A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

Under normal circumstances, he could have given the rope a good fight.

But it’s not possible now, he can’t bear it anymore.

I originally thought that I could wear the opponent down underwater, or at the very least, drown him.

But now...

"Go away!!!"

Finally, he could no longer bear it. The pain in his lungs had turned into the shadow of death. All the thoughts in his mind converged into one - float up! Breathe! Get some air!

But the rope tangled up again.

Unable to float up!

"What is this?!" He opened his mouth, but sea water suddenly poured into his throat and flowed into his lungs.

His arms and legs flailed wildly, making the final struggle that every drowning person would make.

Then there was a sudden pain in my back.

The tip of the sword emerged from his chest, carrying with it a large amount of blood.

The strength to struggle also quickly disappeared.

After a while, Herzl's body slowly went limp.

His wish finally came true, as Thomas brought him to the surface.

But he could no longer breathe.

Chapter 247 Intercept 8

Thomas surfaces.

The two ships at sea have been untied and separated from each other.

The galley was now tilting heavily due to the water ingress. Without help, it was estimated that it would sink in an hour or two.

The sailboat on the other side was still fine.

The sailboat clearly won.

But on the other side, a sailboat was approaching.

It seemed like another battle was about to break out.

Thomas no longer had time to think about it and had to go back to the boat first!

There is a national guard on the galley, which also means that if this galley is the enemy's reinforcement, there is a high probability that there will be a national guard on it.

There is even more than one protector of the country.

We must hurry back to the ship, reunite with Joseph, and prepare to fight the second wave of enemy reinforcements. Otherwise, we will be in danger.

Thomas pulled the body of the Star-Moon Cult's protector of the country and swam a short distance towards that direction.

Thomas stopped suddenly, squinting slightly as the sailboat came to a stop at a reasonable distance.

If they moved any further, their hostility would be too obvious, and the Knights would probably open fire. This distance was exactly the psychological limit of safety.

This attitude...

It clearly shows that you have no hostility.

Thomas felt much more at ease.

At this moment, the ship had already spotted Thomas in the distance. Several sailors jumped into the boat as quickly as possible and rowed towards Thomas.

Thomas pushed the body onto the boat before jumping on.

He believed that every move he made was within the sight of the unidentified ship.

It was daytime and visibility on the sea was good.

The telescope is a standard equipment for sailors.

"Master Commander, what is this?" asked a sailor who was responsible for rowing the boat.

"An enemy corpse," Thomas said casually. "Bring it back, it might be useful. I need someone to confirm his identity."

The boat quickly rowed back to the sailboat.

Others needed to use the rope ladder to get on board, but Thomas didn't. Ah Yi reached out from his sleeve, grabbed something, and then yanked Thomas onto the boat.

Thomas stepped onto the deck.

He had just used a lot of divine power to heal his injuries, so at this moment, he looked completely unharmed.

"Grand Commander!" On the other side, Joseph came forward excitedly.

Then the sailors brought up the bodies.

"What's this?" Joseph was a little surprised. Obviously, he didn't understand why Thomas brought back the enemy's body.

"We need to verify their identity." Thomas lowered his voice. "This is a national defense!"

Joseph still didn't understand, but at this point he could only nod in agreement.

"Joseph, get the cannons in position, but don't fire them yet," Thomas said. The other side showed no hostility.

On Thomas' side, most of the crew members were injured.

It is best to avoid fighting.

After all, they had just killed an entire ship of powerful enemies from the Star-Moon Sect. Even if everyone’s morale was high, they might not have enough physical strength.

"Captain, are you feeling well?" Joseph frowned and asked worriedly when he saw that Thomas' clothes were torn.

"No problem," Thomas said casually. "This guy was quite formidable, actually holding me there. But in the end, he couldn't hold his breath as well as I did," Thomas said. "When he tried to escape, I managed to sneak up on him and kill him."

"We have a prisoner here, maybe we can ask him," Joseph suggested.

"Well, go take care of it. There's no rush. We need to free up our hands to deal with this ship now!"

It doesn't matter if the corpses and prisoners are left alone for now; the real threat now is this sailboat.

But once Thomas returned, Joseph felt at ease. With two protectors joining forces, there was basically nothing to fear!

Thomas returned to the bow to monitor the second ship's movements.

But Joseph pulled the body and dragged it into the cabin to keep it out of the way.

There was a prison cell in the cabin.

The captured prisoners were kept here.

Almost all the Crescent Moon believers on the entire galley were killed, and only this one was captured.

It's not that he is particularly cowardly and afraid of death, but when the artillery was bombarding, a shell grazed his body and the strong wind from the shell knocked him unconscious.

So he was captured while unconscious, and when he woke up he was already tied up. Even if he committed suicide, he had no weapons.

No normal person can commit suicide by biting their tongue.

After hearing the noise here, the prisoner also stood up and saw the corpse outside through the iron window.

"Lord Herzel!" he exclaimed.

"Herzl?" Joseph had vaguely heard of this name.

It is said that he is a powerful water warrior from the Xingyue Sect. He is said to be extremely skilled in water battles. There are also rumors that he is a national protector!

However, most of these rumors are unreliable.

It is easy to get elite troops, but it is difficult to find those who can protect the country.

But no matter what, such a person was killed by Captain Thomas.

And he died of sheer hardship. From his body, it was clear that he had held his breath to the limit and was desperately trying to reach the surface for air when Thomas stabbed him from behind.

Joseph knew that Thomas was a strong defender of the country, but he really didn't know that Thomas himself was so strong.

He himself was a national defender, so he knew that although the physical fitness of the national defenders was far superior to that of the elite, their breath holding skills... were not much improved.

Grand Commander Thomas...

Joseph began to understand why the Pope had accepted Thomas as his student and immediately entrusted him with important tasks.

At this moment, he was completely unable to understand the true strength hidden by the Grand Commander.

The Grand Commander not only possesses a keen eye, decisive judgment, and rich knowledge, but his personal strength is also unfathomable.

This is not some ordinary defense of the country!

He threw the body here, walked out of the cabin, and looked at the ship again.

The ship has turned around and left.

The ship turned, made an arc, and headed in another direction.

He actually ran away!? ?

I didn't expect the other party to not dare to attack and actually left like that. Then what was the meaning of following me all the way here?

"Joseph, take a look and see if there are any familiar people on that ship." Thomas handed the telescope to Joseph.

"That man on the deck wearing a bright red satin coat and an eye patch..." Joseph observed carefully. "He looks very much like the famous pirate, 'Prince' Sam."

Chapter 248 Retreat

"prince?"

"They say he's of noble birth and once held the heir rights to a small kingdom," Joseph said. "Of course, he's just a notorious pirate now. His head is worth twenty thousand florins."

"It seems he is far worse than me." Thomas laughed.

The Turks put a bounty of 100,000 florins on Thomas's head.

The other party has already gone far away, and they have no interest in causing trouble.

And on the deck of the departing ship.

At this time, two people were confronting each other.

One of them was dressed in businessman's clothes and looked at the "Prince" Sam opposite him with an angry face.

He pointed at the other person, his whole body shaking with anger.

"What on earth do you want to do!?"

"I don't want to fight anymore. It's that simple." Sam replied contemptuously. "I want to go back!"

"Sir, you promised the Governor-General that we would aid the Crescent Moon Cultists and kill Grand Master Thomas. What's the point of changing your mind now?!"

"Oh, because my stomach is not feeling well, so I don't think it's a good day to fight." Sam said sarcastically.

"You took the money!"

"Oh, really? Sorry. My memory isn't very good." Sam pointed to his head, then to his eyes. "But luckily, I have sharp eyes."

"The Crescent-Creek Cult has been completely annihilated, and everyone on the galley has been killed. Herzl, who was supposed to be the protector of the nation, was dragged from the water onto the boat like a dead dog! Perhaps he really is already a dead dog! Facing such a powerful enemy, what can we do if we go up there? You're not afraid of death. You're a Venetian official, protected by Venice's golden signboard. Even if you're captured, you can't die. But I'm afraid of death!"

He pointed at all the people on the boat in the circle around him.

"Look here, everyone here. If we just go up and start fighting, believe it or not, at least half of them won't see tomorrow's sunrise! Oh, and the other half won't even see tonight's night!"

"Do you know how the Knights' Navy treats captured pirates? I've been told that every captured pirate has a ballast stone the size of their head immediately hung from their feet, forcing them to jump into the sea. They don't even get a chance to be hanged!"

"I won't fight the Knights unless I'm sure of victory!"

The Venetian official was so angry that he was speechless for a moment.

But no matter how angry he was, he knew very well that what the other party said was right.

The fact that the Crescent-Creature Cultists were annihilated so quickly has proven that the Knights' combat power is extraordinary.

He also saw Thomas dragging Herzl (perhaps alive, perhaps dead) from the sea onto the boat. That Herzl was the protector of the Star-Moon Cult!

The protectors of the country were killed so easily, what chances do they have of winning who are at most half a step away from protecting the country?

If they go up again, it would be a tactic of adding fuel to the fire, and they would be courting death.

Not to mention whether we will lose or not, even if we win, it will definitely be a pyrrhic victory.