Chapter 120 - Snowflake Pattern (1/2)
After obtaining the seal token, Tia Dalma achieved her goal.
However, along with her, there was the group of pirates who escorted the slave traders. They did not dare to speak to Roy, so they could only place their hopes on Tia Dalma and were all looking at her eagerly. Tia Dalma did not go back on her words. She pointed at the pirates and said to Roy, “These pirates captured the people you wanted, so I hope that you can ensure their safety. Also, I heard that you have a very special game called ‘Osiris’s Balance’, right? They want to try it out!”
“Osiris’s Balance?” Roy was stunned when he heard this, but he soon realized that these pirates wanted to play the same game as Jack Sparrow, the game to obtain demon gold.
Roy was not surprised that Jack Sparrow had spread information about the game. But Roy did not expect these guys to give Roy’s impromptu creation a name.
You don’t say, it’s actually a pretty good depiction…
“Do you really want to play this game with me?” Roy turned to look at the pirates.
The pirates were overjoyed when they heard Roy. They hurriedly nodded. “Sir Osiris, please grant us our request!”
Roy did not say anything and used his magic power to create two black ice chairs on the spot. He extended his hand and invited Tia Dalma to sit down. Tia Dalma did not stand on ceremony. She smiled charmingly and sat down on the chair. Then Roy sat on the other chair and faced the pirates. “My name is Osiris, a demon from the Abyss. However, I’m not purely a fighter, and I’m more inclined toward being a devil. On account of the fact that you sent me the murderers, I can let you leave safely, but it seems like you aren’t satisfied with returning empty-handed.
“Since you intend to play this ‘Osiris’s Balance’ game, it’s not impossible. But I want to explain the rules in advance!” Roy raised his finger. “First, the things used to trade for gold can only be what you carry with you. You can’t add anymore! Second, because your things aren’t useful to me, the gold that I exchange with you through the game also has a huge drawback—it contains a curse of misfortune. Holding this gold will cause your luck to become worse. It often leads to many unlucky things happening to you, and there is a chance that you will die!”
Roy directly mentioned the curse of the demon gold. In any case, even if he did not say it, the people holding the gold would discover it. “The rules are these two. Decide whether you want to play this game or not!” Roy said as he leaned back on his chair and looked at the pirates.
The gold actually has a curse of misfortune? This was the first time the pirates heard about this, so they immediately became restless.
The opinions of the pirates diverged. After hearing that there was a chance that they would become cursed and die, many pirates immediately wanted to back out. But some of them did not care and insisted on playing this game.
“What’s there to be afraid of? Don’t we pirates pursue wealth?” a pirate said loudly. “In order to obtain wealth, aren’t we always risking our lives?”
“That’s right!” another pirate echoed. “Think about it carefully. Haven’t your companions been killed in battle? Look at those who were hanged by the marines. Don’t tell me the dangers of being pirates isn’t comparable to a little curse of misfortune?”
“That’s right. Didn’t you notice that the curse of misfortune only has a chance of death? Usually, it’s just bad luck. If worst comes to worst, we can just throw away the gold before the curse kills us.”
“That makes sense. No wonder that guy Jack Sparrow spent so much money. Looks like he wanted to get rid of his curse of misfortune…”
As these pirates analyzed the situation, those who wanted to back out slowly changed their minds… Logically speaking, those pirates who were not afraid of death should not have said these things. They were undoubtedly increasing their competitors, but they were doing this to encourage themselves so as to strengthen their determination.
After discussing for a while, the pirates maintained the same tacit understanding in the end. No one planned on leaving, and they all looked at Roy.
“It seems like you’ve made your decision!”
Roy was not surprised at all. All pirates were like this. They were nothing more than a bunch of money-seeking villains and bandits. Any adventure or romance was actually just gold they put on their faces to improve the image their profession.
Tia Dalma sat at the side and watched silently. She had interacted more with pirates than Roy, and she knew better what pirates were like. Therefore, even though she knew that these pirates would cause the gold with misfortune to spread all over the world, she had no intention of stopping it. She was a sea goddess, but her divine power could not stop the greed of humans…
This demon was merely fulfilling his duty…
Seeing that the pirates had made up their minds, Roy did not say anything else. He opened the system interface and created a large balance. In the middle of the balance was an image of a fierce demon. Roy designed the lever of the balance as a symmetrical pair of demon wings, and demon claws held the balance trays. Since there were no special attributes on it, it only cost less than one soul to materialize.
The moment it appeared, the pirates were immediately attracted to the balance with a strong Abyss style. They breathed heavily, their eyes shining as they waited.
With a crashing sound, Roy poured out all the demon gold he had collected from the system space. The golden light that blossomed in that instant almost blinded the pirates!
When they saw the gold, they realized that what Jack Sparrow had said was true!
The gold bars that Roy made were all small one-hundred-gram bars, but he had dug out more than a ton from the Abyss, making the number of gold bars look extremely large. The sight of these gold bars piled up messily on the ground was indescribable!
If not for the fact that they knew how terrifying the demon was, the pirates might have drawn their cutlasses and flintlocks and killed the owner of the gold directly before snatching it away…