Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 180: Disaster Curse, War Witch

"what!"

With an unconscious scream, Violet suddenly opened her beautiful sapphire eyes and sat up suddenly from the bed.

The velvet quilt on her body and the white silk nightgown on her shoulders slipped slightly, revealing her delicate collarbone and a touch of snow-white skin.

Outside the glass porthole was still the dark night, with waves carrying cold air, beating against the ship rhythmically.

The girl immediately realized that she was still on the Flaming Rose, which was sailing in the "first circulation belt" of the Echidna delta circulation.

Her father, the pirate king [whaler] Jack Harold, was not swallowed by the giant whale in the sea.

The sleepiness in his blue eyes dissipated a lot, and he took a deep breath:

"It's been many years, and today I dreamed of my father again."

The silver-haired girl looked into the distance at the extremely dangerous sea of ​​monsters under the moonlight outside the window, and at the tall columns of water sprayed out by whales in the distance when they breathed.

The conversation between her father and her in the dream just now echoed in her ears again, which was also a scene that happened many years ago.

The father and daughter held hands and walked together on the beach at Anchor Bay on a bright starry night like today.

“Dad, can you stay home and spend more time with Violet? Why do we always have to go out to sea? Is it really necessary?”

Even though the Pirate King tried his best to control his voice and make it sound more gentle, it still had the clanging sound of iron:

“Baby, Daddy has to go out to sea more often because the world is sick.

Have you ever heard of whale fall? "

Violet still remembered her childish response:

“I know, I know, there are a lot of interesting things in the courses that the craftsman has to learn.

I once read in a book that whales, whether they are mortal creatures or sea monsters that have broken through the limits of their species, are creatures standing at the top of the food chain in the ocean.

They absorb nutrients from the entire ocean to sustain themselves until they grow into one of the largest predators in the ocean.

When a whale dies, a whale fall is formed, which can provide food for other creatures to survive for hundreds of years as it sinks into the sea.

At least 43 organisms of 12490 species of clams, worms and shrimp depend on them for their survival.”

At that time, my father sighed, not sure whether it was with approval or with emotion:

“Yes, in nature, after a whale dies, it will return everything it has taken from the ocean to the ocean.

But the 'whales' living in the human world do not.

There are too many "whales" in this world that will never die and turn into whale falls to give back to the world. There are so many that the world is a little overwhelmed.

They wantonly exploit all existences in the entire food chain, greedily swallowing them into their stomachs, growing larger and larger, but never satisfied.

And we must ensure that we and our descendants will always occupy the top of the ecological niche."

The pirate king who ruled the entire East Coast waters looked at his young daughter and said something that she did not understand in the past but now deeply understood:
"Violet, humans are the sum of divinity and animality. They have more good than you can imagine, and more evil than you can imagine. There is no absolute right or wrong. This is what humans are.

It is impossible for those large carnivores to go against their instincts and not eat meat or eat less meat. In the long run, the nutrients in the ocean will become less and less.

Someone has to hunt down the "whales" at the top of the food chain to give the remaining 12490 tiny creatures room to survive.

That's why I'm called the Whaler.

And you have to remember.

If one does not have a distinct personality and a lofty ideal to achieve even at the cost of one's life, one cannot become a fifth-order legend."

Jack Harold's eyes were gentle yet firm. In the girl's mind, he was the most powerful and reliable man in the entire ocean.

Then the dream became vague and bizarre, and gradually disappeared from the girl's memory.

However, as she thought about it, the face of her father Jack Harold, whom Violet had not seen for many years, suddenly turned into Byron's.

He spread his hands and said to himself seriously:
“When a whale dies, everything comes to life!

Thanks to the gift of nature, we have enough food and water.”

That was what the two of them talked about last night before going to bed.

Perhaps it is because you think about something during the day that you dream about it at night.

Violet quickly shook off the sneaky shadow in her mind and spat softly:
"Bah, that fellow Byron doesn't care about justice and welfare of all living beings, and he can never have the same great ideals as his father.

If there is a chance to hunt a 'whale'.

As the [Wild Hunt] and [Sea Hunter], he would definitely choose to eat all the whale meat and then turn himself into a whale, and he would be the fattest and strongest one.

Free and unrestrained, until no one can oppress him.

This guy is stingy, cunning, mean and full of evil intentions. Compared with my dad, the only thing he has in common is that he is reliable.

Oh, and they’re all very handsome.”

The girl couldn't help laughing when she thought of Byron turning into a fat whale.

However, if asked which of the two men's ideas she prefers, she would abandon her old father without hesitation.

Because Violet knew that one of the abilities of the Whale Hunter title after reaching 30 points of Legend was:

“Anyone who hunts a creature identified as a ‘whale’ can draw certain nutrients from it and benefit themselves in various ways.

Spirituality, personality, and supernatural powers.
Until you become the most powerful 'whale' in the entire ocean."

Only the top predators can kill their own kind.

The story of the dragon slayer becoming the dragon is being played out every moment. Although his father’s ideals are great, Byron’s bold actions are obviously more realistic.

Moreover, this most powerful whale in mythology really exists and is called: [Leviathan the Rift Whale]!
It was precisely the super-sized existence who passed down the Harold family's forbidden book "The Disaster Curse". The core was the twenty-four runes, which included the knowledge of making whalebone amulets.

Violet thought about the dark magic she possessed and decided not to continue sleeping.

She lifted the soft velvet quilt and jumped out of bed barefoot, deciding to hurry up and catch up.

"Click, click," the soles of the feet, as white as the moonlight, left a string of small and exquisite footprints on the waxed teak floor.

She sat down at the exquisite mahogany desk in the captain's room, lit a whale oil lamp, and brushed a strand of beautiful silver hair behind her ear.

He also put on a pair of small round-frame glasses made of tortoise shell material.

He picked up a piece of whale bone that had been processed on the table and began to carve it carefully with a carving knife.

“Byron shared with me a lot of the knowledge he gained overseas.

In particular, he emphasized the importance of balancing the "id", "superego" and "ego". My father seemed to have said the same thing back then, but without the Byron system.

This is different from all the extraordinary theories in the Old World.

As a third-order master craftsman, my anchoring is already secure, and I can now begin the transformation of the second ritual to the non-human level.

Gradually began to approach the mythical creature [Disaster Witch] also known as [War Witch].

As the messenger of Leviathan, he can transform into any powerful aquatic creature, even an aquatic monster, at will.

But they will also come to hate the vast land with the continental shelf and cannot live on the mainland for a long time, otherwise they will gradually become weak and turn back into an ordinary person, or even die.

But compared to the power that will be gained in the future, this price seems worth it.

Oh, and the most important thing about maintaining balance is the "flow state". Byron said he could teach me step by step and guarantee that I would learn it. I don't know if this guy is just bragging.

Time passed quickly as she studied attentively, and in the blink of an eye, the sky turned pale.

Looking at the two exquisite amulets, [Tide Surfer] and [Trembling Silhouette], which he had just completed, he nodded with satisfaction.

Snapped!
She jumped off the chair and snapped her fingers. With a flash of light representing the third-level alchemy ability, the silk nightgown on her body slipped off by itself.

The captain's room seemed to be suddenly illuminated by her skin.

The clothes, shoes and socks on the hanger next to her seemed to come alive, automatically flying over, lifting their feet and stretching out their hands to help her put them on.

But it is a very rare women's military uniform.

And it is in the style of the Kalmar Union of the Eternal Night Peninsula Bay National Alliance.

He put on a strange mask and transformed himself into another heroic face.

Then he pushed the door and walked out of the captain's room.

"Captain, good morning!"

A sailor who had also woken up early greeted her, also wearing the standard military uniform of the Kalmar Union.

Looking up, you can also see that the fourth-level nominal battleship [Flaming Rose] has changed its appearance, and an alliance flag is still flying high on the mast.

Further away was a huge ocean-going fleet that stretched all the way to the horizon, with a variety of flags and a very complex composition, but there was not a single pirate ship.

Obviously, this was a disguise deliberately made by Violet, the Taiwanese princess.

She was now wanted by Hastings and was also hostile to the conservative faction of the church. It was too unsafe to travel alone on a boat, so she had no choice but to resort to this last resort.

However, the identity she prepared was real, and there was absolutely no flaw even if the [Silver Law] was mobilized for identification.

After the collapse of the North Sea Empire, which was established by the ancestors of the Bay People to unify all areas along the North Sea coast.

The common ancestor of the Lancaster and York families established the Kingdom of Hattings, and Violet's ancestors continued their old business in Anchor Bay.

On the Yongye Peninsula, another largest piece of former North Sea Empire territory, several descendants of the Bay people have established their own countries.

Among them, three Gulf states of varying sizes: the Kingdom of Aalborg, the Kingdom of Gothenburg, and the Kingdom of Oslo also formed the Kalmar Union (Chapter 97) to keep each other warm.

Some time ago, during the War of the Hattings and the attack on Anchor Bay, there was also unrest within the Triple Alliance.

By now the power struggle has been decided.

Things did not develop as Byron had predicted before leaving.

Margaret I, the Queen of the Kingdom of Aalborg (the Queen of Eternal Night), who believed in the conservative denomination of the church, firmly sat on the throne of the regent of the three kingdoms.

All Protestant forces in the Three Kingdoms were suppressed and suffered heavy losses.

This once again shows that [Secret: The Shadow Behind the Red and White Rose War], it is a certain faction in the church that is targeting all the people of Taiwan.

Violet had no good feelings towards the power-hungry old woman who wanted to reintegrate all the northern Gulf nations and change her own title to "Queen of the North".

But
"Forget it. She really helped me a lot this time. I'll try not to say bad things about her behind her back and stop dealing with her."

Violet turned her head and looked at the two warships standing in front and behind the Flaming Rose not far away on the other side.

The burning stake painted on the sail was so red that it was blinding.

The force represented is none other than the Inquisition under the church!

Such an encounter really made it difficult for Violet to feel happy.

When these two ships suddenly joined the ocean-going fleet at the beginning of its voyage, she had already realized the mission that the Inquisition was to perform.

This is most likely the hunting team that went to Bantaan to carry out a mission after learning that the Wild Hunt had taken the Golden Code from the Royal City of Azik (Chapter 151)!

If my identity was discovered by these killing machines, I'm afraid they wouldn't mind killing a future witch at the same time.

"Good citizen, we are in trouble again."

(End of this chapter)