Bang~

Tsukamoto took a nap with his back against a wooden barrel with a missing hoop, and even the wooden deck was steaming hot in the afternoon sun, and he finally rested by the cooler bucket. Just as Tsukamoto was about to change his position and continue to take a nap, an empty wine bottle hit the bridge of his nose impartially, and the piercing pain caused Tsukamoto to immediately fall out of his sleep.

"TM's a littering bottle that doesn't have long eyes!" The furious Tsukamoto jumped up, and his eyes immediately aimed at the starboard side, "Is Kishisuke doing it again by you, see if labor and management don't break your claws!" ”

Hey! Didn't you see Kishisuke's cheap face that makes people want to punch him?

Isn't Kishisuke, who likes to play pranks the most, funny?

Tsukamoto immediately had a person in his heart who made him tremble.

"Ship..... Captain...... I ......" Tsukamoto looked up nervously, and found that standing by the railing of the tail tower was none other than Captain Pinel, who was terrified of him, and the latter was drunkenly wiping the corner of his precious pirate captain's sword, and when he heard Tsukamoto's words, he only glanced at Tsukamoto with his eyes.

"Hiccup~ What, isn't that right...... Have an opinion on the work scheduled, huh? ”

Tsukamoto shook his head in a panic: "Captain, satisfied, satisfied, I promise not to be lazy again." ”

After saying that, he quickly grabbed the mop and bucket next to him, ran to a place far away from Pinaire, and lowered his head to wipe the deck seriously.

Of course, he cursed in his heart, but he was just a down-and-out pirate captain, what was there to drag.

The Doom Pirates are a new pirate force that has been registered in the Pirate League for less than a year, and it is said that the leader Pinaire was once a wealthy merchant who ran a sea and was exiled for offending officials for doing business. After arriving on Black Gold Island, he used the wealth he had accumulated over the years to purchase the Doom, which was also the only warship of the pirate group.

Most of the pirate group was a pirate crew recruited by Pinail from the Black Gold Island Bar, and initially all but five of Pinel's personal guards were just hired and not really loyal to him. Therefore, when the pirate group was first established, it was difficult for Pinaire to control these outlaws, in order to establish his authority, Pinaire personally killed several pirate crews who opposed him, and the pirates were all bullying and afraid of the hard, and soon the pirates did not dare to fight against Pinel.

After discovering that the trick of killing chickens and monkeys worked, Pinel became more violent and bloodthirsty, often killing his subordinates at every turn, and the pirate group has been killed by him more than 30 people since its establishment, and Pinel's notoriety has also spread in the bars of Black Gold Island, and there are fewer and fewer people who are willing to join the Doom Pirate Group, but all pirates with some ability are unwilling to join, and in the end they can only hire some old and weak people who are not looked down on by other pirate groups.

Being a pirate is also a technical job, being a pirate is not the same as doing business at all, Pinaire as the head of the pirate group is obviously unqualified, at first he can rely on people and horses to rob some passing merchant ships, and now after the strength has declined, even some armed merchant ships that travel alone dare not approach, and all the larger merchant fleets are escorted warships, not to mention the doom pirate group can covet.

In the past, it was possible to rob some merchant ships traveling alone without knowing the truth in the nearby waters, but the merchants were not really stupid, and after being robbed by pirates many times, there was no longer a single merchant ship.

In recent months, instead of plundering merchant ships, the Doom Pirates have almost been plundered by other stronger pirates, but fortunately, the other party is also a member of the Pirate Alliance, and does not dare to eat black in the sea where ships come to play frequently.

Apparently Captain Pinael is not happy, and has been in a state of alcoholism almost every day lately, and Tsukamoto also remembered why he didn't see Kishisuke, and the mischievous Kishisuke put the bucket on the door of the cabin a few days ago, and it turned out that it was not someone else who was hit, but Pinault, who suddenly appeared.

Kishisuke was then thrown into the sea by Pinail in front of all the pirates to feed the fish.

Although everyone was happy that this guy was dead, the murderous Pinaire had also become a major problem for the pirates, and since they were unable to plunder ships, the pirates had not received a hire fee for a long time, and a few of the brave ones went to Pinel to ask for it, and then they were never seen again from the next day.

With no money and no future, and the fear of their lives at any time, every time they landed, there were always pirates who took the opportunity to sneak away, and the Doom number, which was full of 100 people, was now only a little more than half. Later, Pinel no longer allowed the pirate crew to disembark, and every time they had to dock, they would send people to keep an eye on the side of the ship, and kill the pirates who escaped immediately.

Pinaire didn't want to continue recruiting, but first of all, the funds in the pirate group's account have bottomed out, and the pirates who escaped tried their best to promote Pinel's vicious bloodlust in order to find a new job, so now Pinel can't recruit alone, I believe that it won't be long before the doom pirate group will be disqualified by the alliance, and then Tsukamoto will be able to get out of the sea of suffering.

In order to survive for a while longer, Captain Pinel, who was forced to be helpless, could only return to his old job, run temporary freight to earn extra money part-time, and try his luck in unfamiliar waters by the way.

This place is not a sea route at all, and I can't even see a ship after running for more than a day!

I hope that after this trip, I will be disqualified!

Tsukamoto has had enough.

Rubbing the deck with a mop hard, Tsukamoto kept an eye on Pinel, who continued to pour inferior red wine on the tail floor.

Or maybe you can drink and die, and then you and the other pirates can sell the Caravel galleon, and maybe get a lot of gold. By the way, last time Pinaier said how much was the boat worth? Is it 2000 gold? Or 3000 gold? Wow, that's a lot of money! If each person divides it equally, they can share 50 gold.

It's better to drink and die quickly.

Tsukamoto kept cursing Pinel in his heart and hung up quickly.

"Captain! Ship spotted ahead! ”

Well? Did you really run into other ships?

Tsukamoto raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and the mast exposed at the junction of the sea and the sky could be faintly seen on the sea in front of him, apparently a ship, and it was traveling directly opposite their Doom.

"Full speed ahead...... Hiccup...... "The already drunk Pinaire barely straightened up, and the pirate captain's exclusive command knife swung forward, only to lose his balance and stagger a few steps and almost fall to the ground, "Artillery loaded...... Reload, quasi-...... Prepare to attack! ”

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After rushing out of Misty Island, Lu Cheng was embarrassed to find that he had lost his way.

Although I was able to figure out the north, south, and west with the help of celestial phenomena, I didn't see any familiar islands after sailing along the southwest direction for a whole day, which means that the return route is no longer consistent with the departure route, and I can only slowly grope for the correct direction.

In the process of breaking through the fog range, the battleship still suffered some minor damage, mainly in the repaired places, and Lu Nan had already arranged for the crew to complete the repair and reinforcement work. The warship's supplies were also seriously insufficient, and they only brought 10 days of food when they set out, but in fact it has been more than 10 days now, and they can last a few more days if they save some food, but if they can't find supplies, all of them will starve to death at sea.

This must be unbearable!

So the top priority was to find supplies first and then find a way home, and finding food became the most urgent thing.

"Observer reports a boat spotted right ahead!"

The observer on the mast had a farther view than on the stern tower because of the height, and at a great distance he spotted the ship that had just emerged from the horizon.

After two days of sailing, except for a few small islands, it was finally alive!

Lu Cheng hurriedly took out his binoculars and searched carefully.

Directly in front of the junction of the sea and the sky, there is a boat slowly appearing, because the sun is more dazzling, the outline of the ship looks a little blurred, because the reason is facing the ship, the size and type of the ship can not be seen, but from the height of the mast, it should not be a very large ship.

"My lord, this boat is a bit odd." Lu Nan observed for a while, put away the binoculars and said.

"What's wrong?" Lu Cheng knew that he was not a professional, and it was wiser to listen to the opinions of professionals.

Lu Nan frowned and said, "My lord, I don't know if you found it, the sail of this ship is black." ”

"Black? Any questions? Lu Cheng asked puzzled, because he was a modern man and lacked understanding of the things of that era for a long time.

"As far as I know, the average ship doesn't paint its sails black." Lu Nan pondered for a moment, "There are some forces that paint sails in different colors or patterns for ease of identification, but I haven't heard of any other forces that use black sails other than pirates. ”

"Pirates!?" Lu Cheng took out his binoculars and stared at it for a moment.

Black Sails indeed!

Even in the midday sun, the black sails stood out.

Is it really a pirate? Lu Cheng hesitated a little, and when he happened to encounter a ship in this sea area where birds don't, it was actually a pirate ship, and there was really no one.

"Hurry up and get ready for battle!" The top priority was to prepare first, and Lu Nan quickly arranged for the crew to be ready for battle.

However, there is still one thing that Lu Cheng didn't understand: "Lu Nan, how can you say that pirates are so good that they can come to this sea where birds don't?" ”

Lu Nan was also confused: "I don't know, they are driving in our direction, and the area we passed by before does not have any decent islands, let alone a fairway, the boat does not look big, it is unlikely to run too far." ”

"Can you tell what kind of ship the other party is?"

As the distance slowly approached, Lu Cheng still didn't see what type of ship the other party was.

"It should be a Caravelle-class battleship." Lunan guessed, "The Caravelle-class battleships are equipped with 10 100mm caliber cannons as standard, and the full load displacement is about 150 tons, well, much worse than our Calais class." ”

How much worse? I saw the momentum of the other party's vigorous rush, and I thought the other party was quite strong!

Lu Cheng suddenly understood why Lu Nan had been so calm, this guy had definitely discovered that the other party's strength was not as good as his own. Why don't you tell your boss quickly, I've been blind and nervous for a while, your sister!

The hanging heart was immediately put down, but why was the other party so confident that he rushed up directly to the front, there was nothing strange in it, right?

"Uh...... Could it be that this shipload of pirates is drunk driving? ”

Comrade Lu Nan, such a serious explanation of yours is not convincing.

"Isn't it a pirate?"

The other party's behavior is really weird.