Chapter 276 Get Rich (1/2)
”What? You, a human being from the alternate realms, can actually get the title of a Viscount?”
”We may really survive if we follow him. Just think back—weren't we putting our lives at stake every day anyway, during all these years of endless plunder on the seas? For heaven's' sake, we will hug our guns even when we were asleep! When had we ever rested with the peace of mind? And no, I don't want to die now, I still want to enjoy life!”
”You, human being from the alternate realms, you need to swear by your words!”
Several of the pirates were being somewhat convinced, and the colors of their names which floated above their heads changed rapidly between red and green. This showed that they were having huge internal struggles on whether to trust Lin Jie.
However, there was a pirate who had only 15% of his health bar left, and his name remained consistently red. He stared viciously at Lin Jie with a savage expression, his fists clenched tightly beside his body. It was as if he was trying to hide his emotions and wait for the best chance to strike.
Lin Jie put on a cold smile—such was the privileges he enjoyed as a player: he could make use of information like the colors of names to predict NPCs' future reactions! He raised the Silent Killer, aimed at this particular pirate, and shouted, ”I don't need to make any oaths, because if you don't believe me, you will only face one outcome: death! Just like him!”
Bang bang bang bang bang—
The Silent Killer shot out five bullets, and within the blink of an eye, this pirate's chest was being penetrated. His remaining health points were not high to begin with, and after this series of shots, he dropped down dead.
”You…” Another pirate wanted to launch an attack at Lin Jie, but Lin Jie aimed the Silent Killer at him, his eyes cold and void of any emotions.
”I surrender!”
”Me too!”
At this moment, two of the pirates' names finally settled down on green color, and they surrendered to Lin Jie. The rest of the pirates looked at each other and chose to surrender one by one, putting down their weapons on the floor.
Lin Jie scanned the pirates in front of him and made sure that these pirates did not have any intentions to attack him for the time being. Following which, he had to think of an idea to evade the Holy Church's interrogation. However, before all these, he still had to take care of a big treasure—more accurately, two treasure chests!
Correct, it was those two treasure chests that were originally supposed to be Baili Xuanyuan's income for selling the slaves. One contained 100,000 gold coins, while the other held unknown items. Lin Jie kept all the gold coins into his backpack and ordered the pirates to fill that chest with all sorts of waste before dumping it into the sea.
'What's inside this chest then? From what Simon revealed, it seems like this chest contains something which can help to expand Baili Xuanyuan's slave trading business?' Lin Jie opened up the other chest and saw that it was filled fully with palm-sized bags containing pink powder.
[Pink Velvet Flower Powder]: This is a material that can be used in Potionery, Smithing, and Cooking.
Lin Jie's lips twitched involuntarily—so this was it, the Pink Velvet Flower! No wonder Baili Xuanyuan would send all the slaves here despite the long journey it took.
The Pink Velvet Flower grew within the oceans' coral reefs. They looked like dandelions, and it was extremely hard to discover them—even if one found them, they wouldn't be able to pick them because these Pink Velvet Flowers were 'Superior-grade' herbs. Before one's Herbology achieved Superior-grade, the chances of failing to gather these flowers were as high as 99%. This was a Potionery material that could be used to produce Anesthetic Poisons and Paralytic Potions. At the same time, this was a required material for Lightning Mages to cast their advanced magic, and it could also be used for Cooking Studies.
The Pink Velvet Flower was equivalent to the poppies of the real world—not referring to the poppy capsules, but the poppy flowers! Three sets of Pink Velvet Flower could be made into one set of Pink Velvet Flower Powder, and one could just imagine its potency. If one whole packet of the Pink Velvet Flower Powder was thrown into a pot of soup, this soup would be extra fragrant, and no one could resist it. However, the price of consuming the soup would be to fall into a deep sleep for a few days following that, unless they were awoken by some special stimulus.
One packet of such powder could easily take down any human-sized living creature who did not have capabilities as powerful as a Level 60 Gold-tiered Boss. As for Beast-type monsters, as they generally had stronger physiques than human beings, it would require more of such power to take them down.
In fact, if one used it well, this whole chest of Pink Velvet Flower Powder could take down all the Dragonites in the Moratti Shrine!
'These items are simply too great to throw away! I must make it mine!'
These items must not be found by the Holy Church! Yet Lin Jie's backpack wouldn't be able to hold so many items.
An idea occurred to Lin Jie, and he closed the chest, dumping it down into the sea swiftly with all the Pink Velvet Flower Powder intact.
”All of you here, the Holy Church Navy is about to arrive. Surrender all of your equipment, weapons, potions, and secretly kept items to me. We, the human beings from the alternate realms, all have Space backpacks. No one can discover these items if I keep them into my backpack. Or else, you will be condemned to your deaths if such items are found by the Holy Church!” cried Lin Jie urgently. The pirates looked at the arriving ships, gritted their teeth, and removed everything from their bodies.
Ding~
—'You received two gold coins.'
—'You received [Pirate's Cap from the Pirate Miler] (Gold).'
—'You received [Pirate's Coverall from the Pirate Miler] (Gold).'
—'You received [Pirate's Boots from the Pirate Miler] (Gold).'
…
Lin Jie's backpack was soon filled up with 20 full sets of Level 40 Gold grade Pirate Sets (including weapons), 56 gold coins, secretly kept Primordial coins, antiques, letters from the pirates' family members and amulets. (Note: Due to the fact that all these are NPCs' sets, they only occupy one space in his backpack.)
All these pirates were definitely desperate to save their own necks. If not, under normal circumstances, how would they ever remove all of their equipment?
The Level 40 Gold Pirate Sets did not have great basic attributes. However, when one gathered a full set, there would be an additional effect for the wearer: it would increase Pirate-type skills' effects by three levels, but this would not be usable for players.
'All these sets are damn good!' A shiver ran down Lin Jie's spine—no wonder these people were the Simon Pirates, even the equipment they carried was so strong!
At the moment, the Holy Church Navy approached them. A fleet of 40 ships from the Holy Church Navy surrounded the Flying-Wing Cargo Ship, and the reputed Knight Leader 'Cade' stood at a ship bow. Holy Light surrounded him, and he looked simply magnificent.