When it was almost dark, the Jackdaw arrived at the Scarlet Harbor, and according to the usual tradition, when arriving at the Crimson Harbor, the crew had to disembark en masse to pay respects to the dead, and since it had been sailing continuously for nearly a month, Barbossa planned to spend the day on land for a day, so he would spend the night on the island.

This also confirms the fact that "the so-called sailor's ghost is nothing more than a story used to deceive outsiders".

David clearly knew this rule, and the ghost ship was not far away.

Scarlet Harbor, as the name suggests, was originally a port, and it was the same during the city-state period, but it was opened into a black harbor by Queen Mary. At first, when the maritime trade was prosperous, she only plundered passing merchant ships, and later saw that the young and handsome captain caught the island to marry her, and after more than ten years, he actually saved a man from the harem, and turned the originally prosperous Scarlet Harbor into a "forbidden place" for male captains, so that all ships had to avoid here.

The Jackdaw was anchored in the main harbor at the time, and the sailors disembarked in turn, following the route cleared by their predecessors to the nearest dry place to camp and rest, bury pots and cook.

Stepping on the land that they had not touched for a long time, the crew were a little excited, and chatted endlessly during dinner, until a familiar figure faintly walked in the distance.

Barbossa stood up and stopped the vigilant sailors.

"Don't worry, it looks like Captain David has come to eat."

"My crew doesn't need to eat."

David shrugged and said generously.

He didn't look bad at all, but rather like an enthusiastic head of the guard.

"Are you selling us the benefits of being your subordinate, I'm afraid it's not that you don't need it, but you can't." Barbossa bit the cork of a bottle of red wine and handed it over with a smile. "But I don't want to live that life at all, I can't die, I can't enjoy food, I guess they don't even need women, and they don't and pee."

David took the bottle and smiled, "That's right, you're right." ”

After pouring a large sip of red wine and burping comfortably, David looked up at the stars in the sky, as if he was intoxicated by it, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"That's life," he muttered.

"If a bottle of red wine makes you feel like a person, then the next food will make you compliment Mia."

Blackbeard smiled and scooped a bowl of piping hot broth tumbling with a tender piece of boiled lamb sprinkled with verdant vanilla leaves.

Davy seemed stunned by the meat, and he took the bowl and stretched out two fingers into the boiling broth and pulled it out.

Blackbeard watched as he put the steaming flesh in his mouth, without blinking an eye, and then with an expression of disbelief.

"It's a great compliment, it's so deserving of praise that you still have the flesh of a land creature with you! I thought there was only chewy fish and cured meats on this damn boat."

David was as excited as a prisoner who hadn't eaten mutton in more than fifty years, and he couldn't even speak.

"Thanks to our boss." Barbossa smiled, "He's got more than you think." ”

Hearing this implied warning, David smiled unmoved, finished the food in his hand by dividing it by two, and then picked up a bottle of red wine and walked straight to Mu Yan.

Before he could get closer, several people, led by Rorschach and Gibbs, stood in front of him.

"I'm just talking to your boss, don't be so nervous," David smiled.

"Let him come, boys." Mu Yan commanded from afar.

"I warn you that you'd better settle down."

Staggered as Rorschach whispered in David's ear.

"What a great guard, you're like his dog."

David squeezed out a smiling compliment, walked through a few people, came straight to Mu Yan, and sat down generously.

There was a barbecue grill in front of Mu Yan, on which several pieces of meat brushed with bright sauces were bubbling with oil, and the tempting smell went straight to his nose.

"Crimson Harbor is not safe, sir." David got straight to the point.

"Oh?" Mu Yan smiled, "Why are you so sure?" ”

"The dead and the dead always have a common language, and I just talked to them." He unceremoniously picked up a piece of meat, and without being too hot, threw it into his mouth.

"Tsk, sweet lamb, I haven't eaten it in years."

"There's also cumin from the Morning Star and fine black pepper from Jialan." Mu Yan said lightly: "I'm curious, what did Your Excellency talk about with those dead people?" ”

David stopped chewing and instead stared into Mu Yan's eyes.

"I told them that the boat behind me was my man, and advised them not to have any bad ideas."

Mu Yan's hand holding the meat was slightly suspended in mid-air, and then smiled.

"So the negotiation failed?"

"yes, the negotiation failed." David sighed.

"So I advise you to return to the ship with the crew tonight, and allow me to come a little closer, lest I run into any trouble and have no time to rescue him."

"Why can't you go ashore?"

"Because my crew couldn't get ashore. The ghost ship must stay in the sea forever, and neither do the crew, and once they leave the water, leave that ship, they will die. Completely dead. David stared into Mu Yan's eyes, "This is our only weakness, and I choose to tell you about it." ”

"To show your sincerity?"

"Of course, so I advise you to abandon some bullshit tradition and take them back to the ship."

Mu Yan didn't rush to answer, but brushed the sauce evenly, cut off a piece of meat with a silver knife, and sent it to his mouth gently.

"What if I refuse?"

A hint of anger flashed between David's brows, but he took a deep breath, as if suppressing it.

"I ask no, it's a warning to you, don't look down on yourself. Those dead people are not something that a mage can deal with, and you're kidding the lives of your own crew. ”

"Hehe" Mu Yan showed a hint of disdain, "Your Excellency David, you are just my guard now, if you want to play any tricks, I will accompany you, but don't think that you can scare me by saying two cruel words, your understanding of a mage is still too superficial." ”

David seemed to be enraged by the arrogance of the young man in front of him, and he got up angrily, thinking that this was not enough to express his anger, and kicked over the barbecue! If Mu Yan hadn't flashed fast, I'm afraid he would have been splashed with sauce and charcoal.

"What are you doing!"

Rorschach and Gibbs, who had been watching from the sidelines, quickly rushed over.

Hearing the commotion, the other sailors also threw down what they had and rushed over to surround David.

"David!"

"Stay away from our boss!"

David swept over every loyal sailor in front of him, and with every face he saw, the anger that had accumulated in his chest grew stronger,

"I advise you to think of your crew, Your Excellency Mu Yan."

"You are just a guard, and you have no right to interfere with my actions." Mu Yan patted his sleeves, and the barbecue grill was automatically set up again, but it was a pity that those few pieces of meat were wasted.

"And, you should call me the boss, don't you? I hope that the next time you talk, you will be more polite. ”

David looked at him deeply,

"You'll regret it, Your Excellency."

"I'm sorry, I never regret it."

As night fell, the weather was unusually clear, and there was not a single dark cloud in the sky.

The twin moons climbed into the air, one gold and one red, and Nurintari's light was noticeably more dazzling, staining the moonlight into a strange cinnabar color, pouring it on the ground like blood.

The open space by the harbor is almost crowded with tents, and from the sky, one tent after another seems to be densely and disorderly pasted together, but the mess reveals a kind of order. Once something urgent, the people in each tent have an emergency escape route to choose from, and the tents are almost the same, there is no difference at all, even Mu Yan, who is the boss, and Barbossa, who is the captain, use ordinary tents, even if someone wants an important task in the fleet, they can't easily do it.

In the distance, there were still bonfires and memorial props left in the clearing, and the snoring of sailors could be heard from afar, and the twelve water elementals were in charge of the vigil, patrolling back and forth in the sand.

As time passed, a splash of color more vivid than the moonlight rose from the corners of the clearing like a rising tide, like a spring gushing out of the ground, and like a worm pouring out of its nest, silently, spreading and gathering rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it was a red carpet wriggling on the ground.

The carpet was bright, rich as blood, and blended with the moonlight, and it appeared so weirdly that even the water element did not find anything abnormal.

Soon, these red liquids approached the most water element. When the first touch of blood touched the nearest water elemental, it did not cause any alarm on it, and then in an instant, the rest of the red rushed to it, and in the blink of an eye, the whole body of the water elemental turned red

But it remained ignorant of its own situation, and continued to patrol back and forth according to the established route, retrieving the enemy.

The red tide crept past it and pounced on its next target

One

Two

Three

In less than half an hour, the twelve water elements were all dyed red.

At this time, the red mist wandering in the camp also gradually squirmed and stood up, like an invisible craftsman kneading clay figures, first lifting up the mud that was one person high, then pinching out the outline of a human figure, then the limbs were more delicate and refined, then the facial features, and finally the decorations on the body.

Turbans, earrings, gold teeth, eye patches, alfalfa shirts, leather belts, sabers

And every sailor's waist is indispensable, a jug of rum

The lines of these ornaments are incomparably delicately outlined, except that all the colors are scarlet.

They walked silently, slowly approaching the camp, while the water elemental who should have been warning was oblivious to the scene

Bloody pirates, they're coming!