"Horn?" Tang Jie looked at Nia in confusion, "What is he doing here?"

For this former partner, Tang Jie is a little unpredictable about his identity, this guy who thinks of himself as a priest all day long but drinks all day seems to be very mysterious, the last time he saw him was because he was almost killed by Sergei, the fighter of the Wind Sword, if it weren't for Horn, maybe he would have died in Sisis at that time.

Nia also has a very complicated feeling about Horn, when she first learned that Horn was a spy, Nia wanted to break this guy into pieces, but in the end, Nia was shocked to find that the spy was her father, and Horn was innocent, this huge change made Nia a little unsure of how to face this former partner.

Facing Tang Jie's question, Nia shook her head, she didn't know how to answer Tang Jie's words.

Tang Jie nodded slowly, and he said to Nia, "Take me to meet him." ”

Nia nodded, she turned around and whispered a few words to the waiting attendant beside her, and then the attendant led Tang Jie and Nia through the corridor towards the castle gate.

Horn was standing in front of the castle gate on the beach on the west side of Alcatraz, one hand holding a bottle of wine and cooping wine, his eyes purring in his sockets, looking around at the island.

After the iron gate was raised by the pirates, Tang Jie's hearty voice came out from inside, and no one heard it first: "You are still the same, and you don't leave the wine?"

Horn smiled and threw the bottle towards Tang Jie: "Taste the best rum!"

Tang Jie smiled and took a sip of the wine bottle, and then threw the wine bottle back: "The wine is good, but I don't know if it's a happy wine for old friends to reunite?"

Horn smiled slyly, and did not answer Tang Jie's words, but instead looked up at the tall castle, and said with a smile: "For the sake of the sea god Tira, you really built a castle here! When you decided to put down roots here, I always doubted that you would be able to stick to it here......

Horn took a sip of wine and wiped the wine stains from the corners of his mouth with the sleeve of his dirty priest's robe: "Now, this castle in front of me proves to me: I was wrong!"

Tang Jie listened to Horn's words, he frowned, and said, "You have always been suspicious? Have you been on Alcatraz all along? Or have you been keeping an eye on me?"

Horn smiled, "Both!"

Nia, who had been cold-eyed on the side, suddenly said, "Horn, who are you, what is the matter with this visit?"

Horn looked at Nia, and he smiled, "Dear First Mate Nia, you're still so grumpy, I thought you'd be a little more calm." ”

Nia has actually polished her temperament on Alcatraz Island a little calmly, but she doesn't know how when she sees Horn, she will unconsciously think of the old captain Baal, and she can't help but be impetuous when she thinks of Baal.

Tang Jie saw that Nia frowned, and was about to continue talking, he patted Nia on the shoulder, signaling her not to speak for now, and let herself speak.

Nia nodded and took a step back.

Tang Jie looked at Horn and asked rhetorically: "Horn, I am very grateful that you saved me in Sisis and warned me at the beginning, but I have let you go before this, we do not owe each other, if you want to ask me for something cheap at this time, then you have made a mistake!"

Horn laughed, he waved his hand: "I can understand your vigilance, but you don't need to push me from here to the other side of the world like this, I didn't come here to blackmail you, and I don't dare to trouble you, the king of the Nilsia Sea!"

Tang Jie squinted his eyes and looked at Horn, although he had a relationship with this mysterious man, and Horn had a life-saving grace for him, but Tang Jie always felt pimples in his heart, maybe because this man had too many things to hide from him, maybe because old Barr left a deep shadow in Tang Jie's heart, so that he no longer dared to easily believe in those so-called "friendships" that had not been proven.

The most important thing is that a strong person has a strong feeling of rejection against another strong person of the same sex, which has always filled Tang Jie's chest.

Tang Jie doesn't like all the opposite sex when he sees it, and he will be disgusted when he sees all the same sex, but when a powerful male animal sees another male animal that he can't fathom, the hostility and disgust that is dominated by animal instinct in the depths of his soul will unconsciously be revealed.

Especially Horn made Tang Jie feel that he was always shrouded in a fog, Tang Jie not only didn't know the identity of this guy, nor did he know the strength of this guy, let alone the purpose of his actions and words.

For Tang Jie, who has an extremely strong desire to control, he is extremely disgusted with this kind of thing.

"And what have you brought me, my old friend?" Tang Jie looked at Horn and smiled faintly.

Horn smiled, took out a yellowed cowhide roll from his bosom, and handed it over: "You can take a look at it with your own eyes, I'm sure you will be interested." ”

Tang Jie's eyes were fixed on Horn, as if he wanted to see through what medicine was sold in this man's gourd, he opened the yellow cowhide scroll in his hand, only glanced at it, then suddenly raised his head, and asked sharply: "How can you have a treasure map of Athos?" Moreover, I have never seen this treasure map!"

When Nia heard the words "Atos's treasure map", she immediately trembled, and she immediately stepped forward and approached Tang Jie to look at this treasure map that had brought her love and hatred.

Horn faced Tang Jie's questioning, he just smiled and didn't answer, looked up at the castle behind Tang Jie, and asked, "Can you tell me why you want to build a castle here? There is no pirate in the whole world who dares to build his lair on the golden route as blatantly as you!"

Tang Jie looked at Horn and asked reluctantly, "You didn't answer my question, old friend!"

Horn sighed, "If I answered your question, can you answer my question?"

Tang Jie nodded: "Of course you can, obviously it's a fair deal." ”

Horn glanced at Nia, who was staring at the treasure map, and couldn't help but tremble a little, and suddenly a deep and pitying look flashed in his eyes, as if he had seen this kind of person who was excited, excited, painful, and sad because of the treasure of Athos in countless years of wind and rain.

Horn looked at Tang Jie and asked, "What do you want to know?"

Tang Jie said, "Who are you, why did you appear on Captain Barr's ship in the first place, and why did you save me later?"

Horn smiled faintly, turned his head to look in the direction of the Black Dragon King and said, "In the world of pirates, there is a kind of person who is different from the pirates around him. The vast majority of pirates were aggressive and raiding, and when they had gathered a certain amount of looted wealth, a kind of people came into being. ”

Horn said eloquently: "When the pirates were encircled and suppressed by the World Alliance, the Pirate King Hamilton led the pirates to defeat the encirclement and suppression of the Alliance, and concluded a ceasefire agreement with them, and then Hamilton's "Pirate Code" was implemented in the Sea World. In order to ensure the absolute authority of the Pirate Code, Hamilton selected the strongest of the seven seas and made them the guardians of the Code. ”

Horn said, he turned his head and glanced at Tang Jie lightly: "Tie Nuo, who was killed by you before, is one of the Codex Guardians!"

Tang Jie was shocked, of course he knew the Codex Guardian, but he didn't expect that difficult monster to be the most mysterious Codex Keeper in the pirate world.

Tang Jie frowned: "He is the guardian of the Codex?No wonder it is so difficult!However, he did not die in my hands, he was bitten to death by the shark, if it was a fair fight, I would have no chance of winning at that time, even now, it is estimated that I will lose more than I win!"

In the face of Tang Jie's self-evaluation, Horn continued noncommittally: "For the first time in the world of pirates, a group of people who live by guarding the code and maintaining the rules have dedicated their lives to the sacred and inviolable "Code of Pirates" in the world of pirates. ”

"With the emergence of the Codex Guardians, the Pirate Kings of the major seas have gradually selected a group of absolutely trusted and powerful people from their respective subordinates, so that they can protect their lifelong wealth!

Tang Jie was a little stunned when he heard this, and he asked, "You, what do you mean...... Are you the treasure keeper of Atos?"

A look of pride appeared on Horn's face, as if he was proud of this identity: "That's right!"

Nia couldn't help but say excitedly on the side: "For the sake of the sea god Tira, Athos has been dead for more than a hundred years, and you say that you are the guardian of his treasure? So how many years have you lived? Please look in the mirror, okay? We are not idiots and stupid!"

Horn smiled slightly, and before he could speak, he suddenly heard a voice like fairy music faintly coming: "Because, he used to be the most powerful magician under Athos, Geralt Reed!"

Tang Jie and Nia heard the voice, and at the same time turned their heads to look at the place where the sound came from.

I saw Octavil, who had been living in seclusion on Alcatraz Island, walking slowly with a faint light mist on her body.

The mermaid's eyes were still closed, and with every step she took, the ground would bloom into a ripple that spread around her, as if she were stepping on the water.

Octavier walked up to Horn under the blank gaze of Tang Jie and Nia, Octavier nodded slightly to Horn, and said lightly: "Geralt Reed, I haven't seen you for more than a hundred years, and you are still the same......"

Horn also smiled faintly: "Yes, Octavier, I haven't seen you for more than a hundred years......"