East of the Golden Sea, the Dragon Cavalry Pirate Group's third private port.
Although there was no large dry dock that was expensive to build, the other facilities included a camp, a command center, a training ground, a blacksmith workshop … Even the pirate group's self-owned tavern was available.
It was more than enough to satisfy the pirates' short-term survival needs.
"Ah, ah ah ah …"
Clang!
"Quick, help me hold him down. Don't let him continue to go crazy and hurt himself!"
In a building made of bamboo, four strong pirates wearing the same black uniform swarmed forward, holding down a young man who was dressed the same as them.
Calvin, who was giving orders, pulled out a relatively soft cotton strip and tied the young man to the bed until he couldn't move at all.
"This is really strange. How did Jason's strength become so great? The four of us almost couldn't hold him down. "
"Don't talk nonsense. Open his mouth and let me force the sleeping pills down his throat."
As Elvin's second disciple, Calvin had an extraordinary status in the Dragon Cavalry Pirate Group. The pirates under him didn't dare to delay and quickly did as he was told.
Until a few minutes later.
After waiting for the medicine to take effect and the crazy young pirate on the bed to slowly fall asleep, the few of them finally heaved a sigh of relief.
However, Calvin furrowed his brows when he saw the tumor-like thing on his neck getting bigger and bigger. He knew that he still had a long way to go.
Bang!
Thud … Thud … Thud …
The door was suddenly opened. With Elvin, who was wearing a white mask and dressed as a White Knight, leading the way, several high-ranking Transcendents of the privateer fleet, including Milan, filed in.
Seeing Elvin's arrival, Calvin seemed to have found a pillar of support as his brows immediately relaxed.
"Teacher!"
Beside him, the few pirates under him bowed respectfully at the same time.
"Captain!"
"Yes, everyone has worked hard."
Waving his hand, Elvin walked to the bed and stared at the young man on the bed who had fallen asleep due to the effects of the medicine, but still had a pained expression on his face.
Turning around, Calvin, who had arrived a step earlier after receiving the news, asked,
"Is this the patient with the strange disease? How is the situation? "
"Yes, teacher! In fact, he was the first to act up, and also the one with the most serious condition. He was almost completely crazy.
There were three other sailors in the other rooms who were also affected. They could barely control themselves. These are all their medical records. Please take a look. "
Elvin took the stack of medical records from Calvin and glanced through them. He couldn't help but frown deeply.
Most of the Golden Sea had a tropical oceanic climate. This climate was not friendly to the Nimansts, who mainly lived in the higher latitudes of the Old Continent.
Malaria, yellow fever, haemorrhagia, edema, colds, parasitic diseases … and all kinds of strange diseases were hard to guard against.
However, the strange illness that afflicted these sailors was clearly not one of those common tropical diseases. Furthermore ….
Looking at the strange tumor-like growth on his neck, Elvin immediately gave the order.
"Stop all plundering activities at the third private port. All daily necessities will be provided by the pirate group's headquarters. Restrict the entry and exit of personnel. Carry out immediately!"
The upper echelons of the fleet and the managers of the private port nodded solemnly.
"Yes, Sir Captain!"
Although they didn't realize the severity of the problem, it didn't stop them from carrying out Elvin's orders unconditionally. They left after receiving the order.
After staring at the young man on the bed for a while, Elvin ordered.
"Alec, Calvin, come with me. The rest of you are dismissed."
"Yes, sir!"
A moment later.
Elvin, Milan, Alec, and Calvin had arrived at the command center built on the island.
Since they were all on the same side, Elvin didn't hide anything and snapped his fingers.
* Pa! *
A wave-like brilliance rose up and automatically washed over the four of them.
[Witchcraft: Cleanse!]
As an "Activation School" sorcerer who was good at dealing with all kinds of creatures, sterilization and disinfection was as easy as eating a meal for him.
"Alright, Captain Alec, please tell me everything from the beginning to the end."
After confirming that the disinfection was completed, Elvin sat on the chair and crossed his fingers. He was ready to find a way to solve this sudden big trouble from the root.
Although the illness of the four sailors was troublesome, the root of it was nothing more than a pathogen.
From a medical point of view, it might be troublesome, but from a witchcraft point of view, it was just a matter of how much Elvin was willing to pay.
Elvin was now more concerned about the source of the disease. Would it end here, or would it become more and more serious?
"Sir Captain, this has to be traced back to three days ago, when we carried out a raid …"
Obviously, when mentioning what happened that night, Alec's expression was obviously a little uncomfortable. One could imagine how strong the impact of that experience on an old pirate like him was.
"It was a small town in Shilius on Holguin Island …"
Following Alec's narration, everyone's thoughts were quickly brought to the strange rainy night that they had encountered earlier.
In the misty drizzle, Alek saw the seven to eight strange "freaks" who were originally normal humans walking out of the town.
As a veteran pirate, how could Alec be willing to risk his life to explore the secret behind it?
In the supernatural world, people who were too curious often didn't live long.
Especially when Sparrow, who was originally a wizard, analyzed for him.
"That was a very evil supernatural aura. The thing that controlled their bodies might not be their own consciousness.
Since they were in contact with the scouts before nightfall, then the abnormality was only a matter of a few hours. The power of an official supernatural would definitely not be able to do this. "
Hearing this, although one of them was a member of his own pirate group, Alec didn't dare to take a huge risk to bring him back.
Glancing at the town that was already half looted, Alec fiercely gritted his teeth, trying to suppress his greed for wealth, and decisively ordered.
"Send out the emergency signal, everyone immediately evacuate the town!"
Although the few pirates who followed him also heard the strange movement, they didn't have Alec's vision that could penetrate the night.
However, even if they hesitated for a moment because of the treasure, they immediately carried out the captain's order. Surviving in a place like the New World where there was no strong suppression of the church, they couldn't be taken lightly.
The guy who didn't take the warning of the strong to heart, the grass on his grave was already three feet high.
The next moment.
Whoosh — —
The sharp copper whistle cut through the night sky and also entered the ears of all the pirates.
When Alec and the others returned to the town along the main road, the pirates scattered all over the town had already retreated here after receiving the signal.
Most of them carried big and small bags. Although they didn't loot three feet of the ground, they already had a good harvest.
There were even pirates who brought back the other four scouts sent to the town in advance. They were found sleeping in the corner of the alley like the townspeople.
"Captain, what happened? There are still a lot of gold coins that haven't been found. "
No matter how unwilling they were, they had to listen to the captain's command when plundering. This was the iron rule of pirate operations.
After carrying out the order, it was not a problem to ask the reason.
"There is an unknown danger in the town, we will withdraw immediately …"
Suddenly.
"Woof woof woof …"
"Gagaga …"
"Huff huff huff …"
In the sky, the barking of dogs, the cawing of crows, or the roar of a storm suddenly filled everyone's ears.
Then, everyone saw one of the dark clouds above their heads fall lightly into the town, enveloping more than half of the town.
After a few breaths, there were all kinds of roars and chaotic running sounds coming from all over the town. And … It was running quickly in the direction of the town's entrance!
Everyone's face changed, and they all looked back in the direction of the town.
Alik even gave the order directly.
"Flintlocks, get ready!"
No one questioned Alec's decision anymore. They immediately picked up their unfired flintlocks with rain shields and set up a formation in the wide area at the entrance of the town.
When they saw the "things" running out of the town, they were shocked and glad that they obeyed the order to retreat and left the town in time.
Because of the gas lamp at the entrance of the town, they could clearly see.
Those guys who ran out of the dark clouds that shrouded the town were so ugly that it refreshed their worldview.
The residents of the town were still the original residents, but each of them had a disgusting cyst the size of a human head on their shoulders, necks, chests …
"Roar — —!"
"Roar — —!"
They roared like crazy beasts and rushed to the pirate's position.
"Fire!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Two hundred bright red lines of fire intertwined into a dense firepower net, piercing through the rain. It was like a fiery red forging hammer that broke the charging momentum of those monsters.
At the same time, Alec raised his right hand high and suddenly clenched it.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
On the three pirate ships on the shore, the pirates who had long been prepared for support launched a salvo. The whistling cannonballs smashed into the crowd of "cyst monsters", and the huge kinetic energy easily tore them into pieces.
Even the dark clouds that shrouded the small town slowly dissipated amidst the earth-shattering explosions.
When the dust settled.
Looking at the town that had quieted down again, even the pirates who valued money like their lives did not dare to propose to continue collecting the spoils of war.
"Take a few of our unconscious brothers, we're retreating!"
At this time, no one wanted to have anything to do with this strange town.
Back to the present.
"Now, the four brothers who were brought back are the ones who started acting up.
At first, when they slowly woke up, we thought they were fine, but we didn't expect their condition to slowly deteriorate.
The most serious one lost consciousness in just three days, just like the other townsfolk. "
Alec's tone was heavy. He did not expect a normal plundering operation to turn out like this.
"Okay, I understand. Your decision was correct."
Elvin comforted Alec. Alec had already fulfilled his duty as the captain by withdrawing his men in time to prevent more losses.
His body leaned back against the chair.
It seemed that when Elvin closed his eyes to think, he had already connected with the seagulls stationed near Holguin Island through the mental network. He could easily see what was happening on the island.
"As expected …"
At this time, not only was the town that Alec and the others visited a mess, but the five towns that belonged to the Shilius people all over the island had now turned into hell!
Whether it was the Shilius rulers in the towns or the Anumar slaves they enslaved, they had all turned into the "cyst monsters" that Alec described.
Although they were not in the center of the colony, Shilius' reaction was not slow.
There were already priests of the "Eternal Fire" on Holguin Island. With the cooperation of fully armed soldiers, they began to brutally suppress the beast-like infected in the name of cleaning up the demons.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "
"Roar!"
"Ah!"
And in the vision of the many seagulls, Holguin Island was no longer isolated on Holguin Island.
However, the 'Flame' was no longer limited to this isolated Holguin Island. The sea routes in the Golden Sea and even the coastal areas of the New World were showing signs of unrest.
At this point, Elvin realized that the severity of the situation was far beyond his expectations.
"The rainy night that the Storm Bottle couldn't predict, the strange movements that looked like dogs, crows, and storms before the strange things happened, and the humans who couldn't control themselves were all over the place …
And the speed of the spread is like the wind. Someone is spreading a dangerous source of infection on a large scale!
Evil God Cult? Evil Dark Sorcerers? Unknown forces? What's their purpose? "
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