Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 238: It's not people looking for treasure, it's treasure looking for people

Byron took the lead and led a team of nine extraordinary people into the underground treasure cave.

The long and narrow stairs go through the mountain and lead directly to the deep belly of Mount Qimeili.

As soon as everyone's feet touched the gray stone ground, a heroic song echoed in their ears and the ears of all the treasure hunters in the maze.

It seems like a pirate captain is driving a pirate ship, riding the waves on the sea, drinking rum and singing:
“I am a carefree pirate;

Loaded with spices at sunrise, and staying on Turtle Island at sunset;
The sailors admired my mortar;

The moonlight is charming and enchanting, and the moonlight depicts omen.”

“I’m a hard-boiled pirate;

Shells punctuate screams, and the noise of artillery fills the brain;
The guards tore my badge cap;

Examining the pride of the past, the sentence is all hanging."

The striking of swords against the masts produced a distinctive accompaniment.

clang!clang!clang!
“I am a powerful pirate;

The wine soaked my robe, and the beauty came into my arms;
The overlords fear my scimitar;

War songs echoed across the archipelago, and warships crushed the waves.

I search for treasure with a compass in hand, split the key with a sword; follow the seven-star giant spoon and find the treasure signpost;
I love gold, silver and treasures, but the first mate loves lambs; I don’t care about the troubles in the world, but the sheep cry helplessly.

It is easy to guess that this tune, which is full of vulgar slang in addition to its rhyme, is the biography of the great pirate Flint that he wrote for himself.

It was preserved using a phonograph stone and sung to every wave of treasure hunters who arrived on the island.

By the way, he also wrote about his close comrades-in-arms.

But just like every author describing his or her friends, it is highly likely that he or she will not write anything good.

Flint started out by running merchant ships and selling spices, then he roamed the seas plundering and defeated the sea lords, and finally he settled on Treasure Island.

Byron and his companions listened with great interest, their emotions rising and falling along with the eventful life of a great fourth-rank pirate.

Moreover, the island of Tayman where the international port is located was originally named Turtle Island, which originated from the turtles as big as carriages in the nearby waters.

The group of people from the Taiman Islands suddenly had a wonderful feeling of personally participating in writing history.

Especially Byron and the second-level [Pirates] among the treasure hunters who were undergoing the "Pirate Treasure Chest" promotion ceremony, all listened carefully to every word sung by the big pirate.

The ceremony requires them to obtain the treasure that best represents the glory of the great pirate Flint's life in order to complete the promotion.

This kind of treasure must be associated with a great deed performed by a pirate.

Everyone felt that the treasure that best represented his life's glory must be the 882 Azik Cursed Gold Coins he obtained from plundering the "Treasure Fleet" of Castile, the maritime overlord.

For a pirate of the Lighthouse Order, what could be more worthy of boasting than robbing a large fleet of treasures?
The lifelong dream of many pirates is to rob one, but only a few succeed.

When the song reached the part about "the helpless sheep howling", a hoarse voice suddenly sounded in the ears of Byron and his companions:

"He slandered me! He slandered me!
Did you hear that? "

On the tricorn captain's hat of Mr. Andrew, the Skeleton Knight, Thomas, the Macaw, who was dragged down to join the treasure hunt, was so angry that he jumped up and down.

He was so excited that his tongue became twisted and he cawing like a crow:
"Listen, old man, I swear to God, you better not let me find your coffin, otherwise I will kick your ass with this bird's foot.
Hiss! Ouch, ouch, my waist.

In short, First Mate Thomas, who has lived a clean life and is upright, will never let you go!"

Because the movement was too big, she couldn't bear it anymore, so she covered her twisted waist and lay back on the brim of Andrew's hat.

Everyone in the team gave the parrot a look of contempt.

You are such a bird.

He said that he wanted to escape from this prison-like place and pursue other macaws in the infinitely vast world, but in fact he was still obsessed with the beautiful sheep on the island.

He must have spent too much time hanging out with pirates who only had goats as companions when he was young. Not only had he been turned gay a long time ago, he might have also twisted himself into the same style as a duck.

Of course, if it hadn’t accidentally twisted its waist while playing with its “concubines” on the island, it wouldn’t have been so easy for Andrew to catch it and take it into the treasure cave.

First time hearing this ballad that "slanders" it.

Although this autobiographical poem is sung until the end, there is no information about the Faustian Pact, the Midas Touch, or the truth about the island.

But everyone who can come here alive is a smart person.

Even if they did not have the insight of the [Ship's Log] or the intelligence revealed by the Macaw, they would have already realized the secrets of the island.

As long as there is a one in ten thousand chance, they don't mind turning the place upside down.

Just when everyone was ready to make a move, the man with the heroic tone sneered in a normal voice for the first time:

"Islanders, do you want my treasure?
If you want it, I'll give it to you. Go into the maze. I've put all the treasures I've stolen in my life there.

Even... a great technique for making money from life."

hiss--!
It was the first time that everyone got a positive hint from him, and their hearts couldn't help but skip a beat.

A group of treasure hunters who entered from different entrances and landed in different places of the maze were about to rush into the deepest part of the maze as if they were injected with chicken blood.

The narrow door behind them suddenly closed, blocking the sunlight coming in from behind, and the scene in front of them suddenly became pitch black.

Flint's eerie voiceover sounded again:

"Hide everything. My blood-stained treasures are coming to find you. Be careful not to die, hahahaha."

[Phantom Blade] A whale oil lamp that had been prepared long ago in Guts's hand lit up immediately, and the bright light with a faint blue glow on the outside pierced the darkness before his eyes.

The underground maze was also illuminated again.

However, the passage before them was clearly empty except for them, yet they could faintly hear whispers coming from the corner.

The empty maze seemed to be suddenly filled with people!

Byron immediately took out Crystal Skull No. 12 [North Star God] and wanted to open the strategic map.

However, he unexpectedly discovered that as soon as his spiritual energy overflowed, it was immediately reflected back by the surrounding stone walls and could not reach far.

After carefully observing the walls of the maze, I realized that they were made of extremely fine white lead stretched into threads, and then embedded into many strange patterns on the surface of the walls.

I asked others to take a closer look together, and only then could I make out that they seemed to be cicadas in different stages of development and with different shapes!
Not just one wall, but all the walls and floors as far as the eye could see had similar patterns.

Because the amount used was not large, it only slightly weakened the normal extraordinary ability, but seriously affected the spiritual perception. This was also expected.

Means of blocking perception are standard in every maze. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of time and effort to build the maze?

But Byron was somewhat concerned as to why it was in the shape of a cicada.

In mysticism, cicadas usually symbolize "rebirth from the shell, the immortality of the soul."

Even the princes and nobles in Byron's previous life were usually buried with a jade cicada in their mouths, which shows that the meaning of this mystical meaning is deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Before Byron could ask him a question, Thomas the parrot had already spread out his hands.

He said he didn't know either.

"Got it. While Flint was doing construction, you were playing with the sheep again, right?"

Without waiting for it to protest, Byron turned to look at the singer Jacqueline.

The latter understood and dolphin sounds suddenly started coming out of his mouth.

Circles of ultrasonic waves spread out along the pitch-black passage, instantly feeding back any obstacles and drawing a sonic map in the girl's mind.

Andrew looked at the girl, opened his white jaw, but still said nothing.

Byron had already given his uncle a heads-up in advance that this cousin was really not a good enough person.

To use a more accurate word from the previous life, the two families were not even within the fifth degree of mourning, and were definitely close relatives.

The hospital sequence has long been suppressed by the church. Although it is convinced that inbreeding can indeed slow down the dilution of extraordinary blood, it is unaware of the greater harm.

No matter how strong the desire to get married is, there must be a bottom line.

The only granddaughter of Margaret, the Queen of Eternal Night of the Kalmar Union, who suffers from hemophilia, is a victim of this bad habit.

Of course, this was also partly due to the fact that Jacqueline was too thin and looked difficult to bear children.

"Here it comes, behind us."

The girl suddenly opened her eyes and warned her other teammates.

At this time, the gold digging rat in Byron's waist bag also jumped out and squeaked, indicating that it smelled the scent of treasure.

This means that a large wave of "treasure" is approaching.

Soon, Byron also heard a very faint sound of footsteps coming from behind him, then getting closer and louder.

As a burst of burning breath came towards them, a group of strange and staggering figures appeared in front of everyone.

The two attackers in the lead were physical entities.

The overall appearance is that of a human body burnt by high temperature. It is pitch black like charcoal, with only a pile of ashes left that have been put together again.

In many places, shining golden bones and slowly flowing pure gold blood are revealed, always emitting scorching heat.

The back part is made up of translucent spirits, each with long arms and legs, full of sharp claws, and a huge belly.

The belly is filled with gold coins, silver coins, jewels, antiques, treasure chests, swords, armor, and so on.

Some of them seemed like spirits possessed by objects, such as a bloodstained knight's armor.

Without exception, they all exuded thick and ominous black smoke, which made Byron and his party subconsciously not want to get involved with it at all.

[Logbook] automatically reads the information on them.

[Weird·Miser]:
“Most secret realms were created because of cracks between the material world and the sea of ​​​​source.

All kinds of negative emotions that have settled in the deep sea of ​​humanity's collective subconsciousness, along with the tides of source material, stir up the sediment and return to the material world.

Humanity's endless greed, residual souls and various treasures that happen to be buried in the cracks are combined together.

Thus, these misers who live for money, die for money, and are crazy about money were born.

Most of the treasure in the treasure cave has been animated in this way.

Taboo: Same-sex attraction.

Similar property or characteristics will attract misers who hold corresponding treasures to you, and they can survive by throwing away the corresponding property.

If same-sex attraction comes from one's inherent characteristics, then you can only wish for the best."

At this point, Treasure Island seems to no longer conceal its alchemy and the raw materials used.

The dead on the island in the past were clearly presented to them in a grotesque form.

Let’s go back and review the basic rules:

"Rule one, most of the dangers on the island can be cleared with money. As long as you have enough money, you may be able to reach the treasure cave without experiencing any danger."

“Rule two, you must control your greed, know what you want to get from this island, and know how to make choices.

Otherwise, greed will turn your blood into gold."

Many doubts were immediately resolved.

Andrew, the Skeleton Knight who was standing at the end of the team and was in charge of the defense, did not hesitate at all. He drew the sharp sword at his waist and shouted in his heart:
"I am the pioneer!"

He was the first to rush up.

Compared to Byron's heresy of "I am the vanguard, the boss charges first", Mr. Andrew is the real pure Storm Knight.

It is also the most correct way to open a Lancaster.

Even without revealing the unique ability of Storm Admiral, a powerful Wheel Slash was enough to split a miser in half from the hips to the head.

Followed by another spinning slash.

Wow!

In the pitch-black maze, there was a sudden flash of golden light.

Antique gold coins from Castile, well-made scimitars, and jewelry from who knows which noble family all fell to the ground with a clanking sound.

This is the real explosive equipment for killing enemies and monsters in the treasure hunt game!

(End of this chapter)