Pirates to the top

At noon three days later, Tudor Kingdom, Saiyan County, Off the Sea

As the hour hand on the pocket watch slowly pointed to 1 p.m., Sanchez, the captain of the Sea Dog Pirates, knew that the appointed time had arrived.

Putting on his coat, he slowly walked out of the captain's cabin.

"Hold the flag, raise the sail, turn the helm, and aim for Saiyan County."

"Yes"

Following Sanchez's order, the pirates on the Sea Dog, the flagship of the Sea Dog Pirates, took action.The pirate flag, which symbolized the flag of the pirate group, was slowly lowered, the dropped anchor was stowed, and the sail was pulled up.On the watchtower, the commander used semaphore to send signals to surrounding ships.

Not long after, the Parrot and Damai on the side also took action.The four pirate ships belonging to the Sea Dog Pirates in the distance also followed the direction of the three pirate ships of the Sea Dog Pirates.

When this fleet of seven three-masted sailing ships sailed into the territorial waters of Saiyan Island, no ship belonging to the Tudor Kingdom warned or stopped it.

In the past ten years, the Tudor Kingdom's coastal defense has been completely destroyed by the pirates led by Sanchez. Three of the Kingdom's last fleet of six sailing ships were lying in the dock due to lack of funds for maintenance. The ship huddled in the military port of Blackburn, the royal capital, and has not gone to sea for many years. This is extremely ironic for a North Sea port country famous for its ocean trade and fishing industry.

Collins Arena, inside Dog Hole No. 9.Everyone gathered together except Alfred, who was still in a coma and had not yet woken up.

Phillips still had a bandage around his waist and was pacing back and forth in the room anxiously.

"Phillips, calm down, you can't panic at this time." Henry was wearing an apron and cooking food with Monet at the stove.

"Well" Phillips sat down heavily on the sofa. Silas smiled and handed over a glass of sparkling champagne. This kind of wine made using a special fermentation process is extremely expensive, and Beihai is not the main grape. production area, so most of the Champagne wines are completely imported.

Even "rich families" like Henry's rarely drink this kind of expensive alcoholic beverage that can easily cost tens of thousands of beli.But today's dinner is different, because it may be the last dinner for everyone.

Henry had been preparing this dinner since noon, taking out many expensive and rare ingredients and spices, just to heighten the current atmosphere.He rarely cooked, but those who tasted Henry's cooking were full of praise.

"Monet, bring over the seafood soup that was stewed last night."

The knife in Henry's hand kept flying, and he finished processing a tuna in just a moment.Henry never shortchanged himself or others in terms of food and enjoyment.A variety of ingredients were placed on his chopping board, and he had already sketched out tonight's dishes in his mind.

In other people's eyes, he didn't look like he was about to run away.

"Pa" Henry inserted the kitchen knife into the chopping board and looked at Valpo, Silas and Phillips on the sofa.

The three of them suddenly became tense.

“How about smoked salmon with caviar as a starter?”

"Um"

"Okay, it would be better if there was some taro jam," Valpo said with his eyes narrowed.

Henry nodded. At this time, the sky was slowly turning dark, and it had entered the North Sea in the depths of winter. There were only less than 7 hours of light every day.

Henry looked up at the clock on the wall.

As the hour hand slowly pointed to 4 o'clock, Sanchez closed his pocket watch.

At this time, the pirates on the deck were already making final preparations. Some were using brushes to clean the gunpowder residue in the gun barrel, some were grinding their favorite knives, and some were removing pieces of lead one by one. The ammunition was loaded into the belt, and several people put a layer of black leather holsters on their bodies.

"Captain, have you decided?" the first mate, a man nicknamed Jackal Bit, asked Sanchez at the table.

At this time, in the captain's room, all the management of the Sea Dog Pirates, including the first mate and Jackal Bit were gathered.Second Officer, Holger Grace.Third Officer, Oscar Bob.And the boatswain, Albadon.

Sanchez kept scanning the map. This parchment map recorded the topography and urban distribution of Saiyan County in detail. It even clearly recorded where there were garrisons and where there were armed personnel.Obviously, a map of this level cannot be completed in a short period of time by Sanchez's Sea Dog Pirates alone.

"There is actually a shore artillery unit stationed in Manchester. This unit has no less than 300 people. Three 24-pound shore guns and five 18-pound muzzle-loading guns are hidden on the hills not far from the port. Sanchez smiled slightly He frowned and said.

"If it weren't for this picture, we might have suffered a small loss if we attacked rashly."

Sanchez moved his gaze and saw a small town not far from Manchester.

"Where is this place?" Sanchez pointed the sextant in his hand here.

Navigator Bakis took a look and said: "Hoarfrost Town, one of the six towns under the jurisdiction of Manchester City, is also the second largest port area in Saiyan County."

"Then let's start from here"

"The first course is smoked salmon with caviar and taro sauce," Henry introduced to everyone at the table with a smile.

"Then it's soup. I chose oxtail consommé and clam soup. Silas, aren't you allergic to clams, so I specially made a pot of oxtail consommé?"

Silas was a little surprised; "Henry, you even remember this, I just said it casually."

Henry continued like the most dedicated waiter: "The main courses include dill-pickled salmon, banana-baked chicken, moose meat with chanterelles, potato and bacon dumplings, and seafood and vegetable soup. Of course, the pickled chicken is absolutely indispensable. The ham that has been made for three years was marinated by us together, and I have specially cooked it in seafood soup."

"Uh-huh," Phillips shook his knife and fork, seeming to reminisce about the past.

When the dishes were brought out by Henry and Monet, everyone looked at Henry.

"It will work out, right, Henry?" Silas suddenly said to Henry.

Everyone also stared at Henry in silence. At this moment, it seemed that they could only hear the west wind gradually blowing outside the house.Henry slowly raised the glass filled with sparkling champagne. He understood how important his responsibility was at this time. Including Alfred, who was still in a coma, the five teenagers in Dog Hole No. 9 had already put their His life and future were entrusted to Henry.

"I will, I promise you." Henry pointed the wine glass at everyone. Everyone raised their glasses, even Valpo, who never drank, also raised it.

"I will take you away from here safely, everyone." As the drinks went into their throats, everyone gradually started to move, and the atmosphere was not as oppressive as before.

No one noticed, but Henry's brows always curled up inadvertently, until

"Well, there are so many good things, but you brats don't even call us two old guys. If it weren't for Henry, we wouldn't know that you are eating alone behind our backs."

"Why are you two old guys again?" Phillips yelled toward the door.

The corners of Henry's mouth curled up unabashedly with the appearance of the two old men, Morton and Danny.He knew that the last and most important part of escaping from here was about to be completed.

"Nonsense," Morton said to Phillips, wiping his nose with his sleeve.

"Isn't there another one?"

Phillips looked at Morton's slovenly appearance with disgust, and then looked behind him. He had short blond hair and a childish face with dead eyes. Who else could he be if he wasn't "Cotton Jack"?

"Jack"

Everyone also looked behind Morton. Jack walked in expressionlessly and said to Henry.

"I figured it out, but I have a request"

"Let's sit down and eat first. We'll wait until we finish eating. Monet went to prepare three dishes. Fortunately, we cooked enough tonight.

Henry happened to interrupt Jack and said to them.

"Okay, Henry is a sensible boy. My old bones are starving to death." Morton unceremoniously sat next to Henry and occupied Monet's original seat.

"You" Monet looked at Morton's behavior and stamped his foot angrily.

But Morton didn't seem to notice and said to Danny: "Quick, Danny come here, my God, I haven't tasted such a big ham in a long time."

Henry shook his head helplessly at Monet, who had no choice but to take out three sets of tableware from the cabinet.

Henry slid the table knife into the ham. The knife was very sharp, and the ham was stewed very pulpy.The sharp knife cuts through the flesh fibers without any hindrance.

"Tearing apart" was accompanied by the sound of muscle tissue being torn apart by the knife, and liquids splashed out. The dark pirate released his hand covering the night watchman's mouth and slowly pulled the knife out of his body. out.

Behind him, on the pier of Baishuang Town, pairs of dark pupils emerged from the shore. They were wearing dark streamlined leather sheaths and holding sharp daggers in their mouths.