Chapter 305 Goodbye to the soul-stirring old friend
Everyone thought that the madman Lei who caused trouble and killed people in the city and was paraded through the streets by the undead knights of the city lord's palace would be imprisoned in the dark prison of the undead for the rest of his life.
However, a few hours later, Raymond changed his outfit and walked swaggeringly on the streets of Eludnis.
The "Secret Technique of Breath Condensation Unique to the Mass Clan" learned from Luo Lan also came in handy. When the level was full and the breath was collected, the perceptive extraordinary person probably wouldn't recognize that he was the one who was paraded through the streets a few hours ago.
of fanatics.
Puyos did everything right, and Raymond got away from a lot of trouble.
Now everyone thinks that the magic sword [Night Eye] has fallen into the hands of this mysterious necromancer city lord. Naturally, no one dares to take advantage of this sword. The undead castle blessed by the eleventh floor of the mage tower is forced to break through.
, the general’s combat power has gone and there is no return. However, in a short period of time, this magic sword cannot be shown in front of the public.
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Walking on the black stone streets,
Raymond hummed a little tune and walked lightly. At this moment, he was in a very happy mood and had completely forgotten the embarrassing appearance of being paraded through the streets before.
This big fight gave him a real experience of what it feels like to be a "great swordsman", which benefited him a lot.
At this moment, when I touch the hilt of the sword again, I feel that there is obviously a more subtle feeling than before, and the sword's power is clearly sharp.
"Tsk, tsk, does this feel like another pre-skill of Armed Color Haki, 'Intentional Transformation of Gangqi'..."
The road we have traveled will become much simpler if we walk it again.
However, the temporary gain accumulated by the killing sword's power is like a marionette. The power and realm are the "will" of the demon sword, not his own.
There is still a long way to go before Raymond can break through the bottleneck of "Time Sword Intent".
In addition to the gains in sword skills, he also obtained the sixth [Haines' Death Note] from Puius, and the materials for subsequent advanced potions were also found. After a long conversation, he also gained from this life
The "corpse witch" who has lived for thousands of years has learned many secrets of the world from his mouth, which has opened his eyes wide.
Of course, the most important thing is that shamelessly recognizing such a powerful necromancer as a "senior brother" can be regarded as another supporter. Although this "corpse wizard" who has lived for a thousand years has never acknowledged this level of senior brother relationship, it also shows that
I will have nothing to do with him in the future.
But Raymond considered himself a quiet and handsome man with traditional virtues. Once he was a senior, he was a senior for life.
If you don’t admit it, I will shout like this too.
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Raymond's original plan was that after Helen rescued the plundered pure hair tribesmen, the "Ghost Pirates" would set sail for the next destination. They would follow the underground river of Eludnis and enter the large pirate forest to survive.
The environment in the middle of the endless sea is even more cruel and harsh.
But now, Puius told him that a "big event" was about to break out in the city of Eludnes. If you want to stand at the top of the storm of the times, you must have the fearlessness to face the turmoil.
Those words made Raymond finally solidify the things he had learned from Hawke's world-famous swordsmanship, and the budding belief in his heart became a little stronger.
On the road of swordsmanship, you must overcome thorns and thorns without fear.
He felt that he had found the way to go in the future.
He not only wants to be a witness of this magnificent era, but also a participant.
He has never been so convinced as he is now that this endless sea will definitely have a place for their "Ghost Pirates" in the future.
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Raymond went back to the dock and wanted to report that he was safe.
Helen left, and Anna didn't want to stay at the hot spring hotel alone. She checked out and returned to the boat with the others. At this moment, the beautiful red-haired lady was sorting out her "logbook" in the cab.
She saw Raymond from a distance, and happily ran to the deck to wait.
Waiting for Raymond to board the boat, she took his arm and greeted him affectionately: "Hey... my dear captain is back. How does it feel to 'parade in public'?"
After squeezing and tapping to check that there were no missing parts, the sailor lady felt relieved.
Raymond looked indifferent and said, "It feels pretty good."
Ana rolled her eyes at him, pursed her lips and said, "Don't be so impulsive next time..."
Raymond smiled, and the gentle touch made him feel warm in his heart. Although the sailor lady said she didn't care, her actions were still full of concern.
On the deck, you can hear the clear ding-ding-dong-dong knocking sound, which is Colin installing the magic cannon on the Iron Toad.
At this time, the ding-dong sound also stopped.
Several crew members from the Ghost Regiment also came to the deck to greet their captain.
"Wow, Captain, you are back."
Lulu's face was full of curiosity: "I heard those people say that the 'Dark Prison of the Dead' is very scary, and there are real ghouls in it... Have you brought a specimen out for me?"
Sha Mao: "Captain, what do you want to eat later? After I saw you being paraded through the streets, I went shopping in the city and bought a lot of fresh ingredients. Wow, it turns out that gold coins can be so convenient. What do you want to eat?
You can buy them all, so you don’t have to go hunting yourself... I also bought the ‘blind silverbait’, a specialty of Eludnes, how about making a stew?”
Colin: "Captain, are we going to pull anchor and set sail now?"
Jiji: "Zhizhizhi..."
Raymond smiled and responded to several people one by one.
He turned around and asked: "Do you want to go to the final of that gladiatorial competition?"
Anna asked curiously: "Raymon, why do you suddenly want to go to that game?"
"Many masters from the World Headquarters have come to the city recently. In addition to the two Shichibukai we know who were secretly recruited, there may be more secret masters from the navy..."
Raymond told everyone truthfully about Puius' conjecture about the "big event".
Witnessing the beginning of this chaotic situation must be risky.
They were a group, and he had to respect everyone's opinions to join in the fun. But Raymond didn't expect that his status in the ghost group was still very high. As soon as this was said, all the crew members expressed their support.
Lulu: "Wow... the captain is obviously very afraid of death, but this time he actually took the initiative to make fun of it."
Colin: "I always feel that the captain has changed a lot since he was paraded through the streets."
Sha Mao: "Lord Enzo will definitely be involved in the war. It would be great if we could be of a little help."
Anna: "Our group hasn't done any group activities yet. It would be good to go and watch the game. There are also betting openings... I heard that there are many bookmakers opening the betting in the finals. We can also make a lot of money."
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Of course, it is one thing for them to be curious about the "big move" planned by the navy secretly.
What these guys were even more curious about was that their captain, who had always been wretched and fearful of death, and who always put his life first, suddenly felt different. At this moment, they saw an aura from Raymond...
It is a kind of brave and fearless personality that is inexplicably convincing...
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Thinking about the urgency of the "big event" that Puius mentioned before, Raymond contacted Boss Enzo as soon as he was "released from prison" and wanted to tell him about it.
Although he didn't know why Mr. Capone came to Eludnis City and was taken notice of by the World Headquarters. But after all, the two vampire bosses were brothers. If Mr. Capone encountered danger, Enzo would definitely be there. Will not ignore it.
When the call got through, Raymond told him his speculation. Unexpectedly, Enzo's tone was very calm, as if he had expected this.
Before hanging up the phone, Enzo also gave Raymond a small task, asking him to go to the "Windmill Tavern" later. He didn't say what he wanted to do, so he just let him wander around as he pleased, making it look like an underground Worker connections are generally mysterious.
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Raymond did not dare to delay the task assigned by the boss.
We arrived on time and entered the city, and found the "Windmill Tavern".
During this period, the theme of all the taverns in Eleusines was "Gladiator Games".
The final of the tour is just two days away, and gladiators from all over the world have arrived at Eludnis. Every day, major taverns hold promotional activities for these gladiators. The betting boards for the final have been posted, and the atmosphere is already heated. To the extreme. All kinds of nobles, adventurers, wealthy businessmen, and pirates gathered in various betting stations, betting crazily...
The butterfly spring door creaked, and Raymond pushed it open and entered.
When he entered, the Windmill Tavern was already very busy.
This is one of the largest pubs in the city, but because of the influx of outsiders, it is so crowded that the flow of people is not smooth.
In the dim corner, wisps of green smoke curled up from the incense burner, and there was an restless questioning in the air. It was the smell of burning tobacco mixed with the psychedelic potion tinkered by the alchemist, which added to the excitement. Potions can make people in the tavern more happy and release their passion more heartily.
Raymond struggled to squeeze through the crowd on the dance floor, trying to find an open space to stay.
He is currently wearing a pirate captain's costume hand-sewn by Anna. It is made of dark blue wool and cotton blend material, and it looks very luxurious.
Anna has always had a good taste in clothes, and since she made a lot of money from gambling this time, she is also willing to spend money on the decoration of her clothes. The pure gold printed buttons and the simple accessories embellished with silver make people look luxurious at a glance. The elegant, bright leather boots, slimming trousers, and the two long swords with new grip ropes around the waist all have a new look. This outfit looks much better than the previous cheap store outfit.
The most obvious impact this low-key and calm outfit exuded luxury on Raymond was... After entering the tavern, pretty girls kept coming up to chat with him.
"Captain, you look lonely. Would you like a drink?"
"Captain, for just two gold coins, I can let you enjoy the joy of flying..."
"Oh, handsome, do you want to invite me to a pirate dance?"
"..."
The single pirate captain, who wore clothes worth at least hundreds of thousands of quarks, was the most attractive target of all the girls in the tavern. Along the way, Raymond didn't know how many times he was flirted with by those girls, and how much advantage he took.
Finally, after searching for a long time.
Raymond rarely found an empty seat in the corner of the pub bar. He asked the bartender for a bottle of wine and drank it one sip at a time.
A booklet with the list of contestants for this final is placed on the table in the tavern for guests to read.
Raymond picked it up and flipped through it. The most popular player to win the championship was naturally Beo Guangfeng, who had a winning streak of 72 games and was known as the "King of Slaves". There were several other contestants with big names on the following pages.
The winner, the 36th champion [Poison King] Kelly, the 35th runner-up [Lava Giant] Badr...
The entry information for Boss Enzo, codenamed [Devil], is on the last few pages. The odds are one to one thousand and one, which is very impressive.
The total number of people participating in the finals exceeded 1,000, and in the end only the top three survived.
It's a one-on-one battle in the early stage, and there will be a bloody brawl later on, and no one can guarantee that they will survive in the end.
Therefore, even for the most popular Beo Guangfeng, the odds are close to 1 to 10.
This is a feast for gamblers. As long as you win the lottery, your assets can even increase a thousand times!
Of course, the most attractive thing is the prize in this final.
The legendary [Fruit of the Sea] belonging to the Pirate King Delos was among the list.
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Raymond drank wine boredly and flipped through the betting manual.
When the third glass of wine was drunk, a gentle female voice sounded from behind, making the person tingle: "Handsome man, do you want to buy me a drink?"
"don't want."
Raymond didn't even turn his head and refused. He thought it was those tavern girls who were trying to make money or covet his body, so naturally they weren't interested.
"Kekeke..."
But I never thought about it.
After being rejected, the young lady with a very gentle voice didn't seem to be frustrated and wanted to leave. Instead, she gave a sweet smile.
There was no other space at the bar and it was very crowded. When Raymond heard that chuckle, he immediately felt a piece of softness on his back. A pair of slender hands stretched out from behind his neck and grabbed it without politeness.
He held the wine glass in his hand, his red lips slightly opened, and he raised his head to take a sip.
"What's going on? Tavern girls are so domineering now..."
The wine glass in Raymond's hand was snatched away, and he was stunned for a moment. He turned around and saw a charming and pretty face pressed very close to one side of his cheek.
This is a mature woman, with the supple skin of a twenty-year-old girl, but the charming charm of a mature woman flowing in her eyes. She is wearing a low-cut fiery red dress that outlines her plump and graceful figure, making her look majestic and ready to appear.
This is a pretty face that is very familiar in my memory...a beauty that no matter how many times I see it, I want to press her to the ground and rub her.
Her red lips were slightly parted, her eyes full of spring, and she chuckled: "Why, don't you recognize me?"
"Lady Mary?"
Raymond's eyes were full of surprise and he let out a soft breath.
Sure enough, the person I saw in the arena last time was Miss Mary, whom I hadn't seen for several years!
Mary smiled and coquettishly said: "Oh... I thought you had forgotten me. I asked you to buy me a drink, but you refused..."
"How can there be..."
Raymond was no longer the young man who blushed whenever he was flirted with. Hearing this, he casually asked the bartender to serve him a glass of wine.
There were too many people in the tavern and there were no empty seats, so he had no choice but to give up the high stool and stand sideways.
Mary was not polite, lifted up her skirt elegantly, and sat on the stool next to Raymond.
"Mrs. Mary, why are you here?"
Raymond asked casually.
He didn't know why when he saw Mrs. Mary, he immediately thought of the scene of the two of them escaping together in Hidden Moon Castle. Hmm... Her mature, plump and beautiful figure couldn't be removed from his mind.
The two of them were very close, and the fragrance filled their nostrils. From time to time, people would pass by, so crowded that they could talk like whispers.
"What do you think?"
Mary then stared at Raymond and looked at him carefully, her beautiful eyes full of spring, and she made a pun: "Hey, we haven't seen each other for a few years, our little Raymond has grown up."
Mature women are just perfect at seducing, they don't have the rawness of girls at all, and they can seduce people just right with every frown and smile.
"Yes, we haven't seen each other for three years after all."
Raymond's state of mind had completely changed since then, and she didn't feel too embarrassed when she said this. When old friends met, his eyes were full of joy.
Since Puius said that the "big incident" of the naval conspiracy was aimed at Mr. Capone, it is reasonable for Lady Mary to appear here.
It seems that Boss Enzo has already contacted Capone, and that's how this "accidental encounter" happened.
"I saw you parading on the street in the afternoon. I thought I was admitting my mistake... I didn't expect you to be so powerful and able to kill Sequence 2 masters..."
Mary seemed to have thought of something, her crystal eyes were full of smiles, and she covered her mouth with a smile.
She blinked and said, "Yeah... I guess you've been through a lot of hardships in the past few years."
"Well, it's okay. This... can be considered as a bumpy journey to the Endless Sea."
Raymond shrugged noncommittally and said: "What about you, Mrs. Mary, how are you doing recently? I heard that you and that adult made a lot of noise in the Endless Sea, and I was worried that you would encounter
What's the danger..."
Mary seemed equally happy, "Hey...are you caring about me?"
Raymond nodded without hesitation, "Yes."
Mary's crystal eyes turned and she said with charming eyes: "You are indeed different from before..."
The two of them chatted about some random things without saying a word.
Raymond also knew that when Mary appeared here, she must have something to explain to him.
Sure enough, she seemed to be drunk, her whole body collapsed on Raymond, almost biting her ears, and asked in a low voice: "The adult said that you have a way to quickly tell whether the other party is an enemy. He asked
I'll take you to see if there are any problems with those who met Lord Capone..."
"oh?"
Raymond turned his eyes, Capone was here too? He seemed to be meeting with some big shots?
Last time on Dimo Island, he used the system to identify the traitors placed by the World Government among the pure-hair tribe. I think Boss Enzo also had this plan this time.
The halo that I once thought was a trap now seems to be getting easier and easier to use.
Who is this big shot that Capone bosses take so seriously?
"Come with me..."
Mary looked up at the time hand at the bar and saw that it was almost time. She smiled mysteriously and pulled Raymond into the crowded dance floor.