Codex Pirates

Chapter 225: Sky Island Legend

Magic Valley Town.

Crash!

The ear-piercing sound of glass breaking suddenly resounded on the street. Passers-by looked in the direction of the sound, and saw a tall and strong man curled up, smashing the glass against two people, and broke the window from a roadside tavern. out.

The two injured people who were pushed in front were pressed to the ground after breaking out of the window. The man who injured them was nearly two meters tall, and he was tall and burly, and he seemed to be heavy, but he was kneeling , put his knees on the two of them, and let the center of gravity of the whole body be pressed up, so that the glass shards directly pierced the bodies of the two wounded, causing them to scream repeatedly.

This cruel and burly man had a thick beard and a pair of three white eyes, which made his eyes look cold and ruthless. On top of his thick lips was a nose with a curvature like an eagle's beak, which was very distinctive.

This person is the special talent introduced after the reform of William's army, Crick.

In the original book, this powerful and cunning pirate captain was originally a criminal in the kingdom, but later successfully escaped from prison, and avoided the simple review system of the navy, and became a navy soldier, but killed the officer and seized the ship, thus Become a pirate.

It's just that his fate turned a corner after William made his fortune. It's just that, as a criminal of the kingdom, he didn't work hard to get into the naval system, but easily took advantage of the east wind of William's army reform and became a member of the Navian Kingdom's militia. Member, and later became a cadre because of his outstanding performance.

Crick is an ambitious man, but he is good at forbearance. After he joined the militia, he gradually realized how powerful William's forces are in the East China Sea, so he gave up the idea of ​​avoiding the limelight here at the beginning and leaving in a short time. Instead, he plans to stay under William's banner for a long time, not only to observe and learn from William's words and deeds and the system under the banner, but also to improve his personal strength through internal information.

Crick stretched out his hand to touch the small wound cut by the glass on his cheek, stretched his blood-stained fingers under the three white eyes, and then grabbed the necks of the two struggling pirates below him. Hearing a "click" that made the scalp numb, blood froth came out of the mouths of the two pirates, their heads tilted, and they lost their breath, and his throats were crushed by his bare hands with great strength.

Crick smiled disdainfully, stood up from the two corpses, and returned to the tavern.

In the tavern, it was quiet at this moment.

Edmund drew the knife from the corpse, and Harden fumbled in the pockets of the corpse and took out several wallets.

He threw the blood-stained wallet to the boss behind the bar, then sat down on the empty chair next to him, grinning: "The best wine in your store, the rest of the money is considered compensation."

The owner of the tavern had lived in this place of Demon Valley for some time, and he was well-informed. He quickly ordered some money, then quickly called someone to help pour the wine, and ordered several people to clean up the corpses.

The boss doesn't care if the money is just picked up from the dead. This is Magic Valley Town, and the rich are the uncles. As for where the money comes from, it is the least important thing for the people here.

"This is the first time we have come to the Great Route, and we want to know where we can get the permanent pointer of this island." Crowe brushed his hair that was a little messy due to the fight, and asked after the boss finished serving the wine road.

The boss said: "As for the permanent pointer, I have it here and can sell it to you."

Seeing that one of the purposes of his group came here was achieved so easily, Crowe suddenly became in a good mood. Thinking of the strange things that happened on his ship, he then asked: "Boss, have you heard that the record pointer is out?" An instance of the problem?"

"Something went wrong?" The boss looked confused at first, and then seemed to think of something, "You mean the record pointer keeps pointing to the sky?"

Crowe nodded yes.

The climate of the Great Route is changeable and the landforms are strange. Here, the magnetic field, currents, air directions, etc. are almost in a mess, and it is difficult to find the law. It is different from other four seas, and it can even be said to be completely different.

Ordinary compass, compass and other navigation tools used all over the world will become waste products here.

In this case, when navigating in the sea, apart from the navigator's own experience and ability, there are only two things that can be trusted-record pointer and permanent pointer.

The so-called permanent pointer is a compass that permanently records the magnetic field of a small island. In the vast sea where the direction is unclear, it can point out the direction of the target island for the crew.

The so-called recording pointer is a compass that can change the recorded magnetic field. The many islands in the first half of the great route, from the entrance to the Chambord Islands in the middle, are divided into seven different routes according to the mutual attraction of magnetic fields.

Choose an island at the entrance of the great route, and after landing on the island with the record pointer, depending on the island, after staying on it for a period of time, the record pointer will record the magnetic field of the island and point to the route to which the island belongs , the direction of the next destination island, and so on, until finally the Chambord Islands.

This kind of record pointer is a special product of the great route, and it is a tool that is relatively difficult to obtain in the outside world. However, William's power in the East China Sea is growing, and he is not the kind of careless person. It is impossible for his subordinates to enter the great route. Worrying about the record pointer, before the expedition team entered the great route, he had already had the record pointer ready.

In the expedition team of the Kingdom of Navia, in addition to the daily use, there are even several record pointers as spares.

It's just that Crowe and the others now find that their pointers are now pointing to the sky. Selkirk is not quite sure why, because when he came to the great route before, he did not choose the magnetic field line at this time.

It is worth mentioning that the structure of the recording pointer of the great route is not like an ordinary compass. It is not a plane, but a spherical shape with a pointer hanging in the middle. In addition to pointing to the surrounding directions such as southeast, northwest, etc., it can also point up and down.

In connection with such a strange phenomenon, and the special structure of the recording pointer that is different from the ordinary compass, Selkirk couldn't help but think of some legends he had heard on the great route, so he asked, "Is it because of the nearby empty island?"

The tavern owner was taken aback when he heard this.

puff!

At the wine table not far from the group, a pirate who overheard their conversation couldn't help but sniggered. Although he stopped quickly and looked at other places as if nothing had happened, it still made Wen Sheng turn his head away. Deng and the others frowned.

At the surrounding wine tables, the expressions of the people who heard Selkirk's words just now were quite exciting, and they seemed to find it very funny, and many people even had some mockery on their faces.