Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 647: The Third Loop is Connected, the Holy Spirit Church Invites You
"Hey, Glacier Kiss! You have a bad reputation, so your strength should be more than just this. Just show your true strength against the Blue Dragon King.

Just pretend we don’t exist.”

The ship girl of the Fearless was not afraid to watch the fun. She put her two little hands in front of her mouth and shouted loudly to the ghost ship opposite to let it rest assured.

The information provided by Cleopatra said that the captain of the Glacier's Kiss was actually the soul of a white dragon, who had transformed into a lich. He had turned the entire battleship into his own life box, and would not die unless the battleship was destroyed.

This is exactly what happened.

The frost-white dragon soul surrounding the ghost ship suddenly shone with icy blue flames in its eyes, and it roared back at her with suppressed anger:

"As if you don't exist? Okay, then first take away those shipborne artillery pointed at my head!"

The three legendary battleships guarded the front line tightly, and simultaneously turned their own shipborne artillery, all of which locked onto the "Glacier Kiss" in real time, creating comprehensive pressure on it.

With a thorn under its back, it can only exert 60% of its original strength. This is enough to show that after it turned into a lich, its mood in front of the tomb was very stable.

Hearing Bai Long's question, the three ship spirits looked away again and whistled as if nothing had happened.

"Take the cannon away? What if the old man is killed by you?
No, no, please change your request."

This obviously bullying attitude made Bai Long furious on the spot, but he could only be furious:
"Damn it! Where did this force come from? Three legendary warships that are rarely seen in normal times suddenly appeared.

Moreover, who is their master? I have never seen ship spirits as shameless as them!"

The Glacier Kiss had long since realized that these outsiders had no moral principles at all.

With three behemoths pointing cannons at his head and the scales all over his body exploding, how could he have the energy to fight to the death with a quasi-legendary battleship of similar strength?
But every time he tried to break through, he would be easily forced back by a legendary battleship.

There was no need to fire any cannons. The mere suppression of the status of the higher being on the same path was enough to put it and the crew members on the ship who had frozen to death under great pressure.

In particular, the Pirate City worked the most actively, not only to complete the tasks assigned by Byron, but also to take the opportunity to adjust to their new bodies.

The [Pirate City] in the hands of the Deep Dive Church was originally just an ordinary, broken pirate ship.

Only by becoming the mount of the "Pirate Code" and receiving the blessings of all pirates did it achieve a qualitative change.

But the only thing that is powerful is the "Pirate Code" and the name "Pirate City". The combat effectiveness of the pirate ship itself is almost nothing compared to other powerful legendary warships.

So, Byron and Violet replaced it with another heavy cruiser built in the same batch as the Golden Deer.

It was also re-equipped with heavy alchemical artillery and was prepared to be sent to replace the Golden Hind in the defense of the homeland.

The Golden Deer will not return with the fleet this time, but will serve as the flagship to embark on the first human circumnavigation of the world.

As for why the Dreadnought, which is theoretically more powerful, was not the one to take on this mission?
Although steam battleships have stronger combat power on paper, their key attribute of ocean-going adventure ships, namely "self-sustaining power", is far from comparable to that of sailing battleships that can run as long as there is wind.

If this war machine is allowed to travel alone without strong logistical support and a series of naval bases, it will soon become an iron coffin on the sea.

My father-in-law also used his own divine art [Sky Curtain Beast] to swallow and spit out his own activation knowledge, completely turning it into one of his incarnations.

The three main commanders of "Pirate Code" have all either died or left the ship, but the remaining pirate lineup is still very luxurious, and it is completely sufficient to temporarily replace the Golden Deer.

The ship's spirit and the Pirate Code were originally contaminated by the incarnation of Nightmare, but after being cleansed by Byron, it transformed into the appearance of a female berserker.

He has a stern face and arms that are thicker than the thighs of an average man, but in the eyes of pirates he has a wild and rugged beauty.

"Go back, this road is blocked."

The [Glacier Kiss] failed to break out again and again, and could not help but become more ruthless. It was ready to use the most brutal boarding battle to take down the [Blue Dragon King] with all its strength.

As long as the other captain can be taken hostage as quickly as possible before the guards can react, the three legendary battleships on the periphery will have to let it go.

This is the advantage of three with one. Even if you take a step back, you can still make the other party afraid to act rashly and not dare to kill you.

"Ow—!"

Following a terrifying dragon roar, the dragon soul turned around and rushed back into the ghost ship.

A frost-white ghost fire hundreds of meters high suddenly rose above the ship, and the scaly sails were immediately inflated by the biting cold wind from the polar ocean.

The whole ship seemed to have really turned into a light white dragon, riding the strong wind and quickly crossing the sea.

Four dragon claws with a gleam of light stretched out from the water, using the icebergs to gain leverage, as if they could fly on the spot.

This lich transformed from a white dragon had obviously turned his own body into shipbuilding materials, and his entire body was covered with rare equipment equivalent to that of a fourth-level mythical creature.

It is indeed much more luxurious than the [Blue Dragon King] which only has a fifth-level blue dragon head as its figurehead.

"The wind is blowing!"

Prince Thornburg would not engage in close combat with a dragon. He raised his hand to summon countless storm elves, and relied on the Storm Lord's sailing ability, which was stronger than that of the white dragon, to keep the distance steadily.

Add additional storm weapons to the alchemical artillery, pour endless fire on the opponent, and unswervingly implement the kite-flying tactics.

By the way, I should vent all the depression accumulated in my heart onto the [Glacier Kiss].

"I can't beat my father-in-law, so how can I beat you? Bomb! Bomb! Bomb!"

His situation was very similar to that of Byron and his son. They both abducted the precious daughter of a fifth-level false god.

But the final outcome was completely different.

Byron's fists were too hard, and his old father-in-law, the whale hunter, was very nice when he spoke to him.

He often asked about his well-being and taught him all his business secrets that he had learned from doing business without any capital, treating him as his successor.

Edmund Lancaster had no such treatment.

The Blue Dragon King's final battle against the Deep Sea Church was quite impressive, but it was caught by Sea King Atlas.

Under the pretext of teaching him how to "row a boat without oars and swing without pushing", he gave him a severe beating.

Fortunately, Byron handed his grandfather a stick, otherwise the weapon would have to be replaced with the [Trident of Aquaman].

That's so miserable.

The old man finally felt better after holding his anger for a long time, but depression is something that will not disappear, it will only transfer.

Now it has shifted from Aquaman to Prince Sorenburg, and finally to the Glacier Kiss.

If it doesn't have reinforcements, it will definitely be killed this time.

However, as time went on, the noise of the fierce battle between the two sides became louder and louder, and soon in the wind and snow in the north, loud dragon roars that resounded through the sea were heard.

Awww.
Then small dots appeared on the horizon.

The majority are flying dragons, pterosaurs, and Archaeopteryx of various sub-dragon species, with a very small number of pure-blooded fourth-order dragons. In the sea behind them are all kinds of strange aquatic dragon monsters.

Some human sailboats on the sea are carrying many colorful Asian dragon tribesmen.

These are the supreme rulers of the Dragon Court in the Age of Mythology.

But looking at the living environment and technical level, it seems that it is not as good as the Night Devil next door, and it is really miserable.

“There is indeed a dragon settlement nearby. It is most likely a giant dragon kingdom built around the dragon’s nest of a fifth-level dragon king.

This unstable element is too close to the shipping lanes, and the risk is too high for human merchant ships to pass through.”

Byron was not surprised by their appearance.

In other words, the reason for making such a big fuss is to draw out the hidden dangers near the third circulation belt and clean them up thoroughly.

"The Queen told me a long time ago that there are still many pure-blooded dragons living in the icy and snowy lands of the north. After they were defeated from the Dragon King's Court, they migrated here with their entire clan.

The current dragon clan is mainly composed of white dragons and blue dragons that are most adapted to the marine environment. The red dragons that conflicted with the Sea of ​​​​Source have most likely become extinct.

These giant dragons and their sub-dragon clans still worship the eldest daughter of the Mother of Monsters, Tiamat, the Hundred-Headed Dragon Mother.

At that time, Muni saw with his own eyes that Tiamat also split into a divine incarnation, but he did not appear on the battlefield of the ten underwater kingdoms, and no one knew where he went.

You should know that a considerable part of the forbidden knowledge of the Southern Continent, "The Book of Beast Families" (Volumes 1 and 2), comes from this old god, and his potential power should not be underestimated.

If you only regard Him as the Lord of Dragons, you will definitely suffer a great loss."

Byron stuffed the last cashew nut into his wife's mouth, clapped his hands, and stretched his muscles:
“Every dragon is a miser. With a future ocean route right at their doorstep, it’s impossible for them to resist plundering.

It’s a good opportunity to take advantage of this to subdue this group of dragon followers.

Miss, let's get started. It only takes two of us to take care of these clansmen."

"Well, you're talking bad about Catherine behind her back. I'm going to tell her about it."

Violet teased him playfully and then took decisive action.

With a flash of divine inspiration, she transformed into a mecha girl on the spot. The power system in her body roared, and an intense sense of oppression burst out from the inside out.

The brass cube [Mechanical Fortress] quickly transformed into her external prosthetic body plug-in, which mainly included a power unit and a giant steam cannon, with pipes on the back spewing white steam.

It leaped forward and turned into a silver meteor, heading towards the air force. Its machine guns powered by high-pressure steam emitted a continuous buzzing sound.

puff! puff! puff! puff! puff!
The dragon breath tracer bullet formed a chain of fire in the air, and with just a sweep, it swept down a group of wyverns, wind god pterosaurs and ancestors flying in the front row from the sky.

This is a real battlefield broom.

The external prosthetic body continued to transform, and new machine guns continued to deploy. Violet alone fired a barrage of bullets.

Those sub-dragon air forces no longer cared about rescuing the [Glacier Kiss] and scrambled to turn around and flee.

at the same time.

Byron also transformed into a blue-eyed three-headed dragon and slammed down from a thousand-meter altitude without any protection, aiming directly at the aquatic dragon clan running towards him underwater.

A long white flame tail was left in the air, and a series of "boom" explosions were even more terrifying than the momentum of a meteor falling to the ground.

The next moment, accompanied by a shocking bang, countless ice blocks, sea water and the broken limbs of the clansmen were all lifted high into the sky.

Normally, diving from a height of more than 20 meters is about the same as jumping onto concrete. But Byron fell from a height of 1,000 meters and was unharmed.

He felt his membrane toughness, muscle density, bone strength, and internal organs resistance improve a little bit. The three giant dragon heads grinned, revealing a ferocious smile:

"'Suicide training' can improve physical fitness significantly, and it is more comprehensive than other training methods.

This means that from today on, we will have to perform high-altitude sea-falling exercises a thousand times every day.

Maybe in a few years, I will be able to fight against demigods with my physical body alone, and easily gather the power of the priesthood! "

At the same time, the death of a large number of clansmen in a short period of time finally alarmed the fifth-level Dragon King here.

It looks like a huge white dragon, and may have a direct blood relationship with the white dragon soul of the Glacier's Kiss.

Byron's "Everything Becomes One" had already reached 10%, and he could accurately lock onto the opponent from hundreds of kilometers away.

Without waiting for the Dragon King who had just woken up from his deep sleep to react, he released the most powerful [Dragon Language Forbidden Spell] of the Age of Gods towards this side.

He immediately summoned [Guaranteed Hit Gun: Gungnir] and fired a shot.

——Taming the Gun!
Effect: "It can only be used on non-human creatures. After hitting the target, it will enter the spiritual world on its own. Only by subduing the prey with one's own will can one truly subdue the other party.

If you are forced to break free or are forced to surrender, you may suffer mental trauma."

A streak of blue light shot out.

As the White Dragon King was shot, the image of Byron the blue-eyed three-headed dragon suddenly descended into his consciousness and read his name.

"【Winter Tyrant】Eovald? Surrender to me!"

"Ow—!"

The White Dragon King was sleeping in his dragon nest with the little female dragon in his arms, when he was suddenly robbed. Who wouldn't be furious?

The reason is that you are worried that I will rob you in the future, so you want to rob me now? ? ?
Is there still law in this world?
The White Dragon King struggled violently, but was eventually subdued bit by bit helplessly.

At this time, there is no risk for Byron to kill the incarnation of the old god alone, and there will be no accidents when he captures a false god with a single path.

On the other side, after some maneuvers, the Blue Dragon King finally destroyed the quasi-legendary battleship Glacier's Kiss, completing the apotheosis ritual of "The Mysteries of Theseus".

The dragon head figurehead hanging under the bowsprit seemed to come alive again, and together with Prince Thornburg, it let out a loud dragon roar, which was no less powerful than the White Dragon King.

On the other hand, only a low whine was heard from the wreckage of the Glacier Kiss, which was in a mess, and then it fell completely silent.

Then, the Blue Dragon King generated a huge suction force out of thin air, and successively snatched parts from the [Glacier Kiss] and replaced them on its own body.

The gleaming keel and the dragon-wing sails that are naturally compatible with the wind and water elements have all become part of the Blue Dragon King, making the latter's aura stronger and stronger.

In the blink of an eye, he quickly broke through the critical point of the fifth level.

Prince Thornburg asked himself and answered his own questions.

A "Ship of Theseus" can sail on the sea for hundreds of years thanks to constant repairs and replacement parts.

As soon as a board rots, it can be replaced, keeping it in peak condition forever.

Question: "If all the wood on Theseus' ship was replaced until all the wood was not the original wood, would the ship still be the same ship?"

Another question: "If we use the old parts taken from the ship of Theseus to rebuild a new ship, which of the two ships is the real ship of Theseus?"

The essence of the Ship of Theseus is to replace the old with the new!

clang clang clang.
A long staircase to godhood suddenly rose from above his head into the sky, anchoring the immortal ladder in the void.

Edmund Lancaster shouted to the sky:

“The basis for determining whether a thing is itself is not the specific material that makes up the thing.

Rather, it is the internal structure of this thing - the relationship between its material elements, and the space-time continuity of this thing.

To strip away and summarize the essence of "Ship of Theseus", it is:

'A specific relationship between the parts with spatiotemporal continuity!'

Even after countless repairs and replacements of wood, the ship of Theseus that always sails on the sea is still itself. "

Byron looked back, his face full of joy.

"Dad did it!"

Just like humans who replace all the cells in their body every seven years, as long as the genetic code that determines the composition of matter remains unchanged, he will remain the same.

The Y chromosome is inherited from father to son and grandson, and the genetic information it carries remains the same.

This is manifested externally in the fact that both the aristocratic lineage and family inheritance use the same surname.

YY is forever, and if you love her, give her an ancestral chromosome!
The Stairway to Immortality is the life information and genetic code of the Ship of Theseus.

This forbidden knowledge originally belonged to the fifth-level legendary craftsman, Morton Gray, the [Sailboat Collector] who had a strong fetish for ships.

Even this stairway to immortality was understood through the dedicated statement of "Edward the Redbeard", who had been dissected countless times.

Unfortunately, even with the support of the Kingdom of Castile, Morton Gray still failed to complete the "Challenge the Impossible" ceremony in these two years, and was ultimately overtaken by Prince Thornburg.

At this moment, the world itself and the collective subconscious of mankind began to feed back power to him, instantly ascending his spirituality and promoting him to the fifth-level pseudo-god.

God’s Name: [Soul Ferryman]!
He quietly digested the funeral ministry that Byron had given him in advance.

The [Blue Dragon King] was also immediately promoted to a legendary battleship.

At the same time, he obtained divine arts and legendary battleship skills.

Divine Art [Soul Funeral]: "If a living person makes me unhappy, I will take him away. If a dead soul makes me unhappy, I will force it to return to hell."

Legendary warship skill [Ship of Theseus]:
"As long as the specific relationship between the various parts is maintained, the Blue Dragon King can be continuously upgraded. In theory, it can be upgraded from a small raft to an aircraft carrier or even stronger."

So far, the North Sea Empire has a total of five legendary warships: [Golden Deer], [Dreadnought], [Dragon Head Ship Valhalla], [Pirate City], and [Blue Dragon King].

The number of fifth-order false gods also expanded again.

"【Human Emperor】Byron;【War Queen】Violet;【Finance Queen】Catherine;

Captured and foreign aid: [Fertility Mother] Therese, [Abyss Nightmare] Dagon, [Elf of Lust] Salome, [Disease Girl] Alice, [Mill Giant], [Winter Tyrant] Iowald;

The two archbishops [Deacon of Twilight] Lockhart, [Sister of Mercy] Theresa, and a bishop's ring that was snatched from the three countries of the Evernight Peninsula were useless;
The three guardians of the kingdom: [Lord of the Nest] Hawkins, [Jack of Spades] Hoggle, [Boneless] Ivana;

The [Sea King] Atlas, [Black Sea Pearl] Evely, [Miracle Wizard] Salant of the Mermaid Kingdom;

Parents: Hathaway, The Little Mermaid, and Edmund Lancaster, The Ferryman;

Father-in-law [Whale Hunter] Jack Harold."

Adding up, there are exactly 21 people at level five or with equivalent combat power.

This does not include the high-level wizards organized by the Desert Empire and the Lighthouse Federation.

The framework of the empire was slowly being built up. This kind of high-level combat power was unique among all the secular countries in the Silver Continent.

However, as the territory grew larger, the density of the fifth level did not increase much.

Byron had a clear understanding of the strength of the North Sea Empire:

“Only seven of the incarnations of the old gods who sneaked into the material world died. We don’t know what tricks the remaining ones are planning. At least one fifth-level god must be placed in each territory or key node.

Otherwise, even if an attack occurs, there may not be enough time to sound the alarm.

If I want to breathe a sigh of relief, I have to wait until I am promoted to the sixth-rank demigod."

Today's luck seems to be very good.

Just when the news that Dad had successfully been promoted on the third circulation belt had just reached the country.

The Sassanid Empire, the main branch of the "Followers" of the Holy Spirit Church on the West Coast, also sent a formal diplomatic note to the capital Kingston.

The gist of it is: "Is the Sassanid dynasty willing to push the Holy Spirit Church to officially recognize His Majesty Saint Byron as the 'Holy Spirit' or even the Messiah of the New Era?

I specially invite His Majesty Saint Byron to arrange a time to meet with him in the Zoroastrian Empire at the end of August."

Most of the Holy Spirit Church countries on the west coast are countries with a combination of politics and religion.

Among them, the Star-Moon Empire, which is ruled by the "Orthodox Path Faction", is too powerful and ambitious to rule all the Holy Spirit Church countries.

By integrating the undisputed religious authority and royal authority, he directly created the second "Triple Crown" in one step to compete with the Pope for the throne of the number one in the world.

However, this strong style has forced almost all the small countries around it into the weaker "follower" camp.

Including the Sassanid Empire, the second strongest empire on the west coast, they all changed from the original "orthodox path faction" to the "follower faction" just to avoid being annexed by the Star-Moon Empire.

This is how a small and weak country survives.

The stronger a big country is, the more they will create divisions with it and spread hatred at home.

But once a great country falls, they will immediately display all the archaeological documents to prove that they are the biological sons and legitimate successors.

There have been no exceptions from ancient times to the present.

Although it is a bit trifling to have such a big thing as faith changing all the time, for the sake of the power in one's hands, this thing can be put aside temporarily.

"So if we gain recognition from the Holy Spirit Church, we will also gain recognition from the West Coast countries ruled by the corresponding church. We may even have the hope of gaining a certain degree of ruling power on the West Coast?"

Byron couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"There is such a good thing in the world?"

(End of this chapter)