Chapter seven hundred and twenty-four moon dial and cast effect
The most luxurious and heavily guarded buildings in Sartosa undoubtedly belong to famous pirate lords. Many pirate lords chose Sartusa as their stronghold and resting place. They established castle-like manors within the city of Sartusa.
, for your own enjoyment and vacation, Sartusa
Although the land is fertile and rich in wine, olive oil and various seafood, due to its chaotic situation and frequent murders, the farmers still need to seek the protection of these pirate lords, and the pirate lords will
Take away most of their remaining food...
It's quite similar to Brittania. This was a complaint made by Ryan and others after they learned about the situation.
As time went by, the pirates, businessmen, and mercenaries on the island reached a tacit understanding, that is, they fight each other. No matter how fierce they fight, no one will bother the farmers from farming. If there are farmers in the fight between the pirates and the mercenaries,
If someone is unfortunately killed, the murderer will be caught by everyone, beaten and ordered to pay compensation for the losses.
"Oh oh oh, I've heard that Sartusa is rich in pearls. The pearls here are big, of good quality, and cheap. It's a rare opportunity. I want to buy more this time! My dear, have you brought enough money?
?" Veronica didn't care about the gazes of Kalad and others. Witch of Gloria held Ryan's arm, her eyes shining: "New jewelry, new clothes, new shoes, Sister Sulia and the others will also do it.
Like it."
"We'll talk about the pearl later, let's get down to business first." Ryan rolled his eyes at Veronica.
Along the chaotic streets, Lane and others moved uphill. Fedmund was called away by salt resentment. The sea god Mannann entrusted his daughter with a dream and gave Bo an artifact "Boldero Braid".
Duke Derek and his legitimate son Fedmund, Fedmund led his retainers and part of the Old Guard and left with Salt Grudge, while the rest followed Ryan and continued to move forward.
"Sartusa is theoretically a completely free city. Here, everyone is equal and everyone enjoys independent and free rights. But the facts prove that this is just an illusion. There are indeed no aristocrats, bureaucrats or churches here, but
The pirate lords still rule here, so the politics of Sartusa are very simple. The pirate lords decide everything." Ryan touched his chin: "The status of the pirate lords depends entirely on wealth and force."
"This is normal. In the distant Nagaros, a fear lord's status is determined by how many slaves he has and how strong he is. Those who are incompetent will die. Survival of the fittest is fair." Olika always kept her cover in front of others.
Face, Ryan's personal maid even saw many of her compatriots in Sartosa, but when the dark elves saw her, they immediately turned pale with fear and fled.
In the same situation, Lion, as the king of Britannia, his appearance made many former Brittanian knights on the island who had lost their honor become so frightened that they all hid.
"This is completely abnormal, okay?" Kalad angrily refuted Orica's remarks: "Slavery is really a backward system!"
"Then the serfdom system is advanced?" Orika said coldly: "We live in Nagaros with extremely barren land and extremely cold climate. Knight of the Holy Grail, Druchi has his own national conditions here, and you have no right to criticize us.
, you can think about it, if our situations were reversed, you would all be finished."
"..." Kalad didn't know anything about the dark elves. He thought for a moment and felt that he was indeed not qualified to comment casually. He could only shake his head: "Essentially, Sartusa's system is different from that of the dark elves.
There is no difference between slavery and it is very close to our serfdom system."
"So this is the pirate lord's paradise." Ryan nodded, he signaled everyone to stop arguing, the destination has arrived.
This is a mansion manor built on a cliff along the city coast. There are many guards around the 2,000-square-meter manor. The walls that are seven or eight meters high are covered with a large number of vines. The steel gate is closed tightly.
There is a strange symbol branded on it, a big "4" and a hammer.
Waves of majestic singing faintly came from inside the door.
"The Chaos Army is the Black Crow~"
"I want to trample us under my feet."
"From the Linsk River to Pragdong."
"Hey, Esun is the most powerful in the world."
"Kislev warrior, polish your scimitar,"
"Hold the gun gently."
"We should all become stronger as we fight,"
"Fight the enemy to the death on the battlefield!"
Although the singing was very majestic, it had a sense of sadness and depression. The people singing were obviously a little older, and their voices were full of energy. Ryan and the others hesitated for a moment, but decided to knock on the door: "Excuse me?"
"Vatutin, the distinguished guest is here, go and open the door." There was only one knock on the door, and a steady voice immediately came from inside.
"Yes." A tall middle-aged man from Kislev opened the door. He was as strong as a bear. When he saw the leader Ryan and others, he nodded: "Come in!"
Ryan and others walked into the manor and found that the manor seemed quite decayed. There were only a dozen big men from Kislev who were gathering together and doing something unknown. They were surrounded by a man who looked a little old.
, this man has a slovenly slicked back hair and a pair of
With round eyes, a thick mustache and a short goatee, and wearing only a shirt and trousers that had been washed white, he stood there as if he were a life mentor. Even though he was very old,
He still maintained his posture: "Welcome, King of Britannia."
"...Hello, Mr. Lev, I am..."
"You came to me to ask me about Captain Ross, right?" The man smiled politely.
"That's right, I..."
"You want to know from me about the Ship Burial Cemetery and how to guide you to the whereabouts of the moondial in the maelstrom of the Ship Burial Cemetery, right?" The man interrupted Ryan.
"Yes, I..."
"You want to tell me that you have a very important reason to get the moondial, so no matter what, you hope that I can tell you the whereabouts of the moondial. Do you think you can help me, right?" The man interrupted Ryan again.
Ryan and the others all opened their mouths, and even the Old Guards came up, ready to use fire blunderbuss to aim at this incredible man.
"Are you a prophet?" Ryan was very calm. He was about to turn forty. He had never seen anything like this before. The King of Britannia took a step forward and complained casually.
"Prophet? Of course, I like people to call me that. In Kislev, people especially like to call me 'Prophet' because I am always prophetic." The man nodded repeatedly and put away his smile: "
It's a pity that my foresight comes from emotion
Newspaper analysis and observation. If I were really a prophet, I would not have been driven out of Kislev and almost died with an ice pick in the hands of the Tsarist assassin. I lost everything and survived in Sartusa, with the salty smell of the sea.
and the hot climate changed me.”
"Very well, Mr. Prophet, we are not here today to listen to your complaints. You know our purpose." Ryan interrupted the man in turn. He raised his hand, indicating that the man could speak: "We
I want to know the whereabouts of Captain Ross's moondial. If you know it, can you tell us?"
"Please take a seat and discuss in detail." Prophet Tu signaled everyone to enter the luxurious manor house. At this time, Kalad and Antelm both expressed objections to Prophet Tu's invitation, and Kalad even said: "This is a possible trap.
, Mr. Prophet, if you can, I hope you can say it here."
"Hahahaha~" Tuo Xian laughed, and he directly opened the door of the luxurious building in front of everyone.
The scene in front of them made Ryan and others almost speechless. Through the door, the interior of the building was scorched black. It was obvious that this place had experienced extremely serious fires and battles!
Prophet Tu seemed to be quite satisfied with the reaction of Ryan and others. He took out a letter from his arms: "This is a letter from Golden Master Karim. He also mentioned about the moon dial. Now you are willing to believe me."
Is it done?”
Ten minutes later, everyone was a little surprised when they looked at the manor building that was severely damaged by the fire. The manor covering an area of 2,000 square meters suffered extremely serious damage, with traces of fire and fierce fighting everywhere.
"This turned out to be Captain Jack Ross's manor." Tuo Xian smiled: "After Captain Ross disappeared deep into the burial ship cemetery, I inherited his manor and the small amount of wealth he left behind, and barely survived here.
And evading the pursuit of the Bocaha royal family, living like a zombie."
"It looks intense. What's going on here?" Ryan walked next to the man.
"Captain Jack Rose, born in a family of navigators, was once the pirate king, and a man who has traversed the sea for more than thirty years." Prophet Tuo did not answer Ryan's question, he just said to himself: "Frightened
The ocean travels all over the world. Captain Jack Ross has sent hundreds of enemy ships and tens of thousands of enemies to the bottom of the sea in his long years. He is a genius, strategist, and ruler of the sea."
"It was with his help that I escaped from Kislev. We traveled around the world together and participated in the plunder of Lustria. When I followed him back to Sartosa, we saw only the
The manor burning in flames, Captain Jack Rose's manor was destroyed by fire, his family has suffered, and a strange relic left by his father pointed the root of the matter to the ship burial cemetery at the end of the Grand Line.
The whirlpool, where there are countless treasures and endless dangers."
"Captain Ross left, taking his men with him and the Great Chanter's flagship, the Hammer of Salvation, which he managed to defraud from the Empire, and sailed towards the end of the Great Line, the legendary whirlpool of the Burial Ship Cemetery.
, leaving this dilapidated manor to me to live in."
"So his moondial was taken away by him?" Ryan only cared about the moondial.
"...I'm old, and suddenly I can't remember." Tuo Seer immediately began to pretend to be deaf and dumb: "Your Majesty Ryan, we need to talk. I am an old man. If you give me some time, maybe I can think again.
Are you up?"
"Tell me your conditions." Ryan was too lazy to talk nonsense with Prophet Tuo. He knew that the time had come to discuss the conditions: "If it's a simple matter, I think I can help you. After all, you probably don't want to be in Sartusa either.
Forever?"
"My king, yes, I don't want to stay here anymore. I need a place where I can realize my ideals. I need a place where I can show my ambition. I can't stay in Sartusa and wait to die.
But Kislev’s Internal Affairs Committee was always
They don't want to kill me. More than twenty years later, they are still looking for traces of me everywhere in the old world. I have to stay in Sartusa." Prophet Tuo is also quite bachelor: "I know, your brother Fulgrim
A new territory was opened up in Lustria..."
"You want me to help you?" Ryan quickly understood what the prophet meant: "Do you want to go to the new world?"
"Yes, I hope you can help me, help us. All we need is a new identity, an ocean-going ship heading to the new world, and sending us to the new world, to your brother's command. I can take everything
I tell you, I promise, I have been trapped here for too long, please." Prophet Tu lowered his head and begged: "As you can see, I am already an old man and don't have many years left to live, but I still have my
The ideal has not been realized.”
"...Tell me, where is Captain Ross's moondial?" Ryan asked directly.
"On a secret island in the vast ocean, there are countless reefs. This is where Captain Ross hides his treasures and wealth. Only I know the location and how to get in." Prophet Tu implored again: "My followers and I
Need a place to stay, my lord."
"You and your followers?" Ryan nodded. He could see that Mrs. Kesler had regarded herself as the last life-saving straw to leave Sartosha. The prophet was the key criminal for whom Kesler had a heavy bounty on his head. He knew that
Pirates are ungrateful and have no credibility
It can be said (the same goes for the Tilean people), so he dare not leave Sartosa no matter what, and even if the small amount of wealth left by Captain Ross can build a ship, these Mrs. Keesler are by no means experts in naval warfare. For
To survive, he has been hiding here for more than 20 years.
After finally getting the chance to leave, he didn't want to wait any longer.
As a result, an agreement was reached. Lane was responsible for helping Torseer and his followers leave Sartosa, and Torseer would do his best to help Lane and Fulgrim obtain the location of the maelstrom in the Burial Ship Cemetery.
By the way, he also gave Captain Ross a small portion of his remaining wealth to Ryan. This small amount of wealth was only equivalent to a value of 1,500 gold crowns. Ryan accepted it with peace of mind. After all, he had to risk his relationship with Keith.
There is a risk of Loew breaking off diplomatic relations or even starting a war.
"The matter is finally over." Veronica remained silent throughout the whole process. It was not until the terms were agreed upon that the Witch of Gloria spoke: "Fortunately, it's not as bad as imagined. Mrs. Keesler knows how to advance and retreat.
"
"I hate Mrs. Keesler, but I never refuse to give away people, money and clues for free." Antelm smiled. The Holy Grail Knight was very satisfied with the deal: "Look
, we didn’t lose anything, we got 1,500 gold crowns, two former Marshals Kislev, a former Bear Cavalry General, a group of generals, your Majesty, the clues you want, the price we paid was just to separate one more ship, carry
It’s just one or two hundred people walking away.”
"Wait, Antelm, what are you talking about? Marshal? General?" Kalad has not yet recovered.
"You are still too young after all, Kalad. Mr. Lev is not a simple man. The two big men standing behind him are the former Kislev Marshal Egorov and the former Kislev First Marshal.
Marshal Petrov of the 1st Infantry Regiment. As for the guy who opened the door for us, he is the former Kislev Bear Cavalry General Vatutin." Antelm's expression
Qingqing is like his cousin Francois, giving people a half-smiling feeling: "Of the dozen or so Mrs. Kieslers we saw when we entered the door, there was not one who did not have the title of general or below. This group of Kieslers
I will send the officers to Lustria and give them to Lord Fulgen to reorganize them a little, and they will become extremely powerful combatants. They are all strong men who will survive a hundred battles."
"...Well, I don't know much about this." Kalad said with some shame: "I mean I don't know so many people. Mr. Antelm, you are really well-informed."
"It's nothing, Kalad, even I don't know." Ryan smiled and smoothed things over: "Okay, it's almost time. It's time for us to taste the famous old-world restaurant in Sartusa - The Bull.
Heading to the restaurant.”
"We will take this opportunity to discuss our strategic approach this time."