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Chapter 22 - Battle at Sea

"Full speed ahead, I'll control the direction!" Raine stared dead ahead at the oncoming Hufflepuff and concentrated hard.

Avril couldn't get out of the way now. She had to pretend to control the direction of the boat.

The two boats were traveling opposite each other aggressively and neither intended to turn.

This was a very interesting and intense scene. Even if Biao's boat was bigger, if the two ships collided, two wrecks were likely to be created.

Raine was no worse than the Hufflepuff boat from the momentum. As a newly evolved boat, he was chased like a mouse for so long.

As the Captain of the ship, that was something he couldn't bear!

"Come on, don't dodge if you dare! If there is no other way, I'll go back to being a raft!"

He still had a pearl that bought ten logs to make a raft, there was no problem.

The two boats were getting closer and closer, and Raine could already see Biao's expression. The guy's face was getting stiffer and stiffer, and the helmsman behind him was looking at the Captain as if he was just waiting for him to give the order.

On the other hand, Avril had a determined look on her face. After that crisis in the reef area, Avril trusted Raine more than anyone else.

She was sure that their Captain would win!

Just when the two boats were 30 or 40 meters apart, someone finally got tense!

"Idiots, they want to die with us. Only a fool would fall for that. Piri, turn the rudder right!"

The helmsman named Piri was relieved. He would have been the best unlucky one if he crashed into them. And as soon as he received the order, he quickly turned the helm with his hands at the ready. The Hufflepuff tilted a little and brushed past Raine!

Shobe frowned and took a puff of his cigar, and exhaled a puff of smoke, "This skipper, she's a bit interesting."

In terms of public image and morale, the Hufflepuff was now already losing ground.

"Oh! Biao, you guys are even not as brave as a pussy cat!"

"Biao, you wimp, that's so humiliating, hahaha."

After the two boats brushed past each other, they turned their bows quickly.

Biao had been in this trading market for so long. His biggest capital was not that he had people in the navy but his fierceness. It was because of his fierceness that he had the chance to befriend those few navy officers, and it was also his fierceness that made everyone here afraid of him.

But he lost to a woman just now, which made him look bad!

Biao gritted his teeth and narrowed his eyes, giving Avril the death glare of a lifetime.

"Bitch, since you want to die so much I'll make it happen for you! Set up the rock thrower!"

Four crew members ran to the catapult in a moment and began operating it.

At first glance, the catapult had only one arm and one chamber. But as they readied it, Raine realized that the fucking catapult was folding.

At first, the arm bar was closed like a fan. And now the thrower was like an open fan, with three arm bars open and two chambers spread out in different places on the arm bar!

Raine did a calculation in his head, two times three equals six! They could fire six shells at once!

"Holy shit, Biao's catapult has been modified!"

"This is awesome, firing six projectiles at once. It can almost cover a small area. That woman's ship is going to have a hard time trying to escape."

"So quick to get the stone thrower out. Looks like this is over."

Avril stared at the stone thrower on Huff's ship and asked in a whisper, "Captain, what now?"

"There's no way out! We only have one wooden spike. We have to hit it with one blow, you keep going at full speed. I'll control the course!"

Avril breathed heavily, "Captain. We can win, can't we? You're not going to leave us behind, are you?"

"Nonsense! Why would I do that?"

Avril was scolded, but she wasn't angry at all instead, "Yes, you're the best captain. We all trust you. This life of mine is yours!"

Raine took a deep breath and gave his full attention to the opposite opponent.

"Captain, which type of ammunition should we use?" A man asked.

Biao thought for a moment, the corners of his mouth twisted into a cruel smile, "Light the fire, use firebombs, quick! Finish them off. I can't wait to see them fall into the sea."

"Aye, Captain!"

"Loading complete!"

"Aim at them... and fire!"

Boom, boom, boom... Six boulders covered in flames shot at Raine like a great net.

Shobe had been watching the scene, "Firebombs? That little wooden boat will be ruined with just a little graze."

"Full speed ahead!" Avril shouted, following Raine's instructions.

The three members of the Arsan family gave their all and cranked their thrusters as hard as possible. Arsan even grabbed the vacant crank to crank both thrusters at the same time.

"Captain, it's all yours next!" Arsan shouted excitedly.

To the outsider, it sounded like she was speaking to Avril. But Raine knew the girl was talking to him!

Alright, leave it to me!

As the fire came in, Raine controlled the direction with precision. The ship avoided the fire time and time again with millimeter precision, weaving through the gunfire.

"This..." Shobe furrowed his brows, even the cigar was just left burning away because he forgot to take a puff, "Is that woman that good?"

Seeing that this side had avoided the firebombs, Biao quickly started up the next wave of firebombs. Here comes the second wave.

He was zig-zagging and taking sharp turns. Raine felt like he almost capsized due to his movements alone!

Avril and the others were lucky they all had something to hold onto. Otherwise, they would have been thrown out 100% in the intensity of these lurches. Only White was hiding in the hatch in the boat, it was unknown what kind of situation he was in down there.

100 m!

90 m!

Raine turned on the weapon system in his head.

The bottom of the enemy ship is wooden and unreinforced.

They're just bullies and not actually transporting any goods, so what's the point of spending that kind of money on reinforcement?

40 meters is the best shooting range for the wooden spike.

Wooden spikes have a penetration range of 30-50 meters, but they can be fired at 40 meters for maximum power!

Boom, boom, boom!

Boom, boom, boom!

The shells didn't land on the ship, but with just a single scrape from one of them and Raine's right side of his boat was already on fire.

"Ha ha ha ha ha, you're finished! Go to hell!"Biao laughed out loudly, "Fire!"

Another round of firebombs arced towards them.

"I'll beat you all into a hornet's nest!"

Raine stared dead on at the wave of firebombs. As long as he avoided this wave, he would be in the optimal range.

His crew had put their lives in his hands, and he wasn't about to let anything happen to them.

He only had one chance!

"Accelerate!" Raine ordered.