Although it is just a cargo ship, under the rampant environment of pirates, there is no self-defense armed force at all.

Bang!

There were also several small cannons at the stern of the cargo ship driven by Edmond and Wallon. After the pirates of the Red Beard Pirates entered the range, they fired together. Several orange-red flames appeared on the opposite pirate ship, and obviously they fired.

But in this harsh weather, it is basically up to luck to hit moving targets on the sea with artillery.

The Red Beard Pirates were so famous that although the sailors on the ship also picked up weapons to resist, they were still frightened. The captain and others were still trying hard to dissuade Edmund from his thoughts, which made him very upset.

Seeing that the two ships were so close that they were getting close, the captain was about to grit his teeth and ignore Edmund, and forcibly ordered the crew to throw away the baggage and run away, but saw a hooked claw flying on the pirate ship at the same time, hooking the cargo ship guardrail.

On the other side, on the ship of the Red Beard Pirates, the pirates holding claw ropes hit the guardrails of their ships, pulled the ropes desperately, and quickly narrowed the distance between the two ships.

Edmund knew that hand-to-hand combat was going to happen, so he quickly asked Valon to go to the bow of the boat, and he was in the stern.

When Vallon just walked to the aisles on both sides, his feet suddenly shook and the two ships had collided. The pirates holding hook claws tied the other end of the rope to their masts, completely tangling the two ships and could not be separated for a short time.

The cannons on both sides of the hull did not fire again due to heat dissipation and distance issues, and there was a brief calm between the ships, but then a cannon sounded from the pirate ship.

The Red Beard Pirates are not like those inexperienced pirate groups. They even use robbed merchant ships. Their ships are warships in the true sense, with a length of nearly thirty meters, nearly one-third of the captain's length at the widest part of the upper deck, and the bow and stern decks are towering, so that the two ships can easily board the enemy ship when they want to catch them.

Moreover, not only cannons were placed on the side, but cannons were also installed on the ship's stairs. At this time, these small cannons with flexible angles were fired.

It was like sending a signal that after the artillery fired on the pirate ship, a dense long-range strike broke out between the two ships, flying knives, short axes, and bullets, and all kinds of weapons were projected. Wallonia and Edmund quickly squatted down, but the crew members who had no experience on the two ships and the rookie pirates who did not know how to avoid it suddenly fell down like wheat. The casualties were far more serious than when the two ships of artillery fired at each other.

The long-range strike weakened slightly, and gradually a fierce pirate jumped over to help him. Edmund swung his sword forward. Although the pirates who were leading him were still no match for him. He was cut down one after another, there were too many pirates, and the overall quality of the sailors of their own cargo ships could not keep up with the other party, so they could not stop more and more pirates from jumping over to help him.

Edmund cut down a pirate again, and was about to boost morale, but a giant figure jumped towards him.

Edmund leaped back skillfully and distanced himself from the other party. A big hole was knocked out by a mace on the deck he had just stood.

"Deputy Captain Reis!"

Several pirates were making noises, and at the same time they were far away from the battlefield of the two.

Edmund beat the knife and knew that he was a powerful person in front of him and should have a lot of weight in the opponent's camp, but as long as he defeated the opponent as soon as possible, he would definitely hit the morale of the pirates.

Before I walked away, Wallon, who was dragged in the aisles by the pirate who jumped to help, saw this and wanted to go over and help.

However, when both Wallon and Edmund focused all their attention on this person who was called the deputy captain by the pirate, they saw that the other party just smiled at Edmund and pointed to the direction of his own pirate ship tower.

Edmund's thoughts turned and subconsciously turned his body.

At the same time, a cannon sound suddenly came from the opposite ship tower!

Bang!

The shells hit Edmond directly, and the strong impact and the cracked deck made him unbalanced. Several wooden thorns pierced him at his closest point. At this time, the pirate deputy captain Reis had swept over with his mace.

Years of practice saved Edmund's life. Although his ears were buzzing and his mind was dizzy, he still subconsciously moved the knife in front of him, blocking the way of the mace.

But the mace is a heavy weapon, and using a knife to hit it must rely on the extraordinary skills of the knife holder. At this time, Edmund was in poor condition and the knife hand hurt, and the knife was hit by the mace.

The mace with the spikes was slightly weak, but it was still imprinted on Edmund and drove him away. Edmund's instinct to fight made him roll backwards like a gourd to avoid Reyth's subsequent attack.

Rece laughed and was about to continue chasing him, but Valon had already rushed over. He took out his pistol and shot him at him. While Rece was hiding, he grabbed Edmund and retreated into the aisle, and ran towards the bow of the ship.

After Reth knocked down several crew members who were blocking the way, the two of them had lost sight.

Wallon brought Edmund to the bow of the ship, but found that the situation here was not slightly better than the stern of the ship.

The pirates had almost occupied the entire bow. The bloated Heiding kept bent down behind him and finished the blows on the sailor crew lying on the ground. The sharp blade kept stabbing into the human body, pulling out the sound of puffing, which was heard into Heiding's ears, but it seemed like the most wonderful music, which made him smile happily.

Because there is no expert like Edmund to help, there are few people standing here at the bow of the boat!

Edmund and Valon were both red-haired and bald, both of which were very conspicuous. Heiding, who had a cruel final blow, glanced at this time and saw them two crawling out of the aisle. They were stunned for a moment, and then rushed over with a strange smile.

Edmund's face was pale and his wound was still bleeding. Seeing this, he gritted his teeth: "The boat can't be held back, I'll stop him, Valon, you..."

Before he could finish his words, he was thrown directly onto the lifeboat on the side of the ship by Wallon.

Edmund fell straight on the wooden boat, groaning, but Valon had already poked his head out of the side of the guardrail, wiped the rain from his naked head, and smiled at him silly: "You go first, I'll arrive later!"

Edmund's expression changed, but Wallon did not give him a chance to speak. He cut off the rope that fixed the boat with two blows, causing the boat to fall into the sea.

When Wallon turned around, Hereading had already rushed to him, but this fat voyeur with a bloated body was obviously not as good as his cousin Reiss and was not Wallon's opponent. After the two fought for a while, Hereading was chopped into the shoulder by Valon inadvertently.

Wallon was still trying to take advantage of the situation to attack, but suddenly felt a darkness on his head. He quickly looked up and saw a red ball bigger than a man flying over from the pirate ship like a cannonball and was smashing in the direction he was in.

The lightning reflected on the hair ball, flashing a metallic luster. Valon quickly retreated, but saw the hair ball spreading from the inside in the air, revealing the laughing wildly Barbarossa inside. His hair, beard, and body hair on his chest were the source of the strange hair!

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Chapter completed!