◈ 420. [STAGE 20] Flying Dutchman (2)
Quguaguagua!
The prow, engraved with the statue of the Siren, smashed through the walls of the fortress at once and pushed through.
The 7th ship and the flagship of captain Bernard Fokker – the ‘Flying Dutchman’ has finally reached the wall of royalties.
《I like it!》
The pirates on the ship cheered in unison.
Only one of the twelve ships reached this place, but the pirates were not frustrated or afraid.
Even if the number is small, it was because even one ship entered the belly of the enemy anyway.
Pirates are basically a group of people who steal from their enemies.
They were the ones who boarded the enemy’s ship, took the enemy’s goods, people and weapons, and eventually plundered the enemy’s ship and made it their own.
Now that you have reached the wall, stop taking it.
Also above all.
oh oh oh-!
The captain of the Ghost Fleet, the flying Dutchman possessed a sea monster—just like that Kraken.
The first cephalopod creature, the monster looked like a half octopus and half squid, but was thousands of times larger in size.
《Release the Kraken!》
《Show them the taste of the deep sea!》
《Kyatho~! Gazuaa!]
When the pirates opened the door to the warehouse that was sealed in the deepest part of the ship, it was mysterious how they had pushed their bodies into that narrow space – an overwhelmingly gigantic tentacle monster jumped out.
Kwajik! Quadruped!
The monster came out with terrifying momentum, as if it would destroy the entire hull of the ship.
Some of the pirates caught in the action were instantly torn to pieces, but the others didn’t care.
《Prepare for hand-to-hand combat!》
《It’s party time!》
《Human world! We’re back!]
The pirates rushed out of the boat with knives and pistol hooks in their hands.
After the Kraken stirred up the defenses on the wall first, the remaining remnants were annihilated by the ghost pirates –
although I got off the ship and stood on top of the collapsed wall to fight in a familiar tactic.
《… ?”
“Huh?”
“What?”
Confused moans flowed from the pirates’ mouths.
Not even a single human defender was visible on the walls.
There were no cannons, ballistas, or artifacts that had been fired just a moment ago. It was after it vanished.
“What is this… . ”
… ?”
Even though they were ghosts, such a voice came out of their mouths.
And the ghost pirates who looked around in a daze were able to find it soon.
《… ?!]
Right behind this wall they had struggled to reach and demolished.
The existence of a ‘real’ castle wall standing taller and thicker.
***
I grinned.
It was.
The wall that the pirates have been trying to overcome and putting their heads through is… … It was the magical wall I summoned with the [Imperial Declaration].
This ultimate skill is originally a skill that summons a small circular fortress, but the shape of the fortress can be transformed at will.
So this time I gathered all the walls of the Magic Fortress and stacked them as high as possible and lined them up.
In front of the walls of the crossroads nature. as a sort of decoy rampart.
On top of that, I applied the magic construction of the defense tower and reinforced it with surplus iron plates or bricks.
All real soldiers and cannon artifacts were fought on top of it.
Naturally, the invaders would have had no choice but to believe that the wall was real and rush at it.
‘From the beginning, I knew you guys would try the ramming tactic.’
The Ghost Pirate Corps is a group of madmen who are fanatically obsessed with the tactic of ramming and hand-to-hand combat, where even if they die soon, they start shooting enemies with their bows.
That’s why even if they crash and collapse, we want to make sure there is no damage on our side. I set up my magic wall as bait.
In addition, this magical castle wall can be transformed and moved according to my will.
Charleureuk!
clap clap clap!
At the beginning of the defensive battle, the soldiers were fighting on top of this bait wall, and the moment their ghost ship reached this magic wall. That’s when the gears try the ram tactic.
I manipulated the wall with my will and moved all the soldiers and equipment on the wall onto the ‘real’ wall of the Crossroads.
It was a feat that was possible because the real wall and the decoy wall were closely attached.
As a result, this decoy wall operation worked out nicely – the ghost pirates bit the bait with all their might and our men and equipment safely ducked into the real wall.
“If you bite the bait with all your might.”
I smirked and snapped my fingers.
“Should I put it on a fishing hook and come up to the shore?”
Fuck!
Rumble with the sound of my fingers snapping …
… !
The magic wall collapsed all at once.
I canceled the [Imperial Declaration], and the decoy wall that had been built outside the real wall of Crossroads disappeared like sand collapsing.
of course. 《
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh- ?!》
… ?!]
The pirates and Krakens who were standing on top of the bait wall also fell helplessly.
coo goong coo goo goong… … !
Kwagwawang-!
The ghost ship, tumbling down and tossed to the ground, shattered with an ugly sound.
The pirates and the Kraken, which poured out together, also collided with the floor and were smashed.
I raised my hand as I glared at the fallen and rolling on the floor.
“All troops! Ready to launch!”
As soon as the soldiers returned to the top of the real wall, they quickly aligned their sights with cannons and artifacts.
Starting with the soldiers who had been lined up, they announced that preparations for firing were over in turn. I nodded heavily.
“Tell the pirates! There is only one thing we will give them!”
slap!
He stretched out his hand and shouted.
“It is only death!”
pop! Beep!
Crossfire, which Crossroads is proud of, poured over their heads again.
Kwakwang! Kwakwagua light… … !
***
《It looks good.》
Bernard Fokker spat out calmly.
The pirates who survived by using the collapsed pirate ship as cover were lowering their bodies and avoiding the shells pouring down from above.
“If you keep repeating winning and paying back, one day you will run out of luck and fail. I guess this is the time.”
The gamble he threw at the last stake failed.
Poker and his pirate crew have always made up for the loss by succeeding in one round despite suffering huge losses, but in the end they failed in one round.
Shells exploded in all directions, causing fires. Poker laughed.
“I remember that day. The day we encountered the allied fleet that came to destroy us on the stormy sea… … .]
《Are you talking about the last battle of our Poker Pirates?》
《The battle that day was truly amazing, Captain!》
As the subordinates agreed, Poker glared at them as if they were being foolish.
“It’s amazing, what’s amazing, you bastards. He died horribly, being bitten to death by Allied pups from all directions. It was like a marlin completely surrounded by a school of sharks.”
“No… Wouldn’t it be okay to reminisce about the last battle a bit?”
“Let’s just say he died while fighting cool!”
“I lost but fought well!”
It must have been cool.
The Poker Pirates themselves were a legion of dead ghosts drowned in the sea.
They were ghosts who endlessly wandered the sea in search of an unfortunate victim crossing the sea on a stormy night.
An allied force was formed to defeat these specters, and the Poker Pirates did not avoid them and collided with them.
The result was a perfect smash.
After running away dirty and ugly until the end, the boat, tattered from the shelling of the pursuers, got caught on a reef and ran aground… … Forker and his pirate crew were finally drowned in the deep sea.
“I felt the same way as I do now when fighting those Allied forces.”
Several bottles of alcohol rolled down from the warehouse of the collapsed ship.
Poker unstopped the bottles and tossed them to his surviving men one by one.
《They were aware of our tactics, and we were perfectly eliminated after being sucked into a trap.》
《… .]
《We were not afraid of monsters like us, and fought to the end without yielding to victory. That’s great, humans… … Haha.”
Poker bumped into a bottle with his surviving men. Tada- The sound rang out miserably.
“Yes, the one who wins in the end must be a human.”
Poker gulped down his drink and smiled bitterly.
《If monsters like us become the last victors, won’t it become a terrible world with nothing to shake off?》 《
… .”
“The world should belong to humans. I was just trying to get along in a frugal way while robbing a little in that corner… … .》
The men listened to the captain and silently emptied the bottle.
They all had a gut feeling.
This gambling board is a defeat.
It’s a complete defeat with nothing to do.
It was then.
oh oh oh-!
The monster’s terrible roar rang out. Everyone looked at them in surprise.
Kraken.
This ancient sea beast was getting back on its feet with overwhelming tenacity and mysterious regenerative powers.
thud! thud! Kugoong!
And he began to move his heavy body toward the wall of Inse.
The crossfire of the crossroads moved to the Kraken.
Despite being hit by a barrage of cannonballs, the Kraken continued to move forward, and all eyes of the humans were focused on the Kraken.
《… It looks like there is still some money left to put on this gambling table.”
Poker, who had put the bottle down on the floor, jumped up from his seat.
“All aboard. … One more go.”
The subordinates looked at the captain with surprised eyes. Poker grinned, showing his yellow rotten teeth.
“The storm is still pouring in and my boat can move. Then shouldn’t we run into it?”
His subordinates poured the remaining alcohol into them while laughing, baring their rotten teeth. And jumped up.
“How many pirates are there in total?”
“Six, Captain!”
“Sufficient to move the ship.”
Poker reached out for the ship that had collapsed on its side.
Then, the ghost ship spits out a heavy cry and raises itself right up. Poker and his subordinates boarded the ship with swift movements.
“let’s go! This is the final impact-!]
Flutter!
The sail, which had already been torn to pieces beyond recognition of its original form, carried the storm on its back.
Holes were drilled all over the hull, and no part was intact. The player’s siren statue was also broken in half.
But the ghost ship moved.
oh oh oh… … !
The Kraken, which drew attention from the front, collapsed from exhaustion with a desperate scream.
In that gap, the ghost ship received a favorable wind and accelerated once again to make a final charge toward the wall of Inse.
“The ghost ship is moving again!”
“Shoot! Pour it all out! Stop it-!”
The cannons and ballista artifacts that had intercepted the Kraken poured toward the ghost ship again.
After being hit by all those attacks, this time the hull was smashed into pieces and even the shape was unrecognizable, but the pirate ship flew towards the castle wall.
“Remember wisely, people! The name of this ship that will pierce your castle walls!”
Bernard Fokker shouted, holding the helm until the end among the flying fragments of rotten boards.
《It’s the Flying Dutchman-!》
The moment the prow of the rising ghost ship is about to touch the real wall of the Crossroads.
tutu tu tu tu-!
I thought I heard a heavy mechanical sound from the side, and it was
Kwaaang!
Something struck the Flying Dutchman from the side.
The bow of the ghost ship, which almost touched the walls of the Crossroads, was pushed aside by the impact.
“what… .]
Bernard Fokker turned his head to the side amidst the fragments of the pirate ship that were scattered in all directions.
The one who flew in from somewhere and pushed his own ghost ship was… … .
“Uh huh.”
It was a non-empty ship on the Cross Road side. It was Geronimo.
The knight standing next to the pilot’s seat of the airship- Lucas shook his head slightly was seen in Fokker’s eyes.
“It doesn’t work.”
Tuhak-!
Terrible flames erupted from the thrusters mounted on the rear of Geronimo, and the
ship pushed the ghost ship aside with overwhelming force in the air.
《… Haha.”
A dejected smile crept across Bernard Fokker’s lips.
haha
If the number of gamblers he threw like a madman had always worked well, he wouldn’t have become such a freaking monster in the first place.
Wood Deuk –
Kwa Gwa Kwang!
With a crackling sound, the Flying Dutchman exploded like an explosion.
