851 Naval Battle (1/2)
”Do you have a grudge against that slave trader?”
Fang Yuan took a glance at the Dark Elf before him.
Truth be told, despite the concealment, some marks on her body could not be eliminated. For example… the marks left behind by whips and searing iron.
”It seems like… you have a past that's hard to talk about. May I know your name?” Fang Yuan inquired calmly.
”Dark Night Walker—Rolisa!” the Moon Elf lady said her name with a chanting tone.
”Very well. As long as you work for me, I promise you… you'll have the chance to avenge yourself on Heathfrey!” Fang Yuan promised, glancing at the three high-level crew members and the other normal sailors with an inexplicable expression.
…
”Boss, it's begun!”
In the moonlit night, Fang Yuan received Bill's message.
”Formosa set sail secretly at night… After obtaining this information, Heathfrey and the Octopus Marauder Team both took action…”
Fang Yuan gulped a bottle of rum and said aloud. ”Very good. Pass down my order! We'll also set sail!”
Covered by the darkness of the night, Fiery Lotus left the dock silently like a ghost.
Chirp chirp!
An osprey spiraling in the sky suddenly landed on a pirate's arm.
”Boss… My darling told me that there's a naval battle ten nautical miles to the east!” the pirate immediately reported to Fang Yuan.
He was one of the special talents that Fang Yuan had recruited. Although his fighting and voyage skills were mediocre, he kept an exotic osprey. With the unusual ability to communicate with it, he could be a rare scout at sea.
”Great. Advance at full speed to the east!”
Of course, Fang Yuan would not believe everything he heard, but his extraordinary sense also told him that something was happening to the east. Therefore, he gave the order immediately.
Rumble!
As they continuously approached the battlefield, some flames suddenly appeared in front of them.
It was the burning wreckage of a few merchant ships on the sea.
”Defense!”
Some pirates on Fiery Lotus looked excited, others solemn, as they slowly entered a battlefield at sea.
Rumble!
Guns roared and people shouted.
With the illumination from the flames and the moon, Fang Yuan could see that there were generally three parties involved in the naval battle right now.
The large group of merchant ships in Cecil style had to be Formosa's ships.
On the other side, five or six armed merchant ships loaded with artillery charged at Formosa's merchant ships ferociously.
Furthermore, at a corner of the battlefield, three pirate ships gradually emerged, and there seemed to be a monster hiding beneath the surface of the sea.
”The Octopus Marauder Team?!”
”Kill them all!”
”Prepare the boarding planks!”
At this point in time, the slave trader's armed merchant ships and the Octopus Marauder Team reached a tacit agreement to deal with Formosa's fleet together.
A few ships even approached them directly. Many pirates grinned hideously and climbed onto the enemy's decks.
But their shocked roars were heard in the next moment.
Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
A few giant sparks could be seen forming on the sea.
”Tsk tsk… Formosa is indeed a great merchant. To have such decisiveness and boldness… he's really surprising!”
Seeing this scene, Fang Yuan could not help praising him.
Evidently, Formosa had filled a few merchant ships with gunpowder and turned them into traps.
Even his own sailors were unaware of that. At least four hundred lives, including enemies and his own people, were lost in the explosion. It was extremely ruthless.
Taking this opportunity, all of the remaining Cecil boats accelerated in an attempt to escape from the battlefield.
”Chase them!”
The sea breeze sent Heathfrey's voice to Fang Yuan, making him pleased. ”How stupid you are! You actually took the initiative to approach me!”
But at this moment, there was a turn of events.
The flagship of the Octopus Marauder Team, Giant Octopus, turned around and charged at Fiery Lotus.
”Arcane Trickster Roche, you shouldn't have come here…” Orlando said in a loud and clear voice, apparently thinking that Fang Yuan was here to take advantage of the situation. ”If you surrender to me and become my subordinate, handing in thirty percent of all your spoils in the future, I shall acknowledge your right to join the plunder!”
Obviously, Orlando thought Fang Yuan was a weakling he could pick on.
But Fang Yuan found Orlando's words ironically funny. ”This Orlando…”
Fang Yuan felt speechless about the fact that Orlando chose to deal with him rather than the merchant ships and Heathfrey.
Evidently, Orlando wanted to take over this newly emergent Purgatory Pirate Team, and perhaps Fiery Lotus.
”It's a pity… Orlando, you made the wrong choice by wanting to deal with me!”
Fang Yuan snapped his fingers.
Splash!
Three water spheres emerged from the huge splash on the sea and were flung at Orlando.
”You're also a sorcerer?!”
Orlando's pupils contracted as he summoned a few light shields.
Splash!
The water spheres smashed onto the large shields and exploded into raindrops all over the sky.
Orlando's expression was solemn. He whistled.
Bloop! Bloop!