Chapter 377 Cruise Island
Elizabeth gave Captain Jack a blank look, "Then I won't marry you."
Captain Jack shrugged, "It's really a good intention, but I have to sacrifice myself because I feel sorry for you. I didn't expect you to appreciate it."
Elizabeth blinked and asked tentatively: "Jack, what would you think if I said, I admire you very much? Will is not here now, will you take advantage of others' danger?"
Captain Jack grinned and said, "If you come here for nothing, which man would refuse?"
Elizabeth approached Captain Jack, "Oh? Is that?"
Captain Jack was about to reach out to grab Elizabeth, but suddenly he found that there were dark spots on his palm again!
The three-day deadline has arrived!
Captain Jack was shocked and had no intention of amusing Elizabeth. He sank his face and clenched his palms.
Elizabeth was stunned and then said admiringly: "Jack, I just wanted to test you just now to see if you are qualified to be my friend and Will, and see if Will and I have to do it to you. I thought you would not be able to withstand it, but I didn't expect that although you are very exaggerated on the surface, you are an upright person in your heart. I admire you!"
Jack opened his mouth, "Actually...ahem, yes, I am indeed a very decent person, and sometimes I can't even believe it myself."
Elizabeth was about to speak when a sailor on the watchtower shouted loudly: "Island! I saw the island!"
Elizabeth quickly opened the wish compass, and the pointer of the compass really pointed to the island.
"Cruise Island..." Captain Jack took a breath of air conditioning.
"Do you know this island?" Elizabeth asked.
James, who was scrubbing the deck next to him, smiled and said, "Who doesn't know this famous island? This island was the first time that the Spaniards landed on the American continent. There was a prosperous Inca Empire on the island, but it was later slaughtered by the Spaniards. The Spaniards wanted to see a military fortress here, but because the surrounding wind and waves were too strong and it was not suitable for parking warships, they found another place. Since then, Cruise Island has been abandoned."
Elizabeth said in surprise: "...In other words, all the natives on Cruise Island died in vain?"
James shrugged, "It can't be considered a waste of death. Their property has been robbed by the Spanish fleet and can be used for the Spanish royal family to spend a month."
Elizabeth sighed and said, "This is so cruel. I only exchanged the lives of so many people for a month of squandering by the royal family. They are consuming gold, and they are clearly consuming human lives."
James smiled and said, "Miss, congratulations on seeing the essence of this world. The so-called era of navigation is actually an era when big fish eat small fish, and small fish are eaten by big fish. If a small fish wants to become a big fish, they must first avoid larger fish and eat smaller fish until they eat themselves into big fish. The Inca Empire on Cruise Island fell behind in military power, was not strong enough in diplomacy, and was not broad enough in vision. Even if they were not exterminated by the Spaniards, they would be exterminated by the Portuguese. If they were not exterminated by the Portuguese, they would be exterminated by our Great British Empire."
Elizabeth asked, "Is there no compromise? Can't we just steal the treasure and then kill the Incas?"
James laughed and said, "First of all, the Incas are not sheep. Sheep can shear wool, but sheep will not resist. When we rob the Incas, the Incas may not resist at the beginning, but when their descendants wake up, they must resist. At that time, we were used to not working on our own, but relying on shearing the wool of the Incas and other weak nations to live. Then when they resist, we will immediately weaken, and more empires will stand out from behind us and replace our position. Therefore, the solution to this problem once and for all is to destroy all the nations that may resist in the future. If they cannot be destroyed, then we should try our best to shear the wool."
Elizabeth sighed heavily.
Captain Jack clapped his hands, "Okay, everyone is ready to land! James, bring the shovel, Elizabeth, bring the wish compass, by the way, I want to bring that can of soil! Although I don't know what it is for."
The Black Pearl stopped near the shallow sea of Cruise.
Under Gibbs' command, a small boat was placed on the Black Pearl, and Captain Jack, Elizabeth, James, Old Lei and Little Pearl all boarded the boat.
Gibbs stayed on the boat to guard it to avoid emergencies.
Xuedi and Lin Hai did not get off the ship, and their target was never the soul-gathering coffin, but the sea god beast.
They have been raising their energy to wait for the arrival of the sea beast.
Lao Lei and Xiaopi were rowing a small boat and chatting non-stop along the way.
After finally rowing to Cruise Island, Lao Lei and Xiao Pi were about to follow Jack and others to the island, but Jack stopped them, "You two stay here to guard the ships, and my dirt."
"...Yes." Lao Lei and Xiao Pi could only obey.
Elizabeth walked in the direction of the pointer with her wish compass.
Jack and James followed behind with shovels.
After Elizabeth walked for more than ten minutes, she suddenly stopped.
"This is not right!" Elizabeth threw down her wish compass in anger, "After the pointer arrived here, it kept spinning around! It didn't indicate the direction at all!"
Jack looked at the compass and grinned, "Dear Elizabeth, it's not that the wish compass is broken or that your wish is messed up, but that we have found it. If I guess correctly, the Soul-Gathering Coffin is at your feet."
Elizabeth was stunned and then moved away from her position.
Captain Jack smiled and said to James, "Mr. Brigadier General, it's your turn to dig."
James frowned and said, "Why am I alone?"
Captain Jack said naturally: "Elizabeth is a girl, you can't let the girl dig it up, right?"
James said: "It's true that Elizabeth is a girl, but what about you? Are you a girl too?"
Captain Jack said with an exaggerated expression: "Of course I am not, but I am your captain. As a captain, I don't need to work in person."
James said with a wry smile: "Then why do you have those two shovels?"
Captain Jack said seriously: "This is called being prepared for any trouble. If the one in your hand is broken, you can change it and continue digging."
"..." James grabbed the shovel with helpless look on his face and started digging hard.
On the beach, Lao Lei and Xiao Pi, who were watching the boat, complained to each other:
"Jack actually made us look forward to the ship? We are the most elite pirates! He actually made us look at the ship!"
"Yes, I really miss our messenger! Unfortunately, the messenger has taken the flying Dutchman name. Do you think the messenger of God has been?"
"Impossible! Don't think so. It's impossible for God to make him a messenger of God." Xiao Pi said seriously: "Okay, I have to pray seriously now, and hope we can see the messenger of God as soon as possible."
As he was speaking, a large flagless ship appeared from the other side of Cruise Island.
This flagless ship is the flying Dutchman.
Chapter completed!