Foreign Land Reclamation By a Vegetable-growing Skeleton-Chapter 506 - 295: Celebrated Too Soon_1
Chapter 507: Chapter 295: Celebrated Too Soon_1
A ramshackle ship disguised as a grain carrier was anchored outside the dock, with its deck piled up with sacks of grain.
With famine everywhere recently, grain was in high demand; the dockside harbor pilots’ eyes lit up at the sight of the sacks, and without a thorough check, they hurriedly let the ship dock.
However, once it docked, the ship showed its true colours. Many sacks of grain were tossed aside to reveal two Magic Crystal Cannons hidden inside. One was already aimed towards the City Lord’s Mansion, ready to fire.
The City Lord’s Mansion was preparing dinner, and the City Lord and his family were waiting to eat. With a single shot, half the Mansion was blown into the sky.
The second shot was aimed for the local security bureau. Without it, there would be no one to maintain order and the island’s unsavory characters could overturn the entire place.
On the deck between the two Magic Crystal Cannons, a woman in ordinary clothes, shouting with a machete in hand: “Fire! Fire! Blast them for me! You dragon shits, dare to steal my home, I’ll blast you bastards. All over the ocean knows the relationship between Drake and the Sea Dragon. Here it’s like the Sea Dragon’s den. Bomb it to rubble, let them see how they continue their dirty dealings!”
After yelling, she added another sentence: “Be careful with the aim, don’t hit innocent people.”
“Don’t worry, Captain Black Night Raven, there’s no innocent person on this island.” The first mate replied, continuing: “A cannon shot will consume about two hundred Magic Crystals. The World Tree Decomposer Stick costs five hundred Magic Crystals and can be used five times. In total, the cost of a shot is three hundred Magic Crystals. How many times are we going to fire?”
The reason why Vaguli wanted to create a Magic Egg Cannon was because under the same power, it’s cheaper and more concealed than the Magic Crystal Cannon. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages.
“Sss…,” the Black Night Raven winced in pain. She checked her pocket and gritted her teeth: “Shoot another two rounds. Are we this poor?”
The first mate gave her a scornful glance: “If not, do you think I would choose to be a pirate? My home was robbed too. They wanted to divide the remaining money and disband the crew. But you didn’t listen. If you fire two more rounds, that’s six shots. You’ll have shot out twelve hundred Magic Crystals, and there won’t be any money left for disbanding. Think it through.”
As soon as the first mate finished speaking, the ship shuddered, and the second shot fired, aiming directly at the security bureau.
Black Night Raven’s face turned pale and then white. A birthmark even appeared on her face.
The reason for the name Night Raven was because of the birthmark on her face that had been there since she was young. It would appear when she was particularly excited. One could only imagine how excited she was now.
One shot of three hundred Magic Crystals, which is equal to three thousand Gold Coins. Each Gold Coin weighing twenty-six grams, then a shot was like throwing away around seventy-eight kilograms of gold. My god! She didn’t even weigh seventy-eight kilograms herself, bones included.
Gritting her teeth, Black Night Raven said, “Shoot two more. Take down the exchange and the granary.”
“Alright, at your service my queen…err… captain, is that a person? He’s running towards the cannonball…err…he’s hugging the cannon…he’s hugging…hugging the cannonball.” The first mate was shocked at first, then started trembling, unable to articulate his words.
Black Night Raven also started trembling, “He… did he grip a Magic Crystal projectile? Is…is he still human? Wait, does he have scales on his body?”
Ange in his Dragon God Transformation state was holding off the Magic Crystal projectile, a magical ball, bigger than a person. After two hundred Magic Crystals had dissolved into energy state, they were temporarily confined by some special power, then sped off. This was the principle of the Magic Crystal Cannon.
However, compared to Vaguli’s Magic Egg Cannon, the Magic Crystal Cannon wastes too much. The Magic Egg only needs eighty Magic Crystals to achieve the same power, reducing costs dramatically.
Besides, it could also be air-dropped. The launching platform could be simplified. In short, it costs far less than the Magic Crystal Cannon. If it were a Magic Crystal Cannon, it wouldn’t need to be fired. Just carrying the Magic Egg to the target and detonating it would work.
But whether it was a Magic Crystal Cannon or a Magic Egg Cannon, catching it barehanded seemed absurd. People who saw this scene couldn’t believe their own eyes.
Time passed by slowly. It took about five to six seconds for everyone to realize that the Magic Crystal projectile was not caught, but frozen. Because the energy glow didn’t flicker, it was still, forming a picture. Even the creature in front of the Magic Crystal projectile was frozen in place.
The inhabitants of Drake Island were varied, all sorts of persons resided there. Naturally, there were some with extensive knowledge. On seeing this, they began to yell: “Space Solidification! The Red Copper Dragon’s Space Solidification! He’s got scales. He must be a transformed Red Copper Dragon!”
When Negris heard the commotion, he scoffed: “Ignorant. It’s Dragon God Transformation…Forget it, even the Giant Dragon hasn’t been seen, not to mention a human.”
The Black Night Raven and the first mate on the ship said, “It appears…we seem to have hit someone we shouldn’t have. What do we do?”
“What do you mean ‘we’? It was you who fired it, I don’t even know you.” The first mate removed his bandana, rushed to the side of the ship, climbed over the side, and dived into the sea.
“You… you don’t even want your severance pay?” The first mate, who was loyal to her despite always having severance pay on his lips, ran away so decisively. Black Night Raven realized the seriousness of the situation, and instinctively turned to the second mate.
The second mate shrugged and said, “Captain, a powerful character who can catch a Magic Crystal Cannon bare-handed, his followers must be also very powerful. If we don’t run now, there’ll be no life left to spend the severance pay. Let’s go.”
As the second mate spoke, he rushed to the side of the ship and jumped into the sea, and the rest of the crew followed suit.
