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"To burn things, someone must say the words, 'Calypso, I free you from your human bondage.'"
"Is that so?" Pantel asked.
Barbossa grabbed a rum bottle, smashed it on top of the pile, and set the rum-soaked pile on fire with a torch.
Black smoke immediately came out of the bowl, and there was still an orange flame flickering at the bottom of the bowl.
"Calypso," Barbossa called, "I will free you from your human form!"
The whole bowl burst into flames immediately, and the flames sprayed upwards into a twisted column, and then it suddenly disappeared without a trace, leaving only burnt ashes and metal.
Then, with a shriek of rage, the ancient goddess of the sea appeared on deck, her eyes burning with pent-up power.
She stretched out her hands as the magic returned to her.
"Calypso!" Will yelled.
She turned and looked at Will with smoldering eyes.
She looked confused, as if she just woke up from a long sleep.
Will spoke eagerly, there was only one chance to get her back on the right track.
"When the Brotherhood first locked you up," he said, "who the hell told them what to do? And who betrayed you?"
"Say his name," said Calypso in a voice that echoed with authority and ancient magic.
"Davy Jones," Will said.
She turned sharply and stared at the Flying Dutchman, hatred and anger gathering in her eyes.
With a roar, she began to grow larger, transforming right in front of them into a towering creature that hardly looked human anymore.
Her hair heaved despite not a breath of wind, and the deck buckled under her weight as she grew taller and taller and taller.
Barbossa knelt before her.
"Calypso," he called to her, "I come to you as your humble and penitent servant."
"I beseech your grace, forgive me, spare my ship and my crew, and unleash your wrath on those who dare pretend to be yours, or my master!"
Poseidon didn't even look at him, her voice rumbling across the deck and echoing through the fleet.
"Fool!" she howled.
Then, she suddenly collapsed and disappeared in an instant, this sea goddess completely disappeared.
The pirates were speechless and stared blankly for a while.
Finally, Will said, "Is that the end?"
"Why, she doesn't help at all!" said Pantel. "What now?" he asked Barbossa.
The wind picked up again, and the sails were full again.
"It's gone," said Barbossa, "and our last hope."
The pirates fell silent again, this time out of desperation.
If even the legendary pirate Barbossa has given up, is there hope for anyone else?
The wind was getting stronger, and a pirate's hat was blown off his head by the wind.
Elizabeth watched the hat as it spiraled up the mast, and felt something else stir within her.
"It's not over yet," she said.
Will turned to her, encouraged by the courage in her voice.
"There's no disappointment lost," he agreed. "There's still a tough fight to be fought."
The pirates looked at each other cautiously.
"There's a fleet deployed against us," Barbossa said. "We have no chance."
Elizabeth looked up at the hat again, and now, the wind was blowing harder, it was blowing wildly in the air.
"Only a fool's luck..." she whispered.
If Jack can escape, find the treasure chest, and stab Davy Jones in the heart...
There was little hope of success in the endeavor, but if anyone could, it was Captain Jack Sparrow.
Moreover, he also relied on them to fight.
He couldn't do it alone, no pirate could last long on his own, that's why they all had ships and crews.
No matter how many feuds there are among them, there is always a law of piracy, and a pirate is always part of a team and part of a crew or whatever.
They must work together or die alone.
She jumped onto the side of the Black Pearl and looked at the crew members around her.
They looked at her, and she could clearly see how much they wanted to believe her.
"Listen to me," she said aloud. "The Brotherhood is still counting on us here, on the Black Pearl to lead them. What will they see?"
Elizabeth cried out: "Is it a frightened cabin rat on an abandoned ship? No."
"They will see free people, and freedom!" She raised her fists in the air, "and the enemy will see the fire of our cannons."
"And the enemy will see the flash of our cannons, they will hear the clank of our swords, and they will know what we can do, with the sweat of our brows, the strength of our backs, and the courage of our hearts. do it."
When they looked up at her, a gleam of hope appeared on their faces, and she met every pirate's eye.
Finally, she looked at Will.
"Raise the Jolly Roger," she said.
"Raise the Jolly Roger," Will repeated in a low but firm voice.
"Raise the Jolly Roger," said Barbossa louder and bolder.
"Raise the Jolly Roger!" Pantel yelled.
The cry was picked up by the other pirates, who were still whispering the words as they made their way purposefully to their combat posts.
The wind had escalated into a real squall and was getting stronger, but luckily it was blowing where they needed to go.
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