[Count of Monte Cristo] Love and hatred

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Mei Tess and Jacob led the other sailors to join in, and the deck of the Nemesis fell into a scuffle.On the Seagull not far away, the sailors who had not yet been tied up also rose up to resist and fought desperately with the pirates.

Edmund spun to avoid a pirate's slash, and then plunged his sword into his chest.When he struggled to draw his sword and was about to slash at another pirate, the dagger flew out by Mei Tess had already ended the life of that person.He heard a shot, and glancing to the right, Jacob stood farther off, reloading and firing, a Corsican sailor as brave as his countrymen.

It has to be said that the tactics of boarding battles are indeed very wise.As more and more sailors joined the battle, most of the pirates on the deck were controlled by Edmund's men.

No one noticed when the little monkey sneaked onto the Nemesis, he took a gun, and sprinted up the stairs like a real monkey, and went straight to the captain's cabin.

When he opened the door carefully, he found that there was no one inside.So he excitedly opened the window and shouted to the people downstairs, "Look, I've occupied the captain's cabin."

Until Edmund and the others really looked towards him, the little monkey felt a huge shadow behind him.Before he could turn his head, a dagger sank between his ribs.

"No!" As Edmund cried out in pain, the little monkey was mercilessly pushed down by Bluebeard, the captain of the Nemesis.

Edmund ran towards the place where the little monkey fell, tremblingly held him in his arms, but it was too late, the little monkey had closed its eyes forever.

Then Bluebeard took out his gun and pointed it at Edmund.But before he could shoot, Mei Tess, who had no dagger, had grabbed the gun from Jacob's hand and fired first.

In fact, Mei Tess is better at hidden weapons. Even her teacher Saturn said that she has no talent in using guns. The moment she shot, her heart skipped a beat.If she made one mistake, she would lose her captain forever.

But this time, she hit Blue Beard's heart accurately, and the pirate captain only had time to touch his own heart before falling down beside the little monkey and closing his eyes unwillingly.

Seeing this scene, the rest of the pirates stopped fighting.

"You killed the captain," a one-eyed pirate stepped forward.

"Yes," said Plum Tess coldly.

But what she didn't expect was that the one-eyed pirate put down his weapon, "Since our captain is dead, why do we still fight? According to our old pirate tradition, whoever kills Bluebeard will be our captain."

At this time, everyone looked at Mei Tess.

"Mel, don't trust these cunning pirates," Jacob reminded.

Jacob was right, but Mei Tess knew that if she could get the Nemesis, with the help of these pirates, her captain could save his father from the Château d'If.

So she has to take a risk.

"I won't be your captain," Mei Tess murmured, "but I have a more suitable candidate, and he is right in front of your eyes!"

Hearing Mei Tess's words, Edmund finally stood up in a daze. There was no joy or sadness on his face, just like the face of a dead person.

Mei Tess walked over and raised his hand, "If you are really willing to obey my orders, from today onwards, Sinbad will be your captain."

"Captain Sinbad..." Several pirates called out one after another.

Edmund looked around at the blood-splattered deck and the people standing on it, and then ordered in a stern and majestic tone, "Take the boat to Monte Cristo!"

In this naval battle, most of the sailors of the Seagull died, so the captain of the Seagull bid farewell to them with the rest of the sailors, and withdrew first, so only the Maiden Amelie and the Nemesis remained on the island of Monte Cristo. Number.

The girl Amelie sailing ahead was commanded by Jacob. Although he didn't understand why the captain was with those pirates, he still fulfilled his duties as a first mate.After appeasing the injured crew, he piloted the Maiden Amelie.

The Nemesis was commanded by Edmund himself, and the pirates on board soon discovered that he was an excellent captain, as Maisie Tess said.And Mei Tess also stayed on the Nemesis, and she became the first mate of Edmund's new ship as promised on Monte Cristo Island.

She scoured all the rooms of the Nemesis.Most of the storage room is the booty of the pirates, fine wine, spices and piles of silver coins.In the cannon compartment, there is a large amount of ammunition, including solid lead bullets with the strongest penetrating power, chain bullets that can cut cables and tear sails, explosive shrapnel bullets, as well as grape bullets and shotgun bullets.In the secret room under the captain's room, Mei Tess made an even more astonishing discovery.

It was a slave girl named Beth.Because the room was dark, Mei Tess didn't notice her presence at first.It wasn't until Bess stepped forward and dragged the iron chain on her feet that Mei Tess finally realized that there was another living person in that room besides her.

Mei Tess immediately ordered the pirates to unshackle Bess, but the pirates were afraid to go forward, so she cut the chains herself.

When Beth came out of the chamber, all the pirates backed away in fear.It wasn't until this time that Mei Tess realized that although Bess was Bluebeard's slave, she had a high status on the Nemesis, because she was a sea witch and was proficient in witchcraft. fear.It is precisely because of this that she was captured on this ship by Bluebeard from her hometown of Jamaica.

Bess is indeed different from ordinary people. She is a native of the Taino tribe. Her facial features are not exquisite, but they are surprisingly beautiful when combined, especially her two eyes are black and blue, just like the emperor Annas of the Eastern Roman Empire. Like Tasia I, mysterious and beautiful.

After learning about little Jack, Bess offered to take care of his body to repay the kindness of the girl Amelie for rescuing her.She placed little Jack in her dark room and ordered that no one should come near him.Of course the pirates were happy to do this, but Mei Tess couldn't hold back her curiosity. She quietly put her ear to the door, and could only vaguely hear Bess muttering something silently, as if humming a song or using a Some ancient language prayed.

It wasn't until the Nemesis arrived at Monte Cristo Island after the Maiden Amelie that the pirates carried out Little Jack according to Edmund's instructions.They found that the thin boy looked as if he had just died, which made them even more awed by the sea witch.

Little Jack's funeral was presided over by Edmund.

He was an orphan, and if his parents hadn't died young, he wouldn't have been reduced to a sailor on a smuggling ship.Therefore, after arriving at Monte Cristo Island, Edmund did not bury Little Jack at sea like Captain Poldi did, but buried him at the foot of Monte Cristo and erected a small cross for him.

The reason why Monte Cristo Island was chosen is because the island is uninhabited and there are not many ships passing by. Even if a big ship like the Nemesis is moored in the bay, it will not attract attention.Edmund, on the other hand, had a certain special affection for the island.

The funeral was attended by all the members of the Maid Amelie and the pirates of the Nemesis, the latter, of course, more or less forced.Fortunately, although they both wanted to kill each other, they all held back under the mournful atmosphere of the funeral.

Sea Witch Bess again offers to pray for Little Jack.Because there is no priest, and she was taking care of little Jack before.Edmund nodded and agreed to her.

So she hummed those strange-sounding prayers again.Although no one could understand, but for the sake of her dedication, no one said much.

After the funeral, Bess was also the first to find out that Edmund had left first, and she only told Mei Tess about it.

Plum Tess looked in the direction Bess pointed, and saw Edmund walking into the mountain path alone.She knew where the path led, and in the past few years, every time the Maiden Amelie docked at Monte Cristo, the captain would invite her to go with her to that place, a place only they knew.

But now, she was really worried, so she quietly followed.

After walking along a rocky path to the end, Mei Tess saw the captain wearing blood-stained clothes, walking to the spring water pouring down from the cliff, and letting the rapids wash away the blood from his body.

The broad shoulders of the captain trembled in the water.She could see how painful he was, and he was blaming himself. After all, little Jack lost his life at such a young age... She just didn't know that this resolute man had such a fragile side.

Mei Tess took a step forward, but her rationality stopped her. She knew that the captain needed to be alone at this time.However, the surging emotions in her heart made her feel an impulse to walk to him, hug him tightly from behind, and comfort him.

No, more than that.Mei Tess still remembered how scared she was when the gun was shot, how afraid she was of losing him, then, and still was, but she still didn't understand what the emotion meant.

She hesitated for a while, and finally took a step.Instead of leaving, he walked towards Edmund.