The capital of the Rhoside Islands, the city of Kangai.
Alger Wilson put on a robe embroidered with storm patterns and came to the largest church on the island, the Church of the Waves.
It has a classical style, makes extensive use of stone columns and arches, and has a large towering dome and two bell towers.
Standing at the door of the church, Alger did not rush in. Instead, he looked at the dark and mysterious atmosphere inside through the light shining through the narrow windows high up, as well as the warm candlelight that illuminated an area of human activity.
He didn't know why Bishop Khogori was so anxious to meet with him this time. The last task of investigating the disappearance of slaves in the colonies of the Southern Continent had not yet been completed. He only investigated a person who might be related to this matter. After that, he devoted himself to collecting information.
Russell's diary.
A few seconds later, he walked into the large prayer hall, clenched his right fist, hit his left chest, and said to Bishop K2:
"The storm is with you!"
"The storm is with you!" Bishop Chogori responded with the same gesture.
Alger reported with some trepidation:
"Your Excellency Qiao Geli, I have found some clues about the missing slaves in the Southern Continent."
"This matter is not urgent. You can write a report to me later. I have a new task for you now." The gray-haired Chogory waved his hand, "The sea snake went crazy again a few days ago.
A storm arose at the edge of the sea, and I was injured by Lord Coatman."
Sea serpent? It's Kavituwa... Alger now knows what this mission is. It is to investigate the locations where the rebels hold human sacrifices, and then destroy them by the church or the navy. But there is no need for a "pirate like him" to do such a mission.
"If you do it, the power of the church and navy can completely detect and eliminate it.
"Your Excellency Coatman believes that the rebels may not only be performing human sacrifices in the Rossed Sea, but may also be holding them on islands outside the Rossed Sea. We are not suitable to investigate, so we will leave the task to you."
Although Kyogory's hair has turned gray, he is still energetic and speaks faster than a young man. He seems to be ready to rush out at any time and solve all problems himself. He has a strong body, and his muscles hold up the bishop's robe. The wind is blowing around him when he breathes.
The air is moist.
Outside the Rossed Sea, this is beyond the parish of Yan Coatman. No wonder I was asked to do it... This matter is more troublesome than the disappearance of slaves in the Southern Continent. There are too many uninhabited islands on the edge of the Rossed Sea. In the future,
I will be running around at sea soon... But this just gives me the opportunity to collect Russell's diary... Alger muttered a few words in his heart.
He solemnly clenched his fist and hit his left chest:
"Okay, Lord K2!
"The storm is with you!"
Bishop Chogori of the Diocese was very satisfied with Alger’s attitude and responded with the same etiquette:
"The storm is with you!"
Encouraged, Alger Wilson quickly left the church. His sailors had already gone to the "Red Theater" and would not return to the ship until they exhausted their energy tomorrow morning. He could just go and collect Russell's diary.
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Island of Ste.
Rawls picked up a branch, fiddled with the fire for grilling fish, and asked curiously:
"You said you have to have a goal when looking for treasures, right? The Sonia Sea is so big, I won't accompany you to search for it without any destination."
"I ran out just for it. How could I not have a goal? What I am looking for is the 'Ghost Empire' that holds the last treasure of the Trunsoest Empire in the Fourth Age!" Jamil raised his chin towards Rawls,
She looked at him with gray-blue eyes, as if she wanted to see the shock on Rawls' face.
"Haha, then you can go to any tavern in Suniya Sea to find your companions. They have the same goal as you and even have a treasure map. With their help, I believe you will be able to find the 'Ghost' very soon.
empire'."
Rawls didn't even look at him, and pushed the fish bones into the ashes with only a few sparks left, but the ridicule in his words could be heard even by a child like Jamil who rarely interacted with others.
Jamil curled his lips and snorted:
"Those people are all a bunch of liars. Their treasure maps are all drawn randomly, and the 'Ghost Empire' is on a huge ghost ship. How can it stay at a specific location?"
"Have you really bought their treasure map?" Rawls pushed up his glasses and put them on again. A simple child like Jamil would only know this, but others still have to be careful.
Although there are only two living people and one stone man on this island.
"I didn't buy one, I just took a look and remembered it." Jamil shook his head quickly, but judging from his obviously red face, he had obviously bought one, maybe even more than one.
He turned to look at the stone golem Romit, waved his hand and said:
"Romit, bring that diary and let Rawls see it. I really didn't lie to him."
Rawls looked at Romit with some curiosity. What he was curious about was not the treasure related to the Trunsoest Empire, but Romit himself. What kind of existence was such a huge stone man?
Judging from its abilities, it is obviously inseparable from the "cultivator" path, but it is also the "nanny" of Jamil, a person related to the Church of Knowledge. Although six hundred years have passed since the Battle of Oath-breaking, it can
The relationship between the Church of Knowledge and the Church of the Earth has not been eased, at least not on the surface.
Romit did not reject Jamil's somewhat reckless move. The two bluish-gray rocks on his chest, which were similar to pectoralis major muscles, made a clicking sound and slowly opened outwards, revealing a dark and deep hole. An ivy bound the palm.
A large notebook protruded from it. The ivy came to Rawls' head, let go of the diary, and bounced back into the hole with a "swish", and the two blue-grey rocks slowly closed together.
Is this stone man hollow inside? Or is it only hollow near the chest... Rawls made no secret of his curiosity about Romit. He believed that Jamil, the "reader", would definitely tell him, showing off his knowledge.
Desire and "divineer" Gou belong to the path characteristics.
"Romit is a stone golem, but she is different from those rigid stone golems. She is my family."
Jamil's speech made Romit laugh full of endearment, and kinks of ivy emerged from the ground to form a gentle big hand and caressed little Jamil's head.
Stone golem?
Rawls remembered that this was a battle doll that could only be made by an "ancient alchemist", but judging from Romit's current status, he was more of a nanny than a fighter.
"Isn't this something that an 'ancient alchemist' can refine?" He did not mention the dispute between the two churches. The issue of faith is a big trouble in any world.
Jamil glanced at Rawls with some surprise. He knew that Rawls was a lawyer, and now he also knew that he was an extraordinary person. However, ordinary extraordinary people would not know about "ancient alchemists" or "ancient alchemists".
"Master" can refine stone golems. Either his identity is unusual, or he has accumulated a lot of knowledge.
"As long as you understand the process of refining life, you can do the same through research, but it's just more troublesome."
No, even if I understand it, I'm afraid I can't do it. This is a matter of access. Learning is not something that can be useful... Rawls looked at the rather proud Jamil and knew that his identity might not be that simple. At least there is something about it.
Only a close relative of a Sequence 4 "Prophet" would be generous enough to let a stone golem act as a nanny.
No wonder he was able to sneak out of Ma Xi. There is a "prophet" relative who must have made prophecies long ago and made sure that Jamil would not be in danger before letting him out. In addition, the stone golem Bao Mu (
biao), can already deal with most dangers...
This is the benefit of having a backstage! But without Alicia, I probably wouldn’t have accepted Phillip’s mission... Rawls shook his head slightly and picked up the book on the ground.
Is this a sailing diary?
After turning two pages, Rawls knew what this was. It should be a captain's sailing diary. The date on the first page was September 27, 1239. Most of the previous content was the route involved.
Wind direction, weather, local customs, etc.
The first place that appears in the diary is Tilis, a large city on the coast of Intis on the Sea of Mean, followed by Port of Indo, Port of Twilight and other ports along the Sea of Fesac, and then Port of Lous and other ports along the Sea of Fesac.
Eastern port of Gram.
This captain should have set out from Intis, crossed the Sea to the northernmost part of the Northern Continent, and then went south along the coastline, and then arrived at the Rhoad Islands. Before here, there was no mention of the Trunsoest Empire in the diary
Although there are no records related to this in the following pages of the diary, we can find some problems in them.
After arriving at the Rhoside Islands, although the ship continued eastward according to its route, passing through islands such as Olavi, Dror, Toscat, etc., there are not many records about the customs and customs of these islands. You must know that in more than a hundred years
Before, these islands had just begun to be colonized by Loen, and there were still many original indigenous people, which was not in line with the performance of the previous captain.
The last few pages have no date, weather, wind direction, etc., and the handwriting is also very illegible, and it is Intis writing, so Rawls has to distinguish it carefully to recognize it.
"I finally found traces of it. What was written on that parchment is true! If I find it, I can buy manors one after another and have more mistresses than my father! I want to buy a viscount,
No, I want to buy an earldom, and let my stupid Karls, who will cater to my old Hutu father, call me your Excellency when he sees me!"
After Russell's troubles, two groups of nobles emerged in the Republic of Intis. One group was the nobles who were canonized by the Sauron family before Russell, and the other was the nobles who were canonized by Russell. However, these people are now also
With only one noble title, one does not receive any preferential treatment at all, but it is undeniable that many Intis people like to buy such a false title.
With such a name, you can still deceive many passionate Intis girls. This is absolutely full of temptation for Intis men. Although it is issued by the Parliament of the Republic of Intis, it is not subject to any restrictions.
Welcomed by two other groups of nobles.
It seems that the captain did not inherit the title and property, so he had to go out and earn a share of the property on his own.
"The temperature in this sea area is getting colder and colder. I feel that it is even colder than the North Sea. That piece of parchment says that this is the trace of the passing ship of the 'Ghost Empire'. It carries the last legacy of the Trunsoest Empire.
The 'Ghost Empire', your master - the great Christian Kramp is coming. If I find you, I can become a more powerful being than the master of the 'Black Emperor'!"
"My servants were plotting and they discovered my secret, but my loyal servant Carlos reported the news to me. A group of poor guys also want to betray your master. Your master is an extraordinary person. Wait until I find it.
'Ghost Empire', I will burn you all to ashes and throw them all into the sea."
"I saw it, I saw it, it's so big! Even from so far away, I can see it, it's bigger than an island. It's just that it's too cold here, I need to burn something to keep warm.
, those servants who plot to betray me are the best fuel!"
"Hmph, Carlos betrayed me. I even planned to give him a boarding pass. Unfortunately, a group of ordinary people also wanted to resist me. I am the 'arsonist' of Sequence 7. Even if I don't use fire, I can use words.
It can drive them crazy!"
After reading the last line of words, Rawls raised his head and looked at Jamil. If this diary was not fabricated, then Jamil might really be able to find the 'Ghost Empire'... provided that he has boarding vouchers and navigation maps.
And Christian, the owner of the diary, has a good end.
At least, the name Christian Kramp never existed in Rawls's memory, so the beautiful fantasies he wrote in his diary most likely did not come true.
"That's all I have. I don't have the parchment mentioned in the diary. I only have a few boarding vouchers." Jamil shrugged, "How about you, do you want to accompany me on a treasure hunt? From the description in the diary,
Look, the 'Ghost Empire' should be in a certain sea area southeast of Tuscat Island."
Rawls threw the diary to him, stood up and patted the dirt on his body:
"You said before that the 'Ghost Empire' is a ship and will not stay at a specific location. How can you be sure that it must be in that sea area?"
"I checked the information, and I have here the time records mentioned by most of the people who claimed to have seen the 'Ghost Empire'..." Jamil took out a few pieces of paper from his body and handed them to Rawls, "I calculated
After passing these times and excluding some particularly outrageous ones, I can be sure that during this period, it must be in that sea area."
Rawls took the pieces of paper. At the top were lines of words, recording the time and place when he saw the "Ghost Empire". Then there were the dense calculations. He was a little dizzy from the dense symbols and numbers, and he quickly flipped through them.
On the last page, I saw Jamil's inference.
According to his calculations, the ghost ship was traveling according to a predetermined trajectory, probably sailing around the entire Sunia Sea, and in April and October every year, it would most likely appear southeast of Tuscat Island.
A sea area.
As soon as he put down the paper, Rawls caught the flash of disdain in Jamil's eyes and his dissatisfaction with Rawls for ignoring his hard work. He grabbed the papers back, carefully arranged them and stuffed them