Chapter 156: Iron Seeds
"My lord, your adopted daughter is so lively and lovely, she reminds me of my daughter from my hometown. I remember the last time I left, she was also so big, and now I'm afraid she's a beautiful big girl, but I don't know which bastard will be cheaper in the end. A man in his mid-for-fouries with a bushy beard sighed.
He has wheat-colored skin left by long-term exposure to the sun, as well as a burly and muscular figure and two powerful arms, and his right eye has been completely removed due to an injury sustained in a battle and has not been treated in time, so the eyeball has been completely removed, and he wears a black blindfold, which is basically the same as that of a pirate captain from the Age of Discovery.
There is no doubt that this is the leader of the team that Blanco finally recruited from an unknown place with a high salary, his name is Eric, and it is said that he used to be the captain of a pirate ship, but later lost his ship due to the defection of the crew, and had no choice but to change his career to smuggling.
If there is any advantage of this guy, it is that he has a big heart, and many people would be frightened when they see Kuro Kerbardo for the first time, but he leaned in with excitement and tried to touch the dragon's scales.
It has to be said that even among the pirates who are generally more courageous, he is an outlier, and it can even be said that he lacks the most basic reverence for the unknown.
However, in Zhang Cheng's view, Eric is the ideal leader of this adventure, and he is also a qualified cannon fodder.
Thinking of this, a playful smile appeared on his face, and he asked without looking back, "How long have you been away from home?"
"Hmm...... I don't remember exactly, maybe it's four years, maybe five years, anyway, I haven't been back for a long time. Eric replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
"Four or five years?!" Zhang Cheng turned around and looked at the other party with sympathetic eyes, as if he could already see a green prairie growing on the other party's head.
You must know that according to the openness of the Westeros continent, not to mention that the husband has been away from home for four or five years, even if he is away from home for a few months, the wife may find a lover to relieve her boredom, and she will not even have an illegitimate child in four or five years.
"Hahahaha! I know what you're trying to say, but I don't care. Because I have a thirst for adventure and a desire to find all kinds of thrills, I would rather die a bang than die in bed like ordinary people. Eric laughed and said what he wanted to do.
"Hehe, well, I now know why you accepted my invitation. Zhang Cheng smiled and nodded.
Although he doesn't appreciate this attitude of looking for excitement with his own life at all, he doesn't plan to make too many comments.
After all, no matter what, everyone's growth experience is different, and their attitude towards life is also different, so there is no need to demand others according to their own values.
Eric held his black blindfold, looked up at Kuro Kirba, who was left with only a small black dot in the sky, and replied in a slightly excited tone: "That's right! The reason why I accepted the invitation was that Blanco assured me that I would see a lot of incredible and even terrifying things with you, although I still don't know exactly what you are looking for. ”
Just when Zhang Cheng was about to say something, a large white canvas suddenly appeared where the sea and the sky met, and in less than a minute, warships with octopus patterns appeared in everyone's sight.
The lookout at the top of the mast did not hesitate, and immediately sounded the alarm bell, shouting as he knocked back: "Alert! All men ready for battle! It's the ship of the Greyjoy family!"
"Damn, aren't these iron species invading the North, how could they suddenly appear on the West Coast?" said Eric's face immediately turned serious.
As the inhabitants of the Iron Islands who grew up in barren land, they have always been known for their ferocity, brutality, and raiding nature, and almost every Iron People is a qualified sailor and robber, and few forces can defeat them on the water.
It can be said that encountering iron at sea is simply the most unlucky thing, they will not only rob ships and goods, but also rape ** women and kill people for fun.
Looking at the huge golden octopus printed on the sail of the flagship, Zhang Cheng pursed the corners of his mouth and muttered in a voice that only he could hear......, "Is it finally here?"
There is no doubt that according to the timeline in the story, Baron, the leader of the Greyjoy family, is now eighty percent dead in an accident.
The new leader, Ulun, gave up continuing to attack the northern frontier, where there was not much oil and water, and prepared to move south to plunder the rich riverbend region.
If nothing else, his first target was the Shield Islands, and once he broke through the Shield Islands, the coastal areas of the river bay would completely lose their barrier and become the target of the Iron Islands' wanton ravage.
"Your Excellency, please hurry up and make a decision, will you fight, or will you turn the bow of the ship to avoid them?" Eric reminded in a low voice.
"No, we don't need to fight or avoid them. Tell the helmsman to drive straight over. With that, Zhang Cheng came to the bow of the boat alone, raised his hand and released the scorching fire.
The dragon in the sky noticed the signal from its master, and quickly swooped down with a shriek, turning from a small black dot into a behemoth with a body length of more than ten meters.
The powerful air currents brought by the flapping of its wings alone caused the ship to move at a sudden speed, like an arrow from a string crashing into the enemy's flagship.
Yu Lun, who was holding a telescope to observe the movement, undoubtedly spotted the oncoming dragon, immediately gasped, turned around and was about to jump into the sea.
He didn't think that his flesh and blood could stop the dragon flame, which was enough to melt steel and stone.
But before he could jump, Kulo Kerba suddenly stretched out his back grab, snapped the ship's mainmast, and then threw it at another ship next to him, disrupting the otherwise neat formation at once.
All of a sudden, the ships behind were forced to turn, and the scene became a mess.
Taking advantage of this brief confusion, Zhang Cheng's boat unimpeded the long ramming angle into the opponent's hull and making a loud noise, and the people on the deck were like bowling bottles staggering, and some fell directly into the sea.
With his dexterity, Euron grabbed a rein in time.
But before he could regain his balance, a sharp sword was already on his neck.
"Good afternoon, dear Euron Greyjoy, it is a pleasure to meet you at sea, for this is what I have left to do. ”
With a sarcastic ridicule, Zhang Cheng finally boarded the enemy ship......