"If you don't want to die, move quickly! Throw all these ballasts into the sea! Otherwise, we will be caught up by those damn pirates and we will all finish playing."

A middle-aged man with a thick beard in his fifties was standing on the deck and shouting at the busy sailors.

It is not difficult to see from his dressing and his aura of giving orders that he is the captain of this ship.

The sailors who were yelled ignored the bad attitude of their captain.

Each one used all to lift the heavy ballasts from the bottom cabin and quickly threw them into the sea.

Because the sailors all know that the old captain is right.

If the pirate behind his butt catches up, the number of people on his own ship will probably be chopped to the ground in a few minutes.

What's more, most of the sailors on merchant ships were just coolies and had never learned how to fight.

But unfortunately, the shape and structure of the ship determine that even if they throw all the ballast, cargo and supplies, they will not be able to quickly surpass the warships or pirate ships specially transformed for pursuit and combat.

The distance between the two is still getting closer.

After a while, the owner of the ship, a male businessman in his thirties, from Ascatra, the capital of the northern Am Empire, finally could no longer sit still.

He put down his valuable monocular lens, walked quickly to the old captain, and asked in a trembling voice: "Bass, are we going to finish? What will those pirates do after they catch up? Will they kill everyone? Or imprison them and extort ransom?"

"I don't know. It depends on which pirate they are and whether the leader is human." The old captain called Bath replied with a wry smile.

Gudong!

Hearing this sentence, the merchant immediately subconsciously swallowed: "I... I seemed to have seen orcs, goblins and ogres on the deck of the pirate."

"What? The goblin and the ogre!" The old captain grew up in surprise and began to curse with gritted teeth. "Damn it! Why are we so unlucky! That must be the ship of the blood-handed Harlett! Only he can control and command those ogres with infinite power and low intelligence."

"Blood-handed Harlett?"

When the merchant heard this name, he couldn't help but tremble.

Because no one who takes the merchant to transport the sea through the sword sea will not know this pirate captain with a reputation.

It is said that he was originally a noble son of a Taesel Kingdom.

Later, he was exiled for unknown reasons and eventually turned into a cruel pirate.

But unlike ordinary pirates who just want to plunder wealth.

In addition to plundering wealth, this guy also likes to get involved in some things involving conspiracy and betrayal.

For example, accepting the entrustment of a certain noble or heir to intercept the latter's designated target at sea.

The targets are generally the client's parents, uncles, husbands, wives, brothers and sisters.

As long as these people disappear, the former can immediately inherit territory, titles, chambers of commerce, and an astonishing number of inheritances.

After completing the mission, Harlett will not kill these prisoners immediately.

Instead, they will take them back and imprison them, and ask the client to fulfill the rewards they had issued or promises they had made.

The high price is often about all the savings in a noble territory, or half of the property of a certain chamber of commerce.

If the client does not intend to keep his promise, Harlett will make similar deals with the imprisoned prisoners and then help them regain everything they have lost.

In revenge, the pirate captain seized the client who violated the contract.

Order those victims who have been plotted to dig out the hearts of their sons, wives, nephews or siblings with their own hands.

The title of "Blood Hand" also comes from this.

"Bloody Hand" does not mean that Harlett's hands are covered with blood, but that he can make other people's hands covered with blood from relatives.

No one knows whether this almost distorted and pathological preference comes from his own bad personality or his own growth experience.

But in this way, Harlett gained huge wealth that other traditional pirates could not reach, as well as a huge intelligence network spread throughout the coastal cities.

Even the famous Am Shadow Thieves occasionally choose to cooperate with them.

“Mr. Bernard.

I think we'd better give up the ship and all the cargo on the ship and flee to the island to hide.

Although taking out those special goods and distributing them to sailors may be able to resist for a while, defeat is only a matter of time sooner or later.

Moreover, once the pirates are seriously injured, they will definitely kill everyone in revenge, and they may even set fire to the ship."

The old Captain Bass gave a suggestion with a serious expression.

He wanted to confirm in this way whether the "blood-handed" Harlett came for the cargo on the ship, or the son whom the owner of the Roaldan Chamber of Commerce was the most trusted son.

If it is the latter...

That means that I am involved in a power struggle within the chamber of commerce.

The businessman called Bernard clearly realized this, and his brain flashed quickly through several brothers and sisters who had a competitive relationship with him on weekdays, trying to find someone who had the motivation and ability to do this. Finally, he took a deep breath and nodded: "Yes!

When the boat was about to get stranded into the shallow water area, we rowed a small boat to the island.

But there is a small problem.

In order to maximize cost savings, this ship was not equipped with enough small boats.

That is to say, we must abandon some sailors."

"What? Not enough boats?"

The captain froze instantly and subconsciously glanced at the number of small wooden boats fixed on both sides of the ship.

As a result, it was found that except for the four ships near the bow, the rest were all made of randomly pieced together with rotten wood.

If this thing is thrown into the water, it will surely fall apart in less than a minute.

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Four small boats, calculated by one can carry up to six to eight people, can only carry twenty-four to thirty-two people at best.

And this large merchant ship hired more than 60 sailors.

Old Bass couldn't guarantee that when he announced that he could only take half of the people to escape, and the other half would stay to face the brutal pirates, would the angry sailors riot immediately?

Bernard noticed the tension in the captain's eyes and immediately lowered his voice and said, "We actually don't need to tell the sailors the truth. We can secretly bring a few confidants and take a boat to the island while everyone is not paying attention. After all, the fewer the number of people, the easier it is for us to hide and the lower the possibility of being caught."

"But doing so will ruin the credibility I have built over the years!" Old Bass growled in anger.

Without a good reputation, sailors who are willing to follow them to go to sea will not be able to recruit, nor will they gain the trust of their employers.

This is undoubtedly fatal to a captain, and it is even enough to ruin his life.

"At this time, what are you still thinking about credibility?

If something happens to me, do you think my father will let you and your family go?

And as long as I go back safely, you can not only stay in the chamber of commerce and continue to be the captain.

I will also use the rights at hand to help you exchange for a larger ship and enjoy higher trade profit sharing."

In order to escape from the extremely dangerous situation at the moment, Bernard also took the initiative to change his usual gentle and elegant appearance, which was both coercive and tempting.

He did not want to be the captive of the "bloody hand" Harlett, nor did he want to die at the hands of the vicious pirates.

After some inner struggle, the old captain finally surrendered.

Taking advantage of the panic caused by the ship's stranding moment, he secretly took Bernard, the chief sailor and the first mate, and put down a small boat and rowed the oar and rushed to the beach.

When others noticed it was too late.
Chapter completed!