Chapter 199 Psychic
The dark palace stood at the foot of the mountain under the night sky, its tall towers hidden in the darkness, and its outer walls made of huge stones without any decoration.
There was an eerie silence around the palace, with only the sound of the wind echoing in the empty space.
People can feel a strong pressure when they approach the palace. That pressure does not come from the palace itself, but from the powerful monarch sitting in the palace.
In the main hall inside the palace, there were hundreds of nobles from the Glorious Island standing. They were all extraordinary beings, all wearing black robes, with black makeup on their proud faces, looking very strange and uncomfortable.
When the Fisher family arrived inside the palace, they saw the stairs in front of them gradually rising up to a dark golden throne.
They finally saw the powerful monarch, the great lord of the Glorious Islands, "The Psychic", sitting on the throne.
He was a tall and skinny old man. His frail body under the black robe with gold threads was more than two meters tall. There was no hair at all on his strangely pale scalp. His eye sockets were deeply sunken, and the cold and terrifying look in his eye sockets was completely unlike that of a human. The moment they looked into each other's eyes, one felt a deep fear.
The Fisher family was all shocked by the psychic's appearance.
They had long heard that the psychic was a half-alive, half-dead monster who had lived for more than three hundred years, but they had never expected that he was actually more like a dried-up corpse than a human being.
The man on the throne spoke.
"Leave it to me. Is your cargo, the so-called bottled sunlight, real?"
The psychic's voice was very erratic, as if it was more like a ghost than a real ghost. Everyone except Chris couldn't help but wonder, is this guy a human being, or some kind of special mysterious existence?
Chris could see a problem. The psychic was most likely not a human being, nor a mysterious being, but was in a special transformation process and had not been able to completely change.
Psychic.
He most likely hoped to transform himself into a mysterious creature like a vampire, but unfortunately he did not succeed completely.
However, Chris didn't quite understand the more specific situation, after all, his knowledge was limited.
Everyone in the Fisher family was well aware of Chris's lack of communication, so Theo stepped forward on his behalf.
The old man bowed his head very respectfully, saluted, took out a transparent bottle covered with golden spells from his arms, and handed it to the first messenger of the psychic with a smile.
"This is what we want to trade. It contains the most precious things in this sea area!"
The nobles of the Glorious Island couldn't help but look at the transparent bottle covered with golden spells, their eyes revealing excitement, because there was a bit of real sunlight suspended in the bottle.
Even though it's small, it's still very eye-catching.
The psychic nodded calmly, and when the first messenger brought the transparent bottle, he gently opened the transparent bottle, and then warm and soft sunlight instantly bloomed!
A large amount of sunlight covered the surroundings. The psychic opened his eyes wide and could even feel a tingling sensation all over his body, but he still couldn't help but immerse himself in the light, revealing a weird smile.
sun!
Its light is so mesmerizing!
Never enough!
All the nobles on the island looked at this scene with envy, and everyone was flocking to the sunshine!
On the continent of Oden, people other than the followers of the Sun Cult basically do not think that there is any essential difference between sunlight and other lights such as fire.
But this is not the case in the Sunless Sea.
This group of people who could not see the sun all day long worshipped the sun's light almost madly, and mostly disdained all other kinds of light. They only had a little reverence for the moonlight that showered them with mercy every night.
In fact, deep down, Chris always found it very interesting.
The deadly sunlight, the sun that brings judgment, the things that these people originally disdained or even hated, are actually the things they love most deep in their hearts.
However, the gentle moonlight on which they have always depended for survival is not of such a high status.
Sure enough, the things that you can't get are the best, and the things that are easily obtained will never be cherished.
The sunlight finally faded away, and the psychic fell into deep thought, then spoke seriously:
"How much do you want to sell it for? It doesn't seem to be as effective as Sun Gold. How long can it last?"
Indeed, the effect of canned Sunshine is not as good as that of Sun Gold. In fact, it takes about three bottles of canned Sunshine to equal the effect of one bottle of Sun Gold.
But the most critical issue is that the cost of canned sunshine is extremely low. Basically, you only need to consider the shipping cost. The canned sunshine itself has almost no cost.
“It can be kept for about three years!”
Theo smiled and stated the bargaining price that had been discussed long ago.
“We will never take advantage of you. The opinion of the Bishop of the Storm Church, Zain, is that we only need to price each can of sunshine at one-tenth of the Sun Gold!”
"ah?"
Many nobles on the island were suddenly in an uproar, with great greed in everyone's eyes. No doubt many people could understand the huge value it contained!
The psychic pondered for a long time and said slowly: "I can double the price for you."
“One time!”
Many people from the Fisher family cheered, but Chris remained unmoved. Theo even frowned slightly, realizing that the psychic was going to propose some new conditions.
Sure enough, the psychic continued speaking in a vague voice.
"But I have an extremely important condition, that is, you and the bishop behind you must all swear an oath. From now on, your canned sunshine will only be sold to the owner of the Glorious Island, the Psychic!"
I see. Theo is very clear about the current situation.
It seems that the psychic has already discovered the huge business opportunity and wants to become the exclusive middleman of canned sunshine. However, this matter involves too many things and he cannot give any response at all.
The psychic nodded slowly and said:
"Well, since you can't come up with a reply, you can go back first."
Theo was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked: "But what about the goods on the ship now? We can't go back empty-handed, I believe you also need them!"
The pale old man on the throne spoke calmly.
"I will buy all those cans of sunshine at one-fifth of the price of Sun Gold. If you disagree with my request, it doesn't matter. I will buy the future goods at one-tenth of the price."
The psychic nodded slightly, his attitude was calm and generous, and he had no intention of forcing the Fisher family.
Chris didn’t say a word, but deep down in his heart he had an idea, that it would be really useful to let Zain take 25% of the profits.
Without the name and face of the Storm Church, it would be difficult for them to even land on the Glorious Island normally, let alone communicate and trade with the big slave owner psychic. They would probably be robbed before they even meet.
The deal was finally done.
The Fisher family hurriedly sold all the canned sunlight in the fleet in exchange for a large amount of money and resources, and then they returned with the psychic's request.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, looking forward to returning to Oden Continent and East Coast Province as soon as possible.
Chris also wanted to see his sister. For some reason, he always felt that he missed her very much these days.
Just when the Fisher family fleet had just left the Sunless Sea and arrived at the White Sea, suddenly, their lookouts noticed a fleet appearing in sight!
"Something's happening! Lord Tio, please look!"
"What?"
Theo also picked up the telescope and looked over, then her face changed drastically and she put the telescope down and shouted:
"Oh no! That seems to be a fleet belonging to the Poseidon Cult! Everyone prepare for battle! Evade at full speed, we have to speed up!"
Soon, the Fisher family's fleet moved forward at full speed. They tried to shake off the Poseidon Cult's fleet, but the other side had already rushed over here!
"boom!"
After entering the cannon's attack range, both sides immediately opened fire on each other, and then one shell after another flew from the sky, hitting the water surface and splashing water!
Several ships were hit hard by shells, and the hulls began to shake violently. The people on board were like bugs in a rolling jar, toppling over and flying around.
Chris stood at the rear of the flagship holding a dagger and a short sword, ignoring the many shells that deflected from the surroundings, staring at the enemies that were getting closer and closer, without feeling the presence of a monarch-level strongman at all.
He said very calmly:
"Get closer to them!"
Theo nodded slightly, then suddenly shouted an order: "Get closer to the enemy! Everyone prepare to board and fight!"
(End of this chapter)
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