The crew rushed back and forth, and even though the captain was very calm, everyone was still in a state of panic.

Originally, this boat was the latest and fastest type of boat, and compared with ordinary boats, it had the advantages of fast speed, stable sailing and flexible hull, and did not need to be rowed by hand. But many crew members are used to old-fashioned boats, so a few long oars are prepared on board in case something goes wrong on the boat. Now that some of them were free, they found all the oars and paddled hard in unison. The ship got faster and faster, and gradually, pulled away from the pirate ship.

But unexpectedly, the pirate ship sped up and caught up. Seeing this, the captain couldn't help but be surprised: "How is this possible? Ships like ours are the fastest, how can those pirates catch up? Could it be that they robbed the ship of a maritime merchant? But time was pressing, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly ordered his men to speed up.

Minna stood on the deck, and saw that everyone around her was busy, but she didn't know what to do, gritted her teeth, turned and rushed back to her room, dug out her satchel, and double-checked, only a wand and hemostat could be used. She threw away all the clothes and miscellaneous items in her bag, only the two on her back, and then pulled the "storage ring" from her collar as she ran to the crew room to find the knife.

Corbin quickly ran past the activity room, and was about to reach the bow of the boat, when he accidentally saw this scene, and suddenly stopped: "Miss Minna, what are you, what are you going to do?" ”

"Get a weapon!" Minna made a cut in her finger with a dinner knife, smeared blood on the ring, and whispered a spell in her mouth.

However, nothing happened to the ring.

Thinking that she had mispronounced it, Minna wiped the blood again, and recited the incantation word by word from memory. The ring is still unresponsive.

Minna tried and tried, but she was unsuccessful, and she was so anxious that she was sweating profusely. What's going on? Did she remember wrong? But she also read it this way when she used it before, why did it suddenly not work?

She couldn't care less about Corbin being next to her, and hurriedly chanted the incantation aloud, but the ring still didn't respond. She was so anxious that she almost cried.

Corbin watched her movements, his face pale, and his breathing became rapid. The man at the bow of the boat had already called him several times, but he didn't hear it, and the man couldn't hold back any longer, and yelled: "Damn the Bass guy, get out of here!" If you don't want to die, I'll ask for it! Corbin then took a step and bowed his head, leaving Minna still there chanting the incantation over and over again.

"Miss Minna! The captain tells you to go to the helmhouse, right away! "A crew member yelled outside the event and ran again. Minna had red eyes and wrapped the wound on her hand with a handkerchief before running to find the captain.

"Miss Minna, come here." As soon as the captain saw her, he shouted, "Time is urgent, just in case, I want to show you how to drive a boat." He stood next to the first mate who was at the helm, pointed to the rudder and other objects, and quickly explained how to start, how to move the ship forward, how to turn left and right, how to reduce the speed......

Minna's eyes widened, and she listened with some trepidation, but her mind was in chaos.

“…… Be careful with other boats and reefs when docking, you ......" The captain looked back at Minna and paused, "Forget it, in such a short period of time, even adults can't learn, not to mention that you're just a child?" If you do have to take the helm alone, find a deserted beach and rush over, and remember to hold on to something solid so that you don't get hurt. ”

"Captain, they're coming!" There was a shout from the crew, followed by an exclamation from the crowd. The captain frowned and shouted, "What are you panicking about?!" ”

He strode out of the helm cab and shouted, "Don't panic! The one-eyed Robert of the Black Skull is not a good killer, even if we are caught, at most we will be sold somewhere else, as long as we go ashore and find a way to send a letter to the boss, he will definitely save us! Later, if they do break into the boat, remember not to resist and not to anger them. I will make it clear to them that this is not a merchant ship, it is not their goal. We'll be fine! ”

When the crew heard what he said, they all calmed down, and they all felt that what he said was reasonable, and went on doing their own thing.

The old shipwright, who had spoken to Minna earlier, came over and said solemnly, "Captain, I have something to report to you, that something is wrong with those pirates. ”

The captain, who had already walked to the door of the wheelhouse, paused: "What? ”

"That black skull flag, the bones underneath are stacked in the wrong order." The old shipwright said seriously, "Before I came to our fleet, I used to work for another merchant, and once when I went to sea, the whole ship was captured by the pirates of the Black Skull, and we lived on the ship for more than half a month before we were sold to Shaonan. I remember very well that their flag was not like this. ”

"You mean...... Aren't they pirates of Black Skull? The captain stared at him closely.

"I just think that flag is a little different from the Black Skull Banner I've ever seen."

The captain stared at him without speaking, when the boat suddenly shook and stopped. The captain immediately asked loudly what had happened, but no one knew the reason, and the shipwright in charge of the repair hurriedly went to check, and the first mate hurriedly said to the captain: "Those people must have tampered with our rudder blades, don't let our people mess around." Before he could finish speaking, the people on board saw the pirate ship approaching.

The pirates threw more than a dozen rope hooks to the side of the boat and forcibly pulled it to their side, and then a dozen or so strong men climbed over and restrained the people on deck. The crew remembered the captain's words just now and did not resist.

Then the pirate shouted orders everyone to assemble on deck. Several people in the helm room glanced at each other, the captain nodded, and walked out first, and then Corbin also followed with trepidation, but the first mate who walked last grabbed Minna and whispered: "Miss Minna, you just have to show them something, don't go out." There is a boat instruction manual in the cabinet, so you can take it to you when you need it. ”

Minna nodded, and sent them out with red eyes, leaning on the side of the door to peek out, while quietly taking out the ring and continuing to try to open it. As long as she could get her hands on her sword, and those bottles of potions that could emit gas and instantly stun people, she could help the captain and them.

The pirates on the large ship put a few planks between the two ships to build a fairly wide "bridge", and several men stepped on the planks. The leader of them was a man who looked to be about thirty or forty years old, with a long beard and a black blindfold on his left eye, which was the image of the legendary leader of the Black Skull Pirate Band, "Robert One-Eyed".

The captain stepped forward first, and greeted the other party cautiously and politely: "I am the captain of this ship, Waldmar Turner, and I am fortunate to meet you, Your Excellency Robert. ”

"One-eyed Robert" ignored him, walked idly around the deck with a toothpick in his mouth, spit out the toothpick, and said to his accomplices behind him with a smile: "This boat is good, it's a little small, but it's big enough in the river." ”

His accomplice also said, "You are right, if it is renovated a little and made into a pleasure boat, those young masters and young ladies may like it." ”

The captain was not angry, but continued to say calmly: "I am really surprised that Your Excellency's men will block our way. Our ship is not a merchant ship, it is not a target that will interest you, why are you holding us back? ”

"One-eyed Robert" glanced at the captain at this time, and raised his chin: "You are not a merchant ship?" That...... What's that? He glanced at the mast.

The captain saw that it was the flag of the Yutan fleet, and said busily: "This is the personal ship of the owner of our fleet, not a merchant ship, and this time I went to sea to escort the child of a friend's family of the boss back to the mainland, if you don't believe it, you can go and search it." ”

"Really?" The "one-eyed Robert" raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything, just glanced at the other crew members casually, caught a glimpse of Minna who was probing her brain, and smiled evilly: "That's who you escorted?" ”

The captain acquiesced, looking at the pirate leader with wariness. He saw that the other party's ship was also the latest type of ship, except for the flag, and the clothes on those people, it did not look like the rumored pirate style at all, and, as far as he knew, the "one-eyed Robert" was a complete Shaonan man, and this "one-eyed Robert" spoke with an Easter accent. He began to wonder if he was right to signal to his crew not to resist.

"Robert the One-Eyed" only glanced at Minna a few times before paying no attention to it, and by this time, several pirates had already searched the cabin and came to report to him: "There is no cargo in the cabin, only some food, wine, and fresh water." He nodded his head to indicate that he understood, and casually asked the captain, "All of them are here?" No one is hiding, right? ”

The captain hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, it's all here." He immediately asked, "It is rumored that you are a benevolent pirate, and if it were not for the livelihood of tens of thousands of people in the South China Sea Islands, you would not have done this." We are really not a merchant ship, and there is nothing of value on board, as you can see, there is only one little girl on our ship except for the crew, and if we all leave with you, she will not be able to return to her family alive anyway, please let us go. ”

"One-eyed Robert" smiled: "Ah, don't worry, of course One-Eyed Robert is merciful, and he will let you go." He waved his hand. The captain thought he had agreed, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but when he heard the screams of his crew behind him, he turned back in astonishment to see that his two crew members had been slashed and killed by pirates one after another, and the rest of the crew were also in danger of their lives, and they were struggling to fight the pirates. The captain was startled, and suddenly turned his head and glared at the pirate leader: "You...... You're not a one-eyed Robert! ”

"I never said I was him." The pirate leader smirked, and the men behind him drew their swords and approached the captain. The latter, staring at them angrily, suddenly flew up with a kick that knocked the person who was walking in front to the ground, turned and ran. The pirates immediately chased after them.

Minna saw the shock in the wheelhouse, and also drew her wand and waited. Her left hand was dripping with blood, but the "storage ring" had not yet been opened, and she was about to give up, suspecting that if she had either misremembered the spell, or that there was something wrong with the ring.

A crew member screamed and threw himself into the helm room, shaking a few times before moving. Minna looked at the white bones exposed in the blood-red on his neck, and held back the fear in her heart, and was about to condense her magic power and prepare to participate in the attack. Suddenly, a hand reached out from outside and jerked her out, and she looked at it to see that it was Corbyn.

Corbin dragged her to the side of the ship, where she was confronted by a "pirate" who swung a dagger at them. Corbin leaned around, dodged it, and casually pushed an empty wooden box over. Minna took advantage of the "pirate" being smashed to the edge of the railing, hooked him by the way, and flipped him into the sea, but another "pirate" slashed at her, so frightened that she jumped up to avoid it, kicked the opponent's calf hard, and screamed in pain, and then Corbin took the opportunity to snatch the knife and cut him down.

Minna won the first battle and was about to take advantage of the victory to chase down the "pirate" who was fighting with another crew member not far from them, but was forced into the crew room by Corbyn. At this time, another crew member lost their lives.

Minna heard the screams and couldn't help but turn back to help, but Corbin grabbed her: "Don't go, we're not their opponents!" You'll be killed as soon as you get out! Minna hurriedly said: "Even if they don't go out, they will kill them, and while there are still companions here, drive them away!" ”

Corbin closed her mouth tightly, picked her up and ran, Minna struggled inexplicably: "What are we doing here?" Get out there and kill the bad guys! There was another scream outside, and she was so anxious that she caught a glimpse of someone trying to poison the first mate outside a window, so she hurriedly sent an ice arrow over, stabbing the bad guy's hand with the knife. But when the first mate pushed the man into the sea and turned back to find someone to help him, Minna had been carried by Corbin into the food pantry next door

He pushed open a wooden box in the corner, lifted the plank underneath, and revealed a hole, and looked at Minna in a daze, wondering when there was such a thing here?

Before she could think about it, Corbin had pushed her in, jumped in himself, reached out and put the plank back on, pulled the box through, and closed it tightly.

It was a mezzanine, very narrow, less than three cubic meters of space, and once it was covered with wooden planks, it was completely dark. Minna reached out and touched it, only to touch the wall and Corbin beside her. She couldn't help but be anxious: "Why are we coming in?" Everybody's out there. Listening to the screams on the boat outside, her eyes turned red again.

"We are no match for them, and we are sent to death to go out. Don't make a sound, they'll find us. In the darkness, Corbyn lowered his voice, breathing a little rapid, but with a hint of weakness.

Minna realized, "What's wrong with you?" She reached out and touched the other party, but she felt a warm liquid in her hand, she thought it was blood on her own hand, but the amount was getting more and more, and the smell of blood in the air was getting bigger and bigger, and she began to realize that it was Corbyn's blood!

Raising her wand and making a minimal illumination, she saw that Corbin's dark blue crew uniform had been blackened by a large chunk of it, just above her shoulder. She tore open his clothes, saw that there was a big hole on the other party's shoulder, and the bones were visible, so she hurriedly took out a hemostatic agent to help him apply it, and treated her own wound by the way. Only then did she realize that there was silence outside. She panicked, wondering what was going on with the others?

Someone entered the crew room, and Minna could clearly hear their voices: "I saw someone fleeing in just now, where did they go?" "And the little girl hasn't been found, they must still be on board!" "Huh? There's also a room here! ”

Minna was nervous for a moment, grabbing her wand and preparing to attack as soon as she was discovered. Corbyn is injured, and she is the only one who can deal with the bad guys.

"It's just a warehouse for food, and there's no one left. I said, could they have fallen into the sea? ”

"Really? I always felt like it smelled of blood. ”

"Haha, man, that's because the whole boat smells of blood."

Minna breathed a sigh of relief when the footsteps were gone, but that didn't mean they were safe. She leaned close to Corbin and whispered, "What is this place?" Why is it only you who know? Uncle Captain, don't they know? "If I knew, maybe I could have saved two more people. She felt uncomfortable at the thought that the uncles and uncles she had seen every day in the past two days were likely to have met with misfortune.

Corbin snorted lightly: "They are all used to driving big boats, and of course they don't know about small boats." As he spoke, he hissed and added, "The others are finished, Miss Minna, I don't want to die, so please don't go out either." ”

Minna was so sad that she buried her head between her knees, but tears wet her pants.

The boat shook for a moment, and then there was a thudding sound, Minna counted seven or eight times, and suddenly had some bad premonitions, and bit her lip tightly, and the tears flowed even harder.

The pirates were cheering, and one of them shouted, "Tie the boat behind our ship, leave a few men to guard it, and everyone go back to port." Remember to wash all the blood stains, and don't leave traces on your clothes, when others see the boat, you will say, this is our master from Shaonan newly bought. The crowd responded in unison, followed by the sound of chaotic footsteps.

Minna heard Corbin gasp in the darkness and whispered, "What's wrong?" Is the wound painful? "No, it's fine." Corbyn gritted his teeth and replied, "Those damn them!" ”

Minna was puzzled and was about to ask, but she heard someone coming from the storage room outside: "Hey, come and see what's going on?" There is actually blood here, too? ”

"Huh? There really is. How is this possible? Obviously no one is here! ”

Minna and Corbin were at the same time, and they couldn't help but think of the injuries on their bodies, especially when Corbin was still wounded and put the planks and boxes back to their original shape, maybe there were blood stains at that time.

Sure enough, the next thing the people outside found out: "Why is there a blood mark under the wooden box?" Push it out and take a look! ”

Minna clenched her wand again.

(I'll try to speed things up a bit...... By the way, this book will be on the shelves next month, so save up this month's pink votes and prepare to vote for the legendary book lovers, please vote for other books you like. ）