After Little Annie's sailing adventure experienced a low-intensity naval battle, and after taking advantage of the ultra-long bombardment distance and ultra-high speed to clean up the Spanish fleet, they embarked on their journey again.
However, this time it was transformed from one Dreadnaught into a formation of three battleships. The entire fleet was led by the magically modified Dreadnought, which was carried by Little Annie, and the two newly surrendered Spanish battleships were used as flagships and pilots. Follow on the ground.
Since it was now traveling with a crosswind, and the speed of the two newly joined Spanish warships was not very fast, in order to accommodate them, the Dauntless had to continue to move slowly using only one sail.
"Sir, now that we have a chance, should we try to escape?"
After Hilton's adjutant saw a familiar island and compared the surrounding terrain, he thought about it, walked over to Hilton's side, and encouraged their commander.
"I am familiar with the waters here. Not far ahead, there is a stronghold city in Spain with large-caliber coastal defense batteries. How about we take the opportunity to turn around at night, cut directly into the wind, and then rush into the port. Looking for protection?”
The adjutant felt that this was their best chance to escape, and there would be nothing better!
Now, their two ships are following the Fearless. If the other party doesn't pay attention later and directly turns its sails to follow the wind and sail towards that port at full speed, it is very likely that they can reach the port of that stronghold and escape from the other party's control!
He felt that as long as they entered the port and relied on the coastal defense batteries built on the mountains in the stronghold, maybe they could drive away the terrifying Dreadnought? No matter how far away the opponent's shelling is, it's impossible to hit the shore defenses high in the mountains, right?
"No! We are prisoners now! Since they witches have given us preferential treatment and promised to help them transport things back to Port Royal, they will release us. Then, our great Spanish Empire soldiers will never betray their honor easily. , be that kind of treacherous villain!"
Hilton thought for a while, then rejected the adjutant's tempting proposal with a straight face.
Actually, he himself wanted to run, but his intuition told him that if he really wanted to run, something very bad would definitely happen! After all, that witch is said to have terrible witchcraft...
What's more, the British general on the other side's ship and the pirate named Sparrow also issued friendly warnings to themselves. It is said that they are also prisoners? Since the other party didn't resist, Hilton didn't want to do any more unnecessary things.
He would not foolishly think that the British general or Sparrow was also a fool. People who treat others as fools usually become fools themselves first!
"Okay, stop talking. Since the other party allowed us to continue to operate the two battleships, I'm afraid they weren't afraid that we would resist or escape! Anyway, it was just to help them transport something, and it shouldn't waste much time. Now, let's close it Forget your useless little thoughts and go on your way in peace."
This was what Hilton was most worried about, so after waving his hand, he turned and left.
Under the instigation of his adjutant, he did have the slightest thought of escaping, but in the end he did not dare to take action.
Whether it was those mysterious witches, or the other party's terrifying magic ship, as well as his own honor as a soldier, they all confirmed his idea: it is not advisable to escape without authorization for the time being, and everything will be done until he returns to Port Royal with them. Let’s talk about it later.
Soon, night fell, and in the captain's room of the Dauntless, two twin sisters, Anne, Cecilia, and Christina, gathered in front of the captain's table, and the three of them leaned against the dim lamp. The kerosene wind lamp was lying on the table and gesticulating on the navigation chart.
"Is it here? It doesn't seem like..."
Cecilia pointed to a place, looked at it, and immediately rejected it.
"Let me look for it, here? No...here?"
And her sister Christina was holding a worn-out logbook that she had dug out from somewhere, and was comparing them one by one.
It turns out that I was looking for some fun places and prepared to go on adventures next.
According to the chart, they were about to reach the place where Barbossa's pirates buried their treasure, which was the mysterious island where the Aztec gold coins were hidden.
If they had followed the original plan, they would have returned to Port Royal after getting the treasure. However, Anne said that she had not had enough fun yet. How could she go back so soon? That is absolutely impossible!
So, the three masters and servants started comparing the charts with the help of a logbook they found. They tried to find some interesting and exciting places on it!
It's a pity that except for little Annie who can barely understand the chart, the two twin sisters can't understand it at all and are just adding to the confusion. However, this does not prevent them from getting together to make plans. After all, they are just two playful fifteen-year-old girls now.
"Ah! Master Anne, I found something interesting! Look here, White Wave Bay? Mermaid? There is actually a mermaid!"
The twin sister, Christina, seemed to have discovered something extraordinary. She quickly opened the diary to a certain page like a treasure, and then spread it out in front of the little master Anne and her sister Cecilia.
On this logbook, there is written the history of Whitecaps Bay and the occurrence of mermaids. Then, below, there is an extremely dangerous warning message written in scrawled letters by the original owner of this logbook. However, it has now been replaced by this logbook. The three little witches just ignored them.
"Mermaid? Where? Where? Let me see!"
As soon as she heard something interesting, little Annie hurriedly came over. She had seen a lot of Nagas or big-headed murlocs in Azeroth. That half-demon named One Egg had many subordinates. , but mermaids are relatively rare, and she has never seen them before.
"Eh? Is it true or false?"
Sure enough, she saw the scrawled words on the old diary: Bailang Bay, an ominous place! A large number of evil mermaids gather and live under the sea here!
Be careful! Intruders, once you alert them, quickly find a way to escape ashore! Never be fooled by their beauty, and never try to sail past their territory at night, otherwise, death will drag you to the bottom of the sea...
Here, even giant ships and cannons cannot absolutely guarantee your safety. Get out of here quickly!
However, the secret of eternal life is hidden here... As long as you obtain the mermaid's tears and find the two Holy Grails on the island, then you may be able to find the secret of eternal life!
"Huh? Is this the end?"
Anne turned over several pages of the diary without giving up. She didn't see anything special or specific details.
"It didn't say where the secret of eternal life is hidden, nor where is the Holy Grail?"
She felt that the person who wrote this log must be a very lazy and bad guy!
Anne was really a little annoyed. Who wrote this diary? Do you dare to write everything down? Like the Holy Grail, the eternal treasure, etc., you should at least explain where they are, right? Write a few more words and you won’t die!
"However, we finally know that there are mermaids in Bailang Bay! Little master, do we want to go and take a look?"
Christina, who has an out-of-the-box personality, was a little excited. That was the legendary mermaid. She once thought it was a boast made by the sailors. Who would have thought that it seemed to actually exist?
It would be okay if she didn't know about these legendary things. Now that she knows about them, she can't help but want to take a look and see what they look like. Are they the same as the legends, a human upper body? Fish tail? Can you still sing good songs? Confuse those sailors?
"It's better not to give it up, right? As I said above: mermaids are very dangerous things!"
Cecilia is a little worried. She has a stable and conservative personality and doesn't want to take risks like this. If those mermaids are really dangerous, they will be in big trouble. They will definitely be dragged into the bottom of the sea.
"Sister! We are witches now! We know magic, so why are we afraid of mermaids?"
Christina retorted loudly to her sister.
Now, they are all witches! Although they rely on the magic power of the bracelets and have not learned how to meditate to gather their own magic power, they can now fly and cast fireballs! Mermaids and the like, presumably, it shouldn't be a problem at all to deal with them, right?
"That's right! We are not afraid of mermaids. Besides, I have never seen a mermaid. I must go and see it!"
After Annie closed the logbook, she continued to lie down on the precious charts and began to search for them.
"Ha! Found it! It's right here!"
After searching for a while, Annie quickly drew a circle with charcoal on the waterproof sheepskin chart, marking the specific location of Whitecaps Bay.
According to the direction, this location happened to be not far away on their way back to the voyage. By then, if they took a slight detour, they should be able to go there and have a look.
If possible, it would be a good idea to try to catch a few mermaids and bring them back, right? I just don’t know... can mermaids be eaten? Could it be a disgusting guy like the deep-sea murlocs from Azeroth? Big-headed poppy?
Forget it...don't think about it!
"I've decided! When we return, let's go to Bailang Bay to play!"
Anne threw down the charcoal and just stood on the map and announced loudly and happily, deciding the next route and new destination of her fleet.
"Pfft~!"
Bai... Bailang Bay? !
Jack Sparrow, who was drinking a bottle of rum and preparing to walk into the captain's cabin drunkenly, heard the astonishing words from little Annie as soon as he opened the door. He was so frightened that he spit out the liquid in his mouth. Rum, and then he didn't bother to wipe away the wine stains that were spilled all over his body. He quickly took a few steps forward and asked:
"I'm sorry, did I hear you correctly? Are you... planning to go to Bailang Bay?"
"Jack Sparrow! How could you come in here without knocking? What's the matter?"
The twin sister Christina raised her eyebrows and said displeasedly.
She didn't like this weird pirate with gold teeth very much. No matter how he looked or behaved in daily life, he was all weird. His strange movements, including swaying his butt when walking, made her feel very disgusted. .
"Um...what did I want to do when I came in? Ha! But that's not important now!"
Sparrow no longer cared what he was thinking when he first came in.
Did he seem to have something important just now? Although I can't think of it at the moment, it is nothing more than pestering the little girl witch while others are not around, asking her to enchant other things of hers. That should be it, right?
"Just now, dear little witch, I seem to have heard you say... that you are going to Bailang Bay to play?"
He carefully took two steps forward, pinched his orchid fingers, twisted his waist, and got closer to the three little witches who were lying in front of the chart table. Then, he was shocked to see a figure drawn on the chart. Big circle, where is Bailang Bay!
Jack Sparrow, who had been a captain for many years and was familiar with the charts of various sea areas, swore that the black circle was Whitecaps Bay. This was his specialty and he would never admit it wrong.
"That's right! We just want to go to Bailang Bay. Is there any problem?"
Christina slipped off the table, then picked up the kerosene lamp on the table, walked aside, and carefully hung it on the lamp stand to make the captain's room look brighter.
"Well, can I ask, do you know what is in Bailang Bay?"
After confirming the other party's destination, Sparrow was stunned for a moment. Then, he thought about it and continued to ask a little uncertainly.
"Isn't it just a mermaid? What's wrong?"
After Christina hung up the kerosene lamp, she moved a little away from the pirate captain. This man smelled very bad. He hadn't washed himself since he went to sea, right? Doesn't this person think he's dirty?
"Mermaids! You really know where there are mermaids, so how dare you go there? They can eat people! They will drag you into the deep sea, and then cut you into pieces and eat them piece by piece! Even the bones are not left. kind!"
Jack Sparrow quickly emphasized the terrifying aspects of mermaids. He felt that these three little girls were a little too arrogant.
Do they know how many people have died in Bailang Bay? How many ships have sunk? When those mermaids go crazy, they can capsize any big ship. Then, they drag all the drowned sailors one by one into the deep sea, drown them and eat them!
You know, in the past, Whitecaps Bay was an important small port city for navigation in the UK. It was located on an important route. It also had an expensive whale oil lighthouse specially equipped for navigation. Ships sailing at night could be reached from a distance. See the light it emits.
Think about how prosperous and wealthy a place it was in the past...
But what about now? Ever since the mermaids took over that sea area, it has become a ruin. Even the arrogant British guys have no way to deal with those mermaids. In the end, they had to abandon it in embarrassment, completely abandoning that important route node and Beautiful little city.
"So what? They're just some mermaids. What's so great about them? I want to go see them!"
Annie snorted and curled her lips disdainfully at Sparrow.
She had already burned two of the more terrifying and powerful dragons, and had beaten away a black dragon. She was not afraid of even the big demons, so how could she still be afraid of these little mermaids? No matter how powerful they are, are they as powerful as Archimonde? Are those undead natural disasters serious? Surely there isn't?
"Yes, you must go and see it! We are witches, how could we be afraid of those mermaids?"
Christina also added on the side.
The three of them, the master and the servant, found this interesting place with great difficulty, and they wanted to go and see it!
"Oh...witch! I remembered."
Jack Sparrow finally remembered the identities of the three little girls. Well, they are omnipotent witches!
If you look at it this way, maybe going to Bailang Bay is not so dangerous? After all, he has seen mermaids, and their fighting power is definitely not as brutal as that of witches. Generally speaking, those mermaids are also in the category of normal and strange creatures, and they don't seem to have any special extraordinary abilities?
Hmm... being able to drown in the sea shouldn't be considered a special ability, right?
"In this case, if you know Bailang Bay, then you must not know where the Spring of Immortality is, right?"
Jack Sparrow rolled his eyes, he seemed to have thought of a good idea, a good idea that should be able to get some good things from the witch!
"The Fountain of Immortality? Is that the secret of eternal life written in the diary? Where is it? And the two Holy Grails written in the diary?"
Annie asked in confusion, spring water of immortality? Is there really such a thing?
Although Annie herself is now immortal due to the time stone, she still wants to experience something that sounds magical like the eternal spring water.
"Aha! That must mean you don't know, right?"
"I can take you to find them, of course, as well as the two necessary Holy Grails! I also know where they are! But... as long as you help me enchant this pistol, such as unlimited ammunition and so on ?”
After saying that, Jack Sparrow flatteringly handed over the exquisite short-barreled pistol inlaid with gold and ivory that he had inherited from Hilton, the commander of the Spanish fleet.
"Infinite ammunition? I don't know how to enchant this kind of thing! It's impossible!"
Anne shook her head, how could there be such an outrageous enchantment?
Infinite ammunition and so on obviously violate the conservation of matter! Unless it is an energy-type pistol, if it is attached with an energy-gathering magic circle, it can barely achieve unlimited ammunition. However, there are various restrictions, such as the energy-gathering time, the validity period of the magic circle, etc.
For gunpowder weapons like Sparrow's, forget it. Infinite ammunition is impossible. If you enchant something like a spell reappearance, you can barely do two rounds. Want unlimited ammunition? That's too far off.
"The most I can do is give you a precision spell, and nothing else is of any use."
After thinking about it, little Annie gave the other party a suggestion. In her opinion, this enchantment was quite reliable.
"Precision? What's the use of that? A very accurate shot? However, I have already shot very accurately! I am a sharpshooter! Even in the dark, I can break a cable with one shot!"
Jack Sparrow shook his head after hearing what the little witch said. The precision spell alone was far from enough to attract him. He didn't want this kind of useless enchantment.
"My precision technique is different! If I help you enchant it, your gun will be able to shoot very accurately! You can hit wherever you want, and the bullets can also turn! Don't you think about it? ?”
This bad guy actually dares to make conditions!
Anne's precision skills were extraordinary, so she explained seriously that these strange enchantments were made by her based on the enchantments she had seen in books. As for What the specific effect is, maybe you can only know it after using it.
"make a deal!"
After listening to the little witch's explanation, Jack Sparrow's eyes lit up without even thinking, and he couldn't wait to hand over his precious pistol.
Then, he rubbed his palms and looked at the little witch in front of him flatteringly, hoping that she would enchant him quickly. Where to hit? Can bullets still turn? Lo and behold, he made money again!
