Chapter 123

After the demon sword had absorbed the sunlight, Blackbeard stood up and walked outside. Because they hadn't received orders from Davy Jones, the five vicious elite pirates standing nearby immediately stepped forward, blocking Blackbeard’s path with fake smiles. Who knew that Blackbeard would once again grip the sword.

The silver rapier that had finally found its scabbard after many years of separation!

The rapier was drawn! With a clang, it was only half-drawn, but the bright triangular blade reflected a sharp light, searing everyone's pupils like the scorching sun! By the time everyone's vision had returned, they saw that the thick ropes used to bind the sails were writhing and jumping like snakes. With unbelievable speed, they wrapped around the ankles and arms of the five elite pirates, tightening their grip and hoisting the fearsome pirates upside down!

Then, Blackbeard's hoarse laughter echoed outside, the sound like scraping the bottom of a pot with a knife, extremely unpleasant. He strode away, disappearing after only five or six steps. Davy Jones sat on the nearby stool, deep in thought. After a few minutes, the rope that seemed to have a life of its own loosened, and the elite pirates fell to the ground with a thud, their faces full of disbelief. They retreated only after seeing that Davy Jones' expression hadn't changed.

Davy Jones' eyes scanned the items on the table one by one before he sighed in satisfaction and laughed heartily,

"Blackbeard, you fool! Unbeatable in boarding actions? True, that demon sword seems to be able to control the ship's ropes, but so what? With these things, I can install twenty breech-loading cannons on the old Flying Dutchman! His broken ship will be shark food ten nautical miles out!"

Fang Senyan remained silent, knowing that saying anything at this moment would be inappropriate. Davy Jones tapped the table with his thick forefinger, then pondered,

"You've done a great service today. I've always been fair with rewards and punishments; I didn't get the nickname 'Generous Jones' for nothing."

As he spoke, Davy Jones tapped the table again. The bulkhead behind him suddenly collapsed with a crash, displaying the items behind it in the sunlight streaming in from the window, like a counter. Even though Fang Senyan had been prepared, his heart still felt a jolt!

Appearing before him was Davy Jones' entire collection!

Although Fang Senyan couldn't identify their attributes at all, and a layer of mist shrouded the surface of these treasures, only their approximate shapes could be seen, but the light emanating from them showed that each item was definitely not ordinary. Even among them were several pieces of silver storyline equipment! Even the remaining items had a dark, heavy black light swirling around them, and the innermost items shone with indescribable specks of golden light!

Fang Senyan took a deep breath and heard Davy Jones say smugly,

"Welcome to Generous Paul's Rotating Roulette!" At this time, Davy Jones held up his miniature fish tank, and the octopus inside was also very excited, its tentacles dancing wildly, obviously in tune with its master's mind. Davy Jones put down the fish tank and pointed to the vault with interest,

"The rules of the game are simple. Paul will retrieve the reward you deserve. Before that, you have three minutes to influence its mood – of course, you can't cause it any harm. And I won't use any means to hint at what it should or shouldn't take."

A figure like Davy Jones would naturally not go back on his word, so Fang Senyan could rule out external interference. So what to take really depended on Davy Jones' pet octopus, Paul! His mind raced, trying to figure out how to please this octopus... If he remembered correctly, after Davy Jones was cursed and turned into a sea demon, this octopus named Paul also transformed into a huge sea monster, invincible in the ocean, with no ship it couldn't destroy.

Fang Senyan suddenly thought of something: it seemed that this Paul's Rotating Roulette was a special hobby of Davy Jones, often used to reward his subordinates. Davy Jones' personality and character would naturally prevent him from lying or cheating, and the pirates on board obviously knew a lot about this octopus Paul's preferences!

Then it could be inferred that if you could coax this octopus to be happy, you could get benefits, then Davy Jones' treasure would have been emptied long ago. But it was by no means impossible for someone to think in reverse and make the next deduction: since happiness doesn't get you any benefits, they must have tried to anger this poor Paul. Judging from the richness of the treasure trove, this path probably wouldn't lead anywhere either.

The five senses of humans are "joy, anger, sorrow, thought, fear". For this octopus, joy is mostly about eating, anger should only be generated when in contact with its own kind or when it is hurt. As for the emotion of sorrow, few people should be able to mobilize it, and fear needs to be created by direct harm - under Davy Jones' eyes, this is simply impossible.

Therefore, at this time, Fang Senyan's only choice to avoid taking the usual path was to arouse octopus Paul's "curiosity" and even "thinking" mood! There was no doubt that Paul would have such emotions. Even the intelligence of ordinary octopuses is very high, said to be equivalent to that of a five or six-year-old human child, and they can even unplug bottles to eat the small fish inside, and even accurately predict the results of the World Cup. Not to mention this Paul, Davy Jones' beloved pet? I'm afraid the difference between it and human thought is not great.

But this guy has followed Davy Jones for a long time, and it can be said that he is very knowledgeable. Ordinary things can be said to be completely disregarded by him, and octopuses are not curious about everything. For example, would a normal person be curious about a pile of smelly things that they have never seen before for no reason?

With this thought, an item suddenly appeared in Fang Senyan's mind! If it was this thing, he was absolutely sure that he could arouse this octopus Paul's curiosity, but if he guessed wrong, the price he would pay would be too great. At this time, seeing that the three minutes were up, and the octopus Paul was lazily climbing out of the fish tank, Fang Senyan gritted his teeth, took off the weapon he was wearing on his hand, the "Cobalt Steel Alloy Exoskeleton", and held it tightly in his hand. This was a weapon made by mechanical civilization nearly a thousand years in the future. Even if Davy Jones had a lot of experience, he would never have been able to show Paul before!

This weapon originally had camouflage ability. After Fang Senyan canceled it, the alloy-plated surface shone brightly in the sunlight! And its strange shape imitating human bones made even Davy Jones pay attention to it. Octopus Paul also raised its tentacles curiously. Obviously, the fish tank it was in had strange magic. It looked very small in the fish tank, but after climbing out, it was actually a huge monster the size of a table, with tentacles as thick as bowls!

Paul wrapped its tentacles around the thing, looking very curious, and kept pulling it, trying to snatch the thing from Fang Senyan's hand. Fang Senyan smiled but resolutely refused to let go. He pointed to Davy Jones' treasure vault and said:

"Exchange."

Paul tried to grab it a few more times, and then really understood Fang Senyan's words, and quickly climbed into Davy Jones' treasure vault. The moment it entered, Fang Senyan even carefully noticed that a faint blue light appeared on the surface of its body, as if it had passed through some kind of barrier. Obviously, this treasure vault was not as harmless and undefended as it seemed. After Paul climbed in, it rolled around with its tentacles, searching everywhere. Not only did Fang Senyan feel nervous in his heart, but he even saw that Davy Jones' expression also showed some undisguised tension. Obviously, the development of the matter had escaped the control of this cunning old guy!

Seeing octopus Paul picking and choosing in the pile of treasures, and even using its tentacles to roll up the item that was glowing with golden light, Fang Senyan's heart jumped to his throat! He had made up his mind that since he had not yet entered combat mode, once Paul took this item to exchange, he would immediately take it and return to the Nightmare Space! Unfortunately, Paul put down the item, and finally swept his tentacles and rolled up another long black item and climbed out, and looking at the way it climbed out so resolutely, it should not change its mind again.

Seeing octopus Paul hand the long black item towards him, Fang Senyan still felt a little unwilling in his heart. But it was obvious that he should be satisfied with exchanging a blue item for a black piece of equipment, not to mention that it would not annoy Davy Jones. So he sighed in his heart, let go, and let octopus Paul take away his cobalt steel alloy exoskeleton. However, this octopus was still very trustworthy, let go of the tentacles holding the long black shadow, and then excitedly picked up the shiny cobalt steel alloy exoskeleton and played with it.

After Fang Senyan's fingers touched the long black equipment, the hazy light on it naturally dissipated, and what appeared in front of Fang Senyan's eyes was a very familiar weapon!

A unique piece of equipment from the sixteenth century, that single-barreled musket!

(End of this chapter)