251 249 Finally. (1/2)

The day after I unexpectedly learned a lot about the ecology of Midgals Olm.

We were still staying neat. I also took a bath yesterday and Fran is in a good mood in the morning.

Oh, because the bath water is replacing exactly right after Fran finishes in. I can't let the men in Fran's leftover water - I won't allow it!

Fran watched the horizon from the deck, observing fish, dolphins, etc. sometimes visible on the water, or gobbling in the room if he got tired of it. But this afternoon the end is finally marked for a peaceful sailing journey.

Cancun, cancun, cancun, cancun!

A bell rang announcing an enemy attack; if it were to be rang every four times, it would have been a pirate raid.

”A pirate!

”Go!”

”On!”

Fran grabs me and pops out of the room. Running straight up to the deck, the captain was about to give instructions to the other sailors to set up a combat posture.

Mordred seems to have been on deck from the start, staring north with his men.

”Are you here? That's fast.”

”What about the pirates?

”Right there.”

At the tip of Moldred's finger, there was certainly some shadow. But there's still quite a distance. We don't know what it is, but we're not sure if it's a ship. Not to mention I didn't know if that was a pirate ship.

”Is that the pirate ship?

”Ooh, definitely! They're flying pirate flags!

Jerome says it with confidence. You see that one? I thought so, but there was a telescope in his hand. Well, now you've checked.

”Can you get away with it?

”Hmm, I guess I can't. It's a small speedboat over there, and the wind is bad. You think they'll catch up in an hour or so?

”Then it will be a battle”

”Whoa. You're not gonna let this one get away over there.”

But you're gonna hit this giant ship with that little boat? Will you be able to come up to the ship even if you're grounded in the first place?

But the pirates don't seem to be on their way without a chance.

”The tip of that ship has a punch angle. I think I'm gonna smash this side of the belly and send in the fighters.”

Apparently, the punch angle on the pirate ship has an internal passage that allows people to pass through. When it comes to using that method of warfare, do you rather assume a larger opponent?

Catch up at foot speed, stop the movement at a few punch angles, and use the passage in the punch angle to break combatants into the ship. How can you safely board a ship of prey rather than board it with a rope ladder? As for those who get hit, they get into the inside from the start, which is pretty nasty.

”How do you fight?

”The basics are just to sink in shelling and sorcery before they get close”

It's naval warfare, and that's the basics, isn't it? If they get close, they'll make a hole in the hull at the punch angle of the pirate ship.

That means you can sink into it normally. In some cases, they catch their opponents, and the pirates stick them out to the guards to win prizes. I was wondering if the ship would do something like take over.

”It's a hassle.”

”Is that why?

”Think about it. I need a place to get caught and take him to the harbor, and if people have to feed him. You said you were gonna take over the ship, and you couldn't carry it without people to move it, could you?

”Can I sink their ship's treasure too?

”Whatever happens after work, I'm not on a pirate ship that's going to attack me right now.”