Aztec Eternals

In the hot and humid tropical rainforest, the long Congo River flows. In the swaying light sailboat is the dull lower deck. The pungent smell filled the lower deck, all the way to the important storage compartment.

Two capable sailors held their short knives tightly and guarded the door tightly. Their eyes stared at the narrow aisle, but their ears couldn't help but prick up, listening to the movement in the cabin.

The dim candlelight casts a dim shadow, and with the shaking of the ship, it illuminates the storage cabin which is less than ten square meters. The silence in the cabin was terrifying. Four thick men with weapons silently surrounded a new nobleman with a dagger. All hands were on their weapons, and their eyes were alert, staring at other people's hands for a moment. The sound of rushing water came from the bottom of the boat, like the prelude to an explosion.

Bruno tightly grasped the dagger at his waist, held his breath, and was always ready to shout. Sweat rolled down his forehead and wet the eyelashes, making the corners of his eyes ache, but he didn't dare to blink.

The tense confrontation lasted for more than a dozen breaths, and it seemed that another century had passed. Boatswain Diego spoke fiercely and spoke first.

"Bruno, Diogo called you over just now, what did you say?"

Hearing Diego call the captain's name directly, Bruno's heart sank to the bottom of the Congo River.

The ship that goes to sea has the most strict hierarchy. The captain is the marshal who can decide the life and death, and the various chiefs are the officers who control a certain aspect. The boatswain holds the crew, the quartermaster holds the weapons, the cook holds the food stores, and the carpenter is the repairman who can go about the ship unobtrusively. Now, these officers are all gathered here, ignoring the authority of the captain, what does it mean?

Thinking of this, Brunolu remained silent, but clenched the short knife even more tightly.

"Foda-se! I ask you what Diogo said!"

Seeing that Bruno didn't answer, the boatswain Diego took a violent step forward and was about to grab the other party's collar with his hands.

Brunolu gritted his teeth fiercely, drew out the dagger with a "shua", and blocked it in front of him. This sound seemed to be some kind of signal, and the four people present also pulled out their daggers and daggers in a "swish"! While aiming at Brulo, they also distanced themselves from the others, guarding each other.

"Foda-se! Damn it!"

Seeing that the melee was about to break out, Quartermaster Martim finally stopped being silent. He growled and shouted.

"Stop it, stop it! The sailors on the ship were infected by the power of the devil, and almost half of them died. Among the officers, only a few of us survived! Could it be that we have to fight here and die a few more? ?!"

Then, Quartermaster Martim turned his head again and shouted to Boatswain Diego.

"Diego, take two steps back and don't stick to Brulo!"

Boatswain Diego cursed a few words in dissatisfaction, but still took two steps back. The atmosphere in the cabin eased up a little.

Then, Quartermaster Matim looked at the crowd, slowly lowered his weapon, and said in a deep voice.

"I called you here today. I don't have any other ideas. I just want to find a way out for everyone! I'll count one, two, three, everyone put away the weapons in your hands first!"

"good!"

"It makes sense!"

"Listen to you!"

"Don't get hurt by mistake!"

Everyone glanced at each other and nodded in agreement one after another. Quartermaster Mattim shouted in a low voice.

"one,"

"two,"

"three!"

After three beeps, the cabin was eerily quiet. Everyone stared wide-eyed, but no one put away their weapons, including the quartermaster Matim who called out. Everyone fell silent again.

Ivo, the carpenter, is in charge of repairing ships and is an indispensable shipbuilder with the most detached status. He waited for a while, coughed twice, and asked first.

"Cough, cough, Matim, you asked me to come here and said that you want to find a way out for everyone. What is your plan? Let me tell you in advance, I am old and young in Lisbon. If you murder the captain, I will not participate. Of course, I don't remember either."

In the entire cabin, only the carpenter Ivo was qualified to say such a thing. In the stormy sea voyage, the boatman is the life guarantee of the ship and the crew, even more important than the navigator who guides the direction. Therefore, no matter what happens on the ship, it generally does not affect the boatman.

Hearing this, Brunolu heaved a sigh of relief. It seems that the four people in the cabin have not really united.

"Well"

Quartermaster Mattim was speechless for a moment. He glanced at the boatswain who was suppressing his anger, then at the head chef who had never spoken, and sighed helplessly.

"We didn't think about murdering the captain, we just wanted to return! This is the land of the devil, evil forces are everywhere, and will eventually infect us! How can mortals resist this evil? Even the captain is cursed, Can’t come out and walk. We have no way to deal with it, we can only stay away as soon as possible!”

Hearing the response to the curse, Bruno pressed his left hand on his waist silently. There is a bottle of Satanist's potion there, which he obtained by threatening the priests in the village when he slaughtered the tribal village. In the last exploration, he drank the potion of the apostle of Satan, that terrible old woman, and knew that this thing could temporarily resist the attack of the devil. Of course, in order to prevent this depraved behavior from being discovered, the old village priest was immediately beheaded by him.

"Ivo, isn't one of your apprentices also cursed? Under the command of the captain, Diego threw him into the river with his own hands, and then a dozen crocodiles rushed up, tore him up and ate him alive. Tsk tsk, that scene! Do you also want to be cursed, get rashes all over your body, be thrown into the sea screaming, eaten into the belly of a fish, and then pulled out with a splash?"

Listening to Matim's description, everyone shuddered. Haroldo, the round-faced head chef, nodded timidly, speaking for the first time.

"Yes, if we do nothing and let the captain continue eastward, this will be our end!"

Hearing this, the carpenter Ivo's expression changed for a long time, and finally he nodded silently.

Bruno lowered his eyes slightly. At this moment, everyone's position is clear. Quartermaster Martim, Boatswain Diego, and Chef Haroldo, the three of them have been connected in series. And the carpenter Ivo acquiesced to the actions of the three of them. Now, only .

The eyes of the four looked at Brulo again.

"Second Officer Brulo, everyone treats you as their own and pulls you to do things together, but it's because you married the sister of the former boatswain Paul!"

Boatswain Diego took another step forward with a fierce look on his face. He waved the scimitar in his hand, threatening the new nobleman in front of him.

"If you don't understand, I'll kill you and throw you into the river to feed the fish! When I get back to Lisbon, Paul's beautiful sister, let me take care of her, and I promise to make her happy every day!"

Hearing this, Bruno's eyes flashed coldly. He stared at Diego's neck with the same ferocious eyes, and slowly raised the dagger.

"Bruno, everyone is here, the only thing we want to do is to survive. You also know that the captain will definitely not return to the country of John who can't find any bullshit. If we go any further, there is only a dead end waiting for us. One! Can the people of God stay in this devil's land?"

Quartermaster Mattim also stepped forward. He smiled sincerely, but held a dagger in his hand.

"Don't you want to go back to Lisbon safely to meet your beautiful wife? It's been more than a year since the voyage, and your child has been born long ago, and you don't know if it's a boy or a girl? Ah, what a lovely little angel that would be Ah!.Could it be that you want to die here and give your wife and children to some fat pig-like nobleman?"

Speaking of this, Quartermaster Martim paused. He looked at the struggling look on Brunolu's face, and smiled confidently.

"Besides, noble knight Bruno, you are different from us. You have a good father, you have noble blood, and you can be regarded as a human being by noble gentlemen! You have a bright future, so how can you die here? How about we together Do it, leave a sampan for the captain, and let him go to find John Country by himself. Then, everyone will elect you as the captain and return to Lisbon!"

A sampan for a cursed captain in a rainforest hell? How is this different from directly murdering the captain?

Brunolu's expression changed, and his heart swirled like a whirlpool. He hesitated for a long time until all his thoughts were swallowed by the vortex. In the end, only his pregnant wife was left in his mind, and the Virgin's smile on his wife's face.

Brunolu lowered his eyes and lowered the weapon in his hand. The power of the devil has invaded his heart along with the potion he drank.

"Matim, I can participate in your plan. But, I have a request."

Matim raised his brows and smiled brilliantly.

"Brunoru, don't worry, after expelling the captain, you will be our captain!"

"No!"

The noble knight Brunolu firmly refused.

"The respected captain is kind to me, and he is an elder in my family! We can unite and force the captain to return, but we must not harm his life!"

"Yes! This is the most suitable!"

Ivo the carpenter nodded in agreement. Captain Diogo Kang is a royal knight pardoned by the king himself! With so many people on board, if he was murdered and the news leaked out, his family in Lisbon would be completely over.

"I think Brunolu and Ivo are right! As long as we return to the voyage without killing the captain, that would be the best!"

Chef Harold also expressed his opinion.

Three to two, the crowd decided to force the captain to return, but he had to save his life. Matim looked at the group of timid guys, feeling a little annoyed.

What kind of person is the captain? Be a leader like a lion! Even if he is cursed, he is a feeble old lion. A group of wolves murdered a lion, and they still wanted to keep their hands. They were courting death! .However, as long as you talk to everyone and move your hands, when the time comes...

Quartermaster Mattim thought for a moment, smiling. He nodded in agreement. Then, he patted the boatswain Diego on the shoulder, and the other party cursed for a while, and reluctantly agreed.

Quartermaster, bosun, chef, carpenter, second mate. The powerful figures on the five ships finally reached a consensus to "persuade" the captain to return.

Then, Matim took the lead in closing the dagger. he prayed in a low voice.

"Praise be to Our Lady! Bless us to return home!"

"May the Holy Mother bless us!"

Everyone praised at the same time, and they all put away their weapons. The atmosphere in the cabin really calmed down, and soon, whispers of whispers sounded in the cabin.

"Brulo, how is the captain's health?"

"Matim, the honorable captain is blessed by the Holy Mother, and his curse is not serious. Every time I see him, his expression is very calm. He thinks quickly, speaks clearly, and shows no signs of being troubled by the curse."

Hearing that the captain was all right, everyone was a little afraid, and the determination they had just made seemed to be a little shaken.

"Impossible! I have been with the captain for more than ten years, and I know him best."

Quartermaster Matim took a deep look at Bruno Lu, shook his head with a sneer.

"He is just holding on with amazing willpower! With the captain's personality, if he could stand up, he would never sit in the captain's cabin! No matter how many times he went to sea, he would always stand on the bow, and he would stand for a day. .If he can walk, how can I. In short, the former captain was a lion, and now the captain is just a sick cat!"

Bruno was silent for a while without speaking. He knew that the captain must be seriously ill, and the smell of blood could not be hidden from anyone. After a while, Bruno asked.

"Diego, how many people do you have now?"

Boatswain Diego snorted, glanced at Brulo, and then raised his head and said.

"Me, Matim, Harold, the three of us together have more than 20 sailors who are good at fighting, all equipped with scimitars, short swords, and five matchlock guns! If you and Yi Wo's manpower must be more than thirty!"

Bruno fell silent. The flagship's crew will be replenished from other ships, and will probably remain around fifty. Diego has the largest number of deck sailors in his hands and is usually the main force in the boarding battle. The quartermaster needs to guard the weapons and also has some elite sailors. All the soldiers of the Kingdom on the ship stayed in Fort Elmina. In this way, most of the combat forces on the ship were ready to rebel.

"Hey! Dear Captain, it's because you insist on going east that you are betrayed by everyone."

Thinking of this, Bruno took a long breath and asked again.

"Navigation Captain Reynaldo also has a few people under his command. If we persuade the captain, have you tried him?"

"Heh, Reynaldo is the son of a nobleman, how could he get mixed up with us!"

Quartermaster Matim shook his head with a smile, his face full of confidence.

"However, he complained before and was dissatisfied with the captain's arbitrariness. He was afraid of the devil's land and wanted to return a long time ago. In fact, when Haroldo was distributing food, he tested the crew. On the entire ship, only the captain Alone, I want to continue sailing east!"

"Foda-se! I've been dissatisfied with Reynaldo for a long time!"

The boatswain Diego cursed, his eyes flashing fiercely.

"Because I am the son of a nobleman and know some navigation skills, I don't pay attention to my brothers! Foda-se! If he dares to jump out to block, I will cut off his head and press it on the mast to navigate! "

Hearing Diego's harsh words, Bruno frowned. This guy really did it, and did such a thing, but with the head of a native chief. In this cruel era, as the bosun on a ship, only by being vicious enough can he deter the scum of sailors from all over the place.

"The navigator can guide the route. As long as he knows the way, the guys won't do anything to him."

Martim smiled and diverted the topic away. He looked closely at Bruno.

"On this ship, everyone's thoughts are very clear. The only thing I'm worried about is the two ships behind. Brunolu, you have been in charge of contacting the other two ships. How are they doing?"

Bruno pondered for a while, then shook his head.

"The situation of those two ships is not much better than ours. The sailors on the ship kept dying of illness, and their morale was very low. Now there are only more than 70 people left in total. The two noble captains, Pero Anes, Pero Ro da Costa is not good at soothing people, and he has some complaints himself."

"Good! Good! If this is the case, our obstacles are only a few guards around the captain!"

Hearing this, Matim's eyes lit up.

"The power of the devil is invading day and night, we can't wait any longer, we must act as soon as possible!"

At this time, Ivo the carpenter thought of something and asked cautiously.

"There is also a distinguished noble scholar on board, from Bratt Palace. I heard that his family is very prominent, and he is also very important to the king. If we want to 'persuade' the captain, we can't hide it from him! If he tells the king something."

"Foda-se! It's just a young master of noble origin, with thin skin and tender flesh, and he was wrapped so tightly on the boat. Haha! I haven't messed with the noble young master yet, let the brothers have a good time before throwing it into the river Hey crocodile!"

There was an obscene light in Diego's eyes, which made Brunolu feel a little disgusted. Regular ocean-going ships do not carry women, and scum sailors are always male and female, so certain things are more prevalent.

"Ah! How can this work? You can't kill it, you can't kill it. If you kill it, you will be in trouble!"

Ivo the carpenter waved his hands vigorously, looking anxious. He was old and young in Lisbon, but he was not a bachelor like these sailors.

"If you don't kill people, but just shut him up, I have a way."

Everyone looked at the reputation, but it was Haroldo, the head chef who rarely spoke. Harold's eyes flickered, and a strange smile appeared on his fat face.

"any solution?"

"Such a young aristocratic master has never seen strong winds and waves. Just get a handle and hold it in your hand."

"Hehe! He has a strong background, what reason can he hold him back!"

"Ordinary methods really don't work, but what about worshiping the devil?"

There was a sudden silence in the cabin. Bruno's eyes widened, staring at the shy head chef, as if seeing the other's round face clearly for the first time. Quartermaster Mattim raised his brows, looked him up and down, and prayed in a low voice.

"May the Holy Mother forgive us! Harold, please speak carefully"

The sailboat keeps moving forward, looking for the distant holy light; the flowing water rushes backward, sinking into the deep river bottom. The dim candle flickered back and forth, bright for a while, dark for a while. It shines on the faces of the five conspiring, and it falls into the hearts of all, under the protection of the Virgin, in the land of the devil.