Mechanical Alchemist-Chapter 377 - 358: I’m Going to Kill His Dad!

Half a day later.

Onboard the "Beifeng," Su Lun and Kama had been meditating in the cabin ever since they boarded and hadn’t wandered around aimlessly.

Inside the cabin, those harboring dreams of sudden riches were still tirelessly discussing the news they had gathered from various sources.

"Oh, you guys didn’t see it, but last night the Flying Fish group’s treasure nearly sank their ship."

"Yeah, I heard each crew member got at least a few hundred million lixos to enjoy for the rest of their lives."

"What few hundred million, I heard each person got several billion, I’m so envious! It’s all thanks to our ’Beifeng’s’ captain for having connections and getting an original sea chart, or else we would have missed this fortune-making opportunity."

"..."

They were already quite far from the coastline but still many days away from Devil’s Island.

The adventurers on the ship could only pass the time by chatting and playing cards.

Then suddenly, the ship’s speed slowed down.

"Huh... why are they taking in the sails?"

"I heard it’s because a fleet from the Northern Sea is coming up behind us, but no one knows why."

"..."

Hearing the noise in the cabin, Su Lun also opened his eyes, muttering to himself, "They’ve finally arrived."

It was normal for them to be noticed and followed since they had boarded without trying to hide.

It was probably one of the people on the ship who leaked their trace, but it didn’t matter.

But this wasn’t the city, and to Su Lun, the threat wasn’t significant.

Moreover, the "Dawn" was nearby.

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Kama, having heard the crew’s words, couldn’t hide her worry and looked at Su Lun with an inquiring tone, "Teacher?"

The notorious reputation of the Northern Sea Fleet was well-known; in the Northern Seas, no power dared to oppose it.

Although she believed her teacher was very capable, he was after all, just one man. Just one squadron from the other side and there’d be nowhere to escape at sea.

Furthermore, once they started fighting, even if they could win this time, becoming enemies with the Northern Sea Fleet would mean that, though vast, the Northern Sea would no longer have a place for them to stand.

It would result in endless persecution and almost certainly a dead end.

"No matter."

Su Lun slightly chuckled and shook his head, "That guy is here to return your puppet."

Kama listened but didn’t say much, though she was worried.

From the moment she became his disciple, she was prepared to share life and death with her teacher.

....

Not long after the "Beifeng’s" speed decreased, the battleships from the Northern Sea Fleet caught up.

Pirate ships were of much better quality than the usual adventurer’s ships, especially those battleships in the Northern Sea Fleet, which were the fastest light battleships in the Northern Sea.

Su Lun and Kama went up to the deck and mingled in the crowd, looking at the large warship in the distance, whose auxiliary flag bore the "Puppet Doll Skull Flag."

Kama clearly recognized the flag and said with a concerned expression, "Teacher, that’s the Seventh Squadron of the Third Fleet I told you about. The squadron leader is ’Vasili Tyermidó, the Puppet Master.’ He’s very powerful. In his possession, he has a strong mechanical puppet, the [Puppet Mechanism Battle Demon], which was once a family heirloom of my Boile family. With that puppet, Vasili once annihilated the ’Poison Fang Pirate Group,’ which had fifth-tier professionals. His subordinates include many puppet masters, whose strength is uncertain. But it’s said that the Seventh Squadron is among the top three in strength out of the dozen or so squadrons of the Third Fleet."

"Oh."

Su Lun just raised his eyebrows and responded in a tone not at all surprised.

Gazing afar at the sea, he murmured, "Just one squadron has come…"

There were many temporary adventurers on the Beifeng, who, seeing the infamous pirate group approaching, also felt somewhat alarmed.

"What does the Northern Sea Fleet want?"

"Who knows? Those pirates look malicious, could it be..."

"..."

People were whispering to each other, and at this time, the first mate on the ship did not forget to reassure everyone, "Do not panic, it’s just a routine patrol."

Su Lun knew this was not true, but pretended to be unaware and quietly watched.

It was probably because they feared their boat might escape, that the pirate ship behind them launched three assault boats.

These imports from Mafa were very popular among the pirates. As the steam boilers roared, the speedboats carved out a streak of white spray on the sea and rapidly approached.

Drawing near to the North Wind, more than a dozen pirates leaped from the three assault boats, landing on the deck.

Su Lun saw the faces; they were all familiar. Naturally, the leader was Abel, who had been causing trouble for them in the city.

...

As soon as these pirates boarded, they burst out shouting, "Where is that couple of dogs?"

Big Beard, the captain, glanced over, and the crowd on the deck immediately parted, creating a gap.

Su Lun and Kama were then revealed in front of everyone.

The crowd then understood that these people were after them, and like avoiding the plague, quickly left a large circle open.

Abel, spotting Su Lun on the sea as if he had seen treasure beckoning him, sneered, "I suspect you are heavily involved in last night’s attack in the city! I am here by order to take you back for questioning."

On the sea, far from the city, killing a few people was under nobody’s jurisdiction.

Su Lun did not believe this fellow truly suspected him; it was just a pretext. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be these minions confronting him, at a minimum... there should be some of the sixth tier.

Since a killing intent was revealed, Su Lun was not about to be polite with his enemies.

But he was not interested in engaging with minions of this level, nor did he say another word. He turned to look at Kama, and with an air of detachment said, "Kill them."

"?"

Kama’s expression faltered slightly upon hearing this.

She was still contemplating an excuse, looking to see if she could avoid the conflict.

Could it really be that her master meant to fight?

Not even going to discuss it?

Listening to Su Lun’s cold tone, Kama instantly realized her master was also testing her.

Kama immediately made her decision. With a fierce look, she pinched the sorcerer’s seals with both hands, and behind her suddenly appeared four limbs like those of some rare arthropods crafted into alchemical implants.

At the same time, she waved one hand almost simultaneously taking out ten mechanical guis from her storage ring.

These were her own mechanical dolls. A tug of the threads and the jaws of the ten dolls suddenly opened wide.

"Whoosh", "Whoosh", "Whoosh", "Whoosh"...

A series of dense slicing sounds erupted.

Toxic steel needles fired at the group of pirates like a downpour.

...

The group of pirates led by Abel never expected the other party to suddenly strike!

Damn it, did they encounter two fools?

What confidence did you have to strike first?

"Damned fools!"

Abel cursed inwardly, recognizing the intent to kill in their actions.

Fortunately for him, he was a semi-competent second-tier Magician, trained in the same sect.

Watching Kama pinch the sorcerer’s seals, he knew what technique she was using.

As the "Poison Needle Rain" approached, Abel quickly reacted, pinching his own sorcerer’s seals and with a lift of his hand, pulled several puppets to the front as shields.

Among them, two were fourth-tier rune-engineered puppets he’d previously seized!

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

"..."

The steel needle struck the puppet’s body, producing a dense, crisp sound.

Poison needles embedded in several lower-tier puppets immediately emitted corrosive black smoke, the intense toxin visibly spreading and turning the puppets pitch black. Like rotting lotus roots, they visibly shriveled and deflated rapidly.

"Ah...!!!!"

The affected pirates screamed in agony, rolling and shrieking heartrendingly on the deck.

It made the skin of everyone on board crawl, and they quickly distanced themselves.

Yet these formidable poison needles, when fired at the two fourth-tier puppets, couldn’t even penetrate the coating layer and fell off, none embedding into the bodies of the puppets.

Abel, initially startled by the terrifying rain of poison needles, soon rejoiced wildly when he saw that the two mysterious puppets before him completely blocked the needles. He then shouted fiercely, "You scoundrel! How dare you attack my brothers?!"

He began controlling his puppet to counterattack.

The fourth-tier rune puppets that Su Lun provided to Kama were functional puppets capable of crowd control and possessed strong combat capabilities. Obviously, this guy hadn’t figured out their effectiveness yet and just treated them as ordinary puppets. Yet even so, when the fourth-tier puppets charged, they burst a heavy-duty defensive puppet of Kama’s with a single punch.

With a clang, the shattered puppet scattered its fragments all around.

Innumerable precise gears and springs tumbled everywhere.

Kama’s face showed no sign of fear, as she pulled out another backup puppet to complete her formation.

It was evident that she could control up to ten puppets at her limit.

The key to mechanical puppets lay in their various highly ingenious mechanisms. As a descendant of the Boyle lineage, Kama naturally possessed proficient skills.

Steel cables, grappling hooks, hinges, sly spikes, poison gases, even cannons... Mechanical puppets were equipped with all kinds of hidden weapons.

The clash between the two sides was relentless and noisy.

The battle between two Puppet Masters was as noisy as a fight involving dozens of people.

....

Su Lun watched the entire scene from the side without intending to intervene.

He also wanted to see how his newly accepted disciple performed.

He was quite pleased with what he saw.

Combat awareness A+, skill control B, puppet coordination B, but that was clearly due to a lack of combat experience, which still had room for improvement.

Rarely seen was that courage and decisiveness to take action.

Su Lun had thought she would ask him something, but he had not expected her to act so decisively.

Seeing this, Su Lun was somewhat more contemplative. After all, she was a descendant of his own "senior brother." If her talent was ordinary, he would have simply taken care of her out of camaraderie, but now it seemed she was worth investing some effort to cultivate.

...

The fight between the two became increasingly fierce, causing everyone on the "North Wind" to either open more space or even jump into the sea.

Kama and Abel were from the same sect, both second-tier, and almost identical in various techniques.

The gap shouldn’t have been so significant.

But in terms of controlling skills, the two were vastly different.

With the same "Puppet · Mystery Machine Ten-Men Array" technique, Kama could control ten puppets, while Abel could manage barely five or six.

Had it not been for Abel relying on those two fourth-tier mystery puppets and some life-saving tricks given by his father, he would have been killed on the spot.

After fighting for a while, Su Lun was very satisfied with Kama’s performance and had roughly assessed her strengths and weaknesses.

Dozens of pirates were killed, reducing their numbers significantly, and the fourth-tier captain of the North Wind, seeing potential trouble, also prepared to intervene.

After all, the two "suspects" were on his ship, and they had killed people from the North Sea Fleet. He knew Abel, and letting someone kill the son of Squad Seven’s captain on his watch would cause major trouble.

Of course, Su Lun could not just watch his disciple be killed.

Just as Big Beard, the captain, was preparing to launch a sneak attack to try to kill Kama, Su Lun pinched his finger, and a crystal-clear thread appeared out of thin air in the air.

Just when everyone was still focused on the battle between two Puppet Masters, they saw a severed head rolling across the deck.

A fourth-tier professional, just... just like that, killed?

Everyone was stunned, their eyes revealing an incredulous gleam.

As they saw the headless corpse spraying fresh blood, they realized that the young girl, fighting one against ten, had already been quite astonishing, but the most terrifying was the silent young man standing quietly in the corner, watching the battle.

In the midst of battle, Kama caught a glimpse of this scene and felt immensely exhilarated: The teacher is so formidable!

At this moment, she finally understood why Su Lun had earlier ordered them to take action.

Strength was his confidence!

From beginning to end, the teacher had everything under control.

On the other hand, Abel was scared out of his wits.

Helga Ba, the "Iron Boots," killed with a single strike—a fourth-tier professional?

Couldn’t he do the same to him?

Abel’s slight hope disappeared in an instant, having thought he could rely on his puppet’s advantage to wait for his father’s rescue.

He deeply regretted why he had thought of coming to his death...

Just when Abel was frightened by Su Lun’s tactics, Kama seized the opportunity and used a steel cable to wrap around Abel’s neck and violently pulled him up to hang on the mast.

"Crack!"

The mechanism within the steel cable activated, a blade sprang out, easily severing Abel’s head.

"Boom!"

A dull sound.

The headless corpse heavily smashed onto the deck.

...

Blood splattered onto Kama’s body, revealing her bloodthirsty side.

Yet, she ignored herself and wiped the blood off her face, walking towards Su Lun, "Teacher."

Su Lun nodded approvingly: "You did quite well."

As Kama listened, it was as if she heard the most inspiring praise in the world, joy showing in her eyes.

Just then, Su Lun spoke again, "Wait for me here."

Kama listened, her eyes puzzled and somewhat confused, "You…?"

With a glance, Su Lun saw a pirate battleship in the distance and said indifferently, "I’m going to kill his father!"

Kama’s face showed an utterly shocked expression...

That was an entire regiment!

The teacher said he was going to kill people?

Without waiting for backup?

This...

How is that possible!

Just as Kama’s tumultuous thoughts were still not fully appearing on her face.

Su Lun clapped his hands, the Eight-Armed Spider Spear menacingly appeared, and he leaped down the deck.

Looking again, a solitary figure dashed frantically across the sea.

That silhouette, like a brand, was firmly stamped in her heart.

Not tall at all, yet it seemed like a mountain falling, unstoppable!

For the first time, Kama felt that the silhouette of a person could be so powerful that it was daunting to behold...

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