The lookouts closely watched the distance from the Lübeck fleet to ensure that they would not be discovered; the sailors kept adjusting the sails to control the relative speed with the Lübeck merchant ships; the oarsmen rowed the oars so that The Flying Zealander can turn flexibly. In order to successfully put this plan into reality, the staff had previously specially arranged to put the two small boats carried on the Flying Zealander into the sea as a drill for imaginary enemy sailors.
Relying on the triple advantages of telescope, speed, and maneuverability, the flying Zealander quietly circled in front of them without being discovered by the Lübeck merchant ship.
The pirates still had time to slowly take down the sails and mast before being discovered by Lübeck's fleet.
When the Lübeck fleet, which was sailing forward with all its strength, found that the flying Sealander appeared in front of them, it suddenly fell into chaos.
The first mate hurriedly invited Janus to the deck and said as he walked: "Captain, come and see, the Flying Zealander has appeared in front of us for some reason!"
"What happened? Didn't they lose the mast?"
Janus also panicked, rushing to the deck while rapidly thinking of countermeasures in his mind - until he discovered that the flying Zealander had no mast or sail, and was floating on the sea with the water waves.
"What on earth is going on?" the first mate shouted, "could it be that what we encountered was not the flying Zealander, but some kind of ghost ship?"
"What a ghost ship! This is not the same as getting lost in the forest or desert!" Janus said angrily, "The flying Sealander that lost its mast appeared in front of us, which means that we went in the wrong direction and turned around. I’m back after a long trip!”
"Damn it, this sun stone is useless!" The first mate cursed and threw the gem that Janus had collected for several years on the deck. "Unlucky, how can it be so unlucky? I finally got rid of it, only to bump into it again. Got it!"
"It's not a big problem. The other party is still some distance away from us. Without the mast, it's impossible to catch up with us with oars." Janus said, "Go around them. Be extra careful not to get too close. The boat on the opposite side is Equipped with a trebuchet!”
Lübeck's fleet turned slightly and began to circle sideways.
"Captain, look over there!" a sailor shouted, "The flying Zealander has raised a white flag and seems to want to surrender to us!"
"Surrender?" Janus repeated with a frown.
"Indeed, if you lose the mast in this ocean, you will definitely die. We are their life-saving straw." The first mate said from the side, "Seize this opportunity to rescue them, and maybe we can negotiate a good deal with the King of Sweden."
"Negotiate terms?" Janus glanced at the first mate, "What terms can we negotiate? These are pirates. Once they are out of trouble, will they still negotiate terms with us?"
"What does the captain mean to keep the King of Sweden here?" The first mate was a little surprised. "In this case, they will definitely die. Isn't this bad? We still have an agreement with the Pirate Kingdom..."
"The moment our fleet went to sea, half of the agreement was ruined; the moment the King of Sweden personally led the team to pursue it, the entire agreement actually ceased to exist, leaving only a name. The Pirate Kingdom is now The reason why our enemy country did not openly go to war is simply because we belong to the Alemannic Federation." Janus stared at the flying Sealander fiercely, "The last time we met, the other side was not flying the Swedish flag. , but a black skull, which is enough to explain their attitude. The King of Sweden understands that dead people cannot speak - whoever can survive on this sea will be able to dominate the subsequent diplomatic war. Advantage! Let alone saving them, if it weren’t for the lack of troops, I would have ordered them to be sunk right now!”
"But Captain, we also need help from the other side." The first mate said, "The sun stone is not useful, the chart cannot be used as a reference, and the information from Vinland is even more unclear, and it is even spinning in circles! Leave them and continue. If we move forward, we will also die on the sea!”
Janus frowned deeply and fell into thought.
As for the reaction of Janus and others, the pirates could clearly see it with the Eye of Hermes.
"King of Sweden, they seem to want to bypass us!" The sailor on the observation deck shouted towards the deck, "Are they going to put the mast up and catch up?"
Although the pirates on the deck are waving white flags, the trebuchets and crossbows on the deck are loaded and ready to be fired at any time; thousands of soldiers holding axes are ambushing in the cabin, and can be launched as soon as the order is given. attack.
"Advance the plan to the second stage." Ella yawned, "The opposite side is now at a fifteen-degree angle to us. Once it reaches a twenty-degree angle, launch an attack immediately!"
In response to Ella's order, soldiers immediately tied Ella up with ropes and pushed her to the deck.
"Don't abandon us!" A pirate with the loudest voice shouted desperately to the opposite side, "We have tied up the leader. Please, as long as we return to land, we are willing to do anything!"
"Captain!" the first mate shouted to Janus excitedly, "Look over there! There has been a mutiny on the Flying Zealander, and the King of Sweden has been tied up by soldiers!"
"Are you sure it's the King of Sweden?" Janus still frowned, "Stop first, send a ship - just send one ship, and get closer to see what's going on?"
A boat paddled closer, shouted a few words to the pirates on the Flying Zealander, and then paddled back.
"The one who is tied up is not the King of Sweden!" The sailors on the ship reported to Janus. "They said their leader is called Captain Blackbeard!"
"What the hell is that name?" the first mate was shocked. "The leader of the Flying Zealander is the King of Sweden. Even a three-year-old child knows that!"
"It's not the Flying Dutchman!" The sailor reported the information he had learned seriously, "They said the ship was called the Flying Dutchman!"
"What does that head look like?" Janus asked with a frown.
"Yes! A little girl under twenty years old, with a black beard that was glued on, but it was not glued properly and it fell crookedly. Brown hair, no crowbar visible, but very thin...as flat as the deck!"
"That's the King of Sweden! I caught a glimpse of her when she attacked Lübeck a few years ago, and I was deeply impressed by her figure!" The first mate turned to look at Janus, "They really took the King of Sweden. Tied up!"
"Don't worry, aren't they willing to do anything they say?" A sinister smile appeared on Janus's face, "Then let the other side kill the black-bearded captain first, and then I will negotiate with them!"
The ship rowed over again and explained Janus' request to the sailors on the deck.
"Ten seconds." Janus said, "If the opponent does not move within ten seconds, then this is the opponent's plan."
"Captain, look over there!" A sailor pointed excitedly at the flying Sealander, "They raised their swords, and they seem to be really going to kill people!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a pirate next to Ella raised his sword and stabbed it into Ella's heart.
"Ah~~I'm dead!"
Ella flopped onto the deck.
"Captain, look, look!" the sailors shouted even more excitedly, "The big Swedish king with the black beard is dead!"
"Well……?"
Janus' brows gradually widened.
"Good luck has come... Everyone, get ready and come on board with me!"
