Chapter 101: Frozen Ghost s.h.i.+p
His subordinates had all jumped into the sea and fled. Although Captain Reid was cursing at them for not being loyal, he could not escape with them.
After being angered, Ca.s.sandra’s full attention was on Reid.
Reid looked for an opportunity as he held the cross. Using it like a dagger, he stabbed it into Ca.s.sandra’s bones. Unfortunately, it was useless! The cross in his hand only had the shape.
Many people simply did not understand that the reason why crosses could exorcise evil was not because of their appearance but because of the holy power contained in them! It was not like a cross made with just two pieces of wood could produce the power of holy light out of thin air. Only crosses blessed by holy power were effective.
On this point, the church had fooled many people. Although many people might not encounter evil things in their entire lives, once they encountered one, this knowledge would only harm them.
The cross stabbed into Ca.s.sandra’s body, but it did not have the desired effect. Instead, Ca.s.sand grabbed his hand, and the frost power spread and froze his entire arm.
Reid was a ruthless man. Seeing the frost spreading to his body, he made a prompt decision. His left hand slashed at his arm and cut off the right hand so that he could leave Ca.s.sandra’s control.
In the midst of the agony, he subconsciously waved his cutla.s.s and swept it at Ca.s.sandra. Surprisingly, it actually worked, and he broke a few of Ca.s.sandra’s ribs.
Although she did not feel any pain, she still subconsciously backed away.
After realizing that physical attacks were effective, Reid became energetic. He gritted his teeth and stepped forward, wanting to chase after Ca.s.sandra.
In the sky, Roy could no longer bear watching. Although Ca.s.sandra was a lich, this was her first real battle. Roy wanted to train her, but he found that she had made a lot of mistakes. As an undead, what was there to be afraid of breaking a few bones?
On the other hand, the pirate captain seemed to have rich combat experience. He actually seized the opportunity to counterattack, causing Ca.s.sandra to become fl.u.s.tered. She even subconsciously retracted her frost power.
“Fat Tiger, go down and help her!” Roy said to Fat Tiger, who was flying around him.
Fat Tiger howled and dived toward the deck.
Reid chased after Ca.s.sandra and realized that this undead was not as difficult to deal with as he imagined. As long as he could kill her here, his prestige on this s.h.i.+p would immediately soar. Furthermore, he would have more capital to boast, and when people mentioned him, they would mention his t.i.tle of ‘Undead Killer’. Perhaps he could even use this opportunity to become an existence comparable to the Nine Pirate Lords.
Just like how there were five of the Four Heavenly Kings, there were ten of the Nine Great Pirate Lords. Was this not normal?
Just as Reid was feeling happy, the pirate s.h.i.+p suddenly shook violently. With a bang, a huge object fell on the deck behind him, causing the entire s.h.i.+p to sink, as if it were about to be pressed into the sea.
When Reid turned around to see what was going on, his entire body froze.
Not because he was frozen by Ca.s.sandra’s frost power, but because after seeing what had fallen behind him, all the cells in his body were sending strong danger signals to his brain.
He did not dare to move; he really did not dare to move now! Because behind him, a huge h.e.l.lhound was staring at him!
Fat Tiger did not do anything. His three heads only looked at Reid with a threatening gaze. The one who really dealt him the fatal blow was Ca.s.sandra, who had recovered from her shock. She seemed to feel slightly ashamed of having been forced into such a state by a pirate. If this continued, how would she be able to complete her revenge?
Thus, Ca.s.sandra made a move. She spread her hands wide, and a strong burst of cold aura erupted from beneath Reid’s feet, freezing him in an instant.
It seemed that after this battle, she had finally comprehended a little technique to using the power of frost.
However, although Reid was frozen, because the ice was not that cold, he still had consciousness. He looked at the h.e.l.lhound in front of him through the ice while feeling his life force being sucked away by the skeleton behind him. As he was dying, he suddenly felt as though he understood something.
The storm last night seemed to have opened the gate of h.e.l.l…
Reid died, and his unloyal subordinates could not escape too far because Roy made a move.
Flying in the air, Roy grabbed the pirates from the sea one by one and threw them back onto the pirate s.h.i.+p for Ca.s.sandra to identify.
Ca.s.sandra checked the ears of these pirates one by one but did not find one missing. Although one of the pirates’ ears was damaged, it was from an earring being ripped off by an enemy in battle.
Ca.s.sandra’s enemy was not someone on this pirate s.h.i.+p.
The pirates were terrified and trembling. Not only did the undead appear, but even a demon and a h.e.l.lhound appeared. The pirates even thought that their s.h.i.+p had barged into the Devil’s Triangle last night due to the storm.
Although they were not the targets of Ca.s.sandra’s revenge, Roy did not let them off. It was the Pirates of the Caribbean world, and there were basically no innocent pirates. Roy threw the pirates to Ca.s.sandra and allowed her to absorb their life force to strengthen her magic power. Since Roy planned to let Ca.s.sandra complete her revenge on her own, it was logical for him to strengthen her.
Among all the pirates, Roy left only the youngest.
After throwing the teenager into a lifeboat, Roy left him three days worth of food and then said to him, “Kid, I’ll let you go. But you have to help me convey a message!”
The young man was trembling all over, but he still nodded hastily at Roy’s words, afraid that the demon would change his mind in the next second.
“I’m looking for a pirate crew. I don’t know its name, but one of the pirates is missing an ear!” Roy pointed at Ca.s.sandra. “They killed a pitiful person before, and now the vengeful soul has returned to find them! Before finding these pirates, revenge will not stop. We will kill all the pirates we encounter!”
The young man nodded, indicating that he heard everything clearly before Roy let him go…
The youth was rowing the boat, desperately trying to get away from the pirate s.h.i.+p. But before he could get far, he suddenly saw black ice spreading over the pirate s.h.i.+p. Soon, the entire s.h.i.+p was covered in a thick layer of solid ice!
There were no living people on this s.h.i.+p, so Roy did not hesitate to use it. He used his magic power to freeze the entire s.h.i.+p, making the originally fragile s.h.i.+p abnormally st.u.r.dy.
The next time he encountered pirates, he would not need to let Ca.s.sandra wait on the surface of the sea. Instead, he could directly use this ice s.h.i.+p to ram into their s.h.i.+p!
Under the sunlight, the black ice looked ferocious. The cold black aura spread throughout the s.h.i.+p and enveloped it, adding an endless sense of mystery to the entire s.h.i.+p. Even the young man, who was leaving and looking from afar, felt his hair stand on end. He vowed in his heart that if he could escape this time, he would no longer be a pirate! This line of business was not at all romantic and adventurous as he had imagined. There was only extreme danger and fear…
…
News at sea transmitted very slowly.
More than a month had pa.s.sed before rumors about the ‘Frozen Ghost s.h.i.+p’ gradually spread among the pirates.
Over the past month, this Frozen Ghost s.h.i.+p had attacked several pirate s.h.i.+ps. And without exception, the locations of the attacks were left with only the wreckage of the s.h.i.+ps and withered corpses floating on the sea…
The pirates were alarmed and uneasy. Although there were countless legends at sea, the legend this time was not one with countless versions, where it was unclear whether it was true or false.
This was because all the witnesses and survivors were saying the same thing.
Inside the various taverns of Tortuga Port, everyone was discussing this matter.
“Do you know that the robed undead is a lich?”
“She’s a vengeful spirit that resurrected with the power of a demon!”
“That demon is the most terrifying because the h.e.l.lhound and the lich are his servants!”
“If the lich can’t take revenge, the devil will not return to h.e.l.l!”
“The demon can fly, and on the sea, no one can avoid them. They can always find their targets!”
“We’re in trouble now. With this Frozen Ghost s.h.i.+p, our pirate s.h.i.+p doesn’t dare to go out to sea…”
“Ours too. We can only stay in the port…”
“That’s not safe either. Although they’re at sea now, who says they can’t go ash.o.r.e?”
“d.a.m.n it. What pirate crew was it? They caused such big trouble. If you know who they are, capture them and give them to the demon and lich!”
“Shut up! Which side are you on? Although those pirates did something wrong, they’re humans like us. Do you want to give your fellow humans to the demon?”
“Sh*t! You’re just standing there and talking without doing anything. If you’re so capable, why don’t you get rid of that ghost s.h.i.+p? Aren’t you still hiding in this port? Bah! Coward!”
“How dare you scold me?! Take my fist!”
In the taverns of Tortuga Port, it was normal for pirates to start arguing whenever they did not agree with each other, and the pirates who were arguing would soon also start fighting…
In the midst of the chaos, someone suddenly barged into the tavern. Panting, he shouted, “Good news!”
Instantly, everyone fighting stopped and looked at the intruder.
The man hurriedly explained, “It’s said that a Pirate Lord is planning to deal with this Frozen Ghost s.h.i.+p…”