Bang!
Facing an attack with unknown effects, the Crown of Miracles had no intention of meeting it head-on. It vanished amid a burst of luminous butterflies. Beneath the Sea Soul, controlled by Nymph, a Great Whirlpool suddenly appeared and violently dragged it under.
Only the Steam Fortress, which stood directly against the attack, rapidly lit up with a "Sorcery Shield." Yet the strange light wave easily pierced through the shield and struck the hull directly.
Hiss—!
White steam inexplicably erupted from the steel warship. More than a hundred Alchemy Cannons spun back and forth as if they had gone mad, then suddenly all aimed at the Crown of Miracles, which had reappeared five kilometers away.
Evan jumped in fright and hurriedly asked Princeton through the Mind Network:
"Principal, what's happening over there?!"
The normal use of the Fifth Law · People's Hearts Turn to Me should have been to make all the enemy's human sailors collectively defect and become the most loyal bootlickers of the Golden Acacia.
Even those with exceptionally strong resistance would develop immense goodwill toward the Golden Acacia and lose all courage to fight it.
And for "ship spirits" that possessed sentience as well, they clearly could not be completely immune to this strange "mental" attack.
However, even after a Legendary Battleship developed a personality, it still needed people to operate it.
"There's no problem. The weapon system hasn't been unlocked yet, so the ship spirit can't launch attacks directly. Give me a little time. I'll handle it.
Command: ship spirit dormant. Activate manual mode!"
Principal Princeton remained calm. As property of the kingdom, the Steam Fortress did not enjoy the same high degree of freedom as May. Its control systems and various permission locks were layered one upon another. Without authorization, even the ship spirit could