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Of course, pirates at the level of "General" might not even alarm such a big figure, let alone so-called second mates and boatswains. Deacon Cordova Roye happily accepted the order, led two teams of "Punishers", activated the sealed artifacts "2‑37" and "2‑166", and ambushed at a distance from 15 Fragrant Tree Avenue, ensuring no mistakes.
In Cordova Roye's opinion, one Punisher team plus two sealed artifacts were enough to deal with "Steel" and his group plus "Flaming" Danitz. But the latter's performance of listening for pursuers in reverse made him worried; he intuitively felt there was a problem, so he called in another Punisher team.
Actually, having "2‑37" would be enough... While waiting, Cordova Roye suddenly sighed.
In his view, this sealed artifact would be the nightmare of "Steel" and "Flaming" and the others.
He closed his eyes, and the corresponding information naturally surfaced in his mind: "Number: 37."
"Name: Eternal Dream."
"Danger Level: '2', dangerous, use cautiously and sparingly; only actions with more than three personnel or deacons, diocese bishops can apply."
"Secrecy Level: Bishop, team captain, and above."
"Sealing Method: Place in boiling water."
"Description: Appearance is like a heart, dark black in color, cold to the touch, full of holes, often makes a sound like a bagpipe.
"This item originated from a primitive tribe in
"A Loen army conquered this tribe and obtained this item, which had been enshrined on an altar. Within the following week, incidents of soldiers becoming abnormal, going mad, and committing suicide occurred one after another.
"Research shows that anyone who comes into contact with this item will enter a long dream. If not woken up, they will stay permanently in that illusory world, externally showing emotions of anxiety, fear, confusion, etc., with their mental and physiological states gradually changing.
"Researchers who were awakened still couldn't distinguish between reality and dreams for a long time, which led to a series of tragic incidents, including but not limited to: confessing love to a superior, kissing a venomous snake's mouth, suffering depression, running naked after taking off clothes, trying to bathe in boiling water... If they were not transferred to another city, the only outcomes were madness and suicide.
"This item can be utilized to bring living creatures within the target range into the same dream... The user can choose targets within limits, exclude companions... The maximum range is a radius of 50 meters; exceeding it will impose a great burden on the user, leaving severe mental trauma... Afterward, the user will enter a state of being unable to distinguish reality from dreams, and must leave the city where '2‑37' is located to have any hope of recovery.
"Multiple cases (see appendix) show that even without contact, this item can widely affect the surrounding people, unless it is placed in boiling water..."
"Appendix: 1. The effect is similar to 'Nightmare' of the Night pathway, but more pronounced and uncontrollable.
"2. Example 1: A caretaker forgot to add charcoal, causing the fire to go out and the boiling water temperature to drop. He soon showed abnormal behavior, suspected to have dreamed of his beloved girl, made an impassioned confession to his own glove, and tried to have an inappropriate relationship with it; Example 2..."
As his thoughts turned, Cordova Roye suddenly saw "Flaming" Danitz. This fourth boatswain of the "Golden Dream" had indeed come to this contact point to collect intelligence.
He made a gesture, signaling the nearby Punisher to open the golden box inscribed with many symbols and magical signs, and take out the sealed artifact "2‑37" soaked in boiling water.
This golden-cast box was another sealed artifact, "2‑166".
It could keep the internal item at its original temperature and to some extent change the weather, bringing a rain of "Sun Holy Water".
Of course, it also had a huge negative side effect, otherwise the Punishers would have long used it to seal "2‑37" instead of using it temporarily. Among them, the most unacceptable was that no matter what item, if it came into contact with it long enough, it would acquire the characteristics of a living being and piously believe in the "Eternal Sun". Within the Punishers, there had already appeared a table that praised the "Eternal Sun" every day, and a candle that wanted to ignite itself to purify everything every second.
——The irascible Punishers turned that table into a pile of firewood, and it was that very candle that ignited it.
Seeing figures appear and rush into 15 Fragrant Tree Avenue, Cordova Roye did not hesitate to press his right hand, signaling the teammate beside him to activate the sealed artifact "2‑37".
Immediately, illusory fish scales appeared on the surface of that teammate's palm, and he grabbed the sealed artifact, like a black heart, directly from the boiling water.
A melodious bagpipe sound rang out, and a hazy night shrouded the building at 15 Fragrant Tree Avenue.
The adventurer John Smith and others saw no change in their surroundings; it was still the empty living room without furniture and "Flaming" Danitz in a black cloak, with no feeling of entering a dream.
They ran hard, fired guns hard, used their abilities hard, and successfully severely wounded "Flaming" and captured this famous pirate with a bounty of 3000 pounds and involved with the "Key of Death".
However, in the real world, they were doing high knees in place, or extending their arms like swimming, or using their fingers as guns and making bang-bang-bang sounds from their mouths.
"Move out!" Cordova Roye first left the hiding place and charged towards the building at 15 Fragrant Tree Avenue. The Punisher team members from other places split into two groups and completed the encirclement from different positions.
Before Cordova arrived, the living room had already lit up brightly, as if a sun was rising, and sacred pure water droplets fell like rain, just as the sealed artifact "2‑166" was taking effect.
At a distance, the flying carpet hovered quietly, hidden by darkness. "Steel" Maviti and the others, as soon as they saw the Punishers appear, understood that this was indeed a trap set by "Flaming" Danitz.
"This son of a bitch has actually sided with the Church of Storms!" Maviti growled with wild eyes.