Pillars of Ita

Catherine was slightly startled, her aggressive eyes roamed back and forth on the faces of Fang Lu and Miya for a while, then she smiled freely and gently let go of her hand.

The long sword with a thin handle in his hand fell to the ground, making a soft 'ding' sound.

"Okay then, I'll take it easy."

Fang Yu glanced at her silently, nodded, and turned back to Miya and said, "Please take her to the boat, Miss Miya."

Although there are still many questions, it is really not the time to ask further now.

"What about this one?" Tian Lan asked, pointing at the unconscious Barossa.

Fang Yu looked at the pirate ship on the horizon, thought for a moment, and replied: "Bring it with you too."

He turned to Luo Hao and others and said: "Go back to the ship, we are ready to leave."

Luo Hao and others followed their words, returned to the Seven Seas Traveler, turned the winch, pulled out the anchor and set sail.

The dark anchor stone embedded in the anchor slowly passed through the clouds, and the Seven Seas Traveler also lowered its sail, with a silver light shining on the sail.

The pirate ship's bombardment did not stop, and several shells were flying over the Seven Seas Traveler, making a piercing scream.

People watched as they fell far behind in the harbor area. One of them hit the outer wall of the Port Authority, causing the wall to collapse and raise a cloud of smoke.

Under the control of Miss Tata, the Seven Seas Traveler was slowly sailing away from the port - the pirates still seemed to have not noticed this scene, and the artillery fire did not come in this direction. The ship sailed smoothly out of the trestle and then hoisted its full sail.

But in this way, it will not be difficult for the blood shark pirates to detect the movement here.

The other party seemed to realize something, and the pirate ship that broke away from the formation began to turn and sail in this direction.

"There are also five chains of land." Catherine stood on the deck and said suddenly while watching this scene.

Miya was behind her, watching every move of this woman.

But the former didn't seem to care too much, she just squinted her eyes, and the wind held up her dazzling fiery red hair, with golden sunlight mixed in the hair, like a flag.

Fang Plover used a goniometer to measure it, and it was indeed this distance.

One chain on the empty sea is the length of the anchor, nearly two hundred meters, and five chains are less than mid-air. The two sides are already quite close, so close that you can almost see the cold reflection of the magic muzzle.

The accuracy of the magic cannon at this distance is quite astonishing. It is unlikely that the Seven Seas Traveler can block a salvo from a battleship of this level, and it will be too late to release the air combat structure.

Tian Lan sweated a lot and cast his gaze at Fang Plover behind him from time to time, but Fang Plover didn't show too much concern and didn't give any orders.

The two ships quickly approached about 500 meters, and one could almost clearly see the crowds of people on the opposite deck.

"Ms. Catherine seems to know a lot about sailing?"

"Isn't that a necessary skill for those who make a living in the air and sea?" Catherine replied.

"Ordinary people can't estimate distances so accurately."

"So who do you think I am?" Catherine looked at Fang Plover with a half-smile.

"I'm waiting for Lady Catherine to come clean on her own."

Catherine shook her head, "I have nothing to confess."

The pirate ship slowed down and the people on board began to signal.

Although the pirates' flag language was a bit unstandardized, Fang Plover still understood what the other party meant - asking them for their identities.

Alyssa also came up and asked: "Now is not the time to talk about this, Ed. They may think Basak is on our ship."

"Yes, Brother Ed." Tian Lan couldn't help but say.

"Don't be impatient yet." Fang Yu motioned to the two of them to calm down, "What do you think, Ms. Catherine?"

He looked at the woman beside him.

Catherine replied: "The Blood Shark pirates maintain contact with the smugglers on the island. Most pirates maintain such relationships in case they can get shelter in an emergency. That is why they did not bombard the dock."

"In other words, Basak brought people there to seize the ship. They thought the Seven Sea Traveler was a smuggler's ship?"

"exactly."

"That's bad," Tianlan couldn't help but say, "It's true that Basak is on our ship, but he is unconscious now, and we will soon betray him... How about we exchange him?"

"If you want to hand over this ship to others, you can do so." Catherine looked at ease.

"But Ms. Catherine, don't forget that you are also on the ship." Fang Pliong reminded.

She smiled softly: "I'm just a smuggler. If your ship is armed, I might be able to think of a way. Why don't you all try to join a gang? Those rabble are definitely no match for you?"

"Yeah!"

"That's right," Parker said angrily, "the other party is not a fool. Before we get close, there will be no scum left in the Seven Seas Traveler."

Fang Plover looked in that direction, and the Blood Shark Pirates' ship had already crossed the side of the ship, aiming at them with a black hole of gun muzzle.

"Send a signal to them and tell them Basak is on board."

"Is Brother Ed trying to confuse them?" Tian Lan asked.

Fang Plover shook his head, "No, tell them truthfully that Basak is in our hands and ask them to clear a channel."

"Are you planning to blackmail them?" Catherine glanced at him in surprise.

"But what if the other party refuses?" Alyssa asked.

"If they open fire, we will release Basak."

The ship officer lady shook her head slightly and replied with a slight smile.

Catherine couldn't help laughing after hearing this, and said: "Interesting, it seems you know this group of villains very well."

The others were stunned for a moment before reacting, and quickly sent the signal message through Luo Hao on the observation platform.

As expected, the pirates fell into brief confusion after receiving the semaphore, and then a cannon was fired from the other side's ship - the cannonball fell far in front of the Seven Seas Traveler.

"Warning shot."

But this shot made everyone feel relieved, and the pirates really gave in.

Fang Plover's expression did not change and he gave the order: "No need to adjust the course, keep the direction and hit it directly."

Tianlan looked at him with some surprise, "Brother Ed, they have shown weakness, why don't we take the opportunity to cross over?"

But Catherine shook her head, "You don't understand these bullies, little girl."

He looked at Fang Plover with interest, a little curious about what the other party was thinking, "Then, what are your plans?"

Fang Yu did not answer her, but said to the others: "Get ready to join the gang."

Tianlan opened her mouth in surprise.

Fang Yu then explained: "Normally, the other party will not give us a chance to get close, but we have shown weakness, which will paralyze them."

"Basak's presence on our ship is a trouble for them. It's a trap for them. When we are thinking of ways to get past them, they are also thinking of ways to set a trap for us."

"Brother Ed, you want to take advantage of them..."

Tian Lan looked at him in surprise, "Brother Ed, how did you think of it?"

Fang Yu glanced at Catherine. In fact, he had already thought of it when she mentioned joining a gang.

He was a little curious as to whether that suggestion was intentional.

But Catherine only clapped her hands. "Wonderful, masterful analysis."

"Pirates are cruel and cruel, even to their own people. That's why they can't tolerate betrayers. And Basak is the best among them, so they are not only worried that the 'Pirate King' will return to the ship, but they are also worried that he will Survive, your arrangements are hitting their weakness. They don't dare to fire, so they can only take this strategy. They think that you will relax your vigilance in your eagerness to escape, but what you need is what they think. "

She couldn't help but smile slightly, looked at Miya behind her, and then at Fang Plover, "Can you let me join the battle?"

Fang Yu nodded, leaving this lady alone on the ship. He was afraid of any accidents. He left Miya looking at her. She lacked a dragon knight-level combat power and could not cleanly take down the blood shark pirates. Boat.

Even if the other party didn't mention it, he would take her with him, but if Catherine volunteered to join the war, that would be better.

He is not worried about the other party taking the opportunity to escape.

Because there was no real loss to the Seven Seas Brigade. In fact, she did them a big favor—helped them dispose of the goods and made a lot of money.

Although I don’t know the true identity of this lady.

The Seven Seas Traveler slowly moved forward. As expected, there was silence on the Blood Shark Pirates' ship. Both sides had their own agendas and agendas.

Time is ticking forward.

When he got close to a certain distance, Fang Yu couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Whether it showed on his face was one thing, but the anxiety in his heart was another matter.

Although a decision has been made, it is all based on guesswork.

What's more, even if everything is logical, who knows whether there will be a small probability event, or a momentary misfire, which will lead to a disaster.

He looked calm, but his heart was actually on his neck. Looking at the pitch-black gun port and the cold light flickering beneath it, it was as if he was hallucinating for a moment, seeing dazzling flames blooming from it.

And the next moment, everything returned to reality.

Most of the other people on the deck were silent, and Tian Lan narrowed her eyes nervously.

On the contrary, Jita acted calmer and already had one hand on the magic book - although she didn't know which one it was.

Luo Hao, Box and Papparal were hiding behind the side of the boat, while Dalil, Siesta, Sylvide and Miss May were on the stern side of the boat.

Miss Catman pressed her big sword and scratched it with her claws from time to time.

Although she has experienced hundreds of battles, she has never faced off against a battleship in the air and sea. Her personal power seems so insignificant at this time - as long as she has not reached the Silver Steps, the magic battleship will be under a salvo. It will be shattered into pieces and turned into powder.

As for Miya and Catherine, they did not show up and were hiding on the lower deck.

After all, both of them are stronger than Yin Fei and can walk in the air without using any extra means.

Trixis stayed in the central cabin. On the one hand, her combat effectiveness was not suitable for the frontal battlefield. On the other hand, she could assist Miss Tata in releasing the constructs on the air combat deck.

Baggins took Luo Hao's place on the lookout, with a magic gun at hand.

The pirate ship was equally eerily quiet, with almost no one visible on the deck. However, a row of long shields was erected on the side of the ship, and Fang Plover could vaguely see the cold light flickering behind them.

Everything was as calm as before, as if nothing would ever happen. The two ships passed each other in parallel at a distance of tens of meters - and it was at that moment that Fang Plover heard several low sounds.

Several grappling hooks with long ropes flew over from that direction.

The rope drew a beautiful arc in the empty sea, and hit the side of the Seven Seas Traveler with a grappling hook.

The rope swayed slightly, then straightened.

As if someone was pulling it up tightly from the other side, a strange scream immediately came from the direction of the pirate ship, and countless pirates appeared from nowhere - from below the deck, on the mast, or standing on the ground. Behind the long shield.

The pirate monster that appeared smiled and tightened the straight rope, and tried to pull the Seven Seas Traveler in that direction.

Others grabbed long swing ropes and leaped from the mast of the pirate ship to the deck of the Seven Seas Traveler.

Those people were holding scimitars to prevent anyone from cutting off the ropes on the Seven Seas Traveler's end.

But the imagined scene did not happen.

Fang Plover looked at the monkey-like pirates calmly, but felt relieved. At this distance - the pirates thought they had won, but in fact.

On the contrary.

"Miss Tata, open the air combat deck."

The Seven Seas Traveler was also facing the Blood Shark Pirates' ship sideways, like a fish swimming next to the Rock Shark, but on the other side that the pirates couldn't see, the air combat deck was slowly being lowered.

Trixis pushed the tall spear knight onto the slide, and with a streak of cyan light, the construct holding the spear slid into the sea of ​​clouds.

On the other side, Luo Hao, Box and the Papalars were jumping off the side of the ship. A cyan light track passed under the Seven Seas Traveler, catching the three of them, and then climbed up, carrying them with them. The long light tail crashed into the pirate ship not far away.

The pirates in mid-air encountered a scene, and a silver barrier appeared in front of them - it was common for all kinds of shield blood shark pirates, so they immediately took out a crystal and threw it over.

But the crystal shattered in the silver light net without causing any disturbance, "Divinity——!"

"There is someone favored by the gods on the boat!" Someone screamed strangely.

But it was too late to turn in mid-air, and many people just bumped into it, and then fell like dumplings one after another.

Sylvide picked up the magic gun, and without even having to aim, she pulled the trigger and used the dazzling skills of a gunner to shoot down the pirates on the rope one by one.

She pulled the locking device, causing the revolving chamber inside to open up like petals and fall to the ground with smoke.

Then he casually installed a runner, pulled down the hammer, and took aim. Only then did he notice several cyan flying dragons flying in the wind, passing between the two ships.

Under the guidance of Jita, the giant dragons composed of elements had already washed away the pirates who jumped into the gang.

The Blood Shark Pirates finally realized something was wrong.

But Luo Hao, Dalil, Mei, Box and the Papalars had already landed on their deck.

And above the mast, a red-haired lady was descending from the sky, holding a swift rapier, looking down at these people.

"Catherine—!"

"It's over, why is she here!"

The pirates seemed to be even more shocked than when they saw the air combat equipment of Luo Hao and his team, and they all shouted.

In the cabin of the ship, in the captain's room, the leading squad leader just didn't realize something was wrong and wanted to rush out, when a slender dagger was placed on his neck.

The squad leader, who had only one arm left, narrowed his eyes and looked dangerously at the wolf-eared girl who suddenly appeared in front of him.

The battle on the pirate ship did not last long. It lasted only a quarter of an hour. Miya took the opponent's head, and the remaining blood shark pirates were naturally no match for Catherine, Luo Hao and their group.

The enemies on the deck were quickly cleared, and some people may have fled to the bottom of the cabin, but Fang Plover didn't bother to care.

He wasn't going to raid the ship either - they couldn't sail it with just the few men they had.

A few minutes ago, the remaining two blood shark pirate ships had discovered the anomaly here and moved closer in this direction.

But the other party obviously realized what happened and didn't get too close.

They received the message, knew Basak's whereabouts, and boarded a boat. Therefore, the two pirate ships followed from a distance and did not choose to fire.

Fang Plover looked in that direction, knowing that his goal had been achieved.

He let Miss Tata continue to control the Seven Seas Traveler, while the others boarded the ship and spent a lot of effort to keep the pirate ship moving——

It only maintained a speed of a few knots and could only maintain its original direction.

Then he let the Seven Seas Traveler hide under the blocking line of the pirate ship and slowly sail out of the port.

"Brother Ed, are we going to drive out like this?" Tian Lan asked him.

"Sail outside Quemana Port, and when we reach the open sea, we will return to our ship." Fang Plover replied.

But the Papalar people were obviously reluctant to part with it: "Such a big ship."

"No matter how big it is, it's useless," Fang Plover shook his head. "We can't drive it. It's too slow to drive away from those pirates."

"The captain is right," Alyssa also replied: "There are more than this number of blood shark pirates, and it will be very troublesome if they keep following us."

Fang Plover glanced in that direction. He was worried about more than just pirates. The Imperial Navy quickly received the news and came over.

It would be fun if they collided head-on with Friedsch's squadron.

A mere squadron might not be a big deal, but he knew very well that the fleets coming from the empire to encircle and suppress them might be dotted in this sea area at the moment.

Although the Papalars were greedy, they were not stupid. They quickly figured this out and couldn't help but sigh and shrug.

As if out of anger, he walked over and kicked the unconscious pirate king hard, and asked, "What should I do with this guy?"

"Of course it's impossible to return him," Trixis replied, "just in case. Besides, he is our prisoner. I don't have the habit of handing over prisoners to others for no reason."

Luo Hao also nodded and waited for them to return to the Seven Seas Traveler. The Seven Seas Traveler was a light sailing ship. The pirates' big ships could not catch up with them when the wind was against them.

"Keep the wind direction and sail at a 45-degree angle, and be ready to throw them away at any time." Fang Plover said.

Of course he would not hand over Barossa.

He was still thinking about the bounty offered by the pirate leader. If he remembered correctly, it seemed that it was 100 million lisels for Kaolin-Ithurion, 70 million lisels for the empire, and 5,500 for the Hill of Giant Trees. Milesel.

If necessary, he will use this bargaining chip to exchange for the safety of the Seven Seas Traveler, but isn't it not yet necessary?

The Seven Seas Tour is too expensive, especially next time.

But Catherine was handing the sword to Miya for safekeeping. She turned around and asked as if she had read through his mind:

"You don't want to use him to receive the reward, do you?"

Fang Yu almost choked.

"This has nothing to do with you, Ms. Catherine." He turned back and looked at the other party, "You haven't answered my question yet."

"Who are you anyway?"

The smuggler lady smiled slightly, held up her long hair with her hands, and tied it into a ponytail behind her head, "Didn't you guess it all?"

"Are you a privateer?"

"I am a privateer and a smuggler. I am not lying to you. My name is Catherine Ellenz. I serve the privateering fleet of the Cowling royal family and am the captain of the fleet - they usually call me Red Hair. of Alanz.”

"Yes," she nodded, "I take orders from King Corin, whom you are quite familiar with."

"I have been ordered to contact you."

Fang Yu looked at her in surprise.

...(End of chapter)