93 – Preparing for war against Maxburg (3)

Whether you look forward, backward, or sideways, the vast, endless sea that looks like a mixture of ash and blue paint is hell.

If the wind blows even a little strong, the boat we are on will shake violently from side to side, and those who cannot tie themselves with ropes to prevent being washed away become fish food.

However, if the wind does not blow over the vast sea, they cannot move forward and die of starvation on the sea.

Also, there are evil pirates who prey on us, and if we stay on the sea for several months, scurvy and various diseases harvest the souls of the sailors.

But the real scary thing was that it wasn’t like this. that’s…

So I climbed the mast and stood on the alert while thinking about miscellaneous things, but the guy next to me opened his mouth to see if he was bored.

“It was a hell of a day. Crazy bastards, no, except for the executives who said they would desert if they got off the ship, they picked them up once and never let them get off the ship for the rest of their lives.”

“Don’t say anything. In my time, if 10 new recruits came in, after a year, all but one died. One fell victim to scurvy, bleeding profusely from his mouth, two fell after being beaten by a boatswain, and three died while hanging from the mast for trying to get off the ship. Did the three of them die because they weren’t tied to the rope during the storm… I searched so much that I can’t even think of it.”

I slapped him on the back of the head and said.

“Are you the only one who did that? Aren’t all these guys from that place? Merchant ships and warships were all the same.”

“Ha, really, I ate moldy bread almost every day throughout the year, and I ate beer with half-rotten water. Do you eat salted meat twice a year? Oh, and you didn’t even get paid.”

“pay? It’s nothing like that, just on payday, the captain sometimes gives me wine and a little meat when he comes to have a good time with a good prostitute in the city.”

“They really kill.”

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Just thinking about it is terrifying.

People were thrown up on the open sea, where they might be killed at any moment, and they slept on a hammock or deck attached to a cabin that smelled of mold and rot.

Neither he nor I knew about it, but if the executive was really crazy, he would call a slender, cute-looking young male sailor to the back of the ship, rape him, and then kill him.

And after a while, the guy trembled and said.

“But, after riding here, my arms widened. As long as we don’t run out of food, we can have enough bread and beer, and we can eat salted meat for about two days a week. And the captain and executives won’t hit you as long as you don’t do stupid things.”

“Yes, and the salary comes out. Also, this mission isn’t too salty. How much did it fall for a low end like us?”

“One gold coin a month when out this far, four silver coins when patrolling the coast.”

“You give twice as much as usual. It was good to pirate.”

“Yes, if I hold on for four more years, I will buy a land and a butler with the money I saved and get married… Hey… ”

After saying that, the guy next to me tapped me on the shoulder and said.

“Come over to me, isn’t that the Maxburg ship over there?”

Hearing that, I hurried to the side where the guy was standing and looked at the sea. It was about the size of a person’s palm, but I could clearly see the boat.

If you find a merchant ship or a warship to rob while on the lookout, the reward is 2 gold coins, so today was a real windfall.

“Ring the bell! You idiot!”

“If it’s a merchant ship or a warship, it’s great. Let’s go in!!”

And we rang the bell with all our might and shouted.

“Enemy merchant ship or warship found at 9 o’clock! Everyone, prepare for battle!!”

“Let’s go rob it! Grab these guys and let’s live! There’s never been a better time to make money than right now, right?”

When I shouted that, all the sailors on the deck and those sleeping in the cabin came out and prepared for battle.

The guys who handle the mast worked hard to open the sail as fast as possible, and the guys who handled the ballista did their best to load large arrows.

And the captain, who was in the captain’s office, was standing at the far end of the ship, looking in the direction of the enemies.

After a while, the sails were completely unfurled and our ship began moving towards the enemy at the highest possible speed.

“Ahoy!! Let’s rob all of those pigs that have risen to perfection!!”

“Ahoy, make it quiet! When stealing this, the admiral told me to think of myself as belonging to the County of Creutel.”

“Then you should stop drinking beer on duty, too.”

“Hey, let’s just shout Ahoy! Ahoy! The dark flag pirates are going to eat all the treasures in needle merchant ships!”

After tracking it for a long time, the image of the merchant ship, which at first looked like the size of a palm, began to come into focus.

With a bit of exaggeration, the flag representing Maxburg was hoisted on a boat the size of a mansion with a garden where nobles lived.

Also, since they are commercial ships, there are few people, so even the act of spreading the sails to speed up is very slow.

If this is enough, I can probably rob a boat in an instant… hehehehe… Since I have to unload the goods after turning the boat… I should go to the storm hall near here and spend a good time with the pretty lady with the money I received.

When we got close to the enemy ship by about 600 meters, the captain saw us and gave the order.

“You guys, too, come down and move to combat positions!”

And by the time we had hurried down from the mast and reached the fighting position, the captain went near the bow and drew a thin rapier and said:

“You idiot who is not wearing the breastplate that His Excellency Kreutel gave you, just in case, go quickly and put on the breastplate. Again, after approaching the enemy ships, we invite them to surrender as is customary, and then engage in battle. Before rushing in, let’s pick a song like a pirate and go.”

“Wahhahahaha, the captain really likes that song too! good!”

“Everyone, start one, two, three!”

Then we started singing in unison.

“Free spirits freed from the captain’s oppression and shackles, we go out with friends on the restless sea. I will go out through the dark sea and save those who suffer the same persecution! Let’s go! For beer and gold coins! Again, let’s go! for a new friend! And let’s all come back safely and share beer and meat with the oppressed!!”

“Ahoy!! All ready for battle!”

Hearing that, everyone went to their designated fighting positions, and after a while, we got so close that we could see each other’s faces.

Enemies try to get away from us as quickly as possible, but no merchant ship with a full stomach dares to get away from us.

And as we got a little closer, the captain laughed loudly and said:

“Wahhahahaha, foolish bastards who are entangled and oppressed by the captain. If you surrender to us even now, I’ll accept you as my comrade! But if you don’t surrender, you officers who oppressed our friends won’t die in peace!”

At that, a fat man dressed in fancy clothes embroidered with gold thread on blue silk crawled out and said,

“The pirate monkeys talk too much! We are the official merchants of the honorable Duke of Maxburg, but where dare the lowly ones… If you go back even now, I will spare you!”

“yes? Stop it once! All battle stance! Shoot the ballista and grab your crossbow!”

At the same time, the other ship and our ship fired ballistas at each other’s ships.

Of course, we, who had more personnel and equipment, were able to embed more ballistas into the enemy ships than they did, and then the rest of the soldiers, except for those who handled the ballistas, shot crossbows and hit the enemy sailors.

“Ouch!”

“My arms! my legs!! No!!!”

“I can’t see my eyes!!! My eyes hurt!!!!”

As soon as I shot it, I fell down and couldn’t see it, but it seems that we won the first attack, seeing that we couldn’t hear our screams.

Then I stood up, quickly put the arrow back into the crossbow, and was ready to charge.

A thin rapier, a shield large enough to cover my body, a crossbow, and a breastplate…

I’m sure you can come back alive without dying.

And after a while, the pilot bridge on the right side of the ship got caught in the enemy ship.

Then the assault chief drew his sword and, shouting loudly, jumped into the enemy’s ship, and we charged after him.

When we jumped into the enemy’s ship, a much smaller number of incompetent sailors than we did began to fight us with thin swords and shields.

That fat captain is just hiding behind and waving his sword around, giving instructions.

“Kill those motherfuckers! Fight for the Maxburg family and for the Duke!!”

Seeing that bastard reminds me of our former captain who was obsessed with authority.

So I raised my middle finger at him and said,

“Ahoy! Does your head not turn because you only gained weight and the fat goes into your head? For sailors like us, it’s better to be rid of an idiot like you than the Duke of Maxburg or Deus or anything like that!! Just wait there, if we take over this ship, you’ll hang it from the mast and slowly kill it!!

After hearing my words, the assault chief grinned and then spoke.

“Those who are oppressed by the captain, lay down the sword, and the slaves of the evil oppressor, raise the sword. We will shed your blood with our swords to set you free. Power charge!!!”

Then some put down their swords and silently retreated behind us, while others ran towards us with swords and shields.

I first hit the face of the insignificant guy in front of me with a shield and knocked it down, then punched a hole in the neck of the guy behind him.

Then, as I bent down to draw my sword and stood up, a slender, stilt-like creature near me fired an arrow at me.

I tried to avoid it, but I couldn’t avoid it, and I couldn’t stop it with my arms or legs.

Damn, am I going to die like this? But since I lived well as a pirate, it might be okay…

However, I did not feel the pain of an arrow piercing my flesh, but only the shock of hitting my chest with a fist.

Then I looked down and fortunately, the arrow had hit my breastplate, and the arrowhead had become blunt.

Then I shot the crossbow I had loaded at him and hit him in the stomach. When the guy behind me swung his sword, I killed him by hitting him in the chin with the base of his shield.

The guys next to me also had no combat experience and didn’t even wear proper armor, so they started killing enemy sailors with a force as if they were grinding radishes.

After a brief slaughter, we finally succeeded in capturing the captain and the sailors who surrendered in advance.

And of course, as a result of asking the crew, the captain proved to be an evil captain…

Our captain told us that if we killed carelessly, we would not receive additional rewards, and we accepted the lowest-ranking sailors as our youngest.

In addition, the inside of the captured merchant ship was filled with expensive Romanian ham, premium wine from Reinfeld, lavender and herbs.

In addition, I was given 5 gold coins for my contribution to the capture of the merchant ship, and I was promised that 4 more gold coins would be paid if I handed over the captain.

In normal times, even if you make a lot of balls, you can only give one gold coin, but when you go under the count, you get 9 gold coins in one battle… After all, rich people are different.

And we captured and robbed a total of 3 Romanian merchant ships over a month, and I was able to get 15 gold coins when I went back.

Now, when I go back, I’ll patrol the coast and rest for a month, so… Spend a lot of money while on vacation.