Previously, they have been following the flag ship in half sail. Now they spread out in full sail.
“The Admiral’s command has been given! Set sail at full speed!”
The clipper ship's captains shouted in a sonorous voice to report.
The sail received the wind and unfolded fully. The clipper ships quickly accelerated on the unfreezing river into a fearsome speed and sailed across the river.
They used excellent sailing skills to increase their speed while crossing the reef.
And after awhile, a report came in from the clipper ships.
-Between the fog we can see the ship that we are chasing from our current location, downstream river.
As they were not far from Weed, Drinpelt hastily sped up.
The main force moved calmly as they were easily catchable, at this distance.
In naval warfare if you have a faster boat than Drinpelt’s fleet, you will be outside the range of the cannons, making it possible to escape safely .
But Weed’s ship was not a clipper ship.
- It seems we will be coming in range of the cannon soon.
Although there weren’t a lot of cannons mounted on the clipper ship, but to attack Weed’s ship what they had was a lot.
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.