Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 352: Sleeping on straw and tasting gall, Jackdaw seeks help (two chapters, 8000 words, please vote!)
"insidious!"

"treacherous!"

While others saw the overwhelming wealth, Byron and Violet saw the plight and even crisis of a pirate king.

They have information contributed by [Bone-eating Clown] Koraskin and [Blue-haired] Helding.

We already knew in advance that the end of the nautical chart was not just a super whaling ground for the Mei's Leviathan whale.

There are also a large number of traces of the Bay residents, a "bridgehead" full of dangers, a new continent not far away, and the dream city of Luoyan City on the edge of the continent!
According to the description in Koraskin's logbook, the location of the "bridgehead" was an isolated island.

And what Violet saw with her own eyes in her dream was that the location of Luoyan City was already in the New World.

The two people reasonably inferred that:

"Just like the indigenous city-states are composed of one city-state plus many villages and hunting tribes.

Within the sphere of influence of the Old God's Mansion, there are probably an indefinite number of subordinate cities that belong to the Deep Dive Church.

There might even be more than one old god who has made his home there, the [Sleeping God Kraken].

In order to reach the whaling grounds, one must first pass through the sphere of influence of certain old gods.

If we really want to convert resources into profits, we must also ensure the safety of the whaling grounds and completely remove the obstacles.

I just don’t know what kind of situation the Ocean Throne encountered.”

[Whale Hunter] Harold is clearly intent on guiding adventurers from various countries to explore overseas.

Throw a delicious bait and an ambiguous nautical chart to the Ocean Throne.

It was to take advantage of people's greed and allow the Barbary pirates or someone else to open up a sea route and clear the obstacles for the exploration of the New World.

At first, he wanted to let the [Ocean Throne] and the giant sea monster [Deep Sea King] under his command and the sea monster army to expand the territory and chew that hard bone.

Unexpectedly, the pirate king was not stupid. After discovering something was wrong, he immediately passed the buck.

“I’m a little curious.

With the precedents of [Infinite Evolutionist] Balboa and [May Wind], the Oceanic Throne ran head-on into the forces of the Old Gods and wondered whether it had suffered any loss, and how much of a loss it had suffered.

Whatever the circumstances, it’s finally time to play the card we’ve been holding.”

Byron's sight extended to an open-air prison in the Torrent Fortress that was heavily guarded but held only one person.

There was no one here except a Lancastrian warden he had arranged.

The jailers were mainly the former "living dead" [Flower Sword] Schneider and a group of traitors belonging to the Barbary Pirates.

He kept his eyes fixed on a bald prisoner in the middle who looked a little crazy.

No one was more afraid of this guy escaping than these traitors.

Because this bald guy is none other than the blue-haired Barbarossa Helding who was captured by Byron on the Treasure Island!

He wore metal rings on his wrists and ankles made of alchemical byproduct [white lead], which suppressed his extraordinary abilities.

Hailding's aptitude is ordinary and he has not been able to awaken the flow. In this state, he is just an ordinary person and is completely unable to escape.

Moreover, it seemed that the previous blow was too great, and his whole mental state was a little abnormal.

Especially when the jailer gave him his daily haircut.

Schneider, who had awakened his heart flow, took the razor and shaved even the finest hair on his head cleanly.

No matter beard, hair or eyelashes, there will be absolutely no stubble left.

Then apply some high-quality care oil on it, which will ensure that any fly that lands on it will do splits.

[Blue Hair] Hailding was having his head shaved by his former subordinates, and he kept shouting:
"Big head, big head, no worries when it rains, others have umbrellas, I have a big head."

Schneider ignored what he was shouting at. To him, shaving Blue Hair's head was the most important job.

All because of [Title·Blue Hair] special effect: My legendary brother is too strong.

“Effect 1: Using tiger skins and waving big banners.

As long as the hair color and hairstyle of the fox are consistent with the tiger, you can borrow the power of the tiger. The higher the similarity, the stronger the borrowed power! "

Hailding's real strength is only at level three, and he got it by taking drugs, almost at the bottom.

But with the special effect of this title, he can immediately increase one level on the original basis, and leap from a mediocre third-level to a rare fourth-level powerhouse.

Once he successfully recovers his strength, this prison will not be able to hold him back, and the first ones to suffer will be these traitors.

"Effect 2: Strong Aura

Anyone who sees someone with the same hairstyle will wildly imagine that this 'fox' not only looks the same as the 'tiger', but also must be almost the same in strength.

One can even feel the strong power of the 'fox', which is not inferior to that of the 'tiger' Pirate King [Ocean Throne].

As long as you stand there, most people will be willing to give you face.

Some weak-willed people may even scare themselves, greatly reducing their fighting power, or even fleeing without fighting."

Of course, as long as his hairstyle doesn't match that of his brother the Pirate King, his abilities will be almost zero.

At Byron's request, apart from daily haircuts, the jailers never abused [Blue Hair].

You are always well fed and well fed, but the only thing you suffer from is lack of freedom.

But for Hailding, who believed in "the head can be cut off, the blood can be shed, but the hairstyle cannot be messed up", shaving the head was even a more cruel punishment than beheading.

After all, I only have one head, you can't chop it off every day.

But the hair can be shaved and then grow again, and shaved again when it grows longer. He has to go through the torture of shaving every day, which is worse than death!
At this time, a drizzle really began to fall from the sky.

rustling.
Even though there were beach chairs and umbrellas nearby, he didn't use them. He just lay on the sand in the middle of the prison, spread out in a big letter shape, and continued to shout:

"Big head, big head, no worries when it rains, others have umbrellas, I have a big head."

It's like he's been driven crazy by a complete haircut.

At this moment, an umbrella was suddenly stuffed into the blue-haired man's hand. He immediately curled up and hid under the umbrella, then squatted there motionless and no longer made a sound.

The person who came held another umbrella and squatted beside him, imitating him without saying a word, as if he was quietly watching the rain with him.

It was not until a long while later that the blue-haired man suddenly asked the visitor mysteriously:
"Excuse me, are you also a mushroom?"

Byron just looked at him quietly, not playing the game of "I am the mushroom and you are the fungus" with him, but said directly:
"Mr. Blue Hair, how about we talk?
Anyway, the past and your hair have gone with the wind. The most important thing in life is to look forward. Come on, be happy."

Being touched on a sore spot, a hint of cruelty flashed in the blue-haired man's cloudy eyes, but he continued to yell nonsense:

“Ah! The world kisses me with pain, but I stick out my tongue to the world and suck~slurp~”

While shouting, he was imitating kissing the air.

hiss!
Seeing him like this, Byron couldn't help but take three steps away, then silently took out a photo crystal that he had borrowed from Violet.

He aimed at Lanfa and faithfully recorded this earth-shattering and soul-stirring scene.

A greasy bald guy is sticking out his tongue to kiss the air. The picture is so amazing!
If it were just an ordinary person, it would be an eyesore at best. But if the protagonist were to be the [Blue-haired] Helding, whose status among the Barbary pirates was second only to the Pirate King, I'm afraid many people would want to pay to see it.

Put it in a "small shop" on the financial street and add a title:
"Shocked! Hailding, the fifth-rank pirate king, one of the strongest in the Bantaan Islands, the younger brother of [Ocean Throne] Barbarossa Hailding, actually did such a thing?"

In less than a day, thanks to his brother's popularity, his heroic figure would spread throughout the colonies and the east and west coasts of the continent.

By the way, Byron can also make a lot of money.

"You little brat, you're going to pretend to be humiliated and endure hardships here, right?

If you turn back, I will make you socially dead."

[Echoes of History] Read what Lanfa has done recently. No one else knows whether he is really crazy or just pretending to be crazy, but doesn’t Byron know it?

Having thought so in my mind, I just spoke out the plan.

It was obvious that the corners of Hailding's eyes twitched violently, and he didn't know whether to retract his tongue or keep it extended.

Byron struck while the iron was hot and continued:
“Mr. Blue Hair, as the Vice King of the Barbary Pirates, you don’t want your dark history to be made public, right?
Losing a hairstyle is not scary, and dying is not scary either, they are just small deaths.

But 'some people are dead while alive' is a torture for the rest of their lives.

Believe me, it is definitely not a pleasant experience to be put on the spot and subjected to cyberbullying by the whole nation.”

Seeing that his tongue was so stiff that he couldn't retract it, he touched his chin and said to himself:

"Is this guy really crazy?

Let me put it this way. I have a bottle of quick-acting hair growth product here.

Big pirates don't cheat big pirates.

If you drink, it means you are not crazy; if you don’t drink, it means you are really crazy, and I will let you go, how about that? "

As he said this, he placed a bottle of blood-red potion on the ground and then backed away more than ten steps.

With the [Halo of a Great Good Man] around him, he doesn't even need to tell lies to make people subconsciously believe him.

Just when Byron had just stepped out of the safety line.

call out!
Helding immediately pounced on the potion like a vicious dog, grabbed it in his hand, tilted his head back and drank it.

Sure enough, the blue hair on the top of his head suddenly grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The jailers around who saw this scene suddenly looked pale and their legs were trembling.

Touching his hairy head, Hailding laughed up to the sky:

"Hahaha, you're careless.

No matter how cunning you [Sea Hunter] are as a fox, didn't you still drink my Blue Hair's foot washing water?

Do you really think I'm stupid? As long as I restore the title effect and step into the fourth level again, do I still need you to release it?

Strength! Strength continued to flow out of the hair!

I have to cut you into pieces to vent my hatred.

No, I'm going to get you drunk first and then lock you up with a group of billy goats and record your ugly behavior, hehe?

Wait, what’s going on?!”

Soon, Hailding was shocked to find that not only his hair was growing, but also his beard, eyebrows, and even every hair on his body were growing rapidly.

Soon it grew into a blue-haired monster.

That’s not all. The skin, muscles, and bones beneath the hair all change as well.

With a series of loud "crackling" sounds, the whole person turned into a werewolf with sharp claws and fangs.

"sit down."

Byron, who was standing opposite him, just said it lightly.

Boom!

Hailding's body couldn't help but fall heavily to the ground, and he grimaced in pain.

Byron smiled:

"It seems that the effect of [Wolfsbane Blood] is quite good."

Among the Night Demon Prince's abilities, there is one called [Control Lower Servants], which can control a series of extraordinary creatures on the same path.

Although all the quota for [First Embrace] have been used up.

However, there is no limit to the series of beastman transformation rituals he learned from "Blood Origin".

What Blue Hair drank was not only a "quick-acting hair growth agent", but the biggest effect of the potion was not to grow hair, but to turn him into a lower-level servant of the Night Devil - a werewolf.

Especially those that were transformed by oneself, have stronger control ability.

Ever since he acquired this ability, Byron had planned to use it to strengthen his control over [Blue Hair].

Otherwise, taking him on board the ship to go overseas to find his brother would be like carrying a time bomb.

time flies.

Early the next morning, as expected, that copy of Lighthouse Weekly was like a super bomb, causing an uproar around the world.

Orders from the major kingdoms fell to the Bantaan Islands like pieces of paper.

Byron is certainly no exception.

"Lord Tudor, I have invested in your 'New World Development, Trade, Tourism, and Fishing Crowdfunding Project' and will make an additional investment.

The 30% 11th tax in the second half of this year can all be at your disposal.

As long as you can establish outposts and ports and grab a piece of cake from the whaling grounds for the kingdom, you will be the first contributor to the York Dynasty.

Not only did I promise you the title of Earl, I also supported you in marrying the Countess of Greenville [Mithril Dragon] Catherine!

Hope to hear good news from you."

Edward IV's pie was still round and big.

Byron had nothing to say. This was his own plan and he had urgently summoned his core team yesterday.

But before the Golden Hind set sail, it unexpectedly received a message for help from the captain of the Jackdaw, James Kent, the "Hawkeye".

After solving the blood disaster, he left with two other adventure captains to continue their unfinished exploration.

During this period, private communication methods were also left.

At this time, the information sent from the [Echo Conch], except for a coordinate that was very close to the "bridgehead", only the other party's repeated murmurs with fear:
"Don't eat fish! Don't eat fish! Don't eat fish."

And the sound of the crashing waves.

(End of this chapter)