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Chapter 509: Chapter 420, Pirate King and Treasure Map

The All-Knower of the Emerald Sea?

Seeing the name of the book, his mind instantly flashed to the blank envelopes that could send letters to pirates.

The letters’ origins were enigmatic.

But every time, they could accurately predict the merchant ships passing through the route and the location of the pirate ships.

Thus allowing pirates to precisely time their raids on the merchant ships.

Would this not be considered all-knowing?

Moreover, Philippa had also mentioned something about the Pirate King.

Could it be that the Emerald Sea really had a Pirate King?

Secretly commanding the pirates?

If he were so powerful, why hadn’t he shown himself and led the pirates to reclaim the sea?

He pondered this in his mind.

He began to flip through the old book in his hands, its pages soft and giving the impression that they would crumble with a little pressure.

“Throughout the long years in the Emerald Sea, seafaring warriors, mainly humans from the coastal regions and Bermola tribespeople, have left profound marks in these waters.

They emerged as invaders, conquerors, and colonizers, stirring up storms along every coast.

Rampaging unchecked, they plundered wealth without restraint.

…At the same time, the ravaged nations began to unite in a campaign against the pirates. Silent warships filled the seas.

Every location was adorned with the dried corpses of pirates or the heads of the united fleet…”

“Under the united fleet’s campaign and the involvement of high-level professionals, the once rampant seafaring warriors began to fail or splinter rapidly.

Until the arrival of ‘Herzel Reyes,’ born lowly yet with the blood of the ocean coursing through his veins.

He was the emissary of the Sea God, able to foresee the emergence of enemies and the whereabouts of merchant groups.

Leading the pirates, he gradually balanced the situation between the two sides.

On Barbary Island, he became the king of the Emerald Sea.”

The content of the book was extensive.

Wu Heng entered a focused state and quickly read through it.

The author’s phrasing was peculiar, on one hand describing the pirates’ ferocity and their impact on the surrounding residents.

On the other hand, portraying pirates as courageous warriors and conquerors of the ocean.

It was as though the writer hated their atrocities yet respected their audacity.

A significant portion of the content described the chaos in the Emerald Sea at the time.

With no restrictions, pirates looted a tremendous amount of treasure from the sea.

This led to more and more people becoming pirates.

It became a vicious cycle.

Later, with nations hunting pirates, fleets and bounties turned those unabashed pirates into prey.

But this world was not just about ships firing weapons at each other.

The involvement of high-level professionals quickly led to the decline of the pirates.

And then, ‘Herzel Reyes’ appeared.

His trait was knowing the positions of fleets and merchant groups, maneuvering on the seas.

Eventually, he was recognized as the Pirate King.

…

“There really is a Pirate King!”

This surprised Wu Heng somewhat.

He wasn’t self-proclaimed but truly recognized by the pirates of this region.

And the capabilities described were fundamentally the same as the messages conveyed by the blank envelopes.

“Is he still alive?”

“No, if he were alive, there would either be a pardon or a manhunt; it’s impossible there would be no news at all.”

“Some pirate must have inherited his ability.”

This kind of power could be a Special Item, or perhaps some innate superpower.

It must be that someone had acquired this power.

Imitating the content in the book, they were manipulating the pirates.

“Wrong, what do I have to do with you imitating the Pirate King, constantly issuing bounties against me”

The situation could somewhat be deduced.

But the matter of the bounty on him was utterly baffling.

Just arriving on Gold and Silver Island, other members of the guild were also killing pirates, so why was only his bounty steadily increasing?

He flipped to the last page, caressing the book cover.

Opening the middle seam, a yellowing, spotted map was taken out.

In the center of the map, there was a small island.

“Damn, a Treasure Map!”

Although nothing was written above, that’s how the story goes, it’s considered a treasure map.

He took out the sea chart in his hand and compared it.

He looked over it several times carefully but didn’t find any similar locations.

“Not in the Emerald Sea? Or has the island sunk over time?”

He took a photo of the map with a tablet, and put it back between the pages of the book.

He thought to himself it would be better to mention this to Imilo.

If this Pirate King truly existed, the Association knowing about this would make handling it easier.

…

He returned to the Steward’s Office.

After knocking, he entered.

He said directly to Imilo, “Steward, I found a book titled ‘A Brief History of Pirates’ in the Space Ring of a pirate I killed, which mentioned a Pirate King of the Emerald Sea.”

Imilo across from him looked up, glanced at the book in his hand, “I’ve also read this book, and its contents really do have some similarities with the matter of the blank letter.”

Um…

That is to say, this kind of pirate history book was printed and distributed publicly.

“There’s also a map,” Wu Heng continued.

“There is a small island in each one,” Imilo paused for a moment, then continued, “There are no direct clues linking the content to the blank envelope incident, but it can be considered as a lead to pay attention to, and also be cautious of the possibility that they’re using this method to mislead our direction.”

Wu Heng’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The book never mentioned anything about a blank envelope.

It was also possible that someone wanted the whole affair to lean in this direction to divert the investigation.

“Understood.”

“Keep the book and map for now; you might find out something,” Imilo said nonchalantly.

“Alright.” Wu Heng responded and left the office.

…

He went back to his own office.

Andre Willow had already returned, and breakfast was set up on his desk.

“I thought the master had gone back home!”

“I went to the Steward’s,” Wu Heng returned to his desk, looking at the prepared breakfast, “Such a lavish breakfast this morning?”

Andre Willow smiled, handed him a cup of tea, “You’ve just come back, master, eat more.”

“Wei’er is always so thoughtful.”

Andre Willow’s smile grew even brighter.

After breakfast.

Wu Heng sat in his office, chatting with Andre Willow for a while.

Seeing that there was nothing else, he gave a couple of instructions and then directly left the Association.

He got on his bicycle and headed back home.

…

He pushed open the courtyard door.

Mini, dressed in a practice outfit, was training various movements.

Now, it wasn’t just physical training.

She had also started training her superpower, her ability to control fire, which needed regular practice as well.

Seeing Wu Heng return, she ran up and leapt, hanging off him.

“Master, have you had breakfast?”

Dragging the little maid whose legs were wrapped around his waist, Wu Heng walked and talked, “I ate at the Association.”

“Oh, did your outing go smoothly?”

“Quite smoothly. Have you been good at home, Mini?”

“Of course! I took very good care of the house.”

Wu Heng lifted Bunny Girl up a bit, “Mmm, Mini did great.”

“Hehe!” Mini giggled and pecked a kiss on his neck.

He walked inside the house.

After taking a bath in the bathroom, he slept in the bedroom until past one o’clock.

He went downstairs.

He went straight into the third-floor radio room, picked up the microphone, “Philippa, are you there?”

Soon, Philippa’s languid voice came through the radio, “I was sleeping!”

“How are things on your end?” Wu Heng asked.

“Nothing much, currently leaving that area of the sea,” Philippa answered and then asked, “Did you kill those two pirates?”

“I killed them. Their bodies have been sent to the Association for autopsy. Once the identities of the bodies are validated, the Steward will apply to headquarters on your behalf to join the ‘Secret Speaker.'”

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