Pirate Kingship
Chapter 942 - 534: Destiny: Wild Hunt King vs. Frost Giant King
Torr’s Port is a military port, and to prepare for a great war with the Kingdom of Hightins, all civilian ships have already been diverted to other ports.
Moreover, with most ships having returned to port due to stormy weather, only a handful of cruisers and the Sea Swallows as their flying beasts continued to patrol on the seas outside the anchorage.
However, the primary focus of defense has always been the hypothetical enemies in the north at Iron Anchor Bay and in the south at Hightins.
Although the Sea of Monsters is dangerous, during the past Dark Millennium Era, the Silver Law, the Church, and the Night Watch have always firmly suppressed the entire Old Continent, with only a few large-scale sea monster riots ever occurring.
Apart from the long-range fleet that needs to traverse the Circulation Zone, coastal nations’ cruisers and navy soldiers have long forgotten the terror of the Sea of Monsters.
It’s no wonder that the Evernight Queen and the Bearkin would have blind faith in the Church’s ability to save the world.
After all, they have been strong for over a thousand years, and the mental imprint built over a millennium is understandably hard to erase quickly.
Many people don’t believe that the White Eagle, who has been the world overlord for less than a century, will tumble from its throne again, let alone the millennial Church.
But they completely forgot the law of the Extraordinary World: "The only constant in the world is change."
The ebb and flow of power between countries is especially like this.
The Dark Millennium ended twenty years ago, and countless omens have already foretold imminent change, yet the Kalmar Navy, led by inertia thinking, still hasn’t adapted to this transformation.
Thus, the cruisers on the sea were the first to meet with misfortune. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
Boom!
A small sailboat with low tonnage was directly lifted out of the water by a large sea monster underneath, breaking in half with a "crack" sound while still in mid-air.
The sailors on the ship screamed and fell into the turbulent seawater, and before they could drown, they were devoured by the sea monster one by one.
Suddenly, countless tentacles sprouted from under some ships, snatching away most of the crew in the blink of an eye, even forcibly dragging entire ships underwater...
In an instant, large patches of seawater were stained red, with scenes of extreme carnage.
However, so few people were obviously insufficient to satisfy their hunger, and the blood couldn’t extinguish their inherent hatred for land creatures.
When they discovered a large human settlement ahead on the Faroe Islands, particularly the bustling military port, the beast tide immediately grew restive.
The lead giant sea monster, the Ancient Dragon King Whale, gave a long roar and was the first to charge toward Torr’s Military Port.
Buzz——!
The Law Network of the Royal Iron Law: The Northern Codex resonated, with a bestial roar echoing in everyone’s ears:
"Quick, pour all our reserves of the Dragon Dung Potion down; this is a bay, the storm can’t wash away the potion in a short time.
All artillery teams take their positions and load Blazing Bombs.
Open fire freely! Coastal defense cannons and battleships, all open fire! As long as those sea monsters show their heads, send them all to Hell!"
At this moment, the Bearkin Ulysses, realizing the grave situation, had long rushed to the fortress bastion at the port with his Guardsmen, ordering everyone to open fire.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...
Immediately, countless lines of fire transformed into angry dragons, weaving into a dense fire net, completely enveloping the surging black sea ahead.
Coastal defense fortress cannons have a far greater advantage than warships.
Even the smallest land area offers far more maneuvering space than any warship, allowing dozens of Blazing Bombs to be heated in reserve at once, without worrying about accidentally causing a sympathetic explosion.
The stable land lacks the rocking of the sea, significantly improving the accuracy of the fortress cannons, with normal elite gunners rivaling any artillery expert.
Most importantly, the main cannon of a First Level Battleship is only 42 pounds, while the fortress cannon on land can easily reach an astounding 68 pounds.
If we consider the closer-range, large-caliber howitzers designed to destroy defensive structures, they can reach an incredible 108 pounds!
No matter how bizarre-looking the sea monsters are, they are essentially beings of flesh and blood, and there’s no such thing as not being able to kill them with cannonballs, nor is there a need to send out a bunch of iron men to fight the beasts in close combat "clang clang."
A normal small-sized kin species, unable to withstand the irritation of the Dragon Dung Potion, would instantly be riddled with bloody holes upon jumping out, with the pungent stench of charred flesh immediately permeating the entire bay.
The Kalmar Union’s core population, as Bayfolk living for generations in the bitter cold, indeed have some tricks in combat.
Furthermore, these are all direct lineages painstakingly cultivated by the Evernight Queen and Bearkin to unify the Five Bay States.
If all that came this time were ordinary sea monsters turned by pollution, a few hundred would probably be equivalent to a few hundred ordinary cruisers or armed merchant ships in terms of degree.
Even with astounding destructive power, they are very unlikely to annihilate the military port under this navy’s protection.
Unfortunately, among them hide more cunning large species and giant species, even a certain "Great Good Man" sneaked over quietly.
Without any Sea Heirs commanding, Byron was the temporary commander.
How could it be as easy as letting them pass smoothly?
The initial method of dealing with the beast tide from the Mermaid Kingdom was swiftly replaced by the siege tactics shared by his cousin, using the help of Sea Heirs.
"Tidal acceleration!"
Every sea monster possesses the basic ability to manipulate the tides, and even weaker polluted individuals, when gathered in such numbers, are enough to trigger a series of natural disasters.
Led by the Ancient Dragon King Whale, the divine light on the sea monsters suddenly concentrated, sending massive waves of yellow-green rising seven to eight meters high, propelling the beast tide forward with unprecedented speed.