Chapter 74
"Damn, there's no need for us to rob it, the oneself is a pirate, and it's time to rob us!" Captain Groleo cursed loudly.
"How do you know it's a pirate ship?" Dany was puzzled, "Isn't there a skull flag for pirates?"
Yes, the pirates in this fantasy world are also very Popular skull flags.
"The skull and crossbones are for those wild pirates," Blackbeard shook his head gloomily. "If the Corsair King has oneself's clan emblem, naturally there is no need for the popular skull and crossbones."
>After he finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to Dany, and began to hurriedly yell for the sailors to line up.
Dany observed the ship carefully again for a while, except for the golden black jade with an unusually conspicuous black sail, and when it turned sideways, he saw "Silence" painted with black paint on the dark red hull. three words.
"My God, the Westeros!" Dany exclaimed, "How did the Westeros run the Summer Sea and become pirates?"
It turns out that "Silence" is written in Common, and The most popular Valyria language in non-Essos continent.
"Ser, do you know Silence?" Dany turned his head and asked Jorah Mormont, who was looking out on tiptoe.
Well, except for the captain, first mate, and lookout, no one else has glasses.
"Silence?" Jorah looked puzzled, "a bit familiar, I don't know where I've heard of it."
"The ship is from Westeros, with a huge golden painted on the sail. Cuttlefish, speaking of which is kind of like House Greyjoy's Kraken!" Dany explained.
"Seven Hells!" Big Bear slapped his forehead sharply, yelled like he had seen a ghost: "Is the hull red?"
"Yes," Dany strangely said: "You're acquaintance?"
"Euron Greyjoy, the villain known as 'Crow's Eye'!" Jorah, gnashing teeth, seemed to hate the person the name represented.
"But that cuttlefish... well, even if it's a Kraken, it's the other way around. Greyjoy Kraken is head down, but the other is head up, and the tentacles are different." Dany wondered.
Don't think it's a trivial matter, the family emblem can't be sloppy, and the reverse direction is almost equal to two different family emblems.
Refer to the national flags of Earth's modern society, such as the flags of Russia, France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Ordinary people will be silly when they see them, but they are indeed different national flags with differences. .
"It instead explains why Euron Greyjoy is here." Whitebeard Arstan looked surprised.
Jorah also nodded and said: "He must have done something...to be banished from House Greyjoy by Duke Balon. The banished, often in shame, do not want to bring shame to the family, Or because of jealousy, the family crest will be slightly modified, such as reversing the direction."
Dany glanced at the black bear on his chest, opened and closed his mouth several times, and wanted to ask: Are you right? No shame, no jealousy at all? Why not let Big Bear lie on the ground?
Big Bear Mormont wears a black wool sweater coat and brown leather armor. There is a black Big Bear on the chest of the leather armor. People stand up and roar with their mouths open, which is in perfect harmony with House Mormont's motto "here we stand" .
According to the Westeros "it is known" tradition, if he is ashamed, he should learn Euron and put the black bear down.
Dany's sight was also caught by Big Bear's idea. He blushed and said, "I don't hate my family."
Whitebeard said coolly: "You Aren't you ashamed?"
Big Bear was annoyed, "I serve the Queen, and I'm honored! Besides, no matter what I do, I'm better than you, the guy who doesn't even dare to show his family crest."
"You..." Whitebeard was angry, Zhang Da mouth wanted to refute, but he glanced at Dany and forcibly held back his words.
Only nobles have a family crest.
Westeros nobles are divided into Ser, Earl, Marquess, Duke, King, Ser is the lowest Level 1.
Knight can also be called Ser, but it is actually half a level lower than Ser, and only counts as a noble reserve.
Big Bear Mormont has two identities, the ancestral Earl of Bear Island, and the Knight identity given to him by King Robert for quelling the Greyjoy rebellion 10 years ago - also Ser, but he already has the Earl title.
Big Bear is going to be tried by Eddard Stark for selling slaves—Ice took it all with him, and he must be beheaded—he was afraid of death, gave up his Earl status, and exiled himself.
But the Ser status given to him by Robert was not stripped, because he escaped the trial, and Eddard had no chance to strip him of the Ser title given to him by King.
So Dany and the others called him "Ser Jorah" or "Ser Mormont".
Dany and Jorah both know Whitebeard is hiding his identity.
His knowledge, experience and conversation are not as good as those of Earl, Mormont. It is difficult for those who have not received the education of the orthodox nobles to possess the excellent characteristics he shows.
But Whitebeard was dressed in plain linen robes and carried a cane, never revealing his family crest or any other identification.
Whitebeard also guessed that the identity of oneself was suspected, so he was speechless by Big Bear.
Well, when it comes to this, I have to sigh with emotion. As the descendant of the most orthodox Royal Family, Dany didn't get the family emblem out.
Moreover, she is theoretically "illiterate" and has not received formal aristocratic education.
"That Kraken ship is so fast, it's really chasing us!" The lookout exclaimed, breaking the awkward silence among the few people on the bridge.
With a few coughs, Dany asked, "Why is Euron Greyjoy chasing us? Did we guess wrong, he also failed to explore the ruins of Valyria, and he suffered heavy losses and needed to rob us for blood?"
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"It's possible." Jorah glanced at Whitebeard and said thoughtfully, "We only see Silence struggling in the Wall of Storms, maybe he's been lost in the storm and didn't enter the ruins, after all, even dragons get lost. I'm done."
"If we reveal our identities, will he let oneself out for the sake of fellow villagers?" Dany said strangely with a quirky smile.
Whitebeard was stunned before he reacted and asked, "Are you sure of winning? Greyjoy is not easy to deal with. The last time Balon rebelled, Euron showed transcendent cunning and very ruthless, and Lannisport was almost beaten by him. The Ironmen led by him are captured. If he is not sure of defeating our fleet, he will not rush to chase after him."
"I have a dragon, not an ordinary fleet." Dany said to himself.
The old man looked up at the White Dragon and Green Dragon hovering in the sky, and said seriously: "He saw your dragon."
"Hahaha, you don't think I want to Let the dragon burn his boat?" Dany laughed.
"I am their mother, and I cherish their lives more than anyone else. Young dragons can't resist even bows and arrows. If I really let the dragon fly over the enemy ship and breathe fire, I would murder oneself. The child."
Speaking of this, she ordered the Bloodrider next to her: "Call up all the Warriors in the cabin, bring bows and arrows and iron shields."
horse men are afraid of the sea , if not necessary, they prefer to stay in the cabin, with horses for company.
“How do you think the opponent will plan their tactics?” she asked Blackbeard Groleo.
The old seaman frowned, as if he had encountered something incomprehensible, "Usually, pirates without a large fleet of fleets would not shoot at us. The three-to-one sea ship means that when he is boarding with us, The other two ships can attack his mothership from the side and the rear.
We have more than 600 sailors in total, and the other side has only one narrow ship. Three hundred pirates is the limit, twice as much With a disadvantage in numbers, how could that Euron win?"
"Unless he has a killing move!" Whitebeard said solemnly.
Dany thought about it and asked, "What kind of person is Euron? Could he suddenly go crazy? By the way, why was he exiled?"
"Islands of The Ironmen is more closed, Euron is not King Balon, very little attention is paid to him. I didn't even know he was banished, but I'm sure, he can't go crazy, the man is cunning."
Whitebeard Shaking his head, looking towards Big Bear, "Perhaps Ser Mormont knows him better."
Ironmen often raid the west coast of Westeros, especially the North, which is not protected by sea ships, and the people of Bear Island often fight with pirates disguised as pirates. Ironmen fight.
Mormont sighed, "I hope he's suddenly stupid, but... let's get ready for a fight."
As he spoke, he walked towards the cabin. , he's going to change into full-body armor.
This fantasy world is not without gunpowder, but unfortunately the formidable power is not large, it is just a prop for Pyromancer juggling, so, without cannons, naval battles are still dominated by boarding, supplemented by mutual shooting of bows and arrows, and armor will be safer .
Of course, the premise is not to fall into the sea.
In addition to Mormont, Dany's horse men and sailors also began to re-equip oneself in a frenzy.
horse men all with mirror armor dark red leather armor, shiny red copper helmet, a small cooked copper round shield tied to the left wrist, arakh at the waist, and a longbow in his hand , looks like a regular army.
Unlike the uniformly dressed horse men, the sailors' armor was a mess, with rusted plate armor, ill-sized chainmail, worn leather armor, and some people held pot lids as shields ...
Big Black broke into the storm at about 9am, came back at 11am, then the Silence started chasing the fleet around 12am, no more than 30km away , and then waited until 3:30 p.m. when the two sides began to enter fighting distance.
1 km.
Although this world has no artillery (the battleship artillery in the Armada period actually only had an effective range of three-four hundred meters), trebuchets and ballistas were installed on the bow and stern decks.
What was thrown was not a stone, but a bag of oil-soaked cotton. The oil-soaked linen and cotton were wrapped into a "solid bullet" the size of a school bag, which was ignited and thrown out.
That thing is very difficult to hit the target, it is mainly used to hit fixed targets, such as ship siege, sneak attack against the fleet in other people's ports...
Saduleon is a pure sea ship, with no weapons installed, but the rowing Summer Sun and Joso's Prank themselves have the purpose of serving as "frigates" for merchant ships, not only with many sailors (more sailors are needed for rowing), but also a total of six Trebuchets, eighteen ballistas.
Blackbeard's original idea was to delay as long as possible, and if it got dark, Silence wouldn't be able to catch up with them.
But he really underestimated the speed of the narrow boat. Not only was the ratio of sail to hull huge (the bigger the boat, the faster the boat), but after approaching Saduleon, Silence put down 200 straight oars on both sides of the boat. , The dull drum beat came from afar, as if hitting everyone's heart.