The dark clouds in the sky obscured the stars and the moon, and the night was bleak, and no one could see the direction on such a night without the searchlights of the pirate ship. Today's weather was not supposed to be clear, and as the wind grew stronger, a heavy rain seemed inevitable.

Swin and Planck walked five paces away from each other, and both stopped. The surrounding pirates did not continue to shoot, and Swain's crows also flew to the mast of the Vincent, watching the people on deck.

Although pirates have always been synonymous with lawlessness, pirates also have pirate rules, and a prestigious pirate captain like Planck can do everything in pirates, and if he proposes a duel, no one will break the rules.

Although Swain was not short, he was still a little lower than Planck, and Sven's eyes were straight to Planck's beard.

"There's a question I want to ask you," said Sven, "why do you want to plunder this ship? Your men didn't want to spare anyone when they got on board, unlike what you're used to. You've always taken hostages to collect ransom when you rob high-class cruise ships, but today you don't mean that at all. ”

"I know there's no oil or water on this boat, and I'm not afraid to tell you that I know everything about this boat. Planck slung the scimitar to his shoulder, tilted his head, and squinted at Swain, "I've been on this boat for a long time, she's such a beauty, but the name is a little ugly, and it's the same name as my hapless father." ”

"What you want is this boat?"

"Of course, what more could a pirate ask for? good guns, good knives, and countless gold coins, but I want a good ship and a bunch of bad guys. Who can refuse such a temptation, ah—look how fast she runs, my Mingyuan will chase her all afternoon!"

Swain somewhat understood that Planck wanted this Vincent, and he wanted this steamship. The Shadow Sail Pirates have been dominating the sea for more than a hundred years, and their strength is by no means more than three large ships, but if it is about steamships, it is probably difficult for even the most powerful pirates to get them, after all, these steam-powered ships are not like old-fashioned sailing ships that can be built with only a few craftsmen, and if you want to build a large steam ship like the Vincent, in addition to a large number of workers, you need a special shipyard and an abundant supply of steel, as well as mature technology, which the pirates do not have, and it is impossible for them to move a factory back to their old lair。

That's why Planck wanted the Vincent, although the pirates didn't have the technology, but they had the craft, as long as the Vincent was modified, they could turn this high-class cruise ship into a pirate warship full of cannons. Moreover, now is also the best time for them, the Leviathan fleet of the Empire and the Southern Fleet are holding each other down, and no one will have time to care about them pirates.

"I see. Swain nodded, signaling that he had no other questions.

"Boy, I answered a question from you, and now I'm asking you one too, so it should be fair. Planck said that he was now more curious about Swain's identity, he didn't believe what was written on the passenger register, Victor Nol Hex, he had never heard of a great nobleman in the South with the surname Hex, "Who are you? I have answered you very honestly, you better be honest." ”

"Swain Noe Jericho, Earl Midnight. ”

"Swain Noe Jerichault!" Planck exclaimed in small exclamation, rather surprised by the identity of the young man in front of him. Although he was adrift at sea for many years, he was also well informed on land, and of course he had heard of the rebellion raised by Michel VII, Prince of Pritown, to the Empire in order to recover the Midnight Earl.

"It's a surprise. Planck took the scimitar off his shoulder, placed it in front of him, and prepared for a duel, "Alright, now that the questions are all asked, let's get started!"

Swain didn't speak, just stepped out of the way, ready to respond to Planck's attack.

Planck wasn't polite either, the pirate's fight was not courteous, and he lunged at Sven before he could make his pace, swinging his scimitar straight at Sven's neck.

Sven leaned slightly, dodging Planck's knife, he didn't have any weapons in his hands, but he didn't need them either. A black feather floated out of his sleeve and in an instant it turned into a small crow, which clung to Swain's wrist with its claws, as steady as a bracelet on Swain's hand. Although the crow was small, its wings were a meter long with its wings outstretched, and its feathers were as sharp as a blade. Sven grabbed Planck's throat with his backhand, the crow's wings in his hand like sharp blades.

Although he has dominated the sea for more than 20 years, Planck is no longer young, but he still moves flexibly. He dodged Swain as well, except that a strand of his beard had been cut off by a raven's wing.

Planck, who quickly pulled away, glanced at the crow in Swain's hand, and although the light was dim, Planck could still see the unusual luster of the wings, as if they were reflecting the light like metal. The old pirate frowned slightly, it was the first time he had seen someone like Swain, those crows were not only as ferocious as ordinary beasts, but even became a weapon themselves. Planck's scimitar crept against his boot, and after taking a breath, Planck immediately launched a second-round confrontation with Swain.

Sven dodged Planck's blade, he didn't choose to use his body to eat the scimitar's slash, although his body could magically resist damage, but he also felt the strangeness of Planck's scimitar. After several cuts were dodged by Sven, Planck seemed to have lost the patience to continue the temptation, and he seized the opportunity to jerk his gun up and pull the trigger as Swain retreated.

As soon as he took the step, Sven couldn't retract his strength at all, and the bullet hit him right in the chest.

Planck sighed, and in his opinion, Sven, who had been shot in the heart, should be dead.

However, his carelessness almost cost the experienced pirate his life. All the pirates were stunned to see that Sven was shot in the chest without any pause, and he reached out and grabbed Planck by the collar, and another crow flew out of his sleeve and bit Planck's throat.

The sudden attack sent Planck jumping, and Swain grabbed him by the collar, and he couldn't retreat at all. In such a critical situation, Planck's hand was raised almost subconsciously, and he used his left wrist to block the crow's bite that was enough to cut his throat.

Although he didn't bite the intended target, Sven's demon didn't have a soft "mouth" at all, and gnawed Planck's wrist. Planck screamed, and the wound on his wrist was so deep that it could even be bitten.

Fighting through the pain, he swung his knife at Sven's hand that was clutching his collar. Without slashing Swain, Planck slashed the crow that had bitten his left hand in two.

Swain immediately withdrew his hand, he would rather be hit by a bullet than be slashed by the scimitar. Planck had just killed at least dozens of demons with this knife, and he could feel from the feedback from the end of his magic that this knife had a lot of magic power, and it was also a considerable threat to him. However, with all his strength, Planck did not have any magic in him.

Planck raised the scimitar to his mouth, gritted the hilt with his teeth, and his free right hand reached into his pocket and pulled out an orange. The big hand crushed the orange directly, and the fresh juice poured directly onto the wound on the left hand. With his right hand, he took the scimitar again, and now Planck's expression was extremely hideous, he glared at Sven, and said viciously: "Is that all? boy, this is not enough, I am extremely happy now!"

The pirate captain's provocation had no effect, and Swain remained on his defensive foot, waiting for Planck's next attack. Planck also saw that Sven didn't seem to be willing to attack first, preferring to wait for him to attack and then counterattack.

Spat and slashed in the air, Planck didn't immediately attack Swain again. Now he can barely use his left hand, and if he fights Swain again, he will only be at a disadvantage. He slowly moved his steps, going around Swain to find out what was wrong with this guy.

Sven, of course, would not let Planck go around to his side, and Sven kept himself facing Planck while Planck moved.

Planck slowly walked to the edge of the light, and although the searchlights on the three pirate ships were on their dueling arenas, the range of illumination was limited. He stepped into the shadows and unobtrusively pulled out the tin can from his pocket with two fingers.

He threw the scimitar in his hand, and Sven subconsciously turned to dodge the knife that made him feel dangerous, and then two tin cans the size of teacups were thrown at him. After throwing everything in his right hand, Planck immediately took the gun in his left hand with his still strong right hand, aimed at the tin can that was still flying in the air, and slammed the trigger.

Just now Sven was hit by a bullet but nothing happened, which made Planck understand that this person could not be killed by ordinary methods, and he also found that although Swain was not afraid of his bullets, he never dared to take his own knife. Obviously he is not afraid of bullets, why should he be afraid of scimitars, what is his weakness? Planck didn't spend much time carefully verifying, thinking of the way Swain had just blocked the cannonballs with a flock of crows, he quickly made up his mind.

The bullet hit the tin can, and then the two tiny tin cans exploded instantly. These two inconspicuous tin cans were filled with powerful gunpowder, and the explosion was not much weaker than the cannon just now.

The violent explosion sent out a puff of gunsmoke, and the thick gray smoke drifted through Sven's position, and Planck couldn't tell if Sven was dead or alive for a while. And thinking of this weird guy's previous performance, this time Planck didn't dare to be careless, and quietly waited for the smoke to dissipate.

Because of the strong wind in the sea, the smoke and dust that enveloped Swain were quickly blown away by the wind, and when Swain's figure appeared, all the pirates, including Planck himself, couldn't help but gasp.

Standing at the center of the explosion, Sven obviously didn't expect the small tin can to be so powerful, and he didn't have time to summon a flock of crows to block the explosion for him, and ate the huge impact that erupted in an instant. Half of Sven's face was smashed, the arm in front of him was completely blurred with flesh and blood, and there were scattered wounds on his body that had been pierced by the fragments of the iron can, and the whole person was soaked in blood, and the white shirt had already been dyed crimson.

But he was still standing, and one of his still intact eyes was staring coldly at Planck. Ordinary people were blown up head-on, and with this degree of injury, even if they didn't die immediately, they were basically dying, but Sven still moved freely, even if his body had been greatly traumatized, and the wound on his shoulder could clearly see Senbai's shoulder blades, but Sven still didn't fall, and even the uninjured half of his face didn't show any painful look.

"Is that all?" he coldly repeated what Planck had said earlier, and the bloody arm that stood in front of him was lowered. Planck could see clearly that Sven's movements were not sluggish in the slightest, as if he had no pain at all.

Black feathers slowly grew on half of Sven's body that was directly blown up, and even on his face, the blind eye emitted a dark red light, and the whole person became extremely weird.

The pirates couldn't help but back off, and now in their eyes, Sven was not a human at all, no different from those legendary sea monsters. The crow flock that had been perched on the mast also moved again, this time the attack was even more fierce than before, and the pirates did not react immediately, they could only flee on the deck with their heads in their hands.

The dark clouds that had been gathering for a long time finally roared, and the rain fell on Planck's face. The pirate captain was not so frightened by Swain's appearance as his men that he couldn't even lift his gun, he was able to stay in this position for more than twenty years, but not only by virtue of his ferocity, he was the most cunning, cruel, and vicious pirate, the master of the Dark Shadow Sails, Planck Minyuan.

Planck, who was calm, immediately moved, and he endured the pain in his left hand and quickly ran towards the scimitar on the ground. Picking up the scimitar and having a familiar touch in his hand, Planck immediately felt that he had the power to control the life and death of anyone at sea, including the seemingly unkillable Sven Noe Jerichot in front of him.

He raised his scimitar and roared. Slashing down with all his might, this time Sven didn't dodge at all, and to this extent, Sven didn't mind seeing what was so special about this scimitar with strange magical powers.

The scimitar slashed into Sven's shoulder, and the moment the blade touched his flesh, flames ignited on the blade, burning Sven's wounds. Planck's full force didn't hit Swain's shoulder, he broke through his shoulder blade, pressed the blade down, and even cut off two of Sven's ribs, almost chopping off one of Swain's arms.

As the scimitar deepened, the flames on the blade gradually spread, engulfing the upper half of Sven's body in the heat. The black feathers that appeared on Sven's body were also curled by the heat, slowly scorching black, and finally turning to ashes. Sven frowned slightly, he could feel that the life force that the crows had returned to him had decreased, to be precise, the efficiency of absorption had become lower. His demons remained loyal to him as ever, but the flames of the scimitar prevented him from absorbing the life force.

"That's the only way, so you want to kill me!" Swain roared, half of his face covered in black feathers. After the drastic change in his appearance, Planck saw an expression on the man's face for the first time.

With Sven's roar, countless spikes like claws rose from below deck, grabbing the fleeing pirates and impaling them. Planck's heart jumped, and he immediately drew his scimitar and leaped backwards.

The pirate captain's instincts saved his life, and no sooner had he left Swain than a huge claw burst out of the deck from where he had stood, and if he hadn't backed away, he would have been a corpse by now.

Swain's back stretched out huge wings, and the huge black wings stirred up, easily extinguishing the flames on Sven's body.

"We'll say yes," Swain said slowly, walking slowly toward Planck, his white shirt burned to ashes, but the black wings became his new clothes, "and the loser rolls into the water." ”

Planck clenched his teeth, and his face trembled. By now, he had to admit defeat, his opponent was a monster that could not be killed at all, even if he commanded the most powerful pirate fleet in the world, he could not defeat a monster comparable to a sea monster. He decisively left his men behind, and quickly ran to the side of the ship, and when he reached the side of the ship, Planck jumped into the sea without hesitation.

Swain looked coldly at Planck, who had fled in the desert, and did not pursue, or rather, he did not have the strength to pursue for the time being. The scimitar was even more powerful than he had imagined, and if Planck knew how magic could fully use the weapon, the pirate captain would be able to wield enough power against Swain, because the scimitar was made entirely to fight the magician.

Although Sven was no longer able to pursue, his demons still had the strength, and the overwhelming crows surrounded the three pirate ships, constantly biting the pirates on the ships. The crows are not only attacking the pirates, but also destroying the ships, and the huge crows summoned by Swain also rise from the pirate ships, breaking the keel of one of them.

The pirate ship with a broken keel was immediately overwhelmed and sank at a slow pace, and many pirates had to follow their example and jump into the sea to save their lives.

The battle reached such an extent that even the leader ran away, and the rest of the pirates were already frightened by Sven's magic, and the remaining two pirate ships immediately began to flee, fearing the fate of their companions.

The wind and rain are getting stronger, and the rain is mixed with blood and corpses, once again telling the mercilessness of the sea.

After driving all the pirates away from the Vincent, Swain's black feathers slowly faded somewhat. Despite the sheer power of his magic, Planck's scimitar inflicted damage on Sven that he had never suffered before, and after regaining his original form, Sven also hugged his left arm and gasped for air.

And behind him, the two men were looking at Sven, who was almost out of strength.