13. Honor the war when all things are dying

"I heard you were going to see me?"

Mason took off his helmet and walked into the docks with his heavy anti-superman armor.

In this place that was cordoned off by monster pirates, Captain Barbossa, who used to dress like a high-class person, is now very down.

His luxurious robe was still stained with blood, and he didn't know if it was someone else's or his own.

When Mason walked in, he was sitting by the window of a messy room, clutching a large bottle of rum and gulping it down, as if trying to numb his fear in this way.

But in terms of results, it doesn't seem to be very good.

The wig was thrown to the ground, the scepter shattered, the coat of arms and banners he had designed for his kingdom torn to shreds, and a crown of dust was thrown at the foot of his wooden legs.

The last indulgence of this image of a man with broken dreams was left with a few maidens or a eunuch serving him here and hanging himself on the southeast branch.

"Ha, Mason, the wizard who brings hope, the bastard who predicts the end of the world."

Barbossa looked up drunkenly, laughed at the sight of Mason and tried to get up, but stumbled back into his chair.

He is old in the end, and he is no longer as brave as he used to be.

"They want me to go with them to war! Those damn monsters, I knew I was going to turn them all back when I got the Trident.

But I made a mistake.

My stupidity has brought me humiliation today, my crew has been killed, my ship has been requisitioned, and hell, Will Turner is going to turn it into another ghost ship too.

And he didn't know what he was going to do. ”

"No, I think he knows, he knows exactly what he has to do, but you're a little confused."

Mason couldn't crouch down in his armor, but the internal suspension system was standing up, allowing Mason to maintain a fairly comfortable posture and rest with his whole body.

He reached out his metal-covered handarmor and picked up the bottle beside Barbossa.

As an engineer and alchemist, as well as a beginner jewelry apprentice, Mason didn't like the drink that lowered his self-control, but seeing Barbossa so lost in front of him, Mason thought that maybe a little drink with him would help the old pirate regain his last dignity

If he really had that.

"Ahem"

Mason tried to take a sip, and the strength of the old pirate's wine was a little too strong for him to cough out, and Barbossa looked at it with disdain.

The latter snatched his good wine from Mason's mechanical armor and took a few sips before wiping his wine-stained beard.

He gasped and stared at Mason, like an angry old bull, and said:

"Lao Tzu is dead today, either at the hands of Will Turner, or at the hands of those exotic mad dogs who don't know when they came, so there are some things that I won't hide.

I'm so thankful that you gave me a good dream before the end of the world, Mason, you alien bastard!

But I also paid you, so we don't owe favors to each other.

I've given my daughter to you, and you'll have to take care of her, just as you did with Jack's bastard and Will Turner's wife and children.

If they can trust you, then I think so can I.

Serena is a good boy and I promise my daughter to be a princess. Hey, this damn world has made the last dreams of a repentant old man come to naught.

Fuck the fuck! ”

"Don't worry, Babo Sahektor."

Mason changed his name, saying:

"I've taken in so many people, and I'm not missing your daughter, I'll arrange a new life for her, so that she can get rid of everything in the past and swim in the ocean of knowledge, I think that's what she wants.

Actually, I have a gift for you too. ”

He pulled out two bottles of potion from his bag and placed them in front of Barbossa's eyes, one red and one blue, and a syringe.

Mason Says:

"The red one is the potion I prepared myself, and the nature of the reinforcements I gave you before is the same, it can make you have strong combat power in a short period of time, and the price is very painful.

Blue is poison.

A needle that works can make you die a painless death in a sweet dream.

I can't take you away.

Neither Will nor Old Teague would allow it, they thought that if you were the Pirate King, you had to obey the Pirate Code, and that there was a rule in the Code that all pirates must obey the Pirate Emperor's orders in times of crisis.

Now that Will Turner is the Pirate King, you must all go to war with him.

But for the sake of our happy cooperation in the past, I give you these two things, so that you can have a decent ending whether you choose to set foot on the battlefield or die here.

Whichever you choose, I'll tell Serena that her father died heroically. ”

"Hey, do you think my clever daughter will believe your lies?"

Barbossa pouted and said:

"She's the smartest kid I've ever met, and she persuaded me to keep my relationship with you the first time I saw you, and she seemed to have guessed it all early.

But I still want to thank you, Mason. ”

The old pirate raised his head and poured tons of wine down the bottle, and after Mason turned to leave, the old pirate's eyes fell on the two bottles of potion on the table.

Hector Barbossa reached out and trembled in his grip on the blue vial, but instead of drinking it, he stuck it on his belt and picked up the syringe and the red potion and stood up.

After a few breaths, he slammed the bottle to the ground.

Glass shattered and wine splashed, and the legendary pirate seemed to have made up his mind, scooping up the old hat he had worn in the past and fastening it to his head, grabbing his sword and flintlock pistol and limping open the door.

The tumbling waters in front of him had become like a high wall, and they were bound by the power of the goddess of the sea, Colypso, and surrounded the docks.

This fantastical scene should have attracted attention, but Barbossa couldn't watch it.

He took the last green apple from his pocket and put it to his mouth, and the juice splashed with a click, and then yelled at Will Turner and old Teague who were looking at him:

"I'm halfway down in a coffin, and I'm going to fight with you bastards, it's really embarrassing! What about Lao Tzu's ship? How can you go to war without a ship? ”

——

"They're coming!"

The cleaners didn't keep Team K and the female Poseidon waiting too long, and almost five hours after the impact had entered the preparatory stage, Mason felt movement at his world's gate.

According to Mr. Hunter, the war of the Cleaner Legion to travel through the world also relies on the World Gate of the Stars Society as a signpost, and the Caribbean world has been the exclusive world of Team K before, so the Cleaners must also locate it through the coordinates of Team K's World Gate if they want to enter here.

So the moment they got closer, the tattoo on Mason's arm sent a "warning" like a pinprick.

The only regret was that Mason couldn't stop the Cleanups from landing by closing the World Gate, and as soon as he gave the order, the members of Team K were immediately put into combat readiness.

Riding the zombie wyvern, Zakang was the first to make a majestic attack with Grindelwald's Dark Magic Codex, a coral trident in his hand, and a cracked magic floating cloak.

Just by saying that he is a legendary archmage, he is absolutely qualified.

And Captain Jack threw away the cigarette butt from the corner of his mouth and swooped into the Batmobile, he knew that his combat effectiveness was terrible, so he took the initiative to take on the responsibility of the rear of the battlefield.

He had to roam the ruined city to make sure that the gate of transfer that was still passing would not be disturbed.

Five hours is not enough time for all the refugees here, and although there are only the last survivors left in this world, there are hundreds of thousands of them.

The cleaners were a pack of genetically modified biochemical mad dogs.

Once they are thrown into the battlefield, they don't care about any humanitarianism, and if they get close to here, these people will definitely be doomed.

Barbara and the two barrels, one left and one right, jumped into the two cockpits of the Magic Lizard Tank, and the onboard AI Delaman activated the autopilot, allowing the all-terrain combat vehicle to activate against the ruins, and the optical camouflage module activated, allowing the huge war weapon to enter optical invisibility.

It's not the first time these two have manipulated this thing, and they're already pretty comfortable with it.

A few seconds later, the drone nest behind the Lizard Tank was activated under Barbara's control, and more than 200 military "Griffin" drones were densely surrounded by the Lizard.

There is also an oversized Zeta octave that is installed on the city dock as a fixed turret.

These two things are not civilian drones like the "Pterodactyl".

They are killing machines from the world of 2077.

Despite their modest size, they are equipped with a full-powered kinetic rapid-fire cannon and a lethal electric blaster, all-terrain intelligence to hunt enemies, and ruthless accuracy, which defies battlefield ethics, making them a commander's favorite weapon.

Cheap enough and durable enough, Mason also modified them so that they would burst into EMP shocks when destroyed.

For the modifier method of implanting a prosthetic body to enhance combat effectiveness, this attack directly impacting the prosthetic chip is significantly more effective and vicious.

However, this will be inside the Magic Lizard Tank, and Barbara's control mode makes the two barrels next to him feel terrifying.

Because a data cable is popping out of the arm of the bat girl to connect to the tank, she lies in the cockpit with her eyes closed, relying on the data interface to command and control her drone army.

Apparently, after returning from the Isu Assassin World, she "upgraded" herself without telling Mason and the others.

"You changed all your hands?"

Sitting in the autopilot war vehicle, Erkeg took the time to polish his weapons and apply Mason's special combat sword oil, while whispering:

"Grayson will be absolutely scared to death when he sees this, we let his crazy female friend turn herself into a robot, what a sin."

"Don't tell him no! Jason. ”

Barbara, who closed her eyes as if she was asleep, scolded:

"I can hear it all, and the biometric monitoring shows that your heart is beating faster, what's wrong? Can a cold-blooded killer like you feel nervous too? ”

"Nonsense."

Erkeo looked at the special material cockpit in front of him, which was obviously fully covered by armor but could be observed in a 360° panoramic view, and he whispered:

"I'm going to assassinate a god in a while, and I can't miss it, who doesn't be nervous about this job? Team K's enemies are getting more and more outrageous, and I'm still mortal.

Hell yes. ”

"The target has appeared! Ahead of the sky, prepare to hide! ”

Mason's warning interrupted all of Erke's complaints, and as his words fell, a wormhole-like door suddenly opened on the sky dome that had been occupied by the reflection of the world.

Then three war ships like black monster fish swayed into this cloudy, stormy world.

This thing is two turns smaller than the one they took out on the old spider's side, and it's obviously a more flexible assault landing design.

"What's that?"

Zakang shouted, and Mason said in an indifferent tone:

"'Cosmic Locusts' Raiding Ship of the Zetarians! I recognized it the last time Itreigan destroyed it, and be careful, the ships themselves are biologically conscious.

To put it simply, they are alive! ”

"Boom"

The dazzling light of thunder mixed with the sudden rise of the storm obscured the vision of Team K for a moment, and it was the first attack launched by the angry female sea god Colypso.

She was the god of the sea, and she could naturally harness the storm and thunder, and in a fit of rage, the blow tore through the sky like the legendary Poseidon Trident, hitting the fish-shaped ship at the front head-on.

The latter is like a giant beast bathed in thunder, and the blow of the gods causes electric sparks and dazzling explosions all over its body.

The Zetarian plundering airship mounted on the biological mothership also hurried away from the mothership like a swarm of bees, carrying the highly modified cleaners and mad dogs to the Colypso, who was a giant in the tide.

Thunder flashed, clouds were thick, and the giantess holding the thunder roared angrily tearing apart the black monster fish, and there was also a fleet of death ships of tattered ghost ships on the sea, tumbling out from under the sea and firing wildly at the sky.

This scene really has the style of mythical warfare.

However, before Mason joins the battle with Team K, he receives a message from the Hunter.

Perhaps it was because the Legion of Cleaners had opened a wormhole to make the connection between this realm and the outside world clearer, or maybe Ciri had used some wonderful means, but in short, this message was directly reflected in Mason's mind in the form of a spiritual dialogue.

"Mason, the high-level conqueror sequences of the Cleanup Legion have now been sent to different vassal worlds to carry out missions, so you don't have to worry about a conqueror in the first round of attacks.

But there will definitely be those troublesome ghosts coming in the future, and Collypso will be dealt with as soon as possible. ”

Probably because Mason saw through his identity, Mr. Hunter stopped playing the game of women pretending to be men, and directly warned him in his cold female voice:

"All actions related to divinity are highly valued, so whatever you're going to do, remember, don't stay alive!"

"Thanks, Ciri."

Mason manipulated the anti-superman armor to activate the gravity well with all its might, and rushed to a Zetari mothership with full firepower in the sky, and he asked:

"I've been busy here, and I don't have time to care about my base world, is the situation okay over there?"

"I'm not your informant, Mason!"

The hunter said unhappily:

"If you want to know, just see for yourself! I'm going to be busy, 37 worlds in danger are waiting for me to help, how can I have time to help you gather intelligence?

However, your base world is super A-class, so don't worry, it will most likely pass easily, as long as the superheroes of your world can make up their minds.

Don't be so mother-in-law. ”

"Determined to destroy a world?"

Mason smashed like a black meteorite on a Zetarian marauding mothership, grabbed a huge armor plate with both hands and tore it off, and manipulated two kinetic shotgun shoulder cannons that popped out of the Warframe's shoulders to blast the surrounding Mad Dog Cleaners into rotten.

He shook his head with a sense of concern and said:

"What difference would they make if they did that and the stars? It's a shameless ethical trap that once you step into it, there's no turning back. ”

"Yes, it's a trap."

Ciri snorted and said:

"But if you don't, both worlds will die, smart and kind Mason, can you come up with a perfect way to survive the shock without hurting everyone?"

Mason could only be silent.

A moment later, as he manipulated his armor and armed a large-caliber kinetic hand cannon to smash into the interior of the mothership, the faint voice of the Lady Hunter also said:

"Let's be realistic, Mason, even existence in these dark ages is a luxury. On the bright side, your world is at least still alive, but there's no hope for the world beneath your feet.

The status quo is terrible, but it's better to survive one of the two than to end up with both.

That's the answer. ”

"It's a mistake at best, and in my mind it's never been the answer."

Mason pulls the trigger, drowning a group of mad dog cleaners in front of him.

There was a strange twisted creature behind him, screaming and pounced, and was thrown out of Mason's vibranium mantis knife on his arm, turned around and cut into flesh and blood, and at the sound of huge bullet casings smashing, he whispered:

"I will never accept that I will turn into a beast in the end of the dark stars, and fight each other for the most primitive existence with a group of people who have no grievances against me.

It's a shame to end up like that. ”

"Then use the snack, live, go further, and find the answers you want in this era that forces everyone to either die or become monsters, and prove that everything this fucking thing is wrong right now."

Ciri whispered:

"I'm looking forward to the day when you can come up with your own answers."

(End of chapter)