Just as Agir was laughing loudly, a massive purple lightning bolt gathered silently in the sky and struck down fiercely toward Agir.
However, without even raising his head, Agir conjured a spinning blue energy shield above her, blocking the purple lightning completely.
The enormous purple electric current scattered in all directions, but it never caused a single scratch to Agir.
"Hehehe, you really trust my [Well-Rounded Armor], huh, God of the Wastelands," came the sickly sweet laughter of the pink-haired research heavy cruiser Roon, who was raising her hand and aiming it at Agir.
"Leaving your back to a comrade in arms—hasn't that become common sense in the harbor area?"
Agir finished speaking with a smile, watching the skill shield above Roon dissipate. Her smile faded, and a serious expression appeared on her face.
It seems that this Leviathan is not like the ordinary ones. It's not so easy to deal with.
And indeed, as the sea surface ahead of the two slowly rose, a hideous purple monster—several times larger than an ordinary Leviathan—emerged from the depths.
If it were just that, it would have been fine, but what surprised Agir and Roon, who had begun to retreat to put some distance between themselves and the beast, was that the tentacles that had been severed just moments ago were rapidly regenerating at a visible speed.
In just a few short breaths, several thick purple tentacles grew back onto the Leviathan's body, as though it had never been harmed.
On the Leviathan's grotesque massive mouth, eight golden eyes glared down at Agir, their endless fury seeming almost tangible.
"Uh-oh, Agir, looks like it's focused on you now~"
Roon looked up at the ugly purple beast, licking the edge of her mouth with a bloodthirsty grin, teasing Agir.
"Then let's blast its eyes out and make it face reality."
Agir, under the intense gaze of the eight golden eyes, was completely unfazed. She met the gaze with a mocking sneer.
Give me a break, not to mention that they are ship girls transformed from warships, who have an innate immunity to mental attacks.
Moreover, research ships, created from blueprints by the commander, were designed specifically to fight advanced Sirens and meta-beasts and have always been the trump cards of every faction.
Aside from the inherent mental flaws they were born with, research ships are difficult to be converted by meta, and they only recognize the commander who created them.
In terms of mental fortitude, research ships have a stronger willpower than other ships.
Under the commander's training and companionship, their mental flaws have long been addressed.
"Agir, are you two alright?"
Lin Lan's voice came through the communicator.
He had already spotted the monstrous creature and the purple lightning bolt that had ambushed Agir through his telescope.
"Heh, Commander, you really underestimate me. But this monster's recovery ability is indeed impressive," Agir replied, noticing that the Siren fleet was now within attack range.
"Boom!" "Boom!"
The first to attack were the dozen or so Vanguard II-class ships at the front of the Siren fleet, launching several stray bullets toward Agir and Roon.
However, their attacks were no more than tickles to Agir and Roon, who were quickly moving across the sea surface to evade most of the shells.
At the same time, they heard the sound of muffled explosions coming from behind them.
It was clear that Emden had started throwing depth charges along with Z46 and Z23 for anti-submarine operations.
The Siren's submarine fleet had gotten close behind them.
"Agir, Roon, I will focus all fire on the Leviathan. The air strikes from Zeppelin and August will arrive soon.
Launch the torpedoes and retreat immediately after. The two breakers are approaching."
After receiving the order from Ulrich, Agir and Roon both fired back while evading shells.
At the same time, they deployed the torpedo tubes on their Dragon-class ship parts, launching all the fully loaded torpedoes.
Gold Four-Magnetic, quadruple 533mm magnetic torpedoes—the standard graduation torpedoes in Lin Lan's harbor area.
As they launched the torpedoes, they began to retreat while continuing to fight. Their mission had been completed. It was time for the main fleet to take over.
But as they tried to leave, it seemed that the Leviathan didn't agree.
"RAWR~~~~~"
With an angry roar, eight massive purple tentacles rose up.
Seeing that its lightning magic had failed, the Leviathan decided to directly strike down these two little ones who dared to provoke it with its tentacles.
Just as it had done in the past with its group.
However, this time, it was destined to be disappointed.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Due to its enormous size, the Gold Four-Magnetic torpedoes launched by Roon and Agir created white wakes in the rolling waves, all of them hitting the target, crashing into the Leviathan's purple body.
A series of muffled explosions followed, sending up large splashes of water mixed with purple, viscous blood and flesh.
But the Leviathan's eight golden eyes remained filled with human-like disdain, and its movements were unaffected…
Wait!
The Leviathan suddenly realized that its body was seemingly out of control. Its movements became incredibly slow.
The sea surface beneath its body seemed to be binding it, making even moving difficult.
The Leviathan's eight eyes immediately looked down and saw a massive whirlpool forming beside its body, continuously pulling at it, making it struggle to move.
"You fool, just wait to die!"
Agir's mocking voice came from the distance, and at the same time, a barrage of blue armor-piercing shells similar to the one just now struck the Leviathan's body, causing several deep purple blood holes to appear in its purple form.
That's right, the whirlpool was her creation, [Engulfer of the Golden Vortex].
When Agir used torpedo weapons in battle and hit an enemy, it greatly reduced their movement speed.
But her skill only slowed down the enemy's movement speed, not their mental speed.
The buzzing sound in the rain intensified, and the dense cluster of carrier-based planes flying at low altitude indicated who was the one slowing down the Leviathan's mental speed.
Iron Blood Witch, August von Pascheval, a fellow fourth-generation research ship alongside Agir.
Under the full effect of August's [Hex-Principle of Insight] skill, the Leviathan could only widen its eight eyes, its tentacles slowly drooping, its thoughts becoming slower and slower until it could no longer move.
"Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The next moment, the Zeppelin Count and August's carrier-based planes dropped a barrage of bombs and rockets, which exploded with massive yellow flames on the Leviathan's grotesque purple body.
Zeppelin Count's ship equipment allowed two bomber slots, all of which Lin Lan had filled with XSB3C-1 bombers, with a focus on bombers for output.
With August's skill [Hex-Principle of Shattering], in addition to tossing large amounts of rocket bombs at lightly armored and medium armored enemies, it also dealt extra armor-piercing effects.
For a moment, the immobile Leviathan's massive purple body became an orange beacon on the dark sea, engulfed by the violent explosions, its purple blood and flesh mingled with the rain and scattered in all directions.
Such a saturated and terrifying bombing directly left Qi Yue and other naval commanders standing on the shore stunned.
Just the sound of such intense explosions made Qi Yue swallow her saliva.
She even completely dismissed the idea that this fleet belonged to Lin Lan in her mind.
What a joke, could humans really control ship girls with such power?
And this was just the appetizer of the Iron Blood Fleet's main fleet strike!
Before the aircraft rockets and bombs finished exploding, a dazzling golden stray bullet barrage, carrying several terrifying large-caliber 460mm main cannon shells, tore through the stormy winds, landing with pinpoint accuracy on the Leviathan's body.
"Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!"
The terrifying explosion sounds, even more shocking than the bombs and rockets, forced Qi Yue and the others to close their eyes and cover their ears.
Standing on the rooftop of Sui Qiong, Lin Lan, looking through his telescope at everything, let out a slight, excited smile:
"It's not over yet, there's another wave of attacks!"
As if to confirm Lin Lan's words, dozens of torpedoes, their white wakes churning, converged from all directions toward the Leviathan's body.
August and Zeppelin Count's torpedo planes had arrived.
After Ulrich's main gun finished its full salvo, the massive splashes caused by the explosions of the torpedoes sent several approaching Siren Vanguard II-class ships flying back by several meters.
Seeing this, Lin Lan suddenly recalled a classic villain quote from a drama he'd heard back when he was on Blue Star.
At this moment, he could easily adapt it to suit the scene before him:
"After all these years in the harbor area, after spending so many parts to upgrade my equipment, and after leveling up so many ship girls..."
"Wasn't it all for today?!"
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