Chapter 53: Boarding the Ghost Ship
After Captain Robert shouted no, all the people on deck began to get nervous. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The sailors, who had intended to take a break, hurried up the rope ladder and waited for the captain's instructions.
"No one is allowed to attack the ghost ship! The captain began to turn the bow of the ship, and Wren did not understand the captain's instructions not to attack, but he did not ask immediately.
When the ship completely adjusted its direction, the Dragon Eagle moved forward with full sails, and the captain finally relaxed a little when he saw that the ghost ship in the black fog was not chasing.
"Captain, it's strange why I'd ask everyone not to attack the ghost ship, right?" the captain took control of the rudder with one hand, and took his pipe from his pocket and lit it.
Wren nodded and admitted that he had such a question, and the captain looked back again, and after finding that the black fog was still in place, he continued to say to Wren: "Believe it or not, there is an unwritten rule on our seas. ”
"Don't attack the ghost ship!" The captain adjusted the direction of the ship, took a deep puff of his pipe, and then exhaled the smoke, and continued, "Every ghost ship is full of the spirits of the former warriors of the sea, and if they are angered, they will be entangled forever until the ship that offended them sinks. ”
Wren didn't seem to understand it, but there are rules on the sea, and the old captain said that if you can't fight, you won't fight, just hide away.
Inexplicably, Wren felt the gust of wind behind him, and he subconsciously looked back and found that the ship hiding in the black fog had moved.
It was emerging from the black mist, which had become much lighter, and Wren could see the silhouette of the ghost ship with just the naked eye.
The old captain, noticing that Wren had been staring at the back without speaking, turned his head to look as well, and the pipe from his mouth fell on the board.
"All personnel went down deck. The old captain shouted loudly, and his tone was very hurried, as if the ghost was really behind him: "Commander, you go down quickly." ”
"What about you, Captain Robert?" Wren did not leave immediately, and he found that the captain had no intention of leaving.
"I?!I'm the captain of this ship, and I'll not leave my post until I die. The captain patted the rudder and quickly picked up his fallen pipe, which was now extinguished, and he just took it in his mouth and stopped igniting it.
"I'll accompany you!" saw that the captain refused to leave, and Wren was unwilling to let the captain guard the deck alone.
The sailors around did not move, they all shouted at the captain: "We will accompany you too, captain!"
"Don't be stupid! the ghosts of the ghost ship won't enter the cabin. The old captain did not appreciate it, and he shouted angrily, "They may just want to prove that they have won another ship." Let my old bones make them perfect. ”
"What ghost, what ghost?" Wren drew his sword and said to the old captain, "I'm not afraid! If they dare to hurt you, ask me if the sword in my hand is willing!"
"Drink! The regimental commander said well! If they dare to come up, we will drive them down!" said Bambo, the captain of the sailor battle group, holding up his sailor's scimitar to the sailor beside him.
Encouraged by the battle captain, all the sailors on deck shouted in unison: "Get down!"
Perhaps hearing about the encounter with the ghost ship, some mercenaries below deck climbed up, they were already dressed in armor and ready for battle.
"A bunch of damn things!" the old captain cursed, and then straightened the rudder and shouted: "Full sails, full oars! Full speed ahead!
The sailors were scolded by the captain and laughed, but the work in their hands was not slow at all.
Although the Dragon Eagle had played the fastest speed in the current situation, it still couldn't escape the clutches of the ghost ship.
The speed of the other party's ship was obviously not like an ordinary ship, it was like flying on the sea, the speed was extremely fast, and soon the bow of the little boy angel of the ghost ship could be seen clearly from the stern of the ship.
The sails of the ghost ship were very tattered, and the wood on the hull was very rotten and dilapidated, but such an old ship wrapped in a faint black mist actually came at twice the speed of the Dragon Eagle in the wind and waves.
The captain knew that getting rid of it would be ineffective, so he had to loudly declare: "Prepare to engage the enemy!"
"Prepare to engage the enemy!" the first mate and the battle captain repeated the captain's words, and everyone on deck except the captain took their weapons.
"Enemy ship ramming!" the sailors on the edge warned, and everyone hurriedly lowered their center of gravity to avoid losing their center of gravity and falling due to the collision.
Bang~Click~
The ghost ship slammed into the Dragon Eagle solidly, and although it was an old and broken ship, it knocked the Dragon Eagle to the ground.
"Sail down, stop the ship!" the captain commanded loudly, and the first mate in combat readiness did not forget to pass the order below deck.
"Fight!" Captain Bambo was the first to rush to the side of the ship brandishing his scimitar, and a dozen sailors followed.
The mercenaries who found themselves slow to react also rushed to put up their shields and form a shield in pairs to follow the nearby sailors.
The Dragon Eagle resounded one after another with exciting battle cries, which made everyone on the deck enthusiastic.
But the blood boiled for less than a minute before it became cold.
There wasn't even a single person on the deck of the ghost ship, not even a ghost, and the ship was very quiet.
Since the Dragon Eagle was forced to stop, it has not made any moves, just quietly next to the Dragon Eagle.
The sailors and mercenaries, you look at me, I look at you, and finally they all look at the old captain together.
"This is the first time I've encountered a ghost ship, and I don't know either!" the old captain held an unlit cigarette holder, and didn't know what was going on: "They didn't chase us to defeat us, they probably wanted to talk to us." What do you think, Commander? Our ship can't outrun them. ”
As the old captain had always called 'they', Wren knew that the captain respected the ghost ship and the ghost who didn't know existed.
But the ship was really weird, and it was ridiculously fast without the help of the ghosts.
Since you can't get away, you have to figure out what the ghost ship is going to do.
"Who wants to come with me on the boat to have a look?" Wren was going to get on the ship, staying on his own ship all the time, and the ghost ship would probably be worn out all the time.
If you don't check in the ghost ship, I'm afraid this matter will not be solved.
Many mercenaries and sailors responded to Wren's call, but Wren didn't want to bring too many people on board, and for such a strange ship, if there was danger, he could only bury his life in vain.
Wren only picked five people who seemed to be able to fight, and although the battle captain Bambo and the first mate insisted on coming along, he refused.
Wren needed them to command the sailors to prepare the artillery, and once an hour had passed, he did not return on time with the men, so he opened fire on the ghost ship and escaped as soon as possible.
In order to make it easier to walk on the ship, Wren took off his armor and handed it over to the mercenaries for safekeeping, and he also asked the armor-wearing mercenaries among the five people who followed him to take off the armor in the same way.
At this time, some sailors had already thrown a climbing hook and grabbed the side of the ghost ship.
Wren tried the hook very firmly, and then he was relieved to be the first to climb onto the ghost ship.
The moment he stepped onto the ghost ship, his whole body shivered inexplicably, but when he looked around, except for the five people who climbed onto the ship, there was no living thing on the entire ghost ship deck.
The deck of the ghost ship was rotten and dry, and it had been washed up by the sea as it had just been seen riding the wind and waves.
It was really strange, and Wren felt that this ghost ship was mysterious and strange.
Creak~
Out of thin air, the sound of a wooden plank embarrassment suddenly sounded from behind Wren.
"I'm sorry! The man who stepped on the voice raised his hand to apologize, and his movement had startled the other four companions.
Wren could see that everyone was very nervous, but he didn't plan to say something encouraging, and those who could take the initiative to follow were brave people.
The situation on the deck has been almost measured, this is an old battleship, there is no gun position, but the captain's room is also built under the rudder, and to get to the lower deck, you need to go down through the escalator on the deck.
Wren plans to visit the captain's room first, and usually the captain's room of a ship can find many stories about the ship.
Wren cautiously led everyone down the decaying deck towards the captain's quarters.
Suddenly, several planks that Wren was bearing under his feet snapped, and before Wren could react, he had already fallen into the hole with the broken planks.
This fall was not light, Wren got up, looked up at the top, and actually fell to the second floor below the cabin.
In the faint light from the hole, Wren could see the two heads looking down anxiously at the hole.
"Captain, are you alright?" asked one of them.
Wren followed the light coming in from the entrance of the cave and briefly looked around, except for himself and a puddle of rotten wood under his feet, everything else was black and he couldn't see clearly.
"I'm fine! You put the rope down, I'll climb up. Wren shouted to the people above, and after receiving a response, Wren was not idle, and he began to grope for his lost sword in the dark.
He fumbled for a stick, not a sword, but it was better to have it than to use it with his bare hands.
So he tried to pick it up, but found that it was still attached to it.
Wren tugged hard at the object to his side and looked at it...... It turned out to be a white skull.
"Ahh
"Commander, what's going on?" the man above asked anxiously when he heard Wren's movements.
Wren hurriedly replied that it was fine, but he was frightened by the skeleton he had picked up.
After calming down, Wren mustered up the courage to fumble for his sword in the darkness again.
This time a familiar touch came to his hand, and he found his sword.
By this time the men above had prepared ropes and torches, and with the help of the torches, Wren saw a rope with two fingers thick knotted to make it easy to climb down.