Brrr—!
A cacophony filled their ears. Amid the massive wind and waves, the Amber made an extremely perilous turn at a narrow angle, fleeing in the opposite direction from the bombardment.
Because of the angle, the cannons on the forward deck had ceased firing.
But the four main cannons on the rear deck continued to roar deafeningly, bombarding the invisible, pitch-black surface of the lake in a frenzy.
"Damn!"
"If this keeps up, even without Supernatural Power, we'll attract the other monsters in the lake!"
Amid the storm,
Xu Yanxing barely managed to close the glass window.
But both hands still clung desperately to a fixed railing as he shouted,
Accompanied by a terrifying tilt that nearly capsized the ship, even an Awakened couldn't help feeling horrified, certain they could sink to the bottom at any moment and become fish food.
If the ship capsized here,
There was no way they could escape with this level of strength.
"Shit!"
"Why are we so unlucky?!"
"Damn it!"
"I didn't check the almanac before going out today. We actually ran into a Water Monster attack!"
Someone cursed loudly.
The safe route across Mirror Lake was only relatively safe.
That didn't mean it was foolproof or guaranteed to avoid attacks.
In fact,
Whether they were evil things in the water or water bandits made up of a bunch of lunatics who didn't value their lives, both were dangers that had to be faced while sailing.
Although their firepower advantage
could drive them back most of the time,
occasionally,
evil things or water bandits would still break onto the ship, causing massive casualties.
The ship wouldn't sink.
But
it was perfectly normal for some passengers aboard to die.
Thick black smoke billowed.
The Amber had pushed its engines to full power, and dense, pungent