Other elven warships near the battlefield saw that the fleet commanded by Aislin was surrounded. Although they wanted to rescue them, they did not receive the order and had no right to mobilize surrounding troops for a large-scale naval battle. Therefore, they had to immediately turn away from the main force of the Chaos fleet. Because

In the previous attack by undersea creatures, the bottoms of the nine eagle ships owned by Aislin were more or less poked by unknown creatures. However, sea water poured in, slowing down the speed. This is why those keel ships can keep up with the speed.

Get the Eagle Ship, which is known for its speed.

At this time, Ulthuan had not yet experienced several subsequent disasters, which caused a large number of territories to sink or become isolated islands. For example, the capital of Tyranrok, the sunken city of Tar-An, once sank to the bottom of the sea and was raised by the elves using magic.

Lock' is a typical example. Therefore, the special terrain called the archipelago has not yet formed in the north of Nagaris, but even so, the number of reefs and islands nearby far exceeds the coastline in other places.

"You want to leave without leaving anything behind?"

The barbarian human champion on the flagship roared angrily and made a gesture. The Chaos Warriors on the side immediately waved the flags in their hands. Several keel ships on the periphery covered the middle of their ships with canvas and immediately opened them to reveal the hidden things underneath.

Something to hold on to.

That's a dozen Khorne skull cannons.

The Khorne Skull Cannon, which had a caliber of at least two hundred millimeters, was emitting a terrifying red light and was obviously ready to fire.

The few bloodletters standing on it immediately controlled the skeleton cannons that were inaccessible to mortals, and blindly fired at the Eagle Ship hiding in the smoke not far away.

"boom!!"

It wasn't until the fireball trailing the red tail flames slid down the smoke and fell into the sea water, causing a huge surge of sea water, that Aislin discovered that the opponent actually had long-range firepower.

Although it was hard to imagine how they could install a Khorne skull cannon, which was almost heavier than the entire ship, on a keel ship and still be able to sail normally, Aislin immediately issued instructions through the magic communication crystal on the ship in accordance with S

An order to advance in a font pattern. At the same time, in order to avoid smoke collisions during irregular movements, Aislin ordered the flame shield to be removed and other types of shields to be used instead.

Shooting on the unstable sea has always been a problem. Although the two sides were only less than a hundred meters apart, more than a dozen Khorne Skull Cannons still succeeded in making most of the shells miss after firing multiple salvos.

Even Carter's artillery in his previous life had an impressive hit rate before the gunnery revolution at the end of the 19th century. A hit rate of a few percent was considered well-trained. Later, they were sold with sights and equipped with large-caliber artillery.

The artillery hit rate improved after a series of measures such as the test firing of small-caliber artillery, and then the emergence of fire control radar.

The Khorne Skull Cannon is a creation that is made using magic and chaotic energy. It has no trace of modern artillery. It can be used to deal with fixed targets on land. It can always hit after a few test fires. However, when a ship continues to violently

Shooting another ship from a shaking ship would be a bit difficult for these Khorne Skull Cannons and the low-level daemon 'Bloodletters' responsible for operating them.

Therefore, although the nine Eagle ships being chased ahead were hit by shells that fell into the water and the decks were filled with sea water and dead fish, it did not affect the navigation. Only the sailors with disheveled hair after slipping looked a little embarrassed.

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"Don't just take a beating, the first battery team moved the ballista to the stern of the ship and counterattack!"

Although the hit rate is worrying, having long-range attack capabilities and not having it are two different things. With the Chaos Skull Cannon, no matter how low the hit rate is, the Chaos Fleet can always threaten the Eagle Ship. No matter how low the probability is, it will still be unable to defeat it. Run away.

But the dilemma of not being able to fight back is a hundred times stronger.

The ballistae was soon moved to the stern of the ship, and was operated by the best crew members on each Eagle ship, and started firing against the skull cannon behind it.

The fight between the two sides was very fierce, but whether it was the elves who were busy escaping or the Chaos fleet that was chasing after them, their accuracy on the rough sea was very poor. The elves were shooting several magic crossbows into the sea and setting off

After a while of sea water, I had to change the ammunition to ordinary crossbow arrows. In the end, the elves' crossbows benefited from the too dense Chaos fleet and successfully hit their first crossbow arrows. There was a glitch as a man wearing shoulder armor was paddling.

The barbarian plunderer was nailed to the boat with a crossbow arrow through his chest.

After more than 30 rounds in a row, the bloodletter responsible for operating the Khorne Skull Cannon may have saved up enough character. As a fireball dragged a red tail flame and hit the stern of an eagle ship, a huge

The energy instantly destroyed the magic shield and directly attacked the hull. The two elves were instantly blown to pieces, and a large hole several meters wide was blown out of the stern of the ship.

"Quick! Put out the fire! Take away the injured!"

The shells fired by the skull cannon were very powerful, and even after being weakened by the magic shield, they still set the eagle ship on fire. The elf captain immediately brought it up to extinguish the fire, but after adding several barrels of seawater, it not only failed to extinguish the fire, but the fire seemed to grow in size.

"avalu!chatai!"

In the end, the mage felt something was wrong, and along with a few magical runes, the magical flames came from the subspace, and were extinguished by the magical sea water rising from the sea.

The results of the artillery battle between the two sides gradually began to show results. Since the gang was on the run, only nine ballistae could be fired. However, the skilled elves cooperated with each other through the communication crystal to attack the same warship, and soon they sank and damaged several keel ships.

The bloodletters of the Skull Cannon gradually found the rhythm of shooting at sea and began to hit the Eagle Ship one after another.

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"It's almost here, it's almost there..."

Several hours had passed since the pursuit began. Aislin looked at the densely packed Chaos fleets behind him and couldn't help but hold the handle tightly with both hands.

After several mobilizations and encirclements, the number of Chaos warships chasing behind them has increased to thousands, and the number has become more and more as time goes by. If the Eagle ships were not flexible enough, time and time again, they would not be able to form an encirclement.

, they had all died long ago if they escaped from the gap, but even so, the situation was not much better.

At the same time, the pursuers also began to change from a pure sea route to a sea and air route. Countless Chaos Fallen and low-level demons with the ability to fly gathered together and continuously attacked the squadron led by Aislin.

It was only thanks to the close enough proximity of the nine eagle ships, the formation of powerful enough anti-aircraft firepower with bows and arrows, and the cooperation of the mages that they did not tear the elves on the eagle ships to pieces immediately. But if the situation remained unchanged

That was only a matter of time. Even though the physical fitness and endurance of elves far exceeded that of ordinary humans, allowing them to easily use powerful bows weighing more than a hundred pounds, there was always a limit.

Seeing more and more enemies in the air and at sea, Aislin knew that his fleet could not hold out for long. Not only were several Eagle ships damaged by skull cannons, but there were also a lot of casualties among the personnel. If he did not rush to the planned ambush location, he would not rush to the planned ambush location.

“You can already see the island!”

Suddenly the sailor on the observation deck shouted, his words full of joy.

Upon hearing this, Aislin immediately dropped the long bow in his hand and ran to the side of the ship. The outline of the island that could be seen in the distance was a small archipelago located north of Nagareth.

"We are about to be rescued. Let's all go to the archipelago at full speed! The mages who still have the energy to add will add amplification spells to the ships!"

Although I don’t know why I was saved when I reached the archipelago, I thought that as long as I got near the archipelago, I could find a way to swim to the shore even if the ship sank, so the elven sailors on the ship once again cheered up their elves and dragged their tired bodies to work.

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On the other side, the main force of the combined fleet hiding behind the archipelago also discovered the huge chaos fleet that was chasing them.

"Big fish! Our scouts discovered from high altitude that there are thousands of Chaos fleets directly behind Aislin and the others, with more ships scattered around and coming! Can we eat it?"

The adjutant who had just come out of the communication crystal came to Prince Dick Marx and said excitedly and worriedly.

"Hmph, look at the fifteen dragon ships and hundreds of eagle ships behind us, as well as the ancient allies under the sea and in the air. As long as we don't scare them away, we, Asul, will only win!"

The high-spirited Elf Prince looked at the huge dragon ships around him, as well as the large number of dragons on the perch specially prepared for the dragons, and the Dragon Prince could not hide the excitement on his face.
Chapter completed!