Little Annie's fleet transporting the treasure has been sailing on the sea for several days, lasting more than two months. After sailing for such a long time, she doesn't know what happened in Port Royal, and she doesn't want to know what happened.
For Anne, she is just a passerby in this world. It is still unclear whether she will come back here again in the future. So, no matter what Charlotte and the others do to the world, how many people they kill, and how much land they occupy, what does it have to do with her?
She just taught the other party some magic, gave her a magic book, and then let the little bear borrow a little bit of her power. Now something big has happened, do you want to blame her?
At this time, European countries were in full swing in their exploration, development or plunder of the New World.
And being in the strategic Caribbean area, the routes here are even more lively!
Various large and small ships of merchants, pirates or gold diggers can be seen everywhere in the Caribbean. Basically, after entering important routes, other ships can often be seen from a distance.
On the way back, Little Anne's fleet would encounter merchant ships or warships from certain countries from time to time. Although the other party could still approach a fleet consisting of a warship with full sails towing two warships without sails. The high-speed sailing of more than ten knots was very curious, but they did not dare to meddle in their own business. They just avoided it immediately after seeing it from a distance. Of course, this also included those suspected pirate ships that appeared from time to time without flying any flags.
During the past few days of sailing, no ship dared to provoke or approach the strange fleet composed of these three warships. As long as they were not fools, no one dared to touch this warship.
As for pirates, they usually only rob ordinary merchant ships. Even if they encounter armed merchant ships, they will be defeated accidentally!
Because, armed merchant ships usually have about ten to twenty artillery pieces, and if they encounter some crazy merchant ship captains, they are more likely to put thirty or forty cannons on the armed merchant ships. The thoughts in the minds of those madmen The idea is: the weight of artillery and shells must be consistent with the weight of the product!
In the Caribbean, there are many jokes circulating, saying that a group of short-sighted pirates used two smaller speedboats to try to rob an armed merchant ship, but as a result, when the two pirate ships approached, they were ready to join the gang. At that moment, the captain of the merchant ship gave an order to open the gun doors, turning the large merchant ship, which looked ordinary from the outside, into a quasi-warship with nearly forty cannons. The pirates were shocked to death, and finally I was forced to be chased and beaten by a merchant ship all afternoon. If I hadn't run fast, I would have almost been sunk!
"Ha! Dear...Captain Jack Sparrow? I found an interesting situation. You have become, very, very anxious recently?"
Barbossa saw Jack Sparrow using his telescope to look at the surrounding sea from time to time, as if he was guarding against something, so he walked behind him and started joking in a bad tone.
This behavior of the other party seemed very abnormal to Barbosa!
You know, Jack Sparrow is not the captain of the Intrepid. Why is he observing the surrounding situation so diligently? Moreover, when he was the captain of the Black Pearl, he didn't work so hard, right?
Besides, observing the surrounding sea conditions is the duty of the lookouts on the mast. What kind of care does Sparrow have? Normally, shouldn't he be drinking in the cabin or sailor's room?
"Scared? Oh...it's you, you bastard, Barbossa!"
Jack Sparrow was startled by the sound behind him and almost threw the telescope into the sea.
When he turned around and saw Barbossa standing behind him, he relaxed a little, quickly put away his telescope carefully, and forced himself to speak calmly.
"Anxious? What do I have to be anxious about? See? Nothing! Not at all! You must be wrong, that's it!"
Jack Sparrow replied pretending to be relaxed, but his slightly nervous movements still betrayed him deeply. Normally, he was definitely not like this.
"Oh? Is that so?"
Barbossa stared at Jack Sparrow for a moment before grinning.
"If I remember correctly, it seems that you still owe debts to some people? Now, it's almost time to repay it, right?"
Barbossa became angry when he thought of the trouble that Jack Sparrow had caused when he tempted the little witch to find the sea monster.
"No! That's not the case at all. I, Jack Sparrow, don't owe anyone a debt! It's you! You still owe me the Black Pearl! Be careful, traitor!"
Jack Sparrow looked at Barbossa with evil eyes and said.
"That's it. Then, do you need me to remind you?"
Barbossa ignored Jack Sparrow's threat, pretended to think for a moment, and then said in an exaggerated tone:
"Ha! I remembered, what's his name? By the way! What is he wearing? Oh! Davy Jones!"
He knew very well about the entanglement between Davy Jones and Jack Sparrow. How could he let the other party get away with it in just a few words?
"Please don't say that name again!"
As soon as he heard the name, Jack Sparrow's pretended calm face immediately collapsed, and he looked at Barbossa in a semi-pleading tone.
"Please! Never mention that name in front of me!"
Jack Sparrow was really scared. He really didn't want to serve on that ghost ship for a hundred years! Let alone a hundred years, not even one year!
"Oh! Come on, Jack! You can't just escape. I advise you to go to the Flying Dutchman and serve for a hundred years. Then, when you are released from prison, I will definitely The Black Pearl gave it back to you! Hahaha!"
After finishing speaking, Barbossa laughed to himself, and did not forget to add one sentence at the end.
"If I am still alive by then, I will definitely return it to you!"
Making the other person feel uncomfortable is Barbossa's greatest joy.
After sailing for so long, he has been suppressed by Jack Sparrow in every aspect, so now it is his pleasure to make the other party unhappy, and there is nothing better than this.
"you!!!"
Jack Sparrow was so angry that he just wanted to slap him and have a fight with this bastard. Now, the other party is not immortal, and there is no need to be afraid of him!
However, when he grasped the hilt of his sword, Jack Sparrow suddenly froze for a moment, as if he suddenly remembered something, and his expression suddenly became relaxed.
"Ah! I suddenly remembered, you are right, I don't need to escape from anything at all, just let them come, I am not afraid of them at all now!"
When he saw the three witches teasing the seagulls with food on the bridge, Jack Sparrow's eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly calmed down.
"Really? I don't think you are as relaxed as you pretend on your face."
Barbossa said a little doubtfully. He felt that this bastard Sparrow must be up to some conspiracy again. He had to be careful not to follow his path.
"No! Barbossa, you are wrong! I really am not worried at all now!"
After saying that, Jack Sparrow came close to Barbossa's ear and whispered:
"Because, I suddenly remembered that I am different from you. Now, I have a powerful witch as my backer!"
Although he had told the little witch about the sea monster before, now that the matter was coming, Jack Sparrow was still a little uneasy.
He was worried that if the little witch couldn't defeat the huge sea monster, wouldn't he himself be dead? When he thought about serving on the Flying Dutchman for a hundred years, he felt a wave of unwillingness.
"Jack Sparrow! You have indeed fallen!"
Barbossa looked at Jack Sparrow in shock. He didn't expect that this shameless bastard would still have this idea. It turned out that this was what he was talking about the sea monster to the witch for?
"Now, you actually want to rely on a little girl to escape your debt? You really make me, who is also a pirate, feel disgusted!"
Barbossa cared little about who Jack Sparrow relied on to get rid of Davy Jones's debt collection.
What he cared about was that he was still on the same boat with the other party. Before returning to Port Royal and gaining freedom, he didn't want to cause trouble, and he didn't want to put himself in a dangerous situation because of a bastard.
"No! You are wrong again, I want to make a statement now."
After Jack Sparrow figured it out, he pinched his signature orchid fingers again and walked to the guardrail.
"You have to know, I, the great Captain Jack Sparrow! I am now employed by a witch, and as an employer, I help the staff solve a little trouble. Isn't this a natural thing?"
When it comes to sophistry, Captain Sparrow is never afraid of anyone, not even his old enemy Barbossa.
"Jack! Do you think those witches will be the opponents of Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman?"
Barbossa shook his head and continued speaking in an angry tone.
"You will definitely kill everyone on the ship!"
If his Black Pearl had been nearby, Barbossa would have left long ago. He definitely didn't want to go into this muddy water with Jack Sparrow. This was simply risking his life!
It's a pity that he doesn't have many choices now, unless he is willing to abandon the Black Pearl and get a small boat to leave the fleet now.
"Why not? You must have seen how powerful they are, right? I have great confidence in the witch!"
Jack Sparrow retorted with a sneer, Barbossa had just made him unhappy, and now, it was his turn to make him unhappy.
"If you still have a little bit of conscience, I think you'd better leave this fleet in a small boat to avoid killing countless innocent people! Don't forget, Davy Jones is not just a flying person. Dutchman, he also has that sea monster, the big octopus sea monster!”
Barbossa began to roar angrily, spraying spittle all over Jack Sparrow's face.
"Huh? Conscience? This is the funniest joke I heard today!"
Jack Sparrow pushed away Barbossa and his big bearded face who came forward.
"A traitor who shamefully betrayed his own captain, now he has nothing to say to me about his conscience? Don't you think this is very unconvincing?"
When he remembered that when he was going to find the treasure, he was lured out of the treasure place by this bastard, and then immediately betrayed and lost his beloved Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow felt a wave of gnashing hatred.
If it weren't for this bastard, how could those sailors unite to rebel? If it hadn't been for him, how could he have been thrown on a desert island and almost died?
"Sea monster? Did I hear you correctly? You were just talking about sea monster? Where is it?"
Annie directly supported the railing and looked outside the ship, trying to find the sea monster the other party mentioned.
Little Annie had been fiddling with the rudder and playing with the seagulls on the bridge. When she got bored and was about to go down to her captain's cabin, she accidentally heard the two people talking on the edge of the ship below. The conversation, it seemed, was, what sea monster were they talking about?
So, she quickly ran to Jack and Barbossa, held up the guardrail and looked at the sea outside the ship. Unfortunately, there was nothing on the sea.
"Where is the sea monster? Where is it? Where is the sea monster?!"
Seeing how excited the little witch was, Barbossa gasped.
Seeing the other party's excitement, he felt that this witch was really not afraid of sea monsters? Is it possible that Jack Sparrow really escaped this disaster?
We must think of a way!
He was just about to step forward to sow discord and say something bad about Jack Sparrow. It was best to get the witch to agree with his idea: Leave this Jack Sparrow behind!
Unfortunately, Barbossa was still a step slower. He saw Jack Sparrow approaching the little witch at a faster speed, and then began to smile flatteringly.
"The most powerful witch, the great goddess of fire, the respected Ms. Anne Hastur!"
Jack Sparrow approached little Annie as flatteringly as possible, and after performing some nondescript courtesy, he looked at the other party with a determined look on his face.
"I discovered that we may have been targeted by a group of evil creatures, and they have bad intentions!"
Aren't that Davy Jones and those monsters under him evil creatures? And of course, his big octopus! Therefore, Jack Sparrow’s statement is not wrong.
"He's talking nonsense! He..."
Barbossa was just about to step forward to refute and let the witch see Sparrow's shameless face. Unfortunately, he was immediately pushed aside by Jack Sparrow with his back, blocking little Annie's view of him. .
"Moreover, there is a huge sea monster in the hands of those evil creatures!"
Since this little witch likes to find trouble with the sea monster so much, then Sparrow will certainly try his best to satisfy him. He believes that the sea monster will definitely come.
"Is there really a sea monster? Don't lie to me!"
Little Annie looked at Jack Sparrow with some suspicion. A few days ago, he said that a sea monster was coming, but until now, there was nothing.
She just likes these weird things or monsters. The stronger they are, the better, and the more brutal they are, the better!
"It's huge! It's as big as several ships combined!"
Jack Sparrow gestured exaggeratedly with his hands. That big octopus could easily swallow a large sailboat. Even the Intrepid would probably be dragged to the bottom of the sea by the other party, right?
If there are no witches on this ship, that's for sure.
"Is it really that big? That's really great!"
Annie clenched her fist and waved it vigorously.
Is there really such a big sea monster? That's great! If it looks pleasing to the eye, you must grab it and turn it into your own toy!
Hmm...like Tibbs the Bear?
"By the way, there is one more little thing! Those monsters seem to want to catch me! So...as your right-hand man, I wonder if I can seek a little protection from you?"
Jack Sparrow once again vigorously blocked Barbossa, who wanted to say something, back, preventing the other party from having a chance to speak.
"This is very simple, don't worry! I won't let them catch you, hum!"
Annie raised her fist in assurance.
She went out to sea this time, and the pirate she hired seemed to have helped a lot, so she decided to just help him out.
"Aha! Thank you so much for your generosity!"
Jack Sparrow took off his captain's hat this time and gave Anne a sincere salute.
Although it also knew that its behavior was a bit disgraceful, but now it was relying on the witch to escape the fate of being captured as a coolie, and that was enough.
"No! Madam Witch, you must not be deceived by this shameless villain!"
Barbossa finally pushed away Jack Sparrow who was blocking him, got in front of Annie, and began to speak hurriedly.
"It is true that there is a group of evil creatures chasing him, but they only want to capture this Jack Sparrow! There is no need for you to shelter him, he is just a shameless bastard! He wants to take advantage of you!"
Now, it was Barbossa's turn to block Jack Sparrow, who still wanted to say something.
"That's it...so, do they really have sea monsters?"
Annie bit her finger and thought about it. She decided not to care about it for the time being. She just wanted to know if there was that kind of sea monster under the other person's hand.
"Sea monster? This... there is indeed a huge and evil sea monster, but..."
Barbossa wanted to continue speaking, but was immediately interrupted by Annie's wave.
"Is there really a sea monster? That's a problem!"
Anne happily walked onto the bridge, and then shouted to the boatswain:
"Lower the sail to half! We have to go slower, maybe that sea monster can catch up with us! I want to see what it looks like! Hurry up! What are you doing standing still? Go quickly, go quickly give an order?"
Now that Annie has discovered something interesting, she is no longer in a hurry to go back. Anyway, in her opinion, it has been so long since she came out, and it doesn't matter if it is a little later.
"Ah? Yes! I obey! Sir!"
When the boatswain heard the little witch say that he had to slow down the ship just to see some sea monster, he was frightened for a while, and then he realized what he was doing and started to turn around and give orders to the sailors.
Since the witch wants to see some sea monster, and she is so powerful, let her do whatever she wants.
"Quick, quick! Halt half the sail! We need to start slowing down!"
Below the bridge, after the officers on the deck repeated the order, the sailors began to climb up the mast and get busy. They needed to furl the normal sails and sail at a slower speed.
"Aha! The weather is really nice today."
Jack Sparrow glanced at Barbossa proudly. He was happy to see the other person's deflated appearance.
"Maybe we have something good to add to our meal tonight? What do you think of barbecue octopus? And it's a big octopus!"
Jack Sparrow stretched out ten fingers and made an octopus-like face opposite Barbossa, making the other party gasp in anger.
"Hmph! Just continue to be proud, I will also find ways to cause trouble for you!"
After snorting coldly, Barbossa thought for a while, gritted his teeth and took out a notebook from his pocket.
"What is that? Show me?"
After seeing Barbossa take out a notebook, Jack Sparrow was stunned for a moment. He was about to reach out and grab it to take a look, but was dodged by the other party.
"I think that instead of asking you to confuse the little witch to accompany you to find a sea monster, it would be better to let her find another interesting and non-dangerous thing. What do you think?"
Barbossa raised a notebook inlaid with red gems in his hand. He had never been able to understand this thing, nor could he understand it.
Originally, he wanted to keep this thing forever, but now that he needs valuable items to distract the little witch, there is no more suitable thing than this.
So, after teasing Jack Sparrow for a while without telling him what it was, he sneered and walked towards the little witch on the bridge.
"Hey! Barbossa? What is that thing on your hand?"
Jack Sparrow hurried forward. On the one hand, he wanted to know what the notebook in the other person's hand was, and on the other hand, he wanted to stop the other party and prevent this bastard from ruining his big event.
"Wait, how about this, let's discuss it?"
Jack Sparrow, who always felt that things were not simple, became a little uneasy. She always felt that what the other party had in hand was not simple.
Therefore, he hurriedly stopped in front of Barbossa, smiling hard with him while blocking him behind him, as if he wanted to try his best to prevent him from approaching the little witch.
"Step aside!"
After arrogantly pushing away Jack Sparrow, Barbossa walked up to little Annie with a smile on his face.
"Great witch, I think there is nothing interesting about sea monsters. Why don't we turn around now and find an artifact easily?"
After speaking, Barbossa respectfully handed over the notebook inlaid with red gems with both hands.
Originally, he was very reluctant to part with this thing. Even if he couldn't understand it, he still wanted to leave it to his descendants as a family heirloom or something to remember. However, now he no longer cares about so much. His descendants' Mom, I don’t know where he is yet. He has just returned to human form not long ago, so this matter is not urgent.
"Artifact? Real or fake?"
Little Annie took the other person's notebook with a suspicious look on her face and began to look through it with a frown.
Of course Annie likes artifacts and stuff!
However, she didn't think that in this world with very low magic elements, there would be any valuable artifacts. Could this bearded man just randomly use a magic item to fool himself? With their superficial knowledge of magic, do they know what is an artifact and what is just an enchanted item?
"Master Witch! I, Hector Barbossa, swear to the sea that everything I say is true!"
In order to cause trouble for Jack Sparrow, Barbossa also went all out. Not only did he take out an heirloom-like artifact to find a guide, but he also swore an oath to the sea.
"This is an artifact! According to legend, it should be the trident of the fallen sea god Poseidon at the twilight of the gods! If you own it, you will have the power to rule the entire ocean! Hold it and use it correctly Man will completely rule the entire world’s oceans!”
Barbossa believed that this little witch should be able to use such magical items, provided that she could find the trident.
"It is said that as long as you have it, even the powerful ocean goddess will have to surrender to it!"
It's impossible for Barbossa not to be jealous of this magical weapon that sounds terrifying to death!
However, after owning it for so many years, Barbossa still has no clue. He really can't understand the strange star map and riddle-like code words on it! Therefore, facing such a useless person, he could only bear the pain and contribute to the witch. It would be good to cause some trouble for that bastard Sparrow.
"Trident!!!"
Hearing this, Jack Sparrow gasped.
He had indeed heard a lot of legends about this thing. Of course, it was just a legend. He didn't think that there would really be such a magical thing that could rule the entire ocean.
But he never expected that now, this Barbossa could actually come up with such a thing? Look at the way the little witch flipped through it quickly, it seems that it is really reliable? It can not be! If it were true, would that bastard Barbossa contribute?
This is unreasonable!
"Respect the witch, this book must be fake! He is deceiving you, and I am sure that he will never be so kind!"
Jack Sparrow hurried forward and said bad things about the other party. No matter what, whether true or false, he had to cause trouble for Barbossa and could not let him ruin his own affairs.
Snapped! With a sound, little Annie closed the notebook suddenly.
"Bossun! Send the order, full sail, southeast direction, full speed forward! We are going to find the artifact!"
Little Annie rolled her eyes at Jack Sparrow angrily. Couldn't she tell if it was true or not?
Moreover, wouldn’t it be possible to find out whether it’s true or false by looking at the place where the treasure is buried? As long as it is true, then the trident must be buried under the seabed at that location. Wouldn't it be enough to go to the sea and take a look?
"Ah? Yes, as ordered..."
The sails had just been furled, the ship had just slowed down, and now it was going at full speed again? This little witch who changes orders every day is really difficult to maintain!
In desperation, the boatswain could only agree and do it again. The complaining sailors climbed up the mast and lowered the sails that had just been furled so that the ship could run at full speed.
"Um...Master Witch, don't you need to wait until night to compare the star map to determine the location of the artifact?"
Barbossa knew that the burial place of the artifact seemed to be related to the position of the stars in the sky, and that the gem seemed to be the key to solving the problem, but he had no idea what to do specifically.
"Ah? You still have to wait until night to see the stars? Why do you need so much trouble?"
Little Annie looked at this uncultured pirate leader angrily, but considering that he had contributed such a good thing, she decided to explain it to him.
"Let me tell you, no matter how complicated or mysterious it is written in the book, in fact, one thing will never change!"
Little Annie held up the ruby-encrusted notebook in her hand.
"What won't change?"
Neither Barbossa nor Jack Sparrow quite understood what the witch wanted to say.
"Of course it's where the treasure is buried!"
"The location will not change anyway. So, as long as we use the above tips to deduce the distribution of stars more than ten years later, we will of course know the specific location where the artifact is buried!"
"As for the distribution of stars, I saw it a few nights ago. Now I can make a little inference and it's quite simple."
Are you still asking such a simple question?
Anne looked at the two pirate leaders with contempt. Do you still want to ask such a simple question? Moreover, the content written in this book is too superficial and has no technical content at all. Even a prisoner who has done some research on astrology can decipher it. How could it be difficult for little Anne herself?
If Anne were to write the secret words for buried treasures, she would definitely use magic lines, inscriptions, and magic traps to make a protective shell. The content inside would also use ancient magic language, special magic knowledge, and some kind of Uncanny secret codes are used as disguises, and finally, a magic device is added to blow up all the bastards who don't understand the secret words and act randomly!
"Infer... deduce the distribution of stars more than ten years from now?"
Or are you inferring based on the stars you saw a few days ago?
Pretty simple?
Barbossa and Jack Sparrow are petrified...
Sure enough, it is not easy to become a witch. The reason why this little witch is so powerful is not without reason! Look, she can actually deduce the distribution of stars more than ten years from the stars she saw a few days ago? Can you still accurately deduce where the artifact is buried?
This...is this still something that ordinary people can do?
Why are you still looking at us with that contempt?
We know we are stupid, but don’t compare yourself with us like this, right?
Jack Sparrow was fine, just slightly shocked by the witch's terror, but he was used to it anyway. And Barbossa suffered a mental critical hit of almost 10,000 damage. You know, he has studied this notebook for several years... In the end, it can't resist a few cursory glances from a little witch?
Is the gap between them mortals and real witches really that big?
Sure enough... It is not unreasonable for the church to burn witches... If they are not burned, how can there be any way for mortals to survive?
