Chapter 303： [Shiranui] Japanese [Kappa]

"King of the North Sea" Oleg is indeed the strongest pirate in the North Sea, and the fleet under his command also has the strength to crush almost any force in the North Sea.

But he actually has no right to rule over the various forces in the North Sea, especially the four countries of Beizhou. . .

Power is far less important to pirates than wealth, and everyone is in peace. After all, pirates also need to survive, and no matter how strong a tree is, it cannot destroy the earth on which it grows. Many pirates recruited by the North Sea Fleet are also citizens of the four countries.

But now that Oleg has suddenly become a "king", the situation has changed somewhat.

Seeing this "tax collection" move, Su Lun guessed that Oleg probably wanted to start declaring sovereignty and taste the taste of a real lord.

Therefore, the purpose of collecting taxes this time is not actually to plunder wealth.

Compared with any territory of Lu Ying, the four kingdoms of Beizhou are the words of poverty and desolation. It is better to rob merchant ships than to levy taxes.

At least for now.

Moreover, this time, the Ninth Fleet where Su Lun was with not only brought artillery, but also a lot of property.

No matter how much tax you collect, you will give more gifts.

It is roughly equivalent to the gift of the kingdom of the upper state to the vassal territory, and the gift of the king to the small lord of the territory.

This is also what Oleg is testing.

If the collection goes well, you will receive some money and some gifts; if it is not smooth, you will be deterred by force.

Once the four countries pay the tax, it is to recognize the status of the vassal territory, and Oleg is the real king of the North Sea.

The latter relationship will continue to be close, and in a few years, Oleg will be able to completely control this sea area.

However, this process is not easy.

There are a large number of remnants of gods in the four countries of Beizhou, and they have their own gods and beliefs. Just like the Mountain Hidden Kingdom, their lord and monarchy have been granted divine authority for countless years. Now suddenly let outsiders want to be lords, which is not so easy to accept for a while.

Su Lun recently learned a lot about the customs of the four countries, and knew that this tax trip might not be too smooth.

So have been very vigilant.

......

It takes several days to travel from Pirate City to Shanyin Country. There are a large number of islands in that sea area, which are also called Tallinn Islands on Lu Ying's sea map.

The days of sailing are very boring. As long as there is no bad weather, the job of the pirates is to play cards, fish and brag.

Su Lun found an excuse to spend all his money in the Golden City, and spent the past few days in a daze in the cabin, not messing with the pirates in the artillery cabin.

In fact, it is digesting the knowledge of [Neuro-Mechanical Blueprint].

Even if Su Lun didn't see the blueprint, as soon as Su Lun closed his eyes, the contents of the various blueprints he wrote down densely appeared in his mind. First deduce various possibilities in your mind, and then record them in the notebook. Occasionally, when no one is there, I take out the half-finished silver arm to try some new ideas, and my life is very leisurely.

Because he was always on guard for the situation, Su Lun also brought the dead bird with him whenever he was psyched out.

It is not surprising that small animals such as monkeys, parrots, and hamsters are kept on pirate ships. In addition to passing the loneliness of sailing, it is also used as an early warning. Animals are often more sensitive than humans. Such as bad weather and some dangerous also.

this day.

The fifth day of the voyage.

Just when Su Lun was "sleeping" in the cabin as usual, the black crow beside him suddenly called out.

"Gah~"

Su Lun's ears moved slightly and suddenly opened his eyes.

He stroked the black crow lightly and fed two drops of liquefied undead energy, but his eyes looked through the cannon muzzle to the sea outside.

Now that he is familiar with this black crow, Su Lun can understand some of its thoughts more accurately.

The beep warns of danger, but not too deadly.

"Did something appear at sea?"

Su Lun thought of something, got up and walked out of the artillery cabin.

Sharp and a few gunners were playing cards at the door. Seeing that Su Lun rarely came out of the warehouse, he smiled and greeted: "Yo... Brother Jonny woke up today?"

Su Lun shrugged and rubbed his eyes sleepily, "Yeah, go to the deck to get some air."

He ignored it and stepped onto the deck.

At this time, I heard a slight dispute on the deck.

"Captain Hanz, this sea area is the outlet of Feiyi River, and there are monsters. It is not allowed to enter the sea with defecation, otherwise there may be big trouble. We have to sacrifice animals quickly..."

"Hey, I said Yongxiu, didn't I just pull a **** into the sea, what's the big deal? Monster? Hehe, just some strange sea beasts, don't make a fuss. I have been at sea for so many years, and I have seen deep sea monsters. Are you still afraid of some little monsters?"

"..."

The thin man in sackcloth is the guide this time, his name is Song Yongxiu, a native of Shanyin.

At the moment he was anxiously discouraging a bearded man in a captain's suit.

The beard is naturally Su Lun's current squad leader "Tea Beard" Hands.

This guy had previously obtained the advanced potion that Oleg gave to the colony, and successfully advanced to the fifth order. In the past two days, he has been showing off his newly realized spatial displacement ability everywhere on the ship.

Su Lun sensed spatial fluctuations more than once.

In layman's terms, this guy's strength has skyrocketed and he is "floating".

Yongxiu was still persuading, but Hanz looked impatient: "Okay, alright, stop talking nonsense! If there is a monster, I just picked it up and took a look. I haven't eaten monster meat yet."

Some 1800-pound big fish are incredible monsters to ordinary fishermen who have never seen the world. But for high-level professionals, it is usually a ration to kill with one punch. Hanz is now a fifth-order professional, and it is true that most of the sea monsters can't help him, and it is not completely floating to say this.

But Su Lun in the distance frowned slightly.

The black crow will issue an early warning, which means that there is really something going on in the vicinity.

Su Lun has seen descriptions of "monsters" from various ghosts and ghosts of the Mountain Hidden Country, but he has never seen them before.

He was also interested in seeing what a monster was.

......

The fleet was still a few nautical miles away from docking, and looking around, he could already see a vague mountain shadow in the distance.

The sun had just set, and there was a light mist on the sea.

Jiuxiu was still on the bow, with a face of fear and rambled prayers.

At this moment, suddenly, a red light like an orange light lit up on the sea.

The observer on the mast noticed the abnormality and shouted: "Captain, there seems to be a fire on the sea at ten o'clock!"

Su Lun guessed that something would go wrong and didn't get out of the cabin. Naturally, he also saw the fluttering flames, and his eyes narrowed slightly.

The eyesight of the omniscient pupil made him see the flame very clearly. It was very strange. There was nothing around, and the flame was floating on the sea... It was said to be a ghost fire, but the color was normal orange.

......

Most of the pirates in the dispute just now didn't take it seriously. After all, the legend of monsters in the Shanyin Kingdom has been circulating for a long time, but not many people have actually seen it. Most of them are based on falsehoods.

Now, watching a group of unknown fire suddenly appear on the sea, everyone on the deck also looked at the flames in the distance with curiosity.

Jiu Xiu recognized what seemed to be something, pointed at the sea with a look of fear, and said, "Then...that's 【I don't know fire】!"

Su Lun was not surprised to hear this word, and the identified name was also this.

He had read in the classics "Do not know the fire", one of the hundred ghosts in the legend of Shanyin Kingdom. The usual explanation is that the mortals offended the gods, and the nameless anger that descended.

In this moment, more and more flames floated on the sea surface.

If you look closely, you can see some illusions of the burning building ships.

This vanguard fleet has a total of four squadrons and four ships. The pirates who heard the movement all ran to the deck to see what the legendary "monster" looked like.

It seemed that something was really going on, but "Teabeard" Hanz didn't care, and sent some people to check the situation first in the assault boat.

After a while, the communicator came back: "Captain, those flames are just illusions, not real."

Hearing this, Qi Qi on the deck breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ha ha..."

Hanz also sneered: "This **** mirage, what a monster! The fleet is moving normally!"

Because the inflow must be entered from the mouth of the river, there is no option to take a detour, and the fleet will continue to move forward.

The crew members didn't take it seriously, and looked at the sea of ​​fire in front of them with a smile and pointed.

......

In the crowd, Su Lun was leaning on the fence, holding a black umbrella bound by cloth strips in his hand, and muttered in a voice like fine lines: "It really is a spiritual body. It is said that [I don't know fire] will burn unclean things, How will it burn..."

In perception, some special spiritual bodies appeared in this sea of ​​fire.

This also confirmed Su Lun's previous guess that the monsters are wise and must also have spirituality.

However, these spirits are strange and feel completely different from the human soul. It was cold, weird, and had an ethereal feeling, like the feeling of the will of the gods that Su Lun had seen twice.

This is also good news.

At least the hundred ghosts recorded in "Fairy Story" he watched, many of them had "supernatural abilities". Now it is certain that it can be perceived by the soul, and if it is encountered, the degree of danger will be greatly reduced.

The fleet continued to move forward, and then broke into the mirage-like sea of ​​fire.

It was like breaking into a light and shadow, without any danger.

Those flames were burning around him, but they didn't feel the slightest heat. They reached out and touched them, and they passed through.

Everyone was relieved, thinking that this was really a "mirage".

Only Song Yongxiu was still prostrate on the bow, trembling and praying.

He seemed to be mad with fright, and his mouth kept smashing: "The old people said that when you encounter a monster, you must be in awe. Sincerely pray, the monster will forgive you..."

The appearance of fear is very like a fool who has not been added to the world.

Hearing this, all the pirates laughed.

"It's not just a mirage, I really think it's a monster. It seems that the legends of Shanyin Kingdom are not necessarily true..."

"It's just people from the countryside who haven't seen the world. It's like we've been floating on the sea all the year round, and we've seen everything."

"Tsk tsk, that guy is already frightened."

"..."

Su Lun listened to the words in his ear, but did not speak.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and the sea of ​​fire was reflected in the waves.

The spiritual pressure was getting stronger and stronger, and he knew that there was going to be a big commotion.

If not, when all four ships sailed into this sea of ​​fire, and everyone was still laughing at the ignorance of this guide...

Sudden!

A scream rang out suddenly.

"what...!"

Everyone turned their heads to see where a guy on the deck was standing with a dull gaze.

Someone was taken aback and scolded: "Duden, what the **** are you screaming about?"

But as soon as these words came out, he saw that Duden showed a terrifying expression full of split canths, stretched out his hand and pinched his neck, looking extremely painful, and was speechless.

Seeing this strange scene, everyone realized that something was wrong.

"Teabeard" Hanz walked over and shouted angrily: "Hey, what's wrong with you kid?"

He just wanted to reach out and pat that Duden's shoulder, but at this moment, Duden's skin quickly browned and then turned black. Looking at it again, the whole person is like a candle, and a raging fire is lit. Immediately, there was a strong smell of meat in the air.

In just a few seconds, everyone looked at a living person, and a pool of soot was burned in front of them.

For a while, no one spoke on the deck, and the needle could be heard falling.

And this seems to be just the beginning.

At the same time, the same burning incident started to occur on the other three ships, with screams one after another.

"what..."

"what..."

"what..."

"..."

The invisible enemy will only arouse fear in people's hearts.

Four sea ships with nearly a thousand pirates, and no one understood what was going on. They could only watch helplessly as the people around them suddenly burst into flames, and then burned into a scorched mass.

one, one, another...

Even before it was too late to cast any dispelling and healing spells, the fresh confession of fate would be taken away by that [Shizuo].

Fear spread quickly, and there was a howling on the huge deck. It didn't take long for the frightened pirate monsters to scream continuously, and the entire fleet fell into chaos in an instant.

Rao is "Teabeard" Hanz has fifth-order strength, and there are many third-order and fourth-order professionals around them, and they are completely helpless.

On the panicked deck, some people put out fires, some people drew water, some people fired guns, and some people were wearing armor in a panic...

In the darkness, there are a pair of calm eyes watching all this indifferently.

Su Lun has roughly seen some of the roots of this [Shizuo].

Monsters are no different from other creatures, and they also have to follow the "law of conservation of energy".

In the eyes of alchemists, all events can be explained as the phenomenon of energy fluctuations. Even if you haven't seen the types of creatures, like the "spontaneous fire" in front of you, it's just a different way of releasing energy and a different way of expressing it.

With this cognitive basis, many mystical imaginations can see the essence through phenomena.

Before Su Lun came, he had carefully read the introductions of many monsters. Looking at the scene of the spontaneous combustion of the human body, he also analyzed the reason: "Is it a method similar to parasitic fire? It should be spread by using people's fear to make the human body's own energy chaotic to fuel the combustion. So it burns out in a short time. But how did the fire go from being a 'mirage' to being a real thing?"

Fear accelerates the chaos of human energy, and a little spark will ignite.

At this moment, dozens of people have been burned to death on the four boats.

Su Lun didn't panic at all.

Because he knew very well that the monster couldn't help him.

Under normal circumstances, the weaker the strength, the more fearful of the unknown, and the greater the impact.

If you look closely, you will find that the spontaneous combustion is all first-order pirates, and they are the ones with very weak soul fire.

With that level of energy fluctuations, it was far from burning Su Lun to death.

There is a general way to deal with existences such as ghosts, grievances, and ghosts. That is, if you are not afraid, the influence of the other party will be minimized.

This method is not difficult to say, but it is not easy to say.

It is difficult for ordinary people to control their emotions, especially in the process of fear of mass transmission.

But for Su Lun, it's a routine operation.

......

It was the first time that Su Lun saw [Shiranui], and it could be considered that he had seen the monsters in the Mountain Yin Kingdom.

After a long while, "Teabeard" Hanz finally reacted and shouted: "Don't panic! This monster is similar to the ghost species. As long as the fear is controlled, it can't help us!"

As a veteran pirate, he naturally guessed some of the roots of this fire.

However, just as the words were spoken, the bad news struck again.

The people in the bottom warehouse sent the news through the communicator: "Captain, it's not good, something is digging our ship!"

With these words, the hull suddenly trembled violently, and there were even signs of capsizing.

The atmosphere of fear that had calmed down a little, became strong again.

There were panic footsteps everywhere on the deck.

"Captain, I see it! Sea monsters like water monkeys. That thing is so powerful, they want to sink our boat!"

"What is that?!"

"Master Hands, that's also a monster, it's... it's a [Kappa]!"

"Damn it, Stoya, take the water ghost team down! Musketeers, gunners, shoot into the water!"

"Yes, Captain!"

"..."

The four boats were in chaos.

Su Lun is a gunner, no matter if he goes into the water or Yang Fan, he is not his turn.

Along with the other gunners, he also wore the individual artillery that had been issued before, and occasionally fired a cannon at the fast-swimming figure under the sea. [Kappa] is a monster of the physics department, and it also has entities. It is easy to deal with a lot of them, and the firearms can have good killing. However, this monster is very fast in the water, and its sharp claws can also break through armor, and can easily pierce the hull of a wooden sea ship. Even though the pirates responded quickly, two of the four ships were pierced in a very short period of time. The other two hulls were also more or less damaged and were slowly sinking.

Fortunately, it is not far from the shore here, and the pirates who fell into the water can still swim to the shore.

Su Lun also fell into the water, and the cold sea water was densely packed with human heads. He mingled with the crowd and swam to shore quietly.

......

By the pier Two or three hundred people died before the four squadrons of pirates landed.

The atmosphere is very solemn.

Fortunately, with the military communicator provided by Marfa, several squad leaders reported the situation to the Ninth Fleet Captain "Gluttony Admiral" Peon, but the response was to move on!

Only then did most people realize that this time the pioneer's task was not that easy.

But after receiving the order, they could only proceed as originally planned.

Now without the boat, they can't walk by water, they can only walk.

The cold wind is howling, the temperature at night is extremely low, and it is unrealistic to set up camp.

Fortunately, the guide Song Yongxiu was familiar with the road here and knew that there was a village not far away.

A group of pirates followed the guide and entered the mountain.

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