Our family is in decline

Sixty years old is definitely considered old in this world, but for a nobleman with a distinguished status, he has been living a life of luxury since childhood, and he doesn't have to work hard, let alone endure hunger, which keeps his body in a very good condition.

Not to mention that he can access extraordinary powers that ordinary people can hardly imagine. Some precious potions, powerful accessories and mysterious rituals allow him to delay aging.

But some things are not so easy to solve. As he grows older, his condition still declines, and he begins to feel a little powerless.

Fortunately, a special potion has appeared recently to ease his embarrassment. At first, he just wanted to try it, and he really regained his confidence.

Although the price in gold coins is an astronomical figure for ordinary people, it is just a drizzle for him.

Unfortunately, the limit is not the money, but the limited number of potions. He can only get a little. This month's supply has been used up, and he can only wait for next month.

But not long ago, he received news that the cargo ship was hijacked by pirates, resulting in less potions and higher prices. He doesn't care about the money, but the lack of goods.

"Damn pirates!"

The old man opened the drawer and there was nothing left. He couldn't help cursing the pirates in his heart. He didn't know if he could get the goods from those pirates. It was a waste to give them to those guys.

Of course, he wanted to get the channel of the medicine directly, but unfortunately the black market was very cautious and there was no trace. He only heard that it was a secret recipe of the palace abroad. Otherwise, if he could get the channel or the recipe, how much money would it cost...

The old man in the room was handling family affairs. He didn't admit that he was old and had the energy to firmly grasp the power of the family, but he also needed to work until dark. Maybe he was really old.

And at this time, the door was pushed open, and a young man walked in casually. He looked up and said something inexplicable.

"The family of 36 is missing the last one."

What does it mean that a stranger can walk in here?

"Who are you?" The old man thought he was still a little majestic, and his voice couldn't help but get a little louder. He didn't know if he was calling people or trying to be brave.

"It's the Swordfish Pirates you support, right?" Lance didn't care, but asked according to the rules to avoid making a mistake.

But when Lance said this, the change in the man's expression was enough to confirm it.

"It seems that I am not mistaken, otherwise I would have killed your whole family by mistake."

Lance's calm words made the old man's expression change drastically. The annihilation of the whole army, which was more terrible than the decline of the family, stimulated his reason. He opened the cabinet under the table and took out the exquisitely shaped pistol like a work of art, pointed it at Lance and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

Lance just turned his head to avoid the bullet when facing the muzzle of the gun at hand. When he straightened his head the next second, he didn't even stop his steps and walked in front of Lao Deng.

At this time, Lao Deng realized something. His stiff expression couldn't stop the fear, and his pupils were trembling, but he still spoke with a tough look.

"I don't know what you're talking about, but come to me if you have anything to do. Don't hurt those innocent people."

"But when the pirates have been plundering for more than ten years and countless ordinary people have been killed, have you ever thought that your wife and children will not be harmed? If you are enjoying the benefits, don't say that you are innocent.

Also, everyone in this manor is gone, and the gunshots can't call the guards."

Lance said and stretched out his hand directly to the old man. The power of flesh and blood seized his control of his body, and then a voice full of bewitching meaning poured into his mind...

A moment later, Lance got what he wanted. He raised his hand and waved it as if to drive something away. The next second, complex runes appeared out of thin air, and the old man disappeared on the spot.

Why take away the space core left by the wizard first? Because Lance needs a clever way to take people away. It would be a waste to kill him before squeezing out his value. He is the evidence of Totnes' collusion with pirates.

What's more, noble materials are very rare. The technological development of the sanatorium requires their contribution, and Lance needs to prove that nobles are no different from ordinary people.

After Lance solved the problem, he searched the paper and crossed out a name. The dense lines on it showed that he had been investigating all the way.

From the island to Totnes, from pirates to brokers to merchants related to brokers, and the bureaucrats and nobles behind the merchants.

That is, he can charm and control to get what he wants quickly, otherwise ordinary people will break one of the lines no matter how they investigate.

And even now Lance can only stop here, because if he investigates further, he will find the four major families in Totnes, and the only one who can be above the four major families is the woman called [Scarlet Rose].

From the current situation, the vein is probably that the woman seized the Duchess's family business. At that time, Totnes had nothing to share, so in order to appease those nobles, they gave them the right to privateer.

But the noble bureaucrats still have to save face. They will start to support pirates and let them plunder. Some of them are even their means to crack down on some disobedient merchants and sell the route to pirates.

The so-called city of merchants, the so-called free hand, this is Totnes!

There was no point in looking up further. Even Lance could only do this because the play he prepared needed an audience.

"This inner city is good. It is separated from the outside world..."

The darkness gradually concealed the departing figure, leaving only another dead silent manor.

…………

Empire, a feudal aristocratic country, does not have a unified army, let alone a navy.

So it is all raised by local lords, and it is precisely because of this that there are so many active pirates, and some pirates are even part-time members of local organizations.

For example, Totnes, although the pirates are supported by them, ordinary people don’t know it.

The people believe that they can be protected and don’t need to worry about pirates, and the core of this is the navy of Totnes.

It has to be said that the navy here is still quite powerful. The cannons have been moved on board, and compared with Hamlet’s shabby modified ship, they are real warships.

In the summer of that year, Totnes was lit up all night, and there were lively scenes of people coming and going everywhere. But now in the early morning of winter nights, except for the homeless, no one is willing to stay outside for a while, and the streets are rarely quiet.

Until a loud bang and fire exploded at the dock in the early morning, the exaggerated movement woke many people up from their sleep, and then shouts came from somewhere.

"Pirates are coming!"

"Kill people! Run away!"

"It's pirates, all pirates!"

The people of Totnes, who had not been harassed by pirates for a long time, did not react at first, but then there were several explosions, which completely woke up the entire dock.

They were all sailors, and they were very familiar with pirates, even afraid of them. They didn't care about so much and ran away quickly. The street was empty just now, but now many people ran out in a short while, and the chaos spread rapidly.

The bureaucrats in Totnes hurriedly pushed the women in their arms away, the sheriff's whistle was almost dying, the rich businessmen summoned guards, and everyone's face showed panic.

What's even more outrageous is that the commander wanted to assemble troops, but found that less than half of them were supposed to be there.

"Where are the fucking people?"

"I don't care, get them back for me now."

"What are you looking at, get on the fucking ship, they are all in front of me, a bunch of trash!"

It's so cold in winter, who wants to stay in the barracks? Of course, they went out to spend the night. Anyway, it had been so many years, how could pirates dare to attack Totnes? It was good enough that they didn't cause trouble for the pirates.

But now there was a problem, even the soldiers themselves were panicking, but facing the pressure from their superiors, they could only quickly gather people and then go on board...

The dock was very lively now, and several ships that were on fire were burning with strong flames, and there were indeed more than ten pirate ships with skull flags.

"Why the hell is it so slow? Are those guys all useless? Don't they have any vigilance at all?"

Under the arrangement of the lord, they detonated several bombs, set several ships on fire, seized the dock, and almost rushed in to kill and rob.

But according to the plan, the Totnes troops should have moved, why didn't they react?

"Here they are! They're moving, run."

As soon as these words came out, those people didn't pretend anymore, and quickly got on the boat and ran away, sailing away from the dock under the light of the fire. Those warships had guns, and no one knew their power better than them.

As soon as they ran away, a round of fierce gunfire sounded at the dock. The shells had no regard for the ships and people at the dock. It was because they retreated quickly and scared the people away before, otherwise I don’t know how many people would have died.

The pirate ships that blew up and burned the ships on Hamlet’s side were all driven by themselves. They were really hitting local ships, which was really cruel.

But when the Totnes fleet came, everyone ran away and could only look at the dim fire in the distance.

After gathering together with great difficulty, they were unwilling to let the "pirates" go just like that. After all, they had been fine for so many years, but they were blown up in their hands. If they couldn’t make any achievements, the master above would kill them.

"Go! Chase them and sink them!"

The fleet commander was not very old, wearing an exquisite military uniform, long boots and a boat cap. The slim design of that thing was more like a dress.

The clothes of those soldiers were very messy. Some wore uniforms, while others did not. They were obviously rushed back in a hurry. Now they were also very angry because the commander would kill them if they couldn’t catch those pirates.

Layer upon layer of pressure came down, and they had never been so angry before, so they immediately went all out, and 20 warships headed for the sea.

Slowly, the fire became clearer and clearer, and they seemed to have really caught up with them after desperately chasing them, but the captains shouted as soon as they entered the range.

"Shoot!"

The fleet could see that they were indeed elite, and in this case, the fleets spread out on both sides like a big hand to surround them, followed by a burst of bombardment.

It was no secret that Totnes pursued exaggerated large-caliber artillery, and the shells fired easily tore those pirate ships apart, and even if they were hit in the water, the water column would rise into the sky, and the power was more powerful than those on Hamlet's ship.

"Fuck! These dog-days have really strong firepower, fortunately we ran fast."

A ship was floating in the darkness, looking at the roar and fire that continued to erupt in the distance, as well as the broken pirate ship, and it was inevitable that it was afraid in its heart. If it really took it up on the sea, it would probably be finished, but it was not on land that it could rely on technology to fight.

Now they also understood why the lord had always emphasized that big ships and cannons were the future of naval warfare.

From this, we can see that there were only a few soldiers operating each of those pirate ships. After arriving at the designated location, they simply abandoned most of them, boarded one ship, extinguished the fire, and ran in another direction.

Those who are still on fire are for them to fight. How can we eliminate the "pirates" if we don't fight them?

It has to be said that because no pirates dare to provoke Totnes' navy, they don't have much actual combat experience, but now this kind of target is a great target for them. They can see where there are any pirate ships on the sea, and only the remaining Some boards and junk were floating in the water.

"Hahaha! If you dare to attack, you will be defeated!"

"These pirates are looking for death and dare to come to Totnes to cause trouble."

"They should be lucky to die in the sea. If they fall into my hands..."

The artillery stopped, and everyone from the captain to the sailors showed excitement. After all, they could finally deliver the mission to the superiors, but not many people seemed to realize that it was foggy.

Wait until they react

The fog had even cut them off from other ships, as if they were the only ship floating on the sea.

"What's going on? Why is it so foggy suddenly?"

However, before they could react, a vague sound seemed to come from a distance, and then gradually became clearer, like some ethereal melody.

"The Kraken! It's the Kraken!"

"Don't listen! Run away!"

Most of those who could make a living on the ship had heard similar legends from word of mouth. Perhaps the gunboat gave them a sense of security and made them forget about it, but now they only remembered that fear when they actually faced it.

They shouted crazily and covered their ears to resist the erosion of that power. During the crazy struggle, some people even lost their feet and fell into the sea.

The sound echoing in their minds became louder and louder, and soon most of them fell into a sluggish state, stopping in place and drooling.

At this time, only the remaining lights on the gunboat could be seen looming in the mist, and a strange ship was approaching. It was covered with barnacles, starfish, and water plants, and the whole thing had a dilapidated atmosphere of death.

What was even more strange was that there was a man standing on the bow of the ship, and the sound that made them freeze came from the conch horn in his hand.

The sound of chains colliding directly connected the two ships together, and Lance rang the captain's bell.

"Boys! Get up and get to work."

As the bells collided, countless skeletal arms stretched out from the ship to grab the side of the gunboat, connecting the two together, and the chains seemed to be impatient to drag those guys into the cabin...