【Ke Fei】Vampires of the Caribbean

A man lay prone on a broken plank, rising and falling with the swaying sea.There was no trace of blood on his face, and even his lips were pale. If it wasn't for the frown between his brows that was tightly wrinkled in pain, he would have looked like a corpse that had lost its vitality.

Crowley didn't know how long he had been drifting. He only remembered Ferid's hateful smile when he waved at him, and then the red-haired vampire who fell into the sea was run over by the sailboat and temporarily lost consciousness.When he woke up again, he was already in the endless ocean, holding a plank floating from nowhere in his hand, and drifting with the current.And the sunlight pouring down from above was more like torture, taking away all the strength of the vampire, and Crowley could only hold on to the board with his remaining strength to keep himself from sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Vampires don't drown, but Crowley doesn't want to imagine what it's like to be trapped in the deep ocean forever.

After what seemed like a century—a strange experience for Crowley after his descent into vampirism—at last the red-haired vampire heard human voices.

"Hey! There's someone over there!"

"Pull him up and have a look!"

Crowley could feel the rope being thrown around him, and he was being dragged slowly forward along with the plank.However, after being exposed to the sun for a long time, Crowley had already been drained of strength, and could only let the visitor drag him onto the boat without moving.

Two faint shadows shrouded Crowley's head, blocking some of the sunlight for him, and then a hand reached out to his neck and chest.

"How about it?"

"No, no breathing and heartbeat, already dead. What should I do?"

"Well... Although I'm sorry for him, you can't just put a corpse on the boat like this, see if there is any token that can identify him, and then throw the corpse back into the sea."

In order not to let himself be thrown back into the sea, Crowley struggled to open his eyes, and was immediately stung by the dazzling sun above his head, so he could only groan in pain.

"Ugh..."

Before closing his eyes, Crowley saw two sailors looking down at him in the uniform of the British Royal Navy, shouting in surprise and panic.

"He's still angry!"

"Quickly send it to the cabin and call the ship doctor."

Crowley turned his head, spat out a mouthful of sea water he swallowed at some point, raised his upper body with difficulty, and stopped hoarsely: "No...don't call a doctor, I didn't..."

However, before he finished speaking, the sun's spots burned and enlarged in Crowley's eyes, and he lost consciousness again.

By the time Crowley opened his eyes again, the glare of the sun and its discomfort had left him.He could feel that his body was recovering at an extremely fast speed, and what followed was a hunger for blood.

His throat twitched, and he stood up and looked around.Crowley was in a dimly lit cabin. The small space and low ceiling made the cabin look a bit cramped, but at least it blocked the sunlight well.

He appears to have boarded a warship from England.Although the body feels very long, in fact, it should only have been about half a day from falling into the water to being rescued.In this short half-day, he encountered a warship that happened to pass by the place where he fell into the water. Crowley felt that it was more credible to say that it was someone's arrangement rather than his luck.

Just as Crowley was about to get up from the hard bed, the cabin door creaked open.

"Ah, why are you already up?!" A figure sprinted into the room from the open hatch, rushed straight to Crowley, and tried to push him back on the bed, "Wait a minute, the ship's doctor will be here soon." coming."

The arrival of the ship doctor revealed his inhuman identity, Crowley hurriedly pushed away the arm blocking him, put a soothing smile on the corner of his mouth and said, "I think I'm fine, I don't need to bother the ship doctor. "

The person who came was not so easily persuaded, he shook his head suspiciously and said, "No, you are still cold all over, and your face looks ugly like a dead person."

That's because he was already dead, Crowley muttered to himself, before he raised his head and looked at the person who came.The visitor wasn't wearing a navy uniform, he was short and thin, and he didn't look like a sailor, but a handyman in another position.Looking carefully at the other person's face, it was a handsome young man under the age of 20, with some freckles on his white skin, and his long orange hair tied up behind his head.

"I'm the ship's doctor's assistant, let me check your injuries first." The other party didn't seem to notice Crowley's scrutinizing gaze, and while saying this, he leaned towards the red-haired vampire's lapel.

Crowley frowned as he grabbed the hand that was stretched out to him. The skin on the other hand was too smooth, not something that a handyman running around on the sea would have. It was more like a lady's hand.Thinking of this, Crowley took another look at the face of the visitor who was much more beautiful than ordinary men, and then suddenly realized: "What, are you a girl?"

"What..." The orange-haired ship doctor's assistant showed a terrified look, but quickly covered up his gaffe for a moment, and shouted, "What are you talking about, how can I be a woman!"

But that momentary reaction gave Crowley enough answers. He didn't seem to hear the other person's words, and asked directly: "What are the girls doing on the warship?"

"You made a mistake!" The orange-haired girl took a step back, although she still insisted on refuting, she could no longer hide the panic in her eyes.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the door. It seemed that the ship doctor had finally arrived late.

"I say you……"

The girl gave Crowley a hard look, and interrupted: "Shut up, don't tell anyone!"

"Okay..." A triumphant smile appeared on the corner of Crowley's mouth, and he nodded suggestively towards the cabin door when the door knocked again, "Then help me get rid of the ship's doctor."

"Hey~ You are the captain of the navy, the younger sister of the captain of this warship, because it is taboo for women to go on board during sailing, so you disguised yourself as a woman to serve as the ship's doctor's assistant."

Unlike the enthusiastic Crowley, the orange-haired girl pursed her lips aggrievedly, her expression gloomy like a prisoner being interrogated, "No one knows about this except my brother, if you dare to speak out... ..."

"Okay, okay... I don't want to be thrown back into the sea again..." Crowley muttered, recalling the silver-haired vampire who trapped him to this point, his teeth itch.

"So you are the captain of a French merchant ship who was betrayed by the crew and then thrown into the sea?" Referring to Crowley's previous tragic experience, the orange-haired girl also showed a bit of curiosity, "It must be because you didn't do good things, right? "

"Haha..." Crowley didn't answer the other party's question, but just laughed a few times.He felt that the worst thing he did in his life was probably to recognize Ferid.

The orange-haired girl didn't care, and continued: "What are you going to do? Our ship is going to attack Neil Quinn, the most notorious pirate in the Caribbean."

"A pirate?" Crowley shrugged. "I don't have anything to go, so I'll just follow you for now."

"Huh? Are you out of your wits? You just picked up a life from the sea and you are in a hurry to send it away?" The girl asked exaggeratedly, "If you want me to say, if you are smart enough, you should be under us Hurry up and leave when the next resupply is docked."

Crowley remained calm and asked, "You are the one. You are the captain's sister, and you should be of noble origin. Why did you want to get on a warship and take the risk of destroying pirates? And you even messed yourself up." Be like a man."

"I..." The girl was at a loss for words, she gritted her teeth after a while, and raised her voice as if she had made up her mind, "Because I want to be a navigator and explore the unknown world. Why are only men able to set sail, and women Can you just stay at home and take care of your husband and children?"

"Oh, is that so?"

The girl seemed to have prepared a lot of excuses to justify herself. Facing Crowley's indifferent response, she couldn't react for a while, "You don't object? I thought captains like you would dislike women on board the most."

"It's your choice, I don't care so much." To Crowley, human beings are just food, so does the gender of the food make any difference?The red-haired vampire glanced at the clock placed in the cabin, "Okay, is it night now? I can go for a walk."

"Hello!" the girl called Crowley from behind.

Crowley paused and turned around, "By the way, what's your name?"

The girl showed a surprised expression, hesitated for a moment before answering: "Margaret Pender."

Crowley smiled and said, "Then, Mary, I'll take a step first."

The sea breeze blew over Crowley's cheeks, and the sea looked quiet and comfortable on a night when there was no scorching sun.The red-haired vampire strolled around the deck, enjoying his time quite a bit, except—

"How long do you plan to follow me?" Crowley couldn't help sighing as he watched the orange-haired girl following behind him step by step.

Margaret replied with a natural look: "I have to monitor whether you have told my secret."

Crowley sighed again.Counting the time, he has not eaten for nearly two days, and the desire for blood keeps accumulating, screaming in his mind, "grab the girl in front of me, and tear the blood vessels in her neck."Of course, he could hunt without caring about it, but this place was no different than on land, and Crowley still needed the navy and warships to bring him back to the shore, so it was not a good choice to make too much noise.

"Hmm, Mary?" After thinking for a while, Crowley called out to the girl.

Margaret looked around nervously for a few times, then lowered her voice and said harshly: "Don't call me by my name in front of people!"

"Then can you stop following me?" Crowley said, blinking ambiguously, "Everyone needs a little privacy, or do you and I want to spend the night with me?"

"You!" The girl blushed, turned and left the deck, leaving the sound of footsteps fading away.

Finally heaving a sigh of relief, Crowley walked along the deck in the other direction.He was on a five-masted galleon, and the numerous sailors and sophisticated armament symbolized the strength of the British Royal Navy.It was for this reason that he seemed so unpopular with the crew as a ostensible Frenchman, which gave him a reason to hide in the cabin when the sun was high.

But after night fell and most people returned to the cabin to rest, the deck seemed much empty.However, there will always be someone who sneaks onto the deck in the dead of night, for some ulterior motive.

There was a faint smell of alcohol from a distance, and someone was secretly tasting the wine bar that only belonged to high-level people.Crowley thought, following the smell, the rumbling hunger and thirst in his body had already pushed his patience to the limit.

"Who's there... ah!"

Before he could scream, the neck of the man on the deck was already bitten by Crowley, and he couldn't help sucking the blood he hadn't seen for a long time.Soon the man under the restraint stopped struggling, and dropped his hands powerlessly. He died.Crowley let out a sigh of satisfaction, and threw the man's drained corpse into the sea.

After a "plop", the dark sea covered up all the sins.With the vampire's supernatural eyesight, Crowley could see two other three-masted warships following behind.

It seems that the war with the pirates that Margaret said is inevitable.Crowley has no intention of getting involved in human wars. He has seen too many meaningless wars. Compared with the cannibalism among human beings, killing people for hunting is not worth mentioning.In other words, he has no interest in human wars. Apart from blood, the only thing that can interest him is what Ferid is planning.

According to Mary, the route planned by their merchant ship is also very likely to be hijacked by pirates.Is there any connection between pirates and warships that eliminate pirates?Did Ferid deliberately design this route that is easy to hit pirates, and let himself be rescued by the Royal Navy's fleet under "coincidence"?

Sighing heavily, Crowley didn't know the answer.Maybe Ferid had something he wanted from the pirates or the navy, or maybe he was just teasing himself for the fun of it.In any case, he seemed to be on board the warship for some time to come.

Dark clouds filled the sky, covering the entire sea surface with oppressive gray-black.For the crew of the warship, this may not be a good day, but for the vampires, especially the vampires whose sun protection wristbands have malfunctioned, such cloudy days are undoubtedly a great relief.

However, Crowley did not take this opportunity to step onto the deck to relax his body that had been oppressed by the cramped cabin for a long time.In fact, the entire deck was filled with a chill atmosphere. Under the command of the colonel, the Royal Navy in uniform was nervously and busy sailing the warship to a place not far away.

"We have sailed into the sea area controlled by Neil Quinn, and we should soon encounter the pirates who are coming to fight."

Margaret and Crowley stood together in the channel connecting the deck to the cabin, looking out through the small round window, her pretty face was tense and solemn.

Crowley followed the girl's line of sight. The vampire's eyesight was much better than that of humans, and he quickly caught the faintly visible black shadow behind the thin water vapor.At the same time, the lookout at the height of the mast also yelled: "At 10 o'clock ahead, a suspected enemy ship is found!"

The supreme commander of the warship, Margaret's brother, the colonel, immediately issued an order: "Before identifying the friend or foe of the other party, everyone is on alert!"

However, the other party soon made a judgment for the colonel, and the enemy ship still only faintly appeared in the sight of the Royal Navy, and a few shells had already struck.The long-distance shooting deviated the landing point of the shells, but the waves caused by the heavy objects falling into the sea still made the warship shake.

"Strike back! The whole army fights back!" The several naval warships under attack arranged their formations in a well-trained manner, like a huge pocket waiting for the prey to throw itself into the net.As the faint shadow of the ship gradually enlarged, the colonel raised his head and raised his voice and asked, "Observatory, is the enemy the Nick Quinn's Victory?"

"Yes!" The lookout's answer came quickly from the mast, "There are the Goddess of Victory, the Aurora, and the Santa Maria... There is also a ship that has never been seen before!"

"Is the main force here?" The colonel murmured, "As for the ship that I haven't seen before..."

But Crowley had already recognized the unknown ship first, because it was the three-masted full-sail ship that Ferid pushed him into the sea.Before he had time to think, his body was already moving, he pushed open the hatch and rushed onto the deck.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

Margaret's call was left behind by Crowley.The artillery shells from the navy and the pirates flew through the air with a howling sound, and the tumbling waves and the impact of being hit by the shells made the huge warship shake.Crowley ran to the edge of the ship as if walking on smooth ground, and leaned on the fence to look at the approaching sailboat.

It was there, on the pirate ship called "HMS Victory" by the Royal Navy, that Ferid's familiar and eye-catching long silver hair came into Crowley's eyes.The usual frivolous smile on that gorgeous face made him grind his teeth.

——This time, he must settle accounts with that guy!