After little Annie went crazy and subdued the mermaids and explored the island to find the Santiago, they got a whole shipload of gold and silver treasures, filling all the cabins of the three battleships.
Then, for some unknown reason, what puzzled all the sailors and soldiers was that the little witch did not order to set off again to explore the fountain of immortality that was said to be able to live forever. Instead, she directly ordered the fleet to set sail and embark on the journey. The way home was Port Royal where they set out.
At this time, the magic battleship Dreadnought took the lead and used several thick cables to drag the two Spanish battleships connected end to end, and began to sail against the wind on the remote channel back to Port Royal.
This treasure hunting adventure is basically over here.
In addition to capturing two Spanish battleships, what little Anne and the others gained from this trip was gold and silver treasures that filled the cabins of three battleships. The three ships were full, and all the cabins that could be filled were given to various pockets. And the treasure chest is full.
Money moves people's hearts! Especially with such a huge wealth in front of you, saying that you are rich enough to rival a country is probably nothing more than that, right?
If before seeing the terrifying little witch show off her extraordinary power, these sailors and the Spaniards might have been a little jealous of the ship full of treasures and wanted to take risks to snatch it, then, in the frozen harbor of Bailang Bay After the incident, no one dared to have second thoughts anymore!
Because, let alone the terrifying and intimidating power of the witches, the more than a thousand mermaids following the warships in the sea under the three ships are enough to scare them!
Since the Dreadnaught of Magic Sails provided the power, the sailors who did not need to operate the sails were doing nothing at first, and now they were gathering in twos and threes on the deck and began to blow the cowhide with relish.
Previously, after Anne bound the mermaid leaders, signed a contract, and spent a lot of effort to remove the thick ice caused by magic, many of the captured sailors were actually given away by the mermaids. return.
Originally, little Annie didn't want to take in these mermaids because she found them troublesome, but due to the persuasion of the twin sisters, she reluctantly took them in. After being restrained by the contract, she planned to take them back to Port Royal for Charlotte to deal with.
"I'm telling you, you must not have thought of it, right?"
"That mermaid, she kissed me! Really! After I was kissed by the mermaid, I could actually breathe directly in the sea in a short time! This is simply amazing!"
Sailor A, who was taken away and then sent back, was now boasting proudly to several sailors surrounding him.
This time, not only did he survive the disaster, but he also enjoyed a little bit of happiness and experienced the strange environment of the deep sea and the alien customs of the mermaid tribe. This may be something he can boast about for the rest of his life.
"And let me tell you! In fact, it seems that the reason why the mermaids captured us was not to eat us!"
After seeing the sailors around him being attracted by his words, he came closer and whispered mysteriously.
"It's not for food? What's the reason for that? Could it be that they took you away because they became like men and kept you as a husband?"
"Where can such a good thing come from?"
"Hahaha……"
After hearing this, a sailor who was listening began to retort and made an outrageous conjecture. Then, a group of people started to make a fuss, exchanged looks and laughed obscenely.
"Hey! You're right! The reason why those mermaids captured us is to breed!"
Sailor A made a pig face and began to reminisce. While drooling, he felt a little regretful.
Back then, when he was at the bottom of the sea, there were really a group of mermaids surrounding him, which dazzled him. Unfortunately, before he had time to enjoy it, he was sent back again. This time What a pity!
If it can be a little late for half a day, then...
"Ah! Just keep blowing!"
"Please! Aren't you afraid of scaring them when you look like this?"
"That's right! Even if they mermaids really want to find a man to fight back, they probably won't find you, right?"
The sailors next to them began to make noise again. Although they were making noises now and kept rebutting, they seemed not to believe what the other party said. However, the envy and jealousy on their faces had already betrayed them.
"I swear to God! I definitely didn't lie!"
The sailor who had experienced a deep-sea adventure became anxious and began to swear loudly with a blushing face. Then, he thought about it again and then continued to add:
"Think about it! Those mermaids are all female, right?"
Sailor A is eager to make these people believe his words and make them admire him, so as to satisfy his superficial vanity.
"Aren't you talking nonsense?! The mermaid is not a woman, how can she be a man?"
Everyone looked at him with disdain, and felt chills when they thought about what if there really was a mermaid.
"So, now the question is: if mermaids are all female, how do they reproduce the next generation? Have you ever thought about it?"
Thinking of this, Sailor A felt annoyed for a while. If only, if those witches ordered the mermaids to let the mermaids come back, they could stay a little longer at night...
"this……"
Several sailors who were watching began to look at each other. They really didn't know this question.
"So, they captured us into the deep sea to breed the next generation! They didn't just want to eat us! Right? They should always need men to breed the next generation for them. Besides, you heard before Did you ever say that mermaids catch women?”
Whether it was the mermaids who emerged from the sea at that time, or what he saw in the mermaid tribe after being caught in the deep sea, this sailor had never seen any male or male mermaids.
It was because of this that he strengthened his guess, and that's why he seemed so regretful now, wishing those mermaids would continue to catch him into the sea again.
"That makes sense..."
"Sounds pretty reliable..."
"Tsk! Think about it carefully, this is really possible!"
"It must be true. Think about it, none of the people who were captured died. If they wanted to eat people, wouldn't it be easier to just drown them and then take them back to the tribe?"
After thinking about it carefully, the sailors began to discuss it.
Indeed, when mermaids were wreaking havoc in Bailang Bay, was it true that no woman was ever heard of being kidnapped? Those who were captured, without exception, were all male sailors or soldiers! Of course, it could also be because there are very few women working as sailors or traveling on ships?
"God! So, it's really possible that this is true?"
"It's not fair! Why was I holding the mast so tightly in the first place? If I had known this was the case, I would have just asked them to catch me too!"
Sailor B, who was watching, began to cry loudly.
Late last night, when the mermaids started to catch people, their strange whips had already stuck to his legs. However, he hugged the mast tightly and refused to let go. Finally, when the whips pulled, He escaped the disaster because of his ruined trousers. He had always been very lucky because the quality of the fabric of his trousers was not very good.
However, now he deeply regrets it!
At that time, if I had known that I would be released again, I should have let them drag me into the sea. There was no danger to my life, and I could enjoy some romantic encounters and underwater adventures. This was a huge benefit.
"..."
Sailor A couldn't help but feel proud when he saw the shocked, envious and jealous faces of his companions around him.
Although he does not know the saying that a blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise, this does not prevent him from using it as capital and becoming the envy, envy, and hatred of others.
For this sailor, everything was fine. The only pity was that he was rescued too early, leaving him with less capital to brag about.
"Come on! You guys were sent back so quickly last night. It must have been a bad thing, right? What's there to be proud of?"
One of the sailors who was watching looked at Sailor A with contempt. Although he said so, he was actually a little jealous of the other man.
"That's right! This bastard is definitely not up to anything good!"
"Yes, this makes sense!"
"..."
A group of sailors began to discuss loudly again, the envious expressions on their faces were diluted a lot, and they soon started talking about other things.
"For him to be captured by a mermaid is nothing at all. Let me tell you, what we encountered this morning when we followed Lady Anne the Witch to find the treasure ship in Santiago, that was the real excitement!"
While this group of sailors and soldiers were bragging and chatting with each other, a strong man who had been silent from the beginning finally started to interject and instantly attracted everyone's attention.
"Yes, Santiago! I've heard about that too, but I'm not very clear about the specific situation. Please tell us quickly!"
They only knew that in the morning, some people followed the witch to find the Santiago treasure ship, and soon after, they brought back a large amount of treasure!
They also heard that a powerful undead appeared on the treasure ship at that time, but they didn't know exactly what it was.
"Don't be anxious, don't rush me, just listen to me slowly! At that time, the situation was like this..."
After the strong sailor stretched out his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, he slowly began to talk about the details of the situation at that time.
…
After conquering the mermaid tribe in Whitecaps Bay, in the early morning of the next day, when the sun slowly rose from the sea level, little Annie took the twin sisters, a pair of maids, and about three hundred sailors and soldiers. , followed the leading party Jack Sparrow to land at the port and disembarked.
They crossed the ruins of the abandoned Whitecaps Bay port city and trekked through the jungle for nearly a morning. Near noon, they finally arrived at their destination, at the base of a towering circular cliff.
"Look! This is my destination, and the Santiago is right there!"
Jack Sparrow led everyone and quickly came to the bottom of a cliff eroded by the sea, stood on a pile of pebbles, and then pointed to a tattered wooden sailboat high on the cliff and said.
"Our destination this time, the ship filled with treasures, is right on top!"
Sparrow pinched his orchid fingers, turned around, and smiled proudly at everyone.
Now, Jack Sparrow has fulfilled his promise and brought the witches to search for the treasure here. Then, when he returns, they will help him deal with some difficult enemies.
"It's really high..."
Anne looked up to the top of the cliff along with everyone else.
Little Annie was a little confused. How on earth was that ship attached to it at that time? This is really amazing!
I saw half of the broken hull of a sailboat exposed on the edge of a high cliff. And, most importantly, there seemed to be no way up here?
The most important thing is that the ship is already so old. She is really worried that if they step on the ship, will it break and fall off the cliff?
She didn't want to fly up with this large group of people, that would be too much trouble! So, she was going to find a simple way to not only get the treasure on the ship, but also see the undead inside and the map?
"Humph! There is indeed a lot of treasure in that ship, and it is also full of gold, silver and jewelry!"
At this time, Barbossa, who had been following the team, finally came out. He looked at the broken ship on the cliff with some solemnity and said in a cautious tone.
"But, it contains not only treasures, but also an undead soul that doesn't want to die - Ponce De Leon!"
Even when Barbossa was cursed, they didn't dare to come here to disturb the sleep of this truly undead. Compared to their previous group of skeletons, this one was an evil existence.
"Who is that? Is it very powerful? Is it the same as your previous curse?"
Annie was a little surprised. If they were just undead, this strange uncle would have been similar to undead when they were cursed before, right? They are just a bunch of disgusting skeletons anyway, so why should he be afraid of this guy named Ponce? Could it be that this one is too big? Particularly vicious?
"Hmph! It's much more powerful than the curse we had before!"
Bassab looked at the little witch and began to remember.
"You have to know that before, we were just cursed and turned into immortal monsters. Apart from the immortal body, we did not have any extraordinary power. And this Ponce De Leon, it is said that he passed through The magic power of the Fountain of Immortality turns it into an immortal undead monster, which is much more evil!"
Barbossa quickly told what he knew. He believed that the legend was quite reliable.
"Eh? Didn't you say before that the Fountain of Youth can make people immortal? Why can it still become undead?"
Little Annie found this statement rather novel.
Originally, she was a little interested in this so-called fountain of youth, but now she actually heard that someone turned into an undead through the fountain of youth? Is that still the Fountain of Immortality? It must be fake, right?
If someone really wants to become a lich or an undead, where would they need to find such extraneous things? Isn’t it enough to just use the transformation ritual?
"Well, it's a long story..."
Bassabot paused for a moment before continuing:
"It is said that after Ponce de Leon and his party found the Fountain of Youth, in order to gain eternal life and monopolize the entire ship's treasure, he tricked all the sailors into drinking the evil Fountain of Youth willingly. , but he himself secretly drank another cup dripping with mermaid tears..."
Speaking of this, Barbossa's seriousness flashed with a trace of confusion and greed. Eternal life was what he himself yearned for. However, when he thought of the days when he was cursed before, at that time, they could also be said to have existed forever. .
However, when he thought of the painful state where life was worse than death, where he couldn't die even if he wanted to, and the torture that seemed like he was in hell all the time, he felt that it was better to have a limited life now!
"Originally, he thought that he could successfully gain the life span of all the sailors and achieve immortality, and then live a free and easy life with those treasures! But who would have thought that he would be seriously injured by the dying counterattack of the sailors who realized that something was wrong? And after losing his life, he turned into an evil undead and guarded his treasure forever!"
"What's ridiculous is that even after he died, he still couldn't forget the map that recorded the Fountain of Youth. Even if he turned into an undead skeleton, he would still cling to his map."
At this point Barbossa started to laugh. In his opinion, that Ponce was just a pathetic guy! Immortal, so what?
He has experienced it himself, and it is just endless torture. He will never want that kind of lifeless, false immortality again!
"Wait! Isn't this wrong?"
Anne frowned more and more as she listened, and then interrupted Barbossa's words.
"Didn't he drink the Fountain of Youth and gain the countless lifespans of other sailors? Then why is he still dying? And turned into an undead?"
Anne said it was understandable if she was injured by a sailor's counterattack, because even she would be injured if she encountered a powerful being! However, it is a bit strange that Ponce, after he gained a life span, died of severe injuries and became an undead.
"That's because: The Fountain of Youth will only allow him to gain the life span of others, but it will not increase his original life span! These are two different things!"
"Ponce himself was severely injured by the sailors' counterattack, and he died soon after! His own life span has ended!"
"However, due to the effect of the Fountain of Youth, he still has the lifespan of more than a hundred sailors. Even if he turns into a skeleton after death, he will continue to survive in the form of a skeleton until this part of his lifespan. Until it’s over!”
Having said this, Basabo smiled wantonly. The life span of more than a hundred people was enough for Ponce to endure! This is really impossible even if you want to die...
That's the lifespan of more than a hundred people...how long? a thousand years? Or more? Can this really be said to be eternal life?
Look, this is tens of thousands of years! Moreover, in the form of the undead, there is no feeling or touch. At night, you can't really sleep; during the day, you can't feel the warmth of the sun; you can only feel the biting coldness, that cold and dead world. , Barbosa and his group had only persisted for a mere ten years, but they were driven almost crazy.
And now, this Ponce still has tens of thousands of years to enjoy all this, this eternal hell-like pain... He really deserves it! He really asked for it!
"I see...it seems that this fountain of youth is indeed not a good thing!"
Anne pondered for a moment. It was indeed not a good thing to deprive others of their life span and get the false cursed life span.
Originally, she wanted to see the so-called fountain of youth, but how could she have imagined that it would be such a thing? Therefore, she is now ready to give up looking for this spring. When she thinks about it, it is probably just a life-stealing transformation ritual. Why do these idiots mistake it for the Fountain of Youth if they don't know?
"Otherwise? There are many people who know the legend of the Fountain of Youth! But why are not many people interested in looking for it?"
Anyway, Barbossa felt that he would never use the Fountain of Youth himself!
Its side effects are too great! After being cursed by the Aztec gold coin, he was particularly disgusted with words such as immortality. He would rather live for one day as a living person than to live for a hundred years as an undead!
"Dear Witch, what Barbossa just said may not be right!"
At this time, Jack Sparrow ran back from the front again, came next to little Annie and started talking.
"There is another legend here: It is said that in Ponce at that time, they did not find the Fountain of Youth, and were attacked by the mysterious natives on the island, and finally died tragically here! Then, under the influence of his huge obsession Then he turned into an evil undead, clinging to the map until he died, trying to find the mysterious fountain of youth?"
Jack Sparrow, who was specifically trying to deal with Barbossa, the traitor, ran over and told a different legend.
Anyway, as long as Barbossa agrees, he will oppose it! The less the other party wants to find the Fountain of Youth, the more Sparrow wants to encourage the little witch to find it!
"Okay, no matter what, let's get the treasure ship down first. The cliff is too high, and the ship looks shabby. I don't want to get on it!"
Anne looked at the hull of the ship on the cliff. She didn't want these sailors to climb up. It would be a waste of time to wait for others to climb up; and she didn't want to fly up herself, for fear of trouble!
Besides, it is said that there is an evil undead skeleton named Ponce up there. Under such circumstances, these sailors probably would not dare to go up, right?
Then, I can only take action to get the boat down first.
"Get it down? How to do it? Bomb it with a cannon? Or have people climb up and tie cables to it and pull it down?"
Hearing that the little witch was going to get the ship down, Jack Sparrow also felt that this method was more reliable. This was better than sending people up.
As long as the ship is taken down, it should become easier to deal with the undead inside and to search for the gold and silver treasures.
"Humph! I don't want to be in so much trouble. Get out of my way!"
And the cannon has a rope, does it need to be so troublesome?
Anne herself is what they call a witch. Since she is a witch, of course she uses witch methods!
"Magic: Hands of the Super Mage!"
A blue surrounding magic circle suddenly appeared on the ground where Annie was standing, scaring Jack Sparrow, Barbossa and Norrington to take several steps back.
The ship on the cliff is too big and a little far away, so Annie needs the assistance of a magic circle to strengthen her spellcasting. Otherwise, ordinary mage hands would not be able to move the big wooden boat on the cliff.
"this……"
A group of people watched in horror as the little witch was casting a spell. Then, they discovered that the ship on the cliff, the Santiago, had actually moved. Countless boulders and floating soil around it began to shake and roll away from the cliff. When he came down, he hit a pool below and splashed water jets one by one.
"This cliff won't collapse, right?"
After Jack Sparrow screamed in surprise, he quickly twisted his waist and ran back. This place was so close to the cliff. If a huge boulder fell here, it would be fatal!
However, when he ran, he pinched his orchid fingers and twisted his butt exaggeratedly, which made the twins feel chills and almost couldn't help but throw a fireball at him.
"Wow, well done! Lady Witch Anne is so powerful!"
In the distance, Jack Sparrow, standing at a safe distance, began to shout and cheer loudly.
I saw that the dilapidated sailboat on the cliff slowly floated up from the cliff. Following the direction of Anne's hand that she extended her virtual hand, it slowly broke free from the cliff and began to float at a constant speed. Come down.
boom! ! !
After waiting not far from the ground, little Annie suddenly released the floating spell, causing the entire ship to fall to the ground. After a violent impact, it fell apart, and then, bursts of Dust rose into the sky, and at the same time, countless gold and silver jewels burst out from the broken hull. Under the direct sunlight at noon, the shining gold scattered all over the surrounding ground, everywhere.
"Who! Disturbed my sleep?!"
After the dust gradually dispersed, a tall skeleton with a crown on his head and ragged clothes, holding a musket in his right hand and a map in his left hand, slowly walked out of the smoke formed by the dust.
There is no doubt that this should be the unlucky man suffering eternal torture: Ponce de Leon?
"You... all... will die... Come out, my undead servants, crush them!"
After seeing a large group of sailors and soldiers opposite him, the skeleton did not ask for help, but directly used his most proud undead skill of summoning skeleton servants.
The next moment, the ground around the circular canyon began to shake slowly, and then, dirty and tattered skeletons appeared one after another, holding various rusty swords and swords, or they had been blocked by mud and sand. The broken musket at the muzzle slowly struggled out from under the ground.
"Everyone, form a formation! Prepare to attack!"
Seeing this change, Brigadier General Norrington and Spanish Commander Hilton quickly shouted loudly, asking their respective men to quickly start setting up musket phalanxes and prepare to fight the enemy.
"Aim! Shoot!!!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Countless muskets sounded like exploding beans. Under the volleys of the British Royal Fusiliers and Spanish musketeers, countless standing skeletons were shattered by hot lead bullets with powerful kinetic energy. Their heads or important parts of the real test were shattered and turned back. A pile of useless bones, but more skeletons still rushed forward.
"Back off! Reload quickly! Fix the bayonet!"
Norrington and Hilton, the two army commanders from different countries, were still shouting fiercely, their faces a little pale.
The number of these skeletons is too much. They just fired a salvo of 200 people, but they probably only wiped out less than a hundred? I'm afraid the other party won't give them a lot of time to reload, right?
"Ms. Witch, help!"
Seeing that something was wrong with the situation, Jack Sparrow, who originally wanted to run out of the canyon first, now had to twist his butt and run back in embarrassment.
Because, he discovered that a large number of undead appeared at the exit of the circular canyon. They had blocked the retreat. He would never be able to get out by himself! So, he ran back and ran to the witch for protection.
When he thought about it, these skeletons and these mortals might be difficult to deal with, but this little witch was different. She was so powerful. She could not only freeze the sea directly, but also grab such a big and heavy thing out of thin air. It would be easy for a sailboat loaded with treasure to deal with these skeletons, right?
If you really can't deal with it, you can also grab him, Jack Sparrow, and fly him away from this dangerous place. That should be okay, right? These witches can all fly, so if they can fly away with one or two people, there must be no problem!
"Na na... I hate the undead, not without reason..."
Looking at the dense crowds of at least three to five thousand undead that suddenly appeared around her, little Annie sighed helplessly.
This kind of undead is indeed the most annoying thing! They never play one-on-one battles with you. Every time they attack, they always summon hundreds of skeletons, zombies, or disgusting things like ghouls.
They are not very powerful, but there are so many of them that they can tire a person to death! If they were facing ordinary people.
However, in Little Annie's opinion, the big skeleton in front of her was relatively easy to deal with.
It only summoned about three to five thousand undead? There shouldn't be too many corpses here for it to summon, right? Moreover, its own strength does not seem to be very powerful, it just has some strange ability to wake up skeletons!
"flame……"
So, in order not to waste time, Annie decided to just burn it. She didn't have time to play with this little skeleton here!
