Chapter XVIII
The surrounding pirates were surprisingly silent this time, not letting out the mockery of the previous pirates. The sword in his hand was clenched, and his eyes were fixed on John, no matter what action John made, at least three pirates were watching carefully. It seems that these are a little different from the previous pirates. John thought. This should be the elite of this pirate ship.
Seeing this, John also put away his contempt. You must know that in John's memory, an enemy with a strong individual strength and several enemies who cooperate tacitly, even if the strength of the latter is weaker than the former, but the threat brought by the former is several times that of the former. And now I am facing the latter type of enemy - with good strength, a large number, and a tacit understanding of penguins. Of course, the final cooperation can't be seen for the time being, but in terms of strength in front, you can understand it just by looking at the muscles on their bodies and the pirate knives they hold.
However, John was not in a hurry to attack, judging from the movement behind, the sailors of Bonnet had already gained an advantage, and John was standing here, and he had already blocked the pirates' cable to the merchant ship, even if the pirates could swing to the merchant ship through the cable, there were only a few people, and the number before was incomparable. John believed that the sailors would be able to deal with these pirates of the past.
In other words, time is now on our side. John thought to himself.
John could see this, and those pirates were not stupid, so they could understand. After watching the merchant ships behind him throw the dead pirates off one by one, and some of the sailors preparing to come to the pirate ship by cable, the pirate captain, a bearded man with a naked upper body and a large knife in his hand, stepped forward and pointed his knife at John: "O you fools! If anyone who dares to take a step back will be rewarded with a handful of Spanish coins!
Listening to the screams of the vicious pirate captain behind him, under the double stimulation of the treasure reward and the threat of death, these outlaws instantly turned red-eyed, panting, and the knives in their hands began to move slowly, as if they were thinking about how to kill this person and dodge his death-defying counterattack at the same time, or let the others go to death first, and hide behind themselves to deliver a fatal blow.
John also became wary at this time, and the ease in his eyes dissipated, leaving only caution. But even so, half a minute passed, and not a single pirate rushed up, and it seemed that John's movements on the merchant ship and his running to the pirate ship had a big impact on the group of pirates.
However, as the pirates on the merchant ships behind him gradually disembarked, the pirate captain became even more anxious. He waved the broadsword in his hand and made a "bumper" sound on the deck: "Hurry up, you idiots." He's alone, what are you afraid of!"
Ahh Hearing this, John raised his eyes and glanced in the direction of the pirate captain. It was this inconspicuous action that made the pirates surrounding John see an opportunity. With a bloodthirsty glint in his eyes, a pirate suddenly rushed forward, raised his knife and slashed at John's neck.
Out of the corner of John's eye, he glanced at the reckless pirate, and raised the knife in his right hand directly to meet the hand holding it.
It was so easy, like a knife cutting butter, that before the pirate could react, his hand had already detached from his arm. "Ahh The left hand covers the broken wound so that the blood does not flow out. But it was in vain, and even if I held it tightly, blood still flowed from my fingers.
John didn't care about the severed pirate, John looked at the severed hand that was still holding the hilt, and pulled the severed hand off the hilt.
Looking at the wailing pirates who had fallen on the deck, a hint of hesitation appeared on the faces of his companions. But thinking of the machete in the hands of his captain and his brutal character, he gritted his teeth and rushed over with a shout.
With two knives in his hands, John looked at the pirates rushing towards him, and instead of standing there waiting for the pirates to move, he rushed into the crowd himself.
This action of John was something that the pirates did not expect. Seeing John rushing directly into the crowd, the pirates had some confusion, and the weapons in their hands were not easy to swing widely, in case they didn't see the enemy and hit their companions, it would be too helpless.
Instead of a shrinking pirate, John was able to take advantage of his twin blades, wielding them like windmills, tearing and slashing anything that stood in his way. For a moment, the flying twin knives carried blood, staining the surrounding decks crimson.
"You idiots, get out of the way!" the pirate captain behind him shouted at the fire of his liver. Hearing the shouts of his own captain, the pirates who were originally blocked in front hurriedly retreated, exposing John to the next level.
Looking at the suddenly retreating enemy, John was about to continue the pursuit, but suddenly felt that he was locked in by something. As if he was being targeted by a living corpse crossbowman, this locking feeling made John's hairs stand on end instantly, and he quickly stopped moving forward, and instead took a step back. Hearing the sound of "bump", a small crater appeared on the deck where he was originally located, and a round bullet bounced from the small crater, fell to the side and rolled on the deck.
John looked up, and it turned out that there were several pirates with arquebuses on the mast, condescendingly aiming at John and shooting at any time. John's brow furrowed, now he had to face the attack of the pirates below, and always keep an eye on the bullets above, which was much more difficult than direct melee combat.
Thinking of this, John kicked the pirate who was gradually forming a human wall over, and the knife in his hand stabbed directly into the body of the unlucky man who fell. Regardless of the knife, John stepped on the corpse of the fallen pirate and ran towards the mast. As John got closer and closer, one of the musketeers above fired a shot in the direction John was heading. John's pause was again stopped by the pirates behind him.
It's really troublesome. John was thinking when out of the corner of his eye he saw that the sailors of the merchant ship had already boarded the pirate ship. The pirates were caught off guard by the rush of crews, and the pirates who had surrounded John were attacked from behind by the crew, and they were directly caught in a situation of being attacked from behind. 、
"Boss John, we'll take these little minions, you go do what you want!" said one of the crew members to John. After seeing John throw those thorns off the ship, the rest of the crew admired John more. The worship of the strong was the custom of sailors.
John didn't say much, turned his head and walked towards the pirate captain with the big knife. "Now it's just the two of us. Come on, bed bugs!" John said, staring at the pirate captain.