Chapter 332 Landing on the Island!
However, the pirates on this ship were not as cowardly as those on the previous ship. They ignored Gervis's persuasion to surrender and directly picked up their weapons, shouting and rushing towards Ike and others. In an instant, a battle broke out on the ship.
When Gervis started boarding battle on the second ship, the other four ships, led by Gandalf, Nathan and others, also started boarding battle. They also specifically targeted ships that had pirates on board.
At this moment, there were already several pirate ships with ten to twenty pirates on board.
But Gandalf and the others were not like Gervais, who surrendered and were not killed.
The moment the gangway was set up, the first to rush over were Gandalf and Nathan himself. They were like tigers but as fierce as a flock of sheep. Before the pirates could kneel down and beg for mercy, four or five pirates were cut in half.
"Damn! Those are top-quality coolies! Each one is worth more than 20 silver coins!"
Gvis suddenly felt that it was a bit of a waste. Those ships were caught in the middle and the pirates had not had time to raise their sails, so there was no need to worry about them escaping. If he could kill one or two of them and then capture these pirates, there were still so many things to be built in Storm Territory and they could be used as laborers.
"Tell other ships that pirates can be spared if they surrender!"
Gervis felt that he had to notify them, otherwise these hundred pirates might be killed by Gandalf and others.
"We surrender! We surrender!"
Just as Gervis finished shouting at the pirates on the mast, voices begging for mercy finally came from the pirate ship next to him. They were not many in number to begin with, and when they encountered the royal guards and slave soldiers, it was a one-sided fight. In less than a minute, the pirates were crushed to pieces. Some jumped into the sea, while others begged for mercy.
"Tie them all up!"
When Gervis heard the begging for mercy, he nodded with satisfaction. He had earned a few more gold coins. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Besides, gold coins are not mosquitoes, but real meat.
Next, the second pirate ship was successfully captured. Five people were left to guard it, and Gervis headed towards the next pirate ship.
There were not many pirates left at this moment. Seeing that Gervis was coming with such a fierce force, many pirates did not dare to board the pirate ship. Instead, they rowed their boats quickly towards the island, trying to use the dense woods to avoid Gervis and his men.
Seeing this situation, Gervis certainly didn't want to let these people escape to the island. It would be easy to catch them at sea, but if he let them escape to the island, it might also be a hidden danger. It would take a lot of effort to find them while hiding in the woods.
"Don't worry about the pirate ship, Lil, stop the ship now and lower the boat. We are going to go to the shore to stop the pirates who are fleeing to the beach."
Gervais immediately changed his orders.
"Yes, sir!"
Lille quickly responded.
"Fold the sails, quickly fold the sails, drop anchor and prepare to land!"
As several crew members slowly and swiftly lowered the sails, the speed of the ship finally slowed down. After the ship came to a complete stop, Gervis and his men immediately placed the small boat on the sea, and then climbed down immediately.
"Paddle as hard as you can towards the shore!"
Even though Gervis and his companions were sitting in small wooden boats, rowing a small boat is actually a technical job, so Lille and his companions were rowing both boats, while Gervis was preparing to go ashore with his personal guards and ten longbowmen.
Lil and the others knew that if they wanted to survive now, whether their lives would be good or not, all depended on the young lord in front of them, so they paddled with all their might, and soon the boat had reached the shore.
whoosh!
The three small wooden boats that were fleeing to the beach had now reached the coast. Several pirates were about to jump off the boats and flee into the woods. The first pirate had just taken a step when he heard a whoosh and an arrow feather had already pierced his calf.
"ah!"
"Kneel down and surrender and you won't be killed! If you dare to move again, you will be killed without mercy!"
With just a few empty words, the hope of escape is right in front of them. Of course, the pirates will not stop. Anyone who stops is a fool!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
But in the next moment, with a few whooshing sounds, six or seven arrows shot out from the sky again and hit the heads of the pirates running in the front directly, blowing their heads off on the spot.
The other pirates at the back froze and stood there in a daze when they saw this.
"I say again, kneel on the ground and surrender and you won't be killed!"
If it weren't for the lack of coolies, Gervis wouldn't have been so long-winded in persuading them to surrender. These pirates were not good stuff either, so it would be absolutely right to just shoot them down.
"We surrender, we surrender!"
At this point, dozens of pirates on the beach knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
When Gervase dealt with the pirates who came ashore, Gandalf and others in the sea had already completed the control of all the pirate ships, so Gervase was not planning to return to the ship immediately.
I looked around and saw white sand, blue sea and shady green trees. If it were in my previous life, this would definitely be a great place to travel.
At this moment, there are still many tents and other sundries on the beach, which are the items that the pirates did not take care of when they escaped.
Gervis walked over to take a look and saw that they were all food and drinks, including quite a lot of beer and barbecue.
"No wonder they were able to stay on this island for so many days, it turns out they were having so much fun that they didn't want to leave!"
The actual situation was just as Gervis had guessed. The pirates were ordered to wait for Wright's order in the sea before approaching Storm Territory, because Wright was worried that these idiots would not be able to wait and would rush to Storm Territory in advance.
By then, if they haven't arrived yet, it would be bad if these pirate ships scared Gervis back to the castle.
So these pirates were happy and relaxed. After all, the environment here was beautiful, and the ship was loaded with all kinds of delicacies and beers looted from other territories. They lived a life of drunkenness and debauchery on the island.
The drunken pirates didn't care why Wright and his men hadn't returned for two or three days, because Wright had told them in advance that it would take at least one day for them to land this time.
In this way, the pirates were completely relieved, and they were not prepared to set out as long as the food and beer were not consumed.
"Little Gervis! Haha, you made a lot of money this time!"
A few minutes later, Gandalf also arrived at the beach in a small wooden boat. As soon as he got off the boat, Gandalf's heroic voice came over.
"Father! What's wrong?"
Gervase could tell that Gandalf was definitely not talking about the ships. After all, there was no need for Gandalf to mention this. Being able to capture 10 more large ships would definitely be considered a huge fortune.
"Guess what I found on the pirate ship? A lot of serfs looted by pirates, and a lot of wheat!"
Gandalf happily came to Gervase and continued.
"Huh? The pirates are here to rob even the serfs?"
In order to show weakness and lower Gervis's vigilance so as to lure the tiger away from the mountain, Wright and his companions had plundered four or five coastal villages in Jones Territory before coming to Storm Territory. So it was normal for the pirates to plunder wheat or a little property. After all, it was only a few days since the big harvest this summer, and even the poorest serfs could be considered rich in the past two days.
But Gervis didn't expect that Wright and others would spend time and effort to loot the people on board.
"Gervis, these serfs are worth more than their wheat. I have had several ships searched and found more than a hundred serfs, all of them women. If they are sold to slave traders, they will be worth dozens of gold coins."
"That's true, father. Did any of our soldiers suffer any casualties tonight?"
"There were no casualties, except for one unlucky guy who fell into the sea while walking up the gangway. Fortunately, he was rescued in time, otherwise he would have drowned!"
Gandalf shook his head to indicate that there were no casualties.
In fact, there was no need to ask Gervis. On his side, Ik and others boarded the ship to fight, and there were no casualties, not to mention Gandalf and his men.
Gandalf and Nathan were the first to rush in the front. Before the other soldiers could catch up, they had already killed the pirates in a mess. The other soldiers only had to come to collect the bodies or tie up the pirates.
(End of this chapter)
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