Seeing off the bear child, Luca thought carefully about the news brought by the other party. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Obviously, even if there was no Barrel Simon, the pirates of Black Sails would not let themselves go easily, not to mention, the other party was probably still holding their breath and wanted to snatch Nora back.

Either way, it's always a good idea to know a little bit more.

Thinking of this, Lukka asked Crete, "How big is the Black Sails Third Fleet?"

"It's not clear exactly, but in general, the size of a fleet is between ten and twenty ships. Crete replied.

"I don't know where they stopped, I knew to leave the bear child behind and ask a few more questions. Lukka said with a sigh.

Shut up and suddenly flew down from the mast: "I saw the flag with the black sail yesterday! I'll go see it now, ten minutes at most!"

With that, it flapped its gray wings and flew towards the dock southeast of the port.

Ten minutes later, shut up and flew back on time.

It flew back to the captain's quarters, plunged headlong into Luca's water glass, and drank most of the glass before it raised its head and gasped for breath and said:

"I didn't see anyone, but I was lucky! I heard the sailors on their ship chatting that half of the fleet was under repair, and could not go to sea at all. ”

Ollie laughed, "Great!"

Crete, of course, would not be so blindly optimistic: "What is half?"

Shut up and took out a few nuts from Luca's coat pocket, and said as he knocked them: "There were eighteen of them, but now there are half of them, nine!"

"What about the size of the ship?" asked Ollie.

"Six D-class brigs, three C-class Karak three-masted. "Shut up and talk as you eat.

"This ...... I can't fight half of it!" Ollie shook her head.

"Why fight?" Lukka asked with a smile.

He walked slowly to the table, looked at the map and said, "If you want to catch us, you have to see if they dare to follow up on the reef of the "Shrike Bird Abyss"!"

"So," Lukka looked up, "what's the difference between half a fleet or a whole fleet, or a few more?"

He pointed to Huifan Harbor on the map and pointed all the way to the south: "As long as you go thirty nautical miles to the south, isn't it just enough to enter the 'Shrike Bird Abyss'?"

......

The next day, early in the morning of the fourth day of the Peregrine Falcon's stay at Huisail Harbor, Lukka ordered the anchor to set sail.

As expected, when the Peregrine Falcon sailed out of port, half of the Third Fleet of the Venture and Investment Federation sprang into action. They had no intention of hiding their whereabouts, and nine ships swaggered after them.

On the Peregrine Falcon, things didn't go as smoothly as Lukka had planned at the beginning.

There were no skilled sailors, and several people did their jobs.

Crete's duties remained the same, still fiddling with the instruments that Lukka was dizzy at the sight of.

Shut up and fly to the top of the mast, acting as a lookout, at least, loud enough to call the mast its home.

Ollie was a skilled sailman, and according to her own account, this was what she did when she first came to sea.

As for Nora, now that there is no naval battle, there is no room for the gunners to play, and temporarily act as a cheerleader to cheer everyone on the deck.

Looks like everything should be going well.

However, the Peregrine Falcon's difficulties were entirely due to the captain at the helm.

Crete, as always, reported the direction: "Half sail! Left rudder!"

Ollie expertly maneuvered the sail rope, spreading the Peregrine Falcon's combination sail halfway.

Lukka grabbed the steering wheel and swerved to the left.

The Peregrine Falcon turned at a great angle, exited a semi-circular arc, and was about to crash into the dock on the east side.

Even Crete's voice was a little anxious: "Left rudder! Not left full rudder! Left rudder fifteen degrees is enough, captain!"

"Oh, okay!" Lukka quickly pulled back the rudder.

At first, the steering wheel seemed reluctant to turn back, but when it did, it became extremely powerful. Lukka was not mentally prepared for a while, and his body was quite weak under the influence of blood magic, so he was thrown out directly by inertia, and fell directly on his back on the back deck.

Nora, the only member who was free, hurried over and helped the captain up: "Why don't I try it?"

"No, this rudder is made of wood, it's flammable. Lukka quickly shook his head, "I'll try again." ”

After tossing and turning for half an hour, Lukka finally mastered the essentials a little, and barely managed to drive the Peregrine Falcon out of port.

According to this situation, as long as he keeps walking in a straight line and does not turn, he is still qualified as a helmsman.

Ollie, who has always been optimistic, is a little worried: "How many reefs can we avoid when we get to the reef zone?"

Lukka didn't pay attention to everyone's worries at all, he had been intently feeling the force and feedback from the rudder, observing the slight shaking of the Peregrine Falcon at every turn of the steering wheel.

After nearly two hours of sailing, Crete was surprised to find that the man standing behind the rudder of the ship was almost reborn compared to when he had just left the port.

He may not be the most skilled helmsman, but with each subtle adjustment of the course, Luca is more precise and confident than before.

The Peregrine Falcon has been modified to reduce its maximum speed from 23 knots to 18 knots, which is much faster than the average ship. However, to the south, there is a side headwind, so naturally it cannot reach the top speed.

The Black Sails Third Fleet probably didn't expect the Peregrine Falcon's speed, and it was left far behind in less than an hour.

Two hours later, the reef zone, known as the "Shrike's Abyss", finally came into view.

The weather was not good, the sky was gray, and at some point another layer of sea fog had risen, so when the warning was shouted, the Peregrine Falcon was less than ten nautical miles away from the abyss of the Shrike.

At first, Lukka didn't see anything different, and there was still an endless sea ahead.

Then, the wreckage of the ship towering over the reef appeared in view.

Soon, Lukka saw tiny whirlpools floating on the surface of the sea. Beneath those whirlpools, the color of the sea changes suddenly, and there must be dangers lurking beneath the different shades of water.

Several people looked a little numb at this time, but no one thought of flinching.

There are still five nautical miles from the abyss of the shrike.

Shut up and suddenly shouted again: "There's movement ahead!"

Crete picked up the binoculars and looked at them, and quickly said, "The Black Sail Fleet." It's the enemy. ”

A one, no, half of the fleet in front of them suddenly lined up, and the black flags hoisted indicated their identity.

On the opposite flagship, the balding Charlie Alvin stood at the bow of the ship and laughed.

With a little thought, Luca understood. The so-called "resting" Black Sail Fleet simply went to sea in advance to intercept itself here.

As for why they know their course -

In the past few days, who in the entire Huifan Harbor does not know the few madmen who are claming to go to the Shrike Bird Abyss and increase the rations for the ghost ship?