The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 679: Sky Pirates
The ships used to sail in the air on this plane don't actually have much magical components, and they might sink if thrown into the water. The main reason for being able to fly is because of the floating layer.

In the same way, since you can sail on the float layer, you can naturally dive into the float layer...

The new strange ship is much smaller than this regular ship, but it is also close to 300 meters long. On the earth, it is almost as long as an aircraft carrier.

It is also made of wood, the hull is painted with a layer of black matte paint, and the deck is relatively small. You can see round things like interfaces on both sides. The whole is closer to the drop-shaped structure of a submarine. , There is also a red flag with a white background on the bridge, with a pattern of two overlapping eagle claws drawn on it.

It is like a whale floating up from the surface of the water, piercing through the thin sea of ​​clouds, Lin Tianci can only see half of the hull missing from the ship's side, and the other half is hiding under the cover of the ship under his feet Down, moving to the other side of the ship's side.

The crew rushed over to protect Brother Lin and looked down as well, and happened to see the temperament of the submarine-like ship below, and immediately shouted:

"It's the Eagle Claws!"

With this loud shout, the crew members who thought they had escaped the catastrophe rose up again as if they were facing a big enemy, as if they were more afraid of the word "Eagle Claws" than the Sparrowhawks.

"What is the Eagle Claws? Bandits?"

Sally replied casually:
"Well, this is a rather large group of bandits consisting of more than a dozen specially-made stealth ships, or it is better to use the local term 'air pirates' in Cyprus."

Because the land in this plane is all floating islands of different sizes, the traffic is all connected by regular ships sailing along specific routes, so robbers who do business without money will target the regular ships when they sail to remote places. .

It is also because the transportation depends entirely on regular ships, so there is a lot of wealth on it.

The locals also put in a lot of effort in combating air pirates. There are often military warships patrolling the waterway, but the waterway is too large, and it is impossible for the army to keep an eye on all places all the time.

In addition, some local high-level people sometimes need these blood-licking guys to do disgraceful things, and even spend money to recruit them as mercenaries when their own troops are not enough, which gives space for the air pirates to survive.

"Compared to pirates, air pirates are more polite. After subduing regular ships, they usually take about [-]% of their wealth. As long as they don't resist too fiercely, air pirates will not kill people casually."

"You're being polite, isn't this just fishing to prevent the marsh from being exhausted?"

Sai Li originally wanted to ask what it meant to fish out of the river, but it should be to prevent the killing from being too ruthless so that no one could be robbed.

"It's about the same. Although you are being polite, don't think they are gentlemen. No one will be wronged if one of them is counted as the gallows."

While speaking, the air pirate's ship had completely disappeared from the left side of the ship's side, and it should have moved to the right side.

Many crew members didn't bother to cover their wounds. They just wrapped them in sackcloth and rushed to the side of the ship. Three ballistas were installed on both sides.

This thing is used to deal with sparrowhawks, which is to bombard mosquitoes with cannons. It can indeed kill mosquitoes, but whether they can be hit or not is another matter.

When the target is changed to another ship, the ballista is useful.

Regular transport ships will install ballistas and distribute weapons to the crew, which is itself caused by the rampant sky pirates. Dealing with the "natural disaster" of the Sparrowhawk is tricky, but the crew of the sky pirates still has some experience.

However, the so-called Eagle Claws are not comparable to the little thieves who dare to rob a ship with just a few people. They are the most powerful air pirate group in the plane of Cypru, and they have pulled out all their strength to compete with the regular army. It's not necessarily that you will lose if you do it, it's just that the gain is not worth the loss. It's no wonder that the crew members' expressions are more nervous than they just dealt with the Sparrowhawk.

"The Eagle Claw Group is a bit interesting to be able to tame the Sparrowhawk Queen. According to my information, the founder of the Eagle Claw Group is a plane traveler. He is a good mage, and he should have some magic items under his command."

"So there is a mage among the enemies?"

"Not necessarily. It has been more than 200 years since the establishment of the Eagle Claws. Mages are not like your monks. Few mages can extend their lives. The other party may just have a few inherited magic items."

That's right, after all, a guy like a monk who can live for 1000 years casually doesn't have many in the multiverse world.

When Sai Li whispered to Lin Tianci about science, the black hull that disappeared from the left side of the ship slanted out from the right side of the ship this time, and the bow suddenly raised, just like a submarine that had surfaced urgently.

The crew on the right side of the ship controlled the ballista, and when they saw the opponent floating up, they immediately shot out three javelin-length crossbow bolts.

This thing is very powerful, not only can be used as a defensive weapon, but also can be used as a siege weapon. The ordinary wooden shell will be a big hole if it is punched.

But when the crossbow arrow hit the black hull of the Eagle Claw Group, a strong whirlwind suddenly blew up, and it was obvious that this wind was by no means a natural product, because a circle of light green magical aura appeared together with the wind, like A protective wall deflected the shooting trajectory of the crossbow arrow, the power of the crossbow arrow was greatly reduced, and the curved hull was slid away.

Apart from adding three scratches to the opponent, the ballista did not play any role, and it was extremely powerful to reload at the same time.

The psychological damage to the crew seems to be more serious than if the blow did no damage.

The crew member holding up the shield next to Brother Lin even murmured:

"Has the great wind forsaken us?"

So feudal superstition is not a good thing, people use magic, and it has something to do with your great style.

This can be regarded as a heart attack. People on the plane of Cypru believe in the so-called great wind bestowed by the gods. The opponent's resistance is in the heart.

Feudal superstition is indeed a debuff...

But this time was different. The crew members were a little skeptical about life at first, but when they saw Brother Lin standing on the deck, they cheered up immediately.

The captain who personally steered the bridge on the bridge opened the window and shouted at the bewildered crew members on the deck:
"The angel is with us, the air pirates are the sinners who stole the great wind! Let them pay with their blood!"

This kind of statement is really convenient, and it really cheers up the crew whose morale is a little bit low.

However, morale is important in the era of cold weapons, but it is not a panacea.

The Eagle Talon Sky Pirates' ship had reached a height parallel to the transport ship, and there was a burst of explosions from the round 'interfaces' on its side, and several ropes and claws grabbed the side of the transport ship. With the efforts of the steel cables, the submarine-like ship was quickly attached to the transport ship.

Immediately, the door of the 'interface' opened, and a group of people holding swords and screaming in their mouths rushed out and jumped onto the deck. They looked fierce and knew that they were not guests.

Whether it is air pirates or pirates, boarding battles are of course necessary, after all, they are for robbery, not for sinking targets.

The ships of the Eagle Claw Regiment are specially designed for robbery. They can lurk under the clouds, similar to the vestibule. The circular ports on both sides are the exits for troops. There are eight on one side, and the exits are wide enough for five or six They rushed out with their weapons in hand.

It can be seen at a glance that the number of crew members is at a disadvantage.

In addition, they had just been attacked by a flock of sparrow hawks, not counting those who died on the spot, and many of them were injured now.

The number is not large, and the strength is not enough. When facing the sky pirates who are like wolves and tigers, the two sides will be overwhelming as soon as they come into contact.

Lin Tianci was originally on the left side of the ship, but the other party chose to join the ship on the right side. With the wide deck, even if Lin Tianci ran fast, it would take time to provide magic support.

But he wasn't the only spellcaster on board.

Several chubby bottles were thrown out again, some of them turned into sheets of grids and stuck to the deck like before, while others spilled green strong acid in mid-air, no matter what kind it was, as long as you stepped on it, it would be absolutely refreshing.

It's just that the reason is the same as that of the Sparrowhawk before, there are too many sky pirates rushing to the deck, and the effect of a few small bottles is still relatively limited, and it can only be regarded as a slight delay.

The crew members who were originally scattered on the deck and formed a tight formation rushed to the right side, and used the little time gained to raise their shields to form a shield wall.

The air pirates were not to be outdone, they rushed forward like desperately carrying a sword and war hammer, and the crew they beat were retreating steadily.

At this time, Lin Tianci had already thrown off the crew members who were protecting him. Even if he felt the left side of the deck, he raised his hand and two bolts of lightning struck down the air pirates that came up.

"These air pirates should not be simply robbing. The failure of the Sparrow Hawk's raid has already made them understand that there are two spellcasters on the target ship. This is a hard nut to crack, but they did not retreat, but continued to launch a boarding battle. "

"Does that mean they are somewhat sure?"

"Well, and the purpose is probably not robbery. If it is assassination, they will start attacking from the bottom of the ship, so I guess they are probably trying to catch someone, and they probably know that there is a spellcaster on this ship. If it weren't for you The appearance of the sparrowhawks has seriously damaged the group, and this transport ship has now fallen into the hands of the sky pirates."

So the target is likely to be the caster other than Brother Lin.

Speaking of this, Lin Tianci heard a cannon fire.

A layer of smoke rises from the deck, sounding a bit like firecrackers set off during Chinese New Year, but much louder.

Because the opponent changed from a monster like a sparrow eagle to a human, and now the crew guarding the spellcaster rushed to the front to help, so Lin Tianci also saw what another spellcaster other than himself looked like.

First of all, she was a girl, and a pretty one at that.

I have to say that brother Lin's love luck is really as good as the fairy good fortune said, and he can always meet beautiful girls wherever he goes.

However, there are many types of "beautiful". The girl in front of her is dressed very boyishly, wearing cropped trousers, a dark shirt on the upper body, and a large leather cape on the outside.

Of course, dressing up boyishly does not mean neutral beauty, but it can better bring out the cuteness of women.

But Brother Lin saw many beauties, so he was not so surprised by this, but even more surprised by the weapon in her hand.

It was a very old-fashioned matchlock pistol.

(End of this chapter)