Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton

Chapter 623: Chapter 348: Is she taking us too lightly?_2

“Traitors, damn Kobolds, traitors!” The leading officer among the Holy Trial Knights cursed, loyal to Karlok, he would never surrender to the enemy. He was pondering on how to take revenge.

“Not surrendering, huh?” Anthony turned towards the Little Angel and whispered.

The Little Angel was elated, her True Wings fanned out in a flash, and she rose to the sky.

The Holy Trial Knights on the beach caused a ruckus and chaos: “Ho… Holy Spirit Angel.”

“Don’t panic, don’t panic. It’s just a Two-winged Low-level Angel. We just need to be careful.”

As soon as these words were spoken, a pair of Light Wings spread out behind the Little Angel.

“Fo…Four-Winged Angel!” The voice of the Holy Trial Knights caught in panic. The biggest difference between a Four-Winged Angel and a Two-Winged Angel is not their fighting power, but their ability to use a powerful attack – Holy Light Flash.

They would either have to disperse or endure the attack.

“Don’t panic, don’t panic.” The voice that has just calmed everyone down was now slightly panicked too, “It’s just a Four-Winged Angel; form up, form up!”

Barely had they formed up when they saw the Little Angel drawing a Great Angel’s Staff.

“Gr…Great Angel’s Staff?” The Holy Trial Knights were more panic-stricken.

“Don’t panic, don’t panic. It’s just the Great Angel’s Staff. Hold the formation, maintain the Wall of Divine Blessing.”

Just when everyone thought the Little Angel was about to unleash her powerful attack, she turned around and flew back, holding the Great Angel’s Staff high towards Ange, “Arrgh!”.

Ange shook his head, “Arrgh!”.

“Arrgh~”. The Little Angel, disappointed, flew up again, aiming with the Great Angel’s Staff.

The Holy Trial Knights were utterly panicked: “Wh… what is she doing? Is she trying to boost the power of the Great Angel’s Staff?”

“Seems like it. She was looking for a boost from the Ascetic Monk An, but she got declined.”

“A Four-Winged Angel, with a Great Angel’s Staff, and she wants a boost? Does she… does she think too highly of us?”

“…Run!”

The Holy Trial Knights exclaimed and scattered in all directions.

“Don’t run, don’t panic, hold…” The leading Holy Trial Knight began to yell, but before he could finish, a thick beam of light shone at him, swallowing his body and his loyal followers behind him, and plowing a groove into the beach beyond.

When the beam of light disappeared, all the Holy Trial Knights who were touched by the Holy Light vanished.

It’s no wonder Ange didn’t give it a boost; even now its power was overflowing. If it got any more powerful, it might go all the way to the sea.

But the Little Angel did not care; she wanted more power. She wasn’t happy until her power was at its maximum, and when she wasn’t happy, she had to vent.

When she flipped the staff around, the Great Angel’s Staff transformed into the Great Angel’s ‘Hammer’. She was about to rush forward, swinging it, but Ange, who was ready, pulled her back.

“Arrgh!”

There was no need to charge because these Holy Trial Knights were left with nowhere to go. They realized the two pirate ships, which had rushed to the beach, silently pulled up their bow and a bunch of people on the deck were struggling to anchor.

As the anchor wound, the heavy ship was swiftly pulled back into the sea, regaining its mobility. Then the skull flag on the bow was lowered, and Anthony’s banner was raised.

“God of Misfortune, even the ships we rode were arranged by Lord Anthony? His wisdom is everywhere; we did not lose unjustly.”

“Hey hey hey, you didn’t say that on the ship just now. You called Lord Anthony a ‘dirty dog’.”

“Do you have any proof?”

“I…”

The pirate ships that regained their mobility started chasing the small and medium-sized vessels brought by the Holy Trial Knights. These boats did not have the ability to rush to the beach, so they stayed back to watch the show, not anticipating it would end like this.

Small boat could not beat a big ship, not even run from it, so they quickly surrendered.

Anthony tied everyone up and pushed them aside. No one was interested in how he would deal with them. With Anthony’s methods, these prisoners would shape up or flatten out, and obediently follow orders.

Negris was more interested in the two large ships on the sea. They all climbed aboard.

“This ship is huge, how many tons?” Negris asked.

The captain and the first mate, responding with pride, said, “Nine hundred tons.”

“That’s not small, where is your leader?” Negris inquired. He didn’t recognize any of these people, he only knew Black Night Raven. They weren’t familiar with one another, so it was difficult to ask about sensitive matters.

The captain pointed out to the distance of the sea: “Over there.”

The sea was wide open, and Negris saw nothing, not even a flying figure, let alone a ship.

But not long after, they heard a splash as three odd-looking ships surfaced from the nearby water.

These were three closed, olive-shaped peculiar ships, not very large, probably less than one-tenth the length of the nine-hundred-ton ship they were currently on, but they were equipped with a robust ram.

The ram was currently attached to the ship’s body, but there was a cable at the back. It was clear that if the cable was tightened, the ram would be lifted and turned into an oblique angle.

Negris immediately recognized the threat of this ram. If these three peculiar ships could travel underwater, once the ram was raised, they could puncture the waterline of the enemy ship, creating a large hole in the enemy’s hull, without needing a high speed.

The hatch of one ship opened, and a snake person climbed out first, followed by Black Night Raven. Seeing Ange and others on the ship, she excitedly waved and bounced: “Lord! Lord Nage!”

She then conjured up her fighting spirit, stepped quickly onto the sea surface, and her feet stirred the sea water with her fighting spirit, allowing her to run all the way across the sea surface.

But, she couldn’t sustain this for more than three seconds. Her strength couldn’t bear such consumption. Halfway through, she let out a yelp and plunged into the water.

It wasn’t long before she crawled up from the water, embarrassed, and laughed sheepishly: “Too far, I miscalculated, I miscalculated, ah bless.”

Ange waved her hand lightly, and with Elemental Repulsion, quickly dispelled the water element from her clothes.

The now dry Black Night Raven brushed her clothes and knelt on one knee: “I give my respects to Lord Anthony!”

The captain and first mate shuddered, looked at each other in shock, and also knelt down.

Black Night Raven was now a legend among the pirates, known as the King of the Four Seas. Aside from the Gold Dragon, they had never seen her kneel before someone else. Just who was this Lord Anthony?

Ange tilted his head without saying a word, but waved his hand to lift her up using Elemental Magic. See, Ange is not completely clueless.

Black Night Raven asked excitedly: “Lord, how did you guys end up here? Did you come to see me?”

Negris rolled his eyes at her: “Yes, yes, yes, we came here specifically to see you. How have you been doing recently? Why did you return? How did you end up working with the Church of Light?”

Black Night Raven ignored Negris’ eye roll and gave them a rundown about the current status of the ships.

“So that’s how it is. Thinking to rent out the ships was a good idea, it doesn’t seem like something your slow-brained self could have come up with,” commented Negris.

Black Night Raven awkwardly scratched her forehead: “Uh, that suggestion was made by the professional personnel sent by Lord Silver Coin.”

Negris slapped his thighs: “I knew it, I knew I was not mistaken.”

Black Night Raven, seemingly complimented, giggled shyly, and then realized: Negris wasn’t mistaken, did it mean she really was slow-brained?

“What kind of ship are those? They’re weird, where did you find them?” Negris asked about the strange ships that everyone was most interested in.

“Oh, those are called the Unicorn Whales, a kind of semi-submersible ship that can cruise underwater for a short period of time. It’s based on the technology of the snake people. But after their deity died, they could no longer make them. These three were built with Lord Brooks’ help.”

“Oh, it’s that kid, alright, I’ll ask him about the principles later,” Negris replied. He is aware he could not get the whole principle out from the dull-witted Black Night Raven.

That kid?! The captain and the first mate instinctively tensed up. Gold Dragon Brucek, was he actually referred to as ‘that kid’? Just who were these folks?

“When the Church of Light rented the ships to transport people, I suspected that they were preparing to ambush someone. I rented them out since they paid enough, but I was worried they wouldn’t keep their word and harm my ships and people afterward. So, I quietly followed them with the Unicorn Whales. If they dared harm my people, I’d sink these ships once they were seized, burying them in the sea,” recounted Black Night Raven.

The captain and first mate wiped the cold sweat off their foreheads.

“By the way, Lord, when I was submerged in the sea earlier, I found some structures and a few statues underwater.”