Chapter 335 - The Epoch-making Ship
Chapter 335: The Epoch-making Ship
“May I know what kind of etiquette you are going to test me on, Young Master Casey?” Watson asked.
No matter what it is, he would not turn it down. After all, the Einherjar’s body contained the skills of all the powerful fighters from all walks of life. As long as he used the system to fuse those skills, he would be able to upgrade them to their peak at any time.
“It’s not a test. As a noble, I just want to tell you that the most basic etiquette is to repay a debt of gratitude. If you damage someone’s property, you have to compensate them. Do you understand what I am saying?”
“I don’t understand what you are talking about, Young Master Casey.”
Casey pursed his lips and growled, “Watson, you damaged my family’s gold-tier magical ship, and now you’re going to deny it?”
It was hard for him not to be angry. Not only had Watson and the others beaten him up, but they had also dug a hole in his magic ship. Fortunately, he had to hurry home to report that matter and take revenge on Watson, so he ordered them to speed up. The vessel had sunk just before they reached the mansion. Otherwise, if the ship sank halfway, with his strength and condition at that time, he might have drowned.
After returning home, his father even taught him a lesson. Daniel was much more enraged about the damage to the magical ship than he was about his own son.
That was understandable. After all, the Ptolemy family was a shipbuilding family, and the gold magic ships were the most precious ships of the Ptolemy family. There were only a few of them in total, and each of them cost close to 100,000 gold coins to build.
The size of those magic ships alone was thousands of times that of an ordinary gold-tier tool. Furthermore, the ship had exquisite components, so the price could not be considered a common gold-tier tool. The ships he owned still relied on his status; he had to negotiate with his father for half a year before he got one. Since they were damaged, that debt would be on Watson’s head.
“Damaged the Ptolemy family’s ship? What’s going on?”
“Even as Master Antonio’s disciple, that is too arrogant.”
When the noblemen heard Casey’s words, they cried out in surprise; they looked at Watson in a different light.
“Is Young Master Casey defaming him?”
Of course, some other noblemen had different opinions. Most of the people there were residents of the floating city. They knew Casey’s character very well.
Casey could only stomp his feet because his hands were broken. “Paul, bring me that ship.”
As he spoke, the old butler appeared and descended from the sky. With a few gold-tier guards, they carried a large boat from the sky and placed it in the middle of the floor.
At that moment, the large boat was already in tatters. It was broken, and many of the parts inside were soaked in water, which meant it would rot. Other than that, there was damage caused by magic and battle techniques at the ship’s bottom. Those were caused by Watson’s fight to save the mermaids. The water tank that contained the mermaids was missing.
“Everyone, look. That is the wreckage that I ordered people to salvage after the ship sank. Look at it and see if the damages to the ship’s cabin were deliberate? Do you think I’d intentionally destroy a valuable magical ship to frame the kid? There are many ways to frame him. Do I have to pay such a huge price?”
Casey looked around the room, attracting everyone’s attention. Then, she looked at Watson, “Watson, I know that you and I have a grudge against each other. You don’t like me very much, but that is not a valid reason to destroy the Ptolemy family’s property. That ship does not belong to me but to my family. Regardless of whether you are Master Antonio’s disciple or whoever else you are, you have to give us an explanation. You can’t bully the Ptolemy family just because you are Master Antonio’s disciple, right?”
Watson frowned. Casey’s words were not only slandering him but also sowing discord between his master and the Ptolemy family. Lana had reminded him to be careful with Casey, and then Casey had started to pick on him.
“Yeah, even Master Antonio’s disciple can’t be so arrogant.”
Many of the other nobles nodded in agreement.
Since the situation was biased in his favor, Casey began to add fuel to the fire. “It was not only the boat, but those people also verbally abused and hurt me. I saw them arrive at the floating city, so I enthusiastically invited them to my boat for a meal. However, they did not appreciate my kindness, and they even stabbed me with a knife and broke my arm. That incident happened in front of the east gate, and many people saw it. You just need to ask around to know if what I said is true.”
“As expected, they are barbarians from the border. They only know how to resort to violence. They don’t look like nobles at all.”
The girls who had just been amazed by Watson also found a reason to attack him. It was as if belittling Watson could raise their self-esteem.
“It’s understandable if he wanted to hit Casey. I think Casey must have caused trouble with him, but it’s not right to destroy someone’s boat.”
The public began to change their opinion about Watson.
“Young Master Watson—I call you Young Master out of respect for you, but you have to solve this problem! A ship that belongs to the Ptolemy family is damaged. Let me ask you, how do you plan to solve it?”
“I did destroy that ship.” Watson nodded.
He admitted it?
Those who were still doubtful were stunned and revealed expressions of disbelief. Everyone was stunned for a moment before a look of joy flashed across their eyes, “Everyone heard it. I did not force him. He said it himself. Now, everyone should understand that what I said is true, right?”
“I was the one who destroyed the ship,” Watson said again. His voice was covered by a combat aura and traveled far away, suppressing the commotion on the field. “But it was because Young Master Casey caught the mermaids without their permission, and I couldn’t stand it, so I let the mermaid go. There was a fight with the guards on the ship after that! As for the injuries on Young Master Casey’s body, it was because he touched my maid, and then she had beaten him up.”
“I see. I told you that there must be a reason Casey got beaten up.”
“There’s also the trading of sea folks. I heard that the Ptolemy family was involved in slave trading a few years ago, but there was never any evidence. Now it seems like they did do that.”
Whispers accompanied Watson’s words, which made Casey feel embarrassed. “Watson, don’t slander me. The goods I’m transporting are only seafood, not mermaids. Do you have any evidence that I captured the mermaids? Why don’t you let the mermaids come here and confront me? Also, don’t think of changing the topic. First, how do you want to solve the matter of you sabotaging my ship?”
“How do you want to solve it?”
“Either you pay, or you fix the ship! First, the value of the ship itself is 100,000 gold coins. With the goods on it, the price is at least 200,000 gold coins, “Casey said proudly. It would be fine if Watson had the money to pay for it, but he would definitely humiliate the younger man if he could not do that.
“Then I choose to repair that ship.”
“Looks like you really can’t come up with… Wait, what did you say? You want to repair that ship?” Casey suspected that he had misheard.
That ship was already in such bad shape that even the Ptolemy family’s most advanced forgers would struggle to repair it.
Even if it could be repaired, the price of repairing it would not be any lower than building a new ship. Why would Watson say that?
However, that was also a good thing. Casey rolled his eyes. Watson had agreed in front of so many noblemen, and if he could not do it, he would lose their respect.
“Since you want to repair the ship, then you can start. If you can’t repair it, don’t blame me for not being polite.”
Watson could not be bothered to look at the clamoring Casey. He walked to the front of the damaged ship, twisted the ring on his finger, and activated the Wish for the World ring. The ship’s broken parts were immediately duplicated by ten times.
“System fusion, activate.”
Following his words, the broken parts turned into light and fused. In just a few seconds, the shadow of a colossal ship appeared in front of everyone.
[Congratulations, Master, on a job well done.]
[You have obtained a peak gold-tier ship.]
[Gold-tier pinnacle ship: Storm Deep Sea Submarine]
[Abilities: Protective Shield (when activated, it can resist the attacks of gold-tier elites), Flight, Diving, Deformation (the size of the ship can be changed according to needs, and the smallest can be as big as your palm), Speed Increase (when traveling in water, the speed can be increased by three times), Automatic Exploration (can automatically detect marine life within a 10-kilometer radius), One-way Vision (the outer shell of the submarine is made of a special material, so you can see the outside from the inside, but not vice-versa).]
[Additional abilities: Storm Call (can summon a storm; its power is comparable to a gold-tier spell), Mine Cannonballs (deep sea ships have cannons that can continuously release silver-tier cannonballs).]
After the fusion, the hull of the gold-tier submarine was five times larger than before. It was fifty meters tall and nearly 200 meters long. Unlike ordinary ships, the hull was not made of wood but gold-tier metal. Even the cabin was covered in solid metal.
The entire ship was like a giant whale, integrated into one. Other than a few sturdy doors, there was no place to enter. On both sides of the ship, there were eight huge magic cannons aimed in all directions. There were also two huge wings that were folded on both sides. In front of the ship was a dragon head. That ship did not have a sail. There were only four huge propellers at the stern.
The entire ship shone with a golden luster. It looked mighty and domineering. If it were placed in the water, one would not be able to see it clearly from afar. They would think that it was not a ship but some kind of terrifying sea beast.
“The ship has been restored?”
Casey’s eyes widened as he stared at the huge ship that appeared in front of him like a lump of metal. His eyes were filled with disbelief. He suspected that he was dreaming. He walked up and stretched out his hand to touch the hull of the ship. It was cold to his touch. “But what kind of ship is this?”
He had never even heard of a ship that was made entirely of iron.
“Things made of iron would sink the moment it entered the water, right? How do you use it? Watson, I asked you to repair the ship, but I did not ask you to use magic to put it together and turn it into an even bigger piece of trash.” Casey questioned Watson.
“We’ll know if it can be used.”
Watson waved his hand in front of him. “Gold-tier spell, Silver Snake on the Surface of the Raging Sea.”
As the spell was released, an illusory sea suddenly appeared on the floor, gradually becoming real. Seawater splashed out and wet the clothes of a few noblemen.
Before the crowd could exclaim about the terrifying power of Watson’s magic, they saw Watson take a step forward, open the door of the submarine that had been fused, and walk into it.
The moment the door closed, the submarine spread its folded wings and flew into the sky. Then, it plunged into the sea, swimming forward and backward like a steel fish. It was a hundred times more agile than a normal ship.
As it moved, the submarine activated the magic cannons on both sides. The eight cannons roared at the same time. Hundreds of terrifying mine shells tore the sea apart and shot into the clouds, exploding into bright silver flowers.