Codex Pirates

Chapter 334: The Gift of the Sea

The Magic Triangle sea area is notorious. The merchant ship named "Starlight" on which William and others boarded, under the command of the captain Joey Ferro, originally wanted to try to avoid this area, but now it seems that this move Seemingly in vain, when night fell, a dense fog rose around the merchant ship at some point.

In the captain's room, under the watchful eyes of the captain Joey Ferro and the owner Portia, the navigator nervously argued: "The Magic Triangle covers almost the entire waterway, and it is not easy to get around it. There is no familiar route, so don’t blame me for failure.”

Joey Ferro moved his lips. It seemed that he wanted to scold the navigator, but he had a lot of experience in sailing. He knew that he could not do without the help of the navigator in this situation. Turning his head to Portia, he said, "He's right. Our attempt to avoid the Magic Triangle in advance was just an attempt, but don't worry, as long as we follow the direction of the pointer, a little fog won't hinder us."

Portia held a white handkerchief embroidered with lace, and gently wiped the thin sweat from her temples. Although her face was still a little worried, but Joey Ferro was a professional. She could only choose to trust the other party and talk about the climate Come: "Do you feel that after the fog, the temperature seems to rise a bit?"

Joey Ferro thought for a while: "The fog in the Magic Triangle sea area persists all year round. It may be different from the usual phenomenon of fog on the sea. There should be no problem. Miss, don't worry."

The three of them were talking, when a series of hurried footsteps came from outside, Joey Ferro frowned suddenly, and strode over to open the door, just in time to see a sailor knocking on the door With his hands raised, he froze in place facing the captain who suddenly appeared in front of him.

"What's the matter?" Joey Ferro's expression was not good. Hearing the sailor's hurried steps, he thought something happened on board.

The sailor froze for a moment, then said excitedly: "Captain, come out and have a look, there are good things!"

Joey Ferro glanced at him, and Portia also walked behind Joey Ferro at this time. After hearing the sailor's words, she asked curiously: "What good thing?"

"Come and see and you'll know!"

After the sailor finished speaking, he turned his head and walked towards the bow deck. Portia followed curiously. Joey Ferro hesitated for a moment, then turned his head and told the navigator to keep an eye on the record pointer during this time before leaving. Room.

At this time, there were many people gathered on the bow deck. The three rescued fishermen looked into the crowd from a distance, and the excited discussions among the surrounding sailors spread to Joey In the ears of Philo and Portia.

Portia cast a questioning look at her guard Clark, who just shook his head with a strange expression on her face.

Joey Ferro drove away the surrounding sailors, and he and Portia discovered that the thing that excited the group of sailors was just a somewhat old wooden barrel. There was a battered flag.

"Before Sea God's Royal Treasure?" Portia softly read the big characters written on the flag, and asked suspiciously, "What is this?"

"It's people's tribute to the Sea God in order to pray for smooth sailing!" Joey Feilo stretched out his index finger and tapped the wooden barrel lightly, explaining in a low voice, "It's also a gift from the sea, stuffed with dry food and wine. People in distress at sea can often save their lives if they encounter this drifting barrel, so sailors believe that encountering it in the vast sea means that they have good luck.”

"But isn't this a tribute? Isn't it appropriate for us to move around?" Portia asked.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we put dry food and wine in it again, and put it back into the sea, Sea God won't blame you," Joey Ferro explained in a low voice, then patted the barrel, and shouted to the surroundings The sailor said, "Okay, boys, it seems that our voyage is destined to be safe and sound. Even the sea god is taking care of us. When we first entered the magic triangle waters, he sent wine that was beaten by the waves. Let's cheer up."

The sailors laughed and laughed. The climate on the sea is changeable, especially the great route, the weather is even more weird, the power of nature is not transferred by human will, plus the existence of devil fruits, most people who seek life at sea are superstitious, The Starlight happened to be short of supplies, and it happened that the sailors encountered the Sea God's tribute at this time. Even though there were not many things, the symbolic meaning was very strong. The sailors felt that they were lucky without having to boost their morale too much.

An impatient sailor directly cut the rope with a dagger, and the person next to him carefully took the flag with the words "Sea God's Royal Treasure" on it and put it on the ground. Several sailors respectfully bowed to the damaged flag .

Whether it was Portia, her escort Clark, or Joey Ferro, or other crew members who were making a living at sea, they all watched the wooden barrel being opened by a sailor with great anticipation.

Boom!

The moment the wooden barrel lid was lifted by the sailor, there was a sudden explosion from the opening. Amidst the faint gunpowder smoke, a projectile jumped out of the wooden barrel into the sky at an extremely fast speed, and then exploded with a bang, turning into a ball The dazzling red light cut through the darkness, like a small sun, illuminating the dark night sky.

Signal flare!

The light of the signal flare illuminated the faces of everyone on the deck, and the crew members were all in shock. Portia and her guards were unsure, while William, Arkin, and Selkirk had strange expressions.

"Here we come!" William murmured unrecognizably to himself, and then looked at Joey Ferro.

The captain had already sensed something was wrong, and his face was very ugly. He looked into the barrel and found that there was no dry food and wine in it.

Joey Ferro's heart was full of alarm bells, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a trap deliberately trying to expose their position.

He hurriedly raised his head and asked loudly the sailor in charge of observation in the mast watch: "Are there other ships around?"

"The fog is too thick, I can't see the situation in the distance!"

There was a panicked voice from Wangdou, and at this time, the mind was spinning quickly, or experienced sailors also realized that something was wrong.

Joey Ferro gritted his teeth, and ordered the sailors on the deck to wake up other people who were still asleep, raise their vigilance and speed up the sailing, and stay away from this place.

For those who live at sea, the threat of nature is everywhere at sea, but the biggest threat is actually people with various purposes.

Threatened by the signal flares of unknown forces, the Starlight sped up and fled from the spot, but unexpectedly plunged into the dark fog in the Magic Triangle Sea Area.

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