The second part of the reward was authority.
There were many privileges belonging to the "Rising Star of the Navy", such as priority to enjoy supplies, priority to choose reserve crew, participation in alliance specific celebrations, and so on.
But what Elvin valued the most was the "free passage of the ports in the alliance"!
As a rare flag within the six countries of the alliance.
Elvin and his warship could enjoy the unconditional right to freely travel to and from the ports of various countries, including their overseas colonies. They only needed to report after the event and did not need any application procedures.
They could also enjoy the same treatment as their own battleships.
In other words, Elvin could go in and out of the alliance in the future!
Although this authority seemed insignificant, it was just a lot more convenient, but the biggest advantage was that everyone knew about it but would never say it out loud – warship smuggling!
In fact, using warships to smuggle was not a new thing. The highly profitable smuggling activities were a big fat piece of meat that both civilian merchants and navies wanted to take a bite of.
In this case, most of the time, the Navy Department turned a blind eye to it and treated it as a benefit for the navy.
As long as it didn't affect the battle, they generally wouldn't interfere too much.
That was only in the case of an ordinary captain of a country. How much profit could the "Storm Horn", who had obtained the free passage of the alliance and the colonies, make?
It was simply immeasurable!
As long as he was diligent, it would be easy for him to earn more than the shares of the copper mine!
The third part was the highlight of the reward, the treasures that the Ilya Kingdom had promised.
As a matter of fact, almost all the treasures on the list were Secret Treasures of the Sea. For the wealthy royal family of the Ilya Kingdom, it was easy for them to take out a few low-level Secret Treasures of the Sea and the ultimate Transcendent weapons.
But in the face of those treasures with different abilities, such as the extraordinary weapon "Bloody Lake" that could greatly increase the strength of a Knight! For warships, the "Secret Treasure of the Sea – Kasere Bronze Cannon" bomb cyclone was extremely powerful!
Elvin still chose this "Golden Compass" that didn't seem to be very useful!
Many people on the sea knew that the "Golden Compass" was not a treasure of the sea, nor was it a creation of witchcraft, but a gift from the legendary "Golden Kingdom".
In the past few hundred years, the total number of Golden Compasses that were known to have been obtained by adventurers and various forces in the world did not exceed 12.
It only had one function, and that was to guide the ship in the sea, no matter how bad the situation was, it would be able to guide the ship out of harm's way.
Compared to many "secret treasures of the sea" with magical abilities, this mysterious passive ability was so insignificant that it did not even have any sense of existence. However, it was a treasure in the hands of adventurers who were brave enough to explore the unknown world.
On the surface, its ability seemed to overlap with Milan's prophecy, but it had an advantage that prophecy spells did not.
That was the absolute nature of mysticism!
What was absolute?
It was unconditional and unlimited. In contrast to divination, which required interpretation, guessing, and probability.
Here is a chestnut:
A merchant ship filled with precious goods was being pursued by a ferocious pirate ship. In front of him was a sea that looked calm on the surface but was densely covered with reefs.
As long as they could safely pass through here, they could escape the fate of death.
If he had a "Golden Compass," this treasure would use the fate of escaping death as an anchor point to plan a route and guide the merchant ship to an absolutely safe waterway.
Of course, in this process, the compass would not give him any luck enhancement or assistance. Whether he could escape from this certain path of survival depended on his own ability.
If it were divination, it might produce multiple directions due to the purpose of survival.
For example, if he deviated by 12 compass points, there was a certain probability that he would encounter an unexpected life-saving straw. If he surrendered to the pirates, he would be protected by the Horseshoe Constellation. If he were to take this route, the probability of escaping danger would be the greatest.
Of course, there was also the greatest possibility. There was no saving him. Just wait for death. Goodbye.
It was clear at a glance where the difference was.
However, although it was absolute, the "Golden Compass" was not omnipotent.
Even if it was a gift from God and had magical powers, it was still just a compass. It was not a god with infinite power.
If you were surrounded by a group of large sea monsters, it might give you a vertical guidance.
As for whether you had the ability to go up to heaven, it was not within its scope of consideration.
However, the ability of the "Golden Compass" was not the reason why Elvin chose him.
Even if he never talked about it, he always had a dream of exploring the sea and the world's secrets. But compared to believing in the path of survival that a "compass" guided, he believed in his own strength more.
Click!
From an exquisite walnut box, he took out the golden compass that was about the size of a pocket watch. Thanks to the characteristics of God's gift, there were no traces of wear on it, as if it was brand new.
He opened the golden cover that was engraved with a pattern that looked like a star map of the universe. Under the smooth crystal surface, there were scales and letters that were no different from a normal compass.
In the middle, there was a magnetic needle in the shape of an arrow. Half of it was red and the other half was gold. On the shore and when there was no danger, it was just an ordinary compass.
Obviously, the secret of the "Golden Compass" was not here.
Elvin closed the cover and turned the compass over. He could clearly see that the bottom of the compass was branded with a part of a golden city.
It was said that the golden city on the back of each "Golden Compass" was different. Scholars speculated that it might be a part of the legendary "Golden Kingdom," the residence of God, with limited information.
But if you asked them to identify which God it was, no one could say.
Among them.
Some of the magical stories about the "Golden Compass" were widely spread, but some of the secrets were only spread among its owner and inheritor.
In the seemingly seamless structure at the bottom of the compass, there was actually another universe.
This was a secret that very few people knew. Fortunately, after Elvin's spiritual power was activated, his childhood memory had been fully restored. Otherwise, he might not have remembered it clearly.
Elvin pressed the bottom cover with his thumb. It sank almost imperceptibly, then rotated half a circle clockwise. After releasing it, it rotated one circle counterclockwise.
Click!
The bottom cover that seemed to be integrated with the compass had popped open by itself.
Inside, there was a complex mechanical structure that was different from an ordinary nautical compass. There were precise gears, springs, gems, and complicated small spells. The precision was a mystery and mechanical beauty that no one in this era could imagine.
Elvin's attention was not here. On the side of the inner shell, there was a small line of words written with unknown green paint: "Garriott, Year 12 of the Haiyuan Calendar."
"Ha, it's really it!"
Finally, his initial guess was confirmed. Elvin was once again glad that he had chosen the path of the navy. This family treasure could be recovered after losing it.
If he had chosen to be a pirate at the beginning, not to mention an ordinary official Knight, even a third-grade great Knight like his sister would not have been able to snatch this "Golden Compass" from the kingdom's treasury.
After a short moment of joy, Elvin's emotions became complicated.
The joy of regaining what he had lost, the melancholy of seeing the object and thinking of the person he loved, the emotion of the object being the same but the person being different … In the end, there were only mixed feelings in his heart.
After a long time, he collected his emotions and put the bottom cover back.
Elvin stroked the "Golden Compass" that had only been secretly passed down for nearly two hundred years between the family master and the inheritor. The legend about it reappeared in his heart.
In the story passed down by the Garriott family.
When their ancestor, Garriott, was still a penniless, unhappy explorer of the common people (there are differences between captains, shipowners, and financiers, and it is not impossible for a penniless commoner to be an explorer).
Once, when he was drinking in a tavern, he accidentally met a mysterious person who claimed to be from the other side of the sea.
Even though coastal shipping was already very developed before this, and ships had undergone several revolutionary changes, the current situation was still very different.
But the first year of the Haiyuan Calendar was the beginning of ocean exploration. The landmark event was the Kingdom of Shilius being the first to "conquer" the Treasure Sea and discover the Southern Continent.
So, the young Garriott subconsciously thought that the mysterious person was from the Southern Continent on the other side of the Treasure Sea.
When the two were drinking, the mysterious visitor from afar heard the depression in the explorer's words, so he very generously proposed a deal.
The mysterious person's bargaining chip was this "Golden Compass," and the price Garriott had to pay was not money, life, or soul, but a "timid and comfortable" heart.
However, Garriott didn't care about the inexplicable price at all.
Garriott, who was determined to become a great adventurer, felt that he had never had such useless things since he went to sea. Also, could such an illusory mood be used as a bargaining chip?
At that time, Garriott, who was still too weak as a Transcendent, didn't think too much about it and agreed to the deal without hesitation.
What happened next was just as he had hoped.
The "Golden Compass" helped Garriott successfully explore the best route in the Treasure Sea.
As a result, the Garriott family was enfeoffed by the royal family of Ilya and became a real hereditary baron family with forty Knight Domains.
It wasn't until a long time later that Garriott, who was already a baron, learned the legend that the "Golden Compass" was a gift from the gods of the Golden Kingdom.
As for where the "Golden Kingdom" was, why they gave away the "Golden Compass", and who the other people who had the "Golden Compass" were, nobody could say for sure.
Almost two hundred years passed in a hurry. The "Golden Compass" of the Garriott family was lost in the night of blood and fire in Blackstone Town. It was not until today that the "Golden Compass" returned to the hands of Elvin, a descendant of the Garriott family.
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