Path of light

Chapter 80 81. Treasure Map

Except for the largest cell in the bottom cabin, the rest are separated rooms arranged on both sides of the corridor.

There is only a layer of soft mud left in the corridor, which is dry enough so it does not stick to your feet. Under the sacred dim light, the traces of seawater spreading up the wooden walls on both sides are still there, and there are still some seaweed on the bottom of the wall. .

Roy came out of the bottom cabin where the Naga Mermaid was detained, and tried to push open the hatches on both sides of the corridor. When the ship was picked up from the port, the bottom cabin was filled with seawater, and the materials in the cabin had not been removed.

Many rooms are filled with shelves, and the shelves are filled with large wooden boxes.

It is estimated that if there are no Naga mermaids imprisoned in the bottom cabin, these rooms should be where goods are stored.

Roy stood in front of the shelf, asked Abt for a dagger, and pried open a wooden box. Inside was a harpoon gun barrel wrapped in oil paper and wax seals. Each gun barrel was jet black and shiny. , one end can be riveted with the arrowhead, and the other end can be connected with the tail feathers.

The harpoon gun shaft made of this metal is very heavy, and it is obviously prepared for the harpoon gun on the collision angle of the ship's bow.

There are three rows of shelves in the entire room, and there are four large wooden boxes on each shelf. It seems that they should all contain this kind of metal gun shafts.

Sure enough, it was the warehouse on the ship. Roy went to see the other two cabins. As expected, in addition to the gun barrel, Roy also found an arrow with countless wolf barbs. The length of this arrow was actually as long as one. foot.

The tail feathers of this kind of harpoon do not seem to be made of feathers. They look like a kind of fish fin, embedded in a metal rod, and there is a hanging ring connected to the hook line at the back...

Roy did not expect that the elf patrol at the port did not enter the lowest level of the cabin. They probably thought that the bottom cabin was filled with seawater and it was impossible to store supplies in the cabin.

He actually kept these brand new harpoons.

The inside and outside of the wooden box were very damp, and each oil paper bag was wet. I guess we need to take the time to dry it out.

Not every hold contained supplies. Although there were many wooden boxes in the hold near the stairs, the wooden boxes were empty, and there were obvious signs of being turned over. Obviously, the boxes were empty. It must be that some elven patrols endured the stinky sea water and went down to the bilges to rummage through several rooms. They probably thought that the wooden boxes in these rooms were all empty, and the following bilges actually leaked through.

Abt looked at a dozen boxes of harpoons and whispered to Roy:

"What are we going to do with these things?"

"Just leave it here...if no one mentions it, it belongs to us."

After speaking, Roy walked out of the cabin and closed the hatch again, which was somewhat deformed by the sea water.

In fact, this sea-going ship has three floors in total. The bottom cabin is located on the second floor below the deck, and there is a closed cabin at the bottom. This layer is to ensure that no matter how big the wind and waves are, the boat will not capsize. The bottom is filled with rocks for counterweight.

Roy walked to a cabin near the stern of the ship. The Naga Killer had opened a hole in the roof of this room and took him into the upper bedroom where only captain-level crew members were eligible to live. Escape from this sea ship.

A beam of light shone through the hole in the roof. This cabin was the messiest, and the wooden frames leaning against the wall had collapsed.

But when Roy walked away from the collapsed wooden frame, he discovered that there was still a painting hanging behind the collapsed wooden frame. Although the painting on it had been completely soaked by the sea water, the frame was still there. The cabin has been filled with seawater for a long time, and the picture frame is about to fall apart, and the left frame has completely separated.

"Many wooden boards here are rotten. If the bilge is renovated in the future, these will have to be replaced."

With that said, Roy reached out and touched the picture frame on the wall.

Roy didn't expect that he just touched it casually with his hand, and the painting completely fell apart and fell down with a crash.

Abt was startled next to him.

Roy walked towards the door and continued:

"The wooden boards on the outside of the hull have been burned by fire, and the surface has been painted with thick paint to prevent corrosion and insects. The shelves inside are not that strong, let's see..."

Abut dragged the sacred glimmer of light with his hand, walked to the wall, and said to Roy:

"Roy, come and see what this is..."

Roy looked back at Abt and found the guy standing on the shelf, staring at the place where the picture frame fell. There was actually a small hidden storage compartment exposed on the wooden wall.

Abt had already taken out the dagger from his waist and pried open the wooden board that sealed the storage compartment, revealing a small space.

After Abbot reached out and groped inside, he pulled out a sealed parchment tube. After handing it to Roy, he took out a leather bag.

The rope of the leather bag was completely rotted. Abt held it carefully with both hands before taking it out. His eyes were both nervous and excited, and they were bright.

"Let's go to the deck..." Roy felt that this place was a little dark and not suitable for opening the sealed paper tube in his hand.

But whether it is a parchment tube or a leather bag, since it can be hidden in this dark grid, it must be valuable to hide.

The two of them ran up the stairs one after the other. When they saw Jasper still sitting on the bow of the boat in a daze, they called him over...

This guy didn't know how long he had been sitting on the bow of the boat. Apparently Tiffany didn't come.

"Where have you two been?"

Jasper asked curiously when he saw the two men crawling up from the cabin below the deck, all dirty.

Abbot chuckled and showed off to Jasper: "We just re-checked the bottom of the ship and found these in a secret compartment behind a shelf..."

With that said, he opened the leather bag in front of the three people.

Roy leaned his head over and saw that there was a black stone the size of half a pocket of walnuts inside, with walnut-like wrinkles on the surface.

I remember that the reward that Second Officer Nelev paid to Jasper was this kind of black stone.

"Oh my god, it's actually a pocket of magic core!" Jasper exclaimed somewhat exaggeratedly: "We are rich..."

Abt also said with a smile:

"Haha, yesterday I was worried about where to get some money to repair this big ship. Unexpectedly, I found a pocket of magic core today. Roy, Roy, we sent..."

"Is this thing valuable?" Roy didn't know much about the magic core.

Abt and Jasper nodded repeatedly.

Jasper said happily: "Of course, there is a magic crystal hidden in this thing. Do you know how much Kohler can be exchanged for a magic crystal?"

Abt immediately echoed: "One magic crystal can be exchanged for five hundred kole."

Roy looked at the magic core in most of his pocket and said with a tut-tsk sound, "Wow, that's really worth a lot of money!"

"Roy, hurry up and see what's in the paper tube?" Jasper urged.

Abt, who was sitting aside, smiled, and then said: "I hope there is a treasure map inside, which records the wealth left to us by the captain of this ship..."

Roy didn't waste any time and put the paper tube in his hand directly on the deck. He picked up Abt's dagger, cut the wax seal on the edge of the paper tube, pried open one end of the paper tube with the tip of the knife, and pulled out the inside. something fell onto the deck.

It was a worn-out parchment roll. The color of the surface was not only yellow, but also blackened in many places around the edges.

But when Roy opened a corner of the parchment, Abbot and Jasper had already started to raise their hands at the same time and let out cheers like wolf howls.

Because the pattern drawn on the parchment is clearly a nautical chart. What else can a nautical chart that is qualified to be hidden in a paper tube be but a treasure?

Roy was also a little excited and his hands were trembling.

This was the first time he encountered such a thing...

After completely unfolding the parchment, a treasure map appeared in front of the three of them very clearly.

There was actually a half-foot-long golden key wrapped in the middle of the treasure map, which was heavy in my hand. The key was in the shape of a standard clover. The other end was a golden round tube with some complicated patterns carved on the wall. The patterns are carved very deeply and very delicately.

Roy did not pick up the golden key, but looked at the nautical chart on the somewhat worn parchment. The chart was relatively complete, but the parchment itself was not square. Some islands were hand-painted on it, and the handwriting was also uneven. It was very sloppy, and Roy couldn't understand many things.

"Is this a treasure map?" Abt came over and asked excitedly.

"Maybe." Roy pushed the sheepskin treasure map in front of him and said.

Jasper also came over, holding the golden key in his hand, and said excitedly:

"In my opinion... we might as well use this money to repair this ship, and then sail it out to sea to find this treasure..."

Abt looked at the large ship, which was more than 60 meters long, and reminded Jasper:

"Even if we repair this large ship, I don't think the three of us can sail it out of the port. We might as well find a flying fish boat on the dock. At least the three of us can drive it."

"Yes, then let's rent a flying fish boat!"

Roy rolled his eyes and reminded the two whimsical trainee priests:

"Both captains, it's the rainy season now, and there are often storms on the sea. It should be okay for the flying fish boat to go offshore, but I'm afraid it won't be able to go far..."

Abbot stared at the parchment chart and suddenly realized something. He pointed at the treasure map and asked Jasper and Roy:

"By the way, do you guys know where this is?"

Jasper squinted his eyes for a while, then finally looked up at Roy and asked expectantly:

"Roy, didn't you study navigation at the Elf Academy? You should know!"

Roy said very speechlessly:

"Both... please note that I have only taken classes at the Elf Academy for three weeks, and the electives are elementary martial arts training, Elf Continent geography, and Elf modern history, so I can only be sure that this place will no longer be stuck. Near the port of Sulton!”

"oh……"

Jasper and Abbott immediately sat down with disappointed expressions on their faces.