Chapter Seventy-Four: Sophia, Raiders of the Lost Ark
It was midnight, and the Goshawk was on deck......
"Are you looking at the stars? Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Delacro approached Trevaux, who was sitting on the deck looking up at the starry sky, and asked, "I think of my childhood, where I spent most of my time under the night sky, what about you?"
"I was born to be a knight who fought for the Holy Sect, cultivating during the day, and naturally resting at night. β
"That's unfortunate...... The Holy Religion is so important to you?"
"I am a descendant of the Holy King, and he is one of the founders of the Holy Sect, even if I no longer have the bearing to be a descendant of the King, but for the Holy Sect that I have devoted my heart and soul to, I will do whatever it takes!" said Trevor as he suddenly became very excited, as if he was annoyed by Delacro's question, and it almost turned into a verbal argument.
Knowing that Delacro was so amused, he immediately stopped discussing the subject, stepped forward and sat down on a wooden barrel, and continued: "Since you can't sleep, tell me about your mission!"
Trevor also sat down beside him, and said, "As long as I can get to Treasure Island, I am confident that I will complete it, and you will know the rest." β
The two chatted for a while, but the task was not a topic worth discussing, and Trevor inadvertently told Delacro about the ancient royal family of the Holy Kingdom, and introduced him to each other, and told each other all the stories of the Delacro family.
"The Holy King is a man who uses the Holy Sword to slay demons, but his mantle has not been passed down completely, and even the current Belmondo family has only been inherited by the efforts of a woman. As for the Saint King's bloodline, the Rolf family was originally the Templars of the Holy Cult, the Valheit family was once the high-ranking priest of the Church, and your family is the leader of the Church army for many years, you seem to have changed too much compared to your ancestors. β
"I don't care about the honor of the family, everyone has their own destiny, maybe meeting you is also part of my fate! It's ironic, from a knight to a prisoner, and under the influence of a new friend to become a mercenary captain, then I have to join you as an executor, when will I really control my own destiny......
When he came back to his senses, he quickly shook his head and said, "I'm sorry I suddenly got hysterical, and there is one more thing, what is the matter with the Pope of the Holy Sect?"
"The Pope is the inheritor of the Church, the first female pope is an old friend of the Holy King, and each Pope will choose the most suitable heir within the Holy Church to inherit the mission of resisting darkness. β
After getting the answer he wanted, Delacro said goodbye to Trevor and returned to the cabin, where the minutes were ticking, and the encounter of tomorrow would be something they would never forget.
At noon the next day, the Goshawk, traversing several major shipping lanes in the West Sea, came to the forgotten waters of Zhenbao Island, and after breaking through the huge waves, the ship landed on a shoal in a group of islands in the West Sea.
He departed from the rudder, went to the side of the ship to clear a passage through which the dinghy could be carried through, and disappeared at the stern with three attendants.
"It's a dangerous place, but it's like this. With the abundance of coconut palms on the beach, huge shells, and even the mountains in the depths covered in greenery, Gerald has found a good place to hide his treasures. The sight that appeared in the circular field of view of the telescope was taken in by Delacro, and he couldn't help but admire.
"I'm not here to see the scenery, Captain Barr, where's my boat?" Unlike Delacro, Trevor was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery, and shouted directly at the stern, and Nabar and the three of them quickly lifted the dinghy out, and then lowered it into the water with a sail rope, and he followed the rope down to the dinghy, indicating that he would return at dusk.
The people on deck nodded, and returned to their posts on the ship to pass the time, Trevor picked up the oars in the dinghy and rowed the dinghy to the Treasure Island behind him, and after a few minutes he docked, and after fixing the boat, he sped along the beach towards the interior of the island, his back quickly disappearing into the forest......
A few hours passed, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, when the members of the Goshawk were resting on the ship and enjoying the warm sunshine collectively, Trevor was already in the dense jungle at the top of the high mountain of Treasure Island, he looked at the situation on the ship through the gap between the branches, and from the telescope, it could be seen that the crew had carried all the weapons on the bottom of the ship to the deck, and a large number of giant crossbows were fixed to the side of the ship, as if to resist the enemy that Nabal feared, and after making sure that he had not been abandoned, he put away his binoculars and turned into a secret cave nearby covered with dead branches and leavesγ
As soon as he stepped into the dark cavern, Trevor could not adjust to the darkness around him, so he lit the torch he had made from collecting dry wood along the way, and continued to advance in the light of the fire, and walked down the cold rock passage for about a quarter of an hour, when a large iron door stood in front of him.
Out of full experience and confidence in his own strength, he raised his foot and kicked hard in the center of the iron gate, but the heavy kick did not shake the steel monster, and he took a few steps back and sprinted forward to increase the impact with his shoulder, but the iron gate remained unmoved.
Frustrated by the two failures, Trevor took a few steps back and removed the long whip from his waist, raised it above his head with his right hand, and lifted it upwards with his left hand, trying to use the whip technique of the Hidden Dragon Ascension to Heaven to open the way, but unfortunately the huge momentum from the bottom up still failed to break through, and only caused a slight vibration on the edge of the iron gate.
"Cut...... It's sturdy enough to not do with it, but luckily I have it with me. β
Trevo was referring to the Holy Fist, the treasure of the Holy Cult that had opened the way for himself in the catacombs, and he took out what appeared to be a fragment of gauntlet from his coat pocket, clenched his fist in his hand, and his right fist shone as if it were in the mausoleum, turning from white to red, and then gradually condensed into gold.
Just when he was about to lose it, he released the infinite power of his right wrist in one breath, and the palm wind formed thuded the iron gate connected to the stone wall to the ground, although he was also shocked back more than ten steps, but the road had been opened, and there was no need to delay any longer.
It took a lot of effort for Trevor to use the relics to open the way, and he grumbled as he walked forward, looking around from time to time, not noticing that a figure was quietly following him twenty paces or so behind him......
In the following time, as the levels were broken through by Trevor, a stone staircase leading to the bottom appeared at the end of the winding treasure cave, and below it was the mountain of gold and silver jewels, Trevor lit the remaining torches in the room, making the ground floor room gradually brighten, and the gold and silver artifacts in the treasure pile gradually reflected a dazzling flash in the light of the fire.
Without saying a word, he went down to the treasure pile to rummage for items related to the horn of the sun, the gold and silver everywhere were of no value to him, and after some searching, he finally found the gilded white ivory horn in a wooden box overwhelmed by the treasure, but was shot to the ground by a dark arrow, Trevor immediately became vigilant, and brandished his leather whip to look at the place where he had entered.
"You've got five seconds to stand up, or don't blame me for being ruthless!"
Trevor's threat didn't help, and as his seconds ran out, the whip in his hand danced as three more arrows flew out of the staircase at once, one of the blades slicing through Trevo's face, and the other two dodging backwards. In a fit of rage, he tore through the air with a whip, and the vacuum wave that was generated hit the stone steps caused an explosion, and a slender figure spun and flew out in the dust, passing by Trevor in an instant, and whispered in his ear: "Handsome man, how can you be so ruthless? I think you helped me in Ellerdeig in the first place!~"
After a quick counterattack failed, a scimitar was held at his throat, and the masked face who had been seen in the catacombs that day restrained Trevor and threatened him to walk to the wooden box with horns on it.
"It's you again...... What does this mean?"
The shock of this sword was not enough to shake the referee knight, Trevor was very interested in her purpose, so he asked, and she replied, "I have been entrusted to take the sun horn of the Cult of Light, you don't want to fight with me!"
"You said you were a treasure hunter, and you searched for treasure for yourself, right?
The masked man put her face to Trevor's ear and said, "You don't need to know too much, I also have my own work ethic, if you still want to see the sun tomorrow, then get acquainted, pick up the horn, and put it in my loot bag!"
"I'm sorry, I don't eat this!" Trevosch showed off his superhuman physiology, unleashing an unusual high kick that flew the masked man's scimitar away and shook her away, then turned to catch the scimitar in the air and restrain her.
To kill or not to kill, he was a little confused, so he had to cut open her mask with a knife, and the face hidden under the mask was immediately exposed, her beautiful face looked like she was only about twenty years old, with short men's hair, and in the face of the sluggish Trevo, she realized that her disguise no longer existed.
"Have you seen enough!You perverted man!!"
She angrily condemned the other party, which made Trevor feel very aggrieved, and said, "You attacked me first! I just fought back, why did I become a pervert!?"
When the Masked Man pulls out a turban to cover her face, Trevor lets her guard down thinking that she already knows the difference in strength between the two, and turns to pick up the Sun Horn, but the Masked Man throws a special lime smoke bomb, and when Trevor is engulfed in smoke, she takes the opportunity to take the horn.
The lime caused great trouble for Trevor, as he was unable to breathe properly due to the inhalation of lime, and his eyes were soaked in lime, making him temporarily unable to see, and he could only determine the masked man's current position by ear.
And the masked man did not leave there, but kept hovering a few steps around him, Trevor kept whipping and hitting, but he could only hit the floor, and he had to endure the masked man's constant taunts, and when he was on fire, he jumped into the air, concentrating the power of the air elemental and slamming the whip to the ground to produce a huge explosion.
Before the momentum of the shock had completely dissipated, Trevor rushed towards her in an instant, and the masked man raised his sun horn and shouted at Trevor in a hurry, "Be careful!
The strategy worked, Trevor stopped, the masked man continued to attack Trevor with her agile footwork, the two of them stalemate to a corner of the treasure room, she quickly glanced at the wall, locked on a weak spot, and pressed her back against the wall, Trevor had also confirmed the position of the masked man, and rushed through with a powerful spin.
She pursed her lips and dodged the spinning dash from the ground shovel, and Trevor slammed into the wall with a powerful impact, shattering the stone wall with a sound and revealing a long passage in its wake. She looked at Trevor who was stunned by the rubble, and said with a smile, "Handsome man, you have done me another favor." Now I'm going to say goodbye, so let's see you soon. β
After bowing to the unconscious Trevor, she quickly turned into the newly opened passage and quickly left the place......
In the blink of an eye, another hour passed, and on the Goshawk in the shallows, Raguil slid down from the lookout, hoping to report to Nabal about the impending low tide, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"Where's Barr, why haven't you seen him?"
"Aren't you a lookout?"
Lemuel stepped forward and pinched his face, joking, and then, when Nabal, unable to bear the burden, went ashore on the water, wandered around the beach for a while, and finally came to a place where it was convenient to find one.
When he was done, he noticed a set of small bundled sails lying at his feet, and he was puzzled by the fact that he picked up the sails and headed out to sea, and the trio on board noticed Nabal's situation and immediately rowed with Delacro to the beach to rendezvous.
Several people carefully studied the sails, which seemed to have been used by a dinghy with sails, and it was difficult to guess who had left them here, since there were few people in such an open sea who would have used such a boat for short trips.
A noisy birdsong sounded, and a flock of migratory birds flew out of the entrance of the deep forest, and their attention was immediately attracted to the past, in addition to the frightened flock of birds, a hurried running figure appeared in the woods.
"Looks like it's that Belmondo, it's slow enough, we should go. Samuel tightened his red turban and thrust the dinghy into the water.
Nabal jumped on board and grabbed the pulp, saying, "It's good to be back, we need to get out of this cursed place before dusk!"
When the other party approached, they realized that this figure was a masked person who ran out of the treasure cave, but now she also wore a top hat on her head, and stopped in front of Nabal and the others, obviously frightened, but she immediately calmed down and shouted: "Help me! There is a strange perverted man chasing me!"
"Strange perverted man, I think it's a real wonder that you're here, Miss, who is chasing you......"
"Come to your ship and tell me, that pervert wants to kill me!"
Although Delacro was suspicious of her, the masked man was unceremonious, jumping directly into their lifeboat and following the big men back to the Goshawk.
At this time, in the passage of the underground treasure room, Trevor limped to the exit along the passage he had knocked open, and suddenly he sneezed and said to himself, "Who is talking bad about me behind my back...... Holy!"
He inadvertently stepped on a loose floor, and the whole person slid down like a slide, and it was not long before he crashed through the barrier of a handful of dead trees, and then fell heavily on the soft mud floor, and only after clearing his mind did he realize that he had returned to the mountains of the island, and he could tell that he was near the foot of the mountain according to the degree of air circulation......
"It feels so good to see the sun again...... Damn stinking woman, you're doing this to me!" He cursed and teased his masked guest, and then walked forward through the bushes, and after a long struggle through a thorn bush, a makeshift hut appeared in front of him.
"Is there anyone!!" he tried to shout, but there was no movement in the hut except for the echo of the mountains, and Trevor went to the door and pushed it open, and found only a few basic necessities, a desk made of the trees of the island, a wooden chair, and a small wooden cabinet tucked into the door.
Determined to find out the secret of the hut, he rummaged around and found a wallet in the cupboard, which contained five hundred-dollar dinars, a number of gold coins that did not belong to the dinars, and a pendant from a necklace.
"There's no reason there could be people in this place, are they drifters?" he continued to examine the room, and found a hammock hanging from the ceiling, and several pairs of gloves and cloth clothes hanging from a few ropes, but all of them were small in size, and seemed to be worn by women.
Then he rummaged through his desk, pulled out a piece of parchment with words in the pile of blank stationery, and saw some news on the parchment that he was desperate to know:
To Sophia, the Treasure Hunter:
Since you are the guild's best treasure hunter and have unearthed many famous treasures, the guild has recently received an anonymous order for the client to need the sun horn of the Cult of the Calradia Illuminatis, and only need to achieve the goal within a year, good luck.
---- Paradise Urban Hunter Guild
"It turns out that her name is Sophia...... If she's from Gronya, why would she meddle in the affairs of Calradia......"
Trevor put away the coins in his wallet, but happened to open the necklace pendant, which contained a hand-drawn picture of a long-haired man holding the hand of a little girl......