Chapter 6: Gold Coins, Plans
In the vast cavern, pirates raised torches and let out meaningless roars and cheers.
Countless mountains of gold, silver, and jewelry were piled up, emitting an eerie color in the light of the fire. And the moonlight on the top of the cave sprinkles, directly reflected in the quaint treasure chest at the top of the 'Golden Mountain'. The outer side of the chest is engraved with a mysterious pattern, and inside it is piled up with nearly a thousand delicate gold coins engraved with skull marks.
Cursed Aztec Coins!
Will was grabbed by two big men and crouched above the chest, so that the gold in the chest could receive enough blood when he slit his throat and bleed.
Barbossa stood beside the treasure chest with a short knife in his hand, roaring with pleasure:
"Born by blood, ended by blood, we have waited too long and too long, today we will ......"
No sooner had the than the passionate speech began, when Barbossa stared at the crowd below.
I saw Jack Sparrow, who they thought was certain to die, crossing his waist and looking at Barbossa who was about to give a speech with a smirk:
"Go on, Hector, I've always loved to hear you speak, and I've always been very incendiary and always engaged. You know? Every time I listen to your speech, I can't help but ask you for an autograph. β
"Impossible......" Barbossa really couldn't understand why Jax Paro was able to escape from that isolated island again?
The Black Pearl was so fast that the pirates were so busy holding prisoners and celebrating that the curse was about to be lifted, and even the lookouts were so distracted that they didn't even see the smoke looming in the direction of the desert island behind them.
"Where's Elizabeth?" As soon as Will saw Jack, he immediately struggled and asked out loud.
Jack cocked his orchid finger and said proudly:
"She's safe, as I promised. Then she was ready to marry Norrington, as she had promised. And you will die for her, as you promised. So, we're all men who keep our promises...... Well, Elizabeth needs to be excluded, she is a woman. β
"Shut up! You're next! Even Jack couldn't shake Barbossa's determination to lift the curse, and he turned to the two pirates holding Will and gestured, "Do it!" β
Will's upper body was immediately lowered to less than two feet above the box, and the glittering dagger in Barbossa's hand was pressed against the left side of Will's neck.
"No, no, no, if I were you, I wouldn't do that." Jack begins to scare Barbossa in a tricky way.
Barbossa glanced back at Jack suspiciously, and said viciously, "That's what I'm going to do, you can't stop me, Jack." β
After saying that, he turned his head to look at Will again, this time no one could stop the curse from being lifted!
"It doesn't matter, it's just going to be your funeral anyway." Jack spread his hands and said it didn't matter.
But Barbossa ate this, he endured and endured, holding the dagger in his hand several times and making up his mind to stab it, but in the end he still rolled his eyes and turned his head to look at Jack: "Say! β
"The pride of the Royal Navy, the Dreadnought, is moored outside, and when you are back to flesh and blood, you will happily row a small boat out of the cave, and sixteen merciless cannons will await you."
Jack thought about that scene and couldn't help but shudder: "Man, cannons, sixteen cannons!" Do you think you can handle it? β
The pirates around him couldn't help but make a buzzing noise, and no one wanted to just lift the curse and return to the colorful world, and then be bombarded by artillery in less than half an hour.
ββ¦β¦ And then, why did you come to tell us the news? Wouldn't it be better for you to have us fight each other with the Royal Navy? β
Barbossa didn't believe that Jack would be a good man who repaid his grievances with virtue, maybe Jack had this possibility ten years ago, but now...... When pigs fly.
"Because of the Black Pearl, man! If you go to war, the Black Pearl will inevitably be hit by artillery fire as well, but she is my beauty and does not deserve to be treated like this. β
Jack walked up to Barbossa with sissy steps, and talked eloquently with his orchid fingers:
"You see, you could have sent these loyal and fearless gentlemen to kill all those who dared to resist on the Dreadnought. What do you mean by that? Fish to fish, shrimp to shrimp, and you will have two good ships in a fleet at once. Of course......"
Jack grabbed a handful of gold coins from the Aztec chest beside him, and then threw one back into the box: "You can choose the big ship as the flagship, my dear Hector, no one will fight with you." But what about black pearls? β
Bang! Throwing back another gold coin, Jack looked at Barbossa with sparkling eyes: "...... Let me be the captain of the ship, right? I'll be at your service, and I'll hand over what I steal, and you can make yourself the commander of the fleet, Commander Barbossa, Savvy? β
Barbossa was unimpressed by the banter in Jack's tone, and sneered, "I think you're trying to keep me from killing this little cub." β
"No, no, no, it's not like that at all, although it's good to kill him, but not now!"
Jack tossed the gold coins back into the box one by one, rhythmically, "But after you killed Norrington and all his men." β
After throwing the gold coin, Jack's hand made a slight movement that was very imperceptible. Only Will, who was closest to Jack and whose attention was on him, saw it, and he immediately said loudly, "Since you know my name, you've planned all this from the beginning!" β
"That's right! Clever lad. Jack raised an eyebrow at him, a pun intended.
"I want fifty percent of your looting income!" At this time, Barbossa spoke.
"Five out of five!"
"Sancheng!"
"Twenty into five!"
"......" Barbossa was silent.
Jack immediately struck while the iron was hot: "I'll also buy you a hat, a big hat that really matches your identity, Lord Commander!" β
Barbossa subconsciously glanced in the direction of the ragged brim of the wide felt hat above his head, a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he stretched out his hand: "It's decided." β
"It's settled." Jack grinned, turned to the pirates below and shouted with open hands, "Everyone, board!" β
As soon as the words fell, Jack turned his head to look at Barbossa, who was not good-looking, and stepped back with his hands folded: "I'm sorry, it's better for you to give orders......"
Barbossa then looked at the pirates below, and smiled grimly:
"Gentlemen, go for a walk."
The pirates below smiled knowingly and walked towards the outside of the cave.
ββ¦β¦ Don't you get on the boat? Jack was a little puzzled.
Barbossa looked back at him and smiled meaningfully.
They are immortal, they take on the true form of skeletons when illuminated by the moonlight, they do not fear death or need to breathe, and these pirates can approach the Dreadnought on foot from the bottom of the sea, teaching the unbeatable navy a profound lesson. This is also a trick they often use against ships with great firepower.
Jack grinned and wanted to go out, but Barbossa's big hand grabbed his shoulder: "No, Jack, you'd better stay and talk to me." β
"Hector, you're a fool! You're not a beauty, so I don't have anything to talk to you about. Jack looked disgusted.
But the musket on Jack's waist, which had only one bullet, was pulled out by Barbossa at once, and before Jack could resist, the cold muzzle of the gun pressed against his chest.
Barbossa sneered, "Let's talk about how you escaped from that desert island." β
The more I thought about it just now, the more wrong it became, Jakes Parro, this bastard would be so kind? But the people have already been dispatched, and these immortal pirates can kill the Royal Navy even if they consume it. As for Jack...... In order to thank him for bringing such important news, he ended his life with the single musket he had left for him.
How ironic that Jack had kept that single-shot musket for ten years in order to use him to avenge himself. If he used it to shoot Jack in turn, Jack's expression before he died must have been very exciting.
Not before he died, Jack's expression was wonderful now.
His mouth was in an O-shape, and his hands were raised to show that he was not in danger.
Will is still held by two pirates and unable to move, and he is powerless to come to the rescue.
At this moment, a slightly flirtatious voice sounded in the treasure cave:
"Could you please not be so strict with my apprentice? He was still a child. β
Barbossa jerked his head to look in the direction from which the voice came, and saw a handsome young man in a brand-new sailor's suit with slightly curly black hair scattered haphazardly out of the darkness, his face full of mockery and banter.
"Shouldn't you give your name before you speak?" Barbossa hooked his hand, and a pirate walked over and held his sword to Jack's neck, while Barbossa himself raised his musket and aimed at the new strange character.
At this distance, Barbossa could hit this kid in the heart with his eyes closed.
"Please call me Heather, the mustache you threatened and taunted is my unsuccessful apprentice."
Heather pointed at Jack, who smiled at Heather, "Dear Mentor, I don't really need your help, everything is under my control. β
"Of course I believe you, apprentice." Heather nodded slightly: "But I'm not a patient person, and the tone allows you to continue to fool poor Mr. Barbossa, it's not that I just say it directly, it's good for everyone." β
Bangββ!!
A gunshot interrupted the boring nonsense of the master and apprentice.
Barbossa smoked from the muzzle of the musket in his hand, and his tone was cold: "Are you two taking me for a fool?" The first was Jakes Parro, who died by a bullet in the heart. And you, strange Asian kid, you're going to be chopped into meat sauce by me! β
Jack looked down at his chest, and a bullet hole was in the heart.
Heather whistled, "Cool! Seriously, villains should be like this, don't give the righteous side a chance to let off their mouths, and you have to act decisively when you should make a decisive move. β
Barbossa looked at Heather suspiciously, then back at Jack, who found that Heather didn't have any mood swings like anger or fear.
I saw Jack staggering back a few steps, and suddenly stepped into the reflection of the moonlight.
In the moonlight, his whole body turned into a skeleton with dry rotten flesh, and the bullet fell from between the hollow breastbones and smashed into the mountains of gold, silver, and jewelry.
Previously, when Jack picked up the gold coin from the treasure chest, he deliberately magically detained one, according to the curse law of Aztec gold coins - [Those who take gold coins from the treasure chest will be cursed by the undead, and can only be repaid with 'blood'].
Jack uses the curse to become an undead in order to avoid being fatally harmed when fighting Barbossa's gang.
Barbossa yelled, Jax Paro was indeed his destined enemy, and he could give him some new tricks at any time!
He was about to pounce with a knife to fight Jack, but he was attracted by the sudden golden fire in the corner of his eye.
The black-haired young man had a gorgeous golden cross sword in his hand at some point, and at first glance it was clear that it was not ordinary.
Everything was in Heather's plan.
He needed an opponent who was specific enough and not too dangerous to test the extraordinary abilities of [Absolute Throne], and there were still a few percent left.
After thinking about it, the most convenient and closest to them were Barbossa's gang, they were all undead cursed by Aztec gold coins, no different from skeleton soldiers, and they were perfect candidates for knife testing.
But you have to think about the worst in everything, if the [Absolute Monarchy] really loses the ability of 'Transcendent Buster', then he will be besieged on this island by a large group of undead who are not afraid of physical attacks.
So he came to Elizabeth's wish to save her sweetheart William Turner, not only bringing the Dreadnought with first-class speed and firepower and a large number of British Royal Navy, but also making Jack prepare for both.
He first asked Jack to go in and disrupt Barbossa's plan, let most of the undead pirates go out to face the Royal Navy, and leave Barbossa and a few other undead to test the knife. Then he also asked Jack to steal a gold coin to temporarily become an undead, so that he was not afraid of Barbossa and the others attacking him first in the chaotic battle, after all, Jakes Paro only needs to stop there to attract hatred, and the taunt effect is first-class.
If [Absolute Throne] really loses the 'Extraordinary Buster' effect, and there is no way to take these skeleton shelves, then Jack and Will will immediately use their knives to cut their palms (or whatever), stain the blood on the gold coins, and throw them back into the chest.
In this way, all the cursed gold coins returned to their places, and the curse was lifted immediately, and Barbossa and the others were ordinary sailors who were mortal in the flesh, and they would not be Heather's opponents when tied together.
This plan sounds a bit cowardly, but Heather, as a 'foreigner', is also the first time to cross the country, many things must be figured out by herself, and the [power] related to ensuring her safe travel is the most important, and it is impossible to be too cautious.
The golden flames, which had been extinguished since the time crossing, began to ignite from the sword's body in a sparkling manner, as if reacting to the 'supernatural ability'.
In the glow of the fire, the corners of Heather's mouth hooked into a smile.