Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 357: Whale Technology? The God Dagon?
Kuroshio Island is located between the northern coast boundary of the New World and the southern boundary of the celestial circulation belt.

It is located in the same waters as the seemingly abandoned "bridgehead" and a dozen other islands with similar conditions.

It is not far from the old god’s residence, Luoyan City, which is half in the water, half on land, half in reality, and half in dreams.

The not-so-large Kuroshio Town is the only human settlement on the island.

But it is completely different from what outsiders imagine. This place is not like the indigenous city-states in the Bantaan Islands, which only have a primitive appearance with extremely backward technological level.

It’s not that just because it’s close to the old god’s residence, it’s a hell on earth filled with monsters, evil spirits, and their followers.

Instead, he continued Jörmungandr's gentlemanly style of a suit, top hat, gold-rimmed glasses, and a walking stick.

The town is full of stone buildings with triangular gables, tall roofs covered with dark green tiles and protruding eaves.

Axle-wheel or fan-shaped brackets can be seen everywhere, there are corner towers that were fashionable even in the Old World, balconies with portal columns, square chimneys, and so on.

Everything seemed beautiful except for the fact that the environment was a little too humid even for a seaside town.

The most important thing is that many houses are equipped with black iron doors and stained glass windows, proving that their technological level in metallurgy is not inferior to that of the Old World which is in the Black Iron Age.

It even exceeds the production scale by a bit.

At least in the homes of ordinary town residents in the Old World, one would not see the luxury of using iron to make doors and windows.

This Kuroshio Town seems unexpectedly advanced!

clang!clang!clang!
As the bell from an exquisite clock tower in the center of Kuroshio Town rang six times in a row, the time came to six o'clock in the afternoon.

As night fell, a young man in a blue uniform and a round hat came to a black cast iron lamppost on the street carrying a ladder.

He has the same slightly bronze skin as the indigenous people, but also has a pair of iconic blue eyes of the Taiwanese people. He seems to be a mixed-race child of Taiwanese and indigenous people.

The young man placed the ladder on the street lamp, climbed up swiftly, opened the glass lampshade, and used a silver tinderbox in his hand to light the street lamp fueled by Mei's Leviathan whale oil.

The outer flame was slightly blue, but the exceptionally bright light instantly illuminated a large area of ​​the street.

This source-rich fuel was apparently extremely energy efficient, and only a small amount would keep burning for days, which was not a luxury in this whaling town.

Nils Henrik, the "lamplighter" passed down from generation to generation in the town, looked at the steadily burning lamp in front of him, and his face seemed to be shining.

Pray silently:

"Thank you Dagon for giving us whale oil technology, and thank you ocean elves and whales for your dedication. May your spiritual energy return to the Sea of ​​​​Source soon."

He lit one street lamp and then carried a ladder to light the next one.

Ever since Nils took over the job from his father, every night when night falls, he would go from street to street to light up every street lamp in the town.

Year after year, day after day, rain or shine.

But every time Nils Henrik finished a day's work, he would always add a piously added sentence after his prayer:
“I hope Dagon’s eyes will fall on me and witness my dedicated hard work.

It will allow me to return to the sea after retirement, just like my father did, and become a great family member!"

Then he gazed for a long time at the dark sea outside the town that had swallowed up the sun, and it seemed that he could see his father's figure there.

Obviously, what he meant by "returning to the sea" is not as simple as it sounds.

"Little Nils, what are you still standing here for? Finish your work today and go help at the Fish Day Festival.

Whether it is slaughterhouses, public kitchens, whale oil refining workshops, or shipyards, a large number of people are needed. "

A somewhat sticky and sharp voice suddenly interrupted the young lamplighter's thoughts.

He looked back and saw a middle-aged man wearing a dark green suit and a red bow tie standing behind him.

However, compared to the young man's normal mixed-race appearance, this middle-aged man's bloodline seemed to have some other unknown things mixed in.

The distance between his eyes was unusually wide, his mouth was unusually flat, his teeth were dense and pointed when he spoke, and there seemed to be a few fish-scale-like things shining behind his ears.

But Nils didn't find it strange, nor was he afraid.

Because this appearance symbolizes the beginning of the "ascension" he has been dreaming of, and it is a great thing that will make him qualified to return to the bottom of the sea.

After coming to his senses, he immediately took off his hat and bowed to the middle-aged man, and first recited a fixed prayer of the church:
"Thank you, Lord, and the slave god Dagon for all that they have given us."

Then he greeted the visitor himself:

"Mr. Mayor, good evening! Congratulations on your upcoming 'ascension' to become one of the great followers following Dagon and serving our Lord."

The middle-aged man whom he called the mayor waved his right hand with webbed fingers and corrected him with a stern face:

“No, I just received the oracle from Dagon.

He was very pleased with the sacrifice we had just captured, and decided to bless every adult resident of Kuroshio Town.

So, the person you should congratulate should not only be me, but also yourself and every adult citizen in the town.

This time, the entire Black Tide Town is "ascending" as a whole, just like the ancestors of that "bridgehead town" hundreds of years ago!"

At this point, the mayor's strange face also showed a bit of leisurely fascination:

"As the Era of Luo Yan draws nearer, the Sea of ​​Essence is getting closer and closer to us, and the sea level is getting higher and higher.

Under the guidance of Dagon, we will eventually enter the arms of our Lord [the Sleeping God] and be reborn.

Kuroshio Town is the first among all the descendants of Dagon to receive such grace.

This is all thanks to those stupid outsiders who thought we were simple natives who knew nothing until we ate the fish caught at the festival and became sacrifices."

Hearing this good news, Niels was so excited that he almost jumped up from the ground, and repeatedly confirmed in disbelief:

"Really? Mr. Mayor, is this true? Am I also qualified to ascend?
Am I still in the great dream of my Lord that can fulfill all wishes?"

Only after confirming the news was true did he bow devoutly towards the sea:
"Thanks Dagon!"

In the legend of the town, Dagon, the follower of the Sleeping God, was a member of the original "Bridgehead Town".

It was during that ascension ceremony hundreds of years ago that all the adult "exiles" of the Beidiwan people were transformed into God's followers on the same day.

Minors, led by God's messengers, went to the islands and even the mainland to spread out.

After integrating with the local indigenous people, they gradually established their Kuroshio Town and a series of affiliated towns of Luoyan City.

The abandoned site of the bridgehead was turned into a restricted area during the ceremony. Even the mixed-race descendants of the Bay people and the indigenous people of the New World did not dare to set foot there easily.

According to legend, Dagon was one of the founders of the Deep Dive Church. After gaining powerful strength from the Sleeping God, he truly stepped into the realm of immortality. He is the Lord's subordinate god, one of the leaders of the great clan, and the direct ancestor of all the residents of their Black Tide Town.

To be able to achieve "ascension", follow Dagon, and serve the great sleeping god is the greatest wish rooted deep in the blood of all residents.

The two people who were talking had no idea that two translucent figures had been standing beside them for a long time.

Even talking to each other, they couldn't hear it.

“I just said this town can’t be as normal as it seems.

The belief in the old gods is no longer a secret religion here, but like the Creator Church, it has become an open and aboveboard religious ruler.

However, I know what the followers of the Sleeping God are, but who is Dagong?"

The two figures, one was wearing a brigadier general's uniform, looking handsome and tall, while the other was wearing a white dress, looking pretty and lovely. They were Byron and Violet who were traveling in their astral bodies.

Just when the mayor and the lamplighter were talking excitedly.

Byron and the other person have gradually read most of the information they wanted to know from their subconscious with the help of [Execution in Dreams] and [Nightmare Creeping].

In addition to the Familia and Dagon, there are:

"From God? The whale oil technology that has already started in the New World? Sacrifice? Ascension?"

Byron chewed on these key words silently.

It was also during the first meeting that I felt the shock from the new world.

If they hadn't learned from their memories that Dagon's real body was not here in order to deal with the invasion from the north, they would have wanted to turn around and run, leaving Hawkeye and the others to fend for themselves.

Today is the third day since they set out from the Bantaan Islands.

We followed the best route based on the nautical charts from all parties.

Many "road bullies" were eliminated on the road, which also laid a solid foundation for them to become new road bullies in the future.

This allowed many first- and second-tier exploration ships that had already been exploring the celestial circulation belt to get ahead of them.

According to the nautical chart published by [Ocean Throne], we successfully broke through the numerous obstacles of the Calm Belt and the Broken Islands and entered this new unnamed sea area.

According to the customs of the Old World, whoever conquers this place first will be eligible for the right to name it.

After approaching the rescue coordinates given by the Jackdaw, Byron personally acted as a pioneer to gather intelligence and also brought Violet with him.

He did not forget that when Violet accidentally entered the old god's residence, Luoyan City, she did not trigger the killing rules there.

This means that after she used the blood of the Octopus Battleship to engrave the curse of [blasphemy], she has been tacitly regarded as a member of the Sleeping God's faction.

It is obviously even more impossible to be detected in such a lower-level subsidiary town.

This is also the reason why Byron dared to sneak into the enemy's rescue site.

Although he drank a drop of Violet's blood before setting off and used human transformation to disguise himself in all aspects, it was still safer to bring the original one.

As for the Golden Deer, it activated the sailboat brakes from a distance, balanced the wind force, and anchored on the sea one hundred kilometers away.

It was completely obscured by Jacqueline's shadow robe and the border maze of the [First Overseas Development Order].

A ship in the ocean is like the eye of a needle. Even if you look for it carefully, you will never find any trace of it.

The other [Fiddler Crab] and Xiao Snail that were brought along both have teleportation abilities. As long as Byron needs it, they can provide fire support across hundreds of kilometers at any time.

I didn't expect to receive such unexpected news just after sneaking into the town.

Think back.

If I hadn't waited for the Pirate King to take action and lure away the leader here, and I had just rushed in without knowing why on the day I received the call for help, that would have been a lot of fun.

Fortunately, fortunately.

"Mayor, I will go and help with the festival."

Just as the young Nils said goodbye to the mayor and ran towards the dock happily, his body suddenly shook.

When he shook his head and continued to run forward, the person controlling his body had quietly changed.

Byron instantly possessed him and easily replaced him, while Violet's astral body entered the dream of this body and hid there as well.

Tap tap tap.
As we jogged along the way, we saw townspeople everywhere who had received the good news and were constantly praising the Holy Name. Everyone's face was filled with joy.

"Praise Dagon!"

"Our ancestor Dagon is watching over us!"

With his identity as a "god" and a "favored one" combined, Byron could clearly see the anchor chains sinking into the void and finally falling into the spirit of some powerful being.

This actually bypasses the legal network of the old continent, and instead the gods directly anchor with the believers to form a simple local network.

Although it is far inferior to the equally independent [Golden Law], it already has a similar prototype.

The two were spiritually connected, and their senses were connected. The more they looked, the more shocked they became.

Skull No. 3 had explained the nature of the extraordinary and the gods:

"The animal is the 'id', which represents desire and primitive drive; the divine is the 'superego', which represents morality and collective guidance.

But the 'id' and the 'superego' are both two tyrants fighting for control of the mind.

The former are slaves of the flesh, while the latter are in cahoots with human society.

No matter which of these two you lean towards, it is too extreme and neither is the right path!
Although the Ladder of Glory rooted in 'divinity' is very stable and safe, without any side effects, it is rigid and stereotyped, and the end can be seen from the beginning.

If one is always trapped in the rules set by the church and the Creator, one will only be able to reach the pinnacle of worldly status as the "King" and will be doomed to be unable to achieve transcendence.

The most correct path for a transcendent is to stabilize the [anchor] in oneself by constantly touching the [Silver Law] or using other methods.

Further study the [Forbidden Knowledge] to create a [Sail] to break out of the safety zone and ride the wind and waves.

Only by combining stillness and movement can one make his sailboat run fast and steady, eventually reaching the realm of God and becoming an immortal being.

This is also the truth behind the dark millennium, when those dark wizards were regarded as blasphemous by the Inquisition and hunted to death.”

And this "Dagon" actually used the knowledge of the [Sleeping God] to accomplish the goals of countless dark wizards, truly touched the realm of God, and even had his own believers!
(End of this chapter)