Chapter 124: The Defense of Two Eyes Island (3)
The dragonman youngster smiled.
He didn’t officially ask for help, yet these three aided him of their own accord. As free people,, they weren’t bound by One Eye’s orders and were free to act as they pleased.
For the past few days, the dragonman youngster accepted them onto his ships, helped them deal with the beast tide, and allowed them to profit from mission rewards.
Although his recruitment of them failed, what was happening now was undoubtably proof that the dragoman youngster’s investment had paid off.
One Eye had veiled criticism of this.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps still hadn’t used the gold level cannon, and they still had strength in reserve, yet these three decided to assist them.
This formidable strength should be provided elsewhere to benefit the overall situation more.
But One Eye couldn’t voice his critiques.
That Ku Feng and the others even stayed on the island to defend it already made him glad. Besides his troops, he had no right to truly command such people.
Even if One Eye was deployed, everything depended on whether Ku Feng and the others were willing to join.
Ku Feng’s and the others’ help allowed the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps to pass through their most difficult juncture.
After Shi Fa’s ice magic cards froze the venomous jellyfish surging poison waves, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps launched a comprehensive counterattack.
The beast tide was already thinly spread.
They sailed their ships and nearly made it through the thick layers of fish corpses.
There were still sporadic combat across the old island, and the battles on the other defensive lines had ended earlier.
Shi Fa went to the dragonman youngster and whispered to him, “The outsiders might not know, but as a magician, I have read Two Eyes Island’s records. In the records, your position was where the beast tide most heavily attacked in the past.”
The dragonman youngster’s eyes shrank, and he nodded to Shi Fa.
As a matter of fact, he didn’t need that warning, as Zi Di and Cang Xu had already informed him of this contrast.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps had faced the strongest part of the beast tide.
Now, they had 7 ships remaining.
5 were completely lost, almost half their number.
But due to the silver levels exerting themselves, personnel loss was actually quite small, and far less than what the Iron Club and Bandage Mercenary Corps suffered.
“The Deep Sea Monster Fish cannot be exposed.”
“If we had a magic ship to serve as our flagship and assume the most pressure, we wouldn’t have lost so many ships.
The dragonman youngster had high hopes for a magic ship.
However, Two Eyes Island didn’t have a shipyard, and all of their docks were temporarily formed through explosives.
As the beast tide attacked, the Deep Sea Monster Fish was hiding on the seafloor disguised as a reef, completely still as it did its best to supply information to the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
“Commander Long Fu, please marshal your force and follow me to support the Feudal Lord.” One Eye requested this time.
The old island’s beast tide was at an end, but the new island was still being vigorously flooded by it.
“I will.” The dragonman youngster nodded his agreement.
They stayed to defend this place partially because of the generous reward.
In fact, besides the mission monetary reward, the mountainous heaps of fish corpses left behind on the battlefield were also worth a lot.
Since they had already accomplished this much, the dragoman youngster naturally wouldn’t decline to continue exerting themselves.
Of course, before leaving, he left behind some people.
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It just so happened that 5 of his ships were destroyed, and many mercenaries needed to tend to the wounded and clean up the battlefield.
After thinking on it, the dragoman youngster left Cang Xu and Tripleblade behind to preside over the old island’s situation.
Both were iron levels, Tripleblade was a fighter, but very reliable and worth trusting. Cang Xu was better, a magician and an expert schemer.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ defensive line had the most fish corpses on it, including many magic ocean beasts.
To ensure their benefits, leaving Cang Xu and Tripleblade was appropriate.
The dragonman youngster left behind a ship for them to return with, then soon after, he, Zong Ge, and the others steered the 6 ships away from the old island and towards the new island to support it.
Together with them was the Bandage and Iron Club Mercenary Corps, as well as merchant alliance ships and One Eye’s patrol fleet.
The new island was not far from the old island.
But the support fleet found it difficult to advance.
They were obstructed by bramble turtles.
“A gold level!” One Eye took in a cold breath.
The bramble turtle leader was a gold level.
Its brambles were especially lush, like a jungle. The brambles were spread wide across the ocean surface and became a stumbling block.
The support fleet wanted to go around, but the bramble turtles were not slow in the water.
If they really wanted to get around, it would waste too much time.
“Commander Long Fu, please use your gold cannon to kill that bramble turtle!” One Eye asked through an alchemy communication device.
The dragoman youngster’s voice sank, “What will be the price for doing so? Captain One Eye, you must understand that to kil this gold level turtle leader swiftly, we not only need to use the gold level cannon, but also gold level artillery shells!
“One shell won’t even resolve the problem. The bramble turtle’s defense is thick, it will take at least two.”
One Eye took a deep breath, “Don’t worry, Commander Long Fu. Before the battle started, the Feudal Lord instructed me that I could decide. Your corps’ wear and tear will be compensated by Two Eyes Island according to the market value! Your contribution for blowing up the gold level magic beast will also be computed in and be remunerated as charged.”
But the dragonman youngster was not satisfied.
Due to how the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps was set up on the old island’s defensive line, if Hun Tong had been candid about it before hand, things would have been fine, but now, the dragoman youngster realized they had been used somewhat.
Since this was the case, why would the dragonman youngster be courteous?
He barked back, “I am not satisfied with that price.”
He thought back to when the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps made a private deal with Hun Tong. There were able to buy items from the auction ahead of time, but they had to pay 30% above the market value,
Thus, the dragoman youngster followed up with, “Our artillery costs need to be compensated at 30% above market value.”
One Eye greatly frowned with annoyance, he wanted to haggle, but the silence indicated the dragonman youngster’s firm position.
Soon after, One Eye couldn’t persevere.
He was assigned to defend the old island, then to organize a fleet to reinforce the new island.
Every second delayed meant a second that he was procrastinating his heavy military duties.
When he thought of the dragoman youngster’s request, he realized it hadn’t exceeded Hun Tong’s bottom line, thus One Eye bit his jaw, “Fine, I agree to your terms.”
Boom!!
The gold cannon was personally fired by Zong Ge once again.
The gold level artillery shell smashed into the brambly turtle shell and erupted with a massive explosion and triggered the appearance of a small mushroom fire cloud.
The bramble turtle leader was heavily damaged, and after it miserably howled, it sank into the ocean..
It didn’t choose to counterattack, instead it sank deeper into the ocean, it was fleeing!
“That really is a gold level cannon.”
“Its power is indeed formidable!”
“With the corresponding gold artillery shells, it can directly take care of a gold level bramble turtle.”
“No, it isn’t dead. It fled!”
“It’s halfway dead, if it didn’t run away, it would have really died.”
Everyone was stunned, and their tongues wagged.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ members were all proud. Look, this is our mercenary corps!
One Eye asked, “Why don’t you press the attack and fire a second shell to kill that gold level bramble turtle?
“Our gold cannon isn’t attached to a ship, and without a magic power furnace supplying it, we have to do it ourselves. It is difficult to fire a second shot in succession.” The dragoman youngster explained.
Meanwhile, hidden on the seafloor, the Deep Sea Monster Fish began to quietly move.
One Eye repeatedly sighed, “What a pity, a true pity.”
Then, using this opportunity, he led the fleet towards the new island.
The new island was not a good situation.
Two gold level beasts were already ashore.
There was a noble flying porgy circling in the skies. The other gold level magic beast was a seafloor mountain snail that was slowly moving across the new island.
The noble flying porgy had its community around it; these fish had flying racial magic empowering them and could fly as long as a flock of birds through the sky.
All seafloor mountain snails were massive. They always dwelled on the seabed, and even ordinary level mountain snails were the size of mounds. This gold level seafloor mountain snail truly looked like a small mountain.
Because it came ashore, the entire new island had a distinct tint to it and was trending towards sinking.
Hun Tong was already active.
His main target was not the noble flying porgy, but rather the seafloor mountain snail.
He had to kill the mountain snail as soon as possible, otherwise the entire new island would suffer a calamity.
However, when Hun Tong’s gold battle skills smashed into the seafloor mountain snail, it didn’t yield any clear battle results; they only slowed the snail’s pace somewhat, nothing more.
The seafloor mountain snail had extraordinary resistance, its snail shell was incomparably thick, its soft body was considerably firm, and its restoration ability was outstanding.
The mountain snail secreted a slippery corrosive liquid wherever it went.
The new island was a coral ball cage tree, and its branches were being increasingly corroded, the surface layer of the island was already rotted away.
Upon seeing this, Zi Di smiled and summoned One Eye, “We can shoot the cannon at the seafloor mountain snail.”
But One Eye hesitated, “What if you miss and hit the new island?”
Zong Ge gave his assurance, after all the mountain snail was gigantic.
But Zi Di didn’t want to shoulder that risk and said to One Eye, “We cannot guarantee absolute safety, however, if we let the seafloor mountain snail continue to wreak havoc, the damage will be hard to estimate.”
One Eye too didn’t want to carry this risk, thus, he contacted the new island and hoped that Hun Tong would give him directives.
When Hun Tong heard the quoted price, he coldly snorted to himself.
His battle skills were oriented towards condensed and focused battle qi and his fighjt9ing style was not suited for open warfare, instead he was an expert at stealth, ambush, and assassination.
Therefore, the seafloor mountain snail was an opponent that restrained him.
“Don’t let them fire, even if they hit the mountain snail, the resulting explosion will impact the new island.” Hun Tong declined the suggestion of using the cannon.