Struggle in the Steam Age

Since awakening Bai Zetu's ability, Lawrence has collected ghost images of more than a dozen monsters. But the problem is that the fighting power of these phantoms is a bit too horrible. For Lawrence, if they can win the enemy, they can be easily killed with a little seriousness, and more often they are because of their low strength, and they can't even participate in the battle.

Therefore, when Lawrence first owned Bai Zetu, the idea that a group of monster phantoms would appear out of thin air to drown the enemy with just a wave of his hand seemed impossible to realize in a short time, but he also found another way and developed Bai Zetu. Another usage.

That is to let these monster phantoms act as their own eyes for reconnaissance, or as coolies to carry various things after the battle is over. And these phantoms can even have various unexpected effects after being used together with the paper man magic.

For example, these monster phantoms can lead a stack of paper figurines to break through places that cannot be approached because the paper figurines are too fragile, and then release these paper figurines to conduct a large-scale investigation of the surrounding environment.

And now, Lawrence and the others were standing on the deck of the Enterprise while eating coconuts, while waiting for the results of the investigation by the paper figurines and monster phantoms.

Pirates often use their ingenuity when hiding things on the ship, and they will hide in various parts of the hull. If you simply rely on manpower to find it, unless the boat is completely dismantled, it is easy for wealth to slip through the net in the search. For example, when Lawrence was in Eagle Castle, he often heard rumors from workers who came to drink in the tavern that workers from a certain shipyard and shipbreaking yard found rings, gold coins and even It's a thick wad of money.

The pirates were no exception. For example, the papermen of Lawrence found all kinds of hidden wealth from the cracks of the plywood, the bottom of the barrel and other small spaces. Even Lawrence found in the sunken wooden boat that someone dared to make a hole in the plank to hide wealth, and then blocked the hole with wood chips.

As time passed, a pile of trophies slowly began to appear in front of Lawrence and the others. Part of it was freshly salvaged booty from the wreck, and it looked soggy. The other part was obtained from the two pirate ships still floating on the sea.

These trophies looked a bit messy, including various precious metal currencies, as well as banknotes from countries with stable economies in the Sea of ​​Stars and even the Old Continent. There are even some precious metal fragments that were divided into small pieces by cutting or other means, but it is quite in line with the pirates' habit of dividing the spoils.

Finally, under the vigorous dragging of a group of monsters Xu Yin, the two safes were also dragged to the deck of the Enterprise by the group of monster phantoms. Then put it together with the riches found in various parts of the pirate ship.

After all the paper figurines and monster phantoms returned, Lawrence and the others threw the empty coconut shells into the sea, and then walked towards the captain's cabin of the two ships together. Because according to the reports of the paper people, the only place where wealth may exist is a cabinet in the captain's cabin of the pirate flagship that has been protected by magic.

The safes of the sunken ship and the steamer that had just surrendered had been moved aboard the Enterprise, and the mate took care of the rest. According to the rules, 1/4 of the seized wealth that has nothing to do with the extraordinary will be handed over to the navy, and the remaining 3/4 will be distributed among all non-extraordinary people participating in the war.

The wealth distributed by the personnel on board will be divided into many shares, among which 1/8 of the total wealth belongs to the commander, and 1/8 belongs to the management. The deputy captain, navigator, marine captain, carpenter, etc. The management team shares 1/8 of the total amount; 1/8 goes to the backbone of the business, and one-eighth is shared by the ship's doctors, priests, chief of staff, etc.; 1/8 goes to the secretaries, junior officers, Marine Corps non-commissioned officers, doctors Assistants get 1/8 equally; the final 1/4 is redistributed by ordinary sailors.

However, because the Enterprise is relatively small, many of the people on board are part-timers. So many people can get two or even three wealth. For example, Lawrence, as an extraordinary combatant, theoretically can only share the spoils from the extraordinary spoils, but in this battle, he also served as a commander, doctor and doctor's assistant, so according to the rules, he can also get from this money. to part.

Of course, to Lawrence and the extraordinary people on board, although these worldly wealth made their eyes shine, they were far less attractive than the extraordinary treasures in the safe on the pirate flagship.

After pushing open the door of the head of the pirate group's room, it was as empty as everyone imagined. However, because of the discovery of the previous paper people, everyone simply bypassed the tables that might hide treasures or the wooden boxes locked at the foot of the bed, and finally came to a large wardrobe.

"That's where my paper figurine lost contact with the monster phantom just now." Lawrence pointed to the half-covered cabinet door, and on the wooden floor outside the cabinet door, there were seven or eight balls of human-shaped ashes the size of a palm. .

These ashes are the traces left by the little paper figurines and monster phantoms commanded by Lawrence just now when they tried to open the cabinet. Of course, the ashes are only produced by the burning of the little paper people after being severely injured, and the monster phantoms will not leave anything after being defeated.

"Is there anything abnormal in this cabinet?" At this time, the agricultural druid of the Church of the Goddess of Agriculture asked curiously, because he didn't think there was anything wrong with the cabinet in front of him.

"There should be something abnormal, otherwise, my son's paper dolls would not be burned to ashes in an instant." Mr. Lambert naturally knew the characteristics of Lawrence's paper doll magic. After returning from learning, Lawrence’s paper figurines have gone up a big step compared to before. At least in terms of fire resistance, if it is an ordinary flame, it will take 15 seconds to burn continuously before it catches fire, like this situation where it burns to ashes instantly Certainly not normal.

As a priest of the Church of Knowledge, Lawrence's adoptive father, Mr. Lambert, seemed quite experienced in such situations. He took out a magic item made of brass and glass from his arms, held it up in front of his left hand, inspected the cabinet carefully, tried to release a few spells, then turned his head and said to the others:

"It is indeed equipped with some very dangerous magic, and it is very hidden. If I didn't know it in advance, once it touched it, it would be much more troublesome than expected, and it might even be life-threatening."

"Father, is this thing really so troublesome?" Lawrence asked: "That person is just a black priest who is about the same level as you. He probably doesn't have enough level to set up such a powerful magic item."

"You're right, the black priest itself should not have such a level." Mr. Lambert shook his head lightly, then put away the magic props and stood up and said. "But the existence behind him that he served before should have such energy."

Black priests often serve some of the lower planes, and even some evil beings in the astral plane. The power of these existences varies greatly, the weakest ones are equivalent to the level of demigods, but the top ones can even be compared with powerful gods.

And the existence behind this black priest should be a deity equivalent to a medium divine power, so it is normal for the orthodox priests of the same level to feel a headache for the insurance he put on the cabinet for his own black priest.

However, since that existence is mainly strong in secrecy, after being found to be abnormal, I want to solve the above problems. The difficulty is not too great. Only ten minutes later, with the sound of broken glass coming from the cabinet, Lambert took a step back, nodded and said, "Okay, the magic trap above has been cleared, let's see what's inside. what."