Chapter 145: Acting as a double reed
The Black Pearl, Barbossa dreamed of getting the Black Pearl.
Napoleon said: A soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and in the same way, for pirates, a pirate who does not want to be a captain is not a good pirate.
A good pirate, Barbossa spends his days peeking at the Black Pearl, a legendary pirate ship.
The so-called legendary level is because the Black Pearl is very famous among pirates, simply put, this ship is more famous than other pirate ships.
And there are only three legendary-level pirate ships in the entire pirate world, namely: the Black Pearl, the Flying Dutchman, and the Queen Anne's Revenge.
Among them, the Black Pearl is known for its speed, and it is said that no ship in the ocean can catch up with the Black Pearl.
So Barbossa, who aspires to become the greatest pirate king, naturally wants to drive Captain Jack away and snatch his Black Pearl.
"Is there any way you can help me." Barbossa's heart was moved, and Chen Xu's words successfully ignited his ambition.
"Help you get rid of Captain Jack and gain the loyalty of the sailors on the entire Black Pearl." Chen Xu said in a seductive tone, his magic power unconsciously emanated, affecting Barbossa.
Of course, he will not touch the heart of Barbossa's memory and provoke a counterattack from that force, he will only exert influence on Barbossa on a very shallow level and influence his judgment.
The advantage of this effect is that it does not cause alarm and backlash, and the disadvantage is that the effect is not very strong and cannot sway the mind.
"How." Barbossa asked in a deep voice, and at the same time he raised his hand and attacked the corpse demon's body, but this time his thin sword did not have that power attached to it.
Chen Xu immediately understood that he was making a joke, and immediately controlled the corpse demon to get up and fight with Barbossa.
So, on the battlefield, Barbossa and the corpse demon you go back and forth. The fight was very exciting, but the battle situation of the two people showed a stalemate.
"Quite simply, my corpse demon is spreading a plague ......."
"What, the plague."
Before Chen Xu could finish his words, Barbossa interrupted Chen Xu's words with a shocked expression.
"It's a very common plague." Chen Xu directly told Chen Xu about the effect of the plague.
He didn't need to scare Barbossa with the plague at this time. Because the two of them are collaborators.
Chen Xu believes that Barbossa will not refuse his request, and for a person like Barbossa who is unwilling to surrender to the feet of others, it is not a very embarrassing thing to collude with external forces to kill his captain.
Judging from the fact that Barbossa and Captain Jack are still together, and from the fact that Captain Jack has not become a sissy, from these two points, Chen Xu understands. The plot of Pirates of the Caribbean has not officially begun, that is, Captain Barbossa has not betrayed Captain Jack yet.
However, he believes that the plot is brewing, and what he does is to become a catalyst to catalyze the plot.
Hearing Chen Xu say that this plague will only make people's hands and feet weak and dizzy. Barbossa was relieved.
No one wants to sit and negotiate with a plague that plays with something as terrible as the Black Death, because fear will weigh on the desire for profit.
"You can wait for the plague to work, and then come and play a play with me, a play that shows your bravery, your kindness to the pirates, and of course, Captain Jack, as a supporting character, should also come, shouldn't he?"
"Yes." Barbossa smiled. He had a happy smile on his face and a glint of excitement in his eyes, and that was because he was about to acquire the legendary pirate ship, the Black Pearl.
And he himself will replace Captain Jack as the pirate king of the Caribbean, and he will lead his pirates to rob others freely.
"I swear. I will surely rob many treasures, I will surely become the most famous pirate king, and I will surely make people tremble when they hear my name Barbossa. ”
Barbossa swore in his heart, swore for the opportunity that was coming.
"Before that, of course. You need to tell me where your strength comes from. Chen Xu asked.
"Don't you know?" Barbossa was curious, "When it comes to the source of power, you wizards should know best. ”
"I don't know." Chen Xu said frankly, "It's because I don't understand that I need to ask you." ”
"From faith." Barbossa explained to Chen Xu.
Soon, Chen Xu understood the source of this power.
As Chen Xu thought, this power comes from faith, belief in oneself, which is the so-called faith.
More specifically, it is humility, honor, sacrifice, valor, mercy, faith, honesty, and justice.
These eight beliefs are the eight creeds of knights, and every knight will choose one of them to specialize, of course, knights are not only these, other things such as faith, love, friendship, and family affection are also in the faith.
When a knight chooses a certain belief to specialize, a magical power is generated, and this power is the source of the knight's power.
In the past, knights were exclusive to nobles and the Holy See, and there were very few commoners, let alone sinners such as pirates, who could hardly have the power of knights.
But with the Renaissance, the secrets of knightly power were cracked, and various beliefs such as ambition, greed, arrogance, and depravity were derived.
This completely opposite belief was cultivated with the same power cultivated by the creeds of seniors, honor, sacrifice, and valor, and after that, the knightly system completely collapsed.
Warriors, pirates, thieves and other professions flourished.
To some extent, the collapse of the chivalric system was the main culprit that led to the collapse of theocracy, and although the Holy See succeeded in declaring the practice of ambition, greed, arrogance, and other beliefs as artificial heresy, it could not prevent the decline of theocracy.
That's why people like Barbossa have that power.
"I didn't expect the knight to have this level of strength." Chen Xu muttered.
His understanding of knights is still at the level of Don Quixote, and the knightly power of this plane has subverted his understanding of knights and redefined knights, a profession that can compete with mages in Western fantasy novels.
From Barbossa's mouth, he learned that a powerful knight could easily crush even a few hundred ordinary civilians, which could be called a bloody steamroller.
This is why since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has been suppressing wizards. Until now, the hole cards that simply drove wizards out of the continent are located.
"The power of faith, belief in yourself." Chen Xu's heart turned rapidly, "This power, for Thunder and them, is simply a tailor-made power system. ”
Chen Xu wanted to get the cultivation method of this power, and immediately said, "I want this cultivation method. ”
"The practice is very simple, first major in one or more beliefs. Then ....... Barbossa spoke eloquently and told the secret of the knight's practice.
To put it simply, if you want to become a knight, you need two conditions, one is a strong body, and the other is a strong will.
People who don't have a strong body. It is impossible to activate the power of faith, and in the same way, a person who does not have a firm will, on the path of a knight, at most to a low-level knight, even if his body is strong.
Strong body, needless to say. Thunder's body is already so strong that it is inhuman, as for the firm will, Chen Xu has never seen a stronger will than Thunder so far.
No matter what kind of injury he receives, no matter what kind of pain he receives, Thunder can't even scream, and as for Chen Xu, Immorton, and Hell Wizards, they are cheating, because they block the pain with magic.
However, Barbossa only had the cultivation method of a mid-level knight in his hands. To the high and legendary knightly ranks, he is gone.
Although the Renaissance led to the collapse of the theocracy, the power of the theocracy remained strong, and under their strangulation, a large number of books were destroyed, and very few remained.
After prying the power system out of Barbossa's mouth. Chen Xu and Barbossa, two conspirators, began to wait for the outbreak of the plague.
After about five minutes, the plague finally broke out, striking the pirates on the decks of the East India Company's ships. Suddenly, I felt weak in my limbs, dizzy and dizzy, and my whole person lost my combat effectiveness.
However, the sailors opposite them were no better, and the sailors of the East India Company also put down their knives and fell to the ground in a strange posture.
The sailors and pirates who were at war entered a state of relative peace.
"The plague has come into play." Chen Xu passed his words through his heart and will, "It's time to perform." ”
Barbossa's face changed, and the thin sword in his hand pointed at the corpse demon, "Evil wizard, what have you done. ”
As soon as these words came out, Barbossa was like a messenger of justice, questioning the evil demon, as holy as he wanted.
He had a loud voice and attracted the attention of many pirates and sailors.
"It's just the plague." Chen Xu sneered, and his voice was also very loud, so that most of the people present could hear it.
"What, the plague?" Barbossa's face changed and became ugly, "Hand over the antidote to the plague." ”
"If I don't." Chen Xu indulged in the corpse demon's body and sneered, but because of the corpse demon's ** very stiff relationship, Chen Xu's sneer looked a little hard and ugly.
"If you don't pay it, I'll kill you." Barbossa was so murderous that even Chen Xu had to admit that the future captain of the Black Pearl was very talented in acting.
"Call your captains." Chen Xu suddenly spoke.
If you want to brush Barbossa's reputation, how can you not step on Captain Jack, anyway, Captain Jack will be driven off the Black Pearl by Barbossa sooner or later, he just takes the opportunity to push the plot.
"What do you want to do?" Barbossa was righteous, "The captain is in command heroically behind, and it is enough for me to have me." ”
The pirates in the back all looked a little unsightly.
Barbossa's words are openly praising Jack and secretly stepping on Jack, implying that everyone is fighting to death in front, but he is hiding alone in the back.
To put it nicely, it is to command, and to put it badly, it is greedy for life and afraid of death.
"What, a coward?" Chen Xu sneered: "What else is a coward going to be the captain of the Black Pearl, why don't you be the captain of the Black Pearl." ”
"Who will be the captain of the Black Pearl, it has nothing to do with you, you hand over the antidote." Barbossa became more and more righteous and awe-inspiring, and more and more considerate of the pirates, "As long as you remove the plague, I can make my own decisions and let your East India Company people leave." ”
Originally, this thing was not in accordance with the rules, but if it was to save most of the pirates on the Black Pearl, not only would no one say that he broke the rules, but would be grateful to him, because people are selfish.
"Call your Captain Jack out." Chen Xu still clung to this sentence.
Barbossa hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes." (To be continued......)