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Chapter 10: The Hidden Murder of the Storm

At dusk, the entire Caribbean Sea is like a sleeping lady, quiet, seductive, and full of a different charm.

Golden list, power, and war are the main factors that tempt people to rush to the sea one after another. Even if the front is full of fatal danger, it cannot stop the sails slowly flying on the mast.

Standing on the side of the bow of the ship, the breeze gently blew on his face, smelling the unique breath of the sea, Xing Ze couldn't help feeling the long-lost tranquility.

He took the bottle and drank a sip of slightly cloudy rum. If conditions did not allow it, he would like to live freely at sea for a period of time.

Anyone who does not live near the sea will almost have the same thoughts on his first voyage.

But they didn't know that the sea had many sides. Just as a seemingly noble and elegant lady might have a very decay in private, the sea also had an unknown side.

Now, before Xing Ze's feelings could be settled, the whole world suddenly changed.

Dark clouds came, and strong winds were blowing on the sea surface, and huge waves rushed towards the Raider, causing the entire hull to start to rush violently.

The next second, the raindrops as big as beans suddenly fell. Before Xing Ze could return to the cabin, he was directly poured into a cold heart.

Hiding in the observation room on the first floor of the cabin, he looked at the sailors who were trying to maintain balance outside, and said with a little emotion: "Good guy, you really change it just by saying it."

When the wind and rain are over, the hull will sway violently, just like huge grinding stones rolling up and down the hillside. The sailors must work hard to maintain balance while groping towards the mast. If the sails are not put down, a hurricane at sea may overturn the entire ship, and then the ship will be destroyed and people will die.

Under the night of lightning and thunder, they could not see anything, and could only move forward based on their feelings and memories. Every wave surging from the sea seemed to make the sailors bury themselves at the bottom of the sea.

Xing Ze, hiding in the cabin, even clearly saw that several unlucky pirates were knocked over by the waves while escaping back to the cabin. When the sea water receded, several people were missing there.

"It seems that this storm is very powerful." Xing Ze said to Gina who had come to him at some point.

Looking at the sailor on the deck, who was still struggling to move towards the mast, Gina nodded silently and said, "It seems that the life of the pirates of the Caribbean is not as pleasant as they imagined."

"Freedom is always relative." This thought flashed through my heart. Xing Ze pushed the wooden round cover above his head, turned his head and ordered to his companion: "I'll help them and I'll hand it over to you."

After saying that, relying on his superb agility, Xing Ze shook his steps and rushed towards several masts at a rapid speed.

Behind him, Gina curled her lips slightly and drilled into the ladder leading to the ground deck, ready to support the sailors there.

No matter how famous the rogue or even the Black Pearl are, their names are no longer as powerful as their additional abilities, can not change a fact.

That is, they are all wooden hulls.

The hull of the wooden sea boat is made of many wooden boards "stitched together". Although during the shipbuilding process, craftsmen have filled each wooden board with "waterproof adhesive" made of asphalt, hemp rope and wood ash, this does not guarantee that the ship will not leak water.

In fact, as long as the sea boat is launched, the wooden boards that have been soaked in sea water for a long time will automatically absorb water and expand, extruding the filling from the gaps in the deck, and then the sea water will penetrate into the bottom cabin along the gaps between each wooden board.

Water seepage problems usually do not cause sailing. For example, in the original plot, as long as the war begins, the bottom layer of the Black Pearl must be filled with a large amount of sea water, but it has been galloping on the Caribbean Sea for so many years, and I have never heard of anyone who can sink it.

It will not sink or sink, but water seepage will increase the load on the ship, reduce the cargo capacity of the ship, and slow down the speed of the ship.

Moreover, if the seawater seeps into the cabin is not discharged in time, the seawater will also damage the cargo or other items in the cabin, erode the undamaged wood in the cabin, causing more leaks and aggravate the water seepage problem.

Therefore, sailors must patrol the bottom cabins of the ship frequently. Once water seeps are found, they must use wooden barrels, pumps and other tools to discharge the infiltration of seawater out of the ship, and then use various fillings to block the leaking seams.

Generally speaking, if there are watertight compartments on the ship, the workload of handling water seepage at the bottom will be much less. Just a simple search can be used to quickly find the water leakage at the bottom of the ship for repair.

If there is no watertight compartment on the ship, sailors will spend a lot of time looking for leaks on the bottom of the ship and then blocking it.

Unfortunately, European shipbuilders in the era of Pirates of the Caribbean had not yet introduced watertight compartment design from China, which meant that the sailors at that time would have to spend a lot of effort to find the water leaking places of the ships, which undoubtedly increased their workload.

The reason why Xing Ze sent Gina to the lower cabin was to use her superb perception ability to find the leaking point below as soon as possible.

In case the storm lasts for a long time, in order not to affect the mission, the Raider can only leave the storm-covered sea as soon as possible.

......

On the deck, the strong wind caused huge waves, and the sound of the waves colliding was like thunder, deafening.

Even though he had agility attributes that were far beyond ordinary people, Xing Ze still took nearly a minute to arrive next to several masts.

This is thanks to his basic navigation skills he learned in advance, otherwise this time would have been extended a little.

He hugged his arms with his hands, bent his body slightly, and pressed against the waves. Taking advantage of the gaps in the sea water, he quickly pulled out the sword from his waist and cut off all the cables that bound the sails.

Anyway, there are some things like cables on the boat, so he is not afraid of not being able to raise the sails again afterwards. At most, it is a little more troublesome. The situation is urgent and he doesn't allow him to think so much.

"Don't shit, come here and tie the sails to the mast. Move quickly, you trash." Less than a day after boarding the ship, Xing Ze's speech style was like an old sailor.

He was famous for his great reputation and his scolding effect was unexpectedly excellent. The sailors who were still moving slowly came to the cold eyes as soon as they touched their cold eyes. They immediately rushed over without caring about a few big strides.

Seeing this, Xing Ze felt relieved, stomped the deck with force, and quickly slid towards the second mast with the help of the momentum.

Looking at the back of the man in front of him, the sailors behind him looked at each other, and couldn't help but quietly disperse, walking quietly towards him in a semi-encirclement shape.

The few people who were obviously malicious did not rush to take action immediately. They knew the difference in strength between them, and taking rash actions would only lead to failure.

Finally, I waited patiently for the opportunity.

"Wow!"

After the storm came, the most violent impact was generated, and the huge waves covered by the entire deck suddenly came. Taking this opportunity, several people quickly drew out their scimitars and launched a sneak attack on Xing Ze who was facing their backs at almost the same time.

The waves sputtered on the sailor's knife, making a crisp sound. In an environment with such low visibility, no one could notice what was happening here.

The murderous intent that had been hidden for a long time suddenly burst out on the colorless deck of the waves.

As the weapon became closer to the target, the expressions of the few people couldn't help but show a hint of joy, but at this moment, Xing Ze, who was already a dead person in the eyes of everyone, turned his head abruptly, and his eyes happened to be looking at them.

"Do you really think I can't find such a strong murderous intent?"

The sneak attack was discovered, which was indeed a bit beyond their expectations, but it was impossible to stop at this moment. The few people did not hesitate because of the exposure, but instead had a little more strength in their hands.

They knew very well that if they could not kill the person in front of them, when the situation subsided, their end would be cut off and thrown into the sea.

The pirate who didn't want to be buried in the fish's belly secretly made up his mind to kill the target even if he fought to the death today.

Unfortunately, when a few people approached him sneakily, Xing Ze realized that he would not give the enemy any chance when he was on guard.

With the movement of turning his head, the weapon originally held in the forehand turned into a backhand sword. When the arm was raised, the sword edge was raised and the sword edge was easily separated from the sharp blade attacking on the right.

At the same time, his body turned nibly backwards, not only avoiding several other sailor knives, but also taking this opportunity to use a backhand sword to pierce the heart of the previous person from behind.

Xing Ze, who kicked away the corpse on the sword, held the sword in his hand, walked towards the enemy step by step with a sneer.

One person was killed when they attacked first. It is conceivable that the pressure from several perpetrators is under the pressure of the moment. They are now more or less regretful of their rash actions today.

I thought it was easy to get it, but who would have thought that the situation would turn a sharp turn. As a last resort, several people could only risk their lives to rush up again.

Staring at the sailor's sword that was slashing towards him, Xing Ze raised his arm and drew an arc from bottom to top in the back. While successfully blocking the enemy's weapon, his wrist flipped and suddenly slashed.

The blade slashed the enemy's neck, but Xing Ze ignored him and turned to kill another person.

With the power of killing two people in a row, he was holding a sword in his hand and was like a lightning-fast thrust.

The Sailor Knife and the Sword hit both of them almost at the same time. The difference is that Xing Ze only suffered less than 10 points of damage, but the enemy was directly penetrated into the heart.

In a blink of an eye, the enemy who came to attack him was left standing alone on the deck.

The wind and rain continued, and the blood on the sword was quickly washed away, and even a few corpses fell into the sea with the waves.

"Click!"

Suddenly, a bright lightning flashed through the sky.
Chapter completed!
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