I'm not just human!

At this point, a strange smile appeared on Dick's face:

"While the great pirate may not recognize [Eternal Plunder], the Crimson Agent has confused [Eternal Plunder] with the Eternal Plunder Treasure."

He paused, then sighed:

"After all, He is not the Emperor of Mystery, but merely an extraordinary monarch, and He can never generate that strong feeling of mutual attraction or repulsion with any kind of [Eternal Plunder]."

Xia Fa asked curiously:

"But I've heard that Norton Dragon, the young master of the Starry Sky Dragon Clan, and Airo Tong, the young master of the Secret Eye Clan..."

Dick Tudor smiled and said:

"That's completely different. The three divinely favored families... are essentially human, but in reality, their family-specific extraordinary talents even surpass those of some powerful supernatural beings. You should understand what I mean, right?"

Xia Fa didn't really understand, but he still nodded.

Of course, according to his guess, neither the Starry Sky Dragon family's [Supernatural Body] nor the Secret Eye family's [Secret Eye] could match the strength enhancement and combat power boost brought by a Hegemon-level Secret Contract, but they were far superior to a high-level Secret Contract.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of this, coupled with the overlord-level secret pact they themselves signed, that they were able to barely attract the [Eternal Proof]?

However, that was only the reason why Ai Luo Tong obtained the [Eternal Proof], while Norton Dragon's success was purely due to luck.

Dick Tudor then continued:

"Although the Crimson Agent is not the Emperor of Mystery, it can still use [Eternal Plunder]. It does not feel any repulsion or attraction to [Eternal Plunder], but [Eternal Plunder] does not repel it."

"Therefore, after mistaking the Eternal Plunder Treasure, which is the bone needle you just took out, for the Eternal Plunder, He began a great deal of mystical research."

"As for the wisp of air that came out of the black bag—that is, the true [Eternal Plunder]—He regarded it as a strange treasure crafted with the authority of [Eternal Plunder], and simply put it away casually, later even bestowing it upon Pompeii."

"In short, for the next few hundred years, the Crimson Agents studied the bone needle-shaped Eternal Plunder treasure as the Eternal Plunder, neglecting the real Eternal Plunder in the Black Bag."

"He is not like that great pirate, who is content with merely plundering the lives and certain abilities of his enemies through 'Eternal Plunder'."

"What He has always wanted to do is use [Eternal Plunder] to plunder the secret agreements signed by others!"

"Yes, the Crimson Agent's own talent can only support Him to sign nine secret contracts. That's the limit. Giving Him more anchor points won't help."

"But He was not resigned to this, and therefore regarded the treasure of eternal plunder, which He had mistaken for the secret of eternal plunder, as His only hope."

"But there is a huge difference between plundering the lives of weak enemies and plundering the secret agreements signed by weak enemies. The former is not very strenuous, while the latter requires the use of the power of authority, which accounts for a very high proportion of [Eternal Plunder]."

"With the strength of the Crimson Agents, they simply couldn't have done it back then."

"After hundreds of years and countless attempts, He finally found a feasible way to use the authority of [eternal plunder]."

"Of course, as I said before, 30,000 years ago, after the Outer God failed to completely absorb and contain the Eternal Plunder, most of the authority in the Eternal Plunder combined with a piece of his finger bone and became the Eternal Plunder Treasure in the shape of a bone needle."

"In this situation, using the Eternal Plunder Treasure is equivalent to using almost 90% of the authority within [Eternal Plunder]."

"However, as a transcendent monarch who has only signed nine secret contracts with the Crimson Agent, He not only cannot use it, but He is also completely unable to absorb and contain the [Eternal Plunder]."

"This is also one of the reasons why He mistakenly took the bone needle-shaped Eternal Plunder Treasure as [Eternal Plunder]."

"Theoretically speaking, apart from the lucky ones who are born with the ability to merge with the [Eternal Certificate], one must reach the level of signing at least twenty-five secret contracts before attempting to absorb and contain the [Eternal Certificate]. Some people with insufficient talent may even need thirty."

Hearing this, Xia Fa sighed inwardly.

Because he remembered that after he handed over the complete cultivation method that was on the verge of going out of control to his cousin, the Father of Ten Thousand Stars, and Princess Fufreio of the Shark Swarm, they were completely unable to master it due to their lack of talent.

Oh, right, there's also Alexander. That silly kid can't control him either, even though he's an angel-level overlord.

Alexander seems to still be in the City of a Thousand Stars. Perfect, I can go find Him in a little while. He's been missing his little brother quite a bit these past few days.

On the other hand, Xia Fa did not expect that, due to insufficient talent, even the secret contract could not be renewed.

Even with sufficient talent, there are still varying degrees of talent. Those with high talent can attempt to absorb and contain a kind of "eternal certificate" after signing twenty-five secret contracts...

All I can say is that in this extraordinary world, talent, something so mysterious, intangible, and impossible to accurately assess, can determine far too many things.

In a sense, the differences between Sovereign, Extraordinary Monarch, Mysterious Emperor, and Divine Spirit seem to stem from differences in talent, resulting in varying numbers of Overlord-level secret contracts and ultimately creating unimaginable disparities.

"Now that you mention it, I guess I'm quite talented..."

Xia Fa thought for a moment with a rather smug air, and then listened attentively as Dick Tudor continued.

He had realized that the secret about the second outbreak of the Snow Demon incident was about to be revealed.

Dick Tudor, no longer keeping everyone in suspense, continued his narration with great enthusiasm, as if he had witnessed and experienced it firsthand:

"Knowing that it could not absorb and contain the [Eternal Plunder], the Crimson Agent naturally thought of whether it was possible to use the power of the [Eternal Plunder]'s authority through other indirect methods."

"As I just said, this is different from using that bone needle-shaped Eternal Plundering Treasure to shrink a Reef-Swallowing Gray Whale to the size of a thumb. The power of authority used in that case is probably less than one percent."

"To directly seize a secret agreement that someone has signed and fully understood, one must use nearly 90% of their authority, which is something the Crimson Agent cannot do."

"And after spending hundreds of years, the method He found was..."

As Dick Tudor spoke, he flipped his hand and produced a black glass sphere about the size of his palm, then continued:

"Use this 'Holy Plunder Orb' to activate the Eternal Plunder Treasure, or what He mistakenly perceives as 'Eternal Plunder'."

The moment Xia Fa saw the black glass sphere, a flood of memories rushed back, and he immediately recalled many things.

In particular, there was the time when he acted with the Father of Ten Thousand Stars and the Shark Princess to kill the Roaring Emperor, which attracted the Crimson Agent.

To be honest, that time was quite thrilling.

Later, it was because Dicket came to him that he gave the stolen Holy Orb to Dicket.

Dick pushed back and put away the Plundering Holy Ball again, his tone becoming emotional once more:

"Speaking of which, apart from lacking talent, this Crimson Agent is quite a talent in other aspects."

"I still don't know how He developed the Mechanical Plundering Holy Disc, or how He came up with the idea of ​​collecting strange corpses everywhere to create the Plundering Holy Orb."

"In particular, the existence of the supernatural is born for 'plundering,' either plundering other people's spirits or plundering other people's lives. It is simply a natural fit for the concept of 'plundering.'"

"He is unlikely to tell the Crimson Demon Tree about this. That is not a benevolent ruler. He could easily kill the Crimson Agent to plunder the treasure for eternity."

"Therefore, this method was most likely developed by Himself after hundreds of years of trial and error."

"In short, once He found the method, He began to try it out."

"Initially, He must have encountered difficulties. After all, as an extraordinary monarch who had only signed nine secret contracts, it was easy for something to go wrong if He went to the Protoss Realm to hunt down the strange beings with the status of Sovereign."

"Not to mention, it's actually very difficult to find monsters above the demigod level."

"Not only does He need these strange things, but powerful beings in the real world and even powerful beings in the Protoss realm also occasionally need strange things to study and use as various extraordinary materials."

"You should know that there is a group of people in the City of Ten Thousand Stars who specialize in capturing strange pirates, because there is such a demand everywhere."

"So, the Crimson Agents eventually came up with the idea of ​​simply creating low-level anomalies themselves and then releasing them into various neighborhoods."

"In this way, not only can the rank of the Strange be improved, making it easier to extract plunder power in the future, but also a portion of the plunder power in the Holy Orb can be accumulated when the Strange absorbs the lives of others."

"As a transcendent monarch, even if He doesn't enter the Protoss Realm, He can be considered a powerful being in the entire universe. If He were to fall into the Augu Kingdom, it goes without saying that no one, except Gaius and Octavian, could stop Him."

"So, His initial attempt went smoothly. He captured a large number of refugees and used the method of forcibly stuffing them with extraordinary essence to turn them all into snow demons."

"Then, they used the Eternal Plunder Treasure to plunder the last bit of mental stability from the Snow Demons, thereby inducing them to lose control a second time."

"After that, He tried to release the snow demons that had gone out of control twice to various places, and collect the power of 'plunder' while these snow demons 'plundered' the lives of civilians and low-level superhumans."

“After all, you know that ‘plunder’ is a power and a concept that has existed since the Big Bang.”

"Therefore, everything related to the concept of 'plunder' can provide nourishment for the creation of the Plunder Orb."

"Unfortunately, His plan was thwarted by you as soon as it began. The snow demon that went out of control twice not only failed to take the lives of civilians on Daniel Street and several blocks nearby, but was instead cleaved in two by you. Haha."

Dick chuckled twice, seemingly pleased to see the Crimson Agent suffer a setback, even though the Crimson Agent was dead, before continuing:

"Not only that, the Crimson Agents also attracted the attention of Octavian and Gaius."

“That’s right. After you reported that extraordinary event, the Church and the knights actually conducted an investigation.”

"So, the Crimson Agents later came up with a second plan, which was... to kidnap Princess Victoria!"

"Originally, He planned to use Princess Victoria as bait, placing her in the Protoss Realm to attract those powerful monsters, and then hunt them down. This was related to some of Princess Victoria's special characteristics."

"At the same time, it's also a way of getting revenge on Octavian."

"Unfortunately, this method also failed. At that time, the Mist King, Octavian, Gaius... three beings of the Sovereign rank attacked together. Octavian, in particular, was a transcendent monarch. The Crimson Agent had no choice but to retreat, and Princess Victoria was safe."

"But in the end, He still found a way."

Xia Fa suddenly remembered something and hesitated before saying:

"You mean... what happened on the Bluebeard?"

He had always wanted to know what the crystal light that the Crimson Agent had taken from the heads of Captain Greenbeard and the other two pirates was, and why it had attracted the Roaring Emperor's mad pursuit.

Now, this secret is finally about to be revealed.

Dick nodded:

"Yes, those three crystals are actually three different parts of a key."

"I don't know how the Roaring Emperor got that key."

"However, He carefully divided it into three parts and hid them in the heads of his subordinates."

"Because He didn't know what the key was for, He just instinctively felt that the key was extraordinary."

"As for the Crimson Agent... He was the opposite. Because of the failure of his plans many times, he had to hunt low-level monsters all over the Protoss world in order to create the first Plundering Orb, but he was far from it. However, he accidentally discovered a tomb."

Xia Fa asked in surprise:

"Tomb?"

Dick nodded repeatedly:

"Well, there are all sorts of strange places in the Protoss Realm. Tomb isn't that unusual. You'll see later when you become a Divine Being and travel the Protoss Realm with me, haha."

"In short, through the keyhole of the tomb, He divined the location of the key."

"Then, what happened to you was that the Crimson Agent chased down the Bluebeard, took the three crystals, combined them into a key, and was subsequently hunted down by the Roaring Emperor."

"But in the end, He reached an agreement with the Howling Emperor, allowing the Howling Emperor to help Him capture strange creatures everywhere, while He would then be responsible for helping the Howling Emperor plunder secret contracts that others had signed and understood, so as to quickly improve the Howling Emperor's strength."

"As for the terms of the exchange, the Roaring Emperor asked the Crimson Executor to help expose the identity of the Fishman Emperor, the Father of Ten Thousand Stars, in order to divide up the Father of Ten Thousand Stars' territorial waters. The Crimson Executor agreed."

"Because of this, the Roaring Emperor also brought in the Thousand-Faced Prophet."

This is what Xia Fa personally experienced, but he never expected that there was such a complicated past behind it.

Dick Tudor also took a small sip of wine to moisten his throat before continuing: