The beams of light cast from the sky were brilliant and colorful, illuminating Tangk's black hair, the air was somewhat scorching, and a bead of sweat appeared on his forehead. He strolled to the Mighty Kendo Hall, explained his intention to the waiter, and found Admiral Kilo who was drinking in the house. He took off his hat and saluted, and said straight to the point: "Lord Admiral, I have come to ask for sin." ”

"Please? What sin please? Kilo asked, his rough face flushed with drunkenness, a dark jar in his hand, and the table in front of him was full of greasy meat.

"I made some trouble at the Kitten Demon Exchange a few days ago, and I heard that it was your property, so I'm here to apologize."

Kilo waved his hand and said, "It turned out to be that kind of trivial matter, the little cub below seems to have mentioned it to me once, and I didn't pay much attention to it." Since you feel that you are at fault, then you can punish you with three glasses of wine, and you can't let me chop you with a sword, right? Haha, your kid's blood must be very dirty, and I'll have to wipe my sword then, it's really not worth it to cut you. With that, he took out another huge jar and placed it in front of Donk.

Donk smiled slightly, he knew that Kilo was not the kind of person with a small belly, he let go of his hands and feet, sat down in the chair, and drank with Kilo.

The two drank and chatted and had a pleasant afternoon.

When Tang Ke left, it was already night, and even so, there was still a group of young men in the Hao Slash Kendo Gym who were sweating hot and unwilling to leave. He walked forward with staggering steps, stepping on the clear moonlight step by step, there were two rows of windows in the corridor, and he could see the scenery in the courtyard, and the shouts of the cultivators came one after another, and he seemed to be still full of energy.

It is an intersection, with two corridors crossing each other.

Donk stepped into the center of the intersection with his front foot and heard footsteps on his side, kicking and tapping on his heels, nine out of ten of them were the footsteps of a woman. He stared at the source of the sound, unlike the one just now, this corridor was pitch black, not even a single light, as if it extended infinitely, without end.

A woman emerges from the darkness, but without any abruptness, as if she has become one with the darkness and is derived from it. It turned out to be the soothsayer Ivy, who was wearing a violet robe with an outturned neckline and a special fabric material that shimmered with a dark light. She wore a peaked hat with a wide brim that cast a shadow that obscured her countenance. On her left shoulder stood a crow, whose eyes were as smooth and shining as glass beads, staring at Donk.

Don Ke was slightly surprised, he woke up a little bit, he didn't expect to have anything to do with Ivy. This woman gives him a sense of mystery about seeing flowers in the fog, the other party's origin is unknown, the identity is unknown, and the power of the system can be counteracted, which can be called terrifying! This woman looks weak, but people dare not despise it in the slightest. Although Ivy is nominally Kilo's guest, Donk feels that there seems to be more terrifying forces and forces hidden behind Ivy.

Ivy asked in a nonchalant tone, "Poor man, you seem to have something more in you, don't you?" She didn't even skip the greeting.

"Ivy." Tang Ke read it, with the strength of the wine, coupled with the fact that he had already had a conversation, he was no longer as trembling as he was last time, and he calmly teased, "It's a very difficult thing to see you, right?" The fact that I met you today proves that I was lucky today? ”

"I'm playing hide and seek with fate, and it just so happens that fate is not chasing it tightly today, so I'm here to talk to you." Ivy stood still, keeping her distance from Donk, her features hidden in the shadows, unable to see no matter how hard she tried.

"Hide and seek with fate?"

"That's right, he's chasing me and hiding, and he's having fun."

"Can I delve deeper into this topic? Actually, I like to talk to you about fate. ”

"Of course not." Ivy shrugged her slender shoulders, "I don't like to be a one-sided confidant, obviously, when it comes to fate, you can't talk about it." ”

"Okay then." Donk didn't think it was any good to disobey Ivy's ideas or be a sticky candy, so he could only get down to business, "What did you mean when you said I had something more on me?" ”

Ivy didn't answer, but slowly opened her hand, obviously alluding to the curse of the fish in Tangk's palm.

Donk's face changed slightly, he didn't go around preaching about the curse of the fish, but Ivy was able to know without asking, which made him feel hairy in his heart, and he felt like he was being seen through by Ivy. This sense of fear was peculiar, making him feel that whatever he did, he was under Ivy's watch.

Standing in the dark, Ivy seemed to open countless pairs of eyes behind her, peeking at everything in the world, peeking at the passage of time, peeking at the dripping water of the melting snow-capped mountains of the frozen continent, and peeking at the buds growing in the early spring of the southern New World. Everything, can't hide from her eyes.

Tang Ke frowned slightly, opened his palm and looked at it, although it was still wrapped in gauze, but from the gap, the black mark of the curse loomed. He was also a rookie warlock now, and could feel the shadow power implied by the curse, a purely negative force that silently corroded his body.

"That's right, I'm cursed. As the saying goes, passing by, you can't miss it, you have to help me something, right? ”

"Does this curse disturb you?" Ivy asked rhetorically.

"Even if you think of it as a tattoo, it doesn't feel very comfortable." Donk felt that his attitude was free and easy enough, and he didn't know what it would be like to be cursed by others.

Ivy picked up the soothsayer's shelf again, and said mysteriously: "I can't give you guidance easily, but I can give you a small piece of advice, you should choose the path according to your own ideas, is it left?" Or right? Fate lies in choice, if you are swayed by miscellaneous things, you may deviate from the original track, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

Tang Ke chewed on the meaning of his words for a while, but the result seemed to be the same as if he hadn't said anything! It means let him do what he wants, and don't change it randomly. He smiled wryly, "You mean to make me move forward." ”

"Hehe, be careful of hitting the wall." Ivy chuckled, her hand hidden in her wide sleeve, and her laughter was like the sound of a tavern bard.

"Then I'll make a choice now, I want to invite you to have two drinks, can you enjoy your face?"

"Oh, no, I just don't have that leisure." Ivy was a little helpless and a little disappointed, but not because she couldn't have two drinks with Donk, but because she didn't have time to do it.

"That's a shame." Donk was a little insincere, and he didn't have much hope in the first place.

Ivy picked up her original mood and said, "I came here to ask you one more thing, the end of the year is coming soon, are you ready?" ”

"The Black Pearl will be ready to go to sea soon, and I will go looking for a substitute for the dead at that time, and it should be completed smoothly."

"This will bring you new opportunities, don't give up, and work hard."

"Of course."

"I've said everything I've ever said, goodbye." Ivy waved her wide sleeve robe, and it could be seen that the hand in the sleeve was very small.

"Don't! That's just a few words! Donk hurriedly stopped him.

Ivy giggled, disappearing into the darkness, his heel tapping and tapping sound again, a distant sound wafting out of the darkness.

"Poor man, the tsunami is coming, and you, me, and everyone in the world will be tested."

Donk remembered that Ivy had said last time that a tsunami was coming, but he thought it was a metaphor for a tsunami-like catastrophe. His heart was shrouded in a haze by this metaphor, and the catastrophe that Ivy was referring to would definitely not be small, and even affect the fate of the entire world.

Suddenly, he remembered something important, and hurriedly chased after him and asked, "Hey, the worldly master, I still want to ask you one more thing, if I kill the curse, will the curse disappear with it?" ”

Tonk sped some distance down the dark hallway, the tap disappeared as he ran, and Ivy was nowhere to be seen. He stood still in the dark, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'll go, I really have the style of a master outside the world." ”

Donk couldn't catch up with Ivy anymore, so he had to obediently go back to the hotel and sleep.

A few more days passed, during which time Donk inquired for some information, and his goal was to gather 666 sacrifices. His idea was to find a caravan to start with, so that he could find sacrifices and make a small fortune. Moreover, he deliberately screened several notorious caravans, intending to attack those merchants. He is very bad, but he has not exterminated people's surnames, or he is not bad to the end, and when he is doing the case, he subconsciously wants to find the bad guys. Fortunately, there are many bad guys and very few good guys in the Age of Discovery, and it's all too easy to find bad guys as targets.

Donk picked and picked up a few targets, but there were two fleets that were too tight to be spared, and it was a small problem that once one ship was let go, the number of sacrifices would not be enough. He was struggling with who to turn to, when a special piece of news reached his ears and caught his attention.

In a naval fortress called Longxiang Harbor in the Dragon's Tooth Country, there will be an execution after a while, and the prisoners who will be hanged are all members of the Giant Cannon Pirate Regiment, numbering more than 700 people. This pirate group did a few small cases, and it was considered bad luck, and it was wiped out by the Dragon's Tooth Navy, and all the remnants were captured.

Donk doesn't feel sad about the death of his peers, pirates are a group that dances on the edge of a knife, and when they go to the sea to do evil, they have to have the consciousness of losing their heads. He mainly came up with the idea of these more than 700 corpses, anyway, the corpses of death row prisoners, if you want to get them, it is much easier than robbing a caravan. He is about to make a big case, but he hopes to keep a low profile during this period to avoid complications. He thought about it, and finally decided to go to Longxiang Harbor to get his hands on the more than 700 corpses.

As time passed, the Black Pearl was finally completed and a lively celebration of going to sea, after all, this ship is quite large, and it is a rare good ship in the shipyard, attracting many people to attend. Master Garvey and Admiral Kilo were all present at the celebration, and a few of the other pirate leaders with heads and faces also came, bringing a lot of glory to the celebration. can attract so many big people to come, Tang Ke also has a lot of face, and he is a little proud.

To be honest, Donk really can't wait to open the demon chest. On the day of the ceremony, he stuffed all the necessary materials into the cargo hold of the Black Pearl, and the next day he set off for Longxiang Harbor with a very clear purpose.

The end of the year is coming!