Chapter 506 Iron Crown
In the early morning, the sun was warm, giving the sparkling sea water a warm halo.
The sea breeze was calm, blowing across the sea with a faint salty and humid breath, and the sails of the ship swayed slightly, creating a peaceful atmosphere.
It’s time to eat on the Fire Knife.
The restaurant is filled with the aroma of grilled fish oil.
Bounty hunters sit around the wooden table in twos and threes, cutting with daggers or grabbing the fragrant sea fish on the plate with their hands.
Suddenly, a rush of footsteps came from the aisle outside, like a dense drum beat, instantly breaking the quiet and comfortable atmosphere in the restaurant.
“Something happened!” A crew member entered the restaurant, walked quickly to the security guard who was eating slowly, and reported hurriedly.
"What's going on?" Bao Zai put down the knife and fork in his hand, frowned and asked calmly.
"The lookout spotted a large ship heading towards Ember Island." The crew member swallowed his sleep and tried to keep his voice steady, but the nervousness in his words was still difficult to conceal.
"Big ship?!" Bao Zai's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he didn't bother to ask more questions. He first ordered: "Sound the alarm."
Immediately, he stood up suddenly, quickly left the restaurant, came to Shenban's observation deck, and observed through the alchemy observation mirror.
This observation mirror is made of brass, the lens is glowing with a faint magical aura, and the entire barrel is engraved with composite runes that enhance vision.
Baozai brought his eyes close to the eyepiece of the lookout glass and turned the adjustment knob skillfully.
As the lenses focus, the distant sea horizon becomes clearer.
Where the sea and the sky meet, a huge ship is breaking through the morning fog, and its vague outline slowly emerges.
The hull of the ship was unusually tall, like a moving fortress, casting a huge shadow on the sea.
Baozai's brows frowned tightly for an instant, his fingers tightened on the frame of the observation mirror unconsciously, and his knuckles turned slightly white.
Based on the vague outline, he had already identified the origin of the big ship.
Without it, there is only one such ship in the Blue Flame Islands, and it is too iconic:
It was originally a Holy Empire warship, but was later plundered and remodeled by the pirate king Davy Jones. Now it has become a symbol of his dominance of the sea, but the name has not been changed to the pirate ship——Iron Crown!
Bao Zai took a deep breath and shouted in a deep voice to the bounty hunters who had gathered on the deck because of the sirens: "Be prepared to receive the guests. If things go wrong, abandon the ship and leave."
The black iron-like bow split the boiling waves, and the Iron Crown was like a giant beast awakening from the abyss, baring its fangs towards the unattended Gray Island burning with blue flames.
This warship once served by the great commander of the empire, although it has a history of hundreds of years, even from the current perspective, it is still majestic.
It is originally ferocious in appearance, with a total length of nearly 150 meters.
The entire hull is covered with riveted composite armor, and the hull is forged with the Holy Empire's unique "blood-patterned iron." The rusty metal surface is covered with spiderweb-like cracks and scorched marks, as if old wounds healed and torn by a giant beast.
A huge ram stands on the front deck of the Iron Crown.
It is said to be a siege hammer strengthened by the alchemy of Sea Nest City: a three-story high fine iron frame wrapped with poison-quenching barbs.
Behind the collision angle, four huge naval guns revealed their black muzzles in the rotating turret.
The Holy Empire's coat of arms etched on the barrel has been roughly scratched by David with a scimitar, covering it with a twisted bloody cross symbol.
The bridge tower rises like a cliff, and the three-story armored command podium adopts the "bastion-style" structure unique to Holy Empire warships. The sloping iron plates are stacked like dragon scales, and the portholes are as narrow as arrow holes.
In front of the steering wheel on the top floor, a tall and burly figure stood upright, with the outline of a horned hat like a devil's horns.
The deck under his feet was welded with the heavy harpoon characteristic of the City of Black Sails.
As the warship approached Gray Island, the stern of the ship suddenly spewed out the unique sulfur smoke from the engines of Holy Empire warships.
Black smoke gathered into clouds over the ship's tracks, as if draping a flag on this ferocious steel beast with the glory of the Holy Empire and the reputation of the Pirate King.
The Iron Crown arrived suddenly with such arrogance.
Faced with such a behemoth, the equally prestigious Fire Knife pirate ship owned by Sarah was like a hand-made toy.
Before the Iron Crown landed on Gray Island, Bao Zai had already used the flying technique to float in front of the Iron Crown's path.
His whole body was surrounded by a light blue magical aura. He took a deep breath and activated the amplification spell. The voice spread far across the sea: "Stop, this is the station of our gold coin hunter group!"
Even when faced with the terrifying steel murderer, Bao Zai was still able to remain calm.
In front of the Iron Crown's helm, the tall figure, Karen Splitskull, the deputy leader of the Bloodsail Pirates, looked at the guard in the air with cold eyes.
He spoke in a dull and mechanical voice through the loudspeaker installed on the ship: "According to the order of the pirate king Davy Jones, the Bloodsail Pirates are going to take over Ember Island, and the rest of the gang should retreat quickly."
Stationed in the bay of Gray Island, the Fire Knife has been docked here all year round. Logically speaking, this place has long been our territory. You are saying that you want to incorporate Gray Island and ask us to leave. Isn't it inappropriate?" Baozai raised his eyebrows and said again.
A sneer appeared at the corner of Karen Splitskull's lips, and his voice was smooth: "Rules? In this sea area, Davy Jones's will is the rules. I don't care how many years you have been stationed here, and I don't care whose territory it was before. I only act according to the orders of the Pirate King."
He paused, then looked at the security guard, and continued: "But what our leader means is that we can give Commander Sarah a face.
Give you half a day, and if you recognize the situation, you can drive the Fire Knife and leave on your own. Our target is not you, so don't force us to take action."
His words were threatening, but he did not show an immediate and strong attack attitude.
Facing the Bloodsail Pirates and the Iron Crown, ordinary people would have been frightened to the point of losing consciousness.
But Baozai remained calm and composed.
Although their gold coin hunter group is not as strong as the Blood Sail Pirates group, it is impossible for the Blood Sail Pirates group to do anything to them. Sarah could have a tough attitude when facing Davy Jones. Today, he will protect his life and face Karen, so naturally he will not retreat.
"I'll give you my exact words. You can pilot the Iron Crown and leave within half a day. Don't force us to do it. Otherwise, you can take Ash Island, but it's hard to say whether you can save your heads." Bao Zai stopped being polite and responded forcefully.
This is the reason why no one dares to provoke the gold coin hunter group.
The bounty hunters of the Blue Flame Islands are very similar to killers in nature.
If they can’t catch them all in one go, no one will be willing to provoke a killer organization.
Otherwise, the result will be to be in constant fear all day long.
Putting down the wolf talk, Bao Zai quickly flew away and returned to the Fire Knife without saying anything else.
Facing the "threat" of Bao Zai, Karen did not become angry or even show any negative emotions.
He just followed the original plan and parked the Iron Crown on the sea outside Gray Island for the time being. He looked at the Fire Knife from a distance and waited quietly for three hours to pass.
Aboard the Fire Knife.
Baozai's body fell.
The bounty hunters on the deck all looked over, concerned about the situation.
Baozai did not hide any information and briefly informed them of the specific situation.
"Pay attention to the movement of the Iron Crown. If they insist on going their own way, then we will have to temporarily abandon the island and abandon this station, but after that, we must bite off a piece of their flesh and let them know the pain." He gave the order.
As bounty hunters, they are not stronger than frontal combat, but are stronger at revenge assassinations afterwards.
"Yes!" Baozai's order made everyone heave a sigh of relief.
"In addition, inform the people patrolling and standing guard on the island about the news, so that they can be prepared to abandon the island at any time." He waved again and asked a member to land on the island to deliver the message.
"Okay, I'll inform them right away!" the member responded quickly.
The Blood Sail Pirates are watching from the side. At least on the Blue Flame Islands, no one is not afraid and anxious.
The same is true for the Gold Coin Hunter Group, which is one of the top forces in the Blue Flame Islands.
Baozai gave the order and abandoned the island if the situation was not right.
But this can only slightly alleviate part of their anxiety.
It can be seen that now, both on the Fire Knife and the bounty hunters on the island, their thoughts are basically focused on this matter, on the Iron Crown whose outline can be seen with the naked eye.
Gray Island.
A figure galloped from the sea with the sound of howling wind.
The speed is so fast that it almost drags out the afterimage.
In just a moment, the figure landed steadily in a safe area on the edge of the island.
The iconic red hair that glowed like flames in the sun showed the identity of the visitor, who was the leader of the gold coin hunter group. The first time Sarah landed on the island, she took out a brass whistle from her arms, put it to her lips and blew it quickly.
But the strange thing is that there is no sound, as if the whistle is broken.
The fact is that a strange wave of energy was released as Sarah blew the whistle.
After doing all this, Sarah moved towards the island neatly.
But it seemed that she was in a hurry. In short, she did not notice that among the rocks on the shore, there was a pair of eyes hidden in the stone, which was firmly locking her whereabouts.
After Sarah disappeared from sight, ripples shimmered on the surface of the reef.
The figure of Davy Jones "squeezed" out of the rocks.
Looking at the direction in which Sarah disappeared, a calculating sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The expedition of the Iron Crown was naturally due to his intention.
Otherwise, how would the Bloodsail Pirates have any idea about such a deserted island?
But incorporating Ash Island can only prevent Sarah from obtaining the [Spell Bottle].
For Davy Jones, this didn't make sense.
What he needs is to get the [Spell Bottle] for himself.
Hence, what Davy Jones really needs to do is to take Gaode, who can find the [Spell Bottle], into his own hands.
The problem is, it’s hard to do.
Threat?
Sarah doesn't accept this at all.
Robbery someone?
How to grab it?
Just like the current situation, as long as they find that something is wrong, the gold coin hunter group can immediately abandon the island and leave, and then lurk in the dark, looking for trouble like bone maggots.
Not fatal, but annoying.
Those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.
The only shoe of the gold coin hunter group is the "Fire Knife".
But in the final analysis, this is a trophy that Sarah grabbed, at most it can be regarded as a pair of "flip-flops".
Although it is comfortable, it is not very valuable. If necessary, it would not hurt at all to just throw it away.
And guarding against thieves will eventually fail.
Even if he takes over Ash Island and sends people to block it, with Sarah's strength, he only needs to wait for the limelight to pass, and he is completely capable of secretly sending Gothe back to Ash Island.
With the natural cover of the blue flame, Gothe can continue to search for the [Spell Bottle] unscrupulously as long as he enters Ember Island safely.
Finally, after finding the [Spell Bottle], he left quietly with Sarah's support.
David still has a high opinion of Sarah's methods.
All of this is inevitable unless he personally takes charge of Ember Island.
But obviously he cannot sit on Gray Island all the time.
A cunning and cunning person like David quickly thought of a solution.
The Iron Crown's approach to the city was actually just a smoke bomb.
Whether it was Karen's domineering words or the intimidating gesture of pointing the muzzle at the island, they were all staged for the gold coin hunters.
The real purpose of this cover is to attract the attention of all members of the gold coin hunter group, including Sarah, so that they can focus all their attention on dealing with threats on the sea.
Davy Jones will take this opportunity to land on the island himself, and then wait for the opportunity.
—— Even he cannot easily set foot in the blue flame area to find the elusive Gothe.
However, he knew very well that Sarah must have contact information with Gaode who was looking for the [Spell Bottle] in the Blue Flame Zone.
When the Iron Crown is approaching, she will definitely notify Gothe as soon as possible.
This way, when the situation goes wrong, you can directly leave the island with Gaode and wait for the situation to subside before making a comeback.
The moment when Sarah and Gothe met at the joint was the best opportunity for him to take action that he had been waiting for for a long time.
At this time, Sarah had reached the edge of the Blue Flame Zone and stopped, waiting for something.
Her face looked quite calm, but there was still a bit of anxiety inevitably hidden deep in her eyes.
Fortunately, Sarah didn’t have to wait too long.
About twenty minutes later, in the blue flame area, in the faint blue flame curtain, a vague figure outlined by the blue flame slowly emerged.
The figure was looming in the flames, and the whole body seemed to be covered with a layer of flowing blue light.
He was moving quickly in the direction of Sarah, with a steady pace, not affected by the surrounding blue flames at all, and his figure gradually became clearer under the blue flames.
Sarah's eyes lit up.
The figure was already very close. Even if the blue flames blocked his sight, at this distance, his figure and specific face could still be seen clearly.
That is an extremely young face, a face that can touch the heartstrings of the Pirate King.
The "key" to unlock the treasure of [Spell Bottle]: Gaode.
Hide in secret, Davy Jones is making final confirmations.
The information that One-Eyed Bain almost paid for with his life has been verified at this moment.
That’s right, it’s that Gao De who can walk freely in the blue flames. He is a real person and cannot be fake.
The so-called protective spell aura does exist.
After quickly confirming everything, the tip of "Gaode" was about to step out of the edge of the blue flame zone.
A black mist suddenly emerged, spreading quickly like an overturned ink bottle, and then eight thick shadow tentacles stretched out from it.
One curled towards Gothe in the blue flame, and the other seven swept towards Sarah like living snakes.
Davy Jones takes action!