Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 487: Royal Domain: Puppet Kingdom (6400)!
The Puppet King originally wanted to play a balancing act to let the multiple enemies wear each other down.

But he unexpectedly met a master of the true balance technique inherited from his ancestors.

Just a slight move was already the limit of this segment, and even the powerful [Probability Dice] failed unexpectedly.

He, the puppeteer, was pulled in from outside the stage and became an extra who was also controlled by the thread of fate and experienced the ups and downs of life.

Of course, he always thinks of himself as the protagonist.

"Is that His Royal Highness Louis's [First-Class Relic - The First Longitude and Latitude Sextant]? It's that fifth-rank legendary puppeteer from the Palace Sequence who has come to save us!"

As soon as the golden light projected by the sextant appeared, Katrina Dipo on the "Niucheng" cheered excitedly.

The holy relic [Sextant] is one of the key inventions that opened up the Age of Discovery, and its extraordinary abilities are extremely powerful.

After seventy years of navigation history, it has long been known to everyone in the upper echelons of various countries, and that is - [Positioning Teleportation]!
When using a sextant to measure longitude and latitude, you first need to know the current precise time, and then measure the altitude of a celestial body, usually the sun, when it reaches the zenith.

Then consult the astronomical almanac to find out the equatorial coordinates of the celestial body on that day, and substitute it into the formula "cos z = sinφ sinδ+ cosφ cosδ cos t" to get the latitude φ of that place.

The longitude is then determined by measuring the lunar distance between the moon and another celestial body (such as a star or planet) against the observatory's standard time.

In this era of great navigation, holding a sextant is equivalent to having GPS or Beidou positioning when modern ships go out to sea. Its contribution to the navigation industry can be imagined.

The name of the sextant comes from the fact that the length of the dividing arc is exactly one-sixth of a circle, or sixty degrees.

Therefore, as long as one holds a sextant and a nautical chart for positioning, one can use the power of the sun and the moon to move instantly within sixty degrees of longitude and latitude on the surface of the planet.

However, the destiny of the sextant is: keep your feet on the ground!

“The road less traveled by taking shortcuts must be retraced by taking solid steps.

Although this ability can be used three times a day without limit, the user must personally travel an equal distance within three months of activating the ability.

If violated, it is possible to be teleported directly to the sun or the moon by the sextant for a one-way interstellar journey.

It is said that there are at least three Castilian adventure ships that have violated destiny for various reasons. If humans can land on the moon in the future, maybe we can still see them there. "

With this treasure in hand, the Puppet King can reach any place in the known world almost instantly.

But after a moment of excitement, Catalina's face suddenly turned pale. She realized that something seemed to be wrong and said in a lost voice:

"Wait, brother, something's wrong!
The special effect of the title [The Key to the Treasure Ship] is only partially ineffective. Except for those who have seen the "Information Black Box", we still do not exist.

Due to the lack of a medium that is not affected by the lock and key, the inside and outside cannot communicate with each other, and the distress signal cannot be transmitted.

Theoretically, if His Royal Highness Louis, the Puppet King, who is already a secret keeper, takes the initiative to leave some surveillance methods in the fleet, it is indeed possible to break through this barrier.

But now this naval battle has been going on for several hours, and even if we are slow to react, we will be able to arrive in an instant with the [Longitude and Latitude Sextant].

Why didn’t Prince Louis come earlier or later, but just when we were about to escape?
Besides"

Catalina didn't say anything else, and Wycliffe next to her understood what she meant.

Because they suspected from the beginning that someone had leaked the information about the treasure fleet in order to plot against the King's Party and the Princess' Party on the next ship, thus attracting these two powerful pirate gangs.

When I saw the Puppet King appear with my own eyes, there was no doubt who the leaker was!
Later, as long as the other party's secret keeper kills all the remaining people, no one will know what happened here.

Even the Life Gem will only shatter on the spot when the [Information Black Box] is completely broken, and that will be a month later.

Princess Jeanne Don Quixote and the Green Lady Angelica on the nearby "Romada" were just a step slower than the Dibo siblings in reacting.

As one of the sixteen [Right Hands of the King], Angelica, who also had the highest status among all the Castilians present, shouted at the newcomer:

"Louis, what do you want to do?
Don't you know that what you are doing is treason?

Selling out the treasure fleet has harmed the interests of the entire aristocratic group. Even if you are a prince, you cannot escape the blame.

You'd better stop immediately. I will consider asking His Majesty to plead for you and give you a lighter punishment."

Of course, a woman who had climbed to the high position of the King’s Right Hand in the hub of power of the foremost maritime power could not be so naive.

He thought that just by pulling out the tiger skin of all the nobles, he could scare away the Puppet King who was obviously here to kill him.

While questioning, he quietly waved his hand at [Gulf Stream Mother] behind him, signaling her to seize the opportunity and escape quickly.

In addition to the power of "fertility", this golden apple snail totem god also has the power of "Gulf Stream". Even if her physical body crosses the first circulation belt, she will most likely not drown.

But before they could take action.

A beam of light shot straight into the sky from the quasi-legendary battleship [Dream Castle], and then transformed into countless crystal clear and slender silk threads, covering the huge battlefield of more than ten nautical miles around.

Ultimately, a spherical space is formed that covers the sky, sea surface and underwater without any blind spots.

A big fish in the sea was about to swim out of the boundary formed by the silk threads, but in an instant it was cut into countless slices of sashimi by the silk threads.

This is one of the core abilities of a puppeteer [Puppet Theater].

If the "actor" wants to jump out of the stage and break through the "fourth wall" of the stage, he must defeat the only existence from outside the wall, that is, the puppeteer himself!

After making sure that no one could escape secretly, [Puppet King] Louis sat on a gorgeous ivory throne and slowly rose to the highest point of the [Dream Castle].

He looked gloomily at the group of fourth-order transcendents on the nearby boat and said coldly:
“You are all very good, and your performance this time has greatly exceeded my expectations.

In the script I originally designed, you will die by killing each other, and your souls will have a chance to return to the sea of ​​collective subconsciousness.

But now I've changed my mind.

I will turn all of you into puppets for me to manipulate, and this deadline is forever!"

His life creed and obsession remain the same: "Sitting high on the throne, enjoying power, wantonly controlling the fate of the weak through the silk thread in his hand, and not allowing anyone to disobey him!"

But how dare the protagonists and supporting characters in these puppet shows not perform according to the scripts they have arranged and obediently accept their fate of death?
He absolutely could not tolerate it.

Everyone on the battlefield is doomed to die!

Then, he fixed his eyes on the two "Byrons" that shattered the cumulonimbus clouds and flew down from the sky and returned to their respective teams.

Looking at the surprised looks on their faces, it seemed that they had no idea that this was a trap carefully arranged by them, nor did they expect to encounter a fifth-level legend here.

They even exclaimed:
"Puppet King? Why are you here?
Could it be that the puppet dancer I rescued was actually arranged by you?"

"Wasn't my chance encounter with the artificial lantern man an accident? Are you the one behind all this?"

Byron never had the habit of letting his enemies do what they wanted.

Even at this point he is still acting, just to find the right opportunity to use [Surgical Table] to trick him hard.

Even the vest on Byron's body was fake, and his superb acting skills even fooled an "old director" like the Puppet King.

After hearing what “they” said, Louis became a little less confident about his initial judgment.

He had personally directed countless puppet shows, but there had never been so many unexpected events like this one.

He was more familiar with the high-level extraordinary people in the Kingdom of Castile than anyone else, and he knew very well that although they were powerful, they did not have such extraordinary abilities.

It's natural to wonder if there's something abnormal about this pair of suspected "children of destiny."

But looking at the expressions of the two people, it doesn’t really look like they are acting.

He immediately suppressed his doubts. Now that he had come to the point where he had to take action himself, the truth was no longer important. All he had to do now was kill people.

The Puppet King clenched his fist and slammed it on the armrest of the ivory throne, shouting:
"The realm of kingship unfolds, and the puppet kingdom arrives!"

Click!Click!
The quasi-legendary battleship [Dream Castle] immediately unfolded like a building block, and its hull and building area expanded rapidly.

The main body of this warship is a large caravel with towering bow and stern. It is older than the popular galleons today and more like a city wall.

The front and rear buildings were built to look like castles and decorated with gorgeous gold and gems. The huge warship looked like a dream kingdom floating on the sea.

The interior space is actually many times larger than the exterior, as if a majestic castle belonging to the prince was moved to the sea.

At this time, the superstructure unfolded rapidly and in the blink of an eye it turned into a small city standing on the sea.

This city may be a little too small for humans, but for building blocks and puppets, such a place is already magnificent.

After the building block castle reached its limit, a layer of light waves that seemed to be composed of billions of silk threads continued to expand outward. After engulfing everyone, it did not stop until it reached the border of the "puppet theater".

"Hahaha, please continue dancing and try your best to please me!"

The Puppet King's loud laughter spread throughout the entire "stage".

Only a fifth-rank [King] possesses a royal domain that can modify the rules at will, and its effect is comparable to a secret forbidden area with various killing rules.

If you want to start from scratch and become a [King], in addition to being a fifth-level legend yourself, you must also achieve the trinity of king, law, and country. These three elements are indispensable.

[Puppet King] obviously has not established an independent country, so it cannot be considered a real king title.

However, the capabilities of the quasi-legendary battleship [Dream Castle] can serve as his own exclusive territory. With the puppet citizens accumulated on the ship, he can assist the "king" in developing a simplified version of the royal domain [Puppet Kingdom].

And once this battleship can be transformed into a complete legendary battleship in the future and the ship spirit is awakened, perhaps it will be able to give birth to a fifth-level queen who will sit in the Puppet Kingdom.

That is when the royal domain will be in its complete form.

Seeing this scene, the survivors at sea suddenly fell into chaos.

Especially on the two fleeing warships, the Castilian soldiers and sailors who had heard of or even witnessed this ability could not help but beg for mercy:
"Your Highness, please spare my life! Your Highness Louis, I am willing to sign the slave contract and will never tell anyone about this. Please don't turn me into a living puppet!"

"I don't want to live a life worse than death."

"I'd rather die than become like that." Some people even had such weak psychological endurance that they saved the last bullet that they were going to use to fight for their lives for themselves, and pulled the trigger at their own jaw.

With a "bang", he fell down and died.

The ordinary soldiers were frightened by the [Royal Domain·Puppet Kingdom], and several fourth-level extraordinary people also had ugly expressions.

Byron, Catherine, Violet and the others were not surprised at all by their reaction.

After realizing that there was a possibility of facing the Puppet King, Byron specifically collected various intelligence about the Prince of Castile in advance.

There is a gold medal killer who works for the online store "Shamai" and even submitted a personal experience report of "Puppet Kingdom":

"A few years ago, a port city in the Castile colony with a permanent population of several thousand people violently resisted taxation.

It happened that the Puppet King was resting in the colony at that time. Upon hearing the news, he immediately took action and established his own puppet kingdom outside the port.

Just half an hour later, the Dream Castle turned around and left.

The gold medal killer, who was a [beast trainer], was curious and sent his flying beast to the island to check, but he saw that everyone seemed to be intact and was still farming, cutting wood, and fishing.
Just when he thought that the Puppet King was just bluffing to scare others, he was shocked to realize that the movements of everyone in the city were too uniform.

At exactly six o'clock in the morning, everyone's right feet stepped out of the house at the same time, and walked on the road in an orderly formation like precise gears. Even the movements of wielding tools while working were exactly the same.

If this were a machine, it would definitely be full of mechanical beauty, but if it were a human, it would just be terrifying.

Just as the trainer of the flying beast whose senses were possessed felt a chill down his spine and was about to turn around and leave, everyone in the city suddenly looked at him, tears of blood flowing from their empty eyes.

The thousands of people living here have clearly been transformed into living puppets of the "Puppet Kingdom" without realizing it, playing their original roles as marionettes.

Yes, that's not life, that's just acting!
The city where they originally lived has become the most realistic stage.

These "actors" have no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, no self, and no future. All they have is the script arranged for them by the Puppet King.

The trainer was so frightened that he fled on the spot and never dared to come near here again.

From then on, no one in the Castile colony dared to resist taxation. No matter how much the Governor's Office asked them to pay, they would pay the full amount even if their entire family starved to death.

To this day, if a sailboat strays there, it can still see those 'living puppets' that perform the roles they play day after day.

It is even more bizarre than weird, and even more evil than evil spirits. "

The reason why he stayed there was also because the Puppet King was warning everyone. How could those who knew about it not be afraid?
The former commander of the Treasure Fleet [Giant Beast Killer] Wycliffe also realized that there was no way to end it peacefully, and that the only way to survive was to defeat the Puppet King head-on.

He hurriedly said to the enemy who had just fought desperately:
"Everyone, we are now facing a secret realm. If no one can unite the entire army, the number of people will not matter. Everyone is being attacked by the rules of the realm at the same time.

Everyone, move your feet. Don't imitate puppets, don't be in a daze, don't pull the rope to jump, and don't stand still for more than ten seconds at a time.
Once the puppet judgment appears three times, it will really become a living puppet with no control over its own actions!
Also pay attention to your companions around you, they may become enemies at any time.

Let's work together. Only by conquering the Puppet Kingdom and putting an end to the traitor, the Puppet King, can we break through the fourth wall."

As a [Monster Hunter] from the Wilderness Sequence, he can naturally read the killing rules in various secret realms.

The precautions that everyone was warned about were not much different from what Byron read from the logbook.

Hear his words.

In order to save the lives of their followers, [Wild Hunt] and [Sea Hunter] decisively put aside their "hatred" temporarily and jointly built a spiritual radio station to connect all three parties.

The "Puppet Kingdom Taboos" were also clearly conveyed to everyone.

At this time, Catherine finally realized that when she first created her own laws.

Why did I subconsciously define the content as: "In the territory of the Golden Deer, all the five senses of the Castilians are weakened, their reactions are slow, and they are like puppets."

Obviously, the Puppet King was already preparing to kill someone with a borrowed knife at that time.

Catherine immediately rescinded this decree and issued a second decree specifically for this purpose:

"In the territory of the Golden Deer, everyone's reaction speed increases by 30%, and resistance to rules increases by 30%!"

Om-!
A circle of golden light lit up within a radius of one hundred meters from the Golden Deer, using the [Golden Law] to dilute a lot of the royal domain of the Dream Castle.

The Castilians were cheered up:
"This battle can be fought!"

The ability to customize laws based on the opponent's moves already has a bit of the flavor of "words of spirit" and is one of the most unsolvable supernatural powers in the world.

Legend has it that the church has a one-time relic of indeterminate level, called [Echo of the Creator]: "I said, let there be light."

Using it can achieve the highest level of words that affect the entire world at once.

With this treasure in hand, even if one wanted to destroy all of humanity, it would be extremely easy. All one would need to do is change the boiling point of this world from 100° to 36° in five minutes.

Of course, no one knows whether this weapon of mass destruction was invented by the church to scare people, but they know that the words of the Creator can definitely restart the world.

As the captain of the Golden Deer, Byron took over the command of the combined fleet without hesitation.

“I now swear to the Silver Law and the Creator that no matter what conflicts we have, we will wait until we are safely out of danger before resolving them, and I will never seek revenge in battle.

Everyone, please use the [Dreadnaught] as the lead ship and the [Golden Deer] as the flagship, and let's go together to capture the Dream Castle!"

Other fourth-level transcendents who were qualified to attack fifth-level legends responded one after another.

However, due to the limited coverage area of ​​the Golden Deer, they were all concentrated on five warships.

[Dauntless], [Flaming Rose], [Golden Deer], [Rumainand], [Niucheng].

At the same time, the [Candy Witch] also transformed herself into fluid, escaped again from the end of the oarfish's intestines, and jumped onto the [Dreadnought] with the [Thief Baron].

But Captain Goat Alex, who had been transformed into a puppet, was beyond saving, and the surgical table could not temporarily render his flesh and blood useless.

The oarfish turned and rushed towards him, entangling him and Pinocchio to prevent them from returning to the Dream Castle for support.

next moment.

[Dreadnought] activated the heavy force field to become the arrow head, and [Niucheng] activated the Great Wall of the Sea, connecting the five warships into a whole.

"Group Storm Aura!"

"Group Storm Weapon!"

"Blessing from the group ocean currents!"

"."

Layers of halo gains exploded on the five warships.

With the joint support of Byron, the [Storm Lord], and Katarina, the [Navigator], they were as easy as five goose feathers against the wind.

In a blink of an eye, they were in the windward position of the Dream Castle.

"Fleet salvo, fire!"

The [Storm Seal Ring] in Byron's hand greatly enhanced his professional capabilities, and he could easily take over the fire control systems of all the artillery pieces on the five warships.

At the same time, the "Great Wall of the Sea" shared the capabilities of the figurehead of the "Flaming Rose" - the "Rose Girl" - with the entire assault fleet.

boom! boom! boom! boom!
The fleet fired a salvo, achieving double-bullet shooting, one for a conventional shell and one for a fireball, which accurately landed on the Dream Castle.

Especially the 42-pound heavy gun on the Golden Deer, which was comparable to that of a first-class ship, made the Puppet King, who had been watching the show outside the stage, finally experience the disparity between the times.

Buildings collapsed, wood chips flew everywhere, many soldiers were crushed into pieces, and in some places, fireballs ignited raging fires.

It’s a pity that fire attack is not very effective in a storm.

Countless toy soldiers on the castle also fired back.

But the carrack's firepower is not as good as that of the large galaxy. If the battle is prolonged, the Dream Castle will be the first to collapse.

Louis, the Puppet King, who had already witnessed the entire defeat of the Treasure Fleet, was not surprised at all by this situation.

It is very clear that after decades of maritime hegemony, a challenger that cannot be ignored has indeed emerged.

But as a fifth-level legend, he has a strength that no one can match.

Snapped!
He snapped his fingers, and the sharp threads on the periphery began to shrink rapidly, causing everyone to involuntarily move towards the direction of the Dream Castle.

The assault fleet led by the Golden Deer was no exception.

Time is running out, and they cannot afford to bombard slowly. They must capture the thief and the leader immediately!
At the same time, the mechanical structure of the castle behind the Puppet King started, and four vertical wooden coffins slowly rose up. On each coffin lid was written a bloody number, from one to four.

The coffin lid opened, and four puppets walked out. Although they were strange in shape, they exuded a strong spiritual glow.

Tap tap tap.
Inside the cabin, accompanied by the sound of orderly footsteps like the tide, countless puppet soldiers and puppet knights armed with muskets, sabers, and spears rushed onto the deck.

The Puppet King also stood up from the throne, looked at the group of fourth-level transcendents who were approaching the castle gate, untied his cloak, and threw it on the ground.

He slowly drew out the sharp holy relic saber from his waist and pointed it at the enemy:

"That's right, the extraordinary system in this world is indeed a system where the masses are king. No matter how high the rank of an extraordinary person is, he may be beaten to death by those of lower ranks.

but"

Puppet King Louis grinned:
"No one knows better than me what it means to use the majority to bully the minority!"

Perhaps he was forced to take action himself, but the Puppet King was overly cautious.

(End of this chapter)