Chapter 254: Sea Snake Coins, and the Great Secret Treasure

"Speaking of which, has that Father Chelman found the Church staff behind him yet?"

On the way to the Local Church in Frostfall City, Yun Mu suddenly thought of something and asked Brenna with some curiosity.

"Ugh, that guy." Brenna recalled the scene when she saw that young priest yesterday, her expression turning somewhat strange.

"There is absolutely no one directing him from behind; the so-called high-ranking staff were just an excuse he used to borrow power and intimidate others."

"Those Parasite larvae, and the other samples, were all things he found ways to obtain himself."

"I have to say, that guy is truly a talent."

". Is, is that so."

After hearing Brenna's words, Yun Mu also felt somewhat surprised.

To be able to send out Parasite samples silently within a Church filled with moles—it really is a grievance for this guy to be a priest.

He should have been an Assassin!

"This place has been destroyed so severely."

Passing through the area where she fought Bishop Land last night, Yun Mu looked at the upturned ground, the collapsed building ruins, and the workers cleaning the street, and said.

"Mm, although no one was truly injured last night, and there were no casualties, the destroyed streets and buildings cannot be restored."

"And these traces of the Guard Hall and the mechs of the Fifth Mechanized Infantry Regiment are constantly reminding us that the disaster did indeed arrive, it's just that we defeated it."

"Of course." Brenna said this, then chuckled: "Perhaps this is just a means for the Lady of the Night to manifest her divine miracle."

"Ah, it's the Princess!"

"And Miss Yun Mu!"

After the workers working nearby noticed the arrival of Yun Mu and Brenna, they greeted the two one after another.

However, in this era, not everyone has a mobile phone, and the workers had work to handle, so they didn't go overboard, just simply greeting them before continuing with their work at hand.

"Ah, Miss Yun!"

A somewhat familiar voice reached her ears. Yun Mu turned her head to look and saw a beautiful young girl with blonde hair and red eyes running toward them in small steps.

"Lixia?" She called out the person's name: "Why are you here?"

"And these workers, isn't today Sunday?"

"About that..." Lixia chuckled: "Everyone is here voluntarily. Many people were rescued by Miss Yun and Mr. Dunn. Because of that incident, they didn't really want to stay indoors, so they came out to move around."

"There are also some residents who originally lived nearby. Although they aren't workers, they are also willing to help."

"So that's how it is..." Yun Mu nodded in realization. Afterward, she thought of something else and asked with curiosity: "By the way, Lixia, never mind me, why can those workers recognize me?"

"Am I that famous?"

"Miss Yun doesn't know?" Hearing her words, Lixia appeared somewhat puzzled.

"Know what?" Yun Mu looked blank.

"Ahem, let me say it." Brenna coughed lightly and took a newspaper out of the spatial item she carried with her.

"This was urgently published this morning, the daily newspaper of Frostfall City. Miss Yun will understand once she reads this."

"So it's the newspaper office..." There was no need to look at all; the moment Brenna took out the newspaper, Yun Mu understood.

It was likely that the newspaper had published matters related to her, and everyone in the city had experienced what happened last night.

Thus, the readership of the newspaper would definitely be very high, and almost everyone would recognize her identity.

Sigh, if that's the case, her reputation should also have changed.

But the Game Panel didn't pop up any corresponding information... could it be in the middle of calculating?

"That..." Lixia seemed to have something to say at this moment.

"Mm, what is it?" Yun Mu shifted her attention away from the content of the newspaper.

"That... actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to thank Miss Yun, and Mr. Dunn... I hope you can accept this." As she spoke, she pulled a golden coin out of the pocket at her waist.

This was not a Gold Frost Coin issued by the Frost Kingdom, but a gold coin with a double-headed sea snake engraved on the front and a line of small text written in unknown, snake-like characters on the back.

"Eh." Brenna, who was on the side, was somewhat surprised to see this coin.

"Brenna, do you know what this is?" Yun Mu noticed her reaction and asked her.

"Mm." Hearing her question, Brenna nodded: "This is a Sea Snake Coin. One hundred and fifty years ago, it was still the main circulating currency of the Exile Sea and the Shattered Star Sea."

"It has been discontinued now and belongs to a type of rare currency. If you take it to sell, one Gold Sea Snake can sell for anywhere between 300 and 800 Gold Frost Coins."

"Hiss."

Three hundred to eight hundred Gold Frost Coins? Yun Mu gasped, then immediately reacted and looked at Lixia: "This thing is too valuable, I cannot accept it."

"When it comes down to it, Dunn and I didn't actually help you all that much. This Gold Sea Snake, you should keep it for yourselves to use."

"No, no, no, please, you must accept it!" Lixia pushed Yun Mu's palm, and seeing she couldn't push it away, she took two steps back on her own.

"This Gold Sea Snake is property my grandfather left for us. Because it counts as a memento, neither my brother nor I are willing to sell it."

"It is said that this Gold Sea Snake contains clues to the great treasure buried by the great Pirate, Brafin Sarocachis, but my brother and I have studied it for many years and haven't figured out any leads."

"It's of no use staying with us, so it's better to give it to Miss Yun."

"Don't refuse, okay? This is a decision made by both my brother and me."

"This, alright." Seeing Lixia's determined expression, Yun Mu knew she couldn't persuade her and could only accept the Gold Sea Snake, however, "Since this thing is so precious, then let me buy it from you with Gold Frost Coins." Brenna stepped in first and said what Yun Mu was about to say.

"No, no need, I already said this is a thank-you gift for Miss Yun..."

"It's fine, it's just a mere few Gold Frost Coins." Brenna waved her hand with a feigned indifferent attitude.

Yun Mu also added from the side: "That's right, this is the Princess, you know. It's just a little bit of Gold Frost Coins. And Lixia, didn't you say there is that... clue to the great treasure here?"

"If we can find the location of that great treasure, this little bit of Gold Frost Coins is nothing at all."

"Accept it." Brenna took a 1,000 Gold Frost check out of her bosom and handed it to Lixia.

For some reason, Yun Mu always felt that check looked familiar.

". Thank you." Lixia pursed her lips, and in the end, she did not refuse.

After all, perhaps just as Yun Mu said, this amount of Gold Frost coins is, for a Princess of the Frost Kingdom, not really much money at all.

Of course, the real situation is something only Yun Mu and Brenna themselves know.

Watching Brenna, whose heart seemed to ache so much that the corners of her eyes were twitching, Yun Mu couldn't help but chuckle. After Lixia said goodbye to the two of them, she said to Brenna: "Put those Gold Frosts on my tab; I will find a way to pay you back."

Although her Yun Chao Publishing House didn't intend to make money, it still had at least some basic profitability.

If "Torina's Adventure Journal" could really become a hit throughout the entire Frost Kingdom—no, even if it just exploded in popularity in Frostfall City.

One thousand Gold Frost coins, she should, probably, maybe, possibly still be able to pay it back. If she really couldn't pay it back... hmm.

Yun Mu's face flushed red; she glanced at Brenna with a guilty conscience and hurriedly looked away before the other could notice.

"It's fine, it's just a mere one thousand Gold Frosts," Brenna said with great stubbornness.

"Alright, alright, a mere one thousand Gold Frosts." Watching her like this, Yun Mu became even more determined to pay back the money.

But before that, she still had a doubt.

"What was that great Pirate's name again? Is he very famous?"

"It's Brafin Sarocachis," Brenna rolled her eyes and added.

"He is a very famous guy in the Exile Sea and the Shattered Star Sea; he basically belongs to the category of a Household Name."

"It is said that over there, there are many stories and nursery rhymes adapted from his deeds, and even the method parents use to make their children behave is to mention the name of the great Pirate Brafin."

"That impressive?" Yun Mu appeared somewhat surprised: "Then wouldn't many people be searching for his great secret treasure?"

"Initially, there were indeed many people looking for it, but now, it has become a topic similar to a legend..."

Yun Mu and Brenna walked toward the Church while chatting about the great Pirate, Brafin Sarocachis.

"... Male, died at the age of 486, died in the year 4089 of the Heral Calendar, profession is the 【Pirate】 series, possesses Legendary-level strength, had hundreds of fleets under his command at his peak, is the founder of the Pirate King authority and the Pirate Code, and once occupied nearly 40% of the islands in the Shattered Star Sea and the Exile Sea."

"The Sea Snake Coin was created by him, divided into two types: Silver Sea Snake and Gold Sea Snake, with an exchange rate of about 50:1."

"Hoo," Brenna said up to this point, exhaling lightly: "Brafin can be considered a legendary figure. If it weren't for the fact that the order of the pirates was very chaotic, with hundreds of fleets mostly fighting on their own..."

"Plus the fact that pirates would never engage in production-related work... the Pirate Kingdom might not have been destroyed."

"Coupled with the rise of the steam engine, at least within the waters of the Frost Kingdom, it is rare to see the rampant figures of pirates anymore."

"As for the matter of the great secret treasure, many Scholars believe it is just a false rumor. If Brafin really had a great secret treasure, he would never have buried it away."

"Instead, he would have used it to arm his own fleet, so that the Pirate Kingdom could have at least persisted for another fifty years."

"Of course, perhaps he just thought doing so was meaningless."

"... We're here."

Looking at the cathedral in front of her, Brenna shook her head and stopped discussing this topic.

However, before going in, Yun Mu still quietly asked one last question.

"Do you know what is written on this coin?"

"Of course," Brenna nodded: "This is text written in the Overseas Language, meaning 'To our great Pirate King, Brafin Sarocachis.'"

"By the way, its original pronunciation is—"

"Pornuestrogranreypirata, brightinsarocachis."

Fine, fine, fine, now she actually understood it.

Yun Mu, who held the title of Civilization Spreader, immediately understood the meaning behind Brenna's words.

However, what made her somewhat concerned was that many pronunciations in the Overseas Language seemed somewhat similar to the Frost Language.

She voiced her doubt, and Brenna answered her quite readily.

"This is very normal, because whether it is the Frost Language or the Overseas Language, they actually both evolved from the Ancient Northern Continent language."

"After all, the people living in the Exile Sea and the Shattered Star Sea were also people of the North Continent a long time ago; it was only because of the influence of the God War that they were exiled overseas."

"As for why the Ancient Northern Continent language was improved, I probably don't need to say more about that."

"Understood, understood." Yun Mu nodded knowingly, then went into the hall of the Church with Brenna.

They had already been here once last night, but standing up there at that time was Bishop Land, not the current Bishop Muse.

Yun Mu looked around and found many familiar faces, including the noble who had run toward the Church gate yesterday only to have his body explode halfway through.

After what happened last night, that guy seemed to have become incomparably devout; while other nobles were quietly observing others, he sat quietly in his seat, eyes closed, whispering prayers.

Then again, anyone who died and was resurrected once would become incomparably devout.

Although, for ordinary people, what happened last night was just a nightmare in their memory and would not leave any psychological Shadow.

But that noble... died too miserably last night; he probably has a very deep impression of it.

Yun Mu felt inexplicably sympathetic toward him.

"How much time is left until it starts?"

Noticing that many people in the Church were already quietly observing her, Yun Mu asked Brenna in a low voice.

"Look at the wall, there is a clock there," Brenna replied in a similarly low voice.

"Boom!"

Before she could even reply, Yun Mu heard a dull bell toll.

At the same time, in a place one thousand kilometers away, in the Winter Capital, the Royal Capital.

Beside the magnificent Saierliya Palace, the hour hand on the Great Clock pointed toward the number VIII.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Three consecutive bell tolls rang out, and as the ministers took their seats one after another, the Parliament regarding this Scarlet Incident was officially convened!! "... Under the protection of the Goddess, we were able to survive, yet the impact brought by this incident is far from over. Countless patients infected with the Scarlet Curse need help, collapsed and damaged buildings need to be repaired, and in addition to this, there is Bishop Land who died in the line of duty..."

"Huh?" Yun Mu, who had been feeling a bit sleepy, suddenly perked up upon hearing this.

What did she miss?

How did Bishop Land end up dying in the line of duty?

"This is the result after a compromise between both sides..." Brenna whispered to her from the side.

"Although this incident was caused by the selfishness of Bishop Land, its successful resolution was nonetheless thanks to the power of the Church and the Lady of the Dark Night."

"Therefore, considering the impact on the Church, Bishop Land has been classified as having died in the line of duty."

"Of course, the internal archives of the Church and the Guard Hall will still contain the true record of this Scarlet Incident."

(End of chapter)