Pirate Kingship

Torsport is a military port. In order to cope with the war with the Kingdom of Hastings, all civilian ships have been diverted to other ports.

In addition, in stormy weather, most ships have returned to the port. Only a few cruisers and flying beasts such as petrels they released are still cruising on the sea outside the anchorage.

But the focus of defense has always been the two imaginary enemies, Iron Anchor Bay in the north and Hastings in the south.

Although the Sea of ​​Monsters is dangerous, in the past dark millennium, [Silver Law], the church, and the Night Watch have always suppressed the entire Old Continent, and there have not been a few large-scale sea monster riots.

In addition to the ocean-going fleet that needs to cross the gyre, the cruisers and naval soldiers of coastal countries have long forgotten the horror of the Sea of ​​Monsters.

It is no wonder that [Queen of Eternal Night] and [Bear Man] are superstitious about the church's ability to save the world.

After all, they have been strong for more than a thousand years, and it is normal that the mental steel stamp that has been laid for a thousand years is difficult to eliminate in a short time.

Many people don't believe that the Bald Eagle, who has been the world's hegemon for less than a hundred years, will fall from the throne again, let alone the church of a thousand years.

But they completely forget the law of the extraordinary world: "The only thing that never changes in the world is change."

This is especially true for the rise and fall of the strength of countries.

Twenty years have passed since the end of the Dark Millennium, and countless signs have foreshadowed that great changes are imminent, but the Kalmar Navy, dominated by inertial thinking, still has not been able to adapt to this change.

So, the cruiser on the sea was the first to suffer a big misfortune.

Boom!

A small sailing ship with a low tonnage was directly pushed up from the water by a large sea monster, and it broke into two pieces in mid-air with a "click".

The sailors on the ship wailed and fell into the rolling sea water. Before they drowned, they were eaten up by the sea monsters one by one.

Countless tentacles suddenly stretched out from under some ships, and in the blink of an eye, they swept away most of the crew, and even forcibly dragged the entire ship into the water.

In an instant, a large area of ​​​​the sea was dyed red, and the scene was extremely tragic.

But such a small number of people obviously cannot satisfy their appetite, and blood cannot quench their deep hatred for land creatures.

When they found a large area of ​​human settlements on the Faroe Islands ahead, especially the popular military port, the beasts immediately became agitated.

The giant sea monster [Ancient Dragon Whale] led the way with a long roar and was the first to pounce on the Thors military port.

Buzz——!

The legal network of [Royal Iron Law·Northern Code] vibrated, and a beast-like roar echoed in everyone's ears:

"Quick, pour all the [Dragon Dung Potion] we have in stock. This is a bay, and the storm will not wash away the potion in a short time.

All gun crews enter the gun positions and load the scorching bullets.

Free fire! All coastal defense guns and battleships fire! As long as those sea monsters show their heads, send them all to hell!"

At this time, [Bear Man] Ulysses, who realized that something was wrong, had already brought his guards to the fortress bastion on the port and ordered everyone to open fire.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Instantly, countless lines of fire turned into angry dragons, interweaving into a tight fire net, completely covering the surging black sea in front.

Coastal defense fortress guns have much greater advantages than battleships.

No matter how small the land is, it has much more room for maneuvering than a warship. You can heat up dozens of hot bullets at once and keep them ready without worrying about accidentally causing a sympathetic explosion.

The stable land is free of the bumps of the sea, which greatly improves the accuracy of the fortress guns. Normal elite gunners can match [gunnery experts].

The most important thing is that the main gun of a first-class battleship is only 42 pounds, but the fortress guns on the road can easily reach an astonishing 68 pounds.

If you count the large-caliber mortars with a shorter range that are specially used to destroy fortifications, it can reach an astonishing 108 pounds!

Even the sea monsters with messy looks are essentially flesh and blood. There is no such thing as being unable to be killed by cannonballs, and there is no need to send a bunch of iron men to fight the monsters in close combat.

The ordinary small species that can't stand the stimulation of [Dragon Dung Potion] will immediately have a blood hole on their bodies as long as they jump out, and the pungent smell of burning will immediately fill the entire bay.

As the main body of the Kalma Alliance, the people of the Bay who have lived in the bitter cold zone for generations, are still quite capable in terms of combat power.

And these are the direct descendants carefully cultivated by [Queen of Eternal Night] and [Bear Man] to unify the five countries of the Bay People.

If all the ones coming this time are ordinary sea monsters that have been polluted, a few hundred of them are probably equivalent to the level of hundreds of ordinary cruisers or armed merchant ships.

Even if the destructive power is amazing, it is highly unlikely that the military port will be destroyed under the protection of this navy.

Unfortunately, there are more cunning large and giant species hidden here, and even a certain "good man" who sneaked in.

Without the command of [Sea Si], Byron is the temporary commander.

How could it be so easy for them to pass easily?

At the beginning, he used the method of the Mermaid Kingdom to deal with the beast tide, and this time he decisively took out the tactics of [Sea Si] siege shared with him by his cousin.

"Ocean currents accelerate!"

Each sea monster has the basic ability to control ocean currents. Even if the polluted individual ability is weak, this level of number gathered together is enough to cause a series of natural disasters.

Led by the leading [Ancient King Whale], the spiritual light on the sea monsters suddenly gathered together, and huge waves with a yellow-green color suddenly rose to seven or eight meters high, pushing the beast tide to attack at an unprecedented speed.

Boom boom.

When it penetrated the defense at close range, it was like an irresistible tsunami.

No matter how large the caliber of the coastal fortress artillery was and how powerful its firepower was, the firing rate was at most two or three rounds per minute. Even crossfire could not stop this kind of cheating style.

The beast tide resisted two rounds of volleys, but only killed a dozen ordinary sea monsters. It had already crossed the maximum range of one kilometer of artillery and killed the garrison and the Kalmar fleet that had not left the port in time.

Crack!

A large sea monster [Bobbitt worm] with a huge mouthpart and a body composed of countless segments opened its mouth from the bottom of the sea and bit a sloop in half.

Seven or eight [Large Helmet Snails] lined up in a sharp corner on the sea surface and rushed forward, accelerating their charge, turning into an indestructible battering ram, smashing the warships in front of them into pieces.

A group of colorful [fire-breathing fish] sprayed phosphorus-containing substances together, forming a green fire cloud in the air, which fell on the warships and could not be extinguished even by heavy rain.

The smell of burning was even stronger than when the sea monster was bombed by the scorching bombs just now, and the continuous screams on the warships made the defenders on land change color.

Failure to leave the port means that the formation cannot be deployed, and the ship-borne artillery placed on both sides of the ship is also difficult to concentrate firepower on the sea monster.

It was like two people dueling, one person's musket jammed, and before he could fix it, he was beaten in the face by the other party's durable mace.

There are too many tragic battles in history where fleets were surrounded by the enemy in the anchorage. They are not the first and will never be the last.

At the same time, hundreds of water guns shot out from the sea, specifically targeting the major gun positions deployed along the coastline.

Even if the accuracy is worrying, the destructive power is extremely amazing.

The sharp water knife can easily cut a human body in two, and leave deep cuts on the heavy coastal defense guns made of bronze and steel.

Many sea monsters that have grown legs or even hooves due to the pollution of the [Mother of Monsters] ecosystem rushed directly to the coast and charged towards the large bastion that served as the command center.

Especially led by two colorful mantis shrimps, each punch can hit the temperature of the sun's surface, and the rain is almost turned into plasma shock waves by them.

Facing the artillery fire in the bastion, they bombarded the tilted heavy walls again and again, and the flames exploded, and gravel and mud fell down.

"Support, request support!"

Without [Bear Man] Ulysses speaking, the garrison commander of the naval port used his authority to issue a request for help to the rear.

But they themselves were not optimistic about the result of the request for help.

The garrisons on other islands in the Faroe Islands should come, and other direct troops that have not yet been assembled should also come, but other lords on the Evernight Peninsula may not respond actively.

Although the Kalmar Union's [Northern Code] is the most absolute monarchy among all absolute monarchies in the Old World, the monarch's power is much stronger than that of other countries.

But the military system is similar to the original system of Hastings.

The navy is aimed at foreign enemies and is mainly funded by the king.

In name, it is their personal private army, and the object of loyalty is not the country, but the king himself.

However, the lords on land are deeply rooted. If there is no major change, such as: Hastings died in a series of civil wars, most of them can only be given enough sense of security by letting the army belong to the lords of various places.

The different affiliations of the army naturally led to the separatism of various parties into a country within a country with different interests.

Of course, in this era, there was no clear concept of "nation-state". Most free people and serfs only knew that there were lords, not kings.

Even a noble or king can be the lord of several countries at the same time.

After the royal family died out, there was absolutely no problem in finding a foreigner who could not speak the native language to inherit the throne.

If it were not for this, [Bearman] Ulysses would not have been the crown prince of the alliance.

At present, except for Byron, who is really building a modern country from hardware to software, most other rulers have not felt that there is anything wrong with this situation.

But once an emergency military situation occurs, the speed of responding to the "recruitment" may determine the life and death of the king.

This is also the risk that kings need to take under the current system.

[Bearman] Ulysses knows that the domestic situation is becoming more and more torn because of [War Witch] Violet and [Wild Hunt King] Byron, who have strong claims, and the Protestant thought that was suppressed two years ago has re-emerged.

Recently, some people even openly declared that since the three countries of Kalmar can form an alliance, why can't the five countries of the Bay People?

Doesn't the alliance have no direct heir to the [Blue Dragon King]? Simply form an alliance of five countries and everyone jointly elects a suitable king.

The implication is that they do not accept [Bearman] as their new king.

The "unification forces" rose rapidly, all of them were potential opponents of the [Bearmen], and even mortal enemies in the next war for the throne.

In addition, the [Queen of Eternal Night] also took away one of the two kingdom guardians, and the lords lost most of the suppression from the upper level.

It is simply unrealistic to expect them to take the initiative to rescue.

Thinking of this, a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes:

"Don't blame me, since you don't come, I can only let these sea monsters find you.

Although the king is the guardian of the country, you lords should be the king's wings."

Raised his hand and took out one of the two holy relics supported by the church from his storage of strange objects [God Queen Frigga's dressing box].

From the outside, it looks like a golden box inlaid with various gorgeous gems.

As the name suggests, this is the treasure left by the God Queen Frigga, the wife of the Bay God King [God of Prophecy, Kingship and Wild Hunt] Woden.

The box once contained Frigga's kingdom of God "Golden Mist Palace Fensaril", which was composed of the ocean, clouds, and countless gold and silver treasures.

At this time, the foundation of the demigod kingdom is still there, but most of the treasures have long been lost.

But as long as you open it, you can still obtain twelve powers: "Words, Kindness, Giving, Counsel, Love, Approval, Oath, Truth, Dissent, Guardian, Wisdom, Messenger."

Originally, these powers once belonged to the incarnation of the God Queen, equivalent to her twelve maids.

If a god of similar nature receives this legacy, it is possible to summon the twelve maids again, or even repair the broken kingdom of God "Golden Mist Palace Fensaril" and use it as the foundation for promotion to demigod.

The price of using it is also very simple, that is, to offer wealth, a huge wealth that can satisfy the vanity of the Queen of God!

[Bear Man] Ulysses's cheeks twitched, and he had to wonder if it was because the church was in financial difficulties and could not afford this treasure, so he lent it to himself.

When it was returned, the church not only got the treasure, but also the wealth inside.

[Bear Man] shook his head hurriedly, throwing this blasphemous idea out of his mind.

He took out the military funds that had been prepared for the attack on Hastings, and poured bags of gold coins into the box.

After swallowing tens of thousands of gold coins, the dressing box gradually lit up, and twelve golden light spots jumped out of it.

Ulysses waved his hand, and the three light spots of [Objection], [Guardian], and [Messenger] flew out of the bastion and exploded above the beast tide.

In an instant, the eyes of about half of the sea monsters were dyed golden, turning them into his own "messengers of death".

"Unfortunately, once attacked, the control effect will be passively removed, otherwise they can kill each other."

With a sigh, he waved his hand to them:

"Go, disperse, and go to the port city of Yongye Peninsula."

These sea monsters obeyed the order and re-entered the water, avoiding Torshavn and rushing straight to the land behind them.

Others are cubs who sell their father's land without regret, [Bearman] Ulysses is an outsider, and he has no regrets when selling his teammates.

I even feel a little happy when I think of the panic of those dissidents and unificationists.

Byron, who was guarding in the dark, frowned, but did not stop him.

"These sea monsters are scattered to various port cities, and the danger is greatly reduced, so they will not break through the city.

[Bearman] It's not a big problem if half of them are missing here. At worst, we will go down and clean up the mess ourselves."

After dealing with half of the sea monsters, Ulysses took out another holy relic [Frost Giant's Winter Secret Box].

This is a strategic treasure, which was once the treasure of the frost giants in the mythical era.

Legend has it that the heart of the King of Frost Giants is contained inside, and its power is equivalent to the bitter winter of the entire North. You can open the box to release the winter, or you can choose to integrate it into your body to gain some of the power of the King of Frost Giants.

When he reached out to touch it, a layer of light film blocked Ulysses' hand.

Then he remembered the taboo that the archbishop had told him, because the secret box had been taken away and sealed by [God of the Wild Hunt] Woden, and a bloody sacrifice ceremony must be held to use it.

So, Ulysses pulled out the dagger and put it in the furnace that heated the scorching bullet, and it soon burned red.

Then, in the horrified eyes of the officers, he stabbed his right eye with a knife.

Sizzle——!

Blood splashed and green smoke rose.

Although the blood flowing from the eye sockets immediately scabbed under the high temperature and did not make his face bloody, you can tell how painful it is just by looking at it.

[Bear Man] himself did not even make a sound.

Obviously he was cruel to others, and he was also cruel to himself.

He slashed the dagger stained with his blood across the surface of the [Secret Box of Winter], and a layer of light film dissipated, and he also gained the right to use it once.

This is because according to legend, Woden hung himself on the World Tree and exchanged his right eye for wisdom and runes, which made him a one-eyed god king.

If you want to please Him, you have to pay the same price.

"It doesn't matter. The archbishop has given me the matching [Healing Scroll]. High-sequence clergy can't do anything else, but they are very good at treating external injuries.

You can use prayers to remove the "disability".

After this battle, I will be able to recover as before."

The bear man comforted his guards and asked them to stay calm, then he lifted the translucent [Secret Box of Winter] and stuffed it into his chest.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A heavy heartbeat sounded, like a drum beating, and the heartbeats of his guards gradually synchronized.

"Come on, follow me to kill all those sea monsters!"

"Roar!"

[Bearman] Ulysses' skin paled and his body swelled with every step he took, and the same was true for the hundreds of guards behind him.

By the time they walked out of the bastion's superstructure, they were all unrecognizable.

Ulysses, the leader, turned into the five-meter-tall king of the frost giants, with a blue crown on his head, as if he had really transformed into the evil god who could compete with Woden in the mythological era.

The guards also turned into three-meter-tall frost giants one by one.

In a breath, the freezing cold immediately turned the storm above their heads into hail, and the rain under their feet quickly froze.

Circles of [Ice Halo] spread out, causing everyone on the battlefield to stagnate regardless of whether they were friends or foes.

At this moment, Ulysses felt that his whole body was filled with endless strength. He roared angrily, grabbed a cast-iron anchor beside him and rushed towards the leading [Ancient Basilosaurus].

Other frost giants and the extraordinary beings in the garrison grabbed the large whaling harpoons and rushed forward, fighting to the death with the clumsy sea monsters that came ashore.

"Drink——! Go to hell!"

"Ouch ouch"

After falling into the most brutal close combat, sea monsters fell in a pool of blood at every moment, and some of the Ursine's direct descendants, the extraordinarys and the frost giants, were swallowed by the sea monsters.

These polluted sea monsters are not afraid of death, and even now use their blood to spread pollution from the "ecosphere".

Soldiers who have been contaminated with the blood of these sea monsters on a large area will undergo varying degrees of alienation like them if they cannot be cleaned and diluted in time.

It's just that unlike the coral disease that was prevalent in the Bantaan Islands, where barnacles and corals would grow on the surface of the body, this time it's more likely to be caused by coelenterates.

Stinging cells grow on the soldier's body, his organs degenerate, and he uses the same entrance and exit for eating and excretion.

It's simply an alien among aliens.

The increasingly strong fishy smell is also particularly vomiting.

The fight between the King of Frost Giants and the giant species [Ancient Basilosaurus] with dozens of lizard legs growing out of its belly was particularly fierce.

The earth shook, the seawater poured in, and even the fortress was shaking violently.

If this continues, no matter what happens, even if the garrison side suffers heavy losses, they should still be the final victor.

After more than half an hour, the fighting gradually came to an end.

[Bear Man] tried to freeze half of the Basilosaurus' body into the thick ice, then he sat on its head and hit its head hard with his fists.

The impact made him gasp for breath, and also caused blood-red ice particles to scatter in all directions.

You can see that the entire blood-red coast is frozen. This is the only way the bears can think of to prevent the spread of pollution.

In order to avoid paying a heavy price to defeat the sea monster, his base camp suffered a disaster.

But there was not even a hint of joy on the frost giant's face. Instead, he gritted his teeth, as if he regarded the Basilosaurus beneath him as something even more hateful.

"Asshole, bastard! My direct troops were caught off guard and suffered such losses.

Not to mention attacking the Kingdom of Hattings and taking over the Channel Islands in a short period of time, not being attacked by the [King of the Wild Hunt] would be considered a blessing from the Creator.

My Hattings, my beauty, my empire, I don’t know when I can really get it.

It's all your monsters' fault! Ahhhhh”

The more the bear thought about it, the more he hated it, and the strength in his hands became heavier and heavier.

But at this moment, a voice of unknown meaning suddenly sounded in his ears:

"eighty!"

"eighty!"

"eighty."

Every time he smashes it, the dubbing voice will shout. Although he doesn't understand why he shouts "eighty", the joke in the voice is very clear.

[Bear Man] suddenly turned his head and saw a young man wearing a crown sitting on the ruins of the wall with his legs crossed and leisurely.

The [Must-hit Gun-Gangnir] shrunk to the size of a pen in his hand turned into a silver dragon jumping on his fingertips, flying up and down.

But in the eyes of an experienced swordsman, it can be seen that this "fingertip gun" is like a spear and a halberd, and it is as majestic as a heavy weapon.

This is clearly the transcendental state of "lifting something light while still feeling heavy".

When he saw the face of the visitor clearly, the Bearman's ice-crystal pupils suddenly shrank violently, and he blurted out:

“Is that you, Byron Lancaster?!

Isn't today your coronation ceremony? Why are you here?

etc!

The three of us, Anchor Bay, Faroe Islands, and Hettings, face the sea of ​​monsters together. Why haven't they landed on your land? "

Despite his rugged appearance, this mad warrior has a lot of thoughts.

While talking to delay time, he activated the [Iron Law of Royal Power·Northern Code] to send a message to the outside world.

Regardless of whether the beast wave was an accident or not, the dirty water must be poured on Byron.

With this reason, they can openly purge supporters of Protestantism and [King of the Wild Hunt] in the country.

However, the next moment, Ulysses's expression suddenly changed.

He followed Byron's raised finger and suddenly saw a trident emblem emerging from the sky.

The solid trident in Hathaway's hand that can prevent things from changing has long since blocked the information over the entire military port.

The outside world only knew that they encountered a tide of beasts at the beginning, and then completely lost contact.

Not even the residents of nearby cities noticed anything unusual.

Ulysses finally realized that Byron had never wanted to leave anyone alive in the military port from the beginning, and couldn't help but said coldly:

"Byron Lancaster! Are you going to invade the three countries of the Kalmar Alliance?"

Hearing this, Byron stood up hurriedly, glanced around the tragic battlefield and the frost giants gradually surrounding him, and the [Great Good Man Halo] above his head quietly lit up.

He stretched out a finger and shook it, rejecting the big hat that the bear man had slapped on him, and showed him a compassionate smile:

“No, no, no, how could we invade?

It was obviously a wave of sea monsters that killed everyone in this military port. We wanted to rescue our fellow Bay residents, but we accidentally arrived a step too late.

Fortunately, natural disasters are ruthless, but people are kind.

In the spirit of international humanitarian assistance between the people of the Bay, in order to prevent the spread of the "coelenteritis" here, we reluctantly killed all the sea monsters and you polluted people.

Give the Kalmar Union a clean sea.

And then."

Byron's smile faded:

"Because of your and the Queen of Eternal Night's incompetence, the military was empty when facing the subsequent second and third waves of beast tides.

Other lords and citizens of the Kalmar Union had to invite us to station troops permanently.

Can the strong claim to sovereignty be called an invasion?

This has been the territory of the North Sea Empire since ancient times, and the unification of the five countries is the general trend.

After I rebuild the North Sea Empire, the affairs of the Kalmar Union will be our affairs. Go with peace of mind, I will protect this territory! "

[Bearman] only felt that the words in the other person's mouth were a little too familiar, as if they were all his own words.

But he saw the cold light flashing from Byron's fingertips, and the gun had already shot out like a dragon, shooting directly at his face.

It seemed like the reincarnation of fate.

Legend has it that at the time of Ragnarok, the enemy of the Bay People's pantheon was the Frost Giant.

The first war of gods at the turn of the last era began with the divine spear [Gungnir] thrown by the [God of the Wild Hunt].

And the first war of gods among the Bay People at the turn of this era was exactly the same.