Chapter 298

From the heart, because of its unproductive characteristics, this Pirate Island presents Lorraine with a strange sense of comfort in the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.

Walking through the forest, the path was deep. After turning for dozens of minutes, Lorraine's eyes suddenly opened up.

This is a clear lake. Scattered and messy simple wooden buildings are built along the lake, surrounded by the largest, most standardized and most tidy dome house in the middle, which can distinguish the primary and secondary at a glance. By the way, it is also attached with the dignity and sanctity that buildings of this scale originally could not have.

And it's surprisingly lively here.

Every wooden building is crowded with people, men, women, drunkards, drunkards, drunkards, drunkards

Singing, dancing, fighting, * * by the lake in broad daylight

A small clearing in the forest was filled with all kinds of dissolute sounds, and through the winding of the sidewalk, it didn't penetrate into the forest at all.

A magical place

Lorraine looked at the freshness curiously. From a distance, he saw a tall and brave young man waving his hands and running, revealing the long sword on his waist and the short gun hidden under the windbreaker lapel.

"Raise your gun! Stop!"

Thirty long guns hula, all aimed at the past.

The naturally ripe young man turned pale with fear and raised his hands to swing again and again.

"Hey, brother, let your sailors relax! This is Tortuga. In addition to the duel presided over by the brotherhood, private fighting and the use of firearms are prohibited!"

"Barto, tell everyone to put down their guns." Lorraine smiled and followed suit. "The gun in his arms didn't press the hammer. If he only had a long sword, it wouldn't threaten Haina and me."

The touching and good words must not sound good, but fortunately the effect is good. The gunmen raised their barrels on the ground in a neat and uniform manner, which brightened the eyes of the young man.

"Brother, your sailors don't look like Free Pirates."

"Not really. We're privateers."

"Privateer?"

The young man exclaimed, but his face should have been so clear.

"Over the years, noble privateers have become more and more reluctant to have anything to do with cheap pirates."

"Really?" Lorraine maintained a warm smile. "Does the sea brotherhood no longer recognize the skeleton flag on the tip of the privateer's mast?"

"That's not true. Peers, even if there are differences in ideas, we are still consistent in the mode of life." the youth thought for a while and added, "at most, we focus on differences."

"I like your different emphasis," Lorraine reached out. "Kingston Drake chamber of Commerce, Lorraine Drake."

"Bellamy III, Leonardo, according to the traditional law of piracy, I abandoned my last name."

Two big hands held tightly together.

Feeling the power from the palm of his hand, Lorraine looked carefully at the sunshine in front of him for the first time, and there were some familiar young people.

He is about 190 cm tall, with slender limbs and huge hands and feet. His eye sockets are slightly sunken and eyebrow bones are prominent. His facial features are clearly and hard.

He has a big mouth. The corners of his mouth are wider than ordinary people. He smiles and shows his white teeth.

This big mouth, like his huge hands and feet, has become a strange feature of his body, leaving a deep impression, just like an adult shark.

He is Bellamy III

One of the six surviving pirate kings has inherited the surname and title of the famous Robin Hood on the sea in history, but from the perspective of his name and appearance, he seems to be a young man of Hispanic origin.

Lorraine looked at Bellamy, and a thought-provoking feeling gradually came into her smile.

"Tortuga is worthy of being the holy land of pirates. Unexpectedly, I deserve a pirate king to meet me personally."

"You seem to have misunderstood something, brother!" Bellamy withdrew her hand in panic, or the gesture of self innocence. "No, your communication should not like the light and provocative name of brother. What should I call you, sir? Friend?"

"Just call Drake, and Lorraine doesn't matter."

"Then Lorraine." Bellamy accepted Lorraine's advice happily. "Lorraine, I didn't come to you with a purpose. Our meeting was just a coincidence. I was just curious about why someone entered Tortuga from the blood of the exiled traitor."

"Exile..." Lorraine looked behind him. "This is not a road?"

Bellamy laughed: "it's really your first time to Turtle Island. When you landed on the island from the south bank, didn't you think the island was too cold?"

"It seems... That's true."

"You should find a guide or go around the island and you will find that the north bank and the south bank are two different worlds."

Bellamy happily patted Lorraine on the arm and reintroduced: "this is Tortuga, which is not only the holy land of pirates, but also the prosperous black port."

"The jungle you are standing in is called the crown Oasis by the pirates. It is the most sacred place on the whole island. Its north path is called the road of freedom, all the way to the prosperous market town, and its south path is called the road of blood, which is the last place for the betrayer to redeem."

Lorraine raised his eyebrows suspiciously: "why do you say this road is the salvation of the Betrayer?"

"Because of the kindness of the first generation of black barons," Bellamy said. "Emperor Morgan promulgated the code, and the pirates have their own laws since then."

"In order to keep the pirates at ease on board, there are many provisions in the code to protect ordinary pirates. One of them is that the captain must not hurt his crew on board. Even for such a big crime as betrayal, he must issue a black ticket after the trial, and then send the Betrayer ashore. Before execution, he shall be given a chance to struggle to escape."

"And then?"

"Then the law was not well enforced. The great emperor just did not allow the captains to kill people on board. The captains could exile the culprit to a small island and reef, leaving him nowhere to hide and nowhere to escape."

"The first generation of black barons revised this law. He stipulated that those who were issued black coupons could surrender and then be taken to Tortuga to challenge the punishment of blood according to their own wishes."

"When the punishment of blood road starts, a small wooden boat with food, rum and guns will be left on the beach on the South Bank of the island. The traitor must escape the two kilometer long jungle road with bare hands, find the boat and row into the sea."

"Before the wooden boat goes into the sea, the pirate captain and his supporters can pursue and kill him in any way, and once the wooden boat goes into the sea, the traitor must be equivalent to the pardon and protection of the maritime brotherhood."

Lorraine couldn't understand the pirate's brain circuit: "protect the traitor? Does this law really make sense?"

"So pirates and privateers are just walking together." Bellamy raised his head proudly. "Pirates are subjects of freedom, loyalty is freedom, and betrayal is freedom. Leaders on board can dislike this freedom and give appropriate punishment, but they must not deprive the leader of the right to freedom."

"What's more, the original intention of the first generation of black barons to amend the code was not to let the punishment of blood replace the original provisions of the great emperor, but to set basic norms to ensure that the punishment of black tickets can be treated correctly by everyone."

"Sounds interesting..." Lorraine couldn't help laughing.

Bellamy smiled, too.

He naturally took Lorraine's arm, clenched it tightly, raised his other hand and pointed to the chaotic and filthy "holy land" in front of him.

He said aloud, "well, Lorraine, the story is over. Now it's your turn to tell me why you, a rich businessman who looks more like prey, came to Tortuga for an outing?"

"Someone told me that if I want to join the pirate king competition, I must first get the approval of the maritime brotherhood. That's the main purpose of my coming to this remote land."

Lorraine flipped her wrist and easily got rid of Bellamy's shackles.

"You know, it's not free at all for pirates who boast of freedom."