Pirate Kingship

"Gus!"

"Eight fingers!"

Byron glanced over, and the two people behind him immediately understood.

[Phantom Blade] Gus pulled out the two daggers from his waist, and his figure turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared quietly into the dense jungle.

According to the assigned functions of the adventure team, he naturally plays the role of a scout in the team, responsible for eliminating danger and leaving marks along the way.

Although the information inside and outside the secret realm is isolated, within the secret realm, the communication between them [the King's Right Hand] with the help of the Golden Law will not be blocked.

Even the ordinary Nautilus and Echo Conch are still effective, enough for adventure.

Eight Fingers pulled out the double-edged battle ax on his back and strode to the edge of the tropical rain forest where there was no road.

There was a flash of silver light, and a tall tree fell down instantly, opening a spacious passage in the jungle in three strokes, five divided by two.

Then it kept slashing like a tireless humanoid machine, walking straight in the direction of the sailboat mast without dodging.

Compared with when I walked through the rain forest and headed to Azik King City, I felt more at ease.

Obviously, he had been promoted to the second level like Gus at this time.

The promotion of [Bayman Berserker] is simpler and more straightforward than that of pirates, just "kill, kill, kill".

The requirement is to survive brutal and bloody battles to the death, with five, ten, and twenty people

In other words, if you achieve the achievements of slaying ten people, slaying a hundred people, or slaying a thousand people, which swordsmen often say, you can go one step further by stepping on the enemy's bones.

After being successfully promoted, the second-level core ability obtained is called [Bloodthirsty Battle]:

"After turning into a madman independently, you can greatly improve your physique, strength, reaction speed, wild intuition, and recovery ability based on the [extraordinary endurance] that Byron has always wanted.

While shielding the sense of pain, one's own resistance to various abnormal conditions is greatly enhanced.

Curses, acid, fire, and penetrating injuries that can kill ordinary people can only be regarded as minor injuries that slightly affect his combat effectiveness.

Transform yourself into a copper pea that cannot be steamed, boiled, beaten, fried or exploded. "

Even if you don't activate your extraordinary abilities, your physical fitness will continue to improve.

It can grow to a level similar to that of the silverback gorilla, the strongest creature among primates, reaching the theoretical limit of the race.

At this time, Bazhi's height had already exceeded two meters, and his large muscles were as strong as granite.

Of course, as an extraordinary ability with the purpose of safety under the [Ladder of Glory] system, this effect of significantly increasing physical quality is not for nothing.

Overdrafting the cell's division limit will lead to short life if used too much, just like the former Overseer [Children's Guardian] Dennis in Anchor Bay.

Violet, several pirate officers and fifty marines followed behind, led by Byron, and [Blood Red Whiskey] Alfred was responsible for holding down the formation.

We have just landed on the island, and the safety is still within control, and no dangerous existence has appeared on its own initiative.

However, Alfred, who was preparing his third-level life menu, was very lucky to catch a "ruby crab" unique to the island.

The entire carapace seems to be made of ruby-like crystals, and through the translucent body, the tender and white flesh inside can be clearly seen.

If Alfred didn't have "flow", he could perfectly capture the cracks in its body and lift open the crab shell as hard as steel with one knife.

Many second-level extraordinary beings may be helpless against this strange monster.

This [gourmet] took out the exquisite crab vinegar he carried with him from his bag, slightly seasoned the gem crab, picked it up and ate it raw.

Three times five times and two times divided by two solved the quota for one side dish (seafood, fish) among the eight dishes of the life menu.

One-eighth of the promotion ceremony was completed, and I saw that my whole body was refreshed and my whole body became more spiritually active.

There was only a short delay on the way, and the group successfully arrived at the Lancaster family adventure ship.

"Byron, the damage to this ship seems to be too severe. It doesn't look like what it should have looked like in 2011."

As a master craftsman, Violet was the most qualified to speak, and she could see something unusual at a glance.

Although only 11 years have passed, this ship seems to have experienced the ravages of hundreds of years of wind and rain.

Half of the hull has been buried in the soil, and the surface is covered with fallen leaves, humus and moss. In some places, large trees as thick as a human waist have grown out.

If it weren't for the main mast that was still raised high, looking from a distance, one would have thought it was just an inconspicuous green hill.

The side facing the team was a darker and damper side. The ship's planks, originally made of fine oak, were highly decayed and even had weird colored fungus and mushrooms growing on them.

Through the open gun doors of the artillery deck, you can also see that the bronze artillery among them has long been covered with a thick layer of patina.

Although bronze, as an alloy of copper and tin, is far more corrosion-resistant than iron.

But even Wyandot, the most daring [gunnery expert] in the team, had no guts to fire a shot with this thing.

However, there were no traces of attack on the hull, indicating that the expedition ship was completely wiped out before the crew could withdraw from the depths of the island.

"Alert, let's go in and take a look."

Byron waved his hand, and the group was about to approach and search the ruins of the adventure ship to see if there were any useful clues left inside.

rustling

A slight vibration suddenly came from under their feet, which made them stop subconsciously.

Then a group of thumb-sized, golden ants emerged from the ground like a golden fountain.

They flowed rapidly on the ground and surrounded them in a fan shape.

Stones, grass, trees. Anything that stood in front of them was mostly eaten up in an instant.

It was far more terrifying than the most terrifying marching ants in the rainforest.

Everyone had no doubt that even if an elephant stood in front of this kind of ants, it would be eaten into a pile of bones in a very short time, or even nothing would be left.

Obviously, this is what rule one said:

"Everyone must use two gold coins to bribe the gold-eating ants guarding the beach to land on the island, and the weight of a gold coin must not be less than 40 grams."

Although Byron spent money like water during this period, what he lacked was big money, and he could still take out the small ticket money.

But after paying the money obediently, he still felt pain.

He, Violet, Bruch, Alfred, Gus, Eight Fingers, Wyandotte, Jacqueline, plus fifty marines, a total of 58 people.

Two 40-gram gold coins per person, that's 116 coins, a total of 4,640 grams, rounded off to nearly 5 kilograms of gold.

This is just landing on the island.

It's hard to imagine how much astonishing wealth it would take to use gold to pave the way and reach the treasure cave without any danger.

And Byron expressed serious doubts about whether Treasure Island would spit out the gold and silver it swallowed.

"I have worked so hard to rob, take risks, and run industries to achieve primitive accumulation, but it is too slow.

Using other people's money to do your own business is the way of the capital era.

When will God give me a sucker who can never be robbed bald?

If it is the kind that can be cut off one by one after using it and not wanting to pay back the debt, it will be perfect.

The brave is angry and draws the blade to the stronger!

This sentence is about noble people like me who always have the sentiment of "robbing the rich to help the poor".

Of course, I am the "poor"."

The rules summed up by the predecessors are not deceiving.

Even the weird ones know that you have to do things if you get money.

After receiving the money, the gold-eating ants really retreated like a tide.

At this time, if they can follow these gold-eating ants and chase them all the way to their anthills, they may be able to harvest a treasure trove comparable to a dragon's nest.

But Byron, with the intuition of a pirate, subconsciously felt that this kind of retail business like collecting tickets was too little, and it should not be enough to achieve the magical effect of the continuous growth of the wealth of the entire Treasure Island.

[Secret: The Mystery of the Wealth Growth of Treasure Island] There was indeed no response, which also indirectly proved the correctness of this speculation.

After the danger was lifted, they immediately searched every cabin of the Albatross expedition ship in front of them.

"Report to the captain, there is no forecastle."

"Report to the captain, there is no bottom cabin."

"No gun deck."

However, after searching the entire expedition ship, no bodies of the expedition team and any words left by them were found.

Only some equipment on the ship were found.

But like the sailboat, it seemed to have decayed after a hundred years, and it all fell apart with just a slight touch.

It seems that during the period when Treasure Island disappeared from the material world, the speed of time on the island was much faster than that in the outside world.

Gus did find a well-preserved strange object [Echo Conch].

But the conch can only record the sounds of the last three months. After 11 years, there is no information about the expedition team.

Byron opened [Echoes of History] and searched again, and finally found a logbook hidden in a bronze box in the captain's room that had long been decayed and full of mushrooms.

Looking at the signature, it belongs to the captain of the adventure team, Andrew Lancaster, a third-level [Storm Knight], who should be Byron's cousin according to blood relationship.

In the Kingdom of Hattings, the navy has always been Lancaster's private soldiers.

According to the management guidelines of naval warships, all officers, including school-level captains, lieutenants and even officer cadets, need to record their own logbooks.

Although only this one survived, it was enough for them to get a glimpse of the leopard.

Byron couldn't wait to open the logbook.

The first article was the first day of the Albatross's adventure voyage.

"June 11, 1461, Silver Age.

The weather is fine, the southwest wind is level 4, and we set sail to start a great treasure hunt.

I, Andrew Lancaster, will bring back the treasure of the great pirate, help the Red Rose defeat the rebellion of the White Rose, and become the hero of Lancaster!

Route: North Sea, offshore route, port tack-near windward sailing.

Although the nasty headwind just after setting sail today, there is always good news.

Little Joe Shul's wife is eight months pregnant. When we return, the baby should be born.

We have agreed that when we return safely, I will become the godfather of the child.

The girl who loves Freeman came to see him off today. The two young people agreed that after getting the proceeds of this treasure, they will go back to ask for marriage with the stingy father-in-law.

This is a good day for everyone."

Byron shook his head:

"This is a really bad day, dear uncle, may your soul rest in peace."

Then he glanced ten lines at a time, quickly skipping over the insignificant parts of the voyage.

"June 15, 1461, Silver Age.

The weather is cloudy and the southwest wind is level 5

Today is the day when Treasure Island appears again after seven years, and we are ready.

Before I left, I specifically checked a lot of information uploaded by other adventurers in [Key to Omniscient]. This is a valuable quality of a good adventurer.

Also on this day, I was listening to the chirping of cicadas on a nearby island, and suddenly realized that I seemed to have discovered an interesting phenomenon.

Looking back at the time when Treasure Island appeared, no matter what year or where it appeared, it must have been the intersection of spring and summer in the local area.

Moreover, it is highly consistent with the local cicada chirping, and it is always accompanied by the shrill chirping of cicadas.

Of course, I personally don’t think this discovery has any special significance. "

Seeing this, Byron's face gradually became serious.

Because before dying, this adventure team used the contracted creature Seagull Messenger to convey the message to future generations:

"When you hear cicadas chirping in your ears, no matter how tempting the treasure in front of you is, you must evacuate as soon as possible!"

"Cicadas chirp, cicadas again. The danger on the island is likely to be related to the cicadas chirping outside."

Keep turning the page.

“As soon as we landed on Treasure Island, a red macaw came near the Albatross and kept looking at us while we were organizing our equipment.

This rap parrot didn't know where it heard the story from. It just stayed quiet for a while and then started repeating a fairy tale in our ears.

Although the task time was very tight, I still casually recorded this absurd but very interesting story.

When I get home, I'll tell my little Tommy a bedtime story, maybe he'll like it. "

Byron saw another familiar name, that was a cousin of his who had died at the hands of "Kraken's Touch".

I casually turned to the last page with writing in the diary.

It was a fairy tale written in a very sloppy handwriting:

“There is a country in a very far away place called Siralafoya.

Anyone who wants to go to this country must first learn the way from the blind, and only those without feet can get there."

Just the first sentence, an absurd and bizarre atmosphere suddenly hit me.