Grand Tayman Island, Provisional Governor's Palace.

Byron's best job is that of a gourmet.

These guys have a too obvious weakness, if they don't eat food for a long time, their power will gradually decline, and they may even be directly starved to death.

After being hungry for less than a day, Alfred, who had reawakened [Blood Red Whiskey], raised his hand and surrendered.

"Mr. Alfred, are you enlightened?"

"I realize! Everything can be a sword, and it is definitely the ultimate principle of swordsmanship, and it is a realm one or even two levels higher than the 'flow' that focuses on oneself.

It's just that I always feel that this kind of manifestation of everything is the sword realm, and it doesn't seem to be like this."

But when he saw the thing in Byron's hand, Alfred, who was still wearing the magic stone locks, decisively chose to shut up.

"Ahem, I mean, shouldn't we have dinner?"

Byron was so pleased with his attitude that he put the musket back in the drawer and clapped his hands outside the door.

The honest man immediately brought in the wine and food prepared in advance.

Lion's head with crab roe, sweet and sour fish made with orange juice instead of vinegar, roast chicken with honey, lamb chops with cumin, lobster with garlic

During the days when he was a guest chef, Eight Fingers got Byron's true biography, and the dishes he made became more and more presentable.

"Boom."

This second-order [gourmet] looked at the dishes in front of him that had both color, aroma, taste, novelty, and curiosity, and the soul of food in his body almost rioted on the spot.

What he saw was no longer a table of food, but his own transcendent path of grandeur and light.

'Shhh Incense, it's so fragrant!

What is this practice? It was even more eye-opening than when I was studying cooking in the Iris Kingdom.

I've never dreamed of having countless delicacies to eat hass and make it possible to move up the ranks of the extraordinary.

If you take it out earlier, I still have to worry about what sword is not a sword.

Even if you say that those shipboard guns are swords, I have to praise the captain for his wisdom! ’

The Bantaan Islands are rich in natural resources, and the biodiversity is far beyond that of the Old World, and even all kinds of demonic flora and fauna are everywhere.

Even if their cooking skills are mediocre, gourmets can always find fresh ingredients that they haven't eaten before, and satisfy their discerning taste buds.

But it's hard to say how delicious the original flavor really is.

Byron smiled to himself, this is what he wanted.

He has never liked to force others, not to mention being like-minded, if he doesn't even have common interests, the final result will only be in Cao Ying's heart and in Han.

"Want to learn? I'll teach you.

Mr. Alfred, from today onwards, you will be the chef on the Golden Deer.

Come on, sign it. ”

He took out a parchment deed and handed it to him.

This is a contract document written by the fifth-order legendary [lawyer] mad king Henry VI, who communicated the iron law of royal power when he was sober, and personally impartial.

As long as you sign it, if you break it, you will suffer a direct backlash from the power of the law.

Even the middle sequence has a high probability of being hit hard, and the low sequence is 100% killed on the spot.

It was the stock of Catherine's possessions, and they had several more of them.

It was very precious to outsiders, but to Byron and Catherine in the past, there were more or less, but now it is one less.

The content is similar to that signed by "Bill" and the Yorks, and "Byron Tudor" and the Newmans.

As a retainer agreement with harsh conditions, the nobles with big families will not sign this thing, but it is very convenient to use it to collect a few "henchmen".

Of course, this "henchman" must not be the same as himself.

Byron liked Alfred's righteous thief and was willing to give him a chance.

Under the eaves, [Blood Red Whiskey] Alfred is also very aware of current affairs, and signed his name with a pen.

He also signed his name on the [Ten Pirate Commandments] of the Golden Deer, representing that his 100 subordinates were completely merged into Byron's pirate group.

Now that they have become their own people, of course, some things can be said openly.

Byron unchained him and took out the copy of "Bloody Mary's Gourmet Cookbook" from [Bloody Eye] Salman, and remembered his former captain by the way.

Then I couldn't help but ask him the most curious question now:

"Are you also a defector from the Bloodthirsty Order?"

From the interpretation of "Bloody Mary's Gourmet Recipe", [Bloody Eye] Salman was suspected of being a traitor to the Bloodthirsty Sect at the beginning.

Alfred stuffed himself with a large mouthful of fish, and after a while, he sighed deeply:

"That Salman you're talking about is a real traitor.

But I don't think I'm the same.

At the beginning of this year, the main body of our bloodthirsty order, the 'Bloody Mary Sect', had already disappeared.

All the great wizards of the middle sequence have been killed by the 'Book of Giant Worms' faction, and the bloodthirsty order has changed hands as a whole, where is the defection now?

Now I and the few survivors are just a bunch of lost dogs who don't even care about the victors. ”

"Is there such a thing? Elaborate. ”

The two chatted while eating, and gradually opened up the conversation.

Byron only had a copy of Bloody Mary's Gourmet Cookbook in his possession and knew far less about forbidden knowledge than Alfred.

According to him, before the first year of the Silver Age of the Son's birth, there was simply no distinction between forbidden knowledge and the ladder of glory in the world.

At that time, all taboos were not taboos, and transcendent knowledge was transcendent knowledge.

Nowadays, there are many people who are not satisfied with the birth, old age, sickness and death of the [Ladder of Glory], and are chasing the forbidden knowledge that can make people realize the sublimation of their essence.

In particular, the various denominations active in the Bantaan Islands and on the mainland: the Bloodthirsty Order, the Peeling Church, the Blind Church

They possess the forbidden rituals of communicating certain super-spec beings, and are able to obtain forbidden knowledge from them many epochs ago.

The Blood Thirsty Order enshrines such an being.

Most of the members only know the code name given to it by one of the Order's higher-ups, Lilith, the Mother of Creation!

When he said this, Alfred couldn't help but repeatedly emphasize to Byron:

"We must always keep in mind that the common laws, interests and emotions of mankind are meaningless in the infinite expanse of the world.

When we cross the boundaries of the dams of reason and mind and enter the boundless unknown, we must leave our humanity and all common sense behind.

Compared to those ancient beings who have spanned the entire history of mankind, we are humble, small and ignorant.

They are natural phenomena of the otherworldly world, and at the same time they are disasters themselves!

Any contact with them is dangerous.

Thankfully, for unknown reasons, these beings all seem to be in eternal death and slumber, with only some sort of stress response.

Under controlled circumstances, through the Blood Sacrifice Ritual, the corresponding 'Gifts' can be obtained.

Compiled little by little into the "Book of Forbidden Things", and even the [Bloodline Text] that goes directly to the Divine Domain. ”

The knowledge of the Blood Thirsty Order is divided into two major factions, one being the "Bloody Mary Sect", which is significantly closer to Lilith's origins.

The main body is the [gourmet] of the Jin Yuan sequence.

The other faction is the "Book of Giant Worms" who are good at all kinds of insect witchcraft, and most of them are [Beast Tamers] in the wilderness sequence.

What the two factions have in common is that they both feed on people and pursue non-humans, and their ultimate goal is to touch the realm of the gods through the final [Bloodline Text].

As he spoke, Alfred was a little lonely, poured a sip of whiskey, and spat out a mouthful of wine:

"The no-no for gourmets is the same kind.

Although I am a gourmet, I am not ready to be a person, so I did not hold the corresponding ceremony.

The other survivors in the faction are similar.

When the 'Book of Worms Sect' launched a raid, all the gourmets who had mastered the [Blood Grail] died. ”

At this time, the logbook is automatically updated.

[Hidden: The shadow behind the Red and White Rose War, Influence 31] solution density has also been increased from 55% to 57%.

Byron had seen in the Chancellor's memory that Edward IV had inadvertently said:

"The operation against Iron Anchor Bay is not an isolated case, whether it is Lancaster or Iron Anchor Bay, it is actually part of a plan."

He also realized that the conspiracy against the people of the Gulf may be related to the conflict between the old and new sects within the church.

It has been decided to develop silently overseas for a period of time, and then find an opportunity to return to the old continent.

But he never expected that the development of things would be bright, and he found a new clue in Bantaan and reconnected the thread.

The branch of the Blood Thirsty Order that cooperated with the York family, or even a certain force in the church, was the "Book of Giant Worms" faction.

He is also the victor who now occupies the Holy Land of the Blood Thirsty Order, as well as the source of knowledge [Mother of Creation Lilith].

Suddenly, Byron's sense was touched.

Toot toot

When I turned my head, I found a fat seagull, standing outside the window and knocking on the glass.

"A messenger?"

On the sea, animal trainers widely domesticated a variety of seabirds to act as messengers.

In particular, the Lighthouse Federation, which has its tentacles all over the world, has taken this communication channel to the extreme.

As long as they are not on the middle of nowhere, the crew can buy a freshly dated Lighthouse Weekly through the Seagull Courier or the newsboy.

They will even take on the delivery business of a third party, which is very convenient.

As soon as Byron stepped forward and opened the window, the seagull messenger handed him a large orange-and-yellow foot.

Tied to it was a letter with a Newman family wax seal.

When I opened it, the content of the letter made Byron's eyes shine:

"With the help of the advantageous position of the Tayman Islands to communicate between the east and the west, keep an eye on the movements of the warships of the Kingdom of Castile.

Don't go out in the near future, be on call at any time, and a new task will be issued within a month at the earliest! ”

But between the lines, he clearly saw that a storm was brewing that was about to sweep across the Bantaan Islands.