The room was filled with the smell of wine and incense, which were mixed but did not conflict, but only lightly pleased Elizabeth's sense of smell. The room was elegantly decorated with an aristocratic atmosphere, which Elizabeth was very pleased with, but this satisfaction was diluted when she saw Sicamon opposite. She was invited to come today, but she was actually very reluctant, but she couldn't stand Sicamon's stalking, so she was forced to come over for a perfunctory time. But fortunately, she is accustomed to social coping, and sometimes she is forced to wear a mask.

"This is a red wine from the Dragon Valley, it was made three years ago, and the grapes were very good, big and sweet, so the wine was the best that year. Come on, try it. Sicamon smiled and pointed to the two pot-bellied wine glasses on the table. This kind of wine glass is specially used to taste red wine, which can increase the contact area between the red wine and the air, so that the aroma of the wine can be fully distributed, and this pair of glasses alone is enough for ordinary people to eat for a year.

Elizabeth couldn't stand the most was Sicamon's sissy voice, she had goosebumps on her body, a slightly helpless smile on her face, stretched out her white-gloved Qianqianyu hand, picked up the wine glass, put it in front of the tip of her nose and sniffed it deeply, the aroma of wine came to her nose and hit people's hearts and lungs.

The wine is good, but it's a pity that it is better to drink it with Sicamun, and it is better to drink it yourself.

She sighed and took a formal sip, tasting it very old-fashionedly, letting her tongue stir twice, and the sweet wine melted in her mouth, stimulating the taste buds, and it was wonderful. She nodded and praised: "The wine is quite fragrant, and the aftertaste is long, which is indeed very good." ”

Sicamon looked at Elizabeth expectantly, and when she heard her say this, he smiled: "I specially invited you to come, of course, to take out my best private collection." This red wine from the Dragon River Valley has always been controlled by the country of Comanso and is exclusively enjoyed by the royal family of the country of Comanso, and it is not easy to get hold of it. ”

"You've got a lot of options."

"Three generations of my family have been in business, and when it comes to connections, it's like a spider's web. Uh, the word spider web doesn't make you uncomfortable, does it? Sicamon had an attitude of being afraid of the abrupt beauty.

"Of course not." Elizabeth is not so weak, after all, she is a person who has experienced a life-and-death crisis.

The two drank and talked, usually Sicamon talking, and Elizabeth just casually responded. Sicamon stared at Elizabeth with an eager and affectionate gaze, which made Elizabeth helpless, so she had to cough a few times as a reminder.

Sicamon did not recognize the gaffe of his behavior, and still stared at Elizabeth, as if he wanted to swallow the beautiful young lady alive with his eyes.

"Elizabeth, I don't think this necklace of yours is suitable for you, I happen to have a spare necklace here, you might as well wear it and try it, I think this necklace must be a good match for you." As he spoke, he took out the box of accessories that he had prepared, placed it on the table covered with ornate tablecloths, and pushed it over.

Elizabeth glanced at the jewelry box lightly, but she was not interested, and said, "Although you say so, I am very satisfied with this necklace myself, and I have no intention of replacing it." ”

"That's because you didn't see the necklace, and when you do, you'll change your mind." Sicamon confidently opened the jewelry box, and the brilliant light was released, illuminating the room, which contained a simple diamond necklace, the largest one the size of a thumb, and the foil diamonds on both sides were also the size of a bean.

"It's glaring." Elizabeth gave the necklace a fair assessment.

Sicamon's previous self-confidence had taken a hit, and he even looked a little disappointed that Elizabeth's reaction had not had the effect he had expected.

"You'd better put it on first. Why don't you let me put it on for you? ”

"No need." Elizabeth didn't want Sicamon to touch any part of her body, let alone her sensitive neck.

"Of course, if I just made this request difficult for you, you can wear it yourself." Sicamon was not to be frustrated.

Elizabeth shook her head and said, "I admit that this necklace is beautiful and you have a good eye, but I think it will be a little heavy and I don't want to wear it." She had to admit that she longed for the priceless necklace, but she had to weigh the price before taking something from someone else's hands.

As if defeated, Sicamon was deflated, pushed the jewelry box, and said, "Since this is the case, then you can take it, you can keep it for the future to wear, in short, whatever you like." If you don't like it, you might as well find a craftsman to take it apart and rebuild it, I won't mind. Again, whatever you like, as long as you like it, I'm willing to pay anything for your smile. ”

"I won't accept such a valuable gift." Elizabeth said apologetically.

"Precious? No, this necklace doesn't even cost much compared to you. ”

Elizabeth tactfully but stubbornly refused, refusing to accept the necklace.

Elizabeth would have been angry if Sicamon continued to ramble, so he sighed and changed the subject.

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a sailor rushed in, with his hat crooked and sweating profusely, and he shouted: "Report! ”

Both men in the room looked at the visitor, and Elizabeth was surprised.

Sicamon was displeased and said, "Why are you so angry? When did this ship become so unruly? ”

The sailor was not afraid of being punished, he pointed out and said in a panic: "There are pirates in front and ahead, many, many pirates!" ”

Pirate!

This one word alone was enough to erase the sins of the sailors, because the news was too urgent for the fleet. Those trivial rituals can be crushed by this heavy news.

Sicamon changed color slightly, glanced back at Elizabeth, hurriedly put down the wine glass, and forced himself to calm down: "Lose company, I'll be back later." He stood up, gestured to the sailor, and walked out.

Elizabeth could not sit still at this time, and she also stood up and walked out of the house.

Sicamon looked over in bewilderment, and asked with his gaze.

Elizabeth spread her hands and said: "At this time, don't worry about any gentlemanly etiquette, instead of 'missing the company', it is better to go and see together." ”

Sicamon didn't refuse, nodding awkwardly.

When Elizabeth came out of the house, she took off the decorative sword that hung on the wall and held it tightly in her hand, and once she grasped it, she changed from a fair lady to a heroic female swordsman!

On deck, Sicamon asked, "What happened?" ”

The first mate on the ship turned his head, looking very solemn, and he replied: "There is a group of pirate ships ahead, at least fifty or more, and there is a flash of artillery fire, it should be a fierce battle. I've just given the order to stop the entire fleet. ”

With the naked eye, the sea is empty, with a white mist drifting away, and only by standing on the lookout and looking through a telescope can you see the extremely faint light of the fire and the vague figure of the sailboat.

Elizabeth stood aside, and suddenly a guess popped up, she remembered the signal eagle released by Sicamon a few days ago, which was originally used to deceive the ghost brand pirate group, could the pirate group that appeared in front of her be the ghost brand pirate group? If that's the case, it proves that Sicamon's clever tricks didn't work! Thinking of this, the knuckles of her sword turned faintly white, and the eyes that looked at Sicamon were also dissatisfied.

"Can you see which pirate group it is?" Sicamon asked.

"It's too far away to see the flag clearly, but judging by the jumble of ship types, ninety percent are pirate ships. If you have to make a decision, be sure to do it quickly. The first mate reminded.

Sicamun looked down and pondered for a moment, the sea breeze ruffling his neat hairstyle, and he said under the concerned gaze of the crowd, "It's too late to retreat, and since they're fighting, we'll take the opportunity to go around from one side." There is less than a day's journey from the turbulent sea, and you can't give up. He glanced at Elizabeth, "Don't be afraid, we'll be fine." ”

Elizabeth was silent, analyzing the current situation, a detour is a risky behavior, but it may not be safe to turn back on the spot, it is really a dilemma. And it is not known the exact scale of the pirates, as well as why the pirates are fighting and who they are fighting against.

The lookout of the Waverider shouted, "President! I could see a pirate flag with a skull holding a playing card on it! ”

Everyone was shocked, and shouted in unison: "Ghost Pirate Group!" ”

Just now, everyone was just a little worried, but after hearing the news, they rose from worry to panic. The Ghost Pirate Regiment is famous at sea, and has done several very beautiful cases, and there are many ships in the group, which is a great deterrent to merchants.

Sicamon's face turned even whiter, oozing beads of sweat, and he muttered, "What's the matter?" Did he see through the false letter I sent? ”

Elizabeth was very angry, she tried to persuade Sicamun to be cautious, but Sicamun was stubborn and did not adopt it, and now it is better to fall into this situation! She shoved the ornamental sword into the sailor, strode to the port side, and ordered the sailor to lap the gangway.

"Elizabeth, where are you going?" Sicamon asked.

Elizabeth replied without looking back, "Do you need to ask?" Back on my ship, of course. ”

"Nope! Don't go back, stay on my ship." It's a little safer here. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I can't stay. Because I am the captain of the ship, I cannot abandon my ship and my sailors! Elizabeth stood still and hesitated, "Lord, forgive me for talking too much, you should listen to other people's opinions more in the future." ”

"Elizabeth, you ......" Sicamon's face turned pale, and he could tell that Elizabeth was mocking herself!

…… On the other hand, the Pirate Alliance and the Naga Fishmen are still at war, and the battle is raging and brutal, with deaths unfolding in the minute and suffering heavy losses on both sides. Thirty ships have sunk to the bottom of the sea, and along with them are the dead of pirates, as well as all kinds of supplies on board. The Naga fishmen also paid a terrible price, with eight hundred dead and wounded. The blood of both sides stained the sea red, attracting many carnivorous marine fish.

The fishmen suffered on the surface of the sea, and knowing the ferocity of the pirates, they avoided the edge and lurked at the bottom of the sea to attack. In this way, the pirates had no choice but to watch the ships sink one after another, and some grumpy pirates jumped into the sea to fight, but when they got to the sea, they were no match for the fish-men at all.

After Zela's wounds stopped bleeding, she played a sinister trick, sneaking to the bottom of the ship and setting it on fire. During its attack, it had been dodging several magic ships, obviously to clean up the ordinary ships first, and put the magic ships in the back to deal with them.

If this continues, it will be very disadvantageous for the pirates, who have stepped up their attacks, and even discussed a plan to jump into the sea and fight the fishmen.

Donk's dragon pirate group has been actively resisting, because they have prepared a lot of weapons to deal with the fishmen, they only lost two ships, and the rest of the ships have managed to protect themselves. Seeing that he couldn't catch Zela, Donk turned his attention to his own fleet, cruising back and forth on the Black Pearl, protecting the normal ship from damage. The Dull Demonic Beasts have died a lot, but after death, they will naturally leave corpses, plus the corpses of the fishmen, these are the materials for the operation of the beast's nest, and new Dumb Demonic Beasts are constantly being baked, supplementing the losses caused by the battle.

While the two sides were fighting, the Eagle flew to the middle of the battlefield, found Christine's ship, and plunged headlong. In addition to delivering messages, the Eagle can also act as a patrol officer in the air, giving a simple alert to the ship. This was the case with the Eagle which reported the passing of a fleet and drew simple numbers with its pointed beak to indicate the approximate number of the fleet. When the sailors got the news, they immediately boarded the lookout to confirm that judging by the number of ships, it was almost certain that it was the ship of the Clover caravan!

The news was an explosion, after all, the pirates had traveled all the way here to rob merchant ships, not to catch fishmen for grilled fish.

The Bloody Magic suddenly lifted its stealth and stopped in the middle of the entire battlefield, and Christine stood on the bow of the ship and shouted, "Zela! The Clover Caravan has appeared, and I'm going to negotiate with you to get your fishmen to stop and jump back into the sea! As long as the fishmen are gone, I can get the Pirate League to stop attacking! ”

The news spread farther and farther, and soon, the four pirate groups learned the news, and everyone was immediately anxious, if the merchant ship was released because of the war with the fishmen, it would be terrible. Although there was no clear order, the fighting on both sides eased a little, and some ships stopped advancing.

Zela was quick to confirm the news, they had the same thoughts as pirates, and they didn't want to watch the fat slip away like that. Of course, Zela had intended to swallow the pirate's fat, and then the merchant's, but now it seems that this idea is difficult to achieve.

"You hurt me like this, can a truce solve it?" The sound of a gloom could be heard in the sea, but Zela was nowhere to be seen.

Christine shouted, "What is our feud? If the Clover caravan escapes like this, it will only be bad for both of us, not good! Think about it. At the moment, whether to fight to the death or turn the war into a jade silk, I think fools can make a wise choice. ”

"I can split into two teams, one to pester you and the other to rob ships!" Zela hid at the bottom of the ocean and made a big fuss.

Christine blew her beard angrily and glared, "Don't be stupid! How could we pirates stupidly stay here and let you rob ships! You can split into two teams, and so can we. And I promise, we'll be the ones who win in the end. The reason why I want to make peace with you is not because we will lose, but because I don't want us to win too badly! ”

Gold coins are good, but it's not worth paying too much.

The sea fell silent, indicating that Zela was thinking, weighing, and after a moment, it finally responded.

"Okay. I agreed to an armistice, pointing the finger at the Clover Caravan for the time being. But we won't be relentless, and if you steal the ship with us, we will still deal with you! ”

The goals of the two sides are the same, but they do not give in to each other, and it is impossible to cooperate, so they can only choose a compromise approach.

Christine immediately said, "No problem. We made a pact that whoever attacks the merchant ships will not be able to participate in the other pirate groups, so what? ”

This agreement means that each pirate group will take care of its own affairs, and whoever grabs the ship will be counted as his, and no one else will be allowed to touch it again. However, this kind of temporary agreement is limited, and who can grab it at that time depends on ability.

"Okay, I agree with this plan, after all, there is still oil and water in merchant ships, and you pirate ships are stinky and hard, so it's not interesting to grab them." Zela finally relented.

Christine breathed a sigh of relief, looked around and shouted, "Do the other pirate captains agree?" ”

The situation has developed so far, it is obviously unwise to only put the contradiction just now behind and blindly fight with the fishmen. The regimental commanders of Donk, Mordo, and Eunice responded one after another, unanimously agreeing to the decision to temporarily cease fighting. In this way, the Pirate Alliance and the Naga Fishmen have temporarily joined forces and targeted the Clover Merchant Alliance!

With a wave of his hand, Christine pointed to the sea where the clover caravan was located, and shouted, "Now, let's go!" Run to our prey! ”

After Zela called a halt, the fishmen stopped attacking and swam en masse towards the Clover caravan, where they had the advantage of grabbing the ship with their slight speed.

The fleet of the Pirate Alliance finally got rid of the entanglement of the fishmen, turned around, raised the sails, and there were less than one hundred and fifty of the more than one hundred and eighty ships left at this time, and several ships were still in a state of serious injury, slowly following behind, advancing while repairing.

The pirate's magic ships invariably shook off the fleet of ordinary ships and chased after them at a rapid pace, trying to get ahead of the merchant ships. Donk and the Black Pearl were no exception, and with the help of the Dark Seas, the ship ran violently towards the prey.

"Ding! You inspired the Ship Raider mission, which aims to rob as many merchant ships as possible in the naval battles of the Clover Caravan, with an additional 1 ship for each ship? Bonus points, the number of bonus points depends on the overall strength of the ship. Hint: Raiding a Magic Boat will reward you with more bonus points than robbing a regular ship. ”

Tang Ke smiled after hearing the prompt tone: "It's not bad, in addition to making money in this battle, you can also make a little extra money!" ”