The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse - Chapter 388

Chapter 388: Chapter 324, Boatmen All Shattered

On the seaship surrounded by pirate ships.

Bodies lay scattered across the deck, their blood pooling together and flowing into the sea.

A few pirates, wielding large hammers.

Kept swinging them, pounding at the entrance of the cabin.

At this moment, the watching pirates made way.

Three figures, all wearing captain’s hats, walked straight to the forefront.

The leader, tall and slender with bushy eyebrows and a full beard, was clad in black leather armor and had two short blades hanging at his waist.

This man was the Captain of the Poison Blade Pirate Group.

The second, probably in his forties, solidly built with a rugged face, had a green-feathered Red Crown parrot on his shoulder, larger around than a chicken.

He was the Captain of the Red Crown Pirate Group.

The third was ‘Philippa’, clad in leather armor and trousers, her hair done up in dreadlocks, representing the Iron Barrel Pirate Group.

Also the weakest among the three Pirate Groups.

“How’s it going?” the Captain of the Poison Blade Pirate Group asked.

The hammering pirate wiped off sweat and replied, “It’s been specially reinforced, very hard to break through.”

“Hmph! The Association’s pathetic ship turns out to have its cabin entrance the most secure,” the Captain of the Red Crown scoffed.

The fat parrot on his shoulder mimicked, “Pathetic ship, pathetic ship!”

The Captain of the Poison Blade’s gaze fell on the cabin door as he spoke directly, “Friends from the Association, at this point, is there still a need to drag out time? If you surrender peacefully, I can promise your safety, and once the ransom arrives, we will let you leave.”

After these words were said.

The pirates turned their backs and laughed sinisterly.

The solidly built Captain of the Red Crown Pirate Group also spoke up, “We pirates are all after fortune, not interested in killing you all, surrender and come out, and you could still save your lives.”

“Exactly, do you think there’s another way out? Or do you plan to hide in there until you die of thirst or hunger?”

“Come out, we mean what we say.”

The group of pirates spoke with sneering smiles.

Behind the door of the cabin.

Xi Ligui gripped the Longsword tightly, staring intently outside.

A silver helmet sat upon her head, her delicate face smeared with dirt.

The remaining squad members sat on the ground at either side, trying their best to recover their strength.

Hearing the shouts from outside, one of the sailors whispered, “Vice-executive, shouldn’t we…?”

Xi Ligui’s face was cold as she turned and glared, cutting him off directly, “The Poison Blade Pirate Group is on the wanted list for murdering members of the Association, do you think they would let us go? Opening the door and going out is just a death sentence.”

Upon hearing these words, the rest fell silent.

They sat back down, unsure of what to do.

Outside the cabin, as the pirates saw there was still no response.

Their patience for waiting had run out.

The Captain of the Poison Blade waved his hand, “Bring over the gunpowder kegs and blast it open.”

“Yes!”

Several pirates left to fetch the gunpowder kegs.

These kegs were normally used for blockading the sea; if pursued by another ship, they would throw them into the water.

To hinder the pursuers’ chase route.

Pirates typically carried many, as every day they were prepared for battle.

Philippa glanced at the cabin and then at the other pirates, suggesting, “This ship must be quite valuable; what if we blow it to pieces? I say let’s take turns trying to break it open, or try from both sides if that doesn’t work.”

The Poison Blade said nothing.

But the Captain of the Red Crown Pirate Group, puzzled, asked, “What? Got someone you know inside? Trying to buy time?”

“Damn it! I know your mom,” Philippa cursed and waved a hand dismissively, “Go ahead with the blast then, and you two will shoulder the loss when it comes time to sell.”

The Poison Blade paid him no mind, “Put it by the door!”

…

The pirates began carrying the gunpowder kegs over.

They started stacking them by the cabin site.

The Captain of the Poison Blade wore a cold smile and spoke to those inside the cabin, “I saw earlier, your team is led by an elf, it’s been a while since I’ve tasted an elf’s flavor, I won’t let you die so quickly, I must at least enjoy…”

Clang~!

Mid-sentence, the ship’s alarm bell rang out.

Suddenly a pirate came running, yelling, “Captain, a merchant ship is coming from behind, heading this way.”

A merchant ship?

They all looked back and saw on the far-off sea surface, a vessel resembling a cargo ship quickly approaching them.

“Signal them to scram, I’ve got important matters here, lucky for him,” said the Poison Blade.

Bang bang bang~!

Suddenly, a series of dull roars came from afar.

Streaks of bright red light flashed by.

Next second, a pirate ship in view was violently torn apart, whether it was pirates above deck or the ship’s body, in an instant, it burst open like fireworks.

Boom~!

The gunpowder inside the cabin ignited, flames rising, enveloping the whole ship.

Sinking toward the seabed.

Everyone’s eyes widened, staring in disbelief at the scene.

In less than half a minute.

The ship and its men had just vanished?

Immediately following, was the second, the third, the fourth…, wherever the bright red flames passed, all the ships were extremely frail.

Large pirate ships were blasted into sieves, small speedboats shattered into pieces and sank toward the bottom of the sea.

The Captain of Poison Blade Pirate Group was taken aback and quickly took cover behind the barricade, yelling, “What the hell is that, which power’s ships are these, could it be some kind of special item with attack powers?”

One question after another was shouted out.

But no one could answer him.

Everyone was scared witless by this sudden attack, scrambling to find cover to avoid being hit by flying debris.

Whoosh~!

The next second, another whistling sound of something tearing through the air approached.

A rocket exploded near ‘Poison Blade.’

The blast hurled him several meters away; his legs were gone, and his upper body rolled to a distant place before slowly coming to a stop.

He vomited blood profusely.

……

Wu Heng operated the machine cannon, continuously firing at the ships.

The 23mm bullets exhibited power far beyond imagination.

Even though they couldn’t sink a large pirate ship, piercing through the hull and killing enemies was not a problem at all.

Those nimble boats used for boarding by the pirates could be sunk with just a few hits.

Man and boat shattered together.

Indeed, humans are fragile, even though in this world they continuously developed their constitution.

They still couldn’t resist an attack from such weapons.

Ghost Glenda floated nearby, “What is this thing you have, why is its power so immense?”

The roaring continued by his ear, Wu Heng raised his voice, “Machine cannon.”

“If this thing were to be sold, it would definitely be a hot seller among the armies of various countries; they might even fight to buy it,” Glenda said.

“Forget it, it’s better for us to use it ourselves. It might not be a good thing if the word gets out.”

Glenda shrugged, “It’s just a suggestion, it’s up to you to decide.”

Then she pointed to another ship, “That one’s close, hit it.”

“Can’t do that, that one’s ours.”

In less than 5 minutes, the bullets bought from the military had all been spent.

Wu Heng said, “Go scout, see how many enemies are left. Are the people from the association still alive?”

“Okay!” Glenda replied.

And flew off into the distance.

…

In the distance, all the pirates were terrified out of their wits.

They had never seen weapons that could tear metal apart.

They couldn’t even see what was coming before people turned into clouds of blood and holes were left in the ships.

“Fuck, what are you spacing out for, get on the ship, we’re getting out of here,” the captain of the Red Crown Pirate Group cursed and ran towards his own ship.

From a distance, Wu Heng saw the man, took out a Barrett from his ring, mounted it on the rail, and aimed.

He estimated the man’s movements.

And pulled the trigger directly.

Instantly, strong recoil struck, but his shoulder did not budge.

And that burly captain of the pirates, his chest instantly burst into a cloud of blood.

He was thrown backward, rolling several times before slowly coming to a stop.

Wu Heng put away his gun, reflecting, “My shooting, seems to have improved quite a bit.”

At this moment, Glenda flew back.

She said directly, “Found it, the vice-executive you mentioned, is it a blond elf?”

“Yes! Are they still alive?”

“Alive, hiding in the cabin, seems unharmed.”

Wu Heng also let out a sigh of relief, it was good the person was unharmed.

“Move closer, take out all the pirates.”

The ship began to approach, and the skeletons wielding machine guns and rifles began pulling their triggers, raining bullets down.

…

On the deck.

The Captain of Poison Blade Pirate Group leaned back in the corner, vomiting blood profusely.

A level 12, allowing him a stronger vitality, such that even when a rocket exploded beside him, he didn’t immediately die.

At that moment, from the corner of his eye, he saw ‘Philippa,’ who was also looking at him and reached out a hand, “Save, save me, I can give you money…”

The excessive blood loss nearly pushed him to his limit, he could faint at any moment.

Philippa glanced at him, then looked up at the ship that was quickly approaching and shooting at the pirate ship.

She crawled over and grabbed ‘Poison Blade’s’ half body, dragging it back.

Once dragged to a corner.

While Poison Blade was vomiting blood, he said, “Save, save me, I can take you away.”

“Oh, okay!” Philippa nodded.

The next second, a dagger slid out of her sleeve and plunged directly into his neck.

Poison Blade’s eyes widened, not expecting ‘Philippa’ to kill him too, and he suddenly erupted with tremendous strength, struggling furiously.

Philippa locked her legs tightly around his body.

The dagger thrust into the neck continually stirred.