An extremely large cult organization, the Poseidon Society, slowly appeared before everyone like a long scroll.

The "Poseidon" worshipped by the Poseidon Society is a Kraken, a deep-sea giant with unfathomable strength. It is said that this giant is a thousand meters long and has infinite power. As long as someone believes in it devoutly, they will get its response and feedback.

The Society of Poseidon is a church that gradually developed from worshiping it, and its influence now covers the entire Loras Peninsula and the surrounding waters.

But don't think that this area is small. Think about the size of the Crab Claw Peninsula, which accounts for almost one-third of the Kingdom of Heron.

The Loras Peninsula is only big, not small.

Moreover, the sea god will occupy more small islands, archipelagos and sea areas that are ten times more vast.

The entire church has a clear hierarchical structure. From the head of the church, archbishop, bishops, priests, deacons to ordinary believers, their rights and obligations are different.

Ocot was already a senior priest. If he could successfully take the throne of the patriarch of the Norris family this time, then becoming a bishop would be basically a foregone conclusion.

"Ocot, what is it that you have been plotting to take from the family secret vault?" Audit on the side suddenly asked.

"Golden Compass!" Ocot no longer concealed anything and said directly.

"What! It's the golden compass!" Audit exclaimed.

Meiluo, who was standing by, was confused. A golden compass? Was there such a thing in the family? Why didn't she have any impression of it? Richard and Stephanie looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

Obviously, both of them were confused about the golden compass and had never heard of it.

At this time, the head of the Norris family, Audit, looked at the people around him. They were either his daughter or his family's savior, so he had no intention of hiding anything. Instead, he introduced them slowly: "This golden compass is a treasure handed down from ancient times. As long as you kneel down devoutly, it can help designated ships avoid danger in the ocean and show lost people the way home."

"This is also the foundation of the Norris family as a shipping family."

“This secret has only been known to the Norris family patriarch!”

"Ocot, how do you know this secret?" Audit said with a serious face.

"This... was revealed to me in a dream by the Sea God during the sacrifice. He told me to find the golden compass in the Norris family's secret vault and offer it to him. Then I will get the reward I have always dreamed of."

Ocott still had a certain sense of belonging to the Norris family in his heart, so after thinking about it, he told the story.

After listening to this, Audit remained silent, like a volcano that had been suppressed by the sea water on the bottom of the sea, and would suddenly erupt in the next second.

"Ocot! Do you know that if you sacrifice the golden compass to the so-called sea god, the Norris family will soon fall apart completely without the support of shipping!!" Audit roared.

He was so disappointed!

He was ashamed of the thought he had once had, that is, to give up the position of patriarch to his younger brother! Fortunately, it did not happen, otherwise he would not know how to face the ancestors of the Norris family! "So what! As long as I sacrifice to the great sea god, I can enter the level of a second-level great wizard. By then, even if I rebuild the Norris family, it will be easy!" Ocot also roared at his brother.

"You are beyond redemption!!"

Ocott's chest rose and fell greatly, and he was obviously extremely angry! "Hahaha! You are hopeless, Poseidon will bless the Norris family!!" Ocott counterattacked tit for tat, and his expression was a little crazy.

Seeing this scene, Richard understood.

This is almost always the case with cult members, who are deeply enmeshed in the worship of gods and cannot extricate themselves.

There is no clear mind and reason anymore!

It was almost impossible to communicate normally! "Mental shock!"

A transparent mental power wave hit Okot directly, and immediately, Okot, who was in a state of madness, fell to the ground without a sound.

"Richard, did you... did you kill him? I haven't had the chance to find out for you where Captain Baloric is?" Meiluo suddenly thought of a question.

"He's just unconscious! Captain Balorik? Is he the captain who knows the location of Basileus Island in the Summer Sea?" Richard turned to Meiluo and asked.

"Yes! That's the captain."

“Well, that’s easy!”

After waking up Ocot again, Richard used a little trick and Meiluo soon learned the whereabouts of Captain Baloric from her uncle.

It turned out that the other party was imprisoned in the port of Antwerp, in the secret base of the Poseidon Cult.

"Tell me! Where is the stronghold of the Poseidon Cult in the port of Antwerp?" Richard continued to ask.

"In the basement of the Seagull Tavern." Ocott, whose spirit was on the verge of collapse due to Richard's continuous mental shocks, directly told the location of the secret base.

"Richard, why don't you take Stephanie with you to rescue Captain Balorik first." Meiluo said after thinking for a while.

At the same time, Meiluo also told her father, Marquis Norris, in detail about Richard's plan to go to Basileus Island.

"Well, if Stephanie and I leave, Meiluo, how can we guarantee the safety of you and Marquis Norris?" Richard looked embarrassed.

"Yes, I heard that the location of the Poseidon Cult's stronghold changes every once in a while. The sooner you go, the better." Meiluo's father, Marquis Norris, also added.

"As for the safety of Meiluo and me, don't worry. I will contact Grand Duke Fabrico Stark now. He will give us shelter in a short time!"

Seeing Richard's confused expression, Meiluo couldn't help but laugh.

"Grand Duke Fabrico Stark is the Grand Duke of the Principality of Loras, which is equivalent to the King of the Kingdom of Heron."

Richard suddenly understood.

The Grand Duke of a principality came forward to protect the safety of Meiluo and her father, so he really didn't need to worry too much in the short term.

"That's fine! However, Meiluo and Marquis Norris, I'd better send you to the Grand Duke first, and then we'll go to the port of Antwerp." Richard looked around and found that the extraordinary power in Norris's mansion was almost consumed by the internal strife.

Richard found it difficult to trust the remaining knight-level guards.

These people are also unable to protect Meiluo's safety.

"Then I'll trouble you, Richard! However, you just need to send us to the residence of the Governor of Norris City." Marquis Norris agreed immediately.

Not only for himself, he also has to consider Meiluo's safety.

After safely sending the two to the Governor's Mansion in Norris City, Richard and Stephana immediately rode on the Hippogryph and flew into the sky! - Antwerp Port.

The basement of the Seagull Tavern has undergone a special renovation.

The original basement and wine cellar were completely connected, and after further expansion, a venue with a three-meter high ceiling and an area of ​​three to four hundred square meters was formed.

This place is divided into several areas by walls and is one of the important strongholds of the Poseidon Cult.

A knight with a ferocious face was guarding the door of a prison cell. Inside was a hunched figure lying on the ground in tattered clothes, with heavy iron shackles on his hands and feet.

Judging from the appearance, it is difficult to associate a master with the strength of a great knight with the hunched figure in front of you.

But this person is Captain Baloric, a senior captain and navigator, and the person Richard wants to rescue.

I saw a fist-sized black spider crawling out from the ventilation hole on the top of the ceiling. After looking around, it quietly crawled towards Captain Baloric who was lying on the ground.

The rustling sound made Captain Balorik, whose face was covered in dirt, open his eyes.

"That's fine! It's better for me to die at the hands of the spider than at the hands of these scums of the Sea God Society!"

But the next second, Captain Balorik was stunned.

Because there was a small piece of paper held in the spider's mouthparts.

When the spider saw Captain Balorik open his eyes, it was very smart and spread the note in front of him.

This is exactly the little spider from the shadow world summoned by Stephania's second talent of witchcraft.

Although this little spider does not have strong attack power, it can naturally switch freely between the real world and the shadow world, making it the best detective.

Just now, the little spider from the shadow world bypassed four detection magic arrays and three defense magic arrays and found Captain Baloric who was in this prison cell.

And the news of finding the target was immediately passed to its owner Stephanie.

There were only a few big words written on the note: "Captain Baloric, we are sent by the Norris family to rescue you. Please hide in the corner or under the bed. This note will self-ignite in ten seconds!"

Balorik was excited!

Trembling with excitement!

If you can live, who wouldn't want to live?

"Great! The master didn't give up on me! He came to rescue me!"

"But. What do you mean by asking me to hide?"

Balorik was still confused at this time. It might be that he was too excited and affected his judgment, or it might be because he really didn't understand why the other party reminded him of this.

However, as the ten seconds were up, the note suddenly caught fire.

Balorik made up his mind! Since the other party reminded him so, he just had to do it. Why think so much?

With the sound of the chains on his hands and feet rattling, Balorik straightened up and leaned against the corner of the cell, where the two walls intersected.

At this time, the muscular knight guarding the door turned around, looked into the room, and shouted, "Behave yourself!"

Suddenly, just as he finished speaking.

Continuous explosions sounded in the stronghold.

“Boom boom boom!”

After a violent explosion, the smoke and dust slowly dissipated, and only a handful of people were still standing in the entire Poseidon stronghold.

Most of the minions and deacons who were only at the level of formal knights had been wiped out by the explosion of multiple alchemical bombs! "Who on earth is it!" An old man dressed like a priest rushed out of the room angrily.

But the next second, a black beam of light pierced through his head.

Two black-robed figures slowly emerged from the dust. They were Richard and Stephana who had been traveling for a long time.

After they arrived at the port of Antwerp, they went straight to the Seagull Tavern without any rest.

This pub is quite unique. Its doorplate is a picture of several flying seagulls, so it is very easy to find.

Just when Richard and Stephanie wanted to go directly into the basement, they found that the entrance to the basement was not only heavily guarded, but there were also several warning, defense and reconnaissance magic arrays.

This made entering quietly almost impossible.

It's not that Richard doesn't have the ability to force his way in, but the place is small and there is no way he can accommodate the evil spirits and abominations, not even a blood-bone puppet that is more than three meters tall.

In addition, considering that the main purpose of their trip was to bring back Captain Balorik safely, rather than to slaughter the members of the Poseidon Cult.

Richard thought about it and decided to let Stephanie send the Shadow World Spider first to find out whether Captain Balorik is here.

If so, in which area?

As soon as the little spider in the shadow world encountered the witch circle, it sneaked into the shadow world to hide or jump, and quickly locked onto Balorik's position.

Then, the big explosion happened because Richard threw more than ten alchemical combination bombs in at once.

The stronghold was blown to pieces! Therefore, before the battle, the defense force of the entire Poseidon stronghold was lost by more than 80%.

The remaining few were also dealt with by Richard in no time!

"Captain Balorik, is that you?" Stephanie stepped forward and asked in a tender voice.

"Yes, I am Balorik." Balorik was still a little frightened at this time, as if he was shocked by the big explosion just now.

"We are here to rescue you on behalf of Marquis Norris. Now, please follow us!"

"Okay! Okay! But could you please rescue the others as well? They are in the cell next door." Balorik agreed immediately, but after thinking about it, he added another sentence.

"Is there a friend of yours around?"

"Yes, a friend, also my first mate Ottombo, an orc!" Balorik explained.

"Orc?" Richard was stunned.

Is it the kind of orc that I imagined?

He couldn't help but feel a little curious.

"Sure! Then bring it along."

Balorik quickly undid the shackles on his hands and feet, and then took Richard and Stephania to the door of the cell next door.

A beam of black light immediately blasted open the iron door of the cell!

After a while, a tall figure with light green skin walked out of the cell.

The other party's face is quite different from that of a human, with a protruding pig-like mouth and two fangs on the lower jaw that are very eye-catching.

The rest of the body shape is similar to that of humans.

This orc obviously had a special relationship with Balorik. When he came out, he strode forward and lightly punched Balorik on the chest the first time he saw him.

"Smash the damn Poseidon Cult and smash their heads off!" the orc said in a muffled voice.

"You will have a chance, but let's leave here first!" Balorik patted the other's thick shoulders.

After all, this is the stronghold of the Poseidon Cult and we cannot stay here for long.

(End of this chapter)