Chapter 14 The Longing Sea



"Fountain of Youth? Can you really stay young forever if you drink it?" Donna asked curiously, eyes wide open.

She didn't have any expectations because she was still young enough.

Ellan did not answer immediately. He picked up a piece of fried murloc flank meat, tore it in two bites and swallowed it, then took a sip of Sonia blood wine.

"The sweet taste completely dilutes the greasy taste of deep-frying..." He half-closed his eyes, acting like a gourmet.

After thinking about it for a few seconds, he slowly answered Donna's question:

"I don't know if there is a 'Fountain of Youth', nor can I confirm whether the 'Immortal King' Agaritu has ever drunk its water. I only know one thing, that is, when I was very young, I heard the legend of this pirate king, just like the 'King of the Five Seas' Nast seems to live forever."

"Their beards must be very long, extending past their chests!" Denton expressed his opinion.

"In fact, Nast, the 'King of the Five Seas', had a beard that only reached below his neck. He sat on the deck, wearing a gorgeous robe with a black background and silver edges, and a pointed crown that was twice as tall as his head. He looked down at everything around him like a god..." Ellan's tone gradually became low, as if he was trapped in a quagmire of memories and could not break free.

"Uncle Captain, have you seen the 'King of the Five Seas'?" Donna asked excitedly.

This is the most legendary pirate. His name is known throughout the seas and even the children in port cities are familiar with him.

Entire generations grew up hearing stories about him!

In a sense, in many people's minds, Nast is the real Pirate King... I remember that one of the conditions for the promotion of the "Black Emperor" is to link his name with the title of "Emperor" and penetrate into the hearts of the people... Is this a preliminary and crude attempt? I don't know what sequence the "King of the Five Seas" has reached... Although Klein was concentrating on tasting the fried fish and human flesh, he was still aroused by the topic of the crowd.

Facing Donna's question, Ellan sighed and said:

"I was still young at the time, serving on the King William V. Once, our fleet attempted to pass through the Scourge Strait in the Turbulent Sea, where we encountered the Black Emperor.

"In those few minutes, everyone, including the fleet commander, lost the will to resist. Fortunately, Nast did not order an attack on us."

"Very cool!" praised the boy Denton with shining eyes.

Ellan stopped talking about this topic and said with a smile:

"As for the 'Undying King' Agaturi, I have never actually seen him. I only know that he is a pale middle-aged man on the wanted poster. How pale is he? Let me give you an example that is easier to understand. He looks like a corpse that has been dead for a while and is just beginning to rot."

When Donna and Denton heard this metaphor, they subconsciously glanced at the fishman's body, which was riddled with holes, and their throats moved unconsciously.

"Of course, the point of the bounty is not the appearance, but the amount. In Loen alone, Agathuri is worth 100,000 pounds, and he has the lowest bounty among the four kings." Ellan changed the subject, "Let's continue the story of the treasure. The third one is 'The Legacy of Solomon's Empire'. In the Fourth Epoch, when that huge empire was dismembered and destroyed, its royal family took the treasure that even the gods envied, boarded the ship, and sailed into the depths of the foggy sea, waiting for the opportunity to rebuild the dynasty. However, five hundred years passed, a thousand years passed, and fifteen hundred years passed, and they never showed up again."

"It is said that Nast, the 'King of the Five Seas', inherited part of the legacy of Solomon's Empire. No one knows whether he is the true descendant of the Black Emperor." Cecil added with interest.

"Misty Sea? The west coast of the northern continent?" Donna recalled her knowledge of geography.

“Yes.” Cleves responded simply.

To the west of the Northern Continent is the Misty Sea, to the east is the Sonia Sea, to the south is the Violent Sea, to the north is the North Sea, the east and west sides of the Southern Continent are similar to the Northern Continent, and to the south is the Polar Sea. Together, they are the so-called "Five Seas".

The Kingdom of Loen is backed by the Honachis Mountains and the inland sea, bordered by the Sonia Sea to the east and the Disi Gulf to the south. It occupies several excellent outlets to the "Sea of ​​Rage", but does not involve the Misty Sea.

"I see..." Donna was not interested in the treasure that was too far away, so she asked, "Where is the fourth treasure?"

"That belonged to the last empire of the Fourth Epoch, Trunsoest. It is rumored that they built a huge ship equivalent to a city and transferred all their treasures and wealth onto it. The funny thing is that their escape did not work. The scheduled passengers and crew members failed to reach the port in time, and none of them survived.

"However, the ship disappeared on its own. To this day, people still often claim that they saw the huge ship passing silently on a foggy night. It is called the 'Ghost Empire' and its locations are all over the Sonia Sea. Ha, this is what I learned from those stories." Ellan looked up at the red moon in the sky, his tone carrying a hint of mockery and a yearning that was difficult to conceal.

"Maybe tomorrow night, no, tonight, we'll be able to see it passing by!" Donna thought with anticipation and excitement.

Klein packed up the remaining food, drank a sip of black tea, and listened with great interest to Ellan's description of the remaining treasures:

"The fifth one is 'Lost Newins'. It is rumored that there is a civilization of intelligent creatures at the bottom of the foggy sea. Navigators and adventurers in that sea often find some strange objects, all of which point to Newins in ancient times, but the members of this civilization have never appeared, as if they had disappeared from this world long ago." Ellan drank the remaining Sonia blood wine and said, "That is the legacy left by a civilization, and its richness is absolutely unimaginable."

Ellan paused for two seconds, put down his glass, and laughed:

"In fact, the treasure I long for the most, and the one that is more real than legendary, is the 'Sunken Laurel'. More than a hundred years ago, it was loaded with gold, jewelry and various valuables obtained by the kingdom from East Balam. Because it deviated from the course, it sank somewhere in the Raging Sea and the Sonia Sea, and has not been found until today.

"It is said that the items on it are worth millions of pounds in total!"

"How many millions of pounds?" Donna blurted out in astonishment at the number.

As the daughter of a businessman and having received several years of education, she had a vague understanding of what this number represented.

In Loen, millionaires are absolutely rich people, second only to the top nobles and wealthy people!

Millions of pounds? Mrs. Mary, who allowed me to join the Krag Club for free, is a member of the Kingdom's Air Pollution Investigation Committee and a major shareholder of Coim Company. Her net worth is only tens of thousands of pounds. Even so, she is wealthy enough in the aristocratic and business circles. She is a very popular divorced lady, and even aristocratic sons are seeking to marry her... Klein quickly found a comparison object.

Ai Erlan sighed with a smile on his face:

"If I can find the 'Sunken Laurel', I will no longer be a captain. I will go to Backlund and become a philanthropist. I will buy land, donate to political parties, and obtain a hereditary title!"

I heard Talim mention that the title of lord, that is, the title of baron, is about 300,000 pounds, and the title of baron is about 800,000 pounds... If you salvage the treasure, you can imagine the title of viscount or even earl... millions of pounds! Klein helped the other party perfect the plan in his mind.

"If it were me, I wouldn't do that. I would buy a big manor." Cecil also began to imagine his life after getting the treasure. "I would hire a lot of servants and helpers, plant a lot of wheat, build a vineyard, and make wine for myself... Also, a big room with sunshine, cows, sheep and horses to move around leisurely, bread from my own mill, a beautiful scenery like a painting..."

Ellan laughed out loud when he heard this:

"Ma'am, do you know how much such an estate is worth?"

"No, I don't know." Cecil shook his head.

"It's just a few thousand pounds. As long as you salvage the 'Sunken Laurel', you can buy a thousand similar manors!" Ireland explained the value of the treasure with specific numbers.

A thousand manors? Cecil couldn't help but pick up the cup and take a sip of red tea.

Before this, she knew that several million pounds was a lot of money, but she didn't expect it to be this much!

In order to ease the shock in her heart, she looked at Cleves:

"Boss, if you found the 'Sunk Laurel,' what would you buy, no, what kind of life would you lead?"

Cleves was silent for a moment and said:

"Go home, hug my wife and children, and tell them that I don't have to risk my life at sea anymore."

Not a bad guy... Klein nodded slightly.

Donna looked at him curiously:

"Uncle Adventurer, what about you?"

Klein replied expressionlessly:

"Tell yourself, don't sleep anymore, wake up quickly."

Poof… Donna sprayed out the sweet iced tea she had just drunk. Fortunately, the fried fish on the table had been eaten up.

At this moment, Klein sighed in his heart:

Although I know it is basically impossible to find the treasure, otherwise so many powerful people from the major churches would have done it long ago, but when discussing the relevant topic just now, I couldn't help but feel a little excited. This is the charm of treasure! Even if it is just a legend, it can attract many adventurers!

Donna wiped her mouth and sat down like a lady, as if she was not the one who had lost her composure just now.

The little boy Denton asked with great interest:

“Are there any other treasure legends?”

Ellan looked at Cleves, indicating that he should answer the question.

Cleves took a sip of red tea calmly and said in a low voice:

"There are countless legends about treasures on the sea, including the secret settlements of elves, pirate ships lost in the deep fog, underwater cities that seal powerful monsters, the last secret treasure of Emperor Roselle, and so on and so forth."

Huh? The emperor has already left a treasure legend for others... If it is true, will there be blasphemous cards in it? How many cards will there be? Oh, by the way, the legend of the "Key of Death" may help Mr. Azik recover more memories. I will write a letter to tell him later... Klein thought curiously and expectantly. 8)


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