Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 239: Unexpected Encounter, Confession Rope

In this team of nine extraordinary people and one bird, Andrew and Violet are both level three, and the others are all level two.

Together with the 50 elite Marines still in the pioneering order, they can be regarded as the top among all treasure hunting teams.

Ordinary enemies and monsters pose no threat to them at all.

It's almost like rushing to give money.

The first wave of misers that came after them soon all exploded on the ground.

Unfortunately, the miser's fighting power corresponds to the value of the treasure.

Even though the cost-effectiveness of the various equipment, jewelry, antiques, etc. dropped on the ground far exceeded the gold and silver on the island, it still could not impress them.

Only the locked old treasure chest at his feet attracted Andrew's attention.

"According to the general rules of treasure hunting, it is usually logical to find one or two fine items among a pile of junk.

After becoming a dead spirit, all the enjoyments of a living person are gone from me, and only the sense of gain on the spiritual level can slightly nourish my dry soul.

Let me see what's inside."

Without waiting for Byron to stop him, he quickly broke the lock with one sword.

The lid of the treasure chest suddenly opened, revealing a big mouth with sharp teeth and a scarlet tongue full of mucus.

It rolled towards him suddenly.

The target was the [Cursed Gold Coin of Azik] that was cast in the shape of a laughing skull and was worn around his neck.

This box turned out to be a strange monster [Treasure Chest Monster].

It is commonly found inside various mazes, treasure houses, and treasure caves, and it specifically parasitizes in various boxes.

It is part of the treasure defense system and cannot be distinguished from a normal treasure chest in appearance. If it is opened in the wrong way, it will be attacked.

Just like now, a thick scarlet tongue is as fast as lightning and can easily roll an adult into its stomach.

"Ouch!"

Andrew suddenly let out a strange cry, and taking advantage of the wind brought by the other party, he turned into a fallen leaf and floated back lightly.

His flesh and blood had long since turned into the raw material of the alchemist stone, and only his inorganic bones were barely preserved.

Only by relying on cursed gold coins can one survive as an undead.

If the gold coin leaves the body of a living person, he will simply lose the ability to be fearless of swords and guns and return to his original state.

But if he lost the gold coins, he would turn into a dead man again on the spot.

What the treasure chest wants to steal is not his money, but his life.

"How dare you resist? You're courting death!"

Andrew quickly retreated to the limit of the treasure chest monster's tongue, and then bounced back at a speed that was difficult to capture with the naked eye, swinging the sword in his hand.

The blazing white sword light flashed, and it actually chopped the tongue into minced meat in mid-air.

Then a big foot kicked the treasure chest monster to the ground, ignoring its shrill wails.

A skull face smiled as he used the counterweight on the hilt of the sword to hammer it into pieces bit by bit.

This guy was only in his thirties when he died.

The last 11 years of gap corresponded to 110 years on the island, which he and Thomas the Macaw basically spent in deep sleep.

He is very conscious very rarely and does not have the broad-mindedness of a centenarian who sees through everything.

On the contrary, he is petty and holds grudges very well.

He also has the same ruthlessness as Byron.

The image of a kind uncle who likes to urge marriage and is a bit nagging is only superficial. In essence, he is still the lawful evil white-black nobleman.

This method of smashing the treasure chest is clearly the same as the method of dealing with criminals.

After losing the sensory stimulation of living people, torturing the enemy obviously gives him a greater sense of spiritual "gain" than finding treasure.

'My uncle is not a good man, like me.'

The other people in the team also felt the same way and silently listed this Skeleton Knight as a dangerous person who should never be provoked.

Andrew hammered the last piece of wood into powder, then stood up again with satisfaction and introduced to everyone:

“Even if you stand still, there will be endless treasures delivered to your door, but these are just ordinary stuff.

The last time we came, we had already explored most of the maze.

This maze is divided into three levels: upper, middle and lower. The deeper you go, the more precious the treasures you will find.

It is obvious that whether it is Azik's cursed gold coins or the "Faust Contract", treasures of this level must be on the third floor.

Although we fought our way there at the beginning.

Maybe I wasn't compatible enough, so I kept waiting until that strange cicada chirped.

We sensed an irresistible danger approaching and began to flee for our lives without even seeing their shadow.

If you want to find them this time, you must first reach the third floor."

As the only survivor of several treasure hunts, Andrew knows this underground maze much better than Thomas the Macaw.

With his instructions, the team did not hesitate at all and immediately headed deeper into the maze, guided by Jacqueline's sonic map and the gold digging rat's natural sense of smell for treasure.

Along the way, various misers appeared one after another, hunting for treasures and also hunting for flesh and blood. It was called a maze, but it was more like a monster's lair specially designed to keep treasure hunters away.

Moreover, the maze will move on its own and change every five minutes, making the difficulty of passing the level increase sharply.

Byron suspected that the purpose of this thing's existence was purely to delay time and wait for the existence behind it to wake up.

In addition, the deeper one goes into the maze, the denser the cicada patterns made of white lead in the tunnel, which symbolize the "immortality of the soul", become, and the more severe the suppression of extraordinary abilities becomes.

In the second half of the first level, the abilities of the first-level servants began to fail, and the abilities of other classes of extraordinary people were also weakened to varying degrees.

However, the monsters on the first floor still posed no threat to a team of their level.

When the group passed through trap plates, crossbow passages, falling rocks and other defensive facilities and stepped into the second level of the maze.

The second-level ability was also suppressed.

I'm afraid that by the time they reach the third level, even the second-level transcendents will have to turn back into ordinary people.

"Be prepared. If things don't go right, I'll call in the Marines."

Byron had just given a reminder to the troops in the pioneering order when a wall in front of them slowly fell down.

When they saw a large group of people appearing on the opposite side, everyone was shocked.

The person in front of him was the majestic and domineering [blue-haired] Barbarossa Hailding, who seemed to be the center of the world at all times!

The perception of both parties was suppressed by the white lead, causing them to meet each other inadvertently ahead of time.

Also in another corner of the second level of the maze.

Unexpectedly, we also encountered two other strong teams.

—Castilians and Remites.

It was such a coincidence that the strongest teams met each other, as if someone was deliberately guiding them in a moving maze.

When Havana Governor Velasquez saw the team of treasure hunters coming out from behind a wall, a look of surprise flashed across his face.

He quickly put on a smiling face and walked forward:
"Good day, Mother Teresa, Father Brandon, and Mr. Herman.

I heard a few days ago that you came to the Bantaan Islands, but unfortunately, due to my busy official duties, I have not had the time to visit you.

It must be the Lord’s arrangement that we meet here. How about we walk together?
The distribution of the spoils can be discussed.”

Of course, this [Pawnbroker] from the Jin and Yuan sequence had planned this killing himself, and had no intention of sharing the spoils with anyone.

Everyone must die!
I saw a rough rope around Sister Teresa's neck, which was not there before she left.

I just thought this was some weird performance art.

His mouth suddenly continued to speak uncontrollably:

"I confess, I lied.

I know you came to the Bantayan Islands, but I didn't see that you were not busy with official business, but were busy having an affair with my wife's sister Selena.

I swear to God, she was such a beautiful woman that it was a pity that she married Cortes.

As a member of the Jinyuan sequence, I don't want to see you at all.

The only news I want to hear is your death.

The distribution of the spoils is not so easy to negotiate, the only way to distribute it is that I want it all!"

Hanging around Theresa's neck is a [Holy Relic: Confessor's Rope]:
“Like the thirty silver coins, they are relics that were created when the traitor betrayed the Son of God 1,500 years ago.

After the traitor betrayed the Son of God, he saw that the Son was willing to endure all the suffering, which caused him great fear and repentance, and he regretted selling his Lord to death.

The traitor then fell at the feet of the Son of God, confessed his sin and begged him to save him.

The Son of God did not condemn him, but looked at the traitor with pity and said: I came into the world for this reason.

The traitor knew that pleading was useless and could not bear to live to see the Son of God being crucified, so he hanged himself in despair on the outskirts of the holy city.

Ability 1: The awareness of the penitent. Anyone looking directly at the rope cannot help but count their sins, especially those with weak will.

Ability 2: Sudden awakening, the target of use involuntarily admits his or her original sin as a human being (the bestial side).

The user can choose to forgive sins and lead them into the church, or they can pronounce the crime guilty and impose the only punishment: hanging!

The destiny carried: the rope of atonement for hanging.

Only those with a strong will who firmly believe that what they do is good can use it. Any self-doubt may lead to the idea of ​​hanging oneself and put it into practice. "

It is only a strand of the original first-level relic, and its power has been greatly weakened.

The higher the enemy's class, the weaker the effect.

It is a perfect match for the Sister of Mercy who is always "doing good things", and she is also one of the very few clergy in the church who is qualified to use this holy relic.

The nun took out this thing originally to monitor the changes in desires within the team at any time.

Unexpectedly, Velasquez accidentally revealed a big secret.

The meeting, which was originally just a pretense, became a little awkward at first.

"My wife's sister? News of our deaths? You want them all?"

[Armed Priest] Brandon had the hottest temper. He picked up his heavy musket and pulled the trigger:
"On behalf of the church, I sentence you to death as a heretic!"

(End of this chapter)