Chapter 232 Encountering Pirates
"Nick" was slightly stunned and said suddenly: "I didn't think you were from the East before. Now it seems that you said that your money was swallowed by the sea because you didn't want your coins to be recognized by the people here?"
I nodded to indicate that the other party's guess was correct.
"Nick" continued: "Pirates can be said to be a specialty of our 'Western Continent'. The 'King Arthur' used this strategy to use the 'Wilderland World' you occupied--"
"Wait a minute, are you saying that your 'Western Alliance' plan this time is just to set up a pirate fleet in 'Wilderness World'? Instead of waiting for an opportunity to occupy 'Wilderness World'?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but interrupt "Nick" words.
Because this matter is too strange. It is really amazing to make a big deal in it that hundreds of thousands of players have spent their lives just to set up a fleet of pirates instead of occupying the favorable environment of the "Wilderness World".
"What do you think it is? How much effort and time does it take to occupy your 'wasteland world'? Maybe they may spend all their game time on it. After all, you 'Oriental Continent' have an advantage in that place."
"Besides, even if you occupy a place, what's the point? When they wake up, they probably will return to the hands of you orientals, or do you want them to stay up all day to guard their territory every day?"
Yes, I almost forgot the time difference between the East and the West. Before, a lot of energy was spent between the two sides on that war. If the "Western Alliance" really occupied a territory in the "Wilderness World", it would inevitably be besieged by countless "Eastern Continent" gang forces, and it would be impossible to occupy it for a long time.
In this way, it is better to be a pirate to save trouble and effort. First, you can seize passing ships and get a lot of gains. After all, after the "Oriental Continent" and "Wilderness World" are opened, the shipping between the two will develop greatly, and the benefits are considerable; second, it reduces the danger of directly opposing the gang forces of the "Oriental Continent" and the safety is guaranteed.
Now I have to admire the "King Arthur"'s plan, and at the same time I have a rough understanding of the differences in thinking between the East and the West.
However, what can pirates rob? Money, goods, or other things are usually placed in the "Qiankun Ring" and the "Space Ring", which outsiders cannot take out at all. Unless they kill the player directly, and then depending on their luck, whether one or two things fall out of it.
But in this way, is the efficiency of robbery too poor?
I told "Nick" about this doubt, and he laughed loudly. After finally stopping the laughter, "Nick" took a sip of "Du Kang" hard and said, "It seems that you orientals are really different. There are many benefits of robbery!"
"First, if you encounter players who cherish their attributes very much, then you can use the death attribute punishment as a threat and hit him with a big deal. Whether it is gold coins or goods, you can even directly determine the price and transfer money through business cards! This is one of the main sources of income for the islands."
"Secondly, for those players carrying huge goods, some of the goods will often fall out after their death. That is to say, the more items in the 'Space Ring', the greater the probability of death falling. These merchants often pay a certain amount of travel fee. After all, returning to the mainland from the island or going to the island from the mainland can make a big difference, and there is no need to lose their lives and part of the goods for a small toll."
"Third, those powerful people who are not afraid of death can leave safely as long as they defeat one of the masters sent by the pirates without paying any fees. However, in reality, there are very few such situations, because among the current pirate gangs, each of them has one or several experts ranked on the mainland, and they are usually those with more than a dozen or twenty people."
"Of course, if you meet you, "James York", these guys are definitely not opponents. Now I hope these guys come to you! Unfortunately, this is the "official ship", with a thousand NPC soldiers on it, most of them are powerful figures above level 60. Even the two largest pirate gangs have to consider whether they can get through here." "Nick's tone was full of regret, which made me regret telling him my true identity.
At that time, in order to show my sincerity, I took off my mask. But when I saw my face, "Nick" screamed in shock and actually shouted my name.
Then I also learned how I became famous in the "Western Continent". Of course, this reputation is mainly commercial. After all, the current game image spokesperson of "Tianxia Game Company" is even more of a billionaire, and I became a billionaire (of course, RMB) through the game "Battle of the World". Therefore, in the promotion of the Western world, I am promoted as a billionaire, while other achievements are ignored.
However, this kind of publicity is more popular among Westerners. According to Nick, countless people who want to make a fortune in the game entered the game because of my example; Nick himself was even more involved in business after he was unable to become an excellent blacksmith and under the influence of my success. Therefore, Nick called himself my "fans" behind his back.
The third hour after the warship drove out of the dock, I had to feel depressed by the accuracy of "Nick" nonsense because we really met pirates, and there were tens of thousands of pirates.
After running around the boat, Nick told me his gains: "For some reason, the 'official ship' we were on was only 200 soldiers guarding, and even with NPCs such as sailors, there were only about 300 people."
"What about the players? There should be quite a few, right?"
"Player? If you put your wish on them, you will be useless. The people here are almost all pauper types, and such players only need to pay a small part of the 'toll'. They don't have to fight against the thousands of pirates for their little possessions."
"Nick" lay on his bed, took out a pot of "Du Kang" from the "Space Ring", and said with a relaxed look: "Besides, is it useful even if you work hard? He is the second-ranked "Shilan" among the pirates. Every time he acts, players who can go online will be dispatched together. The total number of people is about 20,000. Even if it is not a free time now, it is at least more than 10,000 people!"
"With our troops of less than 500, against ten thousand people, hehe, unless you take action personally. I heard that when you were fighting our Western coalition, you killed nearly 100,000 players with a sneak attack with a number of twenty people. Now the number has become one-twentieth, and the other party has become one-tween. With the strength of your number one master in the "Oriental Continent", I think it's no problem to deal with your two scouts, right?" "Nick" looked like he was completely dependent on you, which made me laugh and cry.
The reason why the sneak attack was successful that time was first of all because the "Western Alliance" failed to detect the air. It cannot be blamed for this. After all, no one thought that our "Eastern Continent" players could easily reach the "Western Continent" through the "Wilderness World".
Secondly, it was that the scouts had sufficient preparations at that time. The scouts had countless tincture oil in their hands, and the number of twenty people formed a certain scale of coverage and bombardment. With the number of me alone and the pitifully few tincture oil in my hands, it would be a miracle that could kill a thousand people.
What's more, during the battle period, the opponent will definitely be guarded against sneak attacks from air forces. Maybe I was discovered before I got close to the opponent's warship. At that time, I might have faced hundreds of air teams.
Therefore, the statement of "Nick" can only be empty talk. Besides, I don't want to make a big splash in this "Western continent", otherwise I will be in trouble if I am recognized by others.
Just as we were talking, the pirate fleet outside, which was called the "Children" pirate group by "Nick" was called "Children" in total, surrounded the "official ship" we were on.
The commander of the soldiers on the "Official Ship" is a real NPC. He has never encountered pirates robbing the "Official Ship". In addition, for some reasons, there are only 200 soldiers on the ship now, and this number is no match for those islands at all.
For him, protecting his guests, protecting the ships and soldiers themselves is a duty. But obviously, the current situation, war must be "no place to die", and it may even be angered by the passengers on the ship. In this way, he may need to say "bye" to this relaxed and pleasant job, after all, there are many people who can do this job. The head of the company's personnel department is clamoring to save expenses and lay off employees every day, and he must not catch the handle.
If you abandon the battle, although you can save the passengers, ships and soldiers, it means you have violated your job responsibilities and are at risk of losing your job.
Just when this young captain who had just joined the "Tianxia Game Company" for only one year was in a dilemma about what he should do, the leader of the "She Lan" pirate group, "She Lan", is a female player, and a very beautiful female player, sitting in his flagship listening to his subordinates' reports.
When the subordinate finally finished talking about the current situation, "Shi Lan" drank the blood-red wine in the glass of wine in one gulp, then threw the wine glass in his hand casually, and shouted at the pirate leader sitting on both sides of her: "Attack, there are only two hundred soldiers on the ship, and they are not our opponents at all, unless the information obtained by "Jack" is inaccurate!"
As he said that, "Shi Lan" turned his gaze to the man sitting in the first place in her left head, a small man who looked over thirty years old.
The man named "Jack" is the military advisor and intelligence officer of the entire "Shi Lan" pirate regiment. He stood up slowly and said, "The news is absolutely accurate. This is the intelligence I bought from the "White Fox" Frank for 100,000 gold coins. With Frank's credibility, this information is absolutely true; and the abnormality of only 200 soldiers on the ship itself shows that the abnormality on the ship is very likely to be black goods."
"White Fox" Frank is a famous intelligence leader in the entire "Western continent". No one knows what this person looks like, and no one knows where this guy is. In short, one day, the entire game world was covered with his promotional advertisements.
The advertisement claims that as long as the information the player wants to know is, just give him an hour to tell you whether you can get relevant information and offer the price of this information. As long as you transfer the agreed funds into his account through the bank, you can get relevant information about this information in another hour. Therefore, in the "Western Continent", the "White Fox" Frank is also called "Two Hours".
Since the debut of the "White Frank", every intelligence has been very accurate. I heard that there are tens of thousands of players who buy intelligence from him every year. Moreover, you don't have to worry about the inaccuracy of the information, because the "White Frank" once said that if the information is proven inaccurate in the aftermath, he will compensate the purchaser for the losses of the intelligence purchaser at a price of a hundred times.
Therefore, the previous question from "Xue Lan" was just a habit. After all, this time it took a huge price. If it fails, it would be a big loss.
However, thinking that the ship provided by Frank of "White Fox" had gold coins calculated in billions, "Shi Lan" became excited and shouted. Soon, her order was passed on. In less than a minute, the entire "Shi Lan" pirate regiment's warships received the order to attack.
So the islanders screamed and came to the "official ship" through ropes, flying claws and other tools, and fought fiercely with the soldiers who instinctively resisted.
The result of this battle was obvious. In just less than an hour, 200 soldiers became heroic, and the young captain also fought to the death because the other party did not give him a chance to surrender. The loss of the "Shilan" pirate regiment was minimal, only three people died and dozens of people were injured, which could be said to have won the victory.
After the war, the war items were received. The "Shi Lan" pirate group found many goods consigned by players at the bottom of the "official ship", but their value was absolutely less than ten million gold coins, and at most only one million gold coins.
"Shi Lan" looked at "Jack" with a gloomy face and said in a gloomy tone: "Is this what you call worth hundreds of millions of goods?"
Hearing the questioning of "Shi Lan", "Jack" had a cold war all over her body. From the tone of the leader, it can be seen that she was very angry. The result of "Shi Lan" being angry was that someone suffered extremely cruel torture. He saw with his own eyes the method of this femme fatale treating players who offended her, and the result can be described as "Life is worse than death".
"This, that, the news about Frank from the 'White Fox' will never be stopped!" "Jack" was sweating all over his head, suddenly thought of something, and said happily: "By the way, those passengers! Maybe the cargo is on those passengers!"
"Customer?" "Child Lan" repeated suspiciously.
"Yes, it's the passenger!" Seeing that "Shi Lan" had no angry expression, "Jack" felt relieved and his thoughts became clear: "I originally doubted that there would be such a quantity of goods on an island with poor material conditions. It was the "Holy Spirit Island". All players added up to tens of thousands."
"So the goods should be on the player. The player can come from other places, sell goods, and then purchase some goods to leave. I even guessed that the player had visited two other islands before and purchased a large number of goods there. And the "Holy Spirit Island" was his last stop."
In the end, "Jack" is becoming more and more certain. In fact, only this statement makes sense, otherwise there would be little things on "Holy Spirit Island" alone.
"Since that's the case, you are responsible for letting the player carrying the goods spit out the goods." "Shi Lan" waved his right arm, left the cabin, and then went back to his flagship directly, leaving the matter to "Jack" for handling.
"Jack" watched "Shilan" walk out of the bilge, exhaled heavily, then shouted to greet his subordinates, and then headed towards the "official boat" restaurant where all passengers, including me and "Nick".
Now I regret it very much, why I didn’t leave this “official ship” in time. When the “Shilan” pirate group did not complete the encirclement, I had a lot of opportunities to escape and avoid the chance to meet those pirates. But now, I have to face those pirates directly; what is even more worrying is that my excellent ears tell me that this time the “Shilan” pirate group is a cargo of hundreds of millions of gold coins.
But I know clearly who this "official ship" is, and I will never believe that these people have a net worth of over 100 million gold coins. Then the other party's goal is obvious, and I should be with a large amount of goods. However, I am still very confused in my heart, how did the other party know that he has such a huge amount of goods? Could it be through the mouths of those players of our "Oriental Continent"? If this is true, this intelligence organization would be absolutely terrible.
With all kinds of thoughts in my mind, I brought "Black Hawk" and "Nick" to the restaurant where we had dinner before, and sat with other players, waiting for the arrival of "judgment" in the eyes of the pirates like wolves and tigers.
Finally, a player who looked like a leader came in with a large number of pirates behind him. Seeing his pirates saluting one after another, it made me very funny. These Westerners pay so much attention to etiquette.
However, etiquette itself seems to be a bit problematic, because it is similar to the kind of arm-raising ceremony invented by Hitler during World War II. Now it is used on pirates, which makes me very funny. The same feeling as me are "Nick" and a businessman named "Fu Wheel Johnson" sitting next to us who is so fat that he can compete with Zhang Sanyi.
After entering, this thin pirate leader glanced at all the players in the restaurant and stayed on my mask for a while. It was just a few seconds that doubled the speed of my heartbeat.
"Nick" seemed to notice my change and whispered: "How is it? Are you nervous? Maybe I'll see your wonderful performance later."
"Don't joke!" I yelled in a low voice: "I can't reveal my identity now, otherwise the agreement between us will not be completed? Who can support you to drink three pots of 'Du Kang' every day?"
Hearing the word "Du Kang", "Nick" closed his mouth reluctantly. Now he is in love with "Du Kang", and ordinary ale cannot enter his eyes.
Because I gave a monthly quota of 100 pots, he can drink three pots of "Du Kang" for free every day, and there is also a turnover of ten pots. But even so, so far, six pots of "Du Kang" have entered his stomach, which has only been less than ten hours. This shows his obsession with "Du Kang", and it also proves that he is an absolute alcoholic. If he drinks this way in reality, it would be strange if he is not a pauper!
At this time, "Jack" had already withdrawn his gaze. The expressions of the people just now made him very satisfied. It was a look of anxiety and panic. "Jack" enjoyed these expressions very much because it made him feel unprecedented success (pure psychologically powerful).
"Everyone, we are the pirate group of 'Children's pirates, and everyone should have seen this from our logo." "Jack" pointed to the blood-red orchid on his chest proudly, and then shouted: "This time we are risking a huge risk to rob this 'official ship' because someone on the ship carries hundreds of millions of gold coins. You know the rules of our 'Children'. As long as it is something we like, if we don't get it, then everyone will die."
"So, I hope that those who are familiar with you will point out that person or a few people; or, the owner of the goods, you (or you, in English) will stand up to save us trouble. I can tell you (you) that this time we have received the news from the Frank of the White Fox, so don't want to hide it!"
As soon as the "Jack" spoke the name of "White Fox" Frank, a burst of exclamations came from the hall. Although I was very curious about "White Fox" Frank, and I was also surprised that the rules of this "Yellow Lan" pirate group were different from what "Nick" said before, but now I must not act abnormally and attract other people's attention.
The name of "White Fox" Frank is very shocking. Players are looking around, as if they want to see who is the "billionaire" the pirate leader calls him. Without communication, I made the same moves as "Nick" and looked for the so-called "billionaire" like other players.
Half an hour passed, and the players did not give any answers. This result was expected, so "Jack" was not angry. He waved his right arm and sent a signal to the hundreds of pirates behind him. After seeing it, the pirates immediately unsheathed their weapons and prepared their magic, making a murderous look.
"I'm afraid I can't get it right this time." "Nick" next to him whispered: "It's better to fight for that opportunity to survive. James, directly challenge the master of "Shi Lan"!"
I quickly calculated it in my mind, and I think "Nick" is justified. Anyway, it is better to take the initiative in my own hands in battle. Although I know that "Nick" said this, I am afraid that most of my performances are to watch.
"Wait a minute, I heard that you pirates have an unwritten rule, that is, as long as you defeat the people you sent, you can leave safely?" Just as the pirates were signaled by "Jack" to prepare for action, I stood up and said loudly.
Chapter completed!