Carlotta's Daily Report-Chapter 82: Second Level

This was the first time Carlotta had held Amelia’s hand, and she finally realized just how soft Amelia’s hand was.

In the next moment, Carlotta felt a sense of dizziness, and when she came to her senses, she found herself on a hillside.

She looked to the side, and there stood Amelia.

"It seems that holding hands really won’t separate us."

Amelia turned her head and smiled.

Carlotta felt a bit embarrassed to keep holding Amelia’s hand, so she let go and then looked around.

The second level was also a vast mountain and forest scene. Not too far away, there were obvious sounds of killing and shouting, as if a large number of people were engaged in battle.

Had those who entered the second level first started fighting?

Carlotta said, "Let’s go over there and see what’s happening."

Amelia nodded.

The two quickly made their way through the mountain forest, and before long, they saw pirates fleeing from the direction of the battle. They immediately stopped one to ask for information.

This pirate initially had no intention of paying attention to Carlotta and Amelia, but after being quickly subdued by the two, he obediently answered their questions.

"The Blaze Pirate Crew and the Silver Hook Pirate Crew are fighting. Many people don’t want to get involved, so they can only flee."

Both the Blaze Pirate Crew and the Silver Hook Pirate Crew were among the top ten pirate crews in the Starlight Sea, with formidable reputations. When they clashed, other pirates naturally didn’t dare to interfere.

The battle between the two pirate crews was spreading over a wider area, even starting to affect many onlookers. Additionally, some pirates had already been driven to a frenzy and began attacking anyone not on their side, forcing many onlookers to flee.

Carlotta and Amelia were skilled and bold. Even after understanding the situation, they had no intention of retreating and continued to move closer to the battle.

As they approached, they also noticed some pirates who hadn’t fled, climbing trees to watch the battle from a distance.

Carlotta and Amelia also chose to climb a tree, and then Carlotta took out a Eagle Eye card, placing it in front of her eyes to look towards the battle.

"It’s really intense."

After just one glance, Carlotta exclaimed.

She then took off the Eagle Eye card and handed it to Amelia, allowing her to see the battle more clearly.

"Let’s use it together."

Amelia didn’t refuse the Eagle Eye card, but she didn’t intend to use it alone either.

She moved slightly closer to Carlotta, almost pressing against her, and her face came close as well.

She held the Eagle Eye card, covering half of her left eye and half of Carlotta’s right eye, allowing both of them to observe the battle more clearly through the card.

However, the Eagle Eye card, being just a card, was only so long. For both of them to use it at the same time, they naturally had to be very close.

Carlotta felt a warm sensation on her right cheek as it pressed against Amelia’s left cheek, an unprecedented and wonderful feeling that made her heart suddenly beat a little faster.

She was surprised by how soft and smooth Amelia’s face felt.

"Carlotta, is the Silver Hook Pirate Crew gaining the upper hand now?"

Amelia’s voice came over at this moment.

Carlotta snapped out of her reverie and focused her attention on the battle.

In the area ahead, trees had fallen due to the fighting, clearing out a large open space.

The pirates from the two major crews were clashing in this area, and many had already died. Blood was spilled everywhere, and corpses were scattered around. In this place, human life was no different from grass.

"The Silver Hook Pirate Crew is indeed gaining the upper hand. That ninth-tier apprentice has the strength to crush everyone else."

Carlotta made her judgment.

Her gaze fell on the ninth-tier apprentice.

He was a male pirate, dressed in black and wielding a curved sword. He moved through the crowd with ease, invincible and wild in his fighting stance.

Amelia thought for a moment and said, "This person should be the son of the Deputy leader of the Silver Hook Pirate Crew, Demondreas, Caiden. It’s said that he practiced the Tempest Knight Path, a highly aggressive knight technique."

Carlotta understood.

She remembered the earlier intelligence mentioning the Deputy leader of the Silver Hook Pirate Crew, Demuless, indicating that he was very ambitious and had volunteered to come to Lionheart Island to obtain the Pirate King’s treasure.

This Caiden was clear someone his father had high hopes for.

She then looked at the Blaze Pirate Crew’s side, where there were no particularly outstanding individuals, so under the fierce attack of the Silver Hook Pirate Crew, their disadvantages became increasingly apparent.

After a while, as two eighth-tier apprentices from the Blaze Pirate Crew were successively killed by Caiden, the Blaze Pirate Crew could no longer maintain their formation and began to collapse in large numbers, with individuals fleeing in panic.

The members of the Silver Hook Pirate Crew pursued them, killing the fleeing Blaze pirates one by one. For a time, screams echoed through the mountain forest, and the stench of blood wafted in the wind.

Seeing that the battle between the two major pirate crews had reached its conclusion, the surrounding onlookers began to retreat.

Now that the Silver Hook Pirate Crew had freed up their hands, it was hard to say whether they would turn on others. For safety reasons, the pirates naturally had to retreat further.

...

Having dealt with the Blaze Pirate Crew, Caiden was in high spirits, his eyes sparkling.

Like his father, he was highly ambitious. Now that he had eliminated his biggest rival, he felt that in the King’s Ruins, he had no more opponents.

’I need to speed up. We were just the first to arrive at Lionheart Island. Soon, other pirate crews will come, and more people will enter. I need to obtain the Pirate King’s treasure before they have a chance to do anything.’

He thought to himself

But this wasn’t an easy task. For example, the test of the second level had stumped him.

The area of the second level wasn’t as vast as the first, so shortly after descending, both his side and the Blaze Pirate Crew had found the area to pass through, but neither had completed the test.

Perhaps... he could see how others were doing?

Thinking of this, Caiden scanned the surroundings and saw pirates trying to retreat.

He immediately took out a voice amplification card, activated it in front of him, and projected his voice far and wide, "Everyone, don’t be in a hurry to leave. The reason we fought with the Blaze Pirate Crew is due to long-standing grievances. I promise you all that I will not attack anyone without reason. If possible, I would prefer to cooperate with everyone to explore the King’s Ruins together..."

Can pirate words be trusted?

Everyone is a pirate, and no one could believe what Caiden said about not actively harming others.

However, as Caiden finished speaking, many pirates stopped in their tracks, as he mentioned the treasure of the Pirate King.

Caiden told everyone that he had found the location to the third level and wanted to invite everyone to pass the trial together.

This made many people hesitate. Didn’t they enter the King’s Ruins for the Pirate King’s treasure? If they left now, they might never have another chance to get their hands on the treasure. But if they stayed, there was still some hope.

Tempted by greed and driven by ambition, the pirates eventually walked towards Caiden.

This satisfied Caiden greatly. As a fellow pirate, he naturally knew what could drive pirates the most.

"Everyone, please follow me. The trial for the second level is not far ahead."

He made an inviting gesture and then led the Silver Hook Pirates in front.

Many pirates followed.

Carlotta and Amelia also followed, blending into the crowd. Without openly displaying the Rose Pirate flag, no one recognized them.

Before long, a huge dark cave appeared ahead, identical to the one they saw in the first level.

Outside the first cave was a self-repairing stone.

Outside the second cave was an alchemical puppet.

This was a humanoid alchemical puppet, with a steel body, standing quietly. It wouldn’t move unless someone got too close.

Carlotta already knew what the trial for this level was through intelligence.

This trial only allowed one person to step forward at a time; any extra would be thrown back.

Once someone took the trial, the alchemical puppet would move, displaying the same rank as the challenger, and then mimic the challenger’s abilities to fight.

Whatever knight skills the challenger used, the puppet would use the same. Whatever magic the challenger used, the puppet would use the same.

Caiden and the Silver Hook Pirates had obviously tried the trial but failed. When the rank and attack methods were the same, and the puppet was made of steel, immune to attacks, it was obviously difficult for most people to handle.

Even Caiden had failed in front of the puppet, leaving him disgraced.

That’s why Caiden wanted to bring more people, so everyone could take on the challenge and figure out a way to break through.

At this moment, Caiden also explained the situation with the alchemical puppet, sparking heated discussions among the pirates.

"This is a Mirror Puppet."

Amelia immediately judged the origin of the alchemical puppet based on Caiden’s information.

She whispered, "Generally, Mirror Puppets are used for sparring. When the rank and any attack methods are exactly the same, the Mirror Puppet is an excellent reference, allowing one to quickly understand their weaknesses and make up for them."

She said that in some noble households, there would be Mirror Puppets, serving as excellent sparring partners.

Carlotta nodded and said, "I’ll go up and try... huh, these people are quick."

She had just taken a step when a group of people rushed towards the Mirror Puppet.

But except for the first person to approach the puppet, the rest were thrown back.

Only one person could take the trial at a time.

It was an unfamiliar pirate, a sixth-tier apprentice, wielding a broadsword as he charged at the Mirror Puppet.

At this moment, the Mirror Puppet also moved. With a wave of its hand, it conjured an identical broadsword and then used the same knight path as the pirate to charge forward.

The two clashed quickly, with constant banging sounds. The battle didn’t last long before the pirate was brutally cut in half, blood splattering on the ground, a tragic scene.

This sight sent shivers through the onlookers. No one expected the pirate who rushed to take the trial to end up like this.

At the same time, everyone understood the main difficulty in dealing with the Mirror Puppet: its defense was too high. How could one defeat the Mirror Puppet with such defense?

The Mirror Puppet didn’t even need to defend itself, able to attack as fiercely as it wanted.

But the challenger couldn’t just not defend, could they?

So how to deal with this thing?

Just as everyone hesitated, another person stepped forward. Not everyone was scared.

This time, it was a pirate who followed the path of magic. He practiced fire magic, and with a wave of his hand, large, scorching fireballs flew out, enveloping the Mirror Puppet.

The Mirror Puppet followed suit, also using fire magic, releasing a large number of fireballs in return.

The pirate had to dodge, but the puppet showed no intention of dodging, letting the fireballs hit its body. Almost from the start, it was chasing the pirate.

Amelia watched thoughtfully, "Carlotta, do you remember the stone from the first level?"

Carlotta asked, "The self-repairing stone?"

Amelia said, "Yes, that stone is actually a rare alchemical material called the Everchanging Stone. And this Mirror Puppet must have Everchanging Stone in its composition, and of higher quality at that, so it can ignore most attacks and automatically repair itself. To defeat this Mirror Puppet, you need to unleash a powerful attack to destroy it in one go."

Carlotta already knew this from intelligence, but Amelia figured it out after just two battles, which made Carlotta sigh in admiration.

As expected of Amelia.

The fire magic pirate eventually failed, but he managed to save his life. As long as he retreated far enough in time, the Mirror Puppet wouldn’t chase him even if he failed.

After two consecutive failures, even though one survived, the remaining people hesitated to challenge, finding it difficult.

Now everyone understood why the Silver Hook Pirates had gathered everyone to challenge; even they couldn’t handle the Mirror Puppet.

Seeing this, Carlotta stepped forward.

She didn’t want to waste time here. The longer they waited, the more pirates would arrive at the ruins, and the more chaotic and dangerous Lionheart Island would become. It was better to take the Pirate King’s treasure and leave as soon as possible.

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