Pirate Sequence: Start with Outlaws.

Chapter 88 Treasures at the bottom of the sea

"We still met, Lu En. This is our first official meeting."

In the naval headquarters, Lugard sat in the rear-admiral's exclusive chair. The surging spiritual value in his body made people breathless.

He was wearing a neat white navy uniform, and his body was as straight as a pine tree.

His sharp eyes were fixed on Lu En, as if he was inspecting the chess pieces he had carefully prepared.

Lu En's gaze did not escape at all, but returned to meet him.

The real Lugard is slightly different from the portrait of him five years ago in the gallery.

Compared to the high-spirited him five years ago, Luke is now thinner, calmer, and older.

The aura on his body has become much calmer than before.

But he is like a sharp sword covered in blood. Even if it is sheathed, it can still exude a terrifying evil spirit.

After talking so much, Lugard became obviously tired.

"I admit that I am involved in every action you take, but the outcome of the mission is achieved by your own hands."

"Originally, according to the plan, there were still forty days to prepare."

"But please understand me. I don't mean to target you and kill you, but at the right time, when I need a demanding chess piece the most, you happened to appear in front of me. All of this It’s like fate, you know?”

Lu En looked at Lugard at this time with a somewhat complicated mood.

"As for the fragile Belloberg, we don't know what the consequences will be after it is hit."

But now Lugard showed everything about himself in front of Rune almost without reservation.

"Why do you insist on killing Hydra?" At this time, Lu En finally asked his doubts, "With your strength and status, to put it bluntly, even if the war broke out ten or twenty years ago, you would still It won’t be affected in any way. For you, killing Hydra doesn’t seem that necessary.”

Rune was able to detect at least five kinds of divinity in Lugard.

"But due to my loving father's intervention and the deterioration of my condition, I can only give you the last thirty days, ahem."

Coupled with the fact that Lugard deliberately restrained himself at that time, Lu En had no understanding of Lugard.

"Hmm. This is also a normal thing. If you think about it from your perspective, if it were me, I would have the same thoughts as you." Luke said quietly, "My destiny is in the hands of others, and I am treated as a pawn. It is true. It doesn’t feel good, cough cough.”

"Of course, there is also my selfishness in this."

"Belloberg means a lot to me. I promised one person that I would protect this place, and I will never break my promise, even if it costs me my own life."

"Thirty days later, no matter what, the plan starts."

"Lu En, my junior brother, you will understand in the future. Everyone has some reasons that make you risk your life, and you save your life just to wait for that day."

Perhaps it was because of his change in identity, or perhaps the major general wanted to use this to stabilize himself and prevent his plan from unintended consequences.

Lugard held the wooden sign in his hand, played with it carefully, and then said: "It seems that you have a strong opinion on me. If you had the ability, I'm afraid you would have taken out your destiny to kill me by now."

"[Black Tower] and [Between Life and Death] have rebuilt their formations in Beloberg, and your practice can continue here."

Divinity. Divinity. Still divinity.!

At the same time, it also makes people worry about what kind of terror it will bring when the sword is unsheathed again.

Speaking of this, his tone was extremely firm, and it seemed that nothing could shake it.
"It is said that the territory of the empire spans five oceans and seven seas, but that was the original empire. What about the current empire? The princes are divided and have two minds. As the principal force closest to Hydra, Beloberg The snake wakes up and we will bear the brunt of it.”

"For example, this time, I wrote a letter of recommendation to my mentor, but with his character, he will never accept you easily. Armand will definitely contribute a lot in this."

In any case, he actually saw a trace of sincerity in Lugard's eyes.

He calmed down and said to Lu En: "But you are indeed beyond my expectation. You were originally just a little pirate used by Chris' men to 'invest'. Who knew that you would grow at such a speed along the way?" So fast."

Lugard suddenly coughed and covered his mouth and nose with a silk scarf. A large amount of black blood was stained on it, and his face suddenly turned pale.

“Rather than sit back and wait, it’s better to take the initiative.”

As senior brother Armand said, Rune and Lugard have different positions, but the same goal.

When Rune first met Lugard on the naval ship, he was still weak and could not detect the strength of the other person from his aura.

After a while, he calmed down and took out a document and handed it to Lu En.

"That's true." Lugard agreed. "For me personally, whether Hydra dies or not doesn't mean much, but for Belloberg, it means a lot!"

Speaking of this, there were countless traces of sadness in Lugard's eyes.

"In the name of the Navy Command, I have assigned you to the special operations group to be responsible for some special affairs."

But he didn't care, he just carefully wiped every trace of blood from the corners of his mouth, and then placed the wooden sign on his chest.

Lu En walked out of the naval headquarters with many thoughts in his mind.

"You are an outstanding guy. Considering that you are my junior brother, I am willing to say these words to you and express my due apology to you."

Taking a deep breath, Lu En did not reply directly to Lugard's words. Instead, he placed the wooden sign on the table in front of him, "What you want from your mentor."

"I had no hope that you could become my junior brother, but the fact is that you do have this qualification, and you should also have this qualification."

His originally rapid breathing improved a lot in an instant.

And the richness of these divinities is hundreds of times richer than the "Key of Rot" that he obtained!
In his current state, he hardly resembles a human being, more like a strange object!
If there really is such a strange object in the world, it may have caused countless extraordinary people to fight for it.

"Of course." Lu En did not hide this at all.

The purpose of both of them is actually Hydra.

It's just that Lugard's ambitions are greater and his actions are even crazier.

"Thirty days? It's really urgent."

Although Lu En has not changed his indifferent attitude towards Lugard, as a player in the situation, he has no room to retreat.

All he can do is become stronger again within thirty days!
With a heavy heart, Lu En walked along the familiar road towards the alchemy workshop.

Belloberg City has now entered a first-level wartime state.

The appearance of his loving father and the "shattering" of the world caused a serious blow to Belloberg's business, agriculture, and fisheries.

In the city, all guards have been dispatched to investigate undercover believers who may be lurking in the city.

Outside the city, all of Beloberg's naval formations are shrinking inward, giving up control of part of the territory, and setting up solid defenses to welcome potential monster attacks.

"Don't move, raise your hand!"

Lu En entered an alleyway, and a vague voice suddenly came from behind him.

At the same time, there seemed to be a sharp object pressed against his back.

Lu En was shocked. He was still wearing the navy uniform of a lieutenant colonel. Who could be so ignorant as to rob him in the city?
And the other party was so silent.
He pretended to raise his hands, then narrowed his eyes, turned around, and suddenly launched the instant kick! But the man behind him had disappeared without a trace.

That faint breath suddenly appeared behind him again!

Destiny appeared in Lu En's hands. When he was about to shoot, the figure passed over his head and then hugged Lu En's back.

"Haha, Captain, you were caught by me!"

Little Carter stretched his head from behind, made a face, and then smiled slyly.

"Pirate Carter, do you know what the crime of molesting the captain is?" Lu En put away his fate and stared at little Carter for a while, feeling a little scared secretly.

After only a month of not seeing each other, little Carter has changed a lot.

She has grown a little taller, her voice has changed a bit, her face is more serious, and a scar gives her a standard face that "keep away from strangers".

The most important thing is that her aura has changed greatly.

"Hmph, captain, you have the nerve to accuse me, but I miss you so much when you're gone for a month!"

Facing Lu En's "threat", little Carter didn't show any fear. Instead, he rubbed Lu En's hair with his head, and then narrowed his eyes happily.

Lu En had no choice but to carry little Carter on his back towards the alchemy workshop step by step.

At the same time, little Carter's face also appeared in his eyes.
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【Name】: Carter
[Path]: Sequence 8. Shadow Cat (Lv.6)

[Spiritual Value]: 1100/1200
[Characteristics (Shadow)]: Integrate with the dark night, increase agility, speed, reaction speed, weapon penetration, and defense reduction

[Characteristics (Cat)]: A clever cat with nine lives. When it is about to die, it will recover.

[Characteristics (Intangible)]: Entering the invisible state and being difficult to detect

[Ability (Shadow Escape)]: blending into shadows, rapid displacement (?) meters, cooling time (?)

[Ability (Backstab)]: After activation, it can shadow escape behind the enemy. The activation distance is (?) meters, and the cooling time is (?)

[Ability (Substitute Technique)]: Activate a substitute to avoid attacks

[Fate value]: 1000——
Seeing Little Carter's panel, Lu En was very pleased. As expected, the little guy successfully advanced to the sequence within a month of his departure.

Don't be so presumptuous as to leave a large sum of gold coins to them.

But when Lu En saw the panel, he was even more heartbroken.

From the moment he first picked up Little Carter, Lu En had already discovered some clues.

Compared with himself, Carter Jr. seems to be the real "Chosen One"!
Without the advanced sequence, you can have spiritual values ​​and special abilities.

After advancing, the spiritual value can be greatly improved just by eating and sleeping.

Sequence 9 Shadow Dancer is already a very exaggerated sequence.

Especially the invisibility and enhanced weapons that blow hair and break hair.

Now promoted to Sequence 8 Shadow Cat, it suddenly has so many more abilities and characteristics.
Rune's prying eyes couldn't even detect it completely.

Judging from the beginning of the fight with Little Carter, in terms of sensitivity, she simply blew herself away.

If he hadn't specially practiced physical skills in the black tower, he wouldn't have had much room to fight back just now.

As for Carter's shortcoming, it may be his weak defense.

It just so happens that she has such things as "invisibility", "nine lives" and "substitute".
The life value is as high as one thousand!
With a life value of one thousand, even those strong in Sequence 7 only have two or three hundred.
At this moment, Lu En feels like the "Grandpa Ring" in the story, responsible for accompanying the real protagonist as he grows up.

After walking a few steps, we arrived at the alchemy workshop.

Drunk Lysa was disheveled, and her large white short-sleeves were draped loosely around her body. The big eyes of some small animal printed on the short-sleeves flickered with her movements.

Seeing Rune, Lysa approached him first, and the smell of grapefruit wine filled the air.

She blushed slightly, stared at Lu En with slightly intelligent eyes, then tilted her head and gave Lu En a strong hug.

The plump flesh flowed into Rune's arms.

After she was done, she laughed twice with satisfaction, then fell asleep again and fell on the bed.

The explosive figure was exposed in front of Rune without any cover.

Rune sighed and looked at the bottles and cans in the room. Needless to say, after having a lot of gold coins, Lysa's drinking never stopped.

However, in addition to wine bottles, there are a lot of alchemy equipment added to the house.

Rune took a closer look and found that they were all things that could be used on the warship!

These include highly refined alloys, a large number of weapons, shields, and muskets. Boxes that can store a large number of things, a large freezer for refrigeration, and thick ropes with alchemical patterns.
Almost everything that can be used on the ship has been refined.

After checking Lysa's aura, she also successfully advanced to Sequence 8, even a level higher than Little Carter.

[Path]: Sequence 8. Firesmith (lv.7)!
[Characteristic (Fire of the Furnace)]: Controls a trace of fire from the God of Furnace and Fire, and can use it to build equipment or kill enemies.
[Characteristics (Alcoholic)]: When tipsy, all abilities increase (30%)

Lu En scratched his head, this characteristic was a bit outrageous.
But no matter what, the progress of the two of them is enough to prove that during Lu En's absence, they practiced very hard.

Little Carter jumped off Luen's back and covered Lysa with the quilt.

Then he leaned close to Rune and said softly: "Captain, Lysa said that she is also ready to embark on a journey with us in the future."

She pointed to the things around her and said, "Look at these things, she hasn't slept much recently. They all say that they can be used when we have a warship in the future."

Rune glanced at the sleeping Lysa and nodded slightly.

Speaking of which, as the "captain", even if Lysa is included, there are only three people in the fleet now!
Not even a boat!
Somewhat ashamed
But these are not big things.

Just wait thirty days for everything to settle here.
After two days of resting in the house, little Carter was extremely happy.

She hugged Lu En even when she slept. The thirty days apart from Lu En were extremely difficult for her.

Rune also took a short rest. He drank wine, read battle reports, and refined some things with Lysa.

The days are a bit carefree.

Until the third day, an uninvited guest came to the door.

Wearing a black round hat and a black cane, the visitor took off his hat and placed it on his chest, smiling and bowing slightly.

"Long time no see, Rune Graves."

"Kind regards from your wonderful partners."

"Major General Lugard, let me bring you a mission, which is also the 'opportunity' he carefully selected for you."

"A share of treasure from the bottom of the sea."

(End of this chapter)