062, Anomalous Arts
"Ponies! Come and wipe the deck! ”
"Ponies! Help with the tethering! ”
"Pony, move these barrels into the bilge......"
As a newcomer who has just joined the gang, Shen Lang, who is nicknamed "Little Pony", really started his career as a pirate from being a cow and a horse.
A group of old pirates sent him and a dozen other newcomers who had just joined the gang to turn around, and all trivial chores, dirty work, and tiring work were left to Shen Lang and other newcomers to do.
Of course, this is the rule of the sea.
It is one of the ways for the old pirates to dismount the newcomer and polish and train the newcomer, and Lao Xu has already explained to Shen Lang in the carriage.
In addition, he came to do an undercover mission, so he couldn't rely on his own temperament, so he made a diligent appearance and accepted the old pirates tribe without complaint.
I was so busy until the afternoon that I stopped and had a chance to rest and eat and drink.
Shen Lang sat on a wooden barrel, holding a dead dough pancake with seafood filling in one hand and biting it, and holding a bamboo tube with only water in the other, pouring a big mouthful from time to time.
As he was trying to cook, the big tiger head came over with a lean pirate and a flintlock rifle.
"Boy, most of the day's hard work and resentment performance is good, Lao Tzu looks up to you very much, now try your marksmanship, if you really mean where to fight, a sharpshooter with a hundred shots, you won't need to do chores in the future."
Shen Lang hurriedly stuffed the small half of the pancake in his mouth in one go, poured a large mouthful of water into his stomach, stood up and took the long musket, stood up and tried the feel, and said to the big tiger head:
"Tiger Boss, this gun is quite handy, but I used this gun for the first time, and I haven't tried firing, so I'm afraid the first shot won't be too accurate."
"It's okay, you have three shots."
The big tiger head said as he raised his hand and pointed to the top of the foremast:
"There's a copper on it, and you're here, shoot it down for me in three shots."
Shen Lang's position at this time was not far from the foremast, even if the height of the mast was counted, it was still within twenty steps.
At such a close distance, it would be difficult for any seasoned musketeer to miss a shot.
But a small copper, with a slightly worse eyesight, is not easy to see the target clearly, so how can it be shot?
However, Shen Lang nodded confidently:
"Tiger boss, look at it, within three shots, you will definitely be able to hit!"
The "Agility Enhancement" that Xiao Zhao gave back to him was a comprehensive enhancement.
In addition to his nervous reactions, limb coordination, and explosive power, his senses have also become extremely sharp. The sense of distance and space, which are important for long-range shooting and even hand-to-hand combat, has also been greatly enhanced.
Therefore, the distance is less than twenty steps, not to mention a copper, even if it is a fly, Shen Lang can see it clearly under his concentration.
Maybe he still can't hit a moving target like a fly in flight.
But hitting a dead target embedded in the top of the mast is definitely more than enough.
At that moment, Shen Lang checked the loading status of the musket slightly, and then raised the musket obliquely, concentrated, stared at the copper for a moment, and pulled the trigger suddenly.
Bang!
As soon as the gunshots rang out, a cloud of sawdust burst out from the top of the mast.
Shen Lang shook his head:
"Sure enough, I missed, and I missed it a little."
The big tiger head nodded approvingly:
"It's already pretty good. With the musket that had not been tested for the first time, the first shot almost hit a target as small as copper, and if it was a walnut, the shot would have been hit by the edges. ”
Shen Lang smiled shyly:
"But it's still a little bit off. But I'm sure I'll get the second shot. ”
As he spoke, he skillfully began to reload, and soon finished reloading his ammunition and raised his gun again.
This time he barely took aim, and as soon as the muzzle of the gun was raised, he quickly pulled the trigger.
The shot hit, and the copper embedded in the top of the mast flew up with a small cloud of sawdust and fell into the sea in an arc.
The big tiger head nodded again and again:
"Raise the gun and shoot, where to shoot, the boy is really a sharpshooter!"
It's not much just to be accurate.
The key is that the kid "Pony" can still aim at it, and he will shoot when he raises his gun. This is very important in real combat.
In many cases, even if the gun is fired quickly, the life of a brother who is fighting in front of him may be saved.
The big tiger raised his huge palm and patted Shen Lang's shoulder hard:
"Good boy, from today onwards, you don't have to do chores. The treatment of eating is raised to a higher level, just like the old guys. However, the share of the transaction still has to be done according to the rules. Of course, there is a reward for killing enemies. When trading, the more enemies you kill, the more money you get. If you want to earn more money, it depends on whether you work hard enough! ”
Shen Lang nodded again and again:
"Boss Xie Hu appreciates! I'll definitely try to kill the enemy and earn more rewards! ”
Shen Lang's treatment has been improved, and he no longer has to do chores, and the old pirates are also quite friendly to him, obviously knowing that such a sharpshooter who can raise a gun and fire quickly and can hit a hundred shots can save their lives in battle.
The newcomers were very apprehensive about this, and they were a little jealous of him.
However, Shen Lang was introduced by the old pirate "Old Hook", who was familiar with the big tiger head, and he was appreciated by the second person on the ship, the big tiger head, even if the newcomers were jealous, they didn't dare to do anything to him openly.
At most, they secretly excluded him and did not accept him into the circle of newcomers.
But Shen Lang didn't come to be a thief, he didn't care about the so-called "secret exclusion" of the newcomers at all, he only mingled with the old pirates, made a new and curious appearance, and intentionally or unintentionally inquired about some news at sea.
The old pirates don't really have much sense of secrecy.
When you go ashore for recreation, if you are not drunk, you can still keep your mouth shut.
But people have nothing to do on the ship, and even if they don't drink, they all like to brag with a big mouth.
Shen Lang casually caught an old pirate, deliberately touted and flattered him, and he could open the old pirate's chatterbox and take out some news more or less.
For example, he found out that the boss of this ship, "Shopkeeper Luo", has mastered a strange art.
It is with this magic that the shopkeeper Luo can win the support of all the brothers and receive the "hero post" of this "hero conference".
As for what the "strange art" of the shopkeeper Luo is, the old pirates are mysteriously selling Guan Zi, and they don't tell him clearly, only that it is a magic that is very useful on the sea, and when the time comes, he will see it.
In addition, the old pirates also said that almost all of the shopkeepers who received the "hero sticker" this time have one or two unique skills, otherwise they are not eligible to participate in this event.
As for the other shopkeepers' strange arts, the old pirates don't sell it.
As long as they know, they will say it with a big mouth and ask.
"The shopkeeper of the Shark Spirit claims to have the blood of a shark, can breathe underwater, see at night, and swim faster than dolphins. Therefore, Shopkeeper He led the team to do business, and he liked to go out in person, swim at night and dive into the target boat, turn off the lights and kill people......"
"The shopkeeper of the Blackwater has a trick of ropes, and he can manipulate the ship's cable in the air, such as his arm and fingers, so he likes to rely on the speed of the ship and jump to the gang after catching up with ......the target."
"There is also the shopkeeper of the White Crane, who can make the hull of the entire ship as hard as iron, and the artillery battle is simply invincible......"
Time gradually passed when Shen Lang listened to the braggadocio of the old pirates.
In the evening, a clipper boat suddenly appeared in the rear.
[Ask for a ticket~! ] 】