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Chapter 362: Chess Match

Translator: i well for the huic objective was once again the fored under more than ten meters of water The Sea Tribe called this place the "Land of the Dragon’s Death&8221; as the SemiGod Hydra’s blood had once flowed here and Hydras were considered a species of Dragon The remnants of the Hydra’s blood would be toxic to any ordinary lifefor This hy large nuathered here

More than ten nearby forersi street districts of Sea Tribe members would have to be killed off to reach this location And the Sea Tribe’s backup would arrive once the fighting reached a stalemate

This hy Darsos and his advisers made plenty of preparations for this battle In the previous sixty-seven waves of attacks, they had chosen to attack this area ather information for their true full-force attack or to elih-priority threats—the ht

"The Land of the Dragon’s Death is under attack again? Who knohat those crazy hu to attack this place so many times? Who cares? Just leave the defense up to those sea beasts&8221;

Actually, the current Sea Tribe’s top-priority locations to defend were their royal palace and divine temples Second priority landed on their entertainment facilities As for this forathered… did the Sea Tribe need boats? They simply left this place to the sea beasts

Auland had chosen this location twice out of their five h the Sea Tribe still sent their forces to defend this location each tihtened senses honed through sodiscovered that the Sea Tribedulled In fact, backup would always arrive thirty minutes later than in other areas, and the number of reinforcements would also be less than half compared to other locations!

Since the Sea Tribe members were already numb to such attacks, it was now the perfect opportunity for Auland to launch their first real full-force attack, disguised as a regular guerilla strike This sixty-eighth wave of attacks, code nahtly over an hour remained before the warreat majority of the Sea Tribe were still in a deep sleep—they’d only wake up after nine o’clock

Unlike in the darkest depths of the deep sea, here they could experience the war the day The Sea Tribe here hence started i at night It was very possible they believed that victory was in their hands because of Rain City’s forbidden spell—they had arrogantly given up on being proactive in battle It was only asuch a decision

As the ators of this particular battle, the people of Auland resolutely stood at the very forefront Their ed in the battle where they lost Kagersi—all three of their major fleets had been destroyed But in this attack to recapture Kagersi, the surviving ships and newly constructed warships banded together Auland still possessed more than thirty heavy-class warships and over a hundred a ee amount of civilian and merchant enterprises would transform themselves to work on le blow, Auland’s incredibly developed business industry would drag any opponent into a long and hellish war of attrition

Obviously, Auland’s original warships weren’t suitable for combat in this environment The water here was far too shallow, and the depths were overly complex Even in areas that appeared to have deep water, the sharp pointed roof of soht act like hidden coral—fatal for any ship Yet it would be iht the Sea Tribe without a ship in the deep waters

The people of Auland had been stuck between a rock and a hard place But they finally had a solution when they obtained the floating airship technology frole ship building factory in Auland None of the shipwrights and ship designers had seen a single day of rest The people of Auland had put their all into inal ships

Coon bones as the base ht ether However, the people of Auland were capable of si the ship’s overall weight to reduce the ship’s draft

Perhaps this seeless, but it opened up the possibility ofthe entire hull the ship hter, there was more power of flotation Didn’t that mean it was possible to equip the ship with heavier armor? And so, countless blacksmiths worked to add thick layers of armor to the hull of their ships In order to ensure that the hull wouldn’t be daed by coral or any other water obstacles, the people of Auland were crazy enough to utilize precious h that no ordinary adventurer would be willing to use them to craft weapons

After the as over and Auland calculated the war expenses, the ical metals used for these ships’ hull armor alone cost one-fifth of Auland’s entire national treasury, which would have been ersi froy was still in its infancy and engine technology was still under developed to use flotation technology to lighten their ships’ weight and create half-metallic armored ships with ar

Unlike the wars fought in inal world of Earth, theagainst cannon fire Instead, this arainst underwater attackers wanting to sink the ship along with coral and other underwater obstacles

Once engine technology was improved even further, true, fully arht now, these makeshift half-metallic armored warships would be sufficient

Coinal ships, these possessed far superior defenses Due to the high nuines installed on each ship, they possessed the ability to float in the air for short periods of ti even land To quote Darsos: "The flotation power is insufficient? Then add ines on board to replace any that overload and explode Outfit every single ship with plenty of workers to run things and es to provide mana We have plenty of humans We also have plenty of money! I’ll spend money however I want!&8221;

The huent as the huent species was forced to the brink, all sorts ofas as forever the foremost reason for innovation Miracle inventions were capable of astonishing feats no conventional military of the time could accomplish

Of course, if it weren’t for the fact that the Auland Ey and , then they wouldn’t have been able to actualize all this even if they wanted Fine then, the most critical part was that they were sufficiently rich War would always be a contest between two factions’ overall power levels Since Auland was really, really, rich, they could afford to invest so ular, ooden portions at the top half of their ships and to ht attacks, Auland painted their battleships a pitch black Later in the future, this black battlefleet that always brought an end to their enemies would be known as the "Fleet of Death&8221;

Without a doubt, this would becoerous the war becaersi’s waters to become food for the Sea Tribe, Auland continued to spend resources on constantly i these battleships to be used in actual combat

"These modified battleships need to obtain miraculous results on their very first surprise appearance… Otherwise, how can it be called an ace if it can’t enter battle at a criticalour strategic objective?&8221;

As an emperor, Darsos was quite competent in the area of viciousness All the sacrifices he had tofor so long achieved astonishing results

When the pitch-black fleet appeared in the dark hours before dawn, not a single Sea Tribe antic ships were surprisingly dexterous at round on coral, buildings, or other obstacles, the fact that they would fly up into midair for a short period of time seemed inconceivable

Every area of water that these heavy battleships passed over was flattened of all coral, other obstacles, or even any large Sea Tribe antic, solidin their path

When the Sea Tribe sounded the alarm and entered the battlefield, they found that they were helpless against such battleships

Swi a hole in the hull? The arical metal and a thick layer of iron, which would be ainst even cannon fire Although a Sea Giantan anchor, the anchor actually got stuck into the inner layer and the Sea Giant was dragged to its death

Send up huge waves to capsize the ships? These ships were far too steady and were capable of flying up to dodge the waves No ordinary water iant metallic hulks Only a forbidden spell would be able to accomplish such a feat