Chapter 167 Princess Fleet

The next morning, the Number Two dock of Golden City was bustling and noisy.

Originally, this was the berthing location for several main battleships of Oleg's "First Fleet," but for the sake of that Mafa's "Frost Moon Princess" marrying into the family, this private dock was specially vacated.

Docked at the pier was a "Poseidon-class" warship, with a total length of nearly two hundred meters. This displacement-class warship was already the pinnacle of current sailing ships.

Even in the entire North Sea, there were only three of them before.

This was the fourth.

The ironclad warships of the Mafa Empire were indeed strong. If they came to this sea area, almost no pirate ship could compete with them. Unfortunately, Lu Ying would never allow Mafa's surface ships to appear behind the Empire's territory.

The royal family would not use other people's old things. For the convenience of travel, Princess Skadi bought this warship, which was still in the shipyard, as her personal transport with great wealth. It was also repainted and decorated very luxuriously, and named "Princess Skadi."

Beside the main ship, there were also eight escort ships neatly arranged.

These ships had undergone some mechanical modifications, and the hulls were equipped with alloy baffles and large-caliber heavy artillery, looking majestic.

The royal princess's travel was very grand, with red carpets all the way and a guard of honor stretching for half a mile.

Before long, after a salvo of salutes, "Frost Moon Princess" Skadi Harris, wearing a gorgeous dress, slowly walked out of the city surrounded by a group of royal guards.

......

Outside the pier, the Nineteenth Squadron of the Fourth Fleet, having received orders, had been waiting outside the port for a long time.

They were nominally an escort fleet, but they were not qualified to approach the princess's ship.

On the deck, "Butcher" Banner and a group of confidants were watching from afar.

"This Mafa princess really has a lot of fanfare. It's only been a few days since the last assassination, and she's still so high-profile. Isn't she afraid of being targeted by assassins again?"

"Heh, they told us this was a 'secret mission'? These royal guys really care about face..."

"You don't understand. For the royal family, face is more important than life. But speaking of which, that woman is really damn flirtatious, that peach white skin is almost blinding me. I can see it, but I can't eat it... I really envy Fleet Captain Ga'er."

"Hehe, I heard that this princess and our boss Ga'er are just a couple in name only. After all, although Princess Skadi is beautiful, in a troll's eyes, she's probably no different from a monkey."

"Hahaha..."

"..."

Complaints aside, the crew members were very honest in their bodies. As soon as Princess Skadi showed up, they climbed onto the masts with telescopes, their eyes almost popping out, and they were constantly saying dirty jokes.

......

In the cabin, Su Lun and Dr. Banks also looked out through the air vent, silently observing everything.

Dr. Banks's identity on the surface was just an inconspicuous pharmacist on the ship. Ordinary crew members had no idea that he was the actual controller of the squadron.

""Frost Troll" Ga'er didn't go to sea with us, which is good news."

"The Mafa Royal Mechanical Guard has extraordinary combat power, enough to be worth an entire organized fleet. It's enough without pirates. Besides, after the last assassination, with a squadron captain-level assassin taking action, the Mafa Royal Guard Corps doesn't trust pirates."

"But speaking of which, their warships have undergone mechanical modifications and have a deep draft. As long as we avoid the artillery range, we have a good chance of opening the distance. But I suspect there are submarines underwater. If there are... it might be a little troublesome."

"Yes. We'll act according to the situation then."

"..."

Just as Su Lun and Dr. Banks were discussing, before long, the fleet escorting the princess also slowly left the port.

Their Nineteenth Squadron's pirate ship hung at the end of the fleet and followed them out to sea.

Su Lun had a detailed sea chart drawn by Tani, which came in handy.

He marked the route and gave precise coordinates to Qian Tiao, who was already waiting at sea.

......

The weather was very clear and sunny today.

Before long, the fleet sailed out of the Chaotic Wind Devil Sea surrounding Hastlin and headed towards the Four Northern Nations.

Su Lun held a rune black umbrella and closely watched the "Princess" not far away.

After sensing for so long, he finally confirmed something and said to Dr. Banks next to him, "There are indeed submarines underwater, and it seems like there's more than one."

His tone was very calm, because this situation was expected.

He then looked at the dark, large-caliber artillery barrels, with a wry smile on his face, "Now that we've arrived in the uninhabited sea area, if nothing goes wrong, the princess should be sending someone over."

"Yes."

Dr. Banks said thoughtfully.

He looked at the position of the sun and said, "Little friend Su Lun guessed it right, the fleet will sail towards the 'Roman Kingdom' in the northwest. This way, our plan can be implemented smoothly. By the way, how did you guess it?"

Hearing the question, Su Lun explained, "Since Mafa, a great empire, is marrying a princess to a pirate and bringing so much mechanical equipment and technology, in addition to wanting to cause trouble for Lu Ying, there must also be an exchange of benefits."

After a pause, he continued, "Oleg started out as a pirate, and the only trading capital he can offer is that 'Void Remains'. Therefore, this time, the 'Frost Moon Princess' is in such a hurry to go to sea only a few days after her marriage. The assassination is probably just an excuse. More importantly, she wants to see the remains. Now it seems, I suspect that the 'Void Remains' are probably somewhere in the Four Northern Continents..."

Dr. Banks smiled and said, "Little friend Su Lun is meticulous and extraordinary."

"..."

Su Lun shrugged his shoulders indifferently when he heard the praise.

Contacting the existing intelligence, he felt that it didn't seem difficult to deduce.

This was Lu Ying's rear. The fleet couldn't go to Lu Ying's direction to die.

Going northeast towards the Hidden Mountain would almost certainly pass through the Rocsmann Strait. There, Mafa's submarines had been intercepted and killed before. Even if the news spread that they were "mysteriously missing," the "Princess Fleet" would probably not risk it before figuring it out.

Going west was an unknown wasteland. It was risky and meaningless.

Therefore, they could only go northwest.

The sea had unlimited visibility, making tracking difficult, so they could only ambush.

Because they had predicted the other party's approximate course in advance, Qian Tiao and the others were able to arrive at the planned sea area to wait in advance.

Coincidentally, just as the two were chatting, a harsh static sound suddenly came from the ship's communicator.

"Buzz..."

"Buzz..."

Dr. Banks immediately realized something and said expressionlessly, "The communicator is being interfered with by a special magnetic field. We can't even send out signals now. Those people should be coming."

"Yes."

Su Lun also nodded.

Speaking of which, he asked a question with the communicator, "Sister Qian Tiao, are you in position? We can start."

As soon as these words came out, Qian Tiao's war-filled response came from the communicator, "Coming soon!"

The Mirror Organization's [Goblin Communicator] was easy to use. It had unlimited distance communication and was not restricted by various strange magnetic fields.

After explaining, Su Lun looked into the distance with both eyes and muttered, "I don't know if Tani's 'Damned Luck Halo Cursed by the Sea' is useful..."

......

Just after the communication was interfered with, a royal guard wearing mechanical armor suddenly soared into the sky from the deck of the "Princess" flagship in front.

The jet propulsion device allowed the mechanical armor to have a short-term aerial capability. After the mechanical boiler on the back of the armor sprayed several times, it landed smoothly on the deck of the Nineteenth Squadron.

This arrogant mechanical knight didn't even look at the people on the deck and announced in a deep voice, "Her Royal Highness the Princess has ordered that Colonel Banner go to the main fleet for important matters to discuss!"

"Butcher" Banner could only respond, "Okay!"

In the captain's room, Su Lun watched all this through the window and looked at the several escort ships at the stern of the "Princess."

Those artillery barrels were said to be in the direction of the fleet behind, but they were actually aimed at the Nineteenth Squadron's pirate ship.

It wouldn't be easy to slip away within range.

Moreover, the submarines were also nearby. Under normal circumstances, there was no way to escape.

Banner received the princess's order and had no reason to refuse.

But he dawdled and never got off the ship.

"Hurry up! Her Royal Highness the Princess is still waiting."

The mechanical knight next to him was still urging him.

This guy wasn't just here to deliver a message, but also to supervise.

A slight delay could be excused, but after a long delay, the messenger's face became more and more suspicious, and the atmosphere on the ship gradually became a little strange.

In the captain's room, Su Lun and Dr. Banks didn't speak. They were silently waiting for something.

Just then,

Suddenly,

A sudden thunderclap sounded in his ear!

"Crack~"

A flash of light in front of him.

Looking again, several miles away, lightning flashed, and the sky seemed to be stained with ink, condensing into a large storm cloud at an extremely fast speed.

The area affected by the thundercloud was getting wider and wider, and there was a tendency to intensify.

In an instant, the sky above the "Princess Fleet" also quickly darkened.

The wind was whistling outside the window, the waves were getting bigger and bigger, and the entire ship was swaying with it.

Seeing that they were about to encounter a violent storm, Su Lun was not surprised but delighted, and almost blurted out, "Here it comes!"

......

It was normal to encounter storms at sea.

But the storm in front of him was extraordinary.

Experienced navigators could judge the direction and range of a storm through air pressure, temperature, and humidity. But it was definitely not like this, appearing out of thin air.

Su Lun narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the storm, and muttered, "Tani's talent is a bit special..."

Because he had temporarily solved the petrification problem of Tani's mother, Su Lun also gained Tani's absolute trust.

Tani told him a secret that only he knew, that encountering a storm when he went out to sea was only a high probability event, not certain.

But if he was injured, then it would definitely happen, and a storm would break out immediately!

After hearing about his ability before, Su Lun immediately thought of this battle plan.

If they ran away out of thin air, they would have no chance to escape the range.

Even if they jumped into the sea, those royal guards would definitely chase after them...

Therefore, they needed an excuse to leave the fleet.

And storms and waves were the best cover!

......

As soon as the storm came, the communicator on the ship suddenly returned to normal.

Obviously, the top priority was to deal with the storm, not to interrogate.

The commander of the main ship sent an order: "All ships be careful, there are strange ships approaching in the storm! Load the artillery and prepare to sink them!"

Except for Su Lun and Dr. Banks, no one else knew about this plan.

The people on the deck were confused and looked into the distance. Sure enough, they saw a pirate ship riding the wind and waves in the storm.

No, not one ship!

But a dense array of them, dozens in total.

And upon closer inspection, the sails of the ships in the storm were tattered, and the hulls were full of holes, looking extremely dilapidated. Under the shining lightning, those dilapidated ships were covered with a strange halo of light, like... ghost ships.

"Ghost Fleet!"

"Oh my god... we actually encountered a Ghost Fleet!"

"Not good, the Ghost Fleet is sailing towards us, get out of the way!"

"..."

The people on the deck changed color when they saw this scene.

Countless legends of "Ghost Ships" circulated on this sea, but almost every version was an ominous omen.

But unnoticed, the monocle worn on Su Lun's left eye in the captain's room was shimmering.

The cursed object [Robert's Monocle] could create real illusions. These ghost ships were naturally all illusions.

Su Lun felt that since there was such a good storm environment, a few ghost ships would be just right.

It could also cover up Qian Tiao's "Dawn Group" approaching.

......

The waves on the sea were getting bigger and bigger, and waves of several meters were hitting the hull and shaking it violently.

Now that they had suddenly encountered a storm and a "Ghost Fleet," the communicator officer naturally couldn't urge Banner to disembark.

In the face of nature, human power seemed so small.

Each ship could only sway with the waves. How could they sail according to the original formation?

The Nineteenth Squadron's ship was also swaying and quietly drifting further and further away.

The Ghost Fleet was obviously coming for the "Princess Fleet." The commander was extremely decisive and shouted in the communicator, "Fire!"

Boom!

Boom!

Boom...

Hundreds of cannons roared, and the cannons on the ships in front spewed flames, and the sound of artillery fire even drowned out the thunder, deafening.

"Now!"

At this moment, Su Lun's pupils suddenly shrank, his hands grabbed into the void, and the threads suddenly pulled. Countless [War Mist Bombs] prepared on the ship exploded instantly.

Artillery reloading required intervals, but the War Mist only needed a moment to cover a large area in front of him.

"Damn it, what are you doing, are you trying to rebel!"

The furious roar of the messenger came from the deck, but the sound suddenly stopped abruptly.

In the next second after Su Lun made his move, he raised the black scythe in his hand and with a single stroke, a spatial rift cut off a human head.

As soon as Su Lun made his move, Banner on the deck also decisively gave an order, "Set sail, steer, and rush out to the south! Everyone, project the War Mist!"

Although the crew members didn't understand what was happening, they were almost all veterans of the "Steam Party." They had absolute trust in Banner. Hearing the order, they began to busy themselves in the fog.

On the sea, more and more [Mist Bombs] were being thrown out, and the range of the fog was getting wider and wider.

......

"Nineteenth Squadron, what's the situation on your side!"

"Stop quickly, or we'll open fire!"

"..."

The furious questioning from the commander came from the communicator.

Banner did not respond, and they naturally guessed that they were trying to escape.

Moreover, this escape was obviously fishy. As long as the Mafa people were not stupid, they would immediately guess that they really had "neural mechanical technology!"

Since they knew they had the technology, they would naturally not bombard them indiscriminately.

If they killed the technicians, this secret technology that could not be found would really be lost.

Soon, the second round of artillery fire came from his ears. Listening to the movement, most of the artillery shells were too high and fired towards the distance.

This was just a warning bombardment.

Seeing this, Su Lun also breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the other party would not guess and send a round of artillery fire.

Since they did not dare to bombard, they ignored them and sailed at full speed.

The mechanical modified warships had far more defense and output than the Nineteenth Squadron's pirate ships, but the only difference was the speed. In addition, the storm and waves disrupted the formation, which also widened the distance between the two sides.

The battle began, and Su Lun and Dr. Banks also came to the deck. The two stared at the turbulent sea, as if trying to capture something.

Since the ship could not catch up, they would definitely send submarines.

The storm had much less impact on submarines in the sea.

Banks said in a deep voice, "Mechanical submarines should appear."

Everything was going according to plan, but next, the most dangerous situation was coming.

"Yes."

Su Lun nodded and coldly took out a few scrolls and threw them towards the water, slapped his hands, the warlock's seal instantly condensed, and six glass jars appeared out of thin air.

"Crack" the glass shattered, and several mechanical octopuses fell into the water with a crash.

In the sea, Su Lun's [Mental Tentacles]'s control distance could not be too far, so he could only wait for the enemy to come.

......

The sea was stormy, Su Lun held a black umbrella and coldly watched the sea in the rain.

And Dr. Banks next to him was also on full alert.

Although he did not like fighting, it did not mean that he did not have combat power. A mysterious force was isolated an inch outside his body, and the rain could not touch his body.

"Here they come!"

Su Lun's eyes narrowed.

Because at this time, dozens of human souls entered the sensing range under the sea.

It seemed that it was probably not the "secret research base," but... capture them first!

Before long, submarine structures like shark fins appeared on the sea surface, and a warning came again from the communicator: "Nineteenth Squadron, now order you to stop immediately, otherwise we will sink your ship immediately!"

Hearing the warning, Su Lun and Dr. Banks had no intention of paying attention and continued to flee frantically.

They were sure that the other party would not dare to sink them with artillery fire, so now they were running as far as they could.

The farther the distance from the "Princess" behind them, the smaller the danger.

As they expected, after repeated warnings, the submarine did not launch torpedoes once and could only chase closely.

Su Lun was not sure whether there were high-level combatants on the submarines chasing them, so he did not do anything.

He wanted to drag it until Qian Tiao was close enough.

However, Su Lun still underestimated Mafa's technology.

Those guys did not dare to launch torpedoes to destroy them, but they launched something more exaggerated than torpedoes.

With a "swoosh," something like a torpedo shot out of the water.

Su Lun saw the trajectory of the shell.

But he only thought it was a warning shot.

Because the trajectory of the torpedo did not aim at their ship at all, and deviated by dozens of meters.

But in the next moment, the torpedo came out of the water, and with a "boom," it suddenly exploded in the air.

A flash of fire, no violent explosion, but a visible shock wave with the explosion as the center, then expanded like lightning.

The shock wave instantly swept the entire sea surface, and the ship of the Nineteenth Fleet was also affected, and all the bulletproof glass was shattered into scum.

Su Lun judged the explosion in advance, and the rune Vajra was ready for defense. However, when the shock wave came down, he was surprised that the shock wave had no effect on the human body?

He then realized that this was not an ordinary gunpowder bomb, but a "stun bomb!"

"This shell will directly destroy the ship..."

Su Lun's face was strange for a while.

It was the first time he knew that Mafa had this kind of shell.

The ship of the Nineteenth Fleet was just an ordinary pirate ship, whether it was material, enchantment, or coating, it was very ordinary. After being impacted by this "stun bomb," the ship swayed a few times in the waves, and the sound of wood breaking "crack" "crack" came from all over the ship.

"Boss, it's not good, the mast is broken!"

"Boss, the cabin is also flooded!"

"Oh, my God, our ship is falling apart. Quick, release the lifeboat!"

"..."

The ship was in chaos.

In the communicator, bad news came one after another.

Without anyone reporting, Su Lun had already felt that the ship was capsizing and was about to sink into the sea.

He was not panicked at all and jumped into the sea.

At this time, he had sensed that the submarine was very close to them!

Su Lun simultaneously controlled the eight-armed spider spear, and the six mechanical octopuses hidden in the sea instantly activated.

The octopus's tentacles contracted and released in the water, and it could move dozens of meters. The six mechanical octopuses approached the submarine and swam over in a blink of an eye, and then, with the help of the suction cups on the tentacles, they were firmly attached to the hull.

Then, the various tools on the tentacles began to cut the hull...

......

The Mafa sergeant on the submarine was still rejoicing that the shell had sunk the ship, and was preparing to grab those people floating on the sea when he suddenly sensed foreign objects attached to the hull!

Just like the last time Su Lun encountered in the Rocsmann Strait, the mechanical octopus was designed with special cutting tools, and the people on the submarine did not dare to fight in the water at all and quickly surfaced.

As soon as the hull emerged from the water, more than a dozen sergeants wearing mechanical armor came out of the submarine cabin, trying to deal with the mechanical octopuses attached to the ship.

However, how could Su Lun let them get their way?

He controlled the six mechanical octopuses to wrap around six mechanical warriors in a blink of an eye.

The mechanical octopus was originally restrained by the mechanical armor. After being attached by the tentacles, the low-level mechanical armor had almost no means to get rid of it. In the end, they could only slowly be disassembled by the octopus and killed.

However, the other party was also a well-trained professional soldier.

Just as the six octopuses climbed onto the six armors, the other people who were not hit took the sword-slashing knives, giant hammers, saws... in their hands without any scruples and slashed over.

Looking at the posture, even if it meant killing their companions, they would remove these mechanical octopuses.

"How decisive!"

Su Lun sighed in his heart.

He also guessed that these guys might know the existence of "mechanical octopuses" and have corresponding response tactics.

Otherwise, they would never be so decisive.

But Su Lun only had six finished octopuses in his hand, so naturally he would not watch his mechanical octopuses, which he had worked so hard to make, be killed.

Moreover, since he chose to do it, he had his own set of tactics.

He also had a cursed object with a very high degree of compatibility with the Mechanical Delirium, that is—[Hypnos' Night Scythe]!

Octopuses have many tentacles, and the most important combat power lies in "control." Several tentacles control the target, and several are attached to the hull, and the mechanical warriors can hardly move.

And the black scythe likes to chop fixed targets the most!

Su Lun hid behind the wreckage of a distant ship, watched the octopus control the target, and very decisively raised the black scythe and slashed "brush" "brush" "brush"... six knives in one second.

If he used a living corpse to control it before, a best living corpse could barely slash three or five knives before collapsing.

But now that his understanding of the laws of death has reached the conditions for use, he does not need to worry about any curse backlash at this level of slashing, and he can do it with a lift of his hand.

With these six sharp knives slashing down, six spatial rifts appeared not far away.

Even the [Lieutenant Colonel-level] and [Colonel-level] mechanical armor, which would not be easily broken by fifth- or sixth-order professionals, were instantly broken from the neck.

Then, four of them triggered the self-destruct device and exploded into a sea of fire.

Su Lun felt a pang of pain as he watched, and thought, "It's a pity to self-destruct..."

Each Mafa officer-level armor has a unique self-destruction device. It will not be in the same position, and if it is destroyed by external force, it will self-destruct immediately if triggered.

The remaining two did not explode, probably because the trigger device was not on the neck.

Su Lun watched his "spoils" being destroyed, and although he was distressed, he did not stop what he was doing.

Because the mechanical octopuses were all controlled by him alone, there was no such thing as cooperation.

Just after he killed six Mafa warriors, without any gaps, the mechanical octopuses broke free and attached themselves to another six.

Then it was the same tactic, adsorption, control, and the black scythe slashed a few knives.

Using this method, Su Lun killed more than a dozen mecha warriors who came out of the warehouse in a very short time.

The rhythm of this battle was almost completely the same as his previous deduction.

But Su Lun was not careless, and looked at the mechanical submarine that was about to be cut open in front of him, his eyes full of solemnity.

Because... he knew that the most difficult opponent was about to come out!

.......

Su Lun also inquired about some information in the past few days. The highest commander on a regular submarine of the Mafa Empire is generally a "Commodore" rank.

Which also means that they are equipped with [Commodore-level] mechanical armor, about the strength of a fifth-order professional.

And [Commodore-level] is the watershed of Mafa military mechanical armor.

Under this specification, they are almost all "physical attacks," and Su Lun's methods can almost easily kill them;

And the armor above all has some very magical abilities. Like the [Major General-level] armor, it has a very strong performance even in the battles of top professionals.

This "Frost Moon Princess" has a special status, and Su Lun could not be sure what rank the submarine captain in her guard was, but he guessed that it was likely to be "high-end."

Sure enough.

Just after Su Lun killed more than a dozen people who came out of the warehouse in two or three face-to-face encounters, the people in the cabin also reacted and immediately more than a dozen mecha warriors rushed out.

This time, a strong enemy came!

The first one was a guy wearing fire-red mechanical armor. Su Lun saw his rank at a glance, and the model marked on the armor—[Major General-level Demon Blade x1 Mechanical Armor]!

"It really is a 'Major General-level'!"

Su Lun's eyes narrowed.

Which means that this guy has at least the combat power of a regular sixth-order professional!

As soon as this guy appeared, he drew out a mechanical long knife flowing with magma in his hand.

The name identified was [Mana Energy Hot Melt Magma Python Knife]!

Before Su Lun had time to think about it, he watched this guy raise his hand and slash down with a knife.

A magical scene, that scarlet long knife was not chopping, but softened like a whip, and "whipped" towards a mechanical octopus not far away!

"Whip?"

Su Lun's face changed drastically as he watched.

With a "swoosh" the sound of air breaking, before he had time to let the mechanical octopus dodge, the scarlet whip was drawn on the octopus's body.

Just like metal encountering strong acid, Su Lun watched as the whip rapidly corroded the enchanted coating on the mechanical octopus's tentacles, and then rapidly corroded the runes.

After struggling for a moment, Su Lun could no longer sense the nerve signals fed back from the octopus's limbs.

This whip directly "crippled" a mechanical octopus.

"How strong."

Su Lun watched his eyelids jump.

He only had six octopuses, how could he endure such a toss?

In this face-to-face encounter, he controlled the remaining five octopuses and did not dare to fight, and jumped into the water.

Almost at the same time, Su Lun watched the "Major General" scan his eyes over.

Obviously, this guy had just seen Su Lun use the black scythe to kill his subordinates in the ship!

Su Lun's scalp was numb from being stared at.

However... it would not be easy for this guy to kill him.

Su Lun knew that he could not beat him, and even if he could, he would definitely suffer heavy losses.

He did not want to consume the little family fortune he had worked so hard to accumulate in this kind of battle.

Just as he was about to avoid its edge, at this time, there was a burst of air explosions of "pa", "pa", "pa" from the sea in the distance.

Looking sideways, a swordsman with thunder moving came running wildly from the sea.

Behind her, the thunder sea surged, and the three thunder drums on the six-armed Rakshasa phantom moved the sky full of thunder, and the grand occasion was exaggerated to the extreme.

Who else but Qian Tiao?