The waiting process is always long and tedious.

Except for the lookout in charge, the rest of the ship had nothing to do, some were napping in hammocks, others were gathering to brag, and others were checking their weapons and praying.

Although Harry had also been a little bully on the street before, leading a group of imps to kill the imps on the next street, it was the first time to face a serious battle, Anne originally thought that with this greedy character of being afraid of death, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, he would be afraid of death at this time, but he didn't expect that when he found the latter, although his expression was a little nervous, but more excited.

Harry was pestering the quartermaster, begging him to give him a weapon to defend himself.

"Mr. Di Freina, I can fight too, doesn't Captain Zhang Heng often say that when the battle starts, everyone has no way out?"

"What weapon do you want?"

"Musket, my size suffers a bit in close combat, but it's no problem shooting from a distance." Harry was confident.

"Have you practiced shooting before?"

"No, but as the saying goes, everyone has their first time, and Captain Zhang Heng's first shot is not very good."

"Actually, when I first met Captain Zhang Heng, his marksmanship was incredible." The quartermaster paused, then continued, "Muskets are impossible, and I don't want to be shot from behind by my own men while charging." ”

"Don't be so stingy, I'm not going to to you."

"I doubt it."

Harry wanted to say something more, but then he saw the red-haired girl coming from not far away, as if he had encountered a natural enemy, his face suddenly changed, and he immediately wanted to pull his legs away.

But he only ran two steps before he was stopped by Annie, who said solemnly, "Mr. DuFrena, is Harry causing trouble for you again?" ”

"No, on the contrary, Mr. Harry helped me a lot in the morning, working with me to count the weapons stockpiles on our ship." The quartermaster's answer made Harry, who was crying, angry again.

"That's right." Anne pursed her lips.

Harry was speechless, what the hell is your undisguised tone of regret, is it a pity that you can't find a reason to squash me?!

Of course, he only dared to complain in his heart about this kind of thing, and then he heard Anne say again, "Come with me." ”

Harry followed the red-haired girl all the way to the kitchen, a place he was no stranger to, for he had been squirting potatoes here for some time now, and Anne said, "When the battle starts, you will stay here with Mr. Ramsay, and come out when the battle is over." ”

"Huh."

"Huh?" The red-haired girl raised an eyebrow.

Harry quickly explained, "I don't mean to be dissatisfied, it's just that I've been brushing the toilet for so long since I got on the boat that I almost cut off my fingers from peeling potatoes, and I think maybe I can take on a little more responsibility." ”

"There seems to be some truth to what you say." Anne tossed the dagger at her waist to Harry, "When the battle begins, stay here and protect yourself and Mr. Ramsay." ”

"But what's the difference between this and before?" Harry's eyes widened.

"What difference do you want?" The red-haired girl asked rhetorically.

"For example...... Let me stay on deck? Harry pleaded, "This is the first time I've been out to sea to fight, please, Lady Anne, or how will I tell the others when I go back that I'll be in the cabin like a coward when the war starts." ”

Probably feeling a little inappropriate again, Harry turned to Mr. Chef and apologized, "I'm sorry, Mr. Ramsay, I'm not targeting you. ”

The latter behaved very generously and waved his hand, "It's okay, you're not the first, and you won't be the last." ”

"The real fight isn't as simple as fighting in the streets with a bunch of imps, you want to join the fight together, and that's fine, but it won't be until two years later." Anne was unmoved.

…………

On the other side, Zhang Heng was playing with the shells in his hand in the captain's room.

He had been carrying it with him for three weeks, and there had been no anomalies during that time, at first he thought it was because he was on land, but now that he was on the sea, the Celtic god who called himself Betty had never come to look for him.

In addition, Zhang Heng also asked Anne to arrange for someone to keep an eye on Seth, who was the first person on the ship to come into contact with this thing, and Zhang Heng was not sure if the Celtic god named Betty would still affect him.

However, after so many days, Seth also seemed very quiet, and did not make any suspicious moves, as if he had really been completely freed from this incident, and returned to his previous state of life.

Zhang Heng is not in a hurry, at present, in addition to giving the worshippers the power to manipulate the storm, Zhang Heng does not know what other means the other party has, so it is not too late to wait until the wooden box of the tule tree is in hand before starting to study.

So the first day passed in peace.

By the morning of the next day everything was still as usual, the weather was clear, the sea was calm, and the Spanish treasure ship did not show up until the afternoon, when the crowd was about to lose their breath, and the lookout finally made a discovery.

Zhang Heng also raised the copper telescope in his hand, at first there were only three black dots in the distance, and he couldn't see what it was, but as time passed, Zhang Heng could already vaguely see the Spanish flag fluttering on the mast.

At this time, the observation point on Parrot Island also used the mirror to send a message to the two pirate ships outside.

"The goal is here, get ready." Zhang Heng put the telescope away.

Billy commanded the seafarers to return to their respective posts, and at the same time, the Jackdaw also raised the black flag, but the next moment Zhang Heng and several old sailors on the ship raised their heads together.

The southeasterly breeze gradually changed to southwest, and Billy frowned, which meant that it would take more time for them to get close to the Treasure Ship, in other words, they would probably be under more artillery fire.

But now the distance between the two sides is very close, and there is no way to make adjustments at this time, Zhang Heng stood at the bow of the boat, holding the cable in one hand and the saber in the other, and gave the order to fight, "Adjust the sails and rush over as fast as possible!" ”

Because they had rehearsed the possible scenarios in advance, everyone on the Jackdaw knew that they were just bait in this battle, for the purpose of attracting the opposite side to pursue, so the key to success or failure was not how much damage they brought to the other party, but whether they could withstand the fire of the opposite side, so in addition to the person at the helm, the most pressure was the carpenter on the ship.

They have prepared wood and tools in advance and are always on standby, ready to patch the holes on the ship.