Pirate Kingship

Just as Byron's thought came up, the clouds gathered over the North Sea and heavy rain poured down.

In a small fishing port on the other side of the Strait of Dover, a fishing boat that went out to catch cod just docked.

More than 30 fishermen on the boat threw out ropes, opened the cabin, and moved wooden barrels, preparing to send the hard-earned catch to the port.

But a young man who didn't look like a fisherman stood under the main mast, staring at the crowded small fishing port in front of him, his eyes full of appetite.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva subconsciously:

"Fortunately, I am patient enough and learned 'delayed gratification' from the minds of those human clergy eaten by the Mother Goddess.

If I start eating on the boat, I can only eat more than 30, how can I compare with a small port town?

With so much nutrients to eat, I will definitely grow into the strongest family under the Mother Goddess."

Obviously, this person is one of the many "seeds" released by the continent along the east coast after [Noah's Ark] swallowed countless low-, medium-, and high-sequence extraordinary people.

Even though the mother of monsters Echidna is not very smart now, she was once a first-rate seventh-order true god. Leaving a little trick behind is already a big trouble that mortals can hardly resist.

When countless clans [Trees of Life] eat more humans and grow up, it is entirely possible to pull out the unsinkable ark again.

The busy captain saw the young man in a daze, turned his head and shouted to him:

"James, what are you doing there? You have arrived at the port, why don't you come to help?"

The intelligent "seed" looked back at the captain.

Some time ago, he was rescued by the other party when he was drifting on the sea like a coconut looking for a new home after falling into the water, and distorted the perception of the whole ship into the captain's long-lost brother.

Hearing the shout, "seed" showed him a sinister smile:

"Thank you for bringing me here, you are useless now."

Crack!

There was a sound of a shell breaking behind the head, and then dozens of black tentacles like branches extended out, completely cracking the human body.

Finally, a tree with a trunk like a stump, a big mouth all over its body, and sheep's hooves under its body appeared. The [Tree of Life]!

"Ah——!"

The captain and the crew of the fishing boat were in a trance for a moment, and then they woke up from their dreams and screamed in fear.

But the cognitive confusion of the "seed" had turned into a fear aura. Even though everyone wanted to run away, their feet seemed to be nailed to the deck and couldn't move at all.

Others outside the fishing boat didn't even notice the abnormality at all, and had no idea that this small fishing port with few low-sequence extraordinary people was about to be in great trouble.

[Tree of Life] opened its mouth and was about to eat.

Eat the fishermen first, then go ashore to feast, and suddenly subconsciously turn your head to look at another sailboat that had just arrived at the port.

The messy mouth on its body twisted, obviously unhappy:

"It turned out to be the breath of other brothers and sisters?

The Mother Goddess strictly ordered us not to fight among ourselves and to grow into a forest of life as soon as possible, but why can't you wait until I finish eating before coming?"

The "kind" on the opposite ship also found it. A young man wearing a naval officer uniform and with several tentacles dancing behind his head waved at it from a distance.

Judging from the shape of his mouth, it seemed to be shouting to it:

"Brother, please take care of me."

[Tree of Life] felt relieved a little. This fellow tribesman still knew the etiquette of humans. He didn't need to fight, but took the initiative to bow to it. It was not bad to have one more helper.

"Then I'll be generous and give you 10% of the rations."

When he made up his mind to accept the other party in a flash, he didn't notice that when the other party shouted "brother".

In the clouds gathered by Byron above his head, there was a sudden electric snake winding, accompanied by a deafening thunder, and it fell from the sky.

As luck would have it, it landed on the main mast that had long been wet by the rain next to the Tree of Life, and the fishing boat suddenly became blazing white.

Boom!

When the fishermen got up from the ground again, they saw that the once majestic and domineering old god's family had been charred all over, and really fell on the deck like a burnt tree stump.

There was still an unpleasant smell of burning on his body.

"Was it struck to death by lightning?"

The captain bravely poked its body with a harpoon and found that it was really motionless. The strange aura of fear also dissipated. He was overjoyed:

"Praise the King of the Wild Hunt!"

The people on the boat knelt on one knee, facing the rolling thunderclouds in the sky, and pointed the triangular holy emblem on their chests, praying silently.

His Majesty is the incarnation of the storm and the king of the sky. It has long been widely publicized by the Royal State Church, and they all remember it clearly.

The lightning struck the monster to death, isn't it the manifestation of His Majesty?

They definitely did not worship the wrong thing!

If this trend continues, it will only be a matter of time before Byron masters the power of the personality god such as [Navigation] and [Fishing].

However, the main force that killed the clan this time was not Byron, and he could not care about such a small role.

The young officer on the opposite ship who waved to the clan at the beginning ordered his subordinates:

"Go and collect the bodies. I can sense that there are still a lot of "seeds" along the coast. Others continue to follow me to the next place."

This officer was not a stranger. He was the [legendary wronged species] and [unlucky guy] Raymond who teamed up with [crime nemesis] Sherlock when searching for old Woodville at Hadrian's Wall.

He was a third-level [adventurer] in the wilderness sequence, but he was plagued by bad luck all his life.

As long as he dared to be his boss, he would die inexplicably without taking the initiative to backstab him.

Many times, not only the boss, but also his teammates died in batches and boats, and he was the only one who had nothing to do.

Before he came of age, he was also an ordinary fisherman. The first boss he turned to was the fishing tyrant who managed the market.

All the accidents started when the fishing tyrant said to him: "Raymond, I want to eat fish."

Raymond immediately and attentively presented the spotted mullet he had caught with great effort to the boss, but the boss died that night because of a fish bone stuck in his throat.

But Raymond himself has been living well all the way from merchant ships, to pirate ships, to warships, from the Yorkist Party, to the Royalist Party, and now the Lancastrian Party.

The current mission record is his own survival rate: 100%; the survival rate of superiors and teammates: 10%.

He has experienced so many "adventures" and has not died, so his professional level has naturally risen, and he has become a third-level [Adventurer] at a young age.

Core ability [Adaptive Evolution]: As long as they survive a disaster, they will have good fortune in the future, allowing them to transform step by step in the hardships and eventually become non-humans with both will and body.

It is also one of the very few honor ladder professions that can allow humans to break through the limits of their own race, allowing them to trace their origins to the ancestors of humans based on their own bloodline.

Gain the eyes of an eagle, the speed of a leopard, and the strength of a bear.

Looking at his current appearance, it is obvious that he is no longer a pure human.

This is indeed the case.

Unlike the [Sin Nemesis] who can kill himself at most, the [Unlucky Ghost] is too easy to affect others, and even Byron feels a chill on his back.

He likes to be someone else's "heartache", but he doesn't want to have an extra heartache for himself.

But it's hard to find talent, and he couldn't bear to kick him out directly.

So he asked the legendary prophet [Boneless] Vaina and his mother-in-law Vanessa to "consult" him together.

Finally, it was concluded that the upper limit of his title ability is: "The more commonalities between the direct superiors and related organizations of the same race, the stronger the lethality, and the higher the rank, the smaller the impact."

With this restriction, things are much easier.

Byron, the [Father of Monsters], kicked him out of the human race decisively.

Using his power [Blood River] and genetics and "Blood Pilgrimage" and other related knowledge, he tailored a new race for him - shapeshifter.

By the way, he taught him the black magic of the Bloodthirsty Cult to help him complete his part-time job. As long as he got a drop of blood from any other race, he could perfectly transform into another race.

Let this scourge do harm to others as much as he wants.

Just like the [Tree of Life] who is now a guest star.

Moreover, Raymond also received the guidance of Vanessa, the witch of disaster, and condensed his bad luck into a spell: "Brother, please take care of me."

It can also be translated as: "Brother, please take care of me."

It can be used once a day, and the effect is more domineering than "Daoyou, please stay."

Whoever dares to be his "brother" will be in trouble on the spot. He will be struck by lightning on a rainy day, choked to death by drinking water, or accidentally fired when cleaning a gun. There is nothing that cannot be done, only what cannot be thought of.

Even if he is one level higher, it is only a matter of time before he is unlucky.

Let him be responsible for cleaning up those "seeds" just in line with his professional skills.

"Raymond, when Noah's Ark was causing trouble, it was blocked by His Majesty and failed to invade the interior of the North Sea. There are not many "seeds" that floated to us.

When the task here is completed, have you decided which department to work for?"

In addition to [Legendary Unjust Seed] Raymond on the ship, Byron's cousin [Sea Mage] Salant also performed the task with him.

After he was promoted to the fourth-level mythical creature, he had the ability to suppress any [Tree of Life] that had just broken out of its shell, ensuring that nothing could go wrong.

Raymond showed a simple and honest smile:

"Hehe, Mr. Archmage, I asked His Majesty's right hand, [Blood Red Whiskey], Mr. Alfred, and learned a trick from him.

He said that the extraordinary world is not just about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships. As long as you do what he says, you can definitely go to any department you want to go to."

This unlucky guy looks simple and honest, but in fact he has put his knowledge into practice.

He can call Salant, who has only known one "flash spell" so far, a archmage without blushing or panting, and he obviously has mastered the art.

Salant was really happy to hear this, but suddenly remembered something and glanced at him strangely:

"You won't be his guinea pig for food tasting, right?"

Alfred gained a new ability after being promoted to the fourth level [Master of Cooking].

Able to use various monsters and even contaminated family materials to make food with unique effects, which can be eaten by oneself or given to others, so that diners can obtain temporary or permanent benefits.

You can also create exclusive recipes and cuisines, and obtain legendary bonuses. The wider they spread, the faster the strength will improve.

Recently, the series of "Ke Family Dishes" "created" by this chef have become famous within the empire.

Some of them are successful, and some are unsuccessful. Moreover, the unsuccessful "Ke Family Dishes" often have various side effects, such as growing hair all over the body and growing tentacles.

Some of them grew a pair of extra kidneys and turned into human-shaped teddy bears. Some of them really turned their right hands into "Five Girls". It's hard to describe.

Alfred worked part-time as the chef on the [Golden Deer]. The new dishes could not be directly served to his captain, so his colleagues became guinea pigs for the dish test.

After trying it once, except for the five girl who thought it was okay, everyone else was terrified.

Raymond, the [Adventurer] with extremely strong survival ability, took the initiative to volunteer and cater to the captain's preferences, which was a good way.

Raymond touched his chin, where there seemed to be tentacles that had grown after the tasting, wriggling. He couldn't help but think of the last recipe he had tried:

"It combines all the horrible anatomical structures and physiological mechanisms, as if the organs and blood clots just came from the slaughterhouse, and it is sprinkled with devil's spices that make people's tongues burn and hurt.

Use the most gorgeous paint to depict the blasphemous monsters with the most filthy souls and the most primitive desires in the world, mocking all ignorant lives.

It seems to be called Maoxuewang?

Although it is a bit scary, it is also very memorable."

He smacked his lips before answering Salant's question:

"Well, after the tasting, Sir Alfred gave me two recipes, saying that they were the favorite dishes of the two queens.

Let me not go to His Majesty, but give them directly to the two queens.

When they are happy, they can just say a word and let me choose which department they want to go to?"

Sarant felt that his two sisters-in-law didn't seem to have any special preferences. Anyway, even he, who had eaten many family banquets, had never heard of them.

I thought Alfred was just talking nonsense, until he said the names of the two special dishes in a tongue-twisting accent:

"Pearls boiled in clear water! Red shrimps stewed in golden plate!"

Sarant was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was talking about and swallowed his rebuttal again.

"Well, this... the two sisters-in-law really like it.

One dish works, the more the better."

While the two were chatting, the sailboat had already sailed back into the North Sea.

I saw two characteristic flute-shaped boats of the Kingdom of the Netherlands dragging fishing nets to catch herrings in the North Sea.

"Huh? They actually came to the hinterland of the North Sea?"

The Kingdom of the Netherlands, at the southernmost end of the North Sea, is also one of the maritime powers. It is known as the "coachman of the sea" and currently owns more than 16,000 merchant ships of various types, with a total tonnage of about 580,000 tons.

Among these ships, the flute-shaped boat is the secret weapon of the Dutch.

This type of ship usually has only one deck without any cannons, almost a closed cargo hold, specially used to load bulky and heavy goods.

And because the port entry taxes of various countries are levied according to the top deck area of ​​the ship.

The deck of the flute-shaped ship is extremely narrow and the belly is wide. As a clever tax avoidance design, it can greatly reduce operating costs.

It has always been a deadly rival in shipping with the Kingdom of Hastings, which also attaches great importance to sea transportation.

At the same time, the North Sea fishing ground is one of the three largest fishing grounds in the world. It is formed by the confluence of the warm current of the North Monster Sea and the cold water in the north. It is rich in fish and has a wide variety of species. It mainly produces herring, mackerel, cod and other fish species.

Whether it is the role of fisheries or the training of sailors, it is of great significance to the sea power.

When they found that the other party had gone deep into the North Sea, Salant and Raymond looked at each other, and their eyes became a little dark.

Especially Salant, he knew that Byron had just taken over the Kingdom of Hastings and was about to enter the Kalmar Union. He reached a tacit understanding with the Kingdom of the Netherlands through the "Free Masons Association".

"The North Sea belongs to everyone. We can put aside the dispute and jointly develop it."

The North Sea is surrounded by the three kingdoms of Kalmar, the Kingdom of Iris, and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. If they don't jointly develop it, Byron doesn't have the strength to eat it all by himself.

However, now that the three kingdoms of Kalmar have been swallowed up, the North Sea has become the inland sea of ​​the empire.

The attitude naturally took a 180-degree turn.

"No, man, do you really dare to continue to develop it?"

The east, west, and north are all territories of the empire. No matter how they look at it, they feel that the two gaps left in the south are not pleasing to the eye.

The North Sea has been our inland sea since ancient times!

Although you only have one outlet to the North Sea, it really makes it difficult for us to deal with you.

At midnight.

In the spiritual world, at the edge of the sea of ​​human collective subconsciousness, the lighthouse belonging to Byron stands on a ring-shaped island in the northeast corner of the continent.

Not only is he connected to the tens of millions of golden anchor chains of the entire Bay people, but he is also connected to the faith of tens of millions of citizens of the Golden Empire through the Golden Law, and even a small part of the pan-faith of the entire continent in the Holy Spirit. He is swallowing and spitting out huge thoughts and wishes every moment.

The lighthouse equipped with the "Saint Byron Lens" and amplified by 300%, releases a dazzling brilliance like the sun, illuminating the entire North Sea.

Even the nearby Iris and Netherlands enjoy his protection.

A small fish in a pond gradually grows into a whale, with the ability to rush into the sea and face the wind and waves.

After taking over the North Sea Empire and gathering the willpower of most people, Byron has become the strongest lighthouse sequence extraordinary person in the northeast corner of the continent, and even in the entire continent.

Much stronger than Alexander, the president of the Lighthouse Federation, who is only at the fifth-level legendary realm.

The most important thing is to use a founding war that concerns the survival of the ethnic group to truly re-condense the centripetal force and collective subconsciousness of the Bay people.

Anchor Bay, the Faroe Islands, the Hattings Channel Islands, the Night Peninsula, and the encircled inland sea of ​​the North Sea are almost completely connected into a whole, and the rest needs time to be slowly polished.

The only gap is the Iris and the Netherlands.

However, after incorporating the Poor Knights and greatly increasing his financial resources, Byron's mind is no longer on the dispute over the trade share.

He has so many queens and incarnations, and the problems within the human kingdom are no longer the highest priority for them.

Looking at the red [upside-down tree] on his left arm, he sighed softly:

"Time waits for no one, there is not much time to waste."

When he fell asleep tonight, he accidentally went to the Anti-Pantheon again and saw [Jackal God] Anu and [Thousand-Faced Snake] Hydra.

The sphinx he met earlier had obviously passed the message to them.

The two demigods were ready to mobilize their forces to find the [Sedge River Flower Snake] and [Queen] Cleopatra VII of the Desert Empire to take back the No. 9 Skull [Death], which represented part of the power of the underworld in the southern continent.

They didn't say what they were going to use it for, but the decryption density of [Secret: Crisis of the Sun God Inti, Historical Influence 61] jumped from 27% to 35%.

Byron didn't take the initiative to decrypt, but the secret hit him, and he was destined to be unable to escape another big whirlpool.

The importance of the crystal skull, which was originally only one-thirteenth of the holy relic, also rose sharply.

After returning, I found that the inverted tree on my arm looked a little crooked again.

The [Rudder] of human beings belongs to themselves, and the background color is the human nature that anchors themselves. The Tree of Life presents the appearance of an inverted tree, which is order and anti-entropy.

The [Rudder] of the old gods belongs to the deep sea. The background color is no longer the human nature that anchors oneself, but the animality and madness that anchors the deep sea. The Tree of Life presents an upright appearance, which is chaos and entropy increase.

Every deviation of the mark symbolizes the shift of balance, or even the migration of the camp.

Now it is the entire anti-Pantheon that is pulling him back.

On the material world side, the winner of the last war of gods, [the Creator], is now completely unreliable, and the other powerful [Sun God] Inti can hardly take on the responsibility.

Although Byron felt that the deviation was minimal and his humanity had not changed significantly, he did not dare to let this trend continue to evolve.

"I'm still not strong enough!

Although I accidentally uncovered the conspiracy of the Jackal God and the Thousand-Faced Snake, there are so many old church gods that I don't know how many tricks I haven't discovered.

It takes time to condense the [Crown], cultivate believers, and build the Kingdom of God, and it won't be effective in one or two years.

It's urgent to save the Mermaid Kingdom, find my father-in-law, and take back the "Pirate Code" and the ninth skeleton [Death God].

Even each of these must not be taken by others first.

No matter which one is missing, there may be a big problem with my demigod promotion ceremony."

There are three prerequisites for being promoted from a fifth-level pseudo-god to a sixth-level demigod:

After the spirituality exceeds 25 points, one must completely sublimate one's own spirituality into the [Immortal Divinity] with a strong personal imprint;

The number of believers exceeds one million, and there must be at least one thousand pious families in the built [Kingdom of God];

Finally, one must use the Immortal Ladder as a fulcrum to pry the rules, and use the believers' faith to condense at least one [Clergy] of one's own.

After the three prerequisites are met, a ceremony of ascension to the gods will be held to exercise the corresponding priesthood authority.

The range of the demigod's response to prayers is the entire continent, so the range of influence of this ceremony is also a continent, corresponding to more than 30 points of historical influence.

Byron's Immortal Ladder is the original "one", and the most core authority is [change], which also has the authority of natural gods and personal gods.

He thought about it and decided that the priesthood he wanted to condense was best [change]!

He ascended to the gods by setting off a fire of change in the human society of the entire continent.

It may take several years, more than ten years, or even decades of accumulation to reach that step, but preparations should be made from now on.

Moreover, there is a consensus in the religious community: "Without relying on the king, the law is difficult to accomplish."

A [crown] and two empires are just the foundation. The larger his territory, the better, and the stronger his power, the better.

How much power he has in the secular world, how much power he has in mysticism, the two complement each other.

"Now I have the ability to enter the ninth floor of the Golden Palace 'Grazheim' in 'Valhalla'. I will find the hint left by the God of the Wild Hunt, Woden, when I have time.

Get ready and set off to the East Continent immediately!"