Chapter 1: Two Pirates
The air was filled with the smell of dampness, and dozens of wooden ships of various sizes were moored on the shore of the harbor not far away, and many guys with sailors' turbans wrapped in their heads were barking and shuttling like ants.
In a short time, all the stolen goods were carried away or sold out, and the pirates swaggered into the harbor town to enjoy the joy of drunken dreams and death.
This is the port of Tulouis, a notorious pirate harbor and a great place for pirates to sell their stolen goods.
Located in the southern part of the western continent, Port Tulouis has several direct trade routes to all sides, and countless black-hearted merchants who are interested in profit are squatting here.
Whenever a ship with a skeletal black flag is moored, it will surround it like a fishy cat, collect all the valuable and good things at a low price, and then go inland and sell them at a high price.
It is forbidden for pirates to raid in Port Tulouis, this is the rule of all pirates, after all, if the merchants are plundered here, then they will not come again, and if the merchants do not come, who will the pirates sell their stolen goods to?
Not far away, there was the chirping of seagulls, and the sea breeze blew, with a salty smell, tearing apart the chirping of seagulls and spreading far away.
By the way, there was the singing voice of two fellows lying on the beach, dressed in tattered clothes, leaning against the sand, cursing a few words from time to time.
It seems that they have not reaped any good of this voyage, for the executioners, who have returned with a load of silver, are now enjoying the sweetness of rum and the heat of women in the town of Port Tulouis, and no one will be bored enough to lie on the beach and sing.
"We are pirates, ferocious pirates,
In his left hand, he holds a wine bottle and in his right hand a jewel.
We are pirates, pirates with skill,
Beautiful girl, come to my arms.
We are pirates, pirates of freedom,
Under the banner of skeletons, they work hard to survive.
We are pirates, pirates without tomorrow,
There is no end to it, wandering pirates..."
The two singing bearded men didn't notice that under a coconut tree not far from the beach, a boy was looking at them with blazing eyes.
The boy was dressed in linen, and held a large coconut in his hand, and a hollow stem of an unknown plant was inserted into it, and the boy sucked vigorously and hiccuped contentedly.
The boy looked at the boats swaying with the sea on the shore not far away, and at the boundless vastness of the sea, and there was a look of yearning in his eyes.
His name is Andy, at least for the past ten years, he is called that.
Andy sniffled, picked up a few coconuts tied to wooden ropes, and walked over to the two fierce guys.
"Oh, what did I see! a little yellow guy with black hair and black eyes!"
A strong man who was singing was very vigilant, Andy had just walked a few steps when he noticed him, he poked his partner who was basking in the sun next to him, and shouted, "Des, look! It's an Oriental!"
Des was clearly impatient, he was in a bad mood, and it stands to reason that he should be enjoying the rum right now instead of watching the sea and singing.
Des glanced up at Andy and yelled, "Boy, you'd better stay away from here, or watch your ass!" John, let him get out of here. ”
"That's rude! I don't think you're going to have a deal with a child. ”
Andy yelled and threw the coconut in his hand.
John caught the coconut, looked at it, and found that it was very fresh, and with a light poke of his fingers, he poked a big hole in the hard coconut shell, and took a sip vigorously, smashing it and smashing it, "It's really boring, it's still rum to my appetite!"
"Boy, what are you doing here, aren't you afraid of being caught and sold by us?
John looked at Andy, who had already walked over, and his harmless appearance made him relax slightly.
Sea slag is a word among pirates that refers to those who trade human slaves at sea.
Although there are also yellow people on the western continent, most of them are in the north and east of the continent, and the number is very small, and most of them are merchant ships or pirates.
The world is dominated by oceans, with tens of thousands of small islands and four continents, and ships are used to travel between them.
This led to the birth of an enticing profession in this world, and that is piratery.
Pirates are not specifically those who plunder merchant ships, because there are countless treasures in the seas, and many people go out to sea to explore and hunt for treasures, but what they get is not handed over to the Empire, which makes the Empire angry and calls all private armed ships that are not naval and registered merchant ships pirate ships.
"I am from Port Tulouis, not sold. ”
Andy said, suddenly laughing.
"Are you the sailors of the big ship, why don't you go drinking, are you being punished by the captain for being lazy?"
John's face turned red, and he felt that he was being taunted by the little man in front of him, "It turned out to be someone from the pirate port, you little guy underestimated us, we hunted a gray whale in the endless sea under the leadership of the great captain!"
"Gray whales, they're big, aren't they? I've heard that whales are big. ”
Andy had a look of surprise in his eyes and a little excitement in his tone.
"Of course, little one, you'll never imagine how big it is!" John spread his hand and looked exaggerated, "The gray whale we hunted is nearly twenty meters long, nearly thirty tons!"
The average gray whale is only about ten meters, and the big guy of twenty meters is likely to be a quasi-legendary one-star sea beast.
The pirate ships that can hunt and kill quasi-legendary one-star sea beasts are not unknown.
It's just that Andy doesn't know the ship not far away, there is no flag on the ship, and the bow portrait with the carved name and identity symbolic is on the other side, and Andy can't see it clearly.
"Thirty tons?" Andy's eyes widened, "How long will it take to finish eating?"
"Hey, who told you it was for food?"
Des couldn't lie down anymore, and it seemed that chatting and bragging with this little guy who had never seen the market was also a good pastime.
"Maybe the rich aristocrats are a little perverted and like to eat this stinking thing, but it's the greedy alchemists who like it the most! The old ones like demons, the oil, bones, fish skins and even the undead can be transformed into all sorts of magical things in the hands of alchemists. ”
"So, you're selling for a fortune?"
Andy obviously knew what an alchemist was, so he didn't ask much.
"Well, of course, our Goddess of Despair is the most rewarding of all ships! Since you're from Port Tulouis, hey, boy, you've heard of the Goddess of Despair, and you ought to know that greedy old Brin, right?"
"Of course I know that he is an alchemist of Port Tulouis, a very powerful character. ”
Andy glanced at the two big men, and then looked at the big ship parked not far away, the excitement in his eyes was even stronger, the famous Goddess of Despair was the pirate ship that could be called in this stormy sea.
Andy, who wants to be a pirate, has set his sights on this ship, and he wants to be a part of this ship!
"Hehe, we slaughtered him so badly that our captain sold the big whale for two hundred gold coins, and the old fellow promised to make a bow portrait of us out of a whale skull for free!
Two hundred gold coins are only a fraction, and the real price is the bow statue.
Everything that an alchemist makes has a mysterious ability.
"Three gold coins, that's a lot!"
For example, in the largest pirate bar in Port Louis, the cheapest and most sold rum is only a copper coin for a large glass.
And the most beautiful and sensual woman in the pirate brothel of Port Tulouis can willingly spread her graceful legs with just a silver coin.
"Since you've made such a big gain, why don't you go to the bar and drink?
"Our brother has gone to the harbor town to buy supplies, and Des and I are just here watching our darling, and it won't be long before the boatswain will be bringing a few barrels of rum and roasted golden meat, and we'll have enough to drink on board!"
John and Des were not very lucky, and became part of the ship, they could not go to the town to have fun, but they would get some preferential treatment elsewhere.
Andy knew what the baby in John's mouth was, which was the behemoth tens of meters moored not far away, the Goddess of Despair.
Brigs range in length from twenty to fifty meters, and this Goddess of Despair is clearly the big one, not even inferior to the average three-masted galleon.
The pirates always see that there is always something going on, so they will keep a safe distance when mooring their ships, but there will still be some people left behind to watch the work they depend on for survival.
Although there are only two people on the beach, I am afraid that there are several such guys on the boat.
"Can I join you? I yearn for an adventurous life at sea. ”
Andy thought for a moment and said tentatively.
"You, little one, tell me how old you are?"
Des laughed, he was as strong as a bull, and his palm as big as a fan pinched Andy's thin arm, "I can't see it, it looks thin, but it's a little strong." ”
"I'm sixteen years old, and I'm already a young man. ”
Andy said firmly.
"Sixteen years old, it's not too young, I seem to be on the boat at about this age, twenty years in the blink of an eye!"
As if thinking of something, John sighed and said to Andy, "Go back, pirates don't look imposing. ”
Andy stood up, looked at the endless blue sea, felt the tenderness of the sea breeze on his body, and took a deep breath.
Maybe it was Andy's temperament that infected Des, he thought about it and said to Andy.
"Tomorrow the Goddess of Despair will recruit sailors in the town, you can go and check it out, but don't get your hopes up, the Goddess of Despair, it's not something that can be climbed casually. ”