Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 59: Relic: Thirty Silver Coins

In the North Sea, on the coast of Yongye Peninsula not far from Anchor Bay.

The night was already dark, and a thin mist rose above the sea with dim moonlight, making several pirate ships flying black skull flags vaguely visible.

It looks just like the terrifying ghost ship in the legend.

The emblem painted on one of the skull flags was a skull dragging a bloody twisted insect body, which was the "Insect Song" of "Woodpecker" Maltz.

Affected by the [Black Magic·Ant Queen's Blessing], this is an alternative pirate gang where all members have turned into women.

The [Chongming] had obviously adjusted its posture in advance, with its stern facing the Eternal Night Peninsula and its bow heading towards the Anchor Bay.

As if ready to weigh anchor and set sail at any time.

Suddenly, a shrill voice like a bug sounded:

"It's midnight, all crew members are at their positions, and do not leave your posts no matter what noise you hear.

All officers stayed to participate in the ceremony.

Bring me the slave."

[Woodpecker] Due to his status as the "queen", Maltz's authority on this pirate ship is obviously higher than that of most pirate captains.

They were infected with tapeworms by him (her) and became members of the "Queen Ant"'s crew, becoming 100% obedient to him (her).

Soon, they drew a five-pointed star formation that looked like a goat's head on the tall stern building with blood.

Several burly pirate officers, dressed in makeup, escorted an old slave who had been drugged and fell into a coma into the formation.

Maltz arranged him in the shape of an inverted cross and lit a white candle at each of the four corners of the inverted cross.

If Byron were here, he would recognize at a glance that this slave was one of the "raw materials" that the two of them had fought over at the Golden Palm Trading Company.

Instead of being fed to the bugs, this extraordinary being was apparently being used as a sacrifice in another evil ritual.

I don’t know whether it is lucky or unfortunate.

[Woodpecker] Maltz first poured a bucket of red wine that looked like blood from the stern into the sea.

He then took out two silver coins from his pocket and placed them in the slave's eye sockets as if he were giving a pirate funeral.

But that was no ordinary silver coin. Under the dim candlelight, it was clearly the same octopus silver coin as the one in Byron's hand!

He reached out to take the ceremonial sword handed to him by the first mate, and without changing his expression, stabbed the sacrifice through the heart with the sword.

The blood dripping from the tip of the sword dripped onto the two octopus silver coins in his eye sockets.

The moment the two silver coins came into contact with the blood, the upward side suddenly turned blood red.

Om-!
An invisible wave spread far away from the stern.

The thin mist around them instantly turned into white frost, causing many pirates of the Insect Song who were much stronger than ordinary people to shiver.

The offering only twitched slightly before it became completely cold.

"Captain, is it okay to perform the Black Mass ritual by desecrating holy objects?"

The first mate next to him saw such a strange scene and couldn't help asking questions.

Privateer captains also knew that these sets of octopus silver coins minted with [Forbidden Knowledge] were certainly not sacred objects.

It was a replica of the Level 0 [Holy Relic: Thirty Silver Coins]!
The famous "Thirty Silver Coins" were the reward a traitor received for betraying the Son of God 1,500 years ago, and symbolize "ill-gotten" wealth.

Thirty silver coins were almost the price of a slave at that time.

Because of the huge historical turning point and influence involved, the thirty silver coins regarded as holy objects by the church became terrible "cursed objects".

Countless unjust souls were imprisoned and punished by them, and eventually formed into various brutal [Cursed Spirits].

From then on, there was a taboo among the upper class of the Old World:
When minting silver coins, it is absolutely not possible to mint exactly thirty silver coins of the same specifications at one time.

Because just this insignificant connection is enough to make them gain a hint of resentment from this name and turn them into potentially dangerous items.

As long as a [Black Mass] ceremony is held to desecrate holy objects in exchange for power, it will be very easy to attract wandering evil spirits and monsters!
The required sacrifices have the following traits: "Slave", "Superhuman", "Faith in the Creator" (Remit bloodline is best)" and so on.

The so-called [Faceless Man] and [Ripper] are just corrupted people who have retained a part of their self, and are used to experiment with the effects of silver coins and confuse people.

Each person was only given one silver coin to block divination and receive the elements of the people in Beidi Bay.

The "Black Mass" ceremony held here by a group of privateers is the real highlight.

After the "Chongming", several other ships also began the ceremony.

The temperature of the sea surface was constantly dropping, and in just a short moment it dropped by at least ten degrees.

If you listen carefully, you can even hear something whispering beneath the dark water, but if you look for the source, you will find nothing.

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Before Woodpecker could answer the first mate, a knock on the door was suddenly heard on the silent ship.

No, it wasn't a knock on the door, something was banging on the bottom of the boat underwater!

"What the hell?" For a moment, many old sea lions felt like they were back on overseas routes where there were more weird things than fish.

His legs were shaking and his body felt a little weak.

There were some young people who didn't believe in superstition, so they held whale oil lamps and stuck their heads out to look carefully underwater.

But it was as if he had seen something extremely terrifying. His face was pale, his eyes were wide open, and his teeth were chattering:
“Yes, yes.”

Before she could even scream, she felt as if an invisible force grabbed her neck and dragged her away.

At this time, the corpse of the sacrifice in the pentagram suddenly straightened its chest, opened its mouth and began to breathe again.

A terrified scream came from a leaky throat:
"It's coming, it's coming! It"

My body twitched violently as if it had been electrocuted, and I was about to stand up again.

"Quick, hold him down!"

[Woodpecker] did not panic, knowing that the evil spirit summoned by the ritual had already possessed the body of the sacrifice.

The pirate officers who were well prepared rushed forward and pinned him down.

[Woodpecker] was quick-witted and immediately stepped forward to turn over the two silver coins in the eye sockets of the corpse, so that the bright white side without blood was facing up.

The summoned evil spirit seemed to be pressed down by a heavy burden and could no longer move.

As if he had died again, he lay back down obediently.

"It has been temporarily sealed."

The black mass ceremony of [Insect Song] was completed safely, with only one minion lost.

Lights flickered on the mast, signaling to the fleet's makeshift flagship.

The one in the middle was the flagship flying the pirate flag of Redbeard's Nemesis.

Bill, the temporary commander and executioner on the Nemesis, put down the brass telescope in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well begun is half done. I hope there won't be any accidents in tonight's mission."

As one of Red Beard's confidants, he led three privateering captains to receive the mission issued by the captain, and then left the Anchor Bay at full speed with the other two fleets.

Arriving at a relatively densely populated land area with more evil spirits and monsters, they started the [Black Mass Ritual] and invited the evil spirits to board the ship.

There are a total of fourteen ships performing the same mission, corresponding to the remaining 28 octopus silver coins.

They are only responsible for execution and don't care about anything else.

As long as we can ensure that these "sacrifices" that contain the evil spirits and monsters are brought back to Anchor Bay, it will be enough.

What makes them most nervous is that some of the weird and evil spirits have some very strange [accidental skills].

If something has the possibility of going bad, no matter how small the possibility is, it will always happen.

What is dangerous is not only the animals themselves, but also the various unexpected situations they bring!

If you deal with these evil guys, no matter how careful you are, you may die a horrible death.

Before carrying out the mission, every privateer captain received a high incentive from Red Beard, otherwise no one would dare to gamble on their luck.

The "Insect Song" and another privateer ship "Sunflower" have already brought good news about the success of the ceremony.

The last one, the Rainbow, was still silent.

Just when [Executioner] Bill was about to send a signal to ask.

"Ahhhhh."

The chaotic sound of gunfire and screams resounded throughout the entire privateer ship.

I don’t know what the crew had been through, but some of them actually fired indiscriminately, almost affecting the other three ships not far away.

Bill couldn't help but curse inwardly:
"Damn it, a bunch of idiots! The seal failed?!"

But he also knew that he had no control over what kind of weirdness the counterfeit "Thirty Silver Coins" would attract during the Black Mass.

No matter how careful you are, you may encounter unpredictable accidents.

Also keep in mind the taboos when taking risks: strong curiosity is often the root of trouble.

Immediately signal other privateers:

"The Rainbow is in bad condition, don't get close.

The entire fleet will withdraw to Anchor Bay and advance at full speed! Run! "

The three ships, which had already adjusted their posture, abandoned their companions without any hesitation and weighed anchor collectively.

As if there was a man-eating beast chasing him from behind, he rushed towards Anchor Bay.

(End of this chapter)