Creak! Creak! ...
The wooden sailboat swayed left and right in the strong wind and waves, making a tooth-aching groaning sound.
The higher the position, the more terrifying the swing.
The sailor who was struggling to climb up the mainmast sidestay was wearing a captain's uniform, with four short muskets stuck in the cowhide armor belt on his chest.
Compared with warrant officers who are just officer candidates, captains who have served for at least two years and passed the Navy Department's assessment are the official officers on a battleship.
And this is a half-transcendent who, like Byron, has [spiritually] awakened but has not yet held an inauguration ceremony.
Except for a very small number of geniuses in human society, they can independently complete [spiritual] sublimation before reaching adulthood.
Most extraordinary beings gradually awaken with the help of potions and spices as they grow older, begin to assume certain social responsibilities, and gain more experience.
Extraordinaries over the age of twenty are the mainstream.
"arrive!"
While everyone else was engaged in a chaotic fight, the captain officer who received the task of planting the flag from Baron Adonis finally succeeded in climbing onto the top yard of the mainmast.
A look of joy appeared on his face.
In this level 6 windy weather, only the bravest sailors dared to climb the topmast.
A few dozen meters below his feet was a large wave that had rolled up foam. If he lost his footing and fell, there was a 100% chance of death.
High risk also means high returns.
The merit he received from performing this mission was enough for him to gain relevant knowledge about the promotion ceremony.
His goal is to become a lighthouse-series [gunnery expert], accumulate meritorious service, and be awarded the title of Colonel.
Board a level 4 or above battleship, embark on the fast track for promotion, and become a "Mr." recognized by the upper class!
Although when he first joined the army, he had sworn allegiance to Henry VI of Lancaster.
However, he is not one of those hard-headed [Punishing Knights].
Who cares about loyalty compared to his own future?
Not to mention that it was to hunt down a suspected remnant of the Lancastrian party [Son of the Devil], it was not a problem to let him stab the old king.
Anyway, now the Lancastrian dynasty is dead and the York dynasty comes to power.
Bai Qiangwei is in charge of the "Iron Law of Royal Power". As long as he feels good about it, the consequences of breaking the oath will never be found on him.
The captain tore off the original pirate flag of the Riding Shark and Skull and firmly nailed the Blood Cross Flag of Hattings that he had brought to it.
After the flag was set up, it was a signal. The captain was not in a hurry to leave. He wanted to ensure that the [law] took effect here and welcome his highlight moment.
I saw Baron Adonis on the [Severe], already raising his palm towards the [Man-eating Shark] that had entered the jurisdiction.
He pointed the golden law ring he was wearing at the pirate ship and shouted:
"Legal Order: All pirates and pirates who do not hold their country's "Private License"..."
But at this moment.
The captain, who thought the dust was about to settle, suddenly noticed that the noble baron's expression changed drastically, and he pointed his hand behind him.
Just as he turned his head, he saw a figure on the other side of the sidestay that was fixed to the mainmast, like a cheetah, rushing toward him.
[Spirituality] warned, causing the captain to take a step back at the critical moment, allowing the sword that was supposed to cut off the neck to graze his chest.
It was blocked by the chain armor on his body, so the damage was minor.
But Byron's expression remained unchanged and he suddenly changed his tactics. He pulled the rope tied to his body as a safety rope and jumped to the other side of the sail yard.
The moment he passed by, a close-range slash successfully sliced off a piece of flesh on the captain's thigh.
The moment of pain caused the captain, an aspiring [gunnery expert] who was obviously not good at swordsmanship, to almost lose his balance and fall off the yard.
He quickly grabbed the flintlock musket inserted into the leather belt on his chest.
There is a saying: a gun is fast from seven steps away, and a gun is accurate and fast within seven steps!
Especially at the stage of low-level transcendent beings, cases of being killed by ordinary soldiers with concentrated fire and random shooting are not new at all.
Unfortunately, in the panic of the sudden attack, the captain did not realize it.
The moment the two of them exchanged positions, Byron had the upper hand and he was downwind.
When Byron shook his hand and threw a bag of red powder, the sea breeze with a speed of 14 meters per second instantly carried it and smeared the captain's face.
"ah--!"
Even more shrill screams resounded over the battlefield,
The burning pain in his eyes made him no longer have the strength to grab the musket on his chest.
Byron immediately rushed forward and slashed with his sword. Not only did he snatch away the armed belt he was wearing, but he also kicked him off the sail yard that was dozens of meters high.
The man-eating sharks raised there in [Blood Eye] have been waiting for a long time.
As soon as they see delicious food coming to their doorstep, they immediately flock to it.
“As a chef, it seems reasonable to carry a pack of chili noodles with you, right?
I just don’t know if sharks are used to eating spicy food. "
At the same time, he did not forget to flash the sword in his hand again, cutting off half of the Blood Cross flag.
The [Law] that Baron Adonis shouted out turned into nonsense.
At this time, the weather changes sensed by [Weather Intuition] were not far away. Byron counted down silently in his heart:
"Ten, nine, eight..."
With five seconds left, he sent a signal to the carpenter Hans who had already greeted him in advance.
Little Hans, who had been waiting at the bow anchor for a long time, immediately dropped the anchor on the "Man-Eater Shark" that was heavier than the cannon.
Tactical action: Anchor and turn!
Precisely because the battleship's main anchor is heavier than the ship's artillery, the tremor when the anchor hits bottom will suddenly tighten the entire anchor cable, and eventually shake the entire battleship in an instant.
Although in normal times, such momentary vibrations that may cause the ship to fall apart must be strictly prohibited.
But at this moment of life and death, it is the only chance for the "Man-eating Shark" to break away from the cruiser and escape.
collapse--!
More than a dozen hook ropes binding the two boats together were suddenly broken by the earthquake, and the two boats, which were tightly leaning side by side, really separated again.
After sending the signal, Byron did not slip down the mast immediately, but hugged the sail yard horizontally above the "Severe" tightly.
He took out two bottles of 84.5-proof Bacardi rum collected by Captain Salman from his pocket.
With a [spiritual glow] in his eyes, the invisible third hand opened the cork of the bottle, then stuffed the linen cloth into the mouth of the bottle and soaked it with wine.
This is the famous Molotov cocktail (beggar’s version)!
The two wine bottles fell straight to the hatch of the warship directly below in the explosion of sparks from Byron's fingertip [tinder box].
As two violent explosions sounded, a raging fire broke out in the bottom cabin of the warship.
"The warship is on fire!"
"Get back quickly! The Baron is still on the ship. Once the gunpowder magazine explodes, we will be dead!"
The navy, which was knocked to the ground like a gourd in the huge earthquake, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately got up from the deck and jumped back.
Even [Fortress Guard] Harold is no exception.
If they could proceed step by step, perhaps sooner or later they would be able to kill all the pirates at the minimum cost.
But the pirates had already seen the hope of survival and fought back frantically in their desire to survive.
The Navy simply cannot afford such a heavy price.
Coupled with the fire in the backyard, one's own battleship may burn down a noble York, and no one dares to take this risk.
At that moment, the "Man-Eater Shark" drew a huge arc under the dual effects of the anchor and the strong wind, and the bow faced the northeast and faced the wind.
"cut!"
[Blood Eyes] Salman, whose whole body was filled with air waves, flew up and cut off the thick anchor rope with a knife.
The [Man-Eating Shark] suddenly rushed towards the northeast under the influence of inertia.
Woo woo woo...
The difference was only a few seconds, and the Category 7 wind with a speed of 27 knots arrived as promised with tears in the eyes of the pirates.
The huge crests of the foaming waves rose high, like hills, pushing the two sailboats farther and farther away in the blink of an eye.
A miraculous reversal!
"Roar--!"
"The wind is coming!"
"We really survived! Hahaha..."
Hearing the cheers soaring into the sky from the pirate ship, both Baron Adonis and Captain Harold looked extremely ugly.
The fire that started in the bottom of the cruiser gradually got out of control and was about to spread to the ammunition depot.
Captain Harold had no choice but to order:
"All sailors are working hard to put out the fire, and others are temporarily evacuating!"
A group of soldiers desperately turned the crank of a human-powered water pump to pump out water to put out the fire.
On the other side, Adonis, who was covered in gray and gray face, was being carried by the Marines and jumped into the lifeboat. He clenched his fists so tightly that he almost dug his nails into his flesh.
"Damn! Damn! Damn!..."
The angry roar was pale and feeble.
The damaged sails, the imminent fire, and the sudden abnormal weather made the cruiser completely lose the possibility of pursuing the pirate ship.
He knew very well that today was his closest and last chance to capture the [Devil's Son].
After the other party completely leaves the territorial waters of Hetings, the family's wanted scope for him will definitely expand.
Navy, privateer captains, bounty hunters, and even other pirates...will be swarming soon!
