Treasure hunter, sailing on the blue sea

"Can I still drink?"

Alka looked at Balazs in front of him. At this time, Balazs' cheeks were red and smelled of alcohol.

The eyes are half open.

"My friend, don't be young, look at me, I have been growing up on alcohol since I was a child. This amount of alcohol is of course nothing to me."

It sounded like he was hesitating even when he spoke, and it was obvious that he was not as powerful as he said.

It seems that the alcohol content in the wine I grew up with is not high.

"Okay, let's have another drink." Alka said helplessly, clinking the wine glass with him.

After all, Balazs is not in a good mood right now, and alcohol is the easiest way to vent his anger.

At least he's not drunk and crazy, which is nice, isn't it?

As long as you don't go crazy with alcohol, you'll be drunk when you're drunk.

"Ah~ so cool!"

Balazs let out a sigh of relief, placed the wine glass on the table, and leaned heavily against the wall next to him.

"It's really bad luck this time, and it's all thanks to those damn traitors."

"I consider myself a good captain. I have been doing business for more than ten years. From a small boat with a length of just over 30 meters to a large merchant ship with a length of 70 meters, I have not treated my brothers badly."

"In the end, those guys actually betrayed us just for a mere 382 gold sails. Alas."

As he spoke, he leaned against the wall and sighed heavily.

Then he looked at Alka with half-lidded eyes, and asked seriously: "Friend, I know you also have treasures. There are only so many places, and there is nothing I can do about it after you finish it, right?"

Hearing this, Alka's eyes widened slightly and he looked around warily.

This is obviously not the place to say that.

Looking at Alka's appearance, Balazs smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Relax, friend, I'm just drunk, not stupid enough to do that."

As he spoke, he opened the palm of his left hand, and there was a circular pattern on the palm.

A touch of magic surged out.

On top of a disk-shaped object, a white stone plate carved with dense regular patterns emerged.

You can see the lines flowing on it like lava, revealing a fiery red color.

Alka felt it as soon as it came out.

This is a treasure.

Then Balazs made a move that amazed Alka.

He took the treasure and threw it towards the boss at the bar.

"Rochela, go on, keep it safe for me."

The muscular, dark-skinned old man opened his one eye, raised his right hand, and caught the treasure.

Then he threw it casually beside the bar without any thought at all.

The surrounding customers who were drinking just raised their eyes slightly, as if they were used to it and were not interested.

"You see." His expression was slightly proud, and then he bent forward slightly and whispered next to Alka: "This is not an ordinary bar. There is a spell to change words next to every seat. No. No one with treasure can come up.”

Hearing this, Alka looked at the table he was holding, but didn't see anything different.

Now that I think about it carefully, I realize that something is indeed wrong.

The words passed from the seats around him were indeed a bit too plain, and they always seemed like normal chatter.

Alka thought that the people who came to this bar were more civilized. Is this the reason?

And he didn't even feel that there was a mechanism to detect treasures when he came up. No, what was surprising was that there was a mechanism that could detect whether someone was carrying treasures.

And it’s just in this tavern.

There were only about 10 people sitting.

If you think about it this way...

This is incredible, because this place is obviously only visited by people who are familiar with the island.

There is really an abundance of treasures here.

The boundless sea... is really something not to be underestimated.

It would be better to be more low-key.

Alka thought silently.

Then I heard Balazs continue to complain while drunk.

"You may not believe it, but in fact when I obtained the treasure, more than half of the quota on my treasure was used. When I got it, I could only enlighten a dozen people."

Speaking of this, he felt extremely frustrated.

"Alas, I can understand them, but of course I can't help it. Every quota for enlightenment is so precious. I have tried my best to provide quota for those friends who follow me all the way, but it's still not enough."

Having said this, he poured himself another glass and took a sip.

To be honest, Alka couldn't sympathize with him.

He didn't think the quota of revelation was so precious, it would be better to say it was too much.

They currently have a total of 6 people on board who control the treasure.

Except for people like Jason who hold living "treasures" and Lucilia's special treasure.

The remaining 4 people hold 5 treasures in their hands, and the total number of places is more than 600, close to 700.

The treasure quotas held by each of them are almost never used, and even those who have used the quotas have long since died.

In the sea of ​​homes, the total number of people who have received enlightenment is less than 20.

I have absolutely no idea how to use so many quotas, and how you can get him to empathize.

Although he cannot empathize, Alka can understand.

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.

And the later the revelation is made, the wider the gap will be, and the more anxious the mentality will naturally be.

It seemed that Balazs had finished complaining and was leaning against the wall, drinking to himself.

Alka suddenly said: "Speaking of which, before we left this time, we encountered an interesting thing."

"Oh?" Balazs turned his head and looked curious.

What interesting things can you encounter on Broken Island?

"You didn't come this time, so you didn't know that a pirate group had landed on the island, and its target was heading straight for us."

"According to the information we obtained during the torture, it is said that the inclusion of some valuables in your shipment is different from the past, but I think this is obviously not enough to make them spend a lot of money.

Perhaps some of your crew members are providing information they shouldn't be providing. "

Balazs frowned after hearing Alka's words.

"The pirate group...among the betrayers, one of them did collude with a group of pirates. Does their captain have a scar from the corner of his eye to the corner of his mouth?"

Alka nodded. The captain he killed did have such characteristics.

"The Bone Pirates, some cowardly scum with no great abilities."

"I'm sorry, because of our problems, you were put in danger." Balazs apologized sincerely.

Alka waved his hand to indicate not to worry.

"It doesn't cause any danger, don't worry about it."

Except for Alka, the leader who put a little thought into it, the other pirate members were just rubbish.

At this time, Balazs suddenly thought of something.

He slowly raised his hand, and the ring in his pocket shimmered.

A map half made of human skin appeared on his hand.

"Then did you get this map from him?"

Look at this map.

Alka didn't expect that the other half was actually here with Balazs.

What a coincidence.

Another half sheet also appeared in the hand.

Looking at this map, Balazs was a little surprised and said with a smile, "It's really interesting."

Then he explained: "The reason why the betrayer wanted to be in contact with this pirate group is because the leader of the pirate group took a fancy to the half of the map in my hand."

"I didn't notice it at first, but I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence."

Alka listened, drank slightly, and tapped his fingers lightly on the human skin map.

The map at this time was face up, with the front covered by Alka on the table.

The atmosphere between the two became slightly quiet.

Balazs seemed to have sobered up and was thinking about something.

"So friends, are you interested in collaborating?"

He pushed the map over and said.

Alka looked at him and asked directly: "If you don't mind, would you like to tell me a little bit about this map."

As he spoke, Alka turned his map over and put it together with the map he pushed over.

Seeing Alka's sincere actions, Balazs no longer hid anything and said: "This human skin map was peeled off from the body of a pirate leader 20 years ago.

He is relatively well-known in the Broken Sea around Southern Cross Island, but he is also a scumbag who specializes in robbing merchant ships and immigrants on some islands, but this also makes him incredibly wealthy. "

"Crudent and cruel, in order not to reveal his whereabouts, he often sank the entire ship into the sea, causing countless killings."

"After he was captured, he refused to tell where he hid the treasure until his death. What's interesting is that he was covered in tattoos."

"After his death, two pieces of skin were inexplicably missing from his body, in different locations."

As he spoke, he pointed to the two human skin maps on the table.

It can be clearly seen that although the maps are spliced ​​together, there are obvious differences in drawings, skin colors, and textures.

Obviously not in one area.

“One of the skin maps came with it as a bonus when I obtained this treasure.

I used to be very concerned about it, but then I really didn't know where the other half of the skin was, so I gave up. "

"This wealth may be able to make up for my losses, and even allow my Chamber of Commerce to go further."

Balazs looked at Alka, waiting for his answer.

But he felt that Alka would not refuse.

After all, they are a treasure hunting group, right?

Alka seemed to be deep in thought, tapping his fingers lightly on the map.

In fact, he had already learned the location of the treasure on the map by blinking his eyes.

There is rarely just one location.

The golden light pillar, according to the saying, must be more than just a treasure.

There are definitely a lot of extra treasures that come with it.

And the place he struck was this golden spot.

【Bloody Secret Treasure】

[Difficulty: Seeker (Three Stages)]

[Famousness: 86,000]

[Treasure information: The treasure was hidden by a scumbag pirate. This was his lifetime harvest. It was also ill-gotten wealth, stained with the blood and wronged souls of innocent people.

The treasure was hidden in an unexpected place, a safe enough place that only he knew. 】

Since it is golden light, Alka must go.

The problem was that he didn't know enough.

He didn't even know the pirate's name.

And most importantly, he didn't know which island the map pointed to.

Because even if the two maps are put together, the map drawn on it is just an area, and even the shape of an island is not known.

The golden light spots were clearly marked in a very detailed area.

If there are no points, it is impossible to tell anything from this map.

As for the unexpected places mentioned on the treasure, they are all clearly marked, so what if they are unexpected?

The only thing you need to care about is where the island is.

Cooperation is inevitable.

Otherwise, Alka and the others would waste a lot of time just collecting intelligence. It would be better to cooperate with Balazs, a man who has been working on Southern Cross Island for more than ten years.

"How to distribute the treasures?" Alka suddenly asked.

Listening to Alka's words meant that he agreed, and Balazs had a smile on his face.

To be honest, if he was asked to search for it alone, he really didn't have the ability.

Because even if the two maps were put together, he couldn't understand what this thing was.

Because it’s all lines, there’s no telling where the treasure is buried.

It would be better not to have this map.

But Alka and the others are a treasure hunting group, and they are much more professional than themselves after all.

"You are professionals, do you have any suggestions?"

Alka knocked on the table.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Both sides will contribute their own talents, and they will be distributed according to their contributions. The side with the highest contribution will take priority."

After hearing this plan, Balazs thought for a while.

This plan sounds very fair. According to at least the contribution, Balazs has one combat power alone, plus he provides half of the map.

His contribution on this side is not too low.

He thought that in the process of treasure hunting, he would definitely not play a big role. At most, he would be a thug and provide some information he could obtain.

He basically can't do anything else.

He has this self-awareness.

But he was afraid that there were treasures he didn't understand among the wealth. After all, he was just a businessman, not an appraisal expert or an archaeologist.

He doesn't have that good eyesight, especially when it comes to finding treasures.

As we all know, treasures are reserved.

Unless you take it and input some magic power into it, you won't even know it is a treasure.

He was afraid that he might make a mistake here.

Some treasures are really earthy in appearance.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Yes, but both parties are not allowed to conceal the value of the treasure that they already know. They can sign a divine contract."

Sure enough, it is impossible to bluff someone.

They are all fine people.

Alka felt a little regretful, because he could clearly see the border of the treasure and knew it was a treasure.

But obviously others are not stupid either.

Nodding: "No problem."

He was still confident of taking most of the contributions and then taking the treasure.

At worst, give him all the remaining wealth.

"Okay, happy cooperation."

“A pleasure to work with.”

The two held hands together and smiled at the same time.

Then each of them put their share of the map into their pocket rings.

"I'll sort out the things on my side first. Some troubles may take five or six days and nights.

When the time comes we will meet here to discuss it in detail, and I will sort out the information I know during this period. "

Hearing what Balazs said, Alka nodded: "No problem, I happen to be quite interested in this island as well."

After the two of them finished chatting, a bell sounded outside.

Hearing the sound of the bell, Balazs looked up out of the window and then said: "The bell will ring an hour before night, and also when day comes."

Hearing this, Alka nodded.

In other words, there must be some ability or props that can predict the arrival of night and day in advance.

The two left their seats.

Balazs took the treasure on the bar in his hand, and then said hello to the boss.

The two walked down together.

They said goodbye in front of Balazs' store.

"I've been drinking for so long. Time flies so fast." Alka thought silently as he looked at the people on the street.

Stretched hard.

Return to the port.

Even though night is coming, nothing changes in the surroundings.

However, some figures wearing helmets and carrying rock-shock rifles appeared on the streets.

They wear brown and gray clothes, and the cross stars on their chests represent the local forces they belong to here.

One of them was not carrying a weapon, but was walking along the roadside holding a long metal stick.

Come to a street lamp, lift up the long metal rod, and pass it through a hole under the street lamp shade.

A slight amount of magic power poured into the metal rod from his hand.

Light the street lamps.

Then a pale white flame ignited in the lampshade, and the lampshade seemed to amplify the light.

Is this how it was originally lit?

Alka thought it would light up on its own. The scenery was quite interesting.

After watching for a while, Alka quickened his pace.

When he came to the port again, there was still noisy noise.

However, as the number of busy workers at the Bell Port decreased a lot, noisy sounds were also heard from the tavern at the entrance of the street.

Food stalls pushed by wooden carts are also rolled out in the square.

Some hungry laborers began to buy food from above.

Alka tilted his head and looked at it. The bread-like food looked pretty good.

It seems that in the boundless sea, food is not something that is too difficult to obtain.

He didn't even see some sallow and hungry people on this island.

But this scenery is unusually full of fireworks.

He couldn't help but slow down his pace.

Watching these workers working, watching some housewives delivering meals with lunch boxes.

Take advantage of this break in labor.

Some workers squatted nearby and had a moment of temporary warmth with their families.

"Give way, sir."

A man carrying goods spoke from behind Alka.

Alka immediately turned his body to get out of the way, and said subconsciously: "Sorry."

His apology surprised the worker he was carrying, but he nodded and left quickly.

After a while, the sky was covered by a curtain.

The bright sky immediately darkened.

But there are many twinkling stars and shimmering stars in the night sky today, so tonight's night does not seem dark.