Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 475 Pirate Code, Treasure Hunting Alliance (7200)

"Ah! Who is it? Who dares to break the rules of the game I set?"

Before the witch riding on the broom could fly in front of Byron and his party, her angry scream like a "banshee's howl" had already pierced everyone's eardrums.

The visitor was none other than the alternative pirate commander who seemed a little neurotic to outsiders, the [Candy Witch] Ivanka.

The relevant information collected in advance also appeared in Byron's mind at the same time.

It is said that Ivanka used to be a noble lady of the Holy Silver Empire, but after her father's death, she was driven out of the territory by her stepmother and brother and was forced to be sent to a monastery to be a nun for the rest of her life.

Because most nuns in religious orders had to remain chaste and could not marry, they could not take even a copper coin from their parents' home as a dowry, let alone their father's inheritance.

Finally, by chance, she encountered pirates attacking the city, joined the pirate gang and became a [Pirate] of the Lighthouse Sequence.

After returning to the territory for revenge and cutting his stepmother and brother into pieces, he has been operating in the inter-sea area sandwiched between the east coast countries and the west coast countries.

Soon she grew into a notorious female pirate captain.

Eventually, he came to overseas and, with his talent and madness, he was promoted step by step to become a fourth-rank pirate warlord.

A few years ago, while exploring the Broken Isles, I accidentally entered a fairy-tale secret place called "Candy House".

Using the pirate's core ability [Plundering Like Fire], he was extremely lucky to snatch a black magic [Sugar Man's Table] that could turn people into candies from a third-level old witch.

Similar to the ability card of [Pawnbroker], once you grab it, it is yours and you can use it without having to hold a series of additional rituals for bloodline sublimation.

At the same time, the core ability of the pirate at the third level is [Plundering Like Fire], and the advanced ability at the fourth level is called [Professional Completion]:
"Nothing can keep an old pirate away from the sea. If his legs are broken, he will use wood to replace them. If his hands are missing, he will use hooks to replace them. If his eyes are blind, he will use artificial eyes.
The fourth-level pirate commander has been roaming the sea for many years. His body may be gradually tired and old, but his spirituality is gradually approaching perfection through years of plundering.

It can complete itself through sacrifice and integration of a series of abilities plundered from itself, and tailor-make special extraordinary abilities.

Whatever is lacking in nature will be supplemented.

In Byron's own words, 'take from the excess and give to the deficiency.'"

Ivanka relied on her own [Professional Completion] ability and the stolen forbidden knowledge [Sugar Man's Table] as a basis to complete a series of fairy tales and witchcraft called "Candy Fairy Tale Book".

Can use candy as a medium to achieve all kinds of incredible dream effects.

The Candy Witch in the distance quickly grew from a small black dot to a larger one.

In the blink of an eye, she flew over the team, allowing everyone to see clearly that she was a sweet woman wearing a black cloak with red pupils, but the anger on her face ruined her beauty.

"Eat my [Pumpkin Exploding Candy]!"

He pulled out a bunch of pumpkin-shaped candies from the pocket of his cloak. As soon as they left his palm, they quickly swelled to the size of a human head and fell onto the team below like raindrops.

"Oh, well come on.

You are still far from being a professional in the field of bomb handling."

Violet, who had been eager to try, instantly activated her fourth-level gunsmith's exclusive ability [Spirit Magazine]:
"The mind is the 'bullet' and the body is the 'gun'. It can simulate any known guns, cannons, bombs and other hot weapons out of thin air. The power of the magic bullet fired is exactly the same as that of real guns and cannons."

He stretched out his slender, white index finger and thumb to form a gun shape, then aimed at the pumpkin bomb in the sky and pulled the trigger in his mind.

boom! boom! boom!
There was a flash of light at his fingertips, and one, two, three, four countless dense fire lines intertwined into a net in mid-air, piercing through all the pumpkin exploding candies.

Rumble——!
Huge fireballs exploded in the sky, all the glass along the street was shattered on the spot, and scorching hot wind swept through several streets.

Ivanka, the "Candy Witch" flying in the sky, also screamed and was blown higher into the sky by the shock wave.

"The fight has started, run!"

Unrelated pedestrians and free pirates dodged.

In this place where official management is dysfunctional, the first thing residents do when they hear unusual noises is to seek shelter. Even the "walking dead" on the roadside who have taken too much drugs instinctively flee.

Without this set of survival instincts, you won't be able to survive long in a place like Pirate City.

Only outsiders would be willing to crane their necks to join in the fun.

Immediately, the metal arm armor on Violet’s right arm glowed silver and turned into a large-caliber revolver without any of Stromgarde’s distinctive emblems.

Others thought that this was the ability of the arm guard, but in fact it activated the [First Whale Oil Fixed-Load Bullet] which could weaponize the human body and amplify it to the level of a second-level holy relic.

This type of firearm is much more powerful than a simple mental magazine.

The gun roared, dazzling fireworks exploded at the muzzle, and a conical bullet longer than a dagger pierced through the air and shot straight at the Candy Witch.

The latter dodged it by somersaulting on a broomstick, but the bullet possessed by the gun spirit turned around at a sharp angle and shot towards her again like a remote-controlled flying sword.

"not good!"

Ivanka was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. She quickly took out a handful of [Charged White Sugar] from her pocket and sprinkled it on her magic broom. Her flying speed immediately increased a lot.

He moved at high speed between nearby high-rise buildings in an attempt to avoid the bullets.

Byron stood calmly beside Violet. Seeing this, he was immediately curious about the stimulant-like "white sugar":
“Since the name of the [Candy Witch] is Ivanka, could this trick be the legendary one nitre, two sulfur, three charcoals, plus a little sugar, Big Ivan?

Dear, in this cold winter, white sugar and Rheinland Steel Pipe are a better match, right?
The world of black magic is truly magical.”

Ivanka also launched a counterattack during the pursuit.

The saliva in this witch's mouth also seems to be a kind of candy.

He inhaled suddenly and blew out numerous "bubble gum jellyfish" from his mouth, forming a huge pink gelatinous cloud to block the six tracking bullets that were fired one after another.

At the same time, a large number of colorful candies were continuously dropped to the ground, which instantly transformed into various strange-shaped candy soldiers after landing.

The "chocolate soldier" wears a military cap and uniform, and fires extremely hard chocolate bullets from the barrel of the gun.

The "Maltose Guards", whose bodies seem to be made of non-Newtonian fluid, are not afraid of bullets at all, and can immediately recover even if a bullet passes through their bodies.

The "Rainbow Popping Candy Clown" made of popping candy only needs a little water to leap like a spring. Holding two knives in his hands, he pounces on Violet, the witch who poses the greatest threat, like a whirlwind.

In addition, there are "toffee worms", "jelly slimes", "booze mines", and many other strange soldiers that seem to have overturned a candy shop.

For a moment, the momentum was extremely extraordinary.

If Violet used the First Level Relic: First Bolt-Action Rifle to summon a complete War Machine, she could wipe them all out in a matter of minutes.

But that was a surprise program reserved for the Treasure Fleet and the Puppet King, the mastermind behind the scenes, and it was not appropriate to reveal the cards in advance.

However, if ordinary soldiers were allowed to participate in the war, it would be impossible to achieve a quick victory and there would be no effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

So Byron waved his hand, and the personal fighters [Iron Wall] Bruch and [Sea Mage] Salant, who had been prepared in advance, rushed out together.

The former summons the oath outfit and transforms into the [Sun Knight].

In the blazing white light, a heavily armored knight riding on a horse that was over three meters tall and looked like an armored chariot jumped out, raised the lance transformed from the Holy Sword of the Sun, and rushed straight into the pile of candies.

The [Knight Armor·Sun Protection Holy Wall] on his body can obtain a triple strength bonus; the [Belt·Boshirek] greatly improves willpower; and the [Fairy Horse·Greengret] turns Bruch into a burning sun.

No matter whether it was chocolate or toffee, jelly or popping candy, they all quickly melted into syrup in front of him. He was no match for them at all.

Salant transformed into an archerfish, also known as an anti-aircraft cannon fish, and took a deep breath of the ubiquitous source material, and then suddenly sprayed it out in a huge wave.

The soldiers, who had melted into syrup, were immediately swept away by the waves and diluted into sugar water, which was then discharged into the sea through the roadside drains.

Byron himself also leaped forward, and a ghostly warhorse with pale blue ghost fire burning all over its body appeared under his crotch, making him look like he was riding a cloud of fire, turning into a meteor and soaring into the sky.

Ever since Byron was promoted to level three, he can summon the [Wild Hunt Knight] at will.

Although he could not upgrade his rank without sacrificing his undead servants, he could use it to transform his own spiritual aura, making it completely impossible to see his original extraordinary foundation.

Driven by the powerful spiritual light of a fourth-order mythical creature, the ghost horse carrying Byron took only a few breaths to catch up with the Candy Witch who had been forced into a desperate situation by six bullets.

"Drink, get down!"

A deafening thunderclap sounded in the high sky.

The knight's spear in Byron's hand was swung into a circle in an instant with the abnormal power of the mythical creature, and a ball of blazing blue flame exploded from the tip of the spear.

He swung it down with a fierce momentum as if cutting through the sky, and shot Ivanka down with one shot, who was unable to dodge and whose face turned pale.

Boom——! ! !
The already bumpy street was suddenly blasted into a big hole by the huge impact force like a falling meteorite.

Not a drop of blood was shed on the Candy Witch.

Instead, the colorful syrup was blown everywhere, and then gathered towards the center from all directions like a slug with extremely tenacious vitality.

This earth-shattering blow did not kill her directly.

Apparently, this Candy Witch had already completed her fourth-order promotion ritual and transformed into an inhuman mythical creature.

Byron's logbook also took the opportunity to peek into more detailed information about her:
“The Candy Witch under the knowledge system of [Prince of Gluttony Beelzebub].

Proverbs: Indulging oneself in wine and meat will only lead to harm from the delicacies of the food.

All rites of ascension under this old god are essentially about causing someone to fall victim to a food-related disaster."

Among the several old gods that Byron had already had interactions with, the [Prince of Gluttony] who was in charge of gluttony, the [Mammon the Worm of Greed] who was in charge of greed, and the [Leviathan the Whale of Rift] who was in charge of jealousy were all one of the seven deadly sins.

It can be said that it has little to do with him and Violet.

After waiting for a few more breaths, Ivanka finally recovered her broken body and slowly climbed out of the big hole on the ground.

"Huchi. Huchi"

He was breathing heavily, the anger on his face had not subsided, and his hands turned into two hard candy chain hammers.

As a senior pirate commander who has practiced Fisher's swordsmanship for many years, her melee ability is actually not weaker than her fairytale witchcraft.

But when she looked up, she happened to meet Byron's indifferent blue eyes at the edge of the pit. She didn't know why her heart trembled, and the boiling blood in her heart suddenly receded like a tide. Every nerve in her body was frantically warning her:
“Die! Die!

This kind of ruthless murderous aura. How many people has he killed? And how many fourth-level mythical creatures has he killed?
If he wants to kill me, I will definitely die even with my sugared body that is immune to physical attacks!"

In fact, her perception was not wrong at all.

The [Two-Faced] Smith brothers, [Infinite Evolutionist] Balboa, [Plunderer] Pizarro, [God of Plenty] Frey, [God of Love and Beauty] Freya, [Twins of Light and Darkness] brothers, and a large group of Sons of the Sun.
Before they knew it, Byron and Violet had killed more Tier 4 heroes or mythical creatures than many people had ever seen.

The murderous aura on his body naturally became stronger.

Just like a chef who has run a dog meat restaurant for decades, he can scare the most ferocious dog to pee with just one look.

Seeing that Ivanka had given in, Barron put away his murderous aura and gave her a cute smile:

"Ms. Ivanka, don't worry. We are not good people either. We will not use your head to establish our authority. However, you came at the right time. I need to hold a captain's meeting. Why don't you come with us and listen to the rules of the game I set?"

At this time, the Candy Witch also recognized the identities of the two people. Since she was not as skilled as them, how could she dare to say no?

She performed the aristocratic skirt-lifting ceremony that she had almost forgotten with a somewhat awkward movement, and said with a forced smile that smelled like candy:

"As you wish, Your Highness."

Pirates are all realists. If they can beat him, then he is a wanted criminal in many countries with a total bounty of more than 50,000 pounds. If they can't beat him, then he is the noble prince.

The same thing happened with Byron.

If she agrees, it means "I won't use your head to establish my authority", if she doesn't agree? Humph, it will immediately become: "Don't be silly, sister-in-law, I won't kill women, bang!".

The three pirate commanders from other directions have not shown up yet, and they also want to use the candy witch Ivanka to see how strong these two powerful dragons are.

After witnessing the outcome of the battle, even the thief Baron Valerian, who knew Violet best, was extremely surprised.

Ever since he saw the "Orphan Alliance", he has been showing surprise on his face:
“They are actually two fourth-level ones?!
The princess had apparently been promoted to a fourth-rank [Gunsmith], and the [Wild Hunter] was a Storm Knight plus some unknown mythical creature.

These two descendants of the fallen royal family have such strength at such a young age, why do they still need me to help them?
With my own strength, I can overpower the warlords and pirates in Black Sail Harbor who all have their own ulterior motives."

While I am happy for Violet's growth, I also have mixed feelings, as if "I didn't get it before, and now I don't want it anymore."

This is probably the price of growth.

Of course, the growth belongs to the little princess of his family, but the price is himself, an old antique who can no longer keep up with the times.

Then he waved his hand to dismiss most of the crew members, and followed with only his most core heroic guards.

The other two warlords, [Dung Eater] One-Eyed Owl, and [Captain Goat] Alex, also gasped at the strength of these two powerful dragons.

"hiss--!"

They could see that although the two men were young, they not only had the strength of the fourth level, but each of them had the ability to kill the Candy Witch alone.

It's so terrifying!
He couldn't help but frown secretly, realizing that the person who came this time had bad intentions, and that Qianglong was really going to suppress these local tyrants.

And looking at their advance layout in Pirate City and their countless supporters from the Taiwan Strait, they are probably more down-to-earth and more like local tyrants than our group.

However, after arranging personnel and making necessary warnings, they gathered everyone and headed for the meeting hall.

They wanted to see what these two "supernovas", the most distinguished among the pirate group, were doing in Black Sail Harbor.

Once the other party dares to play with the eight hundred swordsmen and axemen, they, as old sea dogs who have roamed the sea for many years, are confident that they can definitely escape!
clang!clang!clang!
On this day, the bronze bell on the bell tower of the council hall, which was almost covered with dust, was rung again after an unknown period of time.

After hearing the bell, the pirate captains who were scattered around Black Sail Harbor seeking pleasure also came to the meeting hall.

Find familiar friends in the semicircular stepped hall and sit together to chat.

"What's this for? Are they going to elect the Speaker again?"

"Tsk, don't these warlords just vote for themselves every time there's an election? What's there to vote for?"

"That's right, there is no fifth-level pirate king raising the pirate flag in our Black Sail Port right now.

Unless there is a huge benefit as a goal to unite people, and there is a strong enough person to suppress other warlords.

Otherwise, this seemingly powerful pirate city would actually be like a sand fortress that would be destroyed by the waves."

"Brother, that's insightful."

Since there has been no new pirate king for many years, Black Sail Port has inherited the Captain's Council system of Iron Anchor Bay.

However, unlike Iron Anchor Bay, because it does not have the "Iron Law of Kingship" left by the Pirate King, Black Sail Port has always found it difficult to come up with a management system and a stable leadership core that can convince the people.

After all, the law fundamentally serves the will of the rulers. The law will favor the interests of whoever is the ruling class. Without the ruling class, there will be no decent laws.

In addition, the pirate profession has a very high turnover rate, and the speed of replacement is even faster than that of the "Lantern Bearers" of the Lighthouse Union.

Therefore, all pirate captains in Black Sail Port have the right to participate in politics and are divided into three levels of councilors, from the second-level professional level to the fourth-level heroic level. As long as they reach the corresponding strength, they will be automatically promoted.

The [Ten Commandments of Pirates] are the captains' pass.

But this is of no use. Most of the time, the pirates in the Bantaan Islands act independently in their own private pirate ports and have never formed a unified power structure.

The only pirate king in the past, Barbarossa Hayreddin, the Ocean Throne, could not agree with them because of religious issues.

Byron and Violet found a seat in the front row representing the Overlords, and sat down. Deathwing's guards stood in a row behind them.

Many pirate captains who were born as Bay People gathered around them subconsciously.

At first glance, it was even more grand than those of the veteran pirate warlords.

Last year, Violet was forced to abdicate by the pirate traitors led by Edward Redbeard under similar circumstances, and she almost lost the Anchor Bay that had been passed down in Harold's royal family for thousands of years.

Things are obviously different now.

"Byron look at that."

Violet gently tugged at Byron’s sleeve.

At the highest point of the podium opposite the two of them, in the position that should have belonged to the Pirate King, was placed a copy of the "Pirate Code", which served as the core of the Pirate Port's legal network.

Thousands of years ago, during the heyday of the Northern Bay People, [The One Bathed in Dragon Blood], [Blue Dragon King] Reinhardt once established a vast maritime empire - the North Sea Empire.

All areas along the North Sea coast were unified, and even the vast North Sea became just the empire's inland sea.

At that time, the Channel Islands on the east side of the North Sea, the Eternal Night Peninsula on the west side, and large tracts of land on the east coast were all part of the empire.

Including the current Kingdom of Hastings, Iron Anchor Bay, and the three countries of the Kalmar Union: the Kingdom of Aalborg, the Kingdom of Gothenburg, and the Kingdom of Oslo.

The [Pirate Code] was written by this pirate emperor.

He himself was once honored as Emperor Reinhard by the countries at that time.

It’s a pity that the huge empire of the Bay People was only a flash in the pan, and did not go through the ups and downs like the Holy Silver Empire and condense a supreme [Crown].

Subsequently, the descendants of the Bay People were divided into many parts, and even the Pirate Code was lost hundreds of years ago.

In the future, if someone can reunite the North Sea Empire as a pirate king and retrieve the lost [Pirate Code].

Maybe there will be a chance to restore the glory of the North Sea Empire, completely complete the unfinished [Crown], and be crowned as the new Pirate Emperor.

Sometimes Byron wondered, could it be possible that [Secret: Prophecy, Kingship, and the Prophecy of Racial Renaissance by Woden, the God of the Wild Hunt, Historical Influence 69] was referring to the recurrence of this history?

“No, it should be more than that. Even the Pirate Emperor’s crown is only equivalent to two kings’ crowns, and is not as good as the sixth-level Pope’s triple crown.

With 69 points of historical influence, we should at least establish our own pantheon like in the mythological era, to be considered as the revival of the Taiwanese people, right?"

As soon as the thought came to mind, the solution density suddenly increased from 54% to 56%.

The improvement is not that much. This is already a very bold guess, and it seems that it is still some distance away from the truth.

But Byron was not in a hurry. He ate one bite at a time and did one thing at a time.

Seeing that most of the participants had arrived, he patted Violet’s hand and strode up to the podium without hesitation.

He raised his hand, and a huge nautical chart was blown by the wind and hung behind him, showing a route deepened with red strokes.

It is the route map of the "Treasure Fleet" traveling between the colonies and the mainland.

Facing the eyes of the audience that suddenly lit up, Byron pointed to the location of Havana in the Castile Colony and said to them loudly:
“Everyone is busy, so I don’t talk too much.

As you all know, a main galleon in a treasure fleet is about 46 meters long, 14 meters wide, and has a displacement of 1000 tons. Each ship has hundreds of elite crew members and dozens of cannons.

But the ship's hold was also filled with gold ingots, silver bars, gold coins, and gold-cast candlesticks from the mines of Bantaan, as well as pearls from the Sapphire Sea, emeralds, amethysts, and diamonds from the Broken Isles.

The supplies on each ship are worth at least millions of pounds, enough for a country to build ten first-class battleships.

Just a few ships are worth the entire land tax of a small country.

There were nearly a hundred such treasure ships.

The treasure fleet travels between the Bantayan Islands and Castile every year, and this large-scale treasure transport operation has been going on for decades!
You can imagine how huge this is.”

When he said this, he activated a photo stone, projecting in mid-air a real picture of a treasure ship being loaded in Havana.

The warship in charge of escort not far away was the [Numa Dandan], which he had sent a raven to monitor.

Those boxes of gold and jewelry are so dazzling that they are enough to blind one's eyes.

There was a gradual commotion in the venue, and the heavy breathing caused gusts of wind to blow in the hall.

Who can resist such temptation?

Even the pirate commanders in the front row were no exception. They had already guessed about 70% of Byron and Violet's purpose.

So, the master of success, the one-eyed owl, asked Byron the most crucial question:
"Mr. Wild Hunter, what about the [key to the treasure ship]?
If we can't crack the key, even if the treasure is right in front of us, we won't be able to see it or get it."

The other ordinary pirates also woke up one after another.

Yes, if you can't break the special effect of the title of the Treasure Fleet, no matter how good the treasure is, it will be like fishing in the water, a futile effort.

Byron nodded with satisfaction at this qualified supporting actor.

Then he walked to the throne and placed his hand on the cover of the copy of the "Pirate Code", instantly communicating with the mysterious network of laws.

At this sacred moment, he also subconsciously confirmed that the contents of this holy code had not been deemed illegal by any country for some absurd reason.

Then he showed an unfathomable smile to the pirate captains and announced a shocking piece of news:
“The specific method needs to be kept confidential.

But I, Byron Lancaster, the Wild Hunt, can swear here in the name of the code.

After the Treasure Fleet sets off, we will locate the Treasure Fleet for the Treasure Hunting Alliance and break through the [Key to the Treasure Ship]!"

Wow! ! !
If they hadn't just had that fight, revealing his ability to easily control the Candy Witch, and if the Pirate Code hadn't backed him up, everyone would have regarded Byron's words as a joke.

But at this time no one dared to ignore every word he said, including all the governors, who all stood up involuntarily.

Everyone's face turned red as if they were drunk, and they felt like they were dreaming.

Then, Byron took out a copy of "Faust Contract" and continued to smile at them:
"As for me, I only need to ask you to give me a small reward after this matter is accomplished. You will have nothing to lose."

(End of this chapter)