our family is gone

Chapter 814 Preparation
"What did you say?"

"Why are you telling me now?"

"Where are the others?"

Somewhere in the Shipwreck Bay, the broker was telling the pirate leader above him about what happened yesterday.

However, the information about Black Jack's treasure immediately made him excited, and he asked questions one after another, but the broker didn't know what to say. However, it was obviously not his professional ethics to just say that he fell asleep, so he could only say some nice things.

“There have been too many reports about Black Jack’s treasure over the years. I’m not sure whether this one is true or not. I thought the person was a liar, so I wanted to investigate the truth, but he disappeared today.

When he told me this, it didn't sound like he was talking nonsense. After all, who knew that the three things were not treasure maps but shells? And he dared to make those things public. I think I still have to tell you, my Lord. "

The pirate agreed after hearing this. After all, there were too many false news, and it was normal not to dare to say anything without confirmation. But he was unwilling to accept this.

"Can you find that person?"

"No, when I wanted to look for them today, I discovered that they had already gone out to sea." The broker's answer was perfect, because the first thing he did when he woke up was to try to find someone to investigate, but unfortunately he got nothing.

"Don't tell anyone else about this. You'll know the result in ten days."

After all, he is still a big pirate who has been around for many years. He has not lost his mind because of this news. It is best to suppress it now. Then when the time comes, we can just catch that person when he shows up.

Yes, they do things in such a simple and crude way.

But the broker seemed a little embarrassed and denied it.

"Not too possible……"

"why?"

"Because he's not just looking for me, and now the news has probably spread."

At this moment, a person suddenly ran in from outside and reported with a little excitement.

"Captain, there's something going on. There's news all over the place about Black Jack's treasure. Someone said..."

"Okay! I've known about this for a long time." The pirate frowned, interrupted his men and drove them away, then he looked at the broker.

"You're smart, what do you think he wants to do?"

This stumped the broker. Not only did he not know, but even if he did, he wouldn't dare to say it and could only give a perfunctory answer.

"He said that he couldn't find the other two, so he might as well take them out and see if he could find anything. Maybe he could lead to the other two and crack the secret."

Did the big pirate believe it? It didn't matter to the broker. He just wanted to know that he had finally escaped.

When I went outside, I could feel that the whole town was excited about this matter. People on the streets were discussing it, and even the prostitute was talking about it.

There is no way. Even though so many years have passed, Black Jack, who once established the Shipwreck Bay and was the only one who could be called the Pirate King in this area, is too famous. Everyone wants to be the next Pirate King, and the treasure left by that guy naturally becomes the object of competition.

Even if these things happened before, it would not be their turn. It must have been a confrontation between the upper-level pirates.

But now that person has actually revealed relevant information, looking for the other two items, and at the same time actually made that item public to see who can crack the secret.

Now they couldn't help but fantasize, I am the man who wants to be the Pirate King! What if I am the child of destiny and discovered the secret?

If the topic of Hamlet dominated the discussion before, now the topic of "Black Jack's Treasure" instantly swept the topic and even spread.

The pirates didn't want to leave, so they squatted here waiting for the news. The pirates outside who had been instigated to attack Hamlet's shipping route also hurried back after receiving the news, fearing that they would miss this grand event.

After all, you can plunder at any time, but if you miss this opportunity, it will be gone.

Lance's simple plan disrupted the situation. I wonder what those people behind them were thinking?

What else can you think of? Of course, join in!
Does anyone have any idea what might be the problem here?
Of course there are.

But who can resist the clues to the treasure of a pirate king? Even for them, as for Hamlet, just leave it alone for ten days anyway.

During this time, Lance and his companions finally returned to Hamlet by boat. Wilson and his companions needed to prepare for the next battle, while Lance was found by William and his companions to report a strange stone circle discovered in the northwest of the wilderness.

The barren land, the strange woods, and the huge rocks covered with various rune patterns arranged in strange shapes. Looking inside, the ruins of the buildings were vaguely visible in the dead silence. It was no wonder that they chose to turn back.

After hearing this, Lance took out his ancestor's map and compared it with them. He found that this place had been developed before. It should be that the wilderness has swallowed up this area.

As for the appearance of the extraordinary ritual Lance was not surprising. After all, the ancestor had been causing trouble here for more than ten years, and such things as the beast cave ruins were inevitable.

If there were no pirates or anything like that, Lance wouldn't mind exploring. After all, if this place is to be developed later, it will have to be dealt with sooner or later.

But the problem was that the pirate issue was imminent, and he didn't have enough energy to focus on other things. After hesitating for a moment, he had to put it aside for the time being.

"Since there is no outward manifestation, let's put it aside for now and have people pay attention to the situation over there. It is really inconvenient to mobilize too many people in winter."

Lance would not reveal too much information about the pirates casually, not because he did not trust them, but because there was no need to. After all, the naval officers who were taken out were directly under closed management, and it was actually wartime now.

This matter was put aside for the time being, but it also reminded Lance that who knows how many mines the ancestors have buried on this land, so it is necessary to conduct a detailed investigation.

Hamlet used money from Boudica's account to pay bonuses to several other people. This was Hamlet's rule. There would be subsidies for missions, and they had no intention of shirking it.

But after the others dispersed, Boudica seemed a little depressed. It was not that she cared about the money, she really had no idea about it, but she was unhappy that she did not catch the escaped mad dog on this trip. This was something she could not accept. After all, she had promised the boss to catch the dog, but now she came back empty-handed.

"Boss..."

"That's fine. It's just a dog. Since it ran into the deep wilderness, just make sure it doesn't hurt anyone."

Lance knew what she was thinking without her having to say anything, and he smiled gently to comfort her.

It would have been fine if she didn't say it. Once she said it, she felt ashamed and her little grievances came out.

"I think if it hadn't snowed, I would have caught it..."

"Okay, this matter ends here. Now you should go see your wolf cub, otherwise it won't recognize you. I'll take you to kill people later."

"really?"

"When have I ever lied to you? It's guaranteed to be fun." Boudica was always so easily satisfied. After Lance promised to take her out to play, she quickly got rid of her negative emotions and became full of energy and anticipation again.

After pacifying Boudica, Lance began to deal with those matters. He said that he would deal with the pirates in ten days.

But at this time Tamara came.

Lance thought she was up to something and that was why he didn't bother paying attention to her. However, he didn't expect Tamara to come over and directly explain the attitude of the Roma organization.

"The news that Amanda became the champion has caused a reaction from the organization. They seem to realize that there were some problems with their previous decision. I guess they will contact Amanda soon."

As expected, the Roma people's fickleness and shamelessness were displayed to the fullest. There are not many powerful champions in this world, let alone spellcasters. Only those who embark on the path of omen seekers know how difficult it is to practice both magic and martial arts.

Before, they simply kicked Amanda out when she was at the master's level. Now that they know she has risen and become the champion, they come over to build a relationship with her. Everyone knows what they are thinking.

But Lance never cared.

"It's not my business?"

"Aren't you afraid that Amanda will leave Hamlet and go back to the organization?"

"That's her freedom. Besides, Hamlet is not a place where you can only enter but not leave. I will respect her choice."

"The organization is not interested in Amanda herself, but the secret of her promotion. Aren't you afraid that she will leak it?"

Tamara spoke directly to the point that the improvement of the strength of extraordinary people is subject to very complex conditions, and these are the most core secrets that no one is willing to reveal. Many talented people are wasting their time in the exploratory stage.

The fact that Amanda was able to break through the bottleneck so quickly after leaving the organization and then be promoted to champion without any follow-up options is enough to show that she has mastered a new method, which is what the organization desires.

Do you think Lance is anxious?

The key to this thing is with oneself. No matter how those Roma people check, it will be useless. If a few Lance who are good at prediction and divination come, just wait to receive the gift.

"Then just ask, and Amanda will tell them."

Lance would not blame Amanda for something that had not happened yet, nor would he doubt her because of a few words.

"Are you really not afraid of being leaked at all?" Tamara was speechless looking at Lance. Should I say that you are confident or stupid?

"There's nothing to disclose. Amanda's improvement is entirely due to her own talent and hard work."

Tamara looked at Lance with a look that said, "Do you think I believe this?" and asked, "If she is really that good, why would she be stuck at a bottleneck for so long and be considered to have exhausted her potential by the higher-ups?"

"That's because your organization used her as a tool, which caused her to have psychological problems. I just need to help her resolve it."

"So many people in the organization don't know, but you are the only one who knows?"

"Because I have a pair of eyes that are good at discovering things. Aren't you also discovered by me?"

Tamara was also stunned for a moment, as if it was okay to think this way. After all, she could not question her own talent.

“What the hell is this?” Tamara realized that what she said was all nonsense, and asked back, “You still don’t believe me.”

"how could be."

Lance smiled, but the more he smiled, the more Tamara felt something was wrong, but she couldn't put it into words. It felt like a punch on cotton.

Knowing that Lance was unwilling to believe it, or that he was too entangled with her, Tamara felt inexplicably aggrieved, as if she had lost something important.

Not to mention the favoritism and trust towards Amanda, which made her feel jealous.

Sometimes people are like this. They don’t cherish things that are easily obtained, and only regret it when they lose them.

Lance was busy and had no time to care about her psychological activities. On the surface, Hamlet was dormant in the winter, but in fact a lot of people were mobilized in the name of exercise escort. The navy of more than a thousand people and more than thirty modified ships were active at the military dock far away from the port.

However, at this time, just as Tamara had been told, the Roma people came looking for them.

Maybe it was to save time, so no important person was sent, but Serra was ordered to come from Totnes.

Of course, it may also be that Sera is more familiar with Amanda, or the faction behind her wants to win over Amanda first. In any case, she came to Hamlet as quickly as possible.

But she was not qualified to see Lance, and this trip was not for business talks anyway.

"You've kept it from me so much!"

When Sera saw Amanda, she teased her with tears in her eyes, "If you had told me earlier that you were also a champion, I would have sunk her ship. Why would I still have to serve her?"

Amanda knew that Sera was talking about Tamara, but she didn't believe a word of it. She just knew that she had a conflict with Tamara, and she was deliberately trying to please her.

"Tell me, what's the matter that brings you here in such a hurry?"

"Great news! I rushed here as soon as I received the news. I don't know how many years it has been since the sea was so lively."

"Could it be something about Black Jack?"

"how do you know?"

"Hamlet also has a dock port. Although its relationship with pirates is not as good as Totnes, so many merchants still bring back a lot of news."

Amanda naturally knew that she didn't come here for this, and she said this just to show goodwill and open up the topic.

But we are all smart people so let's not waste time talking. The fact that she dared to show her strength in front of Tamara showed that she had already guessed the attitude of the higher-ups.

"Uh..." After a moment of hesitation, Selaka realized that his tricks were useless against this cunning guy, so he just said directly, "Well! I'll be frank. After the higher-ups knew that you were promoted to champion, they wanted to ask about your attitude."

"Don't go."

Amanda's answer was too straightforward, and the smile on her face looked very satisfied, as if she was deliberately waiting for Sera to ask this.

"This isn't a good idea. After all, we are all Roma." Sera actually knew the answer, but she had to ask since her superiors asked her to. She felt helpless when she saw such a decision.

“Let’s not talk about how they kicked me away at that time. If I agree to go back, they will definitely let me be the head of the empire. Are you willing to do that?

And once I leave, the lord will most likely cancel the deal. Even if he doesn't, do you think the person who will replace me can cover for you?"