Bang! Bang! Bang!
Twelve muskets were fired. It was the highest respect the navy and pirates could give to the deceased during a funeral. Although the Pirate King was as cold as the devil, he was not stingy with this bit of mercy to a respectable opponent.
Splash … Splash …
The entertainment that belonged to the Pirate King ended. Under the joint efforts of the Earth Snake Lizard and the Earthquake Twin-Headed Tortoise, the muddy water surged again.
The location of the hole might be one of the snow-harvesting areas on the second level of the treasure vault.
Along with the muddy water, there were also many treasures of the bank group. There were all kinds of priceless precious metal utensils, jewelry, antiques, famous oil paintings that were soaked in the muddy water, extraordinary weapons, and … even some rare treasures of the sea.
However, the "invincible" Pirate King Huggins was standing at the edge of the hole. Even the greediest pirate did not dare to look at those things.
Soon, there was a rumbling sound.
The last layer of rock also collapsed.
There were no more obstacles between them and their final goal. Some kind of invisible wave that could only be sensed by certain existences was released clearly.
Roar —!
Hiss —!
The sea monsters on the periphery instantly became restless and hissed.
However, no one noticed that Huggins, who was standing in front of the huge hole, was also breathing rapidly and almost could not control himself.
For ordinary people below demigod level, the "Heart of the Ocean" was no different from an ordinary gem.
However, for the "Mother of Sea Monsters" Ecto and the "Sea Witch" Hipponoa, the two goddesses who controlled part of the authority of the Black Sea, as dependents of the mysterious source and Extraordinaires who walked the same path, it was so different!
After barely calming down the restlessness in his heart, Huggins turned to look in the direction of the Golden Roof Cathedral. After noticing that there was no movement, he sneered and gave an order to the pirates under his command.
"Go! Starting from the third level, empty the treasure vault! "
Before he really got his hands on the treasure, he did not want to complicate matters. He would let those annoying bugs go for the time being.
"Yes, my Lord!"
"Leave it to us!"
A large number of well-prepared pirates lowered the ropes and slid down nimbly.
Even in such an exciting moment of harvest, Huggins would never put himself in danger. Even if he was a peak Level Three Extraordinaire, if the rock layer collapsed and he was trapped 40 meters underground, he would never be able to escape!
He believed that even if he didn't go down personally, no one would be able to secretly take away his treasures under his nose.
With such caution, it was no wonder that this Pirate King could steadily reach his current position.
In a cathedral not far away.
"Mr. Chairman, what should we do?"
A group of ashen-faced bank directors stood by the window on the top floor of the cathedral, looking at the hundreds of pirates moving their most precious assets away bit by bit as if they were moving houses.
As a bank that had business all over the continent, the treasures stored in the treasury were far more than just the wealth of the bank group. Most of the treasures were actually gold that belonged to customers, entrusted safekeeping items, loan collateral, and so on.
If all of them were lost, even if the banking group was strong, they might not be able to handle it!
Old Joel turned around and looked at the directors around him, feeling a little disheartened. He said in a self-deprecating tone,
"Clearly, we were all fooled by Huggins's disguise before this incident. To be able to lead over a hundred sea monsters to attack the bank's headquarters, they really think highly of us Nederland! "
After a deep sigh, the originally gray-haired but hale and hearty old man suddenly seemed to have aged ten years. He was almost no different from an old man with one foot in the grave.
He understood what these directors meant. Although the Nederland Bank Group was already an indisputable giant in the industry, the shareholders, factions, and forces within were also unimaginably complicated.
Even if he was a bank director, it did not mean that he was irreplaceable!
"Don't worry, I'll bear the responsibility this time. Great Knight Grace has already used his life to fulfill his duty. Of course, I should also fulfill mine. After this, I'll resign from my position as the chairman of the committee. "
In the bank's motto, there was naturally content about using one's life to defend the customer's property. However, "Since ancient times, the hardest thing is to die". Moreover, it was to die in vain. Not only would these young people not do it, but Old Joel himself would not do it either!
Given the current situation, even if all the combat power in the cathedral were to be used in one go, it would be meaningless.
They were an egg. No matter what tactics they used, whether it was a salted egg, a boiled egg, or a century egg … they would never be able to touch a pebble.
What he was thinking about was.
The death of a famous "Sworn Knight" was enough to shut the mouths of the bank's opponents. All that was left was to figure out a way to fill up the astronomical hole.
Otherwise, even if they were to survive today, they would become a rat that everyone wanted to beat up later.
"Ah! Quick, look! Is Huggins looking for the crown that Philip II mortgaged?! "
At this moment, a sharp-eyed director had already seen Huggins personally take out a luxurious golden crown from a pile of colorful treasures.
The base of the pure gold was interlaced with thistle-shaped and lily-shaped decorations. It was inlaid with pearls, crystals, and carved gemstones. The four arches on the front, back, left, and right of the crown held up a large sapphire.
That was the crown that belonged to King Philip II of Shilius, the most powerful country in the sea!
Of course, there was only one coronation crown passed down through the kingdom. Even if the current King Philip II of Shilius was beaten to death, he would not use that as a mortgage.
But even if there were more than ten ordinary crowns that were worn daily, it still represented the supreme right to rule the kingdom of Shilius. It had an incomparable symbolic meaning!
From this, it could be seen how tight the finances of Shilius had been over the years. If not for the fact that the loan amount was too huge, it would not have been possible to mortgage something as important as the crown to the bank.
"So Huggins' target is really this Shilius' crown. Is there anything strange about this crown?"
Seeing how the Pirate King held the crown in such a precious manner and refused to let anyone else touch it, how could the directors not understand what Huggins wanted after mobilizing so many people for such a long time?
Philip II, the Pirate King, the Kraken, the Deepsea Brotherhood, the Mother of the Krakens …
Each and every one of these people and forces crossed their minds.
Then, they easily came to a conclusion that they thought was correct. The "Nederland Bank" was simply taking the bullet for the people of Shilius!
Moreover, could it be that Philip II already knew that he was being targeted by an evil god and deliberately mortgaged this crown to divert the trouble away?
The thoughts of the bankers quickly scattered and they instantly thought of countless schemes and plots.
Some of the directors lamented bitterly.
"If you want the crown, you should have said so earlier. Is there anything that can't be discussed? Why did you have to make things like this? "
But even though he said so, he himself understood the situation.
If Huggins had really used the underhanded method to make a deal, the biggest possibility was to let the "keepers" like him realize that the crown was unusual. Then, they would bring it to a place where Huggins would never find it and study it alone.
But it was too late to say anything now.
Only the chairman of the bank, Old Joel, looked at the crown and muttered.
"Shilius, huh? In order to let the bank safely tide over this crisis, we can only release the news about that place. I hope you're still as greedy as ever!
This world of great navigation is already chaotic to begin with. So what if it gets a little more chaotic? "
* Bang! * * Bang! * * Bang! *
At the edge of the pit, treasures that were hard to come by in the outside world were brought up basket by basket.
Then, they were sorted and crated by the pirates waiting above.
Although the bankers had taken very good security measures, the various preventive measures were mainly in the passageways and rock walls. They weren't crazy enough to put curses on every treasure.
The reason was simple. The margin for error was too low. Even their own people would be accidentally injured if they weren't careful.
This also provided convenience for the pirates who "found another way" to move and plunder.
However, there were too many treasures in the underground vault, far exceeding the carrying capacity of the pirate ship.
But in this situation.
The Pirate King gave a strange order that made the pirates even more puzzled. Two-thirds of the carrying capacity of the "Eternal Icon" would be used as the standard, and the excess would be discarded!
The pirates also knew that although their actions were indeed a race against time, there were still many sea monsters that could be used as beasts of burden. Why not use them?
For the rest of their pirate careers, they might not have the opportunity to plunder the vault of the continent's largest bank!
But there was no one on this ship who dared to question the Pirate King's order.
They could only reluctantly discard most of the heavy and worthless … gold!
That's right. At this point, gold had become the cheapest thing.
The items that could be crated and taken away were mainly the finest items on the third floor. Precious potions, alchemy creations, powerful sea treasures, precious Beyonder materials, significant and priceless secular treasures, and so on.
From the fact that the relatively useless sea treasures could only be thrown to the second floor, one could imagine the preciousness of the treasures on the third floor!
It could be said that even if only two-thirds of the pirate ship's carrying capacity were taken away, the most valuable essence of the vault had already been swept clean.
The Netherland Bank suffered an unprecedented loss!
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