Chapter 2312 - 1637: Yes! Do It Immediately! Do It as Soon as We Reach Shore!

The dawn light rose from the East, illuminating the vast Caribbean Sea and also the Taino Island. Two Clark Galleons were anchored in the outer bay, their hulls towering like floating fortresses. The huge masts and rigging were faintly visible in the dawn, resembling the bone spines of a sea monster.

On the deck of the large ships, torches were still lit as armed sailors busily, under the "protection" of the mercenaries, skillfully loaded the firearms that gleamed with a cold light. And the mouths of those cannons were all aimed at the coast, aimed at the barbaric warriors on the shore.

Compared to such enormous ships, the one hundred and sixty Kingdom's Warriors on the shore seemed like dark green beetles, only able to gaze from hundreds of steps away. They could do nothing else but wait patiently. Then, under the watchful gaze of Warrior Captain Kepili, with his attentive anticipation, the change on the large ships finally happened abruptly! The Shenluo mercenaries finally drew their weapons!

"Ah?!"

A sudden sharp blade pierced the vital parts of the body, bringing a chill deep into the lungs! Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Captain Baltasar spun around abruptly, his eyes wide open in disbelief, staring at Reinhardt's fierce face!

"You! You...you...uh!..."

Mercenary Captain Reinhardt coldly smiled and twisted the sharp blade in his hand abruptly! The shock on Baltasar's face rapidly transformed into intense pain from within. In just a breath, this stern and steadfast veteran captain, who had endured Holy Wars, reached the brink of death! Then, the blade was violently pulled out, and the veteran captain fell limply to the ground, his Captain's hat falling into the pool of his own blood!

"Almighty! Reinhardt! What are you doing?!"

Deputy Commander Antonio was horrified beyond control, emitting an uncontrollable scream! However, more screams of agony echoed from the Saint Paul, then from the Holy Light!

"Ah! Killing! The mercenaries are killing! Uh..."

"No, don't kill me! Gasp gasp!"

"Why?..."

On the two ships, fifty-two Shenluo mercenaries suddenly erupted! They started at key places on the deck, killing and injuring twenty Castilian Sailors in almost an instant! The total number of sailors on these two ships was only about thirty per ship, totaling sixty! Until the first unexpected savage onslaught was over, a third of the sailors were dead, and the deck was filled with wails and screams, blood flowing everywhere...the mercenaries then laughed loudly and shouted sinisterly.

"Haha! Enough of the rubbish! Kneel down, throw down your scimitars and kneel! Otherwise, it's death!"

"Did you all hear?! I order you to throw down your weapons, kneel down and surrender! All get to that corner and kneel!!"

"Hmm? Dare to resist? Damn it! Watch me not cut you down!"

The Shenluo mercenaries, clad in armor and wielding sharp swords, were covered in blood! In the dictionary of the mercenaries, there was no mercy, only money, money, and more money! Even when dealing with sailors who were fellow Cross believers and members of the expeditionary army, there was no quarter given once the fight began!

"Damn it! What are you doing? What are you doing? Don't you want to return to the Kingdom of Castile? If you do this, once back in the Kingdom, the military judge will have you beheaded...uh!!"

On the Holy Light, the young Captain Lorres drew his officer's sword, fighting two mercenaries while loudly scolding! However, the opponent's armor was a barrier his sharp rapier couldn't penetrate! These seasoned and ruthless Shenluo mercenaries would not give him the chance for a one-on-one duel. Soon, six or seven mercenaries charged together, lashing out with shields and longswords, and within moments they slit Captain Lorres's arm, knocked away the noble captain's weapon, and pinned him to the deck!

"Betrayal! This is betrayal! Betrayal of the Almighty, the Kingdom, and the Queen, leads only to one path...uh! Ooh! Ooh!..."

"Haha! Tie him up! Tie up this noisy fellow! Yes, like this, stuff a rag in his mouth!"

The Shenluo mercenaries laughed roughly, slapped Lorres a few times, and tied him up like a zongzi. The short skirmish on the deck of the Holy Light had already concluded with victory! Half of the thirty sailors were either killed or injured, and the other half knelt, begging for mercy, their faces full of panic and fear, and incomprehensible despair and hopelessness!

Almighty! The barbarians have swept clean the strongholds on the entire island, killing all the Holy War Veterans, threatening the life and death of everyone! And at such a critical time, for the Shenluo mercenaries, no matter how rude or foolish they were, to initiate an internal conflict was absolutely wrong! With such brutality, killing sailors, who would help them sail the ships away from this island, and even return to Europe? This was purely courting their own doom!

"Reinhardt, stop, make your men stop now! What do you want? What exactly do you want? We can discuss, discuss it properly!"

"Do you want more salary? Or a direct return to Europe? All can be discussed! At least, we should leave here first, leave these barbarically dangerous Cipangu Barbarian Tribe! We are like codfish in the same net!"

On the Saint Paul, Deputy Commander Antonio fled swiftly, immediately escaping to the captain's cabin, holding on in that confined space! However, soon enough, the sailors on the ship were either dead or wounded, all controlled by the mercenaries. And Mercenary Captain Reinhardt chuckled, holding a longsword, standing in front of the captain's cabin, smilingly speaking to Antonio.