Ring of Fate

Chapter 784 Respective tasks

Two days later, in Panama Harbor, in a secluded area of ​​the dock.

Janna was wearing a black dress that looked like a skirt or a robe, gazing at the blue ocean shrouded in a thin mist from afar.

Her mission was to monitor the dock and to spot Admiral Deepsea's flagship, the Newins, as soon as possible.

Of course, this was just one direction she needed to pay attention to. The most important thing was to make sure that no pirate king's fleet came to Panamore Harbor before the arrival of the "News". If such a thing happened, she would have to quickly notify Lumian and make the unknown adventurer disappear.

Janna paced from time to time, and sometimes found a place to sit down, waiting patiently for the target to arrive.

Suddenly, she saw a huge creature in the distance floating up from the sea against the current.

The giant creature was metallic black in color with a large amount of sea water sliding down its surface. Its shape was like an oval spindle that expanded a lot towards the sky. A thin, curved metal pipe extended from the top, like an elongated snail's eye.

The next second, the metal pipe bent and retracted, and the entire upper part of the behemoth cracked open and spread out to the surroundings, revealing a wide deck, a large number of cannons, hundreds of pirates, and raised masts and sails.

Janna was a little dazed by what she saw. Although she had heard Lumian talk about how the "Black Octopus" of "Bonebreaker" Basil dived, surfaced and deployed, it was still not as shocking as seeing it with her own eyes.

This has a strong mechanical beauty!

Moreover, that behemoth was no smaller than the latest steam ocean-going vessel and far superior to the traditional sailing pirate ship.

Without any additional confirmation, Janna knew that this was the "News", the flagship of "Admiral of the Deep Sea" Hal Constantine.

At the same time, she initially determined that the "News" came to Panamore Harbor alone, without the "Black Octopus" accompanying it.

——Ever since "Vice Admiral of Twilight" Bulatov Ivan became the "King of Twilight", other ships in the "Admiral of the Deep Sea" fleet rarely operate with the flagship, because the "News" and "Black Octopus" can dive into the sea and sail secretly, which other ships cannot do. Forcibly following them will only expose Hal Constantine's whereabouts.

This is also one of the reasons why Franka set her sights on this "Deep Sea Admiral".

"Such a giant alchemical machine is so beautiful..." Janna stared at the "News" and sighed in her heart.

Her father was a worker whose aesthetic appreciation of machinery profoundly influenced her and her brother Julian.

In addition, Trier was full of all kinds of useful or strange machines, so her brother Julian almost gave up his belief in the "Eternal Sun" when he was a teenager and turned to the church of the "God of Steam and Machinery".

Janna retracted her gaze and walked out of the dock, thinking of something with a little worry:
Her brother Julian will finish his exchange study in more than a month and return to Trier, but she does not want her brother to continue living in this metropolis built on the "crater". She wants Julian to settle down in a place with strong official power but not as dangerous as Trier. The port of Leuser where Julian is now or the towns outside Trier are both good choices.

Jenna knew that she could not convince Julian. On the one hand, her brother would worry about her unless she found a reliable man to marry. On the other hand, Julian was born and raised in Trier and had more opportunities in Trier. How could he bear to leave his hometown?

"We need to think of a way to make a roundabout 'arrangement'. Well, it's easier to convince him with a temporary one, but Julian absolutely cannot accept leaving his hometown permanently. According to Franca, we can do it for three years first, and then another three years after that..." Janna didn't consider letting Anthony "hypnotize" Julian directly.

At this time, two drunken pirates walked into the dock and saw Janna, who was wearing a hood and a dress that looked like a skirt or a robe.

They looked up and down for a few seconds, looked at each other, and stood in front of Janna.

"Woman, name your price."

"If you don't want to name a price, we'll just give it to you on our own!"

The two pirates exchanged words and stretched out their hands, trying to grab Janna.

In Port Panamo, such things were not uncommon. Local women either went directly to bars and other places with protectors to work as street girls, or rarely went out to avoid being targeted by pirates. In that case, the best outcome would be to wait for the sheriff to appear and get a small amount of compensation. The worst outcome would be to be killed on the spot by pirates who did not want to pay any money, thrown into the sea, or abducted onto a ship and sold somewhere else.

Before the two pirates' hands could touch Janna's arms and shoulders, they suddenly found themselves burning with black, evil, and quiet flames.

They suddenly felt fear and pain, the drunkenness disappeared immediately, and they turned around and ran away.

They ran and shouted in terror:
"Witch!"

"Witch!"

Janna felt the "witch" potion being digested a little from the two pirates' associations, pain, and fear, and then silently watched them gradually weaken in the burning black flames, and then they fell to the ground while running, twitching and dying.

Janna immediately fell into a dilemma:

Should I continue to maintain the mysterious and evil image of the "witch", or should I follow my instinct and take the money from the two dead pirates...

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Inside a bar in Panamore Harbor.

Anthony sat on a high stool with a glass of beer, listening to the pirates across the street bragging with foam flying in their mouths.

His mission for the past two days is to mingle among the pirates, monitor and guide the direction of "public opinion".

Although Lumian had done a lot of analysis, he was still a little unsure about how the pirate group would react. After all, human hearts were unpredictable, and it was normal for some weirdos among so many pirates to appear and be beyond common sense.

When a "conspirator" formulates a conspiracy, he will not say that something will definitely happen, 100% of the time. That is the ability of the "fortune teller", "prophet" and "audience" who are in high positions. What the "conspirator" needs to do is to prepare additional means to ensure that things develop as he expected, rather than being helpless when there is a problem that deviates from the original plan.

Therefore, he asked Anthony to go to the pirates' favorite bars and make as many friends as possible, so as to understand the pirates' reactions to the unknown adventurer's provocation of the entire group, identify different voices that may have a significant impact, and then use the ability of "hypnotist" to quietly guide and change the attitudes of the few pirates who have the right to speak, to ensure that the "public opinion" mentioned by Franka is always the kind that Lumian wants.

This larger-scale, secret guidance allowed Anthony to digest a lot of the "Hypnotist" potion.

Because this is both a form of "hypnosis" in reality and seems to have indirectly guided the minds of the entire pirate group in Port Panamo.

Gulp, gurgle, the pirate next to Anthony took a big sip of golden beer and looked at his new friend with admiration.

In his opinion, this new friend was not only very friendly, but also a good listener among pirates. He would not always interrupt others when they were showing off and share his own experiences.

"Storm, it's so rare to encounter pirates like this. I can finally tell you about my experience!" Pirate Stilwell put down his beer cup and praised the gods sincerely in his heart. He asked Anthony, "Are you interested in joining our fleet?"

Anthony smiled and replied:
"I don't think I'm strong enough to be one of you."

"Haha." Pirate Stilwell laughed complacently.

Anthony glanced around and said in a deliberately low voice:
"Have you heard about that unknown adventurer?"

The smile on Stilwell's face disappeared in an instant:
“I heard that there are so many pirate captains here, but not one of them taught that adventurer a lesson!
"What are they waiting for? This is a chance for them to become more famous. Maybe they can even become the tenth pirate general!"

Amid his angry rebuke, Stilwell never mentioned that he could also challenge the arrogant adventurer.

Suddenly, he heard a noise breaking out somewhere in the bar lobby.

"What happened?" Stilwell picked up his beer glass and walked towards the table muttering.

After a while, he returned to the bar and said to Anthony excitedly:

"'Admiral of the Deep' has arrived in Panamore!"

"'Admiral of the Deep' is here?" Anthony asked in surprise.

"Yeah, someone taught that bastard a lesson!" Stilwell sat back on the high stool and talked nonstop, "He's a pirate general. Every pirate general has made his mark by fighting in real battles, not just bragging. He can tie up all the adventurers here and kill them all!"

When Stilwell finished speaking, Anthony echoed:
"I'm already looking forward to it."

Gulp, Stilwell picked up the beer glass again and took a sip.

He boasted:
"In fact, I was wondering before whether it would be the 'Admiral of the Deep Sea' who would come and end the shame of those so-called famous pirates."

"Why do you say that?" Anthony asked curiously.

Stilwell glanced at him:
"You do not know?"

Anthony smiled and explained:

"Although I am from Intis, our leader has been intercepting ships in the Violent Sea for a long time and rarely goes deep into the Misty Sea."

"I see." Stilwell expressed his understanding and lowered his voice, "We all suspect that Admiral Deep comes to Panamo Harbor every year to get to the legendary treasure."

"Treasure? 'The Lost Newins'?" Anthony acted like a true pirate.

"The Lost Newins" is one of the six most famous treasure legends on the Five Seas. It is rumored to be at the bottom of a certain sea area in the Misty Sea. It is said that there was once a civilization of intelligent creatures, but it seems to have been destroyed long ago. Some strange objects often appear in the corresponding sea area, and they all point to the Newins in ancient times.

"Yes." Stilwell nodded heavily. "Think about it. The flagship of 'Admiral of the Deep' was found in a relic and was named 'News'. Anyone would suspect that the relic was the 'Lost News'! Moreover, the sea area where the legendary News sank is not far from here."

(End of this chapter)