Lu Yao stopped the viewpoint above the pirates’ heads.
He hadn’t seen pirates before the New Era. The closest thing to pirates was the East River Tribe of yesteryear.
This group of pirates were very methodical in their advance and retreat, and looked trained.
When they landed, they broke through the line of slave soldiers with spears and bows and arrows, and they worked well together. After winning the battle, the pirates captured the two paddleboats anchored at the pier, and finally burned down the harbour with a fire and sailed away.
The pirates completely destroyed the important harbour on the west side of Salt City in this raid and captured the two paddleboats, so they seemed to be experienced and clear in their tactics.
On the other side of Salt City, the slave merchants were still ripping off the council. The pirates had poked them in the arse, and one and all still didn’t want to spend money.
Lu Yao continued to observe the pirates.
The pirate fleet travelled all the way north and arrived at a new continent. A total of five ships all sailed into a calm strait and docked.
At the edge of the strait there was a simple pier, around which a thatched hut and a wooden house were erected, which looked like the pirates’ base camp.
Lu Yao visually estimated that the number of pirates was probably in the hundreds.
The pirate leader was called [Copper Sea]. He was tall, wore a round helmet, was clad in heavy copper armour and carried a hammer.
A dialogue box popped up above his head, “Great job today guys!”
“Burned the harbour completely this time, they won’t be able to fix it again anytime soon. Our operations after this will be much easier! The slave ships will have no more places to hide!”
The pirates all cheered.
“Templars, Templars!”
Coppersea looked behind him and said, “Commander, what do we do next?”
An old man came over on his crutches.
Lu Yao discovered that the name on the old man’s head was actually [Shang Li].
Fellows said that he died in a shipwreck and was suspected to have been blackmailed by a slave trader, not realising that he had fled overseas.
Looking at the situation, it seems like Merchant Lee is the brains behind the group. It’s not hard to understand why the pirates were able to destroy the harbour and quickly take the oar sloop.
Shang Li is now 82 years old.
Lu Yao click to view.
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[Hero Lv7] Shang Li
Attack 0 Defence 0 Knowledge 8 Mana 1 Luck 2 Morale 0
Life Value: 197/197
Mana: 47/47
Damage: 1
Defence: 7
Speed: 4
[Wisdom Lv4]
Wisdom is the key to an Apostle’s ability to listen to the will of the gods. The higher the level of Wisdom, the easier it is to improve and comprehend the abilities.
[Trade Lv4]
Expertise in trade, with better business abilities and a certain probability of making a business invention.
[Longevity
Having a long life span.
[Theology Lv1]
Expert in spreading the faith of the gods, able to keenly discover the traces left behind by the gods, and comprehend in observing the miracles to raise the rank.
[History
At the age of 67, he comprehended [theology] after losing the sight in his left eye.
At the age of 69, he gained [Longevity] after eating an unknown egg.
Established the [Northern Temple Army] at the age of 71.
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The Business Profit experience is short, but each line represents an adventure.
Lu Yao took a sip of hot tea.
Shang Li, once a young twin star alongside Fishing Lian, who had once built Salt City into a beacon of humanity, had nearly been killed by an insider in his later years.
This tenacious man is well into his 80s and 90s, but clearly not ready to admit defeat.
Shang Li spoke up, “Next, we’re going to keep sending out ships to go out offshore of Salt City.”
“There’s no need to attack, just showing up will embolden those people.”
“Under strong pressure, their internal conflicts will further erupt, and they will shift the blame onto each other.”
“We need to continue to apply pressure, continue to liberate all the slaves, give them back their freedom, and fly the flag of the [Northern Temple Army].”
Shang Li asked again, “Has Ember Sun appeared lately?”
“Yes.”
A smiley symbol manifested above Coppersea’s head, “But the Apostle, Lord Isabel, stepped in. She expelled Ember Sun, who hid in the sun. It’s much safer now.”
A light bulb appeared above Shangli’s head.
“Lord Isabel appeared …… gods, the gods have returned!”
The old man immediately fell to his knees, a weeping expression appearing on his head, “Lord God, your incompetent followers failed to defend Salt City, leaving the city to suffer decades of disaster ……”
Seeing this, the rest of the Temple Army also knelt down and prayed.
“I was negligently chiselled and sunk the ship, causing the foundation that Salt City had built over the years to be destroyed, and being transformed into a fallen city that treats people as commodities …… I have sinned Avray.”
“I vow to make amends and make Salt City great again!”
Lu Yao felt as if he had read this sentence somewhere.
He couldn’t think of it for a moment.
Forget it.
Once the population is large and the little people are intellectually enlightened, there are naturally inherent contradictions and disagreements.
Should commerce or agriculture be the main focus? Should the city go for rapid foreign expansion or steady progress? Should it be war or peace? Who is right and who is wrong?
The future will have to be decided and created by the pixelated villain himself.
Lu Yao is the ground rules maker and the final judge.
In addition to the gifts, he provides the little people with upward mobility on the transcendent side. For example, heroes, prophets and even apostles, as long as the little people are qualified and capable, everyone has a chance.
Lu Yao’s main area of operation was on the transcendent side. Unless the Pixel Villain society shakes its beliefs and the population drastically decreases, he will directly interfere.
Slavery, for example, didn’t look like it needed his own hand right now.
Merchant Leigh is launching a sustained attack on slave traders.
Lu Yao rubbed his neck.
It suddenly occurred to him that there was someone who seemed to be invisible.
Sarina was sitting in Yao City to maintain the stability of the situation, Fellows was running around gathering information, where was Snowman?
What’s the Snowman doing?
Lu Yao enters the temple and clicks on the snowman avatar.
The screen was no longer the southern cape of the Temple Army’s base camp, but rather, it had gone to the far north. It was a cold white world with icebergs everywhere and thick layers of snow hanging from the trees.
The snowman hid in a pile of snow and seemed to be secretly observing.
Lu Yao typed above its head.
-?
The snowman shivered, “Kami-sama, you’re here?”
“Jimmy has travelled all over the world to present you with a gift when you come back to the world.”
“But the world is barren beyond Jimmy’s imagination, most monsters have problems feeding themselves, and Jimmy can’t get into the abyss ……”
“Luckily, after years of hard work, Jimmy found a good thing.”
“It’s in the troll lair!”
“No treasure can hide from the Yeti’s eyes and escape the Yeti’s gloves.”
The Yeti pulled a black oval sphere out of his stomach.
Lu Yao mouse clicked and the thing flew into the props bar.
He pulled it open to take a look.
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[Dragon Egg]: -10 speed.
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Lu Yao tapped the [Spell of True Sight] and aimed at the [Dragon Egg] again. After consuming 500 Faith Points, he immediately received a more detailed description and panel data.
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[Dragon Egg]: -10 speed.
A special substance formed by the projection of the Eclipsing Sun that cannot be strengthened and is sealed by the power of the rules. The dragon egg nurtures and grows by absorbing the power of the Eclipsing Sun until the young dragon awakens and breaks out of its shell.
[Rule Seal]
Bound by the power of rules, all abilities are weakened.
[Seal Follows]
Follows the first target seen after birth.
[Hatching Brand]
Eclipsing Star (1478/13333)
[Hatching Brand]
Snowman Jimmy (3389/13333)
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Is this the [Dragon of the Eclipsed Sun] from the world update alert?
Lu Yao pondered.
According to the normal process, the egg should have broken out of its shell under the gloomy sun. Then the dragon began to kill in all directions, commanding a multitude of monsters and turning into an existence like a natural disaster.
As a result, while still in egg form, it was taken down directly by the yeti sniffing around.
The Eclipsed Star in the air was killed by Isabelle so much that she didn’t dare to show her head, and the dragon’s egg below turned into a trophy for the Yeti.
The two elements of the New Era were snagged before they could make a move.
Lu Yao also understood at this time.
It turned out that the snowman was hiding in the snow to incubate the eggs.
It was going to hatch a dragon.
What sounds outrageous seems to become normal when placed on a yeti.
Lu Yao threw the dragon egg to the snowman and instructed it to incubate the egg properly and stay safe.
