Chapter Seventy-One: Luck

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The Redbeard Pirates approached the windless zone all the way uneventful, and when they got here, the pirate ships were more cautious to avoid encountering the sea kings who were wandering around. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Becker and the rest of the crew did not understand Barbarossa's thoughts, and after sailing fearfully near the windless zone for nearly half a month without seeing the other ships, they inevitably lost faith in Barbarossa's plan.

It's just that Barbarossa was chased and killed by a strong enemy, so that his companions were killed, and even Reis was disfigured, and he also lost an eye and hand, and in desperation he fled to the windless zone, he was lucky to meet a group of pirates who escaped from the windless zone, from the great route, and more fortunately, the other party was hit by him when he was the weakest in escaping from the great route, and the Barbarossa gang who was also in a bad state easily defeated this group of unlucky pirates, and ate the precious trophies carried by the other party - Devil Fruits, Only then did he defeat a strong enemy.

As time passed, the companions who knew this gradually died in the sea, and only Lacey still knew about it, and after Lacey's death, there was only one insider on the ship, Barbarossa, so the vicinity of the windless zone was a blessing for Barbarossa, and as a paranoid person, Barbarossa firmly believed that he would once again gain the favor of fate here.

One of the major factors that allowed the Redbeard Pirates to persist in loaming around the windless zone was that they were able to obtain some fresh water and food from the islands in the area, which would not be careless for fleets with more experience in long-distance sailing.

Near a small island, Redbeard and his gang anchored here to replenish fresh water, because they did not know the environment of this strange island, in order to prevent the big ship from hitting the reef, Becker and Felton on the deck instructed the crew to lower the hanging boat, and transport the crew to the island.

It's not a good job to go to this kind of strange island, the desolate and uninhabited island still has a primitive atmosphere, and everywhere is covered with weeds, and it is difficult to walk, not to mention that you have to find a water source and be vigilant against hidden poisonous insects and beasts.

As soon as Lacey died, Barbarossa was equivalent to throwing his hands in charge, and rarely interfered in the affairs of the ship, and now the ship is basically Becker and the second mate Felton have the final say, they discussed, Felton sent one of his own men, and Becker sent Harden, plus two rookie pirates to the island together.

The two rookie pirates were not in a position to complain, and the Felton faction almost wrote their reluctance on their faces, but Harden obeyed Becker's orders very neatly, which made Felton a little embarrassed.

After the four of them landed on the island, they tied the boat, and the two hard-pressed newcomers took the lead in opening the way, and it was a manual task to constantly swing the knife and cut the weeds, and even Harden, a more honest person, was unwilling to take it over.

Harden and another old pirate were a few steps behind the two rookie pirates, drawing their pistols and scimitars to guard against the beast's sneak attack.

Harden and another old pirate suddenly noticed a movement in the grass not far ahead, and before Harden could speak, the old pirate held his gun and pulled the trigger on the grass.

Bang!

The crisp sound of gunfire exploded in the silent jungle, followed by a series of even more chaotic sounds, and countless birds, startled by the gunfire, flapped their wings and fled into the sky, hovering above several pirates.

Harden looked at the flock of birds hovering above with a little uneasiness in his heart, and another old pirate had already run behind the grass at this time, grabbed an unlucky rabbit that was hit by a bullet and didn't know how to avoid people, and laughed: "We just got on the island and had a harvest, it seems that we are lucky." ”

"Pull out the lead bullet first, or you won't be able to eat it." Harden subconsciously responded.

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Coincidentally, at the same time that the Redbeard Pirates anchored near the island, Ragnar and his Viking Pirates had just transported their crew to the island by boat.

The Redbeard Pirates just need to go to the island to replenish some fresh water and fresh food, in fact, the supplies on the ship are relatively sufficient, but the supplies of the Viking Pirates are almost exhausted, they urgently need food and fresh water on the island to replenish their exhausted physical strength, and the solid land can also make the crew who have been adrift at sea for a long time and paddle day and night feel much better.

Ragnar stood on the shore, looking at his subordinates who were so vigorous in the past, and now he was panting even to lead the boat to find a place to fix, his brows couldn't help frowning tightly, and he commanded the second mate beside him: "Tell all the crew that no open fire, no shooting, no firearms!" ”

Ragnar had spent most of his life on a pirate ship, and the rumors he had seen and heard from others at sea were innumerable, and they were all lessons learned, and he knew too well what the pirates were doing, and many pirates thought they were going to be tricked, but they didn't know that they might be played by pirates from other seas.

It is no longer news that there are pirates who escape from the Great Voyage every year, and similarly, the idea of waiting for an opportunity to rob the Great Voyage Pirates who have just escaped from the windless zone and are extremely weak is not something that Barbarossa's "genius" can only think of.

The East China Sea pirates are the last of the four seas, so it is rare to have this kind of thought, but Ragnar was born in the North Sea, where the pirate power is the most rampant among the four seas, where there are countless daring pirates, and Redbeard is nothing compared to them.

Not to mention the fact that there is also the Navy, which often crosses the windless zone.

This is the weakest period for the Viking Pirates, and it will take days for the exhausted crew to recover, and until then, Ragnar does not want his men to do anything that might expose themselves, and if they attract greedy local pirates, or passing navies, even if they win a battle, they will pay many unwanted sacrifices.

Ragnar's second mate nodded yes and ran to deliver orders to the rest of the crew, Ragnar's prestige among the pirates was extremely high, and although the other crew members were troubled by the fact that they couldn't light open fires and couldn't hunt with guns, they just buried this idea in their hearts.

Ragnar waited for the crew to set up the boat, and was just about to give another order, when suddenly a very familiar sound came into his ears, the voice was too far away to be clear, but Ragnar was sure that he would never admit it wrong.

Ragnar's face changed, and he said to a thin crew member not far away, "Go up and take a look!" ”

The crewman, who looked a little thin compared to his companions, looked tired, but carried out his captain's orders with great ease, and with the help of the monocular on his waist, he trotted all the way to the bottom of a large tree, and then saw him climb to the top of the tree as quickly as an ape, and his whole body was obscured by the dense canopy.

After a while, his somewhat shrill voice came from behind the canopy: "Captain, there is something on the other side of the island that has disturbed the birds!" ”

Ragnar closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then opened his eyes and said categorically to a few pirates beside him who also noticed the anomaly and came to him: "There are other pirates on the island!" ”