Raymond read the news about the sudden change in the country of giants in "Le Monde", and a slight look of solemnity appeared on his eyebrows. The degree of the historical process went far beyond his expectation. After thinking for a while, he finally understood
Clear the context.
The "Ghost Group" people on the side were a little puzzled when they saw his frowning expression.
They didn't know the "original" historical process, so they didn't notice anything wrong when they looked at the content in the newspaper.
Anna then asked: "Captain, what's wrong with you?"
Raymond pondered for a moment before replying: "Well... the David family members have summoned mercenaries to fight in the mining area. This time, there may be a lot of risk for the Giant Country and the group."
Hearing this, Colin said on the side: "Large-scale wars are indeed dangerous, and it is easy to be affected if you go deep into the war zone. However, as long as we avoid it carefully, with the super performance of the 'Golden Ghost', there should be no big problem."
Raymond: "Well, it's best to be careful in everything. When we get to Jaffatron, everyone should be careful."
Everyone responded: "Yes."
Raymond thought for a while and told everyone about his voyage arrangements, "Let's go to the Davide family's war base first. If there is a large-scale war, the probability of getting the 'Rainbow Ore' through black market channels should be the same.
It will be bigger. Then we will go to the Giant King's Court to find some experimental samples for Lulu..."
Anna said: "Now that the Davis family is at war with the Giant Kingdom, we are going to the Giant King's Court. Will those big guys allow me to enter smoothly?"
"Although humans and giants are at war, the actual location of the mining area is the mountain tribe. Those guys from the David family are just fighting against the mountain giants. It can only be regarded as a local war..."
Raymond roughly analyzed his speculations about the situation one by one in a relatively reasonable way.
He said: "Now that the chief of the 'Burning Thorn Tribe' has become a naval admiral, the giants have too much to take care of themselves, so a full-scale war will definitely not break out. Moreover, there is the shadow of the World Headquarters behind this war, and those guys will definitely be involved...
"
After saying this, Raymond smiled mysteriously and said: "So, even if there is chaos, it will not affect some normal exchanges. After all, even if there is another war, it will definitely not affect the Giant King's Court. It is said that there is a giant god protecting that place.
, no one dares to spread the war there. Human ships have an advantage in naval battles, but if they really go to land, they will not get much benefit. The giants are a truly warlike race, and they have never been afraid of any war.
..."
After talking a lot, I roughly sorted out the whole thing.
Anna was a little confused when she heard this: "These...are all these you analyzed by reading the newspapers?"
Not only her, but Colin, Sha Mao, and Nicole also had a look of amazement flashing in their eyes.
I don't quite understand it...but it seems so powerful and makes sense?
"Um."
Raymond nodded shamelessly.
Hearing this, everyone's eyes were filled with stars and they exclaimed: "Captain, you are so awesome!"
"..."
Raymond smiled, did not continue to show off, and said: "Our next route..."
He pointed at the chart Anna took out and roughly marked the next itinerary of the "ghost group". He knew the situation in this sea area very well, where there were dangerous sea monsters in the deep sea, and where there were dangerous areas with dense concentrations of sea kings.
If they want to avoid the war, which route should they take to enter the royal court...
As he was talking, Fat Cat suddenly shouted: "Captain, there is a ship coming over there!"
Raymond thought something had happened again, but when he saw it, his expression became very strange.
...
Through the telescope, everyone in the ghost group saw a similarly rusty Predator-class battleship. The most shocking thing was that the black skull pirate flag flying on the battleship also had two white "ghosts" printed on it!
Seeing this, Lulu muttered on the side, "Captain...that ship looks like our ship. How come their flag is also a ghost?"
Anna also said: "Raymond, look at the man standing on the bow of the boat, he is dressed like you."
Nicole: "The red-haired woman seems to be the same as Sister Anna..."
Colin: "..."
More than just a statue, it’s basically a “Li Gui ghost group”!
Raymond could see more clearly. He looked at the plywood of the ship opposite, and saw a guy wearing a pirate captain's uniform, a one-eyed patch, and two long swords at his waist. Wasn't he dressed exactly the same as himself?
And beside him was a woman with red hair and heavy makeup who looked like a navigator.
There was even a big-headed boy who looked obviously malnourished...
At this glance, the three members of their "Ghost Group" who were on the bounty list found their corresponding imitators on the opposite ship.
"Damn it, is this guy just copying our ghost group?"
Raymond's eyelids twitched, he was quite surprised.
What's going on?
...
The "Li Gui Ship" on the opposite side obviously also spotted Raymond and his friends. Those guys probably thought they had met their "companions" and were waving flags and semaphores excitedly.
Anna understood the flag signal of the other party, and said with a strange look: "Captain, those guys asked that they want to come over and walk together..."
Raymond thought for a while and wanted to find out what happened, so he said: "Let them come closer and ask about the situation."
...
Getting a little closer, Raymond and his team's "Li Gui Tuan" were similar in appearance to our own, but they didn't imitate the essence at all.
In front of me is an ordinary predator battleship sprayed with rust paint. It looks rough in workmanship and is completely unlike the smooth curved hull of the "Golden Ghost" in its whale form.
The opponent's ship is even equipped with ordinary ammunition cannons, not even a magic cannon.
After he could sense the strength of those on the other side's ship, Raymond also understood why.
From the perception, the strength of the people on the opposite side is really weak. There are a few Sequence 5 ones, and some Sequence 6 and Sequence 7 low-level extraordinary crew members, with nearly a hundred people scattered here and there.
Magic artillery requires at least seven or eight levels of magic crystal charging. A small pirate group with this strength simply does not have the ability to hunt and kill such high-level monsters. Instead of placing a few impractical magic cannons, it is better to have a few large-caliber ones.
Conventional artillery is real.
After a while, the two ships slowly approached.
A hundred or ten meters apart, the crew members on the ship looked at each other curiously.
The one-eyed pirate captain of the fake ghost looked at Raymond and exclaimed: "Oh...brother, this outfit is really exquisite! This outfit is much more similar than the one we imitated."
"Ah.."
Hearing this, Raymond rubbed his brows with a strange expression, not knowing how to respond to these words.
Obviously, the other party still thought that he had met a "peer".
It was far away just now, so everyone couldn't see clearly.
Now that we are close, we realize that the other party is really a "copycat" and too rough.
The pirate suit on this fake Raymond looks like a shoddy store product. The two swords on his waist are very awkward, and he doesn't look like a real swordsman at first glance.
And at this time,
Anna also took a special look at the red-haired woman who was said to look like her.
When he looked at it, he immediately pursed his lips and complained in a low voice: "Am I so ugly..."
The fat woman on the other side's ship had obviously dyed hair, and some new flaxen hair had grown at the roots. The strong smell of powder could be smelled from a distance, but it couldn't cover her face.
She has brown skin with dark spots. Her figure is even more difficult to look at directly. The fat on her belly is like a swimming ring, swaying with the waves...
Anna complained again: How is this similar?
...
The captain of the fake ghost group was very enthusiastic.
Meeting "comrades" made the fake Raymond feel as excited as meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land. He asked excitedly: "Brother is from that group, what do you call him?"
Raymond said calmly: "Raymond."
"Oh, brother, you are so into the show."
Fake Raymond raised his eyebrows and said quietly: "I mean my real name..."
Raymond thought for a moment and said casually: "Um...Nicholas Zhaosi."
"oh."
Fake Raymond smiled meaningfully, with a serious expression on his face: "It turns out to be Brother Nicholas... We are from the Falcon Pirates, just call me Captain Tom."
After a pause, he asked again: "You also went to join the war in Jaffatron as mercenaries?"
Raymond: "Well... that's right."
Captain Tom became even more excited and said: "Tsk tsk, the Davide family's mercenary recruitment order has gone viral in several nearby sea areas. It's rare to have such a big tycoon. Let's go and make a fortune before the war is over.
.I heard that if you work as a mercenary and do nothing, you can earn one million quarks a month!"
"hehe."
Raymond laughed dryly and was noncommittal. It is so easy to make money from war. For low-level transcendental beings, the casualty rate in large-scale wars is extremely high.
At this time, Captain Tom asked again: "By the way, brother, where are you from?"
Raymond: “‘The City of Eternal Night’ Eludnis.”
"oh?"
Captain Tom's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked again: "Could it be that you have seen the 'ghost group' with your own eyes?"
"I think I've seen it before."
Raymond was a little confused, did he really look like a fake "ghost group"?
You said it was so clear, but these guys didn’t recognize it?
Obviously, this is something unusual.
"No wonder... among the imitation groups I have met during this period, you are the most similar!"
Tom looked envious and added: "We have never seen the 'Ghost Group', so we can only look at the description on the reward order and imitate it roughly. The details are too far behind."
"Those ones?"
Raymond heard something was wrong with this "quantifier" and asked: "How many people are imitating the ghost group now?"
"You don't know yet?"
Captain Tom looked surprised, "That's a lot!"
After a pause, he continued: "Before, in the Gruul Sea area, the ghost group's flying 'rusty ship' spread throughout several nearby sea areas. At that time, there were not many people imitating it, and most of them just sprayed the ship.
Rusty paint.”
After a pause, he continued with dazzling eyes: "Then in the battle of 'City of Eternal Night', the Ghost Group became famous in one battle. Captain Raymond offered a reward of over 100 million and became a 'Pirate Rising Star'! Now several surrounding sea areas are imitating it.
Crazy... I came across not ten ships on my way here, but at least eight rusty ships like ours, all under the banner of the 'Ghost Group'..."
"so much?"
Raymond showed a look of surprise. No wonder this guy would think of them as a "fellow" without hesitation when he met them.
After hearing this, he finally understood what happened.
The big pirates with bounties of over 100 million are all star-level figures in the pirate camp. Usually only high-level transcendent beings of Sequence 3 and above can reach bounties of over 100 million.
That is a supreme honor and a symbol of strength.
Just go to any pirate tavern with this reward amount. The reward amount is like a "pretentious halo", which can blind others' titanium alloy eyes, just like walking on a red carpet. It will make people enjoy countless admiring looks. It will not only attract
Come to a group of pirates and shout "666", and you can also "swipe your face card" to let the girls fall in love with you, and you can drink alcohol for free...
There are hundreds of millions of pirates, but the endless sea is so big, who can tell the real ones from the fake ones?
Therefore, there are always good people who imitate the billion-dollar pirate and enjoy that kind of vanity.
The lower the strength, the more people will suffer from idleness.
However, it is difficult for weak pirates to imitate the great pirates of Sequence 3 and above, and it is easy for others to see through them.
Now, God has given them an "excellent opportunity".
Only the "Ghost Group" is a special case with the lowest cost of imitation. As announced by the bounty order, Captain Raymond is only Sequence 5. A random transcendent with two knives can imitate it to a level of 50 or 60% similarity.
The ships of the "Ghost Regiment" are small rusty Predators. There are ships of this tonnage everywhere on the sea. It is too easy to just spray paint and imitate the appearance.
...
At this time, Captain Tom asked curiously: "Since you have seen the Ghost Group, then...were you present in the battle where he killed the Commodore's entire squad with one sword and faced off against the Shichibukai without losing?"
?”
Raymond felt that he had exaggerated a bit, and he even blushed a little, "Force the Shichibukai? Where did you hear that?"
Are you going to attack the Shichibukai head-on? Only by running away can you survive!
"Why do you need to ask?"
Captain Tom looked surprised and told the news he heard like a potato, "Now the name of the 'Ghost Group' is very popular in several nearby sea areas! I heard that he not only killed the Commodore, but also killed seven people.
Wu Hai... also provoked the "Eight Endless Emperors" and killed the important subordinate of the [Night Emperor], the Sequence 2 great pirate Wu En. Now the people of the [Night Emperor] are chasing him all over the world! Moreover, before
A few days ago, I heard that the Oliver family had issued a 'noble bounty order' to find them..."
When did I provoke [Night Emperor]?
Raymond's face jumped when he heard this, and he didn't explain much.
It was no surprise that the [Night Emperor]'s people found him, but he was a little surprised when he heard the second half of the sentence, "Noble reward order?"
"Yeah, I'm afraid you haven't heard about it, right? After the 'Ghost Group' entered the middle of the Endless Sea, they did another big thing that caused a sensation in all the seas!"
Captain Tom was showing off his well-informed nature.
He said in an exaggerated tone: "There is news that the 'Ghost Group' sank a medium-sized fleet of the Oliver family, more than twenty top ships! Now the people of the Oliver family have issued a high bounty for the nobles.
Anyone who provides clues to the location of the 'Ghost Group' will receive 10 million quarks, and the killer will provide the navy with ten times the bounty! Now, bounty hunters are looking for them all over the world..."
Raymond's eyes twitched and he said quietly: "More than twenty ships? How is it possible..."
"How is it impossible?!"
Captain Tom slapped his thigh and said: "That Raymond Sequence 5 can kill the top extraordinary Sequence 2. It is reasonable for the 'Ghost Group' to kill more than 20 ships! Extraordinary people can't
Use common theory..."
"..."
When Raymond heard this, his eyebrows twitched.
Suddenly, he discovered that the situation of their "ghost group" was not good.
The [Night King], the Navy, the bounty hunters, the Oliver family... all seem to be looking for them.
At this time, Captain Tom glanced at Jiji who was lying on the fence watching the excitement, and said with envy: "Brother, don't tell me, you are really particular about details. I heard from the gossip that there is a white-haired monkey in the ghost group.
.But a pure white monkey is not easy to find. Where did you find one like this?"
Raymond started talking nonsense, "It's black, I dyed it later."
Captain Tom's eyes lit up: "Hey~ let's think about it together! When we get to Jaffatron, I will also find a monkey and try to dye its hair white."
"..."
Raymond briefly learned some news about the nearby waters, and was no longer interested in traveling with Captain Tom.
After saying goodbye, the "Golden Ghost" sailed at full speed, and soon left the "real rusty ship" far away.
...
Seeing the Iron Toad's exaggerated speed, the crew of the Fake Ghost Group also woke up.
"Captain, are we encountering a real 'ghost group'?"
"I'm afraid so..."
Captain Tom's expression also became very strange, "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence..."
Before, I had preconceivedly thought that the other party was fake, so I didn't realize it. Now that I have come to my senses, many details prove an amazing fact - they have encountered the real "Ghost Pirates"!
At least none of the imitation groups they had encountered before had such a temperament. The swordsman's eyes made him, a veteran Sequence 5 pirate captain, feel faintly heartbroken.
Thinking of this, Tom murmured to himself: "Oh... So this is what the real 'ghost group' looks like!"
Suddenly, his eyes became filled with excitement, and he said to the crew: "Hurry up, everyone does what they did. We also want to make an identical 'Ghost Pirate Group'! Also, remember to make it when the time comes.
A monkey comes..."
"Captain, um...should we inform Oliver's people?"
"Bah! Although we are pirates, we don't have enough money! How can we do such dirty things as reporting pirates?"
"..."
They didn't notice at all that in a corner of the ship, a small eavesdropping mechanical bug was quietly hiding in the shadows.
...
Almost at the same time,
On the Iron Toad, everyone in the "Ghost Group" also heard the conversation between several members of the "Falcon Pirates" from the eavesdropping broadcast.
"Captain, it seems they have given up on informing us."
"Since I didn't have any evil intentions, I won't sink them."
...
The "Golden Ghost" sailed on the sea for several more days.
Finally, a hair-like thin line connecting heaven and earth appeared at the end of the field of vision. Looking through the lookout mirror, it turned out to be a huge green vine. It was the "Tree of Heaven" growing in the King's Court of Giants!
Anna shouted excitedly: "Everyone, come out quickly, we have arrived at the 'Kingdom of Giants' Garfartron!"