Chapter 524 Encounter with the Pirate King
After leaving the waters of the "Quaternary Ruins", the Future continued to move eastward. The other ships of the "Star Pirates" had already stopped in the Sea of White Whales and watched their flagship leave. However, in this area, which was close to the limit of the safe sea area, there were still a large number of fishing boats and whaling ships trying to get more harvests in the deep sea where few people went.
Seeing the conspicuous logo on the "Future", these fishing boats nervously made way like frightened birds, with cannons and harpoons aimed at this place, but no one dared to open fire.
The slender and extremely unscientifically constructed "Future" was welcomed by them as it sailed through the last safe route and entered the mysterious sea area that no one had ever reached.
Of course, it is not accurate to say that no one has arrived at all. At least the "Admiral of the Star" is obviously not the first time to come here. Under her command, the "Future" plunged into the dark clouds that gradually spread to the horizon and sailed in the sudden storm.
Hurricanes and thunderstorms took turns ravaging the ocean, but there were subtle gaps in between. The "Future" seemed to be dancing on the edge of a knife, moving forward with difficulty along this gap, constantly changing course like walking in a maze.
In this kind of weather, it is difficult to tell whether it is day or night... Angel hid in his room and looked out through the porthole. Not far away, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky and hit the sea directly. However, because it was too far away, no thunder was heard, which made the sea area even more weird.
Shaking his head and no longer caring about the weather outside the window, Angel was about to go to the restaurant to get dinner to fill his stomach which was a little empty due to the previous "diving exercise", but he found a huge black shadow appeared at the end of his sight.
Clouds? Islands?
She squinted her eyes and looked into the distance, and found that it was a huge monster floating on the sea, rapidly approaching the "Future".
Is it a ship? Are there other ships in this place?
With a start in her heart, she walked out of the single suite and headed towards the captain's room. She met Klein coming from the other side. The two looked at each other and confirmed that they were here for the same matter.
With a click, the door of the captain's room opened, and "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya walked out quickly. Angel glanced at the room behind the door and found that the decoration inside was not luxurious. The carpet and table were old, but the bookcase was full of large books.
"A ship is approaching quickly."
Angel withdrew her gaze and briefly explained her purpose, but she guessed that as the captain of the "Future", the other party might have already known the situation.
"It's the 'Death Call'."
Cattleya's face was a little gloomy, and she spoke slowly.
The flagship of the "Immortal King" Agaritu, the "Death Notice"?
Angel quickly recalled the information about the "Pirate King" in his mind.
His bounty in Loen alone was a staggering 100,000 pounds. It was said that he could not die because he had drunk from the Fountain of Youth. To be his enemy was practically certain death, unless one had reached the power of the Four Kings. Although he was cruel and bloodthirsty, often breaking his promises and earning the nickname "The Faithless," he had never directly clashed with the official demigods, demonstrating remarkable restraint...
No matter what, he is one of the "Four Kings", and his strength is higher than that of the "Pirate General", that is, the "Admiral of the Stars"...
Now that it has no other ships and insufficient sailors, can the "Future" really compete with the "Death Report"?
Angel looked at Klein and sensed the same worry beneath his feigned calm expression.
As fellow pirates, will the "Undead King" give face to the "Admiral of the Stars" and coexist peacefully in this dangerous sea?
But the pirates often clashed with each other. Vice Admiral Dusk had a fierce battle with Admiral Blood a few months ago, and both sides lost a lot of warships. Besides, who would dare to believe the promise of "the Unbeliever" Agaritu?
As if harboring similar concerns, Cattleya stopped talking and returned to the captain's cabin. She opened the window and looked at the "Death Announcer" approaching in the storm. Angel and Klein came to the deck and found that Frank, Nina, "Bloodless" Heath Doyle and other Mid-Sequence Beyonders were gathered there, commanding the sailors to either take up their gun positions or prepare for boarding on the deck.
Everyone's faces were gloomy, as if facing a great enemy, and their eyes were fixed on the approaching black shadow, until it passed through the wind and rain and approached the "Future" almost brushing past it.
The surface of the "Death Announcement" was painted black, and the guns on both sides were divided into three rows, densely packed and pointing outwards. The overall length was twice that of the "Future", nearly 200 meters. The front and rear were raised high, forming a superstructure protruding from the deck, and the overall shape was like a crescent moon.
It had only one mast, one sail, and a black tombstone painted on it.
This is the banner of the "Undying King".
But in the eyes of the sailors of the "Future", this giant ship now looked extremely embarrassed. There were several large holes in the bulkheads near its waterline, and seawater kept pouring in; the three rows of artillery facing this side were completely uncontrolled, and the muzzles were either facing the sky or lowered, and some gun positions were even empty; fires broke out on the wide deck, and the sailors hurriedly drew seawater to put out the fires, and had no time to take care of the "Future" that was so close.
The "Undead King" and his flagship were damaged in the attack?
As soon as this thought came into Angel's mind, he was filled with joy and excitement.
This not only means that the enemy is unable to attack the "Future", but on the contrary, if our side is in good condition, with at least two Sequence 5 Beyonders and a mystic battleship, can we try to kill the "Undead King" with a bounty of 100,000 pounds?
As long as my "disaster" spell can hit...
Just as she was thinking this, a sharp laugh came from the "Death Report", which had passed by the "Future" and was gradually moving away.
“Hahahaha, hahahaha——”
The laughter was full of malice. It spread across the sea surface for hundreds of meters, reached the deck of the "Future", and echoed in everyone's ears.
The idea of killing and getting a reward in Angel's mind was instantly dispersed by countless complex and complicated thoughts, turning into various extreme emotions such as hunger, violence, and lust.
Apostle of Desire?
No, it's much scarier than that!
She instantly recalled the "demon" Backlund had encountered. She had fallen twice to his lust-inducing tactics. After leaving behind all sorts of memories, she had also gained some ability to resist such tactics. Therefore, she quickly gathered her thoughts, waking up from the complex emotions, and with difficulty raised her head to look around.
Klein covered his face with his hands. Between his fingers, granulations of flesh moved on the surface of his skin, but they soon returned to normal.
Frank, Nina and other sailors beside him were already staggering, some holding their heads, some blocking their ears in vain, with ferocious expressions and all kinds of scales and granulations growing on their skin. They were about to lose control at the shout of the "Death Sail".
At this moment, the various symbols and patterns engraved on the deck and bulkheads of the "Future" lit up one after another, forming a huge rune with rich layers, like stars in the night sky.
Suddenly, the malicious laughter was isolated outside the "Future", as if it came from thousands of miles away. Although it could still reach everyone's ears, it no longer had the power to cause people to lose control.
Above everyone, in the window of the captain's cabin, the "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya was covered in starlight like the runes on the deck, constantly flickering, echoing the stars all over the ship.
call--
As if a hurricane had struck, the "Future" suddenly sped up, turned its back on the "Death Report," and rushed forward at a much faster speed than before. Except for Angel and Klein, who were still conscious, the sailors rolled to the back of the deck like a billiard ball that had lost its anchor, and crashed into each other, with cries of pain ringing in the ears.
And this is not the end, it's just the beginning.
The invisible wind blew the sails, making the "Future" accelerate continuously. Finally, it left the sea surface under the support of starlight, as if flying close to the sea, and moved away from the "Death Report" at a very high speed, leaving behind the terrifying laughter it emitted, which gradually became low and illusory.
Bang--
After an unknown amount of time, the "Future" fell back into the sea, slowing down while stirring up huge waves.
Cattleya, who was controlling the ship with secret techniques, had a pale face. She lowered her head, lowered her arms, and leaned against the window. The starlight beside her had disappeared along with the dimming of the runes on the deck.
Below her, the stunned Angel had completely given up the idea of "hunting the pirate king" in his mind.
She didn't expect that even after experiencing the war, the "Death Signal", which seemed to have no combat capability, could almost wipe out the "Future" with just a cry.
This was the gap between a "General" and a "King," even greater than the gap between Sequence 5 and Sequence 4... She sighed inwardly and looked at Frank, who was gradually recovering and trying to get up.
"Frank, let them recover."
Cattleya above whispered an order, then stepped back and left the window. The windows on both sides closed, and no more movement could be heard from the captain's room.
Angel and Klein, one being a Sequence 5 and the other having "extensive experience in committing suicide," recovered the fastest from the attack of the Death Announcer. They helped Frank up and watched him pull a glass bottle with a needle and a thin tube from his pocket.
"A sedative made by culturing bacteria and extracting toxins."
He introduced it with pride, looking around at his companions who were still rolled in a ball, wailing in pain, and showing all the signs of losing control, with an embarrassed look on his face.
Obviously, one potion was not enough for them.
"There's some wine spiked with sedatives in the cabin. Help me carry it out and feed it to them."
After thinking for a moment, he arranged the treatment method and was about to walk into the cabin, but the glass bottle in his hand was snatched away by Angel.
"Let me try."
Angel recalled the method she used to eliminate the plague after being temporarily promoted to the Witch of Pain during the Backlund smog. She unscrewed the glass bottle and dipped her finger in a drop of the strange, pale green "potion". Her spiritual power spread, and she quickly sensed the "disease" within the drop of liquid on her fingertips.
Sure enough, the medicine Frank made with bacteria still had considerable "activity" inside...Angel's confidence increased a little bit.
She quickly walked to the center of the deck, striving to cover all the sailors. The "disease" was quickly released from her body and spread in all directions, avoiding Klein, Frank, Cattleya, and others, and eroding the remaining people.
Then, she replaced the "fatal disease" with the "disease" in her hand that had the ability to calm her.
Almost instantly, the movements of the wailing sailors beside him, who were scratching the floor and banging their heads against the ground, slowed down. Soon, from ordinary sailors who were not Extraordinary people to Extraordinary people like Nina who were already losing control, they all stopped struggling under the effect of the sedatives and their breathing became steady.
"call……"
The strong Nina was the first to get up from the deck, shaking her fingers that had been scratching the floor until they were bloody, and looked at Angel who was standing quietly in the middle of the deck with his arms outstretched, his long light golden hair dancing in the wind, like a god in the moonlight.
"Wait, if you knock them all out, who will drive the boat?"
She suddenly remembered this and asked sharply.
"ah?"
Angel put away his "disease" and stared blankly at the angry boatswain, speechless for a moment.
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