Chapter 453: Deep Sea Monster
The Kingdom of Palamé is located in the southeast of the Central Continent. The country is surrounded by the sea on both sides, and its northwest border is bordered by the Kingdom of Sith, the Kingdom of Stark, the Kingdom of Rex, and the Grand Duchy of Caroline. Although the Kingdom of Palamé is not very strong in terms of national strength, it is located at the headquarters of the Church of Dawn, and the surrounding countries dare not invade it. It is also quite special among the countries in the eastern part of the Central Continent.
Since he agreed to the request of the Holy Glorious Empire, Richard began to deploy troops. The first batch of troops included the First Infantry Battalion, the First Warcraft Cavalry Battalion, the First Magic Airship Battalion, the Wyvern Cavalry Battalion, and the First Independent Artillery Battalion, with a total strength of about 5,000 people.
In June of the 3277th year of the Dawn Calendar, the army directly under Harland had about 160,000 people, including 120,000 regular troops and 40,000 auxiliary troops.
In the past two years, although the number of troops under Harland has not increased much, the armed forces have been greatly enriched. Three magic airship battalions and four independent artillery battalions have been reorganized, the navy's magic ships have also been expanded to six, and twelve steamships have been built.
In just two years, more than 4,000 professional officers have been added, and the combat effectiveness has been significantly improved. Richard first selected 5,000 elites, which did not affect the garrison mission of Harland.
The coordinates of the plane channel are located in Auxerre Castle, which is about 200 kilometers away from Hawkins Castle, the capital of Pamela Kingdom, which is considered an inland area in Pamela Kingdom.
According to the rough estimate of the Dawn Plane Map, the straight-line distance from here to Fort William is more than 3,000 kilometers. If you go by land, you need to pass through the three kingdoms of Grant, East Coast, and Sis. Hundreds of military stations and grain storage points must be established along the way, and it takes four or five months to march to the destination.
The land march is not only long, but also requires coordination of the relationship between the three countries passing through. What Richard is most impatient about is building relationships. Besides, the East Coast and the West are still hostile countries. Even if the two countries dare not provoke a conflict due to the power of the Holy Glorious Empire, it is estimated that it will be difficult to buy a large amount of food and supplies from the two countries. Therefore, the land route was first ruled out by Richard, and the only option was to go by sea.
Although the Harland Territory did not develop the East Coast Province, it also successfully built a port at the mouth of the Black River. Through the port of the Guild Castle, fresh water and food can be provided for the magic fleet.
Although the sea route is a long detour, the total distance may exceed 4,000 kilometers, but 95% is water. According to the 360-kilometer daily voyage of the Harland Territory steamship, it takes a total of 12 days from the Black River Castle to Hawkins Castle.
After entering Hawkins Castle, rest for a day, and then resupply through the inland military station of the Kingdom of Pamela, the total journey is about 16 or 17 days.
The staff department has made a plan, and the huge machine of the Harland Territory began to move. After entering early May, the first batch of personnel began to set off.
Six magic ships protected twelve steam engines, loaded with a large amount of supplies, and slowly sailed away from Xinghui Castle, along the coastline, and headed south.
The first batch of advance teams, with a total number of about 1,800 people, Richard, Sophia, Sutton, Sylph and other powerful professionals, all moved with the ship, distributed on different magic ships to provide protection.
Although the navy of Harland has been established for more than five years, it does not have much experience in sailing. In the past five years, the navy has basically been active in the Black River and Samba River basins, occasionally patrolling the coastal areas of Harland, wandering in the hundreds of kilometers of sea between the Black River and Samba River estuaries.
Even the hydrology of the coastal areas of Harland has not been fully mastered.
This voyage to the Kingdom of Parame, although it is a near-shore voyage, is also the first time for the girl to get married. In many places, she can only rely on captives with long-distance sailing experience.
In this way, the navy of Harland sailed to the southern waters and entered the waters of the East Coast United Kingdom on the fourth day.
Seeing the strange fleet sailing into their territorial waters, the navy of the East Coast United Kingdom originally planned to gather together and annihilate the opponent, but they did not expect to see the flag of the Holy Glorious Empire from afar, and immediately backed off in their hearts.
Richard's actions were endorsed by the Holy Glorious Empire. Although the Holy Glorious Empire was far away and it was difficult to invest too much power in this area, the East Coast did not dare to provoke the overlord of the Dawn Plane.
After the two sides communicated through flag language and figured out the intention, the small magic ship of the East Coast United Kingdom followed the fleet led by Harland from a distance. It was not until the ninth day when the fleet entered the waters of the Kingdom of Sith that the surveillance ships of the East Coast chose to withdraw.
Compared with the East Coast United Kingdom, the Kingdom of Sith had less hatred with Harland and a closer relationship with the Holy Glorious Empire. Of course, it was impossible to attack the ships flying the flag of the Holy Glorious Empire.
The navy of the Kingdom of Sith did not even send surveillance ships. By the eleventh day, the fleet led by Harland had sailed to the waters of the Kingdom of Parame, and there was only a day and a half of sailing time left from Hawkins Castle.
As they were about to reach their destination, everyone's tense nerves finally relaxed. Richard was about to invite the officers to have a drink when he suddenly heard the sentry on the watchtower blow the horn vigorously and beat the golden drum violently.
After hearing the warning, Richard immediately ran to the deck and looked up, and found that a column of water suddenly spurted out from a few hundred meters away. The water column was 20 to 30 meters high, and Richard seemed to see a creature similar to a whale.
This creature was larger than the whales that Richard had seen in the video materials of his previous life, and the power of magic could be vaguely felt on their bodies. Before Richard could speak, the captain of the magic ship, Blanca, spoke decisively.
"Be careful, a deep-sea monster has been found ahead, everyone prepare for battle."
Less than half a day after entering the waters of the Kingdom of Parame, the Harland Navy encountered a terrible deep-sea monster.
The deep-sea monster is a unique legendary creature in the ocean, with many different races. These deep-sea monsters have different abilities, and the strongest ones are even as powerful as demigod masters. The weaker ones are no less lethal than legendary monsters.
As long as they are called deep-sea monsters, they are basically terrifying creatures of legendary level.
Seeing this whale-like magical creature rushing over, Richard roared: "Prepare for battle!"
Richard has a high prestige in Harland's army. Although everyone is a little weak on the magic ship and is not very suitable for fighting at sea, after hearing Richard's familiar voice, the officers quickly organized and began to prepare for battle.
The strength of Harland's navy is not weak. There are six magic ships in the fleet, and each magic ship has strong protection.
The flagship Victor is also a large legendary magic ship with abundant magic power. This magic ship alone is capable of fighting against deep-sea monsters.
Although the underwater defense of the twelve steam engines is weak, they are also equipped with six magic crystal cannons, which are very lethal.
Moreover, there are more than 1,800 soldiers in the fleet. This army is a full-professional army, including not only the Wyvern Brigade, but also Richard, a great master who is similar to a legendary magician.
When the deep-sea monster rushed over, the soldiers fired spear guns and aimed at the deep-sea monster. The four steam engines also released giant fishing nets to catch the deep-sea monster.
The magic crystal cannons installed on the side of the ship are mainly used to fight against opponents on the water. Facing the deep-sea monsters underwater, the magic crystal cannons are difficult to hit and are almost useless.
Although the magic crystal cannons cannot play a very good role, Harland has alchemical bombs. The technicians of the weapons research institute successfully made mines and depth charges based on alchemical bombs, which can threaten underwater creatures to a certain extent.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The continuous sound of spear guns was heard, and a large number of spear guns were shot out of the water and hit the deep-sea monster. There are sharp barbs on the spear gun heads, which will leave terrible wounds immediately after hitting the deep-sea monster.
The deep-sea monster saw the dense spear guns and immediately dived into the depths of the ocean. In an instant, countless ropes were stretched straight, and many soldiers could not hold the spear guns in their hands.
This group of soldiers are almost all professionals, and the weakest strength is about several times that of ordinary people. Several captains and officers have more than 20 points of strength. The two legends, Sutton and Sylph, have a full burst of strength of about 50 points.
Everyone attacked at the same time, and in an instant, they pulled the deep-sea monster. At the same time, two steam locomotives also came at a high speed, using large trawl nets to entangle the deep-sea monster.
Seeing that it could not dive, the deep-sea monster suddenly launched a series of infrasonic attacks. This was his bloodline spell infrasonic attack. In an instant, the soldiers on the ship felt their ears congested and their heads split. The soldiers raised their shields and released the force field protection spell on the shields.
Infrasonic attack is a large-scale control magic, which is extremely lethal to ordinary soldiers. Even the professional soldiers of the Holy Glorious Empire have no way to deal with this kind of spell. They can only find a way to escape from the spell killing radius, or hope that high-level professionals can provide shelter with the power of spells. Only magicians can easily block this kind of attack.
But Richard discovered the magic energy conversion formula and created magic power conversion equipment, which allows warrior professionals to activate fighting spirit and use spells to a certain extent through special weapons and equipment.
Force field shield is this kind of classic equipment, and almost every professional soldier in Harland has it.
The force field protection spell can release a protective force field barrier, which can effectively resist the invasion of energy spells. Infrasonic attack is also an energy spell, and the force field shield can greatly weaken this spell.
The officers and soldiers on the ship reacted quickly and used the force field shield to block the infrasonic attack. Before the deep-sea monster released the second bloodline spell, powerful professionals such as Richard, Sutton, Sylph, and Sophia had already taken action.
Richard held the lightning staff and immediately released the chain lightning spell. Six or seven lightnings released dazzling light, penetrated the water in the blink of an eye, and hit the huge body of the deep-sea monster.
Richard's mental power has long exceeded 60 points, and the release of lightning spells has doubled the lethality. In addition, with the blessing of the lightning staff, each release of a six-ring magic consumes only one-eighth of the normal magic, and the destructive power is far greater than the normal nine-ring magic. Although the deep-sea monster has thick skin and flesh, it has been attacked by four consecutive lightning strikes, and its vitality has been reduced by about one-fifth.
With Richard's magic power, if the battle continues, the deep-sea monster will not be able to withstand it.
Richard used magic to attack, and Sofia cooperated with Richard's battle. She released the seven-ring magic large-scale freezing spell, turning a large amount of seawater into ice cubes, trying to control the range of the deep-sea monster's activities.
The magicians of the Harland Mage Association also released the three-ring magic freezing spell at this time to help Sofia control the deep-sea monster. Low-level magicians also began to release ice knives and ice cones to consume the deep-sea monster.
Sutton and Sylph, mother and son, suddenly jumped into the water and dived into the deep sea to fight this legendary creature in close combat.
Seeing that its situation became dangerous, the deep-sea monster screamed loudly and began to summon nearby magical creatures.
The deep-sea monster is the natural lord of the Son of the Sea. The bloodline spell can summon magical creatures within hundreds of kilometers nearby. In just over ten minutes, a large number of manta rays have appeared near the fleet.
Manta rays, like snow crystal fish, are group-living magical creatures. A single one of these fish is not scary, and ordinary apprentices can find a way to kill it, but thousands of manta rays rush up, and large magic ships can't withstand it.
Manta rays are bloodthirsty creatures. They are not smart enough. They will go crazy when they see blood. With this obvious weakness, for intelligent creatures, as long as they are well prepared in advance, they are easier to deal with than snow crystal fish.
Seeing the appearance of groups of manta rays, a magic ship immediately lured the enemy in and led away a large number of manta rays by dumping blood. At the same time, the magic ship started the magic crystal furnace, began to consume magic crystals, and released the protective barrier spell. In a blink of an eye, a large protective shield was released on the magic ship, wrapping the ship from top to bottom.
Seeing the summoned manta ray being lured away by the enemy, it was hooked by hundreds of spear guns. Every movement was extremely painful. After releasing two bloodline spells in a row, it could not break the deadlock. At this moment, a strong fear was imprinted in the mind of the deep-sea monster.
This terrible legendary marine creature, as long as it grows to adulthood smoothly, is the natural overlord of the ocean. Unlike ordinary magical creatures, the deep-sea monster has a very high IQ, no less than any intelligent creature.
Sensing that the situation was unfavorable, the deep-sea monster suddenly regretted it. Just as it was about to release the third bloodline spell to cut the leather rope attached to the spear gun and escape, Sylph and Sutton had already dived underwater and came to the back of the deep-sea monster.
Sylph and Sutton are both legends. Although they can't use underwater breathing and can't walk easily underwater, after being promoted to legends, their physical fitness seems to be superhuman, with strength almost fifty times that of ordinary people, and agility is also about twenty times that of ordinary people. Relying on their strong physical fitness and inhuman lung capacity, the two can hold their breath underwater for two or three hours and fight with unusual intensity.
Sutton and Sylph drew their swords one after another, and soon left a big gap in the deep-sea monster.
The deep-sea monster wanted to turn around and attack Sutton and Sylph, but they were easily dodged by the two. Even if they released magic to control the water element and released hundreds of ice knives to cut the leather rope on the spear gun and get rid of control, they still couldn't avoid the attack of the two legendary professionals.
If the enemy was only Sutton and Sylph, the deep-sea monster would have the advantage of the terrain and the power to defeat the opponent, but behind Sylph and Sutton, there were two powerful magicians, Richard and Sofia, who controlled the battle, and behind Richard and Sofia, there were hundreds of magicians, more than a thousand professional soldiers, and a whole fleet.
The powerful wyvern knight had not yet played a role, and the deep-sea monster was at the end of its rope.
From the beginning of the deep-sea monster's rash attack, the ending was doomed.
This reckless and proud legendary creature soon died at the hands of Harland's army, once again enhancing the reputation of Harland's army and increasing Richard's legendary status.