494 Hindrances along the way (1/2)
Through his showmanship of grace and might, Sheyan had instilled a convinced and yielding heart within his subordinates by now.
A wonderful aspect happened, where a distinct segregation between the former british marines and the pirates had formed. This foreordained that hidden agreements would be difficult to achieve, thus eliminating the awkward predicament of future mutinies.
Therefore, Sheyan could confer authority to potential subordinates with a reassured mind. In turn, this enhanced the loyalty of the pirates on board the other ships.
The northern wind currently brewed relentlessly. With the various plundered unique storyline equipments and his ‘Pirate Captain’ title, the Hill Maiden was now experiencing a 15% movement speed boost.
As such, Sheyan’s flagship was presently navigating through the sea with an unbelievable velocity.
The razor-sharp narwhal tusk of the ship’s ram tore against the billowing sea waves, as the ship left a long streak of white trail shadowing its stern; stimulated sails swelled abundantly like the voluptuous breasts of beauties.
Under Sheyan’s fluent command, only a measly twenty pirates were hustling around the ship, while the remainder rested indoors.
Though the manpower was at a minimum, everything was executed neatly. Even in the minds of the pirates, they felt their routine taskings had become more efficient.
One must understand, Sheyan was concurrently assuming the three great personas of captain, First Mate* and navigator. Such a scene indeed left the pirates gasping in amazement. It was no wonder when Mogensha overheard the secret discussion of the former british marines; they mentioned that ‘captain’ could even command a fleet with surplus to spare.
(TN:*First Mate is the same term as Chief Officer)
During the voyage, the trio occasionally noticed other contestants sailing towards Tortuga port, in their single-masted boats with turtle-like velocity.
Naturally, the trio wouldn’t throw stones at people stuck in a well, neither were they kind samaritans. While observing the jealous and hateful gazes of other contestants, Reef and Mogensha couldn’t avoid sensing a superiority arising involuntarily.
As the saying goes, sharpening an axe wouldn’t delay the chopping of firewood. Though these contestants had set off 10 hours before them, Sheyan had merely leveraged 5 hours before surpassing them.
Inevitably with such circumstances, there wouldn’t be any suspense in predicting that party Ace would reach Tortuga port first.
”Boss, how much longer do you reckon till we get to Tortuga port?” Brother Black casually asked as he strolled to Sheyan’s side.
Sheyan shook his head.
”I can only observe from this map, but I haven’t gone there before*. What I can say is, if there aren’t any accidents, then roughly within 5-6 hours.”
Brother Black responded with shock.
”That fast? You should know, the realm gave us a total of 48 hours eh.”
Sheyan nodded and answered.
”The speed of those single-masted lifeboats aren’t slow. I reckon they would at most take 24 hours to sail there.”
Brother Black paused briefly before asking.
”Such a slackened duration…...it doesn’t feel like the style of the nightmare realm. Could it be, we will encounter obstacles throughout our voyage, ones that will force us to meander around?
Sheyan chuckled.
”That possibility cannot be excluded. Still, the initial main mission of this world wouldn’t have such exaggerated difficulty as well. It wouldn’t be similar to that high intensity war during the previous world’s realm war right. Oh relax, I also allowed the majority of our crew to rest. If we ever encounter any trouble, they would be able to fight with an optimal state.”
Accepting this willingly, Mogensha nodded. After walking a few steps away, he suddenly paused to ask.
”Boss, do you intent to employ that thing in this world?”
Sheyan questioned.
”You’re referring to that ‘Dead Sea Scroll’, Remnant Page?”
Mogensha nodded. Sheyan then inhaled deeply and answered.
”That will depend on whether my plans flow smoothly. I do hope to employ that in this world! Be it good or bad, we nonetheless possess a ship and a crew which can be incorporated as a part of us; thereby apportioning the mission’s difficulty as well, this.... is the privilege of this Pirate of the Caribbean world. Besides, if we seize the authority control of our ship, then we wouldn’t face a situation identical to the Blackthorn tribe of the previous world, where the amount of loots re can rake in were suppressed!!”
Brother Black laughed heartily and agreed.
”That’s right. The enemies these pirates eliminate would equally drop key loots. I recently observed that though most of the loot chest produced garbage, we’ve managed to amass a sump of nearly 20,000 utility points so far. Furthermore, this doesn’t factor in those unique storyline equipment you discovered.”
Sheyan chuckled.
”We can’t sell off those unique storyline equipments. Once we bestow them to our crew, we can still acquire their aid the next time we return. We cannot commit the error of killing the chicken to get its eggs.”
”Whatever, since you’re in charge of these matters…..all the best boss.” Brother Black exposed his set of white teeth and smiled craftily. ”I haven’t seen something you can’t achieve yet.”
Approximately an hour of voyage later, the pirates ahead had started shouting abruptly. Sheyan strolled over as a surprised pirate greeted him.
”Blimey smokes! The hull struck against something at the bottom. Our speed be slowed.”
Sheyan immediate inquired.
”Aye, Submerged reefs eh? I don’t recall the map showing a treacherous region here.”
Canbi emerged and shrugged his shoulders.