Six-Armed Serpent Demon

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"Il-Otucan" could only sigh.

“Please use your long-dormant brain to think about this,” she said. “First, they were originally loyal to Ivy Beate, who was also a junior paladin of the Bronze Dragons. Ah, not anymore, she’s now a commoner candidate without an official position. Second, it will take the Gold Dragons’ army at least twenty days to get here from the western coast, and by then our warships won’t even be on this island yet.”

The neutral commercial port of Beiat Territory is a piece of meat that is far too lucrative.

It wouldn't be surprising if it attracted any wave of enemies.

"The Golden Dragon's army is mostly connected with the merchants from the Golden Dragon City-State in the Western Sea within the territory."

She said lazily, "They must have arrived nearby much earlier. When they saw our warships anchored in the bay, they didn't dare to attack rashly. Only after our warships left did these cowards slowly approach... As for the other navy, I don't know. But if you ask me, there are plenty of traitors and spies in the city, from all sorts of factions. After all, with such a large business, there are too many people coming and going."

One asked, "But... sir, how exactly do we defeat the enemy?"

There's no need to worry about this.

"Iren-Otukan" had an expression of complete shrewdness.

"Don't forget, that lowly goblin and his half-ogre minions were originally pirates... do you know what I mean?"

The two lower-ranking paladins shook their heads in bewilderment.

So she earnestly instructed: "Pirates make their living by robbing, and what they value most is fighting power. These guys dare to build a port and city here, so they must have the ability to protect themselves. Therefore, we don't need to get involved in this matter, we don't need to worry about anything, we just need to focus on finding our traitor."

The two subordinates suddenly realized what was happening and were filled with admiration for the governor.

“Learn from this,” she said. “A true leader knows when to step back and give the real traitors a chance to flounder. After defeating the enemy’s army, I will thoroughly cleanse my city, confiscate all the property of those traitors and spies, and sell their wives and children into slavery! This important task is entrusted to you two. Do a good job; you are the only two people I trust here.”

"Iren-Otukan" grinned sinisterly and patted his subordinate on the shoulder.

The eyes of the two bronze dragon lower-ranking paladins lit up, and their hearts were instantly filled with passion for their work.

A short while later, the booming sound of cannons came from the distant sea.

Those were Jinlong's warships, firing at some target other than the island.

After experiencing the Invincible Fleet's bombardment of the Georg Port, Ivy-Beate was very curious as to why the Abel World would invent such powerful ship cannons.

After studying the wreckage of the warship, she discovered that this cannon was not the same as the one in question.

Although ships in the world of Abel are also in the age of sail, the principle of cannon propulsion in this world is not that gunpowder explodes in a confined space, causing air to expand and generate propulsion.

Rather, it is one of the uses of "mind control" magic, namely, "exerting force".

Enchanting craftsmen used a technique similar to that used to create ramming rings, employing "telepathic" magic to enchant the breech of the ship's cannons, enabling them to deflect shells weighing tens of pounds, just like ramming rings.

Therefore, this magical cannon, like the impact ring, can only fire a maximum of three times a day. Unlike the cannons in her previous life, it cannot fire indefinitely as long as there are enough shells and cooling water.

The true power of the Abel World Warships lies in its cannonballs.

The shells in this world are far more terrifying than the explosive and solid shells used in Ivy-Beate's previous life during the Age of Sail.

The cannonballs of the invincible fleet are called "Red Dragon's Wrath".

This is a metal spiked ball made of special materials, with "Dragon Flame Breath" sealed inside.

The seal is automatically released the moment the shell hits the target.

The sealed dragon's breath became unstable and exploded within the metal spiked sphere, shattering the outer metal spiked sphere into countless sharp fragments that bounced in all directions, causing powerful physical damage over a large area.

Furthermore, the unsealed dragonfire can create an effect similar to the explosion of a fireball necklace, with power comparable to dozens of fireballs stacked together. Anything—living thing, wood, or even stone—that comes into contact with the dragonfire will continue to burn until it turns to ash.

Even more terrifying is that as the dragon flames burn intensely, they also deplete the oxygen in the surrounding space. Even if creatures manage to escape from the shrapnel damage and the high temperature, they will suffocate and die.

Under such a terrible triple attack, the Zacharsa Armada leveled all the brick and stone buildings in the Keogu Port area and the surrounding neighborhoods with just one salvo, wiping out seventy percent of the population.

If the Silver Dragon hadn't promptly deployed its divine kingdom on land to freeze the harbor, not a single living creature would have survived the "Wrath of the Red Dragon."

Unfortunately, after Ivy Beate destroyed the Armada, she was unable to find the crafting recipe for "Red Dragon's Wrath" in the base.

Upon hearing the sound of artillery fire, "Iren-Otukan" curled his lip indifferently.

Compared to Zachara's invincible fleet, the sound and power of these golden dragon warships' cannons were clearly inferior.

Just then, she saw thick smoke rising from the dock, and heard chaotic shouts of killing in the wind.

Let's rewind five minutes to a mansion in the Beiat Territory.

The basement was filled with the corpses of servants lying haphazardly.

Under the direction of the mansion's owner, more corpses were carried from various parts of the mansion into the basement by dozens of samurai cloaked in black hoods. Each corpse was bleeding from all seven orifices, and their facial expressions were contorted with agonizing fear due to poisoning.

They had no idea why their master wanted to poison them.

The owner of the mansion was a short dwarf.

As the cleanup was nearing its end, when the mansion owner's most beloved female slave was carried past him by samurai, he reached out his hand, trying to close her glaring, bloodshot eyes, but failed.

The dwarf sighed.

He asked the samurai in the black hooded cloak, "Is everything cleaned up?"

The tall warrior nodded and presented him with a sword with both hands.

“Eight months ago, the goblin and his half-ogre betrayed us, and all the people of Blacksail. Hosk, old Gok, the slave trader Nururu… all of them died because of their shameful betrayal, as did my beloved disciple and wife, Ilint.”

The owner of the dwarf mansion declared through gritted teeth.

All the hooded, cloaked warriors listened quietly.

“We have waited for this day for a long time. For the past eight months, my heart has been burning. Today is the day of our revenge. My friends will storm the docks to draw the attention of those foolish Casta lizardmen. As for us, there is only one target: the council chamber and the governor's mansion! We will storm in, kill the goblin traitor and his half-ogre lackeys, and avenge all of us, and avenge my Ilint!”

He paused, then added, "As for those unlucky bronze dragon paladins, they deserve their misfortune for coming to Blacksail Town at this critical juncture."

Just then, the mansion's owner was overjoyed to hear the sound of cannons in the distance.

"Let's act, children. We must let everyone know that Black Sails Town belongs to us alone!"

Meanwhile, inside a warehouse at the dock.

Another group of people who had gathered there beforehand pried open the wooden crates containing local specialties and then slammed the warehouse door shut. Inside the crates were not local specialties, but rather fine bronze armor and swords.

These people could see normally even in the dark, and they all took out their bronze armor, put it on neatly, and put on their swords.

They listened intently to the news outside.

Standing among them were two towering, fully armed dragons. These two dragons were entirely golden, their eyes closed. Their heads, with their prominent horns and long golden beards, appeared both majestic and terrifying.

Around the same time that Ivy Beatrice and the mansion owner heard the cannon fire, they also heard the rumbling of cannons coming from outside the warehouse.

The two dragons opened their eyes. In their four eye sockets lay what appeared to be four golden spheres.

"here we go!"

The golden dragon's voice boomed through the empty warehouse as he raised his battle sword: "Occupy the docks and provide cover for our warriors! From this day forward, this city belongs to the great golden dragon!"

Author's Note: The weather is absolutely awful. There's been a sandstorm these past two days, so I'm stuck at my mom's house. All the manuscripts are at home... These two chapters I wrote at noon are to make up for what I missed the last couple of days. There's one more chapter tonight.

Chapter 174 Pirate Andrei

When the first cannonball fell from the sky and landed near the bow of the pirate ship, splashing water several meters high, the pirate leader Antichrist was sitting at the bow, enjoying the sea breeze and picking his toes.

No one can say for sure what race the "cannibal" Antik is.

He was eight feet tall, wearing only knee-length shorts that revealed his muscular upper body. Antik had a blue face with fangs, a short, upturned nose, and was ugly and ferocious, resembling both a goblin and a gnoll. His eyes were bloodshot, and his body was covered in thick, blue fur. The sunlight reflected off his fur, giving it a fiery red and smoky purple sheen, making him appear both magnificent and dangerous.

Antik was one of the leaders in the recapture of Blacksail.

Antichurch harbored a deep hatred for Ivy Beatrice.

This is because the Black Sail pirate "slave trader" Nururu was a member of the Antirk pirate crew.

Many years ago, the landmasses of the worlds Abel and Toril were teleported to each other. As a result, the Enser people of Toril appeared in Abel. The armies of the Dragon King and the Titans conquered Enser, causing many Enser people to flee by sea. Antik captured many Enser people as a result. His pirate Nururu sold the remaining Enser people that Antik had consumed to various coastal city-states, thus earning him the nickname "slave trader."

Yes, Antirk was nicknamed "The Cannibal" because he actually ate people.

They not only eat it raw, but also while it's still alive.

Nururu thus gained Antik's favor, and was allowed to sell the stolen goods for all the pirates on the island instead of going out to sea to rob.

Antik's luck is a bit strange; many times he doesn't know whether he's unlucky or lucky.

For example, when a large number of pirate groups attacked Ivy-Beart last time, Antichrist had already set off to the East Sea to plunder the Enser people and was not on the island, which saved his life.

However, on his trip to rob the East Sea, he happened to run into King Gilejin, the god-king who was coming from the east across the sea.

Gillekin easily slaughtered all of Antik's crew on his pirate ship, forcing Antik to abandon ship and jump into the sea. Originally, Antik was doomed, but Gillekin, who had just arrived in the world of Abel, was in a hurry to reach the City of Fireland to reunite with the Bronze Dragon and Zaire, so he spared him.

Still shaken, Antik turned his ship around to return, only to be caught in a storm and tsunami caused by the red dragon descending from the sky. He and his ship were swept back to the east by the tsunami, barely escaping with their lives. After finally managing to regroup a crew and repair the ship, he returned to Blacksail Town, only to be driven away by the bear goblin Maui.

Antich then learned that Pirate Island was history. It had now become the territory of Beate, and all the pirate crews that had once ravaged the area had been wiped out, and Nururu had disappeared.

According to Antirk's subsequent investigation, the "slave trader" was probably dead.

The word "approximately" is used because the six-armed serpent demon's magical ability, "Blade Barrier," repeatedly churned the pirates, bones and all, into a paste, leaving no corpses and making identification impossible. Afterwards, the goblin Maui led a group of half-ogres to clean up Blacksail Town, shoveling water from the ground into buckets, then carrying the buckets to the sea and dumping them into the ocean, bucket by bucket. This cleanup took a full half-month. As a result, the fish in the bay grew fat and large, and multiplied greatly, significantly solving the food problem for the immigrants to the island.

What Antichrist hated most about Ivy Beatrice was that before setting sail, he had entrusted all of the pirate crew's assets to Nururu. With Nururu's disappearance, Antichrist's entire fortune vanished.

The cannibal was furious and vowed to eat the damned woman alive.

This is because Ivy Beate's identity as a six-armed serpent demon has not been revealed. So far, only the goblin Maui and the half-ogres have seen her true form on the island; everyone else has been killed by her. The goblin would absolutely keep his master's secret, while the half-ogres, not being very bright, had long forgotten about the six-armed serpent demon after months of not seeing her.

Two months ago, a dwarf who looked like a businessman approached Antik.

Antichrist immediately recognized that the dwarf was connected to the Shadow Mage Ilint.

“I refuse to acknowledge any Beate territory. This used to be the territory of the Titans and the Water Elementals. The Bronze Dragonflight slaughtered the Water Elementals and then left the mess behind. We took that island as our refuge; the island is ours,” the gnome told Antik. “A pirate island is always a pirate island, and Blacksail should be Blacksail.”

The two sides hit it off.

The plan was devised by the dwarf.

Antik was responsible for gathering more manpower and more ships to attack from the sea, while the dwarves were responsible for taking advantage of the chaos to ambush and kill the bear goblins, and then rushing to the shore to provide support.

Everything proceeded as planned.

only…

"Didn't the Bronze Dragon's warships get lost? Where did these cannonballs come from?"

Sitting at the bow of the boat, enjoying the sea breeze, Antik wiped the seawater off his face, completely forgetting that he had just used this hand to pick between his blue-haired toes.

Before he could figure out what was going on, wood chips flew everywhere behind him!

Antich looked back and stared in disbelief as the pirate ship's mast snapped to one side with a sharp crack, crashing into the sea with its sails, sending up a spray several feet high. The pirate who had been standing on top of the mast, keeping watch, fell headfirst onto the deck, his brains splattered.

Only then did Antik hear the distant rumble of cannons at sea.

Fortunately, the Golden Dragon Fleet's cannons fired solid shot; if it had been the Invincible Fleet's "Red Dragon's Fury," the pirates would have been cooked to a crisp by now.

"paddle!"

Andrei roared, his voice cracking, "Get out! Get out of here right now!"

Pirates aimed to plunder rather than sink enemy ships, so they rarely equipped their ships with cannons, and their tactics were quite different from those of the regular navies of various city-states: the navy aimed to destroy the enemy, valued the use of cannons, and was good at long-range artillery battles; pirates, on the other hand, used fast ships to carry a large number of men to rush up and engage in close combat with the enemy's decks, capturing as many enemy ships and cargo as possible.

This doomed Antirk's hastily assembled forces to suffer heavy losses the moment they met the Golden Dragon Fleet.

Fortunately, there were enough oarsmen on the Antirk pirate ship.

At the pirate leader's command, long oars extended from both sides of the ship. The pirates rowed with all their might, turning the ship around in an attempt to escape the enemy's cannon fire.

"I've seen a ghost!" Antik exclaimed, his eyes wide. "What on earth is going on?"

Just then, another volley of shells came flying in.

Before Antik could dodge, he felt a sudden numbness in half of his body, followed by excruciating pain that nearly made him faint. He collapsed to the ground with a scream, barely managing to look down to see that his right shoulder, right hand, and the right half of his body had been shattered by a solid bullet!

Pirates were frantically running around on the deck, searching for cover.

Antik gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and stood up again, gripping the ship's bow.

He reached out his remaining left hand, grabbed a pirate running past him, twisted the man's neck, and opened his blood-red mouth to bite him hard.

The pirate was terrified and screamed in agony.

This did not stop Andrei from voraciously devouring the blood and chunks of flesh. He gnawed and chewed, and in just a few minutes, he had eaten most of the captured pirate's body.

Antik finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was panting, looking down at his wound.

After that round of frenzied and terrifying feeding, Antirk's body, covered in thick blue fur, returned to normal, and his body and arms, shattered by the solid shot, had grown back.

The true identity of "Cannibal" Antik is a large canine demon.

Chapter 175 Cabins and Docks

Dog-demons are shapeshifting demons from a lower plane, capable of alternating between the forms of wolves and goblin-like creatures, growing by devouring blood and souls. Most dog-demons grow to eight feet tall, considered large. However, Andrek can grow to nine feet tall, his size comparable to a bear goblin, a result of his frequent cannibalism.