Alien world

Chapter 1387 21. Men's romance

A blue mist suddenly seeped out of the bridge of the Broken Law, and a low hum like the song of a deep-sea whale was heard.

"The ship spirit said... uh... thank you."

If it were anyone else, the Imperial Admiral would have sternly ordered the sailors to capture him and hang him from the mast, but he was Annan, and Captain Charon had no choice but to lie.

"But its emotions seem very intense." Annan curiously sensed the emotions rising under his feet.

"Minister Oli..." Captain Charon looked to Annan's side.

"Go and do your work first."

Captain Charon seemed to be relieved and hurried back to the bridge at a quickened pace, apparently to comfort the ship's spirit.

"So the boat spirit doesn't like fish?"

Annan didn't expect that the Minister of the Imperial Etiquette Department would have such a bad taste.

"Have you forgotten what I told you? Don't talk nonsense after boarding the ship."

"That's just... okay." Annan gave up on trying to argue, "So what does the ship spirit like?"

"Things that make warships stronger, such as orichalcum, mithril, runes..."

"Pretend I didn't ask."

The first place Minister Oley took Annan to visit was Cape Bow.

The Broken Law is a skeleton-like ivory white, except for the bronze horns.

As Annan got closer, he recognized it as mountain copper.

God knows what methods the Empire used to install such a large piece of mountain copper on the warship and still maintain its balance.

The mountain copper ram was about 15 meters long and shaped like a spear stabbing out at an angle. Its surface was covered with copper-green lines etched by an unknown substance. On the base where the hull was connected stood a statue of the goddess of law holding a code.

Fifteen meters long is not enough to describe its magnificence - this ram is equivalent to a five-story bell tower.

"solid?"

Annan tried hard not to let Minister Oli detect the greed in his tone.

"Hollow, even so, no ship can withstand her impact." Minister Oli said with pride.

Annan did not comment. This horn alone could drain all his wealth before he found the temple fragments. If it was useless... it would be useless.

"what is this?"

Annan pointed to the black boxes placed on both sides of the ship, which were completely black and matched the deck every ten meters.

"The box contains planks, which the soldiers can use to board the enemy ship."

Then Annan discovered swinging ropes and magic circles on the mast one after another, and even the portal bases scattered across the deck began to look suspicious.

"The magic cannon you invented is a good thing."

"You think so too?" Annan asked in surprise.

The magic cannon is a bit overkill on land, but it is perfect to be installed on a warship.

It doesn’t matter whether money is paid or not, as long as the empire uses it, it is equivalent to advertising the magic artillery for free.

Annan had already thought about how to bargain with Minister Oli, and finally he agreed with a righteous look on his face to give away a batch of magic cannons for free - free things are the most expensive, and he was confident that he could make a hundred times the profit from giving away any they gave away.

Minister Ollie continued, "The biggest problem for the Broken Law is getting close to the enemy, and the magic artillery can easily reach the enemy two hundred yards away."

"Ok!"

"There are no complicated operations involved. You can just light the fuse and fire."

"Uh-huh!"

"And it can fire continuously, firing more than ten rounds before overheating."

"Yeah, yeah!" "So all we have to do is replace the shells with soldiers and fire them out, and we can seize command before the enemy has time to react."

"Um……?"

Then Minister Oli took Annan to the control room, where he saw a dazzling array of magic circles and runes - mainly wind magic.

Annan had already pictured in his mind how the Broken Law would fight: spot an enemy ship, activate wind spells to push the sails forward at full speed, ram the bow of the ship's bronze ram into the enemy ship, and then the sailors would board the enemy ship using the planks and kill the enemy soldiers.

"You know it well?"

Annan saw that Minister Oli seemed to be familiar with the Broken Law.

"Understand?" Minister Oley looked at the magic circle in the center of the drive room with a dazed look: "I was the 33rd captain of the Broken Law."

"No wonder……"

Although Minister Oley was familiar with him, it was a bit strange to send him here for such a reason. Now it made sense - Minister Oley was the captain of the Broken Law, and his presence could also prevent the warship from sailing alone -

"Minister Oli, I don't think boarding is necessary in naval battles. Launching attacks from a long distance might yield better results..." Annan said tactfully.

"Boarding is a tradition of breaking the law trumpet."

Such words should be said by a naked, muscular man with scars all over his body, not by the gentle Minister Oli...

"Men's romance?"

Minister Oley liked this sentence.

On the other side, Luo Xi, who was parked outside the control room door, continued to chatter.

Compared to Annan who focused his attention on the warship itself, Losi's eyes were mostly on his kind - the battleship soldiers. Then he made a surprising discovery.

All the sailors here are the same height!

After asking the captain of the black-armored guards about his doubts, he said that these were outstanding soldiers selected by the Imperial Naval Academy after spending thirty generations to improve their bloodline.

Although Luo Xi could already do addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of two-digit numbers and successfully graduated from Liberty City University, he still found it difficult to understand these words.

"Improving bloodline... isn't that something rats can do?"

"Even rat people have their good points." A steady voice sounded from the side.

The captain of the black-armored guards straightened his body: "Third Officer Loren!"

Third Officer Loren was wearing a gray-blue uniform made of similar fabric to the Fast Pants, and had a pair of goggles around his neck, which reminded Losey of how Eli Gravestone usually dressed like this, except that he always had a hammer in his hand.

"Are you interested in my fur seals?" asked the third mate.

Luo Xi smiled sheepishly.

The third mate didn't care and invited, "It's okay, how about coming to the cabin to take a look?"

"Is this... okay?"

"You gave me gifts, this is a return gift."

No one would think of bringing gifts on the Broken Law, and no one would bring a basket of fish as a gift.

Because it was so outrageous, after the news spread, the crew members did not feel offended but instead felt fresh.

As for the basket of fish, it has been sent to the kitchen as a snack.

Annan and Minister Oley came out of the control room, and after learning of the invitation, they readily agreed and went to visit the interior of the cabin.

Next, Annan saw secrets on the Broken Law that were difficult for many imperial officials to see.

It was just because the strength gap between the two sides was so huge... Annan was completely unaware of what he saw - it was almost like a succubus winking at a blind man.

Annan commented on the magic runes painted on the wall, saying that they glowed and looked really pretty. When he saw the special sawtooth weapons of the boarding soldiers, Annan thought that using them to cut down trees would definitely be a nightmare for druids. Even when he saw the blueprints of the Broken Law, he only praised the neatness of the blueprints.

(End of this chapter)