"Hey, who are you? Are you approaching here and trying to steal my gold?"
Montblanc Couriquette looked at the guy approaching here, who looked like a legendary devil. He was brave and was not frightened by the appearance of others. He picked up the blunderbuss pistol and aimed it at the ruined house. , and questioned him directly.
"Is there really gold here?"
Wu Ke raised his hand to show that he had no ill intentions.
"I am a treasure hunter. I heard that there is a legendary land of gold here, so I came here specifically to look for gold treasures.
Of course, if this treasure already belongs to the owner, then I myself will not do anything to steal it. "
"Golden Land?!"
Montblanc Couriquette was stunned for a moment, but he noticed the "Rolando Travels" in Wu Ke's hand, and his alert eyes softened slightly.
"So, did you come here because you believed the legend about the golden land of Shantora described in "Rolando's Travels"?"
Montblanc Couriquette asked, having already put down the blunderbuss in his hand.
"Yes."
Wu Ke nodded, put down his hand, and showed the front of the "Rolando's Travels" book that Robin gave him.
However, in addition to the title "Rolando's Travels", there is another comment written in red letters on the book, which is "The Big Liar".
Looking at the red letter "The Great Liar" on the book, Montblanc Couriquette twitched his eyes twice, took a deep breath and said: "If you are looking for the legendary Golden Land, I'm afraid this idea will fail!"
"Why, isn't there a golden land here?"
Wu Ke asked.
"No, there is a golden land here, at least I personally firmly believe that it exists."
Montblanc Couriquette said.
"But the real Golden Land is probably no longer on land."
And then, he said again.
"Where is that?"
Wu Ke looked at the man opposite who seemed to be a local aborigine and couldn't help but ask.
"Under the sea."
Kuriket didn't hide anything and answered directly.
"Can I ask, why are you willing to say these things to me, a stranger you just met?"
Wu Ke was a little curious. He came here after finding out that the other party was the only living person on the island. He was going to inquire about the situation of the Golden Country with the other party. He thought that there would be some communication problems with the other party, but he did not expect the person opposite him. The fact that he was so cheerful showed what he wanted to find out.
"Because of what you have in your hands."
"What's in my hand?"
Wu Ke looked at the "Rolando Travels" in his hand, wondering if the book Robin gave him was a key to unlocking the treasure, and the man opposite was actually the person guarding the treasure.
"Mont Blanc Rolando is my ancestor, but he is regarded by the world as a big liar who deceives the world and steals his reputation. However, our family firmly believes that our ancestor did not lie.
Well, at least in the Montblanc family generation, I am the only one who firmly believes so.
And if you are willing to believe that my ancestors came here to find the treasures of the Golden Land, then you are my friend Montblanc Couriquet.
Although I cannot share with you the gold I have found, I can share with you the information about the Golden Land that I have discovered during my many years here. "
Kuriket said, and he said this not only to Wu Ke, but also to all the other explorers and treasure hunters who came here because they read the travel stories of his ancestors and were willing to believe in the existence of the Golden Land.
Unfortunately, although he was willing to share information about the Golden Township, most of the explorers and treasure hunters who persisted in exploring the existence of the Golden Township would eventually give up because of long-term fruitless searches.
Some people would even angrily curse before leaving, "Rolando is a big liar, and his descendants are also big liars", something like this.
surmise
It is estimated that the gold he claimed to have found in the sea was a big scam directed and performed by himself. The purpose was to attract others to come and "clear the name" of his ancestors who were also swindlers through deception.
Over time, no one came to this old site on Gaya Island, except for some thieves and pirates who wanted to get the gold in his hands.
"This is the situation. You are the only treasure hunter who has come to me in the past two years. I can provide you with some help, but it is limited to the information I know about the Golden Land. Other than that, I will not do anything for you. You pay more, because after you get nothing, you may wantonly criticize me, saying that I am worthy of being the descendant of a big liar.”
Kuriket's words were straightforward, an important lesson he learned after arguing with many people to no avail.
As long as you don’t expect anything, you won’t be disappointed. As long as you don’t pay too much, you won’t lose much from others.
In her life of firmly believing in the deeds of her ancestors, Montblanc Couriquette has already developed a set of Ah Q spiritual methods to resist external harm.
"So, you just want to clear the name of your ancestor Rolando, and you are not going to compete with me for the ownership of the legendary treasure of the Golden Land?"
Wu Ke asked.
"If you can help me clear my ancestor's name and he is not a big liar, then not only will I not snatch the treasure of Golden Land from you, but I will also give you all the gold treasures I have salvaged from the bottom of the sea over the years. .”
Curiket laughed twice and said, rather than digging out the treasure to clear away the name of the ancestors as a big liar, proving to the world that Montblanc is not a liar family, and preventing future generations of Montblanc from living in [Look, that is a big liar] The child of a liar family], [His ancestor was a big liar, so he must also be a little liar] In the shadow of words like this, this is the most important thing.
"Okay, if I find the Golden Land, I will definitely help you clear your name."
Wu Ke nodded, and in Montblanc Couriquet's sight, he walked to the coast not far away and jumped directly from the small cliff.
"?!"
Montblanc Couriquette hurriedly ran over to check, and found that in the ocean below, except for the rolling waves hitting the rocks, there was no trace of the man just now.
"This is too tough. You didn't bring any underwater weapons with you, so you just went into the sea to hunt for treasures. Do you really think you are a sea king? Aren't you afraid of some carnivorous marine beasts?"
Montblanc Couriquette felt a little sore, but he had already gone into the sea in the morning, and his physical strength had not yet fully recovered, so it was impossible for him to follow.
[Forget it, just wait here for a while. If the other party is swept back by the current, becomes exhausted, or is attacked and injured by sea creatures, it might be helpful to lend a hand. 】
Although he knew that the probability was very small, and that if something went wrong in the sea, he might die without a burial, Kulikat still sat down on the coast.
[An app that has been running stably for many years, comparable to the old book-chasing tool, used by all old bookworms.
Ricket: "..."
Looking at the huge gold nugget in Wu Ke's hand, and then thinking about the dozen or so gold items that he had been looking for for many years, he suddenly felt like a fool.
But one thing is certain, the other party is probably not bragging. He really searched the seabed near Gaya Island, and... "found nothing"? !
At least, the real Golden Land Shandora has not been discovered by him.
"I can assure you of this, there is absolutely no gold item under the sea in the nearby sea area!"
"Three tons of gold is already a lot, and there are at least a thousand gold items melted into it. If you put it in other places, you can barely say that in Golden Township."
"Your ancestor Rolando is definitely not a liar, but you also know that there are exaggerated descriptions in this world. Coupled with the fact that rumors are spread, it is not surprising that the legend of the Golden Land appears."
Wu Ke comforted the devastated man and vowed to help him and clear the name of his ancestor Rolando.
Rolando is not a liar, at most he is exaggerating. The reason why the so-called Golden Land cannot be found by the world is because it was created four hundred years ago due to unknown reasons, possibly due to stratigraphic changes. It sank into the sea.
"No, my ancestor Rolando is by no means an exaggerator. Let me show you his voyage diary. Although it is not the original, it is also a copy of the records passed down from generation to generation in our family. The description in the log above is basically based on Not coming out is an exaggeration.”
"Rolando's Travels" has been adapted and revised, and some additional stories have been added by others. However, the folded manuscript taken out by Curiket is a copy of the logbook passed down by the Montblanc family. It is said that it is Some unwilling descendants of the Montblanc family, from more than 400 years to today, have specially kept records in order to clear their ancestors' names of liars one day in the future.
Of course, more than four hundred years is too far away for short-lived humans. Until now, only Couriquet in the Montblanc family holds on to this copy of the manuscript.
Wu Ke took it and took a look at it, and found that the descriptions of some events in it were indeed not as subjective and exaggerated as in "Rolando's Travels". They were more like records of real events, recorded in plain and unpretentious language. What did Rolando encounter during his voyage?
"We came to Gaya Island and met the Sandians who were suffering from tree fever and were about to perform human sacrifices. I stopped the human sacrifice, but was captured by the Sandians, who were preparing to kill us outsiders. People are used as sacrifices..."
"Relying on herbal medicine, I cured the tree fever of the Sandians, and became friends with the Sandians' great warrior Kalgara. In order to thank us for saving our tribe, he also saved the people who should have been killed. The daughter who was used as a sacrifice took us to Shandora, the forbidden land of their clan, and gave us a lot of gold..."
"Later, because I didn't know the traditions of the Sandians, I cut down the trees around their village that were infected with tree fever, but were considered by the Sandians as ancestors' spirits to reside in them, thereby committing a crime against Sandians. The demi-humans were outraged, but thanks to the grace of saving our lives, the Sandians did not harm us and just expelled me and my crew from the island..."
"Before we left, we left the gold that the Sandians had given us. We learned from Kalgara's daughter that what we had done was basically the same as digging up each other's ancestral graves. We really have no shame. Take the gold, and fortunately, the shore where Kalgra ran to in the end loudly told us who had already gone to sea to definitely go back to their island as guests in the future. We know that the misunderstanding about cutting down the trees has been solved..."
"I returned to my country and told others about my voyage. The story of Gaya Island was known to the king. He asked me to lead his army to Gaya Island to find gold for him. I didn't want to do it, but I didn't. Method……"
"Three years later, I set foot on Gaya Island again, but Gaya Island, where the Sandians originally existed, no longer existed, and the so-called Golden Land had disappeared without a trace. The king thought I had deceived him. I was sentenced to death, and the world called me Rolando the Liar. I am sincerely glad that the peace of the Sandians has not
I was broken by my return, but I was also worried about what happened to them who disappeared. "
"April 1st, my execution date, is coming soon. Even though the king said that as long as I admit that I am a big liar, he is willing to forgive me and let me live as a clown in his circus, but I still persist. In my own words, the Golden Land and my sailing stories are real and have been experienced by me personally. I, Montblanc Rolando, am not a liar!"
The wrinkled manuscript records the story from Rolando's personal perspective. Rolando, known as the great liar by the world, did not admit that he was a liar until his death, and that all the deeds he had experienced were fabricated lies.
Being able to defend "lies" with his own life is probably why the descendants of the Montblanc family until now are willing to believe that their ancestor Rolando is not a big liar, because no normal person would do it for the so-called lies. Give your life.
Of course, there are only a few people who will die for the so-called truth. Looking at the manuscript, Wu Ke seemed to be able to see the navigator who was similar to the scholar of O'Hara Island four hundred years ago, facing countless people's abuse before his death. and ridicule, without giving in.
"But I did not find anything suspicious of Shandorla, the Golden Land, on the seabed. Where can this place go?
Well, judging from the broken wall of the house you live in, I can confirm that there was indeed another part of the island here in the past.
Could it be that it drifted away? "
Wu Ke mentioned a possibility.
"drifting?"
Curiket thought of something and her eyes widened suddenly.
"I know, it's a giant upwelling current!"
