Pillar of Yita

The most valuable find was probably a Magic Ring. Fang Hong tested it and found that it could accelerate Ether convergence—in short, it increased casting Speed and provided a small amount of Magic Power regeneration.

In the system, the ring’s name was Ring of Ruolian. Almost all the Spellcasters in the party could use it, but Luo Yu and Xiangzi both agreed to give the ring to Gita.

The reason was that a Scholar needed Magic Power regeneration more, and of course Xiangzi had an even more important reason—he disdained fighting a little girl over loot.

Besides, he’d already gained something on this trip: he’d found that sword in the Captain’s cabin.

And it turned out that the ship owner’s Sword had quite the background: it was the famed Imperial Glory Second Type, a famous Sword produced by the Imperial Workshop. Because of the cost, only a hundred and twenty were ever made; all later ones were simplified counterfeits.

The one in Xiangzi’s hand, however, was the genuine article. In addition to the Swift, Sharp Edge and other abilities that most Magic Guided Rapiers ought to have, the most important abilities of the Imperial Glory Second Type were Magic Power absorption, the deployment of a Shield, and Mana Storage; it also came with a Flash Spell attached.

”Absorb Magic Power,” as the name implied, meant that Attacks would come with a magic-draining effect. The Imperial Glory Second Type would store that Magic Power and, when the wielder needed it, release it to form a Magic Shield.

This ability was just right for Xiangzi. One major problem with casting in close Combat was that it was easy to be disrupted and fail a Spell, so he had no choice but to pick Spells with very short incantations for Combat.

But Spells with very short incantations were either too weak or too low Level, and could only play a supporting role in Combat.

With this Shield for protection, he could calmly cast some Spells that required longer preparation time, which undoubtedly increased his tactical flexibility.

Aside from the Magic Shield, the Imperial Glory Second Type also had Mana Storage—although many Rapiers had Mana Storage, this sword could cast Spells using the Magic Power it absorbed, and that was truly remarkable.

As for the attached Flash Spell, with a one-minute cooldown, it was basically a free extra, but it was also the reason this sword had its name—an ability inherited all the way from the First Generation.

This was a relatively rare Magic System Magic Guided Sword, but considering the ship owner’s identity, it wasn’t surprising that he used such a sword.

It was just that the Imperial Glory Second Type had gone out of production twenty-four years ago, and its current genuine market price was two million two hundred thousand Lycel. While part of that came from its collection value, it was still jaw-dropping.

With this sword in hand, Xiangzi immediately became the wealthiest person aboard the Seven Seas Traveler.

But what was even more intriguing was that for this ship owner, as a Pirate, to have gotten this sword, his background clearly wasn’t that simple.

Even if he’d robbed it, the person who originally owned this sword could hardly have been poor or weak. To seize the sword from such a person already said a lot in itself.

Not long ago, Tang Xin had also told him another thing: the secret room on that ship was obviously not added later, but had existed from the very beginning of the design.

This meant that this five-masted ship was not something that Pirate boss had hijacked; it was something he had built.

Snatching such a ship might be possible through all sorts of coincidences and opportunities, but building such a ship was not something that could be done with just a bit of money.

Fang Hong himself had built the Seven Seas Traveler and had received the full support of Istania’s Crown Princess, so he naturally understood just how much manpower, resources, and connections it took.

He glanced at the surrounding cliff walls; Luo Hao’s earlier words had also given him an idea.

As for the revenge the ship owner had mentioned, perhaps he’d been chased to this place by his enemy, and, with nowhere left to run, had plunged into the Stream Zone here without hesitation, then crashed with his ship in this place.

The question was, did he know this was a Dead Silence Zone?

Judging from the fact that he’d said he had long known this day would come, perhaps he did.

But what was puzzling was: who were the people hunting him, and why were they hunting him? If it was for the secrets aboard this ship, then why didn’t they come into this place?

There were still plenty of suspicious points, especially this inexplicable inheritance of his—asking others to avenge him, yet not specifying the target of the revenge.

Fortunately, Fang Hong didn’t really care.

He had no inclination to become some Pirate’s heir. As for all these things—those were his Spoils of War. Whether the other party approved or not, he was taking them.

As for that black Alloy Key, after thinking it over, he took it as well. He still hadn’t figured out the secret of those Constructs, but that Alchemy Formula bothered him a bit; he couldn’t very well discover some secret in the future and then come back here just to fetch this Key, could he?

If it ended up in someone else’s hands, he’d be kicking himself to death.

Although he also had a hunch that the treasure vault left by the ship owner might be a bit tricky, regardless of whether he ultimately decided to go to that place or not, taking the Key first could never be wrong.

The Seven Seas Traveler arrived before long, the dinghy was lowered, and Luo Hao and the others quickly found the entrance to that Arrow-Tailed Kite nest.

But figuring out how to move the stuff from the big ship out of here was a massive headache.

The Constructs and ship timber were manageable—at worst it would just take time and multiple trips.

But the Core Crystal recovered from the Magic Guided Pilot Cabin gave Fang Hong a real problem.

In short, the thing was simply too big, a full five meters long, with its thickest point two meters wide, and weighing over a ton.