Sea of Mist.

The Black Knife voyage continues......

Although there are a large number of monsters in the Misty Sea, with Hawkins on the ship, it is difficult for ordinary monsters to get close to the Black Knife, but instead provides Hawkins with a large number of monster genes.

After encountering the house monsters, the Black Knife did not encounter any more special creatures for a long time.

From the cautiousness at the beginning to the casualness later, everyone gradually got used to it, and the days passed slowly.

Three years later......

Mobis Academy held a graduation ceremony, and Mark and others graduated one after another.

Arthur was also eighteen years old, officially joined the Black Knife Pirates, and served as a boatswain on the ship, while the former boatswain Victor stepped down as a boatswain and went to Mobis Academy as a teaching assistant.

The reason for this arrangement is mainly because Victor needs to spend a lot of mana to go out, so he usually doesn't come out if he has nothing to do, and he has also studied at Mobis Academy in the past three years, and his academic performance is good, which is enough to serve as a teaching assistant.

"One-two, one-two, one-two......"

On the deck, Arthur was doing push-ups, sweat falling like raindrops.

Eighteen-year-old Arthur, one meter eight or nine tall, has a muscular body, and is even a lap older than Mark.

After he took over the position of boatswain, Victor told him not to treat the boatswain purely as a sailor, if the strength is too weak, he will be eliminated sooner or later, just like Victor himself.

Because he didn't want to be eliminated, he worked out like crazy every day, hoping that he could become stronger.

Hawkins sat on a wicker chair not far away, holding Marnie in one hand and a drink in the other, watching the video, while Mark sat next to him, saying a word in the chat group from time to time.

"Captain, we've been in the Misty Sea for almost four years, can we really find a way to other seas?" Mark asked, glancing at the chat group.

Hawkins said calmly: "As long as I have arrived, I can recognize it, and as long as I keep going to different places, I will be able to leave sooner or later." ”

To be honest, in fact, Hawkins didn't expect the Misty Sea to be so complicated, except for a large number of monsters, the Misty Sea itself is like a labyrinth without walls.

The Black Knife has sailed through the fog for so many years, going around and around, and there are very few cases of trouble, but the sea alone is a big trouble.

At this time, Anubis appeared next to Mark and said, "I smell death. ”

"Don't you smell death every day?" said Mark.

Anubis had previously said that he had smelled death and made Mark nervous for a full hour, but it turned out that the smell of death that Anubis was talking about was nothing more than a corpse.

A corpse that floated from nowhere, Hawkins didn't care, and nothing really happened behind it.

So Anubis's words, Mark didn't care.

However, Anubis said solemnly at this time: "This time is different, there is a lot of smell of death." ”

"A lot of them, that is, maybe a lot of corpses in front of them?" Mark guessed.

Hawkins teased Marnie with a gold coin and said with a smile: "If we really encounter a large number of corpses, it is a good thing, which means that our course may be right." ”

Just like before they were in the Mobis Sea, they actually encountered the Arkham family's ship, and then found the right course.

If there are a large number of corpses ahead, it means that they may have found a way to the next sea area, and following the direction of the corpses, it may be the next sea area.

Mark's eyes also lit up, and he immediately walked to the bow of the ship and said, "In other words, maybe the next sea area ahead is not necessarily!"

"Don't rejoice too soon, get ready, the non-combatants will return to Eternal Space first. Hawkins reminded.

Arthur immediately got up and said, "Captain, I hope to be able to stay." ”

"It's okay, you're eighteen years old, stay. Hawkins thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Arthur's bar mitzvah had just taken place, so Hawkins decided to stick with his own choice.

Next, the cooks, sailors, and others were all sent back to Eternal Space, while Mark and Arthur stayed behind, along with Hawkins and Marnie.

"Hawkins, could there be any money hidden in those corpses, like a money bag?" Marnie asked suddenly, staring at the gold coin in Hawkins' hand.

Hawkins nodded and said: "There is indeed this possibility, when the time comes, we will see the situation, but you are not allowed to mess around, without my consent, you can only watch and not move." ”

“......”

Marnie glared at Hawkins depressedly, and suddenly reached out to grab the gold coin, but Hawkins easily avoided it.

She was dissatisfied: "You really want to make a fortune secretly behind my back." ”

"When did I get rich behind your back?" asked Hawkins, squinting.

Marnie was not afraid of Hawkins at all, she said seriously: "Then where did you get so much money, every time you buy mana, you can take out so many gold coins, I have calculated, you should have gone bankrupt a long time ago." ”

"Don't you know that I have several gold mines?" Hawkins said nonsense.

Marnie's eyes widened and she was surprised, "You found a gold mine?"

"It's not that I found it, but I already have it. Hawkins corrected.

In fact, he is not talking nonsense, the Black Market Island he collected at the beginning does have gold mines, but it has been developed a long time ago.

Marnie was shocked: "It turns out that you are so rich, that mana must go up in price!"

"No, if your price increases, then I won't buy it. Hawkins retorted.

Marnie gritted her teeth angrily, but there was nothing she could do with Hawkins, after all, Hawkins was her only guest.

At this time, Mark looked ahead and said, "Captain, there is really a corpse, floating here!"

"The smell of death is so strong!" Anubis was shocked.

Next, corpses floated in front of them, but they were all blocked by the barrier, but the Black Knife was still caught in a sea of corpses.

These corpses were men and women, old and young, densely packed, and they were everywhere in sight.

Standing on the edge of the boat, Hawkins suddenly retracted, his mana wrapped around the waist of a corpse like a vine, and took off a money bag and pulled it back to the ship.

"Don't move!"

Marnie tried to snatch it, but was held down by one hand of Hawkins, and then his magic turned into two invisible hands, gently opening the money bag.

In terms of the use of special mana, he has far surpassed the Heavenly Feather Emperor.

The Heavenly Feather Emperor could only turn his mana into a ribbon or a barrier, but he was already able to change in a thousand ways, his combat power increased tremendously, and he also developed many convenient abilities along with it.

This ability to turn into a mana is called the mage's hand, although its essence has nothing to do with the mage's spells.

After the money bag was opened, several gold coins were poured out, and Hawkins increased his strength to hug Marnie and said: "Don't move, these gold coins may have deadly bacteria, may also contain poison, and may even have curses, observe first!"

"Woo. ”

Marnie looked at the gold coin and let out an unwilling whimper.

However, Hawkins doesn't eat her cute skills at all, and his attention is still on the gold coins.

A gold coin can provide a lot of information, such as the gold coins of the past of the seven seas, because of the chaotic rule of the seven islands, so the gold coins are varied, some gold coins are printed with the head of the island lord, but there are also gold coins made by some small forces, often only some special symbols.

Different gold coins, because of the reputation and gold content, there is often a difference in price, the monetary system is very chaotic, but the currency below the silver coin is more stable.

Through the hand of the copycat mage, Hawkins picked up a gold coin and looked at both sides carefully.

This gold coin is not any of the Seven Seas gold coins.

As a pirate who traveled from north to south, the original Hawkins was very familiar with all kinds of gold coins in the seven seas, such as the gold coin he liked to hide in his hair, which was called 'Joshla'.

It was a gold coin made by Jobs' ancestor, Joshla, and it was widely circulated on the island of Willalia, so it was easy to buy the sailors of Victoria.

The gold coin in the money bag that Hawkins salvaged this time was a woman with long hair who seemed to be praying on the front, and on the back was a strange line of writing, which was completely different from Nanami's writing, but somewhat like Chinese characters.

It's a pity that the corpse is too swollen, and it is difficult to identify what race the corpse is.

Hawkins tossed the gold coin into Eternal Space and, despite Marnie's commotion, stood up and looked out of the ship again.

"Captain, do you see the cause of death of these corpses?" asked Mark solemnly as he leaned over to Hawkins.

It was the first time he had seen so many corpses, and even after facing countless deaths, he still felt uncomfortable.

Hawkins nodded, "All drowned." ”

"It's strange that so many people are all drowning. Arthur walked up to Mark and looked at the dense corpses around him, his face turned a little pale.

Mark patted Arthur on the shoulder and said, "If you feel that you can't stand it, then go back to the eternal space first, this place is really not suitable for newcomers like you." ”

"No, I'm staying, I'm an adult, I want to have the power to protect everyone!" Arthur gritted his teeth.

He had long regarded Hawkins, Mark and everyone as family, and as an elderly orphan, he knew better than anyone that what it took to protect his family was not the ability to speak well or the intrigue, but the experience that a powerful force had been able to defuse all dangers.

So although he felt uncomfortable, he never thought of running away.

For the rest of the week, the Black Knife was floating in a sea of corpses, and the feeling was terrifying.

Hawkins sent Marnie back to Eternal Space, and then sat on the edge of the boat to watch the corpse, while Mark and Arthur drank and worked hard, waiting for a new change ahead.

"That's ...... so"

Hawkins muttered to himself at this point.

Both Mark who was drinking and Arthur who was doing push-ups looked at Hawkins at the same time.

Hawkins turned around and said, "After my observation for several days, these corpses are divided into three batches, about 80,000 people per batch, and these three batches of corpses are all exactly the same. ”

This case!

Mark looked to his side, and Anubis, who was reading a book, looked up in surprise.