bookcurios Chapter 691 Generous Rewards (2)
Chapter 691 Generous Rewards (2)
However, the divinity on the wreckage seemed to dissipate faster than Zhou Ning had imagined. There was not much left when he first saw it, and then, just in the short time that Zhou Ning watched it floating on the sea, it had diminished a lot again.
Such remains undoubtedly do not meet the material requirements at all. Zhou Ning shook his head and was about to take a step forward when suddenly a flash of lightning flashed through his mind.
This isn't normal! Why would the divinity of an angel's remains dissipate so quickly? According to his knowledge of the occult, under normal circumstances, a powerful angel like Valentine's divinity can usually last for more than ten years, or even ten or twenty years.
Although he didn't know the specific reason, Zhou Ning knew one thing very well: in the field of mysticism, all unreasonable things often had deep-seated reasons.
Soon, he had a bold guess:
It's very likely that Valentine wasn't actually dead.
Zhou Ning frowned slightly and looked through the previous battle records. He clearly saw Valentine's kill record, which caused 1117659 points of damage and gained 2252000 experience points.
Judging from this news, Valentine is indeed dead. Could it be that he has prepared some backup plan to resurrect himself?
"Have you found any new problems?" Meredith appeared beside Zhou Ning at this time and asked in a vague voice.
Zhou Ning told Meredith what he had just discovered, and then asked:
"Do you know if Valentine has any props or extraordinary items that can be used for resurrection?"
Meredith listened quietly, thought for a moment, and replied:
"I haven't heard of it. But there's a rumor about the Weather Lord Pirates that their core crew members are immortal and often reappear after death. This is likely the effect of the miraculous item called the Chest of the Old Ones."
"I understand."
Zhou Ning nodded and let out a breath. After thinking about it carefully, he was right. Patriarch Roger had mentioned the existence of the miraculous item, the Chest of the Ancients, before. However, Valentine had never used this item in the previous battle until his death. It seemed that it was probably just as Meredith said.
Sure enough, anything is possible in the mysterious world.
On the rest of his journey, he must constantly be aware of this possibility. An angel who harbors hatred for him and commands the entire Northern Pirates is definitely capable of killing him.
At this time, the catastrophic climate caused by Valentine just now was still causing aftershocks in the surrounding area. Thunder tore the sky into cracks, and not far away, huge waves were pushed by the strong wind. Small hurricanes were wandering on the sea, like moving natural disasters. However, the Thorn was still under the command of Meredith, which strictly prohibited weather fluctuations. Instead, it was not affected by the weather. A small clear area was formed in the dark sky, as if a drop of milk was placed on a piece of chocolate.
At the end of the sea level, you can still see several pirate ships flying the flag of "Lord of Weather" wandering on the edge of the storm. From afar, you can see the flags of the Church of the God of War scattering like birds and beasts, obviously they have already known the result of the battle.
Zhou Ning stared at the sea ahead for several seconds before looking away and returning to his cabin.
He spread out the Marauder's Map on the table and restarted it to see if he could capture the enemy's traces as soon as possible.
But the reality still left Zhou Ning somewhat disappointed. Since the Marauder's Map could only display a ten-kilometer radius, he hadn't been able to track down any trace of the Poseidon. He had no idea where the massive vessel had been transported by Poseidon. Furthermore, Karl Robbins and Archbishop Edward, whom he had been keeping an eye on, were not on the ship either.
As the Thorn drew closer to Hood Island, the visible area of the island gradually expanded, revealing part of the island's west side.
As a semi-explored island, Hood Island still has forests covering half of the island's area and an explored area of 1/4 of the area. In this explored area, there are camps left by previous exploration teams near the river and some daily necessities.
Of the remaining three-quarters of unexplored territory, about half is located in a difficult-to-explore zone prone to abnormal climate events. This area is highlighted bright green on the map, clearly symbolic of the previous ice storm.
Zhou Ning had read the exploration notes of Hood Island before. There is a special weather phenomenon called "Buster phenomenon" in this area where abnormal climate is prone to occur.
Baxter was a famous meteorologist four centuries ago. He was a northerner and was also known as the founder of the modern school of meteorology. He discovered many special climate phenomena, including fire tornadoes, ice circles, inverted rainbows, and ball lightning.
As the name suggests, this area prone to abnormal climates contains nearly all meteorological samples. Furthermore, meteorological tides occur at almost irregular intervals, but this irregularity has not yet been confirmed and urgently needs to be explored by meteorologists.
According to what I saw in the TV series before, the entrance to the ruins can only be opened when two weather tides overlap on Hood Island.
Zhou Ning guessed that the entrance to the ruins could only exist in this area, which meant that Karl Robbins and Archbishop Edward must be inside.
He took a deep breath and rubbed his hands together, the opponent's movements were basically confirmed, and he couldn't wait to land on Hood Island.
……
On a pirate ship southeast of Hood Island, there was a very quaint box on the table. Opposite the table, a tall, fat, dark-skinned pirate was guarding the box while smoking a hookah made of tobacco, honey, or fruit.
The ancient box shook suddenly and then opened, revealing one crimson heart after another. Under each heart was the name of its owner.
One of the hearts next to Valentine Bast suddenly began to beat rapidly, while the three hearts next to it suddenly stopped beating and began to rot and turn black.
The pirate guarding the box hurriedly stood up, only to see that the heart marked with Valentine grew rapidly after devouring the other three hearts, and overflowed from the box, with flesh and blood wriggling rapidly.
After a moment, Valentine, whose face was dark, naked and covered in blood, breathed a sigh of relief, took the towel and clothes from the guarding pirate, wiped the blood and put on his clothes silently.
After silently detecting his own strength, Valentine's face darkened. This was the second time he was resurrected from the box. Just like the first time, this resurrection cost him three of his limbs, and also deducted the corresponding abilities he had gained. Inevitably, his own strength was also affected and slightly decreased.
He never expected that he would be defeated by a mere demigod.
Thinking back to the crimson light with a strong aura of destruction he had seen before, a trace of fear flashed in Valentine's eyes, and he silently said:
"Wayne Stewell..."
He looked at the pirate guards and said in a deep voice, "Send a message and summon all crew members to assemble here. At the same time, in my name, issue a bounty for Wayne Stewell."
"The reward is 60 Vectra, regardless of life or death."
……
On the Thorn.
Zhou Ning sat at the head of the bed in the cabin, clicked on the task bar, and chose to receive the task reward. Zhou Ning had high hopes for the reward this time. Not only was the difficulty unprecedentedly high, but the task reward was two random rewards, which was very tempting.
While his gambler's dice luck is still at 6, he plans to hurry up and draw.
A prompt immediately appeared on the interface:
[Drawing in progress...Drawing completed]
[The types of rewards you received this time are: Random Skill Reward, Random Expertise Reward]