Chapter 469: Key? Not needed! (2-in-1)
Port Royal.
It has been nearly a month since Will and Elizabeth returned.
The dripping rain, accompanied by bursts of thunder, fell endlessly.
In such a gloomy weather, Elizabeth is in a very happy mood today.
Dressed in a wedding dress, garland on her head and holding a bouquet of flowers, she came to the church in the company of her family.
Since the relationship with Will was broken, during this time, the relationship between the two of them has warmed up rapidly, and today is the day of the wedding.
Before the time for the wedding came, and before Will arrived, she began to pray.
However, what she was waiting for was not a wedding, but an unexpected upheaval.
A large number of heavily armed soldiers stormed the church, seized the passages and exits, and took control of all the guests.
Elizabeth finally realized that something was wrong, threw away the flowers, and ran quickly to the church door.
Just then, she saw a group of soldiers, escorting Will with his hands shackled.
"Will." She pounced, her face full of anxiety and concern, "What's going on?" β
"I don't know." Will was dressed in a gown, looked at Elizabeth, and said calmly, "You are so beautiful today. β
"Letting the groom see the bride before the wedding is a bad omen." Elizabeth's eyes were red.
"Get out of the way, let me pass." Governor Swan finally arrived, and he looked at a man dressed as a general with his back to the crowd at the door, "Let your people get out of here immediately, do you hear me?" β
The man turned around, took off his cloak, and after the soldier next to him took it, he said calmly, "Weatherby Swan, it's been a long time. β
"Cutler Beckett?" Swan vaguely recognized the visitor.
"Now Lord Beckett." Beckett emphasized his identity and motioned for the soldiers who had stopped Swan to let him in.
Swan didn't care about anything else, pointed at Will and said, "Whether you are a Lord or not, you have no reason to arrest this gentleman." β
"Actually, I do." Beckett's expression was indifferent, and he motioned to the officer next to him, "Mr. Martha." β
Massa pulled out a stack of papers and showed them in front of Beckett.
Beckett read the first one: "I am authorized to arrest the prisoner Will Turner. β
After reading it, he handed the arrest warrant to Swan, who took it, looked at it and subconsciously said, "But this one is for the arrest of Elizabeth Swan." β
As soon as he finished speaking, he sensed that something was wrong.
Beckett waited for this moment and said, "Really? It's really troublesome, it's my fault, get her arrested. β
Swan looked confused, while Elizabeth said angrily, "What is the charge?" β
"This one is Wiltner's," Beckett ignored it, took the next one and handed it to Swan, then picked up another one, "I have another one, Mr. James Norrington's, is he here?" β
"He quit more than a month ago." Swan replied.
Beckett, who had taken over the army at Port Royal and of course knew that Norrington was gone, sneered, "You know it's not what I'm going to ask. β
"Lord Beckett, your question will not be answered." Will rushed to answer, reminding Swan and Elizabeth not to reveal Norrington's whereabouts.
Elizabeth, who had been arrested, asked again: "We are under the jurisdiction of His Majesty's Governor at Port Royal, and you must make clear what our charges are?" β
"The charge is ......" Swan read from the warrant in his hand, "conspiracy to collude with pirates to cause the theft of the Intrepid......"
"Slander, this is slander, we don't!" Elizabeth roared.
"It doesn't matter if you say it, otherwise why would the pirates let you back, and Mr. Will, you robbed the Interceptor, but it's well known." Beckett sneered, approached Will and said, "The punishment for this, unfortunately, is the death penalty. β
As if everything was in his hands, he looked at the silent two, and suddenly smiled: "Of course, if you know a mysterious person named Delaiang......"
Elizabeth and Will looked at each other and said in unison, "Captain? β
"You know each other." Beckett walked up to Will and said in a softened tone, "We can talk." β
Soon, Elizabeth was taken away alone, while Will was taken to the castle hall, which originally belonged to Norrington.
The firewood burns inside the fireplace, which is extra warm compared to the cold and humidity outside.
On the wall hung a huge map of the world, on which an officer was engrossed in drawing with a paintbrush.
Beckett ordered the man to loosen the shackles in Will's hand, poured a glass of wine and handed it over, and issued an invitation: "The East India Company needs your services, and I want you to be our agent to negotiate a deal with Deleon." β
Will didn't pick up the glass, and said, "But he and I only know each other, not friends." β
"At least you dealt with each other, and he spared you and Elizabeth." Beckett took out a document from the box on his desk, "This is a privateer license, you pass it on to him, tell him that this is the friendship of our East India Company, and if he accepts it, your sentence will be completely exempt." β
"You may not know what kind of quality he has, I don't think he will accept it." Will also didn't get a privateer license.
"Strength?" Beckett sneered, walked to the window, and looked at the sea, "The world is getting smaller and smaller, and there are fewer and fewer blank spaces on the map, and anyone who doesn't find their place in the new world has only a dead end." β
"Even the gods!"
He was silent for a few seconds before adding firmly.
With the exploration of the world, there are more than one or two pagan gods that have been destroyed, and any existence has weaknesses, like the example of the goddess of the sea being sealed by a group of mortal pirates.
Will walked up to him and asked, "You know him well?" β
"We naturally have channels for understanding." Beckett denied, "Maybe not more than you know, but there's some information you don't know." β
"What's the message?" Will couldn't help but ask.
Beckett said with a smile: "For example, his possible identity." β
"Where did it come from?" Will was even more curious.
"You don't need to know that." Beckett, "You're different from him, remember, you and your fiancΓ©e are going to face hanging." β
Will was silent for a moment and said, "What if he doesn't accept it?" β
"Then you go to Jack Sparrow, and I want you to bring his compass back."
Beckett glanced at Will, and in the blink of an eye, he changed his conditions.
Will frowned and said, "I don't think Jack would be willing to give me the compass. β
"He will." Beckett smiled confidently, "You tell him that this is a hint from Tia Dolma if he wants to be free." β
"Tia Dolma?" Will wondered more, "Who is this?" β
"You don't need to know." Norrington patted Will on the shoulder, "I don't care what method you use to complete these two things, but as long as you complete either one, our deal will be completed, and you and your fiancΓ©e will be exempt from punishment." β
After he finished speaking, he turned around and left the place, leaving Will with a dazed face.
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On the sea.
The Black Pearl led the way, and after several days of sailing, it finally found an island with a white sand beach.
"Land!"
The crew members were excited, they longed for the sea, but if they sailed in the endless ocean for a long time, they would also yearn for land.
But in front of you is a deserted island, and even with a few dilapidated buildings on it, there are no human beings, let alone women and wine.
Xu Jing got Maria's report, got out of the cabin, asked someone to prepare a shovel, and then waved the trident, rolled up Jack and other major people, and walked towards the island.
It was not the first time that the pirates had been swept up by the waves, and they were no longer panicking, and when they arrived on the island, they all looked at Jack excitedly.
They didn't know the heart of Davy Jones they were looking for, thinking they were here to dig up the treasure.
Jack didn't say a word, held the compass in his hand, and walked around.
Soon, he stopped and looked at the ground in front of him.
"Here!" He turned around and greeted Xu Jing.
Xu Jing waved his hand and ordered: "Dig!" β
As soon as the words fell, Gibbs and the others couldn't wait to gather around the ground and dig up with a hum.
Boom!
Just digging down to a distance of half a meter, everyone heard a crisp collision sound.
"Treasure!"
Except for Xu Jing, Jack, and Barbossa, the others rushed up in a swarm and picked them up with their hands.
"Found it!"
They quickly lifted out a locked wooden box.
The wooden box has been buried in the sand for many years and has become somewhat rotten.
Xu Jing took Jack and Barbossa forward, and without his command, Jack took the shovel in Gibbs's hand and poked it hard at the rusty lock.
While!
The lock falls directly to the ground.
He opened the wooden box, and everyone looked at it in amazement, and at this glance, all of them suddenly let out a sigh of disappointment.
Inside the wooden box were letters, not the treasures they thought they were.
It wasn't until Jack opened the letter and pulled out a special treasure chest with a pattern that looked extraordinary that they let out a loud cheer again.
"Shhββ!h At this time, Barbossa suddenly spoke up, signaling the pirates to be quiet, and then he leaned down in front of the box to listen for a while, and said to Xu Jing and Jack: "It turns out that you came to find this thing, but I didn't expect it to really exist." β
He had been kept in the dark until he finally realized what was in the box.
"Looks like you've heard that legend too." Xu Jing glanced at Barbossa in surprise, and then said to the others: "This is not a treasure, don't think nonsense." β
Gibbs and the others didn't believe it, they looked at each other one by one, and they wouldn't die at all if they didn't see what was inside.
"What the hell is in here?"
Some of them followed the example of Barbossa and put their ears in front of the box.
Puff, puff......
There was a rhythmic throbbing sound from inside the box.
"Like a living creature? What's inside? β
"Smash it open and see."
Someone made a suggestion and looked at Xu Jing.
"Smash it." Xu Jing knew that they hadn't given up yet, "Whoever can smash it open, the contents will belong to him." β
He had already sensed that on the undead box, there was a divine power enveloping it, although it was weak, but it was enough to protect the box from being violently broken.
"Is it the seal that Calypso put on you?"
Xu Jing thought thoughtfully, picked up the letters in the wooden box, and read them.
These letters, all written by David Jones to Calypso, represent his thoughts and loves, buried with his heart.
He thought that Calypso had deceived him, but judging from the fact that Calypso had placed a protective seal on the box, the other party may not have been sincere.
And the female sea god has not known until now that the reason why she was sealed was because Davy Jones told the Nine Pirate Kings about her weakness.
"Interesting."
Xu Jing looked at the letter with relish, a mortal can soak in a goddess, and it can be regarded as the pinnacle of life.
On the other side, the pirates tried to open the chest of the dead, but none of them succeeded.
It's a non-metallic box that doesn't look sturdy, but it can't even pierce the sharpest sword.
"We need to find the key!" Jack came to Xu Jing's side and said, "This key must have been carried by David Jones inch by inch." β
With Xu Jing pressing the formation, he was not afraid in his heart, and took out the compass on the spot, trying to find David Jones.
This time, however, the compass was useless, and the hands kept spinning.
Xu Jing glanced at it, and he was also puzzled in his heart, he obviously planted the Divine Soul Mark on Biltner's expression, but he still couldn't sense it at the moment, as if the other party was not in this world at all.
Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he thought of a place - the end of the world: the Demon Hell!
"It must be hiding there."
He thought back to the plot of the movie, that place is also called the Land of the Dead, and under the abyss, it is a place where only dead souls can go.
As for where it is, maybe the Norwegian sea monster in the past knows, but now Xu Jing really doesn't know.
Jack was staring at the compass with wide eyes, he didn't expect to find Davy Jones, and even wondered if the compass was broken, and shook his hand vigorously, but the pointer still kept swinging.
"Davy Jones may have gone to hell." Xu Jing pressed on the compass and directly closed the lid.
"Hell of the Devil?" Jack frowned, "That's not the right place for us to go. β
He clearly knew what the Hell stood for, and his father, Tigue, was the only living of the previous generation of Pirate Kings, and was now the guardian of the Pirate Code.
Therefore, Jack is also a second generation, and it is not surprising that he knows more secrets.
He looked at Xu Jing and asked, "Then what now?" β
"Bring the box!"
Xu Jing said a word to Barbossa, who had been listening to them all the time, and the latter immediately blasted away the pirates who were still working hard and retrieved the box.
"My lord, there's something wrong with this box."
"yes, don't even think about opening it without a key."
Gibbs and the others still seemed to be a little unwilling, and watched with a blank eye.
Xu Jing took the box and said with a smile to everyone: "Key? No, you don't. β
As he spoke, his fingers tapped lightly on the box twice, only to hear a soft click, and the box was easily opened under the stunned gaze of everyone.