Chapter 37: The Treasure of the Sea
After the sound of the bubbles popping, Evan found himself back on the deck, kneeling on the ground with his chest heaving and breathing heavily, and it took a while to recover from the suffocation he had just opened.
He shook his head and stood up, only to realize that time had only passed for a moment, and the sailors who were cleaning up the mess next to him did not notice anything unusual in the slightest.
"Poof!"
Evan sat on the deck, his head churning with strange whispers, messages that had been inexplicably transmitted when he had just come into contact with the statue.
"Transcendent Path: Shipwreck mourners (price: never be able to get on land). ”
"Level 1: Water Ghosts. Rituals: 1. Sink at least 100 humans representing the side of the order into the sea with your own hands......"
"Level 2: Ship Binding Spirit. Rituals: 1. Personally command the sinking of at least three ships representing the side of order, and sacrifice all crew members ......"
"Level 3: Shipwreck mourners. Ceremonies: ......"
"Treasures of the Sea: A Tribute to the Shipwreck. Each time you sink an Order side ship, your own ship will receive a bonus based on the strength of the enemy ship destroyed. ”
It took a few minutes for Evan to digest the information in his head, and at the same time to understand why Becky One-Eyed was openly attacking the warship, without caring about provoking the nerves of the navy.
If he was an ordinary person who had not been exposed to extraordinary power in the slightest, Ewen would not be able to resist the temptation of this secret treasure of the sea.
After all, you don't need qualifications or hard work, as long as you can achieve the rituals it requires, you can successfully transform into a powerful transcendent, it's like pie in the sky!
But he is already the pinnacle of probationary knights, and he has Uncle Gell to escort the promising Aven in the navy, but he can't look down on this strange path that is very likely to become a monster.
Just by looking at the one-eyed Becky, who has been transferred to a second-level "ship binding spirit", the appearance of no human or ghost, Aven felt numb all over, not to mention that he had become like that!
"Unless I'm crazy....."
Maybe at the cost of never being able to go ashore, you can get not weak strength, but "strength is a matter of a while, and handsomeness is a lifetime thing!"
For this wise saying, Ai Wen deeply agreed.
On top of that, this path is incomplete, and can only reach level 3 at the top, which is dwarfed by the path of knights, which can lead up to level 4.
Although it was strange why this thing that was supposed to belong to the one-eyed Betsy was in the hands of the witch doctor, Evan was not bothered. But I didn't dare to touch this strange sculpture again, so I found a wooden box, stuffed it with straw, and put it in.
Looking back, the sailors on both ships had cleared the battlefield, not a single pirate prisoner remained, and almost no pirates at sea would surrender.
Because although the countries of the continent have different efforts to develop the seas, their attitudes towards pirates are the same, well, at least under the pressure of the church.
As long as it can be proved that he is a pirate, or has engaged in piracy, he will be hanged without trial (unless, of course, there is a legal privateering license).
In Aven's view, it is no different from a financial oligarchy that occupies a monopoly position and fights against rivals.
There was nothing to do with himself, so Evan simply sat down and waited for Gell to come back.
Grunt... Grunt...
From the moment he entered the water with Becky One-Eyed, the sea water under the ship seemed to be boiling, and from time to time there was a muffled sound and a huge splash.
However, Evan has full confidence in Uncle Gehr, especially after receiving information on the stone carving about the transcendent path of the "shipwreck mourners", which is a path that can only be used to its full power if it cooperates with his own ship.
The Silverwing arrived just in time, and while Becky One-Eyed had unlocked it, his pirate ship had not yet been transformed by sacrifice. On his own, he could never be an opponent of Uncle Gehr, who was at the peak of knighthood.
The battle ended sooner than Evan had imagined!
It's just the time that Aven has had to deal with that strange stone carving.
The roar from the bottom of the water had become more and more rapid, mixed with the screams and roars of various aquatic creatures, but this phenomenon only lasted for a short time before everything fell silent.
"Bang!"
A humanoid creature with twisted limbs burst out of the water and slammed into the deck beside Aven like a rag with a loud bang.
Then another figure followed, but landed very lightly.
Seeing Ai Wen and the wooden box beside him, Geer asked with great interest, "Little Ai Wen, is this the loot you collected?"
Gehr's tone was very relaxed, and it seemed that the trouble that the one-eyed Betsge had caused him before was nothing. As he spoke, white vapor bubbled out of his body, and his soaked military uniform instantly returned to dryness.
"Your Excellency, Honorable Captain, you'd better come and take a look at this, I think this thing should be handled properly. "Evan didn't have the ease of Geer, and he almost fell on this thing, and he desperately wanted to throw this hot potato out.
Of course, it would be nice to wait for the potato to cool down and let him take another bite.
Fortunately, he is also a person with a backer! He is fully qualified to take a bite.
Gehr knew that Evan was not the kind of reckless hairy boy, and his face became serious when he heard this.
"Everyone collects the loot and hands it over to the chief officer for statistics, and then stands by in place!"
"Yes, Your Excellency!"
After turning around and instructing the crew of the Silverwing to scavenge for the weapons themselves, Gehr personally picked up the wooden box and walked into the lower cabin of the pirate ship.
What could have been so solemn for Evan was clearly not suitable for research on an undisguised deck.
Evan followed.
......
in the cabin.
Seeing Gehr's hand lightly open and stick to the stone carving, Ai Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and once again felt the gap between himself and the true transcendent level. The strange stone carving that almost planted himself on his heel was like a docile domestic dog under Gehr.
"Sure enough, it's a secret treasure of the sea!" opened his eyes, and Gehr, who had always been serious, couldn't help but show joy.
Although it has serious flaws, the secret treasure of the sea is the secret treasure of the sea, and its value is incalculable. As for the transcendent path that Evan had thought about for a while, Gehr simply abandoned it and didn't even look at it.
"Uncle Geer, I also received the message it transmitted before, but what is the secret treasure of the sea?"
Gehr first glared at Ai Wen, who had just discovered the abnormality of this thing when he came into contact with it personally, and it was no wonder that Ai Wen reminded himself to be careful before, and said with some fear:
"Don't touch this weird thing in the future, wait for me to deal with it. This is not a simple sea treasure, there is actually an evil spirit lodged in it.
If you hadn't been able to break free from the evil spirit's illusion in time, you might have drowned. If you're lucky this time, can you be lucky every time?"
"Evil spirits?"
Only then did Ai Wen really realize the danger before, if it weren't for the data vision to monitor his physical and mental condition at any time, he would have been a tragedy this time.
He also knew that Gehr was for his own good, and repeatedly promised that he would not be reckless and touch weird things next time.
"Although it is not directly exposed, its existence cannot blind a truly transcendent being. ”
Seeing that Ai Wen had a good attitude, Geer's face softened, and he told him the legend about the secret treasure of the sea.
"Legendary ....."