Secret: The years I served as a foreign aid for the Aurora Club

Chapter 225 Pirate Encounter
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"Sua actually said in the oracle that he would practice asceticism. There must be something wrong with his brain."

"Also, I remember that a small coastal town in the south was destroyed by another tsunami last month, but the surrounding cities didn't even see the shadow of a tide. I have never heard of such a local tsunami."

Richard Ernst slapped away the crumbs of tortilla that had fallen onto his clothes, his tone somewhat sarcastic and amusing:
"Poor Siea, his already dull brain has been made worse by this."

"But why did the Church of the Seven Gods suddenly start to care about him? Weren't the high priests in the past all extraordinary people of the church and the people who survived by their own abilities?"

The Dark Saint did not answer this question. He chose to throw out another piece of information to continue the conversation:

"The messenger of God reported that an internal conflict broke out within the Rose School of Thought in Backlund City."

"It was an innocent passerby who was affected and reported the case, claiming to have seen monsters and ghosts appearing in the night."

Richard chewed slowly and swallowed the food in his mouth before he asked:
"Did you see their appearance?"

"It is said that the ghost is a blonde woman dressed in black."

"Oh, it's her."

Backlund, the wraith, the blonde woman, Richard easily guessed the other party's identity - if he guessed correctly, it should be the last child that Renette taught before her death, the little girl named Sharon.

The last time they went to Backlund to stop the great smog incident, Maria and the "zombie" under her command also reported their affairs. Sharon refused to contact the Pilgrimage Sect, found a helper to wipe out the pursuers of the Indulgence Sect, and settled down smoothly.

That little girl is already Sequence 5...

Richard didn't have much impression of Sharon. He had seen her a few times when Renette was still alive and vaguely remembered that she was just a little girl. He had extended an olive branch to her, but the answer he got was rejection.

"She was discovered in Backlund again? Yes, the identity of Reinette's disciple can make up for the lack of sequence. Sua will be happy to accept this sacrifice."

Teacher-student inheritance is very common in secret organizations, and even today when neurosis has become the mainstream of the Rose School, teacher-student inheritance is still the main way of development of the "Prisoner" path.

To a certain extent, the bond between master and disciple sometimes transcends blood ties and, like blood ties, becomes a relative in the mystical sense.

In addition, due to the special customs of the Highland Kingdom, people like to add the names of respected elders in their families to their own names, so sometimes disciples will inherit the extraordinary characteristics and even names of their teachers, becoming true heirs of the mysticism.

The strengthening of Suea and the death of Renette are two related events, but this incident did not attract much attention. It was just an internal struggle of a cult organization. People outside did not know anything about it, and they did not even know the name of this Highland Princess.

In order to prevent ordinary people from discovering that a cult leader can live for hundreds of years, the Orthodox Church often emphasizes the other party's title and weakens the name when screening and filtering information, such as "God's Evil", "Pale Queen", "Aurora God's Envoy", so as to dilute their names. Not to mention that this information is not accessible to ordinary people, even if these people are still active in the public eye after decades, people without extraordinary knowledge will subconsciously think of "title inheritance".

The Dark Saint broke the bread, looked at the corn cake, and recalled the sweet, delicious and talking communion bread of the Aurora Society, hinting at the words of the Lord:

"The changes in Si'a this time may not be entirely the work of the church."

Richard paused for a moment while brushing the barbecue with sauce, and said with an unchanged expression, "It seems there is something else behind what he said."

"Sir, you don't have to be so vague. After all, I am still alive today because I survived in the cracks. The church is willing to support me only because they hope that I can check and balance the Abyss Angels. As early as when the teacher completed the promotion, my value had been greatly weakened."

"In addition, I forcefully intervened in the smog incident that was condoned by the Loen royal family. I am no longer fit to appear in the Northern Continent."

"If Frank hadn't given me such an excellent seed, I might have considered taking the risk of going to Feynaport again."

Richard blinked and looked at the Dark Saint sincerely, implying that you and the Aurora Society should not expect me to go and cause trouble for the teacher. There is no point in paying attention to Edward Vaughn's whereabouts. I can't beat him, so you should go by yourselves.

It is impossible for me to fight unless I am tired of living. The current situation is critical and I can only do business and production to maintain my life.

Kesma naturally understood what the other party meant, but after hearing one of the sentences, his eyes suddenly turned.

“Do you know anything about the inside story of the Great Smog?”

"Yes." Richard said, "Through a divination, I guessed that the smog might be related to the Augustus royal family. Considering that the Augustus royal family's heritage is the 'Judge', and that the Balam Crown has gradually been exhibited in museums in the past decade, and that incomprehensible laws and new architectural styles have emerged one after another, I roughly guessed where the missing people of the South Continent and the civilians of the North Continent went."

"What a shame! I had high hopes for this king because of the long-term benefits of the employee bill, the food bill and environmental protection."

Richard shook his head, looking lonely and sad: "His mother, does the Aurora Society know where his grave is?"

The Dark Saint shook his head regretfully.

The Dark Saint asked: "Since you are also upset about what the Augustus royal family did, are you willing to help us and expose the truth about the Great Smog as a philanthropist?"

"There is no conclusive evidence. My identity as a philanthropist should be the icing on the cake. What I say as a human being is unlikely to attract widespread attention. Even my subordinates might suffer." Richard said, "I am willing to help, but let's talk about it later."

479
On the "Death Report".

It took Agaritu two months to explore the coastline of the East Continent. Relying on his immortal nature and the building materials that could be found at any time on the sea, after dying a total of seventeen or eighteen times, he completed the mapping of the ruins of the gods' war along the coast.

In fact, he could have survived so many times, but Ouroboros was always followed by inexplicable misfortunes. Even a well-prepared expedition could fail due to strange reasons.

"The powers that appeared in the ruins of the God War... Earth, Secret, Storm, Prisoner... basically match the current Seven Gods, and their corresponding positions can be found."

"The ancient sun god found so many people to kill him, and even Ouroboros and Medici were there to support him, but in the end he was still eaten by the three gods."

"It's good to hear that, with His death, other gods will have room to develop."

His men spread out the priceless map of the ruins of the war between gods that he had drawn himself, on which the power of the gods and the response methods of each regional branch were carefully marked, and countless safe routes were drawn.

If this news were to spread to the outside world, it would definitely drive adventurers and pirates crazy.

"Anyway, there is no normal way to get to the East Continent. The coast is covered with either secrets or dark tides that can tear apart demigods. There is also a wandering 'sun' and the abundance that sucks life. Angels have to work hard to get there. The easiest way is to take the Aurora Society's pilgrimage route, or find the key to the Giant King's Court."

Agaritu fell back into his seat, closed his eyes and began to doze off.

The deck was bustling with people coming and going. A hunter with blond hair, wearing a vest and a white shirt, was sitting on a sculpture at the bow, concentrating on depicting the sea level and sky in the distance.

The first mate looked up and said to him, "Anderson, it's your turn to wash the dishes today."

Anderson, with a paintbrush on his ear and a paint tray in his hand, turned his head and said, "What? Didn't I just wash the dishes yesterday?"

A man who was scrubbing the deck looked up and continued the conversation: "You bribed me with wine money yesterday to help you wash the dishes, today you should wash them yourself."

Anderson was reluctant: "So my bribe can only postpone the washing of dishes for one day? But that's three pounds! I sold two paintings to get the money!"

The waiter who was pouring water for Agaritu added:
"3 pounds is only enough for me to replace the shell, and I don't need to drink. Anderson, go wash the dishes quickly."

"I originally asked to come up to clean the deck, but why do I always have to wash dishes..."

Anderson was even more reluctant, but he had to jump down from the bow sculpture and carefully put away his only source of income.

The crew watched him walk into the cabin and continued to work on their own things.

The "Death Alert" was drifting leisurely on the sea. Having completed Edward's mission, Agaritu, apart from showing his devilish nature as necessary, was just slacking off like the "Death Alert". Anyway, the main body was also slacking off, and he even increased his bounty by one thousand by slacking off.

It seems that they accidentally robbed a church ship.

Who was to blame? Was it the devil? The only thing to blame was that the church members didn't shout and surrender quickly enough. If they had revealed their identities before the last person died, Agaritu wouldn't have cleaned up the ship so thoroughly.

The sailors on the ship were all very obedient now, and no one was thinking of doing anything big. The Death Announcement floated past a ruin of a war between gods, and at this moment, an observer suddenly shouted:

"There's a large sailing ship approaching!"

Brush brush!
The crew members stood up and went to where they were supposed to go, mops and buckets in their hands.

Agaritu, whose nap was disturbed, turned his head and looked over there. He saw a ship shining with starlight coming towards him at a very fast speed.

"Bernadette?"

The sailboat was getting closer and closer, and the flag became clearer. The crimson but faint moonlight allowed the people in the port to see ten white stars of the same size on it, and those stars surrounded a pair of cold eyes without eyelashes.

"Admiral of the Stars!"

"Future!"

The sailors said loudly that the "Faceless Puppet" looked very excited. It was already able to influence nearly a hundred people at the same time and was practicing its actual combat capabilities. It couldn't wait to practice with the "Admiral of the Stars".

"A chance encounter?"

"Why did Admiral Xing suddenly appear in the Sea of ​​Gods? Did he want to explore the ruins? Well, it's not surprising that people who peek into the unknown like to gain knowledge."

At this time, the sailor ran up: "Captain! Captain!"

"There is a very powerful and scary person up there!" the sailor said, "Should we go up there? I'm a little scared of the person up there!"

"Is there something up there that you're afraid of?"

Agaritu asked the Faceless Doll, "What did you sense? A High-Sequence Expert from the Fortune Teller Path?"

The Faceless Doll hesitated and said, "I can't express that feeling accurately, Captain, but I feel that I want to get close to him, but I am afraid of him... His aura is very terrifying. Oh, I have seen this aura once in Bayam!"

Bayam? Bayam... Agaritu suddenly thought of something.

"Hold the ship, but do not drop anchor," he said. "HMS Death, prepare your turn and guns, and be ready to attack at any time."

The rudder of the "Death Announcement" turned automatically, and dark gun muzzles appeared on the side of the ship. The spiritual shells were loaded and secretly aimed at the increasingly approaching "Future".

……

The "Future" did not stop moving forward, and soon it closed the distance with the gloomy and dark behemoth.

Klein finally saw the other party clearly and discovered that it was not a sea monster, but a sailing ship even larger than the Future.

The sailboat is nearly two hundred meters long, with its front and back raised high, and the whole thing looks like a crescent moon.

Its surface is painted black; the cannons on the side of the ship are arranged in three rows, in order; the part protruding from the deck, except for the mast, is also tall and huge, at least equivalent to a five-story house.

The strangest thing about the ship is that it has only one sail, on which is depicted a black tombstone.

"Death Signal..." A solemn voice sounded beside Klein's ears. Frank Lee had put down the apples at some point, letting them run around on the Future, and walked to his side.

The first mate, whose bounty was 7000 pounds, had a sullen face and tense muscles, as if he would attack at any time at the slightest change in the huge sailing ship.

Death Call? Klein was stunned at first, then he remembered what the name meant.

It is one of the most famous and legendary ships on the five seas!

It is the flagship of the "Immortal King" Agaritu!

I actually ran into one of the Four Kings... Klein was secretly shocked and couldn't help but go into a state of high alert.

However, he remained indifferent and calm on the surface, still looking at the "Death Ship".

Thinking of the recent rumors about the "Undying King", he frequently went in and out of the ruins of the God War. It was said that he wanted to find the "Fountain of Youth" that once gave him extraordinary vitality. Or maybe the "Undying King" found a map of the ruins and was looking for treasure. He kept bringing his crew in and returning alone... Klein was immediately relieved and no longer wondered why he encountered the "Death Announcement" not far from the Gargas Islands.

He was originally a little worried about whether he would meet the opponent in the dangerous Sea of ​​War of Gods, but he didn't expect to meet him in the open sea.

After putting this question aside, he thought of more rumors, some of which could be confirmed to be true descriptions:

“Agaritu, the ‘Undying King’, is a middle-aged man who is so pale that he seems ready to rot at any moment;

“His bounty for a single country is as high as 10 pounds;

“All those who were once his enemies, whether pirates, adventurers, or a certain naval fleet, have perished. Only the other three who were also the ‘Four Kings’ are still alive;

“He never confronted the official demigods head-on and was extremely restrained in this regard;
“Almost no one knows his specific sequence, and no one understands his extraordinary abilities;

“He is cruel by nature, fond of killing, and may attack anyone or any ship at any time;
"He likes to find excuses to break his promises. In addition to being called the 'Undying King', he is also widely known as the 'Faithless One'."

Fortunately, I am on the Future. The Immortal King should give Admiral Star some face. After all, Ms. Hermit is also one of the seven pirate generals... No, the Four Kings and the pirate generals can get along peacefully at the pirate conference convened by the Five Seas King. Under normal circumstances, there is cooperation and confrontation, and the latter is more common. A few months ago, Admiral Blood and Vice Admiral Dusk had a big battle. During the Bayam tsunami, the Mysterious Queen and him also appeared... In addition, the Immortal King's style is that things may not just stop at encounters on the road! Just as Klein had this thought, he heard a low horn sound.

Woo!
The sailors resting in the cabin woke up instantly, and without even bothering to put on their clothes, they either ran straight to different gun muzzles or came to the deck to prepare for boarding. The "Future" suddenly went from a peaceful state to a wartime state.

Klein turned his head and looked upwards, only to see that the window of the captain's room had been opened. Admiral of the Stars Cattleya was standing there in her unchanged black robe, staring in the direction of the Death Announcement.

She no longer wore the thick glasses, and her dark eyes were tinged with a hint of dark purple, deep and mysterious.

“Sure enough, she’s also worried that the Undead King might suddenly launch an attack…” Klein retracted his gaze and looked back at the Death Announcement ship with its bow and stern raised.

At this time, the two ships were passing each other and the pirates on the opposite side were vaguely visible.

Those guys were also looking over here, some were as quiet as statues, seemingly without any emotional fluctuations, some were waving their swords, blowing the muzzles of their guns, doing their best to be provocative.

The people on the two ships were silent. Suddenly, several people on the Death Announcement moved aside. A man wearing a tricorn hat and who looked like he had some Southern Continent ancestry appeared in the gap. His dark red eyes scanned the members of the Future, then the Admiral of the Stars, Frank Lee, and everyone else, and finally stopped at Klein.

Klein, who was standing on the deck as Gehrman Sparrow, suddenly felt a huge crisis. Suddenly, Klein's eyes blurred and his heart stopped as if it was suddenly grasped. A gray mist flashed by.

Klein nearly fell to the ground due to cardiac arrest. He held onto the side of the boat with one hand, and his expression instantly became extremely serious. The "creeping hunger" opened its bloody mouth, but it did not immediately emit a terrifying and bloodthirsty aura as usual.

Its "terror" is completely overshadowed by the greater crisis that is at hand!
Klein quickly thought about the reason why he was being targeted, but before he could come to a conclusion, the sounds of gears turning and mechanical resets could be heard from the "Death Announcement" opposite. The dark muzzle quickly turned, and a spiritual light flashed.

The "Undying King" ignored Cattleya, who had a close relationship with Bernadette, and also ignored Frank Lee on the ship.

He looked at Klein and gave the order as if to seal his death:

"fire."

TBC
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Touched it.

(End of this chapter)