Chapter 228: Removal and Exile
The fog released by the "Silver Lantern of Mist" has been dispelled, and the escaped "Storm Horn" has reappeared on the surface, but the speed has not slowed down in the slightest, and it is clear that the sailors who are operating the ship are still not recovering from the previous danger.
There is no way to fight back!
This is a rare encounter after Ai Wen joined the army, after all, even if he encountered a strong enemy that he couldn't resist before, but at least there were tall people on top of him, and his feelings were not so obvious.
But this time he was the captain of the ship!
There is no one else to share in for you.
After being attacked inexplicably and finally escaping at a moment's notice, Ai Wen was frustrated to find that not only did he not have the strength to fight back at present, but he didn't even have the opportunity to find the other party to avenge this arrow in a short time.
Even the other party didn't even know who he was except for the flag hanging on his ship. really responded to the sentence "What does it have to do with you to destroy you?"
Aggrieved!!
This kind of situation of being ignored by the opponent and not being regarded as an equal enemy at all is the most self-destructive.
Standing on the deck, where the light was much better than before, Evan crumbled the jewel cane, and the muscles under his cheeks were throbbing slightly:
"MD, I remember this enemy! Syrius's 'Commander of the Guards'! And that hateful wizard with white hair!"
Aven's aggrieved and annoyed emotions affected the entire battleship, and even a layer of low pressure was permeated over the "Storm Horn", and the crew who narrowly escaped their lives were silent, for fear of touching their own captain's mold at this time.
For ordinary sailors, the two sides are already enemy countries, and it is already worth rejoicing that they can escape with their lives at the hands of the other party, and there is not much anger, and few people dare to think of revenge in the future.
This is because the position is different, and the way of thinking is also different.
In fact, the best management is supposed to cut off the "heads" of the grassroots, and there is nothing to reproach them for thinking like this. As long as Aven gives an order in the future, they will desperately carry it out.
At this time, the "Storm Horn" was heading north at full speed, and the lack of ammunition was secondary, and the sails with the shredded rear mast had spare canvas on the original ship that could be repaired. However, the huge gap in the aft tower had affected normal navigation, and the battleship urgently needed to be repaired in port.
Therefore, Aven canceled his plan to go to the most familiar island of St. Maarten, and decided to find a nearby military port to repair the ship, and by the way, completely replace the original black sails on the ship.
In fact, at this time, the total amount of bounties won by Evan plus the 8,000 golden lions contributed by Bassem has reached a staggering 14,800.
And it turns out that the two people with the highest ranking:
Thomas Gregory of the Kingdom of Ilia and his fifth-class ship "Snow Lake" won a total of 7,800 golden lions on pirate bounties.
The Kingdom of Taylor, Bertrem Solomon, and his fourth-tier battleship, HMS Royal Guardian, were rewarded with a total of 7,000 Golden Lions.
So even if Evan and they don't do anything for the next month or so, the throne of the top spot of this "Navy Nova" will fall under Evan 's ass.
If it weren't for the fact that something that made people angry at the end, Aven's ship would have been 100% celebrating by now.
However, now everything that can be lost on the ship has been lost, not to mention that rum is dry food and can be eaten in a bite, it is already considered good.
"Let's go to the island of Degard. β
......
In the waters of the kingdom, on a small island far from the main shipping routes, there is a pirate ship with a grinning monkey painted on the sail - the "Demon Monkey".
This pirate ship, which had a similar encounter with the "Cape Storm", had just escaped from Bertlem Solomon and his fourth-class battleship "Royal Guard" by abandoning all its baggage, including its guns, a few days ago.
However, the atmosphere on this ship at this time was far heavier than that of the "Storm Horn"!
On deck.
The pirate captain of the "Demon Monkey" Alec sat on a chair specially brought for him by the sailors, his face was pale and abnormally blue-white, coughing twice from time to time, and his curly blond hair was very dull.
Looking at the familiar faces in a circle on the deck, Old Tom, Cindy, Chetley... It's just that it is so strange in his eyes at this time.
However, the big picture has been decided, and it is useless to say more.
"Alasββ, he is a qualified captain, but he is not a qualified pirate, and most importantly, he is not a strong man!"
A thin, tall, pirate with two gold teeth in his mouth walked into a circle of hundreds of companions. He cleared his throat and said with a slight smugness:
"I!
Because of the major mistake of Captain Alec, the crew suffered immeasurable losses. More than half of the votes were in favor of the vote, and the proposal to remove him was officially adopted, oh, it was the former captain Alec.
The following will be up to me... First mate Chetley is the new captain of the Devil Monkey!"
However, even if the "unqualified" former captain was dismissed, the morale of the crew was really not high, except for the new captain Chetley himself.
All the gains from the raid on Moby Dick Harbor by joining the Pirate King were abandoned in the previous encounter with the battleship, even the rum that the pirates had taken for their lives, the ship's artillery, and ammunition.
Running for their lives didn't feel anything, and most of them perfectly carried out the order given by Captain Alec to lighten their loads.
But after safety, everyone on the ship was like a knife, especially the precious gold grandfather clock looted from the headquarters of the Central Chamber of Commerce, the half-human height grandfather clock made of pure gold was a priceless treasure!
That's the bloody spoils that the Demon Monkey and the other pirates got after they fought and sacrificed five of their companions!
Originally, I thought that everyone would be able to make a fortune after selling, but now don't say that after making a fortune, I will spend all my time drinking, even if I can't eat.
At this time, someone must step up and take this responsibility!
As a result, after nearly a month of fermentation, the suppressed emotions of the crew were deliberately guided by the first mate Chetley, who had long been peeping at the captain's position, and all of them were vented on Captain Alec.
Of course, the most important thing is that Alik, the strongest man on the ship, was unlucky enough to be injured by a cannonball in the previous naval pursuit, and has never recovered, and has even reached the point where it is difficult to stand and walk.
To this day, First Officer Artley convened a crew meeting and pronounced the sentence of Captain Alec in a very "democratic" way among pirates!
Removed from office and exiled to a desert island.
"Well, Mr. Alex, is there anything else you would like to say? As is customary, in addition to a musket loaded with ammunition, you may make a reasonable request, and we will do our best to accommodate you. β
Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, the new captain can't wait to exercise his rights, and seems to have generously let the former captain make a final request.
"Heh, ahem, ahem... Oh, forget it, you just have to give me my little Jack. Alec coughed weakly twice, making a small request that could not be smaller.
Little Jack is not a person, but a monkey raised by Alec since childhood, which is also the origin of the name of this pirate ship, "Demon Monkey".
"Tsk. Chirping.. Ji.. Squeak.."
A monkey was not a valuable possession, and no one on board wanted to keep such a thing, so he was soon thrown to him with a black and white wool monkey on a rope.
This is the end of the pirates' last mercy to the old captain.
Artley smiled and waved his hand.
Two strong pirates set up the weakened Alec into a small boat, took his monkey with him, paddled him to the island, dropped a musket, and without saying a word, turned away.
Alec didn't have much to say, so he lay on the beach and let the monkey little Jack "comb" his hair, rummaging by the way... Louse?
With difficulty, he moved his arms and removed the only "valuable" personal belongings he carried, a fine silver flask, unscrewed the cap, and poured it into his mouth a few times.
"Huh?"
There was nothing, and then I remembered that the wine had already been drunk, and threw away the flask.
He didn't make any movement anymore, just lay down so casually, watching the ship he once loved slowly raise its sails, about to leave this desert island that no merchant ship ever passed by.
As a pirate captain with no conscience, he has exchanged large sums of gold for wine, enjoyed the glamorous exotic dancers, and personally cut off dozens of innocent or heinous heads.
Sailing through the Black Sea, battling a storm to the death, and successfully escaping from the guns of a battleship... The rumbling sound of the cannon still seems to be in my ears to this day.
Listen β
Boom, boom, boom, boom...
The sound of this cannon is too real, too close.
"Hmmm, no, it's a real shelling!"
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