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Chapter 8 Nautical Tales: Gunner Wigg

The island in the distance was heavily guarded, with a row of cannons lined up along the shore, making it look like a hedgehog that was impossible to bite.

Miao Meng stood up from the campfire and began to organize his equipment. Then he drank bottle after bottle of potions and alcohol he had bought from the shop, applying different status effects to himself.

[Agility Potion] [Rage Potion] [Winterspring Firewater]

As he drank the potion and alcohol, his body became increasingly hot, but his movements became much faster, and his weapon was also coated with a layer of flame, making it appear much more powerful.

Then he took out three rare items that he had prepared beforehand from his backpack and synchronized them to make his upcoming battles even faster.

Endless Ammo Pouch: Provides ammo to any weapon that currently needs it, automatically loading it into the magazine without requiring a cooldown.

The ammo pouch holds 24 rounds. Once depleted, it automatically replenishes 1 round every 10 seconds. All ammo provided is basic standard ammo with no enhancements or enchantments.

In addition to this core item for the Gunslinger build, Miao Meng also has a pair of speed-boosting boots and a Holy Grail that adds a burning effect to his attacks.

"Sigh, without any special skills, I can only synchronize three artifacts at the same time. If it weren't for the fact that my other body can also synchronize, it would really not be enough."

Miao Meng glanced at the dungeon-exclusive rare items he had bought from the shop in his backpack, and, somewhat greedily, wanted to further increase his equipment cap.

After the long monkey show, Miao Meng set off for the final BOSS island with his full amount of psionic energy and a backpack full of muskets.

Gunner Wigg: A level 10 boss with 24 skilled gunners under his command. He occupies the center of the island and can launch simultaneous artillery attacks in all directions.

Skills: Artillery Support, Bounty Mark, Powerful Slash, Hold the Line.

This gunner boss is a mediocre opponent for Miao Meng. In his ship girl form, he can be easily defeated in a few moves, but in his human form, it takes more effort.

Because this guy has such long reach and good eyesight, he'll basically be spotted by the enemy's lookouts as soon as he teleports to the island, and then he'll be bombarded with artillery fire.

The ship girl form can fight against the opponent because the musket in her hand also has the range of a cannon, making it easy to shoot at a distance of one or two kilometers.

However, if it were the two enhanced muskets he had now, Miao Meng would have to find a way to get within 100 paces before he could launch an attack. If he wanted to shoot accurately, within 20 paces would be the most suitable distance.

"Toot toot!" A sharp, piercing whistle came from the observation post, followed by a tremendous roar.

The potions Miao Meng drank were not wasted; he had already run more than ten steps away before the two cannons arrived, thus avoiding the first wave of attacks.

Once we get past this first wave of attacks, things will get much better. The artillery's rate of fire is still too slow; a gunner who can fire one shot per minute is already considered a top-tier talent.

If it goes any faster, it's not that people can't withstand it, but that the artillery can't. If the artillery is fired continuously without cooling down, this old-fashioned artillery might just self-destruct on the spot.

In addition, the 24 gunners on the high ground were not all focused on one direction; the eight cannons were arranged in a circle facing outwards, so the first wave of attack only involved two cannons.

Miao Meng's swift figure left a trail of footprints on the beach, so fast that even the enemy doubted they were seeing afterimages.

At the same time, he was silently calculating the time in his mind: "Slightly reduce speed to give the opponent a predictable route, and then suddenly accelerate at 40 seconds to perform a speed-changing run."

Because the other two cannons had already been redirected in this direction with the help of others, there would be four cannons attacking simultaneously during the second wave of attacks.

If these cannons weren't still using solid shot instead of explosive shells, Miao Meng felt that even if he ran 20 steps away, he might not be very safe.

"Whoosh~ thud!" Although these cannons used solid shot, the shells still stirred up a considerable amount of dust when they hit the beach.

Before the gunners could even shout out the hit order, Miao Meng's figure burst out of the dust. Of course, he was also hit by the dust and ended up with a mouthful of sand.

So, without affecting his speed, he kept spitting out the sand that had entered his nasal cavity and mouth.

He had already sprinted halfway through the 1-kilometer distance from the coastline to the highlands. With the help of the drugs and equipment, he could even close the distance to within 300 meters if he went at full speed.

However, the road ahead was not so easy. Although the gunners' positions above were not fully loaded, the pirates guarding below had already surrounded them under the captain's command.

However, Miao Meng was not alarmed but delighted by the pirates surrounding him. As long as he rushed to the edge of the pirates, the cannons above would reduce the frequency of their shelling to take care of their teammates.

Therefore, when facing these pirates who surrounded him, Miao Meng not only held back and tried his best to avoid killing them, but also deliberately controlled his speed so that the two would not fall too far apart.

He continued driving the train, pulling and tugging, until he was about a hundred meters away from the gunners' position. Then he stopped and took out a bomb from his backpack.

Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to drop a four-kilogram bomb more than 100 meters away. But ship girls are unreasonable. Let alone a mere four kilograms, even 40 kilograms might not be impossible to drop that far.

Even when switching to ship girl form, there are still some flames left by the medicine on her body. At this time, she can easily ignite the fuse of the bomb with just a light touch of her finger.

Then, the 1.45-meter-tall ship girl smashed the bomb in her hand into the artillery position with terrifying speed and a piercing sonic boom.

Then, with a deafening roar, the once orderly artillery position was shattered into pieces, most of the gunners were seriously injured, and even some of the cannons were deformed.

Of course, the most important thing was the gunpowder located in the gunner's position, which also detonated during the explosion. The second explosion that followed completely leveled the hill.

After eliminating the biggest threat to him on the island, Miao Meng switched back to human form and continued to use his musket to keep the pirates at a distance.

As for the gunner, Wigg, who was already furious, the pressure he faced was less than 1/10 of that of the artillery position. Without artillery, this boss was just a viper with its fangs pulled.

Aside from needing to be careful of the opponent's venom during close combat, there's practically no splash at all. After all, a venomous snake without fangs can only spray venom so far from its mouth.

Venomous snakes are not like pythons. Even without venom, they can still use their powerful bodies to constrict their enemies and suffocate them.

"Bang bang~ bang bang~"

Miao Meng threw one musket after another, but he didn't discard the enhanced musket; instead, he tucked it into his belt.

Wait until the enemy thinks their musket is out of bullets, then suddenly draw it to surprise them.

"I bet your gun's empty!"

After Wigg charged forward wielding his rapier, these words became his last. The captain, known for his expertise in artillery, ultimately died at the hands of a musket, rather than from the fire of other ships.

Seeing the 500+ dungeon points that had been credited to his account, Miao Meng didn't hesitate. He continued to clean up the island thoroughly before finally picking up the musket he had carelessly tossed aside during the battle.