Entering above the gray fog, Klein reached out and summoned the "Poseidon's Scepter" from the pile of debris, and glanced at the countless points of light lingering around this sealed object.

Each of these light spots corresponds to the prayer of a believer, the brilliance is flowing, sacred and ethereal!

Soon, Klein used his mind to conduct a preliminary screening, focusing on the part originating from the sea rather than the island. After he isolated the "Scepter of Poseidon" above the gray fog, he could no longer directly use this "artifact" to sense the surrounding ocean and make effective operations. He had to rely on the prayer images of believers to use this as a base point to expand 5 nautical miles in all directions and affect the corresponding seabed creatures.

Klein's spirituality spread and touched one of the light spots. He saw the daily prayers of the indigenous people on a fishing boat before it returned to the port in the evening.

As Klein's thoughts changed, the perspective of the picture quickly rose, and more and more of the dark scene with accumulated clouds and rolling waves was included.

"Were there signs of a brewing storm a few hours ago? Yes, when I went out before, I felt the environment was quite depressing... That's why Ireland said that the ship of 'Mad Captain' Connors should be parked in the shadow of a nearby island. It's trying to avoid the storm..." Klein tapped the edge of the mottled long table with his fingers and muttered to himself silently.

With this inference, his subsequent "search for people" task will be much easier, because he does not need to search the vast ocean, but only needs to pay attention to the vicinity of different islands in this sea area.

As soon as the thought came to his mind, a blue-green gem on the top of the Poseidon Scepter in Klein's hand suddenly lit up.

On the ocean where there were no fishing boats anymore, the deep blue, almost black waves were rising and falling with considerable amplitude under the crimson moonlight. Suddenly, water surged up silently, and a pair of exaggerated eyes looking at the sky vaguely appeared on the sea surface. Below the eyes was a huge shadow outline.

At the same time, sea fish of various species floated near the water surface.

They took in the hazy light that fell from the sky, turned around, and then sank down, heading towards different places.

Ten seconds later, the waters within 5 nautical miles returned to their previous state, with deep blue and almost black waves rising higher and higher, waiting for the final outbreak.

Phew... This is a bit exhausting... Klein raised his left hand and rubbed his forehead.

He was not simply driving the marine creatures just now, but endowed them with a certain extraordinary spirituality, so that when they discovered ships parked near the island, they could transmit the images they saw back in the form of prayers.

This was not a difficult or complicated task for the "Scepter of Poseidon", but for the operator Klein, it was a huge burden and consumed a lot of energy.

Then, Klein selected the prayers around different islands in the archipelago and issued "commands" to the marine life in the corresponding areas in the same way.

After doing all this, he did not bother to throw the "Poseidon's Scepter" back into the junk pile, but returned directly to the real world, took off his coat, and fell to the ground.

His spiritual energy was exhausted to the extreme and he thought he would fall asleep, but the emptiness and pain in his head made it impossible for him to open his eyes or enter dreams.

Klein could clearly feel that his skin was like an allergy, with bumps growing all over it, and countless granulations hidden underneath them.

Sure enough, just as Mr. Hanged Man said, if you let your spirituality run dry for two consecutive days, you will definitely have hallucinations and show signs of losing control. I just reached my limit once, and before I could maintain it for long, my body was a little abnormal. Of course, this was also because I had just been promoted not long ago, and I hadn't digested it yet, and I had taken extra potions from the previous sequence... Klein regained his thoughts little by little, trying to meditate on the layered light balls to calm his physical and spiritual fatigue.

After his condition eased a little, he finally fell into a deep sleep and slept until midnight.

At this time, there was a strong wind and heavy rain outside. The storm that had been brewing for a long time finally came.

This was not an uncommon occurrence in Bayam, and other than that, the night was quite peaceful.

Klein went to the bathroom to take care of his personal hygiene, washed his hands, walked four steps backwards, and entered the gray fog again.

He picked up the "Scepter of Poseidon" placed on the top of the long bronze table and began to browse the "images" sent back by the marine creatures.

These scenes feature ships located in different ports, docks, and in the shadows of different islands.

Although Klein had never met the "Mad Captain" Connors Victor, he had learned about his characteristics and the various symbols of his pirate group.

Pictures flashed one after another, and Klein patiently distinguished the details of those ships.

Ten minutes later, his eyes revealed an unconcealable joy, and he quickly enlarged one of the pictures and brought the view closer!

He found the suspected target ship!

The ship was anchored in the lee of Simim Island, the farthest island in the Rorsted Archipelago, with towering cliffs behind it and undulating waves below.

Its sails and flags had been furled, but there was a white skull with an eye patch on each side of the ship.

This is exactly the symbol of the Mad Captain Pirates!

Klein casually took out the pendulum from his left wrist cuff and used divination to confirm.

The answer delighted him, it was indeed Connors Victor's ship!

And this "mad captain" only has this one boat!

“No wonder most adventurers on the sea know that the ‘Mad Captain’ is connected to the kingdom’s human traffickers and slave traders, but the Storm Church’s investigation into the disappearance of the colony population did not point to him. A guy with a bounty of only 3,300 pounds and a pirate group with only one ship can only do some ‘small business’ and cannot afford such a large-scale population trade... What should I do next?” Klein sighed silently first, and then began to think about how to investigate.

His first reaction was to directly summon the huge sea creatures, take something like a "whale ship", take advantage of the storm, head straight for Simim Island, then sneak in in disguise, relying on the ability of the "Master of Secret Puppetry" to control the "Mad Captain" Connors Victor without causing too much noise. But after careful consideration, he felt that this method was too reckless.

It would be no problem to deal with other pirates who were not generals, but since the "Mad Captain" Connors Victor was involved in such a terrible incident as the Backlund Great Smog, it must be considered that what he usually showed was just a disguise, considering that he actually had another identity, and that there were probably some big secrets hidden on his ship, so there was a high probability that there were traps that were enough to deal with pirate generals. If he rashly sneaked in, even if Klein was armed to the teeth, he might not be able to walk out alive.

"Summon myself, in the form of a spirit, and take the Scepter of Poseidon? This can avoid accidents. If there is a problem, I can directly end the summoning and return. However, the essence of the 'Scepter of Poseidon' is a high-sequence Beyonder characteristic of the 'Storm' pathway. As long as it appears in the real world, it is very likely to attract Sea King Yann Cortman... This will make it impossible to proceed..." Klein looked at the storm in the picture and had a preliminary idea in his mind.

Before that, he once again materialized paper and pen and wrote down the divination statement:

"It would be dangerous to deal with Connors Victor."

Picking up the silver chain of the pendulum, Klein gathered his thoughts and began to divine with concentration.

Soon, he opened his eyes and saw the topaz pendant spinning clockwise at a very fast speed and with a huge amplitude.

This means that dealing with Connors Victor will be very dangerous!

“Sure enough, it’s just as I expected. Fortunately, I didn’t rush over…” Klein picked up the “Poseidon’s Scepter” and decided to execute the plan he had just thought of.

That is to take advantage of the cover of the storm, with the help of the prayer scene just now, and directly use the "Scepter of Poseidon" to attack Connors Victor's ship from a distance, alert the enemy and force out his secret!

Once they have a grasp of the situation, they will end the attack before Sea King Yann Kottmann senses any abnormal fluctuations or reaches the destination.

If Connors Victor unfortunately fell into the hands of "Sea King", Klein would not be disappointed, because after he investigated the truth of the Backlund smog incident, he would also have to find a way to pass the information to the three major churches.

If the "Mad Captain" successfully escapes, Klein will use the secrets he has discovered to formulate a subsequent attack plan!

Huh... Klein exhaled slowly, looked at the ship swaying in the dark waves, and raised the Scepter of Poseidon in his hand.

At the top of the scepter, the blue-green gems surrounding it burst into bright light one after another.

PS: I'm a bit stuck, the number of words is relatively small, and I haven't corrected the typos yet.