Chapter 353: Chapter 148 New World [Set Sail++]_3
Although the visibility in shallower waters is higher, allowing one to see some scenes at the seabed.
But should there be any reefs or refracted light that causes one to misjudge, then there would be no turning back.
And although in this era there are not such professional terms, it’s never wrong to check more thoroughly.
The ship is everyone’s home, so nobody would be careless.
Meanwhile.
Zhang Feng is waiting for them to finish checking while continuing to resonate, even holding a piece of wood, not missing any opportunities to strengthen himself.
Whew—
At this moment.
In the sea near the small island, a man surfaced and made a safety gesture towards the ship.
"Dock!"
The captain was in high spirits.
After all, he commands over fifty people, and has a sizeable ship, so there is some pride.
Zhang Feng looked enviously, wishing that in the future he could have his own ship and crew when he had time.
But for now, practicing skills takes precedence, so he’s just blending in.
...
At night.
On the small island, they lit fires to roast meat.
The main food was still fish, along with some fruit and wild vegetables from the island.
Zhang Feng was used to the life of drifting in the world of adventure and having random identities, quickly integrating into the environment, experiencing the life of a crew member.
This time, it seemed to be a sea voyage, not surviving on a deserted island.
"Zhang Feng."
The captain came over, still taking care of the youngest member on the ship, handing a bowl of fruit wine to Zhang Feng, "Drink a bit to get rid of the dampness from the sea."
"Thank you, Captain." Zhang Feng took a sip of the fruit wine, finding it quite sour and hard to drink.
But he was accustomed to it in his memory.
"At night, sleep when you should." After handing over the fruit wine, the captain called the busy crew to take rest earlier.
The resting place was right by the shore, not far from the ship.
There was a big rock here, and with some additional wood and stones piled beside it, it became a very good shelter from the wind.
Everyone got accustomed to it, starting to find small blankets and grass mats to lay out their temporary home.
Just then.
A small boat more than ten meters long sailed in from the distant sea.
"There are outsiders... get up first..." The captain and others saw it and immediately lost their sleepiness.
"Hope it’s not pirates..."
"Probably passing sailors, right..."
Many crew members picked up their respective weapons, with some holding bows, all getting ready for defense.
As the small boat approached, it landed by the shore.
A dozen men disembarked from the boat, each wielding weapons and shields.
They seemed like regular soldiers, but their appearances were all like desperate bandits, with some even having half a human skull hanging from their waists.
"Be careful, they’re pirates!" the captain shouted softly, then took out a flintlock from his back.
The dozen pirates, after landing, walked straight over to Zhang Feng’s side.
"Hand over your gold and silver!"
The pirate leader completely ignored the captain’s flintlock, speaking with an unyielding tone.
The other pirates seemed somewhat apprehensive.
Zhang Feng glanced over, clearly seeing the leader’s constitution was only around 19, so why wasn’t he afraid of the gun?
"Don’t try to fool me with fakes!"
The pirate later solved Zhang Feng’s doubts,
"Kid, I used to be a marine, seen what a real gun looks like!"
"You..." the captain was revealed, somewhat at a loss.
"Captain..." Only about ten of the remaining crew could fight, the rest were elderly, women, and children.
Now faced with these dozen pirates, they were already frightened before even fighting.
’Fake?’
Meanwhile, Zhang Feng honestly didn’t know what a flintlock looked like, at this moment hearing the pirate say, he knew he’d been fooled too.
But whether real or fake, testing would tell.
Thus.
The next second, while the pirates were still psychologically intimidating everyone, and everyone was indeed afraid.
Zhang Feng stepped forward two steps, came to the captain’s side, and grabbed the flintlock from him, aiming at the leading pirate, directly pulling the trigger.
"Oh my!"
"Quickly hide!"
Whew—
The pirates behind him were frightened and suddenly crouched.
Including the leading pirate who also crouched, covering his head.
He was actually bluffing the captain, betting an ordinary captain wouldn’t have a real flintlock.
But the next second, the gun did not fire.
They looked at Zhang Feng somewhat nervously.
Zhang Feng also looked at the flintlock in his hand,
"You were right, it really is fake."
"Damn, kill him!" The pirates saw Zhang Feng dared to bluff them, their anger immediately soared, wielding knives and swarming forward.
Zhang Feng did not move, instead wielding the flintlock in his left hand, using it as a spear, precisely pointing the gun barrel at the leader pirate’s thyroid cartilage, ’Kacha’ broke it with a blow.
Then bending forward, his right hand picked up the knife from his hand, blocking attacks from the side, the blade slicing over the throats of two people, instantly breaking free from the encirclement.
Then stepping forward again, attacking from the right.
With Zhang Feng’s overclocking speed and understanding and prediction of human body functions.
These pirates generally were between 16~20.
This horizontal slash to the right, in less than three seconds, sent five more to the underworld.
Sha, Sha—
Zhang Feng took a breath at this point, standing on the right side of the pirates.
The footsteps of remaining pirates paused.
Tap...
Zhang Feng discarded the fake flintlock, picked up another knife,
"Think that without a gun, you all can survive?"
"Run!"
"He might know demon technique!"
The remaining few shouted in panic, turned around, and tried to run to their boat.
’Demon technique? Could it be some dark art?’ Zhang Feng thought, continuing his footsteps, overclocking to explode, instantly catching up to the last person.
The knife’s back hit him.
Clap!
A crisp hit.
Zhang Feng struck his back, temporarily shaking his nerves, causing his legs to weaken and fall onto the dirt.
Chasing a few steps forward.
Following the previous technique, Zhang Feng knocked down all the remaining ones in just a few seconds.
At this moment.
The captain and others were already dumbfounded, never expecting that Zhang Feng, usually quiet, turned out to be such a master?
Zhang Feng didn’t care what they thought, simply looking at the pirates begging for mercy and holding their backs in agony on the ground,
"Tell me, what is demon technique?"
"I don’t know..." The pirate in tatters shook his head quickly, directly betraying a brother, "I only heard him say it..."
As he spoke, he pointed to a man beside him.
The others also pointed to him.
Zhang Feng looked at him alone, "Speak."
"I..." Trembling, he pointed southeast, "I... I also heard that the Liang Navy presented demon technique to the Isle Master Lin at Denglin Island..."
"Who is Liang Navy?"
Zhang Feng was clueless, his memory lacked related information,
"Where are they?"
"Lin Island is southeast..." He didn’t dare to conceal, "Liang Navy is the Grand Commander of the Yu Dynasty."
’Oh, it’s an official title, I thought it was a nickname.’ Zhang Feng understood.
"Zhang Feng..." At this moment, the captain spoke softly from afar, with some flattery, "Are you going to Lin Island... My grandpa’s birthday is coming, we were just planning to return... My grandpa lives on Lin Island..."
"Okay." Zhang Feng nodded, "Since it’s on the way, it’s even better."
"What about them..." The captain again looked at the pirates, "How should we handle them? Take them to the ship and deliver them to the authorities?"
"There’s no need for that hassle."
Zhang Feng slashed, while the pirate in front of him hadn’t reacted yet, he cut his throat.
"Run..." The remaining ones tried to run, but their legs wouldn’t listen.
Zhang Feng turned the blade, walked towards them.
"Spare me..."
After killing the last pirate.
"That’s much cleaner, no need to bind or escort them."
Zhang Feng shook the blood off the blade, looking at the captain and others in the distance, "Why the hesitation, get on the ship, we all sleep on the ship tonight.
Sail through the night, for your grandpa’s birthday on Lin Island."
"Okay... okay..."
The captain and others were watching this chicken-slaughter-like scene, feeling it was heart-wrenching, but also believed with such a master on board, the subsequent journey would surely be very safe.