By the heart, because of its unproductive nature, this small island belonging to pirates presents Lorraine with a unique sense of comfort in coexisting harmoniously between man and nature.

Following the forest, the path was deep and twisting for dozens of minutes, Lorraine's eyes suddenly became clear.

This is a clear small lake. Along the lake, there are scattered and messy simple wooden buildings, surrounded by the largest, most standardized and tidy dome houses in the middle, which makes people distinguish the primary and secondary at a glance, and by the way, it also comes with the majesty and holiness that a building of this size originally could not possess.

And it was unexpectedly lively here.

People gathered next to each wooden building, men, women, drunken men, drunken men, drunken men, drunken men...

Singing, dancing, fighting, and in broad daylight at the lake...

The small clearing in the forest was filled with all kinds of unrestrained sounds, and with the winding of the streets, it did not penetrate the forest at all.

A magical place...

Lorraine looked at the freshness curiously and saw a tall and heroic young man waving his hand from afar, showing his long sword on his waist and a short gun hidden under his windbreaker as he ran.

"Rise the gun! Stop!"

Thirty spears were aimed at them all.

The naturally mature young man was so scared that his face was pale and he raised his hand and swayed repeatedly.

"Hey, brother, let your sailors relax! This is Tortuga. In addition to the duel hosted by the Brotherhood, private fights are prohibited, and firearms are not allowed!"

"Batow, ask everyone to put down their guns." Lorraine smiled and was as good as the stream of goodness. "The gun in his arms did not suppress the hammer, and it was not a threat to Henna and me just by the words of a mere sword."

The touching good words must be bad, but fortunately the effect is good. The gunmen raised the barrels on the ground in an orderly manner, and the movements were so neat that the young people were illuminated.

"Brother, your sailors don't look like free pirates."

"It's true that we are privateers."

"Private?"

The young man exclaimed, but his face was like this.

"The noble privateers in recent years are increasingly reluctant to get involved with the lowly pirates."

"Is that right?" Lorraine maintained a gentle smile, "Does the Sea Brotherhood no longer recognize the skeleton flag on the mast tip of the privateer?"

"That's not what we do. We are in the same way even if our ideas are different, we are still the same in lifestyle." The young man thought for a while and added, "at most we focus on different points."

"I like your focus differently." Lorraine stretched out her hand, "Kingston Drake Chamber of Commerce, Lorraine Drake."

"Bellamy III Leonardo, according to the traditional pirate law, I discarded my last name."

The two big hands were held tightly together.

Feeling the power from his palm, Lorraine carefully looked at the sunshine in front of her for the first time, and there was a little mature young man.

He is about 190 cm tall, with long limbs, huge hands and feet. His eye sockets are slightly sunken and his brow bones are protruding, which makes his facial features clearly and firm.

He had a big mouth, and the corners of his mouth were wider than ordinary people, and he smiled and showed his white teeth.

This big mouth, like huge hands and feet, has become a strange feature of his body, leaving a deep impression on people, just like a human-shaped shark.

He is Bellamy III...

One of the six pirate kings who are alive in the world inherited the surname and title of the famous sea Robin Hood in history, but judging from the name and appearance, he seems to be a Hispanic young man.

Lorraine looked at Bellamy, and her smile gradually became a touch of intriguing feeling.

"Tortuga is worthy of being a pirate's holy place. Unexpectedly, I am actually worthy of a pirate king's personal greeting."

"You seem to have misunderstood something, brother!" Bellamy retreated his hand in a panic, and was still the gesture of self-explanation. "No, your communication should not like the slightest provocation of brothers. What should I call you? Sir? Friend?"

"Just call Drake, Lorraine doesn't matter."

"Then Lorraine." Bellamy happily accepted Lorraine's suggestion, "Lorraine, I am not approaching you with a purpose. Our encounter is just a coincidence. I am just curious why someone will enter Tortuga from the blood of the exile deceased."

"Exile..." Lorraine looked behind her in another place, "Isn't this a big road?"

Bellamy laughed: "It's your first time to come to Turtle Island. When you landed on the island from the south bank, don't you think this island is too deserted?"

"It seems...it's true."

"You should find a guide, or take a walk around the island and find that the North and South banks are two completely different worlds."

Bellamy happily patted Lorraine's arm and re-introduced: "This is Tortuga, which is not only a holy place for the pirates, but also a prosperous black port."

"The jungle where you are standing is called the crown oasis by the pirates, and it is the most sacred place on the entire island. Its northward path is called the Road of Freedom, which leads to the prosperous market town, and the southward path is called the Blood Path, which is the last place of redemption for the betrayers."

Lorraine raised her eyebrows in confusion: "Why is this road a place of redemption for the betrayer?"

"Because of the kindness of the first generation of black barons," Bellamy said. "The Great Emperor Morgan enacted the code, and the pirates have their own laws since then."

"In order to allow pirates to stay on the ship with peace of mind, there are many provisions in the code to protect ordinary pirates. One of them is that the captain cannot harm his crew on the ship. Even if he is a serious crime such as betrayal, he must issue a black coupon after trial, and then send the betrayer to the shore, and give him a chance to struggle and escape before execution."

"Then what?"

"Then this law was not well enforced. The emperor just did not allow the captains to kill people on the ship. The captains could exile the verdict to the small islands and reefs, so that he had nowhere to hide or escape."

"The first generation of black barons revised this law. He stipulated that those who were issued black coupons could surrender and then be taken to Tortuga according to his wishes to challenge the bloody path."

"When the blood path is started, a small wooden boat with food, rum and muskets will be left on the beach on the south bank of the island. The betrayer must escape from the two-kilometer-long jungle road with bare hands, find the boat, and row the sea."

"Before the boat goes into the sea, the pirate captain and his supporters can chase him in any way, and once the boat goes into the sea, the betrayer must be equivalent to the pardon and protection of the Brotherhood at Sea."

Lorraine was a little confused about the pirate's brain circuit: "Protecting the betrayer? Is this law really meaningful?"

"So pirates and privateers are just walking together." Bellamy proudly raised his head, "Pirates are free subjects, loyalty is freedom, and betrayal is also freedom. The leaders on the ship may not like this freedom. They can give appropriate punishment, but they must not deprive the right to be free by the leader."

"What's more, the original intention of the first generation of Black Quasi-barons to amend the code was not to let the Blood Path Punishment replace the original regulations of the Emperor, but to set up basic norms to ensure that the punishment of black bonds can be treated correctly by everyone."

"It sounds really interesting..." Lorraine couldn't help laughing.

Bellamy laughed, too.

He naturally held Lorraine's arm, clenched it tightly, and raised his other hand and pointed to the chaotic and dirty "holy land" in front of him.

He said loudly, "Okay, Lorraine, the story is over. Now it's time to tell me why you, a wealthy businessman who looks more like a prey, came to Tortuga? An outing?"

"I was told that if I want to join the Pirate King competition, I must first get the recognition of the Brotherhood on the Sea. This is my main purpose in coming to this remote countryside."

Lorraine flipped her wrist and easily broke away from Bellamy's restraints.

"Do you know? For pirates who claim freedom, this is not free at all."
Chapter completed!