Chapter Eleven: Ambush at Sea
After all the sails were closed, the shaking amplitude of the Raider instantly became much smaller.
Faced with the invasion of the strong wind and waves, Xing Ze, who solved all the problems, quickly ran back to the cabin.
Whether the enemy had planned it early or had a temporary plan, in short, this crisis has been avoided.
Next, just wait patiently for the wind and waves to calm down.
Walking towards his lounge, before he could change his clean clothes, a sudden burst of screams rang out from the bottom cabin.
Subconsciously frowned, Xing Ze finally remembered that he had a temporary companion. Since the enemy would attack him, she must not be able to escape.
After pausing, Xing Ze turned his head and walked towards the stairs leading to the bottom cabin, preparing to check the situation.
While he was moving, he found that the female player named Gina suddenly rose to level 2, which shows that the situation below is worse than expected.
"Bang!"
A ball of thorny plant tentacles stretched out with a broken wooden board, with their eyes flashing slightly. Taking advantage of the exclamation of everyone, Xing Ze jumped down from the broken hole and came to the cabin at the bottom.
At this moment, the water seepage problem in the cabin was basically solved. He pushed aside the cargo scattered all over the ground, and he successfully found the female player Gina, surrounded by a large group of plants and covered in blood, in the innermost part of the cabin.
His eyes swept across the surrounding corpses and the bulge of plants. Xing Ze asked with concern: "Have the enemies solved? Are you okay?"
"Fortunately, it seems that I can't die." Gina responded angrily. She was beaten back to her original form and was busy applying ointment to the parts she received, hoping to stop the blood as soon as possible.
A few minutes later, her health gradually increased, and a glimmer of light flashed on her body, and she turned back into a vicious pirate. Then she followed Xing Ze out of the cabin.
"The enemy is becoming more and more unscrupulous. We cannot continue to bear it passively. We must find an opportunity to fight back." Gina's transformed pirate said in a low tone.
Xing Ze discovered that when she changed her appearance, her personality seemed to change, but she didn't know if it was a disguise or something else.
Hearing the suppressed anger in his companion's tone, Xing Ze sneered and said, "Don't hurry, wait until we meet the pursuing enemy, take advantage of the chaos, and then we will settle the new and old accounts together."
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This sudden storm came and went quickly. Before the Raiders could sail away from this sea, the dark clouds shrouded in the sky slowly dissipated.
If the hull had not suffered certain damage, and the sailors were injured and injured, it would have seemed that nothing had happened.
After counting, there were countless materials losses, and the number of missing sailors exceeded 30. It can be said that the Raider suffered a heavy blow before the war began.
But this still cannot change the Black Baron's firm belief in revenge. After a simple rest of less than an hour, the ship started again and continued sailing towards the target.
This time, no special incident occurred along the way, and everyone finally successfully arrived at the ambush, a small island with a docking pier on the ground.
According to the information, the target was replenishing supplies on an island a few nautical miles away. As long as they left the port, they would be discovered by the lookout, and they would be able to use the amazing acceleration of the short distance of the Raider to catch the enemy off guard.
The Black Baron not only needs to take revenge, but also needs to take the same measures, otherwise it will be impossible to eliminate the hatred in his heart.
On the other hand, Xing Ze and Gina, two players, after the ship docked on the island Famore, announced their plans in public, the expected system prompt finally rang out.
"Player number: 12556, successfully triggering the side quest 'Black Baron'."
"Mission Requirements: Defeat Redbeard Jackie Paraton."
“Task Difficulty:d.”
"Task Reward: 100 Experience Points, 500 Story Points."
"Red Beard, I don't seem to have any impression." After thinking carefully in my mind, I found that the original work had basically not mentioned this name. For this reason, Xing Ze could basically conclude that there is a player on the enemy ship, otherwise the system would not give such a difficult evaluation.
You should know that the difficulty of the D-level mission is basically the same as the last main line in the previous world. If there is no player on the other side, it means that the strength of the characters in the plot has reached a certain level. Such a guy cannot be unrealized in the original work. In other words, the difficulty of this mission is still the interference of hostile players.
In addition, the first mate Reddy's targeting is also a problem. Xing Ze originally planned to get rid of him and replace him, so that the next action can be more convenient.
In other words, this battle not only requires defeating the enemy, but also finding the right opportunity to stab oneself in a knife. The difficulty of execution can be imagined.
Fortunately, Gina, who is good at disguising, would have had a headache about it.
Just as the two were secretly discussing various conspiracies, the Red Bearded "Helakin" finally completed the supply work.
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The hull of an unknown island is painted with bright red colors. The Helajin, which is several circles larger than an ordinary sailboat, is currently making the final preparations for setting sail.
"Hurry up and bring the goods onto the ship, have you not eaten in the morning?"
On the dock, a pirate with a head turban tied on his head and holding a scimitar kept swearing at his subordinates.
This man is the sailor of the Helajin. He drank a little too much last night. He felt uncomfortable when he got up in the morning. However, he still had work to do today, so he could only spread his anger on his subordinates.
Listening to the scolding coming from beside him, a man wearing an eye mask and a sailor knife in the crowd couldn't help but say to his companion with hatred: "Damn, I'll have to suffer such a cowardly one day. I really want to cut him down with one knife."
The companion next to the man nodded slightly when he heard this. Both of them looked angry. It was obvious that they had suffered a lot of humiliation during this period, but unfortunately they did not have the courage to overturn the table easily.
Not everyone is like Xing Ze, who has a full understanding of the plot world. For ordinary players, entering the new world is mainly cautious. After all, a few people are brave enough to turn over the table.
What's more, Red Beard is famous after all, and there are countless pirates under his command. Players who do not understand the situation can easily regard him as an indigenous person who is focused on by the will of the world, and naturally act more carefully.
If this was not the case, the sailor who was standing on the dock and scolding happily would have been secretly killed by the angry player.
Soon, amid the long-swalking yelling of the sailors, the supplies of the Hailajin were finally ready. The sails on the main mast rose, and the huge hull slowly drove out of the harbor along the south wind.
Their strength is naturally outstanding when they can make a breakthrough in the newly developed world with their team. As soon as they drove away from the sea near the island, one of the players noticed a clear sense of being peeped.
He flipped his palm and took out a camouflaged high-power monocular telescope. He adjusted the distance with one hand and changed direction with the other hand, trying to find the source of the sense of threat.
Finally, a three-masted sailboat riding the wind and waves came into his eyes through the lens, and the source of the peeping feeling came from the lookout above the sailboat.
It is obvious that the other party had already discovered the existence of this ship, and the reason why it accelerated was probably not just to say hello to them.
The two players who felt something was wrong came together to find the sailor leader who was commanding his subordinates next to the rudder.
After a simple conversation, the sailor who was unbeliever took the monocular telescope. He first played with greed for a while, and made up his mind to find an excuse to take it for himself later. Then he slowly looked in the direction indicated by the two.
In an instant, the sailor's long face changed.
"Enemy attack!!!"
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The Raider, deck.
The black Baron Famore, who changed into a combat uniform, wore a captain's triangle hat and a luxurious one-handed stabbing sword, stood far away from the second-story ship pavilion on the deck.
Below, the first mate Reddy, the sailor leader Rosen, the deputy sailor leader Monroe, the commando leader Scott, and all the main combat members are on the list.
"Swish!"
The sword was unsheathed, and Famore's indifferent voice spread to everyone's ears.
"Accelerate, aim at the enemy ship, and hit me with all my strength. Everyone, prepare for the battle on the board!"
"oh!!!"
Amid the excitement and strange screams of the pirates, the Raider's active skill "Leap Forward" was activated, and several large cannons located at the stern of the ship made sounds. With the violent vibration, the ship's navigation speed suddenly increased by several times.
By the time the other party noticed and tried to react, the robber had already entered a very dangerous range. In order to get close to the enemy to the greatest extent, even the main gun at the bow of the ship did not sound.
Xing Ze, who led his subordinates to stand at the front of the team, could even clearly see the terrifying faces on the enemy's sailboat.
At this moment, an unexpected gunshot suddenly rang out several kilometers of water around.
Unlike the violent explosion of cannons, the gunshot is more low and more penetrating. By the time everyone notices something is wrong, an unlucky sailor has broken his right arm.
He squatted down instantly and shrank under the fence of the bow of the ship. Xing Ze looked at Gina beside him with an inquiring gaze.
With outstanding perception, she will definitely be able to discover something.
"Sniper rifle." The girl curled up next to her gave him a clear answer.
"Sure enough, there are players." Xing Ze murmured to himself, then his eyes froze, and he sneered: "It's a pity... it's too late."
As he said, just after the second gunshot, the Raider, whose speed had increased to the extreme, hit the hull in front of the enemy ship in a ferocious horn roar.
Chapter completed!