exceed the upper limit of its bone strength, no matter how many attacks came, they were of little use, merely restraining its movements.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Saridin, in his shark form, leaped out of the three men's encirclement and landed beside the cannons, intending to destroy these slow-moving but powerful cannons first.

Just as the shark monster was about to slaughter the gunners with a ferocious expression, Richard had the Blood Bone Puppet slam him into the ground, sending him flying into a high-speed spinning shark tornado that delivered a powerful innate spell directly at the shark monster.

"Mental shock!"

Richard was waiting for the enemy to get close to their artillery!

Because the closer you get to the cannon, the less room the enemy has to dodge. In addition, the shark monster is as big as the vengeful abomination, making it even more difficult to dodge.

The difficulty lies in how to immobilize the enemy so that the gunners can aim accurately.

The answer is still the closer the better.

Of course, the shark monster couldn't be allowed to directly attack the gunners; otherwise, Richard wouldn't be interested in testing whether the gunners had the will to remain calm in the face of danger.

Just as the shark monster was still more than ten meters away from the gunners, a transparent wave of mental energy suddenly hit the shark's head, causing its entire body to freeze abruptly!

"Fire!" Richard shouted immediately.

"Fire!" Captain Barrolick shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Fire!!" roared the gunner in charge of commanding more than twenty elite gunners.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!"

The gunners didn't seem to be scared away by the approaching shark monster. Instead, they steadily fired their shells, and instantly, all seven or eight cannons opened fire at the same time!

At this moment, Richard had never felt that his double pay was so worthwhile.

This is the advantage of being a retired veteran: having fought for so long, they have become indifferent to blood, fire, life, and death.

The shark monster, just realizing what was happening, suddenly had its pupils shrink!

But at this moment, it was too late for its massive body to dodge!

The only way is to slightly avoid the vital points; the only other option is to directly withstand the artillery bombardment!

"roar!!"

The shark monster roared and reacted incredibly quickly, instantly devising a plan to minimize its injuries. It immediately realized that it would be hit by at least three cannonballs, but that was better than being hit by four, five, or even more.

As a result, the shark monster tensed its muscles and crossed its two giant hands in front of its chest to protect its head and vital organs, thus avoiding being hit directly by the cannonballs!

Several red-hot, solid iron balls, after being violently accelerated and rubbed within the cannon barrel, struck different parts of the shark monster at speeds slightly exceeding the speed of sound.

One cannonball struck his arm squarely, instantly fracturing his arm bone and sending flesh flying everywhere. Fortunately, it blocked the shot; otherwise, the cannonball would have hit his chest directly.

The second shell hit its lower abdomen, creating a gash the size of a washbasin right at the waist where the two shark monsters were hugging. This severely injured it, and the shark monster immediately let out a miserable howl.

The third and final shell struck the shark monster in the knee, knocking it to its knees!

The remaining shells either grazed the shark monster or missed completely.

But the fact that three cannonballs managed to hit the shark monster and achieve such a significant result has already made everyone around them overjoyed!

Richard was overjoyed when he saw it!

Who says ordinary people can't play a role in extraordinary battles?

Who says ordinary people can't harm wizards?

I'm not sure about other colossal creatures, but at least a brute force monster like the shark monster is unlikely to be immune to cannon fire!

Li even realized that as long as the cannon caliber was large enough, even level two or three wizards could be killed.

Of course, the conditions for killing the opponent are quite demanding!

You have to make sure the enemy stands still so you can bombard them with dozens of large-caliber artillery pieces.

This is almost impossible in reality.

He also used a trick this time, taking advantage of the dizzying effect of his mental shock to set up a trap that put the opponent in front of a bunch of cannons.

"Well done!! Gunners!!" Captain Barrolick's cheeks were flushed with excitement; he was even more excited than Richard.

Come to think of it, the other party is extraordinary!

Moreover, it wasn't just any ordinary extraordinary being; it was a monster transformed from a high-level wizard, approaching level two.

As a result, it was severely damaged by a salvo of artillery fire.

Looking at Saridin, who had been beaten to one knee, Asakim, supporting his broken spine with his hands, stared in disbelief!

This is Lord Saridin, the strongest first-level top wizard below the second-level wizard of the Sea God Cult, and he was actually beaten to his knees!

Good heavens!

Does this mean that only a level two archmage can deal with this necromancer?

But second-level archmages are all high-ranking and powerful figures in the Sea God Cult, so they wouldn't easily make a move!

Taking advantage of the moment when the other party was stunned, Richard launched two more attacks on the forehead of the skeletal monster Asakim lying on the ground!

"Mental shock!"

"Death Ray!"

"Pfft!"

A black beam of light pierced through Asakim's skull!

Instantly, Asakim's memory and expression were permanently frozen on that shocking scene.

"Quick reload!"

"Prepare to fire again!" the gunner immediately ordered.

Saridin, in his shark form, shuddered instantly!

If he were to be hit by another volley of artillery fire, he would surely die.

Despite the pain, Saridin slammed his shark tail hard against the deck, piercing through it, and his tall figure fell from the deck into the next cabin.

Unfortunately, Saridin miscalculated the height of the lower deck from the upper deck.

With a deck height of only 2.5 meters, the result of Saridin falling to the next level was that most of his body was below deck, but his chest and head were above deck.

Most importantly, the person was completely stuck inside, making it extremely difficult to move!

This immediately delighted everyone around!

A sitting duck right in front of you!

Nothing could be more hilarious than this!

You have to understand that Richard had just gone through a lot of trouble and carefully planned to finally trick the other party into a predicament.

But unexpectedly, this time, the shark monster made a foolish move on its own!

"Fire!!" the gunner roared, his eyes wide.

The next second! To Saridin's astonishment, four or five solid iron balls, glowing red-hot, hurtled toward his eyes.

"Snapped!"

The sound of a watermelon being smashed by a sledgehammer rang out!

The shark monster's enormous shark head, now like a ripe watermelon, was smashed open with a sledgehammer, revealing its scarlet flesh inside!

And

Splattered red juice.

One of the patches of bright red mixed with some white cotton-like material looked exactly like pig brains!

Richard and Stephanie were also stunned, and looked at each other in bewilderment!

this.

This might be the most unjustly killed top-tier wizard of the first rank.

In the end, he didn't die at the hands of an equally powerful opponent, but rather from the cannon fire of an ordinary person.

Of course, this was largely due to Richard and his undead summons holding them back.

Otherwise, the enemy could easily wipe out all the gunners and cannons on the deck with a single shark tornado, and ordinary people would have no chance of hitting the enemy with their cannons.

Therefore, the outcome of the battle that followed was a foregone conclusion!

Soon, all the enemies on the Princess were wiped out!

The ghost ship Westminster began to decay rapidly almost instantly after the death of its captain, Assakim.

When everyone turned around to take stock of the spoils, the keel of the Westminster ghost ship was already rotten and broken, and it immediately fell apart with a series of cracking sounds. Soon, amidst the crowd's gaze, only some old and rotten planks remained of the ghost ship, drifting on the sea.

As for the pirates, whether they were alive or dead, they gradually withered away, either turning into dried corpses curled up on the ground, or even turning directly into ashes.

The shark monster's corpse, however, shrank rapidly, reverting to a headless human corpse.

But he had no belongings left, which made Richard sigh. Although he had defeated the attack by the Sea God Cult, he had gained nothing.

No, it wasn't entirely fruitless!

The energy points just displayed by the system were quite generous; the shark monster and the skeleton monster together gave Richard a total of 189765 energy points.

This made Richard even more determined to find the Rodrigo meditation method!

If the subsequent meditation method is found, and these energy points are directly used to enhance it, Richard's strength will likely increase even further!

"Hahaha! We won!!"

"We actually won!!"

"We actually defeated the ghost ship!!"

"We decisively defeated the ghost ship in a boarding action!"

"We've shattered the myth!"

The surviving gunners, sailors, and melee crew on deck began to cheer loudly, and many threw their sailor hats into the air.

Stephanie was also caught up in the atmosphere and excitedly waved her little hands.

"Long live Lord Richard!!"

After it was unclear which survivor shouted that.

The words "Long live Lord Richard!" instantly resonated with everyone, and the resounding cheers echoed throughout the entire Princess!

Everyone on the Princess had witnessed Richard and his summoned creature's battle against two powerful wizards.

Perhaps for Richard, this was just one of the bigger battles he had ever faced in his life, but for most of the people on the Princess, this battle was something they could brag about for a lifetime!

Perhaps one day, when they are old or can no longer work, they will tell their children in the garden what the greatest thing they have ever experienced in their lives was.

It was very likely in this battle that I, in my youth, served as a sailor on the Princess and decisively defeated the ghost ship!

Perhaps one day, when he's bragging to his wife, he'll be telling her this story.

Perhaps this is what they brag about when they're drinking at a bar!

Perhaps, this battle will also be written on his epitaph!

Regardless, today's battle will be deeply etched in their minds, passed down by word of mouth, and will continue to be remembered!

Just then, the lookout on the mast shouted, "The fog is clearing! The fog is clearing!"

Everyone then realized what was happening and looked around.

Sure enough, the surrounding mist gradually thinned and soon disappeared, and the sunlight shone on the sea, making the people on the ship seem to be bathed in golden light.

"Look! What's that?" a sailor said, pointing to the port side of the Princess.

(End of this chapter)