() On the day of departure from the Greenland Empire, Tangke summoned the fourth-order magic ship Destroyer obtained by completing the mission a few days ago. This is a black magic ship with a strong and domineering appearance. The sharp bow, the hull is covered with black metal, the sun shines, the black light shines, and it looks extremely extraordinary.

In addition, he also recruited corresponding sailors and crew members, and asked this group of new men to help drive the ship.

He used these two things to show his unique summoning ability.

Naluen and Nelson witnessed the whole process of Tangke's summoning of ships and manpower, and felt the shock of varying degrees. Naluun further strengthened his confidence in following Tangke, and Nelson was even more shaken.

Tangke could see that, given time, these two would serve him sincerely sooner or later. Because he and the Evil Dragon Pirates have various advantages that other forces do not have, this advantage will be very attractive to these two tacticians.

The Destroyer rode the wind and waves, the ship pressed against the waves, the waves hit the hull, and headed east to the Comansor Empire in order to settle down for the family who took the ship.

On the way, Tang Ke called Nelun and Nelson in front of them, asked about the future development direction of the Evil Dragon Pirates, and asked them to give advice. Narun has already agreed to play for Tangke, so he knows everything. As for Nelson, he still hasn't made up his mind, so he didn't say a word during the dinner, just listened silently.

"The situation at sea is not clear now. It is easy for you to fight for me among some mortal forces, and the corresponding results can be inferred, but there is no way to draw conclusions about the gods. In this case, It’s better not to hit the stone with the egg. The news that you took the Resurrection Spring has spread, and now the major forces regard you as a thorn in the eye. From these two aspects, it is better for you and your pirate group to stay away from the edge. For the time being Leave this land of right and wrong first, and then make other plans after the situation is clear." Na Lun analyzed.

"If the God of Light does not appear, I can bite the bullet and stay and deal with the major forces, but now that the God of Light has appeared, his strength is too terrifying, and I can't fight it at all. In this situation, I can only leave the sea of ​​dreams temporarily. But I haven't figured out where I should go. The world is so big. Where is the place for the Evil Dragon Pirates?" Tangke said.

"In my opinion, it is more appropriate to go north to the sea of ​​floating ice. There is a frozen continent there, and there is an ancient Viking country on the continent. After you go north with the dragon pirate group, you can find a way to take the ancient Viking country as your own. Yes, if you can succeed, from now on, you will be a king, and the dragon pirate group can also be transformed. Become a returning army. Your ambition is so great that you want to annex the world, with a pirate The regiment simply cannot achieve this kind of ambition. It must be based on the country. The world can accept being conquered and ruled by people from a country. But it will not accept the rule of a pirate chief, so you must take this road. Hurry up, anyway, this time you are going to leave here with the pirate group, why don't you take advantage of this time to finish this matter." Na Lun explained. Nelson next to him listened to this. He also nodded slightly.

Hearing these words, Tang Ke's mind flashed a picture he had dreamed of before, and there was a throne in the picture. Around the throne was a sea of ​​people, from which there was a tsunami-like shout. This dream seemed to echo Nelun's proposal. He looked stunned for a moment, paused, and after returning to his senses, he continued: "What you said is indeed reasonable, but why do you have to choose the ancient Viking country? It is a barren land in the north, a desolate place, with extremely low temperatures and a cruel environment. , it's really not a good place."

"It's really not a good place, but it is the best choice for you. The ancient Viking country is the birthplace of pirates. It has been looting in the south since ancient times. In a place, even here is a subsidiary country of the ancient Viking country. It was not until the strength of the countries increased that the pirates of the ancient Viking country were driven out of this place and returned to live on the original ice field. Although times have changed, so many years have passed, But there still retains the ancient tradition, still respects the strong, and believes that pirates are warriors. After you arrive there, you will not encounter rejection, and you can easily stand. In addition, it is difficult to become the king of that country. It’s not big, and it’s also unmatched by other places.”

"Does it mean that the country's military is weak?"

"The ancient Viking country has a population of about 100,000, and the population is indeed small, but the folk customs are rough and belligerent. Every soldier has the strength of one to ten, and the strength is not weak. The reason why I said that I wanted to become the king of the ancient Viking country. Not difficult, because this country has a rule that has been followed for hundreds of years. This country has an 'iron crown', whoever wears this 'iron crown' is the king of this country, no matter whether the person is male or female , old or young. If a person wants to become a king, he must try his best to get the iron crown. If he becomes the king of the ancient Viking kingdom, he must do everything possible to keep his iron crown. In this special Under the influence of the rules of the Viking Kingdom, wars often broke out in the ancient Viking country for the iron crown, and the speed of the replacement of the king was also very fast. He was killed. After you brought the pirate group to the ancient Viking country, as long as you can grab the Iron Crown, this country is yours. In this world, there is no country that is easier to obtain than this." answered in turn.

"But the king of this country is not so easy to be a king. Once you put the iron crown on your head, you have to be afraid all day long, worrying that the iron crown will be taken away by others, even if you sleep, you can't sleep well." Tangke smiled bitterly.

"It's true, but I think with your courage, you shouldn't care about this. You even dare to **** the fountain of death under the eyes of the five great empires, how can you be afraid of an ancient Viking country."

"It's true. I'm not afraid of this kind of thing. On the contrary, I have a great interest in the ancient Viking country. Do you know who the current king of the ancient Viking country is? How powerful is he?" This question shows that the heart has been moved to seize the ancient Viking country.

"The current king of the ancient Viking Kingdom is called Papata. He is an orc with the strength of an eighth-order fighter, and is very powerful."

"If it's just an eighth-order fighter, I can still handle it. I'm afraid that there are other strong people around him to help."

"If you don't want to fight melee, you can challenge him, or design to kill him. Although there is a certain risk, it is generally feasible. I think you should be able to do it."

"Okay," Tangke nodded, with a look of excitement in his eyes, "Just do as you said, and after I settle your family, I'll leave for the ancient Viking country and take this country as my own. !"

...

The shape of the land of the Dragon Tooth Kingdom is the shape of a flying dragon. There are dragon heads, dragon claws, and dragon tails on it, which are lifelike. In the dragon claw part, there are some complex river channels, these river channels are called wrong vertical and horizontal, and eventually they flow into the sea together and merge into it. In this area, there is a very special area. This area is a swamp called Evernight Swamp.

Over this swamp, there is a layer of overcast clouds floating all year round, which block the sunlight and make the swamp dark. Hence the name Evernight Swamp. It is said that the special environment here is caused by the twilight period. After most of the haze in the world has dissipated, the haze here has not dissipated, giving people a strong sense of ominous.

In this place where the cloud meets the swamp. With a smell of decay, life is rarely seen in the swamp, but there are many dark creatures wandering here all day long. Makes it all the more terrifying.

Rarely would anyone come to such a place. Once someone came, there must be a special reason, either to take an adventure, to gather some special herbs, or to seek help from the power of darkness.

It is said that the aura of death emanating from this place is very useful for necromancers, and several necromancers have settled here, living in seclusion every day, and studying the power of darkness at home all day long.

Today, a special guest broke the peace of Evernight Swamp and came to this ghost place. The purpose of his coming here is to visit the necromancers who live here in order to borrow the dark power of this group of people. He is not a race on the shore, but a branch of the Sea Orcs, the Tiger Shark Man. He has the head of a shark, a body almost human, with a blue body and fins on his arms and back.

Few people on the shore can recognize him, but the inhabitants of the sea are very familiar with him. He is the famous warrior Agula on the sea floor!

The undersea warrior famous for killing sea monsters inherited Zela's legacy and took on the burden of revitalizing the undersea race. To achieve this goal, he had to lead the undersea race to attack the shore race and occupy the world on the shore. It seemed to him a lot of fun, even more fun than killing sea monsters, so he was happy to do it.

He is here today as the first step in realizing this grand plan.

After some inquiries and searches, he finally found the home of a necromancer as he wished, and knocked on the door with the skeleton knocker.

The person who opened the door was a pale, robe-clad young man who gave off a morbid look. When he saw that the person who came knocking on the door was a tiger shark, there was a hint of confusion on his face, but he quickly recovered.

Agula revealed her identity and purpose, and requested to meet the owner here.

The owner here is named Ewing, the most famous necromancer in this place. He is said to have the strange power to resurrect corpses and control them.

The young man, a student of Ewing, agreed to Agula's request, closed the door, and went back to deliver the letter. Before long, the door was opened and the student brought back the teacher's words. Ewing is willing to meet Agula and invite Agula to discuss in detail.

Agura didn't think much, and walked in with big steps, looking around while walking. There was a strange smell mixed with potion and carrion, which was not so pleasant. On the wall, there were some strange There are some weird things on the ground.

When walking through the corridor and arriving at a living room, the student who led the way stopped and refused to go any further, and indicated that if he went further, he would soon reach the underground research room where Ewing was.

Agura glanced forward and found two tall corpses standing in the living room, with white shrouds wrapped around them, and two cold eyes showed through the gap, obviously malicious. He pointed to the two corpses and asked what was going on.

"If you can't pass this place, you won't be eligible to see my teacher, it's that simple." The student said politely, but a sly smile appeared on his lips.

Agura understood what the students meant. Without making a statement, he just walked over. The moment he stepped into the living room, the two mummies immediately attacked him. Even though they were just two corpses, the speed and strength of the attack were not weak, like a violent storm. But compared with Agula, the two mummies are still too bad.

Without waiting for the mummy to get close, Agula suddenly aroused the white grudge in his body and blasted it in two different directions. The corpses of the two mummies were turned into pieces. They all fell to the ground.

"Can I go now?" Agula asked after brushing off the grudge that had not yet dissipated from his hands.

The student was stunned and did not answer.

Agula left the students alone and continued to walk forward, passed the living room, and reached the end, where there was a ladder that went straight down. He went down the ladder, walked a good distance, and reached the bottom. It turns out that there is another world below. The area is not small. On the way, he encountered various dangers one after another, but none of them posed a threat to him, and he went to the deepest part of the ground smoothly. Arrive at Ewing's location.

Pushing open the strange door covered with various eyeballs, Agula walked into an underground research room, where the smell of medicine and rancidity became stronger, although the space was large. But the pile is full.

"Strange murloc, why did you come here to find me?" A hoarse voice sounded, and the voice came from the bottles. But I can't see his figure yet.

"I'm here to hire you, and to pay a lot of money to ask you to do me a little favor." Agura said, looking over to the prestige, and through a few shelves, he vaguely saw Ewing's figure.

"What help?" Ewing said as he walked.

"Help me resurrect someone."

"this is very simple."

"It's easy for you, but no one else can."

"I like to hear this kind of compliment." Ewing gave a strange laugh, and finally walked over the shelf, revealing his figure. He was a thin man, but tall, with only a tuft of gray hair on his head, and deep-set eyes with no pupils in them, only the white of the holes.

"According to your tone, it seems that you have accepted this deal?"

"Your strength is so strong, and the price you offer is definitely not low. I am very relieved about this. If you want to revive anyone, you can bring him or her as much as you can, and I will meet your requirements. But I remind you in advance. , this kind of resurrection is not a resurrection in the true sense, what I have resurrected is just a mindless body, or a walking dead."

"The Walking Dead is enough. But I can't bring him here because his body is too big."

"Big?" Ewing felt a little strange, and glanced at Agura's tall body, "With your strength, are there still corpses that can't be moved?"

"Yes, I can't move the corpse of the Murloc Titan. He is the size of an island. Even if I could move it, I wouldn't be able to move such a huge corpse here." Agura explained.

"Murloc Titan? Are you kidding me?" Ewing asked in disbelief.

"I came all the way here, killed so many monsters under your hands, and brought a long list of gifts, not to make fun of you." Agula increased his tone and said seriously, "I There is a corpse of a murloc titan, or the sea orcs have a corpse of a murloc titan, and I want to ask you to help bring this corpse back to life. I don't need him to have a mind, just a body that can fight. "

The words of the strong always carry more weight than the ordinary people. After Ewing stared at Agula, he believed this statement, but he did not accept it. Instead, he shook his head and said, "It seems that I underestimated this deal, which is far It is much more difficult than I imagined. The more powerful the existence, the more difficult it is to resurrect. Titan is an existence in the Shenyao period. With my strength, I can't resurrect him at all. I can't earn this money, you still Please be smart."

"If you can't do it, who can?"

"No one can do it, there is no such powerful necromancer in this world, unless..." Ewing thought of a possibility and hesitated.

"Unless what?" Agura quickly asked.

"Unless you can gather several necromancers together, gather the dark power of several people, and perform sorcery together, only in this way can there be a glimmer of hope that the corpse of a murloc Titan can be resurrected."

"Okay! Just do as you said. I don't know those necromancers, so you can help me connect, and you will definitely benefit from it afterwards."

"Hehe. What you said is light. I'm not so easy to send. It's one thing to resurrect an ordinary person for you, and it's another thing to gather a group of necromancers for you. The rewards of the two are different. .I don't think you can afford the exorbitant remuneration required for the latter." Ewing chuckled and shook his head.

"I know it's not that easy, so I mobilized the strength of many sea orc compatriots and prepared a generous gift. I didn't bring the things, but here is a list, you can take a look at these things." Agura said from He took out a paper roll from the tarpaulin bag on his body and handed it over. On the paper roll, there were densely packed materials, treasures, and weapon names. These things are left in the sea when the ship sank. In the era of great voyages, ships sank almost every day. With the gifts of these sunken ships, incalculable wealth was accumulated in the sea.

Ewing shook his hands and released a black gas. He grabbed the list with black energy, handed it to his hand, and stared at it. He was dumbfounded just looking at it, when halfway through. A look of greed appeared on his face, and before he could finish reading it, he put down the list and said instructively: "Three months later. I will make your murloc Titan's corpse stand up. walk!"

After hearing this, Agula smiled.

...

Fire symbolizes destruction, but some things can only be reborn in destruction.

Today Tonke will be tested by fire and pain. Only in this way can he become a "Viking". The traditional Vikings are all orcs, and they only refer to the local orcs of the frozen continent. If outsiders want to become glorious Vikings, they have to pass this cruel ceremony.

Above this endless ice field, someone set up dry wood, poured hot oil, and lit a raging flame. In the flames, there was a metal plate with a knife and a brush, the tip of which had been saturated with ink made of special dyes. Around the fire, a large group of people gathered, numbering three thousand. These people have the same painted patterns on their faces and necks. This pattern does not have any aesthetics on the surface, but it symbolizes the courage of Vikings and pirates, and is their totem.

These people are also Vikings, and they are gathered here today to witness Tangke become their kin.

Tang Ke was naked at this time, without any clothes on his body, only an iron wire was tied around his waist, and a knife and a sword were suspended by the iron wire. No matter what time, he will take this pair of swords by his side, even in the sea of ​​​​fire. He walked forward step by step, and the blazing fire in front of him danced wildly in his eyes. Looking at the raging flames, a strange feeling rose in his heart. Who would have imagined that he would be willing to be burned here today to become a Viking?

Three days ago, he took the Destroyer to the ancient Viking country in the frozen continent, and he got his wish to reach this mysterious and ancient land. During the voyage, he had reached the Comansuo Empire. According to Ou's previous agreement, he settled the family who took the wheel and gave his family a large settlement fee. In addition, he also encountered two groups of people on the way to attack, and both groups were members of the Three Kingdoms Alliance. However, these two groups did not pose too much threat to him, and they all died under his sword, becoming souls floating at sea.

During the three days he landed on the shore, he had been in contact with the local people for a period of time. Through a patriarch threading a needle, he bribed the local priest and asked the priest to hold a "bathing fire ceremony" for him, so as to make him a Viking. With this status, he can find ways to win the Iron Crown. Once he won the Iron Crown and became the new king here, he also initially achieved his goal.

Now, he began to walk towards the raging flame step by step, feeling the fierce heat of the flame, the dancing sparks fell on his tough skin, and then faded away.

Dressed in animal skins, the exposed priest danced a strange dance, waving his hands wildly, and shouting an ancient language that was incomprehensible to others. Under her leadership, more than 3,000 witnesses around also chanted, forming a continuum, spreading far and wide on the ice sheet, shocking the creatures on the ice sheet.

"laugh!"

Tang Ke stepped on the half-burning wood, and the heat scorched the soles of his feet, causing a plume of smoke.

"It's really exciting."

He grinned and continued to step forward, meeting the flames with his naked body. His hair ignited quickly, crackling and burning, making him look like a **** of fire. Immediately afterwards, the fire devoured his body and burned his skin, like ten thousand steel knives scraping his body together, causing bursts of piercing pain. He was bathed in flames and endured severe pain. He walked all the way to the center of the flames, leaned down, and picked up the knife and paintbrush from the iron plate. Under the meditative arrangement, these two things were not ignited and remained intact as before.

He held the dagger in his right hand, hesitated for a moment, then stabbed the dagger to the left cheek, piercing the skin severely, and then swiped the blade, cutting a stiff line on his face. The totem on the Viking's face is simple in composition and easy to draw, and he has practiced it many times before, and he will never cut it wrong. After he cut a knife, he pulled it out, and blood spurted out and fell on the raging flames.

Then, another second, third, fourth... He slashed his cheeks, neck, and chest, making several wounds, then picked up a pen and smeared the wounds with red dye . After the dye is mixed with blood, it can stay on the body for several years. Before the pen tip fell on the skin, all the wounds on his body healed, and only a few bloodstains remained.

He held the pen and smeared on the bloodstain~lightnovelpub.net~, let the dye merge with the blood, and drew the totem symbolizing courage on him.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, gradually invading him, and igniting the place under his feet. The fire lit up the ice field, lit up the night sky, and gave him a new identity - Viking!

"From now on, I am a Viking pirate! I will plunder wealth with a machete, capture my wife with both hands, and occupy land with both feet!" Tangke shouted to the crowd, this is a routine part, But he also shouted out his heart.

The crowd erupted again and shouted loudly.

Tangke slowly walked out of the flames, and there was no embarrassment at all when others performed the ceremony. Everyone else rushed into the fire quickly, cutting the skin and applying the dye, and few would complete the ritual as slowly as he did, as if he didn't take the flames seriously at all.

It was the first time that the native Vikings saw such a guy. While cheering, they stared at Tangke closely, revealing that star-like stare. Under everyone's attention, Tangke's burnt hair grew back and fluttered behind his head. Except for an extra totem, he was not damaged in any way. (To be continued..)