Chapter 26: Why do we need to care about the means to achieve the end?

On the sea, the schooner at Gloria's feet was fleeing all the way north, and the Luna had already crossed the mountain, and the black barrel was aiming for adjustment.

Only two cannon shots were heard, and the two small sampans that had been drawing them over were torn apart.

No matter how fast the schooner went, Gloria knew she couldn't outrun the Luna.

Behind him, the Luna was getting closer and closer to him, and even though the crew had thrown boxes of silver out of the cabin of the spoils of their trip, although the speed of the ship's escape had increased, it still did not help.

Just two hours later, the Luna behind them finally came to their port side, and the Luna opened fire. After several rounds of shelling, the delicate schooner finally completed her final voyage, broke apart and sank to the bottom.

Gloria fell into the water, her expression still in disbelief, but the anger in her heart was gone, replaced by apathy and numbness.

At this moment, countless images flashed in front of her eyes, when she was a child, under the tall astronomical telescope, looking at the magnificent stars in the sky through the observation port.

She saw her grandfather, her father, her mother, and her sister, who looked exactly like her but was five years younger than herself. She saw herself as a pirate, attacking merchant ships and plundering ports with hundreds of men. The picture flashed, back to the present, she saw that she was betrayed by her own crew, and her ship was actually firing at herself.

Eventually, Gloria saw herself caught by the Church and wanted to burn and hang herself on blasphemous charges.

It is you, a heretic, who openly despise the world created by God, that you try to solve the world in another way, and it is unforgivable. You have been a pirate and have died until today, all because of your contempt for theocracy, and you have killed yourself!"

Gloria, who was silent in the water, heard this accusatory remark, and began to struggle hard, fluttering, and justifying: "No, I have done nothing wrong, I believe in only the truth of science!

Eventually, his eyes began to blur, like a mist in front of his eyes, and after a long time, the fog began to dissipate, and his vision became clearer and clearer.

When he woke up from the dream, in front of him, there was a sparkling lake and the dream witch sitting on the lake embankment, the illusion in his mind dissipated, and Lin Jue finally remembered his own name.

When Lin Jue woke up, it was already night. When he woke up, his mind was a mess, not only because he had just experienced a person's dreams and emotions, but also because he didn't know what to do with the notorious pirate.

After learning that he had actually rescued a pirate, Lin Jue's mood was very complicated, being deceived by this pirate was still a trivial matter, in any case, he wanted to explore whether it was appropriate to keep this pirate in the Orlante Kingdom, he didn't know if Gloria would threaten the security of the Orlante Kingdom.

The next step is to leave this legendary pirate alone, expel her, or recruit An, and after learning her identity, you must make a plan.

Because tomorrow is the day when the fleet sets sail for the Eastern Continent, since we only learned the news tonight, then we have to deal with this matter tonight.

Until now, the current Lin Jue knew very well that after learning some of Gloria's memories, and seeing that she really just wanted to stay quietly in Snow Peak Village now, he was sure that Gloria would not do anything to threaten the Orlante Kingdom.

Thinking that he needed to build a navy in three years, in addition to warships, he also needed a commander who could command a fleet, and now there was a perfect candidate in front of him, and he had to work hard to fight for it.

The idea of recruiting a legendary pirate naturally came to his mind.

Hence the next series of events, and now the negotiation dialogue. But looking at the current situation, Lin Jue may not be so easy to persuade Gloria to join his team.

Lin Jue sighed softly and said, "Then Miss Gloria, can I understand it like this, if I hadn't saved you in the first place, you would be dead now." Are you so straightforward to refuse the invitation of your savior?"

Gloria frowned, her expression was a little incredulous, and she was also a little disgusted: "Lord Lin, are you planning to repay the favor?"

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "To be honest, Miss Gloria, I understand your personality, and I have many ways to force you to join my team, but only the method of Narrow Entu is the only way that can make you accept and not let you get out of anger." ”

Gloria said coldly, "Are you going to threaten me?"

Lin Jue sighed softly: "If you are not willing to join my team, then I can only arrest you, I can't let a famous pirate run wild on the land of this country." ”

After a moment of silence, Gloria smiled: "Your soldiers are all a hundred yards away, it will take at least twenty seconds to get here, I think these twenty seconds are enough for me to control you." As long as you are controlled, it may not be difficult to get out of here safely. ”

Hearing this, a layer of flames erupted from Phoenix's body, and the magic power gathered in her palm, and sneered: "Dare to say this in front of me, you can try what you can do in twenty seconds?"

Rommel and four other sailors took on a fighting stance and confronted Phinex. To Lin Jue's surprise, a sailor on the opposite side was actually a magician, his whole body was covered under a black robe, his magic power gathered into a black mist, and there was a faint feeling of spatial fluctuations, it seemed that he was the space magician who transferred the official silver of the Silver Casting Division.

Lin Jue waved his hand and said, "Don't be so tense, Miss Gloria, didn't I say it? Phinex, take the spell away. ”

Fenix snorted, withdrew the magic, and sat aside.

Several sailors also withdrew their fighting posture and stood on guard.

Lin Jue said helplessly: "I say, Miss Gloria, are you willing to stay here like this and survive? As far as I know, after this rebellion, at least forty sailors loyal to you have died, don't you want to avenge them?"

Hearing this, Gloria was stunned, and after a moment was surprised: "How do you know so clearly?"

Lin Jue didn't explain to her, but said: "Miss Gloria, join my team and work for me for ten years, and in these ten years, I promise you that you will be given the command of a large fleet, and you can command the fleet to avenge you after work." Ten years from now, if you don't want to continue to lead the fleet, you can still go back here if you want, build a small building, observe the sky, observe the stars, and discover the truth. ”

"But I think I need to remind you that you're still a pirate, and there's no such thing as pie. If you want to get the protection of the Orlante Kingdom, if you want to clear all the charges, and live quietly in one place, even if you have a good calculation, you can't pay nothing, right?"