Upon the turbulent sea, a ghost ship named the Queen Anne's Revenge sailed slowly onward. It was the legendary vessel of the great pirate Blackbeard.
A massive skeleton meticulously assembled from human bones towered over the bow. Its hollow eye sockets stared at passing ships, exuding a chilling aura as if recounting the countless bloody atrocities it had witnessed.
Inside the cabins, human heads hung from every corner. Their expressions varied—some savage, some anguished—and these silent decorations shrouded the entire ship in a suffocating atmosphere of terror.
This ship was not only a symbol of Blackbeard's ambition and brutality, but also a refuge for his mysterious identity. Though the pirates aboard were fierce, not one of them had ever seen Blackbeard's true face.
Blackbeard always kept himself hidden within the captain's quarters, inscrutable and mysterious, conveying his orders only through his first mate and those fearsome Reanimated Corpses.
Though these Reanimated Corpses moved stiffly, they carried an intimidating presence. Their existence kept the pirates aboard constantly on edge.
Although the pirates harbored doubts about their captain's true identity, Blackbeard's infamous reputation held their hearts firmly in its grip, leaving them afraid to entertain any thought of defiance.
However, this calm did not last long.
One day, the door to the captain's quarters was violently kicked open from within. The sudden, tremendous crash instantly drew everyone's attention.
"Thud..."
"Thud..."
"Thud..."
Heavy footsteps echoed across the deck as a bearded man appeared before them.
His face was obscured by his thick beard, revealing only a pair of sharp, gloomy eyes.
Every pirate swept by that sword-like gaze immediately lowered his head, not daring to meet his eyes, as though making eye contact would mean being swallowed whole in an instant.
Blackbeard suddenly hurled the bottle in his hand to the deck, smashing