"By the way, this is for you." Adni threw a thing over, "He wanted to escape with this thing, I guess you'll be interested in it."
Fang Yu took the thing and found that it was an object he was quite familiar with - a blue crystal embedded in a precision mechanical structure - a star device. He had obtained one exactly the same one from Ash Lynn, but the star device used ordinary crystals, and this blue crystal is so far only unique to Jed Ram.
He couldn't help but look at Adnie, but the latter turned around and was silently staring at the first mate's body in a daze.
After losing the starlight, the once arrogant and pale pirate leader has now turned into mortals, no different from the innocent people who died under their swords.
The first mate was hunched over and curled up among the cold rocks, with the black blood almost drying up.
He withdrew his gaze from the corpse and did not rush to see what Adni gave him, although he might have come for it. The battle on the other side was coming to an end, and Luo Hao and Miss Nightingale were cleaning the battlefield. The others captured three or four pirates, while Naga did not survive.
So far, they have not captured any living Naga, and these crazy and cruel dark creatures are enough to be tricky.
Ian and the other two also caught a pirate. The marigold threatened to burn the guy's hair with a cluster of flames, hoping to make the other party spit out some useful information, but outsiders knew that she was probably venting her anger before, and the pirate was trembling, but he refused to say a word.
Fang Zhu stopped her and said to the other pirates: "I know, you may think death is liberation, but I have to tell you, it's a pity that it's not the case. At least on this island, you can't escape."
"You should have heard some legends when you come here. The facts are the same as you guessed. This island is a little different. After passing through the storm outside, your starlight is blocked from the sea of ​​light. I don't care whether Adrian, who is in charge of the storm, will forgive your sins, but here, the old raven cannot take care of you-" Fang Zhu asked Miss Nightingale to come forward.
Alisa understood it and pulled out a pistol from the waist of the Paparals and pressed it against the pirate's forehead. Before the latter could react, she had already pulled the trigger.
With a loud bang, a spark burst into pieces, and the guy fell straight to the ground, with a hole in his head.
The others were shocked.
"That's my gun!" Parker was also startled.
Miss Nightingale handed him the gun upside down and said with a smile: "I'll give it to you."
The marigolds stared at this scene in a daze.
A white light appeared on the pirate's body. Fang Yu looked at the remaining prisoners, with a very serious face, "I know you are most likely to be skeptical, but it doesn't matter, you will understand later."
The pirates seemed a little confused. But Fang Yu did not explain and only asked the others to take these people onto the ship.
By the way, the treasures found by the pirates were filled with several boxes, filled with silver coins minted by Stuart IV during his reign, which were 1 or 2 million Risells. Fang Zhu also moved them to the ship and distributed them to Ian and the other three.
This was a great reward, but the three of them were not very interested. Although they suddenly made a fortune, the miserable scene outside made everyone feel heavy. After they finished their work, they proposed to collect the corpses in the village and received unanimous agreement.
However, the Seven Seas Brigade had no time to bury everyone one by one, so it could only dig a large pit to land the body. There was no full-time pastor of Milera on the ship, so Miss Mayi could only recite the prayer as the knight of the sun god Oli.
Fortunately, Miss Knight has always been serious and serious, but she is very strict.
The cold rain fell from the sky. When she pressed her holy deeds and watched the water flow along the metal title page of the holy deeds, she whispered to end the eulogy with a vow text. Fang Yu ordered several dragon hunters to fill in the soil.
The calendula and the lark stood aside, silent as they watched the scene, and seemed to have endless coldness in the wind and rain. Luo Hao stood aside leaning against a tall palm tree, turning around to look at Ian not far away. In fact, in terms of age, the two were not far apart.
But as the captain of three people, the young warrior obviously seemed much more mature.
Luo Hao suddenly asked, "Do you think all this is too unfair?"
Ian looked back at him, was silent for a moment, and shook his head: "I don't know very well...but it is indeed very different from what I imagined. The hill of giant trees is much better than here. The goblins and elves govern there. I have never been in contact with such things in the past..."
"This is the empire. In fact, many places in Kaurin-Ishurien are similar. This is still the present. In fact, the world in the past is even more different from ours," Luo Hao said softly, "Aitalia was out of place with our world. Everything we see today is the result of countless people's efforts. Different civilizations have experienced wars, and it is only the dialogue and integration in the end."
He looked up at the dark rain curtain, the raindrops all over the sky were like stars and the endless universe afterwards. "The powerful assimilate into the weak, as if history has never been like this, but the star gate restricts our power, and it chooses us. Aitalia is not a gift."
"But the impact is mutual, the war has subsided, and we have to adapt to each other. It is at this stage that we have myths, and countries have proposed initiatives to try to bridge the scars between the two worlds - that was the first era."
"It's not just between us and Aitalia, but also on this side of the Star Gate, including ourselves, that we have begun to re-examine the relationship between countries. What purpose should we get along with each other? And what values ​​should we measure each other? Finally we reached an agreement in one big discussion after another - because the Star Gate is there, we had to cross it."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "When we draw up the program and gain consensus, we will finally implement all this by the first generation of free pioneers passing through the Star Gate."
"And that's the Star Gate Declaration," Luo Hao replied, "We once believed that the arrival of an extremely glorious era, the two worlds, different cultures and civilizations blended with each other, bridged disputes, eliminated differences, and quelled the war, resolved differences, and created that true golden age with a moral concept that was ahead of any past era."
"We once believed in win-win cooperation and almost did it. No, it should be said that they almost did it - erecting a stone tablet in Falkanza, allowing Aitalia to remember those who helped them resist disasters, devote themselves to the front line of the confrontation between darkness and light, and help Aitalia and even us complete the transformation."
The sound of the wind and rain calmed down, and almost everyone was listening to him.
It is also those people who left the names of the Saint Selected in this world and realized the fusion of cultures between the two worlds.
"The empire was much stricter before that, and Kaurin-Ishurien did not have any good qualities. Different countries used war to express their will on the sea, including ourselves, and we are also participants in the war."
Luo Hao said: "But they still opened up a path to leave behind those better things. In fact, all our honor comes from that era and from the three generations of pioneers' adherence to the oaths in half a century. People call it a kind of nobility and engrave it on the wall of oaths of gold."
All the qualities of people in that era were the most beautiful symbols of civilization, and those memories full of ideals did pioneer an era.
The second door is open.
Both different civilizations stepped out of their original world to explore new unknowns. Civilizations began to rise, disputes were closed, and everything was showing a prosperous scene.
The super competitive alliance was born. Countries no longer talk to each other at the cost of iron and blood, but instead use fairness and competitiveness, hard work and belief to win honor. Of course, there are still differences between different countries, but at least the contradictions no longer seem so sharp.
"And that is the source of all our dreams," Luo Hao pointed to everyone around him, "We are also you and me, and our leader. We grew up in such an era, witnessing the birth of the heroes with the heavy halo, how can we not have yearning?"
He smiled bitterly, "I also hoped that one day I would embark on the same path, but reality gave each of us a heavy blow, but this is the reason for our frustration. Dreams will eventually be shattered. Facts have proved that the establishment of order requires endless glory and belief, but collapse only requires people to see that there is no hope for the future. The second world is only one-third the size of Aitalia. When we divide this cake, everything returns to the starting point."
"The halo that transcends this era exploded in such a huge bubble. Everyone knew that everything was over, but they still tried to seize the afterglow of the old era. It was nothing more than some people who really fantasize about saving everything, while some people just wanted to get more benefits before the shipwreck."
He mocked himself: "In this era, everything has become worse. Even the quota of Star Gate is no longer sacred. If you don't believe it, you can ask the people around you? Miss Jita and Luo Yu, what kind of quota did they come to this world?"
"And Ian, don't you and Miss Lark deserve a better chance? But you still come here as free-choice summoners. Everyone knows how precious the free quota for society is. As for myself," Luo Hao laughed, "You may not believe it. My quota was obtained by my father through special means. To put it bluntly, it was just spent some money... Of course, the military also has its own selection channels, but they cannot point fingers at the Super Athletic Alliance, because it is called Star Gate's initiative. Look, this is the choice of the gate."
"As for the leader..."
"Okay," he wanted to say something else, but Fang Yu had already interrupted him.
Perhaps everything in front of him is touching, but they have actually seen the unevenness of the world in the north. He is not here to listen to people chatter and complain about all this. Perhaps, as Luo Hao said, he is the one who unrealistic fantasizes and wants to seize the tail of the old era.
But he didn't want to listen to those dreams and murmurs, he just believed that the ship was far from the time to sink, and the history of civilization was just from one spiral to another.
But it never returned to the starting point.
Fang Ling said lightly: "It's not too far from the time to express his feelings, get on the boat."
There are some ideas that he will not give up until he tries himself.
Only at this time did he act like a team leader. Luo Hao glanced at him and said more words without saying it. In fact, he showed his pessimism about super competition in the community, and never thought that people could change anything.
He originally wanted to have some fun, but he didn't expect that he would become part of the fun. However, he did not regret coming to the Qihai Traveler. Not to mention that it was an order and a mission, Fang Yu was the few people who could shut him up.
"You," the calendula looked at them with a daze. Obviously, Luo Hao's words gave her a lot of shock, "Are you twelve-colored irises?"
Tianlan couldn't help but cough twice, "Of course, that's fake? Haierxi is my brother. You must be interested in the twelve-colored iris. I can introduce you to him--"
"Okay, Sky Blue," Alisa interrupted, "Don't cause trouble for Mr. Heersh."
She couldn't stand it anymore.
"They are the Dragon Alchemist," Lark looked at Fang Zhu and suddenly spoke, then realized that there was an ambiguity in his words, so he changed his words: "They are the Dragon Alchemist's team, the Seven Seas Brigade."
Seeing Fang Zhu looking at him, the girl met his gaze and said softly: "I have seen your fire spirit just now."
Only then did Fang Yu know where he was missing, but he didn't care about it. "But I am not the only one in this world with Fire Giant Spirit."
"But only the Dragon Alchemist would answer this," said Lark, "so you admit it, Mr. Ed?"
Fang Yu nodded. The situation is a bit special now, and Luo Hao has said this, so there is nothing wrong with admitting.
But it's not Luo Hao's fault. All of this makes him feel a little angry at the moment.
The conveners were originally obliged to prevent all this from happening. They were the choice of the gate, but the Empire ignored the North and the Super Athletic League did not play any role, or the role they played was exactly like this.
Not only in the first division, he believed that all this would not be different in the third division. Isn’t this the case with the Crow Temple? Su Changfeng once said the same thing, Super Competition has lost its original function.
No wonder Luo Hao was disappointed, and he wasn’t it?
He said: "We actually didn't think about deceiving you, but we have a special identity and don't want to get others involved in the dispute between us and the empire. Can you understand?"
The lark and the calendula nodded.
"Then you guys," Lark looked at Luo Hao. She wanted to ask if what the other party said was true. Although those words sounded a bit self-deprecating, if the empire also gave up on this place, what was the meaning of their stay here?
If Fang Zhu and his group are really a team of twelve-colored Iris, then there is a huge guild behind them, which even represents the judgment of the Super Athletic League in the second division to a certain extent, but they are not.
Although the Qihai Brigade is famous, it is just a free team.
Fang Yum did not answer her.
Because he didn't think about what he should do, the abilities of the Seven Seas Brigade were not infinite. He could only hope that the goddess had some means, and they could only do something within their ability.
Only then did the marigold react and took a breath of air conditioning, "Are you the Qihai Brigade?"
Her voice rose several times, causing Ian to look over, but the female witch suddenly remembered something and pestered Jita to ask if she was a naturalist, "That's a magic book, right? I saw you use it that day."
"It turns out that you are really the Seven Seas Brigade. Recently, even our second division has been circulating legends about you. They all say that you are another successor to Loofah. The guild extends an olive branch to you, but you are disdainful. I have heard of you, you are the lady of the naturalist in this team, right?"
Jita was not good at dealing with customers who were too enthusiastic, so she had to nod her head awkwardly.
"When it comes to yearning for freedom, aren't you the same?" Luo Hao asked her, "I heard from Ian that a great guild has also recruited you."
"Our one is different. They are interested in larks. Ian and I can't do it. Of course, I won't say we won't drag the larks down or something. We are partners, so we should be together." Calendula replied carelessly.
Fang Rong looked at the lady of the magician and felt that the other party was very reasonable. He liked the other party's personality very much. There may be many setbacks in reality, but not everything needs to be considered. He prefers a more direct way of thinking.
He looked at the three of them and suddenly asked, "Do you want to join us?"
This problem is not a whim. Although the Qihai Traveler has a fairy lady, it still requires a lot of manpower to make a floating ship use its full abilities. Not to mention the distance, many positions on the ship are still vacant.
For example, Silweid not only serves as a ship officer, but also is the navigator, cartographer and communications officer on the ship, and is also responsible for logistics.
The Qihai Traveler will definitely not be like this in the future. With the further expansion, the responsibilities that everyone will assume will only become heavier in the future, and this situation is unlikely to last for a long time.
The fact that it was actually based on the same considerations when letting Cui Xisi get on the boat.
At least in addition to Luo Yu and Jita who were on shift, the mages on duty were also handed in hand.
Like they had captured the pirates' sailboat before. Although it was just a small boat that was not as big as the Qihai Traveler, no one took it up with his hands, so he could only hide it in its original place and wait for someone to drive it away.
However, the marigold waved his hand quickly, "We? No, we have a lot of different levels. I still prefer the unrestrained look like now."
Fang Yu nodded and did not ask any more questions. He admired the three of them very much. He could see the similar qualities of the Seven Seas Brigades. As for the level issue, it was actually not important. Anyway, the Seven Seas Brigades also had a second regiment for them to experience.
But since the other party doesn't want to, he doesn't force it.
"Ed," Silweid suddenly spoke, "Look at there."
Fang Zhu turned around and saw lightning reflecting the whole world in white. The storm was like a crack in the sky of the island, and heavy rain poured down.
The rain was like silver arrows, passing through the mast and deck of the Qihai Traveler. Behind the storm was forming a cyclone spanning hundreds of miles. The sea outside Hanrui was extremely spectacular, and the dark walls of clouds stood like giants' arms—
But looking at such a scenery means that the power of the goddess Audice surrounding the island is extremely weak. The storm has actually logged into the fjord, but there are other things in the darkness that cannot be melted. People all turned around and looked at the stars of silver light appearing in the clouds.
"An imperial fleet!"
Cui Xisi was the first to recognize her, and she was an imperialist.
But at this moment the empire's fleet was not stable. They were advancing in the storm and firing at another enemy. The fire of the naval guns lit up the weird octopus battleships from time to time.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "It's Naga." The calendula said in a lost voice.
It was Naga, and there were quite a few. The Empire's fleet was not small, but the octopus warships emerging from the clouds were even more above them.
Ian's face suddenly changed when he saw this scene and realized something, "The Naga on the island does not have so many warships, it is their support!"
"And I'm afraid they are the main force," Miss Nightingale said softly: "They came with the storm."
Naga is fighting fire with the Imperial people.
Although they have a better number, the firepower of the Imperial Fleet is not inferior. Although they can't do anything to each other, it's hard to tell the difference for a while.
"It's the fleet of the Sword-holding Court," Adnie appeared on the deck at some point, looked at the fleet, and spoke to the others.
Fang Rong suddenly thought of what she said before. Although he didn't know where this imperial fleet came from, the appearance of the fleet of the Sword Court here always gave him a bad premonition.
The imperial people would never come for the indigenous people on the island, and of course they would not come for the selection of the summoners. They could only have other purposes here. Judging from the conversation between the pirates and the Nagas, they also came for the secret treasure of the Pirate King.
What about the imperial people?
The storm was still gathering and brewing, and Ian and the other two quickly figured out this.
"Avoid them first and see their purpose," Fang Rong made a quick decision. "The Empire and Naga are not in the same group. This is at least a good thing. Let's go back to the valley first. No matter what their purpose is, it will be no harm to take the initiative in our own hands."
Ian, the calendula and the lark nodded.
Of course, others will not object.
The sailboat quickly returned to the valley where Audice's temple was located. The situation was extremely critical now - no matter why the imperial people came, the main force of the Nagas had undoubtedly landed on the island, which proved that the great storm was imminent.
Fang Zhu escorted a group of pirates to Audice's temple. Sure enough, he saw the pirate who was shot by Alisa there. Seeing that the guy who looked pale like a ghost was escorted by a group of islanders, the remaining pirates immediately collapsed.
"We surrender," the pirates begged for mercy immediately, "what you want to know, we will tell you everything, as long as you spare our lives."
"certainly."
Miss Nightingale took back her pistol, squinted her eyes and looked at the humans, "Only the one who said it first can survive."
Tianlan couldn't help but whisper to Silvede, "Brother Ed really wants to let these people go, right?"
Silvede shook his head: "We are not qualified to forgive anyone for those who have killed their loved ones, and they are still here for those who have killed their loved ones."
She looked at the islanders, including Daniele and her sister.
"That?"
The shipmaster smiled slightly, covered her eyes, and turned the poet's head to the side.
A scream soon rang out in the hall, and the pirates fell one after another.
"What are you doing?" Tianlan was a little dissatisfied, "I'm not a child anymore, Sister Silweid."
"It's better to think less about going back on your word." Silweid smiled slightly.
"That's not going back on his word," Alisa came over and handed her the pistol back. "It's not us who killed them. We forgive them, or there's nothing to be resentful for a group of dead people."
Silweid looked at the blood stains on her gun.
"I didn't kill that person," Miss Nightingale disregarded. "He will die twice later, but since they believe in the precepts of the weak, I naturally cannot escape. I don't hate this, but double standards are not possible. In addition, I really asked some important information..."
Her face darkened, "The purpose of the Nagas is the same as that of us, but it may be better to say, not exactly the same."
Tianlan pushed away Silweid's hand and asked, "What does it mean?"
"Go and ask the leader. The goddess wants to meet us. This matter is a long story, so I won't waste time," Alisa looked out of the hall. "I have to prepare, we're going to set off soon."
"Set off?"
The poet misunderstood.
But Fang Yu had actually met the lady again - he was not sure whether the other party was a god, but the essence of the power was very similar. Odesha was still standing in front of his statue - except for him, the indigenous people could not see the goddess.
The female warrior looked back and looked at them, "You are back."
Now is the time for her to fulfill her promise, but Fang Yu asked first: "Goddess, why did the Nagas come?"
"Don't you know it already," said Odais, "when you ask me to keep the soul of that pirate, they will never have any secrets to you."
Fang Zhu was silent.
The pirates did reveal the purpose of the Naga clan. Their purpose was to inform the ether nodes of the entire Campa area. That node fell into the hands of the pirate King William.
He also asked more information. Behind every major storm in Campa over the past twenty years is the fall of an Ethernet pulse node. The storm is pressing step by step, and behind it is the collapse of the Ethernet pulse in the northern part of the Empire.
No wonder this storm surge became stronger and stronger. After the Ethernet veins melted, the magic flow north of Sintaan was completely controlled by the Naga clan. The most saint of the darkness, Naga god Narsuyan, might be planning all this behind the scenes.
But are the imperialists ignorant of this and owed any reaction?
Fang Zhu suddenly thought of the scenes performed in Elpaxin at that time. Su Changfeng asked him to come to the empire to find the missing crystal node, but the crystal tower seemed to have disappeared bizarrely and did not exist in the empire's crystal network at all.
In the Imperial Craftsman Association, the information of the crystal network is open to every craftsman, and it is impossible for a crystal tower to be undiscovered.
Besides, he has also been to Great Crystal Vein, where the information of ether flowing is more distinct—
But there is nothing else.
But suddenly he thought of one thing: the Empire built such a fortress underground in Nordspits to monitor the great crystal veins, and then every ether node of Cintaan should be under the surveillance of the Oshu people, naturally including the Campa region in the north.
In other words, the Aoshus may not know nothing about the melting of the ether nodes here, but happened under the empire's acquiescence?
Why?
He actually realized the terrible possibility when the pirates said that fact.
Is the power injected into the great crystal vein really the purpose of raising Sintaan as I thought?
Although the Empire found ideas from the research of three geniuses, in the final analysis, the research itself was rejected by Helinwell, Gerdham and Friston. Friston, the most persistent of the three people, was -
Finally, I also realized it in the tower of the Winter Solstice.
Using the power of the Ethernet vein to eliminate elements, the path to burning stars will eventually lead to a common ending. It is impossible for the imperial people to not realize the problems in that study, unless-
Unless they are meant to be so.
Fang Zhu suddenly had a cold war.
What if all the magic that has flowed into the great crystal veins over the past twenty years, the final destination of the gathering is not the crystal network of the Craftsman Association, but to another place?
It is actually very simple to not be noticed. He didn't think about it at first in this direction - as long as the destination of the magic itself had disappeared, and there was such a crystal tower in the disappeared Ethernet vein.
Then everything makes sense.
No wonder he couldn't find the crystal tower.
The empires retreated step by step to north of Campa and gave up many etheric nodes, perhaps not because the Oshus were all focused on the rainforests in the south, and the war was just happening in recent times.
But the storm began more than 20 years ago.
What exactly happened in the past twenty years?
The purpose of the imperial people, what is the purpose of the fleet of the Sword Court coming here?
Fang Yu's mind flashed like lightning, and he felt that he was almost approaching the answer.
Chapter completed!