In Bilgewater, there is a "fairy tale" that has been passed down for a long, long time, and almost everyone knows it, according to many legends, this fairy tale appeared even before Bilgewater itself - it is said that this fairy tale was widely circulated when Bilgewater was still a fishing village.

The story goes like this......

Once upon a time, there was a pirate king who roamed the seas, and this pirate king had three children.

The Pirate King is invincible, and with every shot he gets a lot of loot, and over time he has a great treasure of his own.

But there is no one in this world who will always win.

In the process of plundering again, the Pirate King fell into a trap.

The captain of the merchant ship who was robbed was the enemy of the pirate king, and this robbery was his long-planned revenge.

Faced with the raid of the Pirate King, the captain set the ship on fire, and the flames spread from the merchant ship to the Pirate King's ship, and although the Pirate King jumped ship to escape, he still lost his ship.

In the vast sea, without a ship, the pirate king finally died at sea after running out of energy.

When news of the Pirate King's death returned, all three of his sons were stunned - but as ruthless pirates, their grief didn't last long.

At a simple funeral, the three sons of the Pirate King buried their father's hat as a human remain, symbolically leaving a few tears, and then the battle for the treasure began.

The eldest son was the strongest, the most powerful of the three brothers, and none of the warriors under the Pirate King could match him in strength.

The second son was the wisest, he had the best head of the three brothers, and none of the pirate king's advisors could match him in intelligence.

The third son is the most just, he is the most popular of the three brothers, and all the people under the pirate king admire this third son with clear rewards and punishments.

And after the death of the pirate king, the strong eldest son, the wise second son, and the third son, who won the hearts of the people, fell into a dispute over the treasure.

The eldest son is unstoppable, the second son is stirring around, and the third son and his subordinates are working together.

But there was no winner in this battle.

The frail sailors were far away from the eldest son, for they were not valued there; Those who were unresponsive were far away from the second son, because there they were insulted; Those who had their own thoughts were far away from the third son, because they were at odds there.

Many people gather under the former second mate of the Pirate King - this second mate is drunk, greedy, lustful, and selfish, with all the flaws of a pirate, but unexpectedly gains the approval of all pirates.

In the end, the second mate defeated the three brothers and received the treasure of the Pirate King.

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After listening to Sarah's story of the three pirate brothers, Rod looked confused.

This thing has something to do with the Python Islands?!

This is indeed a pirate story, but no matter how you look at it, it is a dark fairy tale in pirate skin, right?

In the face of Rod's doubts, Sarah could only say that she couldn't help - in addition to this widely circulated story, Sarah couldn't think of anything that could have anything to do with pirates and the Python Islands, as she said before, the people of the Python Islands are extremely unwelcoming to pirates, and the caravans going to the Python Islands can only unload their goods on the dock, and are not even allowed to step on the island, so Sarah has no useful news here.

After saying goodbye to Sarah, Rhodes casually found a hotel to stay in, and then began to think about how to get on the Python Islands - there was a noise of pirates outside, and a group of drunken pirates began to shout inaudible words in their mouths, and even fought because of a look.

Wait, gibberish, pirates?!

Rhodes suddenly found that his thinking seemed to be a little off, "pirate" may not be some kind of information, but may mean something else!

Thinking of this, Rhodes took out a book of the Python Islands, then forcibly suppressed his shame and began to read it aloud.

And as Rhodes read aloud, he finally discovered the true meaning of these "gibberish".

The voice, the rhythm and the intonation are exactly the same as those drunken guys!

Slurred and vague, these travelogues are like the babbling of a drunken man after drinking too much - and the proliferation of the word "pirate" is only the result of a large number of misused slang.

That is, those adventurers who returned to Fukuko Island, they were not crazy, but forever drunk.

And because the mage has the weakest resistance to drunkenness, it creates this illusion of "it looks like everyone is crazy".

At this time, Rhodes finally remembered the story of the three pirate brothers again.

The strong will subconsciously reject the weak, the smart will subconsciously reject the stupid, and the united will subconsciously reject the selfish - this is not some damn black fairy tale, but it explains why the Python Islands are out of place with Bilgewater!

A mage who does not drink alcohol will be drunk for the rest of his life on the Anaconda Islands, losing all his consciousness in a daze; What would happen if the pirates landed on the Python Islands - become saints?

Is it because ordinary people are not allowed to be affected by this wonderful subversive effect?

Or is it not very obvious that the character of ordinary people does not have too many outstanding characteristics, and it is not obvious that it is turned upside down?

At this moment, Rhodes finally touched a little bit about the Python Islands.

Anaconda Islands...... In a sense, it's an island upside down!

So how can you avoid being affected by the Python Islands?

Rhodes would not be arrogant enough to think that he was sane and unaffected—while he had indeed been tested by the Elder Gods in Azeroth, he could not guarantee that he would not be affected by the upside-down effects of the Python Islands.

So, in order to make sure that he didn't become a megalomaniac who didn't like to use his brain, Rhodes felt that he needed to prepare in advance.

Like what...... Construct a new rune?

Just do it!

Rod followed the rune construction method and began to construct a new rune.

The name of this rune is ...... "Rod's Anti-Personality"!

Early the next morning, Rhodes left Bilgewater without checking out, grabbed a random ship, and sailed to the Python Islands to the east.

Rod's anti-personality rune was left - the only thing that this rune with no great power had was to make Rod's personality become diametrically opposed to his own when he activated it.

Before setting foot on the Anaconda Islands, Rhodes brought himself a mask.