Chapter 49 2. Doomsday Treasure
It's like a big bird with broken wings falling to the ground in the dark night.
As the kiteman's carefully crafted kite made a screeching sound of being overwhelmed by the weight, the three men howled ghostly and fell to the burning island below.
When approaching the chaotic ground, Mason glanced down and could see the whole picture of Turtle Island in front of him.
This island is not big, but it is densely covered with messy buildings, and even "bamboo buildings around the island" spread out on the beach.
It is precisely because these inferior wooden buildings are too close to the same wooden pier that the flames ignited to prevent the zombies from rushing out of the pier easily spread along the beach.
But the strange thing is that even though the pier has been invaded by zombies and is still burning, there can still be noise and shouts from the towns on the island.
It seems that everyone in this place is still enjoying themselves, unaware of the danger that is close at hand.
It feels like a chaotic carnival before the end of the world.
A low, shriveled and ominous howl sounded from the flames, and the zombies who smelled fresh flesh rushed through the sea of flames, even though their bodies were burning, they still tried their best to pounce on the nearest escapee.
Mason looked back, and the zombies almost all rushed out from an old trestle, and behind them were several large merchant ships stranded in the shallow sea.
That is the source of the zombies.
It is estimated that it was another disaster caused by the "Black Death at Sea".
"Charles! Go blow up some stranded ships!"
When two meters above the ground, Mason and Zha Kang jumped off the rope at the same time. After a few laps on the ground, Mason used a communication headset to say to the kiteman who was trying his best to control the direction of the fall in the air:
"We'll be in charge of the pier."
"Got it! Ah!"
The kiteman’s voice came from the earphones, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, followed by Charles’ weak response:
"I'm on both feet, boss. But why do I seem to hit someone? Ugh, I'll do it now!"
"boom"
Mason drew out the hand cannon and swung the muzzle, and the quick draw talent was activated.
The large buckshot fired two consecutive shots and knocked the sailor zombies rushing from behind to the ground. At the same time as the stinky blood flew up, the young man pulled out his shotgun and Old K said to Constantine who got up behind him:
"Get ready to throw it forward! Throw it higher."
"Can you hit it?"
The black magician complained.
Grab two small medicine bottles and throw them to the burning chaotic place ahead. The small bottles are only the size of a fist, and the speed of throwing them out can hardly be caught in the night sky.
But Mason raised the muzzle of the gun and barely took aim. The free aiming frame had already locked the target for him.
The light sniper fired two shots to shatter the medicine bottle in the air, and the viscous liquid medicine like mercury splashed down, covering the chaotic crowd and the heads of the assaulting zombies.
Any creature that gets even a little bit of the liquid is horrified to see its body quickly covered in gray rock.
Ten seconds later, dozens of "stone statues" of various shapes appeared in the narrow, crowded and burning area.
Zombies and living people are all petrified. In this state, they are not afraid of flames and the location of the "breakthrough" chosen by Mason is exquisite. All stuck in the rear that was already on fire.
"Good marksmanship!"
Konstantin whistled and was still applauding, looking like he was watching the excitement.
Mason glanced at him and said:
"Continue to throw."
"唰唰唰"
Several bottles of potion were thrown out, and Mason blasted them one by one in the air.
He controlled the landing point and range, and made the petrified zombies form a "human wall" with chilling precision sniping, and the immovable stone statue quickly completely blocked the subsequent zombies from advancing.
This weak petrification potion is a by-product of Mason's proficiency level. It is simple to make and the effect is poor. Ordinary people will recover by themselves after being petrified for a few minutes at most, so it will not feel bad if it is used as a consumable.
Behind him, Zha Kang was already close to the sea and began to cast spells to put out the fire.
Nearly ten flight engineering bombs also formed a "swarm" under the control of the kiteman, silently across the night sky and quickly rushed to the rear of the ship that was still pouring out zombies.
Ten seconds later, there were several loud noises accompanied by flames soaring into the sky, and the zombies who hadn't had time to rush out of the merchant ship were blown to pieces together with the ship that once belonged to them.
Judging from the extent of the violent explosion, it should be that Charles found the gunpowder barrel on the ship and carried out a precise blast.
Mason watched as a large group of zombies with nowhere to go turned around and rushed towards him. The young man took out a few things from his luggage and put them where they were before running away.
After running out of a safe distance, he fired a shot in the back.
The flame ignited on the ground like a fiery snake and galloped forward. A few seconds later, an extremely violent explosion raised a blazing fireball on the spot, blowing the rushing zombies to the ground.
At the same time, Zha Kang's magic was also ready.
Under the night, the sea water rolled up strangely, and a small tornado swept the water into the sky, and then swept across the burning pier in the form of a torrential rain, causing the raging fire to quickly weaken and then be extinguished by subsequent raindrops.
With the cooperation of the three of them, this zombie attack that might have dragged the entire Turtle Island into the abyss was suppressed, and Constantine, who was dripping all over his body, walked up to Mason and asked in surprise, pointing to the place where the explosion just happened. arrive:
"What kind of potion is that? It's so powerful?"
"Three gasoline cans."
Mason replied blankly, making Zha Kang look at him strangely.
The young man pouted and explained:
"I'm an engineer besides being an alchemist. As an engineer, isn't it normal for me to carry a gasoline barrel with me?"
"Boss! Are you safe? The drunks in the town rushed to help. These cowards are so **** shameless. They dare not come out until we win."
Charles' voice came from Mason's earphones, and he said with some embarrassment:
"And when I fell just now, I crashed the roof of a tavern and injured several people. We may have to lose money later."
Facts have proved that even the desperate people under the doomsday have some reason, and they did not rudely demand compensation from the "Saviors of Turtle Island".
In fact, the group of drunkards rushing out of the town in a panic was stopped by a row of stone statues.
A few guys who seem to be the leaders are obviously knowledgeable.
They whispered about the topic of "wizards" and carefully avoided the vivid statues of living people, and then swung their knives and guns to chop the stone statues of zombies to the ground.
"Ah, powerful wizards and lords, thank you for putting out the chaos caused by these damned ghouls. You saved the town and are the benefactors of all of us.
We all want to thank you both and the weird guy who fell down. "
A guy with a wooden prosthetic leg on his lame leg, a pirate hook on his left hand, and a blind eye came forward and warmly welcomed Mason and Zack Kang.
This guy should be a famous figure on Turtle Island.
In fact, his image can be distinguished by only one person who sees it, which is as tall as a pirate captain.
"Will you thank me only verbally?"
Jack Kang picked up his pipe, flicked his fingers to create a ball of small floating fireballs, lit the cigarette, and said in a drawn out voice:
"Not something practical?"
This action made the pirate in front of him a little jealous. He turned around and discussed with the guys dressed as businessmen behind him, and said with a smile on his face:
"Turtle Island is a generous place, two adults, in order to thank you for your assistance, you can take whatever is in the dock warehouse, as long as you can move it, you can take it away.
Also, can we have the honor to know the names of the two? I’ve been in this sea area for thirty years, and I don’t think I’ve heard of it.”
"唰"
One thing was thrown by Mason to the guy who tested their identities.
The latter looked down and found that it was a well-made voodoo doll, and quickly turned to the back to see the mark that only pirates could understand.
As if touching a charcoal fire, he hurriedly returned the voodoo doll to Mason with both hands, and whispered in a more obsequious tone:
"It turned out to be a member of the Queen Anne's Revenge. To tell you the truth, I still have some friendship with the cunning and evil Captain Barbossa."
"Really? But I have no friendship with him."
Mason took back old K's voodoo doll, raised his airs and said in a cold voice:
"I'm friends with Edward Teach, not Barbossa! I heard my friend died and his famous ship was taken, so here I am.
Tell me, pirate, where is Barbossa? "
The waist of the old pirate in front of him bent even deeper.
Sweat was dripping from the black face covered with scars and wrinkles. Listening to the tone of these two guys, they have a lot of background. Don't they even pay attention to the legendary pirate Barbossa who is very popular at sea now?
And it sounds like this matter is also related to the death of another legendary pirate "Blackbeard".
Tsk tsk, the water is so deep!
But whether it is true or not, he can't afford to offend such a character, so he can only laugh and say:
"That old dog Barbossa is leading his fleet to Turtle Island, my lord wizard. You can stay here for a few days before you can meet him.
In fact, not only Barbossa, but other pirate kings are already rushing here.
Turtle Island is honored to be the venue for the third Pirate King Conference, and it will become very lively in a few days. "
"Um."
Mason entered the state of "player", waved his hand and said in a cold voice:
"I won't go to your noisy bar to join in the fun. I live on the dock these days, and my slaves will conduct some trade on your island in my name.
Watch out for your drunkards, don't let cats and dogs bother me.
Otherwise my friend will be very upset. "
After Mason finished speaking, Zha Kang, who knew how to pretend to be a tiger, immediately sneered a few times cooperatively.
He's so good at being the villain and playing tricks.
With a flick of a finger, the dark green firefly turned into screaming skeletons and rushed towards the crowd, and exploded in the blazing sparks, burning and screaming a few unlucky ones.
Now no one doubts Mason and Jagger's status as "wizards".
In this sea of superstition and ignorance, wizards and prophets who possess mysterious supernatural powers are still formidable characters even in the era of the end.
"Meow~"
A shriveled meow made the old pirate raise his head in surprise at this moment, and then he saw Mason take out a delicate birdcage from his arms and make it bigger in his hands like magic.
In the birdcage, a zombie cat with scarlet eyes was staring at the fresh flesh and blood in front of him like a little tiger.
The old pirate could no longer bear the horror in his heart and hastily stepped back two steps.
He looked in horror at the two mysterious "wizards" in front of him. At this moment when all survivors regard "ghouls" as wild beasts, how dare anyone take the initiative to tame this doomsday beast?
Can't afford to mess with it!
Confirmed, this is really not to be offended.
"Go away! Don't bother me."
Mason snorted, put the voodoo birdcage of the "disguise prop" back into his arms, waved his hand, and the group of drunkards immediately retreated respectfully.
And the living people who had been petrified at this time also recovered, lying on the ground trembling one by one, not daring to look up at the terrifying wizard.
Within a few minutes, the entire pier was quiet again.
"Not bad, I'm beginning to think that you also have the talent to be a super liar."
Constantine whistled towards Mason, stared at the voodoo doll in his hand, and said:
"Is this also the 'inheritance' left by that old K?"
"It has expired, but it is indeed a very useful 'identity certificate' in the sea."
Mason threw the voodoo doll in his hand to Zha Kang.
The latter can tell at a glance that this is a crooked way of voodoo. An old friend who is very close to Zha Kang, the midnight dad who runs a nightclub in New York is a priest of voodoo.
But the voodoo doll in Mason's hand is obviously older and more evil.
"Let's go, go and count the harvest."
Mason glanced at the gathered zombie corpses around him, and then at the burning and stranded ships behind him. He and Zhakang walked towards the wharf warehouse, which was more than half burned.
These pirates are really stingy and cunning, and they actually took this thing as a thank you to the benefactor who just saved them.
but
"There are so many magic threads?"
Jackson found something good as soon as he entered the warehouse. He picked up a roll of blue spinning thread in a half-burned box and checked it out, and said to Mason:
"The quality is good! It is an enchanted authentic product, which should be of high value anywhere, but now it is just casually thrown in the warehouse guarded by the pirates.
Look here, the place to bury the mule is more particular than this!
They don't know the value of this thing?
Or don't care at all? "
Mason kicked open the cracked box on the ground, picked up a piece of ore that emitted yellow fluorescence in the dark, and soon an information label popped up:
Mountain Blood Raw Ore
Quality: fine mineral
Utility: Magic metals can be obtained after smelting with the right tools. After professional screening, there is a chance to obtain magic gems for jewelry processing. After professional grinding, it can be used for alchemy or sand graphite water for inscriptions and seal carvings.
Reminder: Hold jewelry processing branch items, jewelry processing branch skills are enabled, currently Lv0
"Boom"
The crimson magic fire jumped out from Mason's five fingers and began to burn the raw ore in his hand. While trying to smelt the ore, he said to Zha Kang who was constantly "treasure hunting":
"Do you think this is weird? John, think about the world background."
Mason shook his head and said:
"With the medical conditions and response speed of this era, the outbreak of the zombie disaster is an irresistible doomsday natural disaster, and all the survivors in the whole world ran to the sea to survive.
But they didn't come out empty-handed, John.
They brought out their most cherished treasures!
Now the wealth of the entire world is gathered on this sea, and the things in the warehouse in front of us are just the most insignificant point of those 'doomsday treasures'.
Not even a drop in the bucket.
The survivors on this island are not ignorant of the value of these things, but they are almost dead, and the world is about to be destroyed. What is the use of these things?
In this situation, the priceless magic thread is not as precious as a mouthful of moldy bread.
This island is a treasure trove. "
The young man looked at the stones and small pieces of metal that were constantly peeling off in the burning of the magic fire, and he smiled in this dark warehouse.
said softly:
"As for how much you can get from this treasure house, it's up to you and me, John."
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(end of this chapter)