The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse

Chapter 507: Chapter 418, Acting Is Such a Hassle

In less than half a minute, a medium-sized fast ship just disappeared without a trace.

All that remained on the surface of the water were floating debris and limbs being scavenged by schools of fish.

The pirates, who had been laughing wildly, instantly fell silent.

They looked at the sea strewn with wreckage, their faces filled with terror.

In their hearts, an uncontrollable fear instantly arose.

“Attack, attack, kill him quick, he has a Special Item…”

Rat-tat-tat~!

Before anyone could react, the skeletons crowded at the edge of the merchant ship pulled their triggers.

A hail of bullets swept across the pirates on the nearby ships, piercing through bodies and knocking them down in droves.

And the skeletons operating the machine cannons began firing as well.

Artillery shells broke open the hulls, reducing men and ships alike to splinters.

After a brief period.

The gunfire ceased, and all the pirates that came close were dead or severely wounded.

On a few ships that hadn’t sunk, the decks were littered with bodies, their blood flowing into the sea along the hull.

Wu Heng stood on the ship, glanced around, took out his Spine Staff, and released [Corpse Battlefield].

A gray-white circle of light instantly spread out, enveloping the surrounding ships within it.

The fallen pirates’ corpses shed their flesh, and their bare bones slowly stood up, bending over to pick up the weapons from the ground.

“Forward!” Wu Heng said again.

The Shark Teeth-driven ship moved forward again, with newly-converted pirate skeletons manning the medium-sized ships protecting both sides.

…

The intense gunfire on one side and the sinking ships began to draw the attention of the main force of pirate ships from behind.

Rangers’ tamed beasts circled overhead ceaselessly, observing the situation here.

Nobody expected the foolish merchant ship that came to deliver itself to death would blink and kill all the pirates sent against it.

This scene undoubtedly put pressure on the main pirate forces.

The pirates besieging the merchant ship began to reduce their numbers, and more of them returned to their own pirate ships.

They started to adjust the direction of their ships.

Forming up into formations, they headed straight for the oncoming merchant ship.

…

Creak, creak!

One after another, ballistae adjusted their aim; crossbow bolts as thick as a man’s arm, engraved with Blazing Effects, were loaded on the ballistae.

Philippa stood on the deck, using the tamed beast’s perspective to watch from afar.

Even though this wasn’t the first time she had seen it,

She still found the machinery that could instantly destroy a ship incredibly frightening.

Just too scary.

Luckily, it was on their side.

“Captain, the Flame Pirate Group is signaling with flags—they’re telling our ship to enter the left-wing formation to meet the oncoming ships,” shouted a sailor from the crow’s nest.

Philippa took another look into the distance and said, “Signal back, tell them there’s a slight problem with the ship, but we’ll catch up soon.”

“Okay!” The sailor responded and immediately used flag signals to reply, then said again, “He’s telling us to hurry up.”

“I got it, keep our ship a bit behind, and inform the deputy ship to watch the movements of the main ship,” said Philippa.

“Aye, Captain!” The sailor replied and quickly went down.

The ship slowly moved into a position slightly to the rear of the left-wing formation.

Continuing to approach the forefront.

Philippa kept an eye on the approaching ship in the distance and then looked up at her pirate flag.

Even the Hand of the Demon, in alliance with other large pirate groups, had perished at the hands of their Deputy Steward.

Not to mention these pirate groups of her own.

She could only hope that when the fighting started, it wouldn’t affect her side.

And to keep pretending to engage the enemy, so as not to be found out later on.

Acting was truly troublesome.

Philippa stepped onto the deck, took a deep breath, and shouted as she walked, “Load the best crossbow arrows, give them a fierce pounding, avenge our fallen pirates, and let them know who the real king of the sea is.”

“Yes, Captain.”

All the pirates moved to their stations, ready for battle.

…

The pirate ships formed two formations.

One on the left and one on the right, heading toward the oncoming ships.

Ensuring they could bombard the target ship from the side at the first moment of proximity.

With superior numbers on their side,

Even if some losses occurred, it would only be the other side that would face defeat.

“Get ready!” the pirate captain shouted.

Flag signals conveyed the message to the rest of the ships.

Just as all the pirates were ready and waiting to come into range,

The opposing ship launched its attack first.

Bang! Bang! Bang!~

A series of muffled, dense explosions sounded.

A barrage of bullets and shells fired all at once at the two pirate ships trying to encircle them.

The ammunition fell like torrential rain on the decks of the ships.

The next second, the ship’s fences and deck burst open in dense explosions, flinging pirates and controlled machinery every which way.

Boom~!

Trailing flames, rocket projectiles approached.

The control room exploded in an instant, with flames shooting up into the sky.

What had been a bustling, noisy deck was now instantly empty, save for the rising thick smoke and the blood flowing along the ship’s body.

The pirates on the ship behind watched the scene unfold with horror.

Were all the people on those two decks dead?

Yet the fleet’s formation still pushed forward.

The second stage of ships entered the range.

Bang bang bang~!

Dense gunfire, like a huge net, fell upon the decks of the ships.

All the pirates were shot down in an instant, their bodies peppered with holes, and the deck cleared out in a flash.

The pirates further back began to lose their footing.

They fired their crossbow arrows hastily, but the distance was too great, and halfway to their targets, the arrows fell into the sea.

Seeing the disparity in weaponry between the two sides,

the fleet’s ships began to turn around.

The original formation also quickly fell into disarray.

Meanwhile, Wu Heng’s sea vessel sped up once again.

It weaved through the midst of pirate ships.

Skeletons on either side kept firing bullets downward relentlessly.

One after another, pirates fell and died, like a massacre.

…

“Uncle, hurry, those pirate ships are trying to run,” Xiao Xiao called out as she flew down from the sky, pointing toward the distance.

Several pirate ships were turning around.

The one making the quickest getaway was Philippa’s Iron Barrel Pirate Group.

“That ship is ours; what about the rest of the pirate leaders?” Wu Heng said, continuing to inquire.

“Oh, there’s one hiding back there, and another one over there,” Xiao Xiao pointed in three different directions.

After gaining the ability to see other’s levels,

the high-level professionals stood out amidst the crowd as if they were marked.

Even in a dense crowd, with Xiao Xiao’s perspective, it was easy to spot the high-level targets.

Of course, there were certain limitations.

If they hid inside a building, they couldn’t be seen.

And there was no need to share vision.

Following the direction Xiao Xiao pointed, captains dressed in pirate garb were found.

Ignoring the ‘Flying Fish Pirate Group’ which was already making a turn, he set up the sniper rifle, aiming at the remaining two pirate captains.

Bang~!

The gunshot rang out.

Instantly, it hit a pirate captain in the shin.

The man tumbled out from behind cover.

Bang~!

A second gunshot sounded, and during the fall, it hit him in the forehead.

His head jerked back as he collapsed.

Then, the aim shifted again.

…

Another pirate captain was running fast.

With a slide, he took cover behind the cabin.

Only after making sure no part of his body was exposed did he take a quick look at the situation around him.

When he saw that the Iron Barrel Pirate Group and the Flying Fish Pirate Group had left a good distance behind, his teeth ground together in fury, “Useless, cowards, crap.”

Then he glanced at the deck covered in dead bodies and wreckage.

He shouted, “Turn around; we’re leaving too. We’ll settle accounts with those bastards later.”

But his shouts were still drowned out by the dense gunfire.

Moreover, the other pirates were too busy fleeing for their lives to listen.

Whoosh~!

Suddenly, the sound of something piercing the air rang out.

A rocket exploded right next to him.

Boom~!

The violent explosion sounded.

The pirate captain was thrown through the air, rolling several times before coming to a slow stop.

While spitting out blood in great heaves, he tried to bring an elixir to his lips.

Bang~!

The gunshot sounded again.

The bullet shattered the medicine bottle and passed through his mouth.

The man’s body slowly collapsed.

Two captains dead.

The pirates fell into greater disarray, scattering in all directions, and some even leapt into the sea to dodge the bullets.

The Skeletons began firing bullets into the water.

At the same time, the blood attracted sea beasts, which also began attacking the pirates that jumped into the sea.