A Pirate's Counting Life

The old man led the two of them to his office, pointed to the sofa and signaled them to do whatever they wanted.

Mark carefully walked around the messy documents on the floor and took Shirley to sit on the sofa. The old man smiled at the two of them.

"We have deciphered the words on the parchment scroll, but before that I have one more question that I need you to answer truthfully."

"Please tell me"

Mark looked at the old man with a serious face, waiting for the other party's question. The old man was silent for a second and then slowly said

"This scroll is really not what you were looking for."

"No, this scroll is a trophy I captured from a pirate."

Mark looked at the old man seriously. The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and there was a look of pity on the old man's face.

"Alas~ It seems we need to find that place ourselves."

After speaking, the old man looked at Mark carefully in front of him and said softly, "The location of a stone is recorded on the scroll. Little brother, are you interested in digging it out with us?"

"Um... no need. I may not be able to help you because of my low abilities, so that's it! We have to go beforehand."

Mark pulled up Shirley beside him and walked towards the door. He probably understood what the other person was talking about.

If nothing else, it should be the stone tablet engraved with historical text that triggered the demise of O'Hara.

"If I were you, I wouldn't touch that thing. If I had known it was this thing, I shouldn't have brought it here."

Mark stopped and said helplessly. The doctor who was about to catch up to persuade him was also stunned. The room fell silent and only Shirley blinked and looked at the two of them blankly.

"The pursuit of historical truth is our greatest wish"

The old man was the first to break the silence, and extended his hand to Mark with a kind face, "Young man, are you willing to join us in pursuing the truth?"

"Haha... I'm afraid you're not looking for death if you look for the truth."

Mark rolled his eyes, shook his head and said softly, "I'm not interested in the truth. I hope you can think carefully about the residents of this island. What you are pursuing may bring disaster to them."

Mark pulled Shirley out of the room, ignoring the doctor behind him who kept persuading him to join the death-seeking team.

Are you kidding me that this Demon-Slaying Order can be blocked by ordinary people?Even a strong man like Douglas Barrett couldn't withstand it. How dare he act so arrogantly with his little arms and legs?

Mark pulled Shirley and drove all the way to the port. He looked at the ships docked at the pier and scratched his head irritably.

He half wished that he was a villain so that he could hijack a merchant ship and let them take him to the nearest navy branch without any pressure.

Mark turned to look at Shirley and said softly, "Go and find out which ship will pass by the Navy branch?"

Seeing Mark's expression, Shirley knew what the other person wanted to do, and she despised Mark in her heart.

Turn around and walk towards the merchant ship. No one will refuse the request of a beautiful girl, even if the girl is very ordinary.

It only took Shirley 10 minutes to get the information Mark needed. She noted down the ship that would pass by the Navy branch, and the two left together, preparing to board the ship in the dark at night.

Under the moonlight, the two of them approached the merchant ship, but the merchant ship had patrolling guards.

After waiting for 5 minutes, the other party left the bow and went to patrol the stern. The two easily boarded the merchant ship and walked towards the second floor. They found an unoccupied room and slipped in.

On the second day, following the captain's shout, the merchant ship slowly left the port.

After Mark arrived at the branch, he planned to have someone arrange for him to return to the headquarters. Although Hals said that he could stay outside for two years, he planned to go back early to find a good teacher for Shirley to teach Shirley domineering.

The merchant ship sailed for four days without encountering pirates along the way. This made Mark have a great impression of the nearby branch. He was able to control the pirates in the area and prevent them from overflowing. This shows that the naval branch in the nearby waters is very strong, but it is very difficult. It's a pity that merchant ships won't dock nearby anymore.

Otherwise, he really wants to see the situation of this branch. This merchant ship will dock at a small island where the navy is stationed to supply food in three days. That is Mark's destination:

"Mark, look what that is?"

Shirley was watching the scenery from the window and suddenly shouted to Mark

"What's wrong? Did you see the cow flying into the sky?"

Mark shrugged and came to the window, took a look outside and his face instantly turned pale.

"Are you... kidding! How could such a big tornado appear in the world!"

Seeing the tornado that seemed to connect the sky, Mark lost his composure, grabbed the stunned Shirley and kicked the window open

He jumped onto the deck with the other party in his arms, ignoring the guards who were already in a mess.

At this time, he could already feel the suction of the tornado. Mark held Shirley and used the Moon Step to fly into the air, preparing to fly away from the suction range of the tornado, and then change direction to avoid the tornado.

Not long after the two left, the merchant ship was swept up into the sky. Listening to the screams from behind, Shirley shrank her head into Mark's arms in fear.

Mark desperately stepped on the air to escape the suction of the tornado, but the opponent's speed exceeded his estimate.

Seeing that the two of them were about to be caught up, Shirley looked at Mark with a firm look on her face.

"Throw me down, and you can definitely escape by yourself."

After saying that, he began to struggle in Mark's arms, trying to get out of his arms.

"That's enough! Don't move!"

Mark slapped Shirley on the butt. The girl blushed and stopped struggling. She gently buried her head in Mark's chest and prepared to wait for death.

Just as he was about to be overtaken by the tornado, Mark shouted, "Hold me tight!"

Then he held the girl in his arms, covered his body with armor, and prepared to resist the tornado.

The next second, the two of them were carried by a tornado and flew into the sky. Mark used his body covered in armed colors to resist the debris of the merchant ship attacking from the air.

The tornado kept pulling on Mark's body, and his armor was rapidly consuming. He looked down at the girl in his arms and found that her expression was a little painful.

He relied on his armor to withstand the pull of the tornado, while the girl relied on her physical strength to resist. This gave Mark a new understanding of the strength of Shirley's body.

At this moment, a sea king was swept up from the bottom of the sea by a tornado. It opened its bloody mouth and swayed wildly. Looking at the opponent's huge size, an idea flashed in Mark's mind, and he used the moon step with all his strength.

Leading Shirley towards the opponent's open mouth, and entering the Neptune-like body, Mark breathed a sigh of relief and finally no longer had to resist the pull of the tornado.

Streams of cold wind kept blowing into the open mouth of the Neptune creature, so the two of them didn't have to worry about breathing.

Although you will still be spinning around in the Neptune body, it is much better than facing a tornado directly.

Mark now only hopes that this Neptune creature can last a little longer. One minute later, the Neptune creature let out a shrill scream.

The whole body was torn into two pieces. The section where Mark and the others were were thrown out by the tornado and hit the sea hard.

Feeling that his body was no longer shaking, Mark gently patted Shirley in his arms.

"It's okay, let go, I feel like I'm about to be strangled to death by you."

Shirley was reluctant to let go of her hands that were holding Mark's chest, and instead held Mark's left hand.

Mark pulled out the bleeding cherry and swung a flying slash forward, then rushed out with Shirley.

Looking at the tornado going away from the body of the Neptune, both of them breathed a sigh of relief. The blood flowing out of the Neptune's body stained the surrounding sea surface red.

Creatures that have just experienced a tornado washing the ground will not come to eat the Neptune's body in a short period of time.

Mark looked around and found a black spot on the right. He prayed in his heart that it was a small island. The two of them floating on the sea like this were basically the same as waiting to die.

Mark took a deep breath, held Shirley up again and flew towards the small black dot. An hour later, Mark could already see the outline of the island.

Two hours later, the two landed on the island. Looking at the lushly wooded island, Mark felt relieved.

The presence of trees means that the ecological environment here is not bad, at least there is no need to worry about food. The next step is to wait for the merchant ships to pass by.

Mark went to the woods to pick up some branches and prepared to drill wood to make a fire. Shirley looked at Mark who was a little busy.

He slowly walked forward and handed Mark a lighter. Mark, who had already drilled two pieces of wood, was furious.

Suddenly a lighter appeared in front of me, and it almost exploded in anger.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier that you had a lighter?"

"You didn't even ask..."

Shirley lowered her head in aggrieved manner, rubbed her forehead, Mark forced himself to calm down, forced a smile and said to Shirley

"Okay, I don't blame you for this. Bring it here. We have to raise the fire quickly, otherwise our clothes will soon dry out."

Mark lit the branches with a lighter and soon raised the bonfire

"Ah! What are you doing!"

Shirley covered her eyes with her hands and screamed at Mark. Mark reluctantly took his hand back on his pants.

Shirley looked at her with open fingers and said, "I just want to bake some clothes. Do you want to make such a fuss?"

After saying this, Mark put the clothes close to the fire and started to bake them. Shirley felt sticky and uncomfortable after hearing what Mark said. After thinking about it, she said

"You go to the woods to bake, this place has been commandeered by me."

Just as Mark was about to retort, he saw Shirley punching a big hole on the beach and leaving the bonfire with her clothes and lighter.

"No peeking!"

Shirley shouted at Mark's back, and Mark shrugged indifferently.

“There’s nothing good to see and I can’t tell the difference between good and bad when I’m far away.”

Mark turned his head to avoid a stone and quickly rushed into the woods. Behind him, Shirley's tyrannosaurus-like roar sounded.

The small animals on the outskirts of the forest were frightened by the roar and fled as fast as they could.