Chapter 45: Death of Blackbeard
As John sailed to Great Inagua, John saw Edward's ship, the Jackdaw, from a lookout. It seems that he was not mistaken, Edward had escaped from Nassau and reached his own stronghold. With this in mind, John ordered the ship to be stopped and repaired in Great Inagua.
In front of Edward's cabin, John met Edward's first mate, Adéwale. Adéwal recognized John and reached out to say hello, "Hey man, long time no see." John also reached out and shook Ade's hand: "It's been a while. I heard that Nassau had been destroyed?" "Yes, it was the week we escaped, and Nassau was occupied by the British navy. That guy Hornigold surrendered to the Navy, that coward. ”
"Really?" said John, "I remember that Nassau was still suffering from disease, and it seems that not many people had the ability to resist the navy." Ade nodded: "That's right." Thanks to Edward's decisiveness in taking us away, we were able to avoid the siege of the navy, and at the same time avoid the plague, even if a few sick companions were cured by Edward and Blackbeard with the medicine they had just robbed. ”
"Well, did they find the medicines? I was thinking of going to Havana to buy them, but I didn't expect them to be controlled by Spain and England, and I couldn't buy them at all. John said. Ade turned to look at Edward's house, "So you're just going to come here to find him?" He's not been in a good mood lately, though, so if he's angry at you, remember to punch him twice. ”
John patted Ade on the shoulder and walked to the cabin. Indeed, since Ade had just come out, the hut had not yet been closed. John walked over and pushed the door open, and saw Edward lying on the table in the living room. It seemed that he had come at a bad time, and John did not wake him up, but found a chair, sat by the window, and watched the sailors outside go back and forth.
It wasn't until the sun rose overhead that Edward woke up with his head covered. When Edward woke up, he saw a figure sitting by the window for the first time. It wasn't until he woke up from his hangover that he could see who it was: "John, when did you get here?" I've heard that Nassau is falling, but a ship has escaped, so I'm guessing you might come back here. John stood up, walked up to Edward, and said, "What happened? You have such a sad face, it is not like you." "Yes, Edward's face is deep now, and he doesn't seem to be able to relate to him before.
Edward rolled over and got off the table, but he didn't expect to roll off the table with all his weakness. John frowned directly: the original agile pirate actually rolled off the table?
Edward ignored John's doubts, got up from the ground and picked up the rum bottle and put it in his mouth, but it was an empty bottle. I looked around for the bottles, and none of them contained wine. I don't know how much this guy drank.
Unable to get any wine, Edward became irritable, yelling and throwing the bottle out the window, drawing a lot of scolding from outside. John waited for Edward to finish venting, and then asked, "What the hell is going on?"
Edward stopped his movements and said angrily, "Blackbeard is dead." Right in front of me, besieged by the navy. There were too many people and I couldn't rush through. ”
It turned out to be Blackbeard. John knew that Blackbeard and Edward had a good relationship, but he didn't expect to die in front of Edward. It seems that he has not been feeling well lately. Thinking of this, John didn't plan to go with Edward to find the Observatory right away.
Thinking of this, John got up: "If you are no longer able to go to sea, then I will be alone in the observatory to look for it." ”
Speaking of which, John did not understand Edward's grief, because after he stood up from the unclaimed cemetery, all he knew was to kill, whether it was a living corpse that was no longer human, or a hero shrouded in the abyss, or an expert from the East who guarded the door for the deceased firefighting woman, as long as it was hostile to him, he would kill. After that, even if it is not hostile, he will be killed for something. Speaking of which, in his life, it seems that there is no one who has not been killed by himself, except for his friend Onion Knight. And even the Onion Knight, after knocking down the giant king Yum with him, watched him commit suicide, and he didn't feel sadness himself. Therefore, John did not understand Edward's current mood. However, even so, John saw that Edward was not in the mood to discuss the matter of the Observatory with him at this time, and turned to leave. Edward didn't care about John, and since he didn't find the wine, he poured it directly on the floor, not knowing what was in his mind.
John walked out the door, turned around and saw Edward still lying there, closed the door for him, and turned to leave.
"It seems that I am the only one looking for clues. John thought silently. He had grown bored with the world of pirates, and now he just wanted to decipher the phrase "everything is false". Especially now that Edward is in shape, although he will eventually find the Observatory, if his initial guess is wrong and he fails to obtain the laws of this world in the Observatory, what will happen to him when the people who originally built this world do not return to this memory world? Will he disappear with this dream, or will he be thrown out of the dream? What is beyond the dream?
These questions slowly appeared in John's mind, leaving John a little confused. It seems that Edward cannot be relied on for this time. John walked out the door, thinking about how to find the Observatory. Now John had only one piece of news, and that was the Holy One. Only the Sage knows the location of the Observatory. But at the same time, there were two other organizations that were also looking for the Sage - the Knights Templar and the Assassin Order. If you don't have a clue, go find someone who does.
Thinking like this, seeing the crew walking in front of him with a wine bottle, John changed his mind again: let them play for a few more days, and then go to sea in a few days.
Unexpectedly, the next day, Edward handed over John: "Brother go, I know where we are going now." ”
John looked at Edward, who was no different from before, and asked, "Well, I can go at any time." But are you okay?" "You look like I have a problem?" Edward shrugged, "Let's go, get ready, let's go early, if we let the others find the Observatory first because we're too slow, it's just a big deal of gold slipping under my nose." ”
It seems that he is still the same money-hungry Edward, no different from before. John thought about it, is it true that human grief is so short-lived.