Arcanum: Chaos Path

Chapter 385 Pirate General Sharon
The forces in the Five Seas are quite diverse, with various factions having a say in the matter. The Storm Church is the strongest, thanks to its home-field advantage brought by its extraordinary abilities. However, even the Storm Church cannot truly conquer the oceans, so other factions still occupy an important place in the Five Seas.

Incidentally, although the Cult of Souls was taken down by Rowling, the Admiral of Hell did not lose his job. After being sent back to Tylose for some reformation, Ludwell was put back on duty. However, his current job changed from sending people to Hell to being a firefighter at sea, busy every day rescuing unlucky people who encountered pirates, shipwrecks and other accidents at sea.

Meanwhile, Blood Admiral Señor, one of the seven great pirate generals, bid farewell to the sea forever. After Roland conquered the Rose School, he was imprisoned and became a consumable item to be used as a one-time use item.

The reason for this difference is that although both of them can be described as ruthless killers, General Ludwell of Hell is not actually bloodthirsty. He is simply fulfilling the teachings of Death and treating sending people to Hell as a job.

So when the leader of the Cult of Souls changed and the new Grim Reaper Azik established new doctrines, Admiral Ludwell accepted the new doctrines without any resistance, transforming from a murderer into a savior. In Rowling's eyes, he was the type who, although he had made mistakes, could still be saved.

Luo Lin has always been willing to give such people a chance.

Unlike Blood Admiral Señor, who is truly a psychopath inside and out, he kills simply because he enjoys it and is beyond redemption.

Rowling was always happy to let these kinds of people play their final role before they died.

Although he lost a Blood Admiral, Senor, Rolin still arranged for a new pirate general to take up the post. After all, the Five Seas are also very important, and there is no need to give up the share that originally belonged to the Rose School.

So after looking through the pirate general's information for a while, Xiao Ke showed a surprised expression, looked up at Roland and asked, "Miss Sharon is the new pirate general?"

Rowling nodded and explained, "The other Sequence 5s of the Rose School are either beyond saving or still undergoing modification, so Renette Tinicol decided to let Sharon take over for now. After the other Sequence 5s are modified, if she is unwilling to continue, then someone else will take her place."

“I can understand.” Little K’s expression remained subtle. He knew that the Rose School had been taken over by Mr. Lucifer. Although he didn’t know more about the details, Lucifer hadn’t hidden this matter from him.

Little K knew what kind of person the former Blood Admiral Senor was, so he could probably understand why Lucifer would arrange for a newcomer to replace him.

But Miss Sharon… Little K recalled all his past interactions with Sharon and simply couldn’t imagine how Miss Sharon could be a pirate general.

That's too weird.

Of course, Rowling understood what was going on with K's subtle expression. In fact, when he learned that Renette had sent Sharon to replace Blood General Senor as the new pirate general, he also felt something was off.

But to be fair, wouldn't this mean there's a sequel to "The Great Detective and the Puppet Girl"—"Will the Great Detective Encounter the Puppet Pirate General After Becoming a Bounty Hunter?"

Thinking about it this way, Luo Lin not only didn't find it strange, but was actually looking forward to it.

"Hmm, it's time for Fors to write her new book. Hopefully, she can still find the time..." After a few seconds of his thoughts wandering, Rowling finally pulled himself back to reality. He then looked at Little K and said:

“You have quite a few tasks. The first task is to investigate Bansi Port. You don’t need to do the actual investigation; you just need to take a stroll around there, and Jack will handle the rest.” “Bansi Port…” Little K looked puzzled, not understanding what was going on, and couldn’t help but glance at his companion beside him.

“Understood, old man, I will complete the exploration.” “Jack” gave an OK sign. He was definitely going to Bansi Port. It was related to the City of Calamity, which was closely related to the resurrection of the original creator. He had to take a look for both reason and emotion.

As for why it's necessary to bring Little K along, it's mainly to take advantage of Little K's troublesome nature. After all, Rolin isn't really sure if he can trigger special situations on his own, but bringing Little K along will greatly increase the probability of special situations occurring.

“Don’t look at Jack. Banshee Port has a certain connection with the First Creator. To be precise, the First Creator’s backup plan is related to that place, which is why I sent you to investigate.” Rolin, who had approved Lucifer’s disguise, glanced at Little K and explained.

Although it's not easy to tell Klein about the Outer Gods and the Source Matter, the existence of the original Creator is no secret.

Upon hearing Rolin's words, Little K was immediately startled and looked at Lucifer to confirm, "The First Creator? Is it the Creator I understand?"

“Otherwise what? It can’t be Grisha, can it?” Roland glanced at him and asked with a smile.

Xiao Ke gasped, then asked, somewhat puzzled, "Did the original creator need to leave a contingency plan for resurrection?"

“Of course He would leave a contingency plan for resurrection, after all, He also wants to live.” Roland smiled, but there was no warmth in his smile. “But the Creator must never be resurrected. His resurrection would only lead to the destruction of this world again.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ke's expression changed instantly. He clearly thought of something, pursed his lips, and said, "Just like before?"

The Earth's civilization, the era that once belonged to Zhou Mingrui and other time travelers, was destroyed because of the awakening of the original creator.

“Perhaps it’s worse than that,” Rowling didn’t deny.

“I understand, I will do this task well.” Little K nodded solemnly, then asked with a slight puzzlement, “But why is Jack the one to investigate?”

“His soul is of the same origin as mine and can resist certain forms of contamination, which you cannot do,” Roland explained simply. This wasn’t exactly a lie; Roland was confident that even if he did enter the City of Calamity, nothing would happen to him—whether his physical body would be destroyed was uncertain, but his soul would certainly be safe.

But Little K is different. Although he has some resistance to the pollution of the City of Calamity due to the Source Castle, his soul is still that of an ordinary human and is not as resilient as Rolin's.

Therefore, Rowling needed Little K to be the event trigger, while other dangerous things would naturally be done by him, who was more capable of handling them. Of course, Rowling didn't intend to just court death; he was simply going to take a look.

Little K then understood. He knew that "Jack" and Mr. Lucifer were both incarnations of some great being, and in terms of resilience, they were probably indeed more durable than him.

(End of this chapter)