Prior to my participation in the weekly contest, a mission had been pending which consisted of capturing the Spanish galleon. While it was Thatch's** idea, the mission would fall entirely in my hands. Luckily, Thatch agreed to accompany me to show me the exact location of the galleon and its sailing course.
After a while of sailing, we reached the galleon when it was already getting dark. As fate would have it, we were overtaken by a storm that at first did not seem strong at all, but little by little we realized that it was going to get worse. Everything looked bad, but it was too late to turn back and we continued the chase.
After keeping some distance and evading the galleon's escorts, we were detected. At our presence, the escorts jumped on us and we lost sight of the ship for a few moments. Being the good sailor that Thatch is, he located the ship again and informed me that it was entering an inlet located on Grand Iguana Island.
This would not have been a problem if it were not for the small inconvenience that this island belonged to Julien du Casse. This character's name must ring a bell, as he was one of the Templars who participated in the meeting with Governor Torres.
Here an obvious problem arose. Du Casse knew this ship and he knew me, so if we approached his port, he would sink us with the enormous firepower of the Spanish galleon. Faced with imminent danger, I put the mission to a vote and, with a unanimous decision in favor, we continued, but with a slight change of plan.
Instead of approaching the port, we would skirt the island and try to cross the jungle to reach Du Casse and the galleon, and in the process try to eliminate as many soldiers as possible.
In words it all sounded very easy but in practice it was something else. To get to the jungle I had to cross some ruins that were falling down at every step. When I reached the top I could enjoy beautiful views but I had no time to relax and continued the journey.
Crossing the jungle was relatively easy, as there was a trail to guide me and, in the absence of any wild animals, the journey was smooth. I did make a few stops at some beautiful waterfalls that reminded me a bit of Niagara Falls.
After leaving the jungle, I arrived at the port town where the Spanish galleon was docked. From here on, it was all stealth and I tactfully eliminated as many soldiers as possible one by one. Unfortunately, there came a time when I was discovered and what was once stealth had now turned into carnage.
Fortunately, no soldier had time to sound the alarm, which allowed me to approach the galleon without attracting much more attention.
When interacting with the Spanish galleon, I get a new mission to eliminate Du Casse, which I can do thanks to an aerial assassination. Here I want to pause because the truth is that I had never tried doing this, since normally the Templars put up a bit of a fight, but this one I took by surprise and didn't give him time to draw his sword.
With the death of the templar, I get one of the keys needed to get a new suit. In addition, I hear the last words of a dying man in which he still called me deluded for not knowing how to take advantage of everything the Templars gave me. The funny thing is that, if I remember correctly, it had been a ring, 100 reais and a shot of rum.
All that was left was to signal my ship to approach our new acquisition and, incidentally, to anchor for the first time on my island. And yes, by eliminating the Templar, the island becomes my property and becomes something like a base that I will manage little by little.
And so we come to the end of this chapter in which we accomplish some missions for the pirates. It's about time I met the assassins and I think Kidd is hiding something about that. I hope you liked it and don't forget to follow me so you don't miss any more of my pirate adventures in the Caribbean. Bye.
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