More than 1,000 members of the main force of the "Hyena Pirates" came to rob an ordinary cruise ship with great vigour.

The minions were still waiting for the captain to go to the banquet hall to negotiate with the fat sheep and make a windfall. But I didn't wait for the good news, but I waited for a shocking news.

Not long waiting, a strong man jumped out of the pirate ship and shouted, "I'm 'Golden Fang' Gulev, if you don't want to die, hurry up and roll to the deck!" ”

And their leader, the top master of dignified sequence 5 [Blood Slaughter Dog], was screwed in the hands of a strong man like a dead dog.

The name of "Golden Tooth" was obviously very prestigious among pirates, and after this voice, although the pirates on the ship jumped for a while, they all obediently went to the deck.

The "Golden Tooth Pirates" harmed by the "Blood Skeleton" were all wiped out, where did Gulev swallow that breath? Now that the little princess has been rescued, he naturally plans to lead the old subordinates to find those guys.

What's more, the "Blood Skeleton" has crisscrossed the Black Sea for so many years, and the accumulated wealth is also astronomical.

People have no windfall and no wealth, and horses have no night grass and no fat.

Anna wanted to keep yelling at Raymond to make up for her wealth, and "robbing" pirates seemed like a good choice.

......

Dealing with pirates, Gulev's gang is familiar with it.

Anna also excitedly followed to count the loot, and she also looked like a "big sister", beckoning Ilya, a girl who had never been on a pirate ship, and a group of people happily ran to loot the surrendered pirates of the "Hyena Pirates".

Raymond didn't go to raise the excitement, so he and the melon-eating crowd on the cruise ship, lying on the railing to watch Golden Tooth and others rob and loot the "Hyena Pirates".

From the mouth of [Blood Slaughter Dog] Edk, Raymond and the others got an interesting thing. That is, the "Blood Skull" and the "Battle Banner", the two top pirates in the Black Sea, have been operating in the fog area three hundred nautical miles southwest of the 'Norman Canyon' for most of the past half year, as if they were looking for something.

Which coordinate also has a special name, which is "Nightmare Ghost".

Raymond didn't forget that Anna had said that there was a relic found by her ancestors in the ghost, which contained a "Devil Fruit" and an "Ancient Weapon".

That place was definitely a "forbidden place" for the natives of the Black Sea, and normally merchant ships and pirates would avoid that area.

But the pirates of "Blood Skeleton" and "Battle Banner" have been wandering in that sea area for months, and this move makes Raymond seem to have some deep meaning, and he is afraid that he has really got some clues. What if those guys happen to find a way to get into the ghost, and it's not their own treasure to be disappointed?

Raymond didn't know that the activities of two large pirate groups there were actually directly related to him...

Of course, that's a story for later.

And it just so happens that the capital ship of the "Hyena Pirates" is a small "predator" of the plundered Tianlan Royal Navy, and its performance is very good. Raymond and the others captured the battleship, and planned to drive it to find trouble with the "Blood Skull", and by the way, to see if they could find the ancient ruins of the "Nightmare Ghost".

.......

After tonight, everyone will go their separate ways.

Raymond and the Golden Tooth went to rob the pirates, and Matthew and the others of the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce prepared to take a cruise ship to the remote sea, which was the rear of the revolutionary army and was safer.

The moon stars are scarce, and the deck is still very lively.

Raymond sensed someone coming and greeted him with a smile, "Judy, you're here?" ”

The moonlight sprinkled on the face of the female swordsman in the power suit, reflecting a delicate and indifferent pretty face.

Judy now has very few words, and has become an elegant and demure girl. Since being taken captive and sold to a slave trader to become a gladiator two years ago, she has become accustomed to the hard life of being accompanied by a sword. Rather than spending time watching the excitement, she prefers to practice swords alone.

Tonight, she will also take a cruise to distant seas.

She knows that this goodbye may not be seen again in this life. Some words, some thoughts, should still have an ending.

"Hmm."

Judy walked over and leaned against the fence as Raymond leaned over, looking out at the pirate ship opposite. After a long time, I sighed: "This farewell, I don't know when the next time I see it." ”

Raymond didn't understand the girl's thoughts, and said seriously: "Probably the next time the revolutionary army attacks the Tianlan royal capital, I will go to the royal capital and set sail from there." If you come, you should be able to see each other again. ”

"Oh."

Judy looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and her beautiful eyes reflected the sparkling waves.

She pondered for a long time, and then plucked up the courage to say again: "Raymond, in the future, you go to the Endless Sea to see Erin and help me say hello to her." You and she are my best friends in life..."

"Hmm."

Raymond nodded. Somehow, he looked at Judy with a certain expectation in his eyes, and asked casually, "Do you want to go to sea with us on an adventure?" ”

"Nope."

Judy shook her head decisively and said, "I don't want to be a drag on you. ”

After a pause, she continued, "If one day my strength catches up with yours... I'm probably going to look for you in the Endless Sea, too. ”

"Oh."

Raymond didn't read the sparkle in Judy's eyes. At this time, he seemed to think of something again, flipped through the package, took out a booklet that had been prepared a long time ago, and said: "Judy-san, this booklet is the swordsmanship of the 'Extreme Dao One Sword Stream' that I have compiled and some of my own kendo understandings. You are also a swordsman, and it may help you..."

"Hmm."

Judy didn't refuse, took the booklet, and held it in her hand. She looked at this farewell gift, and the corners of her mouth suddenly raised an open-minded smile.

Probably, the relationship is just that, further disqualified, take a step back, she is reluctant.

"Thank you for the gift, Raymond... See you soon. ”

She said, turning to leave. Under the moonlight, the crystal tears falling from the corners of his eyes fell like silver.

She didn't turn around, stopped somewhere, just turned her back to Raymond and said, "Raymond, I'm really happy to meet you in this life." ”

Since then, the rivers and lakes have not been seen since.

Many years later, Judy Nelson, the first female swordsman of the Black Sea and the fourth-generation owner of the "Extreme Dao One Sword", recalled this night of separation and admitted that it was the most important turning point in her life. The man rescued her from hell and said goodbye to him, and from then on, she only had kendo in her life, and only focused on kendo.

"Well, Judy, I'm glad to meet you too."

Raymond looked at Judy's departing back, his expression slightly stunned. He shook his head, probably understanding a little, and a complicated wry smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

......

The "Hyena Pirates" were scraped clean.

Jewelry, weapons, antiques, potion materials... Pile up like a hill.

"Wow... Rich, rich! The 'Hyena Regiment' went out to rob, and they all brought so much treasure with them..."

After a while, Anna Qiao's face was full of excitement and she returned to the cruise ship with a satisfied face.

Seeing that Raymond seemed to be "supervising" them to collect the loot, she trotted all the way over and asked coquettishly, "My dear captain, in the future, the treasure plundered by our group will be handed over to your beautiful navigator for safekeeping?" ”

Raymond agreed without even thinking about it, "Oh, okay. ”

Since being rescued, Anna has become more and more affectionate to Raymond, hugging and hugging without the slightest mental baggage. Hearing this, she excitedly put her arms around Raymond's neck, her eyes shining with gold, and confirmed, "Really? ”

This lady of wealth has such an extraordinary enthusiasm for collecting gold coins.

"Hmm."

Raymond nodded, and decided to explain to her the situation of the group's belongings.

Before Anna could rejoice, he changed his words and said, "But I probably don't have much money for you to keep in the short term... Colin Shipbuilding still has a gap of about 100 million gold coins, and it will cost at least tens of millions to buy equipment and materials for testing..."

"Huh? So much? ”

Anna frowned unhappily, looked at Raymond pitifully, and said, "But my dear captain, didn't you promise me back the money you paid for the shipbuilding..."

"Ah... I didn't say no. ”

Raymond thought about it, and said a little tricky, "Anyway, it will take us so long to reach the end of the world, so I'll pay it back slowly... You can rest assured, you will be able to pay it off. ”

finally caught Anna's weakness and grasped a little initiative, and he thought it was interesting to tease her.

But... It turns out that the man is not the best for the woman.

Hearing the words of this scoundrel, Anna stared at him faintly and said, "Such a beautiful and kind Miss Navigator, how can you bear to take advantage of her, captain?" ”

"Where do I dare to take advantage of you..."

Raymond looked at her with more and more unkind eyes, and his heart was faintly empty.

really

"Ahh If you don't pay back, I'll bite you to death..."

Anna didn't give him a chance to snort at all, grinning his little tiger teeth, and biting down with his teeth and claws.

......

Colin wanted to return to the royal capital to continue building ships, and did not follow the road to participate in the robbery and get rich. Aldrich, Judy and the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce took a cruise ship to the rear of the revolutionary army.

Ilya is intrigued by the Nightmare Ghost's ruins, and she clamored to go on an expedition with Raymond. I don't know what Anna said to this girl, the two of them have suddenly become very close since they ransacked the pirates of the "hyena" together.

It's late at night.

Far away on the "Golden Predator", the capital ship of the "Hyena Pirates", the captain's room of [Blood Slaughter Dog] Edk was cleaned up by the servants of the time and became Raymond's room.

The captain's room was quite large, with charts of the Black Sea hanging on the walls, sofas, and tables. There is also a small room with a separate bath.

The room was brightly lit, and a detailed map of the sea area was laid flat on the table.

"Oh my God, how can there be such an accurate 'Nightmare Ghost Map' in this world?"

The first time Anna saw the chart, she was immediately fascinated.

The "Nightmare Ghost" map is the most famous high-level mob area in the Black Sea, where countless shipwrecks have been discovered. Raymond has been brushing monsters there for a long time, so he is naturally very familiar. With his own memory, he drew the safe route that the players had tried countless times to die.

Where there are storms, where there are sea whirlpools, where there are reefs, where there are high-level sea kings... The record is clear.

"It's just amazing... Is this a map drawn by the gods? How can it be marked so clearly..."

Anna used to want to venture into the Nightmare Ghost in order to get revenge on the legendary "Ancient Weapon".

But now that Salo I is dead, the Tianlan regime is about to fall. She hadn't planned to risk her life to explore the ghost again, but when she saw the detailed chart now, she immediately rekindled the idea of adventure.

For a long time, Anna ignored Raymond.

She lay down on the table carefully and studied the chart, and as she looked at it, she was still talking to herself.

"If you have two sea whirls, there should be a whirlwind current... I'm afraid there should be a 'W' shaped reef in this sea area, otherwise the ocean current would not be so strange..."Split elephant sea lions" like cold and live in groups, the temperature of this sea water will be a little lower, the ocean current will flow back in a gourd-shaped shape, and there should be a large number of empty reefs on the bottom of the sea..."

"No matter how strange the sea is, the currents, the wind direction, and the reef must be related and have some kind of regularity... The more complex the environment, the greater the interaction and the more factors need to be considered..."

"There is such a magical and complex current environment in a sea area, no wonder those sea ships enter and leave. The Nightmare Ghost is like a maze of traps specially designed by someone... You see, the ruins that my ancestors found are right in the heart of this ghostly area... This means that if you enter the ghost from any direction, you will not be able to avoid these dangers..."

Raymond listened to her words, and a strange thought flashed through his mind. Could it be that this "nightmare ghost" is really a ban deliberately arranged by a certain power of an ancient civilization?

At this time, the profession of a good navigator is immediately manifested.

Raymond can only see the surface when he looks at the chart, and he doesn't know if the experience in the game is feasible or not.

Although he coveted the treasures and devil fruits in the ruins, he was also worried about the mortal risk. The purpose of taking out this chart in advance is to allow Anna, a professional navigator, to assess the feasibility of the operation.

A nautical rookie like him couldn't understand it, but a professional navigator like Anna immediately figured out the principle of the formation of those strange nautical anomalies on the map as soon as he looked at the marks on the chart. With the map marks drawn by Raymond and her own understanding, she not only added the areas that were not depicted because of Raymond's vague memory.

"Whew~ I've finally finished reading."

Finally, Anna roughly finished reading the entire chart, and she was sure in her heart, and asked curiously, "Huh... How can the sea beasts be so clearly marked on this map? Could it be that there is something else to meaning? ”

“...”

Raymond twitched as he listened. He can't say that as a professional booster, it's good to remember the monster division and refresh time? He used to farm monsters in that sea area and he was about to vomit, and he may not remember anything else, which he will never forget.

He didn't answer this question, and asked directly: "I don't dare to guarantee that the route drawn on this map is safe... Anna, do you think it's necessary for us to go? ”

"Until then..."

Anna didn't answer Raymond's question directly, but squinted slightly, with a fox-like smile on her face, and said, "My captain, can you tell me where your map came from?" ”

Raymond didn't think about it, and said, "A great prophet told..."

Anna glanced at him with a strange look in her eyes and quipped, "Isn't it 'Troubadour' this time?" ”

Raymond: "..."

Anna took a sip and didn't intend to dwell on the issue. From the first day she met, she knew that Raymond still had a lot of secrets.

Picking up on the previous topic, she said, "I have just carefully analyzed the clues marked on the map, plus the information left by my ancestors, and I am sure that this chart is definitely the real chart of the 'Nightmare Ghost'. So... If we really follow that route, we might be able to get in and out of the Nightmare Ghost safely! ”

Raymond's eyes were happy: "Really? ”

Doesn't that mean that he can get the Devil Fruit and its "Ancient Weapon" in the Devil Snake?

"But I'm curious about how the people who drew this safe route did it..."

Anna's eyes flashed with disbelief, "If you want to pass through such a complex sea area, the route has not been tried many times, and it is impossible to draw such a precise and safe route." Could it be that this map was drawn by a miraculous navigator who died and could be resurrected? ”

This is also where she is very strange.

Other seas can be tried a few more times, but the "nightmare ghost" kind of place is extremely sinister. As long as the attempt fails, the adventurer is greeted with death, and there is no chance of a second attempt.

Raymond selectively skipped the question again and asked, "You just said 'maybe'... Does that mean we could still be in danger? ”

After all, it was the real world, and he didn't dare to risk his life and that of his partner.

"Who knows, if you try it?"

Anna smiled lightly and said with great seriousness: "If a navigator doesn't even have the courage to venture into the unknown, then she will never be able to become a real navigator, and she will never reach the end of the world..."

“...”

Hearing this, Raymond showed a solemn expression, obviously weighing whether it was worth the risk.

For a long time, he hesitated.

"Alright... Lie to you. ”

Anna looked at her captain's tangled look of wanting to go and being afraid of death, and laughed out loud, "If it weren't for this chart, whoever went would have died." But now..."

She gave Raymond a blank look and continued, "What do you think the navigators with the regiment are for? With such a detailed map of the sea, it would be too inferior for me to be sure that your beautiful navigator could not have deduced a safe route..."