Wilderness Redemption Tour

"Wait, you mean the person who rules this island is called Fusal?" Arthur interrupted Lenny.

"Yes, you heard it right." Hosea knew what Arthur wanted to ask. He had asked the same question when he was listening to Lenny's story. "He is the General Fossal that Angelo Bronte introduced to us when we were in the mayor's mansion. At that time, Angelo only said that General Fossal was the ruler of a small island in the Caribbean Sea. Now it seems that this island is Guarma."

"What an amazing coincidence." Arthur exclaimed.

"Indeed." Lenny nodded and continued, "We rested in Hercule's camp for a few days and got to know the general environment of the island from the locals. One day, Hercule suddenly found Dutch and said that their people had heard that the Spanish colonists were going to secretly hang a group of workers who led the riot, and they needed Dutch's help, so Dutch sent me, Sean and Bill to follow a guide to that place under the cover of night to help them rescue those workers. In return, Hercule began to order his men to find a small boat for us to leave."

"A few days later, Hercule found Dutch again and said that he had found the place where Fusal's men were holding Javier. However, the fight between his men and the invaders on the island had intensified in recent days, and he couldn't spare anyone to help us. So he only told Dutch the location of the imprisonment and asked Dutch to find a way to rescue him himself."

"This Hercule is really dishonest." Arthur curled his lips, slightly disdainful. "I remember you just said that his agreement with Dutch was 'we help him deal with the invaders, and he helps us rescue Javier', but he just told you the location, and that's it?"

Lenny spread his hands. "Actually, there's nothing we can do about it. Hercule and his men were extremely busy those days, and we all saw it. He really had no one else to use. If he hadn't promised Dutch before, he might have sent all of us to the front battlefield."

After explaining the reason, Lenny continued his story.

"On the day when he learned of Javier's exact location, Dutch found a local civilian, an old woman, who claimed to know a secret route that could lead him directly to where he was going. The route was only known to some locals. However, she didn't speak English. Fortunately, Dutch knew a little Spanish. The two of them communicated with each other for a while. After Dutch paid her the only gold bar he had left, we were led by the old woman through a hidden cave. This cave had obvious signs of artificial excavation. Some old facilities and abandoned cells inside also proved this point - this cave was dug out a long time ago to hold prisoners. At the end of the cave, there was a vertical ladder going up. Dutch said that was where we were going. But the old woman didn't want us to leave like this. She grabbed Dutch's sleeve and kept saying something, and finally took out a knife to threaten Dutch. Dutch was a little angry when things got to this point. After being threatened with a knife by the other party, he snatched the knife and stabbed it into the old woman's chest."

"Dutch killed her? Just because she threatened him with a knife?" Arthur seemed a little excited, and even his voice became louder unconsciously.

"Well..." Lenny touched his face and expanded on the question, "The person is indeed dead. Since none of us understand Spanish, we don't know the reason for their dispute. Dutch's explanation afterwards was that the other party suddenly wanted more money for the guide, but we didn't have any money at that time. Even the guns in our hands were provided by Hercule. Dutch said that after he rejected the other party's request, the other party threatened to sell us out if we didn't pay. It was after hearing this that Dutch decided to kill us."

"What do you think?" Arthur asked Lenny.

Lenny told the truth: "The old woman did pull out a knife to threaten Dutch. We saw it with our own eyes. Although we didn't understand what she was saying, special times call for special measures. Although Dutch's way of handling the situation was a bit extreme, combined with his explanation afterwards, there was nothing wrong with what he did at the time."

"Okay, okay, nothing wrong... nothing wrong..." Arthur looked disappointed. After muttering to himself for a few words, he stretched out his hand to signal Lenny to continue.

Lenny licked his lips and continued, "The exit of the cave leads directly to a dry well next to the sugar refinery. Dutch led us into the factory and created an explosion with powdered sugar to lure away the guards guarding Javier. We took the opportunity to rescue Javier and killed the pursuers. Then, we successfully retreated to Hercule's camp under the cover of the sugarcane field."

At this point, Lanny paused. Lin Yan thought that his story had come to an end. He held his chin up to his hand and listened to it as a story. He asked, "And then you came back on the boat provided by Hercules?"

"No, the real show hasn't started yet." Lenny's body trembled slightly. Even though this was the second time he talked about what happened later today, his body couldn't suppress his excitement.

After taking a few deep breaths, Lenny continued, "After rescuing Javier, we had been in Guarma for nearly three weeks, and Dutch decided to say goodbye to Hercule. Hercule agreed very readily, but his next words completely dragged us into the war between him and the colonists. 'I have found a ship for you, but I have some unfortunate news to tell you. Fusal has called the Cuban Navy, and the ship you are going to take when you leave is now docked on the battlefield between our two sides. If you want to leave safely, you must help us repel these sea reinforcements. This is not only for us, but also for your own.' That's what he said at the time. For this, Micah had an argument with him, saying that he was untrustworthy and tried every means to use us, but in the end Dutch agreed to defend their fortress on the coast with him and repel the invading Cuban Navy."

"You are actually involved in a war!" Arthur showed an incredible look.

Hosea also sighed, “Yes, a real war.”

Lenny's eyes showed a trace of joy of surviving a disaster. He forced a smile and continued, "When the few of us and Hercule arrived at the fortress he mentioned, the battle had already begun. Under his command, we braved the hail of bullets and the bombardment from distant ships. We helped him defend the city walls and repel the soldiers who landed on the island. We also helped him push the artillery and transport the shells to sink the invading ships. We went through many dangers and worked for a whole day before we helped him repel the Cuban navy."