"Did you get Benjamin's voyage diary?" Just as Austin took out the notebook, Mariano came out of the wall again. Her tone was a little surprised, and she failed to maintain her previous indifferent persona.
Austin was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this really Benjamin's voyage diary?"
Mariano gave him a complicated look and sighed: "Yes, there is still his breath on it, it is definitely the original version, but I can't see what is written in it, but you must not read it to me. "
Although Austin was a little confused, he nodded and opened his notebook.
On the title page was that familiar sentence, and Austin only paused for a few seconds before turning to the next page.
[August 10, 1906 in the New Calendar, sunny. 】
When he saw the first sentence, Austin frowned. In 1906, there was still one year before Benjamin joined the Royal Navy and sank into the Maelstrom. It seems that this voyage diary just recorded what happened during this critical period, which may explain it. The reasons for the choices Benjamin made in the last year of his life.
[Telemensu is still the same. He met the accordion player Kaka in the Gargoyle Atoll in the morning. He showed great hostility. I asked Mariano, but she didn't know the reason.
My fleet and I are not together, and it took a lot of effort to get rid of that noisy guy. The ownerless ghost ship is always so annoying, but this time I felt something different from him. He seems to be about to sign a contract with some kind of mysterious existence, and wants to willingly kneel on the ground to serve the other party. This is something I have never felt on other ghost ships.
Maybe I shouldn't accept this commission. It makes me very passive. Damn it, this commission actually has the nature of an oracle. Maybe I should listen to Morris's opinion.
But now things are coming to an end. As long as we reach Baie Island, the commission will be over. I hope that guy can fulfill his promise. 】
"Baea Island..." Austin turned back a few pages and found that the writing at the back was blurry and couldn't see anything clearly, and he couldn't help but frowned.
"Our destination is Baie Island." Mariano said abruptly.
Austin was speechless, he was really afraid of what would happen.
"Did Sophia decide this destination?" Austin rubbed the bridge of his nose helplessly, "Speaking of which, didn't you sign a contract with me? Why didn't you discuss the destination with me, and you didn't even tell me."
"You didn't ask me either." Mariano replied confidently, "Although I am fine on the surface, I have not fully recovered yet. There is what I need on Baie Island. Sophia provided this information .”
"Moreover." Mariano changed the topic and looked at Austin with some contempt, "I don't think your current strength is qualified to order me."
"So you ignored my previous calls?"
"Yes, because you are too weak, I will probably harm you if I appear next to you rashly."
"Then why did you sign a contract with me in the first place?" Austin remembered that Oliver said that the ghost ship has a very high vision.
"I am fulfilling the promise I made. God's will cannot be distorted."
Austin was about to continue to inquire, but Mariano did not give him this chance and said: "When you get to Baie Island, if you are lucky, you may be able to find a way to improve your strength."
"What kind of place is Baie Island...?" The island of Baie is not marked on the Royal Navy's standard chart, nor is it on the chart seen in the pirate gold coin illusion.
"A black market, it won't appear on the sea map. You will know where it is by then."
Austin nodded slightly, pointed to the blurry writing at the back of the notebook and asked, "Do you know what this is about?"
After thinking for a moment, Mariano said: "You try activating the artifact. This notebook must be the original, but I don't know what it has gone through."
After hearing this, Austin immediately began to build a notebook in his mind. It would cost nothing to try anyway.
[Benjamin's Voyage Diary records the events that occurred in the last year of Benjamin Doug's life. After reading the entire book, you will obtain Benjamin Doug's treasure. There is no cooldown time. You need to complete the first chapter to unlock the follow-up. After activation, the holder has one year left in his life. The effect will be released after reading the entire book. 】
Austin exhaled and looked at the brown notebook in his hand seriously. This time he was really in trouble.
"Did you do it on purpose?" He tried to suppress the rising anger and make his voice calmer.
"The reason ghost ships can exist in the world is because they still have unfinished missions - from gods or mortals." Mariano answered very calmly.
"Bastard!" Austin whipped out his pistol and fired six bullets at Mariano.
Whether it was a bullet made of magical crystal or an ordinary bullet, it passed through Mariano's body, leaving six bullet marks and a burning mark on the wall behind her - these marks were moving at a speed visible to the naked eye. recover.
"From the moment you first met me, your fate was destined to be this way." Mariano turned around and bent down to pick up the five deformed warheads. "Everyone has his own destiny when he is born in this world. Benjamin has his own destiny, and he tried to resist him, but he seemed to fail, so this voyage diary is in your hands."
"Damn it!" Austin threw the brown notebook out and hit Mariano hard, but was caught firmly by the latter.
"Whether it is struggle or compromise, it is an arrangement of fate and God." Mariano put the warhead on the notebook and stuffed it into the inner pocket of Austin's windbreaker.
"It's ridiculous! Aren't you a renegade? Are you talking to me about fate? Are you talking about gods?" Austin wanted to grab Mariano's shoulders, but missed.
Mariano's expression suddenly became like Sophia's, cold and emotionless: "How do you know that your betrayal is not God's arrangement or your own fate?"
Austin wanted to say something else, but this sentence was stuck in his throat.
"Accept fate, and then drown with your own regrets." Mariano waved her left hand, and the picture of the captain's room appeared on the wall again. At this time, Sophia was curled up on the bed and shaking slightly, as if she was enduring something, "This is The rules of survival in this sea, even if humans climbed onto land in distant antiquity, the fate in their genes cannot be changed."
Mariano did not continue because she remembered that resolute back.
Benjamin, did you succeed? Since Austin got this voyage diary, you must have failed, right?
Austin looked at Mariano's back and couldn't help but feel a sense of decadence in his chest. He leaned against the wall and slowly fell to the ground.
"You haven't even opened the next chapter, don't you want to see Benjamin's tragic struggle?" A familiar voice sounded in his mind, but Austin only felt exhausted now and did not answer the question.
The Mariano Traitor was moving quickly in a certain direction, unaffected by what was happening on the ship.
Austin sat on the ground all night. After the dawn sunshine illuminated his bloodshot eyes, he slowly stood up holding the wall, walked to the window, and took out the brown notebook expressionlessly, Gently caressing its cover.
Without opening it or throwing it into the sea, Austin put the sailing diary back into the inner pocket of his windbreaker, then took out the five twisted warheads inside and threw them into the sea.
Half an hour later, Austin appeared on the deck and saw Sophia with her eyes closed to feel the sunshine.
"What will we do when we get to Baie Island?" Austin asked flatly as he walked to Sophia.
"Find Pirate Bills. She stole my soul from the Poseidon Church and sent it to the black market. We have to find him, and then find the Poseidon Church where my body is."
This may be the longest sentence Sophia has said in the past two days, and Austin suddenly came up with this idea.
"Don't you know the exact location?"
"After leaving the body, my soul has no ability to perceive the outside world. My memory only starts from the moment Beers succeeded in stealing. The memory at the beginning is very vague and there are no clues."
Austin nodded and asked again: "Where is Baier Island? I think we should make some preparations in advance."
"Come on." Sophia raised her chin slightly, and Austin realized that she was not simply basking in the sun.
A black spot appeared on the sea level in the distance, and then the black spot gradually stretched, and pirate ships visible to the naked eye began to appear around the Betrayal Mariano. Austin initially estimated that there were at least 20 ships, and their targets were similar to Mary. Anu agreed, it was the black spot that was still gradually expanding in the distance.
Gradually, Austin was able to see some of his structures clearly, and found that they were stacked houses and various alchemical power sails, at least hundreds of them.
Austin had a glimmer of understanding in his heart and asked: "Baea Island is actually a very big ship?"
No one answered, but the answer was already coming.
A huge thing appeared on the sea level in the distance, no less big than Bahar Island. It seemed to be made up of countless houses stacked on top of each other like building blocks, and there were hundreds of them erected high. Masts, and hundreds of alchemically powered sails.
It traveled very slowly, stirring up waves several meters high on the edge of the ship. After dozens of minutes, it gradually stopped, and the pirate ships that had been cruising around climbed on it like fleas, further expanding its reach. scale.
"This is the ship group of the money-worshiping sect. You can also call him Baie Island, or the money-worshiping pirate group." Mariano appeared beside the two of them, "I haven't seen him for more than ten years. I really miss him. "
"Him?" Austin was a little confused.
"The core of Baie Island is a ghost ship named Gary the Money Worshiper." Sophia answered his doubts.
Mariano looked at Austin: "If you want to become stronger in a short time, you can go to him, he will definitely have a way."
While the three of them were talking, a huge firework exploded over Baye Island, completely illuminating the sky that was still slightly dim at dawn. The light of the fireworks formed several large characters.
"Welcome to the sea paradise of Baie Island!"
Austin murmured.
