Chapter 23 Activating the Hidden Mission

Black Sail thought for a moment about Fang Senyan's statement and said:

"I can only say that this is a reasonable and bold guess, sir."

Fang Senyan looked at Black Sail and pondered for a while:

"But you haven't told me the most crucial thing, the name of this fruit, its purpose."

An embarrassed expression appeared on Black Sail's face:

"I've already said everything I know. I'm just a pirate after all, sir. Oh, right, it's a very rare seed. It should fetch a good price in Tortuga."

Fang Senyan smiled:

"But I think your knowledge seems very extensive. Very much like an alchemist."

Black Sail's expression became even more awkward:

"In fact, I was just a servant before... a very humble one. I was fortunate enough to live under the patronage of Lord Fooke in Tortuga for five years. During that time, I overheard some knowledge from a great alchemist, and even more fortunately, I seemed to be able to successfully master it. That's the origin of the abilities you see now. However, with the decline of Tortuga, that alchemist also seemed to have died, and I had no choice but to become a pirate in order to survive."

Fang Senyan said with interest:

"What was the name of that great alchemist?"

"Master Bacon, may his soul rest in peace," Black Sail said respectfully.

Fang Senyan asked curiously:

"How could he have died? Even pirates wouldn't dare to offend his authority, right?"

Black Sail shrugged:

"Before it happened, the master was summoned into the castle by the lord. When he left, he took almost all of his treasures, because he was said to be going to perform a soul-related ritual. I still remember him instructing me to prepare a six-rare black pepper lamb chop for dinner before he left, otherwise he would reward me with a whip. Unfortunately, the end result was that I prepared the delicious dinner in advance, but the master never came back."

Next, Fang Senyan continued to talk with Black Sail for a while, roughly grasped the situation of the now completely deserted Tortuga, and then let him leave. Without Fang Senyan's instructions, all the pirates automatically went to their respective positions after sailing out of the Sargasso Sea area. The *Sam* hoisted its sails and tore through the sea at an extremely high speed, riding the wind and waves!

When people see the white foam waves rolling up heavily and hitting the thick gray-black rocks on the shore, it signifies that Tortuga is close at hand.

Compared to the previous Tortuga, this place is even more naturally endowed.

If you were to look down from a high altitude, this island would present a very standard Z shape, with only an entrance of less than two hundred meters, and a ring-shaped bay protected by huge, towering black rock mountains, where ships of up to seven masts could be berthed.

Even more admirable is that even in front of the only bay entrance of the Z, there is still a black triangular giant reef standing majestically, which means that even when a typhoon comes, the turbulent waves outside can hardly affect the peace and tranquility in the bay.

Compared with Lord Fooke's monopoly on Tortuga before, this emerging neutral port seems to be supported by several forces together. After Fang Senyan and the others saw the symbolic triangular black giant reef, they even heard the "pa pa" sound coming from the brightly lit port in the distance.

A former Royal Navy sailor said suspiciously:

"Are they releasing fireworks to welcome us?"

Old Sea Dog happened to hear this sentence, grinned his yellow teeth and smiled:

"No, they are having a gunfight. Tortuga is a city full of chaos, wealth, and freedom."

Almost all the former Royal Navy sailors shrugged their shoulders, expressing their incomprehension.

Because Fang Senyan's ships were standard warships of the British Navy, they received a violent bombardment as a baptism when they approached the narrow bay entrance. Fortunately, old pirates who had been here before took a lifeboat to negotiate, and after those guys saw the pirate flag hanging above the ship, they sent people up to check it again, and then they were released smoothly of course, after paying the port entry fee.

In addition, they also registered the transaction intentions of Fang Senyan and his group, such as what they wanted to sell, what they wanted to buy, and so on. In a word, the "customs" procedures in this port are simple, but not sloppy.

When the *Sam* successfully docked on the shore, Fang Senyan calculated the time, and there were still three hours before dawn, which meant that the budget time left for them was still quite sufficient.

In order to avoid some accidents, Fang Senyan ordered all the pirates to wait on the ship. The three of them plus Kambi. Because this guy had been here once before, he knew more about Tortuga, and Kambi's force was not to be underestimated at this time.

If something happened when they were not there, then Philip and Old Sea Dog would negotiate and solve it, and then announce the free activities after they came back.

Although Fang Senyan's decision at this time was a bit unreasonable, his power had penetrated into the hearts of the people, so the pirates could only obey. When Fang Senyan and the three set foot on the land of Tortuga, they immediately received a prompt from the Nightmare Imprint:

"You have set foot on the pirate port: Tortuga."

"Main quest: Setting Sail completed."

"You will receive a reward of 1500 universal points."

"Your contribution value +1."

"Hint: You arrived at Tortuga before 8 am."

"You have successfully activated the conditions for the hidden main quest."

"Do you want to activate the hidden main quest? (Warning, choosing this option will increase the difficulty of your next adventure experience, and you will no longer be able to accept normal subsequent main quests.)"

Fang Senyan and the three looked at each other, discussed it briefly, and felt that there should not be too many problems, so they chose the hidden mission.

Reef waited for Fang Senyan and the others to obtain the task rewards, and confirmed that this task reward was not rich, so he was not in a hurry to awaken the Colonist, continue to accept the task, and further suppress the difficulty of the task. However, after the weakening of the space, Reef only received a reward of 300 general points for this main task, but fortunately, the contribution point was not reduced.

Immediately afterwards, a series of prompts were quickly given:

"You have activated the hidden main quest: Turning Point."

"In Tortuga at this time, it can be said that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Some seemingly down-and-out guys actually hide many secrets. You can find out many valuable clues from the bartender's mouth in the Gray Pigeon Hotel in the port."

At this time, Fang Senyan and the three naturally told Kambi the location, and asked him to take the three to rush over to seize the time. Along the way, there were quite a lot of people in Tortuga, and it was also quite chaotic. It was not as organized as the previous Tortuga under the rule of Lord Fooke, but it had a kind of rude and obscene vitality that only pirates have.

The four walked on the streets of Tortuga for a while. The randomly built buildings looked like mole nests. Dirty people roamed the streets, and people were beaten from time to time. Prostitutes fanned cheap skirts and attracted customers with inferior rouge and powder. Their makeup was appalling, just like clowns now. Overly red mouths or overly white powder, the city seemed to be covered with a thick layer of dust.

Suddenly, Black brothers reached back and grabbed a hand that stretched into his pocket. The owner of the hand was a ragged tramp, and the anchor tattoo on his chest could determine that this was an unemployed pirate.

The tramp, who was caught on the spot, did not have the shame and awareness of being a thief, but instead used the other hand to pinch the dagger and stab it at Mogansha, obviously intending to rob if the theft failed.

Since this was the case, Black brothers were completely polite. He twisted his hand clockwise forcefully until the bones of this guy's arm made a crisp "pop" sound, and then let go in his shrill screams.

Just as this thief/robber, who was in pain and covered in cold sweat, raised his head and looked over with resentful eyes, Black brothers took out the Wasp pistol and blew his head very neatly, directly using blood and cruelty to show that he was not easy to mess with. Undoubtedly, this move deterred at least seven or eight guys who wanted to come over to make trouble.

Obviously, merchants who do not have the ability to protect themselves will definitely not be able to get along in this chaotic port. As long as you don't cause trouble to the shops, then everything is allowed. Perhaps it is this kind of high degree of freedom that makes the pirates feel comfortable. From this point of view, the deformed prosperity of Tortuga is definitely not without reason.

The Gray Pigeon Bar was not too difficult to find. There were only wooden tables against the wall. The craftsmanship of these tables looked very crude, but they all had in common that they were strong, solid, and could not be moved. Fang Senyan even noticed that the drinking cups were also made of wood.

The light in the bar was dim, and the white candles on the candlesticks seemed to be about to go out in the next second. As soon as you walked into the bar, your nose, which had been cleaned by the sea breeze for a long time, was filled with a mixture of foot odor, alcohol, and sweat. The temperature in the bar should be five or six degrees higher than outside. The noise was deafening. Some people were crying, some people were laughing, and some drunkards were fighting with strangers. The sound of fists and feet hitting flesh was incessant. ro@.