Chapter 18: Boarding the Pirate Ship

  Before long, the man led them to a corner of the dock, where indeed a huge white ocean liner was moored. Several gangways were set up between the ship and the shore, and a group of sailors were busily moving things onto the ship.

  Seeing the man, the sailors exclaimed: "Captain, you're back!"

  The man waved to the sailors while unsteadily leading two people onto the boat. The boat was quite beautiful, with a newly washed deck and a beautiful mermaid figurehead at the bow. On the huge and complex mast, the white sails that had been rolled up looked like pairs of wings ready to take off.

  "What's it to you? My ship, the Cutlass." The man spat a wad of phlegm and grinned at Raymond.

  The only drawback is that it's hard to imagine such a beautiful ship having such a sloppy captain. Moreover, the name of the ship is also quite mismatched.

  But who knows? Maybe things at sea are just like that.

  Up to this point, Raymond no longer had any doubts. He handed the gemstone over to the man: "When we arrive at the Veronica Continent, I will pay the remaining balance."

  "Ah, perfect!" The man greedily grabbed the gemstone and gazed at it under the moonlight with his one eye. Only then did he say, "Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock sharp, board the ship on time. Don't blame me if you're late."

  After discussing some matters on board with the men, Raymond and Rickett finally left.

  As soon as the two men left, a burly man immediately came up and said: "Jenkins, have you gone mad? Why did you bring strangers on board?"

  The man who called Jenkins said: "Oh, I just made some extra money on the side."

  "But don't forget what Old Master entrusted us with. If anything goes wrong, we're all dead men." The Second Mate said anxiously.

  Jenkins waved his hand indifferently: "Don't worry, just a bunch of fat sheep from inland. They actually think they can go out to sea at this time, I'll satisfy them."

  "Old Kan said this time..." The deputy commander wanted to continue speaking.

  Jenkins suddenly pulled out the gem and placed it in front of him: "Hey, take a good look, this is just a deposit, you know how rich they are? Don't worry, after we set sail, we'll throw them and the guys in the cargo hold into the sea together. As long as we don't say anything, how can old dad possibly know?"

  "When the time comes, it will naturally include a share for all of you brothers."

  Looking at the dazzling gemstone, the deputy captain swallowed his saliva and finally stopped talking.

  "Hey, I'm saying, isn't something a bit off?"

  The next day, Raymond and his party boarded the ship on time. The sea boat then set sail and slowly sailed out of the harbor.

  Most people were arranged to go down to the cabin, and only Raymond and others remained on the deck. It was too dark last night, and now Raymond noticed that the sailors and the captain of this ship were all fierce and sinister, sloppy and unkempt, and from time to time they stared at everyone with a very strange gaze.

  However, the ferocity was still there, but these people manipulated the boat with great proficiency. The complex sails rose and fell in their hands, and soon the boat accelerated to its peak, heading deep into the sea.

  That's why Harlot had the above doubts.

  "Perhaps all sailors who go out to sea are like this," Rickett conjectured.

  Bastet shook her head: "Meow, but I always feel that these guys are similar to Harlot and the others."

  "What? Where does it resemble? I'm not that dirty!" Harlot was furious.

  "It's just a feeling."

  Indeed, these sailors all have a kind of good bravery and ferocity, their eyes are gloomy and fierce, no matter how you look at them, they don't seem like ordinary people, but rather similar to those strong robbers like Harlot.

  At this time, Freddy also said: "Indeed, something is wrong, we'd better be careful."

  However, since leaving the port, the sailors have been busy with their work and haven't paid attention to them again. Therefore, although they had doubts in their hearts, no one showed it.

  It was like this, all along without incident. But just at noon, the situation changed.

  "I'm so hungry, Master. Where should I go to eat?" The cat girl with a rumbling tummy pitifully leaned against Raymond's side.

  All the way, the sailors ignored them, although it saved a lot of trouble, but no one took care of lunch until noon, and this problem was a bit serious.

  "My god, I've paid so much for the fare, and they won't even give me food?" Halott, who had a bad temper, jumped up: "I'm going to go find the captain and get some answers."

  Just then, Jenkins appeared with the first mate walking towards them. Harlot rolled up his sleeves, ready to have a good "talk" with him. Suddenly, behind the two men, a large group of sailors with knives and swords slowly closed in on them.

  At this point, even the most obtuse person knew what was happening. The people on Raymond's side stood up one after another, staring vigilantly at their opponents.

  "What do you mean?" Ricket asked the captain.

  "Hey, sorry about this, but I just can't wait any longer, so I thought I'd collect the balance early." Jenkins idly played with the curved knife in his hand.

  Raymond said with his usual calmness: "Didn't we agree that the payment would be made when we arrived at the Veronica Continent?"

  "So that's what I said, can't wait any longer." Jenkins shrugged: "Also, I have other things to do, so it's a hassle for everyone to pay and get off the boat here."

  Now even fools know they were robbed in Shanghai.

  "Meow, young master, you're really unlucky." The cat girl pitied Raymond with a glance.

  "Shut up." Raymond tapped him on the head and then let out a sigh: "I refuse."

  "Pity, I was going to treat you all to a good disembarkation, looks like I'll have to use some force instead." Jenkins said with a pretended sigh, and then waved his hand: "Get them up!"

  "Rudz." At the same time, Raymond called out in a light tone.

  Rudolph, who had been wearing the cloak all along, suddenly began to inflate rapidly. With a ripping sound of the cloak tearing apart, a gigantic Chimera appeared before the pirates.

  "How...how is this possible?" Jenkins' one eye widened in incredulity.

  Who would have thought that these fat sheep were actually carrying such a dangerous guy?

  But immediately, the pirate's madness made him shout recklessly: "What are you afraid of? The sea is our territory. Brothers, come on, let them know the power of pirates!"

  Qiqi fell silent for a moment, and the next instant, the pirates raised their weapons and charged over with loud shouts.

  "Hmm, interesting." Harlot snorted and drew his sword, then...

  "Brothers, we've been robbed! Come out quickly!" He shouted while turning around and rushing towards the cabin.

  Although he knew that this guy was afraid of death, it was too... Raymond shook his head with a cry and laughed, followed by the sound of drawing his sword: "What the hell, why do I always encounter such inexplicable things."

  "It's because you're unlucky." Bastard stuck out his tongue, and before Raymond could react, he drew a curved knife from behind him and leapt into the air, charging towards the crowd.

  At this time, the fastest pirate had rushed forward, and Rutz swung his giant claws fiercely. With a splash of blood, the first few pirates screamed as they flew into the sea.

  Then, the giant Bimon beast charged into the crowd like a tank, its huge claws swinging left and right, stirring up a bloody storm. Although there were many pirates, due to the limitations of the deck terrain, they could not form a siege at all, and Lutz was like entering an uninhabited land.

  It has to be said that with a single combat power that is more terrifying than the Mongolian, in this kind of hundred-man scale battle, it's simply overwhelmingly advantageous.

  At the same time, Raymond also joined the battle. Under Rutz's terrifying fighting stance, Raymond's exquisite swordsmanship didn't seem so eye-catching, but he took advantage of the gap between two piles of cargo to hold his ground firmly, and the pirates couldn't cross over at all. In a short moment, there were seven or eight corpses piled up in front of him.

  At the same time, in the pirate group, Basute took advantage of his ghostly movements, holding double knives and walking continuously, where he passed was also a piece of death and injury.

  Just the three of them made the pirates, who had an absolute numerical advantage, fall into a disadvantage.

  "Idiot, get up from the left! Quickly grab that cat man!" Seeing his subordinates constantly falling and getting injured, Jenkins' eyes turned red with anxiety as he continued to roar.

  Just then, something even more desperate happened.

  Harold was seen leading a large crowd rushing out from under the deck.

  "What, they're actually getting ahead of us?" "Take them down, brothers, let these pirates see the skills of us landlubbers!"

  The angry shouting, the gang of thieves also drew their weapons and joined the battle. The number of pirates was originally more than twice that of the crowd, but they were completely overwhelmed.

  At some point, suddenly, among the pirates who were heavily killed and wounded, some people cried out in fear and jumped off the boat one after another. Apparently they would rather jump into the sea than continue to fight such a hopeless battle.

  There was a first, then a second, and then they came in threes, with pirates continuously jumping into the sea. Only some of the more stubborn ones were still resisting, unaware that their companions behind them were dwindling in number.

  At last, when the last pirate was knocked down by Raymond's sword, the deck was covered with corpses, and all the survivors had jumped into the sea.

  "Hahaha, that was exhilarating! It's been a long time since I've had such a thrilling kill." Harlot held up her long sword with only a few drops of blood on it and laughed loudly: "It's even more satisfying than when the boss was still alive!"

  "What's happened to the guy who swindled us? Where did he go?" Rickett was trying to find out what had become of Jenkins.

  "Ah, there he is!" cried Bessie, pointing out to sea.

  In the distance, on the surface of the sea, a small boat was drifting with the waves. The rowers on the boat were Jenkins and his first mate.

  Obviously he saw it was no good, so taking advantage of the final confusion, he secretly boarded a lifeboat and escaped.

  "Bastards, I'll remember you!" The defeated pirate captain shouted at the crowd from afar.

  "Despicable! He actually let him escape." Bastard gritted his teeth and said: "Young Master, let's quickly use the boat to capsize him."

  "Can you sail a boat?" Raymond countered.

  "I don't, hey, do you?" Bastet shook her head and then patted Harlot once.

  "Halot shook his head: "Nonsense, I'm a landlubber, how could I possibly sail a boat... uh!?"

  Suddenly, everyone thought of one question at the same time.

  All the pirates were killed, so who will steer the ship?

  At this moment, they were left alone in the middle of the ocean, with no way to go up or down, and the worst part was that not a single person on board knew how to sail. This predicament wasn't much better than being robbed clean and then thrown into the sea.

  "Young master, you really are very..." Bastar was about to say the usual phrase when he caught a glimpse of Raymond's clenched fist and hastily jumped back to dodge.

  "I'll go check in the cabin if there's anyone else alive." The cat girl ran off like a puff of smoke.

  "That's it, we might as well follow that guy's example, abandon ship and row back in a small boat." At this time, a bandit lying on the side of the boat said.

  "This ship is traveling at full speed and has been out of port for half a day, who knows how long it will take by rowing. Besides, there are over a hundred of us, we don't have that many small boats." Another bandit said.

  "May we truly find the pirates who are still alive." The first bandit sighed.

  Although no one has said it out loud, everyone knows that this hope is very slim.

  Just then, Bast suddenly rushed out of the cabin entrance: "Young master, young master, come and see, there are so many people!"

  "What the... Is it really true?" At this moment, everyone's mind was filled with such thoughts.