Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 66: The Battle of Stealing Each Other's Home
What no one expected was that in addition to his determination, Blackbeard also had extraordinary patience.

Originally, Barbossa predicted that the enemy would catch up with his frigate within half a day; but soon after he gave the order to prepare for battle, the brig behind him gradually slowed down, and finally remained out of the range of the artillery and no longer approached, just hanging around not too far away.

The two boats sailed one after the other, like shadows, towards the "Galaxy Island" together.

"He wants to follow us all the way to the island," Barbossa judged.

"Not only that, he probably wants to wait for us to open the tomb of Poseidon." Lin You's guess went deeper.

The truth about the Tomb of Poseidon is still unknown; it is not on the island, but under the water. According to the environment shown in the movie, when the sea water splits in two, treasure hunters who enter the Tomb of Poseidon will fall directly to the seabed, forming a drop of dozens of meters from the sea surface.

By that time, it would be difficult for ships on the sea to provide support for the battle on the seabed; on the contrary, the powerful properties of the Sword of Triton would easily allow its holder to gain an advantage - all they had to do was prepare some long enough cables.

Blackbeard could just wait for Poseidon's tomb to be opened; if he could seize the opportunity, he could just stand on the deck and take the trident.

"I don't know if he received a new 'oracle' or just made a judgment based on intuition." Lin You thought of the battle on the Queen Anne's Revenge, where Blackbeard showed amazing "foresight" ability. "It's hard to say that he didn't make his current actions because of some 'foresight'."

"So what should we do now? Should we turn around and meet them?" asked Barbossa.

"After we turn around, do you think Blackbeard will wait for us to pass by, or will he come to meet us?"

Barbossa despaired, "He's more likely to turn away; his ship is much more maneuverable than ours, and its load is much smaller."

Naval battles in the Age of Sail were extremely testing of one’s patience. Most of the time, the outcome was not decided quickly, but a great deal of time was wasted as both sides constantly adjusted their course and fought for the upper hand.

If one of the parties intends to avoid fighting, the time consumed will increase exponentially.

Traditional naval warfare is not an option.

As time passed, they were getting closer and closer to the "Galaxy Island"; a small island with no vegetation and covered with strange black sand and gravel from inside to outside gradually revealed its true appearance.

This island is not big. In the Caribbean Sea, which is dotted with islands, it is the kind that will be overlooked if it is a little far away.

Lin You knew that he couldn't delay any longer as the warship was already approaching the shallow waters of the island. If they really had to wait to open Poseidon's tomb, there would be even more uncontrollable factors. He had to get rid of Blackbeard who was following him before that.

Estimating the distance between the two ships, as they got closer to "Galaxy Island", the other side also got closer to their warships; it seemed that they were ready to attack or snatch the Trident at any time. At present, the two sides were less than one nautical mile apart, and the situation on the deck of the other side's ship could be clearly seen through the telescope; so Lin You gradually made up his mind.

"We can't waste time dealing with Blackbeard. Let's lower the sail and slow down. Stop outside the shallow water and wait. I'll be back as soon as possible."

Before he finished speaking, the boy spun and disappeared from everyone's sight; the next moment, his body appeared at the bow of the brig behind with a crisp explosion.

Almost at the moment when the Apparition ended, two consecutive powerful spells shot out from the tip of the wand.

"Thunder explosion", "flying sand and rocks".

The first spell instantly blew the upper deck to pieces, and then a strong wind rose from the ground, sweeping across the destroyed deck, blowing everything that was not fixed - including people - towards the stern steering wheel.

In order to seize the initiative and not give Blackbeard time to react, Lin You did not choose spells that were more powerful but took longer to cast. In game terms, you cannot use skills that have too long a "pre-cast" time. In addition to the two spells cast, there was also a magical power hovering on the dark wood wand ready to be activated at any time; it was an unpopular spell "The House Collapsed and the Ground Sinked", which was prepared to prevent Blackbeard from manipulating the rope to counterattack, so that Lin You could smash the deck at any time and get into the lower cabin to avoid the siege.

The power of the first two spells was extremely terrifying; whether it was the sailors on the deck or the helmsman on the poop, they had no time to react at all, and everyone was enveloped by the power of the two spells.

Lin You found that there seemed no need for him to cast a third spell, because everyone within his sight fell down wailing.

Below the deck, a fire that came from nowhere was ignited and the flames quickly spread. The sailors who fell into the lower cabin climbed out using their hands and feet; those who were injured and unable to move screamed and shouted for help at the top of their lungs.

The expected counterattack from Blackbeard did not appear.

If he hadn't seen the figure of the voodoo resurrected corpse under Blackbeard among the wounded, Lin You would have even mistakenly thought that he had made a mistake in judgment and injured innocent people. However, he carefully searched from the bow to the stern, until he mastered the steering wheel and controlled the ship to turn sideways, but he still didn't see Blackbeard.

At this moment, a dull sound of artillery suddenly came from the direction of their own warship. Lin You was startled and looked up, only to see a cloud of white smoke rising from his own warship, rising higher and higher along the mast.

From a distance, one could vaguely see the sails and masts of the ship swaying violently from side to side as if they had encountered a storm; it was obvious that an accident had occurred after he left the ship, and the cannon shot was clearly a warning.

Lin You did not dare to hesitate, and Apparated again, returning to his own warship. This time he was careful and did not Apparate to the deck, but moved to the rear corridor of the poop - that was the place he stayed most often during the voyage, familiar enough and inconspicuous.

As soon as they boarded the ship, they heard the sailors in front of them crying for their parents, and at the same time, Barbossa shouted at the top of his voice: "Idiot! Use an axe to cut the rope. Quick, who wants to fire another shot..."

Hearing this, Lin You didn't understand what was going on. But he was still surprised. Where did Blackbeard come from? How could he suddenly board the ship and cause such a situation of stealing each other's home?
However, the current situation is much better than previously expected; although Blackbeard boarded the ship and created chaos, he managed to escape his sight by accident.

Lin You first cast an illusion spell on himself before tiptoeing towards the front deck.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped onto the deck, Blackbeard, who was originally driving the rope to chase the sailor, suddenly stopped, put away the waving Triton sword, and swept his eyes straight towards the stern deck.

Even though Blackbeard's gaze was just a quick glance, and even though he knew that the other party did not directly discover him, Lin You couldn't help but curse in his heart: It's his damn "foresight" ability again.

If I reveal my whereabouts, I'm afraid that countless ropes will swarm towards me in the next moment.

Should I give it a try? Bet that Blackbeard can't predict my sneak attack? It seems that the chance of success is not high. Especially in the last fight, the opponent broke the magic of "God of Swords" with one sword.

Thinking of this, Lin You's gaze fell on the Sword of Triton.

It was this unintentional glance that caused the sudden change!

A "stone" sunk deep in the microcosm suddenly jumped out of the "water".

　The second update, and the last update of this week

　　It was hard not to recommend streaking this week, thank you all again for your support.

(End of this chapter)