Chapter 3: Little Greenskin, Big Captain
"Your promise means nothing to me. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 "The pirate captain - it's only been a few minutes, Harvey has forgotten the name of the goblin - said in his narrow, ridiculously shrill voice, "As a pirate, it's not good to be able to rob things, but to be able to exchange them for money and spend them safely. Obviously, I am such a professional pirate, even if I am surrounded by a group of naval groups, I can escape without any problems. But you, obviously like a pig waiting to be slaughtered, can still take it for granted that you have everything under control, I wonder, are you the kind of guy who has gone from one victory to another all his life, and never knows what defeat is? Does such a thing really exist in the world? ”
In the face of this questioning, Harvey really has nothing to refute, on the one hand, he is a pure soldier and is not very good at verbal skills, and secondly, he has indeed experienced many failures, some even fiasco, otherwise he would not have left the glorious Iron Eagle Legion and stayed in a miscellaneous special service fleet.
As he spoke, the goblin had already beckoned the crew to come to the double-headed eagle banner, "Is this your family coat of arms?" I can use it to scrub my deck, or drape it over you, depending on whether it's open or silent. Presumably, its glory is more important to you than gold or your own life, but there is no need to hide the glory from others, does it? ”
"Empire." Harvey said calmly with his eyes closed. At least let you know at the hands of whom.
The goblins were a little confused, "Empire? What empire? I've only heard that there are seven kingdoms of mankind, and there are no empires for a long time. ”
"An empire is an empire, the only empire of mankind." Feeling that his strength was slowly recovering, there was no need for Harvey to remain silent to maintain his strength, "If you hang it on the highest position of the mast and bow down to it, I will consider sparing your life." ”
"The empire of mankind?" The goblin seemed to be struggling to hold back a laugh, "Emperor Soladin? The Arathi Empire? Did you travel here two or three thousand years ago? So this thing under my feet is the legendary time machine? ”
"No, that's a gravity umbrella, you can understand it as a flying tool." Harvey wasn't sure if the word gravity had come into existence in such a backward world.
As a result, the goblin's reaction surprised Harvey a little, "A flying machine with the principle of anti-gravity? Sure enough, it's a dwarf-style thing, as flashy as ever, isn't it, it's falling, right? If you want to fly into the sky again in the future, remember to buy rocket boots and rocket backpacks produced by our goblins, gunpowder technology is the most mature, understand? ”
The amount of information contained in this sentence is a bit large, Harvey couldn't help but think, it seems that the previous information was wrong, and the level of science and technology in this world is definitely not only the level of the early stage of gunpowder. Of course, after all, it was a few wizards who used prophetic witchcraft to reach a conclusion across the boundaries of the world, and it is understandable that there would be some errors, and the real accurate information still has to send scouts to take a look.
While thinking about it, Harvey couldn't help but take a closer look at the species called the goblin, and compared it to the fart spirit of the green-skinned orcs in his memory.
You must know that although the Empire's individual aircraft is also commonly known as a rocket backpack, it is actually a turbine engine as the core of the machine, and it is only named a rocket because of its conspicuous tail flame. It's the green-skinned jetpack that is propelled with gunpowder. Not only does this goblin look like a fart spirit, but even the technology is so similar, which really makes Harvey have a very bad association. If there really were greenskins in this world, it would not be good news, and the amount of work required to bring this planet into the empire was a hundredfold higher.
Harvey's scrutinizing gaze caused a lot of displeasure among the goblins, but before he could speak, Harvey preemptively asked, "Is there any other race in this world that is also green-skinned?" ”
"The world...... Are you still from another world? Are you really human? The goblin couldn't help but lean his face closer and observe it closely, "If you want to talk about the green race, there really is such a one, have you heard of trolls?" ”
"Nope." Harvey couldn't help but be a little curious. You can't know a race just by a word.
"Then you're lucky that I happen to have a troll on my ship to satisfy your curiosity. I wonder what you're willing to pay for this? Goblin said.
Harvey regained his silence, and in a moment he regained his mobility, and he had time to dismantle the entire ship and scrutinize it planks one by one.
Suddenly, from the direction under Harvey's feet, at the top of the mast, there was a shout, "Captain, there is a ship!" Navy! ”
All at once the whole ship was blown up, everyone was busy, and the goblin didn't bother to bother Harvey, he screamed and gave a series of commands, looked up in the direction of the lookout on the top of the mast, took out the binoculars and ran back to the stern where the rudder was.
Harvey was an infantryman, and he couldn't understand how the sailors on this classical sail wooden ship were organized and operated, and at first glance he only felt like a swarm of ants running around without a head, but it didn't take long for him to feel the organization and order in this chaos, as if everyone had a clear division of labor, and they would soon be in place at the first order, and the sailors' movements seemed to be quite skillful, many of them climbed the masts on the cables and masts like monkeys, and in a matter of minutes they replaced the sails he had broken before, and repaired the gaps in the deck. One cannon after another tore off the tarpaulin, and large barrels of gunpowder and piles of shells were brought up from the lower deck and stacked next to the gun emplacements.
Harvey was happy that no one cared about him, he could feel that the maintenance scarab inside his body was working in an orderly manner, and his body functions were about to recover, so it was better not to be disturbed until then. However, the current situation is that he has encountered a naval battle, and the other party seems to be a professional navy, and it is estimated that the combat power is stronger than the pirate ship he is in, and it may be a little dangerous to bombard it with artillery fire, although Harvey has an invulnerable steel body, but it is limited to cold weapons and individual guns wielded against the power of mortals, and it will probably fall apart if it is smashed by a solid iron ball weighing more than ten pounds.
The waiting process was a little boring, and although the atmosphere became very tense, there was no roar of artillery fire after waiting for a long time. Harvey knew that the pace of naval battles was very slow, and it might take hours or even days for two warships in the vast universe to find each other and enter each other's range, and if it was a chase battle, the process would probably take many times longer. Although the area of engagement is very narrow, the speed of the ship is as slow as a turtle, and the relative speed between the two ships is generally only two or three knots, and if one side makes up its mind to escape, the chase before the battle will be quite long.
Harvey was sure that he would be able to kill all the pirates on board and take the ship before the navies could catch up. As a Marine officer in a fleet, Harvey also has quite outstanding experience in jumping gangs and seizing ships, and there have been many battles from the bow to the stern to fight a grand slam.
The lookout on top of the mast shouted again, "The enemy ships are accelerating, they have wizards!" ”
Some sailors couldn't help but shout: "Captain, their ship is not as big as ours, let's turn around and go back to do his vote!" ”
"If you want to turn around and do a vote, I can give him a lifeboat. How many times have I said that the business of killing heads is rushed to do, and no one is doing the business of losing money. What is there to grab on a naval ship? Are you going to grab a GI and go back to warm up the bed? The goblin screamed as he took the helm.
"But they're too fast, we can't get rid of them."
"Don't worry boys, they have wizards, don't we? Whoever dares to have an opinion will be a sacrifice to me in a moment! The goblin shouted viciously.
It seemed like a serious threat, and everyone kept their mouths shut.
Harvey has gained a lot of extraneous meanings, not only are there many inhuman intelligent races in this world, but even wizards are so common, not only on the warships of the navy, but also on pirate ships, which makes a space pirate in the empire who has an empty spaceship but is not worthy of the navigator and the star whisperer.
Looking around, Harvey found that there was only one person who had nothing to do like himself on the deck, and that was the adolt with a pale and unhealthy face, so he beckoned, "You, come here." "The man's name, Harvey, has also been forgotten.
As a senior veteran officer, Harvey spoke with a strong commanding spirit even if he didn't have any tone, and the obscene adjutant must have been accustomed to it, even if it was a prisoner's greeting, he immediately let him run over, nodded and said, "What do you command?" ”
Harvey pointed above the mast, "Raise me a little higher." "Anyway, being idle is idle, it's better to see how the battles in this era of this world are fought. The ship has a towering bow and stern in front and behind, and you have to be a little higher to see the ship chasing behind.
The man then turned the winch to lift Harvey up, but he stopped for a long time and asked, as if he had just reacted, "What good can I get by helping you like this?" ”
"When I do it later, I'll just spare your life." Harvey said impatiently.