Chapter 1121: Escape
“Drip—drip—”
A sharp whistle sounded throughout the ship.
Teams of elite imperial infantry were awakened from their sleep, grabbed the flintlock rifles beside them, and began to look for the enemy.
Under the protection of the soldiers, the court scholars climbed to high places, opened the thick forbidden books, and began to use their magic.
"Light magic!"
A huge ball of light rose into the sky, illuminating the surrounding sea surface.
"Brave Eagle!"
A huge war eagle appeared from the void, flew high into the sky, and checked the surrounding situation.
"The fierce white shark."
A huge great white shark swam over from a distance and patrolled the surroundings.
"Oil the soles of your feet."
A court scholar cast a buff spell on himself, ready to escape if things got bad.
Spells flashed one by one.
Looking at the noisy scene on the sea, Zhang Tuohai didn't dare to show his head and could only swim away in the sea.
However, the sea is so clear that you can even see the seabed through the surface.
It was not a big deal at night when it was dark, but now it was brightly lit by various lighting spells, and the lobster soldiers lying on the edge of the boat could see where Zhang Tuohai was.
"That guy is there!"
A group of lobster soldiers rushed over.
He aimed at Zhang Tuohai and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang bang!
A series of musket bullets flew past and attacked Zhang Tuohai.
Thanks to the smoothbore musket technology of this world, the lead bullets lost their accuracy. In addition, the obstruction of the sea water prevented the lobster soldiers' bullets from hurting Zhang Tuohai.
Zhang Tuohai looked back, raised the crystal pyramid in his hand, and used the activation technique on the ship.
[Insufficient Energy] A line of game prompts popped up.
Zhang Tuohai aimed at the cannons on the ship again and used the activation skill.
The game prompt is still insufficient energy.
Zhang Tuohai was quickly looking for a target that could be revitalized, and he happened to see a court scholar arriving at the edge of the ship under the escort of several royal infantrymen.
Zhang Tuohai used the activation technique on the other party's book.
[Insufficient energy]
Zhang Tuohai's eyes flashed, and he used the activation technique on the snake-shaped brooch on the other person's chest.
【Activation successful! 】
The snake-shaped brooch suddenly came to life and turned into a three-inch long snake. The snake crawled along the court scholar's clothes towards his collar.
"What is that?" The court scholar was frightened and quickly slapped the little snake with both hands. In his panic, the forbidden book in his hand fell into the sea.
Zhang Tuohai felt a little sorry for what he saw.
If it were another situation, he would definitely try to see if he could get the banned book, but now it was impossible. He could only sigh with regret and swim desperately towards the distance, trying to get out of the lobster soldiers' shooting range as much as possible.
At this moment, the great white shark that had been patrolling around quickly rushed towards Zhang Tuohai.
Seeing this, Zhang Tuohai quickly pressed the great white shark's nose with both hands, and his whole body floated up and jumped over the great white shark's head.
Afterwards, Zhang Tuohai suddenly came to his senses. He clamped his legs down and rode steadily on the great white shark.
The great white shark felt that there was an extra person on its back and was very dissatisfied. It wanted to turn over and get the person off.
Zhang Tuohai pulled out a dagger from his boot and stabbed it into the great white shark's back, with the blade going all the way into the handle.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Tuohai let out a devil's roar and aimed it at the great white shark's head, full of threat.
The great white shark sensed the dangerous aura emanating from the devil's roar and immediately became obedient, swimming quickly with Zhang Tuohai out of the attack range of the musket and then floating to the surface of the sea.
Zhang Tuohai rode on the great white shark's back like riding a horse, galloping across the sea.
The imperial infantry on the boats continued to shoot at Zhang Tuohai with their flintlock rifles, but Zhang Tuohai was already beyond their range, and the lead bullets could only fall powerlessly into the water, posing no threat at all.
Zhang Tuohai drove the shark in a big circle and returned to the other side of the island.
At this time, the White Bird had already raised the anchor, but without Zhang Tuohai's order, the pirates dared not raise the sails and set sail.
Everyone stood on the deck, looking forward to it.
"They are quite obedient." Seeing the pirates like this, Zhang Tuohai nodded.
If those pirates dared to disobey his orders and sail away without permission, he would inevitably kill all those disobedient pirates when he returned.
Zhang Tuohai released the large white shark and climbed onto the deck along the cable.
I originally wanted to thank this great white shark, but it had already run away, and I could only vaguely see a dorsal fin breaking through the waves in the distance.
"Raise the sails and set sail, let's get out of here!"
Zhang Tuohai placed the crystal pyramid on the dashboard, turned the steering wheel, and drove the White Bird out of the fjord and away from the island.
After leaving the deserted island fjord, the lookout on the second-class battleship also discovered the White Bird, but the battleship sank in the harbor because of two large holes blown in the bottom of the ship. The lower cabins, including the third gun deck, all sank underwater, and only the top two decks of guns could be used.
However, because the battleship was sunk, it was unable to turn and adjust the angle of its guns.
The angle chosen by Zhang Tuohai was very tricky. He took a detour through a blind spot that the battleship could not attack, and bypassed the battleship's artillery range by going around in a large circle.
The sailors and imperial infantry on the battleships could only watch Zhang Tuohai walk away right under their noses.
Seeing the angry and helpless expressions of the imperial sailors, the pirates cheered.
When they encountered the Imperial Navy before, a small cruiser was enough to chase them all over the world.
Every time I escaped death, it was only by chance that I managed to escape.
They would never dare to dream of slipping away right under the battleship's nose and seeing the other side being defeated.
They could brag about it in the pub all their lives.
That is if they have the money to sit in the pub all the time.
Seeing the cheering pirates, the sailors on the battleship and the imperial infantry became even more depressed.
They are the pride of the empire and the nemesis of pirates, and they have suffered such a great loss.
But soon, they discovered that there was something more important.
That is, their battleship sank and it was difficult for them to repair it on their own.
In order to transport special items, their actions were absolutely secretive and they took secret routes. This place was far away from the normal routes. How could the Empire discover that they were missing and send a ship to rescue them?
How does the Empire find their exact location?
How can they survive while waiting for rescue from the Empire?
This is a deserted island with no one living on it, and there are more than 500 people on their ship.
A cloud of worry hung over everyone's head.
