"I'm just an ordinary archaeological researcher studying the legacy of the giant civilization in the Age of the Gods, and I originally thought that I would be able to preside over the development of the ruins of a giant city with certainty, and I would be satisfied that my research results would be recognized by the academic community. I really wouldn't have thought that in this life, I would not only be able to find the ruins of Gudeteas, but also get up close and personal with the real Giant King. Scold...... And to actually witness the battle between an extraordinary hero and a demon like yours, really, for us ordinary people, it is as if we are in contact with another world that is completely unimaginable. Professor Yavaru remembered the scene back then, with excitement, emotion, and of course, a lingering fear: "Thinking about it now, it's like a dream." ”

"Yes, sometimes, I also feel that my life is quite unrealistic, but every day I wake up, I find that this kind of dreamy life still has to go on. So, all of this is arranged by the will of the universe. Lu Xi shrugged his shoulders and replied very idealistically, "However, the truth is that you have moved all of us martial artists who have experienced countless battles and battles. As I said, at that time, even many of the best warriors who had been through a hundred battles would have trembled under the aura of the Abyss Lord and the Demon General, and even couldn't even move with fear, but you would have been able to bring your students to help rescue the wounded, and indeed saved many lives. Neither I, nor Miss Rosalie, nor Her Majesty Caterina at the time, have come to regard you as a friend of life and death. Well, before I came, she asked me to come and visit you. Relay her greetings to you. ”

Actually, the world's No. 1 Gong in the world, ah no. Her Majesty the First Empress of the World has long forgotten about this good old professor of herbivore and his students. But let's not take such a detailed thing seriously, it's very annoying.

Sure enough, as soon as Lu Xi's words came out, Mr. Professor and his students both showed expressions of relief.

"I will say, Your Highness, ah no, a man as beautiful and kind as His Majesty Caterina. It will certainly not forget us. The last time I sent her a souvenir, she replied to me with a gift. The round-faced little girl named Ji Na was the silliest and sweetest of the archaeological team members in Lu Xi's image, and nodded happily.

Oh. There is actually a reply to the gift? Well, it must have been done by Karin's group of female knights who doubled as bodyguards and maids, and by the way, also made cameo secretaries, right? Karin, who has countless brainless fans, receives a lot of letters like this every year, and most of them don't even reach Serbellia and Onia.

His Majesty is in the Middle Palace. There is an old slave in everything...... Why is there such a sense of immediacy?

Of course. This kind of thing is too realistic, even a bloodless and tearless guy like Lu Xi can't say it so directly to hit the other party's stupid and sweet worldview, so he just smiled with his very sincere acting skills in agreement, and then quietly changed the topic: "However, if I'm not mistaken, Miss Jina, Miss Xias, you two should have graduated, right?" Why are you still following Professor Yavaru? ”

The last archaeological team member. There were four of them, besides the halfling guide, plus Professor Yavaru. Including the two girls in front of him, and a male student named Ai Yet, it seems that he was born as a mercenary, and he also serves as the bodyguard of the team. Considering that if they were going to go on an overseas trip, it would be impossible for the professor to bring the raw melons and eggs that had just entered the school, and they should all be senior students who had been enrolled for several years or even were preparing for their graduation thesis. From then to now, nearly two years have passed, unless they repeat a grade or offend the school and can't get a graduation certificate, there is no reason for these two sisters to still be students. If you look at it again, the boy named Ai Hete who was born as a mercenary didn't stay with them, and he should have found a good future after graduation.

If you look closely, there are seven or eight young people who are now coming with Professor Yavaru, and they are all tender student dolls, and they should generally be two or three years younger than Gina and Sias. These people must be decent college students.

"So that you know, Master Lu Xi. The paper written by the teacher after returning has caused a huge sensation in the academic world! The few artifacts from the Titan period he brought back were directly sold at sky-high prices, some of which were sent to museums, and most of them were bought by various private collectors. The school also made a lot of money as a result. Later, a wealthy chamber of commerce and Hongshan University jointly established an archaeological research institute, and the teacher became the first director. Oh, and Theas's family is also a shareholder in the office. ”

"Oops? That's a great event. Congratulations, Mr. Yavaru. ”

“…… I, Hi Master Belencaster, am not afraid that you will laugh at me for being hypocritical. Actually, I really don't know what to do here...... What management, personnel, finance, board of directors, I really have a headache when I hear it. If it weren't for Gina and Sias willing to come in and help me, I wouldn't know what to do. The professor smiled shyly and helplessly: "Well, by the way, they all got the title of teaching assistant in the archaeology department of Hongshan University, and occasionally they go to class." History is a great cause that can be engaged in a lifetime, and I am really touched that they can do this business. In contrast, Andriol that kid ...... Hey, I always feel that his choice is still a little too utilitarian. ”

"Andriol has not given up on the cause of history. He was originally a mercenary who licked blood with a knife, but now he can hold a management position in the Great World Museum of World Civilization, which is already a pretty good future. It's better than being a retainer to those barbaric noble lords, right? The eldest lady of the Narwhal Chamber of Commerce, Theas, comforted her teacher: "If it weren't for our research report, he wouldn't have been favored by Director Hopps so easily." ”

"The top students of Hongshan University entered the museum, did not do research, but became the deputy director of security...... Well, forget it, everyone has a personal future. When he accumulates a little bit of qualifications, he may be able to join the archaeological mission organized by the Great World Museum. It really cannot be said that he gave up the cause of history. Mr. Professor sighed, as if he was still regretting his disciple's choice. But it's hard to say anything more.

Only then did the professor realize that there was still Lu Xi, an "outsider", and he laughed a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I accidentally started talking to myself again." ”

"Don't care. Professor. Your students are excellent and will be responsible for their own choices and have a fulfilling and meaningful life. As an educator, you can be proud. Lu Xi said.

He carefully recalled the young man named Andriol: a mercenary was born, capable and calm, and he should have experienced a lot of battles, but to be honest. With the strength that has not even reached the silver rank, that is, the level of elite miscellaneous soldiers, you can be lucky enough to become a captain in the armies of Oakland or Virginia. It's already an inspirational story for such a person to become a college student. But by the time I graduated, I was naturally not young.

University tuition fees in the City of the Seven Seas are quite high, and if it is not for the scholarship students and the children of rich families, it will be a very big burden for ordinary working families and small landowners who own more than 100 acres of land. Although the income of the mercenaries who earn money from selling their lives is not low, they have been studying in college in the past few years. Maybe he really spent all his savings when Andriol was a mercenary...... This time. It is also understandable that he wants to choose a stable career with a decent income and social prestige.

What's so bad about working as a security guard at a museum? It's better than being a librarian and being unpaid, right?

When the brain hole was opened here, even Lu Xi, who thought that he would definitely meet the demon god without changing his color and heartbeat, couldn't help but shudder...... I'm going to it, I'm going to be a reactionary capitalist like me, I'm destined to be swept into the garbage heap as scum, right?

"So, Mr. Professor, you have also changed the direction of your research and started to study the modern era of great pirates?"

Strictly speaking. Lu Xi's words are not scientific, because until now. The era of the so-called Great Pirates is not over. We all know that piracy always comes in large numbers with the prosperity of maritime trade. Up to now, Tatsukai's ocean-going trade has flourished for hundreds of years, and it seems that it will not disappear for hundreds of years in the future, and the world pirate class led by the pirate kings of Tatsukai will not disappear for a long time.

Three hundred years ago, Neosfia had not yet become the capital of the Seven Seas, and when Tatsumi Sea was still the world of the High Elves and the Sothnesians, Tatsuhai had the so-called four pirate kings, of which the first one was "Goldbeard" Drake...... Well, that's the owner of the treasure map that Captain Planck gave.

But now, with the addition of the Capital of the Seven Seas, the trade of Chenhai has become more prosperous, and there are more routes from the Falling Star Sea to the Four Kingdoms of the Thousand Islands and then to the distant New World. The pattern of the pirate world has a variety of pirates such as the Four Heavenly Kings, the Seven Generals, the Twelve Lords, and the Twenty-four Tiger Wolves...... Don't think I'm plagiarizing anyone's setting, but because this setting is originally the standard for the past and future of China and the present.

In short, if Drake and his friends opened the prelude to the era of pirates three hundred years ago, now is the grandest high (meow) tide passage of this great ocean age.

"My own preference is actually to continue the research on archaeological excavations and historical restoration of giant civilizations...... However, I am now the director of a comprehensive archaeological research institute, and I have to consider the needs of funders and the university first. Professor Yavaru, who had become a leader, sighed. For a pure scholar like him, it is obvious that he has a lot of complaints about the situation that academia must bow to capital, but there is nothing he can do: "Some time ago, the Clift Chamber of Commerce got a treasure map, well, a sea chart left by the great pirate king Drake. It is said that the treasure he left behind not only contained mountains of gold, silver, jewelry, and priceless antique artworks, but also clues to the Golden King's treasure. ”

Such a coincidence? Lu Xi couldn't help but look at the legitimate Miss Lori beside her.

"Yes! I also think it's too coincidental. Miss Witch seemed to guess what Lu Xi meant: "I met Professor Yavaru when I was looking for materials in the library, and since we are all old friends, I chatted a little more." I found that they were actually looking at the historical materials of the early era of the Great Pirates, and they also had the treasure map left by that person in their hands. ”

She looked at the professor across from her, and pulled out a parchment roll that was obviously a little older from her bosom and placed it on the table: "Hey, Professor. Why don't you show this guy the one you have in your hand? This guy doesn't look like this, but he's actually an adventure expert, so maybe he can give me a special inspiration. ”

This is no ordinary parchment. Rather, it is made of the sheepskin of the black goat of Hegaros. It is a very good writing material, strong and wear-resistant, not afraid of blisters, not afraid of fire, the handwriting recorded on it is much clearer than ordinary sheepskin, and it is kept longer than ordinary paper. If it is recorded with special ink, it can even be done in the legendary "ink station eight thousand." paper accounts for 10,000". In fact, this is the material that spellcasters like the most when making scrolls - pay attention. The most liked does not mean the most common - in addition, if someone wants to leave any important advice for future generations, they will also choose this kind of thing as a carrier.

However, the Hegalos black goat is a wild animal after all. Once domesticated in captivity. They tend to degenerate into ordinary domestic goats within a generation or two. Naturally, the materials on its body are naturally rare treasures, although they are not so precious that they are priceless, but at least they are rare.

In addition to the same material, these two drawings are also nautical charts of a certain area of Chenhai.

"Each map has a coordinate and ocean currents, islands, and other sea conditions, and it looks like a separate and complete treasure map...... Goldbeard Drake was the biggest pirate king in the early days, and it can be confirmed that there were hundreds of ships that were robbed by him, and there were even gold ships from Southness. The treasure he left behind is, of course, very impressive. It's normal to leave a few or even dozens of treasure maps behind. Miss Rosalie groaned for a moment, then suddenly held out her finger. In the upper left corner and the lower right corner of the map of myself and the professor, I clicked on it: "Look here." ”

There is a strange symbol, but it is very inconspicuous. If no one specifically points it out, even the most experienced party is likely to ignore it.

"If it weren't for the professor's carefulness, I wouldn't have noticed." Miss Lori said.

“…… Well, hehe, I'm also a historian specializing in the history of Titans. Mr. Professor is very humble, but when it comes to his profession, he naturally behaves quite well: "These small words should be numerical marks in the language of ancient giants. ”

"Digital markers?" Lu Xi showed a puzzled expression. He said that he, a super language master who already has level 10 of the Giant Language, has completely exploded more than 90% of the giants in terms of grammar, vocabulary and cultivation, not those subspecies of cloud giants and hill giants and the like, but the group of Titan giants who are on an expedition to the sea of stars. The numbers in the language of giants are naturally not unfamiliar. However, even if he is like this, he has never seen the mark on this picture.

"I guess it's some kind of rune for encryption." Facing Lu Xi's puzzled gaze, the professor seemed to be under some pressure, and he was embarrassed to disturb his scalp at the moment, but he was still not ready to change his judgment: "Yes, my friend." Ordinary giants, and even the Titan civilization, do not use this kind of rune when they officially record documents. ”

"Secret words in times of war? Used to record important information and the like? Lu Xi asked.

"No, it's not that important." The professor couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and hurriedly shook his head: "It's just a game text invented by the children of the Titans." I first saw these records and saw these runes in an ancient book "Storms and Mountains - The Land of Giants" left by the High Elves during the Age of the Gods. Well, that's a book dedicated to the cultural customs of elves and giants. Maybe there are some false rumors, but after all, it is a book left by the same era, and the credibility should still be very high. ”

"On my map, it's four, and Miss Rosalie's map is a seven-character ......" The professor couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Lu Xi also take out a sheepskin scroll of the same style from his arms.

"Look at mine? What is the number? Lu Xi asked.

Miss Witch looked at Nozomi in surprise, and the professor stayed for a long time before reacting, but she still hurriedly opened the parchment scroll, looked for it for a long time with a magnifying glass, and finally put her finger in the center of the map: "This is it, this should be a 1!" ”

"Well, sure enough, as the protagonist, even the occasional treasure map is No. 1." Lu Xi couldn't help but be happy: "In other words, will there be at least seven treasure maps of this size?" Will it be a life effect when it is collected? Summoned a dragon? (To be continued.) )