Pirate Kingship

As the newly born red-haired ship girl raised her skirt to salute, the [Legendary Battleship·Dreadnought] behind her, bathed in the light of law, also reappeared in front of everyone.

The silver-gray and crimson-painted steel behemoth was covered with a soft golden glow that lasted for a long time.

The whale oil power furnace and steam turbine installed on the battleship have been turned on, and the low roar is transmitted along the main shaft, blades, and steel plates.

At this moment, every steel plate, every rivet, every bolt, and every gear on the ship are integrated into a strict and orderly whole, breathing together with the ship girl.

If someone closes his eyes and stands in front of it, he will definitely doubt that this is actually a huge living thing, not a cold machine.

The two creators, Byron and Violet, feel it the most deeply.

The ship girl is the soul of the Dreadnought, and the Dreadnought is the body of the ship girl. Strictly speaking, it is a special creature bred by the world itself with the skillful hands of the [craftsman].

The red-haired ship girl [Dreadnought] in front of him is a particularly special one among all the ship spirits in the world.

She is the first ship spirit born from a steam battleship in the world, destined to open a new era of naval warfare.

From the moment she was born, she almost stood at the pinnacle that many ship spirits could reach in their lifetime, and was stronger than many old ship spirits that had existed for hundreds of years.

When Byron showed the key seal ring on his finger, the ship girl's eyes naturally showed respect, and she solemnly recited the three major commandments of the ship spirit:

"First: Do not harm the master, or cause the master to be harmed by inaction;

Second: Must obey the master's orders unless these orders conflict with the first commandment;

Third: Without violating the first and second commandments, the ship spirit must protect its own existence."

The seal ring then lit up, and the contract was reached.

Byron and Violet have the [Golden Triangle]. Whoever wears the key seal ring can command this legendary battleship.

At this point, the third legendary battleship [Dreadnought] in the hands of the North Sea Empire, following the [Golden Deer] and [Dragon Head Ship Valhalla], officially returned.

Byron and Violet looked at each other, in a good mood, and stepped forward to help the ship girl up.

"Get up, Dreadnought."

The ship spirit itself has no gender, so there is no need to call it Mr. or Miss, just call it by the ship name.

Why do the three ship spirits all look like beautiful girls?

Well, it's purely personal preference!

After accepting the ship girl, they looked at the huge steel ship floating on the sea.

The design drawings of the Dreadnought, which surpassed this era by nearly 400 years, came from Byron's deep memory, and the realization of the specific functions was the responsibility of Violet.

Byron's understanding of this battleship was second only to Violet, the chief engineer.

The logbook quickly turned pages, automatically displaying the specific parameters of the legendary battleship.

[HMS Dreadnought] and the Dreadnought-class battleships for quite a long time afterwards all cancelled the ram design commonly used by the "pre-dreadnoughts". The ship was longer and wider, with a larger length-to-width ratio, a larger displacement and a faster speed.

Basic specifications: "The ship is 160.6 meters long, 25 meters wide, 9 meters draft, standard displacement is 18,410 tons, and full load displacement is 21,060 tons.

It has 18 whale oil power furnaces and four steam turbines, with a total of 23,000 horsepower and a maximum speed of 21 knots.

Because it does not need to rely on sails and depends on the weather for food, it is completely driven by whale oil boilers and steam turbines, and the speed of the battleship can be freely controlled.

The "high-tech talents" sailors in the past were laid off, and replaced by mechanical "car clocks".

There are parking gears, slow forward, forward one, forward two, forward three; slow reverse, reverse one, reverse two, reverse three;

There is also a maximum speed indicator The famous one is: ‘Natural Selection, forward four! ’

That is, run away at full speed and turn in triumph.

Endurance: 6620 nautical miles/10 knots; 4910 nautical miles/18.4 knots.

This doesn’t matter. The power furnace burns high-energy whale oil, not ordinary coal. As long as it is equipped with a storage item, the endurance can be greatly improved, and there is no great mileage anxiety.

It just needs to replenish fresh water at the ports along the way.

Capacity: 773 people. ”

There is a saying: “Steel is the skeleton of industry!”

That is, the North Sea Empire and the Holy Golden Empire, which took the lead in opening the Industrial Revolution, have such a high steel output that can be used for large-scale shipbuilding.

If it were a backward country with a weak metallurgical industry, where a set of knight armor could be exchanged for a set of manors, even if there were complete design drawings and high-sequence craftsmen, there would not be so many raw materials.

Next, the weapon system is the highlight. The [Dreadnought] adopts a revolutionary "full-mounted heavy artillery" design:

"There are 10 305mm 45-caliber breech-loading rifled guns, installed in five twin turrets.

Three of the five turrets are located on the battleship's central axis, one in the front, two in the back, and two on both sides of the midship.

For the first time, it ensures that there are no blind spots in front, back, left, and right of the main gun firepower. The powerful firepower of four turrets and eight guns can be exerted on the port or starboard side at the same time.

The firepower of six guns can also be exerted in the bow or stern direction, without having to seize the upper hand, and there is no fear of launching a frontal charge."

The main gun elevation angle is between -3 and 16 degrees, and the projectile weight is 390 kg, or 860 pounds, which is equivalent to the total weight of 27 32-pound heavy guns in the past. Moreover, it is not a solid bullet that can only hit people, but a powerful shrapnel shell.

Just one shell fired, the power is far beyond the era of sailing warships, and the artillery salvo of the fourth-level nominal battleship.

The main gun shell has an initial velocity of 831 meters per second. When fired at an elevation angle of 16 degrees, the maximum range is 20435 meters, or 20 kilometers.

The armor-piercing shell can penetrate 406 mm waist armor at a distance of 7980 meters, and can penetrate 170 mm armor at a distance of 20,000 meters. The oak bulwarks are not much different from paper in front of such shells.

Each main gun is equipped with 80 shells, and the firing rate is two rounds per minute.

Ordinary sailing warships are obviously no match for this weapon.

However, the strange warships, the biological warships with heavy shells in the blood beast nest, the demonized scales of the giant sea monsters, or the defensive witchcraft "torrent water ring", etc., are all good opponents for armor-piercing bullets.

On this sea full of extraordinary power, there is no shortage of opponents for it to test its "ship" front.

In addition to the ten main guns, the dreadnought is not equipped with secondary guns that affect unified fire control, only auxiliary weapons:

"27 76mm rapid-fire guns, projectile weight 5.7 kg or 12 pounds, pitch angle -10 to 20 degrees, and a range of 8,500 meters when shooting at a 20-degree angle.

The rate of fire is 15 rounds per minute, and the ammunition for each gun is 300 rounds.

But don't look at it as just an auxiliary weapon, the power has long exceeded those heavy front-loading smoothbore guns in the sailing battleship era."

The last weapon on the ship is five 450mm torpedo tubes, one at the stern and four on the left and right sides, equipped with a total of 23 whale oil torpedoes.

It can be said to be armed to the teeth, with almost no blind spots on the surface and underwater.

In the past, the challenge level of the sea monster was linked to the six levels of warships, and the rough standard was about the one-to-one correspondence between the length of the sea monster and the length of the gun deck.

The longer the gun deck, the more guns can be placed, and the stronger the combat power:

"Small species correspond to level 6 and level 5 ships; large species correspond to level 4 and level 3 ships (40 meters, 50 meters);

At the level of giant species, it is impossible to defeat it unless it is a level 2 or level 1 battleship with about 100 guns or an equivalent exotic warship.

The gun deck length of the largest level 1 ship in the current countries is only over 70 meters.

The legendary battleship of Castile [Holy Trinity] was built earlier, and the gun deck length is only 63 meters."

Although the steam battleship uses turrets instead of front-loading smoothbore guns, the meaning is similar.

The longer the deck, the higher the freeboard, and naturally it can be equipped with larger caliber naval guns.

The 160-meter-long Dreadnought has a basic combat power comparable to those giant sea monsters that are over 100 meters long.

In other words, if we only calculate the destructive power, the North Sea Empire can already mass-produce war machines comparable to the fifth-level!

If they encounter legends and pseudo-gods alone, they will definitely be completely defeated, but if they are in a large-scale war, I am afraid that few people can directly block this "ship" with a displacement of 21,000 tons!

You know, the Dinghaishenzhen iron that hurts when it touches and kills when it hits is only 13,500 kilograms.

Moreover, no one stipulates that steel battleships cannot be equipped with strange figureheads.

As long as a strange figurehead or other strange equipment is installed on a steam battleship of this level, no one can estimate the extent to which it can be enhanced.

"Start the sea trial."

Byron, Violet and the ship girl flashed away, and when they reappeared, they had already landed on the bridge of the Dreadnought.

"Order, Dreadnought, two vehicles in one, rudder to 000 degrees."

"Yes, sir."

Byron used [Dragon Taming] to easily resonate with the ship girl, and immediately controlled the entire battleship.

After giving the order, the battleship immediately moved slowly in the direction indicated by its bow and stern line, leaving the port and entering the sea in the Kingdom of God.

"Two vehicles in one" means that the left and right main engines are in the first gear at the same time, and "rudder to 000 degrees" means that the angle of the ship's heading line is 0°.

As soon as the battleship arrived at the wide sea, Byron immediately ordered the opening of the [Dreadnought]'s unique legendary battleship skill [Mechanical Blessing].

This ability gives the Dreadnought two forms.

Form 1, Justice Judgment:

"It is somewhat similar to the first-level holy relic constructed turret, caliber is justice, and range is truth.

The ship-borne artillery automatically targets the current world's largest caliber and longest range artillery, and obtains permanent amplification."

Steam drives the impeller to provide power to the mechanical device.

Two at the rear, one at the front, and one in the middle, a total of four turrets with eight heavy guns turned to the starboard side, and a thick golden halo exploded in front of each gun muzzle.

It was as if it was magnified by a magnifying glass.

Byron and the ship girl's voices sounded simultaneously:

"Fire control system automatically calibrated, target an isolated island 100 kilometers away, warships fired salvos, open fire!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amid the deafening roar, the hot fire cloud rolled up from the muzzle, and the waves on the right side of the ship were instantly torn into pieces by the shock wave, and the sea surface suddenly took a big step back.

The largest caliber and longest range artillery in the world is of course Violet's constructed turret, with a range of 12 nautical miles and an error of 388 nautical miles.

Originally, that error was not needed at all, because the artillery could hit it, but the gunner could not see it. It was really a pure error.

But since Byron obtained the [Sky] and [Thunderstorm] priesthoods, the divine vision has been extended to the limit.

The fire control system of the auxiliary ship girl can easily lock the target 400 nautical miles away. Combined with the [Orbital Jump] of the gun fighting technique, it instantly turned the ordinary shells into the West Wind Express.

The next second, the first shell fell on the target island.

The hot flames and shock waves swept everything with shrapnel, leaving a circular crater with a diameter of 15 meters and a depth of more than 6 meters.

Then the seven shells that followed immediately lifted countless soil and gravel and completely wiped the entire island off the map.

The scene of the landing point was projected in front of the engineers of the Dreadnought and the dock.

Everyone was speechless for a long time.

Everyone's first thought was:

"The era when bastions could withstand artillery fire is over! The era of pirates and sailing warships is also over!"

The era when merchant ships could be easily intercepted by a few sloops is gone forever, and large pirate groups are destined to disappear in the first place.

Byron and Violet had expected this and were not surprised.

Let the [Dreadnought] activate the second form, the Mecha God Possession:

"Change the form of the ship and transform into a real steel giant of the construct, greatly improving the close combat and long-range combat capabilities.

It is no longer a regular battleship that is crippled in close combat.

And it is not afraid of damage, and can automatically restore the damaged body by swallowing steel and whale oil."

In this form, Byron's dragon taming technique and Violet can both serve as drivers, merge with it, and play the effect of one plus one greater than two.

This is Violet's extension of the knowledge of the various types of constructs in the Crucible Church.

Byron decisively ordered:

"Dreadnought, activate the Mecha-God Possession."

He then said to Violet:

"Miss, this time you merge with the Dreadnought, and I will be your opponent."

"Yes, sir."

"Okay."

Byron turned into lightning and fell on the sea opposite. Violet, who was eager to try, transformed into a mechanical girl and held the steering wheel.

Beep!

A loud and long whistle sounded.

The red light flashed, and the steam roared in the body of the Dreadnought battleship, which was originally a steel behemoth, and spewed out hot white mist, gradually covering its own body.

Then there was an exciting metal tremor in the mist.

Countless clanging sounds merged into a true hymn:

"Ring the bell once, push the lever, start the piston and pump; ring the bell twice, press the button, ignite the engine, ignite the turbine, and inject life;

Ring the bell three times, sing in unison, praise the God of All Machines!"

This is the idealistic world, where one's own will and behavior can interfere with human subconsciousness and even fundamentally reshape the extraordinary world.

When Byron and Violet's inventions change the world again and again, the corresponding authority will naturally be born.

Perhaps it won't take too long before Violet will naturally complete her sixth-level promotion ceremony and work part-time as the God of All Machines.

The legendary battleship [Dreadnought] is the first beneficiary.

"Ah--!"

With a low roar, a giant steel claw tore through the white mist and slammed down towards Byron.

Byron's face changed and he dodged and flew back.

Boom!

The giant claw fell to the sea, as if a high-explosive bomb fell, the sea exploded, and the turbid waves were surging.

The [Dreadnought] in the state of being possessed by the Mecha God also revealed its true appearance.

The onlookers on the shore gasped slightly.

[Shipwright] Little Hans even exclaimed:

"What a big marine iguana!"

To be honest, the new form of [Dreadnought] does look a bit like a marine iguana, with huge claws, sharp teeth, cold scales, and a long tail

It's just that its size is countless times larger.

And its whole body is made of pitch-black steel, and its dorsal fin is like flowing red magma, emitting a scorching extraordinary aura.

Byron felt that even Transformers were probably no more than this, and they were the Decepticons who were best at fighting.

As the pilot, Violet had already entered the interior of the Dreadnought, with a snake-like wire embedded in the back of her neck, and the divine aura all over her body merged with the battleship.

Her aura obviously surpassed the sum of the four fifth-level ones.

With multiple priesthoods, she should not be at a disadvantage in a one-on-one fight with the incarnations of the old gods [priesthoods] who sneaked into the material world.

"Come on!"

Byron transformed into a "blue-eyed three-headed dragon" that was as big as the Dreadnought. He jumped and pounced on it.

The opponent's dorsal fin flashed red and opened his mouth to spit out a stream of blazing white flames.

Byron was not to be outdone, and opened his mouth to spit out a plasma breath.

Sizzle——!

The violent energy conflict evaporated a huge amount of seawater, and endless white mist rose up.

The main purpose of the sea trial is to test the combat limits of weapons and equipment and make tactical assessments.

Byron and Violet tested the data of the Dreadnought one by one.

"Boom boom" a series of loud noises even the Golden Mist Palace was shaking slightly.

When the two sides fought.

Doors kept opening in the port dock, and the little mermaid princess Hathaway and Byron's right hands, each with their own responsibilities, also received the news and came to watch the battle.

At a glance, they all have made great progress compared to before the "Hunting God Project".

After merging the [Moon] priesthood, Hathaway obtained three moon phase incarnations: [New Moon], [Crescent Moon], and [Full Moon], each of which is equivalent to her true body.

As long as they don't take action at the same time, each incarnation is equivalent to a fifth-level false god.

[Crescent Moon] looks like a lolita who is only eleven or twelve years old, [Crescent Moon] looks like a girl who is now sixteen or seventeen years old, and the last [Full Moon] looks like a thirty-year-old mature lady.

Behind Hathaway were two little girls wearing princess dresses, who looked like twin sisters.

They are pink and jade-like, but they have no words or intentions, no expression fluctuations, and there are different phases of the moon in the slightly hollow eyes.

Of course, these are not the two sisters Hathaway just gave birth to to Byron, but the extended ability of the [Moon] priesthood.

They can bless dead objects and create eight moonlight elves corresponding to the eight moon phases: "new moon - crescent moon - first quarter moon - gibbous moon - full moon - gibbous moon - waning moon - waning moon - waning moon."

Treasure hunters in the Glory Ladder sequence have a core ability [Activated Treasure Box]:

"Use this ability on the treasures you hunt, and you can permanently activate them into treasure elves. The higher the value of the treasure, the greater its historical influence, and the stronger the activated treasure elves will be.

Hunters can also share the power of elves. The more treasures they hunt, the stronger the hunter becomes. "

The original source of this extraordinary ability may be the [Moon] priesthood, or more accurately it should be a certain [Goddess of the Moon and Hunting].

The treasure hunter's abilities are already very good, and the original version's abilities will obviously be even stronger.

When Hathaway ignited the holy relics, she could even ignore the side effects of destiny and command multiple powerful holy relics at the same time.

The true bodies of these two little girls are the first-class holy relics [double-sided mirror] collected by the Fairy Tale School.

Byron didn't care about adding two more sisters, but he was glad that his mother's ability was nothing like a "twelve-quarter moon".

The other kings' right hands also wore a godhead mask of the Bay People's pantheon.

While watching the battle, seize the time to digest the newly acquired power, and strive to become the slave god of your master as soon as possible.

Byron and the others are constantly accumulating strength and preparing for a big war. In the sea near the underwater kingdom, the intensity of the war is also rising.

More and more Churches of Old Gods appear in this sea area.

The first two churches to intervene, the "Twilight Church" under Lilith and the "Deep Diving Church" under Kraken, are also increasing their troops to besiege the blood beast's lair.

Raven Fujin, who was lurking here, saw with his own eyes a large number of whale oil-powered strange warships belonging to the Twilight Church.

They take an extraordinary route, which is completely different from the technology trees of Byron and Violet, but they also have their own merits.

The raven flapped its wings and landed on a certain battleship, preparing to sneak into the midst of these "compatriots" and wait for an opportunity.

"The henchman is back online again. Just thinking about stabbing Lilith in the back is a bit exciting, quack."

But he didn't notice that it was in another direction of the sea.

A pirate ship, flying the skull and crossbones flag and loaded with fierce pirates, was sailing into the battlefield with a group of dependents from the Deep Diving Church.

A large black code is placed on a stand next to the steering wheel, releasing a network of laws that communicates with every pirate on the ship.

The mottled writing on the cover is faintly visible, it is the "Pirate Code" that was stolen by the group of Gulf residents and exiles!

If Byron were here, he would definitely recognize at a glance that the captain commanding this pirate ship is none other than Reinhardt, the pirate emperor of the Bay people [Blue Dragon King].

There is no doubt that after the "Pirate Code" was presented to the Deep Diving Church by Dagon and his party and sent to the Corridor of Truth, the knowledge and legends above were quietly activated at some point.

This brilliant pirate ship contains not only [Blue Dragon King] Reinhardt, but also all the outstanding pirates who abide by the "Pirate Code" since this era.

Even the most inconspicuous ordinary artilleryman on the ship is at least a famous third-level pirate in history.

It can be said that this ship brings together the essence of pirates from the entire Silver Age.

"Hahaha drink!"

"cheers!"

They drank large glasses of rum on the boat and had a wild life.

War seems to be a common occurrence for them and cannot bring any tension.

When the wine was drunk and their faces were hot, the pirates did not sing the pirate song, but loudly recited the articles of the "Pirate Code", one sentence per person:

"1. Everyone obeys internal orders, and the captain gets half of all loot;"

"2. Those who run away and those who keep secrets from their companions will be exiled and given a barrel of gunpowder, a barrel of water and a small weapon;"

"3. Those who steal property from the group will be exiled or shot depending on the value;"

"4. When meeting other exiles, give the captain and crew the punishment they deem appropriate;"

"5. When the law is in the army, anyone who beats others will be given the punishment of Moses (forty lashes on the naked back);"

"6. Those who break weapons and hold candles without lampshades are the same as above."

The big pirates on the ship took a sip of wine and shouted out a law.

Suddenly, a clear voice shouted:

"The only purpose of sheep is to eat."

A seemingly young but high-status pirate in the crowd raised his head and flicked his triangular captain's hat, revealing a face exactly like Byron's!