Chapter 133: Into the Sea
"Women and children get into the lifeboats first!" the men followed, and those who had the will to resist stayed with the crew!" the captain yelled at the panicked crowd.
Although pirates are known for their ferocity, all pirates follow a principle, that is, do not do anything to the people on the lifeboat, if you violate this principle, you will be attacked by all the pirates, so when facing pirates, if you are cornered, the best choice is to leave your belongings and flee to the lifeboat.
However, this is also under normal circumstances, this group of pirates is obviously sent by the Pope, and if Leah also gets on the lifeboat, the other party may break the taboo and sink the lifeboat.
Therefore, Leah did not board the lifeboat with the women and children.
The captain noticed Leah who was left on the ship, and he frowned and walked quickly, "What are you still rubbing around here? Hurry up and get on the lifeboat, this ship is about to fight the pirates to the death, this kind of thing is not something a little kid like you can participate in." ”
"I won't be in the lifeboat," Leah shook her head, "Although you may not believe it, whether it is the saint-level spirit master just now, or the current pirates, they are actually coming for me, and if I get on the lifeboat, they will all die here." ”
The captain looked at Leah with some surprise, and he looked at Tuya, who was lying next to Leah, who was already in a coma, and finally chose to believe her words.
"Mr. Captain, is it possible for them to sink this ship directly with the hedron cannon?" asked Leah.
"No, the hedron cannons are very expensive, and they are basically priceless, so those pirates will not easily come back to shoot again, and they will most likely choose to sink the ship with naval guns. ”
"So what resistance is there now?"
The captain sighed: "You can also see, this is just a passenger ship, there is only one large naval gun and three medium naval guns on board, this kind of firepower can also compete with the weakest pirate ship, and according to my observation, the pirate ships over there are all medium and above, and any one of them can easily defeat us." ”
"Mr. Captain, I'm sorry to have bothered you, but you should all get on the lifeboat and escape, as long as you are not with me, those pirates should not embarrass you. Leah sighed, she really wanted to give up the resistance now, now that Tuya had passed out, she couldn't fly, and this ship would definitely not be a match for a pirate ship.
No matter how you look at it, Leah is already in a certain death situation, unless Adrion can come back to help them, but judging from the situation just now, that dark shadow will definitely hold Adrien back for a long time.
"Are you despising me!" The captain's eyes widened when he heard Leah's voice, "I am the captain of this ship, not a coward, it is my duty to live and die with this ship, the ship is in the people, and the ship is sinking and the people are dying!"
Leah didn't expect the captain to be so tough, and she couldn't help but bow to the captain.
Just then, more cannon sounds could be heard in the distance, and it was the pirate ship that turned the ship sideways and began to fire with the ship's guns on its side.
For a while, there were splashes of water all around the passenger ship, and the only remaining mast was also hit by a cannonball, so the passenger ship completely lost power and became a live target for slaughter, and the next moment, another cannonball hit the passenger ship, opening a large hole in the cabin, and a large amount of sea water poured into the ship.
Fortunately, the bottom of the passenger ship is divided into many confined areas, and only one area is flooded, so that the whole ship does not sink.
While being attacked by pirates, the captain also ordered the sailors to return fire, but the passenger ship's firepower was still too weak to pose an effective threat to the pirate ship.
If she can enter the white-knuckle battle, Leah thinks that the passenger ship may still have a slight chance of survival, after all, her strength is very strong, and the captain seems to be very capable of fighting, and the pirate side will not think of any outstanding strong people.
Who would deign to be a high-level spirit master who would deign to be a pirate with no future.
Leah didn't want to be a fish food, and she began to think of a way to survive, just then, Leah noticed that the sky was already dark, the dark clouds were approaching, and the waves on the sea were getting bigger.
In addition to this, a dull sound of thunder could be faintly heard coming from that side.
A storm is approaching the desperate passenger ship, but Leah sees life in it, and if it does, the pirate ship will not have time to deal with them.
Now, how to delay time has become the most important thing.
"Mr. Captain, I have come up with a possible surname for escape, I don't know if you would like to try it. Leah found the captain who was busy directing the sailors.
"What's the solution?" the captain glanced at Leah, not expecting any useful advice from the weak-looking little girl.
"Look over there, I think it won't be long before a storm sweeps over here, and with the cover of the storm, we have hope of escaping. ”
"I know that too, but as you can see, now that the ship has completely lost power and become a living target, it won't be long before the pirates will blow the ship to pieces with their guns, and the storm will never arrive before then. The captain sighed and looked hatefully at the pirate ship that was constantly firing over there.
"If you don't have power, just find a way to re-supply power, I don't know what level of spirit master you are, Mr. Captain. ”
"I'm a fourth-level water spirit master...... What do you want to say?" the captain looked at Leah with a frown.
"I'm also a fourth-level spirit master, with the strength of two fourth-level spirit masters, it should be enough to propel this ship forward in the sea, if not, find a few more sailors with good strength. ”
The captain's eyes lit up when he heard this: "You mean...... Powered by manpower?"
The captain has been living at sea for many years, and his thinking has been solidified, but unlike Leah, who has never been out to sea, in her eyes, as long as she can make the ship move forward, it can be regarded as motivation.
Next, the captain found a few sailors with excellent strength, and then divided the people into two groups, one group pulled the boat with a rope in the front, and the other group pushed the boat in the back, and Leah and the captain were in the back group.
With the sound of "plopping" falling into the water, several of the selected people jumped into the seawater, because there were still naval guns bombarding here, so the sea water near here seemed to swallow a few people into it, but the physical fitness of the spirit master was far beyond the level of ordinary people, so several people successfully arrived at the position.
Leah and the captain liberated the spirit suit at the same time, and there was a light flashing on the bow of the ship, and there were two ** spirit masters on this ship, and the rest of them were all second-level spirit masters, but years of life at sea made their ** strength far higher than that of ordinary second-level spirit masters.
In the next moment, several people used all their spiritual power to enhance their strength, swimming forward in the sea with all their might, although the passenger ship showed no signs of moving at first, but as time passed, the passenger ship finally began to move forward slowly.
While a few people were pushing the boat in the sea, the sailors on board were throwing useless loads downward, because the speed of the passenger ship gradually increased.
The pirates over there did not expect the passenger ship with all the masts broken to be able to move, but they soon spotted a few men pushing the ship in the sea.
The pirates turned the bow of the ship back and chased after the passenger ship with their black sails puffed out, and the guns in the bow of the ship were firing incessantly.
However, because both sides were moving, the hit rate of the naval guns was really low.
A few people who were swimming hard in the sea were refreshed when they saw this scene, and then they worked harder, and if they continued like this, they would probably be able to escape from the pirates.
Because the crowd deliberately chose the direction to approach the dark clouds, as time passed, the sky gradually darkened, black oppressive dark clouds enveloped the entire sea, rumbling thunder became clearer and clearer, and occasionally a bright lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating the same black oppressive sea.
As the storm approached, the waves in the sea grew bigger and bigger, and the pressure on Leah's people increased, but they still swam hard, and this was their only chance to escape death.
Leah, who was at the stern of the ship, didn't know how many mouthfuls of seawater she had drunk, and her limbs were stinging with a hot sting from the intense use, but she endured the pain and played with her legs to beat the water.
The growing waves around her were a lot more stressful, but it also meant that it was becoming more difficult for the pirates to pursue them.
"Boom!"
Suddenly there was a deafening thunderclap in the sky, like a powerful bomb exploding in the air, and like a wild beast roaring behind the clouds.
The next moment, the bean-sized raindrops began to fall from the clouds, and in just a few breaths, the rain turned into a downpour, and the visibility on the sea suddenly decreased a lot, and the pirate ship could not even be seen clearly from the passenger ship.
As soon as the rain began, the waves became more rough than before, and the passenger ship began to rise and fall violently, sometimes even lifting a distance of nearly ten meters.
Because of this, Leah and the others found that with their strength they could no longer control the advance of the passenger ship.
"It's almost time to go back! Now the pirates shouldn't be able to pursue them anymore!"
The captain beside Leah roared at her, and even then, Leah could barely hear his words, and the sound of the waves, the howling of the wind, and the thunder in the air, completely drowned out the sound of human speech.
"Got it! let's go back!" Leah yelled as well, gesturing in understanding. (To be continued.) )