With Vito as the mole, Du Ge no longer needs to spend time looking for people.
The first to die was the sixth-ranked Warden Booth.
He used "Rapid" to transport the Royal Navy and boosted his attributes, but on the sea, no matter how fast he was, he couldn't run away from the ship, nor could he swim past Du Ge.
Seeing that there was no escape, Warden chose to surrender, even expressing a desire to join the Sea Fish Pirates, but Du Ge did not agree. Instead, he kept his promise and let Vito harvest his life.
With Warden's death, the morale of the Royal Navy plummeted, facing powerful and strange examinees, they all dropped their weapons and lost the will to fight.
Without a fight, the pirates naturally had no reason to fight to the death.
The sea surface temporarily calmed down.
When Vito's ranking and attributes jumped to sixth place, he was full of surprise. Compared to Paul's resentment, Gaul's false promises, and Du Ge's actual rewards, it was simply inferior.
Another partner, Mans, also enjoyed the benefits of being Du Ge's teammate. His ranking was tenth, and Du Ge gave him the examinee with the "Peace" keyword to help him solidify his ranking.
But when they found the remaining examinees, they only saw corpses.
Obviously, Gaul had beaten them to it and harvested the attributes for himself.
...
"Paul, Gaul is ranked second. If he doesn't want to compete for first place, he can hold onto the Golden Compass and survive until the end of the time. Unless we can push him out of the top ten rankings, we have no way to deal with him," Vito said.
"That works too!" Mans said, "Since a few of us are in the top ten, and Paul is the first in the simulation field, it's not bad for us to drag it out until the end of time. On the contrary, killing him might lead to an accident."
Drag it out until the end of time?
You guys really have no ambition at all!
Du Ge looked at his personal interface panel, and there were still 138 examinees left in the simulation field.
Except for Gaul and Vito, the top ten rankings had not changed much.
As long as he was trapped on the Elgar Isle, Jeanne could indeed drag his current ranking to the end...
But what's the point of doing that?
He still wanted to get out early and see if he could enter the next simulation field and brush up on a few more skills!
Du Ge fell silent for a moment, then jumped onto the mast. "Gaul, I know you can hear me. Let's cooperate! I'm first, you're second, and there are still over 130 people in the simulation field. It's meaningless for you to drag it out. What if someone else finds the Sea God's Scepter first? The longer you drag it out, the more likely it is that something unexpected will happen. Once someone else rises through other means, you might still fall out of the top ten rankings. If we cooperate, use the Golden Compass to find the Sea God's Scepter, give it to Jeanne, and end the simulation field with the current rankings, it will be most beneficial for all of us. Where there's concealment, there's definitely a way to break it. With so many people in the simulation field, are you really sure you can hold onto second place until the end?"
Gaul did not respond.
Du Ge wanted to say more, but when he turned his head, he saw hundreds of warships on the distant sea, with a group of people running back and forth on the deck, and hundreds of warships were converging on them like a single ship.
Goodness!
Du Ge was speechless. I asked people to dance on the deck, and you're running on the deck. What kind of commotion is this? Are your keywords also happiness?
...
Outside the Elgar Isle, the pirates and the navy were in turmoil, but in the face of the incoming enemy, no one had the intention to fight. They all looked in Du Ge's direction, at a loss.
These inexplicable battles were too much.
During this time, they even felt that they were not like pirates or the navy at all!
...
Antonio?
Du Ge recognized his fleet at a glance, greeted Vito and Mans, and had the people on the ship adjust the sails to meet them. Speaking of which, Antonio was also a fish in his net!
As they approached the Elgar Isle, the running people immediately stopped and returned to their respective positions.
"Antonio, let's cooperate!" Du Ge was too lazy to command the pirate group to dance. He looked at the pirate ship on the opposite side from a distance, shouted, and sent his voice out, "The Golden Compass is in Gaul's hands, and his keyword is concealment. He's hiding and doesn't want to cooperate with me. So, let's cooperate, find him, find the Sea God's Scepter, and end this simulation field with the current rankings. How about that? I can give you his head and let you be the second in the simulation field."
Antonio stood at the bow of the ship, facing Du Ge across the sea.
"Since you've already cooperated with Mahamadu, why can't you cooperate with me again?" Du Ge smiled, "There are five spots in your team that occupy the top ten, and I have three spots. Ending it now is beneficial for everyone, isn't it? We just need to force Gaul out, take the Golden Compass from him..."
...
"Antonio, let's fight! A real man should fight for first place. What's the point of second place?"
"Mahamadu, Paul promised to give Antonio second place, without even considering your feelings as the third! Since that's the case, why should you cooperate with him?"
"Mahamadu, come on, with our help, Paul is not worth trusting..."
...
Antonio was about to respond to Du Ge.
On several ships behind him, several voices almost simultaneously sounded.
The calm look that Antonio had just regained changed instantly.His fleet suddenly turned behind him, swiveling their cannons to aim at the Avenger beneath Du Ge's feet.
The next moment.
Cannon fire roared.
Hundreds of shells flew into the sky almost simultaneously, half smashing towards the Avenger, the other half towards the sea monster Enke, as precise as modern artillery.
The movements between the ships were uniform, and the signal officers responsible for conveying messages seemed to be mere decorations.
The crew aboard the Avenger had never seen such a dense bombardment targeting a single location, and in panic, they leapt into the sea, while the sea monster Enke, frightened by the barrage of shells, plunged into the water.
...
I knew it.
There were other examinees on his ship!
They wouldn't just watch the top ten collaborate...
Those three voices must be related to instigation, agitation, and incitement!
Du Ge curled his lips, grabbed Janice beside him, and leaped into the water.
Mans and Vito reacted quickly as well, jumping into the sea. No matter how high their attributes were, they couldn't withstand so many shells!
...
Just as Du Ge and the others hit the water.
Du Ge flung Janice behind his neck with a flick of his hand.
At the same time.
His hand wielding the Dragon Sword swept behind him with the greatest amplitude.
Pfft!
Janice, completely unaware of what had happened, cried out in pain as a large gash opened across her chest and abdomen, her blood and entrails gushing out immediately.
Her eyes bulged in disbelief, unable to comprehend that Paul had used her as a shield...
Simultaneously.
Another short cry of pain, and the figure of Gaul emerged in the water, his entire arm severed, blood gushing out and instantly staining the sea red. He too wore a look of shock: "How could you possibly..."
"Because I am you, I would also choose this moment to assassinate," Du Ge sneered, and with another slash of the Dragon Sword, he decapitated Gaul, eliminating him from the competition.
"You used me as a shield?" Janice's voice was faint, her eyes unwillingly fixed on Du Ge, "Don't you want to complete the mission?"
"The Sea God wouldn't be so foolish as to completely seal his daughter's divine power!" Du Ge chuckled, pulling the golden compass from Gaul's embrace, "Since she's a goddess, how could she be easily killed?"
"Did you deliberately hold me and jump into the water just now?" Janice's voice grew weaker, but she seemed to completely disregard the wound across her chest and abdomen.
"Yes," Du Ge nodded, "Perhaps this could also break your seal? It's worth a try. I never believed that the Sea God would do something so foolish, that only the Sea God's scepter could break your seal..."
"I must say, your ideas are indeed unique..." Janice let out a miserable laugh and closed her eyes.
Watching Janice, who seemed to have truly died, Du Ge frowned.
The next second.
Du Ge's eyes suddenly widened.
Before him, Janice did not transform into the daughter of the Sea God, but instead took on his appearance, and her wounds healed instantly.
Du Ge was stunned.
The Paul in a witch's dress opposite him gave him a slight smile: "You've won the bet, yet also lost. I am the first in the Simulation Field, and it's impossible for one to defeat oneself, especially since I am also blessed with the power of the Sea God..."