Chapter 304 [Shiranui] Japanese [Kappa]

"King of the North Sea" Oleg is indeed the strongest pirate in the North Sea, and his fleet also has the strength to crush almost any force in the North Sea.

But he actually has no right to rule over the various forces in the North Sea, especially the four countries in Beizhou.

Power is far less important to pirates than wealth, and everyone lived in peace before. After all, pirates also need soil to survive. No matter how strong a tree is, it cannot destroy the ground it grows on. Many pirates recruited by the North Sea Fleet are also citizens of the four countries.

But now that Oleg has suddenly become "king", the situation has changed somewhat.

Seeing this "tax collection" move, Su Lun guessed that Oleg probably wanted to start declaring sovereignty and taste the taste of a real lord.

Compared with any territory of Lu Ying, the four countries of Beizhou are the epitome of poverty and desolation, and the income from collecting taxes is not as real as robbing merchant ships.

So the purpose of collecting taxes this time is not actually to plunder wealth.

Su Lun's Ninth Fleet not only brought artillery, but also a lot of property.

Whatever taxes are collected, more gifts are given.

It is roughly equivalent to the gift from the state of the state to the vassal territory, and the gift from the king to the small lord of the territory.

This is also what Oleg is testing.

If the collection goes well, you can collect some money and return some gifts; if it doesn't go well, you can use force to deter them.

Once the four countries pay taxes, they recognize the status of the vassal territory, and Oleg is the real king of the North Sea.

The latter relationship will continue to be close, and in a few years, Oleg will be able to completely control this sea area.

However, the process is not easy.

There are a large number of survivors of the gods in the four countries of Beizhou, and they have their own god beliefs. Just like the Shanyin Kingdom, their lord's monarchy has been granted by God for countless years. Now it is not so easy for outsiders to suddenly want to be a lord now.

Su Lun has learned a lot about the customs and customs of the four countries recently, so he knew that this tax trip might not go smoothly.

So I have been very vigilant.

It takes several days to sail from Pirate City to Shanyin Country. There are a large number of islands in that sea area. On Lu Ying's sea chart, it is also called the Tallinn Islands.

The days of sailing are very boring. As long as there is no bad weather, the work of the pirates is to play cards, fish, and brag.

Su Lun found an excuse that he had spent all his money in the Golden City, and spent the past few days in a daze in the cabin, not fooling around with the pirates in the artillery cabin.

In fact, it is digesting the knowledge of [Neuromechanical Drawings].

Even if he didn't see the blueprint, when Su Lun closed his eyes, the contents of the various blueprints he wrote down would come to mind densely. Deduce various possibilities in your mind first, and then record them in your notebook. Occasionally, when no one is around, I take out the semi-finished silver arm to try some new ideas, and my life is very leisurely.

Because he was always on guard against the situation, Su Lun also brought the suicidal bird with him at all times when he came out of the psychic.

It is not surprising that there are monkeys, parrots, hamsters and other small animals on pirate ships. In addition to passing the loneliness of sailing, it is also used as a warning. In many cases, the perception of animals can be more obvious than that of humans. Things like bad weather and certain dangerous sea monsters.

this day.

Fifth day of sailing.

Just when Su Lun was "asleep" in the cabin as usual, the black crow beside him suddenly called out.

"Gah~"

Su Lun's ears moved slightly, and his eyes suddenly opened.

He caressed the black crow and fed two drops of liquefied necromantic air, but looked out at the sea through the mouth of the cannon.

Now that he was familiar with the black crow, Su Lun could understand some of its thoughts more accurately.

The chirp warned of danger all around, but it wasn't too deadly.

"Did something appear in the sea?"

Su Lun thought of something, got up and walked out of the artillery cabin.

Sharp and a few gunners were playing cards at the door. Seeing that Su Lun was hardly out of the warehouse, he smiled and said, "Brother Johnny, are you awake today?"

Su Lun shrugged, rubbing his eyes as if sleepy, "Yeah, go to the deck to get some fresh air."

He ignored it and walked onto the deck.

At this time, a slight dispute was heard on the deck.

"Captain Hanz, this sea area is the mouth of the Hii River, and there are monsters. You can't let feces into the sea, otherwise you may be in big trouble. We have to sacrifice the animals as soon as possible."

"Hey, I said Yongxiu, didn't I just dump some shit into the sea, what's the big deal? Monsters? Hehe, it's just some strange sea beasts, don't make such a fuss. I have been at sea for so many years, and I have seen giant monsters in the deep sea. But, are you still afraid of some little monsters?"

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The thin man in sackcloth is the guide this time. His name is Song Yongxiu, and he is from Shanyin Country.

At this moment, he was anxiously dissuading a bearded man in a captain's uniform.

The bearded man is naturally Su Lun's current team leader "Tea Beard" Hands.

This guy had obtained the advanced potion for the cultivation equipment given by Oleg before, and successfully advanced to the fifth level. In the past two days, he showed off his newly realized spatial displacement ability everywhere on the boat.

Su Lun sensed spatial fluctuations more than once.

In layman's terms, this guy's strength has skyrocketed and he is "floating".

Yongxiu was still persuading, but Hanz looked impatient: "Okay, don't talk nonsense! If there is a monster, just fish it up and have a look. I haven't eaten monster meat yet."

To ordinary fishermen who have never seen the world, certain big fish weighing 1,800 catties are terrible monsters. But for high-level professionals, it is usually a ration that kills with one punch. Hanz is now a fifth-level professional, and it is true that most of the sea monsters can't do anything to him, and it is not completely unreasonable to say this.

But Su Lun in the distance frowned slightly.

The black crow will issue an early warning, which means that there is really something going on around here.

Su Lun has seen descriptions of "monsters" from various ghosts and ghosts in Shanyin Kingdom, but he has never seen them before.

He is also a little interested to see what a monster is.

The fleet is about a few nautical miles away from the shore, and if you look around, you can already see a blurry mountain shadow in the distance.

The sun had just set, and there was a faint mist on the sea.

Jiuxiu was still at the bow of the boat, praying with fear on his face.

At this moment, suddenly, a red glow like an orange lamp lit up on the sea.

The observer on the mast noticed the abnormality and shouted: "Captain, at ten o'clock, there seems to be a fire on the sea!"

Su Lun guessed that something would go wrong, so he didn't go down to the cabin. Naturally, he also saw the erratic flame, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

The eyesight of the omniscient pupil allowed him to see the flame very clearly. It was strange that the flame was floating on the sea even though there was nothing around. It was said to be a will-o'-the-wisp, but its color was a normal orange.

Most of the pirates didn't take the dispute just now seriously. After all, the legend of monsters in Shanyin Kingdom has been circulating for a long time, but not many people have actually seen them. Most of them are rumors.

Seeing a sudden burst of flames of unknown origin on the sea, everyone on the deck looked curiously at the flames in the distance.

Jiuxiu recognized what seemed to be, pointed at the sea surface with a face of fear, and said: "Then that is [Shiranui]!"

Su Lun was not surprised to hear this word, and the identified name was also the same.

He had seen [Shiranui] in the classics, one of the hundred ghosts in the legend of Shan Yin Country. The usual explanation is that mortals have offended the gods, and thus the nameless anger that fell.

At this moment, there are more and more flames floating on the sea surface.

Taking a closer look, I can see some illusions of burning buildings and boats again. The fire is still burning more and more, and it turns into a sea of ​​flames in a blink of an eye.

This vanguard fleet has a total of four divisions and four ships. The pirates who heard the noise all ran to the deck to see what the legendary "monster" looked like.

It seemed that something was really going on, "Tea Beard" Hanz was not careless, and sent some people to take the assault boat to check the situation first.

After a while, a message came back from the communicator: "Captain, those flames are just illusions, not real."

Hearing this, Qi Qi on the deck let out a sigh of relief.

"Ha ha."

Hands also sneered: "It's just a fucking mirage, what a monster! The fleet is moving normally!"

Because it has to enter the inland flow from the mouth of the river, there is no choice of detour, so the fleet will continue to move forward.

The crew didn't take it seriously, they looked at the sea of ​​flames in front of them with a smile, and pointed.

Among the crowd, Su Lun was leaning on the fence, holding a black umbrella bound by cloth strips in his hand, and muttered in a voice like fine lines: "It really is a spirit body. It is said that [Shiranui] will burn unclean things, How will it burn?"

In perception, some special spirits appeared in this sea of ​​fire.

This also allowed Su Lun to confirm his previous guess that monsters must be spiritual if they are intelligent.

However, these spirits are very strange and feel completely different from human souls. It was cold, weird, and had an ethereal feeling, like the will of the gods that Su Lun had seen twice.

That's good news, too.

At least many of the ghosts recorded in "Fairy Story" he read had "supernatural abilities". Now it is certain that it can be perceived by the soul, and if it is encountered, the degree of danger will be greatly reduced.

The fleet continued to move forward, and then broke into the mirage-like sea of ​​flames.

It was like breaking into a piece of light and shadow, without any danger.

Those flames were burning blazingly around, but there was no sense of heat at all. When I reached out to touch them, I passed through them.

Everyone was relieved, thinking that this was really a "mirage".

Only Song Yongxiu was still kneeling on the bow, trembling and praying.

He seemed to be insane from fright, and his mouth kept breaking: "The immortals said that if you really encounter a monster, you must be in awe. I sincerely pray that the monster will forgive you."

That frightened appearance is like a fool who has no experience in the world.

Hearing this, all the pirates laughed.

"It's just a mirage. I really thought it was a monster. It seems that the legends in Shanyin Kingdom may not be true."

"It's just people from the countryside who haven't seen the world. It's not like we've been floating on the sea all year round, and we've seen everything."

"Tsk tsk, that guy has been frightened."

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Su Lun listened to the words in his ear, but did not speak.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and the sea of ​​fire was reflected in the waves.

The spiritual pressure was getting stronger and stronger, and he knew that there was going to be a big commotion.

If not, when all four boats sailed into the sea of ​​flames, everyone was still laughing at the guide's ignorance.

Sudden!

A scream sounded suddenly.

"ah!"

Everyone turned their heads to see a guy on the deck standing there with dull eyes.

Someone was taken aback and scolded, "Duden, what the hell are you yelling about?"

But as soon as he said those words, he saw that Duden showed a terrified expression on his face, and stretched out his hand to pinch his neck, looking extremely painful, and couldn't speak.

Seeing this weird scene, everyone realized that something was wrong.

"Tea Beard" Hanz walked over and shouted angrily, "Hey, what's the matter with you kid?"

He just wanted to stretch out his hand to pat that Duden's shoulder, but at this very moment, Duden's skin quickly scorched yellow and then scorched black. Looking at it again, the whole person is like a candle, ignited a raging fire. Immediately, there was a strong smell of meat in the air.

In just a few seconds, everyone looked at a living person, who was burned into a puddle of carbon ash in front of his eyes.

For a while, no one spoke on the deck, and a needle could be heard.

And this seems to be just the beginning.

At the same time, the same burning incidents began to occur on the other three ships, with screams one after another.

"ah"

"ah"

"ah"

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The invisible enemy will arouse people's fear even more.

There were nearly a thousand pirates on four sea ships, and no one understood what was going on. They could only watch helplessly as the people around them suddenly ignited and burned into a burnt mass.

One, one, and another.

Even without time to cast any dispelling or healing spells, if you accept your fate one by one, you will be taken away by that [Shiranui].

Fear quickly spread, and the huge deck howled. Not long after, the strange cries of the frightened pirates sounded continuously, and the entire fleet fell into chaos in an instant.

Rao "tea beard" Hanz has a fifth-level strength, and there are many third-level and fourth-level professionals around him, and they are completely helpless.

On the panicked deck, some people put out the fire, some fetched water, some fired guns, and some put on their armor in a panic.

In the darkness, there is a pair of calm eyes, watching all this indifferently.

Su Lun has roughly seen some of the roots of this [Shiranui].

Monsters are no different from other creatures, they also have to follow the "Law of Conservation of Energy".

In the eyes of alchemists, all events can be explained as the phenomenon of energy fluctuations. Even if you haven't seen any kind of living beings, like the "spontaneous fire" in front of you, it's just that the way of energy release is different and the way of expression is different.

With this cognitive foundation, many mysterious imaginations can see the essence through the phenomenon.

Before Su Lun came, he had carefully read the introductions of many monsters. Looking at the scene of the spontaneous combustion of the human body, he also analyzed the reason: "Is it similar to parasitic fire? It should use people's fear to spread and let the human body's own energy chaos to fuel the combustion. So it burns out in a short time. However, how did this fire change from a 'mirage' to a real thing?"

Fear accelerates the energy chaos of the human body, and a little spark ignites it.

In just this moment, dozens of people were burned to death on the four boats.

Su Lun didn't panic at all.

Because he knew very well that this monster could do nothing to him.

Under normal circumstances, the weaker the strength, the more afraid of the unknown, the greater the impact.

If you observe carefully, you will find that the ones that spontaneously ignite are all first-order pirates, and they are the ones with weak soul fire.

With that kind of energy fluctuation, it is still far from burning Su Lun to death.

There is a general way to deal with the existence of ghosts, wraiths, ghosts and the like. Then control the fear, and the influence of the other party will be minimized.

This method is difficult to say, but it is not easy to say.

It is difficult for ordinary people to control their emotions, especially in the process of fear of group sexual transmission.

But for Su Lun, normal operation.

At this moment, there is no wave in his heart

The first time Su Lun saw [Shiranui], he also saw the monsters of Shan Yin Country.

After a long while, "Tea Beard" Hanz finally came to his senses, and shouted, "Everyone, don't panic! These monsters are similar to ghosts. As long as we control our fear, they can do nothing to us!"

As a veteran pirate, he naturally guessed some of the roots of the fire.

However, just as these words were spoken, the bad news struck again.

The people in the bottom cabin sent a message through the communicator: "Captain, it's bad, something is digging our ship!"

As soon as the words fell, the hull of the ship suddenly trembled violently, even showing signs of capsizing. Looking into the sea, you can still see fast flashing black shadows.

The atmosphere of fear that had been slightly eased became tense again.

On the deck, there were panicked footsteps everywhere.

"Captain, I saw it! Sea monsters like water monkeys. Those things are very powerful, and they want to sink our ship!"

"What is that?!"

"Master Hands, that's also a monster, yes... it's [Kappa]!"

"Damn it, Stoya, take the water ghost team down to have a look! Musketeers, artillerymen, shoot into the water!"

"Yes, Captain!"

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The four ships were in chaos.

Su Lun is the gunner, and it doesn't matter whether he goes into the water or Yang Fan.

Along with the other gunners, he put on the individual artillery that was issued before, and fired at the fast-moving figure under the sea.

[Kappa] is a monster in the physics department, and it also has entities, so it is easy to deal with, and guns can do a good job of killing.

However, this kind of monster is very fast in the water, with sharp claws that can break through armor, and can easily cut through the hull of a wooden ship. Even though the pirates reacted quickly, two of the four ships were pierced in a very short period of time. The other two hulls were also more or less damaged and were slowly sinking into the water.

Fortunately, it is not far from the shore here, and the pirates who fell into the water can still swim to the shore.

Su Lun also fell into the water, and the cold sea water was densely packed with human heads. He mixed in the crowd and quietly swam ashore.

By the pier, two or three hundred pirates of the four squadrons died before they landed.

The atmosphere is very dignified.

Fortunately, with the military communicator provided by Mafa, several captains reported the situation to the captain of the Ninth Fleet, "Greedy Admiral" Peon, but the response they received was, keep going!

After people died, most people realized that the mission of pioneering this time was not so easy.

But after receiving the order, they could only continue to move forward according to the original plan.

Now without a boat, they can't walk by water, they can only walk.

The cold wind howled and the temperature at night was extremely low, making it unrealistic to camp on the spot.

Fortunately, the guide Song Yongxiu is familiar with the road here and knows that there is a village not far away.

A group of pirates followed the guide and entered the mountain.

Su Lun followed the team, looking at the blue mountains with deep eyes.