Pirate System

( ) "Your heartbeat has become faster. M" A pleasant voice sounded from behind Tang Ke, just like the wind blowing silver bells and the boat pushing the waves.

Tang Ke knew who was coming without looking back. There was only one woman on board this silver boat, Emily. He said without looking back: "I just got seasick. It's inevitable that my heartbeat will speed up."

"You don't speak the truth. How can a pirate get seasick?" Emily snorted and came closer, standing side by side at the bow of the ship with Tonk. Her hair danced lightly with the sea breeze, and it was very beautiful.

"That's not necessarily the case. There are vegetarians among the butchers, and there are bald men among the barbers. No one stipulates that pirates can't get seasick." Tang Ke joked.

"Even if there is a seasick pirate, it's not you."

"Okay. It's true. There's another reason why my heart is beating."

"Your heartbeat is probably because you are close to the Fountain of Death."

"No, that's not the reason either."

"What's that for?"

Tangke turned his head and looked down at Emily, who was a head shorter than him, and said softly: "It's because you are close to me that my heart beats faster."

"Hmph, this sentence is even more unbelievable than your seasickness. It's like this kind of lie to deceive a little girl. Don't say it to me in the future. Otherwise, be careful I go to your wife to complain." Emily rolled her eyes at Tangk. , focusing again on the ever-changing sea. The strange sight of the black vortex quickly magnified in her jewel-like eyes.

"Okay, if you and I both come out alive from the Fountain of Death, I will never lie in front of you again." Tang Ke said with a slight smile. He said those useless sweet words to Emily, not to seduce Emily, but more just because of his nature. As long as he sees a beautiful woman, he can't help but become very frivolous.

"Well, I hope this trip goes well and we can all return safely from the Fountain of Death." Emily's face suddenly became solemn. The pupils that stared at the Fountain of Death shrank little by little.

"Looking at your appearance, you should still be a little worried. In that case, why are you trying to make a fool of yourself and get into troubled waters?" Tang Ke's smile faded and he asked casually.

"I'm not like you, who is full of lies. What I said in the conference hall before is true. The reason why I joined this team is just to help the motherland win the Fountain of Death."

"Tsk tsk,

This is really a great feeling. "

"You are not a soldier. So you won't understand. You don't have this sense of mission."

"I really don't understand."

"Actually, you can think about it from another angle. Suppose there is a hostile force attacking your pirate group, and you find a treasure that can potentially determine the victory. However, obtaining this treasure carries great risks. As the leader of the pirate group, you If you are unable to obtain this treasure, will any of the loyal men around you take the risk for you?" Emily asked.

Tang Ke thought for a while, if this was the case, there would definitely be many people in the Dragon Pirate Group competing to take the risk. If the Dragon Pirates were replaced by the Greenland Empire. You can also figure out why Emily came forward. He nodded and said, "Okay. I probably understand what you mean by a sense of mission."

Emily fell into silence, staring at the sea for a long time. She counted the fleeting waves on the sea, and suddenly spoke again. He said with emotion: "Although I am a soldier, I actually hate war from the bottom of my heart. I have many subordinates, and they died one after another in the war, so that all my subordinates now are unfamiliar faces. Every time I return home When I was sailing, I could see many families of soldiers who were at sea in the port. These people were waiting for the soldiers to return, but what they often waited for was heavy bad news."

"War is indeed a cruel thing. Some people lose, some gain, some laugh, some are sad. This is inevitable." Tangke admitted.

"Sometimes I naively think how great it would be if the five great empires and other countries in the world that are at war could shake hands and make peace. We could sign a treaty never to go to war and end all wars in the world. Soldiers would no longer have to fight. After a bloody battle, you can return to your hometown to reunite with your family, take off your blood-stained military uniform, and start working in some more secure jobs. Wouldn't this be great for everyone?"

"This is impossible."

"I knew it wasn't possible, so I said it was just a naive idea."

"A contract cannot make all countries stop fighting. If you want to end the war, you must make the war more fierce until all parties are defeated and only one king is left to win. In a world that is divided, as long as there is one and the other. situation, war is destined to break out. Only when the whole world is unified and becomes a complete country can long-lasting peace be achieved. War may be a bad thing for the immediate period, but in the long run, war will The world has an irreplaceable positive meaning and is vigorously promoting the development of civilization. Just like slash-and-burn cultivation, many things can only be born in destruction. War brings destruction, but it also brings new life." Tang Ke talked eloquently road.

"Although your words are high-sounding, they are actually covering up the war." Emily rolled her eyes at Tangk again. She always opposed Tang Ke's views, but she always talked to Tang Ke along the way, which felt like asking for trouble.

"The beauty and ugliness in the world does not lie in the things themselves, but in people's aesthetic vision. Things that are ugly in your eyes may be dazzlingly beautiful in my eyes." Tang Ke said with a smile.

"Then tell me what this ugly thing in my eyes looks like to you." Emily said and pointed forward.

Tang Ke followed the white jade-like hand and found that Emily was pointing at the black vortex that was gradually approaching in front. He shrugged and said: "In my eyes, this thing has a dangerous charm. Although it is not dazzlingly beautiful, at least it is not ugly."

"Okay. It seems that there is another difference between the two of us." Emily also shrugged, then turned back and waved at Tonk, "Once the ship enters the black whirlpool, it will be sucked in. No one can say what will happen then. Let’s get to the cabin quickly.”

Tangke nodded and took one last look at the black vortex. Then he followed Emily into the gangway and walked into the cabin.

The bow of the Strong Shield had already entered the area where the black vortex was raging. It tilted slightly downward. The bottom of the ship was pulled by a rotating force and involuntarily accelerated its speed.

…

One of the largest back gardens in the main castle of Pirate City.

Deku, the city lord who controls the pirate city and a huge potential army, is feeding his little pet. His pet is very special, and the things he feeds are also very special.

His pet is a troll, a humanoid monster that is three stories tall and has an extremely low IQ, not even as smart as cats and dogs. All I can think about is eating, drinking, sleeping. The giant magic power is infinite and ferocious, but it cannot compare to the intelligent races that have mastered various mysterious powers.

Under the years of massacre by all major races, the trolls are on the verge of extinction. There are definitely no more than ten trolls in the world, and their rarity is about the same as that of giant dragons.

Therefore, raising a troll is really a very majestic thing.

What he feeds the troll is big living people, big living people jumping around. He doesn't feed live humans to small pets every day. This is a bit too perverted. Only when someone pisses him off. He would capture that person and feed it to the troll as a punishment and as a warning to others. Whenever he does this. There will be fewer people in the world who dare to make him angry.

One day when no one in the world dares to make him angry anymore, he will probably be able to live out his days in peace. He is old, really too old, this is the last period of his life. You should be living a more comfortable life.

It's a pity that he has a special status. As the lord of the Pirate City, he is destined to not live a comfortable life.

Those who offended the city lord were thrown before the troll. After just one look at the troll, he was so frightened that his legs weakened, he collapsed to the ground, and even peed his pants. In fact, it is not a shameful thing to pee your pants when being scared by a troll. Almost all those who received the same treatment as him in the past peed their pants.

The unfortunate guy begged in a crying voice, sometimes begging the city lord, sometimes begging the troll, but he didn't get any response. He is dead today unless God comes to save him.

The troll dragged the strong chains composed of several "spells" on his body, casting a shadow that blocked the sky and the sun. He stretched out his huge palm and caught the unlucky guy in his palm. Its fingers were almost as thick as the unlucky egg's waist, and it could crush the unlucky egg with just a pinch, but it didn't do this because it wouldn't have anything to eat. It brought the unlucky guy to its mouth, opened its mouth that was never satisfied, and sprayed out a stench that was ten times more stinky than a stinky ditch, knocking the unlucky guy unconscious. This may be a good thing for the unlucky ones, at least they can suffer less.

Deku watched the trolls eating absentmindedly, not getting much pleasure from it. There were not many things in the world that could bring pleasure to an old man.

When the troll was halfway through eating, a fleeting figure landed behind Deku and knelt on the ground on one knee. He was wearing a clean and neat outfit, which was the uniform uniform of messengers in the city. He lowered his head and reported respectfully: "Sir City Lord, the Golden Beard Pirates sent an envoy, and he wants to see you."

Deku's heart was moved when he heard this, and he became interested. Meeting the envoys of the Golden Beard Pirates would be more interesting than watching trolls eat people. He turned his head and said, "Take him to the living room No. 2. I want to see him alone."

"Yes." The messenger came and went in a hurry, and as soon as he finished speaking, he flew away and disappeared.

Deku clasped his hands behind his back and walked step by step towards the back door of the castle, thinking to himself: "Golden Beard is the most arrogant person in the world, and he is so ambitious that even I, the city lord, don't take him seriously. He won't come to him if he has nothing to do. Mine, once you find me, it will be an earth-shattering event."

There are many parlors in the pirate captain's castle, which are divided into levels according to decoration, treatment, etc. Parlor No. 1 is the highest level, Parlor No. 2 is the most advanced, and so on. If Golden Beard himself were present in person, Deku would definitely choose to receive the reception in the No. 1 drawing room, but since it was just a messenger, there was no need to make it so grand.

Even so, the No. 2 reception room is magnificent enough, comparable to the palaces of the five empires. Everything in this house is carefully selected, and a tea cup can be sold for a lot of money.

In this medium-sized living room, a long table was set up.

When Deku entered the room, the messenger sent by Golden Beard was already sitting at the end of the long table.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, the messenger immediately stood up and greeted Deku respectfully. He is an elegant man wearing glasses and looks kind. It's really hard to connect him with the Goldenbeard Pirates. He didn't even wear anything related to the Golden Beard Pirates, and he couldn't tell that he was a member of the Golden Beard Pirates at all.

Deku nodded casually as a response and asked the messenger to sit back down, while he sat on the other side. The long table was very long, completely separating the two people. Deku likes this sense of distance very much. As a city lord, he is already far away from most people in the world.

"What is the purpose of Golden Beard sending you here?" he asked straight to the point.

"Supreme City Lord, with my humble status, I am not qualified to answer your question. In my opinion, let Mr. Golden Beard himself talk to you. I am here today just to be responsible for you two. It's just a bridge. Everything else is out of my control, and I don't deserve it." The messenger said respectfully, and then took out a rectangular mirror from his body. The surface of the mirror was smooth and shiny, and the back was wrapped in a silver frame. Embellished with minimalist textured relief. He tapped the mirror a few times rhythmically, and ripples appeared in the originally empty mirror. It's like a lake where a stone has been thrown.

Deku recognized what this mirror was at a glance. This mirror was no ordinary mirror. It was an extremely rare treasure called the "Image Mirror."

This kind of mirror is usually made into a pair of two. The sights and sounds reflected in one mirror can be transmitted to the other mirror. The snail can only transmit sound, but this precious mirror can transmit both sound and image. So it is a higher grade than the nut nut. Even the treasure houses of the great empires may not contain such rare treasures.

The teleportation mirror in the messenger's hand underwent various changes, first ripples appeared. Then various light spots appeared, and finally images from shallow to dark emerged. In the mirror, the tall and mighty image of Golden Beard was reflected. He was still as elegant as before, with a bright golden beard and bright golden hair. He looked like a golden male. lion.

The image of Golden Beard appeared in this mirror, and the image of Deku must also have appeared in the mirror in front of Golden Beard.

"Old man, it's great that you're not dead yet." Golden Beard said angrily. His voice came out through the telescope, causing the living room to tremble and the tea on the table to overflow.

"Before calling others old, you should first consider how old you are." Deku snorted.

"Indeed, like you, I am also a bad old man who can't get any older, but this world is in the hands of us old men."

"What you control is not the world, just a pirate group."

"I don't want to control the whole world, I just want to control the ocean of this world."

"You can't control the sea. The sea doesn't belong to anyone. It was like this before and it will be like this in the future. Those who dream of controlling the sea will eventually be buried by the sea."

"It's true that I haven't mastered the sea yet, but it's not impossible. There have been people in this world who have mastered the sea, you know that."

"You mean Roger, the first pirate king?"

"Yes, it was Roger. When his power was at its peak, his pirate group could run rampant on the sea without anyone being his opponent. At that time, the sea belonged to him."

"I know you have always wanted to be the second Roger, but..." Deku smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Times have changed and the world has completely changed. The current period is completely different from the period when Roger was active. The strong ones have withered away a lot, and the major forces are evenly matched and restrain each other. In my opinion, no one can regain the throne of the Pirate King."

"I am indeed still far away from this goal. Not to mention defeating the pirate governors of several other sea areas, it is difficult for the Golden Beard Pirates to dominate even the Dream Sea area. But there is always a way to solve things, and this way is available now It's in front of me, waiting for me to realize it." Golden Beard's eyes opened slightly, bursting with excitement.

"What method are you referring to?" Deku asked curiously.

"Let me tell you straight. I want to resurrect Roger, bring him, the strongest pirate in history, back to the world from hell, and let him regain his former glory. After he is resurrected, whether he helps me or I help I can accept him. I can't tolerate anyone standing above me, but he is an exception." Golden Beard finally revealed the purpose of looking for Deku today.

Once the word resurrection is mentioned, people will naturally think of the recently popular Fountain of Death. Deku suddenly said: "You want to snatch the Fountain of Death?"

"Yes, I want to snatch the Fountain of Death."

"Since you want to rob it, just go ahead and rob it. Why did you come to me?"

"I want to ask you for help. Let you lend me a helping hand and help me deal with the two people from the Imperial Alliance. I am alone and cannot be completely sure of the situation with my own strength."

"I'm afraid I have to give you a disappointing answer. I will never leave Pirate City. You know this. And I feel that I don't have such a good relationship with you. There is really no reason to sacrifice my life for you." Deku He snorted coldly.

"No, you are not working hard for me, but for all the pirates on the sea!" Golden Beard said loudly. (To be continued...)