Chapter 11: Kill the thief and seize the ship
87_87057Bai Qi slept until the afternoon, when he was woken up by the slave girl pushing the door, and the slave girl who delivered the meal this time was still the one at noon.
Bai Qi got up from the bed, took the wet cloth handed by the slave girl, wiped his face, and asked, "Where is the ship?" β
The slave girl whispered, "I just entered the Suluo River from the Sumy River. β
The Sumy River is the great river east of the city of Sumea, and it is one of the tributaries of the Sura River.
Bai Qi nodded, and was about to eat, but found that the slave girl was a little speechless, as if she had something to say.
Bai Qi asked, "Is there anything wrong with you?" β
The slave girl looked very hesitant, her hands tightly twisted together, and the hard Cheng dΓΉ made her knuckles a little white.
Bai Qi just looked at him and didn't urge, and after about ten seconds, the slave girl seemed to have made up her mind, raised her head and said to Bai Qi: "Your Excellency, you run away, they will snatch your things and then kill you." β
Bai Qi frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Are you saying that the captain and crew of this ship are all robbers?" β
The slave girl said, "No, but they often kill rich and single guests like you, and now the boat has just entered the Suo Luo River, which is not far from the river, and you can sneak off the boat and swim to the shore." β
Bai Qi nodded, and asked again, "Do you know that there are other powerful warriors on this ship besides the captain?" β
The slave girl nodded and said, "The first mate, the second mate, and the boatswain are all very powerful warriors. β
Bai Qi frowned and said, "I'm asking about the Chosen Warrior, is there anyone else besides the captain?" β
The slave girl shook her head and said, "No." β
Bai Qi nodded and said with a smile: "I know, thank you." β
The slave girl lowered her head a little shyly and frightened, bent down and saluted, and left in a panic.
After the slave girl left, Bai Qi ate unhurriedly, wiped his mouth, and then walked out of the cabin slowly.
Coming to the plywood, the scenery on the river made Bai Qi take aback, only to see a vast blue wave, which actually gave people a feeling that they couldn't see the edge at a glance.
Although the Sumei River was wide before, it was only three or five hundred meters, and Bai Qi couldn't visually detect how wide the wide water area in front of him was.
At this time, the boat had just entered the Suo Luo River, and was sailing along the south bank of the river, looking north, only the silhouette of the opposite bank could only be seen in the shadow, the river was slow, and the flow was almost invisible.
At this time, it was ten o'clock in the evening, the sun was setting, standing at the stern of the boat and looking west, the blue waves were all dyed golden by the sunset, the golden scales were shining, and the beauty made people's hearts tremble.
Bai Qi stood at the stern of the boat and quietly looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him, and after a long time, he sighed.
At this time, the splint was no longer as busy as when the anchor was first lifted, and Bai Qi walked slowly towards the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back.
Perhaps he had already entered the Suluo River, and the sailors no longer concealed it, and many people pointed at him.
The bow of the cargo ship is raised high, and the main rudder that controls the direction of navigation is on the bow, and it is the first mate who controls the main rudder.
The captain stood beside the first mate with his pipe in his mouth, quietly looking out at the water ahead, and at his feet, against the side of the ship, rested a bronze heavy axe.
The captain looked not young, Bai Qi guessed that he should be over forty years old, bald, black and thick beard, not tall, but very strong, the arms exposed outside the clothes were extremely thick, with a pair of unwavering eyes, very in line with the image of the captain in Bai Qi's heart.
Bai Qi passed through the plywood and came to the bow of the ship, and was about to board the high bow when a sailor stopped him and said very unceremoniously: "Boy, this is not the place for you to come. β
Bai Qi didn't argue with him either, he took a step back and shouted to the captain, "Your Excellency, I heard that you like the weapons I sent, so you brought something better, please take a look at it, Your Excellency." β
The captain didn't look back and said, "Kill him!" β
When the sailor heard this, he sneered, reached out to draw the short knife hanging on his waist, Bai Qi sighed, raised his right hand high, held it in the void, and a big sword appeared in his hand out of thin air, a faint blood-colored flame suddenly rose on his right arm, and the big sword slashed down at the sailor's head with a terrible wind.
With a tingling sound of sharp blades slashing bones, the great sword slashed through the sailor's left shoulder and slashed out from his right side, splitting the man in half.
The blood-colored flames rising from Bai Qi's right arm made the cruel smiles of all the sailors freeze on their faces.
The captain, who had not looked back, also turned around suddenly and looked at Bai Qi in disbelief.
With a sneer on the corner of his mouth, Bai Qi slowly walked up to the bow of the boat with a blood-dripping orc decapitation sword.
The captain hurriedly bent down to take the heavy axe from the ground, and then said: "Your Excellency, please forgive me for my recklessness, I did not see that you are a Chosen Warrior, and I think you are not willing to fight with another Chosen Warrior lightly, and I will make amends for my mistakes." β
Bai Qi smiled coldly: "I have always been kind to people and believe in harmony to make money, but I also believe in a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye." He who loves me, I will love him, and he who honors me, I will honor him. In the same way, I will do to him who wants to harm me, and I will kill him who wants to kill me, and I will do the same to you, since Your Excellency wants to rob me of my goods and take my life. β
Bai Qi's words made the captain's face extremely ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I just don't want to start a battle with another Chosen Warrior, do you think I'm afraid of you?" Okay, then let me see if your sword is as sharp as your mouth. β
After saying that, he roared wildly and rushed towards Bai Qi, the bronze heavy axe was raised high, and slashed towards Bai Qi with the momentum of Mount Tai.
Bai Qi flipped his left hand, took the shield in his hand, put it on his chest, his legs rose with red flames, kicked the splint violently, and the whole person crashed into the captain's arms like lightning.
If he is really knocked into Bai Qi's arms, the captain's battle axe will fall behind Bai Qi and fall into close combat, Bai Qi's long sword is not good at close combat, but the captain's heavy battle axe is even worse at close combat, and he will fall into passivity.
However, the captain's tomahawk is heavy, and it is most taboo to change his tactics halfway.
Bai Qi forced the captain in a dilemma.
Bai Qi's ability to perceive the battlefield in an instant, grasp the enemy's weaknesses in a reflex, and make targeted tactics is often surprising even for Captain Hank, not to mention this indigenous chosen warrior.
The lesser of two evils, of course the captain didn't dare to let Bai Qi crash into his arms, he could only forcibly change his moves, stop sharply under his feet, forcibly withdraw the tomahawk, and lay it across his chest.
This forcible change of move, coupled with the heavy axe, the captain's movements suddenly became a little scattered and out of shape, and before he could adjust, Bai Qi had already pounced.
When the distance between the two sides was less than two feet, Bai Qi's left arm once again rose into red flames, and the shield shrunk in front of his chest bounced out violently with the sound of the wind.
"Shield Strike".
The shield slammed into the handle of the axe, and then pushed the handle of the axe into the captain's chest. However, after the axe handle blocked, the shield strike has been weakened and has little power.
This shield blow did not seem to cause any damage to the captain, but his already scattered steps were made even more unsteady by this impact, and he staggered back slightly.
Bai Qi immediately stuck to it like a maggot on the tarsal bone, and the decapitating sword in his hand splashed towards the captain like a storm.
The strength of this captain's strength and blood is not as strong as Brightman's, and his combat skills are far from Brightman's family roots, but when it comes to combat experience, it is not comparable to ten Brightman, if Brightman falls into such a violent attack by Bai Qi, it is likely that within three or five swords, he will lose his mind and be killed by Bai Qi seize the opportunity, but although this captain is clumsy left and right, he stubbornly blocked Bai Qi's seventeen swords, until he retreated to the bow of the ship, there was no way to retreat, and Bai Qi broke the defense and slashed his head with a sword.
As soon as the captain died, the crew suddenly had no fighting spirit, in this era of rough combat skills and strength-honored city-states, the Chosen Warrior had the absolute strength to crush ordinary warriors, and in such a narrow place on the ship, a Chosen Warrior could definitely do it with one block ten, or even tens.
Most of the crew members were earthy-colored and trembling, and they didn't know what to do, but a few of them reacted quickly and decisively, turned their heads and jumped off the cargo ship.
However, the first mate who took the lead in jumping ship was shot by Bai Qi with a throwing gun before he even had time to enter the water, and then Bai Qi shot two sailors who jumped in a row, and no one dared to act rashly.
With Bai Qi's words, "If you don't want to die, put down your weapons for me and kneel on the ground." "The ship fell to its knees.
Bai Qi stood at the bow of the ship, glanced at the panicked sailors, and said, "From now on, this ship belongs to me." First mate, stand up. β
No one said anything for a long time, seeing that Bai Qi's brows gradually frowned, a burly man who looked very young stood up, and he said tremblingly: "Pavilion...... Your Excellency, the first mate escaped by jumping into the water, and you have already killed him. β
Bai Qi glanced at him lightly and asked, "Who are you?" β
The young man said in fear: "I am the second officer of this ship. β
Bai Qi nodded, "Very good, from now on you will be the first mate of this ship, now you will immediately send someone to salvage my throwing gun for me." β
The young man immediately said, "Yes, Your Excellency." β
Bai Qi slowly walked down the high bow of the ship, under the bow is the captain's cabin, Bai Qi pushed the door in, this is a three-meter-wide, four-meter-long cabin, with the size of this cargo ship, the space here is already very spacious, there is a small bed, a desk, a cabinet, and that's it.
Bai Qi closed the door and began rummaging through the cabin.
He didn't seem to be at all worried about the rebellion of the crew outside.
He really didn't worry, there were only fifteen or sixteen crew members on this ship, and the rest were all slaves, including three female slaves and twenty oars-rowing slaves, the slaves had no weapons, and their force was almost zero in front of Bai Qi, and four of the fifteen or sixteen crew members were killed by him, leaving only eleven or twelve people, even if they rebelled, they were not his opponents.
As for escape, at this time, the cargo ship is hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest city-state, there are many fish-man tribes distributed along the river, and there are more dangerous creatures living in the forest, even if Bai Qi jumps to the shore, the chance of returning to the city is only half, and the chance of surviving after these ordinary warriors jump into the water is almost zero, which is why only three people jumped into the water to escape after Bai Qi killed the captain. As long as there is no despair, these crew members will definitely not jump ship and run away