Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 585 Dance of the Seven Veils: Hunting or Counter-hunting
The time is slightly earlier by half a day, and the second circulation zone is deeper.

"Oh no! A tsunami is coming!"

"Quick, head against the wind!"

"Full left! Turn around!"

The adventure fleet consisting of three fast sailing ships made a big circle on the sea, pointed their bows at the more than two-meter-high tide, and somewhat awkwardly tried to forcibly break through more than a dozen waves.

Although the ship had endured round after round of fierce impact, with teeth-grinding creaking sounds coming from between the planks and many crew members rolling on the ground, it ultimately did not capsize.

We are extremely fortunate that this is the deep sea, and the tsunami is no more than one or two meters high. If we encountered it near the coast, we would have been smashed to the bottom of the sea by the huge waves dozens of meters high.

"What's going on? Is there an undersea earthquake?"

After escaping the disaster, the experienced old sea dogs on the ship climbed up to the mast using the side ropes, wanting to see where the inexplicable waves behind them came from.

However, all they could see was dark clouds in the far distance sky. The entire atmosphere was being violently stirred by some huge object, and the shape of the strong wind was outlined by the rising white vapor, like countless dancing white pythons.

Occasionally, the clouds would emit flashes of light that were no longer so dazzling, and were followed by continuous rumbling noises.

But even the fourth-level heroic transcendents who were the backbone of the ship could not see clearly what had happened. It did not look like some kind of naturally occurring disaster.

We can only infer that it was probably a battle between high-sequence transcendents, or monsters of the same level.

"It must be two monsters fighting in the deep sea. If it were humans, how could they make such a big noise?
I think it must be at least a monster of the level of the Deep Sea King under the command of the Ocean Throne."

“Fortunately, our Ferdinand family has the protection of gods other than the Creator, so we can automatically avoid various dangers and traps when traveling.

If you don't have this kind of protection, and accidentally get involved in a battle of that level, the consequences will be disastrous. "

"It is well said, Ferdinand gave to the world, and the world will give back generously to Ferdinand.

This time, our Ferdinand family not only led the great Renaissance, but also replaced Castile as the pioneer in exploring the Eastern Continent."

The sails of this adventure fleet and the chests of some of the ship's members all have the same family crest.

There are five red balls evenly distributed on the golden shield.

It is the wealthy family Ferdinand that rules Florence, the capital of art, and has funded countless Palace Sequence Extraordinaries over the years.

Ferdinand's family has a long history, dating back to Averado, a knight who served Charlemagne a thousand years ago.

According to legend, this heroic knight once fought against a giant alone, and the giant's mace left many dents on his shield.

His lord, Charlemagne, founder of the Holy Silver Empire, admired his bravery so much that he allowed him to use his dented shield as his personal medal.

Many years later, the Ferdinand family's gold-backed red ball emblem was developed from Averado's dented shield.

Today, the family has not only funded the Renaissance, but also produced several popes, and has extensive connections and influence in both the Orthodox and Protestant churches.

Even the famous book "The Prince", which has been passed down to this day, was written for their family.

The royal families of the Kingdom of Hastings and the Kingdom of Castile, which claim to have been passed down for thousands of years, although their overall strength is now considered strong, in terms of foundation, they are not much different from the Ferdinand family and the country bumpkins.

“Haha, Saint Byron, who inherited the legacy of both the Bay People and the Creator, is finally here.

He must know the whereabouts of God the Father.

I will soon be able to see the great Father Jupiter."

On the flagship, a figure with a sharp face was the center of attention. However, he did not look as surprised and doubtful as the others. Instead, he looked at the aftermath of the battle in the sky and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, without showing any abnormality.

Obviously, this is the highest-ranking and most powerful identity in Mercurius's series of identities - Grand Duke Cosimo, the head of the Ferdinand family!

With the help of the murals and reliefs in the Temple of Jupiter, he finally suppressed the "divine side" that wanted to commit suicide all the time, and then he received an order from [The Clown] to escort "The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven".

He immediately activated his own [Intelligence] power to cover his tracks and set sail with Ferdinand's family.

Not long after leaving home, he learned through the secret channels of the Clown that Byron, the "enemy of the gods" who was already notorious in the Old God Church, was also going to explore the Eastern Continent.

So he decisively changed his plan and decided to ambush Byron in the sea!

Find out the whereabouts of the Jupiter pantheon from him, the King of the Wild Hunt and the follower of the Holy Spirit.

Other tasks outside of this obsession must be put aside.

In the mind of this "traitor", he was the hunter from the beginning to the end, and Byron and the kings of various countries were just pitiful prey.

Mercurius' eyes were blazing:
“Reaching a high position at a young age may seem impressive, but it also makes you particularly arrogant and careless.

You have no idea how many people are watching you.

Although I don’t know how you escaped last time when [Life-threatening Clown] personally attacked you at the edge of the world, you won’t have a chance to escape this time.

If you hide quietly in the North Sea Empire, even the saints in the church who hold the zero-level holy relics may not dare to kill you.

If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for following others' lead and taking risks. Now you have lost the protection of the Silver Law and the Iron Law of the Kingship. If I kill you here, no one will know.

For thousands of years, in order to search for the traces of my Father God, the power of [Travel] was almost transformed into a priesthood. Adventure itself is one of my areas.

I can still kill you without activating the "History of the Silver Continent."

In fact, the second-level relic "Universal Journey" (Chapter 226) that Byron had snatched from the Remitians was also written by Mercurius.

As the world's first travelogue around the continent, this book has the power to break down all obstacles and allow the holder to travel unimpeded.

Building roads through mountains and bridges over rivers is the secret travel treasure that any traveler and adventurer dreams of.

Mercurius's own power was naturally even greater.

Not only can it allow yourself and any means of transportation to reach the theoretical maximum travel speed, but it will also prevent you from encountering unexpected situations and dangers beyond your travel plan.

It can also bring various unexpected "surprises" to other travelers, turning the path you have walked into into a detour, leaving others with no way to go.

The key is.

This "traitor" was cautious by nature, and even in the Old God Church's sure-win situation of "six to one advantage is in my hands", he did not personally participate.

He just wanted to kill Byron with the "History of the Silver Continent" and a feather pen, but he didn't expect that there was something strange about him, and he was inexplicably backfired.

Until now, I no longer dare to use the novelist's ability of [Real Script] on Byron.

But he thought that he had never met Byron before, and Byron might not even know of his existence, so this thing would definitely work.

“Your ancestor [Lionheart King] and grandfather [Iris Hammer] both died at my hands.

Your uncle, Louis XI, has also begun the countdown to his death.

You are next.

There are helpers sent by the clown to assist me in my work, and even the members of Ferdinand's family don't know about their existence.

With the Ferdinand family, which enjoys a high reputation in the church and the human world, as a shield, this time we will be safe.

Even if it costs the destruction of Ferdinand's family, it is all worth it in exchange for the head of Saint Byron and the whereabouts of God the Father.

Not to mention the secret weapon that has been prepared long ago."

At the same time, I said in my heart through the spiritual connection:
"Ms. Salome, get ready!"

On a sail-boom behind him, the raven Mistletoe tilted his head.

This time, in order to hide the secret from Ferdinand's people, the "traitor" did not let his helpers go with him, but by accident he managed to hide it from the raven's eyes.

On board the Golden Deer.

"A distress signal?

The tower guards haven't recorded any adventure ships entering the second circulation zone for more than half a month. Could it be that the 'traitor' ahead of us is asking for help?"

Byron couldn't help but look strange, but through Wu Ni's eyes, he didn't find anything unusual on Ferdinand's family's ship.

He turned his head to look at the whale oil lantern in Delia's hand and asked casually:
"With a 300% amplification lens, the signal strength is sufficient. Even in the overseas far away from the old continent, it should not be just a simple distress signal, but also include the name of the ship, right?"

Long ago, in order to locate the Lighthouse Sequence Extraordinary who was abducted by the Remit slave trader, Byron personally invented the [First-Level Holy Relic: Saint Byron Lens].

Effect: "A lighthouse-specific device that must be used with a lighthouse.

Improves light projection efficiency by 300%, assists in locating lighthouse sequence transcendents, and significantly reduces lighthouse construction costs.

By manufacturing similar products and placing them in all current lighthouses and projecting the mental images of all lighthouse sequence extraordinary people onto them, a [Lighthouse Matrix] can be formed.

From now on, the extraordinary people in the Lighthouse Sequence can truly connect all the lighthouses into a network, instead of each of them fighting independently, and build the most solid firewall.

The [Lantern Bearers] guarding the world's rifts can also share the pressure through the [Lighthouse Matrix] and gather the power of the entire lighthouse sequence to resist monsters and old gods. They are no longer just cannon fodder and consumables.

Overseas expansion will also become countless times easier.”

Thanks to this invention, Byron's share in the Lighthouse Union instantly reached 20% (Chapter 501).

No matter what is missing when expanding overseas, it is absolutely inseparable from the Lighthouse Federation and the lighthouse network in their hands. A pure compass is too restrictive.

Moreover, unlike the previous Lighthouse Federation leaders who only maintained the lighthouses created by their predecessors, they only did a little hard work at most.

Byron actually made the pie bigger, enhancing the strength of all Lighthouse Sequence Extraordinary People, the Lighthouse Federation and even mankind.

All overseas pioneers could benefit from Byron's invention.

Therefore, every expansion of the "humanized world" is equivalent to his investment in it.

At this time, [The First Stock] has gradually been integrated into [Faust Contract] and the online financial street, becoming the foundation for Catherine to build the kingdom of God.

When the current president of the Lighthouse Federation, Alexander the Fire Thief, retires, it will only be a natural thing for Byron, the strongest person in the Lighthouse sequence, to take over.

Sooner or later, the identity of the cross-continental "telecom operator" will be handed over to them. And there is only one, no one else. If you are not satisfied with the service and want to transfer your number to another network, there is no one to go to.

Steel, energy, telecommunications... monopoly industries are destined to increase.

Delia responded crisply:
"Yes. It's sixty nautical miles away in a straight line. It's the rare warship Yingge. Its captain is the Lust Elf Salome, a fourth-rank heroic Dancer."

The last time Delia traveled around the southern continent, she was promoted to the third level. Now a year has passed. As long as she can complete the "Second Circulation Belt" ahead of others, she will be able to be promoted to the fourth level on the spot.

Apart from the first tier of the Lighthouse Federation, there is certainly no problem with ability.

It is not difficult to realize various communication services by guest-starring as a radar communication system with the help of [Lighthouse Matrix].

She turned the whale oil lantern in her hand, and a string of coordinates and the other party's basic information appeared.

They clicked on the ship passage information sent to them by the tower keeper and compared it with the ship information.

The information provided by the tower keeper is gathered from many sources. Lighthouses are spread across the ports of all human countries and colonies. As long as they dock, they will definitely not escape the detection of the legal network.

“It’s certainly not Mercurius, and it doesn’t seem to be related.

But a dancer? How come she is in the Palace Sequence?"

Byron felt relieved at first, but then a hint of hesitation arose again.

He did not forget that it was the two clowns from the Palace Sequence who snatched the "Gospel of Heaven" from the Storm Angel Andrea.

One of them was a level five warrior who could kill the church's night watchmen as easily as killing a chicken, and the other one was a level four warrior with considerable strength, even though he only stepped on Andrea once.

After the two clowns gave the things to Mercurius, they suddenly disappeared like magic and lost their trace.

In addition, Mercurius is a [Novelist] who is originally a member of the Hall of Fame. Byron has already had a stress response to this Hall of Fame sequence that is overly sensitive to inspiration and will occasionally attract strange things.

Subconsciously, I associate it with bad things.

"The information says that the rare warship Yingge was the last adventure ship to pass the lighthouse and enter the second circulation zone half a month ago.

What would take more than a month for other adventure ships on an ocean voyage would take less than a week for a large fleet traveling at 30 knots.

Judging from the normal sailing speed, even if the other party set out more than ten days earlier, it can be explained that we caught up with her halfway.

But I think this is just a little too coincidental.”

The data also contains information about the adventurous captain [Lust Elf] Salome.

She was born into a tribe called the Remitt people who lived in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and was the daughter of the kingdom's guardian. However, she took a completely different path from her fellow tribesmen in this extremely conservative group.

She did not take the Gold and Yuan Sequence, but instead took the Palace Sequence and became a dancer. She was also very talented, and there were rumors a few years ago that she was a legendary seed.

All that is left is the final ritual: a "dance that can ignite a war and destroy a city, or a dance that can make the inhabitants of a city become her slaves, to become a legend.

The Old Continent is different from the Eastern Continent, which values ​​confidentiality. Once you reach the fourth-level hero level, a series of titles, occupations, ages, and other information will be on the desks of various intelligence organizations.

Aside from evil-minded traitors like "The Man Whose Name Must Not Be Mentioned", there have never been any mid- to high-sequence strongmen who suddenly popped out from between the rocks.

The intelligence may be incomplete, or there may be a delay of half a year or a year resulting in the information being updated in a timely manner, but the general situation will not be wrong.

Byron pondered the pros and cons in his mind, but in fact he didn't care too much about the other party's identity.

He glanced at the "No-Brain" who was soaking in the blood river, whose breath was recovering rapidly and whose skeleton was growing again, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Think about it from another angle. Isn't it that the reason why Mercury has been kept alive until now is to lure out the other people under the command of [The Clown]?
The Blood Beast Nest under the Mother of Monsters came to colonize the Old Continent but only sent two pseudo-gods and a legendary battleship.

No matter how powerful the demigod born in this place is, 【Life-threatening Clown】 can only cultivate four or five fifth-order high-sequence creatures at most by taking advantage of the geographical location.

If I could take this opportunity to clear it out, it would save me a lot of trouble.

It doesn't make much difference whether I take the initiative or he does.

[Elf of Love] It’s not necessarily a bad thing that Salome has problems. ”

As for Salome’s background in the Netherlands?

He just needed an excuse to say "the Han envoy was killed" so that he could openly tell others that "this has been the case since ancient times."

He then waved his hand and ordered the Golden Deer to take a detour to the coordinates from which the distress signal was sent.

Then it was discovered that in Wu Ni's perspective, Mercury in another direction seemed to have also received the distress signal from the [Navigator] on the ship.

Also turned the boat around and headed in the direction of that coordinate.

"Let me see what you are up to."

The width of the second circulation belt is more than one hundred kilometers, so even if the adventure ships set out at the same time, they may take different routes.

In addition, due to the sea fog generated by the temperature difference in ocean current areas, the sailboat here is like a sesame seed in the lake, and it is not easy to encounter it by chance.

The [Golden Deer] followed the distress signal all the way and finally arrived near a foggy island.

Before we could find the location of the Yingge through the fog.

The sea water around him suddenly began to roll, and then countless blue-black crabs emerged from the sea around him.

Some of them even quickly climbed up the deck along the hull.

This was just a minor inconvenience for the Golden Hind.

Officers like Bruch and Eight Fingers led the soldiers on the ship as well as some mass-produced soldiers and knocked them all down easily.

"Throw the fish poison."

The fish poison that can suffocate creatures with gills was added to the water, immediately clearing a large area near the Golden Deer.

"Captain, this doesn't seem to be a crab, but a group of crab slaves."

Salant overturned a giant crab as big as a carriage and pointed at the bloody and flesh growth on its belly with a deep frown.

The crab slave is essentially a barnacle parasite.

After being parasitized by the crab slave, the crab is forced to feed it with its own flesh and blood.

The crab slave can control the host's thoughts, behaviors and desires, causing the host to gradually lose interest in everything else.

It can even change the host's secondary sexual characteristics, allowing the male crab to retain its two small crabs while looking like a female crab in appearance and abdominal patterns.

At the same time, she has the maternal instinct of a female crab and raises and cares for the crab slaves as if they were her own children.

Therefore, although the crab slave is called a "slave", it regards the host's body as its own shell and becomes the master in this parasitism.

The host is called "Lord". In essence, his body has been completely transformed by the crab slaves, turning him into a walking corpse with no will to resist.

This creature is quite explosive even in the Explosion World.

It includes master-slave coercion, tentacles, body modification, consciousness invasion, prisoner restraint, in vivo reproduction, dark terror, and orthopedic symbiosis.
If it were given to the writer of the novel about Fury, it would be enough to write a highly bizarre dark novel.

Moreover, the extraordinary crab slaves can parasitize far more than just crabs, but all kinds of marine creatures.

The Mermaid Kingdom and the other nine underwater kingdoms have suffered a lot from the "crab slaves".

At this moment, the dancer who was asking for help was deep in the crab sea.

"West Wind!"

Hearing Byron's shout, the thunderbird Zephyr overhead immediately flapped its wings and created a strong wind.

call--!
Strong winds swept through, and the fog near the island dissipated rapidly.

Gradually, an adventure ship stranded on a sandbar near the island appeared. It was also the center of the carnival feast for all the crab slaves. It was densely packed with crabs that would make people with trypophobia shudder.

The bullets on the ship had probably been used up, and the dragon dung potion had been carried away by the ocean current. The crew on the ship could only use cold weapons to fight a bloody battle with the crabs that kept swarming in.

But from time to time, some people would be parasitized by tiny "crab slaves", and then they would develop female characteristics and join in attacking their companions.

On the stern of the Yingge, a beautiful dancer in a purple dress was dancing gracefully.

Many crabs were controlled by her direction and turned around to kill their companions.

"hiss--!"

When they saw her appearance clearly, everyone couldn't help but gasp.

Beautiful! It’s so beautiful!

Her long black hair reached down to her vest.

Although she was wearing a light purple veil on her face, one could still see a hint of her enchanting beauty between her eyebrows.

The outfit is extremely cool and sexy, a short top that looks like a purple snake skin and slightly reflects the fluorescent enamel.

Her lower body was a purple dance skirt woven from transparent spider silk, hanging somewhat loosely on her exaggeratedly round hips. The outer slit extended from the ankles to the thighs, and her long, snow-white legs appeared and disappeared seductively as she danced.

Revealing her soft and slender waist, her exquisite and sexy diamond-shaped navel is covered with shiny gold powder.

When her slender waist twists, a sparkling ruby ​​navel bead sways gently, so beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.

A belt made of pearls perfectly binds her extremely slender waist, and a long golden bead chain hangs down to her ankles.

Ding ding ding
As the dancer spun and moved her hips, the beads colliding made pleasant sounds.

The charm that was condensed into substance made both men and women on the boat hold their breath.

However, after Byron failed to read the other party's information in the [Ship's Log], he looked at the veil on the other party's face.

——[Level 0 Holy Relic: Sevenfold Veil of Ishtar, the Goddess of Venus (Incomplete)]!
(End of this chapter)