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Chapter 13 Cursed Coins(1/2)

After getting rid of the empire's pursuit, the Qihai Traveler took two days and one night to pass through the undercurrent sea, and successfully arrived at the Chili sea three days later. From there, you can successfully reach the hill of giant trees from the south.

But if we choose another older route, the west wind on the Sky Sea will send them to Cape Saint-Huan, which is also the purpose of the Seven Seas Traveler's trip.

The intersection of the sea and the sky reflects the afterglow of the sunset, so the wood on the side is soaked into a warm burgundy red color. The wood texture is thick and clearly visible, and there are occasionally a few marks on it - they are traces left by shrapnel. However, the Qihai Traveler has experienced a great battle, and some places need to be reinforced in other places, so that these details of wear and tear are not taken care of at all.

In the evening breeze, Fang Zhu asked Catherine about rumors about Saint Hugh'an, the distribution of pirates, terroir, ports and anchorages, and under the ship's side, the air sea returned to its original depth, rose-red, which was a bit intoxicating.

Xiesta was standing beside Silvede, and the maid recorded the changes in the current with a plumb. The ship's officer nodded from time to time, holding a quill pen in his slender hand, and wrote down the numbers one by one on the notebook.

After confirming that the dark sea full of rocks was completely driven out, everyone's tense nerves were relaxed. "Incredible, we actually escaped from there," Tianlan sat on the deck, staring at the purple-gold sea surface in a daze, and couldn't help but murmur, "If I turned back and asked me to choose again, I would rather face the Imperials." Parker said sharply: "Facing the Imperials, we will be buried at the bottom of the sea."

The poet was choked up for a moment. Although he knew he was unreasonable, he still insisted: "We just almost died at the bottom of the sea." "I almost didn't." The Paparal people also pointed at the marsh.

The voices of the two men hovered on the deck, like a pair of crows circling on the mast, making a lot of noise. Miss Nightingale sighed when she saw it. Such a scene was commonplace in the Qihai Traveler, as if it were everyday.

She is no longer surprised.

It is indeed not easy to sail for two days and one night. The dangers of the turbulent zone are just a "small trouble", and the real dangers are often hidden under the reefs and whirlpools.

Catherine told them that there was once a 'relic' left behind by two dragon knights' fight. A war that took place in the year of golden green destroyed an island there. Most of the shattered floating islands sank under the sea of ​​clouds, and the rest constituted the wonder they saw-

The clouds were floating black, glass-shaped rocks as big as a mountain, as if they had been melted. Most of the sharp rocks were hidden under the clouds, waiting for the surging turbulence to send the sailboat to the door and smashed them to pieces.

There were countless such rocks floating on the sea, tiny like cinnabar and pebbles. When they floated over the clouds, they hit the sides of the ship's side and made a ping-pong sound, making the people under the cabin tighten their hearts. After a sailing, everyone was exhausted physically and mentally.

But Alisa has never seen similar scenes elsewhere, including the ice sea cut by glaciers, reefs covered with reefs, and the broken land margins form the first steep waterway of Kaurin-Ishurien.

But it's not as good as here-

What the female pirate said might be true, only the Dragon Knight could create such great power - she reached out to pick up one from the gravel, and the glassy rock was covered with fine air holes, like igneous rocks.

Such a situation involuntarily emerged from her mind.

A pillar of fire that penetrated the sky and earth fell from the clouds and hit the huge floating island. The high temperature of hundreds of millions of degrees melted through the center of the island, and the turbulent elemental force teared the entire island apart and divided it into two.

Lava poured out from under the cracks, poured into the sky sea, and then cooled to form its current appearance. These large and small rocks are the blood flowing from the earth, and are the last traces of the floating island's existence on this sky sea.

The power of destruction completely distorts the laws here. The raging wind element forms turbulent flow under the sea of ​​ether, like the dead elemental souls, resurrected from nowhere, forming a hidden undercurrent that attacks without warning.

If you are not careful, the end of the ship being destroyed and the person being killed.

"Scenes like this abound in the second world," Miya walked up, looked at the stones in her hand, and spoke, "The wonders and power have shaped that world, which is far more dangerous than here. The Turbidity was once an ancient battlefield. If you are not ready, I don't really recommend you to go there."

Alisa turned around and looked at her, "Will Miss Miya feel dangerous?"

"The abilities of the dragon knights are also different. As long as they reach the Golden Level, they can be called the Dragon Knight. But compared to the two dragon knights who once fought here, I am far inferior to them." Miya shook her head, but she couldn't help but think of everything that happened in Mount Covenant.

Although she used some power, she could indeed say that she had smoothed out that place, which should have fallen apart now, and the scenes left behind should not be much better than here?

"But Miss Miya met the captain earlier than us. You should know that with Ed's personality, you will take us there no matter what." Alisa looked at Miya. The wolf girl had a corresponding temperament, quiet and mysterious. The silver eyes seemed to be able to tolerate everything. Fang Yu was irresistible to fall into this dream. Miss Nightingale herself almost lost her mind. She blinked her eyes and came to her senses and looked at the other person with a strange look.

Miya looked at Fang Yu, who was talking to Katherine, and nodded slightly.

...

"The Qihai Traveler was seriously damaged, especially after breaking through the lower cabin. Although the rupture was repaired by Cui Xisi and Miss Lark with mana, it was just a false appearance," Fang Zhu said to Catherine: "The elemental structure and the Guy generator can only be repaired after reaching the port. Before this, we could only maintain the speed that is not too slow."

"That's nothing," Katherine replied, "You drove to Luflyn at this slow speed, and it will only take half a month. Anyway, you have been very prescient in supplying in Quemana, and there is nothing on the ship."

"I'm not worried about this," Fang Yu shook his head. "I plan to find a port to dock first, but the nearest port is also in the Gray Whale Islands, which is actually close to the outer edge of St. Hugh'an. I want to hear you tell the story of the land of freedom, Ms. Catherine."

“My news is not free.”

"I have promised to cooperate with you," Fang Yu sighed, "Ms. Catherine."

Catherine smiled slightly and told him: "Cooperation is only a prerequisite, but you still have to pay me a reward. In this way, I will give you a discount for the first time, and you can pay me a silver coin."

She stretched out her hand, and Fang Yu was slightly stunned, thinking that the other party was just looking for happiness with him. He was a little surprised and reached out to take out a silver coin from his pocket and handed it to the other party.

But Catherine took the silver coin, looked up and down, handed it back, shook her head and placed it in front of him. "I don't want this," she replied. "So, let's teach you the first lesson first. Pirates like gold and gems, and they will trade them with these things, but in the territory of Saint Hugh'an, only one proprietary currency is circulated, which we call pirate money or cursed silver coin."

Fang Yu was stunned. He had indeed heard of this legend. There was a currency that only they could use between the pirates, which was called curse money, but people generally believed that this was just a legend.

After all, the pirates have no rule of each other, and the so-called pirate king is just the overlord of one side. The pirates in the Kōhai do not obey each other, so how could they recognize a common currency?

The pirates of Aitalia are not known for their credibility.

"Curse money?" he asked.

"Yes, I think it's strange?" Catherine replied, "In fact, we don't know where this kind of coin comes from. It's just that the pirates regard it as important, even more precious than gold, jade and emeralds. After all, you can use it to buy everything in Saint Huo'an - human life, ships that pirates regard as treasures, even holy objects and artifacts."

She took out a silver coin and placed it in front of the square pulp - it looked like an ordinary coin, and even the silver on the surface turned a little black due to oxidation and the casting process was rough, and the coin surface was engraved with a strange triangle.

It is really difficult for Fang Zhu to associate the legendary Curse money with this clumsy coin. It looks like a private imitation of a small workshop, private money that will be rejected in larger cities.

Even the value of remelting is lacking.

He had never seen the triangle on the coin before, and had never heard of it as the holy emblem of a god, nor did he look like a mark of an organization.

If Catherine hadn't showed him and carefully taken it back, and regarded it as a treasure, Dizang, he almost thought that the female pirate was looking for happiness with him. "Actually, when I was suggesting to you, there was a third possibility. If you had enough pirate money, you could take them to Freeport for help, and some pirates were willing to cooperate with you."

She glanced at Fang Ling, "But I guess you didn't."

"Will pirates recognize it?" Fang Rong asked. He did not believe that such a currency would be born with credit unless it was gold, other precious metals or precious jewelry, and someone was behind the scenes that endorse its value.

Where did its credibility be established?

Freeport is a place without rules, and there is no king who can rule everything. The former Rodrigo and Balosha are all like this. They are just overlords on the sky and sea, and are well-known.

But that doesn't mean they can command other pirates.

To put it bluntly, whoever has the harder fists and who has the louder voices, they have formulated a set of rules for the custom of conventions in Saint Hugh'an, but that set of rules is also based on the prey of the weak, but it only maintains the most basic order.

It sounds unlikely to say that this general rule allows pirates to implement a monetary policy.

"Because the Mystery will recognize it." Catherine said.

"Holy Secret Club?" Fang Rong asked. It sounded like a name for an organization, but he could not know all of these secret societies that were spread throughout Aitalia.

"It was an organization built between the Brotherhoods, and it was normal that you and your companions had not walked in the gray area, and it was not heard of it," Catherine told him. "The Secret Society originated in Rotao and later spread to the Hill of the Giant Trees, and it was famous among the pirates of Saint Huán."

"Very famous, why?"

"The reason is these cursed silver coins," replied Catherine. "The Holy Mystery recognizes the value of cursed silver coins and recycles them. The Holy Mystery only trades with the pirates and only recycles this currency from the pirates they recognize, so it is called Pirate Money-"

"I don't quite understand," Fang Yu was confused. "Suppose this kind of silver coins is really valuable to them, why do they only trade with the pirates? Will this money flow back from others and be worthless to them?"

Catherine thought for a moment, "In fact, it's not just you who have such questions, but the legend is related to the pirates' blessings. There is only one temple of God in the Freeport of Saint Hugh'an. Do you know which God is?"

Fang Zhu shook his head.

Catherine looked at the sea surface, and the sunlight formed a ray of gold on the clouds, like rippling waves. "The sailors believed that once they stepped into the sky, they would be like handing over their destiny to the hands of the saints, and among the saints of Olin, there happened to be such a god who controls fate."

"Elaine, the girl of fate?" Fang Zhu asked.

"Elaine?" Catherine shook her head, "We don't know what the lady is called, we only know that she is the most mysterious one among the saints of Olin, and even her name is not circulated much in the outside world."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! Fang Yu was slightly stunned. Elaine was one of the eleven gods of the Orin divine system. How could even her name be hidden? He suddenly thought of a possibility and couldn't help but be stunned.

And Catherine continued: "The history of the curse silver coins existed in the pirates of Saint Hugh'an was even longer than that of my grandfather's time, and the pirates were word of mouth because it was attached to the divine power of fate, and the Holy Mystery Society might be the believers of that goddess."

Although I don’t know what the reason is, Elaine, the girl of fate, is indeed the only goddess among the Eleven Gods who has not been exposed to the temple.

This is different from Aimeya's twin goddess. The Shadow in the Forest is just a secondary god.

But the Holy Mystery will be the believer of the goddess of fate?

Fang Yu was a little confused.

"But this is just your guess," he asked again. "Did you never doubt that there is such an organization that issues currency among pirates and only trades with pirates?"

Katherine looked at him, "I know what you mean, but I don't think it's possible, because you don't understand the value of the curse coins. This kind of silver coin is divided into three levels. For example, the one in my hand, only ten of the same coins can be exchanged for a big ship in the hands of the Holy Secret Club."

She continued: "Do you know what the ship means to the pirates?"

Fang Zhu shook his head.

"It means all possibilities," said Catherine. "Sometimes, for example, now-a boat means a chance to make a comeback for me, so that I will not become a prisoner, and as long as you have a curse, the Secretariat will ask for it."

She looked at Fang Yu, and her green eyes flashed with burning eyes, "They have never refused a deal once. Do you think they need to do this more?"

Fang Ling was a little shocked when he heard it. He never thought that there would be such a secret knowledge among pirates. Before passing through the Star Gate, he even thought that he had already understood the world enough, but he did not expect that what he saw was just the tip of the iceberg.

As Catherine said, he saw nothing but the information about the league related to the table, and he knew very little about the things under the gray area.

Fortunately, it seems Minmeer has found them a reliable guide.

"So this kind of silver coins is very important to you," said Fang Ruo. "Why didn't Ms. Catherine go directly to trade with the Holy Mystery?"

Katherine got stuck: "...this has nothing to do with you."

Seeing Fang Zhu looking at him suspiciously, she sighed and had to confess: "Okay, actually I don't have that much money. Do you really think the curse silver coins are so easy to get, and I haven't saved much in so many years. This is my last trump card."

"So you have a message," Fang Yu asked, "I'm going to receive a silver coin?"

The female pirate's face turned slightly red, "It's just a joke, and I'm not giving you free news, little guy, don't be ungrateful."

"So what do the other two levels of Cursed Silver Coin look like?"

"The one in my hand is of the second level," Katherine was eager to change the topic. "The first level has no coin, and it is much cheaper. As for the third level, I have never seen it. It is said that it is a priceless thing, and you can use it to exchange it for a real artifact in the hands of the Holy Secret Club."

Does the Holy Secret Club have any magical artifacts?

However, Fang Rong thought about it again, if the Holy Mystery Society was really a believer of Elaine, it would not seem like a great thing. What the Qihai Traveler currently needs has nothing to do with any magical artifact, so he did not raise this question in one fell swoop.
To be continued...
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