Chapter 367

The sea is covered with lead clouds, and the dark clouds are very low.

The air was dull and the wind was very small. It was obvious that a very common storm on the black sea was brewing again.

Even if it is not the most frequent and large-scale summer storm, the Black Sea is always reminding mankind of its coldness and ruthlessness!

In the coming bad weather, a huge sailing fleet also had to drift slowly on the sea by ocean current.

It's very difficult to determine the sailing date of a sailboat that depends on the sky. It's not surprising that the sailing date will be delayed for ten and a half days or even longer in case of continuous windless weather or bad weather.

What's more, they have more problems than that.

"Be careful! The monster is coming again

Boom -

a huge shadow on the edge of the fleet rushed to the surface of the water, swung its huge tail, jumped high from the sea, directly over the mast of a warship 40 meters, and then dived into the water from the other side.

During this period, its appearance was also exposed to the seamen.

Hiss -

everyone on the boat nearby took a breath.

It's a giant sea fish with sharp teeth and nearly 100 meters long. It has a ferocious face and iron scales, just like a mechanical monster made of steel.

Pa -

just a little tail flick of the torrent caused a huge shock to the hull of the 3.19-meter-long five class cruise ship, and many crew members on the deck were knocked down one after another.

"Ah! Help

"No

Then, without waiting to struggle back to the boat in the water, he was swallowed directly by a huge mouth which was nearly half the length of the strange fish.

As if playing with these land creatures, the wild sea monster giant water wolf toothed fish swam under the water of the fleet, picking and choosing as if it were not a sea boat, but a delicious food box full of small meat people.

Just wait for it to eat.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! ...

the convoy with the flaming flag around gathered, lowered the muzzle and fired on it continuously. Solid and grape bombs were fired repeatedly, and the blue smoke had become a cloud.

There is a powerful captain of the extraordinary to throw the special harpoon in his hand, but in front of the hard scales and super high swimming speed of this large sea monster, the effect is very little.

"Damn it! Keep firing

There is no means of targeted attack on the underwater, so that these cruise ships in the face of large species, at most, just rely on intensive artillery fire to scare away the other side.

Even the class IV frigates of the convoy are extremely difficult to gather fire and inflict heavy damage on them.

Until...

boom!

Just as a blazing sun suddenly comes, it will disperse the slight chill left in winter on the sea.

A yellow and white plume shot out from a strange looking warship in the front of the fleet, which gasified a large area of sea water nearly 200 meters away, easily puncturing the head of this huge sea monster!

Ow -

just now, the giant water wolf tooth fish, who was still swaggering and no one could cure, was killed without any resistance. On the spot, it slowly floated to the surface of the water.

Even though the steel like body twitches and shakes its tail, it seems that it is no longer alive...

a scorching smell mixed with the smell of roast fish permeates the whole fleet.

"Restore the guard formation! Keep going

A cold voice, like thunder, spread all over the sea area, which also made all the crew members recover their spirits and morale. As long as there is this adult, even in the dangerous deep sea, there is no problem at all.

During the waving of the flag, the formation of the fleet was slowly adjusted and restored to the marching line of the merchant ships inside and the frigates outside.

The identity of this fleet is obvious.

It's the Silurian treasure fleet that sails home every spring!

After settling the dispute over the Potosi silver mine in the new world, the ship officially set sail. At this time, it was returning to the mainland along the shortest route between the "golden sea" and hillius.

This is the largest return of a large fleet in a year, full of gold and silver, precious stones, tobacco, ink trees from the new world... The total amount is a huge wealth that ordinary people can't imagine!

The total fleet number reached 120, including 102 merchant ships, including both official and private merchant ships of hillius, and 18 frigates of at least five class.

The first flagship was also the warship that had just killed the sea monster. Its name was "Red Maple".

The mast is full of general flag, noble flag, fleet flag and commander's flag. As the flagship and pilot ship, it leads the whole fleet forward.

There is no doubt that this is a powerful "quasi legendary warship"!

In terms of size alone, it is only slightly larger than the normal class IV warship, and the largest caliber shipborne gun is only 24 pounds, which belongs to the same level as the storm horn.

But since it is known as "quasi legend", the "Red Maple" certainly has the strength to match its legendary name. Even from the appearance, we can see that it is different. The biggest feature is that the color of the boat is very gorgeous, just like the red sails burning like maple leaves.Because this warship was blessed with the blessing of the angel under the seat of eternal fire (praying with a ceremonial ceremony, not the arrival of the angel), and obtained the super speed comparable with the legendary warship.

The normal speed is 18 knots, and the limit speed is 22 knots. Even in a completely windless environment, it also runs out of the unconditional basic speed of 6 knots.

Of course, this kind of speed is not without conditions. The premise is that the outside temperature is higher than zero. When it is lower than zero, it will be immediately returned to its original shape.

In addition, the warship is also equipped with a powerful marine treasure, which makes up for the lack of firepower caused by its pursuit of extreme speed.

[ocean secret · Longxi torch]

effect: besides winter, it can be used three times a day to release a hot flame with a range of 200 meters, within which even the sea water can burn through. There are no other disadvantages except that the attack range is a little bit close.

As long as the speed of "Red Maple" is matched, it is absolutely a nightmare for any enemy!

But the disadvantage and advantage of this warship, which is called "red verdict" in hillius, is that it will be completely sealed in winter, which is not much better than an ordinary class IV warship.

This is also the reason why it was not sent to the front line in the war of supporting Potosi.

In the captain's room, which is as simple as the abode of a friar.

"Commander! The aftermath has been dealt with. Although the hull was damaged, no ship capsized and 52 people were lost.

In addition, we are about to enter the "eye of the Black Sea" waters, where we have no islands or naval bases to dock.

How to deal with the storm that may come at any time, please give us your instructions! "

"I see. Keep going. Just be on the alert.

The main route of the kingdom is in the middle ridge of the Black Sea. There is no record of the fleet overturning due to the storm.

If it takes only a week to get over here, even if there is damage, we can get the repair on the other side of the naval base in the sovy islands. "

Looking very young with red hair, but actually over 60 years old, the Admiral rubbed the hilt of the long sword around his waist and issued his own order.

According to past experience, this kind of decision-making certainly has no problem at all.

The adjutant thought the same way. He didn't raise any objection. After saluting, he turned and left.

"It's nearly half the voyage, and it's been a year since I left the kingdom. This time I must go back to the holy city of novigri to listen to the holy sermon of your holiness and wash my heart. "

Looking at the back of the adjutant leaving, the commander muttered to himself.

The captain of "Red Maple" is also lieutenant general Doyle Griffith, commander of treasure fleet, although he is a top Knight subordinate to the Royal Army.

But it was originally from the "eternal fire" Church of the volcano Knight order, is a "eternal fire" devout believers, even in the church still retains the teaching position.

Less than 30 years old, he had already broken through the great knight, and was entrusted with the important task of becoming famous when he was young. In addition, under the influence of the radical style of the "eternal fire" church, general Griffith was famous as a hardliner even in the domineering hillius.

To be more precise, one of the propositions of the main battle faction is to strictly block the air route with a strong military force and monopolize the interests of the colony!

At this point.

A well carved wooden box was placed at his feet. It was the silver ingot extracted by craftsmen working overtime from Potosi island 1 and 2. The total amount was 100 kg. Although it was not much compared with the total reserves, it had extraordinary symbolic significance.

It's also a gift from the colonial leaders to King Philip II.

At a glance of this valuable gift, which was obtained by launching a war or even paying great interests, lieutenant general Griffith snorted:

"hum! If you had listened to me, how could those hyenas grow up in the colony? Even the Kingdom has to compromise?

Over the years, the will of his majesty and God has become more and more distant, and even delusions of marriage with the Habsburg family, which inherits the crown of the holy loessal Empire, to obtain the supreme throne.

After going back, maybe I need more like-minded companions in the Kingdom... "

then the storm came as scheduled.

The whole fleet has been sailing for three days in the storm.

Although the strength is not enough to make the ship capsize, it also makes the crew very uncomfortable. Fortunately, most of the sailboats are full of cargo and have enough load to make the center of gravity of the sailboat low enough. So far, there has been no case that the ship has been capsized by the storm.

If we put the time into summer, we can't say for sure.

But even so, the return journey is not as smooth as they expected.

Crackle -

the shining light cuts the sea.As a pilot ship, the lookout on the red maple, which is shouldering the most important investigation mission, braved the wind and rain and tied himself to the mast, saw something and suddenly cried out:

"no! That's... The maelstrom! "

Dang! Dang! Dang! ...

the alarm was sounded like death, echoing in the wind and rain.

A huge vortex with a diameter of one kilometer suddenly appeared on the sea in front of the fleet.

Without hesitation, the admiral has issued his own order.

"Left full rudder!"

"Yes! Full rudder, left

Behind the "Red Maple", the fleet in three lines turned around. They found it early enough that they had enough time to evade.

The next moment, however.

One, two, three, four... Nine giant eddies no smaller than the first have been created around them.

Crash -

it's like a huge thing on the bottom of the sea suddenly opens the mouth of the abyss.

No! That's a real big mouth!

With the electric light shining on the sea, the crew on the deck stared at the bottom of the vortex beside them, the flesh and blood passage full of ring sharp teeth, which is the passage to hell...

"the fire of eternity is on the way!"

In the last prayer, the sailing boat, which is tens of meters long, has been sucked into the vortex and swallowed like a biscuit.

Click! Click! Click! Click! Click! ...

holding the "sea monster pointer" which is spinning fast and seems to be about to explode, Doyle Griffith's face is livid: "the son of wild sea god, great eddy kalubdis!"

It is said that karubdis, the great whirlpool, once fought with the "mother of sea monsters" and was one of the most powerful sea monsters in the Black Sea.

No one has ever seen its real body, only know that the legendary shape unknown strong sea monster with ten mouths, open mouth can create a huge vortex to swallow any ship.

Under the legendary warship, you will die if you see it!

At this time, Griffith watched the sailboats around him who had no resistance and were engulfed by the whirlpool.

His eyes were red, and he almost roared out an order: "red maple, full speed ahead, let's rush out!"

Click! Click! ...

in the continuous crisp sound of chewing biscuits.

In the end, only the "Red Maple" was covered with a strong supernatural light. With the blessing of the angel, it successfully escaped from the scope of the vortex and fled alone...

all the others were buried at the bottom of the sea.

After a long time, the sea has no longer seen the slightest trace of the ship.

"From today on, storm eye, like summers trench, is also a forbidden area for human ships."

There was a huge roar in the turbulent water, as if there were voices.

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