Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 256: This overwhelming wealth is finally in my hands

"Hurry, Byron, we can't wait any longer."

Hearing this familiar voice that had cost him his life, Andrew was so frightened that he trembled on the spot and almost shook all his bones apart.

Without his reminder, Byron immediately fixed his eyes on the black "Faust Contract" floating next to Velasquez.

After defeating the Governor of Havana, [Entry: Why do you carve your name on my pipe] has taken effect.

Theoretically, he replaced the other party and obtained ownership of the other half of the "Faustian Contract".

The bloody name belonging to Velasquez at the bottom has been reluctantly replaced by the golden "Byron Tudor" bit by bit.

Even the power of order gradually expanded with this name as the center, dissipating a lot of the evil and twisted aura above.

Order and chaos, divinity and animality, gradually tended to regain balance.

"come on."

Byron raised his hand and made a pretentious grab at the "Faustian Contract".

The invisible wind immediately responded to his will and formed a hand of wind element in the air, ready to grab the parchment in front of itself.

His other hand slowly pulled out the [White Frost] from his waist, and a layer of dazzling electric light lingered on it.

Prepare to fulfill Flint's last wish before his death:
While recovering the Faustian Contract, he also killed the ferocious evil spirit that was created by its corruption with one sword.

The lightning power of the storm weapon is a special attack against all kinds of evil spirits and undead creatures. Even if the opponent has a fourth-level foundation, it will definitely be given a good beating.

However, even if those evil things are brainless, they still retain the instinct to seek benefits and avoid harm.

[Evil Spirit·Contracted Devil] seemed to have sensed the danger and emerged from between the lines of the black parchment.

He wanted to escape, but found that a considerable part of the contract was no longer under his control.

Without hesitation, he grabbed a corner of the parchment and pulled it hard.

Stab it--!
This two-thirds contract was divided into two again, and the slightly lighter black half flew into Byron's hands, forming two-thirds of the complete version.

The remaining one-third, which was already dark enough to appear colorful, followed the fleeing evil spirit and rushed into the nearby world crack like lightning.

It dived into the tide of the Sea of ​​Element and disappeared in an instant.

After all, part of the rights to the Faustian Contract still belong to the devil.

If Byron's nature is the free and light wind, then [Contracted Devil] is the dirty and smelly quagmire.

The compatibility between the two cannot be said to be completely unrelated, but can only be said to be irreconcilable.

Even if Byron didn't want to kill it, it couldn't serve such an incorruptible master.

Byron used the black and white parchment in his hands to piece together a complete Yin-Yang contract.

It felt like a huge tumor that was parasitic on my body had been cut off, and I felt relieved.

The painting was flowing with an extraordinary aura, light and lively, and when Byron held it in his hand, it even intuitively conveyed a sense of joy.

He instinctively realized that it might not be a bad thing that the [Contracted Devil] took the initiative to cut ties with him and took away the "Simple Wishing Machine".

"Without this guy, my pollution rate has been reduced by at least half.

I will retrieve the complete version later when the anchor is more stable.”

At the same time, the logbook finally read the detailed information of the contract in full.

[First-level Holy Relic: Faust's Contract]:
"The long poem Faust symbolizes the spirit of the Renaissance and the liberation of thought. It was one of the driving forces that ended the dark millennium. It once witnessed a major turning point in human history and has a huge influence.

Half belongs to the Creator, and half belongs to the devil. Only a free soul can become the master of both.

Ability 1: Buy low and sell high.

A contract is essentially a trading platform with coercive power, which can be roughly equivalent to a powerful transcendent in the Gold Yuan sequence.

It can use the greed in people's hearts as a beacon to project its own projection into anyone's inner world.

The owner of the contract can sign service contracts with all kinds of people, buy low and sell high, and earn the difference.

Commodities can be tangible or intangible, including but not limited to weapons and equipment, supernatural powers, beauty, health, love, wealth, time (life span).
The six maids can do anything for you, including ensuring the execution of the contract, harvesting souls, cleaning, etc.

Note: The closer the commodity is conceptually to the realm of the gods, the higher the cost of the transaction, both for the transaction object and the contract owner.

Be careful, you might be the next item on the shelf! "

Byron certainly knew the consequences of excessive greed.

But even if he only relies on the basic ability of this contract, he is confident that he can open "Pawn Shop No. 8".

[Blood Grail] devours flesh and blood, [Wild Hunt] recruits souls, [Deathwing] plunders treasures, [Pawn Contract] robs abilities.
Once an enemy fell into his hands, he was immediately dealt with clearly.

With this treasure, the value of the Havana Governor Velasquez who had handed over all the pawn contracts suddenly plummeted.

“Ability 2: The Covenant between Man and God.

The long poem "Faust" serves as a successful example of mankind's struggle for power from God/the Church, and obtaining the power to make a covenant with the superior.

The owner of the contract can use himself as a bet and sign a contract with certain super-standard beings, using the world itself as a medium to automatically generate a fair contract.

Just like Faust back then, one end of the contract is the Creator and the other end is the devil. Therefore, the upper limit of the covenant between man and God is: two.

There is currently a covenant between man and god, where the previous master Flint made a covenant with the greedy worm Mammon:
Treasure Island must follow the objective laws of the periodic cicada and can only appear in the material world in prime number years.

When there are [Lantern Bearers] with free souls stationed on the island, only low-sequence cicada people's followers are allowed to pass through the secondary rift, and medium-sequence ones are not allowed to enter the material world.

Moreover, the cicada people’s range of activities cannot exceed the scope of Treasure Island.

In exchange, Flint needs to use his fame to attract other humans to the island, abide by a series of rules such as "equivalent exchange" and "weight limit", and provide food for Mammon.

Once both parties violate the contract, they will face blows at the rules level.

当【提灯人】更换时，质数年归零，重新从：2、3、5、7、11、13、17开始计算。

The new contract will take effect when the new lantern bearer drops a drop of blood on it. "

Byron glanced at his dead uncle beside him.

According to this contract, when he came 11 years ago, Flint's condition had probably deviated significantly and no longer fully met the requirements of the Lantern Bearer, resulting in a loophole in the contract. Although he decisively started to run away when the cicadas started chirping, he was ultimately unable to escape with his life.

“I know, I know.”

At this time, the cicada sounds on the opposite side became more and more rapid.

Those living on the mirror island across the rift are all adult cicada people.

The normal individual looks like a flesh-colored cicada, with six human-like hands, a human-like face and a needle-like mouthpart.

Extraordinary individuals appear with golden masks, jeweled red eyes, and a series of gold and silver jewels as decorations.

The bodies of the mid-sequence individuals were directly inlaid with varying numbers of high-quality Philosopher's Stones, which sparkled and shone brightly.

These cicada people are not completely irrational and grotesque, but more like alien life forms with human-like intelligence, and even have their own social structure.

Finally, the first low-sequence cicada man flew out of the crack and lay in the blood lake, sucking the juice in big gulps.

Then came the second, and the third, until it was completely dark and gathered into a countless dark cloud.

Byron was not in a hurry to fulfill his duties as lantern bearer.

Instead, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Click!

As the bright flame of the tinderbox bloomed, a group of six beautiful maids dressed in black and white maid outfits emerged.

In the eyes of others, they still look the same.

But in Byron's eyes, these six maids grew devil's horns on their heads and had a bat wing and an angel wing on their backs.

Her face becomes more holy and beautiful, and her figure becomes more explosive and hot.

Half angel, half devil, that is their true nature.

Byron made his request to the maid named Shirley, who had a gold nameplate on her chest:

"Do you have a way to hide our people first so that they won't find us?"

The black-haired maid bowed respectfully:

"My dear master, it is very simple."

He casually took out the silver tinderbox, and the bright white flame created a circle of light, covering all the people under Byron's command.

Protected by the power of the contract.

The cicada people that swarmed in from the cracks immediately ignored them. Some of them sucked the blood lake dry bit by bit, while others rushed out of the third layer and headed towards other directions of the maze.

After protecting his own people, Byron, the "Lantern Bearer", allowed the adult insects to swarm into Treasure Island.

According to the covenant between humans and gods signed by both parties, the rules were not valid for those low-level cicada people, and Byron did not think of resisting this level of insect tide by himself.

He has another purpose.

When the cicadas started chirping, most of the treasure hunters on the island were still fighting hard.

After all, there is still at least one day before the third rainbow light disappears, and ten days before Treasure Island sinks again.

I didn't realize the disaster would come so suddenly.

"What is this? Run!"

"Ah, help—!"

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Some of the treasure hunters on the island were sucked dry and turned into dust on the spot, while others did not forget their treasures when escaping, broke the rules, and turned to ashes on the spot, their flesh and blood flowing into the blood lake.

Byron's eyes were fixed on the crack.

“This time, several thousand people have come to the island, and they have even built their nests.

If we don't take the opportunity to cast a rod, how can we be worthy of these baits? And fishermen like us?
I don’t believe that you mid-sequence cicada people couldn’t hold back last time. This time, there are more sacrifices, but you can hold back?

A fisherman never comes back empty-handed! "

Obviously, his target is not those low-level cicada people, but the mid-sequence insect people who are equivalent to the "Stone Mine of Living Sages".

The voice just fell.

A middle-order cicada man couldn't help but fly out from the crack.

Now that the new [Lantern Bearer] is absent, theoretically they are not restricted and can enter and exit the cracks freely.

"I know, I ...

After finding out that he was fine, he immediately called his friends and prepared to enter the maze to join this feast that only happens once in a decade.

One, two, three.
They flapped their wings and flew into the passage like arrows.

Looking at these cicada people, especially the philosopher's stones inlaid on their bodies, Byron's eyes became brighter and brighter.

"Wait a little longer, wait a little longer. We can't exhaust all the fish, nor can we give them a chance to run back."

Although he himself could not achieve the level of synthesizing the Philosopher's Stone without any damage in a short period of time.

But these cicada people can!

It's not just this one-time deal.

If we can make good use of this island, we can release a batch of treasure maps every few years and give them to those difficult enemies.

Not only can you kill them in one fell swoop, but you can also get an endless supply of [Philosopher's Stone] through the cicada man's mouth!
Cut the leeks again and again, and your descendants will have an endless supply.

“Others who catch a cicada think they have caught the whole summer.

But for me, catching a cicada is like catching a fortune from heaven."

(End of this chapter)