Chapter 177 - Blizzard Is Good At Running Away (1/2)

Shortly after Zhang Heng left the ship with his men, Anne received a warning from the watchman that a ship had appeared coming from the southwest.

She took over the bronze telescope and saw a 3-masted vessel. It, too, had apparently also taken notice of the Jackdaw. Instead of turning back in fear, she was steaming towards them at full speed with their black flag raised.

“That looks like someone wants a piece of the loot too,” scowled Dufresne while frowning.

As agreed, the Blizzard had already gone ahead to intercept the incoming pirate ship. Hutcheson even signaled to Anne with a thumbs up, telling her not to worry and to just leave the matter to him.

However, the skirmish between the two pirate ships ended quickly with the Blizzard retreating. Anne knew that the Blizzard was inadequate, but she didn’t expect them to be that useless. They hadn’t even begun buying time for the rest of them before they started cowering and fleeing for their lives.

All in all, the Blizzard only managed to buy them ten minutes. Now they were already on their way back.

Black Sam, who was on the Goddess’ Spear, looked on disapprovingly at their ally. How could he have made a pact with such a poor excuse of a pirate? His crew had only just started seizing the weapons and cross-checking the goods according to the list. However, this was not the time to hold anyone accountable. He had no choice but to order his crew to come to the Blizzard’s aid.

The newcomer’s firepower was similar to that of the Blizzard, and it shouldn’t be too tricky for the Quidah to fight against them. With the help of the Blizzard, they should both be able to take down the enemy.

The moment the Whydah Gall’s helmsman received the order, he immediately rushed to the scene of the battle. Since he did not see eye to eye with Hutcheson, he deliberately made a detour so that the latter would suffer just a little longer or better yet, let the newcomer sink the Blizzard, so they didn’t have to worry about Hutcheson’s portion of the loot.

Unfortunately, although the Blizzard was an incompetent fighter, she sure was very good at running. Once again, Hutcheson demonstrated his excellent skills at the helm, maneuvering the Blizzard so that she dodged every cannonball fired at her.

When Hutcheson saw the Quidah in the vicinity, he immediately fled toward her direction.

The Whydah Gall’s helmsman was so irritated by the cat and mouse game that he thought of getting rid of the Blizzard first. In the end, however, he managed to resist that desire and ordered the gunmen to be at their battle stations.

Although he was reluctant to admit it, the Blizzard did do one thing useful–leading the target straight into the Quidah’s arms. However, perhaps due to panic or some other reason, the Blizzard blocked the Quidah’s cannons, and the latter could not fire. In contrast, the pirate ship behind them was able to fire freely at their target.

Erik, the Quidah’s helmsman, cursed loudly as he instructed his crew to signal to Blizzard, telling them to move as far away as possible.