Chapter 9

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Pupils constricted, facing the whistling lead bullets, the bald boatswain Alek roared, and the giant axe in his hand, as large as a millstone, was swiftly raised forward.

Clang, clang, clang,

Amidst the sparks flying, most of the lead bullets were blocked by the broad axe.

Occasionally, a few bullets hit the boatswain's body, but his tensed muscles deflected them, leaving behind dark, metallic scars on Alek's body.

The scorching lead bullets flattened and adhered to his flesh, the high temperature and impact force causing the bald boatswain's eyes to be bloodshot. With a mad roar, he continued to charge forward, using the axe as a shield!

Although the flintlock guns in this world could fire consecutively, their rate of fire was not high.

The captain's cabin door was already broken, and the distance between the boatswain and the enemy was only a few meters. Just one charge would be enough to take them down—

Bang, bang, bang!

But at that moment, a series of gunshots suddenly rang out from behind. Among them were the familiar cries of his subordinates, causing the charging boatswain to turn his head abruptly.

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This glance almost made the bald boatswain's eyes bulge out!

The cabin at the front of the deck suddenly opened, and a group of sailors loyal to the navigator rushed out, firing their flintlock guns at the boatswain's subordinates from behind.

In this situation of being attacked from both front and back, even with the boatswain's greater numbers, they could not hold out!

Some sailors were still instinctively charging forward, some had turned to engage the navigator's men, and others stood there in confusion, not knowing what to do…

"Follow me, charge!!"

At this critical moment, the bald boatswain played his role well.

A roar brought his subordinates back to their senses, and they instinctively followed him, charging into the captain's cabin.

Since they were being attacked from both sides, it was better to make a desperate charge into the captain's cabin! First, eliminate the captain's men, then use the cabin's terrain and weapons to turn around and eliminate the navigator's men…

The bald boatswain, though not very smart, had an instinctive keen sense of the battlefield.

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Seeing the bald boatswain charge like a mad bull, the sailors in the captain's cabin's faces trembled violently.

It was both out of extreme fear and the shockwave from his charge.

"Don't be afraid—"

In the captain's cabin, the sailor at the front shouted, drawing his sailor's knife and swinging it at the charging bald boatswain.

Faced with this sailor's "brave" counterattack, the bald boatswain contemptuously slammed his giant axe forward! The sailor's knife shattered with a loud bang.

His owner was even more pitiful, directly hit by the heavy metal axe.

Even without the blade, the millstone-sized axe face alone sent the sailor flying backward!

Thud,

With a dull sound, the sailor spewed a cloud of blood in mid-air, his body twisted with broken bones. He fell back like a cannonball, disrupting the formation of the other sailors.

"Those who block me will die!!"

After sending the leading sailor flying, the bald boatswain's other hand flashed forward with a knife.

The boatswain was tall and had long arms, and the custom-made curved knife in his hand was over 1.5 meters long. When he slashed horizontally, it was like a spear sweeping across!

Splat,

Blood splattered as three sailors collapsed, their throats gushing blood.

The remaining sailors' faces changed, and they involuntarily stepped back, retreating, and continuing to retreat!

Damn, how could this happen?!

The formation instantly fell into chaos, and the noble captain's face changed. Although he knew his loyal sailors were inferior to the boatswain, he never expected them to be so easily defeated.

The curved knife gleamed with silver light, and the axe swung wildly. The bald boatswain, wielding two weapons, unleashed a storm of blood and gore, like a tiger among sheep. He immediately slaughtered the captain's sailors, causing them to cry out in terror and flee in disarray.

If this were in Rossi's previous world, he would have earned the title of "famous general" in history!

But in this world, he was just a common boatswain on a small merchant ship.

"Clahorn, die—"

Faced with the boatswain's mad charge, unscathed by bullets and blades, and charging at him with severed limbs and blood, the noble captain's face twitched.

Do you think you've won?

Sir Clahorn, with a hardened heart, no longer hesitated. He slammed backward, and the wall behind him slid open, revealing a secret room.

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The noble captain quickly dodged into the secret room, and as the iron door closed, he mouthed a word to the charging boatswain from a distance.

"Die!"

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In an instant, the bald boatswain, who had been slaughtering everyone, felt as if he had been thrown into a freezing wasteland. A chill rushed from his feet to his head, and his instincts, honed from years of combat, sounded an alarm in his mind.

Retreat!

Retreat quickly!!

Thud—

With a push of his feet, the tall and muscular bald boatswain leaped backward like a "Spring Fruit" user, slamming his subordinates behind him to the ground.

Just as the sailors, confused by being hit by their leader, were about to complain, a deafening explosion drowned out all their grumbles.

"Damn—"

On the right side of the "Pinta," Rossi, who had secured himself to the ship's side with hooks and knives, trembled violently!

Hiding here, he had been observing the battle:

First, the bald boatswain led his men to charge the captain's cabin, his steel-like charge surprising Rossi.

Then, the cabin at the front of the ship opened, and the navigator's men launched a surprise attack from behind, putting the boatswain's men in a pincer attack.

Faced with such a dire situation, the bald boatswain launched an even more frenzied charge into the captain's cabin.

Although Rossi, hiding outside the ship, couldn't see, the screams, the tearing of flesh, and the sound of metal breaking told him that the bald boatswain was slaughtering everyone.

This made Rossi wonder if the muscular, inhuman-looking bald boatswain would single-handedly massacre the entire ship.

But just then, another unexpected turn of events occurred:

First, the tall and muscular boatswain was suddenly thrown out of the captain's cabin, as if "spat" out!

Next, flames and shockwaves followed, and everything in the captain's cabin was torn apart in a violent explosion!

Boom—

The intense explosion swept across, carrying countless wood chips and metal fragments. These ordinary fragments, propelled by the shockwave, became deadly weapons, scattering in all directions like a thousand shotgun pellets.

At the same time, blood and severed limbs mixed in, painting the explosion in a bloody red hue!

Crack,

Even Rossi, hiding outside the ship, saw a crack appear in the thick ship's side, making his eyebrows jump.

If it had been a bit off, it would have hit his head…

Tsk, what a terrifying explosion, not inferior to the weapons from his previous world, right?

Rossi didn't know the ship was smuggling "explosive rock" and was shocked by the explosion's power.

If he hadn't instinctively used his Silence ability to cancel out the sound waves, he would have been in the same state as those on the deck.

What about Dover?

Glancing at the forward deck, the sailors loyal to the navigator were also in disarray. The intense shockwave from the explosion had disoriented their balance, causing them to stumble as they tried to get up.

Dover, lying on the ground, clearly unharmed, quickly rolled to the side and hid behind the mast, his short-barreled flintlock gun in front of him, vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

"AAAAH!!"

Even the navigator's subordinates, who were farthest away, were in such a state. What about the other two groups who had taken the brunt of the explosion?

Rustle,

A giant, blood-soaked figure stood up from the carnage, surveying the scene:

Sailors groaning with half a knife in their stomachs, sailors with limbs torn off by the explosion, and many more who were barely breathing, rapidly turning cold…

These were his loyal subordinates. If they hadn't all rushed into the captain's cabin, they wouldn't have been blown apart like this!

As for the captain's sailors? Being able to find a complete body was a stroke of luck.

"Clahorn,"

"You bastard!!!"

Using his own subordinates as bait, he had planted explosive rock in the captain's cabin…

Bang!

The bald boatswain, roaring to the sky, his eyes bloodshot, focused on the sailors on the forward deck.

Who fired the shot?!

Faced with the boatswain's glare, the navigator's sailors looked miserable, wishing they could stab the one who fired the shot dozens of times.

The next second, the red-eyed boatswain turned and took large strides forward. Although his sailor's knife had flown away in the explosion, his heavy axe was still in his hand.

"Die!!!"

Charging forward, the tall boatswain lifted the giant axe with both hands and spun, like a hammer thrower.

Whoosh,

As the boatswain's axe swept across, a terrifying wind rushed across the deck, like the sound of sails suddenly unfurling in a hurricane.

"Quick, retreat!"

The sailor at the front shouted and prepared to leap back, but in the dizziness, he fell to the side.

No, not "the whole person," but half a body!

"AAAAH!! Save me, save me—"

The "half" sailor on the ground was still alive for a moment, crying and reaching out his hands. But what greeted him was:

Bang!

A shot freed his waist-cut subordinate, and the navigator Dovrans' face was no longer gentle, only cold killing intent.

"Charge, kill that fool Alek, and this ship will be ours!"

Saying this, the navigator placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, crouched slightly, and lunged forward—

Splat,

As their figures crossed, a blood line shot out from the waist of the injured boatswain.

"Although I'm not good at fighting,"

This strike was so swift that even Rossi, secretly watching, only saw a flash of movement before realizing the navigator had attacked.

"But it's enough to deal with you, you half-fish bastard!"