Chapter 186 The Wind Stopped

The distance is gradually getting closer.

Diana and Logan were both standing beside Ethan, only Laura wasn't on deck. Lara was asked to go back to the cabin when she realized that a fight might happen.

Although Laura is not afraid of fighting, and even her fighting power is much stronger than ordinary people, both Logan and Ethan treat her as an ordinary child, hoping to make her as an ordinary child as much as possible Grow up, instead of constantly participating in various battles early on.

Since Ethan had to control the boat and couldn't hold the binoculars all the time, he would ask Diana next to him.

Diana's eyesight far surpassed that of ordinary people. Even without any equipment, she could easily see the situation in the distance. With her standing next to her, Ethan could easily grasp the dynamics of the opposite.

"How's it going?"

"The other party still hasn't changed course, and I can already see the situation on their deck."

Diana could clearly see that there were several people standing at the front of the other side's deck, one of whom was staring at her with a telescope, and then turned back and commanded her crew from time to time. This person should be the ship on the opposite side. captain.

"What is the performance of the other party?"

"Looks like...they're ready to attack us."

Diana knew that the world was not very peaceful. After encountering adventurers, not all adventurers had the same kindness as Cleo. It was common for them to fight directly without a word, and it was not uncommon for them to attack directly without any dialogue at all.

It's just that they were all heard from Ethan, and she hadn't really seen them. At this time, she saw them only once, but she still didn't understand this kind of behavior in her heart: why are you suddenly attacking strangers?

Before she could come up with any clues, she saw two dazzling red light flashes from the opponent's two bow guns, and then two energy cannonballs flew straight towards the Goddess of Dawn.

"The other party opened fire!"

The distance between the two sides is still far away, but although the Magic Stone Cannon looks like a backward smoothbore cannon, it actually has a much longer range.

Both sides had already entered the other's line of sight. Even if Ethan didn't use the binoculars at this time, he could see the other party's fire. The Book of Inheritance that he had pinned in the bookcase around his waist had already been activated immediately, with a translucent white magic shield. Cast it out, shrouding the entire ship in it.

The energy shells fired by the magic stone cannon were very fast. Just as Ethan unfolded the energy shield, one energy group flew over from a long distance, and the other shot almost brushed the shield and flew past.

"Even the magic stone cannon, which is far more accurate than artillery, is not very accurate at sea."

There is no guarantee of accuracy in battleship artillery battles. There are too many factors that affect hits at sea. Just the undulating waves are enough to give the gunner a headache.

It wasn't just the one who fired the guns that was fluctuating, but the opposing ship that was the target was also ups and downs on the waves of the sea. At a distance, you feel that the other party's ship has no change in position, but when your shells fly past, it may seem that there is a slight error, but after a long flight, it becomes a huge gap.

Like the situation where the shot flew past the shield, it was already an extraordinary performance of the gunner. In most naval battles, with a sufficient number of artillery pieces, more artillery shells are fired in a salvo for coverage shooting, and a sufficient number is used to increase the probability of hitting.

This point, even in the era of more advanced radar positioning and fire control systems, has not fundamentally changed. It was not until the appearance of missiles that precise attacks appeared in naval warfare.

But now Ethan has no missiles in his hands, and neither does the opponent. If it's just this hit rate, he doesn't have to worry about it. The opponent can only hit his own shield occasionally. fire intensity.

The opponent is not a fool, and it is impossible to keep bombarding from such a long distance. After some test shots, the opponent has been approaching the Goddess of Dawn, and at the same time adjusted its course, trying to gain the upper hand position. Aim at the Goddess of Dawn.

"The other party has already occupied the dominant position and is ready to launch a salvo on us."

Logan has participated in the army and went to the battlefield. Even if he is not in the navy, he also has enough knowledge of these common sense knowledge. He knows the situation when he sees the actions of the other party, and tells Ethan calmly.

"Aren't you worried?"

"Why should I worry?"

Logan was like, 'Do you think I'm an idiot? ' expression, he had a clearer understanding of the strengths of Ethan and Diana, and the group of idiots on the opposite side actually wanted to attack the ship, and he didn't know how bad it was. What's going to happen down there, it's going to be a very sad story for the captain of that ship.

As the opponent slowly completed the maneuver and aimed all the artillery on one side of the Dawn Goddess, this unidentified battleship finally showed its full strength. The scene of the three-layer artillery deck firing in sequence was very spectacular. The energy cannonballs smashed in the face is also very spectacular.

Although the hit rate of this salvo is still impressive, Ethan's shield is no longer a mere decoration. Occasionally, one or two shots will hit the shield, making a deafening explosion, and setting off a burst on the shield. At the same time as the ripples, the strong impact more or less still affected the Goddess of Dawn.

"The power of each energy cannonball is much stronger than that encountered by the calm sea."

At the beginning of the Sea of ​​Parallels, Yisen used the magic shield to resist the attack of the magic cannon. At that time, he didn't feel any trouble, not even a shock.

This time, the power of the opponent's energy cannonballs was more than one level stronger than the one they encountered that time.

"It seems that the opponent's artillery is not only stronger, but the magic stone used is also of better quality."

It is not clear how the structure of the magic stone cannon strengthens Ethan, but the opponent must have used higher-quality magic stones as shells, which is beyond doubt.

Because no matter how the structure of the cannon is improved, the power of this magic stone cannon still depends on the magic stone used as a cannonball. There is no way to bring out the power of ten points from the magic stone that originally had only one point of energy.

"The other party seems to be a little flustered."

Because the distance is getting closer again, Diana can already see the expressions on the faces of the other crew members. The man who may be the captain is still looking at himself with the telescope, but his face is a little more surprised and unhappy than before. I thought that Ethan had an energy shield on board, and I didn't expect this shield to be so strong that my cannon couldn't blast the defensive shield at all.

Whether this is the case or not, you need to catch this person in front of you and ask to find out that Ethan was driving the Goddess of Dawn and began to fight back.

Compared to the opponent's three-layered artillery deck, where dozens of cannons fired salvos, there were only a few cannons on Ethan's side. Maybe these cannons were not as powerful as the other, but the huge gap in the number of artillery shells was still very obvious. .

"Ethan, the other party pouted in disdain when he saw you firing."

"..."

"Ethan, the Eternal is here."

Hearing Logan's reminder, Ethan turned his head and glanced.

In the state of the naval battle, the direction of the Goddess of Dawn was deflected a little. At this time, the Eternal was located behind the Goddess of the Dawn. When Ethan turned his head, he saw the Eternal rushing towards the unknown battleship from the other side. At the same time, a jamming attack was launched using the bow gun.

"It seems that Cleo is firmly on our side again."

Ethan nodded with a smile. He knew that the Eternal had not completely moved away. He had guessed whether Cleo would make a move. The actions of the Eternal proved that Ethan’s previous views were correct. Cleo is indeed a suitable person to do. friend people.

"He made a very good choice."

Just for Cleo's help, Ethan couldn't let this 'friend' work in vain.

Under his control, the Dawn Goddess swims flexibly on the sea surface, constantly adjusting the distance between it and the ship, so that the other party has no way to aim and lock well, so even if there are dozens of cannons. The advantage is that every salvo is spectacular, but after playing for so long, few shots actually landed on the shield.

Apart from giving Ethan a clearer understanding of the firepower in this sea area, it did not cause any damage to the Goddess of Dawn at all.

On the contrary, the ship on the opposite side seemed a little flustered after the Eternal suddenly joined the fray, and was hit by magic stone shells one after another while being pinched from both sides.

The reinforced metal-skinned hull could not resist the continuous bombardment of the magic stone cannons, but there were many scars on the ship in just a moment, and even the deck cannons were cleared in half by the Eternal and the Goddess of Dawn respectively.

"This guy... is not very resistant to beatings."

Seeing that the metal-skinned hull still has a limited defensive effect under the attack of the magic stone cannon, although it is much stronger than the wooden hull that will be shattered in one shot, it is far from meeting Ethan's requirements.

"It was the right choice to go directly to the all-metal structure of the warship. This kind of skinned ship's defense did not increase much, but reduced flexibility and speed."

It is precisely because of the lack of speed and flexibility that the opponent was surrounded by the Eternal and the Goddess of Dawn when the firepower was dominant. In addition, no matter how much shells were poured, the Goddess of Dawn could not be really hurt. This kind of one-sidedness. The situation caused the opponent to retreat, and they began to leave the battlefield.

"Fight if you want, run if you want? Where can such a good thing come from?"

Just when Ethan was driving the Dawn Goddess to pursue, he found that the Dawn Goddess was getting slower and slower, and finally stopped slowly.

Looking at the Eternal, not far away, it also slowly stopped on the sea. Looking up at the lower sail, Ethan knew why his boat couldn't move.

"Has the wind stopped?"