Codex Pirates

Chapter 2 The Vault

Aramis originally owned a tavern at home, but after his bankruptcy, his parents were forced to death by debt collectors, so he became a pirate on the ship, so he knows the tavern better, he can find most of the wine cellars no matter how secret they are, and he can read and write Counting, this is also a talent in an environment without universal education.

In contrast, members of other small gangs around William, A Jin was originally a fisherman, was blackmailed by a gang like Yuba, and killed him by mistake after a conflict, so he simply joined the pirates because of the commercial flow in the wharf area. Although Ajin has not received proper education, he still knows some characters and is considered semi-literate.

And the last seventeen-year-old boy named Wallon was born as a farmer and was simply illiterate.

Therefore, everything has a bad side and a good side. If people only focus on the latter, it is easy to be overly optimistic, but if they only focus on the former, they tend to be depressed and lose confidence.

In the days when he just crossed, William imitated Robinson who once wandered to a desert island, and made a list for himself in his heart. confidence to survive.

At the very least, this body is young and healthy, unlike the body that was poisoned by tobacco and alcohol for many years in his previous life, and from his memory, he has received a good education and even received a certain degree of swordsmanship. It looks a bit useless, and he didn't do much hard work at the beginning, but even so, this foundation allowed William to take the lead on the pirate ship by virtue of his skills, which is also an important reason why he can become the leader of the small gang.

Starting from scratch, he also worked hard from scratch in his previous life. Although it is a bit more difficult now, there is still more room for improvement in the future.

Aramis only observed the room for a while, then stopped looking closely, and led William along the house to a yard behind the tavern.

He bent down to observe the traces of the soil for a while, and quickly clapped his hands. After attracting the attention of William who was looking at the courtyard, he said proudly, "I found it."

Aramis came under a grape vine trellis in the yard, pulled it twice, and then lifted a small wooden board covered with weeds. The door of this cellar was camouflaged, and it was located in the shadow under the grape trellis. It's really easy to ignore if you don't pay attention.

The wooden board was lifted to reveal the narrow aisle behind, and it was pitch black inside. William didn't rush in, but set up a shade with one hand and squinted his eyes to look inside.

William waited like this for a few minutes, and after Aramis got a little impatient, he threw the pillow he had been holding in his hand down the aisle into the dark cellar.

As William expected, the unidentified object that suddenly broke into the cellar caused a commotion.

"Bang!" A gunshot came from the cellar, and Aramis was taken aback. Then he saw William waving at him, and rushed into the cellar first.

William's previous actions were only worried that someone was hiding in the cellar. The aisle in the cellar is so narrow that only one person can pass through, and there is no room to dodge. , he deliberately waited for a few minutes, just to make the people who might be hidden in the cellar suspicious and tense up, and couldn't help but shoot after the pillow was thrown in.

The East China Sea where William is now uses old-fashioned flintlock pistols, and it takes a lot of effort to reload the bullets. After hearing the gunshot, he didn't give the opponent time to reload, and directly threw himself into the dark cellar.

There was a narrow staircase at the entrance of the cellar. William rushed over it in the blink of an eye and fell onto the flat ground. At this moment, a figure suddenly turned out from behind the wooden beam beside the staircase, trying to sneak attack while he was not on a firm footing, but William had already prepared for it. Although the cellar was dark and not as bright as the ground, William had already prepared for his eyes to adapt to this environment.

William turned sideways slightly to avoid the attacker's weapon, then his left hand reached out like lightning, grabbed the opponent's wrist, and pulled him forward, while he himself got out of the narrow stairs of the wine cellar.

The light cast from the cellar door fell on the attacker's face, and William took this opportunity to see the face of the attacker clearly. He was a boy who was only fourteen or fifteen years old. It looked hideous.

William didn't hesitate, and directly hit the boy's temple with a knife, and the boy fell to the ground with a "plop" and passed out.

All this happened in a blink of an eye, and at this time Aramis also rushed in. He followed the space left by William and rushed directly into the cellar. When he looked up, he saw a middle-aged woman approaching Holding a pistol, he pointed at the entrance of the cellar stairs dumbfounded.

The middle-aged woman seemed to be frightened, and kept holding the gun. There was still a little smoke from the muzzle of the pistol. Aramis knew that it was the gun that fired just now, so he let out a low voice and took two or three steps. He rushed forward, slapped the woman's pistol away with one hand, and grabbed the opponent's neck with the other. With a force, the woman was unceremoniously used to the ground.

Aramis ignored the messy woman who was thrown by him, and turned his head to look around, trying to see if there were any enemies, but when he looked to the corner on the right where the wine barrels were placed, he suddenly cried out with a complicated expression. Said: "William!"

William hurried over, followed Aramis' gaze, and found that there was a little girl hiding in the corner.

The little girl looked to be about ten years old, with a greasy braid, and wearing only a thin dress in the somewhat gloomy cellar. She was squatting on the ground, tears flowing like a thread, but she was biting hard. The right hand curled into a fist made no sound.

She also saw William and Aramis, so she cried even harder. Her body kept shaking, but she still didn't make a sound. Instead, she shrank her body, making the figure squatting on the ground smaller. She seemed to hope so, Aramis and Aramis William could no longer see her.

William and Aramis looked at each other, and then Aramis asked in a low voice, "What should I do?"

"...Tie them up first." William said in a deep voice.

Aramis responded, and then swiftly pulled a rope from his arms, and tied the struggling woman to the wooden beam in the cellar.

The woman was slender and had a charming appearance. The young Aramis secretly took advantage of it when he was tied up. William didn't pay attention. He looked towards the cellar door, and a series of footsteps came. The vigilant Ah Jin had already bent over and walked in.