"What's going on?"

As a veteran pirate after all, George quickly realized that something was wrong.

The sailor who was being questioned hesitated for a while, because he didn't know what was going on, so naturally he couldn't explain it.

"Waste!" George scolded with a gloomy face, then turned to look at his first mate:

"Go and see what's going on."

The first mate knew that his captain was angry, so he didn't dare to delay any longer and immediately accepted the task.

Taking his eyes away from the first mate who was running towards the rudder in the rain, George continued to stare at the tiny black dot more than ten miles away, constantly thinking of countermeasures in his mind.

But gradually, he discovered something strange.

Why did the enemy suddenly stop attacking? Did they run out of shells? This shouldn't happen. Who would bring three shells when going out to sea?

Could it be that the other party felt that he was not easy to deal with, so he simply gave up on attacking him?

No, they had attacked them before and hit their own ship.

To some extent, this is already an offense to myself, so how could I give up halfway?

In this situation, shouldn't he intensify his efforts and try to kill all of his people?

Moreover, judging from the direction of their navigation, it didn't seem like the other party had given up halfway.

If the other party had given up, they should have changed direction and avoided me. Why were they heading straight towards me?

But if they hadn't given up, why did they suddenly stop attacking? What on earth were the people on that ship doing?

George was a little confused. In all his years as a pirate, this was the first time he had encountered such a person.

After a while, the first mate who went to find out the situation came back.

Seeing him return, George suppressed the confusion in his heart and immediately asked:

"Have you found out the cause?"

For him, no matter what the people on the boat behind him were doing, it was definitely the right thing to do to keep as much distance as possible.

To be honest, if they were not in the Thundering Sea, which was not suitable for naval battle, he really wanted to order his men to turn back and directly collide with the ship.

Let's see whether his ironclad ship is more powerful in close combat, or his special three-masted sailing ship is more powerful.

Hearing his captain's question, the first mate also showed confusion on his face:

"No abnormalities were found, and there were no signs of any magical influence on the ship."

"Then why is our ship sailing so slowly?"

George had a stern face and stared coldly at the first mate in front of him.

This was not the first time he had crossed the Thundering Sea, and he had a good idea of ​​the speed at which his ship could sail in the Thundering Sea.

I was just distracted by playing with my father and didn't notice this.

Now that you have noticed it, you will naturally be able to find the abnormality quickly.

Listening to his captain's cold words, the first mate organized his words, then replied with a wry smile:

"The Big Prawn was indeed not affected by any magic. As for why the sailing speed became so slow."

"According to the reports of the men who were in charge of the voyage of the Prawn."

"They said that when the Big Prawn was sailing, the sea water below was like dragging the Big Prawn in the opposite direction, making it unable to travel at normal speed."

George laughed when he heard this: "You mean, the people on the boat behind us can affect the sea water under our ship from more than ten nautical miles away without attracting any of our attention?"

The first mate immediately stopped talking because this was too outrageous.

If the other party can really do this kind of thing, what kind of strength would he have?

This is simply not something a low-sequence warlock could do.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in the first mate's mind, and he said quickly:

"Could they have used a Level 2 seal?"

George fell into deep thought, because what the first mate said made a lot of sense.

Rather than believing that there was a supernatural being on the other party's ship, he was more willing to believe that the other party was using a powerful seal.

After all, if there really were extraordinary beings on the other side's ship, there would have been no need to waste artillery shells to attack them just now.

That extraordinary being could easily wipe out all the people on their entire ship if he came alone.

This is the gap between extraordinary beings and low-sequence beings.

Even though he was already a senior Sequence 5, he was still as weak as a newborn baby when facing extraordinary beings.

Although there is only one level difference between Sequence 5 and Transcendent, it is actually as different as heaven and earth.

That is a gap that is almost insurmountable for ordinary people, even if this ordinary person is holding a powerful sealing object.

A few minutes later, George let out a long breath and gave his first mate a solemn order:

"Call all the members of the Ocean Path on board and have them use Ocean Path magic to interfere with the seawater below and see if they can speed up the Big Prawn."

The first mate obviously realized the seriousness of the matter and immediately stepped aside to start arranging the matter.

After the first mate left, George held the railing on the side of the ship with both hands, staring at the black spot in the distance that was getting bigger and bigger.

The men beside him also held their breath at this moment, each with a different expression.

They are not stupid. Judging from the three shells just now, the ship approaching from behind is obviously an enemy, not a friend.

In other words, a naval battle may break out next.

Judging from the look on his captain's face, the other side is most likely a strong enemy. Even the captain is not sure he can win. No, it should be said that there is a great possibility that he will lose.

Otherwise, with his captain's crazy temper, he would not have chosen to avoid it at the first moment.

Generally, only when the captain feels that his chances of winning are slim will he take the initiative to avoid conflict with the other party.

More than ten minutes passed like this. George stood by the side of the ship and watched the ironclad ship change from a distance of more than ten nautical miles away from them to the current distance of five or six nautical miles.

At this time, the first mate who had gone to arrange his men to interfere with the sea surface returned to George's side again.

George already knew the result without asking.

"We tried various methods to disturb the seawater and try to speed up the Prawn, but all failed."

Looking at his captain's back, the first mate took the initiative to speak, his tone was very difficult.

George closed his eyes and exhaled after a while:

"Let all members be ready for battle,"

Although he didn't understand what the owner of the ironclad ship was thinking, it was always a good idea to be prepared for a fight.

If a fight really breaks out later, he will definitely let the other side know how foolish it is for them to give up their long-range advantage and choose to engage in a boarding battle with him.