Chapter 33: Shark in the net 1
Chapter 33: Sharks fall into the net 1
Snow-white waves caressed the sandy beach, a seagull’s cry came from the sky from time to time, and under the sunlight, the sea was like a turquoise mirror, reflecting the blue sky and white jade. This is a good day to go out to sea, but at this time the Fu Lan port dock area is particularly quiet, usually engaged in fishing fishermen and doing transportation business boat business are missing, because everyone does not want to get into trouble.
“Quickly row!” Not far from the shore, a dozen or so pirates exerted their best efforts to row their oars, among them was the head of the pirate group, Shark. They left behind the other pirate brethren who were guarding the city gates, quietly returned to the church, packed up the gold, silver and jewels that they had collected during this period of time, and secretly transported them to the dock area, looking for a paddle sailing boat to prepare to quietly sneak away, and just at the moment of untangling the cables, Schroeder led his soldiers in a surprise attack to the dock area.
The pirates were so alarmed that they didn’t care about their brothers who hadn’t arrived yet, they cut the cables, hoisted the sails and started to run away. Schroeder ordered a chase, personally leading his soldiers to jump on the two ships still moored at the dock and chase after the pirates’ ships.
Though the sea was calm at the moment, Shark felt like he was in the middle of a storm, and he cursed constantly, from Gleeman to the minions who didn’t paddle hard enough (in his opinion) alongside him. However the soldiers maneuvered the ship closer and closer to them, on the one hand the pirates didn’t have enough manpower, there were only about two dozen of them, on the other hand the gold, silver and jewels they carried were too heavy, but it was basically impossible to get the shark to leave the treasures behind.
“I think it’s better for you guys to surrender honestly, I can ask the local lord to intercede for you and ask him to pardon you from death.”
A weak voice rang out, the owner of the voice was a young man whose hands were tied behind his back.
“Shut up!” Shark pounced on the young man and slapped him across the face, “Be honest with me, I’ll cut off one of your hands and feed it to the fish if you keep talking.”
The young man didn’t say anything after receiving the slap.
This little Southern white boy named Quiller Foster had run down here three months ago, blabbering about coming to challenge the great pirate De Howard. O heavenly Father, does he not know that those who have done so before have been thrown into the sea and fed to the sharks? But those rich regions of the South have never lacked such fools full of adventurous spirits, especially these pampered gentry, who, having drunk enough wine and played with women, want to find some other kind of excitement.
Well, you’re lucky Edward is not here, not let you be fed to the real shark, but I’m the shark but I have to treat you well for him. Look at the dress of the white man must be rich, a few strokes down on the bottom of his old, even came from the Foster family of the corner of the Bay Alliance, that is in the corner of the Bay around the ranking of the big family.
In that case, let the white boy write a letter to the family, obediently take money to ransom it, corner of the alliance of the navy again bully, also can not send a fleet around more than two thousand nautical miles to the northwest bay to save a playboy it. Seeing that a large amount of wealth will be accounted for, he then occupied the Fu Lan Harbor to create a fait accompli, spend some money to smooth out the neighboring lords, may also be able to mix a nobleman as.
But such a bright future was ruined by that boy of the Gleeman family. Hmph! After I get the money from the Foster family, I’ll go and recruit, and sooner or later, I’ll fight back and make that kid meet his old man.
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Two paddle sailing ships maneuvered by Alda’s soldiers were trailing the pirate’s ships on the left and right, if you looked from high in the air, the distance between the two sides was shortening at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it was only a matter of time before the pirates were caught up.
“Prepare for physical combat!”
Shark drew his saber and ordered his men.
“I’ve been roaming the sea for more than twenty years, I’ve seen no great storms, I don’t believe I can fall here today.”
The other pirates responded and drew their own weapons.
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Makarov asked loudly, “It’s going to hit the pirate ship! Are the muskets ready?”
The men of war said they were ready.
“Don’t worry, they’re guaranteed to get a drink.”
“Okay, I’ll yell one, two, three, and we’ll all power up together.”
“Alright, this wave goes down and the other side probably doesn’t have a few people left.”
“But must aim ah, don’t hurt their own people on the other ship, Lord Schroeder is also on it.” “Such a close distance, no problem at all!”
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Accompanied by two consecutive huge shocks, the two ships crashed into the pirate’s ship on the left and right. The personnel on both sides were shaken, and when they stabilized a little, the muskets in Alda’s army crackled, and the three pirates who were hit were killed on the spot. The sea combat is a bit bumpy, despite the close distance, the musketeers still did not hit all, but this is already considered a preemptive strike, the pirates’ momentum obviously suppressed a lot.
“Kill!” Schroeder jumped onto the pirate ship first, Shark swung his own weapon against the old knight’s sword, which was a machete that looked very heavy at a glance, making Schroeder’s knight’s sword a bit slender in comparison.
With red eyes and veins popping up on his neck, Shark roared, “Come on, old man! Come on! I don’t know how many people’s blood I’ve drank painfully from this to, and today it’s going to taste a new flavor.”
“Hmph! Bluff.” The battle-hardened Schroeder could tell at a glance that this guy was bracing himself.
The two stopped talking nonsense and fought back and forth on the deck, the old knight was a bit unaccustomed to fighting on a bumpy ship, and surprisingly at first he was just parrying the other guy’s attacks, but his defense was dripping with water, and the shark didn’t take advantage of him at all.
Other people also each find a good opponent, the clash of weapons, the crowd of killing sound resounded through the sea.
“You bunch of bandits! Don’t try to rob me!”
The shark frantically swung his weapon, his moves wide open, and in his excitement he was a bit confused about the identity of both sides.
But the pursuing Arda army outnumbered the pirates several times over, and the huge advantage eventually crushed the pirates’ dying resistance.
Schroeder also gradually adapted to the current battle, and gradually turned defense into offense. Finally, the shark was stabbed in the thigh by Schroeder’s sword and collapsed on top of the deck, no longer having the strength to stand up.
“Surrender! I surrender!” He threw his weapon away in despair, and was left to his fate.
Seeing that the boss had surrendered, the other pirates who had yet to be ambushed threw down their weapons and surrendered.
“Tie them up and return to the ship!”
Schroeder coldly glanced at the sharks paralyzed on the deck and gave the order to return to the pier.
At this time a voice sounded from the corner of the deck, “You are Lord Arda’s army, right, this lord, save me!”
The voice was full of joy after the robbery, Schroeder twisted his head to see, a young man with his hands tied behind his back, both tears in his eyes crouching in the corner of the deck, the battle just now was too intense, for a moment he didn’t even notice.
Can’t be careless, have to figure out his identity first, “What are you? Why are you tied to the ship by pirates.”
“I’m a member of the Foster family of the Southern Cape Bay Confederacy, I was kidnapped by pirates a few months ago. You guys saved me, my clan will definitely give you a big reward!”
The young man sharply roared as he revealed his identity.
(End of chapter)