Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 506: Violent Stealth: Bayonetta!

Margaret and her group, who had never come into contact with the [Bloodline Codex] and were still mortal beings, were the first to develop symptoms.

"Cough cough."

Aunt Angelica, who was a third-level [Painter] in the Palace Sequence and had the weakest body, suddenly started coughing violently.

As he pulled up his sleeves, black spots quickly appeared on his fair arms, and the pain became increasingly intense, and his forehead began to heat up.

"This is... the Black Death?!"

Byron's other aunt, Christina, a pharmacist from the third-tier hospital sequence, couldn't help but exclaimed.

Her supernatural powers were zero when she was locked up by the Spell-Breaking Stone, but at least her doctor's eyesight was still there, and she would never mistake this horrific plague that had claimed the lives of tens of millions of people.

The Black Death was actually the plague, and the pathogen was usually carried by the saliva of fleas.

The infected fleas first suck the blood of an infected mouse, and then jump onto the human body after the mouse dies, transmitting the bacteria to the new host through the blood.

Since one of the symptoms was the appearance of many black spots on the patient's skin, this plague was also called the "Black Death."

In this day and age when bloodletting is still popular and even surgery has only just been developed by the Bloodthirsty Cult, one can imagine how backward medical conditions are.

For those infected with the disease, there is almost no possibility of cure and painful death is the only outcome.

Most importantly, the onset of disease is very rapid.

The patient will first develop large black tumors, accompanied by pain, blood and pus oozing, followed by high fever and even mental confusion.

Many people would die within forty-eight hours of infection, and only a very few lucky ones would rely on their strong immune systems to fight the Black Death and survive.

Since the main transmission route is not human-to-human, even if the mortality rate is extremely high, it will not affect the continued spread of rats and fleas. Therefore, every occurrence of this plague is an unprecedented disaster.

Next, other people were not spared and one after another showed symptoms of the Black Death.

[Pharmacist] Christina lasted longer than Margaret, a fourth-level [Lawyer].

When her third-level spiritual nature changed, her immune aura strengthened her immune system, making it far more resistant than an ordinary person.

Unfortunately, humans have their limits, but the [Skeleton Church] does not!

The Black Death more than two hundred years ago killed one-third of the continent's population.

The Pied Piper's Shepherd's Flute, which only partially solved the rat problem and had an impact limited to the city of Hamelin in the Holy Silver Empire, became a second-level holy relic during that great plague.

It is conceivable that such a massive human extinction event gave birth to a terrifying [Cursed Spirit].

He was just born in an endless sea of ​​blood, corpses, mosquitoes, rats, maggots and flies, and he was an undisputed sixth-rank demigod.

He obtained the divine names [Demon Rat], [Death Knell], and [Funeral God] Gris, and was almost completely anchored with the concept of "death", becoming the undertaker of all things.

In order to put an end to this disaster once and for all, the Night's Watch first built twelve bone churches throughout the Old World using human bones. Twelve "saints" of the time led the most devout clergy to hold grand mass ceremonies.

Pope Gregory put on the [Papal Triple Crown] which symbolizes the highest power on earth, and launched the highest level of "Holy Descent" with the status equivalent to that of a sixth-order demigod.

Summon the Archangel who is in charge of commanding the angelic army in Heaven to come into the material world.

Ultimately, in that most brutal supernatural war in the Silver Age, the Pope was killed, two-thirds of the twelve saints were killed, and the entire church was severely damaged.

Fortunately, they also successfully destroyed the main body of Gris, the God of Funerals, and his "divinity" was taken away by the Archangel.

The remaining "animal nature" and corpse that had lost its immortality were torn into twelve pieces and suppressed in twelve bone churches.

It is said that the afterimage of the Archangel is imprinted on the silver cross of every bone church, unifying the thoughts and wishes of the believers, consuming them day and night, and completely cutting off the possibility of another large-scale outbreak of the Black Death.

At the same time, because too many devout clergy died, the power of the church declined significantly.

It was also from that time that the Old World began the Renaissance, and it was not until 1453, twenty years ago, that the dark millennium in which the church ruled everything was completely ended.

What Archbishop Barbatila holds in his hand is one of the bone churches.

More than two hundred years have passed, and the power of the broken body of Gris, the [Funeral God], is less than one thousandth of what it was when he was fully victorious.

But it is more than enough to deal with a group of mid-sequence extraordinary people.

Rule: "Elemental creatures with non-positive energy, such as fire element, lightning element, light element, and other creatures will be infected."

The last one was Vanessa, the [Witch of Disaster] from the Leviathan Whale. Although her body had long surpassed the limits of humans, she was still infected, but her symptoms were the mildest.

She glanced at the black spots on her arm calmly. There was no panic on her face under the metal mask. She spoke for the first time so that Margaret and her group could hear her voice:
"Is it not enough to suppress it with the Spell-Breaking Stone and the Level 0 Holy Relic? You also need to poison it with the Black Death.

Babotila, I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and you are still as insidious as ever."

Although the situation was not good, the sound was still steady and as pleasant as the gurgling of a spring.

Barbatilla, who was standing under the cross at the altar of the Church of Bones, was not ashamed but proud when he heard her words, his face full of the joy of a winner:

"Don't worry, this is just an appetizer, I won't kill you easily.

If you behave well and write more letters to your relatives to persuade them to serve the Orthodox Church, perhaps I can suppress the onset of your illness so that you won't suffer so much.

You are worth more than you think, hahahaha."

Now that Protestantism and Orthodoxy have separated, the choices of clergy determine their philosophies, and Barbatila, as a staunch Orthodox archbishop, is too lazy to pretend any longer.

He just wants power and money!

“Although the White Rose York family is also a traitor to the Bay Citizens who kneeled down at our feet and begged for mercy.

But for the sake of money, I don't mind helping them with some small tasks.

Especially when they promised to select a handsome little boy from the royal family of York to "serve" by my side for a year, I had to help.

That's one of the most famous royal family members in the entire continent. Unless you volunteer, where else can you get such good stuff?"

As a prison warden, Barbotila has come up with a series of brilliant plans to use the prisoners to maximize his own benefits.

“First, let the prisoners live in misery, and then let their families buy corresponding preferential treatment services.

One thousand pounds can exempt corporal punishment, two thousand pounds can relieve pain, three thousand pounds can live in a single room, and four thousand pounds can enjoy the best prison food.
Five thousand pounds plus a little boy can live in a luxurious cell, ten thousand pounds plus two little boys can get servants to serve, fifteen thousand pounds plus three little boys can freely enter and leave the cell to expand their range of activities.
As long as you give me enough money, it is possible to serve my sentence outside of prison.

Then let the White Rose and the Red Rose bid, and I will listen to whoever offers the highest price and give out rewards and punishments.

This way I can have endless money and countless little boys, hahahaha."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh triumphantly, and the depression of being imprisoned in the monastery also subsided a lot.

But as he laughed, he discovered that Vanessa opposite him was also laughing, and her voice was particularly pleasant to the ear.

He, the "warden" who holds the power of life and death, felt that it was irritating and could not help but snort coldly:
"I am laughing because your life and death are in my hands. What are you laughing at?"

Vanessa stepped forward and protected Margaret and the others behind her.

Feeling the aura of disaster that was about to explode around him, and a raven that had stood on the windowsill out of nowhere, blinked at Babotila:
"It's almost time. You opened this [Bone Church] at the right time. This way, even if there are stray bullets, they won't hit us."

The archbishop frowned deeply when he heard this:
"What nonsense are you talking about? There is no such thing as streaming."

next moment.

Rumble.
A series of thunderous noises came into their ears, followed by a shaking of the earth beneath their feet.

"what happened?!"

Babotila subconsciously extended his spiritual glow from the bone church and took a look, and was immediately shocked.

The divine domain in the Malta Monastery has automatically expanded to its maximum.

A pure white holy light rose rapidly from the [Level 0 Holy Relic - Holy Foreskin] placed in the central tower, and then spread into a bowl-shaped shield in the sky.

The abbess and the sisters of all levels led the nuns in chanting prayers loudly:

"The Holy Father encourages us to preach the gospel of peace, to bear the fruit of peace, to be bonded with peace, and to put an end to unjust wars!"

“I will destroy evil beasts from your land, and no sword will pass through your land.”

Bless the divine barrier with all your strength.

But the latter, under the coverage of countless horrific artillery fire, let out a low, tooth-grinding groan, as if the end of the world had come.

Through the gaps in the gunfire, one could see the continuous black sails flying the flags of the Barbary pirates emerging on the sea, but even a fool knew that the main force of [Ocean Throne] was building a country on the southern continent.

Where is the time to go to Jianhai to stir up trouble?

Babotila guessed their identities immediately after a moment's pause, and gnashed his teeth:
“It’s the pirate fleet of the Uncrowned King!
Compared to the White Rose who is willing to be a dog, the Red Rose Lancaster is simply full of rebelliousness and is born to be rebellious.

Not only did he not follow the command of the Holy Spirit to attack the Protestant princes, but he somehow found the place where his relatives were imprisoned and came to break out of the prison. How is this possible? !"

He wanted to send out a distress signal, but found that a broken trident symbol with only two blades appeared in the sky above his head, blocking all information exchanges around it.

The Maltese monastery in the eyes of others has been completely frozen in its appearance before the attack.

Not to mention the densely packed pirate fleets on the sea, even the artillery fire rising into the sky could not be seen or heard.

The Knights of Malta on the island were completely unaware of what was happening.

This is because the halberd blade in Hathaway's hand, which symbolizes the "solid state", prevents all material changes, and with the blessing of the "gaseous" halberd blade in Salant's hand, its power is even stronger.

To make matters worse for the Archbishop, just as he was about to turn around and take the hostage, he threatened the [Uncrowned King] to retreat.

The divine realm was overwhelmed and the power it used to suppress the prisoners rapidly declined. In a moment, it was almost gone, and the rules of killing also disappeared.

Before the raven Fujin, who was possessed by Byron again, could jump up, Vanessa, seeing the aura of disaster gradually reaching its peak, had already taken the lead in attacking in tacit understanding.

"Haha, the Lancaster kid did a great job. He used the same momentum as he did to destroy the Knights of Malta to break the prison. I like it. Leave this to me. Just focus on breaking the turtle shell.

My husband [Whale Hunter] loves to make friends with heroes.

If he were here, he would be more than happy to drink blood-soaked mead with you, pass through the Arch of Spears, and become sworn brothers like the Wild Hunt and the God of Mischief."

The spell-breaking stone shackles on the wrists and ankles of this mythical creature, as well as the metal mask on her face, began to shatter piece by piece, and the powerful force that had been sealed for more than a decade quickly returned.

"Damn it! There's a hole in the seal."

Babotila was startled and was about to fight back by raising the [Bishop's Ring] in his hand, but there was another violent shock under his feet.

However, after the first round of calibration, the artillery fire outside suddenly turned into a more powerful fleet salvo.

At this time, hundreds of pirate ships of all sizes formed a huge crescent formation with five heavily armed cruisers as the core, covering the Maltese Monastery in the center of the arc.

This is just a monastery built on a cliff by the sea, not a castle, nor a bastion specifically built to defend against artillery.

When our artillery fire has an absolute advantage, we do not need to worry about upwind or downwind, nor do we need to think about avoiding the opponent's broadsides. We only need to strive to maximize the power of our artillery.

Since the divine realm does not allow rescuing people secretly, Byron doesn't mind "violent infiltration"!
Anyway, the result is the same after the fight.

On the [Dreadnought], Byron has already transformed into the King of the Wild Hunt.

While feeling happy about having successfully found Vanessa, he secretly shook his head and decisively rejected the proposal from his mother-in-law that sounded very tempting.

It was not for any other reason, he was simply worried that the "good niece" lying in his arms would not be able to control herself and secretly kill him when they were sleeping at night.

He raised the [Storm Signet Ring] high in his hand and read out its judgment inscription:
"I am the vanguard!"

Every Storm Knight belonging to the Lancaster "Storm Knights" in the fleet uses the emblem branded on his chest as a medium to anchor an anchor chain to his body.

A brilliant blue-green beam of light suddenly shot up into the sky from Byron, the Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

The climate in the Intercoastal Sea is rainy in winter and dry in summer, so it is not uncommon to have a storm in December.

Hoo ho ho.
As the pillar of light rose into the sky, clouds and winds surged above the fleet's heads. Large dark clouds gathered and slowly rotated around the pillar of light, forming a huge storm funnel.

[Level 1 Wonder · Storm Signet Ring]:
“Representing the position of Grand Master of the Storm Knights and the royal inheritance of the Lancaster family.

I can command the Storm Knights under my command and concentrate their strength for my benefit."

The fourth-level [Storm Lord] is equivalent to the ruler of the storm and an unparalleled fleet commander. When most of the captains under Byron are storm knights, his ability is instantly amplified to the extreme.

The storm funnel in the sky was flashing with lightning and thunder. Countless blue-green storm elves, holding hands, formed a huge circle and fell from the sky.

It fell rapidly towards the pirate fleet consisting of hundreds of ships.

Grant the fleet a series of blessings: [Group Command Storm Spirit], [Group Storm Aura], [Group Storm Weapon], and [Mind Radio] to communicate with every captain and even pirate officer.
All the ships covered in a layer of storm aura came alive instantly, and the sails, ships, and cannons became light and fast.

An invisible hand took over control of every ship and every gun.

The [Ten Commandments of Pirates] connected tens of thousands of pirates in the fleet and pushed the collective strength to the limit.

Byron closed his eyes, his consciousness rose infinitely, and he quietly merged with the pirate fleet.

Command countless storm elves and make them and hundreds of warships become your facial features, limbs, and swords!
Countless artillery pieces automatically adjusted their firing angles and perfectly locked onto the huge Maltese monastery in just a breath.

Finally, he activated the "Ming Shen Descent" and used the breathing method [Storm King Seal] to integrate the power of the fleet and the storm.

A huge human face composed of countless air currents, wind, rain, and electric sparks appeared above the Maltese Monastery. It was much larger and more realistic than the one when it repelled the octopus battleship [Maywind].

The roar of thunder echoed repeatedly under the barrier formed by the [Sea King Trident]:
"How can you be a master of fleet command if you don't know how to command a fleet?

Take my sword move that falls from the sky, and thousands of swords will be fired at once!

Little holy foreskin, double bullet shooting, break it for me——!"

The next second, the sword at the waist of this "Great Ship Saint" was unsheathed.

He raised his fingers and stabbed the Maltese Monastery hard.

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
More than 2,000 broadside guns on hundreds of warships fired at the same time, and the orange-red flames suddenly illuminated the sea, as if the entire sea surface had been pushed back a step.

Just one heavy cruiser has 30 32-pound cannons on the lower deck, 26 42-pound carronades on the upper deck, and a single-sided projection mass of 1026 pounds. How many does a fleet have in total?
It can only be described as a "metal storm".

Thousands of red-burnt storm-enchanted burning bullets left dazzling meteor-like fire lines in the air and whizzed towards the monastery.

At the same time, under the leadership of the [Chameleon] Jacqueline, [singers] of all ranks accompanying the army sang the battle hymn "Katyusha" together.

Effect: "The reloading efficiency and firepower density of your own artillery shells are increased by 50%. All artillery shells have tracer effects and organ sound effects. When hitting the target, there is a 5% chance that kinetic energy will be converted into heat energy and cause an explosion.

Increases enemy shock and morale collapse rate by 50%!
When fighting a defensive battle, the passive mode 'Patriotic War' will be triggered, and the effect will be increased by 20% on the original basis, and the morale of the party will be increased by 100%! "

I turned on the exclusive BGM for Byron, the "firepower phobia patient" and "good man".

The powerful artillery fire was like a meteor falling to the ground, making a huge roar. The barrier of the divine realm suddenly became shaky, and the light dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The nuns under the barrier could no longer recite God's prayers, and they ran away like crazy, trying desperately to find shelter.

But they are closed inside and outside, where can they hide?

After just six rounds of salvos.

Boom——!
With a deafening bang, a 42-pound Caron shell carrying the Storm Weapon enchantment blasted through the barrier.

By the way, he cut off a roof of the monastery and ground several nuns into pulp.

Although [Holy Foreskin] is a level 0 holy relic, its specialty has always been to kill evil spirits that prevent women from becoming pregnant from the perspective of mysticism, rather than a cannon to defend against the material world. If the specialty is not suitable, the level 0 will be useless.

Snapped!
The holy relic that rose high into the sky in the pillar of light also shattered on the spot under the backlash of the huge force, and the divine domain and the killing rules that suppressed the prisoners therein were completely broken.

Byron created a gust of wind and pushed all the fragments into the box.

“These should be the last authentic pieces of the Holy Foreskin in the entire material world.

I am in good health, so I don't need this kind of thing, but it can definitely sell for a lot of money."

He knew that because of the unique effect of the [Holy Foreskin] in promoting fertility, many churches and monasteries on the mainland had "updated" it and claimed that they owned a part of the damaged holy relic.

Ordinary believers simply cannot tell whether it is real or fake. Anyway, if they can get pregnant after worshipping, it is the credit of the holy object; if they cannot get pregnant, it is considered disrespectful.

There is no solution for believers.

It is said that if the fragments of the "holy foreskin" from all over the continent were collected, they could even be sewn into a "small leather bag" the size of a purse. Who knows where they get the goods from.

This small piece of genuine stuff broke into more than a dozen pieces as the divine domain shattered.

But if it is sold to the outside, there are some wealthy and devout believers who will not mind.

Even mummy fans are popular these days, and it is not impossible for some successful people with unspeakable secrets to buy them and soak them in wine.

"Raise the blood flag, kill——!"

After the entire fleet replaced its shotgun shells and began to sweep the monastery, the vicious Bay pirates immediately threw out their grappling hooks and rushed in like their ancestors had done hundreds of years ago.

While saving lives, the church will not forget its old ways. Having ruled the continent for a thousand years, the church is far richer than the king.

Since you're here now, why not grab it?

Byron himself took the lead and summoned a ghost horse, pulling Violet straight to the [Skeleton Church] that Fokine had located in advance.

At the end of the lowest level of the underground prison are the windows of the luxurious cells.

"Battering ram, fire!"

The spear in Byron's hand brought with it a whirlwind, like a drill, blasting apart the rock wall that had lost the protection of the divine domain.

Simple spell-breaking stones, white lead and various demon-averse metals can lock up extraordinary abilities, but they cannot lock up the monsters' bodies or the spiritual realm of human beings themselves.

Possessing both of these abilities, [Witch of Disaster] Vanessa successfully broke free from all restraints before Barbotila could react.

With a flick of his finger, the sharp water blade cut through the locks on Margaret and her group.

He tore off the metal mask he had worn on his face for more than ten years.

The long black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, allowing Byron, who had possessed Fukuin again, to see her true face.

She is about 60% similar to Violet, with skin as white as snow and pupils with a hint of ice blue, but her temperament is mature, cold and stunning.

It also obviously fits the image of a witch better.

After initially escaping from the predicament, she pushed Margaret and the others aside and brazenly attacked the culprit who had arrested her and imprisoned her, and who had separated her from her husband and daughter for more than a decade.

He shouted angrily: "The God of Disaster has descended upon the Holy One!"

A halo exploded above his head, and the [God of Disaster] born from within his "self" materialized in the thick aura of disaster that was about to solidify around him.

She turned into a witch with pure white hair, armor on her body, and a long sword in her hand.

His face was cold and ruthless, as if he was born to spread disaster. His powerful aura blew the surrounding skeletons into pieces.

Byron may just be a passive calamity, but Vanessa is the real mobile calamity.

"Kill! Secret Spell: Bayonetta!"

Vanessa adjusted her breathing, stretched out her hand and clenched it as if she was holding an invisible holy sword, and took a step forward and chopped together with the witch's phantom behind her.

Stab it--!
An ice-blue sword light flashed, cutting everything in its path in half, and pointed directly at Archbishop Barbotila who was sinking like water under the cross.

(End of this chapter)