Reborn As a Pirate

The Zodiac docked at the end of the waterway, tying the cable close to the silent Macaw.

The sailors landed in turn, chanted and pushed down a lightest four-pounder cannon from the Macaw.

This is Lorraine's temporary adjustment plan after guessing the fate of Naspert's team.

Before that, no one thought that they would really take risks pushing artillery like a clumsy army.

In theory, it was a stupid decision.

In order to launch farther on the swaying ship, the parabola is more stable, and the casting of sea-ship artillery has always been larger, more sophisticated, and heavier than land-based artillery.

Compare it with a six-pound gun of the same class. Six-pound land guns often weigh less than one ton, and are equipped with light gun carriages, while sea-use six-pound long guns weigh two tons.

Even the lightest, shortest barrel on the Butterfly, the six-pound short gun selected by Lorraine to install on the boat, still weighs 1.2 tons.

Wanting to carry such a huge weight in a rugged sea cave is a fantasy in itself.

However, the Macaw provided Lorraine with a different choice.

Its stern gun compartment has six well-preserved four-pound cannons, and the overall weight is only 0.7 tons.

There is also a cannon cart in the gun bay for easy transportation. Although it is a small wheeled cart for the deck, it still makes it possible to take the artillery on an adventure.

There was also no shortage of shells corresponding to the caliber. Shotguns, solid bullets, hammer balls... The iron shells were wrapped in dry grease, and they were piled up next to the artillery, and they were stacked neatly.

The only regret is that the propellant stored in the bilge has deteriorated. Fortunately, Lorraine brought six propellants with him, repacked them according to the caliber of the four-pound gun, and divided them into eight parts without much trouble.

Yacharin, who has professional skills, has measured the hardness of the rock wall of the sea cave and determined that the four-pound shotgun will not collapse the cave wall. In this way, Lorraine's idea was approved, and the expedition team successfully added a huge reliance.

Twenty people remained in the expedition.

In order to make good use of this cannon, Lorraine adjusted four people to be responsible for pushing and pulling the cannon carriage, and two people pushed the ammunition, and cooperated with Yacharin to assist in operating the cannon. They formed a luxury artillery squad with a total of seven people and were placed in the middle of the team.

The rest of the sailors also had their own arrangements. Lorraine and Noah led five sailors to clear the way, and Hana led five sailors to guard the retreat.

The sailors checked repeatedly while unloading the guns and distributing the ammunition, until they were convinced that they were really prepared. Lorraine hollered and raised the torch, and said softly, "Let's go."

...

It's quiet in the cave...

The dome did not rise with the rise of the foundation. Under the illumination of a dozen torches, the zenith, which was not illuminated before, became clear. The height was only about three meters. For Lorraine, it seemed to be within reach. .

The width of the cave is also narrowing.

From the beginning when the water channel was as wide as 14 or 15 meters, now the width of the two walls is only 5 or 6 meters. The expedition team has been able to see their surroundings clearly, and at the same time, they can clearly see each fork hole, deep, shallow, and deep. Some of them are barely passable for pedestrians, and some of them can't even get a cat through.

Lorraine was holding Yacharin's new rapier in his hand.

In such a cramped environment, his combat ability was greatly weakened, he couldn't jump, he had nowhere to hide, he couldn't even use the long knife he was good at, his height, arm length plus the length of the knife, he couldn't use it at all in this kind of place open.

The cannon... obviously couldn't be fired either.

He felt that he had walked into a huge ant nest, and he even started to think that the culprit who wiped out Naspert's team was some kind of prehistoric ants, the tall and big ones.

Shouldn't it?

He comforted himself in his heart with an uncertain tone. While comforting, he walked more cautiously, especially those large or small fork holes, which must be thoroughly explored before he dared to lead the adventure team through them.

They walked in fear for half an hour without encountering any danger.

Lorraine raised his hand: "Rest where you are, and the second group is on guard."

The team stopped under his order and got together, and four sailors left the team, two in front and two behind, each holding a fire and a knife.

Lorraine opened the water bag and took a sip of water. Noah approached him and asked softly, "Captain, what do you think is the danger?"

"I don't know." Lorraine shook his head, "Inge Anason is my blood ancestor, a Viking in the 9th century. Judging from the size of the longship and the executed rowing slaves, he is considered Put the treasure in the depths of the cave, and there is no manpower to make a trap that can run for a thousand years."

"But the explorer's team was wiped out. Is it another riot?"

"Riots are not impossible, but in the event of a riot and a death at the same time, there is almost no chance that no one will escape. Most of the time, mutiny will always produce a winner."

"Beast?"

"If you want to wipe out a team of 40 people who specialize in exploration, the beasts in the cave either live in groups or are extraordinarily huge. As Yacharin said, if there are such beasts that use the treasure place as a lair, how can they There may still be gold artifacts left..." Lorraine gave a wry smile, "Don't forget, Naspert is not an ancient person, he only arrived a hundred years earlier than us. But he saw the treasure with his own eyes, and almost took it away over them."

Noah was also confused.

The two of them discussed for a long time but failed to come up with a clue. They were about to ask Heina and Yacharin if they had any new insights, and a sudden change occurred!

The sailor standing guard in front of the team suddenly screamed.

He screamed and fell, lying flat and slid towards a fork hole not far away, as if being dragged by a mysterious force, without the strength to resist at all.

Immediately afterwards, there were screams from behind the team.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Aina shot out the throwing knife with a bang, and shouted at the same time: "Lorraine, ankle!"

ankle!

Lorraine flew out without even thinking about it. During the run, the long knife on his waist suddenly came out of its sheath, spinning like a steel wheel and passing the sailor and the center of the fork hole.

puff!

The sailor stopped immediately.

The sailor who was on duty with him ran up and dragged the teammate who was still in shock back to the brigade. Lorraine picked up the torch that fell on the ground and threw it in the direction of the fork hole.

The torches illuminated the distant scenery.

The attacker was a huge lizard, more than three meters long, with a ferocious triangular head, dark brown body, and rough skin. Its body is covered with raised bumps, shaped like scales, but without scales.

It wagged its thick tail and slowly drilled out of the fork hole. Its big copper bell eyes fixed on Lorraine, and its sharp claws stabbed sparks on the rocky ground.

"Komodo... monitor lizard?"

Lorraine raised his rapier vigilantly.

He saw more monitor lizards stepping into the fire, five in front of the team, from the dome, from the rock wall, and from the fork hole... He also heard the shouts of the sailors in the rear, and four of them had been found in the back of the team.

"Acharin, the hole is too small, don't fire the cannon..." He whispered in a whisper that could barely reach Acharin's ear, "Noah, fight for a quick battle."

Before the words fell, Lorraine rushed out, and with a big stride, he was already standing in front of the monitor lizard whose tongue had been cut off, and the stabbing sword in his hand pierced those eyes like lightning and flint.

The monitor lizard is no slower than him!

The moment Lorraine started, the five monitor lizards started at the same time. They leaped towards Lorraine with a speed that didn't match their length, swung their claws forward, flicked their tails left and right, crawled upside down on the dome and shot their long tongues at Lorraine, like a stabbing sword, straight to Lorraine's throat!

But Lorraine is not afraid!

He lunged and stabbed the sharp sword at the target, and half-drawn the long knife with his free left hand, leaning against the back of the knife and blocking it by his side.

Nuoya shot out her silver Tarot like flying flowers, more than a dozen of them whirled past Lorraine, cut off the long tongue on the top of Lorraine's head, and jingled to offset a sweep.

Yacharin blasted the musket, and amidst the smoke, the fiery lead bullet hit the body of a monitor lizard, sending it flying half a meter away.

A giant lizard swung its claws and hit Lorraine's long knife.

Hearing a ding, Lorraine snorted, and the rapier in his hand pierced the eyeball of the target almost at the same time.

The target's sharp claws stopped less than 20 centimeters from Lorraine's side, and fell softly and powerlessly to the ground.

Lorraine pulled out the jig suddenly, turned sideways, and held the long knife upside down, slashing diagonally at the second target in front of him.

"kill!"