Under Feng Bujue’s suggestion, the three players picked up mops and brushes, pretending to help the sailors clean the deck.

During this cleaning process, they each collected some “fragments” of the parasite.

This… Feng Bujue definitely had something planned; the moment he saw the “parasite,” he felt that the other party was related to the Dérívés. So he planned to take some “samples” back and let his Dérívés allies identify them when he had the chance.

As for Honghu and Snow, although they didn't have a clear purpose like Brother Jue, after a brief consideration, they also chose to “take” some. Because they all knew… that corpse fragments of this kind of rare monster, like dragon scales, phoenix eyes, and Kirin teeth, were bound to have some special uses or value. In the later stages of the game, those higher-level summoning, spiritual arts, and mechanical specialization skills would often use such items.

…………

Long when there are books, short when there are none.

Twenty minutes later, the Queen Anne's Revenge set sail again.

At this moment, the sea also began to pick up.

The wind was just right, pushing the Queen Anne's Revenge toward its target course, as if there was a force in the dark helping this group of pirates.

So, someone said, "This is Mr. Edini's spirit protecting us, sending us on our way."

No one objected to this.

People who have spent a long time at sea often become very superstitious, and pirates… are probably the most superstitious group of people.

Their superstition is different from that of ordinary people…

The things that pirates believe in have nothing to do with most proper religions.

Of course, this is also normal—whether it's Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism… In short, as long as the doctrines are considered to guide people to be good, they are not very suitable for pirates.

Just imagine, you believe in a certain religion, and you find that, according to the doctrine… nine out of ten things you do on weekdays will lead to hell, do you still think it's interesting to believe in that thing?

If every religion in this world had its own exclusive hell, then people engaged in the “pirate” profession should be visa-free to any one of them.

Therefore, the "superstitions" of pirates are mostly based on those relatively bizarre myths and legends, voodoo religions, and some nautical tales passed down among sailors.

Among them… there is such a legend…

“The death of every respected old sailor will bring half a day of good luck to the people on this ship.”

No one knows when or from whom this saying spread, but pirates believe in this nonsense…

Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, this kind of baseless and unverifiable nonsense is nothing, but in the eyes of pirates, this kind of saying is more credible than the stories in religious beliefs.

Because… religion originates from lies, and weird tales originate from truth.

…………

The wind was still blowing, and the ship sailed quickly and smoothly.

The atmosphere on the deck returned to normal, as if the previous naval battle and the death of the first mate had never happened.

This is the pirate way; they will never mourn for one person for too long, no matter who he is…

“You bastards—the boxing match is about to begin! Come over here if you want to bet!”

Near dusk, a broken gong voice suddenly shouted like this.

Instantly, the surrounding pirates exploded.

Previously, in the conflict with the Mad Eye Pirates, the players had naturally completed the task of [Boarding an enemy ship in a naval battle and killing at least three enemy sailors] (this task only required one of the three players to board the enemy ship, and the total number of kills of all people added up to more than three to complete), and now, the second side task that needed to be completed on the ship—[Participate in the deck boxing match and defeat the “Viking”], finally appeared in front of them…

After hearing the announcement, Feng Bujue and the others followed the crowd and gathered in an open space in the middle of the deck.

At some point, someone had already used wooden barrels, sacks, and boxes to enclose a space similar to a “boxing ring” here.

“Come, come, come, hurry up if you want to bet. If you're a man, don't dawdle.”

At this moment, the person standing on a box shouting was also someone Brother Jue and the others knew; it was that “hairy brother” with a body like a small cannonball.

The two people behind him who were responsible for collecting money, keeping accounts, and counting money were Godfrey, wearing a blue turban, and “Garlic Head,” the boss of this trio.

During the battle with the Mad Eye Pirates and when besieging the parasite, Feng Bujue took the time to pay attention to the movements of the three… He was surprised to find that these three were very desperate in "external" battles, and their strength was also very strong.

Perhaps for this reason, the cadres on the ship… and Blackbeard, turned a blind eye to the three's behavior of carrying out "gambling" on the ship.

“Anyone else want to bet? It's about to start if there aren't any.”

The trio was very efficient, obviously quite skilled in their business. They finished collecting the bets in about five minutes.

Then, Hairy Brother shouted twice again. After confirming that there were no more bettors, he turned his head and winked at a man standing in the middle of the boxing ring.

That man was the one who had just shouted out the first voice and gathered everyone together.

At the same time, he was also the lead singer who led everyone to sing the sea shanty in the opening CG…

This person looked to be in his forties, wearing a dirty and wrinkled white shirt on his upper body and a red and yellow vest on the outside. He wore a pair of loose, thin black trousers on his lower body. Perhaps because his trousers used to be very expensive, or perhaps because he only had this one pair… In short, his trousers had a lot of patches, and from the rough stitching… it was probably patched by himself.

“Greedy villains! Twice a week, your most anticipated moment has arrived…” After receiving the signal from Hairy Brother, the broken gong voice immediately began his extremely inflammatory opening remarks.

It must be admitted that… this old brother's voice and speaking talent are top-notch; he would definitely have no problem being a professional host.

“Today’s first match, as previously announced, will be presented by two rookies who have only joined the pirate group for a month…”

Before he could finish speaking, the two participating sailors had already “flipped into the arena” from both sides of the “boxing ring.”

These two didn't say much. After entering the arena, they each took off their shirts and immediately provoked each other with facial expressions. It could be said that they instantly entered a “competitive state.”

“Let us welcome…” The broken gong voice also introduced in a timely manner, “‘Bottle Opener’! And… ‘Triceratops’!”