Chapter 417: Queen Anne's Revenge
Speaking of Blackbeard, Edward Titch, then we have to talk about his ship, the infamous Queen Anne's Revenge!
It was originally a merchant ship built in England and was named the Concorde. At first, he served as an armed merchant ship, but a year later he was robbed by a French privateer! It was transformed into a Dutch-like Frut, and was subsequently sold to Spain. In 1713, he returned to France again to be reformed and sold to a French merchant to be converted into a slave ship.
The ship was loaded with 16 guns and a crew of 75 men, and was involved in the slave trade in Africa. and obtained about 20 pounds of gold sand, after which it took about eight weeks to cross the Atlantic, and upon arrival in the Caribbean, sixty-one slaves and sixteen crew members were gone.
Just 100 nautical miles from Martinique, he was attacked by two sloops, led by none other than Blackbeard, Edward Titch.
After capturing the ship, Blackbeard forced some French sailors to join him. In addition, the ship was renamed 'Queen Anne's Revenge' and its armament was doubled.
The new ship was rebuilt with evil black magic, and later, under the leadership of Blackbeard, the Queen Anne's Revenge roamed the seas and gained a great reputation.
In his first battle after winning the Queen Anne's Revenge, he became famous all over the world. He had the audacity to drive a ship to attack a British military port and brazenly rob a British merchant ship staying in a military port.
and repelled the Royal Navy that attacked out of the port, which made Blackbeard go from obscurity to fame in an instant.
And he also besieged the port of Charleston, extorting 1.5 million pounds and a large amount of goods, which made him famous again! Well, that's the content of the original world.
However, in the Pirates of the Caribbean world, Blackbeard's ferocity has not diminished at all.
With a sword of Triton, plus learned dark magic. and a group of human and zombie seamen, the name of Edward Titch, who is so frightened that he has reached the point of fleeing from the wind.
It's just that he has been studying black magic for a long time, and the inheritance he has obtained is relatively incomplete. The side effects of black magic continued to erode his body.
As a result, his vitality was excessively depleted.
Now, Blackbeard was starting to feel it, and he could feel the constant weakness within himself. This is all due to the lack of a complete lineage, the study of transitions, and the blind play of black magic.
Although he is famous in the outside world, he is also a mortal in the end.
Edward Titch wants to reverse this situation of physical loss, he fears death, and he has an immeasurable fortune. There is so much wealth that he can't spend it all his life. Moreover, the more he studied the dark arts, the more he delved into them, and he wanted to solve one puzzle after another.
The feeling of great power is incomparably intoxicating.
It's just that he was born at the wrong time, and it was difficult to find a famous teacher to guide him. In addition, there is a lack of corresponding communication with fellow practitioners, or even if there are fellow practitioners, Blackbeard does not seek advice on an equal footing. Instead, he will take the way he does best, the way of pirates, coercion and temptation.
He is cruel, cunning, selfish and extremely domineering, and belongs to the kind of person who is self-centered in everything and everything. He never trusts anyone, and treats all people as a relationship of exploitation, even if it is his own daughter.
This can be seen in the story, Edward Titch, the famous Blackbeard. In him, you don't feel the slightest bit of fatherly love.
Some are just selfish and self-centered!
When he and his daughter were planted with poison dart frogs. Faced with a situation where only one person could live, Blackbeard chose himself without hesitation and asked his daughter to die on his behalf.
If it weren't for Jack Sparrow's clear understanding of Blackbeard's tricks and secretly exchanging the Holy Grail, causing Blackbeard to drink the spring water filled with mermaid tears, Blackbeard would have continued to do evil.
Rely on your own black magic and ship to continue to be evil.
Therefore, you can't see the slightest bit of goodness in Blackbeard's body! He doesn't even have the bare minimum bottom line, it's a complete villain, the devil!
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"How's it going, Sparrow!" Jiang Ning quietly appeared beside Jack and looked at the compass in his hand, "When, can you find Edward Teach." ”
Jack glanced at the compass in his hand and closed the lid: "It's almost fast, with our speed, I believe we can find Blackbeard in a few days." After saying that, he praised again: "I have to say, this is really a great ship, and the speed is really fast." The speed is about 20 knots! ”
"Verse 20?" The corners of Jiang Ning's mouth slightly outlined a curvature, and he patted the rudder. "Actually, it's much faster than that, Sparrow."
"Oh?" Jack showed a surprised look, he looked at Jiang Ning expectantly, "You mean, its speed can be faster, beyond the speed of 20 knots?" ”
"Want to see it?" Jiang Ning asked him rhetorically, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Of course!" Jack raised his voice and looked at Jiang Ning with great anticipation, secretly thinking in his heart how many knots the Truth could reach.
Jiang Ning didn't answer, his fingers lightly patted the ship, and then the hull of the ship was wrapped in a layer of brilliant elemental light. Immediately afterwards, the speed of the whole ship began to slowly increase.
"Measure your speed!" Jack commanded, and his first mate, Gibbs, immediately pulled out a rope with one node after another, each representing a section of speed.
"Now it's 18 knots, 19 knots." Gibbs dragged the rope, and two sailors by his side were helping him, helping him stabilize himself and not be dragged into the sea at too high speed, "It's already 20 knots, Jack!" Gibbs took the time to touch the splash on his face, and then his eyes widened, "Twenty-one, oh my! Verses 22, 23! He exclaimed, "Jack, the speed of this ship is still increasing, it's really fast, it's 24 knots now!" Before Jack could speak, Gibbs's shouting came again. It's 25 knots, and now the speed has been increased to 25 knots, and the speed is still increasing, 26 knots!! Gibbs's voice was filled with surprise and incredulity. 27 knots!! ”
Everyone was blown away, and at a speed of 27 knots, the ship was moving on the ocean as if it were flying. It's amazingly fast, and you barely feel much bump.
Gibbs shouted, "Jack, I can feel 27 knots, not the maximum speed of the Truth. In fact, it can be faster, praise it! ”
"What's its top speed?" Jack's eyes widened and he asked Jiang Ning. The heart was pounding, and so far, he hadn't recovered from the shock, and he thought that the speed of the black pearl was fast enough. Now he realized that the Truth was the fastest ship in the world, easily breaking through the speed of 27 knots. So, what is its maximum speed? Truth be told, Jack was curious, even the crew.
"There's no upper limit to the maximum speed, in fact, it can increase its speed as much as I want. That doesn't make any sense, though. "If it weren't for the barrier protection on the ship, Gibbs wouldn't have been able to pull the rope at all with that slow but extremely fast acceleration just now.
"Now, with a speed of 27 knots, how long will it take to get to Edward?" Jiang Ning asked him. Jack took out his compass and looked at it again, and found that the pointer had been steady at one direction point, which meant that Blackbeard's ship had either not moved. Or, or his own speed is so fast that Blackbeard's ship is in fact moored.
"It won't take about two days to find Blackbeard." Jack thought for a long time before giving a more affirmative answer.
"Two days!" Jiang Ning nodded, "It's not so difficult to accept, okay, just wait for two days." Hopefully, Edward Titch will be able to find some fun! After saying that, he left.
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Two days later, somewhere in a bay, the famous Blackbeard, Edward Teach, had just done a good job. He was anchored in a bay to escape the impending storm, when a large ship came to him in the distance and headed straight for him at great speed.
And on the Truth, Jack pointed to the ship in the bay ahead and told Jiang Ning that it was the Blackbeard ship he was looking for!
"Queen Anne's Revenge!"