<h4>Chapter 867: Ending</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>As Studios <strong>Editor: </strong>As Studios
<i>Rumble!</i>
As the ironds fired one round after another, ckbeard’s forces suddenly greeted cannon fire.
One wooden ship after another exploded under the bombardment. Before the pirates even had a chance to show off their bravery with their boarding battle skills, the cannon fire tore them to pieces and sank them to the bottom of the ocean.
“Scatter!” ckbeard closed his eyes and issued an order from atop Monster. “Scatter and break out!”
In a split second, the pirate force suddenly scattered and tried to break out in all directions, much like a pack of wolves that had just lost its leader.
Despite knowing that taking this course of action was equivalent to admitting defeat, ckbeard had no other choice.
After all, if he were to try to stand his ground, all the forces under him could be eradicated.
Furthermore, after dispersing and breaking out, the pirate ships would be able to demonstrate their strengths to the fullest extent.
Pirates were, at the core, a free and undisciplined lot. They were the pr opposite of the disciplined military.
The great battle transformed into many small-scale pursuits. The pirates would frequently counterattack with vigor, causing heavy losses among the first, second, and third-level sailing ships that were yet to retire.
Naturally, in stark contrast were those thirty ironds. They rampaged through the sea while pirates scurried to evade their wrath. Nothing but doom awaited those that were targeted by them.
As the leader of the ckbeard Pirates, ckbeard was obviously prioritized.
A total of seven ironds were aggressively trying to surround him.
“Faster!”
Of course, as a pirate governor, ckbeard would not simply surrender.
As he tapped the deck of Monster, the entire ship suddenly roared, and it sped up multiple times. After evading a round of cannon fire, it smashed savagely into the blockade formed by sailing warships.
“Crunch! Crunch!”
Monster opened itsrge mouth and bit one of the sailing ships as though it were a snake trying to swallow a rat. With a toe-curling sound, it quickly devoured the entire battleship.
<i>Bang! Bang!</i>
Several cannons shelled Monster in that short period.
However, as its body was far sturdier than ordinary wood and able to regenerate, it managed to endure the bombardment and carve a bloody path out through the sailing ships.
“Are these the final glorious moments of Monster?”
Despite the tremendous courage disyed, it was nothing good in the eyes of Edward, who was overlooking the battle.
“ckbeard... What exactly are you thinking?”
Monster was like a peerless general caught between two forces. Despite finding a way into the opposition forces, disying tremendous courage, and felling countless enemies, it was eventually surrounded by the armored guards.
Despite their clumsy appearance, the ironds were actually extremely nimble in water, and theypletely surrounded Monster.
“The royal navy’s fleetmander must be Philip. He wanted to use these wooden ships that should have been retired to lure my attention and then surround me with the ironds...”
ckbeard stood at the bow of Monster, looking at the scene. A cold smile broke out. “However, I’ve held back one of the legendary powers of Monster! He really dug his own grave this time!”
After all, Monster was ranked second among the extraordinary ships and almost as good as legendary ships.
ckbeard was cunning. After getting his hands on Monster, he had used his magic to grant the ship an additional power.
Monster came with the ability of Devour, able to destroy enemy ships and enhance itself using the piged parts.
The legendary power that ckbeard had granted to Monster was to umte the energy obtained by Devour and unleash it all at once. It was a terrifying ability!
“Legend?—Annihtion!”
After it devoured the final first-level battleship, the ironds hadpletely surrounded Monster. ckbeard raised his right hand and bellowed, “Experience agony!”
<i>Rumble!</i>
Ayer of ck light suddenly appeared on top of Monster and converged on ckbeard’s hand. Its color grew richer and richer until it suddenly expanded.
<i>Buzz buzz!</i>
A formless wave swept over everything.
All of a sudden, the decks of the ironds that came into contact with the wave cracked, folded... and eventually turned to ash, annihted without a trace.
“Abandon ship!”
Bursts of flustered screams and scrambling erupted all over the ironds.
However, the sailors were too slow.
Their expressions froze as soon as the ck wave caught up to them.
A gentle breeze blew past, and the heads of the statues fell to the ground and turned into sand.
After the ck wave left, three of the ironds were severely damaged and began to sink slowly.
“Long live ckbeard!”
“Long live pirates!”
...
The pirates exploded into cheers. They were as excited as a dying man suddenly seeing a glimmer of hope.
The God of War-like presence of the ironds suffered a loss of three ships after just one attack from ckbeard.
It was, without a doubt, the greatest victory against the Ettoman forces thus far.
However, ckbeard was actually disheartened.
This attack required a long recharge period. After the attack just now, it could not fire another for the next three days.
ording to his thoughts, he could have destroyed over ten ships if they were wooden ships. Even if they were ironds, he had hoped topletely destroy the seven that were after him. It would have been an unforgettable lesson to the Ettoman Royal Navy. After he had rid himself of the pursuers, he would have been able to leave the battlefield at his leisure.
However, reality gave him a cruel p across the face.
The defensive power of the ironds was well over ckbeard’s estimates. Sinking merely three ships had spent all of Monster’s energy in the Annihtion attack.
As a result, not only could he forget about teaching Ettoman a lesson, he now had trouble escaping.
“Fire!”
After seeing threerades fall, the remainingmanders on the other ironds were seeing red and immediately ordered the counterattack.
<i>Bang! Bang!</i>
With loud sts, terrifying attacksnded on Monster.
Regardless of the toughness of the material, several holes opened up on the ship. Monster was like an injured animal caught in a trap and surrounded by hounds.
“Faster! Breakthrough!” ckbeard roared.
Unfortunately, the equipment and energy that Monster had piged were all spent in the Annihtion attack. Even the ship’s recovery ability was hindered.
After the sessful attack, one irond rushed head-on toward Monster.
Monster was a giant among the sailing battleships. Its size and discement level were even greater than that of first-level warships. The same was true for the ironds.
<i>Bang!</i>
With a loud st, both behemoths vibrated violently.
Then a huge gap appeared on the hull of Monster.
“Aw! Aw!”
Monster cried out like an injured animal. The bow suddenly raised, and its horrifyingrge mouth expanded several times like the mouth of a giant python.
With a crack, it swallowed the bow of the irond that had charged at it.
<i>Creak! Creak!</i>
The toe-curling sound rang out once again.
After a short while, Monster retreated on its own ord. A battered irond appeared, but cheers sounded from on top of the irond.
In contrast, the pirates on Monster remained silent. Those with sharp eyes could even see several scars covering Monster’s bow.
Obviously, Monster had tried to Devour the irond like it had the other sailing ships, as well as recover some energy in the process.
However, not only was the ship huge, its sturdiness was well past Monster’s expectations, and it had lost numerous teeth.
Monster’s n to escape had failedpletely.
Unless Pirate Prince Edward intervened personally, there was no hope of survival. Such was the cruel reality of the battle.
But would Edward try to save ckbeard?
Even disregarding the danger that Edward would have to put himself in, he would not save ckbeard. They were not on good enough terms to warrant it either. After all, they had fought fiercely with each other many times before.
“Attention, prepare for battle!”
ckbeard opened a bottle of rum with his teeth and took a huge gulp.
As a pirate, he had longe to terms with the possibility of dying at sea at any time!
As a pirate captain, he should sink with his ship even more!
...
“A respectable opponent!”
After sensing the signals and movements from Monster, themanders of the remaining ironds were impressed. That did not, however, stop them from issuing the order to attack.
They knew that Monster would fight even with its back against the wall. As such, despite it being an extraordinary warship, they would not risk sustaining heavy losses to obtain it. Letting it sink was the best choice.
The four remaining ironds pointed their main cannons at Monster and fired.
<i>Rumble!</i>
Four giant explosionsnded on Monster, sending countless pirates flying and meeting their end without a burial.
Amid the gore and the mes, ckbeard’s pirate g slowly fell, dering the end of an era.
The navy’s wretched ‘no contact battle n’ allowed ckbeard no room to use his magic. He could only watch as his ship was torn to pieces, and then he was thrown into the sea as well.
<i>Whoo! Whoo!</i>
While in great pain, he seemed to hear a horn.
With his extraordinary eyesight, he saw shipwrecked souls converge one after another to a single point, as though there were a vortex there.
A giant but blurry and translucent ship appeared, sailing toward him slowly. It was emanating an aura of specters that made one’s heart palpitate.
Pirate Prince Edward saw the familiar mist that had appeared out of the blue and cried out in shock, “It’s Specter Ship!”
“Specter Ship!”
The royal navy had also noticed the uninvited guest. The sailors cried out in terror, as though it were doomsday.
<i>Ssh!</i>
The mist dispersed and revealed a half-rotten sailing ship. It tossed out a rope that seemed to have a life of its own. The rope agilely caught ckbeard and ced him on the deck.