"My dear colleagues, I'm sorry, I'm sorry to make you like this, but I can't help it. After all, if you can move, it may cause certain obstacles to my next actions. In order to prevent unnecessary trouble, I This is the only last resort."
Pleasant walked on the dark corridor on the second floor of Vulture Castle, rotating the key ring in his hand, looking nonchalantly at the pirates around him who were as stiff as sculptures, and apologized insincerely.
"If there is a chance in the future, I swear, I will help you get revenge... It should probably be possible."
Pleasant made an insincere oath to the pirates around him, and then hummed a tune and walked along the stairs from the second floor to the first floor. Ignoring the angry, doubtful and desperate eyes around him, he went straight He walked to the statue of Baron Caddo in the center of the Vulture Castle hall.
"Mr. Baron, that broken secret tunnel you were busy repairing in your spare time is no longer of use." Pleasant slowly shook his head towards the statue in front of him. "Maybe this is because the plan can't keep up with the changes."
What he just said to Connor was not a lie. A fleet belonging to the navy was indeed sailing towards the eastern port of Black Crow Harbor. If he really led nearly a hundred pirates along the secret passage to the east, If you evacuate the port by boat, you will most likely be discovered by the fleet. And with the current state of the Black Crow Port pirates, even a single warship cannot resist, let alone a fleet.
If not, Pleasant would not waste any time and choose to control his group of disloyal pirates first to launch another escape plan.
Pleasant lowered his head and patted the broken statue in front of him, then walked around to the wall behind the statue.
He stretched out his finger and tapped a tile on the wall, and then the tile began to gradually bulge.
Pleasant grabbed both sides of the tile with his hands and gently placed it on the ground. Where the tile was originally located on the wall, there was a hole with a weird shape. Only by looking carefully can you find that this hole is actually It's a keyhole.
Pleasant quickly inserted a silver key hanging on his key ring into the keyhole, as if turning on something.
There was only a rumbling sound, and the floor on the right side of the statue began to gradually dent until a complete underground entrance appeared there.
This is the entrance to the underground vault of Vulture Castle. Some of the property looted by different pirate groups in Norton will be divided here and managed by the leader of Black Crow Port, Pleasant himself.
"Three keys, the copper one is the key to open the secret passage, the silver one is the key to the underground vault of Vulture Castle, and the gold one is the key to my room on the top floor of Vulture Castle. They are quite complete." Plisson glanced at the key on his hand. He held the three keys and sighed secretly.
"Speaking of the underground treasure house of Black Crow Harbor, I haven't been here for a while." Plisson put the key back in his pocket, then climbed up the ladder and climbed into the underground vault of Vulture Castle.
Below is a relatively wide space. Several scattered wooden boxes are placed here, either open or closed. They are filled with gold and silver coins and some jewelry belongings of certain value.
There are a lot of belongings stored in the room, but they are definitely not large.
Compared to the wealth accumulated in the past three years in a port city where nearly a thousand pirates gathered, this place seemed more like a room where a down-and-out nobleman kept his remaining belongings.
"Rather than storing all the idle property here, my captains still prefer to keep their wealth firmly in their own hands."
Looking at the pirate treasure trove in front of him, which was more symbolic than practical, Pleasant shook his head in disappointment, "The contents of these boxes combined may not be worth one-fifth of my head. Oh, let's forget it." Well, money is not the most important thing now, it is more important to find the magic stone that the old snake threw here a few days ago."
Magic Stone, just like its name, is a rare ore that contains rich magic substances. It has the function of supplying the operation of the magic reactor and maintaining the magic circle.
Mana stones are precious and rare, and have extraordinary effects. They are only produced in small quantities in some specific mines, and these mines are tightly controlled by the Sky Eagle Empire military and great nobles, so there is rarely any circulation of mana stones. Situations outside.
Generally speaking, a fist-sized mana stone has an overall mana reserve comparable to that of an average awakening-level spellcaster. When the market is scarce, a fist-sized mana stone can be sold on the black market for 30,000 to 40,000 dollars;
This can almost buy half of Pleasant's head. You know, the so-called leader of Black Crow Harbor has a bounty of only 80,000 dollars.
According to what Pleasant saw not long ago, his second captain "Sea Viper" Namiyi happened to put a magic stone into the underground treasure house here.
It's just that the one he placed is a little bit smaller than the size of a normal fist... Well, yes, a tiny bit smaller.
"Maybe it should be a little bigger than my pinky fingernail?"
Pleasant touched the nails on his slender fingers and looked at the scattered wooden boxes around him expressionlessly. He really felt that he had no idea what to do.
It's no wonder that the old snake put the magic stone here conveniently. If it were bigger, I might not be able to rummage here.
Pleasant smiled helplessly inwardly.
No matter how small it was, he had to find it.
This is not to say how precious the magic stone is, but because the stone containing magic energy is the only way to activate the teleportation circle in the now isolated Vulture Castle.
Teleportation circle, this is the back-up left by Plissen, an escape method specially prepared for himself.
One end of the teleportation circle is connected to Pleasant's own room on the top floor of the Vulture, and the other end is directly within the scope of the Beicanglan Kingdom. Moreover, the teleportation circle is specially prepared and can only support one person's teleportation. After being used once, the magic circle itself will be broken directly and disappear into the void without leaving any magic marks, even for legendary casters. There will be no suspicion and no worries.
The full name of the Northern Canglan Kingdom is the United Kingdom of Northern Canglan and Sasmir. However, compared to this convoluted and difficult-to-remember name, this kingdom located in the Hokuriku also has a more familiar name... ..Beicanglan rebels.
The federated kingdom of Bei Canglan was established 25 years ago; Prince Isaac of the Canglan Empire led the seven counties in the north of Canglan to declare their independence from the rule of the Canglan royal family, and also joined forces with Saas, who is located on the coast of the North Sea. The Principality of Mir, together established this United Kingdom.
The Northern Canglan Kingdom and the Canglan Empire are bounded by the Ors Mountains, and have always been in a state of hostility with the orthodox royal family of the Canglan Empire. Over the past 25 years, disputes have continued between the two countries. To this day, the two countries still maintain a relationship near the Ors Mountains. In a state of combat readiness.
As for the Sky Eagle Empire, known as the overlord of the Western Sea, it has always maintained a delicate relationship with the Northern Canglan Kingdom, because the Sky Eagle Empire and the Canglan Empire have been mortal enemies since the Dark Ages at the beginning of the Fifth Age. This hostile relationship has lasted for more than two hundred years to this day.
Tianying's attitude towards the enemy of Beicanglan Kingdom is basically that of half an ally. Of course, it can only be half an ally.
When facing the royal family of the common Canglan Empire, the two countries were as close as wearing the same pants, as if Beicanglan was a vassal of Tianying. But apart from this aspect, there was nothing else between the two countries. There is a sense of affection. The proud Eagle looks down on the traitors in the North and the barbarians in the cold wilderness. Similarly, the latter also has a similar attitude towards Sky Eagle, the new overlord in the Western Continent, which has been established for less than two hundred years. Not friendly.
Therefore, once Pleasant escaped to the territory of the Beicanglan Kingdom through the teleportation array, it would be difficult for Norton's local navy to trace his traces.
"It's all my fault, Connor, that bastard. He put the old snake in the storage room and used all the three magic stones to open the defense circle to break the defense circle. As long as he left me one and a half Well, there is no need for me to pull off this chain of tricks. I can just take the mana stone from the storage room on the third floor and run away. There is no need to make a big show of controlling other people before I dare to sneak into the treasure house. Find a small broken stone not much bigger than a fingernail." Plisson cursed and rummaged around while unceremoniously placing his responsibility on Connor, who was motionless upstairs.
"If I had known before, I would have licked my face and asked Major General Delon Riel of Beicanglan for a mana stone as a precaution."
Pleasant successfully rummaged through a box, but did not find the magic stone, so he quickly moved to another box.
There are always many more variables in reality than imagined. Who would have thought that the new governor would come so quickly.
As a newly appointed governor, he did not immediately rush to the Brilliant Square of Pearl Harbor to deliver an inaugural speech. Instead, he first thought about leading troops to exterminate pirates, which showed a bit of dedication.
I suggest that the governors of Tianying’s other 50 provinces come together to learn from this brother. If half of these governors can be as dedicated as this one, then after a few years of stable development, Tianying’s comprehensive national strength will definitely surpass Canglan. This old empire.
There was not much time left for the defensive formation outside the Vulture Castle, and Plisson also searched repeatedly, and finally found the small magic stone stored in the treasure house on the bottom of one of the wooden boxes.
"...It's no bigger than my little fingernail. I finally know why the old snake doesn't want you."
Pleasant curled his lips with some dissatisfaction, but he did not neglect it. Instead, he quickly took out the blue stone from the bottom of the box, which was not much bigger than a melon seed, and put it into his coat pocket.
Fortunately, the teleportation circle he prepared in advance has been set up, and additional magic dust has been added. Only a trace of magic energy is needed to open the formation eye, and then the teleportation can be started. Otherwise, just this small magic dust can't be smaller. Energy Stone, it is really difficult to ensure that the extremely high teleportation array is fully activated.
It would be great if I were a Buddhist priest. In that case, there would be no need to cause so much trouble.
The knight belongs to the Iron Dragon Ming profession, and he must bring his own props to open the magic circle. He deserves to work for others.
Pleasant sighed deeply inwardly.
"Let's take a little more money by the way. No one can have too little of this stuff. Instead of letting this wealth fall into the hands of the navy, it's better to make it cheaper for me first." Plisson grabbed a handful of wood without ceremony. The few gold coins in the box were put into the pocket on the side of his coat, and he chose to leave only after the pocket that originally only contained three keys was stuffed with bulges.
