Book 4, Chapter 9: Worship to the god of the sea

It didn't take long for the drunken Serwolle to arrive at the sacrificial ground, and although he was accompanied by an entourage, no one dared to help the grumpy Serwolle, for fear that he would start a drunken madness. On the other hand, Captain Huck Bullard had also arrived, and he looked much older than the last time they had met, his cheeks and beards were completely white, and the attendants beside him were holding top hats and swords for him, and the strong aristocratic atmosphere made several people present quickly notice his existence.

"It's finally here, the three captains of Ruohai, Xihai, and Nanhai should almost start the sacrifice, it's pointless to spend all day here, and I still have some troubles to deal with. ”

At the old captain's order, Severer was awakened by the majestic voice, and hid the bottle in his hand behind him, and even Nabal and Beatrice, who were in the middle of the war, immediately stood up, and the four pirate captains gathered around the colossus of Hector, ordered a large bundle of dried seaweed to be placed at his feet, took the fire, and recited an old eulogy by the fire, and then declared the ceremony to be over.

After cleaning up the scene, Nabal dared to ask Captain Huck, "Trouble? Anyone who has dealt with pirates, who doesn't know that the most powerful of the pirates is Huck Bullard of the Nord North Sea, and someone will ask you for trouble?"

"Ha, of course it's the Druas, a few days ago my men sent a reconnaissance fleet from Minella into the abyss of the sea, but the commander of the fleet that came back is not simple, it is said that he is the commander of the Black Knight who captured the Free Capital two years ago. ”

Captain Huck smiled as if everything was under his control. But the commander he mentioned was clearly the Legion Commander of the Spear of the Underworld, Isaac Bravo, who was now the leading warlord of Drua, and whose number of soldiers must have far exceeded the pirates' imagination.

The coolness of the night breeze deeply stimulated my nerves. Two years ago, when Chanda was attacked, Nabal and I were still drifting on the vast sea, and when we returned to the Stone Bridge of the Youhe River, the free capital that we regarded as our second home no longer existed. Since the fall of Zenda a few weeks ago, the shattered walls of Chanda have been lit up by fire, smoke rising into the clouds and merging with the dark fog, and several dark legions are still stationed outside the city. Firmly concealing the first victim of the invasion in the darkness, followed by dozens of Drua flags fluttering in and around the town, the most striking of which were. Naturally, it is the tombstone banner with a red background of the Bravo family. Later, when I learned that Isaac had led someone to defeat Chanda and kill all the defenders, I became afraid of this man, and I always felt uncomfortable whenever I encountered something related to this person.

"Brother Sigris. Why are you shaking?" Severler on the side noticed the change. He tapped me on the shoulder.

"Oh, I'm fine. If Isaac led people to make a second in the North Sea, it must have something to do with that plan. Captain Fisher, Beatrice, and, of course, the old man, I think you need to know this. I glanced at Nabal, and he took the parchment letter out of his pocket and presented it to the other three captains.

Severer only briefly read it and gave it to Beatrice. The latter is not concerned about this. And when Captain Huck finished reading the plan, a bold conjecture was generated in his mind. It is believed that the leaders of the Pirate Guild should pay special attention to this matter.

"Drua's plan must be to invade Dabaran, and since they are passing through my territory, it is necessary to thwart them and send the news out in time. ”

Captain Huck expressed his opinion, which was exactly what Nabal had originally thought, and when I saw that the old man was very serious about it, I said, "Nabal and I have already reported to the Nords, but this does not prevent the leaders of the pirate guild, as you have always said, from working together to hinder Isaac's fleet." ”

"It is not difficult to see from the outpost we have captured and the troubles of Captain Huck that the Drua Expedition is still sailing somewhere in the North Sea, and if it targets the city of Gronia, it will surely turn to Somnus, which is the territory of Severer, and the old fishhead will trap him well, and when he enters the territorial waters of Gronia, you can also relax as the captain of the Dabaran privateer. "By the time I had finished, Nabal had already drawn up a plan, setting his sights on Savolle and Beatrice, respectively, and they were finally ready to intervene in the matter.

"Our three forces will do their best to thwart the Druas, Nabal, what are you going to do?"

Perhaps the hostile stance had been too long, and Severer picked at the thorn in the plan, and asked rhetorically about the plans of the Goshawk Regiment of Nabal. I tried to answer for him, but Nabal just laughed and prepared to leave with his men.

"Go and meet the strongest black knight for a while, and see if he is really as good as the legend!" When he reached the edge of the sacrificial ground, he stopped and looked back, without the slightest concern in his words, only with great confidence.

The other three couldn't help but shake their heads, people's fear of Drua was not reflected in their hearts, but sublimated into reality, even the most well-armed pirates had no chance of winning against the invincible Dark Knights, and Captain Huck, who had suffered several losses, knew in his heart that Nabal was likely to be gone forever.

"Little Lemuel, this boy Nabal is overheated, as the first mate of the Goshawk, you have to keep an eye on him, don't let him do stupid things that endanger the safety of the whole ship. ”

"Don't worry, I know Nabar, as long as he has a plan, he will definitely use the most shrewd means to accomplish it, and he should not be stupid enough to attack the enemy fleet. ”

I responded to the old man's words, and the other man nodded, and motioned for everyone present to retreat, and Beatrice and Sewolo saw that Nabal had already led the people away, and had no interest in rushing up to say goodbye, but only greeted me a few words, and then took their own people away, and I also said goodbye to Captain Huck again, and left the sacrificial ground following in the footsteps of Nabal and the others.

"Hector, since you once gave the Nords guidance, and now the Pirate Guild needs it as well, I, Huck Bullard, ask for your enlightenment and guide the Pirate Guild to participate in this unfinished war......" After the pirates walked away, Captain Huck was left alone in front of the Colossus, his knees and hands together, silently praying to the Old God.

Over the next week, the Goshawk shuttled between several strategic points in the North Sea. Finally, on the night of the sixth day, I caught up with the slow-moving Drua fleet, and after anchoring the ship, I ascended to the lookout of the mainmast, and with the help of my telescope, I could see beyond the dark sea. Search the brightly lit Drua warship.

After scanning it from beginning to end, I noticed that there were about fifteen or sixteen large ships in this fleet, one of which was flying Isaac's Spear of the Underworld battle flag, and I swallowed a mouthful of spit as I continued to turn my gaze to the other ships. With more than two dozen heavily armed Drua sailors on the deck of almost every ship, Minella is not only an important stronghold of Drua, but also a training ground for the Dark Knights' navy.

"This is already the border of the North Sea. Long out of Captain Huck's sphere of influence...... High, really high!" Nabal also climbed the mainmast and stood on the sail below me. Observed the enemy position with a pocket telescope and praised.

"What's wrong? Why do you say Isaac is smart?"

"This red-haired man doesn't seem to know that the North Sea is Captain Huck's territory, so he was raided by the old man at first, but he hasn't fought since, which only shows one thing. Isaac deliberately avoided clash with the Pirate King's forces. Seize the outposts of the Nords during the day to avoid the limelight, and by sneaking through the night to get through the North Sea sphere of influence, and this place is only about two days' voyage from the Strait of Somnus, at the very end of the Western Sea, and it is up to Several!"

I reviewed it carefully, and it was true that there was only such a possibility, but Isaac in the past was an extremely arrogant person, and even if it was the old man's Invincible Armada, he would fight for it. And from today's situation, it seems that Isaac has changed the bad things of the past. It brought him closer to perfection, and the fear in my heart doubled in addition.

"What now, follow them, or ......"

I was expecting Nabal to make a low-level mistake, but it turned out to be my surprise, and he slid down the mainmast along the sail line and beckoned the sailors to set sail.

"With the speed of their march, they should adopt the same march course at Somnus, and they will not be able to threaten GroΓ±a for a while. Return to the Nord outpost we captured and see how the mainland reacts!"

The moment the Goshawk hoisted and sailed back, a stone fell to the ground, and I didn't have to worry about the lives of the whole ship of Nabarna, but it also meant that the Goshawk gave up the mission to Gronia to report the news, and Isaac would be greeted by the reborn Exocet of the Western Seas, and I could only pray that Severer could complete the mission and get out of the action.

On the way home, due to the strong weather influence, it was already the beginning of next month when it arrived at the outpost, the Goshawk docked on the shallows, and a dhow with the Nord flag was parked around, and the Nord flag was raised again in the outpost, and the flag of the Goshawk was not taken off, and it was still fluttering in the wind in the most conspicuous position.

As soon as our group landed ashore, the guards in the outpost were all killed, compared to the previous soldiers of the Order, the guard of the Nord regular army was indeed much higher, and after explaining their identities, these nearly thirty soldiers immediately dispelled the hostility.

Nabal followed the captain of the garrison to the outpost, and the two communicated for a while, and Nabar came back with a reply, it is said that the Nord lords also understood the severity of this matter, and the three lords of Malail, Eden, and Tuya respectively sent their soldiers to the sea to consolidate the ocean-going outposts, and most of the lost strongholds in the North Sea have been recaptured, and about 200 Drua stragglers were annihilated in the operation.

In addition to the good news of strategy, Nabar also received another news from Captain Nord, our old club, Wings of Freedom, launched a rally order, requiring Nabar, Sieg, Porcha and others who had left the team to return to the team, and there was only one week left for us, which made the Goshawk in the North Sea very embarrassed, and seeing that Nabar was about to be angry because he couldn't make it to the rally, I hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him.

"You know the head of the regiment, people are knife-mouthed tofu hearts, how can they punish you because you are late? Besides, the mirror has been missing for so long and has not been removed, the deputy head of the regiment has gone to the Holy Sect with strict rules, and the horse thieves don't know where they are, and we are definitely not the only ones who are late!"

After listening to my analysis, Nabal shook his head and sighed: "I'm not worried about this, you won't think about it, we got in touch with the mainland for the secret plan of Druya, but the news of the regimental commander brought by the Nord soldiers means that she must be working with Joshim, in case she asks about the progress of the investigation, I really don't know how to reply." ”

As Nabal feared, we hadn't seen our Wings of Liberty partners for over a year, and we all knew the leader's nosy personality that she would go out of her way to lead them back to the end if we were to get involved in some tricky matter. (To be continued......)