Chapter 298: Probing
The next morning.
Alka appeared behind the cathedral.
Here there is a house similar in style to the church, standing on the edge.
And there is a hidden opening to the outside, mainly for receiving people from outside.
It is not a place for internal use.
One can see quite a few people who look a bit fierce, but are obviously not from the church, coming and going here.
Alka sat at a nearby table and observed, trying not to be too offensive.
This is a bounty point.
There is a simple counter with a wooden bulletin board next to it, on which are posted various bounty notices.
There are some task descriptions on the bounty list.
Alka had seen this place when he was strolling yesterday and was quite interested in it, so he came here early in the morning.
He felt that he could learn some interesting things here.
Everyone who comes here is very silent and there is almost no communication.
He came in, said a few simple words, and left after finishing his business.
Most of them just glanced at the bounty notices on the notice board, silently tore them off, made a note of them, and then left.
Alka was standing next to the notice board, looking at some lists on it.
[Evil Sea Beast]
In the waters of the Gemini Island Chain, between Nachvo Island and Cobos Island, there is a sea monster that often attacks passing ships.
Four ships have been sunk and 13 ships have been damaged.
There may be even more sinkings and deaths due to the loss of all crew members.
It is predicted that the strength of this sea beast is between 54 and 80 spirals, and requires a strength of at least the fourth stage.
Rewards: 5,000 gold sails/ship customization/50 enlightenment places.
Choose one of the three rewards and face a sea beast at the fourth stage of strength.
Is it a bit too low?
But it seems that the rewards for the same level are similar, and the church is a more official and authoritative organization.
It seems that the so-called fourth stage is not as powerful as I thought.
It seems that my ideas have been distorted by the Southern Cross Island and the broken island chains around it.
【Rock Cult】
The evil cult that defected from the Holy Machine Church has been active in Zehai recently. Anyone who encounters them should be careful.
A dozen ships are known to have been sunk by it, and many more are known to have been sunk by it.
The strength of cult members is mostly at stage 2 to 3, and the strength of the cult leader does not exceed stage 4.
Clean up its main structure and at least ensure the death of its leader.
Reward: Qualification to purchase [Holy Grail]-level treasures/7,000 gold sails + baptism.
If you clear out this cult, you will be eligible to purchase treasures. In other words, in the Infinite Sea, there are enough Holy Grail-level treasures to be bought and sold.
Being eligible to purchase means there must be a market price.
I just don't know what the exact price is.
There were various bounties posted all over the notice board, most of which seemed to be for bounties around the Twin Island Chain.
80% of the bounties are for killing and clearing out various harmful things.
Cultists, evil cults, sea monsters, evil ships and so on.
Judging from the things that were rewarded, they almost all caused considerable damage.
The damage caused was so great that it was noticed and a reward was placed on it.
Alka glanced at it briefly.
As long as the bounty is around the fourth stage, most of the bounty prices are around 4,000 to 8,000.
For more difficult ones, there will be some additional rewards.
There are usually equivalent enlightenment places available to choose from.
According to the reward price above, one enlightenment quota is approximately equal to about 100 gold sails.
This is just a rough estimate, which Alka speculated based on the rewards of these bounties.
And once the required strength reaches the fifth stage.
Then all kinds of rewards will come, including but not limited to [Holy Grail] level treasures, golden sails worth about 20,000, and all kinds of weird rewards that you can't even understand.
This shows that stage 5 may be the real strong one in the boundless sea.
There is a watershed between the four stages.
Because the difference in rewards between the two is a bit too big.
However, there are very few such tasks, and looking at the reward paper, you can find that these rewards have been posted here for at least years.
Obviously, few people complete this kind of reward.
In other words, if we infer based on this reward.
The market price of a [Holy Grail]-level treasure is about 20,000 gold sails and up.
It’s so expensive.
All the wealth that Alka and his companions have obtained so far, excluding the treasures, is probably only about 10,000 gold sails at most.
But it makes sense when you think about it.
If one enlightenment spot is really worth 100 gold sails.
The number of places for Holy Grail-level treasures is mostly around 100, and this number alone is enough to sell for 10,000.
If you think about it this way, it seems to be sold at a low price.
However, the Holy Grail level also has different strengths.
Come to think of it, it seems acceptable.
If Alka sold the enlightenment quotas of his two treasures in this way, he would earn 20,000 to 30,000 gold sails.
But it's just a thought.
Alka didn't come here to accept these bounties, he just wanted to find out more about the surrounding situation through these bounty notices.
Know where the danger is.
However, it can be seen from these bounties that most of the bounties listed here actually require a strength of the fourth stage.
Moreover, the people coming and going around here rarely grab the rewards on the notice board.
It seems that it is not what I thought.
The fourth stage is still a level higher than the mainstream.
Come to think of it, it makes sense.
The third stage is already a bottleneck without treasures, and if you want to reach the fourth stage you have to use treasures.
Although the situation shown in the Boundless Ocean indicates that there are many owners of the treasure.
But obviously there is not enough to make it mainstream.
These people mainly draw on the other side of the bulletin board.
It can even be said that it is not a notice board, but an entire wall.
There are numerous bounties of various kinds hanging on it, and the strength requirements are all in three stages.
However, the bounty reward here is not as exaggerated as the one on the notice board.
Some of the targets also seem to be more normal.
Most of them are bounty missions for killers, villains, pagans, etc.
The rewards are almost all for a few enlightenment places, or golden sails.
The monetary rewards are mostly between 800 and 2000 gold sails.
It is usually determined by the number of enemies and the difficulty of the bounty.
Alka had been sitting here for so long, and almost everyone who came in to receive the reward received it from that wall, while few people touched the signboard next to it.
After a brief understanding, Alka left the place.
He needed to go to the library of the cathedral to learn some information about the Endless Sea.
Most of the information will be gathered there.
Xia Daiti had been soaking there since early morning, and Lucelia, who had come earlier, was also there.
The people in the church did not make things difficult for Lucelia.
Only some areas and books were off-limits to her.
As for Jason, no one knew where he went.
Alka wandered around in the church for a long time before he finally found the library in this maze-like place.
When I passed by the counter, I found that there seemed to be a place to store newspapers on it.
There are actually newspapers.
Alka picked it up curiously and looked at it casually.
Almost all the information was about the Twin Islands and the surrounding island chains, as well as some simple, less authentic information from outside.
It was issued by the Holy Machine Church.
"If you want more information, I suggest you buy the Flying Fish."
The girl with glasses, who was sitting behind the counter in a slim-fitting priest outfit, said this while looking at Alka's expression.
"The Flying Fish?"
Hearing Alka's puzzled voice, the girl looked at Alka even more strangely.
Then he explained: "It's right outside, a blue two-story building with a fish with wings as its logo."
Alka nodded, "Thank you."
After a while, Alka found the seats where Xiadeti and Lucilia were sitting and walked over.
…
Jason sat in a small restaurant on the corner of the street, slowly eating the sausage on the plate.
But his eyes and attention were obviously not on his plate, but at a tavern not far away.
Observing the people coming and going in the tavern.
It was just dawn at this time and some drunk people could be seen staggering out of the tavern.
Calculated based on business hours.
These people should have gone to the bar in the second half of the night.
Thinking that the time was almost up, Jason ate the sausage in one bite and left the money on the table.
There were some water stains on the hands, making them wet, making the hair slightly messy, and making the clothes wrinkled and a little sloppy.
Walked into the tavern.
As soon as I came in, I smelled a pungent smell of alcohol.
At this time, there was no longer much noise in the pub. There were only some drunkards chatting and saying something incoherently.
Jason ordered some snacks and a bottle of wine and sat in a cleaner place in the corner.
He lay in the corner and drank by himself.
But his ears were very sensitive and he heard everything that was said in the tavern.
"Damn...damn pagans." This was a middle-aged, slightly plump man who was drunk alone, mumbling to himself incoherently.
"It's already daybreak outside. Goddess of Mercy, I hope I can be safe when I return."
A drunkard who seemed to be in good spirits.
"Haha, old Kurt, the Virgin Mary will not bless you for this, you damn pagan, hahahaha."
All kinds of information came out of the mouths of these drunkards.
Jason just drank by himself.
A bar staff has already started cleaning up the surrounding environment and garbage.
After cleaning for a while and getting most of it clean, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and came to Jason's seat and sat next to him.
"How about buying me a drink if you don't mind? I've been in this pub for several years, so I'm pretty well-informed."
Jason looked up at him.
Two silver snakes appeared in his hand, and he placed them under the wine glass, poured wine into the glass and pushed it over.
Then he pointed at the man who was drinking alone and cursing the pagans.
"What's wrong with him?"
"You're talking about him. He used to be a well-known businessman around here, and he was quite generous.
But I heard that on his last trip, he passed by Zehai and was attacked by pagans. In the caravan of three ships, only he and some people returned in a lifeboat.
He started from scratch, and lost most of his life savings, mainly his boat.”
Hearing this, Jason nodded.
Being without a ship in the vast ocean is fatal.
Then he raised his glass and clinked it gently with the bartender.
He started asking all sorts of questions as if we were just chatting.
"What does the Nafas treasure mean?"
"You can hear it from such a distance? That's amazing." The bartender said in surprise.
But he still answered: "This island is famous for its treasure, but I have heard of this legend when I was a child, and I think it is fake."
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
Seeing Jason's curious look, the bartender said, "We are just trying to deceive outsiders like you. Nafas was originally a relatively powerful family on the island.
I heard that the family was destroyed because of some struggle, but the victorious side did not gain anything valuable.
In the end, because they consumed too much energy in the struggle and did not gain much benefit, they quickly declined and disappeared. "
At this point, the bartender shrugged and said, "So the rumor spread that this family hid all the valuable things in their family, waiting for their descendants to make a comeback."
"But this family has been extinct for 50 years, and the legend of this treasure has also been passed down for 50 years. The people on the island have long been accustomed to it."
"The most common treasure legends on the sea are these strange treasure legends. Not to mention here, the neighboring Zuozi Island also has these things.
I haven’t heard of anyone actually finding the treasure, as not everyone is part of the Golden Pointer Treasure Hunting Group.”
The bartender was grumbling beside him as if he was complaining.
"If you are really interested in this treasure, just come to me if you want to know anything. I charge a low price." He winked at Jason and joked.
"After all, many people are attracted by this treasure. Almost every few years, someone comes to the island to ask about the treasure. These are the people I loved most when I was a kid."
Well, let’s make this treasure legend a revenue project.
Jason thought with amusement.
"The Golden Pointer treasure hunting team you are talking about is..." Jason asked curiously.
This was the first time he heard of other treasure hunting groups since he came to the Infinite Sea.
We have been in Home Sea for a long time, and it is a relatively small place, so the treasure hunting groups know each other quite well.
In this boundless ocean, although they had only been here for a short time, to be honest, they had not been to many places.
The only one that can be considered specific is the Southern Cross Island.
And looking at the scale of the Twin Islands, you can tell that the place is quite remote and should be a relatively secluded place.
"Don't you know? Then I'm going to have a good chat with you." At this point, the bartender's eyes clearly lit up.
"The Golden Pointer Treasure Hunting Group is one of the most famous treasure hunting groups in the Infinite Sea. I knew one of their members when I was a kid."
“Their leader is said to be from the Big Stone Lighthouse, and they have found many great treasures, many of which are legendary.
For example, the ruins of the secret city of Rata, the Kingdom of Heaven, the secret treasure of the Burning Heart..."
The bartender in front of him knows all these things like the back of his hand, and it can be seen that he is a real fanatic fan.
"And did you know that they have saved many islands, driven away invading demons, and even helped a god?"
"Helped a god?" These words surprised Jason a little.
If I could help the gods, it would be...
"Um... I'm not talking about the Four Gods, but the smaller gods."
He stretched out his index finger and thumb and made a small gesture.
He saw that Jason had obviously misunderstood and said with some embarrassment.
"A smaller god?" Jason was confused.
Aren’t there only four gods? Where are the other gods?
Evil gods? Or have some of the gods who once left returned?
He was a little confused.
"The Goddess of Song is said to be a new god who ascended to the throne a few hundred years ago. Um... I don't know the details."
"The new god who just reached the top..." This news really surprised Jason.
There are really people who become gods.
I couldn't help but think of the recipe that Alka had given me before.
This greatly enhances the authenticity of the recipe.
Jason chatted with the bartender for a while and then finished the bottle of wine.
There was a crisp sound of coins clinking on the table, and then he stood up and left.
“Wow~”
After Jason left, the bartender looked at the coins Jason placed on the table and couldn't help but be amazed.
A glittering golden sail was placed under the wine glass.
"You are really generous, and seem to be quite impressive. I hope there will be more generous guests like you when drinking."
The bartender said a little prayer for Jason, then smiled and rubbed the coin between his palms, then carefully put it into his inner pocket.
Outside.
Jason walked out of the tavern and wandered aimlessly on the street, recalling the information he had just obtained in his mind.
Processing this intelligence, thinking about which of the information obtained is more authentic.
Which ones are useful and which ones are nonsense.
He couldn't really expect the bartender to give out any overly credible and confidential information.
While thinking, I passed by a two-story blue building.
The exaggerated and unique sign on the building attracted Jason's attention.
This sign is completely out of the same dimension as the surrounding buildings and religious atmosphere, and is a bit too conspicuous.
There is a feeling that the painting styles are not on the same channel.
It was a slender fish like a sharp arrow. Interestingly, it had a pair of transparent, thin wings on its back, like those of insects.
A strange flying fish.
The main thing is that this picture is in cartoon style.
Looking down, it was obvious that a special spell effect had been cast on the plaque.
Even if you don't know the words on it, you can still understand what it means.
"Flying Fish Newspaper"
Newspaper?
Jason walked in curiously.
This building looks very large, but the reception area has only a very small window.
A piece of transparent glass blocked the two people.
There were various things hanging inside, like books and stacks of papers, which could be clearly seen through the glass.
An unknown fish-like merman sits inside.
After seeing Jason coming over, he raised his head and looked at him.
"Want to buy a newspaper? One silver snake for each?"
A silver snake?
Jason looked at the contents, several thin, large black and white papers stacked together.
This thing requires a silver snake?
But Jason still paid the money and took the newspaper in his hand.
Fortunately, he still recognized the words on it.
Written on it is the common language of the Home Sea.
He didn't know about the left island of the Twin Islands, but the language used on the right island was the common language of the Home Sea.
However, along the way he also heard many languages that he could not understand at all.
But I have heard Simon speak this language before.
It seems that the language used in Zuodao is somewhat different.
