"Damn it, we don't have to rob it. It's a pirate and now it wants to rob us!" Captain Grollet cursed loudly.
"How do you know it's a pirate ship?" Danny was puzzled. "It doesn't have the pirate's Skull Flag?"
Yes, the Skull Flag was very popular among pirates in this fantasy world.
"The Skull Flag was prepared for those wild pirates." Blackbeard shook his head gloomily. "If the Pirate King had his own emblem, there would be no need for the popular Skull Flag."
After that, he ignored Danny and began to hurriedly shout for the sailors to arrange the troops.
Danny carefully observed the ship for a while. In addition to the eye-catching golden ink jade on the black sail, she also saw the words "Serenity" painted in black paint on the dark red hull when it turned sideways.
"Oh my god, Westeros!" Danny exclaimed. "Why are Westeros pirates in the Summer Sea?"
It turned out that "Serenity" was written in the common language, not Valleglia, which was the most popular language in the continent of Ursos.
"Sir, do you know the Serenity?" Danny turned her head and asked Jorah Mormont who was standing on his tiptoes.
Well, other than the captain, the chief officer and the lookout, no one else had binoculars.
"Serenity?" Jorah looked puzzled. "It sounds familiar, but I don't know where I've heard of it."
"That ship is from the Westeros. There's a huge golden ink fish painted on the sail. It's a bit like the sea monster of the Greyjoy family!" Danny explained.
"Seven levels of hell!" Big Bear slapped his forehead and shouted as if he had seen a ghost. "Is the hull dark red?"
"Yes," Danny said in surprise. "You know it?"
"You Lun Greyjoy, the villain known as' Crow's Eye '!" Jorah said word by word, gritting his teeth as if he hated the name very much.
"But that ink fish … Well, even if it's a sea monster, it's in the opposite direction. Greyjoy's sea monster's head is down, but that one's head is up, and its tentacles are different. "Danny was puzzled.
Don't think that this is a small matter. The clan emblem can't be sloppy. If the direction is reversed, it would be equivalent to having two different clan emblems.
For example, the flags of Russia, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Ordinary people would be confused when they saw them, but they were indeed different flags and had their differences.
"This explains why You Lun Greyjoy is here." Aston had a look of realization.
Chora also nodded and said, "He must have done something … Duke Balon expelled him from the Greyjoy family. Those who have been exiled often feel ashamed and don't want to bring shame to their family, or out of jealousy, they will change their family emblem slightly, such as reversing the direction. "
Danny glanced at the black bear on his chest. Her mouth opened and closed several times. She really wanted to ask, "Do you not have any sense of shame? Do you have any feelings of jealousy?" Why don't you let Big Bear lie on the ground?
Big Bear Mormont was wearing a black woolen sweater and brown leather armor. There was a big black bear on the chest of the leather armor. It stood up like a human and roared with its mouth open. It was a great contrast to the Mormont Family's motto, "Stand tall with your head held high".
According to the tradition of Westeros, "everyone knows", if he felt ashamed, he should learn from You Lun and let the black bear lie down.
Danny's gaze was also noticed by Big Bear. He blushed and said, "I don't hate my family."
Whitebeard said coldly, "Don't you feel ashamed?"
Big Bear was furious. "I serve the queen, and I am honored! And, no matter what, I am better than you, who don't even dare to show your clan emblem. "
"You …" Whitebeard was angry. He opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but he looked at Danny and swallowed his words.
Only nobles had clan emblems.
Westeros nobles were divided into knights, counts, marquises, dukes, and kings. Knights were the lowest level.
Knights could also be called knights, but in fact, they were half a level lower than knights. They were only nobles' reserve.
Big Bear Mormont had two identities. The ancestral Count of Bear Island, and the knighthood given to him by King Robert to quell Greyjoy's rebellion 10 years ago. He was also a knight, but he already had the title of count.
Big Bear was going to be tried by Eide and Stark for selling slaves. Even Ice was taken there, so he must be beheaded. He was afraid of death, so he gave up his title of count and went into self-exile.
But the knighthood given to him by Robert was not taken away because he escaped the trial. Eide had no chance to take away the knighthood given to him by the king.
So, Danny and others called him "Sir Jorah" or "Sir Mormont."
Danny and Jorah both knew that Whitebeard hid his identity.
His knowledge, experience, and speech were not as good as Count Mormont's. It was difficult for people who had not received an orthodox aristocratic education to have the excellent characteristics he showed.
But Whitebeard wore a simple linen robe and held a crutch. He never showed his clan emblem or other identification.
Whitebeard also guessed that his identity had been suspected, so he was rendered speechless by Big Bear's rebuke.
Well, speaking of which, he had to sigh. As the most orthodox descendant of the royal family, Danny also did not show her clan emblem.
Moreover, she was theoretically "illiterate" and had not received an orthodox aristocratic education.
"That sea monster ship is so fast. It's really chasing us!" The lookout exclaimed, breaking the awkward silence on the bridge.
After a few light coughs, Danny asked, "Why are You Lun Greyjoy chasing us? Did we guess wrong? Did he also fail in his exploration of the ruins of Valleglia and suffer heavy losses, so he needs to rob us to recover? "
"It's possible." Jorah glanced at Whitebeard and said thoughtfully, "We only saw the Serenity struggling in the Wall of Storm. Maybe he was lost in the storm and did not enter the ruins. After all, even a dragon is lost."
"If we reveal our identities, will he let us live on account of the fact that we are from the same hometown?" Dani said with a strange smile.
Whitebeard was stunned for a moment before he reacted and asked, "Are you sure you can win? Greyjoy is not easy to deal with. Last time when Balon rebelled, You Lun displayed extraordinary cunning and ruthlessness. Port Lannister was almost captured by the Tiemin led by him. If he was not sure he could defeat our fleet, he would not be in such a hurry to chase us. "
"I have a dragon, and it's not an ordinary fleet." Danny said confidently.
The old man looked up at the white and green dragons circling in the sky and said solemnly, "He saw your dragon."
"Hahaha, you don't think I'm going to let my dragon burn his ship, do you?" Danny laughed.
"I'm their mother, and I cherish their lives more than anyone else. The young dragons can't even resist arrows now. If I really let my dragon fly over the enemy ship and breathe fire, it would be murdering my own children."
At this point, she ordered the bloodriders beside her, "Call up all the warriors in the cabin. Bring up bows and shields."
Centaurs were afraid of the sea. If it was not necessary, they would rather stay in the cabin with their horses as companions.
"What do you think the other party will do?" She asked Blackbeard Galloway.
The old sailor frowned as if he had encountered something difficult to understand. "Under normal circumstances, pirates without a large fleet will not attack us. The ratio of ships is three to one, which means that when he ships with us, the other two ships can attack his mothership from the side and the back.
We have a total of more than 600 sailors, and the other party only has a narrow ship. It can only hold 300 pirates. With twice the number disadvantage, how can You Lun win? "
"Unless he has a trump card!" Whitebeard said solemnly.
Danny thought for a moment and asked, "What kind of person is You Lun? Will he suddenly go crazy? By the way, why was he exiled? "
"Tiemin Island is relatively closed, and You Lun is not King Balon. Very few people pay attention to him. I don't even know that he was exiled, but I'm sure that he won't go crazy. That person is cunning and unpredictable. "
Whitebeard shook his head and looked at the big bear. "Perhaps Sir Mormont knows him better."
Tiemin often plundered the west coast of Westeros, especially the north without the protection of ships. The people of Bear Island often fought with Tiemin, who disguised himself as a pirate.
Mormont sighed. "I hope he suddenly becomes stupid. Unfortunately … let's prepare for battle."
As he spoke, he walked towards the cabin to change into full body armor.
This fantasy world was not without gunpowder, but it was not very powerful. It was just a prop used by fire warlocks. Therefore, there were no cannons. Naval battles were still mainly based on boarding, and arrows were used as support. It was safer with armor.
Of course, the premise was that they did not fall into the sea.
Other than Mormont, Danny's centaurs and sailors also began to change their equipment in full swing.
The centaurs all wore dark red leather armor with a heart protection mirror, shiny red copper helmets, a small copper round shield tied to their left wrist, an arak scimitar at their waist, and a longbow in their hands. They looked like a regular army.
Unlike the centaurs who were dressed in uniform, the sailors' armor was a mess. There were rusty plate armors, mismatched chainmail armors, tattered leather armors, and there were even some who used a pot lid as a shield ….
Blackie entered the storm around nine in the morning and returned at eleven. Then, the Serenity began to chase the fleet around twelve. At that time, the distance was less than thirty kilometers. Then, at three-thirty in the afternoon, the two sides began to enter battle range.
One kilometer.
Although there were no cannons in this world (the cannons of the warships during the Invincible Fleet era only had an effective range of three to four hundred meters), catapults and ballistas were installed on the bow and stern of the ship.
What was thrown out were not stones, but bags of linen soaked in oil. The linen soaked in oil was wrapped into a "solid bullet" the size of a school bag, and was thrown out after being ignited.
It was very difficult to hit a target with that kind of thing. It was mainly used to hit fixed targets, such as attacking a city or attacking a fleet in a port …
The Seyduleon was a purely naval ship, and did not have any weapons. However, the rowing ships, the Sun of Summer and the Joking Yossos, were originally used as "frigates" for merchant ships. Not only did they have many sailors, but they also had a total of six catapults and eighteen ballistas.
Blackbeard's original plan was to delay as much as possible. If the sky turned dark, the Serenity might not be able to catch up to them.
But he underestimated the speed of the narrow ship. Not only was the ratio of the sail to the hull huge (the bigger the ship, the faster the ship), when they got close to the Seyduleon, the Serenity lowered two hundred straight oars on both sides of the ship. The dull sound of drums could be heard from afar, as if it was beating on everyone's hearts.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
