Chapter 689: Snow Bird Harbor Battle – Impossible to Stop Halfway
Bunches of water arrows shot, hail fell like rain, while simultaneously, all kinds of summons wreaked havoc across the ship decks.
The three magicians poured down their firepower in torrents.
The navy’s offensive was gravely hindered, and due to the magical bombardment, many people were wounded and forced to retreat, while others even lost their lives.
By contrast, despite bathing in the magic, the mercenaries were unharmed.
Divine spell [Mark Evil]!
As it turns out, Chi Lai had used his divine spell on the new silver level reinforcements, so the three magicians didn’t harm the mercenaries.
The three silver level magicians were able to fully display their skills.
It had to be said that the divine spell [Mark Evil] was really off the charts practical.
“Damn Chi Lai, I wish I killed him sooner!”
“We also have priests, what are we afraid of?”
“Shut up, you idiot!”
The navies were quite sullen.
They obviously had priests on their ships, but they couldn’t be used. Normal pirates almost never had priests, and if they appeared, it would provoke immense suspicions.
The navies sacrificed more and more.
When Tan Mo saw this, he once again sent Snow Bird Harbor City Lord an urgent communication, asking for the latter’s help.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord stated his hands were tied.
“Sly snow elf!” Tan Mo cursed to himself.
He had information he could blackmail Snow Bird Harbor City Lord with, yet he only had himself to blame for the magic contract he signed with Snow Bird Harbor City Lord.
There was actually nothing he could do.
If a magic contract wasn’t signed, Tan Mo would learn Snow Bird Harbor City Lord had secretly killed [Gold Hand], while Snow Bird Harbor City Lord suspected Tan Mo had killed Hun Tong to silence the latter.
Both had done dirty deeds, and without an extremely strict contract between them, it would be impossible for them either to trust or work with each other.
Only by signing a contract of collaboration could their following plan feasibly reach this point.
“Worthy of being an arms merchant backer, those silver level magicians’ equipment is quite excellent!” Tan Mo huffed with rage.
The three silver level magicians’ equipment obviously surpassed the navies’
To make their disguise true to life, the navies gave up their regular armaments and were unable to use the battle skills, formations, and other military skills they were most familiar with.
These accursed mercenaries, damn it, damn it all!”
“No matter, send over the priests now, we cannot stare blankly and watch our comrades die!”
“Patience, in this situation, his Lordship will certainly act.”
The navy officers and soldiers fighting hard were also being struck quite sullenly.
They were soaked in blood from battle, and many were gravely wounded. Obviously they had better skills they could use, but they couldn’t.
Military orders must be obeyed!
The imperial regular navy had very strong military discipline.
Therefore, they obeyed military orders and deeply understood the grave consequences of violating military orders.
Thus, they got more furious, and most of that rage was stored in their thoughts.
Their rage was no match for the silver level magicians’ firepower.
The three silver levels used water, summoning, and ice as their main offensive methods. Their fighting styles were very similar, and all of them emitted a whiff of insanity, and were undaunted by danger.
Even when silver level navy fighters got near, they would use attacks as their defense. Even when the navy concentrated their long range firepower on them, they would seldom evade on the deck, and instead swim through the air constantly and bombard them back with all kinds of spells.
This kind of movement fought on the edge of life and death, fully exposing their utterly fearless fighting courage that greatly encouraged the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps members.
Seeing these fragile magicians all dashing in bravely, what qualifications did nobodies like them have to cower at the back?
The power of role models on the battlefield was considerably immense.
“I didn’t think our corps had such a formidable force in hiding.” Men Shi and Chi Lai fought back to back against the five silver levels, fighting ever braver.
“We can win; we must win!” Bai Ya was heroically fighting when he was suddenly dragged away.
A moment later, a navy machete chopped down where Bai Ya was, splitting empty air.
Bai Ya’s belated reaction was to coldly sweat in fright, and he suddenly turned around to see his life saving benefactor – Xu Ma.
The one who pulled him back, Xu Ma, replied, “Boy, you need to be observant in battle.”
Bai Ya’s eyes suddenly widened, “Be careful!”
A moment later, he swung his sleeve, a long grass flinging from his sleeve.
The long grass fell onto the navy person, then suddenly became slender. The grass tip turned into a snake head and the grass roots turned into a snake tail.
The snake’s head bit down!
The navy person was caught off guard, and after being bitten, they couldn’t help but scream.
The snake’s body seized the opportunity to twist around the navy person’s sternum, crushing it.
The snake grass!
Bai Ya had purchased this peculiar plant on Two Eyes Island.
Under Bai Ya’s utmost care and special training, he was able to use it against enemies.
Xu Ma had saved Bai Ya, and in the blink of an eye, Bai Ya had saved him.
Xu Ma couldn’t help but laugh and clap Bai Ya’s shoulder.
The young man he had intentionally or otherwise trained, had grown into a reliable partner that aided him.
Mu Ban hid in the corner of a room, his hands tenaciously holding a crossbow.
As an ordinary person, he couldn’t defend himself that much, and thus, he was very nervous.
But of all things, he heard a series of footsteps.
“Quickly, the battlefield situation is amiss, we need to bomb the magic power reservoir immediately.”
“I didn’t expect the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps to be so tenacious!”
“Damned military training is perpetual, endless, and painful, but it is very effective.”
A group of mercenaries quickly charged ahead.
They were ordered by Snow Bird City Lord to infiltrate the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Although Snow Bird Harbor City Lord stated his hands were tied to Tan Mo, he had secretly transmitted an order to mobilize these undiscovered traitors.
“Mu Ban, you can do it, you can do it! You could take on Mystifying Monster Island; this time you can do it too!” Mu Ban made an effort to encourage himself out of his nervousness.
A moment later, he took in a deep breath, and without sticking out his head, he fired the crossbow.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
The alchemy crossbow shot.
A dozen alchemy arrows of different attributes fired within a few seconds.
Screams arose continuously.
Then, the ship hold quickly grew silent.
After a good while, Mu Ban raised his trembling head and saw a corpse.
“I killed an enemy…oh!”
His eyes widened, astonished to see the corpse of “one of his own”.
“I, I killed the wrong person?!” Mu Ban’s eyes instantly widened as he suffered an enormous psychological attack.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ morale was constantly rising.
This was actually difficult. Pirates and mercenaries rarely had strong military accomplishments, and most of them were only good at fighting winning battles.
Tan Mo took a deep breath, the battle reaching this level had indeed stemmed from his expectations and it was impossible to stop halfway.
The navy officers’ and soldiers’ losses grew greater, and the growing amount was harder for them to bear.
Too many of the lower ranks dying in battle would destabilize his authority. Even if he could explain it away to his higherups with pirates, too many losses was out of the question.
Because he was doing illegal work.
The more naval personnel lost during this illegal work, the more doubts and hesitation they would have in future illegal work.
This would enormously increase Tan Mo’s commanding costs.
“Don’t tell me I have to personally act?” Tan Mo’s heart chilled.
His battle determination was not strong.
Like in the deep sea when Da Han and Qian Xing encountered Zhou Zhang and Teacher Si Ling, they decided to retreat as their battle determination was very feeble.
This was because their objective was merely to save Ba Qi and to get rich. When they noticed they would have to fight to the death, they naturally wanted nothing to do with it.
The gap between mental expectations and reality was too vast!
Now, Tan Mo’s side was in that kind of situation.
They originally wanted to get rich and didn’t think of fighting like their lives were on the line.
“These accursed mercenaries, why won’t you obediently let me rob you?”
“Resist? I want to see what you’ll use to resist me!!”
Tan Mo was entangled in his tempestuous fury, and he disguised himself and snuck into the battlefield.
He suddenly ambushed a Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps silver level, killing them on the spot.
The gold level aura suddenly leaking caused the navy’s morale and battle intent to surge.
By contrast, the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ soaring morale was suddenly slammed and began to decline again.
After all, this was the world of the strong.
“A gold level pirate! He really exists.” Tripleblade’s heart couldn’t help but jump.
The thing he was most worried about had come to pass, but what could he do? He could only place his hopes in the “unreliable” Commander Long Fu.
Tan Mo disguised himself, and after killing a Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps silver level, decided to not charge at the flagship, but instead fly to the front lines all over the place.
He was also worried about Zong Ge’s one vs three method.
As a gold level power, even if he didn’t overtly use his equipment and battle skills, he possessed overwhelming dominance.
The Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps’ silver levels on the front lines retreated in defeat or were slain.
It was rare for silver levels to withstand gold levels.
If it were common, then the dragonman youngster’s slaying of Teng Dong Lang would not set the entire nation aflame.
It was because it was so rare that the dragonman youngster’s reputation exploded and his name widely circulated.
“Want me to move?” Seeing Tan Mo devastate the battlefield, Hun Tong couldn’t help but say that to the dragonman youngster.
At that moment, on top of a three story building, the dragonman youngster and Hun Tong were camouflaged by a divine spell, no one could perceive them.
As for Dao Hen, he remained in the Ice Sculpture Capital.
After learning how to use the divine artifact [Mermaid Fairy Tale] and the divine spell [Divine Domain Descent], the dragonman youngster knew how crucial believers were and that each qualified believer could be regarded as a portal.
The dragonman youngster teleported the vast distance between Ocean Mother Nest and the Ice Sculpture Capital through Divine Descent Domain and built a channel.
This time, he had returned to Snow Bird Harbor through the same method.
The believer who provided the coordinates was not Dao Hen, but rather the big guy.
Although the big guy did not believe in Charming Blue Goddess, it didn’t matter. So long as he provided the crucial coordinate, then divine spell [Divine Domain Descent] could be implemented successfully.
Snow Bird Harbor City Lord could never have expected that the saint seed he believed his exclusive property he did everything he could to hide would instead invite a gigantic calamity into his domain.
Of course, before teleportation, the dragonman youngster used many Charming Blue divine spells to camouflage the big guy and deceive everything around him.