52: Chapter 52 Keane's Giant Gun! Shrapnel Grenade!

After closing in to a certain distance, the Archers crouched halfway, raising their bows at a 45-degree angle.

In the next moment, a dense rain of arrows bore down directly on the shallows.

"Demon, retreat. Prepare to replenish the Crew Members."

Chen Fan immediately issued the command.

The rain of arrows struck instantly, killing nearly half of the Crew Members on the shallows.

It wasn't over; less than five seconds after the first round ended, a second volley of arrows struck again.

Unexpectedly, these savages actually knew how to use volley fire tactics.

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

"Brother Fan, our Crew Members are all dead. It will take several minutes for reinforcements to arrive."

"It's over; they're about to push forward, and there's no time to replenish the Crew Members."

"Brother Fan, why don't you let the girl shoot again?"

"..."

Chen Fan was speechless.

In this kind of scene, the effect of Lairuilei's attack wouldn't be very good.

While the Powerful Strike was certainly powerful, its range was too small.

Against enemies pressing forward over such a large area, it was stretched thin.

That being said...

Seeing the gravity in Chen Fan's eyes, Lairuilei gritted her teeth and drew her bow once more.

*Zzzzt—*

Another Powerful Strike shot out, carving a vacuum through the advancing Infantry.

Even the Archers in the jungle behind them were pierced through.

The savages were in chaos for a moment, but seeing no follow-up to that tyrannical attack, they immediately pressed forward again.

Seeing this, Lairuilei took a heavy breath, green light condensing in her hand once more.

"Don't push yourself. Worst case, we just withdraw."

Chen Fan pressed down on her hand and spoke softly.

"But..."

"No buts. Listen to me."

"Alright, I'll do as you say."

Lairuilei frowned slightly and stood to the side.

Just then, their newly reinforced Crew Members arrived.

Scattered Infantry and Sailors rushed toward the neatly arranged savage phalanx.

They looked as if they were about to be completely swallowed up.

Vase: "Brother Fan, think of something! If this wave of Crew Members dies, we won't have time to replenish them."

speechless ship: "The next wave of replenishment will take nearly three minutes."

long time ship: "Obviously, the enemy isn't going to give us that time."

Demon: "It's over, it's over! Is this Arrogant female pronoun going to die here?"

Samo: "...Sister, are you possessed by a drama queen? They don't even have ships; can't you just run away?"

Demon: "Hehe, I just want to complete the mission. It's a Level 7 reward! Aren't you tempted?"

Samo: "Tempted or not, this is clearly not something we can handle right now."

long time ship: "This difficulty is much higher than previous Level 7s. Without an area-of-effect skill, we definitely can't take it down."

"..."

Looking at the situation, all of The Five Women were pessimistic.

Chen Fan's eyes also narrowed slightly.

He didn't want to give up such a good opportunity.

If they couldn't take it this time, the enemy would set up guards along the coast next time.

They wouldn't have time to gather their forces.

If it really didn't work, he'd have to send the ghost ship over to fire its cannons.

But for the ghost ship to provide support, it had to be equipped with a Captain before it could set out.

That way, the Captain sent out would be in danger of dying.

This was something Chen Fan did not want to see.

"It's a pity you don't have enough money to buy weapons; otherwise, I could help reduce a lot of the pressure for you."

Kadel tilted his head back and took a large gulp of strong liquor.

Compared to beer, he preferred this stuff.

Unfortunately, the production was too low; an A-rank Brewer could only produce half a kilogram a day.

Hearing this, Chen Fan's eyes lit up.

"If you have a weapon, can you deal with them?"

"Maybe, who knows."

Kadel had a mysterious look on his face.

Chen Fan nodded slightly, looking at the 481K gold coins in his backpack.

After hesitating for only a few seconds, he spoke:

"Give me all of your gold coins."

Instantly, The Five Women understood what Chen Fan wanted to do and applied for trades one after another.

In their gold reserves, some were gold coins Chen Fan had traded to them previously.

That portion could not trigger the Hundredfold Cash Back.

The other half was what they had obtained by exchanging materials.

[Obtained: Gold Coins x25k.]

Opening the system mall, Chen Fan found the keen giant gun, valued at five hundred thousand.

"Purchase!"

[Spent: Gold Coins x500k.]

[Obtained: keen giant gun.]

Instantly, Chen Fan's gold coins dropped almost to zero.

Only a pitiful 6k remained!

At the same time, an orange-and-yellow long gun appeared in his inventory.

"Take it!"

Chen Fan tossed the gun over.

The moment he saw the keen giant gun, a flash of excitement appeared in Kadel's eyes.

But he quickly suppressed it.

His hands trembled slightly as he stroked the barrel, his gaze dazed for a moment.

"Stop reminiscing and solve the matter at hand first."

Chen Fan tactlessly interrupted him, pointing at the light screen above the vortex.

"You... are truly an annoying person."

Kadel snorted angrily and raised the gun to aim at the light screen.

"Shrapnel!"

With a low growl, Kadel pulled the trigger.

The massive recoil sent him stumbling back two steps.

A net-like cluster of bullets quickly flew into the vortex.

Unlike previous bullets, this net's flight speed was not fast; it drifted leisurely over the Crew Members.

It slowly landed right in the center of the savage units.

Instantly, a circle with a ten-meter diameter appeared.

All savages who stepped inside the circle were instantly killed, creating a vacuum zone.

Looking closely, inside the circle, countless bullets were flying aimlessly.

Every time they hit the outer wall of the circle, they would accelerate and bounce back, shooting down all the savages within the circle.

The ten-meter diameter vacuum zone almost isolated the path's entrance.

Only a few meters of space remained to pass through.

This caused the pressure on the Crew Members to drop sharply.

"Holy crap!"

"What is this?"

"Brother Fan, you actually had this trick up your sleeve? You didn't show it earlier and made me worry, hmph!"

"This must be that sniper's skill, right? The bullets are similar."

Chen Fan raised an eyebrow; he hadn't expected that at such a critical moment, Jiu Jiu's observation would still be so sharp.

Just then, Kadel raised his gun to aim once more.

*Bang—*

Another bullet net flew into the vortex.

This time, Kadel aimed at the Archer array in the rear.

Within the ten-meter diameter range, over a hundred Archers were killed instantly.

What was even more fatal was that due to panic, a stampede occurred within the ranks.

Savages who were originally outside the range were pushed into the circle, and immediately, losses were heavy.

The Archer array was forced to begin retreating.

Without the Archers providing cover, the Crew Member casualties were greatly reduced.

Two minutes passed, and the Shrapnel circle disappeared.

Just as the front-line Infantry were preparing to push up, a familiar sound rang out.

A new circle appeared at the entrance once again.

"That's it; I can only store three shots for now. It takes half an hour to fully recharge."

Kadel holstered his gun and poured a mouthful of strong liquor into his mouth.

"That's enough."

Chen Fan said with a smile, commanding the Crew Members who were gradually forming an army.

The army of Crew Members pushed forward, gradually advancing the battle line.

Just as the savages were looking at each other in confusion, several bugle calls rang out from the rear.

The savages all turned their heads.

Chen Fan and The Five Women also had their attention drawn, looking out over the distance.

Nearly a thousand people were slowly approaching, carrying a giant Trebuchet over 30 meters high and 50 meters long.

No, that could no longer be called a Trebuchet.

Or perhaps calling it a general cannon would be more accurate.

When it was two thousand meters from the shallows, the general cannon stopped.

Several giant stones burning with flames were loaded into the sling by a crane.

After a brief aim, they were launched.

The flaming giant stones, accompanied by the sound of whistling wind, smashed toward the shallows.

Seeing this scene, Chen Fan's finger twitched.

He called out in a low voice:

"ghost ship, support!"