Chapter Seventy-One: Sail to the Bay of Death

The five of them discussed it together, and thought that it was indeed a bit reluctant for a dozen crew members to drive the Goshawk, and there was a shortage of sailors in many key positions, so they gave up their plans to fight. The Goshawk was still galloping in the wind on the sea, and during www.biquge.info the voyage Nabal took out a large barrel from his captain's quarters, and said to Delacro, "...... Let's move to the stern of the boat......"

When the cooperation was done, Nabal took a long breath and said, "This is something from Gronya, maybe we can use it tonight." ”

"It's so heavy, it can't be a nugget of gold, take this to get rid of the pursuers?" Delacro asked, questioning.

"I don't know...... I heard the captain who gave it to me say that it was a very dangerous thing, and extremely unstable, but it was a good weapon of destruction when used properly, as if it were called a ...... Gunpowder!"

He opened the lid of the barrel and found some black stones, saying, "Fine-quality gunpowder can explode if it collides violently...... Compared to Calradia, which only had flint, Dabaran's things were obviously much more advanced. ”

"Sure enough, I was looking for you...... How can I use them?" asked Barr how to use them, to which Delacro replied, "Unfortunately...... I'm not a professional engineer, and there's no way you're going to have something to make explosives on this ship...... Maybe it will be useful to keep it for now!"

When he was done, Nabal sealed the lid of the barrel and ordered the idle crew to move it to the warehouse on the lower deck, and then decided to take Delacro to the Goshawk's restaurant, and Delacro followed him down the staircase on the main deck to the lower level.

"This is the second deck, where the guys rest, of course, it is impossible to expect a good environment for sailing, only hammocks! There are many shooting ports on the periphery for shooting arrows outward, and the characteristic of our goshawk regiment is a strong crossbow, after my training, my brothers will use excellent military crossbows to shoot in naval battles, which makes up for the shortcomings of the bow that cannot be used in the cabin!"

As Nabal described, this floor was both a place of rest and a bunker for foreign warfare, and Delacro pointed to a door behind the many hammocks and asked, "Inside, that?"

"Emergency passage, in the event of a fierce battle, we can quickly enter the arsenal on the ground floor through the passage. ”

After making sure that Nabal took Delacro to the ground floor, where there were many small rooms, but there were no doors, and in them were placed positioned crossbows and siege bolts thicker than spears, Nabal introduced: "This is the combat position, the partitions on the side of the hull are movable, the goshawk can put away the partitions in battle, and this place can be used as a shooting platform to shoot crossbows through the hull of enemy ships to make them flooded." The main point of attack is on the upper floor, and the innermost part of this floor is the arsenal, let's go and visit it!"

He agreed, and Nabal went to the corner and opened the door, and when Delacro entered, he found that there was a small stairwell, and that there was a staircase that was built repeatedly to make it easier to carry goods, and the two of them passed under the stairs, and Nabal lit an oil lamp at the next door, and said, "When you arrive, there is a storehouse behind the door, divided into three rooms, for weapons, food, and treasure!"

After pushing the door in, he showed Delacro each of the storehouses, the food storehouses for food, fresh water, and wine, the storehouses for spare weapons, crossbows, and arrows, and the trophies storehouses for hoarding treasures, but the contents of the trophies storehouses were pitiful, for which he smiled bitterly: "Before the ship was taken by Severor, it was full of gold, silver, and jewels, but now there is only that." ”

"Thank you for showing me around your ship, where are we going now?"

"I need to look at the current course and go to my captain's office! ”

At the end of the tour, Nabal motioned for Delacro to follow him, and quickly took the shortcut up the stairs to the captain's quarters......

A moment later, in the captain's room, Delacro watched as Nabar stared at the compass from time to time to compare the current position of the ship on the map, and after a while he said: "We are now in the high seas of the agreement between Virginia and Nord, as long as we do not raise the flag, there will be no danger, I will send you to the port of Wocheze, and by the way, sell these trophies to replenish the supplies on board!"

"How long does it take to get to the car?"

"If the wind is not good, it will probably take a whole day!" As the two discussed the itinerary, a rocket landed on the deck from the sky, and Raguil immediately raised the alarm, and the whole ship went into a state of alert.

The two of them came to the deck from the captain's quarters, and looking at the arrows stuck in the deck on the ground, Raguil saw a multi-masted galleon from the telescope, and the flying fish flag could tell that it was the Exocet of Severer, and the distance between the two ships was about two hundred meters, and it was gradually shortening.

"What are we going to do?" said Lemuel, the first mate and helmsman.

"Regardless of him, how long can the wind last?"

"If the wind doesn't change, about fifteen minutes!"

After listening to Lemuel's analysis, Delacro couldn't believe it and asked, "Fifteen minutes, or is it downwind, and the speed of the Exocet is above us?"

"Victor, you don't know anything. The Goshawk was a warship, and did have the means to reach speeds beyond the average sailing ship, but there was currently a shortage of sailors to use long oars to propel away from pursuers. ”

"Then there will be a naval battle, but the problem is that you can't take the shipside, otherwise there won't be enough people to die......" They said a few words, and then gathered all the sailors.

After receiving the battle order, the crew took out some crossbows and crossbows placed on the deck, and a few went down to the arsenal to get spare arrows, and Nabar also picked up the telescope and went down the stairs to the first mate, and asked: "Is there any terrain nearby that can be used? It is better to have a swirling air flow so that we can maneuver around the enemy ships!"

"Recently, several independent islands have been occupied, I guess not!" At the mention of these free islands occupied by landlocked countries, Lemuel became angry, and wanted to take ownership of these islands directly from the regular army.

"Forget it, I'll see if that old bastard of Severer is still alive!" he said, pulling out his binoculars and looking in the direction of the Exocet in the rear.

In the circular field of view of the monoculars, on the main deck of the Exocet, also a large three-masted schooner, from the bow to the end of the field of vision, about twenty sailors were busy in front of the ship, and Severer was indeed alive, and put on an overcoat, standing majestically in front of the captain's room looking at the Goshawk......

While he was focused on finding out what was going on, Lemuel called out to him and told him, "The Bay of Death is not far away, maybe we can take refuge there for a while!"

Nabal put away his binoculars, thought about it, and felt that it was feasible, and shouted to all the crew, "Death Bay! If we can't resist these guys, then go there and fight them for a long time!"

The crew had no objections, and Delacro asked, "Bay of Death?"

"The terrain is extremely treacherous, and because of the incredible cliffs in a place close to the open sea, the regular army ignores it, and the founder of the Pirate Guild, Hugh Gerald, a legendary pirate hundreds of years ago, used the caves on the island as a storage storehouse, and because of the large number of reefs, it was impossible to go without excellent ship skills, and countless ships going for treasure ran aground and sank, so it was called the Bay of Death. ”

"Really, I'd like to see it too, and now we should abandon our original plan, use the broadside battle to give them a head-on blow, and then take the opportunity to get out!"

"That's it, everyone is in place, don't be slow! Put away the bow sail, pull the swivel, and prepare to turn around! Gather the foremast! Turn the rudder to the left quickly!"

With Nabal's order, the Goshawk immediately turned around on the sea, and the Exocet was about a hundred meters in front, Nabal raised his saber and shouted: "The enemy is ahead! Now let them know the strength of our Goshawk Regiment! Raise the flag!!"

With the shouts of the crew, the eagle flag on a blue background slowly rose on the mainmast and fluttered in the night light, and the experienced sailors also hoisted all the sails at the last moment, and the ship began to move at full speed, rushing towards the Exocet not far away......

Because of this act alone, the sailors of the Exocet felt a great crisis, and Severer climbed over the fence in front of the captain's room and fell to the deck, leaving the sailors in formation, and the longbows, arrows, axes, and javelins were immediately fully equipped. On the deck of the Goshawk, the pirates were armed with heavy crossbows and longbows, spears and scimitars on their backs, and both sides put away their sails, waiting for the moment of receiving the ship......

The lookouts of the two ships shouted at the same time, and the two parallel large sailing ships collided together in an instant, and then due to inertia, both were bounced away, and the first impact caused the sailors on the deck of the lighter Exocet to turn on their backs, and when the distance was pulled away again, the shooters on both sides immediately began to shoot, because the Goshawk's side design pattern allowed the shooters to completely dodge the arrows and counterattack through the firing port, in a moment the Exocet was killed and wounded several people, while the Goshawk was completely unharmed, in order to get out of the unfavorable situation, the sailors of Severle threw rope hooks at the enemy shipHe ordered several ladders with nailed doors to be lifted from below deck, and in an instant several passages were erected between the two ships, ready to board the enemy ships to destroy the enemy.

"The shooters retreat to the port side, and the axemen follow me!" When the first group of enemies boarded the Goshawk along the aisle, Nabal immediately picked up his rifle axe and rushed forward with the axemen led by Samuel, and the archers led by Lemuel quickly arrived at the firing position, and used a volley of crossbows to level the reinforcements on the narrow plank for Nabal, and the remaining enemies were quickly annihilated by the fighting of Nabal and Samuel.

Nabal, who had the first place, immediately had his men destroy the plank bridge that connected to the enemy ships, but Severle, who was also an experienced pirate, ordered rope hooks to be fired from the mainsail to the Goshawk deck, allowing more sailors to slide down the ropes to the Goshawk's deck to fight, while his longbowmen suppressed Lemuel's marksman squad to the death by sending the maximum rain of arrows to the enemy ships, and sent a second boarding team to set up a ladder between the two ships, and himself drew his broadsword and rushed to the front line.

In the stalemate between the two armies, Delacro climbed the escalator in front of the captain's room to the deck, and found that his sword was placed on a wine barrel not far away, and was suddenly surrounded by enemies swinging along the ropes.

Under the mainmast, Samuel wielded his two waist knives like flying, like a meat grinder, and took the opportunity to kick Delacro's sword, after receiving the sword, he and Nabal became more and more courageous, and also aroused the fighting spirit of the sailors, but many were already wounded, in order to reduce the casualties of the crew, Nabal decided to let the skilled sailors follow him on the enemy ship to beat the enemy.

"Raguil, throw three ropes down!Lemuel, Samuel, follow me to the enemy ship and kill me!" When the enemy on the Goshawk's deck was cleared, Nabal and his men swung along the sail rope to the enemy ship, landed on the deck of the Exocet, and then brandished the weapon in his hand and began to kill.

In the bloody battle, Lemuel continued to slash people with excellent one-handed swordsmanship, and from time to time he used his crossbow to shoot enemies at a long distance, Samuel used his whole body muscles to push the high speed, constantly wielding two waist knives to rampage through the enemy formation, the most incredible is Nabal, once he picks up the golden axe, it is like having magic power, whenever the axe blade causes impact, it can always spread out a lethal shock wave to kill the enemy.

"Wait, I'll have to go over and show my hands. Just as the enemy ship was disrupted by the trio, and the goshawk sailors were about to remove the pedals connecting the two ships, Delacro signaled to leave a piece, and jumped on the Exocet on the plank, fought with his sword in the chaotic enemy formation, and quickly joined the three.

After seeing Delacro, Samuel stopped his sword dance, kicked down the enemy in front of him, gasped, and yelled at him, "Noble boy, I didn't ask you to come and die!?"

"Nobleman, that's true, but I'm not here to die. He emphasized, and with a wave of sword qi in his hand, he slashed the five or six pirates in a row into two pieces.

Although the four of them were extraordinary, they had to face a heavy siege and an enemy several times their size, seeing this situation, Severer also gave up the attack on the Goshawk, and immediately ordered all the sailors to kill Nabal as the goal, and he also took a double-edged battle axe similar to the one in Nabal's hand and came to the four.

Faced with such a good opportunity, Nabal could not miss it, he slashed at the deck with an axe, and at the same time sent a golden shock wave that broke through the entire deck and blasted at Sewolle, once he hit, it was difficult for Therwal to die.

Unexpectedly, Severler used the short golden battle axe in his hand to pick it up along the deck, and also blasted out a shockwave to meet it head-on, and the huge energy generated by the collision of the two waves immediately shook everyone around him. Seeing that the situation was not good, Delacro swung his sword and slashed the enemy in front of him, suggesting that Lemuel and Samuel should follow him and fight a bloody way to retreat.

"Hah, you think the Pirate Guild only has one shock axe from Dabaran? I have the other one that matches the one you have, but which of these two dwarven tech weapons is stronger?

Savol swung his battle axe with all his strength and slashed at the deck, and the impact of the axe's blade shattering the deck immediately converted into a lethal shockwave, and Nabal also used the power of the foot axe to defuse the blow and re-put himself in a position.

"Technology from Dabaran, these two battle axes are not easy!" Delacro seemed to be intrigued by the two axes, and he killed them again, arriving at Nabal's side.

"Yes, there was once a pirate leader in the guild who unearthed the ancient ruins of the continent of Dabaran, and these two battle axes are the harvest. Once the axe blade is hit by a strong impact, it can be filled with power, and this destructive power can be released by hitting the ground hard, I finally got it from the guild, I didn't expect that guy to get another one!"

Before he could finish explaining, Delacro said he understood, and the sliding shovel reached forward and dragged Severle down, and Nabal took advantage of the opportunity, jumping high and slashing down with an axe. Seeing that he was about to be struck, Severer rolled to the side to avoid the fatal blow, and hooked Nabal to the ground with a swing of his tomahawk, and just as he was about to execute Nabal, Raguil on the Goshawk's lookout drew his longbow far away, and fired an arrow through Several's left shoulder, and the captain of the Exocet fell straight down.

"It's time to retreat! I'll break off!" After the leader of the enemy fell, Delacro took it upon himself to swing his sword and forced back the enemy around him, and Lemuel and Samuel took the opportunity to save Nabal from the siege, and returned to the Goshawk on the last boarding board, and hurriedly turned back and shouted for Delacro to retreat.

"Midnight Slasher: Blood Moon's Soul Song!" After receiving the retreat signal, Delacro turned his sword upside down and put on a strange posture, but the pirates of Severaler didn't care about this detail at all, and swung their weapons and pounced, finally dying under the invisible sword qi storm generated by Delacro's Midnight Slash, Blood Moon Requiem.

In order to reduce casualties, he ordered the sailors to use long-range weapons to shoot their targets, and a rain of arrows hit, he jumped over the deck and jumped into the sea without thinking too much, and Nabal quickly cut off the connection between the two ships and threw a lifeline towards the sea.

In the icy waters, Delacro grabbed the rope, and when the distance between the two ships was widened, and the Goshawk escaped from the range of the Exocet, he climbed the deck along the rope, and the Goshawk had only eleven sailors left, four of whom were seriously wounded, but the Exocet still retained the strength of nearly twenty men, and under the orders of Several, they turned to follow the Goshawk closely......

"Lemuel! Turn the Goshawk into a yacht and let them open their eyes! I'll give them some eye drops!!" Faced with this situation, Nabal gave an urgent order, quickly jumped off the command platform, entered the lower level directly through the skylight on the deck, and quickly came to the giant crossbow on the bottom floor to load the ammunition, and the Goshawk also urgently turned to the left under Lemuel's frantic rudder, bringing the Exocet twenty meters away into the port side ballista range.

"Look how you chase!" Nabal roared, and three siege bolts fired in unison, easily piercing the Exocet's outer bulkhead, and he lowered the shield of his firing position and returned to the deck.

The truth is always unexpected, the lower level is flooded, and in the face of the danger of imminent sinking, the Exocet still keeps up with the Goshawk with full rudder, and in order to completely shake off the enemy, Nabal himself comes to the rudder and says: "It looks like it is not dying!"

Lemuel gave him the rudder, and went to the deck to join the few remaining sailors, and he took the rudder and commanded: "Brothers, put away the tail sails, we need to make the most of the tailwind, and sail at full speed to the Bay of Death to the southeast!"