The Warrior of Love

As he was speaking, two figures, one tall and one short, one plump and one thin, one with blond hair and one with white hair, appeared on the top of the tree.

"Here we go, Mary!"

"It's been a while since we've fought side by side. Let's get started together, Annie!"

Chapter 493: They are my dearest friends——

Anne Bonny and Mary Read were real pirates active in the Age of Discovery. One was a gunner specializing in sniping, and the other was a assaulter adept at boarding combat. In that chaotic and crazy era, they were famous for being extremely rare female pirates.

The two are completely opposite in terms of appearance, personality, and abilities, but for some reason they are extremely compatible.

The blonde, super enthusiastic big sister and the silver-haired, flat-chested, cool little loli...the combination of the two is a perfect complement.

If they met a wretched otaku pirate like Blackbeard, they would probably only need a wink to completely sink him.

By the way, although the two of them standing together make Mary look very petite, it is entirely due to the visual contrast. Compared with Anne's "fierce" body, the white-haired loli is indeed pitiful.

In fact, Mary is not the body type of a child. At least her height is taller than a certain Knight King (not necessarily if Aho-ge is counted).

The chest also seems to be bigger than that of a certain Knight King... ahem!

Perhaps because their bond was too strong and they were often mentioned together, the two were not summoned as separate Servants, but appeared together as "One Rider".

Therefore, although they are "one-person" servants, they have two spiritual bases, but their strength will not decrease because of this. In a sense, it is a reinforcement of these two weak Heroic Spirits.

However, although this characteristic enhances strength, it also has a weakness: when one of the two is completely knocked down, the other will also lose his combat effectiveness.

They live and die together, never separate, and are like lovebirds. Although they are not connected by blood, they are one on the soul level - this is the "Twins".

But they can never be called powerful heroes. At most, they are better than phantoms that can barely become servants. As heroic spirits, they don’t even have weapons or legends that are qualified to be sublimated into Noble Phantasms. They are clearly "Riders" but they don’t even have riding Noble Phantasms...

The only one they can rely on is each other, and this has become their only thing that can be called a "treasure".

The two people, with complementary abilities and tacit cooperation, can produce an effect far beyond 1+1 in a chaotic battlefield, and can even suppress opponents who are stronger than themselves.

——However, there is a limit to the combat power gap that can be made up by tacit understanding.

As long as they are not at sea, in any other environment, any first-rate servant can easily defeat them.

But now they are charging towards Ritsuka and the others... Not to mention the monster-level Jiang Liu and the divine servant Tamamono-neko, even the Iron Fist Priest can deal with them!

In this situation... I can only say that Gemini is very courageous.

But courage alone cannot solve the problem. Jiang Liu is now in the spiritual state of having unlocked the first seal. Although he is not as powerful as the main gods like the Lion King and Quetzalcoatl, he is more than capable of being a possessed spirit. The second-rate Gemini are no match for him at all.

The fight between Anne and Mary only lasted for a few seconds, and then they were knocked over by the wind pressure released by Jiang Liu with a slight raise of his hand...

"Damn it... I didn't expect the gap would be so big." Mary looked unwilling.

Bonnie also slumped to the ground, showing a look of giving up: "Gu... Kill, kill me!"

"Ha, you wish. Now that you have fallen into my hands, don't even think about dying a quick death. I will make you regret being born into this world as a woman—"

"elder brother?!"

"Oh, sorry, I was careless." Jiang Liu scratched his head awkwardly, "The sense of déjà vu was too strong, and subconsciously..."

"You are so weak, you don't look like a guardian."

The priest looked down at the two men and asked, "Who is your leader? Where is he? Why did you attack us?"

"You ask too many questions, old man! Do you think I will answer them obediently?"

Blonde Annie tilted her head and said, "We will never betray the big sister!"

"That's right, you guys are here for the big sister's treasure anyway, but don't even think about getting any information from us." Mary also looked steadfast and unyielding.

The brother and sister looked at each other: "Treasure?"

"Why are you pretending to be stupid?" Mary frowned. "When you talk about pirates, you naturally think of treasure. No need to pretend. If you didn't come here for the treasure, how would you find this "Treasure Bay"? "

"One of us must have not understood the situation."

Jiang Liu and the others looked at each other with confused and tangled expressions, staring at each other in bewilderment.

"Miss, do you know where you are?" Jiang Liu asked seriously.

Mary frowned, and Anne tilted her head: "On the island."

"Do you know about prison towers and floor guardians?"

"what is that?"

The pirate twins shook their heads.

"We were on the island after being summoned, and later we met the big sister and became her boatswain, and then we helped her guard the treasure... What is the "prison tower"? There is no lighthouse on this island."

"Weren't you sent by the floor guardians to attack us?"

"We were ordered to drive away all thieves who covet the treasure... But these sailors are probably coming for you. It can't be helped. They haven't seen a man for a long time."

"Ah this..."

Unlike what they imagined, these pirates seemed to be unaware of the prison tower, and they did not attack everyone for this reason, but for the so-called "treasure"... and perhaps also for Jiang Liu's beauty.

"I see... that's probably what's going on."

Ritsuka blinked, and a "truth" gradually formed in his mind.

"The guardian of the fifth floor is the leader of this group of pirates, the "big sister". The treasure she wants to protect is the fragment of the Holy Grail or something else. For this purpose, she recruited the twin pirates - that should be it?"

Not to mention that Tamamo Cat looked confused, Jiang Liu and the priest nodded after listening, agreeing with Ritsuka's speculation, and even Ritsuka himself was very satisfied.

Touching her chin in a good mood, the beautiful girl with long black hair started to exercise her not-so-excellent brain and soon thought of something.

"Pirates, big sister, treasure... If I'm not mistaken, the guardian of this floor should be that heroic spirit."

The imagined figure gradually became clearer, and Ritsuka let out a long sigh.

"Great! Compared to the Pharaoh and the Black King, the Pirate Queen is easy to get along with. Whether it's fighting or negotiating, it will be much easier than the previous few levels."

Drake?

——Jiang Liu could almost guess who the pirate leader was. After all, there were not many female heroes in Type-Moon who could be recognized as the boss by the Gemini.

"Then please take us to find the "Big Sister"!"

"Don't dream, do you think we are——"

"When we get the treasure, I'll give you 20%."

"Did you misunderstand something?"

The white-haired Mary sneered: "Although we are pirates, we are also loyal in our hearts. Even if the big sister only conquered us by force, as long as we are still under her command, we will be loyal to her - at least 30%!"

Chapter 494: Sin of Greed Drake

"Big sister, stop firing, it's us!"

"Yes, big sister, don't attack first."

"It turns out to be you."

Somewhere on the island, a large sailing ship in the style of the Age of Discovery had somehow run aground on land, with its hull leaning against the hillside and anchored, resting diagonally on the high ground.

A majestic figure was standing on the boat, aiming the musket in his hand at the oncoming people. The cannons on the boat were unmanned but inexplicably changed direction and aimed at the enemy along with the muskets.

"Anne, Mary... didn't I ask you to take the sailors on patrol? How come only two of you came back, and there's a group of strangers... Tsk!"

The captain seemed to have understood the cause and effect of the incident, but he still wanted to confirm it with the Gemini.

"Are you guys betraying us? Are you the ones who led the enemy here?!"

"Big sister, please listen to our explanation!"

Anne shook her head frantically and said to her sincerely, "We joined this side despite the humiliation because of you."

"what?"

"The Master here has already said that as long as you give up resistance and cooperate well, there is no need to destroy you, and you can keep 70% of the treasure."

"What? They only want 30% of the treasure?"

"Oh no, they don't want the treasure. The thirty percent belongs to Mary and me."

"Uh..." The captain's expression suddenly twisted: "Damn it, you actually betrayed me, have your consciences been eaten by dogs?"

After finding the floor guardian's lair, which was also the treasure trove that the other party tried every means to protect, the "big sister" of the female pirates was naturally extremely angry, but this anger was not directly directed at Jiang Liu and Ritsuka.

"Anne! Mary! I entrusted such an important responsibility to you two because I trusted you, and this is how you repay me?"

The guardian of the fifth floor, who is also the owner of this island, had a face that was familiar to Ritsuka as expected.

--Francis Drake.

She wore a men's shirt with a sense of the times inside, and a red dress similar to a navy uniform outside, as if to fit the image of a "pirate". There was a very eye-catching scar on her face, which made her look a bit more fierce for no reason.

But even with these negative factors, she is still an extremely attractive woman.

First of all, there is her beauty that cannot be concealed even by scars, then there is her fiery figure that can surpass most women, and finally there is her bold temperament that has been honed on the sea. These combined together have created a beautiful woman in men's clothing who makes a deep impression on people.

However, this beauty in men's clothing looked like she was not easy to mess with... The betrayal of the pirate twins made her feel extremely bad.

"Sorry, big sis."

Anne Bonny seemed very guilty, but she quickly found an excuse for herself.

"But we are not willing to betray you just because we want to. We did fight with all our might, but if they really can't beat us, what else can we do..."

"Yes, although you are kind to us, there is no need for us to sacrifice our lives, right?" Mary shook her head. "We have finally got a second chance at life, and we haven't enjoyed it enough."

"Moreover, from the beginning we did intend to stick to it and never betray the big sister."

Anne took a deep breath, turned her face away, and her tone became shy.

"But...but..."

Seeing her indecisive look, Drake felt unhappy and asked loudly: "But what?!"

“But they gave too much!”

——Anne and Mary said in unison.

"I shouldn't have expected a pirate to have a conscience."

Drake sighed helplessly: "Well, after all, I am not your Master. I am just a friend of yours through a fight. You really have no obligation to be loyal to me... Forget about betraying me."

"Oh, you are worthy of being the big sister!"

“It’s really shameful…”

"Don't be too happy too soon."

Looking at the reactions of the pirate twins, Drake narrowed his eyes and his expression turned cold.

"Although I will not pursue the matter of betraying me, you exposed my lair and led the enemy here... We will slowly settle this account later!"

"Well……"

Putting aside the conflicted twin pirates, Drake stood at the bow and looked down at the Chaldea team. When he saw Tamamo Cat and the priest, he just sneered slightly, and was slightly surprised when he saw Ritsuka. Finally, he focused on Jiang Liu——

"hiss!"

This adventurer, who had traveled all over the world and was used to seeing storms, looked as if he had encountered Leviathan during his voyage.

"Hey, hey, hey, this is too much! It's just some gold, there's no need for such a monster to appear, right?"

"Don't make people sound like they are some terrible monster."

Jiang Liu raised his head and looked at Drake calmly: "It's tiring to talk with your head tilted up. Just give me a definite answer whether or not to fight."

"Fight! Why not fight!"

The captain gritted his teeth, a faint black aura emanated from his body, and he said viciously: "This is my treasure, no one can take it away!"

Jiang Liu narrowed his eyes, glanced at her lightly, and understood.

“Is it the original sin of greed?”

Drake was once called the "Devil of the Sea". Although he is mainly portrayed as a navigator and adventurer, he is also a great pirate "officially certified" by the Queen of England.

In the process of the rise of the British Empire, Drake's defeat of the Spanish Armada can be said to be a landmark event. From then on, Britain embarked on the path of plunder, colonization and expansion.

From this perspective, she is indeed quite suitable to bear the original sin of "greed".