Chapter 14: Pirates
Flying in the air, the field of vision becomes wider.
As we got closer to the mainland, the number of ships on the sea began to increase. Connecting the world's oceans, the transportation is convenient and smooth, and people can easily transport the specialties of a place to distant places with just a boat. The wealth of the sea trade is immeasurable, but the money in the sea is not so easy to make, and the changing weather can wipe out a fleet in a storm. But compared to the predictable weather, pirates who can appear on the surface of the sea at any time are something that maritime merchants are really afraid of.
When he was about to arrive in Shangjiang City, Da Liang witnessed a pirate robbery incident in the air.
In the open sea, a two-masted warship with a pirate flag is chasing a large three-masted merchant ship. The brisk pirate gunboat had stopped the merchant ship, and it circled around the merchant ship, and from time to time puffs of smoke came out of the open gun doors, and the bursts of cannonballs set off columns of water around the merchant ships. The pirates did not fire at merchant ships, sinking them did them no good, the shelling was only to discourage the merchant ships' determination to resist.
Sure enough, the merchant ships finally couldn't withstand the pressure of the pirate shelling, so they raised the white flag and gathered everyone on the deck to wait for the pirates to board the ship.
The merchant ship gave up its resistance, causing a cheer from the pirate ship that could be heard even in the brightest light. The excited pirates brought the ship up, and they tied the two ships with hook locks to prevent the merchant ship from leaving, and then a group of pirates rushed onto the merchant ship on the boarding board.
At this time, the merchant ship that gave up resistance was a lamb to the slaughter, but they could not imagine that the pirate's actions had ignited a righteous heart.
"Under the bright future, someone should openly rob ...... There is no heavenly reason! And there is no royal law anymore! As a lord with an archangel, my brother must not be indifferent to such a vicious incident, and my brother must take care of this matter. ”
What happened below also aroused the kindness of Julian, the archangel who was supposed to represent justice, and after receiving the order of Daliang to rescue the merchant ship, she swooped down headlong.
Unbeknownst to him, the pirates who had angered an archangel had rushed aboard the merchant ship, and some of them had their swords and crossbows to watch over the merchant crew on deck, while others rushed into the cabin, looking for the crew members who might be hidden, and counting the cargo of the ship.
"I ask to see your captain." Among the crew members guarding the deck, a lizard man wearing a three-cornered hat shouted loudly, "I am Sulawang, the captain of the Midorisawa, I am from Kuala Lumpur in the South Seas, and I have asked to see your captain for an equivalent conversation." ”
Kuala Lumpur is the main city of the swamp tribe in Malaysia, and most of the crew members of the three-masted merchant ship Midori are swamp species, including lizardmen and wolfheads.
The pirates, on the other hand, are the big-eared monsters of the Terrans and a small number of orcs.
To be able to become the captain of a large ship, it must be a hero class, as only heroes can provide additional stat bonuses to the crew and have hero-specific perks, stunts, and magic skills. Heroes are revered everywhere, which is why the captain of the Midorisawa asks to see the pirate captain, because even a captive is not something that ordinary pirates can talk to.
Sure enough, when Sulawan said that he was the captain, the surrounding pirates immediately changed their attitude towards him, and someone quickly found his captain.
The pirate captain is a human who wears iron gloves, has a sonorous step, and carries a cross sword at his waist, and has the momentum of a crusader warrior.
The Crusaders are the 8th level soldiers in the Terran army, and they are also the backbone of the entire Terran army, they generally wear full-body armor on the battlefield, and their powerful defense and stormy attacks are definitely the troops that no race wants to face directly.
The pirate captain walked up to Sulawan and looked at the captive in front of him proudly: "I'm Sidney, the captain of the Iron Glove, you said you wanted to see me, I'm here, just say anything." ”
Sulawan saluted Sidney without humility or arrogance: "Hello Dear Captain Sidney, my ship is loaded with durians destined for Busan. Such fruits are of no use to you, because they can be stored for too short a time, and only freshness can guarantee their value, and I think you may not be able to sell them quickly, and once they spoil for a long time, they are not worth a copper plate. Therefore, I suggest that you carry a few boxes of durian for your brothers to satisfy their hunger, and then let us go. It's the busiest shipping route in all of East Asia, and you're sure to have a big catch on your next hunt. ”
Durian......
Hearing the ship's cargo, Pirate Captain Sidney couldn't help but frown. At this time, the pirates who had come to check on the cabin rushed out, pinching their noses one by one, and when they ran to the deck, they immediately greedily breathed the sea-smelling air outside.
"Head, this boat is full of durians, this damn thing stinks, luckily we ran fast, otherwise we would have been stunted in like Simon. These poor big-eared monsters, with such short legs are not at all suitable for running. ”
After his subordinates confirmed that the ship was full of durians, Sidney's face became even more ugly. If durian can be sold quickly during the fresh season, it can indeed make a lot of money. But they are pirates, and it is very difficult for pirates to sell stolen goods, sometimes they have to wait half a month or even months before they can meet a suitable opportunity to sell stolen goods, so perishable goods are the last thing pirates want to encounter.
Sidney scolded angrily, he didn't expect to encounter such a thing in his first robbery, and all his money was spent on purchasing and arming the brig. However, robbery was not an easy task, he only had one pirate ship, and he did not dare to show his face in the face of a caravan of several ships, and waited for several days to wait for this lone three-masted merchant ship. I wanted to grab a big deal, but I encountered a shipload of durians, and now the supply of the Iron Glove is about to run out, and I don't know if it can last until the next opportunity appears. "It's bad luck."
"That's right, you're really unlucky!"
A voice appeared at the bow of the ship, and then under the collective gaze of the merchant sailors and pirates, a holy archangel slowly descended from the sky. She wears armor that glows white, and her hood obscures her face, making her even more mysterious and sacred.
However, everyone's eyes soon gathered on her shoulders from the archangel, this angel stood at the top of the world, and there was a person sitting on her shoulder!
What kind of strong man can be loyal to an archangel?