In the waters of the North Sea, not far from Iron Anchor Bay, on the shores of the Eternal Night Peninsula.

It was already dark at night, and a mist rose on the moonlit sea, looming several pirate ships flying black skull flags.

It's like a terrifying ghost ship from a legend.

One of the skull flags depicts a skeleton dragging a blood-colored twisted worm body, which is none other than Maltz the Woodpecker.

It was also influenced by the [Dark Witchcraft: Blessing of the Queen of Ants], and all of them became women's alternative pirate gangs.

The Insect Horn had clearly adjusted its stance in advance, facing the Eternal Night Peninsula with its stern facing the Eternal Night Peninsula and its bow facing the direction of Iron Anchor Bay.

It's like you're ready to pull anchor and set sail.

Suddenly, a shrill voice like a bug sounded:

"It's midnight, all the crew are in place, and no matter what they hear, don't leave their posts.

All the officers stayed to participate in the ceremony.

Bring me that slave. ”

Woodpecker Maltz relied on his status as a "mother worm", and his authority on this pirate ship was significantly higher than that of most pirate captains.

A crew member who was infected by him or her with tapeworms and turned into a "queen ant", he (her) was 100% tame.

Soon, on the tall stern of the ship, they painted a five-pointed star circle that resembled a goat's head with blood.

A few pirate officers, who were five big and three coarse, but greased and powdered, escorted an elderly slave who had been drugged in advance and fell into a coma to the formation.

Maltz arranged him in the shape of an inverted cross, and lit a white candle at each of the four corners of the inverted cross.

If Byron had been here, he would have recognized the slave as one of the "raw materials" that the two of them had previously competed for at the Palme d'Or trading company.

Instead of being fed to the bugs, the transcendent was clearly sacrificed to another evil ritual.

I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky.

Maltz first poured a barrel of red wine like blood from the stern of the ship into the sea.

Two more silver coins were taken out of his pocket, and placed them in the slave's eye socket as if at a pirate's funeral.

But it wasn't an ordinary silver coin, and in the faint light of the candle, it was clearly the same silver octopus coin as Byron's!

Reaching out to take the ceremonial sword handed by the first mate, he stabbed the heart of the sacrifice without changing his face.

The blood dripping from the tip of the sword dripped onto the two silver octopus coins in his eye sockets.

The moment the two silver coins came into contact with blood, the upward side suddenly turned blood red.

Buzz——!

An invisible wave was transmitted far away from the stern of the ship.

The mist around him also turned into hoarfrost in an instant, making many [Bughorn] pirates who were far stronger than ordinary people shiver.

The sacrifice only twitched slightly, and then it was completely cool.

"Captain, is it okay to hold the [Black Mass] ceremony by desecrating the holy relics?"

When the first mate next to him saw such a strange scene, he couldn't help but ask.

Privateer captains also knew that these sets of silver octopus coins minted with [Forbidden Knowledge] were certainly not holy relics.

It's a replica of Tier 0 [Holy Relic - Thirty Silver Coins]!

The famous [Thirty Silver Coins] is the reward received by a traitor for betraying his son 1,500 years ago, symbolizing "ill-gotten gains".

Thirty silver coins was about the price of a slave at the time.

Because of the huge historical turning point and influence involved, these thirty silver coins, which were regarded as holy relics by the Church, became a terrifying [cursed thing].

Countless unrighteous souls were imprisoned and punished by them, and finally formed various ferocious [cursed spirits].

Since then, there has been a taboo in the upper echelons of the Old World:

When minting silver coins, you should never strike exactly 30 silver coins of the same size at once.

Because this mere connection is enough to make them get a hint of resentment about the name and turn it into a potentially dangerous good.

As long as there is another [Black Mass] ritual that reverses the exchange of power by defiling holy relics, it is extremely easy to provoke wandering evil spirits and monsters!

The required sacrifices are: "Slave", "Transcendent", "Faith in the Creator" (Remet blood is the best), etc.

Both the so-called Facelings and Rippers are degenerates who retain a portion of their egos, experimenting with the effects of silver coins and confusing the public.

Each person was given only one silver coin, which shielded the divination and received the elements from the people of the Northland.

The Black Mass, which is held by a group of privateers, is the real highlight.

After the Bug Call, several other boats began the ceremony.

The temperature of this sea surface is constantly decreasing, and in a short period of time, it has dropped by at least a dozen degrees.

If you listen closely, you can hear something whispering under the dark water, and if you look for the source, you will find nothing.

Boom! Boom! Boom! ...

Before [Woodpecker] could answer the first mate, a knock was suddenly heard on the dead ship.

No, not a knock on the door, something slammed into the bottom of the boat underwater!

"What... What is it? ”

All of a sudden, many old fur seals felt like they were back on an overseas route where there were more evil things than fish.

The two strands trembled, and their bodies were a little weak.

There were young people who did not believe in evil spirits, poking their heads out with whale oil lamps and watching carefully underwater.

But it was as if he had seen something extremely terrifying, his face was pale, his eyes were wide open, and his teeth were fighting:

"There's... There are..."

Without waiting for a scream, it was like being choked by an invisible force and dragged down.

At this time, the corpse of the sacrifice in the pentagram suddenly straightened its chest, and it opened its mouth wide and began to breathe again.

Some leaky throats screamed in terror:

"It's coming, it's coming! It..."

The body twitched violently like an electric power, and it was about to get back up.

"Quick, hold him down!"

The woodpecker did not panic, knowing that the evil spirit summoned by the ritual had possessed the corpse of the sacrifice.

The pirate officers, who had been prepared for a long time, hurriedly rushed up and suppressed him.

The woodpecker was quick and immediately stepped forward and turned over the two silver coins in the eye sockets of the corpse, so that the bright white side that was not stained with blood was facing up.

The summoned evil spirit seemed to be weighed on a thousand pounds of weight at once, and it could no longer move.

It was as if he had died again, and he lay back honestly.

"It's been temporarily sealed."

The Black Mass of the Bugle Horn was in danger, and only a small minion was lost.

Lights flickered on the mast, signaling the fleet's temporary flagship.

The one was in the center, on the flagship with the Redbeard Nemesis pirate flag.

The temporary commander, who was also the [executioner] Bill on the [Nemesis], put down the brass telescope in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

"A good start is half the battle, and I hope there will be no surprises in tonight's mission."

As one of Redbeard's henchmen, he led the three privateer captains to receive the assignment issued by the captain, and then left Anchor Bay with the other two fleets.

Come to the vicinity of the land where the population is relatively dense, and there are more evil spirits and grotesques, launch the [Black Mass Ceremony], and invite the evil spirits to board the ship.

There are fourteen ships on the same mission, corresponding to the remaining 28 Silver Octopus coins.

They are only responsible for execution, and nothing else.

As long as you can ensure that these "sacrifices" sealed with those evil spirits and grotesque will be brought back to Iron Anchor Bay.

What made them nervous the most was that some of the weird and evil spirits still had some kind of very weird [accident technique] on them.

If there's a chance that things will go bad, no matter how small that likelihood, it will always happen.

It's not just the dangers themselves, but also the surprises they bring!

Dealing with these evil guys, whether you are careful or not, you may die a miserable death.

Before the mission, each privateer received a high incentive from Redbeard, otherwise no one would dare to gamble their luck.

Seeing that the [Insect Song] and another privateer [Sunflower] have already come one after another with the good news of the success of the ceremony.

The last [Rainbow] has not moved.

Just as [Executioner] Bill was about to send a signal to ask.

"Ahhhh

The sound of gunfire and screams resounded throughout the privateer.

I don't know what the crew went through, but there were still people who fired indiscriminately, almost affecting the other three boats not far away.

Bill couldn't help but curse:

"Damn it, a bunch of idiots! The seal failed?! ”

But he also knew that it was completely uncontrollable what kind of grotesqueness the imitation [Thirty Silver Coins] would attract in the Black Mass.

No matter how careful you are, you can encounter unpredictable accidents.

Also keep in mind the taboo of adventure: exuberant curiosity is often the source of trouble.

Immediately signal to other privateers:

"The Rainbow is no longer good, don't come close.

The whole fleet retreats to Iron Anchor Bay and moves forward at full speed! Come on! ”

The three ships, which had already adjusted their attitudes, did not hesitate, immediately abandoned their companions and pulled the anchor collectively.

It was as if there was a man-eating beast chasing after him, galloping towards the place of Iron Anchor Bay.