They all call me Great Master-Chapter 596 - 593: The Scented Treasure Map!
Sakiri lay on the ground, unable to get up, still spitting out fresh blood.
The captain of the 'Devil of Dokiman Island' Pirate Group glared at Horton in the sky, with a look of unwillingness and regret in his eyes.
He was unwilling to die like this, for he had grand ambitions.
He regretted allowing his First Mate to provoke the other party, which had brought about his downfall.
'Indeed...
Was this Old John's scheme?
Did he bring this seemingly harmless, yet actually terrifying guy, just to lure me into a trap?'
In his dying moments, Sakiri couldn't help but think of 'Bloody John.'
The captain of the 'Devil of Dokiman Island' Pirate Group believed this was a trick by 'Bloody John.'
And indeed...
As the dark clouds appeared and thunder roared, the old captain had immediately ducked into a shelter.
It was a shelter specially designed against the Earl of South Los!
It could effectively disperse the power of thunder!
Although it was just a few lightning rods, they were genuinely life-saving devices!
Pirates sailing the nearby seas understood well that if they didn't want to be struck by lightning for no reason, they must have a shelter with efficient lightning rods.
Coconut Island was no exception.
In fact, Old John had added many conductive installations to ensure greater safety.
All the pirates in the port of Coconut Island had scattered.
Arthur, manipulating the General Puppet, decapitated Sakiri and fired a Wind Arrow into both sides of his chest before finally descending.
Of course, he didn't actually get close.
Instead, he used the power of the 'Storm' to search Sakiri's body.
It was somewhat similar to the 'Hand of Void,' but could delve deeper because...
Wind, permeates everything!
Soon, Arthur found a notebook and a compass needle on Sakiri's body.
Then, Arthur discovered in Sakiri's rectum a sheepskin parchment, divided into quarters, each wrapped around a pig's bladder—all rolled into balls and emitting an odd smell.
Even though he was using the General Puppet to do this, Arthur still felt a sense of discomfort.
He felt the power of the 'Storm' had been dirtied.
Tainted.
So, Arthur washed the sheepskin papers wrapped around the pig's bladders in sea water several times before he opened them.
Blank!
There were no texts or drawings.
Even piecing together the four pieces of sheepskin paper made no difference.
Arthur frowned, but he did not get frustrated.
Because, there was still the notebook.
Arthur believed there should be some clues in the notebook.
Indeed, there were.
The notes contained information about the purpose of the sheepskin paper: the Pirate King's treasure map.
It was only necessary to find the heir of the Pirate King and use their fresh blood to reveal the treasure map.
And that compass was the pointer to find the heir of the Pirate King.
Of course, this compass wasn't crafted by Sakiri—he wasn't skilled enough for that—the compass needle was personally made by the Pirate King.
According to the notes, the Pirate King Edward, in his later years, hoped to find his own bloodline heir to inherit everything from him.
To this end, the Pirate King Edward was very confident.
He was confident that having been with so many women, he must have an heir.
He would find his children and then instruct them carefully.
For this purpose, the Pirate King Edward sought out the then renowned 'Marine Alchemist' Danny Portman and traded 60,000 Gold Coins and a deep-sea dragon's eye as a reward, in exchange for the compass needle.
Then, something happened that drove Pirate King Edward to despair.
Just as he was confident, he truly had children.
But his children either died at birth or were abandoned by their mothers.
The only one who managed to grow up also died at 15 when his ship was sunk by North County's navy warships.
After confirming these news, Pirate King Edward nearly collapsed.
In the following years, the Pirate King repeatedly attacked the ports of North County, directly setting back the strength of the North County navy by more than 30 years.
Especially after the recognized high-quality deep-water port of Lordaeron was completely destroyed, North County's trade capital instantly fell from its pedestal, allowing Xisis Port to see unprecedented development and enriching South Los, which owned Xisis Port, with prosperity and flourishing trade.
Particularly once tea leaves were discovered in South County, the establishment of quality cloth factories, and the discovery of a large gold mine in Inner Bay, the status of north-south trade began to shift.
And when the weather in North County turned increasingly cold, half the year being winter, the north-south trade was completely reversed.
North County could no longer catch up to the prosperity of South County.
However, these are not important!
What's important was the deal between 'Bloody John' and Glast.
Glast claimed to have clues to the Pirate King's inheritance.
Could it be that Glast possesses clues to the descendants of the Pirate King?
Although Arthur didn't discover these from Glast's memories, there had to be an original reason for Sakiri to conceal them so "solemnly".
Moreover, among those children who were said to have died young, perhaps someone didn't want the child's father, Edward, to be known, and thus conspired accordingly.
Even, it's possible...
that the naval bombardment of the young man who went to sea by the North County navy was also a set-up.
It was meant to provoke a conflict between Pirate King Edward and North County.
Of course, these are all speculations.
However, the records found at the end of the notebook were indeed real—
The Ritual "Pirate's Blood"!
The secret technique "Abdel's Pyrokinesis"!
The secret technique "Sea Whale Breathing Technique"!
Both rituals and secret techniques were exceptionally detailed.
But what truly caught Arthur's attention was the signatory.
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Edward!
'Pirate King' Edward!
This was 'Pirate King' Edward's notebook, not Sakiri's.
Footsteps sounded nearby, and Arthur, controlling the General Puppet, gathered up the notebook, but just as he was about to secure the compass as well...
The needle on the compass moved.
Very slightly.
But it hadn't been moved by the wind.
It moved on its own.
Having ascertained this, Arthur, through the General Puppet, turned to look.
He saw her, Matilda.
The moment he saw this lady, Arthur came to a realization—
'So that's it!
No wonder Sakiri had betrayed the Coconut Island Alliance's pirates!
It was because he'd found a descendant of Edward!'
Arthur thought to himself.
As for whether such a rebellion was irrational?
Not at all!
On the contrary, for pirates, such a rebellion was perfectly reasonable.
A rebellion over a woman was all too common among pirates.
Even if the rebellion failed, leaving with the woman would not raise suspicions.
Afterward?
The natural course would be to search for 'Pirate King' Edward's treasure.
No one would realize Sakiri's true motives.
They would even mock Sakiri's overestimation of his abilities and his hasty retreat.
With rapid thoughts, Arthur, manipulating the General Puppet, furrowed his brow.
Afterward, he headed straight for his abode on the island.
He was adept at dealing with the present situation.
Don't be too proactive.
If they had come after him,
then they would continue to chase him.
Because—
they wanted something from him!
Meanwhile, Matilda, with a lost shoe and a soiled dress, was at a loss as Horton passed by her, which was utterly unlike what she had imagined.
Shouldn't he have asked her something?
Or hadn't she appeared miserable enough?
She had even purposely stumbled!
However, soon after, Matilda followed after him.
Hearing the movements behind him, Arthur continued to walk forward.
The wind grew fiercer.
The sound of thunder was also terrifying.
And such wind and thunder were enough to cover some unusual sounds.
For example—
the meow of a cat.
