Chapter 355: The End of 1485 AD, Conspiracy in the Cabin

In the hot and humid tropical rain forest, there is the long Congo River flowing. Inside the swaying light sailing ship was the dull lower deck. The pungent smell permeated the lower deck and extended all the way to the important storage compartment.

Two capable sailors held their daggers tightly and guarded the door. Their eyes were fixed on the narrow passage, but their ears could not help but perk up, listening to the movements in the cabin.

The weak candlelight casts a dim shadow, illuminating the storage cabin of less than ten square meters along with the rocking hull. The cabin was eerily quiet as four sturdy men with weapons silently surrounded a newly minted nobleman carrying a short sword. Everyone's hands were on their weapons, their eyes alert, staring at other people's hands for a moment. The sound of rushing water came from the bottom of the boat, like a prelude to an explosion.

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

The tense confrontation lasted for more than ten breaths, and it seemed like a century had passed. Boatswain Diego, with a fierce face, spoke first.

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

Hearing Diego call the captain by his first name, Bruno's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the Congo River.

The hierarchy on the ships going out to sea is the most strict. The captain is the marshal who can decide life and death, and the various pursers are officers who control certain aspects. The boatswain controls a large group of sailors, the quartermaster controls a large number of weapons, the chief cook controls stored food, and the carpenter is a repairman who can go anywhere in the ship unobtrusively. Now, what does it mean that these officers are all here, ignoring the captain's authority?

Thinking of this, Bunoru remained silent and just tightened his grip on the dagger.

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

Seeing that Bruno didn't answer, Boatswain Diego stepped forward angrily and tried to grab the other man's collar with his hands.

Bunoru gritted his teeth, pulled out the short knife with a "swish" sound, and held 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! While they were aiming at Brulo, they also distanced themselves from the others and were on guard against each other.

"Foda-se! Damn it!"

Seeing that the melee was about to break out, quartermaster Mattim 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. Almost half of them died. Among the officers, only a few of us survived! Are we going to have another fight here and a few more die? ?!"

Then, Quartermaster Matim 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 times in dissatisfaction, but still took two steps back. The atmosphere in the cabin calmed down a bit.

Then, Quartermaster Mattim looked at everyone, slowly lowered his weapon, and said in a deep voice.

"I called you here today. I have no other ideas. I just want to help everyone find a way to survive together! I will count one, two, and three. Everyone put away their weapons first!"

"good!"

"That makes sense!"

"Listen to you!"

"Don't get hurt by mistake!"

Everyone looked at each other a few times and nodded in agreement. Quartermaster Mattim shouted in a low voice.

"one,"

"two,"

"three!"

After three blasts, the cabin became eerily quiet. Everyone was staring at each other, but no one put away their weapons, including the quartermaster Mattim who was shouting. Everyone fell silent again.

The carpenter Ivo is responsible for repairing the ship. He is an indispensable shipwright with the most transcendent status. He waited for a while, coughed twice, and asked first.

"Ahem, ahem, Mattim, you came to me and said you wanted to find a way for everyone to survive. What exactly is your plan? Let me tell you in advance that I have an old and a young child in Lisbon. If you murder the captain, I will not participate. Of course, I won’t remember either.”

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

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

"Well"

Quartermaster Mattim was speechless for a moment. He looked at the boatswain who was suppressing his anger, and then at the chef who remained silent, and sighed helplessly.

"We have never thought about murdering the captain, we just want to return! This is the land of the devil. The power of evil is everywhere and will eventually infect us! How can mortals resist this evil? Even the captain has been cursed. We can’t go out and walk. We have no choice but to stay away as soon as possible!”

In response to the curse, Bruno placed his left hand on his waist silently. There was a bottle of Satanist potion there, which he got by threatening the priests in the village when he was massacring tribal villages. During the last exploration, he drank the potion of the Satanic Apostle, that scary old woman, and knew that this thing could temporarily resist the invasion 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 captain's order, Diego threw him into the river with his own hands, and then more than a dozen crocodiles pounced on him and tore him alive. .Tsk tsk, what a scene! Do you also want to be cursed, covered in rashes, thrown into the sea wailing, eaten into the fish's belly, and then pulled out with a splash? "

Listening to Mattim's description, everyone shuddered. Haroldo, the round-faced chef, nodded cringingly and spoke for the first time.

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

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

Bruno lowered his eyes slightly. By this moment, everyone's position was clear. Quartermaster Martim, Boatswain Diego, and Chef Haroldo, the three of them have been linked together. The carpenter Ivo acquiesced in the three people's actions. Now, only .

The eyes of the four people looked at Brulo again.

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

Bosun Diego looked fierce and took another step forward. He waved the scimitar in his hand, threatening the new nobles in front of him.

"If you don't understand, I will kill you right now and throw you into the river to feed the fish! When we return to Lisbon, I will take care of Paul's beautiful sister, and I will make sure to make her happy every day!"

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

"Bruno, everyone is gathered here just to survive. You also know that if you can't find any nonsense in John's country, the captain will definitely not return. And if we go further, there is only death waiting for us. Ichi! Can the people of God stay in this devil’s land?”

Quartermaster Mattim also stepped forward. He had a sincere smile on his face, but he was holding a dagger in his hand.

"Don't you want to return to Lisbon safely and meet your beautiful wife? It has been more than a year since the voyage, and your child has been born long ago, and you don't know whether it is a boy or a girl? Ah, what a cute little angel that will be. Yeah! Do you want to die here and give your wife and children to some fat pig-like noble man? "

Speaking of this, Quartermaster Mattim paused. He looked at the struggling look on Bunoru'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 respected by noble gentlemen! You have a bright future, how can you die here? Why don't we come together? Go ahead and leave a sampan for the captain to find John. Then everyone will elect you to be the captain and return to Lisbon!"

Giving a cursed captain a sampan in a hellish rainforest? How is this different from directly murdering the captain?

Bunoru's expression changed, and his heart surged and swirled like a whirlpool. He hesitated for a long time until all his thoughts were swallowed up by the whirlpool. In the end, all he could think of was his pregnant wife and the Virgin-like smile on his wife's face.

Bunoru 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.

"Mattim, I can participate in your plan. However, I have a request."

Mattim raised his eyebrows and smiled brightly.

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

"No!"

The noble knight Bunoru firmly refused.

"The respected captain is kind to me, and he is an elder in my clan! 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! There were so many people on the ship. If they really planned to kill him and leaked the news, his family in Lisbon would be completely ruined.

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

Chef Haroldo also expressed his opinion.

With a score of three to two, everyone decided to force the captain to return, but they had to spare his life. Mattim looked at these timid guys and felt a little annoyed.

What kind of person is the captain? A leader like a lion! Even if he is cursed, he is still a frail old lion. A group of jackals plotted to kill a lion, but they still wanted to hold back. They were simply seeking death! .However, as long as people are persuaded and moved, when the time comes.

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

Quartermaster, Boatswain, Chief Cook, Carpenter, Second Mate. The five powerful people on the ship finally reached a consensus to "persuade" the captain to return.

Then, Mattim took the lead in sheathing the dagger. He prayed quietly.

"Praise the Holy Mother! Bless us to return to our hometown!"

"May Our Lady protect us!"

Everyone praised at the same time and put away their weapons. The atmosphere in the cabin really relaxed, and soon, whispers began to sound in the cabin.

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

"Mattim, the respected captain is blessed by the Virgin, and his curse is not serious. Every time I see him, his expression is very calm. He thinks quickly, speaks clearly, and shows no sign of being troubled by the curse."

Everyone was a little frightened when they heard that everything was fine with the captain, and the determination they had just made seemed to be wavering.

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

Quartermaster Mattim took a deep look at Bunoru, sneered and shook his head.

"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! How many times he went to sea, he always stood on the bow of the ship, and he stood there for a whole day . If he can move, how can I? In short, the former captain was a lion, and the current captain is just a sick cat!"

Bruno was silent for a while and said nothing. He knew that the captain must be very ill, and the smell of blood could not be hidden from anyone. After a while, Bruno asked.

"Diego, how many people do you have on your hands now?"

Boatswain Diego snorted, glanced at Brulo, and then said with his head held high.

"Martim, Haroldo, and I, together, have more than twenty skilled sailors, equipped with scimitars, short swords, and five matchlock guns! If we add you and I Wo’s manpower must be over thirty!”

Bruno was silent in thought. The crew of the flagship will be replenished from other ships and will probably remain at about fifty people. Diego holds the largest number of deck sailors and is usually the main force in boarding battles. The Quartermaster was required to guard the weapons and also had some elite sailors at his command. The Kingdom soldiers on the ship stayed at Fort Elmina. In this way, most of the combat forces on the ship were ready to rebel.

"Hey! Dear captain, it's because of your insistence on heading east that everyone betrayed you."

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

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

"Oh, Reynaldo is the son of a nobleman, how could he hang out with us!"

Quartermaster Mattim smiled and shook his head, his face full of confidence.

"But he had complained before and was dissatisfied with the captain's tyranny. He was afraid of the devil's land and wanted to return a long time ago. In fact, Haroldo tested the crew when distributing food. The captain was the only one on the whole ship. A man wants to continue sailing eastward!"

"Foda-se! I have long been dissatisfied with this guy Renaldo!"

Boatswain Diego cursed, his eyes flashing fiercely.

"Because I am the son of a nobleman and know some navigation skills, I will not take my brothers seriously! Foda-se! If he dares to jump out to stop me, I will cut off his head and put it on the mast to navigate! "

Bruno frowned when he heard Diego's harsh words. This guy can indeed do it and has done it, but he just used the head of a native chief. In this cruel era, as a bosun on a ship, only by being fierce enough can he frighten the scum of sailors from all over the world.

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

Mattim smiled and changed the subject. He looked closely at Bruno.

"Everyone on this ship has a very clear mind. The only thing I'm worried about is the two ships at the back. Bunoru, you have been responsible for contacting the other two ships. How are they doing?"

Bruno pondered for a while and shook his head.

"The situation of those two ships is not much better than ours. The sailors on the ship continue to die of illness, and their morale is very low. Now there are only more than seventy people left in total. The two noble captains, Perro Anais and Pero Luo da Costa is not good at appeasing people, and he also has some complaints. "

"Okay! Okay! If this is the case, our only obstacle will be a few guards around the captain!"

Hearing this, Mattim's eyes lit up.

"The devil's power is invading day and night. We can't wait any longer and must take action as soon as possible!"

At this time, carpenter Ivo remembered something and asked cautiously.

"There is also a distinguished noble scholar on board, from the Brat Palace. I heard that his family is very prominent and he is very valued by the king. We want to 'persuad' the captain, but we can't hide it from him! If he tells the king Something."

"Foda-se! He's just a young man from a noble family, with thin skin and tender flesh, and he was wrapped up so tightly on the boat. Haha! I haven't done anything to the noble young man yet. Let the brothers feel good first, and then throw them into the river. Just feed the crocodiles!”

Diego's eyes glowed with an evil light, which made Buonolu feel disgusted. Regular ocean-going ships do not carry women. Scumbag sailors have always been indifferent to men and women, so certain things are more prevalent.

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

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

"If I don't kill him, but just shut him up, I have an idea."

Everyone heard the news and went out, but it was Haroldo, the chef who rarely spoke. Haroldo's eyes flickered, and a strange smile appeared on his fat face.

"any solution?"

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

"Haha! He has a strong background, what leverage can he use to blackmail him!"

"It's true that ordinary methods don't work, but what about worshiping the devil?"

There was a sudden silence in the cabin. Bruno stared at the always shrinking chef with wide eyes, as if he could see the other person's round face clearly for the first time. Quartermaster Mattim raised his brows, looked at the other person up and down, and then prayed in a low voice.

"May Our Lady forgive us! Haroldo, tell us in detail"

The sailboat kept moving forward, looking for the distant holy light; the water rushed backward, sinking into the deep river bottom. The dim candlelight swayed back and forth, sometimes bright, sometimes dark. It shone on the faces of the five conspirators and also fell into the hearts of everyone, under the protection of the Virgin Mary, in the land of the devil.