Thank you Hasegawa Ei for the reward of 1888 starting coins!
Thanks to HahaKu for the reward of 588 starting coins!
Thanks to the annoying thief for the reward of 200 starting coins!
Thanks to the rogue goose, I call Xiao Bing B for the reward of 100 starting coins!
I'll send it in a big seal today, so I won't tear it apart.
I wish you a nice weekend!
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Although it was not yet five o'clock in the afternoon at sea, the sky and the earth were dark, and the surrounding scene seemed to have entered the middle of the night! Black cumulonimbus clouds stacked up like high mountains, covering the entire sky from the top of the head to the end of the field of vision! Not only did it block the evening sun, it also covered the sea with a huge cover!
From time to time, frightening lightning lights up in the clouds, tearing through the dark clouds like bright blades, illuminating this small world! At this time, the strong wind seemed to have gradually subsided, and the sea was no longer rough, and seemed to be calming down. But in fact, the entire sea is shaking greatly! This is getting more and more terrifying!
All signs indicate that a big storm is coming! Now this is just the calm before the storm!
"You stay and immediately guide the ship into the harbor of the coral island." Lu Yuan told August. He took out his simple drawing, drew three points inside the semi-circular coral island, and marked the names of the ships one by one, "Order! The three ships will drop anchor according to this arrangement, and repairs will be carried out immediately after the sails are dropped. Immediately. implement!"
When encountering an unavoidable storm, parking the ship in the natural harbor inside the atoll can rely on the coral island to withstand the storm and increase the probability of survival. This is common sense known to sailors on the sea. However, harbors within coral reefs are often densely covered with rocks of varying depths, making it difficult to find a good parking spot. If you stop directly on a pile of rocks, you may be picked up by the wild waves at any time and hit on it! Die faster! Like this, head straight for three good places to stop. Only Lu Yuan can do it.
When the "Siren" signaled to guide the "St. Andrews" Caravel sailing ship into the temporary harbor, there was a little commotion on the "St. Andrews", and then the pirate flag was quickly lowered. Putting on the dirty shirt of a certain pirate - they no longer waited for the outcome of the duel and directly chose to surrender!
A big storm is coming soon, and even those old sea wolves are frightened by the current scene! The calmer it is now, the more violent and violent the storm will be when it comes! So when the "Siren" took the initiative to release a friendly signal, they took the helping hand without hesitation.
"Dang Dang~~Dang Dang~~", the Siren shook its bell to guide the front. The "St. Andrews" used a long wooden board to temporarily replace the rudder. Several people were driving, swaying and following the Siren. route. Sailed into a temporary coral reef harbor. Seeing the Siren leading the way, the entire "St. Andrews" felt very at ease... Because at this time, the Siren's previously enchanting and miraculous driving skills had deeply impressed everyone. Sailors I've seen.
Driving a large ship with a displacement of several thousand cwt., "jogging" back and forth. They swore they had never seen it in their lives, or even thought about it.
In the distance, the "Obstacle" trapped in the narrow waterway outside the coral island finally struggled to free its fat body from the waterway. Afterwards, the "Barrier" also followed the "St. Andrews" and sailed into Coral Bay step by step.
The Obstacle received gentlemanly help from the Siren, but he did not surrender with a white flag. This disgraceful act aroused boos from the St. Andrews crew.
The Siren was still very gentlemanly and pointed out the location of the anchor before leaving them. During this period, the Kraken took the lead in retracting its cannons and received unanimous praise. And then the Obstacle's behavior of putting away its cannons and closing the gun doors was unanimously despised by everyone.
But who could have known that the "Siren" was too friendly? Is it just because I am afraid that it will be seen at a close distance that there are no shells in the barrel? Looking at the thirty 16-pound cannons loaded on the "St. Andrews", their eyes were actually red with envy!
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The two sides finally agreed that the duel would be held on the coral island.
A small boat was lowered from the Obstacle, with four people on it. The "Black Admiral," his witness, and two oarsmen. When he disembarked, cheers erupted from the Obstacle! Obviously, their admiral, the boss of the "Ed Regiment", is also a master of dueling! This gives their team members a lot of confidence.
The "Admiral in Black" was holding a scimitar and a bayonet, standing on the bow of the ship, facing the east and looking at the dim world, but because of the mask, his expression could not be seen.
His fleet has actually failed. The so-called duel is just a way for the loser to try to restore his dignity. Everyone on the "Obstacle" understands this. But they still hope that their admiral can win, and then the other party may be very ancient (actually stupid to send them away).
"Look over there!" a pirate screamed! The pirates who attracted the entire ship looked in the direction he pointed!
"Jesus!" "Oh my God!" "My God!" "Holy **!"...More and more people screamed, forming a huge sound on the "Obstacle".
The "Admiral in Black" was awakened by the sound and came back from his meditation on the sky. When he turned around, he couldn't help but open his mouth! He clearly saw the admiral of the other party, the young nobleman... holding a 10-foot-long spear in his hand, "walking" towards the coral island by riding on the undulating waves!
"The Admiral in Black" whispered in shock.
Yes, walk! It's like holding a straw stick in your hand and stepping on stone steps! If it weren't for his body still rising and falling with the waves of the sea, the pirates would even think that there was a road down there!
"Is that the son of the sea?" someone shouted, but in fact he and all Catholics knew that there was only one person in history who did this. That person was called Jesus, and this matter was written in the Bible. In the Caribbean, where force is paramount and gold levels are not lacking, it would not be surprising to be able to drag a large ship alone and jump like a monkey between several ships.
But "walking on the sea" is such a... sacred thing. It really challenges the bottom line of the believers and makes them absolutely unbelievable! Even if you see it with your own eyes! At this moment, probably many devout people wish they could go blind.
"No, I guess it's the lover of Poseidon Corybusso!" (Young man. Didn't you notice that the dark clouds were getting heavier again?
At the end of the argument, someone whispered "He must be a siren", but many people heard it.
"The Kraken...", "Yes, the Kraken!", "The Kraken! It's the Kraken!"
Voices of agreement arose one after another.
But now, I'm afraid no one is optimistic about their black-clad admiral anymore, and the atmosphere on the "Obstacle" has begun to become tragic.
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When Lu Yuan stepped onto the coral reef, the sea breeze began to blow slowly again, and began to increase rapidly.
The big storm finally arrived.
Lu Yuanxin raised his head and looked up at the sky. He stretched out his hand and caught the first drop of rain falling from the sky. With the sound of "crackling". A water droplet the size of a particle bullet hit hard.
The "Admiral in Black" did not bring his witnesses. When the boat sailed into the shallow water of the coral island, he urged the boat back, then jumped directly from the boat into the sea, and waded towards Lu Yuan. He had taken off his black cloak and was still wearing a large black cowhide vest and breeches. Cuffed leather boots, with a decorative eye patch and mask.
The rain fell on Lu Yuan, and it also fell on the "Admiral in Black". Before the two of them could get close, they were both drenched by the increasingly heavy rain. The two people kicked off the sea water that covered their knees in the rain and strode forward, their eyes already locked in a sword-like confrontation!
Lu Yuan suddenly felt a very familiar feeling.
Sailors on three ships. After everyone secured their boats, they gathered at the side of the boat to watch the duel on the coral reef. The heavy rain quickly soaked countless people. The overwhelming rain of arrows poured down, and the white sky covered the earth, drawing countless curtains between the ships and the islands.
Suddenly a strong sea breeze blew. It skimmed across the water at a low level, carrying countless raindrops, and pounced towards the two people who were constantly approaching! At that moment, the people on the boat could not see anything clearly except the sudden thick droplets of water.
But two bright lights suddenly lit up on the island. The surging sea rain was cut into two gaps! The rain curtain parted to both sides like a torn sail, and the crew saw the "Admiral in Black" cutting through the wind and rain with his sword and sword, and then slashed towards Lu Yuan with two rays of light.
The heavy rain that fell later covered the bodies of the two people again.
Can't wait for the Pirates to be disappointed.
Then there was a crisp sound of "boom", and on the coral island that appeared and disappeared, the rain suddenly scattered like exploding cannonballs. The next scene that was revealed was the scene of the sea monster Lu Yuan wielding a spear, holding a pair of sword lights. ! Then he raised his spear and circled it above his head like a broadsword to gather momentum, driving the wind and rain in the sky to wave like a whirlwind. Then he only heard him yelling "ha", and the spear raised from the wind, rain and sea water, stuck to the endless huge waves, roared over Lu Yuan's head, and smashed into the "black-clad admiral" overwhelmingly!
The coral reef, which was only slightly above the water surface at first, has now been completely submerged by the sea water! People dueling on the island can only see them occasionally. But no matter the strong wind, heavy rain or huge waves, they can't cover up the super existence of those two people!
They split the waves, smashed the wind and rain, and used superhuman strength to fight without mercy on the storm-raging sea! The force of the weapon can tear out more than ten feet of traces with each strike, which makes them look like two mythical giants fighting!
Each of their moves moved the wind and sea rain within a radius of tens of feet, as if they had the power to destroy the world. The catastrophic storm seemed to be their background, and they were completely reduced to third-rate supporting roles, becoming two people. foil!
I don't know when, but the eyes of the sailors watching on the three ships were filled with tears without even realizing it.
Tears and rain mixed together and flowed down silently. Many people choked with sobs. They didn't expect it, but they had to watch one of them fall. They are like warriors fighting on the altar of Poseidon. In the end, the winner will sacrifice the life of the loser to Poseidon! To appease the anger of Poseidon...
But their contempt undoubtedly angered some narrow-minded guy.
The storm was driven, like a wild wild horse that was driven mad, and became more and more raging!
In the end, they set off a huge wave of more than ten meters and rushed towards the island crazily! Even if a battleship is parked there, it will be crushed into pieces! And at this time, there was a bolt of lightning that penetrated the sky and the earth and fell on the peak of the wave. It produced a large amount of smoke and fireballs on the top of the wave, and rushed over them together!
"Ahhhhh!" The roars of countless sailors' grief and anger echoed on the three ships!
how so? ! Why destroy the sacred duel? !
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The huge waves hit the small rocky island without any obstruction. The madness raged for a while, and then they dispersed. The thunderball on the top of the wave also turned into flowing fire, and as the waves receded, they dispersed into countless tiny currents and disappeared.
But that moment just now. In the end what happened? !
The sailors looked at each other, why do I feel so wrong? !
At this moment, even the storm calmed down? ! And this beautiful brilliance...
"Moon?!" Jacques on the mast shouted crazily! Even the violent storm could not make him come down from the mast, so he, standing tallest, was the first to notice this absolutely unimaginable sight!
The pirates who heard this all looked up to the sky. They opened their mouths in surprise and were speechless. They uttered various meaningless exclamations in their mouths - in the sky covered with thick clouds, they were torn apart. A crescent-shaped "scar"! The scar was so deep. It actually completely penetrated the entire world shrouded in red clouds! Let the cloudy sky reveal a small piece of blue sky and the bright moon!
The wind seemed to be stirred by some kind of power, tearing and expanding the "wound" on the dark clouds, surging and expanding to both sides. Soon it penetrated the east-west direction of the field of vision, tearing the sky in half! In the blink of an eye, there was a blue sky above the heads of the three ships. No wonder even the storm stopped!
"Admiral!! Admiral in black!" Countless people on Galen's ship shouted loudly!
I saw only that as the rising sea water receded, a burly figure was revealed on the small island made of coral reefs!
He was standing on the highest point of the coral reef. Holding two swords in his left hand and holding them behind his back, it was none other than the "Admiral in Black" of the "Ed Regiment"!
The clothes of the "Admiral in Black" were almost completely torn to pieces, revealing the burly muscles all over his body! He opened his right hand and raised it high with force. It was like holding something up, letting him stand there motionless! As the sea water receded, the wounds on his body that had been torn out by the overstretched muscles spurted out blood!
"Admiral!" the pirates on Galen's ship screamed, and someone lowered the boat. Paddling towards the coral reef!
"We won?!" The "Obstacle" began to celebrate. The "St. Andrews" that had surrendered remained silent, while the "Siren", which had just succumbed to Lu Yuan's lust for only half a day, began to People are panicked.
If you lose, you lose. There are no bones left... What should I do? !
"What is that?!" This time it was Jacques again. When he observed the dark clouds that were beginning to close up in the sky, he unexpectedly saw a black spot that was gradually expanding and even approaching rapidly! "Holy**! It's the captain!" With his excellent eyesight, he could tell at a glance that the man who spread his limbs and seemed to be riding the wind and falling rapidly was their captain!
The falling figure was very fast. Just after he finished speaking, Lu Yuan fell hard and fell between the three ships. With a "bang", a water column of more than ten meters high was stirred into the sky!
When the "Siren" also put down the boat to rescue, they saw Lu Yuan floating up from the bottom of the water. From the appearance, he looked like the "Admiral in Black" with the same topless shirt, revealing solid muscles and Apart from the seven wounds, there seemed to be nothing serious.
He waved his hand and asked the rescue boat to return. He still stepped on the water and walked in the direction of the "Admiral in Black".
When he walked over, the "Admiral in Black" was tying bandages all over his body. He was leaning on the boat, obviously waiting for his arrival.
Neither of them spoke until Lu Yuan stepped directly from the sea to the boat.
The "Admiral in Black" waved his hand. The two people on the boat hesitated for a moment, then turned around and left the boat. Under the bright clear light, the sailors on the three boats could clearly see two half-naked men, one standing and the other half-lying, looking at each other.
There was nothing wrong with the "Siren". They didn't know what the "Admiral in Black" looked like, so they only cared about who won and what happened just now! ?
But people in the other two boats saw the "Admiral in Black" who had never shown his face. When they looked like this, they couldn't help but excitedly quarrel with each other, and they quickly split into two groups!
Moreover, the group that opposes the "Admiral in Black" actually accounts for the majority!
Lu Yuan ignored that side.
The two of them had just joined forces to strike hard at the storm controlled by Poseidon Cory Busso! I guess this time. They will make Poseidon Corybuso hate them to the core! But will Lu Yuan care? !
He curiously looked at the appearance of the "Admiral in Black" and first broke the silence and asked, "Han?"
"It's Akito!" the man replied proudly! He spoke pure Chinese, and looking at his current appearance, he looked like a standard oriental man! No wonder he kept covering himself tightly with black clothes and long hair! No wonder his men split immediately after knowing the truth! The white people simply cannot tolerate being ruled by an "Indian" for so long!
They are making noise because of the entanglement here.
"Did the Ming Dynasty...not perish?" Lu Yuan found himself communicating with the "Admiral in Black". He is indeed speaking pure Chinese.
Sure enough, the "Admiral in Black" had anger in his eyes at first, and then some confusion when his eyes shifted from Lu Yuan's face to his body. Seeing that Lu Yuan also had yellow skin. Moreover, the skin on his neck was clearly divided between white and yellow, and he showed a surprised expression.
"No wonder I saw you using Yang's gun! It turns out you are too..." He lowered his voice slightly and said. Since Lu Yuan was pretending to be a Westerner, he certainly didn't expect to be exposed and fall into the same situation as him.
"To each other!" Lu Yuan held his fists and performed a long-unfamiliar Jianghu salute, "Wudang sword..." He said with emotion, "We haven't seen each other for years." The swordsmanship used by the young man just now. Although the power was far greater than the Wudang sword he had ever seen. But that’s because the foundation of the world is different. Wudang Swordsmanship is still Wudang Swordsmanship at heart.
But the "Admiral in Black" immediately raised his eyebrows and shouted angrily, "Who told you that the Ming Dynasty has been destroyed?! With our Jinghailin family here, whoever dares to say that the Ming Dynasty is destroyed will be killed!"
"Oh?" Lu Yuan wiped his nose awkwardly, thinking about you, you bitch. Changed again? "Well, actually I just heard about it... By the way, do you know about the Jurchen tribe? They should be a border trouble in the northeastern part of the Ming Dynasty. How are they doing now?"
"Haha," the man sneered nonchalantly. "What a big deal for the small Zu'er clan! Seven years ago, my brother spent all his wealth and sent a mercenary ship to the West to buy 40,000 flamethrowers, and wiped them all out in one battle! The Yi Qi clan!" the man said proudly!
Lu Yuan nodded, feeling sincerely happy!
He couldn't help but clasped his fists and said, "I am Lu Yuan, who is also a Han Chinese. His ancestors lived in the Southeast Asia, but he was dragged to the Caribbean by barbarians like the British East India Company! Now he is preparing to establish his own pirate group and turn this place upside down. ! Since my brother is also from my hometown, it would be better if we meet each other thousands of miles away..."
"Forget it." Before he could say the words of invitation, the man interrupted apologetically, "My brother is very strict, so this time I stole... ahem, I came out to practice alone. I'm in Linbeiyuan, since I lost Of course I have to go back and accept my brother’s teachings, and I have no shame in continuing to mess around in the Caribbean..." Thinking of what that idiot brother was going to say to me again, "My stupid brother," I couldn’t help but have the veins on my forehead jumping!
Lu Yuan didn't say much. Going home was a good thing after all! Especially for a wanderer who is thousands of miles away from his hometown, I don’t know how much his family misses him.
So Lu Yuan simply cleaned out the still intact "St. Andrews" and left it to Lin Beiyuan, asking him to take the people who still supported him and leave while the situation was calm.
Although the duel between the two turned into a joint effort to "break the sky" in the end, Lin Beiyuan still lost in the end. So he simply left all his belongings, cannons and cargo to Lu Yuan, took the boat with only food and fresh water, and sailed southward, planning to leave just like that!
The members of the "Ed Group" he left behind saw no hope, so they all surrendered to Lu Yuan's men, greatly increasing his strength!
Lu Yuan looked at the disappearing boat shadow on the horizon, and remembered what Lin Beiyuan said to him at the end. He couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. He really didn't know what the brother he was talking about, who sounded extremely smart, but also extremely average, was like. .
When Lu Yuan knew that the so-called "Ed Group" was actually an agreement between Lin Beiyuan and his brother, and the real name was "Love Group", he spit out a mouthful of wine! ! !
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"Brother Lu, I have something to say when I say goodbye. I have to say it. When I return east this time, my brother will definitely come with his fleet to cause trouble for Brother Lu if he knows that I am returning in vain..." Lin Beiyuan said with a serious look on his face. .
But Lu Yuan shook his head, not believing it at all! Ninety-nine percent impossible! I might even leave this world if I come here! Where can I find you? "How is that possible?! The Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles away from here! No matter how vindictive your brother is, he can't be like this, right?
Besides, you have all skin injuries all over your body, which were basically pulled out by yourself with too much force. Hurry up and drink more rum while you are still in the Caribbean, and you will be cured without going to Africa! Don't let your wife worry when you go home. "
"Africa...you mean Dali? Forget it...about my brother's attitude...no, it's just petty. Let me give you an example. Brother, do you remember the Jurchen you mentioned? Although I don't know you. Why did they say that the Ming Dynasty was about to perish and specifically mentioned the Jurchens...but...back then they only took away a bad horse from my brother..."
Lu Yuan was dumbfounded.
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"Let's leave while the weather is still good!"
Looking at the dark clouds that were about to close again in the sky, Lu Yuan piloted the "Siren" in front, and the damaged "Obstacle" followed behind.
When he was about to leave the bay, August pointed to the route ahead in confusion and said, "Strange, why is there a ship parked there?!"
Only then did Lu Yuan notice.
In the distance, there was indeed a Barkendine three-masted ship parked there strangely, as if it had passed through the storm and appeared directly there!
When I saw the "Kraken" sailing out of the port, the other party raised the pirate flag without any hesitation without any communication!
"Holy shit! It's not over yet! Back off the Obstacle! Let's attack!" Lu Yuan ordered, waving his captain's hat. Then he quietly pulled off August's clothes and asked in a low voice with some concern, "We just unloaded the cargo from the St. Andrews. Did you remember to bring some cannonballs over?!"
Before leaving, the "St. Andrews" unloaded all its cannons, cargo, etc. to the "Siren", and now the "Siren" is fully loaded! There are not only twenty gun positions on the ship, but also full manpower and equipment for 16-pound guns! There are also the same 20 16-pound guns pressed into the bottom of the warehouse for spare use! Including the newly recruited gunners, they are all elite gunners from the "St. Andrews", ruthless people who would rather capsize the ship than take a bite of the "Siren"!
We are absolutely strong now!
"Load the left and right string artillery! The gunners of the original 'Kraine' will be in charge of command!" Lu Yuan ordered loudly! Watching the gunners carry out the shells from the cabin and load them in, everything seems to be normal! The gunners of the original "St. Andrews" also saw the strange shooting skills of the "Kraken" for the first time - they were only responsible for loading and igniting according to orders, and the boss took care of all the rest!
Seeing that everything was ready, Lu Yuan felt that he must be overly concerned.
But thinking of August's money-grubbing character, he couldn't help but asked worriedly, "How many rounds of ammunition did you prepare this time?"
August patted his chest proudly and gave a thumbs up!
So Lu Yuan became even more worried, your sister, you can't just shoot one for each cannon!
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ps: (On a stormy night, on the top of the coral, a sword divides the sea, and a gun cuts the sky! Please vote and like!
