When Samiel opened his eyes in his cabin, he noticed that their ship was attacked by kraken, but he quickly dismissed it as nothing important. Naturally, he was confident in the competence of his crew that Bishop Vilgar chose.
Of course, the kraken was repelled very swiftly without any complication; it was also for this reason that the nation of Skr?n?ti? constructed their ships with several counter-measures against various types of mari-type magical beasts.
"What was that?"
Yvraine asked as she was laying on the bed, half-naked with bedsheets covering parts of her body. Right now, after they finished one round of passionate love-making, Samiel convinced her to explore the secrets of the arcane with him, to which she reluctantly agreed.
"Our vessel was attacked by kraken and it seems that the threat was already disposed of. It seems that Captain Alvar was able to dispose of the beast in almost record time."
Samiel praised the captain that Bishop Vilgar chose for the ship before he turned his attention back to reading the Magic Grimoire he was previously reading. He could admit that the kraken may pose a threat to some ships but certainly not to theirs.
In truth, aside from the endless waiting for something to happen, there weren't many things that could be done on the ship in the meantime. Samiel spent most of the time studying magic and, due to Yvraine, also having sex.
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Several days later, after sailing without results, they finally got some fun in the form of encountering an entire pirate company consisting of several pirate ships that were heading directly toward them.
Instantly after Captain Alvar became aware of the incoming pirate ships, the entire crew became frenzied and everyone was running here and there, going to their positions as they were readying for the combat.
Unluckily for the viking captain, he was forced to remain on the ship by direct order of Samiel Zentaur because Samiel himself was going to lead the charge against the pirates.
And in truth, he was very much eager for that.
And if there was, a person who was much more eager was Yvraine, who was standing next to him on the deck and gripping her twin jade swords and looking at five pirate ships that were heading towards them.
"It seems that we would be getting some fun..."
Samiel remarked as others agreed with him while the Templar Knights and Priests were getting into the position and ready for the attack.
"Was the scan for the hostiles already performed?"
To Samiel's question, Captain Alvar nodded and passed him a small magitek device.
"So, more than 2,000... so this should be some medium-sized crew... though considering the size of the ships, they are probably only some small fries."
All of them agreed with this statement, if they used the weapons installed in the vessel, they could sink the ships from a distance without any problem, but that was something that Samiel' didn't really want because he wanted to proof of the hunt.
"Use the canons to sink the smaller ships and record their destruction for the reward... we will be directly attacking through the boarding only the main ship where the captain and the strongest pirates should be."
Samiel ordered swiftly because it was absolutely unnecessary to attack all of the ships at the same time. Not talking about the fact that they relatively lacked the manpower because some people needed to stay aboard of their own ship and the strength of the pirates was relatively unknown.
Still, Samiel didn't see the point of personally attacking the smaller escort ships as they could be sunk down directly without any boarding or direct combat.
"As you command."
Captain Alvar gave Samiel a bow as he went to carry out his orders and several moments later, several of the canons of the vessel targetted their targets and fired salvos. In the distance, they could observe how four of the five pirate ships suddenly exploded into a flaming inferno.
"That was a nice one... now for the rest of the guests."
Samiel muttered as their ship suddenly hastened and went directly at the leading biggest pirate ship, which was in the middle.
To their surprise, the pirate flagship, as Samiel termed it, didn't escape or change the course but instead continued their advance on them.
It was highly possible that the captain of the pirate ship concluded that they didn't have more ammunition or whatever and went further with the attack, which was, in truth, good because they wanted to fight with them too.
Samiel conjured one ice trident for himself for the upcoming battle, while Juulius readied his sword and felines looked around confusedly while Nefertari tried to roar intimidatingly but ended up looking extremely cute instead.
"Those are the Ox Head Pirates..."
He then heard Captain Alvar to mutter and while to Samiel and company, the name didn't mean anything; in the Northern Ocean Area, the Ox Head Pirates were a relatively famous newly established pirate crew.
They were named Ox Head Pirates because their captain was Bronze-Tier Minotaur, a rare species, as the beastmen rarely left their tribes or whatever societal structures they had.
Yet, they were considered as superstars in some parts of the Northern Ocean Area due to their rapid pace of rise and how much wealth they managed to plunder from some of the local nations.
There were even evidence that they were behind the destruction of some smaller island nations with Bronze-Tier Professionals protecting them.
According to the rumors, the strength of the captain of the Ox Head Pirate was not to be underestimated and there was another sort of rumor that he would be the next Warlord of the Seas.
Unfortunately, not even they could contend against the hegemons like the nation of Skr?n?ti? and thus, one top-tier battleship was able to sink down the majority of their "fleet" and right now, it would be their end as it seemed.
"Prepare for the boarding!"
With Sameil's order, every Templar Kngith from the Holy Templar Order and Priest from the Ecclesiarchy prepared for the battle as they readied their swords and shield in the case of knights and mystic codes in the case of Priests.
The moment their steel behemoth ship crashed into one of the Ox Head Pirates, countless Templar Knights started boarding into the ship of the Ox Head Pirates and slaughtering the pirates.
Naturally, the rug-tag pirates were no match for disciplined and trained Templar Knights who were reaving through them like they were not even trained in some cases. Most of the pirates among the Ox Head Pirate Crew had some good raw strength, but they absolutely didn't know how to use their power properly.
This was pretty much a common problem among many Professionals that came from lower backgrounds or didn't have any at all.
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