Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 448 Title special effect: The key to the treasure ship!
When the Golden Deer took advantage of the window period at the end of the month and the beginning of the month to leave the Beast Park and start its return voyage.

A large number of adventure ships, warships, pirate ships, whaling ships, slave ships, merchant ships, etc. from all parties that had been blocked behind the "trapdoor" for a month were now pouring in.

"It's open. The trapdoor is open."

"Anchors up, sails full! Let's hurry on.

Time is money, and with Westwind Express's Great Bear Islands warehouse transit, we can earn more money than we could earn in a whole year in previous years by making a few more trips."

"The intelligence has already been sent back. A group of deep-sea clans live on the east coast of the southern continent, while on the west coast there is an indigenous empire ruled by a false god. In the northern rainforest belt, there are only totem god tribes.

Land from the north, kill them all, rob them all, the vast land and endless gold and silver will all belong to us!"

“Wherever the sword and the cross point, glory be to the Creator!”

The colonists cheered loudly, as if they were injected with chicken blood and excited.

A vast virgin land is waiting for their development. Countless winds will blow up countless fat pigs. Whether they can change their fate depends on this one!
Especially the seven or eight strange warships occupying the front position, with brilliant spiritual light on them, in the spiritual vision of other extraordinary people, they were like scorching suns falling on the sea.

Some of this was due to the superior quality of the battleship itself, but most of it was because there was a fifth-rank captain on board who made no secret of his spiritual brilliance.

They are all the legendary adventurers in the first echelon of various forces. They all gave up the routes they had explored for many years and gathered here.

Before this, they were accidentally tricked by the Pirate King [Ocean Throne] Barbarossa Hayreddin, missed the opportunity, and wasted a month in vain.

The Centaur Islands have a twenty-year protection period under the "Wild Development Order", and they are destined to have no chance of getting the biggest piece of meat in the whaling grounds.

At this time, everyone was very angry and wanted to make up for the wasted time.

Sparks flew between adjacent warships, all of them competing with each other, and no one wanted to fall behind others again in the next exploration operation.

But no matter how hard they fought, no one could get past the huge, peculiarly shaped warship in the front.

The mainmast was hung with the long tassel flag of the Kingdom of Castile Navy, the bowsprit was hung with the golden fortress noble flag of the Royal Family of Trastamara, and there was a row of gold-plated letters on the stern gallery.

This is none other than the flagship of Louis, the Puppet King of Castile—the quasi-legendary battleship Dream Castle.

Completely different from the flat-deck design of the Golden Deer, the main body of this warship is a large caravel with high bow and stern.

The front and rear buildings were built to look like castles and decorated with gorgeous gold and gems. The huge warship looked like a dream kingdom floating on the sea.

The interior space is many times larger than the exterior, as if a majestic castle belonging to the prince was moved to the sea.

Attacking this ship would be an extremely difficult and real sea siege.

Tap tap tap.
A group of life-size "toy soldiers" in military uniforms were carrying muskets and patrolling the entire battleship carefully.

Another group of toy soldiers were diligently maintaining the artillery.

At first glance, there was not a single living person of flesh and blood to be seen.

It was not until the sun was high in the sky and the trapdoor opened, and the Dream Castle led the other sailboats into the southern hemisphere, that the owner of the ship slowly woke up from his 100-square-meter bed.

She got rid of the arms and legs that were wrapped around her body and sat up.

A dozen or so beauties around him also opened their eyes and silently crawled back on their knees on the big bed, until they left the room naked, and none of them dared to offend their master by pointing their buttocks towards him.

At the same time, dozens of maids in maid dresses walked into the bedroom carrying various things on silver trays.

Some helped him wash, some dressed him, and some served him wine and brunch.
At this moment, [Puppet King] Louis was the absolutely supreme king. He never left his bed and everything was prepared for him.

The most luxurious life that humans can imagine is just Louis' daily life.

Soon, this distinguished figure regained his dignity.

The velvet curtains opened, and warm sunlight shone into the room through the enchanted glass floor-to-ceiling windows, and also onto the Puppet King.

He had a very square and handsome face with a slight strange wooden texture, and his slightly curled beard was meticulously groomed, so it was impossible to tell his age.

On his aristocratic dress inlaid with various gems, there was a very conspicuous golden castle badge, which represented his noble birth.

The large bed of over 100 square meters automatically transformed into a spacious throne.

A dozen or so beautiful women in very cool clothes were replaced around him, for him to hug and touch, and they offered him wine and fruit while talking to him.

Compared to the impatience of other legends, this [Puppet King] is obviously much calmer.

This is the confidence coming from the world's number one maritime power.

Bang bang bang.
He clapped his hands and ordered indifferently:

"Play music and dance!"

On the stage outside the floor-to-ceiling window, a professional orchestra played Louis' favorite music, and a group of girls in colorful dance dresses entered.

What was very strange was that many translucent silk threads hung from the void above their heads, connecting their joints.

Then, as the music played, the Puppet King moved his fingertips, and the beautiful girls were suspended by invisible silk threads and began to dance.

They stepped on the beat with every step, and everyone's movements were flawless, performing an exceptionally wonderful puppet dance. But if an outsider were here, it would only feel weird and absurd.

In fact, as Louis's life motto goes:
"Sitting high on the throne, enjoying power, arbitrarily controlling the fate of the weak through the thread in his hand, and not allowing anyone to disobey him."

He pursues perfection in controlling everything and hates any accidents that are out of his control.

If you look closely, you will find that everyone living on this boat actually has more or less translucent silk threads on their bodies.

That was seen as a "gift" from the Puppet King.

It can help them "correct" their own destiny, so that every step is perfectly in line with the script set for them by the Puppet King.

The people on the ship also adapted to all of this. Some patients with Stengorm syndrome even felt that they could not survive a day without the control of the silk strings, while every day under the control of the Puppet King was exceptionally happy and fulfilling.

However, even the Puppet King himself is ultimately just a mortal, not the supreme creator, and has no way of controlling all the variables in the world.

When a group of girls finished dancing and left the stage one by one, the laces of the dancing shoes of the prettiest blonde girl in the front row suddenly broke.

The man also fell heavily, causing the originally neat queue behind him to suddenly become chaotic.

quiet!
The entire stage was dead silent.

The lead dancer's first reaction was not to hold her ankle and cry out in pain, but to kneel on the ground with a pale face and cold sweat soaking her makeup.

This should be just a small matter anywhere, but it is a big mistake that absolutely cannot be tolerated on the Dream Castle.

"Humph!"

A cold snort came from above my head.

The five or six threads connected to the blonde girl suddenly turned blood red, and her whole body began to tremble violently.

It seemed as if something was being pulled out along with the silk thread, and something was being injected along with the silk thread.

Click!Click!
Soon, a strange sound of wood and metal gears rubbing against each other began to come from the girl's body.

Just half a minute later, when the blonde girl stood up from the ground again, she had completely turned into a puppet!

Wood texture appeared on the white skin, the joints became spherical, the facial features were still delicate but he would never laugh or cry again.

Only a pair of eyes that had turned into glass moved slightly, and there was still traces of the girl's fear in them.

It was obvious that her soul was still trapped in this puppet's body, unable to live or die.

The others who witnessed this scene could not help but remain silent, recognizing that this was the fifth-level exclusive magic of [Puppet King] Louis [Flesh and Blood Are Useless]!
He can transform humans into puppets, completely under his control, with their souls bound within them, and even the abilities of extraordinary people will be retained.

It is obvious that the toy soldiers serving on this battleship were once living humans!

In the silence where only the sound of many heartbeats could be heard, the communication crystal in the bedroom suddenly lit up.

Louis, the Puppet King, whose interest was disturbed, finally suppressed his low mood and connected to the long-distance communication from his hometown.

"Good day, Your Highness!"

The person who appeared in the crystal ball projection was none other than the sailboat collector Morton Gray, who had left behind his body and a virtual ship spirit after failing to steal the Blue Dragon King and the Golden Deer.

Although he failed to get his "beloved beauties", he did not dare to violate the agreement with the Puppet King and obediently returned to the Kingdom of Castile to serve as the president of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

With the help of various extraordinary materials provided by Castile, he has begun to prepare for his own fifth-level [Ship Spirit] promotion ceremony.

Realizing that the puppet king looked unhappy, Morton did not dare to waste words and stated his purpose very straightforwardly:

“Your Highness, the Treasure Fleet is ready to depart from the mainland loaded with goods from the Old World. After arriving at the Port of Havana, it will load up with specialties from the Bantaan Islands and return at the end of October.

His Majesty the King believes that the security situation in the Bantaan Islands has been unstable during this period and it is necessary to strengthen defense.

This time, the title effect of the treasure fleet [Key to the Treasure Ship] is activated, and I want you to be one of the three secret keepers.

You see"

As a treasure transport fleet famous among all the countries, the Treasure Fleet has of course also obtained a legion-level title special effect, and its name is [Key to the Treasure Ship].

Just determine the departure time, expected arrival time, main routes, crew size, cargo list, and other information, and then find three keepers to memorize all this information.

This will create an information black box.

As long as the keeper does not reveal the secret in any form, others will not be able to discover the treasure fleet of more than 90 ships loaded with gold, silver and spices even if they are close by.

Therefore, every time a voyage is set, the three secret keepers are the key.

Every year it attracts the spying of ambitious people, and even assassinations and kidnappings.

If the information is successfully obtained, it will be possible to plunder the treasure fleet.

If all three secret keepers were killed, the treasure fleet, its crew members and treasures would disappear from the world forever, and no one would be able to obtain the treasures.

(End of this chapter)