Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 349: Each One's Growth (4400)

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is late June.

As the seasons change, the source tides grow stronger and stronger, and the weather in the Bantaan Islands becomes more violent and unpredictable.

In the northern part of the crescent-shaped Yucatan Island, on the edge of the Azcadian Empire, is the suburb of the Toltec city with a subtropical desert climate.

A hurricane swept in with crackling raindrops as big as beans, and even frogs and sea fish whizzed past.

As it blew over the city, it was inevitably stained with an ominous blood color, as if announcing the tragic fate of some people in this city-state.

Rumble.
A group of more than a dozen bison, all pitch black, with big heads and broad shoulders, as if they were made of cast iron, gathered into a steel torrent and galloped at high speed in the wilderness.

As the largest mammal in the Bantaan Islands, it is over two meters tall at the shoulder and can weigh up to one ton. Its group charge is unstoppable.

What is a little strange is that there is a snow-white bison in the herd. Not only does it have a special fur color, but it is also exceptionally strong.

It was like a moving hill.

Just as they rushed out of the indigenous city-state filled with shouts of killing, and were about to rush into the vast grassland where the grass was taller than humans.

Click!Click!
With a series of crisp noises, the legs of five or six bison in the front row were easily broken by the dense horse-traps on the ground. They suddenly lost control and smashed heavily to the ground, wailing like chariots.

It also blocked the escape route of other companions behind him.

At the same time, a group of elite pirates with pale skin, dark circles under their eyes, and a strong aura of death emerged from the dense grass.

They also wore the emblems of "Vanguard Navigation Military Dispatch Company" and Azik Royal City, representing their identity as imperial mercenaries.

They picked up the "deck cleaning machine" equipped with a rain cover and pulled the trigger at the group of panicked bison in front of them.

Steel balls flew, blood splattered, and most of the bison fell to the ground on the spot.

There were only three or four black bison left, but they turned into [Bison Warriors] with bull heads and human bodies, and rushed forward with obsidian saw swords in hand.

"Moo-!"

The white bison in the team also roared with red eyes, leaped into the air and turned into a huge white minotaur.

He rushed towards them holding two heavy obsidian saw swords, saying in anger:

“Those damn rebels have cooperated with you to seize the city-state, why don’t you let us go?
Do you and Azik Royal City have to kill us all?"

[Honest Man] Eight Fingers and the twenty [Taiwanese Berserkers] around him each pulled out a sharp double-edged battle axe from their backs and strode towards them.

Eight Fingers' increasingly rigid face was filled with sternness:
"【White Bull King】Kuot, give up struggling.

Who told you to kill the messenger who believed in the Lord of Heaven?

Anyone who dares to bully us honest people should die!"

The dead envoys were not all Byron's men, but were just surrender personnel sent by the Azk royal city of Tenochtitlan.

And it’s not really that “honest”.

Perhaps because his attitude was a little bit too arrogant and he was a little too rude towards other natives, he was beheaded on the spot by the King of Kuaut.

This group of indigenous people living in the Toltec city are also known as the People of the Reeds. They are a group of "buffalo warriors" who worship the "spirit of the white buffalo" Putshanwe.

The throne of the city-state is not inherited by blood, but whoever can capture a white buffalo as the beast soul will automatically be crowned king or called heir.

How much ability and luck does an ordinary person have to have to encounter such a good thing in his life? He can ascend to heaven in one step and be crowned king.

The throne was obtained with great difficulty, so naturally it is more cherished.

Although it only asked them to give up their belief in guardian spirits and incorporate them into the Golden Law system as a whole.

But the situation of the people of the Reed Bush was different from that elsewhere. The throne came from the white buffalo, and giving up his faith was tantamount to giving up his legitimacy as king.

How could he be willing to do it?

A stubborn king naturally becomes the enemy of all classes in the city-state.

Until things finally developed to this point.

His existence blocked the way for too many people. Most residents within the city-state saw the opportunity to leap up in class and take a step closer, so they rose up today and welcomed the royal army with food and drink.

Unfortunately, this [White Bull King] actually doesn’t know.

I don't know why, but the envoys sent by their Azik Royal City to other city-states all died of old age!

It seems like he has a physique that makes him vulnerable to death. He is often killed when he is on a diplomatic mission.

When the news of the messenger's killing was passed back, the city-state immediately raised the banner of disrespect for the gods and sent troops to attack, then supported obedient agents to take power, and then slowly assimilated them in the economic and spiritual fields.

Compared to the relatively mild Taya Empire to the south, [Conqueror] Cortes and the Azkabans were more barbaric and direct.

The moral bottom line has been lowered to the point of being almost non-existent.

The corresponding efficiency is quite high, so Byron simply turned a blind eye.

"Drink, bloodthirsty battle!"

With a roar, a blood-red halo exploded on his body. His body expanded instantly and his eyes turned into a cold blood color.

Although he looks crazy, there is extreme clarity deep in his eyes.

Stepping on the mud under his feet, he was the first to rush towards the third-level [White Bull King] with his mere second-level body.

The axe blade with a bright spiritual glow collided with the obsidian saw sword blessed by the shaman, creating an explosive wave of air.

Although Eight Fingers was of a lower job rank, he was not crushed by the opponent. He just took a half step back and managed to hold on.

Then he continued to pounce while roaring wildly.

The others only attacked other black minotaurs and did not come to snatch the boatswain's prey.

boom! boom! boom!
Thunders roared one after another, and Eight Fingers fought more and more courageously.

After activating the second-level class ability [Bloodthirsty Battle], you can greatly improve your physical fitness, strength, reaction speed, wild intuition, and recovery ability based on the first-level [Super Endurance].
While blocking the sense of pain, one's resistance to various abnormal conditions is greatly enhanced.

Curses, acid, burns, and penetrating wounds that could be fatal to ordinary people were only minor injuries that slightly affected his combat effectiveness.

Even if you don't use your extraordinary abilities in normal times, your physical fitness will continue to improve.

Eight Fingers' body has grown to two meters and three meters tall, like a little giant.

more importantly.

He dared to trade injuries for injuries, to fight for his life, even though his skin was torn and blood was dripping, he would not retreat a single step, causing the White Bull King on the opposite side to exclaim:

"Madman, where did this madman come from!"

While Eight Fingers was fighting, the injuries on his body were recovering at a terrifying speed.

Not a drop of blood fell to the ground, but it kept flowing and turned into a black and red double-edged axe in his other hand.

The axe blade was swung, and even the air was making a sharp whistle.

Obviously, he is no longer a simple Berserker, but a strengthened Berserker who has become a Midnight Demon after being [First Embrace] by Byron. He has inherited few abilities, only two:
The [Body of the Midnight Demon] has physical fitness comparable to that of five people working together, and has amazing recovery ability; and the [Bleeding Fighting Method] that uses blood as the medium of combat!
This greatly compensates for the Berserker's short lifespan.

Eight Fingers looked at the buffalo warrior, whose injuries were less serious than his own but whose recovery speed was much slower than his own. He smiled coldly, revealing his cold white teeth, and rushed towards him again, waving his battle axe.

"I swear in the name of the captain, whether it is a hundred axes or a thousand axes, only one of us can return standing today."

The promotion of [Taiwanese Berserker] is even simpler and more straightforward than that of a pirate. All you have to do is “kill, kill, kill”.

The requirement is to survive a series of brutal and bloody fights to the death, five, ten, twenty people
If you achieve the feat of killing ten, a hundred, or a thousand men, as swordsmen often say, you can be promoted by stepping on the corpses of your enemies.

The additional bonus from Byron's [First Embrace] also gave Eight Fingers the capital to launch a leap-level hunt.

A few minutes passed, until Eight Fingers exerted his full strength but still failed to overwhelm his opponent.

Only to find out unexpectedly that the other party was always covered with a layer of bull-shaped white light. Although his physical recovery ability was not good, he could continuously replenish his spirituality.

Finally, I realized that when the king escaped, he even took his own guardian spirit with him.

He decisively gave up his original hunting promotion plan and shouted:
"Gus, I'll give you half of this prey."

The next moment, the White Bull King heard a light laugh behind him:
"I've been waiting for you to say this. My 'Level 3 Holy Relic: Butcher's Knife' has been thirsty for a long time.

The knife is twenty centimeters long and is made of the most ordinary iron and wooden handle.

However, because the owner of the knife knows the body of the cow very well, he can butcher the cow with ease, and the knife remains as bright as new even after decades of not being sharpened.

But it carries a beautiful story of folk legend. "

The White Bull King turned his head and saw a young man with ordinary appearance and figure standing behind him, except that he had a pair of blood-red eyes like the Berserker.

He was indeed holding a cooking knife in his hand. Just one look at it and he subconsciously felt that the knife's cold light penetrated his bones, as if even his marrow would be frozen.

Immediately, two people in front and behind him pounced on him together. When he waved his hand to resist, one of his arms flew up in an instant.

The cowhide, joints, fascia, and muscles did not pose any obstacle to the knife, and not even a trace of pain was felt.

It took him a while to react, and he let out a terrifying howl:
“Ah! Don’t kill me!”

But it was soon chopped into pieces by both the bloody fighting method and the butchering knife.

After the battle, Guts no longer had the [Level 3 Relic: Butcher's Knife] in his hand, but only an ordinary dagger.

It was all an illusion!

Only the third-level [Fantasy Treasury] has the ability to materialize rare objects and holy relics, and Guts does not have this ability yet.

But as long as you confuse the other party's senses and make them believe that the thing is real, you can truly bring out the magical effect of the holy relic.

After Guts became a midnight demon, the core ability he inherited from Byron happened to be [Charm Humans].

Combined with the Phantom Blade's ability to control the five senses and confuse the sense of existence, this is how it achieved the extraordinary effect of impersonating the holy relic "The Butcher's Art of Cutting an Ox".

The mysterious murder was over. Although the two men had not yet advanced to the third level, their spirituality had improved a lot.

All that's missing is an opponent of sufficient weight as a sacrifice to complete the promotion.

[Ladder of Glory] professions can be quickly promoted as long as there are enough opportunities to perform their duties.

Similar to the Berserker, the Assassin's promotion path is to continuously carry out assassination missions, committing one murder after another, and starting one [Phantom Killer's Serial Murders] after another.

To be honest, although they have a grudge against the traditional factions in the church, this behemoth has indeed made an indelible and outstanding contribution to the stability of the continent.

If they dared to kill people like this in the Old World, it would probably not be long before the Judge Knights from the Inquisition would come to their house for a barbecue party.

Otherwise, the great pirates from the east and west coasts would not have collectively fled to the Bantaan Islands. A profession that symbolizes turbulence should pursue turbulence throughout one's life.

"This guy is a poor fellow. There is not much money in a small city-state."

Gus said this, but he still patiently searched the victim for every piece of gold jewelry.

He never touches financial management, investment, or stocks, and only deposits money in Pioneer Bank's zero-fee savings program.

As long as he looks at the numbers on the deposit slip every day, he will have sweet dreams at night.

By the way, he used the [Blood Holy Grail] to eat up all the corpses on the ground.

This part of extraordinary materials is needed to repay the captain's Night Demon "Promotion Loan". Although the interest rate is not high, no part of the spoils must be wasted.

The [Ten Commandments of Pirates] are becoming more and more complete, and they don't want to take the lead in breaking the rules.

Phew——!
At this moment, a loud cry pierced through the hurricane and reached their ears.

Looking up, I saw that the person coming had the body and claws of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle, like a legendary griffin.

The griffin spoke in human language, but it was the voice of Alfred, [Blood Red Whiskey]:
"Are you done fighting? Let's go back and have a celebration party.

The agent of the city-state said that he wanted to introduce their queen mother to us, the messengers of God."

Obviously, Alfred was one step ahead of them, completing his life menu and successfully advancing to the third-level [Gourmet].

Gained the third-level ability [Holy Communion Recipe]:
“It is no longer limited to single delicacies such as geoduck and whiskey, but allows different foods and cooking methods to be combined to produce wonderful chemical reactions.

Since everyone has different physiques and preferences, the 'holy communion recipes' of a level three gourmet are naturally different."

It just so happened that the ability he inherited from Byron was [Vampire Touch], as well as a series of exotic delicacies, so the style of his recipes naturally changed accordingly.

Such as this:

"Broken internal organs, coagulated blood, entangled tentacles, lifeless eyes, shriveled limbs, mutilated brains, and scarlet fruits.

Rolling in the opposition of red and white, and being silent in the blend of yellow and brown!"

In fact, it is his favorite hot pot stew, everything can be hot pot.

Drink it with the soup, and you can transform into a griffin, chimera, shark, dog, cat, dog, etc.

In fact, it was not just them. A considerable number of pirates from the Vanguard Colonial Trading Company were sent to the war-torn Yucatan Island for training.

Pirates believe in "the last one standing is the winner", so those who survive the war will naturally become stronger.

Although Byron was still in Violet's room in Torrent Fortress, he could see everything happening in the distance clearly through the increasingly powerful [Golden Law].

Power is important, but the growth of the direct guards is also of paramount importance.

He himself has reached the fourth level, and can now prepare for the promotion ceremony and the construction of the "heroic army" in advance.

It is always better to prepare in advance than to be in a rush when the time comes.

Although the team construction has just begun, it has gradually begun to have the flavor of the luxurious configuration of the "Pirate King Group".

Until he changed his vision and saw a manor in Royal Port, [Guardian Knight] Bruch walked with the help of the wall, tapping his waist every two steps, and uttering from time to time:
A strange sound of "ah, hiss, hiss, hiss".

Looking behind him, there is the fairy Rigel, who is wearing a dancer's gauze dress, has rosy skin, and a pair of heterochromatic eyes that seem to be dripping with water.

Byron suddenly realized that Bruch was probably the one with the highest "growth" in their core team.

(End of this chapter)