This sea lord is a bit strong

Chapter 317 The Sealed Spell Map
However, just as Ji Chen walked in with a water chain around Bishop Haisi's neck, a sudden change occurred.

Bishop Hai Si suddenly gave up struggling, and suddenly inserted his sharp nails into his neck. The flesh and blood all over his body melted like ice and snow, and turned into a pool of black blood in just a few breaths, leaving no bones.

Ji Chen froze for a moment, then looked to the other side.

Before he could say anything, he saw the seriously injured Priest Haisi's hand turned into a tentacle again, piercing his heart fiercely in his terrified expression.

"Lord...why, obviously I am your faithful believer..."

Priest Haisi vomited black blood, his mouth was vague, and his eyes were full of unwillingness. He wanted to struggle, but felt that his body weighed a thousand catties, his consciousness gradually became blurred, and finally he lost his breath.

Looking at the pool of black blood on the ground and the gradually melting corpse of Priest Haisi, Ji Chen was silent for a moment, and then left with a few heroes.

Back in the Reinhardt Palace, Julius and Monica waited at the gate of the palace, and immediately greeted them when they saw their return.

Monica asked with a bit of concern on her face.

"Your Excellency Ji Chen, are you not injured?"

Ji Chen smiled and shook his head, "No, how could some believers hurt me."

Monica looked carefully up and down, and found that there was indeed no sign of injury on him, so she was relieved, pursed her lips and smiled.

"In this way, I can rest assured. Earlier, my mother told me to keep you safe. If anything goes wrong with you, I will be scolded."

"Madame Milona? Madame, is she better now?"

"Thanks to you, mother has recovered a lot, and she will be able to get out of bed soon."

……

Julius looked at Monica and Ji Chen, who had ignored his existence under his nose, and suddenly had a happy and harmonious conversation, his lion face suddenly darkened.

How do you feel like he is an outsider?
Obviously he is Monica's father!

Julius coughed twice before interrupting the two of them, speaking in a low voice.

"Have the priest of the Deep Sea Church and the so-called bishop been caught?"

Apparently, Julius had already learned the news of the successful raid from the City Guards, and also knew that the priests and bishops had evacuated through another passage.

Ji Chen nodded, but shook his head again.

There was some regret on his face.

"After I captured the priests and bishops of the Deep Sea Church, they committed suicide."

"suicide!?"

"That's right, it seems that they don't want to reveal any secrets and information about them, and even the corpse has turned into a pool of black blood."

Ji Chen briefly described the situation of Haisi's priests and bishops.

"It can be confirmed that the Church of the Deep Sea is a cult composed of a group of sea descendants and humanized sea descendants, and absorbs believers in the coastal areas."

"His plot is definitely not small."

Julius' expression also became serious. Such a group of deep-sea monsters hiding among humans hide themselves in the form of churches and secretly recruit believers.

It's like a ticking time bomb, no one knows when it will explode.

Monica frowned and asked, "Your Excellency Ji Chen, how can we identify the hidden Haisi-like human beings?"

"According to the current situation, those Haizihua humans have a certain degree of mutation, for example, blue scales will grow on the neck, and the skin will turn gray." Ji Chen looked at the two people who were thinking, "But I think we need to pay more attention to the humanized sea descendants. Although their appearance is still quite different from that of humans, no one knows whether they will continue to evolve until they are completely consistent with humans."

Julius nodded. This is what he is most worried about. The humanized Haizi will only become a little stronger. The soldiers of the Principality are enough to deal with it, but the humanized Haizi will be more troublesome. According to Ji Chen From the point of view of Bishop Haisi, the level is at least level five, and the level is above level 40.

"Your Majesty Julius, the Church of the Deep Sea is likely to have spread and become active in the cities along the coast. Please pay more attention."

"Especially the war between Reinhardt and the Kingdom of Bath has just ended, and there are many homeless refugees. This may give the Deep Sea Church an opportunity to expand rapidly."

Julius's face also turned serious, and he nodded without saying anything.

Ji Chen paused and continued.

"Since the matter is over for the time being, it's time for me to leave."

Monica said quickly.

"Your Excellency Ji Chen, you are leaving so soon? Don't you want to stay longer?"

"It's been more than half a month since I left the territory, and I still don't know the current situation of Ocean Crown." Ji Chen shook his head lightly and sighed slightly, "None of the troops I brought out during this trip have suffered heavy losses. It’s time to go back to cultivate your health and rest for a while.”

Hearing this, Monica felt a little guilty. She knew very well how difficult it was for the Lord of Glory to assemble a fifth-tier army. These thousands of troops may have exhausted all the resources of a territory.

In particular, the champions of the ocean were buried in a foreign land for Reinhardt, which made her feel even more guilty.

Under Ji Chen's puzzled eyes, Monica pulled Julius aside and said in a low voice.

"Father, Your Excellency Ji Chen has done so many things for us, why don't we pay him more, so that we can express our sincerity to him."

Julius thought about it, and yes, he first helped them win the war, and then found out the hidden disaster of the Church of the Deep Sea, and even reimbursed most of the troops for this.

It is not difficult to give more remuneration, which is equivalent to giving more investment.

This requirement is perfectly feasible.

"Yes, yes, but how will you pay for it?"

Monica said excitedly.

"For example, seal several towns near Yuwei Islet to His Excellency Ji Chen. I have been to the Crown of the Ocean, and His Excellency Ji Chen is very talented in managing the territory. I believe he will definitely make these towns more prosperous!"

After Julius heard it, the corners of his eyes twitched violently.

With a complicated expression, he sighed.

"Daughter, in the history of the Principality, there has never been a non-principal noble who has obtained a piece of land with such a high degree of autonomy. I made the decision to entrust Yuwei Island to Ji Chen. Many nobles have expressed dissatisfaction with this. If we seal more A few towns, I am afraid it will cause more dissatisfaction."

"That's it"

Monica's face was full of disappointment, and even her eyes dimmed, which made Julius a little flustered, and quickly comforted her.

"I'm all for an increase in pay, but for something else."

"really?"

Monica cheered up a little, and asked in a low voice, with doubts in her eyes.

Seeing this, Julius patted himself on the chest vigorously, looking like a reliable father, "Of course, I am also the Grand Duke anyway, so I can still afford such a reward!"

A sly look flashed in Monica's eyes, "Then let Your Excellency Ji Chen go into the warehouse to pick out a few things."

"No." Julius subconsciously wanted to say that it was impossible, but he stopped abruptly, with a slightly aggrieved face.

The Valencia family treasury stores a large amount of gold and silver property, various rare resources, and a large number of rare treasures collected by the Valencia family for hundreds of thousands of years. Even he is not willing to use them, so how can he be willing to give them away? ?
Seeing the sly look in Monica's eyes, Julius quickly reacted and shouted in his heart that he had been fooled.

Alright, this is a trap for his old father!
Seeing that the old father had reacted, Monica immediately launched a coquettish tactic, holding Julius's arm thicker than her leg, and shaking it.

"Father~, you have already agreed to the remuneration other than awarding the town~, you can't go back on your word!"

Grand Duke Julius Reinhard, who was majestic and majestic in the eyes of outsiders and who dared to fight lions and tigers with his bare hands, had no resistance at all to his daughter's coquettishness, and his tense lion face slowly softened.

In the end, he could only sigh heavily.

"Only two pieces at most!"

Monica immediately beamed with joy, and jumped up happily.

"Father, you are so kind!"

Julius' expression was extremely complex, and the emotions contained in his eyes were complex enough to form a fan diagram.

The daughter who was raised by himself has turned her arms out now, which really makes him, an old father, feel sad.

Hitting but not willing to hit, scolding but not willing to scold, in the end he could only stare at Ji Chen viciously.

Seeing Julius staring at him suddenly, Ji Chen felt puzzled.

what?What did I provoke you again?

The two walked over quickly, and Monica said generously.

"Your Excellency Ji Chen, my father said that in order to thank you for helping us find the Deep Sea Church, he would like to let you go to the warehouse of the Valencia family to pick out two items as our thanks."

Ji Chen's eyebrows twitched, his interest greatly increased.

"It's so embarrassing, I just did it by hand."

Don't take it since you're embarrassed, Julius rolled his eyes in his heart, but he still smiled reluctantly under the hint of Monica's eyes.

"This is our thanks to you, don't refuse anymore."

The corners of Ji Chen's mouth curled up involuntarily, how could he still give away two things for free?Then he is welcome.

"Please come with me."

After finishing speaking, Monica couldn't wait to lead the way, which made Julius roll his eyes again. This daughter is really hopeless. What about the wisdom and reason shown earlier?Why did they all disappear in the face of this guy?

Also, is it really okay to bring outsiders to take your own treasures! ?

The warehouse of the Valencia family is in the palace, protected by many guards, with extremely strict rune organs and spell seals, not even a fly can fly in.

However, this is not a problem in front of the contemporary Grand Duke. Julius directly swiped his face and went through the checkpoints to the door of the underground warehouse, opened the door with some secret words, spells and keys, and walked in with Ji Chen.

Entering is a very spacious dome space. Dozens of carved stone pillars support the topmost stained glass dome in a circular shape, and some kind of light source is projected down through the colorful glass.

Under the radiance of the light, there were countless piles of gold coins that were enough to make the dragon's heart flutter, almost filling up one-fifth of Nuo Da's warehouse.

After Ji Chen glanced at it in a little surprise, he turned his gaze to the other side, where there were rows of wooden shelves on which treasures and rare items were placed.

Julius pointed over there and said angrily.

"Go and pick two things, remember, you can only take two!"

Ji Chen nodded and didn't say anything, Shi Shiran walked over and began to check row by row.

As the grand duke family, the Valencia family has ruled Reinhardt for thousands of years, and the treasury stores many treasures that are rarely seen in the outside world.

He just looked at a row, and saw no less than five 4-5 star treasures, several high-level spell scrolls, alchemy potions with powerful effects, etc. Any item here can arouse the enthusiasm and competition of players. .

Among them are the cores of the recruitment battalions of some advanced arms, rare architectural drawings, etc.

Ji Chen casually looked at several recruiting battalion cores, and soon lost interest. These recruiting battalion cores were either marine units, or they were not suitable for the crown of the ocean, and were useless to him.

As if looking at flowers on a horse, before walking to the middle end wooden shelf in the third row, he stopped and looked at an item on the third floor.

This is a roll of silk that exudes a faint magical atmosphere. From the exposed surface, one can see that the golden silk thread is engraved with complicated rune patterns and unfamiliar characters.

Julius stretched his head over to have a look, a daze flashed across his face, and he said in a relaxed tone.

"This is a spell map, but it has been lying here for hundreds of years because it is sealed and no one can untie it."

"Probably made by that ancient strongman, maybe it recorded a certain treasure location, or maybe it recorded a certain relic, anyway, no one can unlock it if it has been here for so long, and if you break the seal forcibly, it will only direct damage."

Ji Chen picked up the map, with a flash of interest in his eyes.

【Sealed Spell Map】

[level]: special
[A mysterious map, if you unlock the seal, you may be able to peek into its secrets]

"Ding~ It is detected that there is something in your backpack that can unlock the seal."

Ji Chen was slightly taken aback, joy welling up in his heart.

Good guy, it so happens that he happens to have something that can unlock the seal of the map?
"The first thing is this!"

Julius froze for a moment, with a strange look on his face, "Are you sure you want this?"

Ji Chen nodded calmly, "Of course, I think this thing is destined for me."

"Your Excellency Ji Chen, this map is useless if you can't break the seal, why not choose another one."

Monica said anxiously.

Ji Chen shook his head, but Julius frowned when he saw this, and said in a deep voice.

"If you think that I will feel distressed and hostile because you took the precious things here, then there is no need to be so."

"Just two things, I, Julius Valencia, can still afford them."

Ji Chen was slightly taken aback, a little dumbfounded.

"Your Majesty, it's really not because of this reason, but because I have a way to unseal the map."

"You have a way to untie it?" Julius was a little suspicious, but seeing Ji Chen's frank expression that didn't seem to be lying, he nodded slowly.

"Since you are sure, then I won't say anything more, let's continue to pick the second one now."

(End of this chapter)