Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 289 One is bad news, the other is also

When the crew of the Jackdaw disembarked, they discovered that the seemingly third-level assassin James Hawkeye actually had another trick up his sleeve.

That's the resurrected corpse!

They were a group of strong men with tattered clothes.

They have dark green eyes, dark blue skin, and protruding canine teeth. Even after being processed by black magic, one can still smell the lingering herbal and corpse odor from them.

Except for a few extraordinary pirate officers, most of the crew members on this adventure ship are not living people.

Instead, they are a group of resurrected corpses that Byron and Violet once encountered on Treasure Island (Chapter 229).

He wasn't as surprised as the others.

When I first read the information of the Jackdaw, I took a look at the assassin captain James.

The information read by the same level is already relatively complete, so naturally he also saw his hidden cards.

“We can’t underestimate these adventurers who have been active in the adventuring frontline for many years and are still alive and kicking.

Compared with pirates, they are more suitable for the comment "survival of the fittest".

Standing at the border between the humanized world and the natural world, they may have some surprising cards in their hands, and they are definitely not easy to deal with."

The knowledge of creating resurrected corpses comes from the forbidden book of Voodoo, "Voodoo Rituals".

Those resurrected corpses have no reason, no sense of pain, are extremely strong, can walk very fast, and are not afraid of ordinary bullets. They are often used to replace oxen and horses to do work, or serve as cannon fodder soldiers.

Only a small amount of human command is needed to unleash extremely powerful forces.

It can also enter a dormant state during ocean voyages, greatly reducing consumption, easing logistical pressure, and improving single-trip endurance.

Once it reaches a certain number, it will definitely be a horrible disaster.

Byron also heard that Voodoo was developing rapidly in the Bantaan Islands, and many branches had appeared on the major islands in the Sapphire Sea.

The Black Tongue Brotherhood that we encountered at the beginning was one of them. Its motto is "all members are like brothers, keep secrets for brothers, and stand by each other through thick and thin."

I didn't expect to meet one here suddenly.

It is not clear where Hawkeye James Kent learned this forbidden knowledge, and whether he has joined voodoo.

A moment ago, James was feeling a little depressed because he was beaten by someone in the Way of the Assassin.

Seeing his masterpiece, he immediately became excited again and said proudly:
"How about it, Your Excellency Governor, my crew are pretty good, right?

The bodies of the Zombies are already dead, making them one of the most suitable types of soldiers to deal with the Coral People. There is no need to worry about being infected by coral disease.

Moreover, most of these resurrected corpses were my assassination targets and enemies when they were alive.

I don't need to clean up the battlefield like other assassins.

After they die they will naturally rise again and clean up the beginning and the end, and from then on serve me loyally and make the best use of them.

Isn't this a great idea to provide both assassination and labor services all in one?"

James thought that although he lagged behind others in the art of assassination, he had at least made a comeback in the use of "trophies", and he immediately regained some confidence.

The chest is naturally straightened.

Byron did not try to undermine his confidence. Thinking of his series of factories in Stromgarde, he nodded in appreciation:
“Well, it’s very good.

If it is used for simple repetitive labor, even the labor costs of the assembly line can be saved. I think this thing is really worth setting up a project, and let Pioneer Bank also invest in it. "

The civil servant following behind him immediately took note of it, and turned around to ask Catherine for funds to mass-produce an army of "workers".

"Captain James, please.

I have just taken office, and there are still many things in the colony that have not been handed over. I am not familiar with the celestial circulation belt. I hope that you, an expert, can bring me some good news. "

In fact, the souls of the Newman brothers have become members of the Wild Hunt, as well as the former military commander Beretania.

Byron knew the colonies better than anyone else.

But in other aspects, such as: the progress of the first and second echelons in exploring the "celestial circulation", how many first-line adventurers there are, etc., he is far inferior to James.

As the host, Byron took his group back to the reception room of the Governor's Mansion.

James, who was sitting opposite him, brought him some unexpected but reasonable bad news.

“I do have two pieces of news to share with you.

The first news is that you’d better not place too much hope on our support team.

Aside from the strongest Castilians, there shouldn’t be any fourth-order heroic transcendents coming back.”

Byron actually had a premonition, but until the other party confirmed his guess, he still felt a sinking feeling in his heart:
"How to say?"

James didn't beat around the bush, he put away his arrogance and said seriously:

“Your Excellency the Governor, you also know that the May Wind, piloted by the fourth-tier hero [Adventurer] Balboa, is also a top-notch existence among the first and second echelons of various countries and major forces.

Apart from the single-digit number of fifth-level legendary adventurers, he is a well-deserved first-rate existence.

Otherwise, even if he had the [Relic: Compass of Desire] in his hand, he would not be able to be the first to reach the New World.

This indirectly caused him to lose his own life and the lives of everyone on the ship.

But that's how adventures are, no one knows which will come first, tomorrow or an accident.

Others will not retreat, but will only learn from the misfortunes of their predecessors, become more cautious, and then continue to move forward by stepping on the corpses of their predecessors."

After hearing the other party's story, Byron gradually understood the whole story.

Adventurers are a group of people who are willing to follow the motto: "I came, I saw, I conquered".

The previous owner of the Taiman Islands, the Cat with Nine Lives, unfortunately died during an adventure, leaving the colony he had worked so hard to build to Byron and Catherine.

This fourth-level heroic adventurer, Balboa, died in the adventure of conquering the New World.

But it also proved to other adventurers that the New World really existed. Everyone only remembers the first one and never cares who is the second one.

Knowing that someone almost took away the first place that belonged to them, all the first-tier adventurers were going crazy.

Especially those powerful fifth-order legends felt that they were only one step away from arriving in the new world "safely".

Even though officials from various countries had already issued conscription orders to them because of blocked shipping routes and disputes over "rights to protect religion."

But unless they are those unlucky guys who have received funding from the king or the government and have defense contracts, the real masters will not pay any attention to those government orders.

At this juncture, nothing was more important than discovering the New World.

They want to be pioneers, forerunners, and leave their names in history!

As for the crisis in Bantaan?

We'll talk about it when we get back.

Byron could not help being silent:

“I knew that the kingdom was eager to integrate the power of the colonies, and must have anticipated this situation.

So, the reinforcements that come back are all those who need to be sponsored by the kingdom. There are no fourth-level ones. At most, they may bring back a few adventure ships with strange objects?"

Even if one reaches the top of the extraordinary path in this world, one may still be beaten to death by lower-level people.

There has never been a saying that you can't kill enemies across levels.

There are two ways to kill a fallen fourth-level. One is to crush it with tit-for-tat high-level combat power, and the other is to use the wolf pack tactics of a large number of low-level siege.

The confident Castilians chose the former, while Hastings obviously chose the latter.

James spread his hands, indicating that this is exactly the case:
“Because I started out as a privateer and then became an adventurer.

The extraordinary knowledge of [Phantom Blade] comes from the York family.

After signing an agreement with the kingdom, I was able to obtain the resources for promotion to the middle sequence of the third stage, so I had to come this time.

The real elites are still racing against time to replicate the route of May Wind, striving to be the first to land on the New World."

The maid brought them, as well as a group of pirate officers, a cup of Blue Mountain coffee produced in the Blue Mountains, the fiefdom of the Newman family.

Byron took a sip of the fragrant coffee, calmed down the disappointment in his heart, and then continued to ask:

"What about the second one?"

James picked up the coffee cup and carefully confirmed that there was nothing related to marine life in it before tasting it, with a bit of fear on his face:
“The other one isn’t good news either.

On our way back, we deliberately passed by the route that the May Wind took when it returned to the Bantaan Islands from the celestial circulation belt.

However, we unexpectedly discovered that many indigenous islands along the way had fallen into strange silence.

Broken shipwrecks appeared on the coast of the island, and coral people who had developed to the extreme stage and merged with the reefs and shipboards.

Barnacles, corals, and all sorts of other things released large clouds of white mist.

Wherever within the range of the fog, there is a stubborn hypnotic effect, making everyone on the island fall asleep.

Once you fall asleep, you can't be woken up even if you burn it, and your body is still slowly changing.

I sent a team of resurrected zombies to the island to investigate when the strong wind blew away the fog, and only then did I discover something unusual. "

“By the way, I also saw a lot of leftover shells.

I suspect that the natives fell into a dormant state because of the white fog or because they ate something unclean.

In other words, along the route of the May Wind's activities, a considerable amount of seafood may have been contaminated.

Coral diseases are becoming more diverse in both their characteristics and how they spread.

My advice is to avoid eating seafood recently, especially not eating it raw.”

The voice just fell.

"puff!"

Byron and Alfred, the "Blood Red Whiskey" who had just finished another life menu, suddenly sprayed out the coffee in their mouths.

The latter had just digested the "Squid Seafood Chowder" from the Octopus Battleship on his life menu.

It is natural to invite the captain who also likes "squid" to share the delicious taste.

The two gourmets’ evaluation was: It was the most delicious food in the world, leaving a lingering fragrance in the mouth and even making the clothes loosen involuntarily.

Alfred could only comfort himself at this time:
"It's cooked. I'm sure the squid tentacles are cooked. There will be no problem."

Byron was not too worried. Even if the information he read was incomplete due to the suppression of his position, he would not make such a low-level mistake.

Besides, I have "immune blood", so even if the real body of [Sleeping God Kraken] comes, I dare to hold its feet and bite it hard!
It’s a small scene, no big problem.

In the following days, with the return of support forces from various countries, the Bantaan Islands became lively again.

But as James said, most countries just came back with a bunch of exotic warships that are comparable to the fourth-level nominal battleships.

There is no doubt that they all chose the wolf pack tactic without any prior agreement.

Jamestown Royal Port also welcomed back two ships, the Boar Warrior and the Butterflyfish.

Together with the [Golden Deer], [Jackdaw] and the fourth-level ship [Support] left behind by Major General Newman, they formed Hastings' "Zoo Line".

They didn't have to wait long.

The governors of the various countries in the Bantaan Islands attended a combat meeting jointly hosted by the Lighthouse Federation and the Church.

The mission to kill May Wind officially begins.

(End of this chapter)