866 Great Naval Battle (2/2)

”It's Wanderer! The Golden Ocean's Pirate Prince Edward is here!”

This caused an uproar among the royal navy, but it soon quieted down.

This was because Wanderer was only one ship, and it would not be able to change anything. Furthermore, it was only waiting from afar at the periphery and did not attempt to enter the battlefield.

The pirate governors wanted to make use of Blackbeard's fall to obtain more data on the ironclads. Of course, there was also the tacit understanding that it would be most ideal if they could deplete the navy's forces to the greatest extent.

Wanderer was quietly towering in the ocean with an aloof attitude.

There was no one from the navy attacking it.

After all, Wanderer was absolutely deserving of its reputation as the fastest in the oceans.

Even the fastest ironclad now was still unable to catch up to Wanderer's speed. If they dared to besiege it, it would only be embarrassing themselves.

Even so, cheers could be heard coming from Wanderer.

After all, from the pirates' perspective, the Pirate Prince's reputation had intimidated the navy, and thus they did not dare to provoke him.

It was not only the Pirate Prince either.

At the edge of the battlefield, numerous strange pirate teams were also quietly appearing and watching this battle from afar.

These were all great pirates who were once famous on the Golden Sea Route, and perhaps there were even some low-profile pirate governors hiding among them.

They all had extremely grave looks while gazing at Monster's enemy.

Bang!

At the center of attention, the royal navy's flagship, Fearless, suddenly fired its main cannon.

Rumble!

The entire ocean shook.

The third-level pirate warship opposite had half of its deck explode into flames.

”How's this possible? It destroyed a ship with merely one shot?”

Edward instantly became despondent after seeing this.

He could not sense the slightest hint of extraordinary powers from Fearless. If it were an extraordinary ship that had fired a cannon with extraordinary powers, he would have nothing to say about accomplishing this feat.

However, everything at this moment had proven that the ironclad had achieved this purely with the powers of technology.

This was undoubtedly very terrifying.

This was because the ordinary represented mass production.

What if the number of ironclads increased to a hundred in the future, and every warship fired a similar main cannon at the same time?

Cold sweat immediately fell from Edward's forehead.

Even with Wanderer, he was still uncertain if he would be able to escape the cannon fire's attack range in a split second.

”What if such an attack landed on Pirate King City?”

Edward had viewed Pirate King City as an unsinkable stronghold.

However, his originally impregnable confidence had wavered slightly after this.

”We must join forces!”

”Elect a Pirate King!”

”Share data and information on ironclads!”

”Everything must be fast. Otherwise, we'll only be eliminated by this era!”

…

For a moment, almost all of the pirates spectating the battle had such a thought cross their minds.

”Captain!” At this moment, a sailor came over hurriedly with a strange expression. ”There's a lifeboat approaching. The man on board claims to be Vice Admiral Norton, and he wishes to meet you!”

”Invite him on!”

Edward rubbed his chin with a contemplative expression. Shortly after, he saw a middle-aged, Ettoman gentleman wearing the royal navy's military uniform coming onto the deck.

”Good day, Invincible Fleet's chief advisor!” Edward laughed exaggeratedly. ”What do you think would happen… if I throw the man who planned this battle into the ocean to feed the sharks or kidnap him for ransom?”

”Nothing much!”

Vice Admiral Norton had distinct facial features and fox-like eyes. He laughed exaggeratedly after hearing what Edward said. ”Such actions would only be deemed as challenging the royal navy and thus face an all-out attack from Admiral Philip! Besides… you can't be thinking that Blackbeard's defeat is due to my plan? In reality, with Ettoman's current strength, regardless of which pirate governor it attacked, the chances of victory are very high!”

”Although it's the truth, hearing it really causes one to be dispirited…” Edward's eyes glistened. ”However… it isn't like we don't have the ability to strike back, such as Sea God, King's Throne, and Specter Ship…”

”Specter Ship? It still needs a captain!” Vice Admiral Norton smiled. ”I'm here with Ettoman's goodwill. As long as you pledge allegiance, the Queen is willing to pardon all of your crimes and issue you a privateer permit, and even let you become one of Far Ocean Development Corporation's shareholders!”

”You're asking few pirate governors to surrender?” Pirate Prince Edward tugged at his collar. ”Then I can tell you right now that Wanderer was free in the past, is free now, and will continue to be free in the future!”