"Frank!"
Corte watched the ship break apart, sink, and become engulfed in flames as he shouted his comrade's name.
The Comms Channel was silent.
It wasn't just them who were silent. The pirates in the nearby waters were, too-
They were pirates, not the navy. They'd never seen a warship sink another warship!
But they could still recognize the turrets on the warship, so when they saw this happen, the gold-carrying ship no longer mattered.
Before they could react further, dozens of missiles burst out from the capsizing frigate!
The missiles precisely targeted the main guns on the other ship's deck and the people on the cargo ship!
Boom!
Flames spread across the deck like a carpet, not only consuming the target cargo containers but also completely blowing apart the frigate's gun barrels!
It wasn't over!
The soldiers from Atlas on the small boats were plunged into despair by this scene, but the next moment, communications were fully restored!
[CtOS combat computing network online, long-distance communications restored] [Frank: Get aboard!]
Whoosh!
A robot, already nearly human in shape, shot skyward from the flames on the capsizing frigate.
Frank was gripping its leg!
Sparks burst wildly from his damaged Exoskeleton. He even thought he could hear the wiring inside it catching fire from the overload!
But he didn't dare let go!
This was his only chance to survive. If he went down with the frigate, he'd sink beneath the sea in a minute!
Clenching his teeth, Frank could no longer feel anything else in his body. All that remained was the nerve-searing pain caused by the over-limit current!
With his other hand, he swung the Data Knife and stabbed it hard into the gap in the robot's leg!
[Data Knife Hacking, matching Hacking tool.]
The robot lowered