Property may serve you, but it can also enslave you.

- Horace (founder and founder of Roman classicism)

Such an explanation would have been more convincing and credible for Kidd the honest man, but Oscar would not have been convinced by such a casual explanation that the two of them had surrendered premeditated; Unlike Kidd's honesty, Roberts, who has always been good at words and observation, clearly saw that Oscar was not satisfied.

So, after Kidd explained the so-called reasons for surrender; Roberts immediately followed Kidd's astonished gaze and said, "Your Excellency, I know that you are certainly not satisfied with such an explanation, and you will not easily believe that this is the reason for our surrender; But this is indeed one of the main reasons why we surrendered.

Of course, this is not the only reason why we finally decided to surrender, there are other reasons; For example, after we experienced this naval battle, we actually no longer have the ability to escape. The strength of the two of us is not only what we are looking for, my fleet originally had two trilinear battleships and four double-lined battleships of the Royal Happiness and the Royal Fortune!

Kidd's fleet also had the Trirem Quidaf Merchant and six twins, but after being attacked by Blackbeard Edward and Calico Jack, our fleet was reduced to only two triremits and four twins; In just one battle, we were caught off guard and lost a whole three-column battleship and six double-lined battleships!

Even the two triremes and the four twins that we escaped were suffering heavy losses among the men and sailors on board; Before the Augustus fleet arrived, we were almost wiped out by Blackbeard and Calico in unison. But. We who have escaped have lost the ability to escape and resist.

Presumably, Your Excellency the Leader has also found out. Of the six battleships that remained. Two battleships were already on the verge of sinking; The number of soldiers and sailors on the remaining four battleships was also very small. No matter how good our so-called reputation may be, we are pirates after all; Even if we were able to get all of our men together on two trilinear battleships and escape, we would not be able to escape the hunt of the other forces.

Rather than this, it is better to take a gamble and surrender to the Augustan family, who are willing to accept pirates; You know, even if we choose to escape, it is based on the premise that the Augustans do not pursue. Otherwise, we wouldn't even have time to concentrate all our fighters and sailors on two trilinear battleships!

Moreover, Kidd's words about wanting to surrender are not hypocritical; Since the Augustus family has taken in two pirates, Shi Xiu and Annie, who are also two of the top ten pirates with us. The reputation of the House of Augustus in the pirate world is indeed very high. Countless pirates, large and small, want to whitewash themselves and become new people through the Augustan family; But no one dared to take this step first.

Kidd and I originally planned to formally surrender to the Augustans at the right time, but we didn't have enough leverage to surrender to the Augustus; The strength of the Augustus family's fleet is known to the entire Mediterranean, and Shi Xiu and Anne not only have a fleet that is not weak, but also rare beauties, but we have nothing in comparison.

So, this led directly to our decision to join forces with Edward Blackbeard and Calico Jack to do a big thing, and we were going to use it as a gift to the Augustus family after we had done it; It's just that I didn't expect that the world is impermanent, and Blackbeard Edward and Calico Jack would actually bite back. Sneaked up on us from behind.

In the absence of absolute strength and sufficient capital to surrender, how can we easily dare to surrender; After all, surrender is also quite risky. We don't just have to surrender willingly. and persuade his brothers to surrender as well; It's not an easy thing to do, and that's what really leads to a series of things. ”

Roberts's tirade was a bit of a mess, but Oscar understood what he meant; It was nothing more than that this time their surrender was forced to make a decision out of necessity. However, these two had already decided to surrender to the House of Augustus before that; It's just that in the end, the way to achieve the goal is biased.

Because in the original plan of these two men, they were prepared to prepare a gift that was precious enough; Then, with this gift, he surrendered to the Augustus family in a confident and voluntary way. But I didn't expect that in the end, it would turn out to be forced to surrender by the Augustan family; This undoubtedly embarrassed the two pirate leaders, who had long been preparing to surrender.

However, Oscar is amused by the political ignorance of these two people; They did not know if they really surrendered to the House of Augustus with a sufficiently precious gift, as they imagined, and then under the escort of a mighty fleet. Then, as long as Oscar's brain is not broken, he must not dare to believe their surrender easily; This kind of surrender will be accepted by anyone!

On the contrary, it is the current surrender of chance that is the surrender that a superior is really willing to accept; For no other reason, from the point of view of pure control, Oscar is not willing to accept the surrender of a group of uncontrolled forces. Of course, Oscar wouldn't have said these words; I don't mean it.

After Roberts finished speaking, Oscar showed a look of trust; In fact, this is also the most real feeling of Oscar, because Oscar did believe Roberts's statement. However, there is one thing in Roberts's explanation that puzzles Oscar; That's why Kidd and Roberts want to prepare the gift of surrender, but run to work with Blackbeard Edward and Calico Jack?

After coming to this world, Oscar, who has never liked the unknown, took the opportunity to ask Roberts this question; And Roberts also restrained his smile this time, and replied with a solemn face: "Your Excellency, do you know the legendary treasure of the Sea King?" "Aquaman's treasure?! Oscar shook his head in confusion, saying that he had never heard of this so-called Aquaman treasure.

This time, it was Roberts who explained to Oscar; It's just that at this time, Roberts's face no longer has any other expressions, but he said slowly with a little reverence as if a god was talking about the gods: "In the pirate world, there has always been an existence comparable to the gods; In other words, his prestige in the hearts of pirates is even much higher than that of the legendary sea god Poseidon!

This person is the legendary pirate king Poseidon! Don't be surprised, Your Excellency; He does have the same name as the legendary god of the sea, Poseidon. But this name is not his real name, and his real name has long been forgotten by history; Those of us who came after us also quote Poseidon, the honorific name of the pirates at that time, because he is indeed an existence comparable to the god of the sea, and he is also the pride of the pirates!

The pirate king Poseidon was born in the city-state of Athens on the Greek peninsula, and his family was wealthy and wealthy; When I was young, I was just a prodigal kid who wandered around fireworks all day long. Later, King Alexander, who coincided with the Kingdom of Macedonia, led an army to attack the various city-states on the Greek peninsula; This Alexander King is naturally the future Alexander the Great.

With Alexander the Great's genius, who could resist his attack? Soon, all the Greek city-states, including the two mega-city-states of Athens and Sparta, fell to King Alexander's spoils; However, this did not provoke a revolt from the Greek city-states, because King Alexander did not impose a brutal rule, but instead admired Greek civilization.

In such an environment, the pirate king Poseidon embarked on a path of revenge against King Alexander; Because in the small resistance of the country, the Pirate King's father died in battle, and his mother committed suicide at home and followed his father. This is unacceptable to the Pirate King, who has always had a very close relationship with his parents, and he is determined to take revenge on King Alexander!

However, not only did the people of the Athenian city-state not support his rebellion, but even all the city-states of the entire Greek peninsula rarely supported him in their rebellion against King Alexander and the Macedonian kingdom; Such emotions completely infuriated the tyrannical pirate king hidden in his body. In a fit of rage, he seized the port of Athens with the rogue ruffians he had recruited with all his wealth, and escaped with four double ships.

The loss of four twin ships was nothing to the wealthy Athenian city-state, so they did not delve into the matter; Coupled with the fact that the Pirate King's father was once a high-ranking general in the Athenian city-state and died on the battlefield for the Athenian city-state, they didn't even issue a wanted notice for the Pirate King.

But it's far from over, and the legend of the pirate king has just begun! The Pirate King and his rogue ruffians who fled from the harbor did not know how to find their way at sea, because they had never been to sea; Coupled with the fact that they did not prepare even the most basic fresh water and food in advance, they quickly ate and drank all the food and fresh water on the ship, and ushered in their biggest crisis.

It is self-evident how terrible a sea voyage without fresh water and food was, and the Pirate King held out at sea with his men for four whole days before encountering a convoy of the Macedonian kingdom! Twelve transports sailed mightily on the Aegean Sea, and there was not a single warship to escort them; This is undoubtedly pie falling from the sky!

The Pirate King led his four double-lined warships to capture four of the convoys with ease, and this convoy was not actually a civilian caravan, but the national convoy of the Kingdom of Macedonia; The food and supplies transported above were not the food and supplies that the Pirate King had imagined, but all of them were well-built weapons and equipment! ”

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