The main force of the "Hyena Pirates", with more than a thousand men, came to rob an ordinary cruise ship aggressively.
All the minions were waiting for the captain to go to the banquet hall to negotiate with the fat sheep and make a huge fortune. But instead of waiting for the good news, they received shocking bad news.
Not long after, a strong man jumped onto the pirate ship and shouted loudly, "I am 'Golden Teeth' Gulev, if you don't want to die, get on the deck!"
And their leader, the top master of Sequence 5 [Blood Slaughter Dog], was like a dead dog being twisted in the hands of the strong man.
The name "Golden Teeth" was obviously very prestigious among the pirates. After this voice, the pirates on the ship all jumped up and down, but they all got on the deck obediently.
Back then, the "Golden Teeth Pirates" were wiped out by the "Blood Skull". How could Gulev swallow that breath? Now that the little princess has been rescued, he and his old subordinates naturally plan to go find those guys.
unlucky.
What's more, the "Blood Skeleton" has been traversing the Black Sea for so many years, and the wealth accumulated is astronomical.
A man will not be rich without windfall, and a horse will not be fat without night grass.
Anna wants to keep asking Raymond to replenish her wealth, and "robbery" pirates seems to be a good choice.
...
Gulev and his gang are familiar with dealing with pirates.
Anna also followed excitedly to count the loot. She looked like a "big sister" and greeted Ilya, a girl who had never been on a pirate ship. The gang happily ran to loot the "Hyena Pirates"
The pirates who surrendered.
Raymond didn't go to join in the fun, so he just lay on the railing with the melon-eaters on the cruise ship to watch Jin Ya and others rob and plunder the "Hyena Pirates".
From [Blood Slaughter Dog] Edek's mouth, Raymond and the others learned an interesting thing. That is, the two top pirate groups in the Black Sea, "Blood Skull" and "Battle Flag", have been in 'Nor' for most of the past six months.
There are activities in the foggy area three hundred nautical miles southwest of Mann Canyon, and they seem to be looking for something.
That coordinate also has a special name, which is "Nightmare Ghost".
Raymond had not forgotten that Anna had said that there was a ruins discovered by her ancestors in the ghost world, which contained a "Devil Fruit" and an "ancient weapon".
That place is definitely a "forbidden area" for the Black Sea natives. Normally, merchant ships and pirates would deliberately avoid that area.
But the pirates of "Blood Skull" and "Battle Flag" have been roaming around in that sea area for several months. This move makes Raymond seem to have some ulterior motives, fearing that he really got some clues. What if those guys really do it?
Did you happen to find a way to enter the ghost world, and your treasure is about to be lost?
Raymond didn't know that the activities of two large pirate groups there were actually directly related to him...
Of course, this is another story.
It just so happened that the main ship of the "Hyena Pirates" was a plundered small-scale "Predator" of the Tianlan Royal Navy, which had very excellent performance. Raymond and the others captured this battleship and planned to use it to find "blood".
"Skeleton" trouble, and also see if you can find the ancient ruins in "Nightmare Ghost".
.......
After tonight, everyone will go their separate ways.
Raymond and Jinya went to rob the pirates, while Matthew and others from the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce were preparing to take a cruise to the remote sea area, which was the rear area of the revolutionary army and was safer.
The moon and stars were sparse, and the deck was still very lively.
Raymond noticed the person coming and said hello with a smile, "Judy, are you here?"
The moonlight shone on the face of the female swordsman in fine clothing, reflecting a delicate and indifferent face.
Judy now speaks very few words and has become an elegant and quiet girl. Since she was captured and sold to a slave trader to become a gladiator two years ago, she has become accustomed to the poor life accompanied by a sword. Instead of spending time watching the excitement, she is more
I like practicing sword practice alone.
Tonight, she will also take a cruise to distant waters.
She knew that this farewell might be something she would never want to see again in this life. Some words and some thoughts should still have an ending.
"Um."
Judy walked over and followed Raymond's example, leaning on the fence and looking at the pirate ship on the opposite side. After a long time, she said with emotion: "We say goodbye, and I don't know when we will see each other again."
Raymond didn't understand the girl's thoughts and said seriously: "Probably the next time the revolutionary army attacks the capital of Tianlan, I will go to the capital and then sail from there. If you come, we should still be able to meet you."
"oh."
Judy raised her head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, with sparkling light reflected in her beautiful eyes.
She pondered for a long time, and then she mustered up the courage to say again: "Classmate Raymond, in the future, you can go to the Endless Sea to meet Irene and help me say hello to her. You and her are my best friends in this life."
..."
"Um."
Raymond nodded. For some reason, he saw that there seemed to be some expectation in Judy's eyes, so he asked casually: "Are you going to go on an adventure with us?"
"No."
Judy shook her head decisively and said silently in her heart, "I don't want to be a burden to you."
After a pause, she continued: "If one day my strength catches up with you... I will probably go to the Endless Sea to find you."
"oh."
Raymond didn't understand the sparkling light in Judy's eyes. At this time, he seemed to think of something again. He flipped through the package and took out a booklet that he had prepared long ago. He said, "Classmate Judy, this booklet
I compiled the sword skills of the 'Jokudō Itto-ryu' and some of my own swordsmanship experiences. You are also following the path of a swordsman, so it may be helpful to you..."
"Um."
Judy did not refuse, took the booklet, and held it in her hands. She looked at this farewell gift, and a cheerful smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Probably, the relationship is nothing more than this, she is not qualified to take any further step, and she is reluctant to take a step back.
"Thank you for your gift, classmate Raymond...see you later."
She said, turned and left. Under the moonlight, the crystal tears falling from the corners of her eyes fell like silver to the ground.
She didn't turn around, but stopped wherever she was. She just turned her back to Raymond and said, "Raymond, I'm really happy to meet you in this life."
From now on we say goodbye and never see each other again.
Many years later, Judy Nelson, the number one female swordsman in the Black Sea and the fourth-generation master of the "Jokudou Itto-ryu", recalled this night of separation and admitted that it was the most important turning point in her life. The man who took her away
After she was rescued from hell and said goodbye to him, from then on, her life was filled with only the way of the sword, and she only focused on the way of the sword.
"Well, Judy, nice to meet you too."
Raymond looked at Judy's leaving back, his expression slightly startled. He shook his head, probably understanding a little, and a complicated wry smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
...
The "Hyena Pirates" were wiped out.
Jewelry, weapons, antiques, potion materials... piled up like a hill.
"Wow... I'm getting rich, I'm getting rich! These guys from the 'Hyena Group' went out to rob, and they actually brought so much treasure with them..."
Not long after, Anna's pretty face was filled with excitement and she returned to the cruise ship with a look of satisfaction.
She saw that Raymond seemed to be "supervising" them in collecting the loot, so she trotted over and asked coquettishly: "My dear captain, from now on, the treasures plundered by our group will be handed over to your beautiful navigator.
Keep it?"
Raymond agreed without thinking, "Oh, okay."
Since being rescued, Anna has become more and more intimate with Raymond, hugging and hugging him without any ideological baggage. When she heard this, she excitedly hugged Raymond's neck, her eyes glowed golden, and she confirmed: "Really?"
This money-obsessed lady has an extraordinary craze for collecting gold coins.
"Um."
Raymond nodded and decided to explain the group's financial situation to her.
Before Anna could be happy, he changed the topic again: "But I probably don't have much money for you to keep in a short time... Colin's shipbuilding still has a gap of about 100 million gold coins, and Lulu is purchasing equipment and materials for experiments.
, it will cost at least tens of millions..."
"Ah? So many?"
Anna frowned unhappily, looked at Raymond pitifully, and said: "But my dear captain, didn't you promise to pay me back the money for building the ship..."
"Repay it...I didn't say I wouldn't pay it back."
Raymond thought for a while, and then said a little shamelessly, "It will take us so long to reach the end of the world anyway, so I will pay it back slowly... Don't worry, I will definitely be able to pay it off."
After finally catching Anna's money-obsessed weakness and taking some initiative, he thought it would be fun to tease her.
But... Facts have proved that men are more cheating than women.
Hearing what the scoundrel said, Anna stared at him faintly and said: "Such a beautiful and kind-hearted Miss Navigator, Captain, how can you bear to take advantage of her?"
"How dare I take advantage of you..."
Raymond looked at her with increasingly unkind eyes, and felt faintly guilty.
really,
"Ah... If you don't pay back the money, I will bite you to death..."
Anna didn't give him a chance to sneer at all, she bared her little fangs and bit down in one bite.
...
Colin wanted to return to the royal capital to continue building ships, instead of joining in the robbery and getting rich. Aldrich, Judy and the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce took a cruise to the rear of the Revolutionary Army.
Ilya was very interested in the ruins haunted by nightmares, and she also clamored to go on an adventure with Raymond. I don’t know what Anna said to this girl. The two of them had been looting the "Hyena" pirates together.
After that, our relationship suddenly became very good.
The night is already deep.
On the "Golden Predator", the main ship of the "Hyena Pirates", the captain's room of [Blood Slaughter Dog] Edek was cleaned up by the servants and became Raymond's room.
The captain's cabin is quite large, with a chart of the Black Sea hanging on the wall, a sofa and a table. There is also a small room with a separate bathroom.
The room was brightly lit, and a detailed map of the sea lay flat on the table.
"Oh my god, how could there be such an accurate 'nightmare map' in this world?"
The first time Anna saw the chart, she was immediately fascinated.
The "Nightmare Ghost" map is the most famous high-level wild monster area in the Black Sea. Countless shipwreck treasures have been discovered there. Raymond has been dealing with monsters there for a long time, so he is naturally very familiar with them. He relied on his own memory to extract those monsters.
A safe route that players have tried countless times to death has been drawn.
Wherever there are storms, where there are sea whirlpools, where there are reefs, where there are high-level sea kings...it is recorded clearly.
"It's simply amazing...Is this a map drawn by the gods? How come it is marked so clearly..."
Anna once wanted to venture into the nightmare world in order to obtain the legendary "ancient weapon" to revenge her country.
But now that Salo I is dead, the Tianlan regime is about to fall. She has no intention of risking her life to explore that ghost place again, but when she saw this detailed sea map, she immediately rekindled the adventure
thoughts.
For a long time, Anna ignored Raymond.
She lay on the table and studied the chart carefully, muttering something to herself as she read.
"If there is a double-wheel sea spin, it should be accompanied by swirling air currents... I am afraid that there should be a 'W' shaped reef in this sea area, otherwise the ocean currents would not be so strange... 'Split Elephant Sea Lions' like the cold and live in groups. This sea water
The temperature will be lower, the ocean current will flow back in a gourd shape, and there should be a lot of long and empty reefs on the seabed..."
"No matter how weird the sea area, ocean currents, wind direction, and reefs are, they must be related and follow certain rules... The more complex the environment, the greater the mutual influence, and the more factors need to be considered..."
"There is such a magical and complex ocean current environment in a sea area. No wonder those ships can't get in or out. The nightmare is like a trap maze specially designed by someone... You see, the ruins discovered by my ancestors happen to be in this ghost.
The core area of ...which means that if you enter the ghost world from any direction, you cannot avoid these dangers..."
As Raymond listened to her words, a strange thought flashed through his mind. Could it be that this "nightmare ghost" is really a restriction deliberately placed by someone in the ancient civilization?
At this time, the expertise of an excellent navigator was immediately apparent.
Raymond could only see the surface when he looked at the sea chart, and he didn't know whether it would be feasible to gain experience in the game.
Although he was coveting the treasures and devil fruits in the ruins, he was also worried about the fatal risks. He took out this chart in advance to allow Anna, a professional navigator, to evaluate the feasibility of the operation.
A navigator like him couldn't understand it, but a professional navigator like Anna looked at the marks on the chart and immediately understood the principles behind the formation of the strange nautical phenomena on the map. She relied on Raymond to draw the
The map marks, coupled with his own understanding, not only added a little bit of areas that were not depicted because of Raymond's vague memory.
"Huh~ I finally finished reading it."
Finally, Anna looked at the entire chart and showed a very comfortable expression on her face.
After taking a long breath, she asked curiously: "Hey...how come the sea beasts are so clearly marked on this map? Is there any other deeper meaning?"
"..."
Raymond's face twitched when he heard this. As a professional power leveler, remembering the monster divisions and spawn times is a basic skill, okay? He can't say that he once almost vomited when spawning monsters in that sea area, and he might not be able to remember anything else.
Qing, this monster distribution point will never be forgotten.
He didn't answer the question and asked directly: "I can't guarantee whether the route drawn on this map is safe... Anna, do you think it is necessary for us to go?"
"Before that..."
Anna did not answer Raymond's question directly. Instead, she narrowed her eyes slightly and said with a fox-like smile: "My captain, can you tell me where your map came from?"
Without even thinking about it, Raymond said: "A great prophet told me..."
Anna glanced at him strangely and joked: "Not a 'troubadour' this time?"
Raymond: "..."
Anna calmed down secretly and did not intend to dwell on this issue. From the first day they met, she knew that Raymond still had many secrets.
She continued the previous topic and said: "I have just carefully analyzed the clues marked on the map, and coupled with the information left by my ancestors, I am sure that this chart is definitely the real chart of 'Nightmare Ghost Monster'. So...
.If we follow that route, it will really be possible to get in and out of 'Nightmare Ghostly' safely!"
Raymond's eyes were filled with joy: "Really?"
Doesn't this mean that he can get the devil fruit and its "ancient weapon" in the ghost world?
"But what I'm curious about is how the people who charted this safe route did it..."
Anna's eyes sparkled with disbelief, "If you want to pass through such a complicated sea area, you won't be able to draw such an accurate and safe route without trying it many times. Could this map be a magical voyage that can die and be resurrected?"
Painted by someone else?”
This is also a very strange place about her.
You can try a few more times in other sea areas, but a place like "Nightmare Ghost" is extremely dangerous. As long as the attempt fails, the adventurer will die, and there is no chance of a second attempt.
Raymond selectively skipped this question again and asked: "You just said 'maybe'...meaning we may still encounter danger?"
After all, this is the real world, and he doesn't dare to risk his own life and that of his companions.
"Who knows? You'll know if you try it."
Anna had a relaxed smile on her face and said extremely seriously: "If a navigator doesn't even have the courage to take risks and explore the unknown, then she will never be able to become a real great navigator, and she will never be able to reach the end of the world.
of..."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Raymond showed a solemn expression, obviously weighing whether it was worth the risk.
For a long time, he hesitated.
"Okay...I lied to you."
Anna looked at her captain's face, torn between wanting to go and being afraid of death. She burst out laughing and said, "Without this chart, no matter who goes there, they will be dead. But now..."
She rolled her eyes at Raymond and continued: "What do you think the navigator on the tour is for? With such a detailed sea map, your beautiful navigator, if I can't be sure to deduce a safe route, I will really