[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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Edmund and Mei Tess came to the deck in a hurry, the Nemesis was still far away, but the flag fluttering in the strong wind had already revealed her identity.

On the banner is embroidered with gold thread a goddess with snake hair and three pairs of bat wings. She holds a torch in one hand and a whip twisted from a viper in the other.In fact, the pattern depicts the three vengeful sisters standing in a row—Alecto, the goddess of restlessness, Megera, the goddess of envy, and Tisiphon, the goddess of vengeance.

At this moment, the Nemesis was crashing into the side of another large ship, and it was obvious that the pirates regarded it as a new prey.It wasn't until he took the binoculars from Jacob that Edmund determined that the unfortunate ship was the Seagull, which, like the girl Amelie, was a smuggling ship from Livorno.

"What are we going to do?" Jacob said anxiously.He was a loyal Corsican who would never leave his allies behind, but a part of him knew they were no match for the pirates.

"The Nemesis is something we can't mess with, I think we'd better walk around and act like nothing happened," suggested another sailor, "Maybe the pirates didn't even notice us."

"No," Edmund shook his head, "Once they kill the crew of the Seagull, they will come after us immediately. Even if we can escape this time, what can we do later? Will we all have to live in the shadow of those pirates in the future?" ?”

"You mean..." Jacob said.

"Put those two guns up," said Edmund firmly, "and we'll keep going until the Nemesis comes within range."

"Wait a minute, the two cannons on our ship can only fire four-pound shells a thousand paces away at most," Mei Tess, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stopped, "And the firepower of the Nemesis is far stronger than ours." Be strong, it is very likely that before we have time to penetrate their ship's side, they will have sunk us."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Edmund frowned.

"Maybe those pirates think that the girl Amelie is not a threat enough, or maybe they really didn't notice us," Mai Tess gently put down the binoculars in her hand, "In short, most of the pirates on the Nemesis have passed It was to our advantage to gangway onto the gulls."

"It seems that we have to change our strategy." Edmund lowered his head, contemplated for dozens of seconds, and finally raised his head.He took half a step forward and ordered firmly, "Jacob, you are at the helm, we have to knock the Nemesis away from the Seagull! Mel, you are in charge of preparing weapons for everyone, we will use boarding to deal with it. them!"

"Yes, Captain," the sailors shouted back.

Although most sailors still had doubts about the captain's decision. After all, with the improvement of artillery fire, the fighting method of side-to-side battle in naval battles has long been replaced by the tactics of battle lines, but they still resolutely carried out the captain's order.It has to be said that a large part of the reason is because they trust him, their captain can always do the impossible.

Next, the girl Amelie seemed to be transformed into a brave warrior. She split the turbulent sea and headed towards the Nemesis at full speed.

The sails are handled by Edmund himself. After all, in this age when steam engines were not widely used, wind was still the most important driving force for sailboats. In naval battles, apart from strong ships and sharp guns, the only thing that could determine the outcome was the battle against the wind. grasp.Without the wind, there would be no magnificent era of great exploration.Without the wind, there would be no exciting naval battles.

At this time, the little monkey also put down the "Bible Stone" for cleaning the deck, took a gun from the cabin, and stood on the deck.Seeing this scene, Edmund's face instantly changed color, "Jack, this is not the place for you, go back to the cabin!"

"But..." the little monkey tried to argue, but Edmund interrupted him.

"No but, this is an order!" Edmund emphasized.

Watching Little Jack leave dejectedly, Edmund felt his heart being grabbed.Over the years, he has always loved little Jack as his younger brother. Even though little Jack is now an adult, that kind of love has become a habit in Edmund's heart, and he will not change it for a while.

Edmund knew well that Polti's death had become a knot in Little Jack's heart. After all, the old captain rushed out to save him.But that's not the fault of Little Jack, after all, no one could have predicted the sudden appearance of the tax police.Probably since then, little Jack has been desperate to prove that he has grown into a man and no longer needs their protection.

Maybe he can find such an opportunity for Little Jack to prove himself in the future, Edmund thought, but not now, this battle is too dangerous, and he doesn't want Little Jack to make any mistakes.What's more, when Mel reminded him, a part of him wanted to take the Nemesis, so that he wouldn't have to choose between Father Faria and Mr. Morel!

As the distance between the Maiden Amelie and the Nemesis grew closer, all the sailors held their breath.They were afraid that a sudden fire from the Nemesis would sink them before the Maiden Amelie could get close.

But that didn't happen.

"Bang!" With a loud noise, the strong bow of the Maiden Amelie slammed into the equally solid side of the Nemesis.

Neither ship was seriously damaged, but the powerful force pushed the Nemesis away from the Seagull, and all the gangway between the two ships fell into the sea. As a result, more than half of the pirates were killed. Forced to stay on the Seagull, watching their ship get farther and farther away.

That one also knocked half the crew on the Maiden Amelie down.But Edmund quickly directed everyone to set up the gangway, and was the first to jump onto the deck of the Nemesis.

At this moment, most of the pirates on the Nemesis hadn't reacted to the sudden impact, so when the imposing uninvited guest appeared, they all took a step back subconsciously.

Edmund didn't give them a chance to breathe, and shot through the heart of the black man who looked like the commander.That man was the first mate of the Nemesis, and after he died, the other pirates became even more chaotic.

Immediately afterwards, Edmund picked up the long sword and stabbed left and right, quickly disrupting the opponent's formation.