Chapter 438: Hunting Pirates Also Requires Internal Competition

The name King in Yellow is quite familiar to Klein. After all, anyone who knows something about the Cthulhu mythology system will basically recognize the octopus-headed Cthulhu who lives in the depths of the sea, as well as his body. The King in Yellow in Ragged Yellow Clothes.

Although he didn't particularly study the Cthulhu mythology in the original world, he had a little understanding of it and knew that the King in Yellow was one of the common incarnations of the old god Hastur.

Wait, if the figure in ragged yellow clothes last night is really the King in Yellow, then he is most likely the incarnation of the outer god Hastur walking in the world?

An old incarnation of the Outer God...

Klein was suddenly very glad that he did not follow his curiosity to find out what happened last night. Instead, he left in time to avoid the danger zone, and did not use divination to reconstruct what happened last night afterwards.

"Sure enough, one can't have too much curiosity."

Klein breathed a sigh of relief, but soon he thought of something important again.

The King in Yellow and Hastur. If the King in Yellow exists, then Hastur. I once met a Earl named Hastur Campbell in Backlund. He felt extremely mysterious to me. .

No, it should just be a pure coincidence, right?

Klein's heart beat rapidly. He quickly suppressed this strange feeling and did not think about this matter in depth. Who knows if the other party also has the ability to have everything he says must be known.

The ship, which traveled two days and one night, soon arrived at other nearby ports, and nothing happened along the way.

When Klein went to search for information about other pirates who had bounties on their heads, he heard another interesting thing.

Recently, a new pirate-hunting combination appeared on the sea. It is said to be a combination of three people and one dog. Its members are: the whip of judgment, the brain of wisdom, and the dog of fantasy.

Klein frowned slightly. The business of hunting pirates was becoming increasingly difficult, and now there were new people joining in to compete with him.

Calculating his gains during this period, the debt owed by Miss Messenger has dropped to 1,000 gold coins. He also has a deposit of nearly 4,000 gold pounds, which is quite a lot, but the money is not enough to go to Backlund to buy a set. A nicer house.

"It seems that we can only risk hunting those pirate generals so that we can accumulate wealth in a short period of time."

Klein was sitting in a well-informed bar, drinking a 2-penny cheap beer with an unfamiliar face, thinking about his next move.

While he was thinking silently, there was a noise outside the bar. It was said that someone had captured a ship of pirates and was exchanging bounties with the Church of the Storm personnel at the port.

Although the bounty for each pirate is not high, it can't handle the large number of people, and there are many ordinary pirates who are worthless inside.

The crowd began to discuss that this approach seemed to be what the three-person and one-dog combination liked to do.

It is said that every time this new group arrives at a port, they will unload a bunch of pirates from the ship, exchange them for bounties to buy daily necessities, and then continue to leave.

There were many well-known pirates who wanted to dampen the momentum of this new group, or to become famous.

But without exception, these well-known pirates became living bounties at the next port.

This also makes this new group more and more famous.

Klein just listened silently, with no particular interest, but the other party seemed to be heading on the same path as him, heading towards the mysterious island where Emperor Roselle was revealed.

"Even the job of hunting pirates is getting involved these days."

Klein sighed and had no intention of continuing to rest. He had to speed up his intelligence collection, otherwise all the pirates with bounties on the sea would be robbed.

On the sea, on the Hope, Hugh, Forsi, Audrey, and Susie were dividing the bounty.

"The total bounty we obtained this time is 2,780 gold pounds. Including the cash found on their boats and on their bodies, the total is about 3,400 gold pounds."

Hugh started counting and dividing the money according to each person's contribution.

She and Audrey took the majority, each with 30%, and Forsi and Susie each with 20%.

"Woof!"

Susie used her paws to pick up the money that Xiu had shared, counted it carefully, and then motioned to Audrey to save the money.

After getting along for a long time, Xio and Forsi have gradually understood Susie's extraordinary side, and they are no longer surprised at Susie's anthropomorphic performance.

Forsi went from feeling ashamed to be on par with Susie at the beginning, to feeling grateful that he was not left behind by Susie.

It would be a real shame if one day Xio, Miss Audrey, and Susie each shared 30% of the bounty, and she could only share 10%.

"The closer we get to the legendary location of Emperor Russell, the greater the probability of a well-known pirate appearing. I can't wait to go on a hunt!"

Xio narrowed his eyes and waved his fists excitedly after earning 1,000 gold pounds.

"You still have to be careful to avoid accidents." Forsi was as calm as ever.

Audrey has been silent. She is no longer as interested in hunting pirates as she was at the beginning. Now she wants to explore the unknown parts of the sea.

At night, Audrey, who couldn't sleep, knocked on Hasta's door.

Hastur, who originally planned to go to bed, put on a set of pajamas and opened the door.

Tonight, Audrey's face was covered with a faint layer of sadness. She seemed to be troubled by something. Even the bright moonlight could not dispel the sadness between her eyebrows.

"Mr. Hasta, I'm sorry to disturb your rest."

"Facing the sea, people are easily confused."

Hasta said, and walked out of the cabin with Audrey and came to the bow deck.

Even at night, the whole ship was moving slowly forward. A high-hanging fishing lamp could barely illuminate the forward trajectory of the bow that cleared the sea water. Occasionally, some fish with strong phototropism would gather in the light.

"Mr. Hasta, are you used to life in the sea?"

Audrey stood at the bow, and the night sea breeze made her carefully cared hair messy. Hasta simply set up an air wall to block the sea breeze and began to chat with Audrey about some interesting things on the sea.

Boredom is a threshold that people who live on the sea for a long time must cross.

People always give too much imagination to the sea, but the actual life on the sea is boring and far from being as relaxed and casual as on land. The narrow range of activities makes people feel breathless from time to time.

Audrey should have experienced the gap between fantasy and reality at this moment.

There are many interesting things on the sea. Hasta can talk about a few rumors for a long time.

Audrey listened carefully, smiling from time to time as she looked at the starry sky reflected on the sea.

The tranquil sea, the starry sky reflected in the sea, and the various mysterious legends told in a leisurely manner soon made Audrey's confused mood active again.

"Want to experience a different sea life up close?"

"Yes, I do."

Hasta, who was already thirsty, opened a travel portal as high as a person in front of Audrey.

"Is this a portal?"

Audrey's eyes sparkled. She had heard about it from Fors, but she had never really experienced it.

"This is a portal that can be traveled. It does have the ability to teleport."

Hasta stretched out his arm, and Audrey held his arm, and her body naturally moved closer.

"Woof?"

When the two figures disappeared in the travel portal, Susie, who had been following Audrey from a distance, trotted over and waved her paw at the place where the travel portal disappeared.

Finally, it chose to lie down and wait.

…

In the Old Ross Bar, when Hasta showed up at the door with Audrey, who was wearing a black magician hood, it naturally attracted the attention of many people, and the noisy voices suddenly became much quieter.

Their eyes were mainly on Audrey. Her tall figure and mysterious classical magician outfit easily aroused people's curiosity.

But it was just a brief look. Before knowing the other person's background, no one would stare at others so much, except for stupid people, to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Hasta led Audrey through the crowd. During the period, a drunkard wanted to reach out and secretly touch the oil. It seemed that a gust of wind came and easily cut off his palm, and blood spilled all over the ground.

The severe pain made him sober up from his drunken state in an instant. His cheeks were pale, and he hurriedly wrapped the wound with clothes, picked up the broken hand on the ground, and left here quickly.

If the treatment was timely, there was still a chance to save the palm.

Audrey noticed this scene, and her cheeks hidden under the black hood were slightly hot and flushed. Did Mr. Hasta protect her just now?

When she came to the bar, the wine wall with various fine wines aroused Audrey's strong interest.

Although she had seen a far more shocking wine wall in Earl Hall's wine cellar.

But the wine wall here was like a symbol of enthusiasm and freedom. Just looking at it made people feel excited and couldn't help but want to order every bottle of wine to taste.

The gradually noisy atmosphere around, and some people used simple musical instruments to beat out bold tunes, all urged the guests who came here to order a glass of wine and enjoy this lively night!

Freshness and excitement coexist. Audrey ordered three colorful wines in one breath. Although she didn't know the taste of these wines, just looking at them in front of her was very satisfying.

Hasta on the side has begun to enjoy the excitement brought by the wine.

He tilted his head slightly to look at Audrey's face, which was full of anticipation, excitement and fear, and couldn't help but say, "The wine here is usually quite strong, so it's better to drink less."

Audrey nodded, and finally chose a wine that smelled sweet and fragrant and tasted it in small sips.

Hasta glanced at the name of the wine, chuckled and shook his head. He had already foreseen how Audrey would look drunk later.