Grab the wind and meet it.

When the pirate flag with the skull of the colored pupil fluttered on the tip of the mast of the Golden Deer, the flagship of Drake, who had been idle for more than ten days, woke up in a breath.

The sailors slid like apes on the sails of the huge warship with its wrecked foremast, raised its sails and sails, hung up all its bow sails and sails, and swung sideways over the bow of the ship between the swings, cutting the sea breeze diagonally and accelerating slowly.

The sailors galloped on the deck.

In groups of eight, they pushed out the twelve-pounder guns and the accompanying projectiles and medicine packs from the bow tower in an orderly and rapid manner.

Yacharin leaned out half of his body in the gun bay and shouted: "The whole ship is live!" Both sides are in unison! Wait! ”

The sailors reloaded with training that Donna had never seen before, pushing the barrels out of the ship's side and quickly hooking the chains holding the gun carriage in place. The chains lay limply on the deck, not straight.

Because when fired, the gun carriage would retreat with the recoil of the gun, and the purpose of the chain was only to prevent the gun carriage from flying out, not to give all the recoil to the battleship.

Lorraine estimated the distance at the bow and commanded: "Full rudder left, turn the sail!" ”

Without saying a word, Henna filled the wheel, and Clen led the sail handlers to push the boom, making an arc on the stern deck, so that the sail was always full as the hull tilted.

The Golden Deer thus completed the first folded line cutting wind.

Donna watched it all quietly.

She stood beside Lorraine, with a slender rope tied around her waist, the other end of which was tied to the narwhal's monstrous crossbow arm, the remaining rope only a meter long.

This was her reward for Lorraine for allowing her to "bind herself", but whether Lorraine trusted her or not aside, the crew of the Golden Deer certainly didn't let their guard down because of her actions.

Noya, the shy Roma girl who blushed as soon as she spoke, and didn't dare to walk alone, sat next to her, playing with the card box on her waist, intentionally or unintentionally, still with the same dodgy eyes and soft voice.

But Donna will never treat her as the personal maid of the noble young master again.

Because not long ago, this "maid" raised her hand and shot a few tarots, easily plunged into the solid oak deck, half an inch into the wood.

If those tarots were on people...... Donna shuddered, and suddenly remembered that she had asked her to do a divination at a very close distance out of curiosity.

And Pierce, the child whose age and appearance were far from the standard of adulthood, the moment he raised the spear, his face was childish.

Donna vaguely saw a trumpet Lorraine holding a gun, aiming at her, there was no hesitation in her eyes, that arrogance, that kind of confidence...... It chills to watch.

Now, he's climbing the sail line.

On the rickety ship, carrying a man-high spear on his back and cloaked in a strange smock made of the skin of some creature, the child climbed the lookout platform thirty meters high like a monkey, not afraid of the danger in the slightest.

How could Donna not know that everything she had seen before was fake?

The lustful and talkative Yacharin, the king who can only cook, and the tired housekeeper Karen have no ego but the dead Shi Henna of the master......

And the Lorraine who seems to be full of aristocratic feelings and regards sailing as an outing. Drake......

Donna looked up at the Rainbow-Pupiled Pirate Banner fluttering on the tip of the mast, muttering to herself.

"It's a pack of wild wolves in sheep's clothing...... A premeditated invasion. ”

Lorraine heard her words and turned back with a smile: "Miss Knight, figured it out?" ”

"You don't have to call me Miss Knight anymore, I've betrayed my family for a long time, and I don't deserve to be called a knight."

"But you didn't give your name, so I can't call you...... Feed. ”

Donna was silent for a moment: "Katarina. Dibo, the daughter of the Count of Barcelona Estanba, is now the red-haired Catalina of the Caribbean, a pirate captain who has lost her ship. ”

"Ms. Dipo." Lorraine bowed slightly, "I'm glad that we got to know each other one step closer, in return...... I did have an interest in pirates in the Caribbean, but never thought you would be one of the pirates, or such a good one. ”

Caterina shook her head and laughed twice.

"Golden Hart, Drake, if I'm right, your ancestors are Francis, the forerunner of pirates of the Caribbean. Did you know? Historically, some of the most famous pirates have looked to him as a role model and a pursuit, so we're far more sophisticated than you might think, even if it sounds funny. ”

"It's not funny." Lorraine shrugged, "The maritime powers of Europe prospered because of pirates, and most of the nobles had pirate origins. You are also of orthodox aristocratic origin, and you should know that we still adhere to the tradition of thugs, but with much more skill than our ancestors, such as replacing scimitars and muskets with class and law. ”

"Strange rhetoric." Caterina raised an eyebrow, "It seems that you are not popular in the aristocratic circles. ”

"That's true when you don't have money." Lorraine smiled noncommittally, "The chit-chat is over, our enemy is coming." ”

The shadow of the black mamba's sail appears on the sea level, slowly rising and galloping.

The Golden Deer completed the second fold, turning against the wind to the right with full rudders, and cutting diagonally towards the opponent's port side.

Lorraine saw a pirate flag unfurled, with a large, blood-like red stain on the black flag, a white skeleton in the center, two scimitars crossed, a black mamba hovering over the skeleton, and a triangular snake head protruding from the left eye socket, holding its head high, ready to pounce.

Lorraine choked her lips: "Foremast and mainmast sails, foremast schooners, standard Bag-type three-masted mixed sails, what is her name?" ”

"Viper." Katerina did not hesitate, "44 meters long, 10 meters wide, birch material, 200 passengers." She turned out to be a smuggling ship on the African route. When Philard captured her, she was wounded by a black mamba snake in the cargo hold, and cut off her left hand in time, wounding but not dying, which earned her the name of black mamba. ”

Lorraine crossed her arms and observed the enemy ship, and whispered, "I'm not interested in knowing the history of Captain Black Mamba, how is her firepower?" ”

"There are 10 twelve-pounder guns in the gun compartment and 4 nine-pounder guns on the main deck, and she has specially reinforced the bow and equipped with two eighteen-pounder medium-range guns, which are the strongest firepower on board, you have to be careful."

"Put the heavy guns in the bow?" Lorraine was stunned for a moment, "He seems to enjoy chasing his prey." ”

"No, his tactics are a bit special, mainly ......"

"Winged Sail!" Before Caterina could finish her sentence, Pierce's childish and frightened shout suddenly came from the lookout, "One o'clock direction, 1.5 kilometers away!" The enemy ship spread its wings and sailed, and its speed surged, and the relative speed was sixteen knots! ”

"Bow shelling! Circumvent! ”