Realm of Power

The fierce sea breeze dispersed the white gunpowder smoke emitted by the battleship salvo, revealing Huacheng Port which was already in a mess. After half an hour of rounds of firing, King Raphael's will to resist was like the outer ring of the port that had been blown apart. Everything collapsed, the soldiers were running away, the port area was in chaos, the opponent's artillery fire extended towards the center of the city, and the rising fire illuminated half of the port area.

"What do we do now?"

King Raphael placed his hands heavily on the battlements of the castle and looked at the fleet in the distance, his eyes full of bloodshot eyes. Terrible explosions raged in his city, and huge air waves destroyed every building in the city like a giant beast. Buildings overturned, countless white lines, dragging the long tail of black smoke, roared with the brilliance of death, and an arc light that deviated from the direction hit the wall of the castle heavily.

"Rumble"

King Raphael suddenly felt a huge vibration under his feet. The city wall made of stones from the island was directly blown open in the explosion. The soldiers above were like black dots thrown into the air, mixed with countless Gravel and sand fell together from the heights of the city wall to the bottom.

"I can't give His Highness any reasonable advice, because I don't know what to do!" Alange stood next to him, with a serious look in his eyes, watching the extremely gorgeous performance of the fleet on the sea in the distance, his eyes fixed on it. Said, "This is also the first time I have seen the rumored terrible weapon Thor. I didn't expect it. Fang's Hunter God Society has such huge power, ultra-long range and huge destructive power. It has completely transformed the opponent's navy, completely surpassing the capabilities that the original navy should have, and becoming a super weapon that can threaten the entire coastline. As you can imagine, If you refuse, what a terrible scene will result.”

Aranger's voice stopped and he persuaded, "If it were me, I would follow his advice and choose to surrender. Don't forget that the other party is Kasili Island, which once destroyed the hub of the northern seas. In front of such a fleet. Your flower city It's really nothing. Caesili Island has a solid fortress, a powerful escort fleet, and 2 The garrison of tens of thousands of soldiers is the foothold of the empire's ambitions in the northern seas. However, such a place cannot block the fierce attack of the fleet in front of you. If His Highness continues to hesitate, I have no doubt that the other party will simply There was no intention of landing, but they just razed the entire city to the ground."

"Come here. Send a signal to the sea fleet. I surrender! Don't blow up again!"

With a painful expression on his face, King Raphael turned around and ordered to the steward behind him. The fierce volleys from the sea left him without any doubt about the opponent's combat goal. He simply wants to completely wipe the entire Flower City off the map. In contrast to this absolute disparity in power, his persistence is so ridiculous and pathetic.

"Since His Highness has made a decision, I will not delay His Highness!" Alange said to King Raphael

"Are you going to run away?" King Raphael looked at this guy who wanted to grease his feet, and his teeth itched with hatred. He gave his dignity, family, and gold mines to the Gangfei people. Is this what you get in return? How ridiculous! . King Raphael felt a little sad for his situation. As a puppet, Gang Fei Ren would never hesitate when he had to give up, like this. The enemy was approaching, and instead of helping him to resist, Gang Fei persuaded him to surrender. His purpose was only to prevent Gang Fei from getting involved in this whirlpool. He was really a collaborator worse than a robber!

"This is a matter between Putao and the Falcon Empire. As a soldier, I must be responsible for my country. Please forgive me, Your Highness!" Alange replied solemnly, then quickly turned around and left, Gang Fei Naval Squadron. It did not dock at the port, but on the other side of the island. Now that Huacheng has surrendered, the Falcon Navy will not focus on the other side of the island for the time being. It is the best time to leave.

Soon, the rumbling sound from the distant sea stopped

Eight huge troop carriers left the fleet on the sea and headed towards the port. The troop carriers were full of soldiers, each carrying up to 700 people. The bows of the ships split the sea heavily, pushing the rolling waves as hunters. The landing force of the Eagle Navy, these troop carriers quickly washed up on the nearby beach with the waves, The huge baffle was lowered, and countless soldiers in black armor poured down from it. These soldiers quickly poured into the entire Huacheng Port and controlled the streets and alleys inside. Then another small fast warship arrived at the beach. This time, the ones who came out There were more than thirty black-armored cavalry. The black-armored cavalry lined up on the beach. Then the horse's hooves flew towards King Raphael's castle. In front of it was the falcon flag fluttering in the wind, and behind the horse's hooves was the billowing dust.

The leader of the team is Kester, captain of the fifth squadron of the Guards. This young Falcon Army officer is burly and strong. Against the backdrop of a suit of thick black armor, he looks like a black iron tower. A pair of sharp eyes appear from under his helmet. Shooting at the castle in the distance, ten minutes later, the cavalry entered the castle about a hundred meters away. He looked up at the castle that was getting closer, raised his hands, and shouted "Stop"

"Wow!" The black cavalry behind them reined in their horses uniformly, raising a puff of smoke a hundred meters away from the castle.

"What do you want to do?"

King Raphael on the castle looked a little scared. This was the first time he heard about the Falcon Empire in the north, but from the cowardice shown by the Gangfei people, one can imagine how powerful this Falcon Empire is. The existence of such a powerful empire actually sent a fleet to attack his little flower city, which was really incomprehensible to him.

"Excuse me, are you His Highness Prince Raphael?"

At this time, he saw the leading cavalry officer below the castle raising his head. He saw Raphael's unusually gorgeous clothes, and coupled with the nervousness shown by everyone nearby, he had already decided that this guy was what His Majesty Falcon was looking for. "People," the cavalry officer's shout made Raphael squeeze the city wall tightly with his hands, and his breath quickened due to nervousness. He hesitated for a moment before answering.

"Yes, I am King Raphael. Who are you and why are you attacking my Flower City!"

"Attack? We are just helping our friend get what he deserves. As for the rest, you can complain directly to our Majesty the Falcon! But please come with us now!" Kester grinned with an ugly smile. He smiled. He was tall and strong, but he was actually a very cunning guy. On the battlefield, his nickname was Fox. Few people would associate this tall, hard-to-hide guy with a small and flexible animal like a fox. stand up. Except for a few people, they know that Captain Kester was actually a mountain hunter who was proficient in archery before joining the Falcon Army. With his flexible skills and excellent arm strength, he can even attack enemies wearing heavy armor. An arrow shot into the weak connection of the opponent's armor. Kester was famous in the southern mountains of Vecia. The targets he shot were often either killed or dragged to death due to excessive bleeding.

"Where are you taking me? Prince Raphael gritted his teeth and asked with a fearful look on his face.

"Our Falcon Majesty wants to see you!" Kester replied calmly

"Your Majesty Falcon?"

King Raphael stood stunned on the city wall for a moment, his eyes scanning the huge fleet on the sea in the distance. For a moment I felt a little shaken inside. Your Majesty Falcon! Could it be the emperor of the Falcon Empire! OMG. What on earth is going on! Do I, a little prince, need to be treated like this? Summoned by an imperial emperor. . . . . . . Raphael was nervously entangled in his heart. Although he was a puppet supported by Gang Fei Ren, to be honest, Gang Fei Ren didn't treat him very much. After all, it is just a substitute for a puppet. What Gangfei really values ​​​​is his wife who is about to give birth. As long as his son is born, his puppet will come to an end. The biggest Gangfei Empire he has ever seen An official of the empire, just Remshat, the senior affairs officer of the Imperial Ministry of Affairs, if he wanted to be summoned by the superior Emperor Gangfei, that would be unthinkable!

"Your Highness, please hurry up, we don't have that much time to delay!" Kester shouted loudly from below the castle. "My Majesty has a bad temper. If you wait too long, he will probably issue an order to massacre the city directly."

"Asshole, this is a naked threat!" King Raphael cursed angrily in a low voice

He didn't dare not go. Huacheng had surrendered, but he watched eight large troop carriers arrive. A conservative estimate is that the opponent's troops ashore are more than 5,000, and the entire castle's defenders are only a thousand. If the opponent really wants to massacre the city in anger, he can only watch. Although he is full of reluctance, King Raphael Or the fleet being escorted to the sea?

The one escorting King Raphael was a dragon tooth battleship. Its weird appearance made King Raphael stunned for a while when he stepped on the deck. As a sailing and shipbuilding enthusiast, King Raphael was in He is very famous for his knowledge of warships. He has specialized in studying warships from many countries. When he was sixteen years old, he was sent to Lanster as the principality of Putao. A special student of the Marine Academy, he studied for three years at the Lanster Marine Academy, known as the first navy in Barro, Central Europe. There, he received special care from the Lanster people and was allowed to view many secret documents. In his graduation assignment three years later, King Raphael proposed the Dillard Battleship Manufacturing Theory, which was hailed by his instructor as a genius idea for shipbuilding.

The so-called Dillard's battleship manufacturing theory is to manufacture the accessories of the battleship separately, and then combine them with unified accessories to truly realize the division of labor of the battleship and greatly improve the construction speed of the battleship. Of course, the reason why it is called a theory is that Because even the Sea Country Lanster does not have the huge manpower and industrial power required to implement this theory,

On this Dragon Tooth Battleship, Raphael's eyes were a little dazed, not only because of the unique shape of this battleship, but because he found that the structure of this Dragon Tooth Battleship was exactly in line with the construction of his Dillard Battleship. According to theory, every accessory of this battleship seems not to be made as a whole, but to be composed of multiple accessories. King Raphael does not know yet, but at the naval manufacturing dock of the Falcon Empire, a mainland industry After improvements in strength and craftsmanship, under the "assembly line" manufacturing method proposed by His Majesty Falcon, the manufacturing of naval warships has already achieved division of labor. The main hull of the warship was built in the south of Salander, which has abundant wood resources, and the components were It was built in shipyards in other areas and finally transported to the south of Salander for assembly. The large-scale adoption of special mortise and tenon inlay structures and traditional nail-iron connections greatly shortened the construction time of the warship.

"My theory has really become a reality." After visual inspection of the battleship components on the Dragon Tooth Battleship, King Raphael had already decided to hide his feelings. The shock in his heart was far greater than being captured, but when he first As soon as I saw the flagship Dragon-class ship, the huge side of the ship that was much higher than all the battleships, my eyes lit up no longer able to hide it.

If he hadn't been held captive, he would have reached out and touched the huge battleship in front of him. The previous discovery had already hit him once, but this time, he felt how insignificant his previous complacency was. This was A real battleship. The ocean-going battleships that traverse the seas, especially the side of this huge battleship, the unclosed muzzle baffle like fish scales, revealing the dark fort, the sailors on the battleship are pouring water on it, and there is a stream of hot steam. Water vapor emerged from these cannon positions, and King Raphael's breath stopped for a moment. At this moment, he felt that he was looking up at the breathing of a real ocean beast.

He is not a very ambitious person. The reason why he is willing to let Gangfei people support him and act as a puppet is because Gangfei people promise to do it after the matter is completed. Fund it to form a naval fleet belonging to the Principality of Putau. This way he can take the fleet to realize his dream. But now, he suddenly realized that this ideal was really ridiculous. This was the truly powerful battleship, even the large-scale battleship of the Lanster Navy. It is not as huge as the super battleships in front of us. Such battleships are enough to resist the waves from ocean routes and cast a wider gaze into unknown areas. It is no wonder that the Falcon Empire, with such battleships, dares to directly cross the sea to attack itself.

The guard pushed King Raphael into a spacious room, and then closed the door from the outside. The room was a little dark, and Raphael turned his head curiously. This was when he heard a familiar voice say, "Raphael . It seems that you are worse than me. As a puppet, you serve them wholeheartedly, but when you really need it, you are abandoned like a ball! "

"Who is it?" King Raphael's face turned livid. Then he saw Lord Pu Tao with a white bandage on his body walking out of the darkness with a sneer on his face.

"It's you!" King Raphael's pupils narrowed, and he looked at someone who should be in the Falcon Empire with an expression of disbelief. The Grand Duke Putao was wearing an exquisite thick leather coat and was sitting on a chair in the room. Below, Duke Putou, whose waist is wrapped in gauze, looks a little funny. On the outside of the white gauze holding his waist, you can still see the blood stains oozing out.

He coughed with an ugly face, his face was pale due to blood loss. "It's unexpected! I was assassinated! Do you know who did it?"

"I heard it! Whether you believe it or not, I didn't do it." King Raphael looked at him solemnly.

"I know it's not you!" Duke Putao pulled his collar with his hand, as if to make himself look more serious, and finally said with a wry smile, "This assassination was done by myself, a very deep knife. I almost died. If I had known the pain, I should have been gentler!"

"You are crazy, assassinate yourself!" King Raphael's face showed a hint of astonishment, his eyes flickered, and there was even a trace of concern in it. It seemed that the relationship between the two was not as strong as the rumors outside.

"Are you crazy? Maybe! If the pain of a knife can save my country, even if I insert another knife, I will do it!" Duke Putao looked at King Raphael calmly. He said in a slow tone, "At least, I am still fighting for my country. What about you, the young man who threatened to make the Principality of Putao the most powerful country on the sea? In order to let the Gangfei people let me back, you are frankly willing to be a puppet. Have people really decided to accept their fate of being imprisoned until death?”

"Imprisoned until death? Haha, am I not imprisoned now?" A wry smile appeared on King Raphael's lips. These words made his heart twist tightly. He had been avoiding this question in his heart, but now he was When someone picks it out, it hurts like a thorn piercing it." I know exactly what Gang Feiren wants. What they want is my child. The person who will become the future Grand Duke is also my child. As for me, a superfluous person, I am lucky enough not to kill him." King Raphael sneered coldly, "If I can finally Even if being imprisoned is great, do you really expect the Gangfei people to give you a fleet?

"Even if you are naive, there must be a limit! In fact, you are luckier than me. At least you still have a few loyal subordinates. As for me, everyone around me is an eyes placed by someone else. Even My food and drink are all controlled by Gang Fei people. My situation is not even half as good as yours.

At least, until the new Duke is established, you are safe on the surface. You can recruit subordinates and gather an army. My only role is to hide in the same place with that strange Gangfei woman and give birth to a Gangfei. People need heirs! Then it disappeared silently, as if it had never existed. As for what will happen in the future? Haha, do you really think that woman from a well-born family will spend her whole life with a worthless prisoner? "

"Then why do you still want to..." Duke Putao looked at King Raphael with bright eyes, as if he was meeting him for the first time.

"If I died, would you still be able to live until now!" King Raphael smiled coldly. "You can brazenly talk about fighting for the principality here because I sacrificed my life in the principality. I am alive so that you can Stay alive, otherwise, you think Gang Fei people will tolerate you for so long! "