People who have become accustomed to forcible seizure disdain to engage in their own production, let alone to get what they want in a legal way.

Seeing that these Barbary pirates are about to form a group to rob themselves.

Byron immediately took the initiative to give them a well-prepared "Death Ticket", and by the way, he received strong praise from [blue-haired] Barbarossa Helding.

Although they have other side purposes besides looting the treasure map.

For example, to find the field, to avenge the destruction of the "frogman" fleet, and to find out where the lost large sea monster [fiddler crab] went.

But other than getting a much-needed treasure map, nothing else is urgent.

When they return victoriously from Treasure Island, it will not be too late to collect their debts after solving all kinds of internal and external troubles in the pirate group.

It just so happened that all departments of the pirate group were currently suffering heavy losses and were seriously short of personnel, so the blue hair took advantage of the situation to incorporate the fat dragon into his own guard as the commander.

Everyone knows that the most important thing for a personal guard is not force, but loyalty!

Fat Dragon is an old qualification in the pirate group, and he openly expresses his loyalty, so if he doesn't need such a loyal minister, can he still use dissidents who are dissatisfied with him?

"To be honest, I don't care about this arrangement, I just don't know if you, a disabled person, can stand it.

It's not me bragging.

Don't look at the fat dragon is two meters tall and two meters wide, but the wind can't leak, the rain can't leak, but the bullets and swords, guns and halberds must leak.

Especially when it comes to the crisis-ridden Treasure Island, it is not certain who will protect whom and who will block bullets for whom. ”

Of course, Byron also knows that the higher the rank, the stronger the resistance to the henchman's troubles.

The same crisis is a catastrophe for a low-order transcendent, and it may just be a breeze for a fourth-order transcendent.

Other than that, the longer he was in contact with His Royal Highness, the Vice-King.

The more I feel that this vice king, who seems to have his own aura of king, seems to have some big secrets hidden in him.

He has always lived in seclusion, rarely showing himself in the open, and has not even had a very personal relationship with any of the members of the pirate group.

It's not like a king at all.

Byron was especially curious about what the title effect of [Blue Hair] was?

The fat dragon has been lurking for so long, but in addition to being able to intuitively feel the extraordinary domineering and majesty on his body, it is comparable to the high sequence.

Even at the height of the battle against the Armada, I didn't see any special abilities used by [Blue Hair].

More often than not, he is a wilderness sequence [Beast Tamer] like his brother, fighting by commanding the sea monsters under his command.

The unknown is the most deterrent.

The title of [Blue Hair] naturally made Byron fearful and imaginative:

"Could it be something that has to pay a huge price to use explosive ability?

Let him rather lose a hand than be reluctant to start.

According to common sense, the greater the price paid, the greater the effect of the ability must be! ”

"Although the [Beast Tamer] has reached the fourth order, not only has the number of contract objects increased significantly, but also can share the abilities of various beasts, gradually making up for its own shortcomings.

But most of the strength is still in his own beast.

Once I go deeper into the island, Bluehair's strength will drop dramatically as I stay away from those huge sea monsters, which is a good opportunity for me to start.

But given the strength of the titles of [Wild Hunt] and [Mithril Dragon].

Before that, I must first figure out what his title ability is, so as not to capsize in the gutter. ”

Having made up his mind, Byron retracted his consciousness.

A big force like the Barbary pirates who are qualified to let Byron personally serve in person is the only one in the entire Bantaan Islands.

But the service is limited, but the demand for treasure maps is unlimited.

In addition to them, there are countless large and small forces who are hungry for a treasure map to Treasure Island.

Especially in this "big pirate era" that has temporarily lost the suppression of the top-level overlord, all kinds of bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods have emerged.

I don't know how many pirates, adventurers, and official forces have been bloodied in order to snatch a treasure map.

The entire Bantaan Islands are in turmoil as a result, and with the approaching April rainy season, even the water vapor in the air is mixed with the smell of blood.

The international port, which is already mixed and in the center of the whirlpool, is naturally not exempt from vulgarity.

Many people have been fooled by the Governor of Havana by using the Church of Skinning, and feel that the International Port is easy to bully.

After the bone-eating clown, several groups of people came one after another, including assassins who stealthily robbed and pirates who robbed head-on

All of them were discovered by Catherine with the help of the Golden Law at the first time, and they were hanged one by one on the gallows outside the harbor.

After a few battles before and after, it made the golden signboard of the international port more shining, and no one dared to use violent means to take it by force.

However, there is an endless stream of buyers who honestly come to the door with real money to buy.

Once again, it has been proved that when faced with a group of robbers who believe that "force is better than hard work" and "can shed blood and never sweat", only a big enough fist can make them understand what the rules are.

Miss Catherine also took this opportunity to open the "Treasure Map Sale" and personally served as an auctioneer, making a lot of money and earning a lot of money.

And Byron also harvested countless substitutes for the dead and pathfinders

Time flies by in a series of disturbances, and in the blink of an eye, it is more than half a month later, and the rainy season in the Bantaan Islands has completely begun.

Thundered

The rain was pouring down, and bursts of thunder sounded overhead from time to time, and with the help of the majestic water vapor, the essentia tides between heaven and earth also became extraordinarily active.

Even with the naked eye, you can see many translucent storm spirits with bird wings frolicking in the thick clouds of electric light.

In indigenous legends, they are called Thunderbirds and are frequent visitors to various totem poles.

[Thunderbird Samurai] is also the most powerful king of all beast spirit warriors.

It's a pity that in this kind of low-magic world, unless they can find a suitable living environment in time, their lifespan is probably only the time that a storm lasts.

"It's a nice day."

At the top of Riptide Fortress, Byron stood in front of the open window, holding out his hand to watch the curtain of rain fall into his palm and flow down again.

Violet, the reserve [Calamity Witch], is more and more fond of the sea to the land, and he, the [Storm Knight], is more and more fond of stormy weather.

I can't wait to become a hunting knight and gallop on the furious sea.

And the reason why he has this leisure is also related to the fact that the main body of the large fortress rapids fortress was finally completed before the rainy season.

"Those [Bear Spirit Warriors] and their ancestral spirits are simply the destiny workers of the construction industry.

However, the human body contains a power comparable to that of large construction machinery, and they can easily complete a project that normally takes several years to complete, but they can easily complete it in just two months.

The big infrastructure projects I plan in the future are absolutely indispensable to these outstanding talents.

Why fight and kill when you have this kind of power? They and their ancestral spirits are inherently meant to belong to the construction site.

Come to me, not only for food and lodging, but also for you to allocate packages to solve the problem of establishment in the Holy Golden Empire! ”

Especially the last one, with such generous conditions, there must be few natives who can refuse.

Viewed from the sky, this large bastion resembles a huge ten-pointed star nested in layers, with a three-tiered granite structure.

The first layer is an impregnable solid fortress.

The relatively limited space is mainly used to store food and ammunition, as well as a small impregnable prison, a well that leads deep underground, and three secret escape routes.

Walk up a staircase that leads to the second floor of the fortress.

This is the residence of the city defense soldiers and the transcendents of the fortress sequence such as [Fortress Expert] and [Fortress Guard].

The edge of the fort is equipped with a breastwork, battlements, and behind it are numerous gun emplacements.

All kinds of artillery produced by the arsenal have been put in place one after another.

Including the 68-pounder heavy fortress cannon for naval attack, the thickness of the pipe wall and the length of the barrel exceeded that of the cannon, and the Kofilin cannon with an extremely long range

The Caron cannon is designed for melee combat, the small manwivel cannon with a fast rate of fire and a wide angle of fire, and the heavy musket of the Supply Fort sequence [Sniper Musketeer] is dedicated to shooting people and horses

There are hundreds of them in total, and the total projection mass is far more terrifying than that of a first-class battleship.

The third floor is a vast open space and a normal hollow castle, which is not much different from a thick and stable ordinary fortress building.

A series of key buildings such as the arsenal, training camp, headquarters, and the governor's palace are located here.

Although the main body of the fortress has been completed, a series of work such as specific interior decoration, armament configuration, and personnel matching is the main part of the time.

According to the Fortress Defense Manual of Fortress Specialists.

To defend such a fortress, 3,300 professional soldiers of all categories would be needed, plus 750 non-combatants, to defend such a fortress.

To cope with the two-month siege, 280,000 pounds of gunpowder (127 tons) and 350,000 pounds of lead ammunition were needed.

These alone are far more of a headache than the construction of fortresses.

However, Byron was confident in the future of the fortress, and there would be people, money, and industry.

Standing here and looking down the hillside, there is a fledgling port city.

At the heart of the shipyard built around a large dry dock and the sword forge that makes full use of water power is a metallurgical factory that is still faintly lit in the rain and the fog rises.

It proves that this is not only a port city, but also an industrial city that has initially opened the road to industrialization.

Soon a steady stream of men and women will fill the streets and alleys here, becoming the basis for his Byron Lancaster's future struggle to return to his hometown!

What this fortress lacks most now is not people, not materials, but a master who has reached the third order.

At this moment, Byron suddenly heard a conversation in the castle hall downstairs:

"Guys, what do you all want to do when we follow the captain to get the treasure of Treasure Island?"

Except for Violet, who was standing side by side with Byron by the window on the top floor.

The descendants of the world's fastest three-masted ship [Golden Deer] have all gathered downstairs.

As soon as the rainstorm stopped, they set off.

First mate [Iron Wall] Bruch, second mate [Phantom Blade] Gus, Boatswain and Captain of the Guard [Bayfolk Berserker] Eight-Fingers, Gunner's Commander [Gunner] Wyandott.

There is also singer [Chameleon] Jacqueline.

Chef and storekeeper Alfred of Blood Whiskey is in charge of the front stop, while Boatsmith Hans Jr. is in a hurry to put the finishing touches on the world's first Tudor mixer, and will not take part in the adventure.

Catherine needs to be in the international port at all times, and there is no capital to take risks.

The rest of these people are the descendants of Byron who can make a difference.

It was Gus, who was a wealth obsesser, who had just spoken.

Sitting on the couch, he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

Syllable!

The second-order core ability [Phantom Blade] was activated, and the gold coins of "Bang La La" suddenly fell from the sky, reflecting the entire room into a brilliant gold.

The eyes of the other companions couldn't help but glow.

The path of the Assassin's promotion is to constantly carry out assassination missions, and continue to carry out serial murders one after another.

In the natural hunting ground of the International Harbor, Gus finally awakened the second-order professional-level core ability [Phantom Blade] a few days ago.

It can control visual hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, hallucinations, and even the sense of presence.

One moment it was wielding a great sword, but the next moment it could be turned into a musket, giving it a sense of presence, and it could really be used to kill.

Thanks to Gus's talent for existential manipulation, his professional ability has just awakened, and he is already more skilled than many of his senior peers.

Even if other people who were also of the second order turned on their spiritual vision, they couldn't tell the truth of these gold coins without carefully identifying them.

Gus grabbed a handful of heavy gold coins and rattled.

"I'm going to save all my money, and when I'm old enough to retire, I'll buy a big estate and enjoy the rest of my life.

When you encounter any problem that can be solved with money, you can breathe a sigh of relief and say that it is good to be rich.

Instead of sighing helplessly, lamenting that it would be nice to have money.

Therefore, saving money from now on is the guarantee for the future. ”

The honest man is worthy of being an honest man, and nodded in agreement:

"Indeed, Gus is right, I am going to deposit the money I earn in the bank that Miss Catherine and the captain own, and I am not at ease with putting it somewhere else.

Miss Catherine doesn't charge a single copper plate management fee, and she won't let my hard-earned money shrink, it's so conscientious. ”

The same is true of Wyndotte next to him, who could not agree more with their words.

Hearing their cheesy dreams, [Chameleon] Jacqueline pursed her lips disdainfully, and her face lit up:

"Can you enjoy it when you're old? Now that I have money, I must spend my money and go to the upper class of the Old World to do the most obscene things!

When you run out of gold, rob them again! ”

This guy from a big aristocratic background is actually more like a qualified pirate than everyone else who just wants to save money honestly.

There is wine today, drunk today, happy and free.

Bruch had a happy smile on his face.

After falling in love, his granite-like face softened a lot.

There is no such thing as free love in aristocratic families, and preserving family property is far more important than love.

It was rare for him to have a heart-to-heart match with the beautiful [Fairy] Miss Regrell, and he was already very satisfied with this marriage.

"Me? When I come back with a great deal of gold and silver, I will marry my fiancée."