When it's very late.

dusk.

The sea surface has been covered by the sad red sunset, and there is blood.

Gun smoke filled the entire sea area.

This was a war that neither side expected.

What Puerto Rico did not expect was that the resistance of this mixed fleet of pirate ships would be so tenacious, and the simple battle originally planned to be completed in one charge would be extended indefinitely into the evening.

He underestimated the pirates' artillery. The range of those artillery was beyond his imagination. Before entering half of the range of their artillery, the opponent had already opened fire.

The result was that the fastest ships were directly hit on their masts. Fortunately, although those cannons had an amazing range, they were not powerful enough. Otherwise, with just one charge, he would have to endure the long-distance sinking of five warships.

huge losses.

This does not include his own ship, the flagship of the entire Netherworld Unicorn, the Netherworld Unicorn.

It also withstood the first round of artillery fire. The ultra-long-range artillery hit the deck directly, and even the nearest artillery shell almost hit Puerto Rico's foot.

If it were Puerto Rico in the past, of course he would be so scared that Byte hid in the cabin, ordered to slow down, and huddled in the middle of the fleet.

But now, it is different from before. As a benchmark figure in the Noxian Navy, he has developed a bravery that does not belong to the army. Even if the cannonballs passed by his feet, he did not take a step back. He remained

Maintaining that arrogant posture, he even had the time to kick the cannonball that almost broke his thigh, and said: "This accuracy is really bad."

He knew he had to stay calm so he could win.

He has been doing this for so many years.

If he falls, then everything he has won over the years, reputation, status, and power will disappear.

So from a certain point of view, Puerto Rico is a hero, a powerful hero. After he climbed to a high position, unlike most people who became afraid of death and were not aggressive enough, he became bolder.

Just because he understands that he can no longer live without this overwhelming power, compared with the pain after losing power.

Death is nothing.

Therefore, he always smiled when facing the enemy. Of course, no one knew whether his vest was wet with sweat at that time.

On the other hand, as an opponent of Puerto Rico, there are two things that Proto did not expect.

First, he did not expect that his motley army could contend with the legendary Netherworld Unicorn for so long. After discovering the powerful range advantage of the latest artillery produced by Skoda Arsenal, he gave up the idea of ​​gathering together to defend. That would fully change the situation.

Become a target for the opponent, especially the opponent's troops with short- and medium-range powerful artillery.

He took full advantage of the good maneuverability of his ships and the range of artillery to fight guerrilla warfare with the local area.

Although during the battle, they were still defeated by the enemy's strong firepower, and more than a dozen ships were eaten up, causing about 2,000 people to swim directly in the sea.

But fortunately, those soldiers were all from Bilgewater and were good at water. During the subsequent rescue, they were able to save some people, so the losses were not that big.

At the same time, during the tug of war, five of the opponent's ships were miraculously destroyed.

Five ships out of a total of forty-eight ships sounds like a very small number. But you must know that even in the past few times when the Sea King Trident personally took action, it could only kill ten ships at most.

This achievement alone was enough to leave Proto's name in the history of piracy, even though the cost was the damage to more than half of the ships and the direct drowning of more than a thousand people.

The second point, which made him feel extremely angry, was that he had persisted for so long without waiting for reinforcements.

This is a very abnormal phenomenon, unless the person in charge of this area has rebelled or been completely killed?

Regarding the answer, Proto would rather believe the latter one. Although it would appear that his own troops are too weak, it is still better than the former answer.

That means that the entire Bilgewater Navy has fallen into a huge crisis.

"There is not much ammunition left." Bibabo climbed up from below the deck, wiped the sweat mixed with blood from his face, and managed to breathe.

"Really..." Proto sighed.

Despite every effort to save, ammunition was inevitably running out.

There was nothing we could do about it. It had been a fierce battle for almost a day, and the ammunition reserves had lasted long enough.

According to the current situation, losing is only a matter of time.

"If no one comes before dark, then we..." Bibabo couldn't continue. Looking at the enemy warships on the sea that looked a bit miserable but were still cruising and roaring, he felt

To the point of deep helplessness.

Could it be that today is the end of my Ming Yuan?

"I won't lose yet." Proto took a deep look at the sunset on the horizon, then turned around and said, "I will never let the Abyss be destroyed in my hands, never."

As he spoke, he walked quickly towards the captain's cabin.

He must speak.

Although he had sent someone to politely ask Chen Senran if he could ask for help, the terrifying dragon shark never appeared on the battlefield again.

Is it resentment?

For three years, he was treated almost like a prisoner.

still……

He no longer dared to think about the deeper things. It was something that could not be talked about and it was the most terrifying game.

Use human lives.

Proto suppressed this thought and knocked on the door of the captain's cabin.

The window inside was open, and the man named Graves was holding a cigar in his mouth, sitting at the window with a leisurely look on his face as the evening breeze mixed with the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke drifted, and the setting sun rose and fell in front of him.

As for Chen Senran, and that last hope, they... were actually playing a kind of two-person card game.

The little fishman Fitz even yawned boredly in this last moment of life and death.

His heart sank a little, but he still whispered: "Jack, I need your help. If you don't take action, everything will be over. I know, you..."

"Oh, my God, Proto, you need my help, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Chen Senran pretended to be surprised and threw away the cards in his hand, "You are really not a friend enough, I thought you were busy.

If you don't talk to me, I won't bother you."

"I need help." Proto repeated, his eyes starting to become bloodshot.

He hasn't been this tired in all these years.

He was suddenly very tired and faced a situation that he had absolutely no control over.

"Fitz, help our friend, go." Chen Senran patted the little fish man on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'm willing to help you." Fitz yawned and jumped out of the window, "Shark!!!"

With a huge sound of falling into the water, the entire Abyss trembled.

"Thank you." Proto slowly exited the door.

"Is this really good?" Graves threw away countless cigars and clapped his hands, "You still have a tough battle to fight on land."

"That's enough." Chen Senran smiled deeply. (To be continued...)

ps: Second update.
Chapter completed!