Who says knights can't backstab

Chapter 590
Beside the outer armor of the stern of the Napoleon, the smell of scorching in the air was quickly washed away by the wind and water.Waves kept crashing on the deck, wet the young man who was slowly withdrawing his sword.

Connor Drake lowered his arms covering his face, the dazzling glare just now made him unable to look straight at all, but at this moment, he looked at the boy next to him, which was exactly the same as the sailors on the poop deck——

"Urella! What the hell did I see!"

"He actually, with a sword, split the magic crystal shell?!"

Drake was so horrified that he couldn't say a word, and the scene just now was replaying in his mind: a line of shells was fired with a roar, most of them were lost somehow, and only the last menacing shell was left. The shells went straight to the stern.

And this young man put his hand on the hilt of the sword almost immediately after firing the cannon, and then pulled out a cyan sword light, which landed on the cannonball impartially.

There was no explosion, no vibration from heavy damage, the shell was pierced through the middle by the cyan sword light, and it was directly split into two pieces.

The dazzling blue light of the magic crystal shell was devoured, and then lost all kinetic energy, and fell into the sea——

In such a short period of time, the magic crystal cannon that cuts through the high-magic condensed body cleanly and without any extra effort, is this really something humans can do?
After running away for nearly three hours, Drake knew that at their speed, it was impossible to escape from the enemy's pursuit in a storm.The more important point is that if you continue to move forward, you may be able to distance yourself from the ghost ship with powerful firepower, but you will definitely be surrounded by the ghost ship's accompanying ships.

In this way, they still cannot escape the fate of facing the ghost ship.But that being the case, why didn't they take the first step and launch an offensive first before the other party reacted?
"I really want to evacuate, but the enemy has been blocking me, so I can only kill him—"

And when he told this idea to the young earl, the young earl nodded in agreement without any hesitation.

"You let go and do it, if it doesn't work, leave it to me."

That's what the young earl had said half an hour ago.

And at this moment, he undoubtedly did what he said.

Then... that's what I should do.

Another burst of waves splashed on his face, and Captain Drake woke up with a start—the battle was not over yet, and both his own side and the opponent's had obviously fallen into silence.Immediately he called out again:

"Speed ​​up, speed up, go around to the other side of them, the main gun is charged, ready to fire next time! The secondary gun fires, suppressing the people on their deck!"

The sluggish sailors finally reacted, and they resumed their own tasks.

Immediately, the sound of continuous firing sounded from the side of the Napoleon, which was close to the side of the enemy ship. Crimson gun lines pierced the darkness, and those powerful secondary guns fired in unison, covering the Aurora-class ship. The golden side of the battlecruiser shone like an eggshell.

Drake took advantage of this time to take a few deep breaths to stabilize his emotions.

All raids are launched in an instant.When they observed the position of the enemy ship, they began to hide the whereabouts of the Napoleon, trying their best to hide under the cover of the wind and waves.

In order to be able to get close to the enemy ship's flanks in the dark, they even used the unique design on the Napoleon - the water mist generation array, creating a cloud of thick smoke.

Although in a storm, the thick smoke can't play the role of covering the line of sight, but the diffused water mist has just become a powerful cover, allowing them to sneak to the very close position of the enemy ship and complete the "destruction" Hidden hit".

Everything is going so smoothly, and his ideas can be presented in a near-perfect way, which alone is enough to make Drake's heart surge.

It's just that the golden light of the other party's ship turned on in advance, making everything that was carefully planned seem to be nothing.The bright golden light blocked the Napoleon's stealth attack, and even almost sank the Napoleon. If Cyril Adrian hadn't split the cannonball by himself...

Connor Drake gritted his teeth, staring resentfully at the hazy but firm golden "eggshell" in the wind and rain:
"The Dawn Goddess-class battlecruiser, is this so-called ghost ship pretended by the New Aowei Harbor Navy? This is one of their most outstanding ships. How could it be occupied by a group of pirates?"

Before he had time to tangled up on this issue, he refocused his attention on the ships of both sides.The Napoleon originally appeared from the direction of the opponent's bow, but now it was advancing at full speed, trying to circle around the stern of the Dawn Goddess battle cruiser, and then launched an attack again.

But the other party's response was equally tricky, the power system was obviously brought to the extreme, and the ship reversed at full speed, making it impossible for the Napoleon to find the turning angle for a while.

"They're stalling! They want to wait until the reload is complete! The next salvo sinks us!"

Drake was startled by the opponent's thoughts, and couldn't help cursing the opponent's commander's cunning: This commander, whom he had never met, had seen through his plan twice, whether it was the "shield stance" launched in advance before his own fire , or the method of preventing Napoleon from going around at this moment, all perfectly aimed at his plan.

This situation cannot be allowed to continue!
"What is the effect of the secondary battery on the enemy's shield?"

"Captain, the effect is outstanding!" The good news came from the sailor's mouth, "Our magic piercing cannon can effectively penetrate the opponent's shield, mainly focusing on the position of the opponent's deck, and they can't launch another attack on us in a short time. round attack!"

Drake looked happy, he immediately turned his head and said: "Master Earl!"

The young earl had already stood by his side with his sword on standby, watching him calmly. The deep eyes made Drake think of the calm sea, as if he could contain everything in it.

He took a deep breath, and then said loudly:

"We can't drag it any longer, let's take over the battle!"

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On the deck of the Aurora-class battlecruiser, the gunners were being driven away by streaks of red stray bullets, unable to adjust the direction of the main guns, and the bad news continued to reach Qing Evans' ears:

"The reversing speed has reached extreme speed, and it is estimated that they will completely overtake us in 5 minutes!"

"The No. [-] turret is damaged, unable to rotate, needs repair—"

"The shield value drops rapidly, captain, their secondary guns have a strong restraint effect on our shield!"

Sun Evans took the cigarette holder in her mouth again, puffing on and on.He boldly stood on the side of the ship, while dodging the missiles back and forth, while paying attention to the movement of the opponent's ship at a very close range.

The hull of the opponent's ship was much shorter than that of the Dawn Goddess battle cruiser. The luster of the golden shield and the cover of the storm prevented him from seeing the movement of the people on the opponent's deck clearly, but he could only judge the movement of the opponent's ship.

"Trying to go around our stern and hit us on the other side, they should realize that's not going to work..."

"Captain, what shall we do next?" Jayce followed beside him, with some panic in his tone - he witnessed the scene of the shell disappearing on the sea just now, and he is still in shock at the moment.

The situation was even worse for Gwulf, the chief gunner, who never thought that such a thing would happen, and suffered a heavy psychological blow. At this moment, he was helped to rest in the cabin.

"They are slowing down." Evans said suddenly, which made Jayce stunned for a moment. He hurriedly asked, "Slow down? What are they planning to do?"

"What are you panicking about?" Evans glanced at him calmly, "Notify everyone, prepare for the boarding battle."

"Get on board, wait, why did you get on board, crooked?" Jia Aisi yelled again and again, but he heard a sudden "boom" on the side of the ship. When he turned his head to look, he saw black iron The solid long board of the hook has been put on the side of the ship behind him - the enemy ship has approached to a distance of only ten meters at some point, and at this distance, he can even see the triple main door at the stern of the opponent's ship. gun.

"The hanger bridge has been erected!"

"The setup is complete!"

The standard La Rochelle language came from the opposite ship, which was clearly heard by Jaais.He opened his mouth wide, not expecting that the other party was really what Evans thought.

"Are they crazy, are they crazy? How dare they take the initiative to fight us!"

"They all dared to turn around and exchange fire with us, so why not?" Evans put his hand on his shoulder and pulled him back, "Go rest in the cabin and wait to take over the new ship .”

Jayce turned his head, only to find that behind him, a mixed team of half-orcs and college graduates had been guarding the side of the ship in a confrontational attitude, and the middle section of the deck was two to three meters wide and long. The wooden boards of more than ten meters are also being built towards the opponent's ship, creating a wider field suitable for boarding battles——

"Captain!" He stood behind Evans and called in a low voice.

Sunny Evans didn't look back.

He just drew out the long sword in his hand and said softly: "Don't worry, we won't lose."

"Military Academy Fleet!"

He raised his voice, and the sword in his hand was coated with a brownish-yellow light.He stood at the forefront of the line, and the graduates who were no longer immature behind him held light and sharp pirate-style scimitars in front of their chests, but performed the etiquette of knights; while the half-orcs raised their weapons—— Or a knife, or a claw, staring solemnly and fanatically at the figure that rescued them.

For a while, there was silence on the deck except for the ding-dong sound of rainwater falling.

And this young master from a newly named family stared ahead, and finally said two words calmly and extremely firmly:

"Definitely!"

"kill!!!"

A roar erupted from the deck of the Dawn Goddess Battle Cruiser, and it seemed to disperse all the dark clouds overhead.The shield was released at this moment, and figures rushing out of the opponent's ship and stepping on the planks of the drawbridge came into their eyes——

Those figures were all wearing full-body armor, walking fast and steadily, holding swords and shields in their hands, just like an elite knight order.When they heard the roar from the Dawn Goddess battlecruiser, the knights also burst into roars:

"Strike—"

"Unbeaten!"

The dark green magic luster shrouded the knights, and they stepped on the deck of the Dawn Goddess Battlecruiser in great strides.The half-orcs and graduates at the forefront have already rushed forward, struggling to block the opponent's attack.

Half-orcs will never lose the wind in close combat. Standing by the side of the ship are all the elders among the slaves. Although their age has not yet reached the level of "adulthood", the strength of their limbs has already begun to show.

They block each other's swords with their claws or solid hide, and then strike back unpretentiously and forcefully.Their opponents didn't seem to be so adapted to fighting at sea, and the offensive was abruptly blocked between the suspension bridge and the deck.

The stable situation made Qing Evans feel at ease. He looked at his opponent calmly, and then the sword in his hand was precisely placed in the middle of the long sword of the knight who was attacking him. The knight staggered.

Evans noticed the momentary instability of the opponent's figure, kicked him on the shield of the opponent, and kicked him back to the plank of the suspension bridge.

The knight obviously didn't expect the opponent's counterattack to be so violent, and the slippery board under his feet made him unable to stand still.Seeing that he was about to fall from the suspension bridge, a force suddenly came from behind and supported his back. At the same time, a dazzling blue light lit up, and he rushed straight at his opponent——

"Lord Earl!" The knight recognized the sword light, shouted in shame but pleasantly.

But his opponent, the suspected "enemy leader" wearing a captain's cap, reacted quite unpleasantly. The long sword that was just about to advance was pressed down at this moment, and it actually blocked the sudden blue light.

"when!"

Amidst the clear and crisp sound, at the moment when the knight thought in amazement that the invincible Lord Earl's attack had been blocked, the knight seemed to hear a chuckle coming from his side——

The moment the two swords interlaced, the bright blue light in front of him suddenly extended for a while, stabbing straight at the opponent's face; but the opponent had no other way to deal with it, he could only throw his head back suddenly.But there was a piercing sound of "嗤", the front of the captain's hat was pierced by blue light, and it was swept away by the strong wind in an instant, disappearing into the storm.

At this moment, the knight saw the face of the leader of the other side clearly: it was a handsome face of a young man who had withstood the sea wind, even after suffering such a surprise attack, there was still a sense of poise in the black eyes.

At the same time, a soft "Huh" sound suddenly came from beside him——

The knight felt his body tilted, and his eyes began to rotate: the Earl, who was supporting him just now, threw himself off the suspension bridge with force at this moment; at the last moment of falling, he vaguely heard the sound coming from above. Voice of surprise:
"Evans, you bastard, big-eyed guy, why did you become a pirate?"

"Adrien? How did you become the lackey of the Duke of the South?!"

The knight's eyes widened, his heart filled with countless doubts.He wanted to grab the board and climb up to ask for clarification.

But he fell into the sea.

puff-

(End of this chapter)