Although the food and fresh water he received were far from Chris's expectations, the price he paid was correspondingly less, and Rodriguez only received a small bag of gold coins except for the news of Cannibal Island.

Chris told Rhodes the exact location of Cannibal Island, including the route they took to the island and the general characteristics of the location of the cave, and after thanking him again, Chris's boat left.

The boat headed north.

When Chris and Thien were the only ones left on the aft terrace, Thien asked, "Why are you talking about Cannibal Island?" That place is too dangerous! ”

"None of us want to see that happen to Lawrence, and I'm also very sad, and he's my friend."

"You didn't tell Rodriguez that there were monsters on Cannibal Island!" Tian lowered his head and said, "Lawrence...... He was torn in half by the monster. ”

"Didn't that kid who delivered the pancakes know? Tian, there is something to gain and something to lose. Monsters, like people, will choose the side that is beneficial to themselves, I did this just to save the lives of more than 20 people on the ship, and the monster guarded in the cave, and also wanted to guard the ...... However, whether Rodriguez finds the treasure first or whether they are eaten by the monster first, I don't care so much. Just like Rodriguez, they don't care if we can get to Ebins with these things, and if we meet other trade ships on the way to Ebins. ”

Tian still felt guilty: "But...... Rodriguez was interested in the Lost City, and we didn't see any murals at all! We lied to them! ”

"My dear brother, you are sometimes too serious." Chris smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and continued, "It's better to put away your extra sympathy, if you're really worried about them, you should have told Rodriguez when I said it earlier...... It's too late to say anything. ”

Tien opened his mouth, speechless.

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Rhodes' ship deviated from its original course and turned from due south to southeast.

Through haggling, Rhodes didn't give as much food and fresh water, but in order to get through the Poison Swamp and the Ghost Realm, they had to restockpile their supplies, and for now, due to the influence of the pirate group, it was best for them to bypass the waters around Victoria Island.

Therefore, Rhodes and his party could only go to Crown Island.

"Rod, you seem to be afraid of going to Crown Island." Rong Sheng said the hearts of several people: "There are monsters on the island who want to eat people? ”

"Duke Morales of Crown Island is a notoriously weird old man!"

"What's the weird way?"

"Ten years ago, I went to Crown Island with a ship, and when our trading ship was carrying a hundred barrels of fine Harvest wine to be sent to Victoria Island, one of the ships hit a reef in the waters off Crown Island, and the fleet had to stop at Crown Island temporarily. I don't know how the Duke of Morales heard about this, and had all the wine taken off the ship, and he said that all the things on his island belonged to him. ”

"Later?"

"The wine is going to be given to the Luna family on Victoria Island, and the people of the Luna family don't care about anything else as long as the wine, and the captain can't pay the difference, and he can't pay so much gold coins, so he is forced to become a pirate."

Rhodes never visited Crown Island later, but he heard a lot about Duke Morales.

Adam also knew something, saying, "This is not the first time that wine has been stolen. ”

"Cattle, sheep and horses, iron armor, artillery ships, Duke Morales has occupied, even King Ebins's fleet has suffered from him, Duke Morales has also kidnapped more than a dozen doctors, saying that they are invited to the castle as guests, and the pirate group can be so rampant in the South China Sea, it has a lot to do with him!"

"He's behind them?"

"Very likely." Adam nodded.

"Why did he do that?"

"You don't know the history of the Norlan continent, Morales is an ancient surname, hundreds of years ago, the first person to unify the continent of Nolan was Morales I, after ascending the throne, he exiled his young brother to the distant Crown Island."

"Morales II was a very brutal monarch, and in the third year of Morales II, the Morales dynasty ended, and Morales II was burned at the stake."

"Morales on Crown Island, they think they are the most orthodox masters of the Nolan continent, but they don't call him kings, they only call him dukes, they trade with other kings, and secretly collude with pirates, and the Luna family on Victoria Island can coexist peacefully with the pirate group, which can be regarded as the light of Morales."

"They also cooperate?" Rong Sheng looked at Adam.

Before Adam could speak, Ye Qing said, "Marriage." ”

Since ancient times, marriage has been the best means of consolidating power and wealth.

"The current Duchess of Morales is the daughter of the Luna family. In recent years, Duke Morales's temper has improved a lot, and he has stopped doing unreasonable things, and I hope we will have good luck. ”

"Voyagers like us owe a debt of gratitude to Lady Luna." When Rod said this, there was something strange in his tone.

"Poor woman sacrificed by her family." Rong Sheng shook his head and sighed: "Marry such a strange old man...... How old was she when she married Duke Morales? ”

"Sixteen."

"Duke Morales?"

"Maybe more than sixty, or more than seventy."

Rod said: "Seventy-one. ”

Rong Sheng pouted and didn't say anything more.

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Three days later, before dark, Rod's ship stopped in the waters off Crown Island.

After dinner, Leon went up to the lookout to make sure there was nothing unusual around him, and he leaned against the wooden pole and stared blankly at the gray and black sky.

I don't know how long it took, and the smell of fish wafted up.

Leon looked down.

The position of the bow of the ship, a few candles, a few people.

Shi Yin was grilling fish, and Rong Sheng told a few people the story of Princess Anne: "...... And so, Princess Anne sank to the bottom of the sea with the shipload of gold and jewels. ”

Rong Sheng heard the story of Princess Anne from Uncle Goatee, in fact, Princess Anne is the aunt of the current Duke of Morales, who died on the way to get married.

"You don't know the legend of the sea monster, do you?" Green stood aside and handed Shi Yin the spices.

"The legend of the sea monster?"

"There's another version of the story about Princess Anne. The previous part is almost the same, the reason why Princess Anne married away is different, it is said that Princess Anne fell in love with an ugly strange man, Duke Morales was very angry when he found out, thinking that Princess Anne had lost the face of the family and wanted to marry her far away, Princess Anne washed her face with tears all day long, and in the end, she was tied to the boat. As soon as Princess Anne's ship left the waters of Crown Island, the strange man appeared on the surface of the sea, and there was a strong wind on the sea, lightning and thunder, and a torrential rain, which destroyed three ships in an instant, and just like that, the sea monster left with Princess Anne. ”

After Green finished speaking, Rhodes continued, "I also heard that Princess Anne's father ordered her to be killed. However, if three ships have to sink into the sea at the same time, and none of them survive, the sea monster is indeed the best explanation. ”

"Anyway, Princess Anne's marriage is true, and later it triggered a treasure hunt, many people came to this sea area to look for shipwrecks, there is a gold mine on Crown Island, the only princess is married, and the treasures on the ship must be indispensable."

"Right in the waters?" Ye Qing got up and walked to the side of the boat.

"It's around here."

Ye Qing turned around, she glanced at Hu Yingfeng, his eyes happened to meet her gaze, and both of them smiled.

She said with her psychic sense, "I have scuba gear. ”

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