Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 19 Blood Wine and Advice
When Byron walked out of the captain's room again, he had a few silver plates that were cleaner than they had been licked, and an extra book in his hands.

——"Bloody Mary's Delicious Recipe"!
In order to reward him for his contribution in saving the pirate ship, Captain Salman publicly promised that he could choose any item from his collection as a reward.

Byron first removed the [Storm Signet Ring] that was tightly worn on the opponent's hand.

I quietly activated [Echoes of History] and looked through the collection in the captain's room, but I didn't find a second strange object that couldn't be directly identified.

It is confirmed that this [gourmet] is most likely also a poor guy.

The gold and silver sequence is a bottomless pit.

Just when Salman, who was full of food and drink, asked him to make a choice.

Byron immediately seemed unable to control his instinctive desire and somewhat rudely snatched the recipe book that looked very old.

“I want this book!”

Salman pretended to think about it for a while before agreeing with great reluctance.

The fact is that this was his original purpose. If Byron hadn't taken the recipe like the previous chefs, he would have really had a headache.

The two actors, each with their own ulterior motives, are better at acting than the other.

Unfortunately, Salman would never have imagined that Byron was a genius who had awakened spiritually before adulthood.

Moreover, the extraordinary knowledge and trump cards he possessed were far beyond his imagination.

However, Byron was not sure whether his spiritual power, which was quantified as "1", was enough to actively use [Echoes of History] to crack the secret of this strange object.

I decided to take it back and try it again when I was alone at night.

"Mr. Byron, come on, you have been busy, you probably haven't had dinner yet, right?
I saved a copy just for you.

And the captain has given us special permission to have fresh light beer to drink today."

Byron was originally planning to go straight back to the kitchen and had no intention of interacting with the pirates who were divided into several circles on the deck and enjoying fine wine and delicious food.

Unexpectedly, little Hans, who had been paying attention to the movements in the captain's room, waved at him from afar, and even ran over and enthusiastically pulled him towards his own small group.

"Mr. Byron, please take a seat."

"Mr. Byron, I'll pour you a drink."

Soon he was invited by several young pirates to a table made of wine barrels and wooden boards, and they served him wine and meat attentively.

Byron looked around and found that most of the people sitting here were technical sailors with special skills and high status on the ship.

The leaders were the [shipbuilders] Hans and his son, who had a favorable impression of him.

The two trainee navigators, Thomas and Parry, did not yet have the ability to navigate independently, so they had been learning from the former navigator.

During the day they were conquered by Byron's miraculous sailing skills, and at this moment the enthusiasm on their faces was no less than that of little Hans.

Moreover, according to the functional arrangement, they will follow Byron, the acting navigator, in the future, learning while working until they can stand on their own.

The two men have already claimed to be Byron's direct descendants and feel proud of it.

Except for a few veteran gunners, the rest were young pirates who had joined the ship through various channels and had only been there for a few days because of their families' poverty.

He still had the innocence (stupidity) typical of his age, and thought that the Captain, a transcendent being, could not be so petty as to deliberately suppress the newcomers.

It is particularly worth mentioning that there was a young man sitting in the corner with two fingers missing, which had only been hastily bandaged.

Byron knew that his name was Jon, and that he was an ordinary sailor and kitchen helper. It was he who helped him prepare the ingredients and distribute the dinner.

He is also the unlucky guy who had two fingers bitten off by [Blood Eyes] Salman at noon today!
This small group included people from all departments, a total of more than a dozen people, which was barely enough to start a sloop.

None of the strongest marines among the pirates are here.

Most of them, together with the ordinary crew members who served as the backbone, gathered under the command of the first mate [Bonebreaker] Miles and occupied another corner of the deck.

Listening to the noisy voices over there, this group of crew members with the highest moral standards on the Man-eating Shark were still standing up for Byron.

"Humph, those people are really ungrateful, don't they know who they are living on?

God will make the ungrateful pay his debt! "

“The second of the Ten Commandments: Everyone is treated equally, the capable are promoted and the mediocre are demoted.

Except for the position of deputy captain, no other position is worthy of your achievements.

Mr. Byron, you should argue with the captain.

If an honest man like you compromises so easily, you will be bullied by others on the ship in the future."

"That's right. Pirates are the freest people on this sea. If we can't clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments, why should we let other outstanding pirates join us?"

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Feeling their kindness, Byron, who had just experienced a huge change and was wary of outsiders, felt a rare warmness in his heart.

Then he smiled indifferently:
“It’s okay, I’m still young, and the Captain must be training my abilities.

Young people should not be too ambitious and only look at immediate benefits.

It depends on the future development space in the group.

As long as we make selfless contributions, the captain will see it, and sooner or later we will be promoted, get a raise, and get more rewards.

The better the Pirates are, the better we are.

As the saying goes, when the big river flows, the small river will be full! "

In my previous life, I was a worker who ate a lot of cake. I had memorized this set of words by heart, and even reached a high level of self-CPU. Now I can use them easily without any violation.

When he looked into the eyes of the pirates, he told them the truth with a sincere face:

"Really, it's a blessing to suffer a loss. I'm not interested in being a deputy captain at all."

If an incompetent person says this, he will only be laughed at and regarded as cowardly.

On a pirate ship, humility is the least useful quality.

But when these words were spoken by Byron, who had already proven himself, the pirates seemed to see a circle shining above his head.

"What a nice guy!"

The group of people also became more and more convinced that compared to the other side, the first mate Miles, who had drunk a few more glasses and was talking loudly.

Byron was far more suitable to be the first mate on this ship.

'If Mr. Byron were not such a supernatural being as the Captain.

A gentleman who is modest, fair and graceful to his own people is far more suitable to be a captain than that cruel and crazy guy! '

Such a bold idea suddenly popped up in the minds of more than one person.

Obviously.

Even ordinary people who don't understand extraordinary knowledge can see that their captain's condition is becoming increasingly abnormal as long as they stay on this ship for a long time.

No one wants to be the next person to disappear inexplicably.

Especially the kitchen helper Jon, who had two fingers bitten off and had earned the new nickname "Eight Fingers", had a gleam of hatred mixed with fear in his eyes.

"Monster! You only bully honest people like me and Mr. Byron!"

Although only a small seed was planted for the time being, a small group centered on Byron gradually took shape.

"Well, since the captain has made a decision, the matter ends here.

Let’s stop talking and have a drink.”

Old Hans, the most steady among the group of young people, knocked on the table with his beech pipe and took the lead in picking up the beer glass in front of him.

Byron was also very sociable. He raised his glass, clinked it with everyone else's, and drank the fresh beer in the glass in one gulp.

The shelf life of beer is far shorter than that of rum. Whether on a warship, merchant ship or pirate ship, beer is the first target to be eliminated by the quartermaster.

However, after drinking the beer, Byron's nose suddenly moved.

I turned my head to look in the direction of the first mate [Bonebreaker] Miles and his group, only to find that they were drinking rum.

The open oak barrel next to him exuded a familiar smell, a strange smell of blood mixed with a hint of sweetness.

It’s exactly the same bottle of bloody Bacardi rum that Blood Eyes drank before!
The only difference is that the alcohol content is not as high as the former.

It's more like a cocktail, with the same auxiliary ingredients added to the ordinary base liquor.

Moreover, [Clairvoyance] also saw that this group of pirates, mainly stormtroopers and the ones who killed the most people, all emitted a blood-red aura similar to that of the group of man-eating sharks.

“This is the blood wine [Blood of Battle] that the captain specially gave us as a reward. After being prepared by this [gourmet], it will allow us to gradually master extraordinary powers.

In the past, I could only drink it once every half a month.

Now the captain, considering the heavy loss of manpower, decided to let us have a drink every day from now on.

But, only the brave warriors who really charge into battle are qualified to enjoy it! "

First mate Miles said this and glanced provocatively at Byron on the other side of the deck.

extraordinary!

If one is a powerful extraordinary being who also possesses extraordinary powers that can be bestowed on others, he will have infinite centripetal force.

Even Captain [Blood Eyes] Salman seemed as scary as a time bomb, making them live in fear all day long.

For the sake of this big pie, they always firmly support the [gourmet].

'Blood wine? Warrior's blood?

Normal gold and silver sequence [Gourmet] don't have this ability.'

Byron ignored Miles's provocation and wanted to kill him like killing a dog.

He was just thinking about something and quickly finished his dinner, only giving the mutton to little Hans.

clang clang clang.
Soon, a bell rang on the ship.

It was not an alarm bell, but a marine clock made by the [craftsmen] that was telling the time.

Before I knew it, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

First mate Miles drank the wine in his glass with great relish and ordered everyone:
"It's already seven o'clock. Clean up the deck, check the anchor rope, and go back to the cabin to sleep."

[Rules 3: Lights out at 8pm, no drinking after that, no going on deck between 2pm and 4pm.]

This was always the case on the ship and the pirates had no objection.

As the small circle was about to part, old Hans took a puff of his beech pipe and exhaled a long smoke ring.

He gave a meaningful warning to the group of young people who had just boarded the ship:
"Here's a piece of advice for you all. Remember the [Ten Commandments of Pirates] and never break the rules on this ship!"

(End of this chapter)