Alien Knights

After closing the soul world, Todd fell headfirst on the bed in the cabin, roaring exhaustedly.

Rachel, who was in charge of guarding, flipped through the book in her hand and asked casually, "This meeting seems to take longer than the previous ones."

"Those guys, stay inside and refuse to leave..." Todd used his elbows as a support, turned over and looked at the ceiling above his head: "The longer you stay in another world, the greater the burden on your body."

"How about changing the daily meeting to once every three days?"

Rolling up his sleeves, seeing that the entire forearm has been completely eroded by mutation, Todd shook his head and rejected the proposal: "I don't have much time, you know..."

Rachel lowered her head again, her face was gloomy, and she didn't speak again.

The cries and begging sounds in his ears attracted Todd's attention. He got up and looked towards the deck outside the door, and asked Rachel, "What's going on?"

"Our captain is admonishing his men in the way of pirates."

Shaking his dizzy head, Todd climbed up the steps to the deck, and saw all the crew members gathered around the side of the ship with expressions of awe.

Aisha sat on a dilapidated wooden chair, with one foot on the steering wheel, looking at her subordinates in a leisurely manner.

"Next!" With her usual beast eyes, she pointed the musket in her hand to the sea beside her: "Be quick!"

A sailor involved in the treachery was brought up from a cell below deck.

"Captain, your heart is like the sea! Mercy, give me a little mercy! Please forgive my mistakes!" As if knowing the terrible fate ahead, the sinner collapsed on the ground, with traces of incontinence between his legs.

The executioner with the dagger in his hand looked at the tall captain, waiting for instructions.

Swiping the thumb of her right hand across her throat, Aisha showed a cruel smile to everyone.

"No! Please!"

Amidst the screams and wailing, the executioner cut dozens of wounds of various sizes on the betrayer, and then broke the opponent's tendons in the hands and hamstrings.

Then, the pirates tied the bloody victim with cables and threw it into the sea below the side of the ship.

The executioners grabbed one end of the cable and pulled the prisoner so that half of the prisoner's body was underwater and the other half was above the water.

The armed sailboat continued to sail, and the sharks, attracted by the smell of blood, followed the hull and slowly approached.

The sounds of gnawing, bone breaking, water splashing, and hissing come together to form a symphony of death that only belongs to the pirate world.

Five minutes later, Todd frowned at the pirates, and hurriedly pulled the corpse up.

The victim was bitten by the shark and only half of his body remained, like a piece of rag floating in the sea, thrown on the deck, which was horrible.

"This kind of punishment is called 'floating meat', and it is a method commonly used by pirates to execute insiders." Rachel walked to Todd's side and said in a low voice.

Watching Aisha throw a dozen silver moons to the cronies in the crowd, and loudly praised their loyalty, Todd nodded and said, "There are rewards and punishments, maybe this female pirate is smarter than we imagined."

Rachel looked at the bustling pirates and said, "It won't be long before a new 'first mate' will stand up and covet her position."

Todd was taken aback, and asked strangely: "Will anyone want to betray after witnessing such torture?"

Smiling, she turned and returned to the cabin. Before leaving, Rachel left this sentence: "Either the king or the servant. In the dictionary of pirates, there has never been the word 'second'."

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Black Pearl has been sailing on the sea for nineteen days. Except for the first few encounters with North Island pirates, Todd showing the Muxi Kingdom warrant, and finally passing smoothly, the rest of the time is more like a peaceful and serene travel time.

Twenty days of sailing.

At 7:30 in the morning, Todd got up in the bumpy cabin, washed and had breakfast. After a short rest, he opened his soul space and invited the officials of Muxi Kingdom to hold a meeting.

The daily meeting, which used to be over within two hours, has become a little strange since Cumberland found the TV series folder.

After finishing the daily agenda, no one wants to leave the soul space early, and everyone searches for things of interest on their respective computers.

Old Knight Cumberland’s favorite is historical dramas, such as "Vikings", "King Arthur", "Rome", "Spartacus", etc., but after watching, he will always find that there is a huge difference between the history of the other world and the plot of the video. Facing the old man's question, Todd could only use "Vision of Heaven" to explain vaguely.

Mary's favorites are painting, sculpture and architecture, Renaissance, Gothic culture, new religious speculation... Through the reference and comparison of different styles, she reflects these differences in her clothing store, which has set off a wave of artistic progress in Muxi City.

But Todd also gradually realized that the development of things was somewhat out of the established track. He had to carry out "extraction control" on his memory, and sealed up a large amount of knowledge that was too advanced and taboo to prevent unnecessary troubles.

At the end of the daily meeting, Todd took a nap first, then climbed onto the deck after waking up, and happened to see the captain Aisha observing the compass.

"How soon will we be there?"

Hearing Todd's question, Aisha raised her head and glanced at him: "According to this speed, we will arrive in five days."

Todd nodded and looked at the mountains in the distance, which were covered with snow; the air exhaled from his mouth already showed signs of white mist; the broken ice floating on the sea in the distance gave people the illusion of floating icebergs.

"Have we entered the ice field?"

"That's right, start from here. The ice will become thicker and the waterway will become narrower and narrower. I can assure you that there is no captain other than me who can safely send you to your destination."

Todd subconsciously touched his completely mutated right arm with his left hand.

Aisha looked at the thick robe on his body, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Derek, it's summer now. Although we have entered the ice field, your clothes are too thick."

Todd said embarrassingly, "I have no resistance to cold weather."

Looking at Aisha's suspicious eyes, Todd chose to change the subject: "In the past so many days, you seem to have never asked why you went to the Kingdom of Shadows..."

"It's one of my strengths not to inquire about the privacy of the 'goods'." Aisha blinked her eyes: "So, unlike those other colleagues who act recklessly, I have a good reputation in the circle."

"I once heard His Majesty say that you hope to ambush other pirates in exchange for the kingdom's funding and trust. With all due respect, won't doing so affect your survival?"

Aisha narrowed her eyes, and her pupils narrowed slightly: "Mr. Derek, I hope you can also learn from my strengths, and don't ask about things you shouldn't ask."

Todd shrugged, indicating that he was not malicious.

"Captain! Look! The storm!"

The pirates on the watchtower issued harsh warnings.

Aisha's eyes widened, and she murmured to herself in disbelief: "This is already the sea area of ​​the ice field, how could there be a storm?!"

Todd followed Aisha's pace and rushed to the bow of the boat to look towards the sky. The dense dark clouds rolled in the sky like splashed ink. Lightning, torrential rain and hurricanes broke the calm of the sea and rushed towards the black pearl.

"This is impossible! There has never been any storm in this sea area!"

Feeling the suffocating wind pressure, Todd reminded Aisha who was still in a daze: "Now is not the time to question! Get your crew ready to face the storm!"

Biting her lower lip, Aisha turned around, looked at the bewildered crew members, and shouted loudly: "Lower the sails! Get ready to row the oars! Cut the rudder half a turn to the left! Throw all the supplies and goods in the cargo hold into the sea!"

Todd grabbed Aisha: "Throw away those food and water, what should we do for our future journey?"

The latter turned pale, pushed his arm away, shook his head and said, "The future journey? Let's talk about it first by surviving!"