But Drinpelt did not want to pass up Weed to the others.
-Fire. But don’t sink it. Damage it to the point where he can not escape.
-Yes. Admiral.
The clipper ships advanced forward in the weakening fog.
They were startled when they reached the clearing and saw the medium sized sailboat.
It was like a brand new rebuilt medium sized ship but aged by 100 year.
The Haven Kingdom’s flag was lowered, and in its place a one-eyed skull flag was put up instead.
“It became a Ghost Ship?”
“There are a lot of different ships as well. Why are there suddenly more ships near Jigolath?
“These are all Ghost Ships. All the Ghost Ships that plague the sea have assembled here. Prepare for battle!”
Weed’s ship was in the back of the numerous Ghost Ship Fleet.
The clipper ships tried to stop and retreat after reporting back to the Drinpelt’s fleet, but they were already at the open sea.
Weed’s Lion’s Roar resonated throughout the sea.
“All Ghost Ships! Get ready to fire the cannons!”
“Kekeke, cannons… preparing.”
“What was that, I was able to hear better when I was young… Did you mean the cannons? There is something clogged in it.”
The same thing was happening to all the Ghost Ships anchored at the sea. It was becoming a spectacle.
After 50 years of being unused the artilleries were clogged up with seaweed and wakame. The ghosts were trying to forcefully shove them out of the way.
The ghosts were using flint knives to clear the clogged up cannons. Sparks from their knives caused the wick of the cannons to be lit with fire.
“FIRE!”
Boooom, Boooom, Boooom! The explosion from the cannon caused a small part of the ship to be destroyed so repairs to the Ghost Ship were immediately being done.
“Will it fire properly this time?”
One of the skeletons poked its head on the mouth of the cannon as the wick was lit.
Kwakang! The cannon in working order recoiled. The head of the skeleton disappeared as it was blown off by the cannon as it went off.
“Success. We’ve fired successfully. By the way, did someone see my head?”
With its body and leftover neck, the skeleton wandered around the deck to find its head.
“There is no shell. Did I eat it yesterday because I was hungry? Maybe you lost it while playing with it?”
“Our ship is a merchant ship so we usually don’t have any shells.”
“Let’s shoot with dried fish instead.”
Merchants ships and passenger ships were also changed into Ghost Ships. It was common not to have any shells.
However, there were shells floating around in the sea from other ships that can be used.
“I will go in. Kekekeke. I’m going!”
The ghosts launched themselves by entering into the cannon and using gunpowder. Even though the process was a mess, it was relatively normal on a Ghost ship.
Shells were fired from the Ghost Ship in unison towards the clipper ships that were heading towards Weed’s ship.
Due to the poor accuracy the shells shot towards the clipper ships fell in the water and created high column of water geysers.
Shells also crashed into each other up in the sky and went off like fireworks.
“Take evasive maneuvers!”
“There are too many. We can’t evade them all! Prepare the counterattack, fire!”
The captains of the clipper ships maneuvered in a zigzag pattern and tried to prepare to fire the cannons.
But the Ghost Ship fired at random and didn't even bother to aim.
A lot of shells fell into the sea, but some literally exploded into the clipper ships.
Shells have fallen through the deck and created bright lights caused by explosion inside the hull! Sections of hull broke of and caught on fire.
“Fire!”
The clipper ships fired back even when hit, but the ships began to wobble and shake every time there was an explosion.
“Kuhehehehe. It's a human.”
More ghosts climbed onto the deck, and chaos continued.
Greasy and huge tentacles came out and grabbed the crew members on the deck.
Attached to the hull was a head that resembled a Kraken! The captain of the clipper ship urgently opened a dialogue to Hermes Guild chat.