Chapter 140: Sorting Out and Departure
The Book of Plague and Death, a record of evil cursed witchcraft, is the most evil and terrifying of Pandora's four cursed books.
In the records of the world's history, hundreds of years ago, many countries had a large-scale outbreak of a terrible epidemic at the same time, tens of millions of infected people developed fever, poisonous blood, difficulty breathing, body decay and other symptoms, countless alchemists were helpless about it.
It wasn't until more than a decade after the end of the plague that the secret of the spread of the plague was discovered in the home of a dead wizard, a wizard who was experimenting with his sorcery and cursed a black rat fed with potions with the sorcery in the Book of Plague and Death.
The spell used by wizards was called the Black Death Curse, so the plague that killed tens of millions of people was also called the Black Death.
Since then, the Book of Plague and Death has been considered taboo by the Empires, and no wizard is allowed to study it without permission, otherwise they will be punished by the Empires.
Because of this, Pandora's Four Great Cursed Books gradually withdrew from the field of vision of ordinary people, and in the end, even some wizards had never heard of their names.
The light on the scroll flashed, and Andy's soul came out of it, and he rubbed his head, a little distracted.
Andy felt the aura of Augustine's legacy in the painting, it seems that Augustine is indeed strong, he can not enter the ship, but let his soul into the bottle, Andy can't do this.
The books of plague and death in the scroll are not complete, and may even be only a few of them, but the content is obscure, which makes Andy feel a little dizzy, and he even has the illusion that these things are enough for him to study for a lifetime.
"The owner of this painting must have obtained the Book of Plague and Death, and studied it thoroughly, otherwise he would not have kept its contents in his painting, what kind of character could have done this?"
Andy couldn't imagine how strong the most powerful person in the world really was.
He thought that the goddess of despair was the most powerful person in the world, but later learned that the goddess of despair was still hiding from David Jones, and even the famous Davy Jones could not seal the book of plague and death in his paintings.
Andy slowly walked to the table, picked up the quill on the table, took out a piece of parchment from the drawer, thought about it, and wrote down what he had just gained.
It was a number of symbols and marks that a normal person could not read at all, and every time Andy completed a symbol, a parchment would come out of the parchment, and what was written on the quill would be as if it had been imprinted with red-hot wire, with scorching marks.
With Andy's record, the whole paper faintly exudes an evil aura, which makes people unconsciously produce a sense of trembling.
"For the time being, I only remember so much, and when the fatigue of the soul is gone, I will go to the picture scroll to see it again. ”
Andy finished writing the last strokes and put the quill down, the parchment was already filled with dense symbols, each of which exuded an aura of mystery that beckoned one to explore its hidden mysteries.
It contains Andy's perception of the sorcery and curses of the Book of Plague and Death, and if he is given time to study it thoroughly, he can master this terrifying sorcery.
Andy thought about it and put the parchment close to his body, maybe from now on, among the things that belong to Andy, the most valuable thing is the three-masted galleon at his feet, and this parchment is left.
Its value, even salvation, is far from comparable.
Andy knew that Augustine must have had such a note, which recorded his perception and understanding of the Book of Plague and Death, and if he could get it, it would be of great help to Andy in learning the curses in the picture scroll.
But even if he didn't, Andy was confident, because most of the witchcraft recorded in the Book of Plague and Death were curses related to disease, and Andy had been exposed to similar curses in voodoo on the rag left by old Brynn, and had the basis of years of research, which was not difficult for him.
With that done, Andy removed the scroll from the wall and put it in a drawer.
After making sure nothing was missing, Andy walked out of the captain's cabin and walked out of the cabin after a few laps around the deck.
There is a lot of space in the cabin, there are three floors, and there are more than thirty heavy guns on each floor, but the gunpowder in the powder magazine is no longer usable, and if Andy wants to sail this ship out as the basis of his voyage, then he must purchase a new batch of gunpowder.
At the bottom of the cabin was a huge cage that looked rotten, but Andy couldn't break the railing with all his strength, and there was a rotten corpse inside, with gray-white bones exposed in some places, and judging by his clothes, he should be a pirate.
The pirate's arms clenched the bar, as if he wanted to get out, perhaps he had starved to death.
Andy doesn't know why he was locked up at the bottom, maybe he betrayed his captain, so even though the victor got the ship, he still didn't let him go.
After searching around, Andy didn't find anything special on the ship, and he went back to the deck, breathing in the fresh air, and feeling much more relaxed.
There is a very strong musty smell underneath, and it seems that it needs to be ventilated well.
The sky was already faintly white, and Andy stretched his muscles and walked under the mast, where he had to do the work of more than a dozen people by himself, re-tie the ship's cables and canvas, and raise them.
"What a poor captain......"
Andy struggled to climb to the top of the mast, muttered, tightened the cable, and jumped off.
The canvas of the mainmast was thus pulled up, and the sailboat moved gently under the blowing of the sea breeze.
A huge head was exposed, and the Arowana gave Andy a puzzled look.
"Hey, man, you're just in time, hang up that canvas for me. ”
Andy shouted at the Arowana, whose head tilted, and under Andy's finger-pointing gestures, he figured out his intentions.
The Arowana's tongue wrapped around the cable, and with a slight tug, the sail was pulled to the top.
"Well done!"
Andy exclaimed, and with the help of Arowana, he raised all the canvases.
"Now, it's time for Captain Andy to show off his excellent boating skills!"
Andy walked up to the ship, took the rudder, and asked for a man to drive the ship to Port Tulouis.
"So...... Gentlemen......"
Andy looked at the empty deck and said to himself, "Maybe I should look at the name of this ship......"
Andy jumped to the bow of the ship, climbed onto the foremost slash, and finally got a good look at the bow and the name engraved underneath.
"That's ......"