Blood tax

Chapter 334 "He's Coming!"

After receiving the news of the attack on the Medini Academy, the warships in the port of Odessa also set sail quickly.

"Raise the sails and anchor! Hurry up!" The officer shouted at the sailors, raised the sails, and accelerated the battleship with the help of magic devices, trying to rush out of the port to occupy positions as soon as possible.

No matter who their enemies are or what they will do next, staying in the port will be disadvantageous.The sailors were rushed to heave the anchor, and the wet cable was rubbed so hard that their hands burned, but all of them were shrouded in an inexplicable fear and urgency, and they pulled the cable desperately regardless.

"The channel has been determined," the first officer reported to the captain of the leading ship, "the formation has set sail and can leave the port in a quarter of an hour."

Suddenly, a bright light cut the sky and the sea.That's the glow of the magic drive when it's running at full power.The source of the light is an imposing warship, with ramming horns like spears and towering masts, rushing towards the shore at an astonishingly high speed.

The sailors raised their heads one after another, staring at the direction where the light came out.

At the same time, at the exit of the port area, the wooden planks of a warehouse suddenly fell down.The navigator on the Odessa battleship suddenly saw six twelve-pound guns lined up in the port, almost at the right front of the bow.

Senamon jumped aside with the command knife in his hand, watching the huge warship approaching like a wall.The ballista on the battleship had no angle to threaten his artillery, and the marines on the deck could not disembark, and could only watch helplessly as the artillery lit the fuse under their noses.

"Chain bomb, salvo!"

Senamon gave an order, and the gunners who had already prepared opened fire at the same time, and the iron balls connected in series rushed out of the smoke and swept towards the deck and mast of the battleship.

"hidden!"

The exclamation and screams on the battleship sounded at the same time.The sailors and soldiers who couldn't dodge were swept by the chain bullets flying in the air, making a crackling sound. From the starboard side to the port side, pieces of severed limbs and pieces of meat flew like raindrops.Immediately afterwards, there was a huge crash and a loud noise of falling, a mast was torn by the bullet chain, and smashed towards the deck with debris and iron pieces all over the sky.

"Continue shelling!" Senamon ran to the gun position to adjust the firing angle, "lower the firing angle and hit their decks! We will leave after firing the shells!"

The captain of the Odessa warship, which was suddenly shelled, also shouted loudly, ordering his subordinates to fight back, while encouraging everyone, and ordering the warship to rush out of the port passage quickly.Anyone could see that Bayerland's artillery had quietly deployed to attack the battleship at such a short distance, clearly intending to trap them in the port.

Although the interior of the port area is not small and can be supported by nearby fortresses, the waters here cannot support the maneuvering of warships at all. Once the Bayerland warship launches an attack from the sea, they can only be passively beaten.

However, before the captain's order was communicated, the fallen mast of the battleship caught the building on the nearby embankment, dragging the whole ship to spin.A second battleship followed.As soon as the sailors turned the ballista, they saw the friendly ship in front draw a circle and rammed towards the side.

The captain and adjutants threw themselves on their seats, the roaring cannon spewed steel and death at them, beating the sailors into bloody balls, and the sharp ram of the leading battleship was heading towards the belly of the friendly ship. Stab it in the past.The two captains exclaimed together:
"It's a trap!

……

The topography of the Medini campus is similar to that of Homenworth, with buildings built on coastal slopes.To escape inland to the north, the convoy must first follow the roads along the east and west coasts before turning north.

When Professor Lafayette fled with his brother and sister, the sealed artifact and many other personnel, a battleship with white sails was also galloping towards the shore.However, instead of approaching the breakwater, it kept its distance a little further away and joined a small boat.

Several people on the boat jumped off the deck, and the first person bowed to greet:
"Please allow me to board the ship, Miss Captain."

Arendelle took her adjutant to welcome the returning knights on the deck.Her smooth black hair, which hangs down like a waterfall, is coiled high into a beautiful hairstyle. Wearing a slim navy long coat and boots, her slender lines are extremely charming:
"Welcome back to the Brenhill, Your Excellency, Captain of the Second Assault Squadron. The attack just now may have detonated some kind of sealed item. We detected a high-level psychic signal, which is the same as the ancient god's aura that appeared in Odessa."

The two walked to the open deck together, where a small group of cavalry wearing breastplates gathered, calmly watching the sea.The cavalry has been equipped and is ready to go at any time.However, in front of them there was only a deck with the ship's side removed and the blue sea, and the nearest shore was one mile away.

"How's the situation on Medini's side?" The knight beckoned to everyone, asking them to fetch their lances.

"We found a group of carriages moving towards the camp of the garrison troops, and the sealed artifacts are inside. Judging from the route, they probably want to gather their troops and go inland to avoid our attack," Arendelle said. , "Your Excellency, are you sure this will not violate the armistice agreement?"

"A truce?"

The knight couldn't help laughing.

He rolled over and jumped onto the black steed.The battle robes and feathers flew in the wind, and icy hoarfrost condensed everywhere they went.He was mounted on a black horse, with a squad of cavalry gathered on the deck behind him.The chilling momentum spread, like a thunderstorm surging in the wind and thunder, sweeping across the sea with unparalleled coercion.

The sailors stared wide-eyed and hurriedly hid aside.They have heard the reputation of this terrible knight, that he enslaves ice and snow, drives away death, is a monster, and even the powerful captain is polite to him.

The knight took over the lance with a red-purple halo, and swept the rough sea with stern eyes: "When Odessa concealed the information of the sealed item, the armistice agreement had already been broken by them. If we didn't happen to pass by, they The plot is about to succeed."

Arundel nodded and stopped interfering in the knight's battle.She returned to the bridge deck and said to the first officer and the helmsman beside her, "Starboard salvo. Approach the shore and prepare to release the armored cavalry commando."

Her adjutant immediately replied: "The convoy hid behind the shore fortifications. There is a position equipped with ballistas and trebuchets, which may pose a threat to the ship. Wait a minute, there is no water to land nearby!"

"We can suppress their convoys and fortifications at the same time," Arendelle replied, "Where to land? This is not our concern."

……

Thick black clouds are gathering in the sky.Although it is still daytime, the depressing rain clouds have shrouded the place like night, only the occasional lightning flashes in the clouds will bring a glimmer of light.

The turbulent horns were echoing, and the coastal defense barracks in Odessa sensed ominous signs.They hastily adjusted the shooting angle of the ballista, and signaled to the approaching warship, demanding to turn around and retreat immediately.

Under the dark sky, an orange-red light suddenly ignited!It was as if a giant beast had drilled out of its perching cave, showing its fangs ferociously in search of blood.Immediately after, the blood-colored thunder radiated in all directions, and the gray smoke surged, turbulent and loud, as if a long whip was whipping the earth, and instantly reflected the sea surface red.

"Salvo fire!"

The roar roared among the gunnery and sailors.They roared heart-piercingly, and the heavy guns on the side of the ship bounced back fiercely, spraying out a cloud of light and mist.

The broadside guns of the battlecruiser Brune Hill began to fire in salvo.

A scorching fireball flew across the sky, tearing the building into broken ruins.There was a loud and muffled sound amidst the flames soaring into the sky, as if giants stretched out their big hands above the sky, slapping the clouds alternately.

Sixteen 12-pound naval guns roared almost simultaneously, tearing out cliff-like auditory faults in the air.The sea, the sky and the small town seemed to be strangled and stopped, and then they shook violently amidst the dense roar of the wind, and there were amazing fire lights in the turbulent waves.

The shore ballista and trebuchet positions that were still preparing to shoot were immediately covered by dense shells.A position was swept by iron rain, ballista fragments flew across, the stone wall cracked, and the shells bounced off the wall and the defenders, causing indescribable moaning and breaking sounds.

The fiery shells ignited the kerosene on the position, and bursts of dazzling flames rolled in the port.Looking down from the clouds hanging down into the sky, I can only see the red light flashing, and the dull explosion sounds like rolling thunder and surging waves, rolling over one after another.

The shore defense forces in Odessa let out desperate screams, and the brave soldiers hurriedly fought back, but under repeated bombardment by the artillery that had an absolute advantage in lethality and range, even the shore walls collapsed, rubble and broken The walls were covered with broken corpses, and the gurgling blood was like a stream.

Professor Lafayette, who had just hid in the barracks and was summoning the local Extraordinary and the army, felt his throat was dry and wanted to escape, but his sense of mission still drove him to stand up: "Don't be afraid! There is no water area where they can land, We have to go around to the eastern port to let the troops land, and the artillery can't threaten us!"

The wizards and followers who had just escaped from Medini hid behind the bunkers one by one, and no one answered or acted.

"Stand up!" Professor Julian also yelled, "What about your modesty and courage! Those mortal artillery can't threaten us, and they can't go ashore either. Get up and follow me!"

As soon as his words fell, someone in the crowd suddenly raised his finger to the sea, and his panicked voice was full of despair and panic:

"Look, what's going on over there!"

"where?"

"Sea! Look at the sea!" A man raised his head, and then screamed:
"The surface of the sea, the surface of the sea is freezing!"

In this symphony of blood and fire, an indescribable momentum gushed out quietly, slowly rising and brewing like a rising tide.The majestic and magnificent feeling seems to swallow the world.

The wizards of Medini were suddenly touched by this momentum, and they lost their words for a while.Neferti, who was taking care of her unconscious brother, quietly raised her head from her hiding place, staring at the sea in horror.

She saw the battleship from Byelan tearing off its camouflage as it approached the shore, revealing its ferocious fangs.An illusory but incomparably majestic scolding echoed in the air:
"Found you."

With the arrival of these words, a huge wind blows towards the face, almost suffocating, and there are even screams of innocent souls and loud cries for mercy in the darkness, and it seems that there is a huge banner between the narrow sky and the earth Dancing at high speed, puffy!

The sky, the clouds, and the air were all forced by this terrible pressure, and there was a low silence, only the waves that would never stop were whimpering unwillingly.

The girl's throat seemed to be strangled, and she couldn't breathe.Some kind of pain engraved deep in her soul reminded her of some broken and terrifying memories that she dared not look directly at.

Nefertti grasped her brother's hand tightly, and whined tremblingly:
"he came!"

(End of this chapter)