Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Octopus Gun 2080
That thing under the sea is incredibly aggressive. Perhaps because they were on the defensive the whole time and didn't launch any counterattacks, it became increasingly rampant from the start, constantly ramming their ship's hull without stopping for a moment.

"Get the harpoons ready, and have the harpoon team assemble on deck!"

Although Badler is now leading his own army, at the age of 28, he is clearly not yet mature and stable.

Even a clay figure has some temper, let alone Badler himself, who is not exactly known for his good temper.

He was furious at this arrogant behavior.

Upon issuing this order, he personally set off, rushing aggressively towards the deck.

Of the previous guesses, Badler can now basically rule out one of them.

That guy who attacked their ship is probably not very strong.

The reason is simple: if the other side were strong enough, their ship's hull would have been blown apart by now.

It's almost certain that the creature in the sea is unlikely to have reached the Vajra Realm.

At this point, Badler had already made a judgment in his mind.

However, this doesn't mean things are easy to handle.

Badler, who had come ashore on the deck, leaned against the railing and glanced down at the sea.

It was a sunny day with high visibility at sea. They could vaguely see a rather large dark shape swimming back and forth on the surface of the water. It was clearly the one that was ramming the bottom of their boat.

Although he possessed the strength of the peak of the Hundred Refinements Realm, it was impossible for him to jump into the sea and fight his opponent.

Unless the guy in the sea isn't even at the Hundred Refinements Realm, jumping in would be tantamount to suicide.

During this process, the harpoon team also quickly assembled.

It was a weapon similar to a crossbow from the era of cold weapons, loaded with a special alloy bolt with a barb. Within the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was called a 'fish spear'.

This harpoon came in two sizes: one was as large as a ballista, while the other was the size of a single soldier, and both were deployed on ships.

When they fought against the sea tribe forces, the bullets from their Great Zhou rifles were greatly reduced in power after entering the sea due to the resistance of the seawater, and thus posed very little threat to the sea tribe soldiers.

Faced with this threat from the deep sea, the Great Zhou Dynasty has certainly not been idle in recent years, and has been conducting relevant research.

In addition to further enhancing the defensive strength of their ship's hull within reasonable limits, they also specially developed this weapon called the 'fish gun'.

Despite its seemingly regressive use to cold weapons, this harpoon features a unique streamlined design and has undergone extensive testing. Once fired into the sea, it is more lethal than a bullet!

When they were testing it in the Barton Islands, even a single-person harpoon could pierce through a large sea fish weighing five or six hundred pounds with a single shot if it hit its mark!
In today's Patton Navy, harpoons have even become one of the standard equipment for their maritime exercises and missions.

Badler was naturally an expert in this area, and immediately took up the large harpoon, which was comparable to a ballista.

"Captain, should we include the fishing reel?"

"Connect!"

At his command, Badler quickly set up his harpoon and began to aim.

"Aim and fire!"

The large creatures in the sea were clearly unaware of the impending crisis, and were now shaking their heads and tails, gathering their strength again to launch an attack on the bottom of their ship.

They seemed determined to smash them to a crisp. Badler, quick-witted and agile, seized the opportunity and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

In an instant, the harpoon shot out.

No sooner said than done, the giant creature in the sea felt a sudden, sharp pain on its back, and the intense pain drove it into a frenzy on the spot.

The end of a ballista-class harpoon is usually tied with a special rope, the other end of which is wrapped around a specially made giant fishing reel.

The design of this thing is actually similar to that of a fishing rod.

Of course, it's a super-enhanced version of the fishing rod.

The reason for using ropes and this design was that they knew that the vitality of supernatural beings was extremely tenacious.

If their shot doesn't hit a vital spot, the creature won't die. If the extraordinary creature in the sea tries to escape, they won't be able to stop it, and it might even leave a hidden danger for their Great Zhou.

Conversely, if the other side does not want to escape and continues to launch attacks, then they also pose a threat that cannot be ignored.

But once this rope is in place, the situation changes.

It's similar to the principle of fishing. With this rope, they can control and wear down their opponent by reeling in and letting out the line.

At this moment, the large creature in the sea clearly belonged to the latter category. The pain made it even more ferocious, and it launched an even more ferocious ramming attack on their destroyer.

In this situation, the harpoon that Badler had hit served as a reference point, making it easier for the other harpoon squad soldiers to aim.

With each pull of the trigger, the harpoon shot repeatedly struck the creatures in the sea.

At that moment, no matter how foolish the other party was, they realized that something was wrong.

An inner sense of crisis led it to try to leave the area.

What followed was basically like fishing. They used a fishing reel to control the raising and lowering of the rope, constantly pulling against the big thing in the sea.

However, things were clearly not that simple. The giant's endurance and strength were unexpectedly strong. The rope quickly reached the bottom, and the taut rope connected to the metal fishing reel creaked as it was pulled by the giant.

Given the tonnage of their destroyer, that behemoth couldn't possibly be pulled, but whether the rope and fishing reel would be snapped by the other side was hard to say.

Badler ordered the boat to turn around, hoping to reduce the pressure on the reel and ropes by closing the distance and wear down the other side.

However, in terms of speed and maneuverability at sea, their destroyers ultimately couldn't match their counterparts.

During this process, one end of the rope, which had been taut for a long time, suddenly lost its pulling force.

Badler was startled and quickly ordered the rope to be pulled up.

During this process, the speargun that had been fired was also retracted, and the moment it was pulled out of the sea, a huge piece of flesh was seen hanging from the spearhead.

During the dragging process, the bloodstains on the surface were mostly washed away by the seawater.

But the meat itself still had a scarlet color and emitted a strong bloody smell; it was even throbbing as if it were alive.

Judging from the struggle, it must have forcibly torn off its own flesh and blood before escaping...

(End of this chapter)