This news is considered bad news, but the situation that follows is even worse. Because of being expelled, half of the remaining crew members decided to leave the Explorer.
According to the rules, expulsion will only expel the captain and important crew members on the ship, such as the first mate, the second mate, the boatswain, etc. Ordinary sailors are generally not within the scope of expulsion. Most sailors are unwilling to leave the familiar Pearl Island and choose to leave the Explorer.
When the existing crew left, there were only less than 20 people willing to follow the Explorer, which had a total of 50 or 60 people. These were all the old people who had always followed their father.
It is not easy for less than 20 people to start a large ship over 50 meters long. In addition to the dangers at sea, they must add more crew members, otherwise there will not be enough combatants.
This can only be recruited at the sailor bar. Although most sailors are not willing to follow an expelled ship, if they are promised huge benefits, there are still many who are willing to do so.
The old captain looked at Lin Xiao and said,
"This task is for you. You can recruit 20 sailors at twice the market price."
The first mate Mal, the one-eyed man, said,
"Dad, this task is more suitable for me than Carl. I have many acquaintances in the sailor bar and can find better skilled sailors."
The old man said to him unmoved,
"I need you to buy more supplies."
Mal stood there with an ugly face. Everyone else looked at them. Those who knew them well knew that this was not just a task, but the old captain was designating a successor.
Normally, the captain would recruit sailors himself, or let the captain's son or heir do it, because it was related to the captain's control over the ship. If the people on the ship were not recruited by the captain, but by other subordinates, who would they listen to in the future when conflicts arise?
In the past, the captain had always recruited by himself, but this time he gave it to Lin Xiao to recruit. This was obviously asking him to recruit his own team, and the message was very clear.
The old captain has no offspring. If he quits his job in the future, the ship will definitely be passed down. Normally, the first mate Mal has the best chance. He has always regarded himself as the captain's successor. He had opinions about the second mate Carl before. Lin Xiao remembered that when he woke up before, he had the idea of killing him.
Mal didn't move, and the old captain was not too surprised. After a moment of silence, he suddenly laughed, and his eyes swept across all the old people present, saying:
"In this case, I will announce a news now. From now on, little Carl will be the new captain of the Explorer. I will go out to sea with you again. If he is competent, I will go ashore to rest next time."
"I don't accept it!"
Mal asked angrily:
"He can't do anything, and he is not as strong as me. Why choose him?"
The old captain replied calmly:
"If you don't know, you can learn, and you can slowly master the strength, but carefulness, caution, patience, and kindness are natural qualities that cannot be learned. Your personality is not suitable for being a captain."
"I don't accept it! I want to challenge you!"
Mal pointed at Lin Xiao with anger on his face.
The old captain shook his head and was about to stop him, but Lin Xiao took the initiative to say:
"If you think I am not strong enough and you are not convinced, then I agree to your challenge."
The old captain and other crew members looked at him in surprise. He smiled and said:
"I agree to challenge him and make him convinced."
The old captain looked at him deeply and nodded slowly.
The two quickly came outside the house. Mal took out two fine steel scimitars from the weapon rack beside the yard, while Lin Xiao was bare-handed.
The two sides stood still, and he clasped his fists to signal. Mal's body quickly expanded a circle, and his clothes were bulging with muscles. He pounced on him with deep footprints.
Most of the monster flesh and blood that the blood source warriors first merged were of this type that enhanced physical fitness and strength. This type was the easiest to improve survivability and combat effectiveness. In the small terrain on the ship, it was difficult to deploy speed.
Lin Xiao watched Mal rushing in front of him, grinning, and his body quickly expanded. Soon, in Mal's shock, he turned into a muscular giant five meters tall, and swung his fist that was also as big as a round table and smashed it down.
"Boom!"
The gravel flew, the ground shook, and the ground in the courtyard shook violently.
No weapons were needed. The fist as big as a round table smashed down like a battering ram. One punch could leave a fist mark half a meter deep on the hard ground. Mal didn't even dare to block the terrifying might. He punched
ten times in a row, and Mal was forced to the door in one breath before stopping.
Standing at the threshold, his face was red, angry and furious. After a while, he threw the two swords in his hands to the ground and turned around and left.
There was a commotion in the house, and five or six of Mal's loyal men followed him.
It was basically impossible to come back after leaving, and he had no face to come back.
He hadn't recruited anyone yet, and suddenly a few more people were missing. With Lin Xiao and the old captain, there were only fourteen people left. The Explorer was almost ruined.
But it was better for them to leave. They were all unstable elements. If they didn't leave now, it would be a trouble in the future.
He didn't need to worry about the things here. The old captain asked him to continue recruiting sailors.
Sailor Bar does not refer to a bar gathered in the water, but a bar street. It is not just sailors who hang out there, but also other crew members, such as navigators, cooks, doctors, gunners, engineers, etc.
The shops on the street are not all bars, there are also various shops, including weapons and armor shops.
He brought two senior sailors, one named David and the other named Bobby, to Sailor Street. The street was full of sailors or people related to shipping. Many drunks fell on the roadside and no one paid attention to them.
The two senior sailors often hang out on Sailor Street. They took him to a bar called Guns. The door was small, but there was a different world inside. There was a lot of space. As soon as Lin Xiao entered the door, he saw a man with a cold breath coming towards him and a group of men preparing to go out. The two stopped at the door at the same time. After a few seconds, the man showed a strange expression at the corner of his mouth and slowly stepped back to make way.
"Hint: The son of nightmare has been found!"
Lin Xiao entered the bar with a blank expression. After more than ten seconds, he turned around and saw two big men standing at the door. They were the younger brothers of the man just now.
He lowered his voice and asked David and Bobby:
"Is there a back door here?"
The two were stunned and turned back subconsciously.
"Don't look back, go now."
The two nodded quickly, and David took the lead:
"Follow me."
The two pretended to enter the bar, and soon found that the two followed them. This was an open tracking, so they did not hide and sped up. A whistle whistled from behind, and they notified people.
David was very familiar with this, and soon came to the back door of the bar. As soon as he opened the door, he saw several people coming around from the other side. Seeing them with guns raised, he shot. Lin Xiao grabbed a piece of waste brick, crushed it and threw it out, hitting the three people and making them fall on their backs.
But the gunshot attracted the attention of the other party. Lin Xiao's ears moved slightly, and he heard very fast footsteps approaching this side. After thinking for a second, he said to David and Bobby:
"You two go back, I will lead them away."
After that, he rushed to the other side of the alley without waiting for them to reply. David and Bobby were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and ran to the other side.
Soon the pursuers arrived, and the leader was the man with a cold breath. He glanced left and right and chased in the direction where Lin Xiao ran.
Fortunately, Lin Xiao had lived in Pearl Island for five years and was quite familiar with the place. He did not run into a dead end all the way, but the cold breath behind him had been following him and he had not lost him, which meant that the other party was also familiar with Pearl Island.
Both parties were very familiar with Pearl Island, which meant that they were active on this island before, but they had never met before. Lin Xiao guessed that it was because he had not awakened before. At that time, even if he saw him face to face, he should be a native in the eyes of others. Now that he has awakened and awakened the system, he will be recognized by them.
In his prompts, the man was a nightmare descender, and he didn't know what he was chasing so relentlessly in the prompts of the nightmare son. He
ran out of several streets in one breath, not only did he not get rid of him, but the distance was getting closer and closer. The nightmare son was faster than him, but the other party's men did not catch up.
Lin Xiao ran for a while and then had an idea, and ran to the edge of the island.
Since he couldn't get rid of him, he might as well kill him.
Seeing this, the man just sneered and followed him, which made Lin Xiao's heart skip a beat, and he felt that he had made a stupid decision.
But now the matter was done, and they could only run to the end.
Soon they arrived at the edge of the island. There were no houses around the edge of the island. There was only a high wall surrounding the entire island. There were patrol guards on the wall. The two of them crossed the wall one after the other. The patrol guards didn't care. For the guards, as long as it wasn't a sea monster, nothing else mattered. After
landing on a flat beach, Lin Xiao turned around and looked at the newcomer. He slowly pulled out the fine steel scimitar from his waist, and his body quickly expanded into a five-meter-tall giant with exaggerated muscles.
At this time, no one knew what time it was. It was pitch black everywhere. The black sea water rushed onto the beach and then retreated with the sea breeze. The sea water was icy cold.
The son of nightmare walked slowly, his body grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and soon became a giant nearly four meters tall. Sharp bone spurs slowly emerged from his body and pierced his clothes. His face gradually turned blue, and his muscles began to change into hard bones.
Several long bone spurs extended from the back of his head, nearly a meter long, forming a semicircular bone ring like a fan. Black flames burned out of thin air to form a black fire ring.
"What a strange power!"
The Nightmare Son, who showed his true form, said nothing nonsense. He raised his arms and put his palms together. A ball of faint light lit up in his palms. As his hands pulled, the faint light quickly expanded into a ring, and soon turned into a ring of burning black flames and rushed towards Lin Xiao. The
inside of the black flame ring was black and transparent, and a strong attraction came. The attraction was so great that Lin Xiao almost lost his balance for a moment. He paused and sank into the sand before he stabilized.
The Nightmare Son pulled out a bone spur from the fan-shaped bone ring behind him and threw it fiercely. Lin Xiao swung the scimitar in his hand, sparks flashed, and cut the bone spur, but it made his hand holding the knife numb.
(End of this chapter)