As soon as he saw the Xinfei Merchant Guild's fleet appear, Bluebeard signaled his men aboard the ships and quietly withdrew to one side.
He knew full well that the old wooden ships under his command stood no chance against the Xinfei Merchant Guild's powerful steel beasts of the sea.
Likewise, the mysterious mages clearly understood this too. During the three previous attacks on the Xinfei Merchant Guild's fleet, Bluebeard and his men had only been responsible for handling the ships. The actual attacks had been left entirely to these mysterious, powerful mages.
Although the Xinfei Merchant Guild's fleet always boasted tremendous firepower, it was still helpless against more than twenty advanced mages and an immensely powerful great mage.
This time would clearly be no different.
Seeing Bluebeard and his men retreat, the twenty-three advanced mages spread across the ships all went into action.
In the blink of an eye, countless enormous fireballs materialized above the ships, then hurtled toward the distant Xinfei Merchant Guild fleet in a torrent that blotted out the sky.
The level seven fire magic spell Flamefire Bomb was powerful enough to kill a giant elephant outright.
Even the thick steel plates on the Xinfei Merchant Guild's ships could offer no resistance to magic this powerful.
Boom, boom, boom, boom-
This Xinfei Merchant Guild fleet consisted of two mountain-sized Large Cargo Mana-Powered Ships and eight somewhat smaller Mana Guard Frigates. Faced with this sudden, dense barrage of Flamefire Bombs, the eight Mana Guard Frigates used their high maneuverability to evade some of them, but almost all the remaining bombs struck the two Large Cargo Mana-Powered Ships, setting off a series of violent explosions.
Hiding at the rear, Bluebeard felt a flicker of satisfaction as he watched the fierce bursts of fire erupt across the water.
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