"So, you're actually the first mate of the great pirate Flint.

Now there is a mission that concerns the lives and deaths of all the treasure hunters on the island, and even countless people in the outside world, who want to entrust us? ”

At night, sitting around the campfire, two people and a bird sit together, and Thomas, the parrot's first mate, explains his intentions to the two "elegant artists".

At this time, it didn't realize that the two of them had already known about its existence.

I also made up my mind that when the bird took the initiative to deliver it to the door, I must find a way to keep it.

It's a perfect two-way run!

Of course, it would have been nice if Mr. Byron had put down the deck cleaner he was carrying.

'Why, don't you even have that trust between humans and birds?'

Creator, I dare swear by the pile of clowns that are still burning, and I have absolutely no idea of going to another artist right now.

Okay, right?

Get out of the way, get your thick, hard stick out of my face, bastard! ’

Mr. Parrot is undoubtedly a principled, very flexible, and very knowledgeable "handsome".

After all, it hadn't left the island and ended its centuries of being alone as a bird.

I don't want to die at all in the form of a "burning bird", a "swagger", or any other form of extreme elegance.

It can only hope that the thing will admit that the art of killing people who chop their enemies into pieces and burn them all is art.

Straight to the point.

Seeing that Byron and Violet had understood their intentions, Thomas nodded helplessly:

"That's the way it is.

O my Creator, that bastard of Flint will not forget to support the bird even when he dies.

In order to accomplish his task, First Officer Thomas has been waiting for hundreds of years on this island, which has no parrot and no artistic beauty.

Especially when Treasure Island sinks into another world in the dark, can you imagine? It wasn't a day for a bird.

I swear nothing worse than that, it's too bad.

I'm glad you two 'artists' are here.

If the two of you can inherit the treasure [Faust Contract] left by Flint in the treasure cave, maybe we can all leave here safe and sound.

The contract contains Flint's last commission, as well as the island's greatest secret, and you will definitely not lose out if you get it. ”

Hearing this, Byron and Violet glanced at each other:

"Faustian Pact?"

After entering the six meters of the [Logbook], this guy has been certified as a standard barge by the logbook.

The echoes of history read the history on it with ease, and Byron knew it wasn't lying.

The density of solving the mystery of Treasure Island's wealth growth has also increased from 58% to 69%.

Although they had not heard of the Faust Pact, which was suspected to be a holy relic.

But the name "Faust" has been heard of, and in fact it is a name that is familiar to any artist.

Among Byron's family governesses was the Artist of the Temple Sequence, who specialized in teaching art lessons.

He knew that Faust was a large poetic drama of 12,111 lines.

The artists of the original temple sequence shouted the sequence motto: "Human beings can achieve great things", setting off a Renaissance movement that broke the ideological confinement of the church.

Faust is an artistic gem born from the torrent of the times, and its influence is extremely far-reaching.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it symbolizes the emancipation of the human mind.

Violet, who used to minor in classical dance at the Venaya Academy of Arts, is even more familiar with the name.

She even participated in a stage play adapted from this long poem.

The girl got up, snapped her fingers, changed her dress, lifted the corners of her skirt, danced her steps, and danced a little by the campfire.

sang a line from the heroine Helen affectionately:

"The harsh fate entangles me, and everywhere bewitches men's hearts so that they do not care about themselves, nor of any great matter.

Always robbing, seducing, fighting, taking to the east and west, gods, demigods, heroes, even evil spirits, they all lead me to drift everywhere"

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

A person and a bird couldn't help but applaud her beautiful dancing.

Violet mastered "flow" and danced ten times better than when she performed at school.

When Mr. Parrot saw Violet's appearance when she didn't kill, he immediately regained his confidence.

I firmly believe that her artistic aura should be enough to impress "Faust Pact", and she can successfully bring it out of the treasure cave.

After a dance, Violet sat down beside them again and explained her guess of Faust to one man and one bird:

How do you describe this story?

Opening: The devil (beast) in the essentia sea is arguing with the creator (divinity) in heaven.

The devil looks down on human beings on earth, saying that human beings are worthless, and that everyone has fallen or is on the way to fall.

However, the Creator believes that despite the weaknesses of human beings, human integrity and virtue are trustworthy, so that human beings will not deviate from the right path of divinity.

So the devil secretly came to the world and signed a contract with Faust, a temple sequence [midnight poet] who was full of wealth and poetry and books, but was full of confusion about the future and life.

During his lifetime, the devil will be for him to drive, and after death, Faust's soul will go to the devil.

Especially when he involuntarily says the words 'life, you are so beautiful, please stop', his life will end prematurely, and he will be taken away by the devil and his soul.

Finally, after a series of events, Faust realized the true meaning of life: people must strive for life and freedom every day, so that they can be free and enjoy life.

It is to the effect that man should never be satisfied with the status quo and should constantly pursue knowledge, truth, freedom and agency.

In my understanding, it is explained that people should strive for 'self' and 'freedom' from the hands of the two tyrants who are in concert with the 'id' and the 'superego'.

It is also in line with the theme of the Renaissance and ideological enlightenment. ”

The girl paused a little as she said this, so that Byron and the parrot could digest the story carefully, and then continued:

If taken literally, the so-called "Faust Contract" should be the contract signed between Faust and the devil.

In addition, although each relic has its own pre-requisites for the user, the conditions for candidates are also different.

Mr. Thomas was probably not wrong in himself to go to poets or artists who were as artistic as Faust.

But another hidden condition is overlooked.

The one that is most in line with the spiritual core and destiny of "Faust's Contract" should actually be the kind of great explorer who has an independent 'self', never stops seeking knowledge, and pursues 'freedom' and 'truth' all his life! ”

Violet's starry beautiful eyes naturally fell on Byron's body.

Although she didn't know the existence of the [Logbook], she accompanied Byron all the way, and his external behavior was exactly like this.

Compared to the elegance of any artist, this should be the most suitable candidate for the destiny of "Faust's Pact".

Thomas hit him by mistake, and he can be regarded as "marrying the right man in the wrong sedan chair".

"Gah?"

Hearing Violet's explanation, the macaw couldn't help but slowly open its mouth wide.

"Is this actually the case?"

Sure enough, if you don't have culture, you can't even be a pirate.

A high-achieving student like Violet, who has a sufficient cultural background, peels back the cocoon with just one name, and sorts out the main points that a fourth-order pirate and a parrot mate have not figured out for hundreds of years.

And it's so well-founded that the bird can't refute it.

This wave she stood in the atmosphere.

Byron saw that the hairs on the macaw's head were hanging down, and quickly interjected to stagger the topic:

"Mr. Thomas, you said that the secrets of the island are in that volume of the Faust Contract.

This means that Captain Flint must have agreed with the existence of the island.

Don't even you, the confidant, know the specific contents?

For example, why did Captain Flint put his treasure here, and how did he use the magic of turning stones into gold? ”

As soon as they landed on the island, they realized that there was much more to this than just a natural safe used by pirates.

Treasure Island had significantly more to gain from the treasure hunt than the great pirate.

If there really is a contract between the two.

The fourth-order pirate Flint, who had a reputation for robbing even the Castilian Treasure Fleet, was probably just a humble Party B who needed to please Party A's father everywhere.

On the contrary, this secret realm of Party A can use his fame to continuously attract outsiders and continue to produce immeasurable "philosopher's stones".

No matter how you look at it, it's a lot of money.

The macaw spread its wings:

"Yes, I swear to Mr. Andrew's captain's hat that First Officer Thomas really doesn't know.

Flint was the previous master of the Faust Pact.

He just asked me to find a way to find an artistic transcendent, preferably a poet, after his death, to go to the treasure cave and inherit it.

I really don't know about the rest.

I've been able to live on the island for so long, except because the owners here aren't interested in anything other than humans.

The only thing I could rely on was a secondary contract with Flint, and with the help of the Faust Pact, the rules of the island would treat me as part of Treasure Island. ”

Byron's eyes twinkled at the familiar name of the familiar name, but he didn't immediately reveal it.

Instead, continue to ask the initial question:

"What about cicadas?

You should always know what danger cicadas represent, right? ”

Andrew Lancaster added to this in his diary.

Every prime-like years, when cicadas from the outside world chirp, Treasure Island will appear; When the cicadas on the island chirp, an irresistible crisis will come.

Byron speculated if it was possible that this was the object of the Faust Pact.

But parrots still don't know anything about this question.

On the contrary, he retorted with confidence:

"Don't you know that the more you know, the faster you die?

How fine I am.

Every time Treasure Island appears, after finding a suitable candidate, it immediately uses a [Gold Curse of Azk] to become the living dead, and then enters a deep dormant state.

Why else do you think I can live for hundreds of years? Do you really think that in addition to the philosopher's stone, there is an immortal medicine in the world that makes people unable to die?

Not even a stupid groundhog would know that it was in danger and hit the muzzle of a gun, let alone be as smart as me? ”

Byron was dumbfounded.

"This makes so much sense, I am speechless."

Needless to say, this time Thomas must have had the same idea.

If they fail, wait another 130 years for the next wave to try again, only it will never die.

Finding that the parrot had no more valuable information on it, the two men looked at each other and nodded their heads to accept the commission.

Eat the rice one bite at a time.

The conditions for discovering the New World are not yet ripe, so put it aside for the time being.

Anyway, they were going to the treasure cave to compete for the treasure, and even if the load was limited, they still had the ability to take an extra piece of parchment.

When the time comes, just pay more attention to that thing.

"Now, Mr. Thomas, I have one last question."

Byron, seemingly casually, asked:

"Is that Mr. Andrew the last time you came here?

That Mr. Andrew has been here for so long and has not been eaten by the gold and silver of the island? ”

To be honest, Byron didn't quite believe that his uncle could live well after spending hundreds of years in such an evil place.

But after all, it was the first Lancaster to hear it in more than half a year, and he still couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Violet looked at it with empathy.

The fat macaw was completely unaware of their abnormal attitude, and said with a big grin:

"After the mission failed, of course, it was already eaten.

Even though I've never met the owner of the island in person, I know that Treasure Island is the dining table of some terrifying being.

The guy who was eaten by gold and silver will only be left with a skeleton that is no different from a stone.

If I hadn't secretly hidden an extra [Gold Curse of Azik] and hung it around Mr. Andrew's neck before his soul dissipated, I wouldn't have been able to find his ashes at this time.

There are actually only 880 gold coins in the treasure cave now, and the remaining two are in Thomas's first mate's hand and one on Andrew's neck.

Of course, hairless erect apes have no bones there, and after turning into skeletons, the birds are gone, and even goats don't have to play when they're bored.

Tsk, my Creator, I hope my old man can have other brothers outside, or else this family will be removed from the name."

“”

The expectant smile on Mr. Byron Lancaster's face faded.

'Do you think this joke is funny?'

I see that you thief bird has a way to die! ’