In the North Sea, the beach of Yongye Peninsula not far from Iron Anchor Bay.
It was already dark at night, and a mist rose on the dim moonlit sea, making several pirate ships hanging with black skull and crossbones flags looming.
It looks like the legendary scary ghost ship.
The emblem painted on one of the skull and crossbones flags is a skeleton dragging a bloody twisted insect body, which is the [Woodpecker] Maltz's [Insect Horn].
It is also an alternative pirate gang that was affected by [Black Witchcraft·Blessing of the Ant Queen] and all members became women.
[Insect Cry] had obviously adjusted its posture in advance, with its stern facing the Yongye Peninsula and its bow facing the direction of Iron Anchor Bay.
As if ready to pull anchor and set sail at any moment.
Suddenly, a voice as sharp as an insect sounded:
"At midnight, all crew members should take up their positions and do not leave their posts no matter what sound they hear.
All officers stayed to participate in the ceremony.
Bring me that slave. "
[Woodpecker] Maltz, relying on his status as "Mother Worm", has obviously higher authority on this pirate ship than most pirate captains.
Infected by him (her) with tapeworms, they became the crew members of the "Queen Ant" and were 100% tame to him (her).
Soon, a five-pointed star formation resembling a goat's head was painted with blood on the tall poop.
Several rich and well-dressed pirate officers escorted an elderly slave who had been drugged in advance and fell into a coma to the formation.
Maltz arranged him in the shape of an inverted cross and lit a white candle at the four corners of the inverted cross.
If Byron were here, he would definitely be able to recognize it at a glance. This slave was one of the "raw materials" the two of them fought for at the Golden Palm Trading Company.
This transcendent being was not used to feed worms, but was clearly used as a sacrifice in another evil ritual.
I don’t know if I am lucky or unlucky.
[Woodpecker] Maltz first poured a bucket of blood-like red wine from the stern of the ship into the sea.
He took out two more silver coins from his pocket and placed them in the slave's eye sockets like a pirate funeral.
But that was no ordinary silver coin. Under the weak candlelight, it was clearly the same octopus silver coin as the one in Byron's hand!
He reached out and took the ceremonial sword handed over by the first mate, and stabbed the sacrifice through the heart without changing his expression.
The blood dripping from the tip of the sword dripped onto the two octopus silver coins in his eye sockets.
The moment the two silver coins came into contact with blood, the upward side suddenly turned blood red.
Buzz—!
An invisible wave spread far away from the stern of the ship.
The mist around them also turned into hoarfrost in an instant, causing many of the [Insect Cry] pirates who were far stronger than ordinary people to shiver.
The sacrifice only twitched slightly and then completely cooled down.
"Captain, is it okay to perform the [Black Mass] ceremony by desecrating sacred objects?"
The first mate next to him saw such a strange scene and couldn't help but ask questions.
Privateer captains also know that these sets of octopus silver coins cast with [Forbidden Knowledge] are certainly not sacred objects.
It is an imitation of the zero-level [Holy Relic·Thirty Silver Coins]!
The famous [Thirty Silver Coins] were the reward obtained by the traitor for betraying the Holy Son 1,500 years ago, symbolizing "ill-gotten" wealth.
Thirty silver coins were almost the price of a slave at that time.
Because it involved a huge historical turning point and influence, the thirty silver coins, which were regarded as sacred objects by the church, became a terrifying [cursed object].
Countless unjust souls were imprisoned and punished by them, and finally formed various ferocious [cursed spirits].
From then on, there was a taboo in the upper echelons of the Old World:
When minting silver coins, it is absolutely not possible to mint exactly thirty silver coins of the same specifications at one time.
Because just this trivial connection is enough for them to get the name with a trace of resentment and turn them into potentially dangerous goods.
As long as another [Black Mass] ceremony is held to gain power by desecrating holy objects, it will be extremely easy to provoke wandering evil spirits and monsters!
The required sacrifices include: "Slave", "Extraordinary", "Belief in [Creator] (Lemit bloodline is the best)" and other traits.
The so-called [Faceless Man] and [Ripper] are just degenerates who retain part of themselves, used to experiment with the effects of silver coins and confuse the public.
Each person was only given one silver coin to shield themselves from divination and receive the elements from the people of Beidi Bay.
The [Black Mass] ceremony held by a group of privateers here is the real highlight.
After the [Insect Cry], several other ships also started the ceremony.
The temperature of this sea surface is constantly decreasing, and it has dropped by at least ten degrees in just a short time.
Even if you listen carefully, you can hear something whispering under the dark water, but if you look for the source, you will find nothing.
Boom! Boom! Boom! ...
Before [Woodpecker] could answer the first mate, a knock on the door was suddenly heard on the dead silent ship.
No, it wasn't a knock on the door, there was something banging on the bottom of the boat underwater!
"Wha...what?"
For a while, many old sea dogs felt like they had returned to overseas routes where there were more evil things than fish.
The two strands were fighting, and the body was a little weak.
There are young people who do not believe in evil, holding whale oil lamps and sticking their heads out to look carefully into the water.
But he seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. His face was pale, his eyes were wide open, and his teeth were chattering:
"Yes...there is..."
Before he could scream, it was as if an invisible force had strangled his neck and dragged him down.
At this time, the sacrificed body in the five-pointed star suddenly puffed up its chest, opened its mouth wide and began to breathe again.
Some frightened screams came from the leaky throat:
"It's coming, it's coming! It's..."
His body suddenly twitched like an electric shock, and he had to stand up again.
"Quick, hold him down!"
[Woodpecker] did not panic, knowing that the evil spirit summoned by the ritual had already possessed the body of the sacrifice.
The pirate officers who had been prepared all around quickly swarmed him and pinned him down.
[Woodpecker] has quick eyes and quick hands. He immediately stepped forward and turned over the two silver coins placed in the eye sockets of the corpse, so that the bright white side that was not stained with blood was facing up.
The summoned evil spirit seemed to be weighed down by a heavy burden and could no longer move.
As if he had died all over again, he lay back down again.
"It has been temporarily sealed."
The Black Mass ceremony of [Insect Cry] was almost without incident, with only one minion lost.
Lights flashed on the mast, signaling the fleet's temporary flagship.
That one is located in the middle, on the flagship flying the pirate flag of the red-bearded Nemesis.
The temporary commander, also the [Executioner] Bill on the [Nemesis], put down the brass telescope in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
"A good start is half the success. I hope there will be no surprises in tonight's mission."
As one of Red Beard's confidants, he led three privateer captains to receive the mission issued by the captain, and then left Iron Anchor Bay with the other two fleets at high speed.
Come to a land near a relatively densely populated area with more evil spirits and grotesques and launch the [Black Mass Ceremony] to invite evil spirits to board the ship.
There are a total of fourteen ships performing the same mission, corresponding to the remaining 28 octopus silver coins.
They are only responsible for execution and don't care about anything else.
As long as we can ensure that these "sacrificial offerings" with those evil spirits and weirdness sealed in them are brought back to Anchor Bay.
What makes them most nervous is that some weird and evil spirits still have some kind of very weird "accidental magic" on them.
If there is a chance that things will go bad, no matter how small the possibility, it will happen.
What's dangerous is not just them themselves, but also the various unexpected situations they bring about!
When dealing with these evil guys, no matter whether you are careful or not, you may die miserably.
Before carrying out the mission, every privateer captain received a high incentive from Red Beard, otherwise no one would dare to bet on their luck.
Seeing the [Insect Cry] and another privateer [Sunflower], good news about the success of the ceremony has been received one after another.
The last one [Rainbow Number] has not moved yet.
Just when [Executioner] Bill was about to send a signal to ask.
"Ahhhhh..."
The messy gunshots and screams resounded throughout the privateer ship.
I don’t know what the crew went through, but someone actually fired randomly, almost affecting three other ships not far away.
Bill couldn't help but cursed secretly:
"Damn, what a bunch of idiots! The seal failed?!"
But he also knew that it was completely uncontrollable what kind of weirdness the counterfeit [Thirty Silver Coins] would attract in the Black Mass.
No matter how careful you are, you may encounter unpredictable accidents.
Also keep in mind the taboos when taking risks: strong curiosity is often the source of trouble.
Immediately send a signal to other privateers:
"The Rainbow is in trouble, so don't get close.
The entire fleet retreated to Anchor Bay and moved forward at full speed! Run! "
The three ships, which had already adjusted their posture, immediately abandoned their companions without any hesitation and pulled anchor collectively.
As if a man-eating beast was desperately chasing behind him, he galloped towards Anchor Bay.
