"Those damn bastards!!"

Looking at the warships coming towards him, Captain Fox knew that a battle was inevitable today. Of course, if possible, he would like to weigh anchor immediately and deal with the enemy. Unfortunately, the ship has not been repaired yet, so he can't go anywhere. He can only be a live target for the fixed artillery position here...

"Alright, everyone, cheer up, get on the artillery positions! Get ready for battle!"

Although this merchant ship was not as good as Vanriel's warship, it was well-trained after all. Soon, the sailors put down their work and quickly came to the turret, operating the magic turret to aim at the warship in the distance.

“Fire!!”

“Bang, bang, bang!!”

With Captain Fox's order, shells were fired from the cannon barrels and flew towards Vanriel's frigate. But just as the shells flew in front of the frigate, a semicircular barrier suddenly unfolded with the shining of magic light, and the shells that hit the barrier slid to both sides and fell into the sea with a bang.

"Humph, so these poor guys are just poor guys."

Ambassador Luden snorted coldly at the scene, then he reached out and took a cigar and put it in his mouth. In his opinion, it was easy for a frigate to deal with a merchant ship. Not to mention that in this world, all mainstream military warships have constant magic shields and various protections, and their shells are also different. Some are specially used to break the magic barrier, and some are used to create flames and explosions. However, these shells are generally controlled items and are impossible to circulate to civilians. Not to mention these merchant ships. You know, it is illegal for merchant ships to possess munitions. Once discovered, they will go to jail.

Because of this, ordinary merchant ships can only hold ordinary shells and cannot obtain those military controlled items. However, it is obviously impossible to break the barrier of the frigate in front of us with that level of attack.

"Hahaha, a bunch of civilians want to destroy our Vanriel warships? It's simply..."

“——!!”

Before Luden finished speaking, he was suddenly enveloped by a bright red torrent. A deafening roar whistled past, and for a moment Luden could not even hear any sound. He could only stand there blankly, watching the energy torrent in front of him hit the energy barrier like a raging wave, and then spread to both sides. After a moment, the dazzling red light completely disappeared.

"call……"

Only then did Luden reach out his hand and wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He felt weak all over at this moment. You know, the attack just now was so sudden that Luden didn't react at all. If there was no protection of the energy barrier, I'm afraid I would have been finished long ago!

"You, what are you doing! Fight back quickly and destroy that broken ship!!"

"Tsk, didn't you finish it?"

Putting down the umbrella in her hand, Tilia also showed a trace of dissatisfaction on her face. She originally thought that she could easily sink the broken ship by relying on her own strength, but she didn't expect that the broken tortoise shell of the ship was much harder than the ghost ship. She fired a cannon with all her strength, but it didn't work.

Should I use that...?

Thinking of this, Tilia couldn't help but look at the handle of her umbrella, where a small and exquisite rose pattern was emitting a faint light.

But just as she was hesitating, suddenly, a voice came from the side.

"Leave it to me."

"Sister Nymph?"

Hearing Nymph's words, Tilia looked at the little angel beside her in surprise. After so many days of getting along, Tilia knew Nymph quite well. As Fang Zheng's first summoned creature, she and Fang Zheng had the best relationship. In addition, the little angel was also very talented in alchemy. But her fighting ability... To be honest, in Tilia's opinion, even a newborn Red World would probably be much stronger than her angel sister.

But now, she actually has to deal with a battleship?

"Are you okay? If there's any danger..."

"No, it's okay."

Hearing Tilia's question, Nymph smiled and shook her head.

"In fact, it's over."

"……Why?"

"Prepare to attack! Blast them into ashes!!"

At this moment, Luden was in high spirits, waving his hands vigorously and giving orders loudly. But what Luden didn't expect was that just after he finished speaking, he heard a loud "bang", and then the next moment the boat under his feet suddenly slowed down.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Report! The magic engine has malfunctioned!"

"How is that possible?"

After hearing the report from his crew, the captain was stunned. This is Vanriel's newest battleship, and the magic engine is also the latest product of production equipment. How could it malfunction?

"What is the cause of the malfunction?"

"Yes... the magic energy was instantly overloaded, causing part of the magic engine to be destroyed!"

"Fix it now!"

"We are repairing it, but..."

"how?"

"The damage is too severe. I'm afraid it won't be repaired in a short time!"

“What a hassle…”

Hearing this, the captain also frowned, but he quickly made a decision.

"Hurry up and repair the engine. Everyone else, prepare to operate the turret. The enemy is within range. Lock on the target and prepare to fire!"

Although the magic engine was destroyed, the warships in the main world were originally driven by both sails and magic, which was a safety net after all. Even without the magic engine, the warships with open sails could still move. Although they could not turn around as easily as the magic engine, he thought it would be no problem to deal with a merchant ship.

"Target, two o'clock direction——!"

Following the captain's order, several guns turned at the same time and aimed at the Black Crow.

"emission!!"

"boom--!!!"

Ruden had no idea what was happening, because just after he heard the captain say the word "fire", he only felt a deafening explosion, and then Ruden fell to the ground with black eyes. When he opened his eyes again, everything in front of him made Ruden shocked.

The warship, which was supposed to be intact, was now filled with smoke and flames. The deck was in tatters, with huge holes everywhere. Sharp alarms and shouts mixed together, making it impossible to hear what was being said.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? What happened?"

Holding the control panel beside him, Ruden stood up shakily and asked loudly. But at this moment, the captain not far from him didn't care what Ruden said at all. He just grabbed the megaphone next to him and called out loudly.

"Put out the fire immediately! Put out the fire! Damn it, don't let the fire spread to the ammunition compartment! What? The sea valve was opened automatically? How could this happen? Was it blown open in the previous explosion? Damn it..."

"What's wrong? Captain, what's going on?"

Seeing the captain in a panic, Ambassador Ruden hurriedly grabbed his shoulders and asked loudly, while the captain shook his head in confusion.

"I don't know either. I only know that at the moment of firing just now, all the magic turrets overloaded and exploded! Damn it, what on earth is going on..."

"Captain, something bad has happened!"

But at this moment, suddenly, a crew member with a livid face ran over in panic.

"An unknown high-energy reaction occurred in the magic core!"

"What?"

Hearing this, before Ruden could react, the captain's face suddenly turned pale.

"Abandon ship, everyone, immediately..."

"boom!!!"

The next moment, flames shot up into the sky, completely destroying everything.

"Uh...what's going on?"

Tilia stood on the deck, staring blankly at the battleship in the distance. She only saw the battleship suddenly catch fire, then explode instantly, and then be blown into two pieces before slowly sinking into the sea. This also made Tilia inexplicably at a loss for words... What happened? The ship sank before she even made a move?

"Sister Nymph? You did this?"

"Um."

Hearing Tilia's question, Nymph lowered her right hand and nodded with a smile.

"Fortunately, the opponent's magic utilization rate is relatively high, which gave me the opportunity to invade the magic circuit of the battleship. Now it seems that it is still very effective."

“…”

Tilia silently glanced at the glimmer of light on Nymph's fingertips, and then glanced at the wreckage of the warship that had been swallowed by the sea.

It seems that she needs to re-evaluate the fighting ability of her elder sister.