chsdbacks Chapter 530 Target: The Sea of Mist
Chapter 530 Target: The Sea of Mist
Chapter 530 Target: The Sea of Mist
"Crackling..."
In the middle of the ocean, a wrecked sailing ship was burning. The cratered deck was littered with the corpses of pirates. Their leader, "Mad Captain" Connors Victor, had been cleaved in two, his blood and entrails spilling everywhere.
The culprit behind everything, Luzer's sailors, are searching the ship. Under the command of Boatswain "Sea Serpent" Walter, they rescued the natives from the lower decks and brought them to the deck.
As the sea breeze blew, and seeing that their compatriots were among those who had rescued them, the indigenous people gradually came to their senses. Their expressions and reactions varied; some cheered with joy, while others wept bitterly. An indigenous boy was crying loudly, embracing a dead middle-aged woman, and occasionally speaking in the local indigenous language.
That's his mother.
Philia, also a native of the island, understood her words and a look of sympathy appeared on her face. "Her mother was killed by pirates on the ship..."
Other indigenous sailors also showed reluctance.
"Alright! Quiet down, all of you!" Walter, the "Sea Serpent," raised his voice and shouted in fluent indigenous language, immediately drowning out the natives' voices and making them look over in fear.
"We are the fleet of Alexander Gascoigne, the Blood Lord."
Walter said, "We've come to fight against Rune and save you! You're saved!"
"You can come aboard with us, and we'll take you home. We're also recruiting crew members with excellent benefits. If you'd like to join us, you can stay..."
On the opposite "Hindus," Luze watched the "Sea Serpents'" sermon from afar through the captain's cabin window. He saw that most of the natives were timid and hesitant, but a few had angry glints in their eyes, indicating that they wanted to join them.
He observed for a while longer before turning his attention back to the nautical chart on the table. The chart was covered with densely packed lines that intersected and stretched from the Sunia Sea, across the Southern Continent and the Raging Sea, finally ending in the Misty Sea.
During this period, Lu Ze did two things:
First, he used the intelligence from "Lieutenant General of Disease" to track down the relevant personnel and successfully killed a group of witch cult members and peripheral organizers.
Secondly, whenever he arrived at a new location, he would summon the key to the "Black Throne" to collect directional information. Since members of the Witch Cult were scattered throughout the Sunia Sea, he successfully drew numerous radial lines on the nautical chart.
That's about it...
Lu Ze thought to himself, then picked up a pen.
"Swish, swish."
He carefully moved the pen tip, casting shadows on the overlapping areas. Gradually, an area stood out due to the repeated layering of the ink.
This area is located in the middle of the Misty Sea, in the waters between the islands of Aloka and Easter Island.
"The Sea of Mist...?"
Lu Ze frowned.
Russell's diary does mention that he once led his fleet to explore the depths of the Misty Sea and even saw an abyss or something... It seems understandable that he left his flagship to roam in that area.
"Thump thump thump".
As he was pondering this, footsteps approached, and First Mate Anderson entered the captain's cabin.
"Captain, you were looking for me?"
He poked his head in and asked with a grin.
"Okay," Lu Ze nodded, "You can come in first."
When Anderson walked in, he simply pushed a slip of paper over and handed it to him. The latter took it, puzzled, and opened it to find a few lines of text:
Sequence 4, Iron Knight.
Main materials: Core of the Magma Giant, Disaster Stone.
Additional materials: 80 ml of boiling lava, 20 g of plant powder contaminated by the Disaster Stone, 20 g of soil soaked in soldiers' blood from a large battlefield, and one acorn.
Promotion Ceremony: Assemble a team of at least thirty people, cultivate deep camaraderie among them, help them grow stronger and more coordinated, able to understand each other through eye contact and gestures, becoming almost one. Then, they will perform the ceremony. The higher the team's strength and coordination, the better the ceremony's effect.
"this.."
Anderson glanced at the note casually at first, but was quickly stunned by the words on it: "This is... the Hunter's Path Sequence 4 potion recipe and advancement ritual!"
He strained with all his might to look away and return his gaze to Lu Ze. "Captain, what are you doing?"
Although Lu Ze had promised to give it to him before, his own contribution was clearly insufficient, so why was it given to him today without any warning?
To be honest, he really wanted it, but Lu Ze gave it to him so readily that it made him feel a little uneasy.
"Consider this an advance payment to you."
Lu Ze smiled, then his expression turned serious. "Anderson, I'm going out on my own. During this time, you'll be in command of the fleet. Continue with these tasks: intercepting slave ships, freeing natives, and recruiting people."
"...Captain, are you serious?"
Anderson looked at him with suspicion and asked him several times before finally confirming that Luzer was not joking.
"But Captain, we have so many enemies. If you leave, I, a mere Sequence 5, can't handle them all," he said with a wry smile. "Our fleet's overall strength depends on you. If you leave, I alone won't even be able to fight against the other pirate generals."
Lu Ze didn't explain what he was going to do, and he wisely didn't ask, but simply explained his difficulties clearly.
"That's easy."
Lu Ze said, reaching out to grab his left arm.
"Sizzle!"
With a sickening tearing sound, he ripped the arm off and threw it to the ground. The arm began to writhe as soon as it hit the ground, quickly transforming into a flesh puppet identical to himself.
"Buzz!"
Lu Ze's eyes turned gold, he muttered a few words, and touched the puppet's forehead with his finger.
The latter's previously dull eyes quickly became lively, and he coldly surveyed his surroundings.
"He can probably exert the strength of a Sequence 5, and his usual words and actions are no different from mine."
Lu Ze said, then took out another talisman made of flesh and blood, which emanated a distinct demigod aura. He stuffed the talisman into the puppet's clothes, further enhancing his imposing presence and making him look quite convincing.
"Also, I'll leave you a few more magical items. With those, you should be able to handle things."
He then tossed "Riverd's Desperate Cry" and Horace's Black Iron Gauntlet to the other man, saying, "If things get really urgent, destroy that flesh and blood talisman. I'll sense it immediately and rush back as soon as possible."
"I'll be back as soon as possible."