Elder brother's garrison

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Why is it so weak?

Why can't we hit that white-haired ship girl? Why can that white-haired ship girl easily kill you all?

From an outsider's perspective, it seemed like Veneto was simply harvesting crops on the high seas, bombarding the enemy without any resistance. However, the ship girls knew that these enemies were not weak; just minutes before, they had cornered six of them.

The Deepsea Abyssal Ship will never weaken. No matter how powerful the enemy is, the Deepsea Abyssal Ship will never have any fear or thought of running away.

The reason why Veneto can create the illusion for these ship girls that the enemy is weak and that they can do it too is because Veneto's strength is beyond their comprehension.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The barrage of shelling, like fireworks, finally came to a slow end.

More than forty well-organized deep-sea amphibious ships, resembling an army, were gradually slaughtered by Veneto into a scattered mob of terracotta warriors before everyone's eyes.

The dense barrage of artillery fire, which made it impossible to find any place to dodge, gradually thinned out as the number of enemies decreased, eventually returning to its usual harmless state.

Veneto's figure, racing across the sea, gradually came to a stop.

A tiny body followed by massive ship equipment stood alone on a vast ocean littered with deep-sea wreckage.

Veneto looked over at the crowd.

The flames burning in Veneto's eyes slowly died out, like a campfire.

Veneto sighed, bracing himself against the ship's rigging with both hands as he fell backward.

The massive ship equipment behind him moved a main gun over with Veneto's movements. Veneto sat down lightly, looked at the now dwindling number of Abyssal ships (less than ten), and waved towards Rome.

"Are you tired?" The glorious teammate ship girl didn't quite understand Veneto's actions and couldn't help but ask Roma.

The ship girl who had previously seemed like a war goddess suddenly stopped in the center of the battlefield and waved in their direction.

"No, no." Fubuki, after all, was a ship girl who had stayed with Veneto in the newbie naval base, and she knew very well that Veneto was strong enough to handle these enemies. Fubuki called out to Roma and Cleveland beside her, "Veneto is calling you. She means that there are about enough enemies, and you can go up and practice."

"Huh? So I still have to go?" Rome was still busy bragging to these ship girls.

Veneto, watching from afar, narrowed his eyes and clenched his fist at Rome.

"Okay, coming right now!" Rome quickly deployed its ship equipment and scurried towards Veneto.

Cleveland bowed slightly to the crowd and then ran out with Rome.

Glory and her teammates watched the retreating figures of Rome and Cleveland, their hearts filled with mixed emotions.

Who exactly are these people in front of us?

This question lingered deep in their hearts.

Although Glorious and her teammates were severely suppressed by a deep-sea fleet here, they were actually one of the top-tier and most well-equipped teams in the first chapter.

Even if there are ship girls stronger than them in the first chapter, none of them could be this qualitatively different in strength.

This unscientific.

To these people, the enemies who had nearly killed them were just easy targets, or experience points to give the weaker ship girls in the team practice.

This terrifying difference in elevation made the ship girls start to doubt themselves.

"In short, please use the quick repair devices first. Although we have helped you here, we cannot accompany you back, so you still need to maintain a certain level of combat strength." Bai Xue explained, looking at the ship girls holding the quick repair devices that Rome had given them. "Also, although you will still have the combat strength to continue conquering the seas after using the quick repair devices, the seas seem a bit strange today. I personally recommend that you go back to the beach."

Bai Xue's words were rather tactful, but she had already said almost everything she wanted to say.

Veneto and her group are top-tier ship girls far surpassing those in the first chapter of the sea. Before, they were alright in the city, not showing off their strength, and others at most thought they were slightly stronger. But after this battle, Veneto's performance has completely made the gap between them and others clear.

"Thank you for your concern." Glory, whose injuries were quite severe due to being under heavy fire, had already used the rapid repair device with the help of her teammates in Rome. She gestured for her teammates to use the device in their arms first, and then thanked Snow White.

"Also, those ladies, we didn't ask you to keep today's events a secret, but..."

"Don't worry, we just happened to run into a group of passing ship girls while we were being besieged by the Abyssal Fleet, and we fought off the enemy together," Glorious said.

The ship girls behind her nodded in agreement.

Snow White smiled.

The glorious teammates sat down and activated the rapid repair device.

As mentioned before, the quick repair device is an item that can quickly repair ship girls' equipment, but the condition for using it is that the ship girl's equipment cannot be in combat during the repair period.

The rapid repair devices in the hands of the five ship girls emitted bursts of white light as they surged toward the damaged ship equipment behind them.

Glory breathed a sigh of relief as he watched his teammates recover quickly from their injuries.

"I will ask the admiral to return the money for the rapid repair device to you," Glorious said to Shirayuki.

Six rapid repair devices and three thousand merit points—that's a considerable sum of money.

"No need to pay it back." Bai Xue waved her hand, then turned to look at Chui Xue. "What do you think, sister?"

"Ah, you don't need to pay it back," Fubuki said to Glory with a grin.

Fubuki didn't think too much about it. As the captain of the fish-frying team, the number of buckets she had used and given to others was enormous. Six quick-repair buckets were just a drop in the ocean.

Bai Xue thought of things more comprehensively.

If the other party wants to repay the money, they must know where the admiral lives, as it might affect the admiral's peaceful days.

The days of an admiral are priceless.

If that's the case, then we might as well not have the three thousand merits.

Glory lowered his hand, a bitter smile on his face.

Bai Xue's words were not a polite refusal; Guang Rong could tell that Bai Xue genuinely didn't care about those honors.

Glory turned his gaze to Fubuki.

The sparkling rings on Fubuki's two little hands were particularly eye-catching.

Wow, this destroyer even has two wedding rings on it, that's really extravagant.

Glory then realized that the three thousand merits that he valued so highly might really mean nothing to the other side.

Who are these people anyway?

"Excuse me, is this lady named Shirayuki?" Glory looked at Shirayuki standing in front of her and, recalling the time she was protected by her, asked somewhat nervously.

Although it felt a bit odd for a battlecruiser to call a destroyer "sir," Koei Tecmo was still hesitant to use any rather abrupt titles.

"Okay." Bai Xue nodded with a smile. "Sister, you don't need to be so polite. Just call me Bai Xue."

"Excuse me, the one who saved me before..." Glory couldn't hold back any longer as he recalled the pale green barrier that Snow White had erected in front of him.

"Oh, that?" Bai Xue seemed to have been waiting for Guang Rong to say this for a long time. "Sister, are you talking about the legend?"

Glorious nodded quickly: "Snow White, are you the ship girl who has mastered miracles?"

"Well, the word 'miracle' sounds a bit strange and doesn't quite fit Bai Xue. Bai Xue isn't that great a person." Bai Xue smiled. "Bai Xue just wants to protect the people she wants to protect."

Looking at Bai Xue's clear smile, Guang Rong felt inexplicably ashamed of himself.

As a destroyer, the other party has gone much further than I have on the path of ship girl.

They've even created their own "legend."

The power that only selected ship girls can acquire through arduous training, a power that transcends the rules of nature, is what is known as a "miracle."

The legends of history are transformed into fuel, burning into smoke, and solidifying into armor on the steel shell, becoming usable skills.

When the legend completely merges with her, the ship girl will gain all sorts of special and magical abilities. Relying on these abilities, the ship girls can always achieve unexpected victories in battle and accomplish things that other ordinary ship girls cannot.

This is why ship girls with special skills are always much stronger than ordinary ship girls.

Snow White's skill is very simple; it's just about protection.

When the sisters encounter danger, Snow White's protective skills will activate. No matter when or where, as long as Snow White witnesses the moment her sisters are in danger, no matter how far away they are, they are within arm's reach.

Regardless of time and space, Snow White will arrive at her sisters' side immediately, extending her arms to block the impending attack.

Whether it's airplanes or cannons, missiles or bombs, as long as Snow White activates her skill, there's nothing she can't stop.

She is the strongest shield among special-type destroyers.

It is precisely because of these illogical, natural, and even physical laws-defying magical skills that the power of legend is more often referred to as a miracle than the rather mundane name of skill.

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Only a very small minority of ship girls possess the ability to achieve miracles, which is related to the ship girl's own qualities.

It's like selecting ship girls from among ship girls; the lucky ones selected are extremely rare. In addition, activating a miracle requires arduous training and a wonderful opportunity. Therefore, any ship girl who has mastered a miracle is a respected and cherished treasure.

"As a destroyer, Shirayuki, you are really amazing," Glorious exclaimed to Shirayuki.

"Snow White isn't that powerful," Snow White said to Glory. "If you think that way because of Snow White's skills, then you must not have seen Fubuki's skills."

As Bai Xue spoke, she promoted her older sister to Guang Rong.

"You also possess miracles?" Glory looked at Fubuki, who was being pushed out, in shock.

"If we're talking about skills, Fubuki knows them too!" Fubuki said, hands on her hips, with a smug expression.

Miracles can be either easily observed or not.

Snow White's skills are easy to identify, after all, her defensive speed and defensive power cannot be explained by science.

Fubuki also has skills, and they're always active. It's just that her skills aren't easy to spot.

Fubuki's skill is simple: it enhances the overall attributes of special-type destroyers, including the four Fubuki sisters.

It is a rather subtle, yet simple and powerful ability, and when activated, apart from the eyes of the user and the buffed teammates lighting up like night vision lights, there are basically no other distinguishing features.

In some ways, Fubuki's skills are even stronger than Shirayuki's.

Glory covered his mouth.

Each ship girl possessing a miracle is a powerful warrior that is hard to come by, and Koei Tecmo has not yet encountered any ship girls with miracles in the first chapter of the sea.

Koei Tecmo once imagined that the ship girls with miracles might be a group of monsters with three heads, six arms, riding on wheels of fire and wielding fire-tipped spears, or they might be peerless beauties whose every word and action exudes the demeanor of a strong person.

Unfortunately, what you imagine is just what you imagine.

The two destroyers standing in front of me each possess their own unique wonders.

No wonder they can be so relaxed and at ease on the battlefield.

While constantly doubting himself, Glory also began to slowly understand Fubuki and Shirayuki's mindset.

She used to think she was very strong.

But now I realize that I was just a fool who had a limited perspective.

When faced with real crises and difficulties, even the ship equipment one relies on cannot make any waves, and one is ultimately just a salted fish at the mercy of others.

Glory pursed her lips, a kind of unwilling longing overflowing in her heart like a water tank overflowing with water.

—She wants to become stronger.

"Excuse me, could you please guide me on how to master miracles?" Glorious asked the two destroyers in front of him with his head bowed.

Glory doesn't want to go through that again.

This time I was lucky to encounter these amazing ship girls who saved me, but what about next time?

His expression was serious and sincere.

“To have a miracle…” Fubuki and Shirayuki looked at Glory and sighed.

“Sister, the methods for mastering skills cannot be taught to others,” Bai Xue said. “Everyone awakens their abilities in different circumstances.”

"Isn't it the same?" Glory asked, looking up.

“That’s right. For example, my sister suddenly mastered a skill after waking up one day,” Bai Xue said. “As for me, I suddenly learned it during a battle. There’s no way I can teach my sister that kind of experience.”

Glory's expression darkened.

That's true. If the method to master miracles could be taught to others, then the whole world would be filled with ship girls who possess miracles.

"However, to be honest, it's not impossible," Bai Xue nodded. "Ship girls who master skills only ever appear among those who work hard."

When Glory heard Bai Xue's words, it was as if he had been enlightened.

She bowed to Bai Xue and said, "Thank you."

Just as I thought, you really can't get by without hard work.