Chapter 672-Viking Pirates
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
After the ocean auction ended, Ouyang Shuo obtained a total of two million gold. One of the three winners was a person he paid a lot of intention to, the Mediterranean Lord that would rise up in the future.
This person was known as Caesar, and he was rumored to be the direct descendant of the ancient Roman Empire.
In the 4th year of Ouyang Shuo’s last life, Caesar had risen up in Europe, becoming one of the three giants of the European continent. At that time, his legendary past was slowly revealed on the forums.
He was a Lord gamemode player, but his game life had started from the mysterious Roman Imperial Palace. He was born in the roman imperial palace at the start and was nurtured as a member of the royal family.
Regarding the specifics of his experiences and past, even the people closest to him lacked knowledge.
In the first half of the Gaia third year, Caesar left the imperial palace and officially started his journey as a Lord. His followers included 50 thousand Ancient Rome Guards, 20 thousand top grade artisans, thousands of experienced officials, a few million gold worth of riches, and thousands of special items, building blueprints, technical manuals, and the like.
All in all, the Roman Imperial Palace prepared anything that a Lord would need for him. Even the rank that restricted Lords was given to him directly – the rank of 2nd class Marquis rank.
Based on the news revealed on the forums, even the village creation token he used was gold rank.
Gaius Octavius Augustus, who was in the Roman Imperial Palace, even sent his great general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa to Caesar.
One must know that Agrippa had helped Augustus defeat Anthony, the general who had contributed the most to them winning the internal conflict of Rome. Even in roman history, he would be considered one of the top 10 generals.
In the Battle of Actium, Agrippa commanded the troops and defeated Anthony and Cleopatra's alliance army. After this battle, Anthony killed himself and Egypt became a province for Rome.
One could see that Emperor Augustus treated Caesar as his successor.
Although Caesar had stayed in the imperial palace for two years, his starting point was enough to put every other Lord to shame. Without a doubt, this was a typical type of Lord that overtook at a corner.
‘Born in the imperial palace,’ was the adventure quest that Caesar had been given, making every outsider extremely jealous. One could imagine that his luck stat was incredibly high. As for his claim that his bloodline belonged to that of the royal family, very little people believed it.
Ouyang Shuo did not trust his statement either.
He announced such a claim to raise his prestige in Italy and to raise his legality.
In truth, Caesar was not the only one who had obtained such an adventure quest. At least, Ouyang Shuo knew that the Jingdou Palace had a young man who was quietly gathering strength to shoot for the skies.
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After ocean auction ended, Jidian City officially obtained the recognition of the various Lords in the Mediterranean.
Ouyang Shuo's mission here had similarly to an end.
The next morning, the voyage squadron left Gibraltar Straits and set off once again. Going past the straits, the squadron officially entered the Pacific, heading north toward the English Channel.
If the squadron continued to travel west and went past the pacific, they would be able to reach New York in America. If time permitted, Ouyang Shuo really did not mind taking a trip to North America.
However, it was already the 8th month; based on his predictions, the 6th battle map was about to be triggered. He needed to end the voyage before the battle started.
Compared to exploring America, England was the main agenda of this trip.
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North Pacific, Celtic Sea.
The Celtic Sea was located at the intersection between the Gibraltar Straits and the West Europe voyage line, where North America and Western Europe intersected. This was an important chokepoint between the North Pacific and the east, and it was deep with less obstacles, which made it easy for various ship types to pass through.
Since it was a chokepoint, pirates would definitely be present. The pirate organization here was the famous Viking Pirates.
From the 8th century to the 11th century B.C., the Viking Pirates have disturbed Europe and the English Islands, and their traces could be found all over the European Continent. 500 years before Columbus found the new land, the Vikings had already reached Newfoundland and explored the north region.
At that time, the Vikings were synonymous with pillaging and killing. One could even say that they gave birth to the word pirate; they were the ancestors of the western pirate.
At that time, they were all elite artisans, sailors, adventurers, and merchants. Most importantly, the Vikings were valiant soldiers, equipped with long spears, war axes, and circular shields; they also believed in the God of Thunder, Thor.
The Vikings originated from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. They once controlled a large portion of the Baltic Coastline, Russia, France Normandy, England, Sicily, South of Italy, and Pakistan.
Their dragon boats were also famous.
The Viking ships were light because the main raw material was rubber trees. The ships were narrow and extremely flexible and mobile. At the same time, it could take waves and weather. The head of the boat was curved and carved from an entire section of rubber tree.
It was carved in the image of a western dragon.
Hence, it was called the dragon boat.
According to the legends, the Vikings did not only worship Thor; they were also good at taming dragons. They were born dragon tamers and could tame various kinds of dragons.
Movies and dramas in real life all had such depictions.
In the game, Gaia merged historical and film works together to strengthen the presence of the Vikings, turning them into a massive pirate organization in the North Pacific.
The Vikings were sitting on bigger and even more terrifying dragon boats than in history. The headache inducing part was that they could actually tame dragons, a flying beast that was gold rank and above.
The strong Vikings became a huge obstacle to England, Holland, and other west European countries from expanding outward.
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The Celtic sea region was where the Viking pirates and the English Navy were fighting. On the vast ocean, 15 English Warships had lined up, firing at the Viking dragon boats at both sides.
The flag ship in the center had three floors of cannon decks, where no less than 100 cannons were mounted; it was pretty much an ocean castle.
The flagship was carved with the words ‘The Annie" in English, truly eye catching.
If one was familiar with English navy history, they would know that the one in front of them was a typical Man o' War. The Man o’ War was an elite amongst wooden warships, even stronger than the Ming Dynasty turreted warships.
They appeared in the 17th century, right at the end of the Ming Dynasty; these ships used sails to harness the wind to move. Its displacement was around one thousand tonnes; the ships were equipped with smoothbore cannons that could fire solid cannonballs.
After the English-Holland War, the Man O' War slowly were built larger, and its water displacement went up to three to five thousand tonnes, and the cannon count went from the tens to the hundreds.
In naval warfare, these types of warships had been the main warship of navies.
Regretfully, their cannon range and firepower were limited, and they could only use a straight-line sailing technique. The warships had to line up into a single file and travel, and they could only fire the cannons when the enemy entered their range. Hence, they were unable to form an intersecting cannon fire net.
Apart from that, these battleships also had a weakness: in a storm, the third floor of cannons could not be opened.
The Man O' War relied heavily on wind, so it had limited mechanical movement. In situations when both sides were around the same level, gathering together was really difficult. The naval battle became a long crossfire between two sides lined up in a straight line, which was often unable to bring about decisive results.
These types of warships were known as battleships.
It seemed like the squadron in front of them were in such a situation.
Hundreds of Viking dragon ships braced the cannon fire, dodging left and right while surrounding the navy from all sides. Those that got sunk were in the minority.
At the same time, the Viking Pirates launched long spears toward the battleships. On the dragon boat, thousands of Vikings roared out, looking savage to the extreme.
The Viking Pirates had massive ambitions regarding pillaging and robbing, but they had limited numbers. Hence, they had to rely on unexpected ambushes and careful planning. Their ambushes were often split into two parts: throwing spears from a distance, then ending the fight with swords and axes at close range.
The Viking Pirates also had dragon pets in the game to help them, so they were overpowered existences.
This English Navy had been ambushed by the Viking Pirates. Since they were caught off guard, they had lost five to six grade 3 battleships under the attacks.
In the skies above the battlefield, two vicious looking fire dragons with huge wings circled, shooting flames at the English Navy.
Anyone could tell that the English Navy were on the back foot.
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On the Annie, a conversation was taking place.
"Missus, we can't drag this on anymore; let's retreat!"
The one who spoke held a large sword; it was a girl with red hair in a guard’s uniform.
Her body was well-proportioned, and her huge twin peaks seemed exceedingly luscious. However, they were closely covered by her golden metal armor.
The guard's skirt totally failed to cover up her long legs. Due to long hours of training, her long legs s looked toned and healthy, truly alluring.
"No, Caroline, we cannot retreat."
The red-haired girl was facing another girl who held a silver sword and wore silver armor. She wasn't old; she looked around 23 and had an exquisite appearance.
Along with her golden hair, she seemed like the angel warriors of legends.
"Missus!" Caroline was anxious.
The missus was known for being stubborn; she did not like losing to others.
However, situation at hand would only result in a wipeout if they continued. If the pirate ships got close, they would be able to enter the close combat battle that they excelled at.
At that time, retreating would be impossible.