Chapter 724, Moon Dial and Investing

The most luxurious guards in Sartosa are undoubtedly the well-known pirate lords. Many pirate lords choose Sartosa as their stronghold and resting place. They have established castle-like manors in the city of Sartosa. For their own enjoyment and vacation, although Sartosa is fertile and rich in wine, olive oil and various seafood, due to its chaotic current situation and frequent murders, farmers who farm land still need to seek these pirates. The protection of the lords, and the pirate lords will take most of their surplus food...

It's quite similar to Brittania. This is what Ryan and others complained about after understanding the situation.

After a long time, the pirates, merchants, and mercenaries on the island have reached a tacit understanding, that is, their fights are nothing but fights, no matter how fierce the fight is, no one will disturb the farmers farming. Unfortunately, the murderer will be caught and beaten by everyone and ordered to compensate for the loss.

"Oh, oh, I have heard that Sartosa is rich in pearls. The pearls here are big, of good quality, and the price is cheap. This is a rare opportunity. I want to buy more this time! Dear, have you brought enough money? ?" Veronica didn't care about the gazes of Carrad and others. Witch Garland held Ryan's arm, her eyes shining brightly: "New jewelry, new clothes, new shoes, Sister Suria and the others will also like."

"We'll talk about Pearl later, let's get down to business first." Ryan gave Veronica a blank look.

Along the chaotic streets, Ryan and others went uphill. Fedmond was called away by the salt grudge. The sea god Mananen entrusted his daughter with a dream and bestowed an artifact "Boldero's braid" on Bo Duke Derek and his son Fedmond, Fedmond took his attendants and a part of the old guards and left with Salt Resentment, and the rest followed Ryan.

"Sartosa is theoretically a completely free city, where everyone is equal and everyone enjoys independent and free powers, but it turns out that this is just an illusion. There are indeed no nobles, bureaucrats, or churches here, but The pirate lords still rule here, so Sartosa's politics is very simple, and the pirate lord decides everything." Ryan touched his chin: "The status of the pirate lord depends entirely on wealth and force."

"This is normal. In the distant Naggaros, the status of a fear lord is determined by how many slaves he has and how strong he is. Those who are incapable will die. The survival of the fittest is fair." Olika has always been blindfolded in front of people. Ryan's personal maid even saw many of her compatriots in Sartosa, but the dark elves immediately turned pale with fright when they saw her, and fled.

The same situation is with Ryan, as the king of Brittany, his appearance made many former Britannian knights who lost their honor on the island frightened, and they all hid.

"Is this totally abnormal?" Callard angrily refuted Olika's remarks: "Slavery is really a backward system!"

"The serf system is advanced?" Olika said coldly: "We live in Naggaros, where the land is extremely barren and the climate is extremely cold. Holy Grail Knight, Drucci has his own national conditions here, and you have no right to criticize us. , you can think about it, if we switch situations, you are all finished."

"..." Callard didn't know anything about the dark elves at all. He thought for a while, and felt that he really didn't have the right to comment casually, so he could only shake his head: "In essence, the system of Sartosa and the system of the dark elves There is no difference between slavery and it is very close to our serfdom."

"So this is the pirate lord's paradise." Ryan nodded, and he signaled everyone to stop arguing, the destination has arrived.

This is a manor manor built on the cliffs of the city's coast. There are many guards around the manor covering an area of ​​2,000 square meters. There are a lot of vines growing on the walls as high as seven or eight meters. The gate made of steel is closed tightly. Branded on it was a strange symbol, a big "4" and a hammer.

There were bursts of majestic singing faintly from inside the door.

"The Chaos Army is the Black Crow~"

"Want to trample us underfoot."

"From the Linsk River to Plage East."

"Hey Erson is the strongest in the world."

"Warrior Kislev, polish your scimitar,"

"Hold the gun lightly."

"We should all be stronger as we fight,"

"Fight the enemy to the death on the battlefield!"

Although the singing voice is very majestic, it has a feeling of sadness and depression. The singers are obviously aged, and their voices are full of air. Ryan and others hesitated a little, but decided to knock on the door: "Excuse me?"

"Vatutin, a distinguished guest is here, go and open the door." There was only one knock on the door, and a steady voice came from inside immediately.

"Yes." A tall middle-aged Kislev opened the door. He was as strong as a bear. Seeing the leader Ryan and others, he nodded: "Come in!"

Ryan and the others walked into the manor, and found that the manor looked quite dilapidated. There were only a dozen big men from Kislev gathered together, and they didn't know what they were doing. They surrounded a man who looked a little old. , this man has an unkempt big backed head, a pair of round eyes, a thick mustache and a short goatee, and he is only wearing a shirt and trousers that have been washed white. He is standing there , like a life mentor, even though he is very old, he still maintains his posture: "Welcome, King of Brittania."

"...Hello, Mr. Lev, I am..."

"You came to me and asked me about Captain Ross, right?" The man smiled politely.

"That's right, I..."

"You want to know from me about the ship cemetery, and how to guide the whereabouts of the moon dial leading to the maelstrom of the ship cemetery, right?" The man interrupted Ryan.

"for me……"

"You want to tell me that you have a very important reason to get the moon dial, so you hope that I can tell the whereabouts of the moon dial anyway, and you think you can help me, right?" The man interrupted Ryan again.

Ryan and the group all opened their mouths wide open, and some old guards even came up, ready to use firecrackers to target this incredible man.

"Are you a prophet?" Ryan was very calm. He was going to be forty soon. He hadn't seen anything before. The King of Britannia took a step forward and complained casually.

"Prophet? Of course, I like it when people call me that. In Kislev, people especially like to call me 'Prophet', because I always have foresight." The man nodded repeatedly, and he put away his smile: " It's a pity that my foresight comes from intelligence analysis and observation. If I was really a prophet, then I wouldn't be kicked out from Kislev. I almost died with the ice pick in the hands of the Tsarist assassins. I lost everything, in Satu The sand lingers, the saltiness of the sea and the heat change me."

"Very well, Mr. Prophet, we are not here today to listen to your complaints. You know what we are here for." Ryan interrupted the man in turn. He raised his hand and signaled the man to say: "We Want to know the whereabouts of Captain Ross's moon dial, if you know, can you tell us?"

"Please sit down and discuss in detail." The Prophet signaled everyone to enter the luxurious manor house. At this time, both Karard and Antelm expressed objections to the invitation of the Prophet, and Karard even said: "This is a possible trap. , Mister Prophet, I would like you to say it here if you can."

"Hahahaha~" Prophet Tuo smiled, and he directly opened the luxurious building door in front of everyone.

The scene in front of them made Ryan and others almost speechless. Through the gate, the interior of the building was scorched black. It was obvious that there had been extremely serious fires and battles here!

Prophet Tor seemed quite satisfied with the reactions of Ryan and others. He took out a letter from his arms: "This is a letter from Karim, the golden mage. He also mentioned about the moon dial. Now you are willing to believe me Is it gone?"

Ten minutes later, everyone was a little surprised when they saw the severely damaged manor building. The 2,000-square-meter manor suffered extremely serious damage, with traces of fire and fierce fighting everywhere.

"It turned out to be the manor of Captain Jaeger-Ross." Prophet Tor said with a smile: "After Captain Ross disappeared in the depths of the burial ship cemetery, I inherited his manor and the small amount of wealth he left behind, and I barely survive here And avoiding the pursuit of the Bokaja royal family, living like a walking dead."

"It looks intense, what's going on here?" Ryan walked beside the man.

"Captain Jie Ge-Ross, born in a family of navigators, a former Pirate King, a man who has traversed the sea for more than 30 years." The prophet did not answer Ryan's question, he just said to himself: "Awe The ocean, sailing across the seas, Captain Jago Ross has sent hundreds of enemy ships and tens of thousands of enemies into the bottom of the sea in his long years, he is a genius, a strategist, and the ruler of the sea."

"It was with his help that I escaped from Kislev, and together we traveled the world and took part in the plunder of Lustria, and when I followed him back to Sartosa, we saw only The manor burning in the flames, the manor of Captain Jago Ross was destroyed by the fire, his family has suffered, and a strange relic left by his father points the root of the matter to the end of the great sea route. The whirlpool, there are countless treasures and endless dangers."

"Captain Ross left, took his subordinates, and took the flagship of the great reciter that he managed to deceive from the empire—the Hammer of Salvation, and sailed to the end of the great voyage, the legendary maelstrom of the burial ship cemetery , and left this dilapidated manor to me to live in."

"So he took his moondial?" Ryan only cared about the moondial.

"...I'm old, and suddenly I can't remember." The Prophet 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." Woke up?"

"Tell me your conditions." Ryan was too lazy to talk nonsense with the Prophet, he knew that it was time to negotiate the conditions: "If it's a little effort, I think I can help you, after all, you probably don't want to be in Sartosa Forever?"

"My king, yes, I don't want to stay here anymore, I need a place that can accommodate my ideals, I need a place where I can show my ambitions, I can't stay in Sartosa waiting to die, But Kislev’s Internal Affairs Committee never wanted to kill me. After more than 20 years, they are still looking for my traces in the old world, and I have to stay in Sartosa.” The Prophet is also quite a bachelor: “ I know that your brother Fulgan has opened up a new territory in Lustria..."

"Do you want me to help you?" Ryan quickly understood the meaning of the prophet: "Do you want to go to the new world?"

"Yes, I hope you can help me, help us, just need a new identity, an ocean-going ship to the new world, send us to the new world, send us to your brother, I can take everything I tell you, I promise, I have been stuck here for too long, please." The Prophet bowed his head and begged: "As you can see, I am already an old man, and I don't have many years to live, but I still have my life. ideals have not been realized.”

"...Tell me, where is Captain Ross' moon dial?" Ryan asked directly.

"On a small hidden island in the vast ocean, there are countless hidden reefs. This is the place where Captain Ross hides treasures and wealth. Only I know the location and how to get in." The prophet again pleaded: "My followers and I A shelter is needed, my lord."

"You and your followers?" Ryan nodded. He could see that this Mrs. Kisler had already regarded herself as the last straw to leave Sartosa. The Prophet was the main criminal who was offered a huge reward by Kisler. He knew Pirates are ungrateful and have no credit (neither are the Tyrells), so he dare not leave Sartosa anyway, and the small amount of wealth left by Captain Ross is even enough to build a ship. Mrs. Le is by no means an expert in naval warfare. In order to survive, he has been hiding here for more than 20 years.

He finally had the chance to leave, and he didn't want to wait any longer.

Thus, an agreement was reached, and Ryan was responsible for helping the Prophet Tor and his followers leave Sartosa, and the Prophet Tor would do everything in his power to help Lion and Fulgrim get a place that could point to the Maelstrom of the Ship Burial Cemetery By the way, he also donated a small part of the remaining wealth of Captain Ross to Ryan. This small part of wealth is not much, only equivalent to 1,500 gold kroner, and Ryan also accepted it with peace of mind. After all, he will risk and Keith The risk of Loew severing diplomatic relations or even going to war.

"The matter is finally over." Veronica didn't make a sound the whole time, until the conditions were negotiated, and Witch Garland said, "Fortunately, it's not as bad as imagined, this Mrs. Keesler knows how to advance and retreat. "

"I hate Mrs. Keesler, but I never refuse such a thing of giving away money and giving clues for nothing." Anthelm smiled, the Holy Grail Knight was very satisfied with this deal: "Look , we didn’t lose anything, we got 1,500 gold kroner, two ex-Marshal Kislev, one ex-Ursar General, and a group of generals. The price you paid for the clues you want, Your Majesty, is only to allocate an extra ship to carry Only one or two hundred people left."

"Wait, Antelm, what are you talking about? Marshal? General?" Callard hadn't recovered yet.

"After all, you are still too young, Karad, this Mr. Lev is not simple. The two big men standing behind him are the former Kislev Marshal Egorov, and the other is the former Kislev First Marshal. Marshal Petrov of the Infantry Regiment, as for the guy who opened the door for us, he is the former Kislev Ursar General Vatutin." Anthelm's expression was like that of his cousin Francois. It was a half-smile: "None of the dozen or so Mrs. Kisler we saw when we entered the door was not a general. These generals from Kisler were sent to Lustria and handed over to Forgan. Your Excellency, after a little reorganization, they have extremely powerful combat power, and they are all strong men who have survived a hundred battles."

"...Well, I don't know much about this." Callard said with some shame: "I mean, I don't know so many people, Your Excellency Anthelm, you are really well-informed."

"It's nothing, Callard, even I don't know." Ryan smiled and smoothed the game: "Okay, it's almost time, it's time for us to taste the restaurant in Sartosa that is famous throughout the old world——Bull Head to the restaurant."

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, we are just in time to discuss the strategy for this time."

"I've named it -- the two-step strategy."