Chapter 511 Hanging Lantern
Sarah is certainly not a fool.
In Gothe's knowledge, there is currently only one person who can reach this level of mage and be called a fool: David Jones.
This pirate king is well-known for his cunning, cunning and cruelty.
Gothe had only one direct contact with him, for just a few seconds.
Anyway, he didn't realize how cunning the other party was, but it made him feel stupid
As for why he chose to save Sarah instead of killing her together in exchange for a new origin point.
From a moral perspective, Gaode was never a murderous person from beginning to end.
Although he has been in this world for several years, he has been able to integrate into it, understands the operating rules of the extraordinary world, and does not have any psychological barriers to killing, but his background of lawful good will not change easily.
Of course, this is not the decisive factor.
What really affects his choice, to be honest, is the consideration of interests.
What can be gained by killing Sarah?
【Good Luck】, 【Misfortune】 and some extraordinary equipment, as well as 1/7 of the five-ring origin point.
Other than that, there is nothing else.
Although [Good Luck] and [Misfortune] are strong, Gothe is not a mage of this school after all, and it is actually a bit useless to him.
Besides, although these benefits are attractive, they are one-time after all.
What can be gained by saving Sarah?
It’s hard to say. It is true that there are risks from farmers and snakes.
But the greater possibility is to obtain huge benefits.
As long as Sarah is not a vicious person, then this life-saving grace is a great favor
At least from a moral perspective, Sarah is not a sinister and ruthless person.
The huge favor between two extraordinary pieces of equipment and a five-ring mage, anyone can understand how to choose between them.
Also, you must know that David's death can be regarded as "death" at the hands of Sarah in a sense.
So with this record, is it possible for Sarah to replace Davy Jones in the City of Black Sails and take over this sinful city?
If Sarah really does it, for Gothe, the benefits and benefits that can be obtained by making friends with the uncrowned king of a famous black market city are incalculable.
If nothing else, at least for a long time, he would no longer have to worry about the sale and purchase of supplies in the north.
In a country with a well-established system like the Plantagenet Dynasty, Gaode has been treading on thin ice regarding the material trade in the north for a long time.
But no matter how many cover-ups are made and how many loopholes are drilled, some clues will eventually be left behind.
These traces are like buried landmines that may be detonated at any time one day in the future.
If the Blue Flame Islands route can be established, these problems and hidden dangers will no longer exist.
The City of Black Sail is originally a trading city and black market city built in a gray area. No one will trace the source of the goods here, they will only care about the value of the goods themselves.
If all the production and sales channels in the north can be transferred here, not only can hidden dangers be eliminated, but also the hands and feet can be completely freed up to flex their muscles.
In addition, in this place, as long as you can afford the price, merchants from all over the world will transport the treasures you need from all over the world.
Whether it is the raw materials needed for the construction and development of the Northern Territory, the tree species needed for the development of Flora Forest, or the potion materials and auxiliary treasures needed for Gothe's own mage practice, they can all be obtained relatively easily in the City of Black Sails.
This city, which brings together merchants from all over the world, is itself a great treasure house.
Another very important point is that the head of Davy Jones is worth 380,000 gorse coins.
At this moment, David's body was lying in the blue flames of Ember Island, and this sky-high price bounty seemed to be within reach.
The problem is, not just anyone who takes out David's head can successfully obtain this sky-high price bounty.
Under normal circumstances, the default recipient under the bounty order does not have to worry about defaulting on the bounty.
Because someone who can kill David head-on, logically speaking, his or her mage level should be at least the fifth level of the same level as David.
A powerful five-ring mage, those who put a reward on him would naturally not dare to offend him and would not default on his debt.
But the process of Gothe's killing of Davy Jones was not only a mistake, but also full of drama and unconventional means.
In this case, if a second-level mage wants to collect the bounty alone, it is tantamount to harboring a treasure, and it will inevitably attract countless covetous people.
Hence, if you save Sarah, among other things, you can at least redeem the sky-high bounty in Sarah’s name.
From a purely profit perspective, killing Sarah is a foolish and short-sighted choice to kill the goose that lays the egg.
Save the "chicken" and you will get a steady stream of chicken eggs, unless Sarah is an "iron rooster" who has nothing to lose.
The sea breeze carried the breath of Ash Island and rushed towards his face. Gothe carried Sarah on his back and flew at full speed. He was relieved until he completely left Ash Island.
"Can you still hold on?" Gothe asked with concern.
However, his inquiry received no response.
Gothe's heart tightened, and he turned his head slightly in surprise, looking at Sarah who had her head buried in his shoulder, only to find that she had closed her eyes, lost consciousness, and fell into a coma.
Even in a coma, Sarah's face was filled with pain, her brows were furrowed, her lips were pressed into pale lines, and the corners of her mouth occasionally trembled slightly due to severe pain.
This weak appearance is not in line with her usual posture and temperament, but there is a sense of contrast, which makes her look more charming.
When Gao De saw this scene, his brows subconsciously frowned slightly.
Of course, it’s not that he is overflowing with emotions and feels sorry for Sarah;
This is the "egg-laying hen" that I have high hopes for, so nothing can happen to her!
He wanted to help.
The problem is that Sarah's injury is to her soul.
Hence Gothe can do nothing about this situation. He can only wait for Sarah to recover on her own with her own expertise.
You have to get through it, otherwise I will lose everything. Gothe muttered something secretly in his heart, and flew towards the direction of the Fire Knife.
The moment he turned around, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a huge black figure floating on the sea level out of the corner of his eye.
The outline is like a giant beast dormant in the deep sea, glowing with a cold metallic luster in the twilight.
Gothe's heart moved, and he quickly opened Mandola's magic eye and saw clearly the outline of the giant beast. It turned out to be a terrifying battleship.
From the flags and some markings on the battleship, Gothe immediately guessed its origin: the Iron Crown, a ship that David had snatched from the Holy Empire.
While I was scavenging for treasure on the island, a lot of things happened outside, Gaode secretly said.
But these are all expected, otherwise David would not appear in Ash Island. There must be many twists and turns in the plan.
Gothe ignored the Iron Crown and took Sarah straight to the Fire Knife.
As the distance shortened, the crowds of figures on the deck gradually became clearer. When he landed on the deck, the bounty hunters who had been waiting for him immediately surrounded him.
The leader was Bao Zai. His face changed drastically. He looked at the unconscious Sarah lying on Gothe's back and asked repeatedly: "What's going on? What's going on?"
Bao Zai was relatively calm. Some people with less brains and bad tempers had angry and anxious expressions on their faces, and the eyes he looked at Gothe had an unkind connotation.
Fortunately, no one was really stupid enough to think that Gothe caused Sarah to look like this, and dared to throw themselves into a trap. They were just anxious to come and catch Sarah, "This is our leader, let us take care of him."
Gothe naturally had no objections and was ready to put Sarah down on his back.
Just when one of the hands was about to touch Sarah, Sarah, who had been unconscious and had her eyes closed, suddenly opened her eyes.
Although her face was still pale, her eyes were firm, and her tone was deep and fast, "Just let him take care of me."
Hence Gothe's words, he spread his hands towards the mage who came up to take Sarah.
"Follow me." Baozai said quickly.
He took Gao De into a quiet cabin. There was a pot of sea thorns by the window and a large painting hung on the wall.
Gothe carefully placed Sarah on the cushioned bed, but she did not lie down, but sat upright against the head of the bed, her pale fingers tightly grasping the edge of the bed to stabilize her body.
"David is dead." She took a breath and said to Baozai.
Baozai, who was originally looking anxious, immediately froze on the spot, as if he had been struck by lightning.
The expression on his face changed rapidly, sometimes angry, sometimes happy, and sometimes confused
Finally, Bao Zai said in a dry voice: "Miss, you still did it."
"If it hadn't been for him this time, I wouldn't have been able to come back," Sarah shook her head and turned her gaze to Gothe beside her, "let alone revenge."
Hah? !
Obviously, compared to the previous news, this news was completely beyond Baozai's expectation, so that he was filled with shock.
He looked at Sarah, and then at Gothe, who had a calm face, and his eyes almost popped out.
What is the level of the fight between David and Sarah?
Even he is not qualified to intervene.
Why is such an inconspicuous mage like Gothe?
And according to Sarah's tone, it seems that Gothe still plays a decisive role in it? !
"Why did you appear there, and why were you safe?" Sarah stared at the calm Gothe and couldn't help but ask.
This question has troubled her for a long time.
This question appeared in her mind the moment she saw Gothe walk out of the blue flames on Ash Island.
"You have told me the answer a long time ago." Gothe said with a smile.
"Have you told the answer a long time ago?" Sarah was stunned, and finally remembered what she had said before [there may be some kind of expertise that can make the mage immune to this kind of blue flame damage].
The doubts in her eyes slowly disappeared, and instead filled with a touch of joy.
"It seems that I am really lucky." A faint smile appeared on Sarah's lips, and she repeated what she said on Ember Island.
"Good luck does not favor fools." The same goes for Gao De.
After this conversation, both of them were silent for a moment.
"Miss, the Iron Crown is still staring at us outside, should we hurry up and leave?" Until Bao Zai looked at Sarah who was thoughtful, and then at Gothe who was calm and composed, he finally couldn't help but spoke cautiously, breaking the silence.
David is dead, but the threat from the Iron Crown has not yet been resolved.
And Sarah's current situation is dire, which is visible to the naked eye.
In Bao Tsai’s opinion, one should first avoid its sharp edges.
Sarah thought for a while, then turned her eyes to Gothe, "Can I trouble you with one more thing?"
"You tell me, I will try my best." Gothe said calmly.
Although he didn't have much contact with Sarah, he could sense that Sarah was a person who didn't like to trouble others, let alone owe others favors.
Now that she was so "nice" to ask for help from him when she owed him a life-saving favor, there was probably only one reason. In Sarah's eyes, the favor was too heavy to be repaid, so she simply stopped worrying about the details.
Iron Crown.
The observation tower is like the one eye of a giant beast, standing on the top of the main mast.
The lookout responsible for the reconnaissance was paying attention to Ember Island throughout the process, monitoring whether the Fire Knife would evacuate as required by them within the specified time.
But apparently, the other side of the bay had been completely silent for the past few hours.
The lookout was not surprised either. He licked his chapped lips and thought to himself:
If the gold coin hunter group were such cowards, they would not be able to rise strongly in the City of Black Sails.
At least until the time limit comes, the lookouts feel that there will be no movement from the gold coin hunter group.
However, something completely unexpected happened to him.
In his field of vision, the Fire Knife slowly sailed out of the docked bay, and the trajectory of the ship's hull cutting through the waves was clearly visible.
Are you scared and want to evacuate?
This idea came to the watchman's head subconsciously.
Wrong!
He soon knew that his guess was wrong, because after the Fire Knife left the bay, it turned out to be heading in the direction of their Iron Crown.
What is this going to do? Start a war directly?
While the lookout was guessing the purpose of the Fire Knife, he already sounded the alarm in time.
Not long after, Karen Splitskull, the deputy leader of the Bloodsail Pirates, had arrived at the lookout.
"What's going on?"
The lookout quickly reported his findings.
Without saying a word, Karen Splitskull came to the lookout mirror, pushed away the lookout, and observed with the help of the lookout mirror.
At this moment, the Fire Knife stopped and stopped moving forward.
While Karen Splitskull was still wondering about the other party’s intention, he saw a scene that horrified him.
· In the lens, the outline of the Fire Knife became clearer and clearer, and the busy figures on the deck and the neatly arranged gun muzzles were all clearly visible.
Just as he was secretly pondering the other party's intentions, the ship suddenly stopped on the sea two nautical miles away. The sails were slowly lowered by half, assuming a strange confrontation posture.
"What the hell?" Karen's eyes narrowed.
If he said that the Fire Knife was here to start a war, he would definitely not believe it.
In the City of Black Sails, no ship can be a match for the Iron Crown.
While he was thinking, a horrifying sight suddenly appeared in the view of the lookout glass.
On the Fire Knife, the originally rolled-up spare sail rope was pulled taut by the sailors and became taut.
The next second, a black shadow slowly rose from the crossbar of the Fire Knife.
The black figure was bound by heavy iron chains, with its arms spread out in a cross shape.
As the winch rotates, the black shadow is hoisted higher and higher, and finally stops at the top of the mast, like a sacrifice hanging on the gallows.
"That's it" Karen's throat was suddenly strangled by invisible hands, making it difficult to breathe.
Coming from the Iron Crown, this top-of-the-line alchemical lookout can magnify details infinitely:
The surface of the exposed body of the black figure was covered with scorch marks caused by lightning. In some places, charred and cracked bones could even be seen. The whole body was like coke that had been fired in a furnace, swaying slightly in the sea breeze, without any life left.
But on his head, the iconic aquiline nose is still abrupt.
It’s just that the redness on the tip of the nose has long been replaced by a charcoal-like dark brown, and the hideous old wound extending from the brow bone to the lower jaw is now covered with charred charcoal chips.
The most chilling thing is that the neck of the corpse was penetrated by a special iron hook, and the end of the iron chain was wrapped around the pulley at the top of the mast, hanging the charred body in the air.
—This is the most cruel punishment in Black Sails City, the "Hanging Sky Lantern", specially used to warn those betrayers and enemies!
Davy Jones!
Their leader, the uncrowned king who terrifies the Blue Flame Islands and the pirate king who makes the Holy Empire helpless, has now become the "sky lantern" on the mast of the Fire Knife!
Karen felt a chill rush from his spine to the top of his head!