Chapter 203 The Hanged Man's Crisis Is Resolved
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Hobert continued, "A large number of artifacts with Elven cultural characteristics should have remained in the ruins. These artifacts were spread by the clergy of the God of the Sea, becoming symbols of the God of the Sea's followers."
He spread his hands. "It all makes sense."
Audrey said, "Emperor, although it's impolite to say so, I really want to applaud you. This is the best reasoning I've ever heard."
Hobert said in a gentlemanly manner, "Thank you, your praise is the best applause."
Alger also said, "As you said, it's worth more than its price."
Derrick nodded, agreeing with 'The Hanged Man's' statement.
Hobert smiled and said, "I always value credit."
The transaction ended, and Audrey, still feeling unsatisfied, initiated a transaction with Derrick regarding information about the 'Dragon of Imagination'. Originally, Audrey wanted to trade with 'The Emperor', after all, 'The Emperor' might have more comprehensive knowledge, but the price should also be more expensive.
Audrey, who had never worried about money, began to calculate carefully, feeling that she could temporarily get a general idea from 'The Sun' first, and ask 'The Emperor' about things she didn't understand when she had money.
And Derrick hoped to obtain the Sequence 8 potion formula for the 'Bard' pathway.
So Klein initiated a three-way transaction, with him first paying Derrick's reward, providing the potion formula for 'Light Supplicant', while the reward Audrey needed to pay would be transferred to The Fool.
As for what the reward was, Klein only said, "There's no need to rush. Perhaps my blessed will need help with something in the future."
Hobert, sitting at the lower position, immediately complained in his heart: Shameless, how dare he use 'they'! Your only blessed is yourself! Speaking of which, I have at least two followers, and I'm too embarrassed to say that.
Then Derrick began to describe the dragons in their textbooks, and mentioned the 'Dragon of Imagination' Ankewelt, and his son, the 'Nightmare Dragon' Alzuhod.
This immediately reminded Audrey and Klein of 'The Emperor's' previous description of 0-08. This sealed artifact was the extraordinary characteristic condensed after Alzuhod's death. They seemed to have a thorough understanding of the 'characters' of the ancient era.
At Audrey's request, Mr. Fool removed the sensory blockade on Hobert.
Audrey asked Hobert, "Emperor, is 'Dragon of Imagination' Ankewelt one of the eight ancient gods you mentioned before?"
Hobert nodded, "Yes."
Audrey asked again, "Could it be that these ancient gods are all leaders of races like dragons and giants?"
Hobert only gave simple yes or no answers. He nodded and said vaguely, "You could say that."
In fact, humanoid Beyonder creatures such as giants and elves are all mutations of humans.
"Thank you for your answer," Audrey said. "This gives me a systematic understanding of some ancient history."
Hobert smiled and said nothing.
After chatting for a few more words, Klein announced the end of this Tarot Gathering.
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In the safe sea lane of the Berserk Sea, Alger recalled the exchanges at the Tarot Gathering. He immediately got up and opened the door of the captain's room, preparing to dive under the ship immediately to take a look.
But as soon as he opened the door, he saw two sailors waiting outside.
One of the sailors said, "Captain! Another ship is catching up!"
They had knocked on the door hard just now, but had not received any response, because this was a ghost ship, and without the captain's permission, the sailors could not open the door of the captain's room at all. Even if they rammed the door, it would be difficult to open the cabin door.
"I know!" Alger said casually with a livid face, "I just took a nap."
He now had two choices. One choice was to report the location of the God of the Sea's 'Temple' to the Church. As long as the Church killed the God of the Sea, Alger would definitely receive a generous reward.
The second choice was to hide the report and wait until he became a demigod in the future to replace the God of the Sea.
In the end, Alger chose the second option. At worst, he would no longer trade with the followers of the God of the Sea in the future, but Beyonder characteristics of Sequence 3 were not so easy to encounter.
Having figured this out, Alger's pace became more forceful. When he came to replace the God of the Sea, it would mean that there would be another king on the sea.
Alger came to the deck, took a steel javelin for dealing with sea monsters, and then dived into the water, searching along the bottom of the ship.
The bottom of the ship looked old and dilapidated, and was covered with barnacles. Alger sighed: It's time to find a dock to clean up these annoying things again.
When he reached the stern of the ship, Alger saw a colorful chiton attached to the bottom of the ship: That's it!
The chiton is called a chiton because its shape resembles a stone, not because it always moves in places with rocks.
Different from ordinary chitons, the colorful chiton has a much larger size than ordinary chitons. Its single eye and scales are relatively common mysticism materials.
The chiton in front of Alger was as long as a forearm, and its shape was a regular ellipse. The single eye had four colors: black, gray, green, and blue.
At this time, the single eye of the colorful chiton also saw Alger. Some of its shell plates stood up and shot towards Alger.
Alger manipulated the water flow, changing the trajectory of those shell plates, causing them to hit elsewhere.
Then Alger held a steel javelin and pried the chiton off the bottom of the ship. The chiton immediately waved its scales and fled quickly, but it was too late.
Alger was more agile underwater than on land. A layer of magical scales appeared on his body, which made him faster than a fish underwater.
Aiming at the opportunity, Alger pierced the colorful chiton's softest abdomen with the javelin, piercing it directly through.
Then Alger quickly swam to the surface, while the sea water seemed to have life, trying to hold Alger up.
The moment he swam out of the water, Alger jumped up, jumping onto the boat like a flying fish.
Alger held up the colorful chiton that was still trying to shake its scales: "This is the mark that the pursuers quietly placed on our ship!"
As he spoke, he threw the colorful chiton on the deck, stepped on it with his foot, and used one hand to dig out its colorful eyeballs.
The entire colorful chiton twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
"As long as we solve the pursuers behind us, we will be safe," Alger said. "Go to Leaking Island!"
The sailors smiled evilly: "Aye, Captain."
Leaking Island was a deserted island they accidentally discovered. There was a steep high mountain on the island, with many fruit trees, which could replenish the fruits needed during the voyage.
In addition, the high mountain of the island blocked several large whirlpools behind the island. When you turn past the island and see those whirlpools, it is too late to turn the rudder.
And the "Blue Avenger" is a ghost ship, which can flexibly shuttle between the whirlpools according to the captain's will.
Alger and others have used this advantage to bury three batches of enemies on Leaking Island.
After the sailors went to work, Alger was processing the scales of the colorful chiton with a dagger while feeling in his heart: This is the only gain from this exploration, and these materials can only be sold for 200 pounds together.
The consequence is that it will be difficult to have dealings with the followers of the God of the Sea again, and they are also constantly on guard against their pursuit.
Then Alger realized that many times, exploration may not be able to achieve one's desired purpose, perhaps this is the true meaning of navigation.
He immediately felt the digestion of the potion, which made Alger realize again that his thoughts just now were one of the important rules of playing the role of a navigator.
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