"Lord Todd, our losses are too great!" a papal knight said worriedly, looking at dozens of corpses covered in white cloth.

The latter nodded, looking at the frozen ground sprinkled with blood under his feet, and his heart palpitated.

The knight came closer and lowered his voice: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for Father Paul to deal with it." ”

Knowing that the other party was kind-hearted, Tod was sincere and full of gratitude: "Thank you for the reminder, I will find a way to ......"

The knight patted him on the shoulder and walked away.

Glancing at Huggins, Todd grimaced and walked over to the place where the prisoner was being held.

Of the ten pirates who were captured, except for the unconscious Sakru, who was tied up in rice dumplings, the remaining nine were tied to a tree. Blood clotted their hairs together, and the cold wind blew their wounds bloodless.

According to the keepers, these pirates were cooperative, and if it weren't for the prolonged hunger and fatigue, which caused them to gradually lose their strength in the later stages of the battle, the Church's troops might have suffered even greater losses, and naturally there would not have been so many prisoners.

Todd stood in front of a young pirate and said, "What's your name?"

The other party didn't seem to have the slightest intention of cooperating, his throat was inhaled, his tongue was curled, his mouth was opened, and a mouthful of thick phlegm was spit on the monk's face, and a series of actions were completed in one go.

A foul smell of "canned Swedish herring" came to my face.

Nearly throwing up all the overnight meal, Todd hurriedly wiped his face clean with his sleeve and moved his body back a bit.

Seeing this, the keeper shouted and cursed, and at the same time raised a stick, stuck it in the wound of the captive, and stirred it so vigorously that the pirate screamed loudly.

Reaching out to stop the violence, Todd looked at the beard fluff that had just grown on the other man's chin, and said again, "Can you understand the 'lingua franca'?"

The young pirate remained silent, but the roll of his eyes made the monk realize that the communication between the two should be fine.

"I know you are not afraid of death. The monk's praise made the captive's chin raise proudly, but the other party's next words made the pirate's heart fall into an ice cellar: "But in this world, there are too many things that are more feared than death. For example, I can kill all of your companions and return their corpses to the Grey Skull, claiming that you were ambushed because someone had informed you. You might as well think about what they will do when they see that you are the only one missing?"

The threat of a logical loophole is a mere layer of window paper that can be broken at the slightest hint of a stab to the sophisticated man, but it is a difficult knot for young people who are just starting out and only know how to compete.

Todd patted his sleeve, looked at the dejected young man, and said slowly, "Let's start all over again, what's your name?"

“...... Gantt. ”

......

When Todd finished asking his own questions and left the captive. The guards of the militia group watched the monk's distant figure and whispered.

"Have you ever heard a rumor?"

"What?"

"Someone in the tavern is saying that the ancient Tairo Empire has left a lot of treasure on an island to the north. ”

"Treasure, I think you're crazy trying to get rich. ”

"No, no, no, I didn't believe it at first, but I remembered this incident when Lord Todd interrogated the captives and repeatedly asked about the topography of the Northern Islands. ”

The militiamen looked at each other, and for a moment no one was silent.

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The Church's convoy escorted the captives, collected their bodies, and set out on their way back to the camp.

Todd politely declined the request for an escort, and when a knight asked him about his plans, he replied with only two words, "Go to sea."

Alfonso de Cavo walked up to the monk as he parted, but it seemed that the other party's purpose was obviously not Todd's, and after a fruitless search, he just gave a simple greeting, took his retinue, and followed the team.

Only then did Todd understand what Huggins' hurried look was for when he left.

Just as the knight in full armor turned to leave, the monk found that on his back, a piece of armor had been damaged and fallen off in the battle just now. I just wanted to step forward to remind the other party, but suddenly found that inside the broken armor, a wriggling figure was crawling slowly under the knight's gray shirt.

Shocked, Todd used his clairvoyance to look at the knight Alfonso's body, and was instantly speechless by the sight in front of him.

A "giant parasite" almost a man tall, like a skeleton, connected to the knight's limbs, protecting his ribcage and firmly embedded in his body.

What the hell is this?!

Todd stood still, waiting for him to come back to his senses, the team had disappeared without a trace, and while thinking about the giant parasite he had just seen, he set off alone in the opposite direction of the Church Guard.

After some thought, the monk found nothing, and in the medical community of his previous life, he could not find a parasite with such a huge body. Remembering his agreement with Huggins, Todd could only put the matter aside in his mind for a while, and used the ability of "speed" to travel all the way west, traveling in less than forty minutes. He could already hear the sound of the waves crashing on the shore, his nose faintly smelled the smell of sea salt, and a thought came to his mind, the sea was about to arrive.

Walking some distance further, a white coastline stretching for kilometers appeared at his feet.

The wide sand is covered with crystalline, fine sand, and stepping on it is like stepping on a soft, comfortable carpet. The sea water of early spring rushes to the feet, cold but refreshing.

"That's what it is...... Twilight West Coast. Todd inhaled the moist air and muttered to himself.

Huggins approached him from one end of the beach, smiling and greeting, "Your show up was much earlier than I expected. ”

Todd couldn't wait to ask, "How is it, did you find it?"

The man made a gesture that everything was fine, led the monk, walked to the bottom of a hidden boulder on the beach, commanded a few helpers who had been waiting for a long time, lifted the covered tarpaulin, and a large warship about 20 meters long revealed its figure. The bow is marked by a statue of a dragon head, the hull is very slender, a large mast is erected in the middle, and a square sail is hung, with a displacement of about 50 tons.

The pirate's cross-sea warship is the most important link in Todd's plan.

Seeing the battleship appear in front of him intact, the monk was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.

In a relaxed tone, Todd asked again, "Where's the goods, has it arrived?"

Huggins pointed to the horse-drawn carriage slowly approaching on the beach, and his words sounded a little hesitant: "All the antique glass you asked for has been shipped, but it is a little different from the plan." ”

Just as the monk wondered, the carriage stopped in front of him, and a petite figure dressed in a monk's robe jumped out of the carriage.

Seeing the other party lift the hood, Todd's eyes straightened: "Karin, how could it be you?!"