Chapter 526: The Calamity of the Giant Dragon and the Shadow of Death

"Hurry up!!"

"If you don't want to die, paddle hard, paddle with all your strength! If you run out of strength, it's the next group's turn. From now on, don't stop paddling for a moment!"

The bearded captain yelled at the sailors who were sitting on the oars on the deck and shaking the handles of the oars vigorously in groups of two. The black shadow that was getting bigger and bigger, and estimated the speed and direction of the other party's ship in his heart.

However, the more he estimated, the more desperate he became...

"Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Who is going to put up the damn sail first, that's right, that's how it should be!"

When the six long oars stretched out from both sides of the ship and began to slide, the speed of the ship suddenly increased, and at the same time, the sailors on the deck also began to get busy under the command of the captain. Use your fastest speed to untie the thick cables one by one, or climb up the mast and quickly put up the two sails!

Because now this sea area can be said to be almost windless, the effect of the sails is very small! At this time, since the oars have been used to speed up, after a while, when the speed of the ship exceeds the light wind blowing from north to south that can't even blow the waves, the sails will instead become an obstacle to their progress. So it is right to put it away early.

However, it is obviously impossible for a medium-sized sea-going ship to accelerate to a certain level by relying solely on a total of twelve oars to slide under the condition of no wind.

"Bastard! It's all caused by those Saxon bastards!"

After all the orders were issued, the sailors and crew members performed their duties, and when he was no longer needed to command, the bearded man came to the left side of the ship with an ugly face, propped up the side of the ship, and stared fixedly at the far side. The outline of the ominous shadow at the place has become very clear.

That's right, the other party... is those legendary evil and filthy ghost ships!

The dilapidated hull that was about to collapse, pieces of moth-eaten and rotten wood, the mast that was broken in two, and there were even big holes near the waterline... It obviously had no sails or oars, but But the wooden frame rushing towards them at a weird high speed, what is it if it is not the legendary ghost ship that frightens the sailors?

"Captain the bearded man, what is the ghost ship, why are you all so afraid?"

Gareth, who was wearing a half breastplate on her upper body, a half-closed helmet on her head, and a shield that was huge compared to her body, walked curiously from her brother's side at this time. Squeezed over and asked aloud.

She had never heard of ghost ships, so she was really curious.

"I looked over, and there seems to be no one on them..."

For the ship in the distance, Gareth looked at it for a long time, and always felt a little baffled.

You know, her eyesight is very good, and she was even able to spot the dark figure in the distance before the watchman on the mast just now, so now that the other party is getting closer, she can easily see the shadow A dilapidated strange ship, and saw that there was not even a single person on it!

"Because no one is scary!"

Looking at the black ship that was getting closer and closer, after estimating the approximate time it would take for the other party to catch up with his ship,

The bearded captain turned his head pale and looked at the little princess of Orkney who was asking about him, and His Royal Highness Prince Gawain who was also looking at him with puzzled eyes.

"Just think about it, a strange ship that is full of holes but can float so high on the sea surface, has no sails or oars on the mast, but can still rush towards us at such a fast speed, Is it scary or not?"

"Ghost ship..."

"That's the ominous ship in the sea legend... because the people living on those ships are not humans like us, but a group of evil undead!"

"Just wait, we ordinary people can't see what's on them with our naked eyes, and when we get close, it's already too late!!"

Staring at the shadow of the black ship in the distance, now they can gradually see the overall outline of the ship... Although there is no one on the deck or in the cabin at this time, the bearded man The captain wouldn't naively think that way!

Just now, after he ordered the sailors to start paddling and speed up to flee south, the black ship also abandoned the direction of the Saxon pirates almost at the same time, and turned directly to the southwest. If it was not to intercept them, could it be Is the ocean current changing its direction?

I'm afraid even he himself won't believe what he said!

"Undead..."

"What does the undead look like, and how terrible is it? Is there any evil witch that is scary?"

I have never seen a ghost before, and the scariest thing I have ever seen is Gareth, the witch mother Morgan, at home. After carefully looking at the black ship in the distance for a while, it seems that there is still no one there, and then I continue to turn my head. Ask the bearded captain beside him.

In her own opinion, Gareth, the undead, how could it be as frightening as the bad witch at home who could perform all kinds of evil witchcraft?

"They're scarier than witches!"

"Once they catch up with them, all of us will die! Then... there will be no peace in death, and we will become another ghost ship, and we will also be transformed into the same evil as them Undead, and have been wandering above the sea, do you think this is terrible?"

"Damn it, hurry up and row hard, haven't you eaten today?!"

After reluctantly explaining this sentence to the young and ignorant little princess, the bearded man couldn't wait to turn his head and yell at the two groups of sailors who were shouting slogans and sliding their oars vigorously.

However, his voice was a little hysterical at this time, and anyone could hear the inadvertent panic and helplessness.

Because, he estimated the maximum speed that his ship could eventually reach, and then estimated the enemy's current speed, and then he found sadly: the other party's ghost ship is likely to pass through this quiet sea. Catch them before the seas!

Then……

He doesn't even dare to imagine what happened next, but even thinking about it can make his heart feel powerless and endlessly frightened... Because, it is said, no one can catch a ship that is overtaken by a ghost ship. Go back alive!

Only a few lucky enough guys can escape early in various ways... For example, those hateful Saxon barbarian pirates just now?

"Undead?"

"Captain, you don't need to be so afraid. On this ship, there are 50 of our most powerful knights and cavalry in Orkney County. Even if they come up, they may not be our opponents."

Gao Wen also stared at the strange black ship in the distance for a long time just now, but he couldn't see anything special, so he tentatively comforted the bearded captain.

When he was in Orkney County, he killed all kinds of sea monsters, whether it was those rare Naga or sea snakes! He even personally killed a powerful Hydra descendant under the training of his witch mother, Morgan!

At that time, relying solely on a holy sword that had not aroused its power, he forcibly chopped off its nine heads with his own ability, and successfully killed it, or were they? Therefore, regarding the undead, although he himself did not know the specific strength of the opponent, he believed that he, the Sun Knight Gawain, would definitely be able to defeat the opponent.

"it's useless!"

"It is said that ordinary weapons are useless against those monsters!"

Speaking of this, he subconsciously looked at the sword in the opponent's hand that had shown exaggerated strength, but unless the opponent can defeat a whole ship of undead by himself, otherwise...

"Although I've only heard about it, and I don't know whether those rumors are true or not, I definitely won't try to let that broken ship approach!"

"Damn it, the mission this time is really evil! No wonder you said just now that this sea area is abnormal, it feels dark, and even the fish on the bottom of the sea were scared away, so it turned out to be like this!"

The bearded man couldn't figure it out, why did he encounter so many unlucky troubles during this voyage?

They first beat off a group of Harpies who were entangled endlessly, and then broke through the Howling Fjord, which was more violent and dangerous than usual, but when they finally thought they could take a break, they bumped into it again. On board an evil and scary ghost ship?

"Is there no other way?"

"Captain, you must be able to see that it shouldn't be too difficult for the opponent's speed to catch up with us."

Now the problem is in front of everyone, either to run, or to face the enemy bravely... But Gawain doesn't quite believe that this bloated sea ship can run faster than those previous Saxon speedboats !

"Another way... that's right!"

"His Highness Gao Wen, is there a way for you to contact your mother right now and ask the extremely powerful Princess Morgan to help? For example, some kind of strange witchcraft can directly summon Her Highness the Princess?"

The bearded man suddenly remembered something, so he hurriedly turned his head and asked Gao Wen again in a low voice expectantly.

In the current situation, I am afraid that only the powerful princess that almost everyone in Orkney County knows can save them? After all, that powerful existence can even directly protect the entire Orkney county with witchcraft! Of course, at the same time, she also covered the sky with one hand, directly controlling the entire country, and even the king was played to death many years ago!

However, these matters are the household affairs of other royal families, they are incapable and dare not talk nonsense.

"I'm a knight of light, not that kind of wizard!"

Gao Wen's expression turned cold in an instant, and he shook his head firmly.

There is also some kind of strange witchcraft, the witch mother who summoned them directly, how could there be such a strange thing? Even if you have learned some black magic Aggregation, you probably don't have that kind of ability, do you?

"Then I can't help it!"

"Your Highness, I suggest throwing all unnecessary supplies, food, and war horses into the sea to reduce the weight of the ship, otherwise, we will be finished if we are caught up later!"

After thinking and thinking, after hesitating for a while, the captain finally gritted his teeth and thought of an unsolvable solution, that is——to reduce the weight of the hull!

If you reduce the load as much as possible, you should be able to escape from this windless belt before the opponent catches up, right? Of course, he can't be sure about this, but what can he do other than try it out? Self-proclaimed that he is a veteran seaman who has sailed for more than 20 years and has overcome countless dangers. This is the first time he feels so hopeless.

"..."

"No! The horse must not be lost!"

"Asshole, those are our knight's companions, how dare you lose them?!"

"￥%x-on:￥'s! Kill you with a hammer!"

"This useless captain should be thrown down to save weight!"

"Ha! Great idea! That's a sound suggestion!"

"We would rather fight the enemy to the death than abandon our horses!"

"That's right!"

"There are people and horses!"

"x-on:#%￥##!!"

Before Gao Wen could make a decision, the knights and cavalry who were preparing for battle on the deck raised their weapons and clamored loudly. Other methods are fine, but throwing them into the sea as war horses who are the other half of life is unthinkable!

"Captain, is there any other way?"

Obviously, Gao Wen himself was not willing to do such a thing!

Although he never liked his goblin horse, Greengret, who was fooling around with other mares in the cabin, if he was asked to abandon her... just ask yourself, he would definitely not be able to do it!

After all, it was the best war horse Gao Wen had ever seen, bar none!

"There is no other way!"

"Your Highness, with our current speed, it's impossible to run out of this sea of ​​tranquility before dusk! If we can't get rid of them before night falls, then we will die!"

It is said that those ghost ships are even more frighteningly fast at night!

The only way to get rid of them is to completely shake off the enemy before dark! Or... pray that the dark clouds in the sky will part sooner, the sun will shine down sooner, and then drive away those damned evil? But obviously, this weird dark cloud above their heads is very stubborn, and it will definitely not dissipate before dark.

As a result, they definitely can't count on sunshine or something.

"Does it mean that if you lose supplies and war horses, you can guarantee to get rid of them?"

Gao Wen didn't know how fast the sea-going ship could reach when it was lightly loaded, but he felt that it would definitely be no faster than the long and narrow speedboats of the Saxon pirates before! After all, their ship was a medium-sized sea-going ship, and its bloated hull probably determined the fastest speed it could reach under windless conditions. The speed was probably limited by those few oars alone.

"This, alas..."

The bearded captain suddenly felt a little afraid to talk. In fact, he had estimated that in the current situation, unless there was a sudden strong wind and let them advance quickly with the help of the sails, even if they lost all their burdens , I am afraid it is also very difficult to get rid of the opponent in this sea area... The speed of that black ship is much faster than his ship!

"What if we dock now?"

Gao Wen turned his head to look at You Xuan on the sea boat. The end of the west coastline is the coast north of the central part of Britain. Since you can't run away, it's a good choice to turn your head and dock.

"No, even if we turn around, we will definitely not have time to reach the shore before night! We are too far from the coast..."

Just glanced to the west, and the bearded man lowered his head.

For the sake of safety, after entering this sea area, they deliberately drove a long distance to the east of the North Sea in order to avoid being discovered by the Saxon pirates, but now...they were surrounded by even more terrifying existences To be watched.

"Then anchor the boat and wait for them to come up!"

After pondering for a while, Gao Wen made a decision that surprised everyone.

"Stop, stop?"

Such terrifying words made the captain and others very puzzled!

"Yes, while it's still afternoon and daytime!"

"Although there are still thick dark clouds in the sky, I still have my strength! If the thing is dragged until night, I will be no different from other knights. At that time... So, stop the boat, captain, and wait for them Come up!"

"We now have no choice..."

Looking coldly at the ship in the distance, Gao Wen slowly loosened the linen cloth strips wrapped around the "Sword of Rotating Victory" in his hand, and displayed the gorgeous long sword with its scabbard on everyone. in front of people.

"..."

"Your Highness, are you sure?"

The bearded man obviously still had some hesitation, and he didn't dare to put all his chips on the prince.

"No!"

"But Captain, do you have a better choice now?"

Suddenly laughing, Gao Wen calmly asked back.

His idea is very simple, since he can't escape no matter what, it's better to fight and fight while he still has the strength, even if he loses in the end, it's better than fleeing and sinking in fear!

"..."

"It's done! Stop the boat! Don't shake the broken oars, anchor, and prepare to fight!"

"Brothers, we will definitely not be able to escape today, so we will fight those bastards!"

"Fight!"

"right!"

"Stop the ship! Prepare to fight!"

"Stop the boat..."

"Quick! Put on the leather armor and light the torch!"

"Bring up the barrel of oil in the warehouse, and find some clay pots to fill it..."

"Bring up that barrel of fine cheese, too, and let us all eat some!"

"Those two bed crossbows are going up!"

"..."

Soon, the orders began to be conveyed one by one, and the entire deck became busy again. In addition to the walking knights and cavalry forming two rows of people on the ship, the sailors who had been paddling also started running in a panic again. Arise, each to prepare their weapons against the enemy.

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"!!"

"Annie, you actually made this magic sand table?!"

After dealing with the political affairs of the day and coming to the original largest auditorium in the castle of Camelot, Artoria couldn't help but exclaimed, because she actually saw the largest vacant auditorium in the middle of the largest auditorium. , There is actually a large magic circle that has been completed and a sand table of the same size.

Those magic circles were engraved on the stone floor of the castle, flowing with a mysterious light that she couldn't understand, and then, above the magic circle, a large circular bunker the size of a swimming pool was directly built with stones, and The inside is full of colorful sand!

But at this time, the sand was in front of her, and soon formed a huge colorful city! There were people walking back and forth inside, and the griffins that Arturia was familiar with were flying in the sky...

When she got closer and observed carefully, she realized that in this shrunken Camelot city sandbox, whether it was her castle, the city outside, city walls, streets, citizens passing by, patrolling soldiers, carriages full of goods, Livestock, or those birds and griffins, are all made of those colored sands? !

And this incomparably real sand table was the reason why she, Artoria, exclaimed!

Now, is she really like a god, overlooking her entire city of Camelot? She looked over and saw that everything was extremely real. Every villain, every bird, and even every griffin gliding past were alive, as if they were real life, as if they had just been shrunk. ?

What's more, what's even more miraculous is: when Artoria carefully walked to the other side of the sand table, to where her castle was located in the sand table, she moved to the window of the small castle curiously, and asked When she looked inside, she actually... also found that in the auditorium in that small castle, there was a small model of herself and Annie sitting in front of the sand table in the auditorium?

This thing is simply unbelievable, like a miracle!

"This kind of thing... Annie, you, how did you do it?!"

Arturia was really a little frightened. When she turned her head and looked out the window in horror, she found that there was only blue sky and white clouds outside, and no one or anything was peeping at her, and she was slightly relieved.

This picture is really too real...

This is just like the TV she saw when she was in Fuyuki City, but the current situation is more detailed than that, the field of vision is wider, and the effect is even more astonishing! Because that kind of TV can only see the flat images of people and objects in the box, but the current one can overlook the whole Camelot in a three-dimensional way. There is no comparison between the two parties at all!

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just a combination of science and magic!"

"Very simple!"

"I launched several military satellites and military tactical projectors from the military warehouse in the Koprulu star area, and then I installed a small fusion reactor battery pack, using 3D holographic imaging technology plus the drive core of the magic puppet... ...I finally got it out! It's probably similar to that kind of magic chess, except that it has more functions, and the magic core of analysis and calculation is also a little more complicated."

"It's probably like this, anyway, you can't understand it!"

(￣▽￣)／

After Annie explained a few words, she began to lie down on the sand table and observe carefully. She was doing the final debugging and testing.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this sand table is nothing more than a set of military equipment in the Koprulu star area. The role of her magic is to transform the holographic image of Britain captured by the military satellite into a three-dimensional sand table model, and Make adult insects, fish, birds, orcs, houses, etc. based on real-time images.

The reason why it is so troublesome is to prevent these earth natives from not being able to use high-tech equipment, or not understanding it? And if it's made into something magical, they won't make such a fuss.

"It's really amazing..."

Arturia thought for a while, and suddenly stretched out her hand, and grabbed the room of her castle model into a puddle of dilapidated sand, as if she wanted to catch the self inside... But when she loosened After opening those sands, they returned to their original state in an instant?

Then, when she saw the window, she continued to grab it in mid-air. With quick eyes and quick hands, she grabbed a griffin that was flying past outside the castle, but the result... the sand that made up the griffin After she spread her hands, she flew directly to another place to regroup, and then continued to soar in the 'sky' of the sand table according to the flight path of the raptor outside?

Obviously, all her actions on this sand table will not affect the real world.

"It's amazing!"

Looking at this huge Camelot city sand table, looking at the scene as if the real city had been shrunk, Artoria couldn't help but sigh again.

"That's for sure, I've spent a lot of time fiddling with it!"

Anne proudly raised her round chin, which can be said to be one of her great inventions!

"Look, now that you have it, will it be useful when you want to fight and deploy soldiers in the future?"

After checking it again and finding that she didn't see any other flaws, Annie finally nodded in satisfaction, admitting that this thing is considered to be fully completed!

As long as no one comes to destroy the magic circle in this hall, it can continue to operate, even for thousands of years! Because, even those satellites launched into planetary orbits are protected by her magic, making them almost indestructible, until they can theoretically run at low power for tens of thousands of years. Until the fusion reactor battery is completely exhausted.

"Well……"

"It's really useful, but... the range it can see is only around the city of Camelot, which is a small fast place with a radius of two or three miles. What's the use of that?"

After pondering for a while, after recovering from the shock, Artoria shook her head regretfully. She didn't think this small sand table was of much use. And when it is used, it is estimated that the enemy is attacking the city, and she is defending at that time...

Of course, it seems that it can also be used to make it easier for me to review and inspect the entire Camelot. Even if I don't go out, I can still know what happened outside?

"How can I only see such a big place when I make something?"

"Just look at it!"

Seeing that the other party dared to underestimate her "deliberately thinking" for several days, and finally successfully completed the big project under the reminder of Xiao Xiong, Annie was a little unhappy at the moment, so she stretched out her hand and pressed the jewel-like After the big crystal ball, the entire sand table became messy... Then, after it calmed down again, Artoria Jin was shocked to find that the castle on the sand table became smaller, and those The trees and roads are also... as if a larger area is shrunk down and presented?

"This is... the entire southern part of Britain?!"

"Yes! It can see the whole of Britain and most of Europe at most! It won't work in other places, because I only launched a few satellites, and I only let them point at this place."

"As long as I hold this crystal ball with my hand, think about zooming in or out, and then specify a certain place, it's fine, like this!"

Following Annie's thoughts, the whole world was shrunk again, and then the British Isles began to appear together on the sand table, including oceans, land, mountains, rivers, human gathering places, etc.! However, after zooming to this extent, they can only see the small outline of the city and the terrain of the mountains. Even the forests are just patches of green, and the roads are so small that they are almost unrecognizable.

After seeing that a certain fool was really frightened, Annie pointed at another random place, turning the colored magic sand on the sand table into the surface of the sea, and the shimmering waves that appeared on it, as well as a ship just parked on the surface of the sea. sailboat.

"strangeness……"

"What is that ship over there? Is it also a sea ship?"

Arturia suddenly pointed to a small moving object on the sea surface, about the size of a fingernail, and exclaimed.

"Of course it's a boat, what else is there!"

Annie was a little puzzled, and said without raising her head.

Isn't it normal for there to be ships on the sea? They sailed on the sea in a good manner, did not provoke anyone, and did not provoke anyone, so what is there to make a fuss about?

"I'm not talking about that ship, I'm talking about that little black thing farther away!"

She didn't pay attention to the small boat that seemed to be stopping beside Arturia herself, and she didn't look at it too much. She just pointed to the other side of the sand table from a distance, pointing to the boat on the sea surface. In the distance, a small black dot that almost appeared on the edge of the sand table said.

Because the distance was a bit far, and the model of the boat was too small, she couldn't see clearly.

"Oh? It's really a bit strange..."

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