Chapter 417 - Start of Counterattack 3 (1/2)

“Lord, this is the report from the Lamer city.”

Luke, who defeated the Milton vanguards and took the refugees, was handed a paper from Philip.

Luke who read the report of war which was sent on a magic paper.

“Those pirates!”

The battle was a victory.

The enemy forces were defeated by Hwang Bo-sung and the Unicorn Knights who were moved with the help of the teleport gate, and the Grenada Navy was unable to enter because the ships belonging to the estate had made an appearance at the port entrance.

The problem was that the lives of people and the property damage was high because of the fierce shelling.

The total number of deaths were 305, 626 injured men, and 7,509 victims in three days. Hundreds of houses got burned down because of the fire from the shelling.

“Some places, such as the stone offices and commercial branches weren’t easily destroyed by the shelling, so they aimed for the residential area.”

Philip who saw the report before Luke was also angry at the pirates.

Grenada was a naval powerhouse, so their artillery was good.

Despite being able to aim at the turret, the attack on the residential area clearly indicated the intention to damage the Rakan estates.

‘We need to deal with the Milton Kingdom, but the Grenada men needs to be wiped out. I knew that our naval forces were vulnerable and came pushed by them.’

Among the proverbs of the Southern continent, there was a saying that clothes needed to get wet in the rain.

In order not to suffer during the later times, it was necessary to let the forces see Grenada Navy.

Luke, who decided that, asked a plan which could combat the Grenada Navy in the meeting with Rogers and the other commanders

“Why not fire on their fleet with hot air balloons like the time that the Emperor did with the Western Army? They won’t be able to stand against the unexpected fire.”

Following the method of Philip, Erwin who was a wizard shook her head.

“Then, won’t we need a lot of hot air balloons? In our estates, there are a few numbers of hot air balloons which are only used for observations, but it will take a lot of time for us to get them in large quantities.”

“And we will have to get a lot of heat appliances. There is a higher risk of falling over because of the ever-changing sea breeze.”

It wasn’t like Luke hadn’t thought of air-based attacks.

However, in many ways, it proved to be difficult so he had gave up on it.

“How about asking Castia and Holy Empire for help? I don’t know about the Castia Kingdom but the Holy Empire will surely help us out.”

Everyone nodded their heads at Rogers’s suggestion.

Reina, the current Pope of the Holy Arthenia Empire would surely respond to Luke.

In addition, the Holy Empire’s Navy had a superior size, although their quality was lower to Grenada.

“I am sure that they can help as the commander said. It might help in the long term. But this is the time we need to put off the fire on our feet.”

“I think that there is no choice but to endure it at this point. The sea troops aren’t easy to send when compared to land, and a typhoon is going to hit soon, and it is natural for Grenada to retreat by then.”

The man who said that was Baron Pasca, who got saved by Luke.

And Luke knew that his words weren’t wrong.

“This is rather frustrating. It could be able to if we could build a trap.”

“A trap in the sea? What do you mean?”

Philip shook his head thinking it was ridiculous.

Except for one person.

“You can create traps in the sea.”

The one who responded was Zegal Soha.

She followed the wizards to see Luke and was delighted when she had a chance to stand out.

“That true?”

“Yes, Grace. With a little time and materials, we can place traps in the sea.”

Soha, who said that, explained to everyone on how to build a trap.

The reactions were half and half.

Some were greedy, like Luke and the others were skeptical like Erwin.

“In the end would that be possible? It has never been tried.”

“It is used in the Song Empire. It was to defeat the pirates. And it did work.”

Luke wasn’t hesitant to see it work.

He immediately sent Zegal Soha to the city of Lamer by teleportation magic and instructed her to create a trap to defeat the pirates.

After Luke was done thinking about what had to be done with the Grenada navy, the Milton camp was busy planning an operation to defeat the Rakan estate.

Unlike during the border crossing, they seemed very nervous.

It was because Reynard, the vanguard who they thought would be victorious, was defeated.