"My God, what has happened?" In a panic, the chaplain saw the boatswain leaning against the starboard fence of the open deck and looking up at something.

The priest strode toward the boatswain, and as soon as he reached him, he heard the boatswain say, "Pastor, you're in my way." ”

"What?" The priest felt a little strange, but noticed that the boatswain had walked briskly past him. The priest was amazed that he did not notice that many of the sailors were watching with equal concentration.

Turning around, the boatswain was once again leaning against the fence, his hands clasped to his chest, and his head turned to look in the direction of the stern. This time, the priest walked up to him with a cautious look and followed the other's gaze. After looking at it for a while, he smiled lightly and said, "Boatswain, do you think the captain's swordsmanship is very powerful?" ”

Brady Hawkins turned his head to look at the priest without even blinking, then quickly turned back and nodded, "Reverend, have you studied swordsmanship?" ”

"No, I just think that the captain can quickly defeat the maritime lieutenant with two swords, one long and one short."

"Priest, well, do you know what kind of swordsmanship this is?"

The priest looked at the captain of the "Nemesis" who was engaged in sword fighting, and shook his head after a long time, "I don't know. However, I think this must be a kind of swordsmanship that I have never seen before. ”

Brady pondered and nodded subconsciously, "Pastor, you're right. However, I did not understand why the captain had two swords, one long and one short. ”

Baldwin, the maritime adjutant who had been ordered to practice one-on-one swordsmanship with Isabel, felt that the stone pressing on his chest was getting heavier and heavier, and he was almost overwhelmed. Before the practice began, he did think about how he could use one sword against the two swords in Isabel's hand. No matter what kind of move he used, he only needed to shoot down the short sword in her left hand, and he would be confident that he would defeat an opponent who was inferior to him in strength and strength.

However, when the practice begins, no matter which angle he attacks the opponent from, the opponent can always use the short sword in his left hand to block his sword. Once you block your own sword, the handguard sword held in your opponent's right hand will stab your head, throat, chest, legs and other body parts as quickly as possible. Of course, Isabel couldn't have stabbed two parts at the same time in an instant, but she only needed to stab one in one part to mean that he lost.

After several battles, Isabel noticed that Baldwin's face looked a little gloomy and dark. Stopping what he was doing, he stood two or three steps away from the other party and smiled softly, "Baldwin, you go down and rest." ”

Baldwin looked at her silently, and after a long pause, he nodded, "Yes, Captain." ”

As the other man walked briskly away from the wide, elaborate aft platform with his sword in hand, Isabel glanced towards the open-air deck in front of her right. At this time, she saw that many crew members were watching with interest their swordsmanship practice. So she shouted to a few people standing near the port side, "Hall, come here with your sword." ”

There was a small commotion in the crowd, and Hall was seen to take a handguard from his fellow gunner and run quickly in his direction. Ascending the stairs of the stern, he took a few steps in front of him and nodded nervously, "Captain, you... Let me practice swordsmanship with you? ”

"Well, don't worry, it's just practice."

"Yes, Captain. But do we need to practice with real swords? ”

Isabel made a posture between offense and defense, looking at the opponent who still hadn't drawn her sword very seriously, "That's right. Hall, if you only use one sword, I'll only defend and not attack, understand? ”

Hall blinked, a little lacking in confidence, but he still reluctantly pulled out the handguard sword in his hand. Throwing the scabbard on the ground, the hilt resting above his head, the blade straight, and the tip facing his "enemy" whispered, "Captain, be careful, I'm coming." ”

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By the time the four weeks had passed, Isabel had challenged or practiced several times to every sailor on board who could wield a knife or sword. Just when everyone was afraid but could not refuse her request, the fleet came to the Celtic Sea southwest of the English Channel without warning.

"God, I see the land!" A fact that no one could change suddenly appeared in front of the sailors in the mainmast observation platform. After a long time, the sailor suddenly leaned over the edge of the observatory and shouted frantically to everyone on deck, "The Isles of Scilly! Isles of Scilly! I see the Isles of Scilly!! ”

The Isles of Scilly, known to almost all southerners living in Cornwall and Devon in the southwest, and even to subjects in County Cork, Ireland, are island groups located in the south-west of Cornwall, England. The archipelago consists of about 50 small islands and many reefs, and the majority of the people in the archipelago live on the largest island in the archipelago, St. Mary's Island.

Beginning with King Henry I in the 12th century, the Abbot of Tavistock in Devon had centuries-long ownership of the islands. When Henry VIII began the Reformation, the islands were confiscated by Henry VIII as Catholic monastic property and later came into the possession of the Crown of England.

The frantic shouts of the sailors soon made the atmosphere on the Nemesis boil, like a pot of boiling vegetable soup, which would not stop for a long time, until everyone could smell its mouth-watering fragrance. When the news of the arrival on the nearby island reached the ears of every crew member, everyone celebrated the excitement in their own way.

At this moment, the faces of the captain and all the officers who stayed on the captain's lookout also showed the smile of returning home. Captain John Hawkins said to Isabel standing at the helmsman with an indescribable feeling, "Captain, we are home!" ”

Isabel also had an indescribable feeling in her heart, her eyes flashed with a burning light, and she laughed excitedly, "John, you know what, I have never missed the north so much as I do now, I miss the villages there, I miss the people there, I miss everything there. ”

Inadvertently, John's expression became a little dark. Returning to his hometown certainly gave him an indescribable joy, joy and long-term anticipation. However, his life will return to square one, and he will continue to work as a trainee sailor on his family's merchant ships. From the captain of the fleet, who was respected by every crew member of the fleet, he suddenly fell back to the status of a trainee sailor, and for a moment he was a little difficult to accept this huge gap.

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