The gold produced in the Abyss actually carried a curse power that could cause misfortune. This was something that Roy did not expect.
Now, Captain Jack Sparrow's misfortune was still continuing. Unless he could spend this gold and transfer it to someone else, Roy felt that this continuous misfortune would kill him sooner or later.
What Roy was considering now was the problem of the souls of the people who held demon gold after they died from misfortune.
Wouldn't it be very satisfying if he could harvest a large number of souls effortlessly through this demon gold?
However, the truth was that the gold mine that Roy had discovered in the Abyss had definitely been discovered by other demons before, but they did not pay much attention to it. As a result, the gold mine had existed there for a long time without any traces of excavation.
Therefore, Roy could only guess that this demon gold might be something of little value to demons!
The demons definitely knew that the curse power attached to this gold could curse those greedy people to death. However, gold had circulation after all, and not everyone who obtained gold would die because of misfortune. Many times, they would spend this gold. This way, they would no longer come into contact with gold, and the curse of misfortune on it would gradually dissipate.
This led to the curse of misfortune, which was uncertain.
In addition to this uncertainty, Roy guessed another possibility. Even if someone really died because of misfortune, these souls would not directly appear in the hands of demons. Instead, demons would need to take the initiative to retrieve them. This was a very troublesome matter, and this was probably the real reason why demons disdained this gold.
After all, after Roy gave the gold to Jack Sparrow, he did not feel anything related to him or any power from it …
Seriously, if that's the case, it's such a pity for this gold! It's clearly a very good thing …
Roy touched the demon horns on his head and could not help but think, What can I do to change the useless situation of demon gold?
Roy could not help but let his imagination run wild. Perhaps I can leave a special 'mark' on this demon gold. This mark can make the souls of people who die from the curse of misfortune automatically return to my hands after they are exposed?
It had to be known that gold could be preserved for a long time. If he could engrave this special mark on the gold, then every time he went to a world, he could spread a portion of the demon gold with the mark and let this gold circulate in that world for decades or even centuries. He could turn this gold into a long-term meal ticket and continuously transfer souls to his hands!
This was a thought that made Roy's heart palpitate. Even if only one out of ten people who had come into contact with demon gold would die from misfortune, it would accumulate and become an enormous number.
The misfortune curse of demon gold was also determined by the greed of the human heart. If one was too greedy and held a large amount of gold, the misfortune curse would be stronger, and it would only make people die faster. Of course, it would be a waste not to take the soul of such a greedy person.
However, it was still relatively difficult to create such a 'mark'.
Because Roy could not stay in a world for long, he would have to return to the Abyss sooner or later. Without special preservation, souls would dissipate soon. This meant that if Roy wanted to retrieve these souls in the Abyss, he had to make the mark have the ability to teleport souls across worlds. To achieve this function, it would probably consume a lot of souls.
In addition, the mark needed to be preserved with the gold for a long time. To ensure this, the mark probably needed to have powerful magic power. If he wanted to engrave such a mark on every gold bar, even Roy would not be able to bear it. Therefore, it was best to have the mark exist for a long time after it was engraved. This was another huge consumption point …
In short, just thinking about it, Roy felt that it was not easy to make such a mark …
Roy now had more than 3,400 souls in his hands, all of which he had obtained after continuously attacking pirates during this period of time. In particular, during the battle with Pirate King Ammand's fleet, Roy activated the Halo of Fear and obtained many high-quality souls. Therefore, these 3,400 souls could be used as nearly 4,000.
Roy estimated that so many souls might be enough, but he felt his heart ache to spend so many souls at once.
However, this was equivalent to taking out a large sum of money to invest, and he would recoup it through continuous dividends in the future. As long as he had more time, he could recoup his original investment …
Roy estimated that his Frostmourne had cost more than 1,400 souls to make. If this Frostmourne could be considered orange equipment, then the one made with 4,000 souls should be almost dark-gold, right? If he could use tens of thousands of souls to create an item, it should be at the level of a divine artifact!
Just as Roy was thinking about how to set the attributes of this mark, Cassandra suddenly reminded him, "Master, a large number of ships have been found on the sea!"
Hearing this, Roy could only stop observing Jack Sparrow. After giving the Demon Eye an order to continue following, he stood up and looked in the direction Cassandra was pointing.
Sure enough, Cassandra was right. On the distant sea level, he could vaguely see a large number of sails and masts. There were more than thirty of them, and all of them seemed to be large ships.
These ships sailed unhurriedly on the sea. Roy could not tell what they were from a distance, but they did not look like pirate ships. Instead, they looked like … warships?
Since they were not pirate ships, Roy could not be bothered. He returned to his chair and sat down, leaving Cassandra to continue observing the warships.
However, not long after, Cassandra shouted at Roy, "Master, those warships seem to have discovered us. They've changed course and are coming toward us."
"Huh? What are they doing? " Roy was puzzled, so he picked up a small telescope left behind by Jack Sparrow and looked at the warships.
He had thought that these warships might be from the Royal Navy, but he did not expect that after seeing the flags on the ships, Roy realized that these warships were actually Spanish warships!
"It's not the Royal Navy but the Invincible Fleet?!" Roy was also puzzled. He did not know much about the historical background of the Pirates of the Caribbean world. After all, this was a magically modified world and could not be viewed as real history. But this was the Caribbean Sea, and it should be the Royal Navy that was active here. Why did he not see the Royal Navy but the Spanish first?
Just as Roy was feeling puzzled, Cassandra suddenly said, "M-Master!"
"What's wrong?" Roy turned around and asked her.
"I … I remember!" Cassandra said. "When I was in the village, I saw the exact same flag as these ships …"
"Oh? So you're Spanish? "Only then did Roy realize.
Roy used the language of the soul to eliminate communication barriers between different languages, so he could understand what people were saying, but he might not be able to recognize what language they were using. As a lich, Cassandra also used the language of the dead. In addition, she was only a little girl from the countryside and did not have much knowledge, so she did not know where her hometown was. So it was not until now that Roy knew that she was Spanish.
This was really … If Cassandra had discovered it later, Roy might have already been prepared to kill his way to the English church to help Cassandra take revenge …
"They seem to be attacking us?"
Looking through the telescope, a large number of soldiers were busy on the Spanish warship opposite them. They gradually turned the ship horizontally, revealing the densely packed cannons on the side of the hull. Roy was even more confused.
He did not seem to have provoked these Spanish, right? Why are these guys preparing to attack without saying a word?
Do they know what they're facing?
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