Pirate Kingship

"Deep sea jump, three, two, one! Start!"

A large fleet with the pirate flag fluttering, its sails full, led by the ghost ship [Dreadnaught] and five heavily armed cruisers, instantly disappeared into the huge blue hole that suddenly opened on the sea.

The five heavily armored cruisers were all made from the captured "Treasure Fleet"'s hundreds of large galenic sailing ships, with their decks flattened and re-outfitted.

Although the performance is slightly inferior, it greatly saves the time of building new ships.

As soon as it was launched into the water, it was equipped into the fleet of the Pirate King Uncrowned King.

The [Golden Deer] at the bottom of the box uses the border mystery lock to activate the stealth mode and follows the pirate fleet at the end.

It carries an average of third-level pirate officers, a group of [Deathwing] Guards, as well as mother Hathaway and cousin Salant, who each hold a fragment of a zero-level holy relic.

No one can clearly see the true appearance of the [Golden Deer] in the superposition state, cannot tell that it is the prototype ship of all heavy cruisers, and there is no need to worry about linking them together.

As the world's number one "Breaker" ship type, it is a perfect match for the pirate fleet.

When they return to Hetings next year, the Pirate King and his large fleet will be the main force, and they just take this opportunity to train their troops in advance.

Violet, who was traveling aboard the Dauntless, unfolded the [First Overseas Exploration Order] to cover the entire fleet, while the other hand holding Byron was so nervous that she was sweating.

Looking up at Byron beside him, he was a little worried:

"Byron, is it true that mother is also in the Maltese monastery? What if there is a mistake?"

Byron, in turn, shook his fiancée's hand firmly and comforted her:

“Although I am not 100% sure, I am still 70% or 80% sure.

And regardless of whether the ‘Iron Masked Man’ is the mother-in-law or not, as long as she forcibly breaks the divine realm and rescues people together, she can naturally judge the authenticity.

Anyway, we have bonuses like [Outlaw Outlaw] and [You Are Not a Murderer].

As long as there are no direct witnesses left in the end, it will be just a normal Barbary pirate attack on the monastery on the sea front. What does it have to do with us pirates in the Gulf?

If it doesn't work, the worst thing to do is to try another monastery next time based on the information, and you will find it sooner or later. "

He, as the Holy Spirit's Favored One, has an empty name for the time being and has not yet lived up to his name. Naturally, he has not been able to obtain the underlying authority of the [Silver Law] and can directly access the church's database.

He can only continue to entrust Sister Theresa, [Holy Hammer] Oliver, and August Habsburg to help him collect information about his mother-in-law Vanessa.

Let them mobilize their connections and secretly search for all the prisoners in the church's custody.

Compare tags: time at least fifteen years ago, female, born into a noble family, mythical creature, like water

In the end, if you don’t search, you won’t know. If you search, you will be shocked.

After summarizing the materials from the three parties, there were actually five or six people who could be found who met the conditions, and I don’t know how many more people were not found.

And they all have similar living habits, behave elegantly, like reading books, and love bathing. Without exception, they all wear metal masks, making it difficult to identify their specific appearance.

They are all suppressed by a divine domain located on the coast or on an island.

The codenames are even more varied: Iron Head, Iron Mask, Iron Chin, Faceless Man, Wall-Facing Man, and Lonely Soul.

"The church is really spending a lot of money!"

When Byron saw the information for the first time, he immediately realized that it was not the church's attempt to prevent him from hijacking the prison.

Instead, they had carefully arranged the confusion many years ago and found a group of nuns with the strongest faith to pretend to be Vanessa.

Beware of the fifth-level pirate king and fifth-level false god [Whale Hunter] Jack Harold, who uses violent means to rescue his wife, but can only obey their orders and help them find Noah's Ark.

[Whale Hunter] There are not as many high-level church traitors as Byron, and there is no title of "saint" that is immune to the terrifying rules of the major gods, and there are no two "non-stick pans" that can be easily dismissed. entry.

There is only one chance to take action.

Even if you accidentally discover a "Vanessa", if you are not 100% sure, you will not dare to take action at all.

In addition, August Habsburg also learned the key to the guarding rules directly implemented by the God's Domain in various places through his identity as a die-hard traditionalist believer and the connections of the Habsburg royal family:

"She can neither take off the mask herself nor have it taken off by others. Anyone who does this will be sentenced to death.

She cannot take the initiative to tell others her identity. Once she does, she and the listener will be sentenced to death. "

The conditions for triggering both rules are actually the same - "knowing".

In other words, no matter what method others use, as long as another person who knows her identity appears in front of her, the rules will be triggered and tragedy will occur.

The only way to save people is to violently break the divine realm from the outside. It is impossible to save people secretly.

Therefore, it is clear that there is a "man in the iron mask" next door to Vanessa who is highly suspicious of Vanessa.

But after Byron learned about this taboo, he never dared to visit the Maltese monastery again.

We don't even dare to use some little secret that only Violet and her daughter know to verify the authenticity from the side.

Otherwise, it will be the same as the "water test method" of the wizard. The fake one will be eliminated by him, but the real one will be eliminated by the rules. In the end, all you will get is a corpse.

I only dared to make bold assumptions and carefully verify them. I used the raven Fukin to explore each suspected target one by one. I wanted to use the elimination method to eliminate all the wrong answers right away, but I was always unable to be completely sure.

Until a few days ago, a "transfer order" from the church was delivered to Black Sail Port.

St. John actually asked the new pirate king [Uncrowned King] to lead the fleet to attack the territory of the Protestant princes and block the large number of weapons they purchased from overseas arms companies in a high-handed manner.

This saint was not dreaming, but collected fresh hair from many women and sent it to Byron with the letter.

There is no doubt that before the York family threatened him with the hostages in their hands, the church, which had no bottom line, used this trick first.

Friends who often kidnap people know that the first time the ransom letter is sent may be hair, but the second time it may be fingers.

If there is no layout a few months in advance.

In a hurry, he could only obey obediently. When he joined the battlefield, he became a cannon fodder, but it was no longer as simple as he said he would quit.

However, the bad thing was that St. John felt that [Whale Hunter] had been out to sea for ten years without any news, and he might have died overseas, and Vanessa's value was greatly reduced (Chapter 496).

In order to transfer the pressure to the rising star [Uncrowned King] who was engaged to the Princess of the Bay People, he also sent a strand of Vanessa's hair.

St. John was confident that the detention locations of these two groups of people were strictly confidential, and there was a zero-level holy relic [Holy Foreskin] to suppress them. No divination could rely on such a simple medium to lock the detention location.

If mortals could have this ability, the strongest church would have gathered all the fragments of the zero-level holy relic long ago.

Byron's [Ship Log] did not have this ability.

When he saw the hostages in person before, he couldn't even recognize their height, weight, and thinness, let alone divine their specific location.

But none of this mattered.

Because there is a key piece of information that the saint accidentally overlooked, which cannot be blocked by anti-divination.

Byron, the [Prince of Night Demon], just put his hair in his mouth and chewed it, and used his black magic to determine what they had eaten before their hair was cut.

The principle is the same as cutting a little hair to test for poison.

"Breakfast: Panini cake, croissant, with mocha coffee;

Lunch four kinds: fruit salad, vegetable and seafood soup, main course is steak, dessert is chocolate ice cream;

Dinner is similar: changed to cream mushroom soup and black pepper beef macaroni, dessert is macaron.

The most important thing is that they have been eating exactly the same food for a long time!"

Byron clearly remembered that the nun who managed the scribes said: "After you enter the prison, you will eat the same level of prison food as the prisoners in the special cell (Chapter 496)."

So, after receiving this letter, he was 80% sure that they were all on the island of Malta, and the "Iron Mask" next door No. 64389 was Vanessa!

The first entry [Historical Corrector]: "The object with whom you have an anchor connection will also be more easily drawn into a certain historical vortex with you, approaching various unknowns and secrets."

Let Byron become a "destined disaster star".

Those who have direct contact with him cannot escape, and those who have indirect contact cannot escape either, and they will always be swept up by fate.

To a certain extent, it is not completely a bad thing.

Because he was worried that the situation would change, Byron did not dare to delay too long.

After learning from Theresa that the fifth-level legendary paladin had left in a hurry, he did not even delay for a quarter of an hour and immediately took action without hesitation.

At the same time, the Malta Monastery, the lowest level of the underground prison with the strongest defense in the divine domain.

The cells filled with nun scribes two months ago have been completely emptied, and there is no one in sight.

Since the tower sequence extraordinary person who descended [Archangel Pallas] began to reversely output "Gospel of Heaven", the work of the scribes has come to an end.

The poisoning plan of "Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven" even became a taboo topic that would backfire, and the contaminated nuns died in vain.

However, several scribes who were not contaminated at all were not released.

At the end of this prison, next to the luxurious cell of "Iron Mask" No. 64389, a cell with similar luxury was temporarily converted.

There is a separate toilet, a bathroom, a living room, a study, various books, a wardrobe, and multiple bedrooms that ensure privacy.

The women of the Lancaster family lived here.

Margaret and Byron's aunts were not released like other nuns after the mission was interrupted, but were kept here.

Except for not wearing a special metal mask for the time being, the treatment is almost the same as that of the "Iron Mask".

Margaret saw it very clearly. The level of imprisonment changed from being a one-year-long work outside and being abused by a little nun every day to being strictly guarded now.

The situation has obviously changed again.

"If there are newspapers to read in the library, we can always know the situation outside.

Although there are books in the cell now, the latest one is a work before the end of the dark millennium, which is of no help to us in understanding the situation outside.

Since the conflict between Protestants and Orthodox began, Byron has not come for some time, and I don't know if the war has affected him.

If the change in the situation is related to our situation, it must also be because something happened on his side that made those of us who were originally dispensable become important again.

and"

Margaret glanced at the partition wall of the cell next to her before continuing to her sisters-in-law:

“With this benchmark in mind that has been imprisoned for many years, in the eyes of the church, we have probably become a key tool to achieve a certain purpose.

It's a pity that we have no way to inform Byron not to come again if there is danger.

He is Lancaster's last hope, and it's not worth putting himself in to save us. "

Before they could freely enter and leave the prison for copying scriptures, they met the owner of the next cell and were warned by the jailer.

It is strictly forbidden to talk to the man in the iron mask, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences.

Even the nuns and jailers kept away from her, for fear of hearing something they shouldn't hear.

And that "man in the iron mask" is actually a very good person.

Knowing that the rules he followed were harmful to others, even though he visited his neighbors for the first time in more than ten years, he never took the initiative to say a word to them.

It seemed that he had completely resigned himself to his fate after being detained for a long time and gave up the last struggle.

But that's not the case.

The "Iron Mask" wearing a long white dress was sitting by the narrow window sill, his bare feet that vaguely turned into whale fins gently stirring the water in the copper basin.

A pair of eyes looked across the sea at the aura of disaster permeating the entire Holy Silver Empire, and there were flames beating in the slightly raised pupils.

Especially when she saw a "Death Star" gradually rising above the head of the monastery, the corners of her rosy lips under the metal mask evoked an extremely moving smile:

"There were already signs when the nuns were copying books in the past two months. The current level of disaster is obviously because the church has completely fallen into civil strife.

The women of the Lancaster family next door were concerned but confused.

Their nephew, ‘Destined Disaster’, who had stepped on them a long time ago, would definitely not miss this opportunity if he wanted to rescue them.

The aura of disaster is getting stronger and stronger, my strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the seals on my body are slowly starting to loosen.

Waiting until that ‘destined disaster star’ takes action will be my best chance to escape and ascend to heaven.

This kind of disaster star is a disaster for ordinary people, but for us [Disaster Witches], it is a lucky star without water!

Following him is absolutely indispensable without our favorite turmoil.

From the conversation between Queen Margaret and several female family members next door, I could also guess what the Red Rose family had gone through.

I don’t know how Anchor Bay and my little Violet are doing now.

Unlike that old woman whose knees have been broken, we are also a country of the Gulf people that has not yet been completely tamed, and I am afraid that our situation will not be very good.

Coupled with the fact that my hair was suddenly cut off two days ago, I had a feeling of déjà vu.

You must jailbreak as soon as possible! "

Obviously, the conclusion drawn by Byron through a series of powerful contacts and personal investigation was not wrong.

Number 64389 "The Man in the Iron Mask" is Violet's mother Vanessa.

Moreover, despite being suppressed by the Divine Realm and unable to confirm her identity in advance and communicate with each other about plans, she also tried every means to actively save herself.

Just waiting for the opportunity when the aura of disaster in the monastery reaches its peak.

However, no matter how fast Byron reacted after receiving the news, it could not be faster than the careful arrangements made by the church in advance.

The first person waiting for Vanessa, Margaret and their entourage was not Byron's pirate fleet, but another warden who had been stationed here seamlessly from the church.

The door to the underground prison opened.

A cardinal archbishop wearing a scarlet robe and a bishop's ring walked in with a team of ten female referee knights in full body armor.

If Byron were here, he would be instantly recognizable.

He is none other than Archbishop Barbotila (Chapter 316), who comes from the Orthodox Order of the Holy Child and presided over the "battle for patronage" in the Bantaan Islands.

In order to successfully obtain "immunity", Byron kept a clear list of bribes given to the archbishop.

"Special grade spices: twenty kilograms.

Raw nugget gold: three thousand pounds.

Ink tree plantation in Yucatan (deed): fifteen hundred acres.

Two merchant ships”

In particular, the two merchant ships will pay dividends regularly on the first of every month, and they have not fallen even once until today.

Byron has already paid a total of huge bribes worth more than 30,000 pounds to the Archbishop of Barbotilla, and he can be recognized even if he turns to ashes.

After the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta [Holy Lance] Valette left, Byron's church was threatened by the front foot. Naturally, it was impossible for the back foot to create a defensive vacuum here.

Instead, he arranged for an archbishop who was also a fifth-level legend. He was not as good as the Paladin, but he was more than enough to deal with mid-level extraordinary beings below fifth level.

Due to the requirements of the divine domain itself, male intruders will be forced to change their gender. Only the archbishop can be exempted, and there are very few suitable "warden" candidates.

But Archbishop Barbotilla himself was not satisfied with this job, and his face was so gloomy that the prisoners did not dare to stab him.

"This boring assignment fell upon me.

They are all women who are uncomfortable to look at. Even my valet cannot be brought in.

Even if she is brought in secretly, she will become an unbearable woman.

On the surface, he is the warden, but in reality, it is like I am in prison myself. There is no fun to enjoy. Isn’t this year’s "mistress tax" paid in vain? !

God, the Pope should refund me! "

He pays the "mistress tax" every year.

But in essence, he is the kind of orthodox priest who will only "attack in the form of a priest" when he meets a specific object, and he has no interest in adult women.

Coming to the female monastery, he will never defile the purity here.

Of course, this depends on how to understand defilement. To some extent, it may be more defiled.

The archbishop complained in his heart while walking, and his stomachache became worse when he saw the prisoners in the upper cells who had all become females.

"If I stay here for a few months, I am afraid I will become a Protestant.

Don't drink, don't smoke, don't go to entertainment venues, limit consumption and entertainment desires, prohibit music and dance, and hate premarital sex, cheating, and abortion.

Listen to these commandments, is it still a life for people?

We are God's servants, we should be standing high above the material world, doing whatever we want.

When the time comes, we will successfully crack the side effects of "The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven", become angels on earth, and enjoy everything forever.

It's all the fault of those damned Protestant clergy. What does it have to do with you whether the believers live or die?

Who would be so dizzy that they would revolutionize themselves? I think you must have eaten too much at ordinary times! "

His resentment for the hard life soon shifted to the Protestant head.

The Orthodox Church believes: "The Virgin Mary gave birth to the Son and needs to be worshipped; the Pope is the spokesperson of the Creator on earth and needs to be worshipped."

The Protestant Church is obviously more pure. They regard the "Gospel of Genesis" as the highest, and believe: "Except for the [Creator], there is no other God, and idols cannot be worshipped.

Everyone has his own duties, and working hard is the best reward for the [Creator]. "

In other words: "What belongs to the Creator belongs to the Creator, and what belongs to the king belongs to the king. ”

The essential difference between the two doctrines is that the latter wants to make God's spokespersons on earth unemployed, completely strip them of their privileges, and return power to the king.

The clergy themselves only need to guide the people's faith and should not interfere in secular affairs.

But no matter how angry Barbatilla was at Protestantism, he had no way to change this order from St. John, the leader of the Holy Infant Society.

Because it was he who oppressed [Queen of Eternal Night] Margaret I to cooperate, and then personally led the team to arrest Vanessa and put her in prison.

It was that successful operation that made Barbatilla stand out and put on the red robe of the cardinal.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he is one of the culprits of the separation of Violet's family.

And in order to prevent the spread of intelligence, the church let him It was natural for an insider to serve as the temporary warden.

Soon, he stood at the door of the two cells on the bottom floor, looking at the two groups of Bay Citizen prisoners inside, with a sneer on his face, thinking to himself:

‘Now the war is tense, and the Emperor Frederick III has ordered the recall of all mercenaries [Doppler Heavy Swordsman] mercenaries to join the battlefield.

It is just like driving [Whale Hunters] to search for Noah's Ark for the church back then, preparing to activate the forces of the five Bay Citizen countries.

The Hettings Civil War could not send anyone, but the Kalmar Alliance ruled by [Queen of Eternal Night], the Uncrowned King who has recently become famous on the continent, and the Anchor Bay of the Bay Citizen Princess are fine.

The few people here are the collars that make the latter two obedient.

The instructions I received The order is:

Whether they are voluntary or forced, even if the Bay citizens have already knelt down, they will never be our own people. Their role will always be consumables and cannon fodder. Even if they fight to the last Bay citizen, it is worth it!

No matter how much blood they have shed for the church, the hostages here will never be released, and will only be endlessly exploited.

And they must be panicked, painful, and desperate, and their emotions must be passed on to their relatives so that they dare not slack off.

[Holy Spear] Lord Valette is a paladin. Although his character is reliable, he is too rigid.

Why should these prisoners be treated inappropriately? It's a waste, too much of a waste.

According to the order of the saint, people will be sent to separate them all and imprison them in different places tomorrow. In the prison, the rescuers have no way to start.

Before we set off, let me teach you how to be a prisoner honestly! '

Barbotira remembered that after he secretly hinted to the White Rose York Family, the other party bribed him with a large sum of money to "poison" (Chapter 491), and his eyes flashed with undisguised malice.

He took out a palm-sized bone house from the storage of strange objects and threw it away.

Boom--!

It suddenly seemed to force its way into the current space and turned into a [First-level Holy Relic Skeleton Church] with an internal space larger than the entire underground prison!

By the way, both cells were wrapped in it.

"Hundreds of years ago, a black plague killed one-third of the population of the Old Continent, and corpses were everywhere.

The remains of the dead in the Electorate Kingdom of Bohemia were built into this creepy mysterious building.

Possessing terrifying power. "

Although it looks like a very ordinary Gothic building from the outside, the interior of the church is creepy.

Because the interior of the church is filled with densely packed human skeletons, every decoration is built with human bones.

The crosses, crowns and other decorations that can be seen everywhere in the church are all made of bones from different parts of the human body.

And the candlesticks and baroque altars surrounding the church, each candle is lit on the bones, and it never goes out.

The most eye-catching one is the human bone chandelier in the center of the hall.

It is composed of leg bones as the main frame, and the lower jawbone is strung as a curtain. The main frame is divided into eight leg bones. The lamp frame supports a piece of pelvic bones arranged in a circle, and each of them holds a head that acts as a candlestick.

People standing below seem to be stared at by countless skulls, which makes their scalps numb.

And one of the effects of the [Skeleton Church] is to spread the "Black Death"!

A cold wind blew, and all the female relatives, including the mythical creature Vanessa, shuddered.