Chapter 42

On a winter's night, kossia harbor.

Quite different from the past, the center of the former ship's net is now shrouded by extermination, and the peninsula winding out to the sea has been in a tense atmosphere since a week ago. The five Port Alliance refused the governor's search, and the first port ships except the Dawson family began to gather in kosiya.

The Shougang forces headed by the gulos family tried to make preparations before the king's order was issued.

Forty seven ships, big and small, are moored in the docks of kosia port, among which the most dazzling are the four ships of the Shougang family.

But preparing for the war is not very pleasant these days.

With the promulgation of the trade law, the Allied cities broke away one by one, and the reputation of the five Port Alliance plummeted.

In the past, pirates who were afraid of them became rampant during this period, robbing the ships in the first harbor without fear. Since gurus gathered the ships under the control of the first harbor to kosiya in preparation for the war, pirates attacked them every night with small boats.

The pirates were very cunning. They only attacked the small boats near the entrance to the sea, never provoked the big ships of Shougang family.

In order to stabilize the people's mind and to show that the five port alliance is still inviolable, gurus clan leader has ordered all the ships to prepare. Once the pirates appear again tonight, they will fight immediately and pay the price with the guys who want to bite them.

The port looks as it did a few days ago, with ships quietly moored in the shadows.

As the sailors gradually lost patience, the shadow of the pirate clipper appeared on the sea, and their indulgent whistles came from afar.

As the pirate ships approached, the sound of sharp arrows burst into the air.

In the dark, a fire broke out in the harbor.

In the evening, the gulos family's big ship "ravel" had been pulled out and docked near the sea. Tonight, after the pirates approached, the shooting tower on the gulos warship immediately flew out all over the sky with iron arrows, which rained down on the pirate ships who dared to come down to the mine.

The pirates' frivolous whistling came to an abrupt end, and they began to curse, mingled with wailing.

In the dark, the Lighthouse of kosiya port lights up and twinkles, followed by a long, sharp whistle from the ravel. The harbor, which used to be peaceful and tranquil, suddenly wakes up and boils up, and the boats and boats that have been subdued for several days light up at the same time.

The sailors on the "ravel" yelled in unison, and the white sail was lifted in an instant. The huge ship, like a beast awakened from deep sleep, broke through the calm sea in the noise and rushed out of the harbor.

The pirates turned the bow and quickly wanted to use the speed of the boat to leave.

But port kosiya is well prepared for tonight's outburst. One by one, the warships left the port and sailed into the sea. They opened the pocket like encirclement and gradually wrapped up the pirate ships.

The sailors, who had been subdued for several days, yelled at the pirate ship they had never paid attention to.

"Sink them!"

The gurus clan leader stood on the upper deck of Ravel's boat, watching the boats flying on the sea coldly, and gave orders.

As the most powerful family of the five port alliance, the symbol warship of the gulos family, "ravel" is definitely one of the most powerful warships today. This is a big ship with three masts and many sails. The mast is composed of pine tree cores, with a diameter of one meter. There are three giant sails on each mast, and a long row of giant oars on both sides of the hull. Even without the help of wind, it can still wreak havoc on the sea.

It's windy tonight, and the sails are bulging like shells. The oarsmen shout in unison. The ravel has left a long white mark on the sea. In a short time, it's so fast that it gradually catches up with the pirate ship which is famous for its rapidity.

The distance is close. The catapult loaded upstairs is ready.

At the command of gurus, the huge stone instead of the iron arrow, whistling against the pirate ship in front.

The sea was splashing high, the sound was amazing, and some unfortunate pirate ships were wiped, overturned and sank into the sea. There was a howl of fear in the air. The gulos family used the shipborne catapults, which can be called killers, and the other two ships coming out of the harbor together are not willing to lag behind.

For a time, it was like a meteor whistling down, and a huge stone like a rain.

In order to avoid the boulders, the pirate ship did not care to run along the familiar coastline, but blindly straight forward. But the rest of the first port warships have gradually gathered.

In addition to Mrs. poisonous spider's ship guarding kosiya port, the other first port ships all joined in the encirclement and suppression of pirates. It was a massacre. What they wanted was to establish dignity and vent their resentment. It was not a rare thing at sea.

The rest of the ships surrounded.

Most of the warships accompanying the battle were single deck paddle sailboats, which were not as big as the big ships in the first harbor, but definitely better than the pirates. When they come together, each boat is a sword. The ship dashed forward through the waves, and its sharp bow collided with the pirate ships. It wanted to sink these embarrassed pirates with the hegemony of the five port alliance to vent its hatred.The encirclement formed on the wide sea, the black waves rolled, and the cold water splashed down like a rainstorm.

Shougang sailors yelled in revenge for the abuse they had suffered the previous night.

They thought they would see the enemy shudder and cry.

The bow of the ship is crisscrossed, and the merchant ship at the first harbor is like a sharp knife crisscrossed and inserted into the forced pirate ship. The sailors preparing for the day cheered and could not wait to get up from the deck, draw out their knives and try to jump onto each other's ships to kill those hateful enemies.

However, more indulgent laughter began.

Their enemies are laughing, too.

The pirates sprang up from their ships, not caring that their ships were overturned or that the sea was drowning them. In the astonished eyes of the sailors, they threw out the iron ropes one by one and hooked them on the warships in the first harbor.

Seeing the snake like iron lock thrown out, the old sailor's face changed in a moment.

"Warwick pirates!"

I don't know who yelled in fear first.

In a flash, the cry spread across the sea.

Gulos on the "ravel" snatched the torch from his deputy. He stood in the bow and threw it down to light up the wrecked pirate ship: "what's the matter?"

He roared in disbelief.

Although most of today's merchant ships are part-time pirates, there are still more thorough professional pirates on both sides of the Straits.

One of the best is the Warwick pirates who are good at using the iron hook.

They are active in the central coast of Legrand and are recognized as the most terrible pirates on the sea.

Warwick pirates, these guys are a bunch of outlaws. They are not like other pirates who always land and rob. They regard themselves as ocean maniacs and hardly stay on the coast. They are integrated with the sea, even if the storm is driving the ship wandering on the sea.

They are ghosts of the sea.

Every Warwick pirate is the best sailor and the fiercest butcher.

However, there has been no conflict between them and the five port alliance. The scope of activities of the two sides is no longer the same. How can they suddenly appear here and attack the port disguised as ordinary pirates for several days?

"No!"

Gulos woke up with a start. He yelled and told all the boats to disperse at once. How could the warwicks be surrounded by them so easily?!

"Withdraw! Withdraw

The sea breeze whistling, ship collision with the sea water, such as cold rain points splash. There was a lot of noise all around. Gulos's cry was drowned by the noise, but he came back and played the flute as a signal. The flute was shrill, sharp and urgent.

But it's late.

One pirate after another came out of the sea, biting the shining daggers.

The huge stones thrown by the main ship of the first harbor just failed to bury them at the bottom of the sea! These guys just took the opportunity to dive into the sea and swim all the way. They chiseled through the board in the water. These insidious guys pick the smallest boat and get it as fast as they can.

"Shoot, shoot!"

Gulos ordered.

There was growing uneasiness in his heart.

The ferocious pirates threw out iron ropes, chains across the air, with cold hooks at the end. The first harbor warships, which were inserted into the pirate ships like sharp knives, were chained together in a flash. Gulos didn't want to take care of the lives of the sailors on board. He just urged the shooting platform to shoot arrows.

We have to rush out of here, or something more terrible will happen.

The sailors on the ship have been stunned by this series of changes. They thought they were the hunters tonight, but the fact tells them that they are just the meals of others. In the sound of urging, the crew hurriedly removed the catapult, replaced it with a long bow, and began to shoot arrows from top to bottom.

As soon as the bow was drawn, the Warwick pirates who suddenly appeared here turned over and jumped into the cold water again.

There was a heavy thunder.

There was a dark red light in another part of the darkness.

"Lord

The sailors gaped in the direction of the sound, and someone's bow fell onto the deck.

Lord! What the hell is going on!

On the sea, I don't know when there will be another ship. When they tried their best to force the pirate ships together, these ships quietly surrounded them. If it is just left the port, the first port fleet can not be afraid of these warships, but they have been solidly calculated by those damned pirates.

The loud noise was made by an iron gun mounted on the largest enemy ship.

The crude artillery had little attack power, but it was loud and used as a signal.

The torches lit up on the ships sailing out of the darkness. In the light of the torches, gurus saw the flag on the ships.——It was a huge scarlet sail, and the iron rose was in full bloom on the dark red curtain.

Rose, rose!

"Royal Fleet!"

Gulos staggered back two steps, and he stood on the cold railing, cold all over.

"No way!"

The idea of chaos filled his mind and all the members of the first harbor -

Why did the Warwick pirates active in the central coast of Legrand appear here? Why did the Royal Fleet arrive before the ships of the Holy See appeared? Why didn't the explorers of kosiya report that the Royal Fleet had such a big target on the sea?

They seem to know their doubts.

The pirates came out of the sea in front of the ship flying the rose flag. They laughed and tore off their chest. Under the symbol of skeleton, which is often used as the symbol of pirate identity, it is also the rose pattern of the royal family.

These rebellious pirates were sent by the king!

The king -

he sent a group of outlaws!

Two men, whose hair seemed to have been burned, stood beside the cannons of the main ship of the Royal Fleet. They turned a deaf ear to the noise and just squatted in front of the cannons, chanting.

Beside them stood the king's naval governor and a pirate in a ragged coat and a black hat.

The Royal Fleet is approaching.

The warships in the first harbor were in a great panic, trying to break free from the iron lock. However, the small ships have been chiseled through the hull plates, and the sea water has been poured in. They are sinking rapidly, while the larger ships are connected with them in series by horizontal and vertical iron ropes. They are dragged and the hull gradually inclines, and the first harbor ship with "ravel" as the core is trapped in the middle, such as mire.

"Hello

In the wind, black hat pirates on the main ship of the Royal Fleet yelled.

"Your Majesty asked me to convey a word -"

in his broken Gong voice, the sailors on the Royal warship appeared in the bow with buckets of unknown things.

The governor raised his hand and waved it down.

The sailors poured the thick black liquid from the barrel into the sea.

The pirates pulled the ropes from the ship and quickly climbed onto the Royal warship. They stood on the boat, shouting with their leader:

"is this fire big enough?"

The wind tore their roar to pieces. These desperado, who were also covered with blood, cried and laughed over and over again.

In laughter, the Royal Fleet retreated quickly.

The pirate captain and some sailors pulled a long bow with a rocket on it. The rocket went through the air and landed on the water.

In the wild laughter, the fire roared and surged up.

The sea breeze is strong, the fire in a few blinks of an eye, has been like the end of natural disasters. Red fire spread rapidly in the Black Sea. In a flash, it became a lake of fire and a sea of purgatory. The black smoke was flying up and hovering like a poisonous snake.

On the overlooking tower of kosiya harbor, Mrs. poisonous spider in black skirt holds the windowsill and looks at the looming fire from a distance.

"What a terrible majesty."

For a long time, the poisonous spider, who is famous for "snakes and scorpions", said bitterly.

Even she did not expect that the king would take this measure in the end.

Is it enough to burn up a five port alliance?

In the wind, the pirates took the place of the king who was far away in the Rose Palace, but whose will was shrouded in this sea area to convey the answer:

"- far from enough."

The white sail of the ambitious gurus family curled in the fire.

Gradually away from the Royal warship, the high hanging rose flag was printed with bronze like eternal glory. Little by little, the old ship was burned to ashes in the flames. The "divine punishment" in the holy court's mouth was ultimately driven by the rose family.

The first fire broke out in the southeast sea of Legrand in the snowy winter.

Since then, there has been no "uncrowned king of the sea and commerce".

………………

The resistance movement of the five port alliance is over.

The reason for the end is simple: the five Port Alliance no longer exists.

I'm afraid the southeast nobles of Legrand can't sleep well any longer.

They just had a sleep, and when they woke up the next day, they found that the Royal warships had docked at various ports, including kosiya, and the rose flag was hanging in front of them.

Lord! Who can tell them what's going on? How could it be earth shaking overnight?

The nobles and the chamber of Commerce who withdrew from the alliance watched with horror as the Royal warships swept away the remnants of the five port alliance. They wanted to break their heads and couldn't understand what was going on. In this big clean-up, among the five Shougang families, Mrs. poisonous spider and the Dawson family remained.

But they honestly handed over control of the port.When he saw the ship flying the royal flag in sight, the Dawson patriarch was relieved that his choice was not wrong this time.

"What a cold and terrible king."

He murmured the same exclamation as Mrs. poisonous spider.

The young Dawson patriarch thought of the previous meeting.

He set out to attend parliament in person to see the young king who had only heard all kinds of rumors before. In front of the guillotine where the sheriffs died, the Dawson clan leader finally made up his mind that he was a king with a heart as cold as steel. He absolutely didn't care to throw another Dawson family on the guillotine.

Dawson met the king.

He knelt on one knee and asked for a life in exchange for all the wealth of his family.

"Have you made a mistake?"

To this day, patriarch Dawson always clearly remembers the king's soft but shuddering voice.

"As long as the Dawson family no longer exists in this world, then your wealth belongs to me, too?"

"Tell me your value, sir." The king said slowly, "it's more valuable than getting Dawson's wealth directly."

"I can persuade a man for you."

He thought about it and answered.

……………………

Rose Palace.

"They are better than you said." The king read the letter from the southeast and exclaimed, "if only the sailors of the Royal Fleet could be as good as they are."

"That's because you gave them a chance to show, your majesty."

Replied the Duke of Buckingham.

On that day, the Duke of Buckingham mentioned to the king the famous Warwick Pirates - they are indeed not well-known, but the merchant ships of this era are willing to do some pirate business whenever they have a chance. The difference is that Warwick pirates are more conscientious in the "Pirates" profession.

To some extent, their reputation among the general population is better than that of the five port alliance.

Because Warwick pirates don't kill ordinary people.

Although this is purely because the civilians are too poor to be targeted by such bandits.

The Duke of Buckingham asked the king if he could accept a pirate leader as his official.

After listening to Prince Buckingham's story about walway's pirates, the king replied:

"as long as he can destroy the five Port Alliance warships and protect the port from damage, even a pirate is qualified to serve as a Naval General."

The king knew the Royal Fleet well.

Even if the five Port Alliance falls apart, the Royal fleet will have to pay a huge price to completely destroy these "uncrowned kings" who cross the abyss channel all day long.

The pirates wandering in the rough sea got the king's letter of appointment and set out down the coast.

Meanwhile, the Dawson family, who had been silent for a long time, was instructed by the king to patrol the outer channel of kosiya.

The ships sent by the gulos family to carry the sacred objects were intercepted by them. Even if gulos waited another two weeks, he could not wait for reinforcements from the Holy See.

When gulos gathered all the remaining ships in the first harbor together to stand off with the king, an invisible blockade had been quietly opened on the sea until the holy court arrived.

The last wonderful night fight was thought up by the pirate leader.

The king didn't feel that he could beat the experienced Navy governor or the famous Warwick pirate. He gave the governor of the Navy enormous power - the battle plan was decided by him and the pirate leader.

The king believed in the ability of Warwick pirates to escape many pursuits, and in the loyalty of the governor of the Navy, one of the royalists.

In the case of inconvenient transportation and slow communication, if the king in the palace has to reach out and intervene in the battlefield in the southeast, it will not have a good result.

So the king did only one thing.

He sent two chemists to the governor of the Navy and the pirate chief.

The cooperation between the Royal warships and the pirates was incredible, and the king threw two mad scientists in

Things get better.

The relationship between Warwick pirates and shippers in all aspects is terrible, and almost all chambers of Commerce list them as enemies. However, in this case, they are still well at sea.

They are outlaws, but they are also cunning.

The speed of the pirate ships was faster than that of the Royal Fleet. When they arrived near kosiya, they did not take direct action. Instead, they waited for the arrival of the Royal Fleet and harassed the warships of the five port alliance.

One of the purposes of harassment is to understand the strength of Shougang. The other is to get in touch with Mrs. poisonous spider.

Mrs. poisonous spider, who was instigated by Dawson clan leader, won the guard task. It was she who concealed the news that the Royal warship arrived in the nearby waters.After getting in touch with Mrs. spider, the pirates sent the message to the Royal Fleet. The fleet is quietly approaching kosiya. Before that, the pirates have been pretending to be very arrogant and attacking at night. Finally, not disturbed by it, gulos made a plan for the attack.

Mrs. spider managed to pass on the plan to the pirates.

So these bastards made a wonderful plan.

The pirates disguised themselves as fleeing and led the first port warships out of the port. Then they abandoned their pirate ships and towed the first port fleet to its original position by using the iron chain used during the collision. This is a bold plan. No one can do it except the outlaws with excellent water quality.

Fortunately, they succeeded.

These rebellious pirates proved to the king that they were strong enough to get away with it.

"God is a just judgment, and what he shoots is a rocket. He gives punishment for transgression What's your reaction to the fact that the Holy See knows that their fire of divine punishment has been used by mortals? "

The king looked through the battle report. He seemed very interested in the problem.

"It's probably similar to people's reaction when they find out that the new admiral is actually a pirate."

Replied the Duke of Buckingham.

It's time for the king to meet his general.

A pirate general.