The approaching fleet.

　I think it's safe to say that they're pirates.
　They hadn't flown their flag until halfway through, perhaps to mislead us about something, but now they're hoisting a pirate skull flag high in the air, presumably to intimidate us.

　You can hear the wild shouts of the ruffians on the other side of the ship on the wind.

　The closer we get, the more tense the sailors on our ship become.

　--We'll scare them off.

　It's easy enough to calm them at the bottom of the sea, but if we're going to capture that entire fleet, we'll have to think fast.

　I think it's a good idea to reduce one of them to scrap metal ...... but it's a waste of a ship (・・・・・・).

It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you want.　Ship?

There's a ship. If you leave me a third of the enemy's captain and a third of the ...... well, you can do what you want with the rest.

　You can't help but giggle at the scathing words that are spoken so simply.

　I'm not a saint either, so I have no intention of hurting you.
　If you're going to attack us, let's let you die.

Okay, so I'll let the ...... poor pirates be fish bait.

　Then I activated the usual water dragon .

　Because it was formed by sucking in a lot of seawater, its body is one thicker than this ship's mast, and there are eight of them around our ship.
　They are staring at the pirates with their sickle necks above the sea.

　I've been using this water dragon all the time like a fool, but this magic is really easy to use.
　I'm used to it, so it takes almost no time to activate its magic, its size is flexible at my will, it has more than enough killing power, and I can make a powerful one with less magic power when I come to the waterfront.

　I'm proud to say that I've made a very efficient spell. Best of all, it's cool.

What the hell?

"Hey, it's Pokemon!

　The shouts of astonishment and fear from the sailors, who do not understand that this is my magic.

Kah, Kallotta-dono, what is this?

"Don't worry. This is the magic of the mask.

"This, these dragons are ...... awesome ......

　Breaking out in a cold sweat, the captain keeps his eyes glued to my water dragons.

"I'm glad you like it!　Well, let's see what these guys can do to make you like it more!

　As soon as I gave the order, the water dragons started to move at once and in no time at all, they were closing in on the pirate fleet, reaching underneath them in less than a minute.

　The pirates are frozen in a group of water dragons that have suddenly appeared, all with their stupid faces on.

Eat them up!

　And then - my water dragons began to pounce on them.

　Two for each ship.

　First, the deck.
　The big Gakus open up and devour the pirates as if they are enjoying a boisterous bite, and take them inside their bodies.

　As usual, the pirates are mixed with sand for abrasive, so that the eaten pirates are shredded in the high speed water flow and die in a moment.

"Whoa!

"What the hell is this thing?

"Shoot, shoot, shoot!

　The pirates, who belatedly realized that they were being attacked, finally moved to intercept the attackers, firing cannonballs at my water dragons and attacking them with axes and swords, but to no avail.

　The artillery shells that have been fired penetrate through the body of the water and fly in the direction of the day after tomorrow without incident and kill the artillerymen with the whole cannon.
　An attacker with an axe or sword is out of the question. They are no obstacle and are being eaten by my water dragons.

　She's made of water all over, so physical attacks are useless.

Oh, so pirates have magicians too?

　The pirates have also realized that physical attacks do not make sense.

　It takes a few people to create a water wall around the ship, shooting fireballs to vaporize it, or creating gusts of wind to move the ship to escape, but it's all in vain.

　It's not only the amount of magic contained in it, my water dragon is overwhelmingly superior in terms of completeness as a magician, so it avoids the fireball normally, or rather, it doesn't care if it hits you, it easily breaks through the water wall and continues to bite the fleeing ship to escape.

　Thus, while one of them is "eating" on the deck, the other one attacking the same ship is going to attack the inside of the ship.

　The water dragon that attacked the inside of the ship branched its head (・・・・) into several branches (・・・・・・) and changed its shape to look like an eight-headed serpent, as if it couldn't destroy the ship by letting it run into it.

　Our water dragons, whose heads are big enough to be plunged into the cannon holes on the sides, have invaded the interior of the ship and are beginning to lay waste to the hell on the deck as much as the hell on the deck.

　Although they are killing each other with a lot of gusto, we are still careful not to kill too many pirates in order to keep Carotta's orders.
　The reason why she said "keep a third" is not because she was trying to be merciful, but simply because if she killed too many pirates, she might run out of manpower to run the ship.

　A sailing ship in such an era would need a good number of people to move it. I saw it on Pirates of the Caribbean.

　And ...... has one other thing that bothers me: ・・・・・.

　Our boss also said, "Keep the captain," probably because he thought the same thing I did, and he wanted information.

"And the captain is ...... that?

　In the midst of the screaming pirate fleet, there's a nice-looking guy on a ship shouting instructions to the guys around him.

　All right, let's take him alive for now.

　I instruct one of the water dragons that has been attacking the ship and bite the man who looks like the captain.

"Whoa!

"Heads up!

"Huh!　The captain's been eaten!

　Oh, that was a lucky break.

　As for it, to avoid killing it, we released the high-speed water flow inside the water dragon to make it just a water prison, and then drove it overboard to bring it to us.

　On the way, it struggles to escape, but because it's in the water, it can't move, it spits out of its mouth and falls in a heap on the deck of our ship.

It's a good thing that you're not going to be able to get a good look at your own body.

　I stomped on the captain's back as he tried to pull the sword out of his waistband, keeping him still while I called out to Carlotta, "Carlotta, this is the captain.

"Carotta, this is the captain.

"Attaboy!　--Bind it!

"Ha!

　The holy knights, fully armed and standing by, expertly bind and gag the captain as he tries to resist.

　The pirate captain is rolled onto the deck floor and roars oooh-ooh-ooh.



　Now you don't have to worry about killing them all in a hurry.

Now that we've got their boss, what do we do?　Still want to reduce?

No, that's enough. Now you understand the difference between our strengths - or rather, your strengths - so much better. Can you give those dragons some space for once?

"Copy that.

　Following the words of the female knight, I will ask the remaining water dragons that are still attacking to cease their attacks and wait for them to surround the fleet at a certain distance away from me.

　If they still resist, I'll let them attack again.

　Then, the pirates, relieved that I let go of the water dragon, exchanged some kind of communication with each other's ships.

　--Soon after, they lowered their pirate flags and raised the white flag instead.


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　Then it was 20 minutes later that the pirate fleet was completely neutralized by the holy knights and our sailors.

　I have checked the condition of the ship and found that the deck railings, cannons, stairs, and ship's equipment were all damaged by my water dragons, but ...... all important parts of the ship, such as the bones and masts, are intact.

Now then, pirate. I have a lot to ask you. Answer meekly and I'll spare your life. Yeah, don't get crazy, whether you die or not is of no great consequence to us.

"...... tch, I'm sure you'll be able to guarantee the lives of ......'s men, too.

　I'm a pirate captain with a hateful stare in my direction.
　I guess he understands that if he does something stupid, I will kill him without hesitation.

　In fact, the water dragon's spell that made these guys attack me has not yet been lifted and I'm still on guard around the ship.
　Unless you're a complete idiot, you won't even think of resisting anymore.

　I've killed so many of them that the number of our men and the rest of the pirates has been reversed.

"You're surprisingly considerate of your men. All right, I'm sure you'll fall into slavery, but I swear in the name of God that I won't kill you unreasonably.

"...... What do you want to hear?

A couple of things. First of all, the timing of the attack (...) on us (・・・・・) is very good (・・・・・・). (・・・・・). Who hired you to do this?

　Carotta began to ask questions from the core, so .