Chapter 164: Fight, civilians become nobles (two chapters in one)
Introduction: Willy McCoy, the leader of the Bloodsail Pirates, was once an imperial officer. He has the strength of a great knight. He has mastered the imperial military swordsmanship, black shark breathing method, and unknown boxing at the proficient level. He is good at using knight swords, rapiers, and brass knuckles.
Because he can deal with most enemies with a pair of iron brass knuckles, and can punch a formal knight in armor directly from the chest and abdomen with one punch, he is called "Blood Hand Willy"!
(Note: Its close combat power is extremely strong. Once discovered, it is strongly recommended to avoid it.)
Iron brass knuckles?
Ryan knows that thing. Iron brass knuckles are generally composed of four connected iron rings. Behind the rings is a semicircular iron hoop for holding the palm of the hand. The four rings are respectively put on the index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger.
In addition, some brass knuckles will add steel spikes on the head to further increase the damage.
If this iron brass knuckles are worn on the hands of a powerful person who is good at boxing, both the attack speed and power are quite terrible!
Next is the second one, the deputy leader of the Bloodsail Pirates and the captain of the "Ruhr", Kraut Dagen.
Judging from the portrait, this is a standard handsome man, with a handsome face and a mustache, looking more like a noble than a pirate.
Introduction: Kraut Dagen, the deputy leader of the Bloodsail Pirates and the captain of the "Ruhr", is a descendant of the impoverished nobles of the Empire. He has the strength of a peak knight, masters the bloodsail swordsmanship at the master level, unknown breathing method, and is good at using the knight's long sword.
Nicknamed "Gentleman Pirate".
(Note: The second person in strength after Bloody Willy. Once encountered, it is recommended to avoid immediately.)
The third person made Ryan's pupils shrink.
Huh?
He is actually a knight and wizard apprentice?
Interesting!
The third portrait is of the fortune teller and the captain of the "Shipwreck", Mara Nasr.
This is a hooded man, with almost no beard on his slightly pale face. He looks very young, but through the slightly frosted corners of his eyes, Ryan thinks that his real age should be quite old.
Introduction: Mara Nasr, the fortune teller and captain of the "Shipwreck", has an unknown origin. He has the strength of a senior knight and a second-level wizard apprentice. He clearly masters the "water grass divination" and the water witchcraft "hydrotherapy". The mastery of other witchcraft is unknown. He masters the blood sail sword.
Mara Nasr is good at divination and treatment, and has a good relationship with the blood sail pirates.
(Note: Since the other party's attainments in witchcraft are unknown, it is recommended to avoid him once you meet him.)
The last person in the painting, the fourth one, is Bilkiel Jamal, the captain of the "Sharp Hook".
He has a signature hook arm and a mouthful of rotten teeth holding a pipe. He looks most like a pirate who drifts on the sea day and night.
Introduction: Bilkiel Jamal, the captain of the "Sharp Hook", is an old blood sail pirate who has been drifting on the sea for more than 30 years and has extremely rich experience in sea navigation.
Because he has the longest seniority in the Blood Sail Pirates, he is mainly responsible for horizontal communication with other pirate groups, and he is also quite famous among other pirate groups.
Nicknamed "Old Man".
(Note: Although the opponent is older, he is cunning and treacherous. It is not recommended for those who are inexperienced to fight him.)
At this time, Ryan's ears moved slightly. He vaguely heard several people discussing something in the noise of the crowd.
"Choose the fourth one, Bilkiel, nicknamed 'Old Man', should be the easiest to kill. We can choose this one."
"Yes, the previous ones are too strong and too dangerous."
"But. Nazbi may choose the fourth one."
"They really got there first, so we will choose the second one. I have advanced armor. If the opponent is just swordsmanship, I should be able to fight."
"Yeah, it's a pity that the fortune teller knows witchcraft. It's too dangerous. If he gets cursed, it's over!"
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Ryan looked up and found that the people who were talking were all the noble heirs mentioned by Haas. They were at the top of the candidates for the canonization assessment.
The excellent evaluation is to kill the first mate. If you can kill the captain directly, it will naturally be even better.
However, judging from the meaning revealed between the lines of the other party's words, it seems that it is not that simple.
These people may have the same goal as him.
Do they want to get a high enough score to get the invitation letter of the "Sword Bearer"?
Retracting his gaze, Ryan's eyes swept over the portraits of these four people one by one, and finally returned to the portraits of "Blood Willy" and "Fortune Teller Mara" and stayed for a while again.
Then, Ryan continued to read down.
On the paper, after the portraits of these four key figures, there were the design drawings of two types of pirate warships, a four-masted sailing ship and a three-masted sailing ship.
The four-masted sailing ship is the flagship of "Blood Willy", and its shape is almost the same as the regular main four-masted sailing ship of the Imperial Navy, which made Ryan think about it.
The three-masted sailing ship is the ship of the other three pirate captains. It may be because they were all made in the shipyard in the sea area of Rosby City, and basically the hull structures of various types are similar.
Therefore, the three three-masted sailing ships can share one design drawing.
Ryan focused on the captain's resting cabin, the first mate, the boatswain and other senior management personnel's resting cabins, and looked carefully.
The captain's resting cabin of this three-masted sailing ship is about a little less than the stern, on the second deck.
If it is anchored in the harbor, Ryan estimated the draft of the sailing ship based on the design drawings, which should be about four meters above the horizontal plane.
In addition, the design drawings show that the captain's resting cabin is equipped with a small side window, some of which are round and some are semicircular.
Therefore, it is still easy to identify, especially if there is a light in the other party's room.
This made Ryan nodded slightly.
However, the notes on the design indicated that the hull thickness of a three-masted sailing ship was about 30 centimeters, while the hull thickness of a four-masted sailing ship reached nearly 40 centimeters.
This made Ryan frown again.
At the bottom of the paper was a two-story building with dozens of rooms, shaped like an ancient castle.
From the notes on the side, Ryan learned that this was the base camp of the Blood Sail Pirates of Merrit Island, known as the "Blood Sail Fortress", which was built with huge local reefs and was very solid.
But the Blood Sail Pirates preferred to call it the "Small Fortress".
However, seeing here, there were both ships and fortresses, which made Ryan a little confused. Was it going to be a split battle?
One team was responsible for boarding battles?
One team attacked the small fortress?
At this time, someone suddenly asked: "My lord, is this a boarding battle? Are the leaders of the other side on their own ships, or in this Blood Sail Fortress."
Sure enough, Ryan was not the only one who had doubts.
"It is still unknown." The rear admiral shook his head.
"However, you should know once you get off the ship. In addition, it will not be a boarding battle, but a boarding battle."
"What you need to do is to familiarize yourself with the structural diagrams of the ship and the fortress." The rear admiral added.
At this time, the middle-aged man with a mustache wearing a noble hunting suit reminded:
"Finally, I want to remind everyone that emergencies may occur at any time during the battle. In some cases, even the several people in charge of the assessment may not be able to rescue in time."
"So, please cherish your life and don't be too ambitious."
At the same time, he paused and said comfortingly, "Even if you fail the canonization assessment this time, you can still apply for it again in five years."
Although the other party said so, Ryan looked up slightly and felt that not many people could listen to it.
Because since they have signed up for the canonization assessment, most people feel that there is no problem with their own strength.
And a few people who are 27 or 28 years old will lose points because of their old age, so for them, this time may be the last chance.
After all, in another five years, they will be over 30 years old. Unless they have become senior knights, their chances of passing the canonization test will naturally decrease.
Therefore, they will choose to fight.
There is a saying in the previous life, "Fight, and a bicycle will become a motorcycle!"
Now they fight, and civilians will become nobles!
So, of course, they have to fight.
Since the goal is clear, Ryan slowly took off the chrome iron suit on his body and put on leather armor made of otter skin.
Fighting in a small space like a cabin will take a lot of advantages if you are agile. In addition, if you wear heavy armor, it will be embarrassing if you fall into the water.
In addition, Ryan has the extraordinary characteristic of "Iron Skin lv3", which is naturally more suitable for fighting in leather armor than others.
So, after reducing the weight of more than 100 pounds, Ryan suddenly felt that the whole person was much lighter.
It was about one o'clock in the morning.
Everyone arrived at Merritt Island.
At this time, everyone discovered that there was another ship behind them. Dozens of elite naval commandos wearing light swordsman armor and equipped with crossbows, as well as more than ten naval officers, came down in an orderly manner
. It seems that this is the main attack force.
Huh?
She is here too.
Ryan soon saw that one of the officers was actually familiar to him, the female major Marika who was responsible for receiving them at the Navy House Hotel.
However, Marika was not the only woman. There were two other female officers who might be responsible for recording, contacting and coordinating matters.
As Ryan jumped off the ship, he could easily see the surrounding situation with his dark vision. The island was not big. The first thing that caught his eye was the center of the island, the short castle. It was called a castle, but it was more like a small fortress.
This was naturally the Blood Sail Fortress.
Ryan could vaguely see the kind of earth cannons with a dark metallic luster, mounted on the walls of the small fortress.
In addition, there was a simple dock two or three hundred meters away on their left, where a four-masted sailing ship, three three-masted warships, and some small boats were docked.
Obviously, these were the main ships of the Bloodsail Pirates, and they were also the two types of ships drawn in the design drawings.
At this time, a middle-aged man in a red scarf dressed as a pirate suddenly emerged from the bushes more than ten meters ahead, scaring everyone.
The rear admiral seemed to have known that the other party was waiting for them here, and asked calmly:
"What's the situation now?"
"Sir, since the Bloodsail Pirates are on guard against the attack of the Imperial Navy, Willy and the messenger will meet on the four-masted sailing ship in the middle, the flagship 'Bloodsail'."
"From the dinner to now, Bloody Willy and the messenger have not come out, they should still be on the flagship. The other three three-masted sailing ships are also on full alert, including the captain and the first mate, who are all on board." "
So, it is the small fortress that has the weakest defense because the backbone is not here." The spy disguised as the Bloodsail Pirate quickly reported the latest situation.
Ryan nodded slightly. It turned out that an insider was arranged. No wonder the rear admiral said that he would know the situation as soon as he landed.
Judging from the current situation, it should be a surprise attack on the pirate ship!
However, from here we have to go to the simple dock where the pirate sailing warship is moored.
First, they need to walk along the rocky path for a while and reach the beach with four or five warning bonfires burning. Only then can they board the ship.
At this moment, at the end of the path, Ryan can see a row of torches moving slowly towards this side. It seems that it should be a pirate patrol. On the beach more than a hundred meters away, there are shadowy figures of twenty or thirty pirates swaying.
It seems that before boarding the ship, they need to clean up the miscellaneous fish first.
At this time, the rear admiral said: "Now the assessment is officially started. You are all clear about the situation. All your kills will be recorded by a special person later."
"Let's start!"
At this time, seven or eight new knights who are good at archery immediately took the lead and walked in front. Some were a little more cautious, holding bows and arrows and hiding aside, aiming at a group of pirates holding torches who were slowly walking over.
It was a deliberate plan!
The ambush was again by formal knights. The Blood Sail Pirates on the opposite side, who were ordinary people and experts, had no time to make any effective resistance.
After the knights aimed, they shot and killed the seven or eight patrolling bloodsail pirates with a few swishing shots, without even letting them scream.
The recorders at the back began to record the battle results.
As the path continued forward, the second bloodsail pirate patrol was destroyed.
When everyone arrived at the beach, the new knight who was the most numerous had killed eight bloodsail pirates in a row. The opponent was a master of bows.
At the beach bonfire, although there were still many bloodsail pirates in twos and threes, when it came to launching an attack, there were still too many monks and too little meat!
In particular, there was a pirate leader who died the most miserably. He was stabbed by two swords and four sharp arrows in an instant.
This was when there were several knights holding heavy weapons and had no chance to use them.
Because most of the time, it is necessary to quietly get rid of the opponent. After all, the boarding battle has not yet been officially launched, so even if the opponent is to be alarmed, it cannot be so early.
The new knights holding heavy weapons are naturally not as flexible as other knights in terms of movement speed.
Ryan glanced to the side, and when he saw the dozens of elite naval commandos, who were already holding strong bows or crossbows and aiming at the Bloodsail Pirates, he was more certain of his guess.
So, when the dozens of Bloodsail Pirates on the beach were all killed, there were still a few new knights who participated in the canonization assessment, but they still hadn't started.
Among them was a new knight next to Ryan, who was also carrying a sledgehammer. At this moment, the other party's face was anxious.
Just now, he was going to sneak attack a Bloodsail Pirate, but he didn't expect to be robbed of his target 'prey' by an arrow from the side. Although he immediately turned his head and glared at him, he could do nothing.
However, when he saw Ryan calmly on the side, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why aren't you in a hurry at all?"
"The fastest of them has already collected the twelve assessment requirements."
"No hurry, and besides, I'm not good at archery." Ryan shrugged.
The other party glanced at the two-handed sword and two-handed warhammer that Ryan was carrying, and couldn't help but comfort him with a sense of sympathy: "Indeed, you didn't even bring a bow, so you're even more helpless."
"Alas! I should have practiced archery well if I had known earlier." The other party couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, Ryan took two steps forward and picked up a thick wooden board. This board seemed to be used to repair the hull, and one side was smeared with tung oil .
Ryan took it in his hand and looked at it carefully for a while, and
then broke it apart with force. Then, he nodded slightly.
At this time, the blood sail pirates on the beach had been cleared, and the next step was the main event - the boarding battle.
Everyone thought that the rear admiral would come forward and make some arrangements, but what they didn't expect was that more than 20 naval officers and the examiners wearing noble hunting clothes had no intention of intervening, but watched everyone's subsequent actions with a smile from behind.
Soon, many people spontaneously gathered around several of the strongest noble heirs.
At this time, a man named 'Nazbi' whom Ryan had just heard of, led 12 or 13 people to the southernmost 'Hook'.
At the same time, several naval officers with peak knight strength immediately followed, and the examiners in black hunting suits and statisticians also quickly followed.
Since there is a figurehead at the bow of each ship, such as the 'Hook', which has a large curved hook, it is very easy to identify.
Of course, not all the people who participated in the assessment chose to participate in the boarding battle.
Because, according to the intelligence just now from the spy, the softest persimmon should be the small fortress next to it, where there are almost no enemies of the peak knights,
so a considerable number of people spontaneously formed a team and killed towards the small fortress.
When these two groups of people moved, there were not many people left, including Ryan, there were only about ten people.
"Tsk, a bunch of guys who just want to get by." A noble heir said disdainfully.
The man continued, "It's hard to get a good rating in a small fortress. If you want a good rating, follow me to the Ruhr!"
"'Gentleman Pirate' Kraut, I'll take care of it."
Hearing that the other party could resist the most difficult second-in-command of the Blood Sail Pirates, the remaining new knights couldn't help but turn their heads and look at each other.
Obviously, they were not willing to just get a qualified evaluation, but wanted to get a good evaluation.
So, after a little thought, the remaining people basically followed the noble son and went to the 'Ruhr' next to the 'Hook'.
After all, the remaining number of people could not support attacking another pirate ship.
In other words, the remaining two pirate ships, one is a four-masted sailing ship, the flagship of the Blood Sail Pirates, the 'Blood Sail', and the 'Blood Hand Willy' with the strength of a great knight is obviously the target of the navy.
The captain of the other 'Shipwreck' is a mysterious professional with strange means, which is also more difficult.
"Ryan, aren't you going?" The hammer knight just took two steps and found that Ryan was still standing still, so he turned his head and asked in confusion.
Ryan shook his head slightly and said, "I won't go."
"Okay! If not, you are so young, you should be able to get a qualified evaluation in the small fortress."
Under the light of the campfire, the Hammer Knight saw Ryan's slightly young face and thought that the other party was not strong enough, so he did not take action.
"As for me, I still plan to follow and see if there is a chance to get a good evaluation." After saying that, the Hammer Knight quickly ran towards the "Ruhr".
Now, the only ones who have not made any moves on the beach are Ryan and a red-haired female knight.
Ryan glanced at the other party. He seemed to have heard Haas mention it before in the training ground. It seems that her name is Evelyn, the daughter of a viscount in Rossby County.
Evelyn also looked up and glanced at Ryan. This boy with two heavy weapons on his back had never been seen in the training ground before. It seemed that he suddenly appeared.
Evelyn was very curious. She planned to follow the navy to attack the "Blood Sail", but what was this boy planning to do?
Could it be the same as her?
The beautiful female navy lieutenant Marika also saw that Ryan was still on the beach at this moment, and
she couldn't help but feel a little strange. In her opinion, the strength of this young man is not bad.
After all, there are few knights who are good at using two-handed heavy weapons. Especially when the opponent is carrying a two-handed sword and a two-handed heavy hammer.
However, he stayed on the beach. It is impossible for him to choose to attack the flagship, right?
You know, under the team attack of the Navy Commando, many times you can't find an opportunity to attack, and the enemy will be killed.
Unless you plan to fight against the high-level Blood Sail Pirates, perhaps the Navy Commando will give you this face. At
this time, Ryan suddenly moved.
He walked towards the three-masted sailing ship in the north alone. It was the "Shipwreck"-the ship of the fortune teller Mara Nasr.
You know, no examiner has chosen this warship at present, because there is a wizard apprentice on it whose strength is unknown.
At this time, the rear admiral who was preparing to attack the flagships "Blood Sail" and "Shipwreck" was also stunned when he saw Ryan's actions!
But the next second, he waved his hand, and Major Marika and an officer who had reached the peak knight level reacted quickly, stepped out of the line, and followed Ryan.
"Are you going to gather intelligence alone? Wearing leather armor? Carrying heavy weapons, what a strange look."
"But even if you can sneak in and gather first-hand intelligence, this assessment is based on the number of kills. Does this young man think that he can get a qualified evaluation just by gathering some intelligence?"
"In addition, if you are discovered, you will be surrounded by pirates immediately, and the mission will basically be considered a failure." The naval officer following Ryan had many question marks in his mind in an instant.
However, strangely, Ryan stopped not far from the "Shipwreck".
He raised his head and looked back and forth at a certain place behind the hull for a while.
Then, he took off his two-handed sword and two-handed hammer from his back at the same time.
This operation.
The naval officer and the female major Marika looked at each other immediately, and they saw confusion in each other's eyes. Taking out two heavy weapons?
What is this for?
Using them as one-handed weapons?
It's impossible!
(End of this chapter)
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