"Black hair and red eyes, dressed as a wizard, and next to him is the 'devil' Ronan from the Golden Diss... It's unmistakable, it's the aberrant wizard Wayne Loft who made a big fuss some time ago."
"It's really him. I didn't expect him to come here..."
"I heard that the Dawn Church sent a saint with a legion to hunt him down?"
"Ah? How long will he stay on the island? I don't want him to stay here, if that damn saint comes to find him..."
"What are you afraid of? Isn't she the saint of Dawn Church?"
"Idiot, do you know who is chasing him? It's the Judgment Saint. Thirty years ago, that woman's strength reached the legendary level. If she comes here, she can kill you with just a look! "
"Huh? So scary?"
"It shouldn't be... right? Damn it, I suddenly want to drive him away!"
"No, I have to talk to the captain quickly. If he really plans to stay on the island for a while, then I have to leave now."
People from extraordinary families who come and go are not worried about the saints of Dawn Church. Believing in Dawn in the Eastern Continent is not a bad thing.
On the contrary, they were more worried about the deformed wizard in front of them who had taken action against the "Purple Flower" family.
"I heard that the member of the Zihua family was severely punished after returning to the city-state? He was also stripped of his status as heir?"
"Yes, she just came to power, and she wanted to use this trip to consolidate her position in the family, but she didn't expect to meet this person on the way... and the most unlucky thing is that she also took away all the people they had worked hard to cultivate."
"No wonder I just saw Helvin getting off that ship. Has he become a pirate?"
"Speaking of ships...you should have seen it, right? Is that the ship of the Church of Dawn?"
"Sure enough, as rumored, this aberrant wizard hates Dawn..."
"Stop talking, shut up! He's looking over!"
[You are scanned by Tishir Pacheco's mental perception. Evaluation: A scum that is worse than a weakling. Reward: Survival point +1. 】
【……】
[You are targeted by Germanie Strait’s murderous intent. Rating: A scumbag who is good at pretending. Reward: Survival point +1. 】
Tsk.
Wei En's spiritual power covered the entire neighborhood near the port, and he could clearly hear the people around him talking about him, as well as the probing and malice that accompanied it. He couldn't help but feel the same feeling he had when he was in Custer City State again after a long absence. Feel.
It was the same way back then. When walking to and from get off work, he would be scrutinized by all kinds of people, and there would always be inexplicable people spreading unwarranted malice towards him.
Looking back now, it's probably how people in this world survive, right?
At the end of Lingang Street, there are two shops on the left and right that are larger and more exquisite than the previous ones. One has the name Alexey's Gold Tavern on it, and the other side has the flag of the Black Pearl. There is no name, but it makes it even more obvious. Domineering.
The only thing that is the same is that there are some girls in cool clothes at the door of the two taverns. They are not as enthusiastic as the outside taverns. On the contrary, they stand quietly at the door. They only wait for the guests who want to go in. Then he stepped forward, showed a formulaic smile, and led them in without being humble or condescending.
There were several burly pirates standing at the door of the tavern, holding machetes or muskets, staring at the people passing by with indifferent expressions.
As the door opened and closed, drunken pirates would be carried out from time to time and hung on the pole on the side to sober up.
"There have always been taverns under the Black Pearl. Especially on an island like this, the business is very good."
Ronan's triangular eyes lingered on the girl at the door for a few seconds, and he swallowed unconsciously. If it weren't for Wei En following him, he would have wanted to stay in a tavern for a few days like other pirates.
"What about the pub across from it?"
Wei En looked around and saw that both taverns were guarded by rune circles, and most of the people coming in and out were neatly dressed members of extraordinary families, or some obviously more powerful pirates.
There doesn't seem to be much difference.
"Golden Tavern? It is also owned by the Black Pearl. But..." Ronan came closer and whispered as quietly as possible: "The profits of one house must be handed over to the Black Pearl, while the other one does not. It belongs to those in the city-state. The property of those who are on duty.”
"oh."
Wayne nodded. The Golden Tavern was the private property of the three pirates who were from the Black Pearl. No wonder they had the best location and dared to open it together.
"Let's go and find the repair shop first. You can also take a rest later."
"Captain, I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry." Ronan laughed a few times, quickly took a few steps forward, and led Wei En towards the high wall at the end.
Wei En looked at his back and smiled silently.
Second officer Ronan has also changed a lot.
"Tina, I'm familiar." The white-haired girl held his hand and stared at Alexey's Golden Tavern with empty eyes, her indifferent voice slightly filled with doubts.
"Um?"
Wei En, who was about to follow her, heard her words and followed her eyes, "Is there anything familiar to you in there?"
Tina nodded, "Tina, familiar."
"Is that so?"
Wayne looked thoughtfully at the tavern with a red brick spire. Looking in from the door, he could only see a few transcendent men in neat dresses chatting and laughing in the vestibule, followed by a cool lady.
"Captain, do you have any questions?" Ronan noticed that the two of them were not following and ran back quickly to ask.
"without."
Wei En thought for a while and decided to finish the repair of the ship first and then come back to investigate. "Let's go. Let's enter the city-state first."
After speaking, he took Tina's little hand and motioned Ronan to continue leading the way.
There are not many things that can make Little Bai Mao feel familiar. Apart from the people and things she has come into contact with in Custer City, there should be only the things that Alais came into contact with before bringing her back to Custer.
But no matter which one it is, as long as you are still on this island, don’t even think about running away!
"plz follow me."
Although Ronan had doubts, the captain didn't say anything and he couldn't ask, so he had to walk in front as usual and pay the fee to enter the city at the gate opened under the high wall.
"Ship, name!"
At the door were two pirates wearing Black Pearl standard jackets, somewhat similar to the one worn by Black Jack, but the color was slightly different. From under their open jackets, you can see two muskets hanging on their waists. The black shorts underneath have a pendant representing the identity of the Black Pearl.
The two men, who looked like city-state guards, looked at Wei En and the others with vigilance. Their eyes fell more on Wei En, and they had obviously recognized his identity.
"Leonard, Captain Wei En, Second Officer Ronan, and..." Ronan looked at the white-haired girl who was closely following the captain and hesitated for a moment.
Although he had seen Tina on the boat before, he didn't know her name.
"She doesn't need it."
Wayne shook his head and signaled to Tina beside him that she didn't need to register.
"No, everyone must register to enter the city-state of Alexei!" One of the pirates with several scars on his face said firmly.
"oh?"
Wei En looked at them calmly, his red eyes flickering slightly, reflecting the figures of the two pirates.
"This is Alexei Island, where the Black Pearl is located. Don't think that just because you rejected First Officer Jack, you don't have to abide by the rules here!"
"The person in charge here now is Boss Eldorade. He is not as easy to talk to as First Officer Jack!"
The other pirate's eyes also turned evil. He put his hand on the handle of his musket and looked like he would take action if he dared to say more.
"What if I insist?"
"who do you think You Are?!"
Wayne chuckled, "Me?"
Talent - Fraud, activate!
Illusion making!
Mind control!
Wayne stared into their eyes, "Who do you think I am?"
With the activation of his innate ability, he could feel a vague and inexplicable power spreading out from the original world behind the panel in his mind, bypassing the panel and turning into spiritual power through his soul, spreading throughout his body.
As soon as his voice was transmitted, the strange innate ability took effect.
"You? You!? Lady Lotilia!?"
The eyes of the two pirates suddenly changed. In just an instant, they changed from fierceness to deep fear. There was also a layer of sweat on their foreheads, and their faces turned pale.
"Hug, I'm sorry, Lady Lotelia, I, I didn't know it was you who came..."
"Yes, yes, if I know that you are coming to Alexei Island, I believe that Boss Aidolade will come from the station to greet you. I, I will inform Boss Aidolade now!"
"No."
Wei En glanced at the people watching behind him, and the effect of his deception talent changed with his mind, including them all, "My arrival is secret, forget it."
"Yes, yes, sir, we don't know anything."
"Understood, I will definitely forget!"
Not only did the two pirate guards bow and salute, but the surrounding pirates and sailors from the extraordinary family also felt dazzled. They regarded Wei En and the others as their respective captains or senior family members, and lowered their heads nervously, not daring to say anything. neglect.
"Now, can we go in?"
"Of course, of course, you, please come in!"
Wei En signaled to Ronan, who was still a little confused and didn't know what was going on, and then led Tina directly through the high wall and entered this city-state controlled by pirates.
When they disappeared from everyone's eyes, these people woke up from a dream. They looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
"Just now I seemed to see..."
"Shut up, you didn't see or hear anything, get out of here!"
The pirate guard with a scar on his face waved his hand fiercely at the people around him, "If you don't leave, I will notify the guards in the city-state!"
"Let's go, let's go, let's go!"
These people only felt that there were a few figures missing from their minds. They had come to their senses after being scolded, remembered what they had to do, and hurriedly passed through the high wall doorway.
"Elderhead, who was it just confirmed?"
"Who is it? Ulachi, please don't harm me!"
"Um."
The two pirate guards communicated briefly, and then, as before, stared at those who wanted to enter the city-state, gradually forgetting the scene they just saw, only a line of scrawled writing remained on the registration book - Renner German number, captain Wei En, second officer Ronan.
On the second floor of Alexey's Gold Tavern not far from them, a figure dressed as a sailor stood quietly at the window and witnessed everything that happened at the entrance to the city-state.
"Sure enough, it's here..."
The slightly cloudy eyes of the figure narrowed slightly, and after muttering something to himself, the figure disappeared in a flash, as if he had never entered the tavern, without attracting anyone's attention.
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In a stormy sea area far away from Alexei Island, thick clouds shrouded the area, lightning and thunder continued to accumulate, and strong winds raged.
But the strange thing is that under such celestial phenomena and sea breeze, there is not a single wave on the entire sea surface. It is as calm as a pool of stagnant water without a trace of ripples.
Looking from a distance, in the dim central area, a blurry black shadow stood above the sea, moving slowly with the movement of clouds.
Regardless of whether it was a deep-sea aberration, a deep-sea monster, or an island in front of it, it gradually disappeared as the clouds shrouded it, turning into calm sea water, as if it was wiped out from there.
At this time, on the island, amid the dim fog, a dilapidated house like one in the Laos neighborhood was in the center of the island.
Several tall oak trees surrounded both sides of the dilapidated house. From time to time, a figure shrouded in black robes drove a black carriage and slowly stepped out from under the oak trees, as if there was a door under the old bark. for them to travel through.
A varying number of exquisite pyramids were hung on the outer edge of the carriage. They collided with each other as they swayed, making a crisp sound of jingling bells, bringing a touch of life to the dark and lonely atmosphere here.
As the carriage stopped in the open space outside the dilapidated house, two tall and thin figures walked out of the house. They knelt down respectfully on the side of the black-robed man on the carriage and raised their hands high. He asked the driver, who was shrouded in black robes, to take down the small pyramid and put it on the tray.
After a while, the pyramid was filled with trays.
Then, the tall and thin figures stepped aside and uttered a few Gonzalez notes in a vague voice, "Forty-three."
"fifty two."
"Lord Mesa, bring back ninety-five 'Garmendia's Dreams'."
The man in black robe tilted his head slightly, his eyes fell on the tray, as if checking it, then he pulled up the reins again, controlled the carriage to drive towards the oak tree on the other side, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"...On the south coast of the Northern Continent, dozens of great wizards appeared in groups of three, exploring outwards with Greymi Island as the center. Currently, three 'Garmendia's Dreams' have been found and devoured by them. "
"The same goes for the west coast of the East Continent, but the one who took action was the Mysterious Spiritual School, and they also found two. According to the exploration of the Mysterious Monks there, the two 'Garmendia's Dreams' appeared in the Northern Continent the next day. "
"So, the people targeting our Twilight Sect now are ghosts?"
"Judging from the information currently available, they are indeed those shameless lunatics."
Several people in black robes were sitting in a conference room on the second floor of a dilapidated house. Their bodies were thin, their faces and bodies were wrapped with brand new golden cloth strips, revealing only a pair of cold eyes without any emotion.
"Ghost...did they find anything?"
"should."
"I wonder, who told them, or what were they trying to do?"
"Engelbert, don't have any illusions. Our arrangement at sea should have been exposed. But I didn't expect that the first one to strike was not the hateful scum of the Eternal Life Society, but the ghosts!"
The leader, who was wrapped in golden cloth like the others, held a golden scepter. After listening to their conversation quietly, he said, "I understand."
"What should we do now? Only one percent of 'Garmendia's Dream' has been recovered so far. If the ghost and the occult school continue to do this, I'm afraid our plan will also be affected."
"Yes, Engelbert, you are the person in charge selected by the great master of truth and killing. I believe you know better than us the consequences of failure in that matter."
"I said, I understand." The leader, who was shrouded in golden cloth, looked at everyone sitting here coldly, "Or do you have a better way?"
"Now we first need to determine how much those crazy ghosts know!"
"Is it important?"
"It's very important! Engelbert, if they really decide to destroy our arrangements in the entire Cordo Sea, they are the enemy!"
"When dealing with the enemies of the great true master, let them feel the pain!"
"Since that incident in the middle of the Third Era, we have almost never had direct enemies with various schools. You should know the reason, right?" asked the leader, Engelbert.
"So, you're going to let them do their damage?"
"Of course not!" Engelbert shook his head slightly, "As you just said, find out their purpose first."
"There is also the Eternal Life Society. Their movements there have been much quieter recently. I suspect they are also aware of our plan."
"Them? If they know now, the situation will be even worse."
"Isildar, you are responsible for detecting the madmen in Ghost. Agni, you know how to deal with the Eternal Life Society, and you will be in charge there. And Sigel..."
Engelbert gently stroked the golden scepter, "The Araniga's movement is too slow. Is Suad still worried?"
"Yes!" The man named Sigel turned his head to look at him stiffly, "That forbidden object may get out of control at any time, and he has a feeling of fear..."
"Then blow it up!"
"Then……"
Engelbert also looked at him, "Then there is the 'Sea Emperor' Isabello Clijsters."
"It's still some time before it opens."
"Control the Cordo Sea area first. Without the Homecoming, even if some 'Dreams of Garmendia' are lost... no one will be able to affect the progress of the plan."
"Not everyone can enter there!"
"Then this is the arrangement? I'll go talk to those old guys from Ghost?"
"Go ahead and be careful." Engelbert nodded slightly, "It's about the arrangement of the great true master. I hope they can give in, otherwise..."
"The first demigod to die in the Forbidden Era will be the chief dean of the Ghost School, Waclav Samuel Capo!"
"Jiejiejiejie..."
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Within the high walls of the city-state of Alexei Island is a chaotic and dynamic place, full of freedom just like the pirates and extraordinary beings of noble origin who come and go here.
Every stone slab has traces of destruction, like the aftermath of many wars, nakedly reflected in everyone's eyes.
Wei En, Ronan and his group passed through the city's high walls, and the first thing they saw was a bustling street.
There are various stalls on both sides of the street, and pirates loudly sell the goods they plundered from the waters of Cordo, ranging from sparkling gems, precious spices, to all kinds of strange weapons and equipment.
Most of the people coming and going were wearing long robes, or wearing half-length hoods over neat and exquisite formal dresses, giving the impression of hiding one's ears from others.
"This is the largest black market within thousands of kilometers of nearby sea."
Ronan followed Wei En closely, remembering the scene here, and introduced: "Those stalls may not be big, but there are very few fakes on them."
Wei En understood what he meant. For the pirates, it was better to rob one more merchant ship than to go to all the trouble of making false claims.
From the vicious threats and provocations coming from some of the bargaining parties around, you can know that there are no so-called rules for transactions here. What is required is strength, courage, and financial resources.
"Damn it, this is the booty I fought so hard to snatch from the mouth of the monster in the deep sea. It's worth a thousand gold pounds. How dare you say that it's only worth a penny?"
"Sell it? No, let's go."
"Sell!"
Of course, although there are no fakes, there are indeed some tattered things that I don’t know where they came from...
Relatively speaking, the architectural planning of the entire Alexei city-state is quite rigorous. From the outside to the inside, there are the trading area, the shop area, the garrison areas of various pirate groups, and the unique garrison of the Black Pearl in the center—— A square area the size of Krems Cathedral!
After passing through this trading area, we arrived at the so-called shop area.
Wei En's frown straightened out. It was really hurting his ears from the various noisy sounds pouring in from the trading area.
Compared to the trading area behind, the blocks where the store area is located are much quieter.
Although we are also in this city-state controlled by pirates, the pavement here is cleaner and the people coming and going are not as cautious as in the trading area outside.
From the expressions on their faces, you can generally believe that the safety here is guaranteed to a certain extent.
"Captain, the repair shop is at the end of this block. It is an industry owned by the Jimenez family and has many experienced old shipwrights."
"Um."
Wei En looked at the surrounding shops and found them novel.
Although this place does not have as complicated rules as the city-state of Custer, in terms of the business itself, the items sold are wider than the alley deep in the Basil neighborhood.
There are not only the clanking blacksmith workshops, but also the apothecary workshops that sell magic potions, and there are also some shops with wizard school marks on the door.
Um?
Wayne stopped outside a workshop and looked at the black fire symbol hanging on the door.
"There is actually a shop where the ghost belongs..."
PS: There will be more updates tomorrow and the weekend after tomorrow.
(End of chapter)
