Chapter 348 Night Attack
The sun gradually sank into the western horizon, and the sea quickly became cold. As cold as the sea, the hearts of the pirates on Shadow Island were also cold.
When they found themselves surrounded by a large force of sea creatures, the Prison Pirates had already sent out a message for help through the communication magician. At the instruction of Thresh, the message for help was also sent out with the scale of the attacking sea creatures. When he noticed the number of enemies, he clearly realized that they would definitely not be able to hold out until the arrival of reinforcements.
It was precisely because of this that he informed other pirate fleets of the scale of the sea creatures and asked them to gather enough ships before collecting the bodies for the Prison Pirates.
Unfortunately, when five hours later, a large force of nearly ten pirate fleets with a total of 2,000 warships arrived at the sea where the Prison Pirates were attacked, but they could not see anything.
Under the rampage of the deep-sea giant seal, the dragon turtle and other sea creatures, the warships of the Prison Pirates were all shattered and fell into the sea. The pirates who fell into the sea were naturally killed one by one by the sea creatures and sank to the bottom of the sea. Even some broken wooden boards floating on the sea were washed away by the waves within five hours, leaving no trace.
The pirates who came to help in name but also knew in their hearts that they were here to collect corpses were speechless for a long time when they saw the calm sea area that seemed to have no waves. One of the four giants of the Shadow Island Organization disappeared in this sea area in just a few hours? All the pirates felt a sense of unreality.
In the Shadow Island Council, the atmosphere was also extremely solemn. The War Pirates and the Widow Pirates could not return to Shadow Island in a short time because their fleets were too far away. The only remaining speaker, Yorick, presided over the meeting.
The huge conference room was dead silent at this moment. After receiving the news, the pirate councilors who could rush to Shadow Island for the meeting tried their best to rush there. The entire conference room gathered about 60% of the councilors of Shadow Island, and these councilors controlled nearly two-fifths of the power of Shadow Island Council.
The Prison Pirates are ranked third in the Shadow Island Organization, but everyone knows that their strength does not match the third place. If most of the members in the group were not aliens, and most of the pirates in the Shadow Island Organization were humans, Thresh might have become the first speaker.
In terms of strength, the Prison Pirates are much stronger than the second-ranked Widow Pirates, and are not much inferior to the first-ranked War Pirates. It's just that the War Pirates are the earliest pirate kings, and the Widow Pirates are very popular among pirates, so the Prison Pirates are ranked third.
It can be said that the pirate groups of the councilors present are also part of the upper pyramid in the pirate world, but even if three ordinary large pirate groups are tied together, their combat power may not be comparable to that of the Prison Pirates.
And such a powerful pirate group was actually destroyed by the sea clan, without even a trace left. This made the pirate leaders present begin to doubt whether fighting the sea clan was the right decision.
Yorick, who was sitting in the first seat, was calm and composed. Although the Shadow Island Organization initially went to war with the Sea Clan because of the information he provided and his subtle instigation, the fourth speaker at that time was not taken seriously by everyone. The decision to go to war with the Sea Clan was made by the three speakers and most of the members.
In this case, no one can blame him. Moreover, during this period of time, Yorick has been secretly spreading anti-war sentiment according to Yu Fei's plan, and he has bribed many members of the parliament in addition to winning the hearts of the people.
In fact, more than 60% of the members of the parliament sitting in the conference hall now, more than 70% of them are pirate leaders who have been bribed by Yorick or are inclined to Yorick. Taking advantage of his position of arranging cruises in Shadow Island, Yorick deliberately left all the pirate leaders close to him around Shadow Island today.
After a period of silence, Yorick took the lead to break the solemn atmosphere. Then the pirates present began to whisper and discuss what to do next.
The first thing that was made clear to everyone was to recall the pirate fleets that were still wandering outside as soon as possible. Even the Warden Pirates, which could be regarded as the strongest organization in Shadow Island, had been destroyed. If other pirate fleets encountered the large formation of the Sea Clan, they would not be able to escape.
The most urgent task was to gather the remaining three speakers to discuss the next strategy. Because each pirate fleet had a communication magician, most of the pirates had learned that the Warden Pirates had been annihilated by the attack of the Sea Clan, and the middle and lower-level pirate groups were in a panic.
Listening to the discussion of a group of councilors below, Yorick's thoughts drifted to other places. After hearing the news, the War Pirates and the Widow Pirates had begun to rush back, but because they were in a relatively distant sea area, even if they were moving at full speed, they would not be able to return to Shadow Island until at least tomorrow night.
It was a pity that they might not be able to see the sun tomorrow morning, let alone return to Shadow Island tomorrow night? Unconsciously, under the arrangement of his master, he was about to transform from an ordinary little pirate leader into the sole overlord controlling the Eslaze Sea.
Looking at the members below who were still chattering and hoping that the first and second speakers could come back as soon as possible, Yorick sneered in his heart. It is estimated that at this time, the War Pirates and the Widow Pirates have already encountered the sea people, right?
Two large fleets are traveling overnight in two seas about 700 kilometers northeast and 600 kilometers southeast of Shadow Island. Generally speaking, at night, the pirate fleets will anchor at the islands they have found in advance and stop cruising.
It is not because they cannot sail at night, but they are worried about encountering the sea people at night. After all, there are not many magicians among the pirates. If they maintain liquid perspective and light spells at the same time, they will inevitably be unable to do so. Even the three major pirate groups will find it difficult to fight against the sea people without a view of the sea.
If it weren't for something big, even the two largest pirate groups in Shadow Island would not choose to travel at night. The demise of the Prison Pirates made them nervous. The two major pirate groups divided the magicians into two parts, one to maintain liquid perspective and the other to maintain light spells to prevent sneak attacks by the sea people.
But unfortunately, the sea people never thought of sneak attacks against these two fleets with similar strength to the Prison Pirates.
The two magicians outside the fleet were concentrating on maintaining their spells, while the pirates on guard were staring at the sea surface that was clearly visible under the effects of light magic and liquid perspective without blinking, not daring to relax at all.
Suddenly, one pirate's ears moved, and he quietly asked another pirate next to him: "Hey, did you hear any sound?" The pirate was taking a lazy nap, and woke up in a daze after being asked. He shook his head and looked around, wondering: "What sound? Why didn't I hear it?"
The pirate who asked the question took two steps forward and looked at the sea surface carefully, but found nothing. He also shook his head, retreated to the side of his partner, and whispered: "Maybe I heard it wrong. I seemed to hear the sound of a giant whale exhausting not far away just now."
Just as he said this and was about to remind his partner not to be lazy and get discovered, his whole body suddenly fell forward involuntarily. The entire ship he was on seemed to be hit by a huge force, and was even temporarily knocked off the sea surface. The magician who was maintaining the liquid perspective screamed in pain. In this violent shaking, the magic was forced to stop and suffered some backlash.
The pirates who were holding on to the ropes or pillars and trying their best to fight against the sudden turbulence with the help of the light magic that was barely maintained suddenly saw a giant whale with a strange body standing up and holding up a huge anchor, slamming it down fiercely.
"Bang——" The pirate ship was directly smashed into pieces, and the originally calm sea gradually began to make a rustling sound. The startled pirates ran out of the cabin one by one, and what they saw was a sea creature with a hideous face.