75. The smile of the mermaid princess
There is a platform behind the aft building of the 'Slave Trader', usually the minotaur Ruka likes to sit on the platform to fish, although every day he can be seen holding a fishing rod, sitting on the platform quietly looking at the sparkling sea, watching the blue water from under the rudder at the stern of the ship, watching a group of fish who like to eat all kinds of household garbage on the ship keep coming out of the water, revealing a snow-white belly, but it is rare to see him catch a big fish.
The sailors on board did not dare to disturb the honest minotaur on the aft deck, and they remembered very well how Karantso had repaired the two sailors who had teased Ruka, and she had hung them on the mainmast for three days, and if she had not allowed them to climb the mast regularly and give them some water, three days would have been enough to turn them into dry corpses.
Even so, when they were lowered from the mast, their tanned skin had been peeled off again, and all the bones on their bodies had been suspended and dislocated, and the two of them had been lying on the ship for more than a month before recovering.
As a result, the aft deck and the roof of the building were forbidden areas for the Slave Traders' sailors, who would never come here unless they were called.
Ever since Justus came aboard the Slave Trader, Justus' most recent daily favorite thing to do was to fight the Minotaur Ruka on the aft deck, and his body injuries have fully recovered, except for the addiction caused by the 'demon's blood' that haunts him like maggots on tarsal bones, like a nightmare that he can't wake up from.
The diluted 'Shadow Bodies' I provided would have relieved Justus' pain during the onset of his addiction, or at least not make him lose his mind, but they would have done nothing to free him from his addiction.
Justes has recently figured out a way to fight the onset of drug addiction, that is, to constantly improve his strength, enhance his physique, and use a strong body to resist drug addiction, which is a long process of struggle, but it is the most upright way, with the blood of the sea monster, his physique is far stronger than ordinary people, and he has a strong ability to recover and regenerate.
Justes told me that when fighting Ruka, he can squeeze all his physical strength out, and only when the addiction is onset and he is so tired that he doesn't want to move, will Justes suffer the most.
So I took Noah directly to the aft deck to find Justus, and sure enough, I saw him shirtless, holding a copper hammer in his hand, and fighting with the minotaur with a moonblade axe, the minotaur has always occupied the initiative on the field, and his continuous offensive forced Justus to retreat, but Justus is also very resilient, although he was beaten all the way back by the minotaur, but he has not shown defeat.
Noah asked me excitedly, "Jijia, you have found another follower, and it's good that you can hold out under Ruka for so long!"
"Justes isn't my follower, he's ......"
I told Noah about Justes' origins, and the expression on Noah's face became wonderful.
When I say the Soul Horn is probably hidden in the Pirate King's treasure, and...... It is likely that the treasure map seized from Captain Johnny Jones was half of it, and Noah was even more shocked and speechless.
As for whether the half of the treasure map in Captain Johnny Jones' possession was obtained from the Pirate King's eldest son or from Princess Naga, it is impossible to verify at this time. But I'd like Justus to help us identify the authenticity of the half of the treasure map hidden in our hands.
Noah asked me with a strange expression, "So, that soul horn is actually hidden in the Pirate King's treasure?"
I nodded.
Noah leaned in to me and whispered, "Based on what you said, it's likely that we already have half of the treasure map, and the other half is in the hands of the Naga Sea Clan?"
I nodded again.
Noah asked me, "Will this Mr. Justers be able to discern the authenticity of the treasure map, or else show him our treasure map and ask him to help us identify it?"
I smiled at Noah and said, "Actually, that's what I thought." β
Noah and I quickly aligned our minds, and then I walked over to pause the fight between Ruka the Minotaur and Justus.
Seeing me enter the battle circle, the Minotaur picked up the moonblade axe and knocked Justus back, and stopped.
The two of them were sweating profusely, and Justes sat on the deck, his hammer smashing against the wooden deck with a dull sound.
Both of them were tired and out of breath, and the Minotaur Ruka was the main attacker, so the physical consumption was greater, but his physique was much stronger than Justes, and the muscles in his body were constantly burning, and he looked up and saw Noah, and waved his hand to Noah, which was regarded as a hello.
Seeing me, Justes struggled to his feet from the deck and greeted me.
"How are you feeling lately?" I asked him.
Justus knew that I was asking him about his physical condition and about drug addiction, and he said to me: "Fortunately, my body is recovering quickly, and with a powerful Minotaur warrior like Ruka, I will definitely continue to improve, maybe if I become a one-turn fighter, I can resist drug addiction with my own physique." β
"This is my good friend Noah Mensah, and this is Justes......" I introduced Noah to Justus.
"In fact, we met a pirate leader on a nameless island before, he is a slave trader specializing in the sale of Naga Sea slaves, because the portal of Galapagos City was destroyed by Marquis Boris, and the three slave ships he owned were full of Naga Sea slaves, but unfortunately these Naga Sea slaves could not be transported to the imperial capital in the short term, and he could not afford to manage and support this group of slaves for a long time, so he could only drive the ship to the nameless island to refine shark oil. β
Later, I told Justus about what happened to us on Nameless Island.
After listening to my dictation, Justes also scolded indignantly: "Shark oil...... Damn it...... Aren't they afraid of being cursed by the great witches of the Naga Sea Clan?"
I continued: "In view of their ignorance of the edicts issued by the Grand Duke of Mensa, Noah and I killed their captain, Johnny Jones, and co-opted all the slave traders at sea, and after that, we had two five-masted galleons, the Slave Traders and the Shirley, and released all the Naga slaves to the sea......
Justes' eyes lit up when he heard me say Captain Johnny Jones' name, and he took a deep breath and asked me, "Johnny Jones?...... Johnny Jones, you actually killed Johnny Jones?"
Noah and I replied at the same time, "That's right......"
Justes said to Noah and me with a wry smile, "You killed Johnny Jones, but you may not know that he was once a subordinate of the Pirate King, and later supported the eldest son of the Pirate King's wife, until he finally staged a coup d'Γ©tat within the pirates, as if he was in his shadow in everything." β
"We don't know him, but luckily we have captured his ship, which contains a lot of jewels and gold coins and a treasure map in its chamber!"
As he spoke, Noah lowered his head and pulled the treasure map out of his magic pocket, and then unfolded it directly in front of us.
"Ah...... This is the Pirate King's treasure map, and it turns out that the treasure map was actually obtained by Johnny Jones!" Justers only glanced at it with his eyes, and immediately recognized the authenticity of the treasure map, and he leaned over with an excited expression, and picked up the treasure map with trembling hands, so excited that he was a little speechless.
Noah said with a smug face: "Hehe, now this treasure map is in our hands......"
Worried that it was a replica that would be difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake, I asked Justus, "Justus, are you sure this treasure map is really the Pirate King's treasure map?" β
Justes nodded immediately, and said with great certainty: "Of course, if you are careful, you can still find some clues from it, these characteristics can show that this treasure map is real, and the magic parchment used in this treasure map is also very special, although it looks like this animal skin is very ordinary, but this leather is very valuable, this sea beast is very rare." β
Unexpectedly, we actually obtained one of the treasure maps by mistake.
After Justus confirmed that it was a real treasure map, Noah hugged me and cheered loudly, "Jiga, there may be hope that the Pirate King's treasure can be found. β
"After all, half a treasure map is still useless!" I said to Noah.
Originally, I wanted to continue to tell Noah that the other half of the treasure map might be in the hands of the Naga Sea Clan, and I wanted to ask him if there was a way to contact the Naga princess to see if it was possible to buy that half of the treasure map back from the Naga Sea Clan through the Naga Princess.
It is for this purpose that I will use the power of the Xinliu Valley to hunt a large number of sea beasts on the Tidal Island along the way.
The barbarian slaves are afraid of water and can't swim, but for me, the knee-deep water is only up to their ankles for the savages, and when the 'Frost' magic scroll is triggered in large numbers, the entire tidal island will become an Iceland, and the barbarians can stand on the ice of the island and exert great combat power.
But before I could tell Noah, 'The other half of the treasure map may be in the hands of the Naga Sea Clan,' Noah suddenly used a stealthy means to secretly tug at my sleeve, and I immediately closed my mouth in a heartfelt manner.
Later, Noah invited me to be a guest on his ship.
Justs says he wants to continue fighting the Minotaur and is about to become addicted to drugs, and he must drain every ounce of his body.
Noah didn't take me to his ship, but let me fly directly to the Beran on the magic handle, and the Beran stopped quietly beside the 'Shirley', and Noah and I landed on the roof of the ship, and saw Jacques and Joan snuggling side by side, and the two of them were standing at the railing of the roof, chirping and laughing.
Jacques saw me and Noah coming over on the magic handle, and when I jumped off the magic handle, he ran over and gave me a big hug.
"Jijia, it's good to see you, is the trip to Dunai Island going well?"
"Everything was ok. After saying that, I turned to Noah, who had just jumped off the magic handle, and asked, "Noah, do you have something to say to me?"
"Yes, actually, I want to tell you, if I had the means to get half of the Naga Sea Clan's treasure map, would you go crazy with joy?" Noah jumped off the magic handle, immediately ran to Shirley's side, and helped her down from the magic handle.
Noah seemed to want me to jump with excitement.
When he saw me standing aside, he didn't jump up with excitement because of his news, and asked me strangely, "Jijia, why aren't you so happy to hear this news?"
"I thought you'd be so happy!" Noah added.
"How could the Naga Sea Clan be willing to take out that half of the treasure map?" I asked Noah.
Then it immediately occurred to me that perhaps the Naga Hai had come up with harsher conditions.
So I asked Noah again, "Tell me, what kind of conditions did the Naga Hai put forward?"
Noah smiled, and at this time, a huge splash suddenly rose in the pool at the top of the ship, and a beautiful mermaid poked her head out of the pool, her beautiful face was covered with crystal droplets, and her bright eyes like jewels fell on me, and she smiled at me and asked, "Long time no see, Wizard Jiga." β
As her words fell, she propped her hands on the edge of the pool, her body surged upward, and her whole beautiful body came out of the water, a huge cyan fishtail instantly transformed into two snow-white thighs at the moment she left the water, and a light gauze skirt instantly covered her round beautiful legs, Princess Naga stood on the roof like an ordinary girl.
"Hello, Princess Barbara!" I said to Princess Naga.
She wore a beautiful hairpin in her blonde hair and smiled at me.
I don't know what kind of magic she has that makes her turn into legs the moment she leaves the water, but seeing her walk, she is extremely light, and it seems that she has practiced walking on her legs.
Unexpectedly, on this trip to the sea, Noah actually brought the mermaid princess back, and it seems that the mermaid princess has said to Noah that she can exchange half of the Pirate King's treasure map with us...... What the.
"What do you want from Noah?" My heart was tense, and I was very worried that Princess Barbara Naga would make some conditions that we could not accept, so I simply said to her: "You know, even if Marquis Boris's defection is suppressed this time, Noah will not become the patriarch of the Mensa family, and he has no right to meddle in the affairs of the Vasiqi plane. β
I continued, "So maybe we can't agree to all of your requests, but I promise to do my best......"
"Help us ......"
Princess Barbara said to me, but unfortunately I was so focused on talking to myself that I didn't hear what she was saying.
I stopped and looked at her.
At this time, Princess Barbara said to me again, "Can you help us fight the Faceless Ones together?"
"When...... Of course, we have a responsibility to do this!" I said to Princess Barbara.
When I said that, the smile on her face was as bright as fireworks at night.