Law of the Devil

On the wide river. Because of the continuous rain in the north for many days before. The water level is much higher than before.

This was originally a natural river in the north of the mainland. Going east, since the empire began to build the Kaspersky line of defense three years ago, tens of thousands of labor and nearly one million gold coins have been invested. It took two years to nearly double the original river channel.

In particular, the estuary on the east side of the sea has been widened by more than three times, making this not-so-famous river on the mainland an artificial river with a transport capacity second only to the Lancang Grand Canal in the Roland Empire. .

And all of this is just for the needs of the war.

One after another, the imperial sea soul-class ships moved slowly. Because there is not much wind. So the big ship moved very slowly, and the three-masted sail was the traditional white color of the Roland Empire Navy, and the topmost. The imperial thornflower banner flutters.

These converted ships. In order to be able to operate in inland rivers, the sides of the hull are lowered below the waterline. All are installed in the water and roll by means of the roller in the water.

On the south bank of the Grand Canal is one of the three strongholds of the Kaspersky Line of Defense. Eastern Fortress.

There are three divisions of the Storm Legion stationed here, and more than 100,000 local garrison troops mobilized to the north.

Then this canal became a strong barrier guarding the north and east of the empire!

This fortress is slightly smaller than the main fortress guarded by General Rostock in the middle of the Kaspersky line of defense. But here it costs more.

In order to make this artificial river an integral part of the eastern part of the Kaspersky Line of Defense, this fortress was built on the south bank of the river. In addition to serving as a moat, this river can also serve as a moat. in wartime. The wide river will become a natural barrier for the imperial army on the south bank!

An army of criminals would have a very difficult job if they tried to cross the river: if they tried to use boats. Then the Imperial Navy can sail directly into the river from the eastern mouth of the sea to defeat the enemy on the water!

The imperial navy has been operating for many years and has experienced so many expeditions in Nanyang. On the water, this is definitely a force worthy of trust! The crime may be very powerful, but even Du Wei does not believe it. The shipbuilding technology of these orcs can surpass that of humans.

And if the other party wanted to build a bridge, it would be an impossible task! The navy could easily destroy the pontoon bridge with a large sturdy ship, and even... could let some criminals cross the river first, and then destroy the bridge. Then the only ending for some criminals in the river crossing area is to be surrounded and wiped out.

The criminals also seem to understand the difficulty of getting past the eastern defense line. When the war started. The criminal wolf cavalry also saw an outpost coming to the other side of the river on the eastern line of defense, but quickly retreated. According to the recent military situation, it seems that there have been sporadic activities of those monster race troops on the other side. But. The opponent has not attacked for a long time.

Instead, the central region is the main fortress. It has been a series of fierce battles in many venues.

Those orcs have clearly seen the fact that they would rather use their flesh and blood to hit the solid city defense of the main fortress in the middle. There has been no attempt to attack this water line of defense.

now. After days of continuous heavy rain, the river has risen. This makes the river surface more open, and large warships of the Imperial Sea Soul class can easily drive into the river. Even in some relatively wide areas. It can also be assembled into a complete naval battle formation!

At the moment, they are heading towards the eastern fortress on the river. It belongs to the third detachment of the East China Sea Fleet of the Roland Empire Navy. A total of twenty-three large Earth-Sea Soul-class ships were fully loaded, and all of them were loaded with strategic materials that were continuously transported from the south of the empire.

Because inland transportation consumes too much. After this war started. The empire's vast navy. He played the role of the empire's sea transport team. The countless ports in the southern coastal area of ​​the empire gathered all kinds of materials mobilized from the entire southern part of the empire: weapons, food, military pay, and armor. winter clothes. blah blah blah, then. The Imperial Navy will load up the big ship. Go north along the eastern coastline, and then drive inland from the mouth of the canal. Delivered to the frontline fortress.

Although these days, there have been successive rainfalls in the north that are rare in history. But today is autumn, in the south of the empire. However, an exciting harvest was still obtained. It can be said that the strong national power of the Roland Empire gave human beings a war potential far exceeding that of criminals. With the help of the huge rear supply. Human war materials can be continuously replenished to the front.

This fleet carried a batch of grain for the winter. In order to increase the capacity as much as possible, these large ships are only equipped with necessary sailors and very few combat establishments. Most of the holds are used for loading cargo.

On the deck, the sailors began to furl the sails under the command of the boatswain while they were working. And some combat staff were nervously staring at the north bank of the river.

"Don't be nervous, rookie." An old sailor came over and patted an obviously immature newcomer. He laughed and said, "I've been to this river six times. The army of those monsters can't cross the river. They can only circle back and forth on the north bank, telling you, we are on the water. It's just safe, they can't rush into the river Come!"

As he said that, the old sailor, whose clothes were covered with rust, pointed to the ballistas covered with canvas one by one on the deck. He laughed and said, "Look! See those big guys? These things are amazing! If those monsters dare to approach the shore, one shot will pass... bang!"

He opens his hands. Made a movement of a ballista firing.

At this time, the people on the watchtower suddenly lowered their heads and shouted loudly: "There are enemies on the north shore!!"

This cry immediately alarmed the people on board. Many sailors immediately ran towards the right side of the hull.

Soon, someone shouted loudly: "Hey! Look! There! There! Those monsters are there! Haha. It's just like the legendary place."

Most of the sailors showed no sign of fear. Pointing at the North Shore, he laughed and cursed. Pointing.

On the north bank, between behind the river slope. One by one, black shadows emerged from the bushes. The giant wolves with brown and long fur all over their bodies grinned at the human fleet that was slowly driving tens of meters apart on the river. Mouth kept whimpering full of hostility.

And on the wolf's back. Those wolf cavalry in rough but hard iron armor, with green eyes under the iron helmet. He stared coldly at the human sailors on the ship who were laughing and cursing.

Rivers separated by tens of meters. Make the wolf cavalry unable to attack the big ship, no matter how strong the jumping ability of the giant wolf is. It is absolutely impossible to jump tens of meters into the boat. .

These wolf cavalry did not use bows and arrows. They just appeared row by row on the river. He cast a cold look at the big human ship. Youdi pulled out his long knife, brought it to his mouth, spit out his scarlet tongue, and gently licked the blood on the blade.

Some newcomers on the ship who have not seen this scene. Some people couldn't help but change color when they saw the appearance of those objects. It is those old sailors who have experienced this kind of scene many times. They all comforted their companions: "Don't be afraid, we are on the water. They can't do anything! It's a pity that there are too few of them, and we used it last time. These guys run very fast. Ballista can't kill them in large numbers. Otherwise, They were so close to us that the captain gave the order to fire."

More unscrupulous sailors even made some humiliating and cursing movements towards the opposite bank.

"Monster! Come here! Are you afraid of water! Hahahaha!"

"Come on, jump down and take a shower!!!"

"Oh, I love your fur! I want to peel your fur and make a new coat!!"

Listen to the yelling of the sailors. The officer didn't stop it immediately. This war has reached the present, and many soldiers have died in front. There is a deep hatred between humans and these creatures. The behavior of the sailors is also very normal.

After letting the subordinates vent for a while, the head of the sailor came over, kicked several people's buttocks fiercely, and cursed at the top of his voice: "Stop playing! Work quickly!!! Quick, quick, quick! Give me everything Get back to your post!"

At the helmsman's position at the stern, there was a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the commanding officer of the Imperial Navy. Put down the telescope in your hand. He took his eyes back from the north shore. This is the captain of this ship. He frowned, and suddenly glanced at the first officer beside him, and said in a low voice, "I think it's a little unusual."

"It's nothing strange. They can only stare at us on the shore." The first mate muttered: "Captain, we have seen this kind of scene several times."

"But I think it's different this time." The captain frowned. His brows were tightly knit together: "Do you still remember? We saw enemies on the shore last night, and now it seems that they have followed us on the shore for a day and a night. This has never happened before... "

The first officer thought about it. Said: "Anyway, we are almost at the fortress, and these guys can't do anything. My lord."

The captain pondered for a while: "Care is the best thing to do. Send me an order to put all the combat personnel on standby! The ballistas are in place!"

The first officer immediately stood up. A military salute was performed. Just about to respond, but at this moment!

boom!!

There was a roar. It came from the bow! The roaring impact came from underwater! The sailors on the ship hadn't had time to shout out. I felt a violent shaking under my feet. Some people even stood by the side of the boat watching, caught off guard. It fell into the river immediately.

The violent shaking of the hull cast a dangerous shadow over everyone's heart in an instant!

"My lord, we hit a rock." A bosun who was used to walking on the sea immediately ran to report, and the captain immediately roared: "Idiot! We are not at sea! This is an inland canal! Man-made land! How can there be a hidden reef! "

Just finished. I heard another "boom"!!

This time the sound was louder than before, and the hull shook violently. Yes, the captain staggered abruptly. Almost fell over. He held the rudder firmly and roared, "What happened!"

"We hit something. Under the water, right on the bow!" A sailor hurried to report, but then there was a panicked shout from ahead.

"Down! There's something underwater!"

"My God! It's a living thing! Such a big shadow!"

"Ah! On the right side too!!"

There are endless shouts, at this time. The hull made a terrible sound of wood cracking! With one after another violent shaking, an officer covered in oil from under the cabin ran up. Cang panic shouted: "My lord! Our cabin is flooded!! All the drainage tanks are finished! Below..."

"Send someone to drain the water! You bastard!!" The captain quickly cursed: "Drain the water! Let your men drain the water! Plug the leak! The leaky cabin is immediately sealed!! Damn it! Is it your first day on board!! These Do you want me to teach you something!"

He hasn't finished cursing yet. Suddenly, I felt the vibration under my feet suddenly stopped, and this brief silence seemed to carry a dangerous and strange atmosphere.

But this calmness only lasted for a few short breaths, very quickly. In the midst of a burst of shouting and cursing from the captain. The hull tilted abruptly to the right!!

"What's going on! What's going on!!"

People shouted in panic, but this big ship. But it still slowly seemed to be pushed up by something underwater!

The hull list heavily. The bottom of the ship on the right side was almost completely out of the water. The bottom of the entire right side of the ship was above the water! The deck was seriously tilted, and many people slipped and fell to the other side before they had time to grab something, making a constant plopping sound. Many sailors exclaimed and fell into the water.

The captain firmly grasped the rudder frame, and was about to say something, when finally, a few huge black shadows appeared. From the right side of the hull. Slowly surfaced! The shadow got higher and higher, and finally showed the whole face in front of the panicked people on the boat!

The captain felt himself being shadowed beneath. He looked to the right side in surprise, and subconsciously called out in a low voice:

"God! What are these things!"

These are his last words.

boom!!!

Finally, this sea soul-class ship. It was overturned by the entire congregation, the hull turned over, and countless people fell into the water. The big ship was turned upside down!

On the surface of the river, there are several huge monsters that reach seven or eight meters above the water surface. Open your mouth of fear. Let out a terrifying roar!!

On the river, chaos!

Du Wei felt himself falling asleep. I slept very deeply.

It can be said that since he became a magician. It seemed that he hadn't slept so soundly for a long time.

Magicians can use meditation to restore spiritual power. This means that most magicians don’t need to sleep most of the time in their lives—”,. In one's life, nearly one-third of the time is spent in bed. For magicians. This is simply a waste!

Du Wei's strength increased rapidly, and as his strength became higher, he seldom slept less and less. Most of the time, he replaces sleep with meditation, three hours a day. Not only can you exercise your mental strength. It can also save the sleeping time to do other things.

But this time. Such a sweet feeling of sleep. Even in the unconscious state in the dream, Du Wei still felt a long-lost sense of comfort.

What he didn't know was. own body. Also in his sleep, bit by bit. There are changes.

"Sleep. Boy. Sleep..."

Chris grinned. Standing in front of Du Wei. Du Wei was as quiet as a baby.

There was still blood on Chris's fingertips, and Du Wei's chest was on the left side of his chest. It's a huge mouth!

The exposed part is a bright red heart. slowly. Jumping up and down...

Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang...

Chris took a deep breath. Then spit it out slowly.

In his mouth. A trace of milky white gas spewed out, and soon lingered on Du Weidi's body. The milky white gas immediately turned into a ball of water. Du Wei's body was enveloped in it.

Then. Chris stretched out his hand, and gently inserted the skull-like claws into Du Wei's chest.

his fingertips. Already pinched on top of that beating heart!

Bang bang! Bang bang! Bang bang...