Three days passed in a flash.

Byron, who reincarnated as the [Pirate General] Bill, met six other pirate generals in the naval base in Jamestown for a long time.

And the Blood Thirst Order, which has long been heard of.

There were two people in total, and the leader was a black-robed man known as the [Swarm].

Although he looked like a person when he stood there, he always felt that there were thousands of pairs of eyes staring at him, and there was obviously a sour smell of insects.

"Alfred gave me a description of the deacon of the 'Book of Worms' school.

A third-order [beast tamer] who has completed the first sublimation of the essence of life.

Already immune to weapons such as bullets, my starting 'knife drawing' doesn't work against him. ”

The background color of forbidden knowledge is chaos and disorder, and the hierarchical division is far less detailed than the seven-layer [Glory Ladder].

Unlike the latter's collectivism, its purpose is to continuously strengthen itself as an individual in the essence of life.

There is a corresponding ritual at each promotion node.

What kind of ritual is held, what kind of level can be reached (chapter 50).

Analogous to the ladder of glory, it is usually when the second order is promoted to the third order, the mortal body is partially abandoned, and the first sublimation of the essence of life is realized.

Just like the [Swarm] of the Blood Thirst Order, which has become the will of the swarm, and the [Variety Enchantress] Beatrice in the Skinning Church, they are all existences of this level.

Byron, who was on the same path as them, couldn't help but long:

"I don't know what the first sublimation of the [Ritual - Sacrificial Grail] and the second sublimation of the [Ritual - Crimson Grail] in the future will make me become."

There are no twists and turns like a meeting of the aristocracy, and [Swarm] gets straight to the point.

The shrill voice made people uncomfortable, and the words that came out made everyone frown secretly:

"General Newman has just made the form of the Bantaan Islands very clear.

Because of the damned [Wild Hunt] among the Bay People, and the Bay People Princess Violet, the Kingdom Navy suffered heavy losses in the North Sea.

It is difficult to exert more forces than to maintain the stability of the colonies.

This time, the main force that followed the Kingdom of Castile to attack the Azk Empire is all of you.

I want to emphasize one point in particular, the first target of our attack on Azik is not land, not gold, silver and spices, but people!

You can think of it as a war of glory for the 'living sacrifices', and the more sacrifices you capture, the better. ”

As soon as the words fell, one of the seven pirate generals, [Throat Cutter], frowned and questioned:

"With all due respect, may I ask Mr. [The Swarm], why does it have to be a human sacrifice?

Moreover, the opponent is a large indigenous empire, entering the Yucatan Peninsula, and the risk of playing away from home is extremely high.

What good can we get if we don't do it for gold, silver, and spices? ”

[The Swarm] also knows that pirates are a bunch of unprofitable villains, and they can't work in vain.

Obviously prepared, an unfathomable smile appeared on his face:

That's exactly what I'm going to say next.

In fact, you are asking a question, all of which point to the fundamental principles of the two Forbidden Books in the hands of the Blood Thirsty Order.

Why is human sacrifice so common all over the world? Widespread in all kinds of forbidden knowledge?

That's because people have infinite possibilities."

Then Byron heard a series of more systematic theories of black witchcraft from a pure dark wizard.

To process it a little with his own understanding, it can probably be explained like this:

In the current world, "people" are very special creatures.

For example, make an analogy with a dog that can be found everywhere.

A dog's life is limited by its essence, and everything is just for the sake of reproduction and survival.

No matter how varied they are, they never exceed the evolutionary and lineage limits of the phylum Chordates-Subphylum Vertebrates-Mammals-Canids.

It can't get up and build a palace for itself, and it doesn't think about the meaning of being a dog.

Even a small number of individuals who can cross racial boundaries due to the influence of essentia tides, the devouring of some kind of treasure, and the indescribable contamination can only be called lucky.

Everything comes passively, not as a result of their active pursuit.

The dog has no past or future, it is moved by the stimuli and needs of the present, and this is the case today, every day, until the end of life.

In other words, dogs that focus on "animal nature" have everything prescribed, and their attributes are determined and unchanging.

The same goes for other birds, animals, flowers and trees.

But on the contrary, human attributes are never fixed.

Humans have never been limited by the taxonomic taxonomy of the phylum Chordates-Subphylum Chordates-Mammals-Anthropoids, Homo subfamily-Homo homogenus.

The emperor took turns, and today when he comes to my house, a person may have been a beggar ten years ago, and a rich man ten years later.

Decades ago, they lived like monkeys, but hundreds of thousands of years later, they have been able to break through the sky and transform the natural world into a humanized world

Man is a combination of animal and divinity, constantly facing choices in the course of life, and constantly reshaping his own essence.

Man can become a beast or a god.

That's why someone says it's going to win the day.

Looking at the pirate generals who were thoughtful after combining their own cultivation to confirm each other, the [swarm] continued to throw a bombshell:

"People are the variables of this world.

Without people, swords, artillery, bows, crossbows, and other highly sophisticated mechanized creations would never have been conceived by the forces of nature.

This paradoxical creature is itself a precious resource of the transcendent world.

And the source of the power of forbidden knowledge in the hands of the Blood Thirst Order is the [Blood of Transmutation] brewed with this infinite possibility!

It is also the blood of transformation and replacement, symbolizing the eternal thing in this world, that is, 'change'!

And its ultimate form is called [Red Elixir], [All-purpose Elixir Azoth], and even "

His eyes swept over everyone at the scene, and slowly spit out a word:

"The blood of eternal life!"

Hiss——!

There was a gasp in the room.

"Can a man really live forever?"

Even General Newman, who had known this for a long time, couldn't help but breathe heavily when he heard it again.

Pirates want good to work, but what is more good in the world than eternal life?

At least throughout the Silver Age, which spanned 1471, there was not a single immortal king.

This kind of opportunity actually fell to them?

Meantime.

In Byron's logbook, the [Secret: The Shadow Behind the Red and White Rose War, Influence 31] solution density has also been increased from 57% to 60%.

It proves that he has set his sights on the Blood Thirsty Order, and that he is going in the right direction.

And Byron knew that [the swarm] was only talking about a superficial thing.

In the mouth of the third crystal skull, the realm of the gods can only be reached by balancing the "divinity" and the "beastness".

Whichever of these two is completely inclined is too extreme and not the right path.

If you only think about the transformation of the essence of life and ignore your own [anchor], I am afraid that you will become a miserable degenerate first.

Byron would never have made such a mistake.

After all, when you open the title page of the Logbook, the first line reads:

"The great flood of this world has never receded, you must firmly fasten your [anchor]!"

He must engrave this sentence into his bones.

[The Swarm] was very satisfied with everyone's reaction, and changed the conversation again:

"However, the Book of Forbidden is incomplete at the moment, and more sacrifices are needed to gain more knowledge of the taboo before the era.

Whether or not you can get enough sacrifices depends on your performance on this mission.

After the war of annihilation, I will choose one or two of you to join the Blood Thirst Order as appropriate to become my disciples.

Even if you practice the previous black magic, even if you can't live forever for a while, you can achieve a qualitative change in the essence of life and greatly extend your life expectancy, just like me.

This is my deposit for you. ”

Immediately, everyone was given a piece of parchment, on which were circles and incantations written in blood-colored ink.

While others were like treasures, Byron was all too familiar with them.

It was the initiation ritual common to the two major factions of the Blood Thirsty Order, the Ritual and Blood Grail.

And not only that, Byron believes that after the "Bloody Mary Faction" was defeated, the Forbidden Book in their possession should also fall into the hands of the "Book of Giant Worms".

The latter will not lack all kinds of blood brewing in his hands.

"Even if you can't take a living person, you can.

Using this ritual, the corpse that has been dead for less than an hour is brought back into [Transmutation Blood], and the effect is exactly the same. ”

Having said that, the pirate generals no longer have any objections.

I can't wait to rush to the Yucatan Island to kill all sides.

It was General Newman who sighed:

"The kingdom fought the Hundred Years' War with Iris, followed by the Thirty Years' War on the Throne with Lancaster.

The time of operation in the Bantaan Islands was too short, and even if trade with some of the Azik and Taya city-states was opened, no reliable collaborators familiar with the situation in the Yucatan could be found.

How to hold the Crown War, capture the live sacrifices, they are the real experts. ”

Knock knock

Byron, who had been waiting for his words for a long time, suddenly reached out and knocked on the table.

"Your Excellency, the Great Wizard, and my colleagues, I have a candidate.

I don't know if you have heard of the city of Chichen Itza, one of the three major city-states of the Taya Empire? ”

Including the [Swarm], a group of people suddenly came to their senses.

Byron clapped his hands, and with the approval of Major General Newman, a figure pushed the door and walked in.

"Allow me to solemnly introduce to you, Mr. Wyndotte, the grandson of the captain of the temple guard of Chichen Itza."

Hearing his identity, everyone's eyes lit up.

The rest is simple.

It's Mr. Byron's time again.

Wyandott asked Byron to help relieve the siege of Chichen Itza.

They first tore the tiger skin of the Taya Empire, pretended to be an important figure in the city-state, and reached a cooperation with the Kingdom of Hattings to get enough benefits.

With the sincerity and title of Hatins, he returned to Chichen Itza to convince the city-state leaders who were eager to cooperate with the agents of war, but had only one choice for Castile.

And he, the resource integrator, the pirate general Bill/[Sea Hunter] Captain Byron Tudor, as the link in the middle, will leap onto the stage of Bantaan.

Become an indispensable link, and another chess game of the master of micro-exercises.

Some people may say, scam! This is a blatant scam!

But who knows?