Mage Joan

Chapter 629: Pirates Strike

Joan saw that Hailaer and Holden were arguing again, so he had to stand up to persuade them.

On the one hand, he wanted to appease Hailar, but he turned his head and explained to the aggrieved Holden: "I heard that your hometown, Canaan, is an inland desert country that lacks coastlines and ports. Customs, on board, it is best not to say such ugly words as 'overturn', 'sink', 'leakage', otherwise it will easily remind people of the corresponding disaster."

"If this is a custom, then I can only think that the customs here are too superstitious. In fact, no matter whether I say those taboo words or not, it will not have any impact on the reality." Holden said in a low voice. rebuttal.

In fact, Joan also admitted that what he said was reasonable, but he didn't want to be serious with him on this issue.

People living at sea often cannot control their life and death, depending on unpredictable factors such as the weather. Facing the moody nature, what can people do except pray for divine grace and avoid taboos?

Even if this is a "superstition", at least it can bring some spiritual comfort to people.

Hailaer is not as good-tempered as Joan. Hearing Holden's sharp criticism of the customs of her hometown, the anger that had just been suppressed rose again, and turned to Holden with a sneer: "Actually, we have a more barbaric custom here. Joan is not embarrassed to tell you."

"What custom?" Holden asked curiously.

"If there is an accident during the voyage, and there is a guy on board who always speaks bad words, it is reasonable to think that this 'crow's mouth' is responsible for all the troubles. If the majority of the crew agrees with this view, it can That annoying guy tied up and threw it into the sea as a sacrifice to the Sea God, praying that the Sea God would calm down his anger and dispel bad luck after accepting the sacrifice."

After saying this, Hailar stared at Holden and made a meaningful hint.

"You'd better be good at swimming, maybe you can use this skill at any time."

Holden turned pale with fright!

He is a "landlubber" from a desert country. He has never seen the sea a few times in his life, so how can he swim!

"No, it shouldn't be that serious!" Scared by Hailaer, the young poet didn't dare to talk anymore, and hurriedly boarded the open deck with Joan.

The weather is still very good, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the sea shrouded in night is sparkling. With the fresh sea breeze blowing head-on, Joan felt refreshed, but at the same time, doubts arose: the sea was calm and the cargo ship was running smoothly. What factors prompted the watchman to sound the alarm?

Just when he was wondering, a sailor wearing a black turban hurried over and bowed to him.

"Master Master, I finally found you!"

"What's up?"

"Mr. McQuay told me to inform you to meet him at the bow of the ship as soon as possible. He has something urgent to discuss with you."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Joan nodded, followed the sailor around the mainmast, and hurried to the bow. Captain McQuay had just come down from the bridge, followed by the first mate, the second mate, and the bosun.

Seeing Joan and his party coming, McQuay stopped and shook hands with him. Without saying a word, he put the binoculars into his hand, pointed to the left side of the ship and said, "Look over there, it's about 10 minutes away from our ship. Two nautical miles away, there is a motor sailing ship that has been following us since dusk."

"There is no national flag, and there is no flag of the shipping company, so it can't be..." Qiao An observed the big black ship sailing in the night through the binoculars, and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

Captain McQuay nodded, with an extremely serious expression on his face: "I have spent most of my life at sea seeking a living. If my experience is still useful, this kind of sneaky guy... is probably a pirate ship."

Joan frowned, raised his hand to touch the prosthetic eye, and turned on "Dark Vision" and "Mist Vision" at the same time, leaned in front of the telescope again, excluded the influence of night and waves, and observed the deck of the suspicious big ship opposite with a clearer view on the movement.

"Our ship belongs to Freeport, and Freeport is the residence of the Pirate Council. How could any pirate dare to attack us?" Holden asked in surprise.

"Because we are from Freeport, if the other party dares to take advantage of our ship, it means that the problem is very serious. I am afraid that not only will the goods be plundered, but also people will be killed to prevent the incident from being revealed."

Hailar sighed, his face became ugly.

"If I'm not mistaken, Francis Messinger's men are indispensable on the opposite ship—they are probably coming for me!"

Hailar's words reminded Joan, turn the brass sleeve of the telescope, and adjust the magnification to the maximum. With the blessing of "dark vision" and "fog vision", he can see through the telescope every thing on the opposite deck. face.

The first thing that flashed across the camera were several deformed figures, which looked like monsters with mermaid heads. Their naked skin was covered with dark green scales, and their wide palms and feet had webbed membranes. They were clearly sahuagins!

Joan frowned, continued to move the binoculars, and discerned a few human figures among the large group of sahuagin. It shows that they are not at ease.

Among this group of human pirates, Joan saw three familiar faces. They were the three thieves that Hailar had taught at the Freeport Wharf yesterday afternoon.

It seems that Hailar guessed right. This group of gangsters colluded with the Shahua pirates to track the "Mercury". In addition to the main incentive of robbing the ship's cargo, seeking revenge from Hailar may also be a factor that cannot be ignored.

After Joan thought about it, the pirate ship obviously came prepared, and the "Mercury" was likely to be targeted by them as soon as it left the port.

In the past four days, the pirates have not revealed their intention to attack. It can be seen that they are afraid. They know that the "Mercury" is registered in Freeport, and they also know that Hailaer was born in a family of noble members of Freeport. If they launch a robbery in the waters near Freeport If they are witnessed by a passing ship and the wind spreads to the Pirate Council, even if they have Francis Messinger behind them, they will not be able to explain to Herel, the speaker of the pirate council and the lord of the free port.

In order to avoid leaking the news, this group of pirates endured until today, and waited until the "Mercury" was far away from the sphere of influence of the Freeport, and went deep into the hinterland of the Asa Sea. Desiring to start the magic steam engine at full speed and charge straight over, the intention of launching a robbery has been fully exposed.

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