As the whistle sounded, there was a brief panic in the restaurant. The passengers stopped their knives and forks and looked around, with puzzled faces on their faces.
It is normal that they did not immediately think of pirates. Unlike the pursuit of fast and cheap freight routes, passenger ships usually choose safe sea areas that have been cleaned by the navy and Church of Storms. As long as they do not deviate from the course, they will rarely encounter unsightly pirates.
Unfortunately, this "City Breaker" seems to have another purpose. It spreads its sails against the wind and tilts its sails sideways, diagonally cutting the forward direction of Blue Mountain Rose at a very high speed. According to the current speed, it can stop in front of the Passenger Ship in half an hour at most.
In contrast, Blue Mountain Rose was traveling completely against the wind. As a new type of steamship, it could only reach less than three-quarters of the 16-knot speed it could run. The steering would go deep into an area with unknown sea conditions. At this moment, it was in a dilemma.
The choice of "City Breaker" to appear at this time must have gone through the most detailed calculations and careful consideration.
——The above analysis comes from Ms. Helene who is proficient in navigation. Angel knows nothing about it.
As the whistle gradually subsided, a burly man came to the restaurant with several guns Sailor. He claimed to be the second officer on the ship, announced to everyone the pirates' attack, and asked everyone to return to their cabins, lock the doors, and wait quietly.
He did not propose that armed passengers join the Sailor queue to resist, and no passengers took the initiative to do so. Since King of the Five Seas Nast formulated the "industry rules", most pirates only rob property and do not hurt people. Hiding in the cabin will only get most of the valuable property robbed, leaving only one life, and dying during resistance is a wasted death.
Angel and Helene followed the crowd back to the cabin without saying a word, came to the suite, and locked the door to the living room.
Looking from the porthole to "City Breaker" which was nearly twice as big as before, Angel glanced at Helene who looked a little pale next to him and asked:
"Do you think they just grabbed a passing passenger ship, or did they have a clear goal and come to find you?"
"I don't know. In the past, I was captured several times before I could escape very far."
The latter shook his head, his tone a little uncertain.
"Based on the worst-case scenario, how far is the range of their naval guns? Will they fire at the farthest distance?"
Angel squinted his eyes and stared closely at City Breaker, and found that its side muzzles had all been opened, and cast iron cannons were pushed out one after another. There were 40 cannons on one side. It was worthy of Pirate Admiral's battleship.
"The worst case scenario... wouldn't it be that I was captured by them? How could they fire cannons and sink the ship?"
Helene asked, tongue-tied.
"The worst case scenario is of course that your love rival will use this 'failed robbery' to send you and the entire ship to the bottom of the sea," Angel chuckled and teased, "Does it mean that 'Vice Admiral of Ailment' doesn't have a suitor within her team?"
"Love rival? The captain of 'City Breaker' is Lucky William. He doesn't like the captain... No, no, there is no such thing as a love rival!"
After subconsciously retorting, Helene reacted and his face turned red again.
"Hmph, don't you know very well which captains Tracy has? You didn't want to tell me before because you were afraid that I would be disadvantageous to her?" Angel snorted coldly and looked Helene up and down. "By the way, are you carrying something Tracy gave you? She may use this to track your location."
"I am 'Hunter'. How could I not take anti-tracking measures? I didn't bring any jewelry with me. I also threw that red skirt out of the cabin last night."
Red-Haired Lady retorted.
"But they still tracked you... Maybe there are other methods, such as divination. But the person who came over was not Tracy, maybe it was just a coincidence... You said, if I hang you out of the porthole so that their lookout hands can see it, will it prevent you from approaching?"
"They will only be more excited to capture this ship. The captain who captured me last time was rewarded a full thousand pounds by Tracy. William has Sequence 7. He will not let go of this opportunity."
Helene also had a grimace and squeezed to the window to look at "City Breaker" who was getting closer and closer. After a moment, he gritted his teeth as if he had made up his mind.
"You ask the captain for a small boat, let me take it and stay where I am, and then you go quickly. If William catches me, I will be busy reporting to Tracy and will not chase this ship anymore. Otherwise, when 'Black Death' and other ships surround me, even if I are handed over, this Blue Mountain Rose will not be able to survive."
This is a good idea... Just like using "Iceberg Admiral" behind "Fire Flame" Danitz to scare away Red Skull Pirate Gang, throwing Helene in place may make City Breaker stop. This is also a form of "Avoid War Doll"... If it were me two weeks ago, I would probably choose this method, but now...
Angel chuckled and pushed the porthole outward, letting the sea breeze that passed quickly due to the headwind flow into the living room, making Helene's long skirt rustle.
"Oh, fortunately, I lent you the skirt, and I am wearing this set of clothes that is convenient for movement, otherwise I would have to change clothes before moving." With that, Angel pulled Rose Necklace out of the shirt, causing the ruby to emit a faint blue light, switching to the soul of "Wind-blessed", "Wait here, if I haven't come back after half an hour, you can go find the captain yourself and do as you just said."
As she spoke, she activated "Ocean Affinity", and pieces of beautiful Illusory Scales grew on the skin on her face, hands and feet, and fish gills also appeared on her cheeks, making her speak in a loud voice.
"You... you don't want to take the initiative to attack 'City Breaker', right?"
Looking at the changes in Angel, how could Helene not understand what is going to happen next?
"This is not an attack, it's just... a withdrawal. By the way, that Lucky William, how much is the reward?"
Taking off Madness Ring, revealing the face of "Angelica" worth 6,000 pounds, Angel asked in a calm tone, as if asking what to eat for dinner today.
"He has boasted that he has 2,800 pounds, but I have never seen a wanted notice..."
Helene replied subconsciously, and then, looking at the beautiful and charming Angel in front of him, who looked a bit like the legendary Siren, he disappeared and disappeared.
A moment later, a "plop" sound came from the sea below the porthole.
After jumping into the sea, Angel quickly grasped the direction with the help of "Ocean Affinity", and swam towards the position of "City Breaker" using both hands and feet.
This was the second time she swam in the sea in the form of "Siren" wearing Illusory Scales. The last time was near White Agate of Bansy Harbor. Due to exhaustion of her physical strength and Spirituality, she did not test this ability for a long time. At this time, she was full of energy and crossed the sea water like an arrow, rushing forward. The icy water seemed to be separated by invisible force, allowing her to move forward with almost no resistance. The speed was far faster than the ship, reaching more than three times that of Blue Mountain Rose sailing at full speed.
In terms of speed, it was about 50 knots, and it was almost like flying underwater... Angel looked at the deep sea bottom below, feeling the cold water passing by. The Blue Mountain Rose behind him quickly moved away, and the dark bottom of the City Breaker ship in front became bigger and bigger.
In less than five minutes, Angel swam near the pirate ship. In order to avoid being discovered by the pirates on the deck, she continued to swim deeper, then circled the bottom of the ship, and then sailed in the same direction as City Breaker. Then she gradually returned to the surface, jumped up with the speed of upward movement, and pressed against the side of the ship. She inserted the dagger made by Knight Bracelet tightly into the wooden bulkhead and fixed herself on it.
The noisy conversations of the pirates could be heard on the deck overhead, as well as the increasingly high-pitched shouts as the target approached. No one seemed to notice that there was an extra intruder on the ship.
Angel looked around, found the nearest porthole, used the dagger to nimbly climb nearby, reached out to open the window, and got in.
Behind the window is a small room, with six hammocks hanging in a mess, wooden barrels and wooden boxes scattered on the ground as tables and chairs, and a few short candles have long been extinguished.
"Everyone... should be on the deck and ready to engage in battle."
She thought about it, removed the Illusory Scales from her body, returned to her human appearance, gently opened the door, and looked into the corridor outside.
It's also deserted here.
Even if most people are on the deck, a fully staffed ship should still have a lot of backup personnel... Unless they set sail in a hurry and didn't even have enough Sailor. This possibility is not low. Perhaps "Vice Admiral of Ailment" learned the whereabouts of Helene from a certain channel and notified the nearest ship to intercept it, so it appeared to be in a hurry.
Angel After pushing open the doors of several rooms and finding no one there, he simply used his "disease" ability to quickly spread invisible germs to all cabins and the deck above.
"It's a pirate ship anyway, so there's no need to worry about hurting innocent people..."
She held the "Good Luck" revolver in one hand and kept the other hand free, ready to summon Knight Bracelet at any time, and walked slowly towards the stairs leading upward.
Going up layer by layer, until the two sides of the layer below the deck were transparent and filled with cast-iron cannons, Angel saw the pirates on the ship.
Some of them were lying on the aisle, some were holding cannonballs, sitting on their knees and breathing heavily, and some were lying on the muzzle of the cannon, with their heads facing outside, trying to take a few breaths of fresh air.
But without exception, these pirates were all seriously ill, their limbs were weak, their eyes were straight, and they were about to fall into coma.
This is the reason why Angel controlled the intensity of the "disease". Otherwise, in the two minutes when she came up from below, these were not ordinary pirates from Beyonder. Their hearts had already stopped and died of the disease, just like... the poor people in Great Smog.
Looking at the pairs of eyes staring at him, showing panic, fear or hatred, Angel felt a complex emotion in his heart.
This was the first time she had used "disease" to kill enemies on a large scale. This somewhat miserable scene had already made her feel uncomfortable. She could not imagine what kind of mentality "Lady Despair" Panacea had to unleash a large-scale poisonous mist that could kill more than 100,000 people without any scruples.
However, this method is really helpful for the performance. I can already feel the rapid digestion of Potion in my body... She pursed her lips, put aside this terrible thought, stepped on the wooden stairs, pushed open the partition, and came to the deck.
Due to the baffle separation, the "disease" below did not reach the deck immediately. The pirates who were shouting and crowded on the side of the ship, looking at Blue Mountain Rose not far away, only had a stuffy nose and fever, and did not realize at the first time that they were infected with the disease and were about to collapse.
Only "Lucky William", Captain City Breaker, who was standing on the bridge and looking at the target with a monocular telescope, turned his head as if he had some realization, and his somewhat cloudy eyes met Angel's gaze.
The next second, his expression changed drastically, he threw away the telescope and shouted:
"Invasion!"
The sharp shouts dispersed the somewhat jubilant atmosphere on the deck. Dozens of pirates first looked at their captain, and then followed his gaze to Angel. They were stunned for a moment as they looked at this beautiful woman who suddenly appeared on the deck.