Almost at the same time, the same thought arose in the minds of the air pirates and the villagers.

However, the villagers were filled with joy, while the pirates were shocked and angry.

The artificer Sky Pirate raised his iron staff in anger, and a splash of acid shot out from the top of the staff.

The Iron Ant Type 2, which was about to tear the air pirate construct into pieces, failed to dodge and was splashed with acid, and a corrosion sound suddenly came from the shell.

The next second, someone from the village immediately ran over and used repair magic on the Iron Ant Type 2, and the shell that had some holes in it was quickly repaired.

The Artifact Master Sky Pirate was furious, but soon, another twelve Iron Ant Type 2 constructs joined the battle.

For some reason, the mechanical engineer Sky Pirate remembered the huge airship from before.

"Constructs of this level cannot be made by people in the village! It must be the guy who stayed in the village. Is he the one who sold these constructs to the village?"

At this moment, the mechanical master Sky Pirate was extremely disgusted with Carl's meddling behavior.

But his likes and dislikes were of no help in this battle.

As the thirteen constructs formed a battle line in front of the villagers, the constructs on the side of the sky pirates were unable to break through the defense line for a while, and were beaten back by the village mages and warlocks who were hiding behind and providing long-range attacks.

'Damn it! Now is not the time to think about this! I have to find a way to get rid of these constructs!'

With both hands tightly gripping the handles on the back of his Iron Guard, the mechanical master Sky Pirate took a few deep breaths and tried to calm himself down.

Then, he gave up his dignity as a leader, and used his mind to control the Iron Guards to stride towards the front line.

As the Iron Guard gradually approached to within about 60 feet of the Iron Ants, the artificer Sky Pirate standing on its back waved his staff again and released the second-ring spell, Hot Metal.

Green smoke quickly rose from the surface of an iron ant, and the scorching heat quickly spread across its body.

The eyes of the sky pirates who came into contact with its short blades burst into satisfaction, but just when everyone thought that this strange construct was about to be destroyed, a whistle suddenly sounded.

“Woo——!”

A sharp and piercing sound, accompanied by thick white mist, spurted out from a chimney-like structure behind the Iron Ant. The Iron Ant, which had been slow in movement due to its overheated body, was like a shot of cardiotonic and immediately became full of energy.

"F*ck, you're awesome!"

On the villagers' side, some unkempt middle-aged men started swearing.

It's no secret to most adventurers that constructs are afraid of hot metal. Normally, if a spellcaster casts this spell specifically, ordinary constructs will most likely be destroyed.

The villagers did not know the composition of the sky pirates, so the spells they prepared did not include the Hot Metal spell. In order to prevent rebellion among his men, the artificer sky pirate had to reserve a Hot Metal spell every day for emergency use.

This is also the reason why no one used hot metal to fight the sky pirates after the war started.

Compared to the excitement of the villagers, the sky pirates were already confused at this time.

It's fine if the opponent's construct is stronger than yours, and you can also comfort yourself with excuses like "The opponent's materials are better than ours, and when the boss uses the hot metal, all the opponent's constructs will die!"

But now I find that people are not afraid of the spell effects of hot metal at all!

Why are we still fighting? We don't have the strength! In front of the battlefield, several pirates used their eyes to "discuss" in mid-air. After confirming that their colleagues were all interested, they jumped off the constructs and ran towards the airship parked at the back of the battlefield at a speed comparable to that of the port reporters.

The current boss just lip-serviceed them and asked them to come and attack the floating island.

Without explaining the reason or purpose, the brothers were not very happy about it.

If the situation is favorable, everyone can still be "loyal", but now it's completely unfavorable, why don't you run away and just wait to die?

As the saying goes, a defeat is like a landslide. As the first few pirates turned and fled, more and more pirates abandoned their constructs and ran towards the airship.

The gadget master sky pirate actually thought that as long as he had a living mountain, he would have no fear of running out of fuel, but the constructs on the front line accounted for most of his wealth. Without them, he would not be able to control those sky pirates at all.

But in this brief moment of hesitation, the iron ants had already broken through the front line and surrounded the villagers.

The Iron Guard of the Artifact Master Sky Pirate was outnumbered by ten at once and was destroyed in one round, turning into magic power and dissipating.

Looking at the iron ants around him, the mechanical master Sky Pirate wanted to struggle, but the old village chief cast a sleeping spell on him.

The mechanical engineer Sky Dao rolled his eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

The nearby villagers gathered around at once, commenting on the strange appearance of the mechanical master Sky Pirate.

Suddenly, a villager exclaimed, "Isn't this the traitor who brought people back more than ten years ago to seize the ancestral notes? Didn't the village chief knock him off the floating island at that time? He is still alive?"

Hearing this, the old village chief was stunned and hurried over to check.

Seeing that the enemy had actually made a comeback because of his negligence back then, the old village chief was filled with anger and became extremely vicious.

The staff in his hand emitted light, and a scorching ray directly hit the machine master Sky Pirate's head.

The burning smell was sickening, and the guy who had been trying to get the clue to the Giant King's treasure died.

Not to mention the dead village traitor, after escaping the battlefield, the sky pirates quickly occupied one airship after another according to their respective small circles, and then left the floating island.

The sixteen airships only maintained their formation for a short while before completely disbanding. As for where they were going, only God knew.

…

Eclipse Port, the residential area for outsiders.

After confirming that Ashe had reconnected with Elise and learning that Carl and the others were fine, Lisanna notified Baine, who was far away in Storm Fortress, and asked them to return to the main plane.

It was from that day that Lisanna began to relax.

But she was relaxed. The situation in the entire Eclipse Port was becoming increasingly tense as the attacks by the sky pirates became more frequent.

Only two days had passed since contacting Iris, and three more airships, all of which had been completely destroyed, arrived at Eclipse Harbor.

However, just this morning, the Wind Giants and the Cloud Giants have blocked the port, and ordinary people have no way of knowing whether there will be similar "ghost ships" arriving at Eclipse Port today.

The wind giants seemed to think that this would be able to curb the panic of the people, but in the eyes of Lisanna and others, this would only make the people's exuberant thoughts run wild in a more wild direction.

(End of this chapter)