Chapter Seventy-Eight: Borrowing Someone's Head for One Use (I)

On the deck, Felton, Harden, Hutcherson, Nadal, Wood and other members of the Redbeard Pirates were there, and they all looked at William who was carrying a burning red knife, and they all felt inexplicable. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In particular, William's words instructed Chloe, who usually had a special position on the ship, to make them even more suspicious.

Vice Captain Felton stepped forward and frowned and asked, "What are you doing, William?"

After he finished speaking, he turned to Chloe, who was busy putting the boat, and said, "Are you crazy?

Chloe ignored him, and so did William, who glanced at the crowd of onlookers, then selected a rookie pirate and instructed him, "I have hidden a barrel of wine at the bottom of the cabin, you go and bring it to me." ”

The pirate newcomer was stunned for a moment, hesitated to look at Felton with an ugly face, but still answered, and dragged another companion who was also a rookie pirate, Marie, to the hatch, like Chloe and William, as if he didn't take Felton as the deputy captain in his eyes at all.

The newcomers on the ship, all recruited after the attack on Kalmar City, they have not experienced the most high-spirited period of the captain "Redbeard", just got on the ship, and what they saw was a brutal and crazy Barbarossa, and during this period, William, who was usually bold and generous, always attracted people's hearts, was even more prestigious than Barbarossa in their hearts.

After all, William wouldn't hang them for no reason and hang them on the bow of the ship as wind chimes.

Ignored one after another, one of them was even just a newcomer to the ship, Felton was furious and wanted to step forward to stop Chloe, but just took two steps but was blocked by the second officer Harden, and Harden was pushed hard in the chest.

"Harden, are you crazy too, dare not take the captain's orders in your eyes?" Felton Tieqing, two of his cronies came behind him when he saw this, staring at Harden with unkind expressions.

It's just that the other members of the ship, including the old pirate, are not on Felton's side at this time, even if he carries Barbarossa out.

Barbarossa was able to unite the pirates of the whole ship because he could bring success and benefits to the whole ship in the past, he had the skill, colluded with the shore and official forces, so that the pirates could live a stable and nourishing life, and he had the strength to defeat the enemy and reduce the casualties of the crew.

The successive victories gave him great prestige, and in this case, the crew could naturally tolerate his greed for a large proportion of the booty, and the injustice of shielding Hayreddin's oppression of the crew.

But when there were a series of accidents in Kalmar City, Hayreddin was killed, and Lacey was killed, Barbarossa personally found Jep, but suffered a loss and let them escape, and then the ship was attacked, the wealth was ransacked, and a series of failures and decision-making errors caused Barbarossa's golden body to crack.

In this kind of adversity, the crew may have a certain loyalty to Barbarossa based on their past experiences, but it is a pity that Barbarossa was defeated by anger, or because he has been the king and hegemon in the East China Sea for too long, he can't stand the huge setback, in this case, he doesn't want to try his best to appease people's hearts, but becomes brutal and murderous, which makes him and the crew The only bit of affection between him and the crew is exhausted.

Until now, Barbarossa had not even allowed them to engage with enemy ships because of their wariness of his crew, which prevented them from departing.

And because of the brutality, Barbarossa's extraordinary strength has become a restless thing like a powder keg, pirates are afraid of the strong, because the strong can bring them success, victory and benefits with their strength, a person is strong, but every time the companions who are harmed die, no matter how strong this kind of madman is, no one will be willing to do things for him.

To put it simply, the Redbeard Pirates, and the vast majority of pirates, will maintain a strong man who can bring them victory, rather than a powerful madman.

Just like humans don't give their allegiance to beasts.

Therefore, most of the old pirates on the ship watched the two groups in silence, they did not explicitly express their support for William, but they did not carry out Barbarossa's orders and help Felton stop his thoughts.

They are a timid and fearful type, and they do not want to come forward, but they are somewhat worried about the conflict between the two groups, and they gradually resented Barbarossa, but they do not have the courage to openly confront their own captain, who has become more and more brutal.

But the bold, who takes the lead in every battle like Harden, directly stood up to express his dissatisfaction.

Harden has been dissatisfied with Felton for a long time, and looks down on him for being the co-captain for currying favor with Barbarossa, and running rampant on the boat, he is not afraid of Jepp, who is as famous as Barbarossa, how can he be afraid of the sycophant Felton in his eyes?

On the contrary, William Kalmar City showed boldness and generosity before the incident, and after that, he treated people like a spring breeze, and dared to clash with Jepp without falling behind, whether it was dealing with people, or courage and strength, he was more temperamental to Harden.

As for loyalty to Barbarossa, when anyone on board saw his companion hanged in the bow of the ship for some unknown reason, and his body would be exposed to the wind and sun all day long, that little loyalty would not exist.

William patted Harden on the shoulder, and after Harden got out of the way, he walked over to Felton and his men, ignoring the hand they had on the hilt of the knife at their waist.

William was quite tall, and Felton was short, and the difference between the two was even more obvious when they were facing each other, William was expressionless, looking into Felton's eyes condescendingly.

William did not speak, silence is sometimes a strength, especially for people who are in the limelight, and the suffocating silence can cause a great strain on the human psyche.

Felton naturally didn't dare to really do it, not to mention William's strength, William was still the only navigator on the ship, and they were still near the windless zone, and no one dared to guarantee that they would be able to return safely without the navigator.

After a few seconds, Felton was forced by William's momentum, and after turning his head a little weakly to avoid his gaze, William's eyes turned slightly, and then looked at Felton's two cronies, his light blue eyes were cold, as if with some kind of magic, so that the two did not dare to look at each other, and quickly turned their eyes away.

William, with his status as a navigator, his experience of not falling behind in conflict with Jep, and his usual strength and skill, after the deaths of Reis and Hayreddin, he has almost become the number two man on the ship, and he is no longer as insignificant as he was when he first arrived.

Felton and the others, who were still menacing, faced William, and they didn't need him to speak before they were arrogant, and the other onlookers looked at me, I looked at you, and they didn't dare to gasp.