Chapter 250: Weeping Pine Naval Battle – Part 9
The frogmen pirates were utterly shocked.
After reacting, they jumped off the Iron Lump, one after the other.
The dwarf Men Shi, holding his two-handed war hammer, moved with his short legs along the ship’s ladder, killing his way in.
The ship’s ladder was jampacked with frogmen pirates and their heads exploded upon being struck by Men Shi’s hammer, leaving a ghastly scene behind.
Men Shi was a silver level, and as he charged down, not a single frogman could stop him.
When the dwarfs and humans inside the ship heard Men Shi roar, they were overjoyed at this good news and counterattacked.
Under the pincer attack, the remaining frogmen pirates were a wrapped dumpling, and with nowhere to run, they were all slain.
When the dwarfs saw Men Shi, they surrounded him and shouted, “You’ve finally come to save us!”
Men Shi’s eyes were red, “So sorry that I gave you over to that necromancer.”
“Never mind that, you didn’t know the truth either.”
“You’ve already driven away the necromancer, right?”
“Speaking of which, that necromancer wasn’t that bad, we were treated better on this ship than we were as slaves.”
The dwarfs consoled Men Shi one by one.
Men Shi took a deep breath, “Everyone, I have joined the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps! Listen to me, it wasn’t a transaction. I wanted to join them.”
The dwarfs’ voices suddenly cut off, then they began to clamor again.
“Men Shi, you didn’t need to do so much for us!”
“You sold yourself off to save us? That is out of the question, we are free, you also need to be free!”
“That is to say, Commander Long Fu is pretty good, isn’t working for him pretty good too?”
The humans stood in a corner, awkwardly watching the joyous hubbub of dwarfs.
Since Qing Xin had exposed her identity and her strength, she had become the leader of these humans. But now that their leader had followed the fleeing necromancer, how that affected them was somewhat unclear.
The dwarfs conversed for a bit, then escorted Men Shi back up to the top deck.
All of the alchemy puppets had fallen down.
Some had been knocked down by frogmen pirates, others had been surreptitiously controlled by Zi Di who caused them to fall into the water.
“Where is Commander Long Fu? We must talk to him!”
“That’s right, he must explain clearing what is going on with Men Shi.”
Men Shi shouted, “I speak to you my people, I really joined them honestly. You must know when to stop, please don’t embarrass Lord Long Fu.”
The dragonman youngster was embroiled on combat right now, he was wreaking havoc across the Love Triangle, leaving a complete mess wherever he went, causing endless grievances for the frogmen pirates.
The dwarfs witnessed the dragonman youngster’s dashing figure in battle, and some began to swallow their saliva.
“So bold and powerful!”
“So much stronger than Men Shi!”
“Be a bit polite during negotiations, he is indeed our life saving benefactor.”
“Ok, we are absolutely not scared, after all he saved our lives.”
The dwarfs softly said to each other.
After being tossed into the ocean by the dragonman youngster, Bei Xiang hadn’t floated back up, let alone climb back onto the ship to keep on fighting.
“He is too strong, not even Hu Li is his opponent, do I want to throw away my life?”
“Damn you Long Fu, damn you Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps!”
“Damn you Lady Sea Snake, you are simply unreliable!!”
Bei Xiang’s deeply felt hatred and powerlessness as he dived deep and headed towards the main fleet.
He had no choice but to abandon his flagship.
Meanwhile on the flagship, the frogmen no longer had a leader, nor any transcendent on par with the dragonman youngster, their morale quickly fell to rock bottom as they died and fled.
“Good, the Love Triangle is ours.” The dragonman youngster was covered in frogman blood as he walked to the center of the first deck level.
The ship had already been purged.
The flagship had not a single living frogman on it.
The dragonman youngster could confirm this!
Because Zi Di on the Deep Sea Monster Fish helped the dragonman youngster investigate this.
The Love Triangle was iron level, and with it, the White Bandage was reduced to an auxiliary warship.
This was the impact of the strong.
The ability to defeat many with one when put to good use could provide much more value on the battlefield.
In transcendent battles, the most important factor for victory was the strength of individual transcendent!
The Applaud Pirates could be said to have destroyed their own walls; if Hu Li was still alive, he could have obstructed the dragonman youngster for a time and give the flagship time and space to escape, it wouldn’t have fallen into enemy hand so suddenly.
When the dragonman youngster stepped on the Iron Lump’s deck, he was completely soaked in blood and the aura of death was steaming off him, and his red dragon scales still had some dregs of frogmen flesh and bones on it.
This had all been done by Demolition Fist, which had blown frogmen pirates to bits.
The dwarfs took a cold breath; they forced out a smile and greeted the dragonman youngster as he boarded the Iron Lump.
“My comrades, we meet each other again!” The dragonman youngster looked down at the dwarfs, showing a giant smile that conveyed his clear goodwill.
A dwarf was suddenly pushed forward by his peers, and he staggered in front of the dragonman youngster.
He looked up at the dragonman youngster.
The scorching sun was above the dragonman youngster, and his shadow covered the dwarf.
The dwarf suddenly felt a mountain range worth of pressure.
The dragonman youngster was somewhat puzzled, “What did you want to say to me?”
The dwarf shook his head, stammering, “No no no, oh, right right right, it’s about, it’s about Men Shi. We heard he joined your Lordship Long Fu’s mercenary corps, I wanted to ask if he did so at his own volition?”
The dragonman youngster burst into laughter, “Of course, I never forced him to do so.”
After saying that, the dragonman youngster looked at Men Shi in the crowd of dwarfs, “Men Shi, what say you?”
Men Shi frustratedly threw up his hands, “I have already said that, Lord Commander, but my clansmen didn’t want to believe it.”
The dragonman youngster raised his head and laughed again, “Your camaraderie moves me. Friends, don’t be so ill at ease, don’t be so nervous, we once fought together, we are comrades-in-arms!”
“I never forced restrictions on Men Shi’s freedom; it was he who wanted to join my corps.”
“I saw his character and abilities, so of course I warmly welcomed him in.”
“But…” Upon saying that, the dragonman youngster looked at Men Shi, his smile vanishing and his tone became serious, “I cannot rule out the possibility that Men Shi joined my corps to save you all.”
“Oh, Men Shi, I can now give you a new choice.”
“I’ll let you choose again; you can either join or leave the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.”
“Be at ease, your clansmen and you are free, I can accept a reward for saving you all.”
“Perhaps, you and your people living together will make you all happier.”
The dwarfs looked back at Men Shi one after the other.
Men Shi’s red eyes were now flowing with hot tears.
He suddenly kneeled on the deck, then growled to the dragonman youngster, “Lord, Lord Long Fu!”
“Please let me join the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps, let me follow you closely, let me pay reciprocate your kindness!!”
“If I cannot repay your kindness, the latter half of my life will sink into pain and self-condemnation!”
“My clansmen, will you prevent me from paying my debt of gratitude?!”
The dwarfs went silent; they could all make out Men Shi’s true feelings.
But the dragonman youngster still shook his head, his expression becoming graver, “Men Shi, I have taken your every word to heart, I acknowledge and understand your intentions, and also wish to accept your reciprocation.”
“However, there are many ways of repaying a debt of gratitude, you don’t need to lose your liberty and follow me. You must know that my life is accompanied and followed by battle and blood, it is full of crisis.
Men Shi took a deep breath and hung his head towards the dragonman youngster, “Lord Long Fu, I will follow you, not just to repay your kindness.”
“Rather it was your heroic sentiments that touched me.”
“It is my honor to follow a transcendent like yourself!”
“Please let me be by your side, let me dedicate my worth as a fighter.”
After that was said, the dragonman youngster no longer hesitated, and he smiled once again.
He took a big step forward, splitting the crowd of dwarfs before him, and came to Men Shi.
He stooped down and lent an arm to Men Shi.
He clapped Men Shi’s shoulder fully and shouted to him, “Excellent, Men Shi! Since that is your way of thinking, then like before, I welcome you in!”
Then the dragonman youngster looked at the dwarfs around him, “So sorry, my comrades that I snatched away your clanmate Men Shi, he is now one of my people!”
The dwarfs laughed heartily, the atmosphere was no longer so tense.
They had seen that the dragonman youngster and Men Shi had a genuine friendship together.
Some dwarfs congratulated Men Shi, while others decided to bellow that they follow Men Shi’s decision and also join the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps too.
To the dwarfs those that wanted to join, the dragonman youngster naturally refused nobody, admitting them all.
Men Shi couldn’t help but sigh, he intended to stop them, not wishing to see his people brave danger, but like how his clansmen couldn’t stop him, he could only look on helplessly as he saw his clansmen join one after the other.
“These people are returned back to your care, Men Shi.” The dragonman youngster clapped Men Shi’s shoulder.
“Understood, Lord Commander!” Men Shi nodded, accepting the order at once.
And so, the dragonman youngster had completely subdued Men Shi and also gained a group of dwarfs too.
As this brief interlude was playing out, Cang Xu and Qing Xin arrived at Weeping Pine Island.
“Newcomer, quickly fly towards me.” Cang Xu’s communication device transmitted Xiao Wang Zi’s voice.
Cang Xu and Qing Xin glanced at each other, readily following good advice.
Densely packed skeleton archers came from the pine forest and began shooting their bone arrows.
Lady Sea Snake did not care about them at first, but soon after, she became grave.
Because mixed in with the skeleton archers were also a few skeleton magicians.
These skeleton magicians could only use one spell, but those spells were still magic and were more threatening than the bone arrows.
Lady Sea Snake was forced to activate a magic protection shield while simultaneously using another spell to destroy the skeletons in the forest.
The skeleton archers suffered disastrous casualties.
The skeleton magicians were shown more of Lady Sea Snake’s consideration and were priority targets for her Water Arrow spell.
Very quickly, the skeletons were nearly wiped out.
Xiao Wang Zi also felt a trace of distress.
All of his skeleton magicians were wiped out; they were so much rarer than skeleton archers!