The North Sea of the El Continent is also known as the "Sea of the Dead", because of its changeable climate and the fact that there are many underwater reefs in some places, and there are many mysterious seas shrouded in a supernatural aura, so few ships will venture in this dangerous place, but no matter what, this is also an ocean that occupies one-fifth of the entire world's area, and it is certainly impossible to say that there are no ships passing through here, but the ships that can sail on the Sea of the Dead and their captains are certainly not ordinary people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

For the Holy Del Empire, its long coastline is basically located within the scope of the Dead Man's Sea, so for the first, fourth and ninth fleets that patrol here all year round, this sometimes quiet, sometimes violent ocean is like their back garden, which is not allowed to be trampled by outsiders at all, and in the headquarters base of these three fleets, it is also rumored to store information about all the safe routes of the Sea of the Dead, which is absolutely heavenly for the explorer association and some adventurous pirates, but few people can see those top-secret information, coupled with the deliberate blockade of the Holy Del Empire, so even if hundreds of years have passed, the Sea of the Dead is still an unknown forbidden place for most people who eat at sea.

But there are always exceptions, the master of this sea is actually not only the Holy Del Empire, in the vast sea, there have been a few people who have conquered this violent ocean, and the grace they left behind protects their children and grandchildren, so that this sea is almost no secret in front of them, the number of these people is very small, and most of them live in the country of pirates, the Thousand Islands in the South China Sea, but at this time, Putini who is cautiously steering the rudder is one of them, in his mind, the knowledge left by his fathers is being quickly turned up and digested by him。

As mentioned before, Putini comes from a mysterious place known as the "Pirate King Family", his surname Tiki means an almost immortal legend on the ocean, in the six generations before Putini, there were a total of four pirate kings named Tichy, except for Putini's father who was forced to stay away from the sea because of the family tiredness, almost every generation will appear a king who dominates the sea, the only man who did not become the pirate king is the first ancestor of the Tiqi family, and his title before his death is " Governor of the Four Fleets of the Storm Empire", that is a name louder than the Pirate King.

So how big was the power of the Tichy family?

More than eighty years ago, almost twenty years after the establishment of the Bloodsail Pirates, in the face of another menacing storm Empire's South Sea Fleet, those old pirates who followed Jans Pakovich to form the Bloodsails first mysteriously lost their leader Jennes, and then were betrayed by a third of the members, and were about to fall apartThe old man only sent one-third of the warships and pirates belonging to the Titch family, and easily defeated the Imperial South China Sea Fleet, which had reached the strongest strength at that time, and preserved the existence of the stormy Blood Sail Pirates.

Why did he do it?

Whitebeard's reason was simple, he said to the second leader of the Bloodsail Pirates, "I saved you to make this boring ocean more lively!"

An almost joking reason, but no one dares to question the authenticity of this reason, that is Whitebeard, the man who single-handedly forced the four fleets of the Storm Empire to retreat to the empire's sea frontier, as for the later birth of Jennes Pakovich, it was only because Whitebeard felt too bored, and it was more interesting to wait for this sea that was already boring in his eyes, and it was also because of the old man's words, as a result, a plate of scattered South Sea pirates united in an instant, and the Imperial South Sea Fleet was almost completely destroyed。

This is the majesty of the Tiqi family, to put it bluntly, as long as Whitebeard is willing, it is not difficult to attack the hinterland of the Storm Empire, but he adheres to the will of his ancestors and has never set foot in the sea frontier of the Storm Empire in his life.

However, a dozen years later, Whitebeard died, and his son, Putini's father, Loorgev-Titch, seemed a little too cowardly, and in fact, in the fourth year of Whitebeard's death, Loorgev abandoned the huge family estate and ran away with a noble daughter of the Grand Duchy of Miranda.

Yes, he ran away ...

As a direct result of this irresponsible behavior, seven years later, Whitebeard's vast estate was devoured by the nascent Bloodsail Pirates, and the mighty "Pirate King Family" became history.

So some people say that the empire of the Bloodsail Pirates is the empire that inherited the Tiqi family, and this inheritance is not complete, at least those who are not convinced by the Bloodsail Pirates, there are still a lot of them, and the Bloodsail wants to become the former Tiki, they still have a long way to go.

It wasn't until the death of Lolgeev, the Red Maple Earl of the Grand Duchy of Miranda, that he inherited the title, and Putini, who was still a genuine young gentleman at the time, heard the glory of his family from his dying father, but he did not hate his father, although Lolkev was an out-and-out prodigal, but his relationship with his wife has always been very good, the two have lived together for nearly sixty years, and he used his family in exchange for a near-perfect love, so no one can judge whether Loorgev's original choice was right or wrong。

Three months after the death of the Red Maple Leaf Earl, his only son, the twenty-six-year-old Putini disappeared in the villa of Maple Leaf Castle, and when he reappeared, it was three years later, in the Kuril Sea of the South China Sea, the little pirate captain with three ships joined the Blood Sail, and in the next two years, he was excluded, betrayed, his identity was exposed, and he was exiled to the Blood Shark Mercenary Group in the Sea of Storms, and then another round of exclusion, driven away, and even could only support himself as a mercenary, at the lowest point in his life, he met Elivan, and everyone knows what happened after that。

More than sixty years is enough to bury a glorious empire, but Tiqi's heritage is more than that, the establishment of Black Sails is a clear proof, Putini ascended to the top and played the name of the Tichy family, in less than two months, he recruited more than a thousand skilled old pirates, and also owned seven ships, after the first battle, he had almost the same number of prisoners and eight intact warships as his men, and his strength doubled in an instant, the speed of this expansion is enough to make people frightening.

But now, the man who inherited the will of the Tichy family has cautiously turned the rudder of the ship, allowing the "Jackdaw" he steered to skillfully avoid a series of reefs hidden under the water, and the agility of the three-masted battleship that has been re-dyed in silver gray can't help but make Putini let out a series of sighs, and why not the "Storm Queen's Revenge" this time?

The reason is very simple, the two ships are compared horizontally, the "Storm Queen Revenge" with a steel structure is stronger, more energetic, and suitable for battlefield charges, but the traditional wooden structure of the "Jackdaw" is more flexible, faster, and more suitable for long-distance attacks, in fact, the peak speed of the "Jackdaw" is thirty percent higher than that of the "Storm Queen's Revenge", and this time the mission to send Elivan to Palvin County is simply more suitable.

Let's talk about their destination here, Parven County, although this place is far away from the central ruling area of the Holy Del Empire, located in the southernmost part of the empire, in the eyes of the Empire, it is already an out-and-out barbaric place, but in fact, Parvin County is still very famous in the Holy Del Empire, and the reason is because it is rich in spellcasting materials that are indispensable to mages all over the world - magic crystals!

As mentioned earlier, the magic crystal is divided into two kinds, one is ore companion, the other is from the mysterious demon beast heart core, the former is stable, the latter bursts, each has its own use, and the magic crystal mine in Palvin County is the best quality among the metal associated ores found so far, of course, the price is also the highest, and the magic crystal ore reserves in Palvin County are quite rich, according to the inspection of the craftsman association, the magic crystal reserves contained in it are enough to continue mining for one hundred and fifty years, and there is also news that in fact, in the wasteland of Palvin County, there is another magic crystal mine that has been discovered, but has not been minedTherefore, the enchanted merchants from all over the continent are stationed here almost all year round, in order to have a magic crystal open day once a month.

What is the Magic Crystal Open Day? This is very simple to say, after all, the magic crystal belongs to the strategic material, so the Holy Del Empire began to control the magic crystal mine in Palvin County a long time ago, but due to the loud voice of the people, plus the mages of the White Stone Society persuaded on the side, so twenty years ago, the then emperor of the empire Del V, that is, the father of the current emperor Haven Cassadine Freeman, announced that on the first day of each month, he would take out one-tenth of all the magic crystals mined last month for sale, but don't underestimate this tenth, it is enough to meet the needs of the vast majority of enchanted merchants。

After all, the magic crystal is to make money, but its tax is also very heavy, as high as 40%, but even so, the magic crystal industry is still one of the most profitable industries in the entire continent, so some people say that the Zhongxing of the Holy Del Empire and the discovery of the magic crystal mine in Palvin County are inseparable, and this is actually not wrong, because as we all know, the largest magic crystal merchant in the El continent is the royal family of Lordal.

It is precisely because of the special status of Parvin County that the three most elite infantry legions of the empire, a griffin sky knight and a squad of high-level mages of the White Stone Society are stationed here all year round, of course, this time Sharon was sent here to serve as the leader of the mage group, but never expect Sharon to do his job, so no one usually comes to attack in this place, so Sharon has been very easy recently, especially after his little sweetheart came over, he was even happier.

However, she soon became uneasy, because just five minutes earlier, the "Jackdaw" disguised as a merchant ship Having stopped at the only port in Palvin County, Putini, dressed in a fine brocade robe and looking like a gentleman, took Wendy's hand, and walked out of the cabin, and Murphy, the donkey, who was also dressed in festive clothes, and two wolf cubs the size of foals, followed them, and behind them, young sailors in uniform in uniform carried a large wooden box with a beautiful decoration under the command of André in a steel helmet and a sledgehammer and a black-mane in a butler's uniform, and the group walked to the post station outside the port。

Five minutes later, a noble carriage and a large carriage drove out of the inn, and the newly baked Archmage Sharon Stone's brother Putini Edward Stone, his newlywed wife, and his servants, pulled them along the relatively smooth road carved out of the wilderness, towards the city of Parven more than ten miles away.

And not long after Putini and his party left, the "Jackdaw" that had just docked also set sail again after a little replenishment of fresh water and supplies, wearing a captain's hat and a captain's uniform of the same standard as Putini's standard, Alpeno, carried the command knife at his waist with high spirits, and the other hand was cautiously beating the rudder back and forth The captain began to give orders, before Putini's business was done, he needed to complete his first task in the shortest possible time, to wipe out the remnants of the blood shark left on a small island in the North Sea, and most of the sailors on the ship under his feet were guaranteed by him to be the first to get out of the heavy hard labor, and naturally he would strictly carry out Captain Alpeno's orders, so in Alpeno's opinion, this mission was the credit that Putini sent to him, and in fact, it did.

On the other side, after two hours of galloping with two batches of horses, Parven City was finally close at hand, and the four people and three pets who were sore because of the cramped carriage jumped out of the carriage the moment the carriage stopped, and the sailors who stayed on the cart behind also lifted the wooden box that was not too heavy, and Andre carefully put his hand on the side, the box was temporarily nailed, so it only needed a slight fall to fall apart, so it was necessary to avoid any mistakes.

But fortunately, since it was the Magic Crystal Open Day two days later, there were many businessmen who were currently coming and going to Palvin City, and most of these big businessmen who were engaged in the Magic Crystal industry were generous, so the soldiers who were originally in charge of the security check at the city gate began to deal with the errands one by one, and they would even help some familiar merchants like brokers to point out which of the six large and small trading markets in the entire city was better this time, of course, these additional news were not free, the merchants didn't care about this little money, and the soldiers relied on these news to support their families, which was already a common practice。

Why is this happening?

In fact, it is very simple, on the one hand, because the direct manager of Parvin City is the royal family of Lodal, who is thousands of miles away, and the direct manager of the local area is a complex group of legion commanders and mage captains and local nobles, as well as a nominal city lord, so in order to prevent those merchants from finding a way to speculate and make some ugly things on their own, they simply revealed this information to the soldiers on duty, so that they can disclose these news generously, and can also increase their income a little, and secondly, outside the time of the magic crystal open day, these soldiers have a very hard time, after all, this is the southern frontier of the empire, Far from being a prosperous inland area, in fact, the entire southern Xinjiang except for Parvin County is a little more lively because of the existence of the magic crystal mine, other places are even with the wilderness, outsiders want to find one or two towns here is really wishful thinking, and want to make oil and water in this kind of place, it is too difficult and too difficult, so this kind of additional legal income is simply regarded by the superiors as a good way to win people's hearts, but don't underestimate the work of guarding the four city gates a week before the opening of the magic crystal, that is not who wants to come.

At this time, the long queue that appeared at the east gate of Parvin City illustrated the prosperity of the magic crystal industry, merchants from all parts of the continent spoke different languages and different accents to greet each other, Andre even saw several strange creatures with scales on their bodies, as well as those black-skinned indigenous merchants with white turbans wrapped around their heads from the Death Desert at the junction of the Eastern and Western Continents, while the inhabitants of Parvin carried fruits or local specialties, or even some small handicrafts, selling back and forth next to this long procession, and it seemed that business was not bad, and under the drive of these gathered merchants, the city of Parveen, which looks a little old, has shown a hint of prosperity again.

Looking at the rich appearance of a fat merchant in front of them who casually threw out a bag of gold coins to the soldiers, Putini pursed his lips disdainfully, in the end, it is a small country place, only this kind of guy full of copper smell, but now it is an emergency, and he can't take care of other things, so when it was his turn, the black mane that appeared as a housekeeper was a turquoise blue Storm Sea pearl scavenged from the treasure of the blood shark, and as a result, this extremely generous shot directly attracted the captain of this group of guards, and then under the contact between the two sides, Putini paid the price of three big pearls in exchange for the personal escort of a small team of soldiers, so without any danger, came to the outside of Sirloin's villa, which is located in the garden area of Parveen City.

"Is this it?"

Putini looked at the large villa in front of him, which was several times more luxurious than the city hall, and turned his head to look at the expressionless black mane, who nodded, "That's right, that woman... I just like this style of architecture. ”

"But it's somewhat... That's an exaggeration, isn't it?"

Andre carried the war hammer on his back, raised his head, and covered the sunlight above his eyes with his hands, so that he could barely take in the eyes of this huge mansion in front of him, which covers an area of more than 5,000 square meters. And this building alone will already occupy a quarter of the city's garden area, and another quarter, even if it is already known that the other party is one of the most famous alchemy masters in the Holy Del Empire, but such a magnificent building, is there really no problem?

André closed his eyes and silently recited an ancient incantation, and the green trees and red flowers behind the brass metal railing gate clearly appeared in his mind, as well as the constant sound of birdsong, the sound of running water, and the small rockery like a real mountain, the small waterfall and swimming pool that were integrated with the mountain, the carefully built tree houses and aviaries, the antique balustrades hanging from the tall eaves, the well-dressed servants who walked up and down the aisles, and even a group of little foxes with golden hair and purple paws chasing and playing on the wide lawn, rolling from time to time, when I saw the fluffy little foxAndrei's closed eyes hidden under his helmet shrank, and as a seasoned hunter, he naturally knew what it was.

Ghost Spirit Fox, one of the most difficult prey to catch on the Wasteland Plateau, has amazing movement speed and attack speed, is extremely sensitive to the breath of strangers, wild and untamable, and has a chance to awaken into an extremely special form after a long growth period, such as the real "ghost" form, or the extremely gorgeous "Fire Fox" Form, in short, ordinary orcs will not provoke these mysterious evil stars of group action, but he didn't expect that in the distance from the barren stone plateau and far away, he can still see this kind of rare beast, the most exaggerated thing is that looking at the appearance of these little foxes, it seems that they are young foxes who have just been born, that is to say, in this seemingly ordinary mansion, there must be at least a pair of adult, domesticated ghost spirit foxes.

"What is this, you haven't seen her in the "Sirloin Castle" in St. White Stone Castle, even the White Stone Society, which has been passed down for thousands of years, in some cases, has to borrow her castle to hold plenary meetings, and she also has some unbearable quirks, tsk, you will naturally know this when you see her!"

Blackmane twisted his neck a little uncomfortably, and then seemed to remember something, and couldn't help but scratch his neck again, and then he crossed the crowd, and walked to the gate that was carved with various exquisite reliefs like a small city gate, looked left and right, and pressed on the glasses of an inconspicuous eagle-shaped relief near the lower left of the gate, and a small dark grid appeared in front of him, and the black mane took out an emblem from his arms, threw it inside, and the dark grid closed, and three minutes later, the heavy metal gate opened with a bang.

"Buzz~"

When the door was fully opened, a pink arcane element appeared in front of everyone, just like the Nepturon summoned by Eliven before, with a teardrop-shaped body, no face and no feet, only two thick arms and hands divided into four fingers, but unlike Nepturon, who was born in the water elemental world, this pink arcane element is a magical creature "created" by mages through some strange spells after compressing their own magic.

Normally, they have no soul, but because their minds are directly connected to the mage himself, this arcane element is often the most powerful assistant of the mages when conducting some tedious experiments, and a mysterious mage like Sharon, who can't even touch the black mane, is not too normal for one or two arcane elements to appear in the house.

Watching the Arcane Elemental muttering in a language that no one understood, everyone looked at each other until the Arcane Elemental stretched out his hands and gestured "Follow me" After the posture, the group led by Putini followed the pink arcane element into the manor like a real palace in Sharon, but after turning the strange rockery, Andre's deep voice suddenly appeared in the bottom of everyone's heart, which really frightened the ordinary old pirates who carried the box and kept looking left and right, as if entering the Grand View Garden, and always felt that their eyes were not enough.

"Don't look into the eyes of those foxes!"

got Andre's deliberate reminder from Andre, who never said much, several people in front of him were stunned, even Wendy, who had been watching those little foxes, looked away for the first time, as for those old fur seals, after seeing the sea elements summoned by Andre on the sea, they were already as quiet as gods about the words of this hidden adult.

However, at the moment when this reminder fell to the ground, the arcane element that was originally leading the way in front turned around and "looked" at Andre strangely, although it did not have obvious eyes and face, but Andre knew that the powerful soul hidden in it had noticed himself, whether this attention was good or bad, no one knew yet.

When the strangers stopped paying attention to the little foxes who were squatting in a row on the side of the road and looking at them curiously, these tricksters became interested, and the slightly larger little fox who was obviously the leader of them didn't know why he saw the strange donkey Murphy who was following Wendy, and then cheered, ran a few steps, and jumped on the donkey's back, startling Murphy who was walking with his head down, and the other little foxes saw the leading fox lying on Murphy's body, and they all jumped on the donkey's back, so the strange donkey wearing festive new clothes had more rows of neat rows on his back, the little fox who twisted his little head to look left and right.

The strange donkey seemed to know that these little things could not be provoked, so it changed its usual bad habit of liking to kick around, and honestly followed the hostess to the mansion blocked by rockeries and waterfalls, and Sharon, who was wearing a violet dress and a sea blue felt hat, was already standing there waiting for them. (To be continued.) )