Mystery: The Undead Don't Die from Linking the Fire

Chapter 260 Going to Sea

Amidst the undulating waves, passenger ships with rows of cannons on both sides navigated the safe waterway, daring not to deviate even slightly.

On the east side of Olavi Island, deviating from the correct route often meant disappearance, and even pirates dared not stray too far from the safe zone.

This ocean is full of unexplored areas and all sorts of sensational legends!

Since defeating Master Gundyr last week and completing Admiral Emilius's request, he has embarked on a journey to the Gargas Islands without stopping.

There's no other way, we have to hurry.

The Hermit, Cattleya, seemed very interested in meeting the Tarot Club members in person. She agreed to the World's request after only a few seconds of thought, but based on the level of danger, she set a relatively high price:

£3000!

Klein's first reaction was to give up and instead board Mr. Hanged Man's ghost ship. However, considering that the latter was accompanied by many sailors from the Storm Church and was not so free, and that the danger of going to the easternmost part of the Sunia Sea was indeed high, he finally agreed to Ms. Hermit's request.

In order not to waste the £1000 deposit, Klein had no choice but to set off as soon as possible.

However, these days, because he had to play the role of Admiral Emilius and was attacked by the Mother Tree of Desire, he dared not enter the dream world even with Renette Tinicol's protection. He was afraid that he would die peacefully while he was sleeping—being watched by an evil god on the same level as a true god was truly a matter of daring to sleep and die.

Having finally waited for Admiral Emilius's return, he immediately embarked on this journey that very day.

On that morning, Klein saw the port city where houses were built primarily of white rock.

Nas, the capital of the Gargas Islands, the easternmost colony of the Fussac Empire.

"Finally, I'm going abroad..."

Klein watched as a fishing boat laden with whale flesh and blood sailed into the harbor; the raw, gritty feeling was almost tangible.

At the same time, he discovered that many ships flying pirate flags were anchored in the port without any regard for safety.

Sure enough, the eastern side of Oravi Island was a pirate's paradise... Klein put on his hat, picked up his luggage, and after the passenger ship came to a stop, he walked out of the cabin and down the gangway to the dock.

He and Cattleya had agreed to meet in Nas, and now he needed to get to the agreed-upon rendezvous point—

A general store called "Frenzied Whale Dance".

After successfully getting through to the street with the agreed-upon peace and quiet and the shop owner who looked like a "polar bear," he politely declined the other party's invitation to "have a drink." The drunken shop owner mumbled and took out a pure crystal ball.

The drunken "White Bear" turned his back to Klein, stroking the crystal ball with both hands, and muttered in the difficult and obscure ancient Hermes language.

The room gradually darkened, and all the dark corners became profound, seemingly radiating a strange attraction. The crystal ball quickly lit up, revealing the figure of a woman in a black classical robe.

She had an oval face, fair skin, and deep, slightly purplish-black eyes that exuded mystery.

Her gaze sharpened slightly, and she hesitated for a second before opening her mouth to speak:

"German Sparrow?"

"Yes, Ms. Cattleya." Klein gestured for the boss to leave the room, and before Cattleya could ask the question that was on her mind, he asked directly:

"When do we leave?"

"Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya thought for a moment and replied:

"One hour later, Pier 6."

Gadriya hadn't expected Gehrman Sparrow to arrive so quickly, considering it had only been a week since they agreed to meet. She was supposed to be in the Misty Sea during that time, but due to certain circumstances, she chose to remain in the Sunia Sea.

Gehrman Sparrow was quite lucky; she had just completed her commission and had no other important matters to attend to, giving her ample time to stay in the Gargas Islands.

"Not bad, not delayed at all..." Klein nodded slightly.

"it is good."

As soon as he finished speaking, the light inside the crystal ball suddenly dimmed, and the figure in the black classical robe grew darker and more blurred until it disappeared completely.

Klein took out his gold-cased pocket watch, snapped it on, and glanced at the time.

It's 10 a.m. now, and it will be 11 a.m. in an hour.

Klein raised an eyebrow, realizing that even if he arrived in Nas, it would take him another day or two.

But Cattleya said she would arrive in an hour, which meant that this admiral was near the Gargas Islands. Of course, Klein didn't think she was deliberately waiting for him here; he didn't have that kind of influence.

In other words, Cattleya must have had something to do that led her to Nass.

After a moment's thought, Klein no longer hesitated and hailed a carriage to head straight for the port area.

After waiting for a while at Pier 6, he saw a huge sailboat slowly emerge in the distance.

Based on his limited knowledge of ships, Klein knew that a sailboat of this length was unscientific, but that did not prevent the other party from moving slowly across the dark sea toward the port of Nath.

The sailboat drew closer, its flag becoming clearer. The crimson but faint moonlight revealed ten identical white stars encircling a cold, eyeless eye.

"Admiral of the Stars!"

"Future!"

The arrival of the pirate general threw the port into chaos.

The coastal artillery on both sides of the mountain nervously adjusted itself, aiming at the massive sailing ship that made no attempt to conceal itself. But as the huge ship drew closer and closer, none of the soldiers operating the coastal artillery dared to fire.

He could only watch the ship nervously as Klein boarded the Future and sailed away.

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The pitch-black waves surged forward wave after wave, the air thick with a black mist that seemed almost liquid. A jagged mountain peak emerged from the mist, constantly dripping a viscous liquid.

Beyond this mountain peak, the black mist stretched endlessly, as if covering an entire continent.

Its bottom also has no limit; the deeper you look, the more profound it feels, as if once something falls, it will fall forever.

On that seemingly boundless, pitch-black ocean, a small boat, shaped like a awning and woven from countless green pea vines, sails. As the boat travels across the endless sea, the pervasive mist surges wildly towards the pea boat, as if threatening to completely engulf it.

Inside the awning of the pea boat, a woman dressed in a white Intes shirt and a dark black jacket, with a thin rapier at her waist, dressed in the standard attire of a sea captain, slightly frowned. Her azure eyes, which seemed to encapsulate the essence of the ocean, revealed an extremely solemn expression.

Because this is the abyss, the source of all depravity, an abyss that can corrupt even the true god!

Even after becoming an angel, she remained deeply wary of the Abyss. She would never have appeared here unless absolutely necessary. And it wasn't just her; other demigods and angels would never dare to set foot in the Abyss lightly. Even setting aside the Abyss's corrupting influence, the demons that inhabit it alone were enough to kill most extraordinary beings who ventured there.

Moreover, the Abyss is different from other places. The more powerful an extraordinary being is, the more terrifying the dangers they will encounter here!

The thick, black fog was cold and slippery, like tentacles wriggling and wrapping around the skin, seemingly capable of seeping into flesh and soul. And beneath the dark sea surface, unimaginable horrors seemed to lurk.

All of this is eroding the awning boat itself.

The outermost green pea vines were covered in black spots almost instantly, and these black spots appeared one after another, quickly connecting to form patches, eventually completely corroding the entire pea vine.

Often before this happens, the pea vines will break off at the base, and new pea vines will grow from inside the ship, quickly replacing the corroded and deteriorated ones, so that the whole ship can be kept in a relatively balanced state and not endanger Bernadette herself inside the awning.

Even though Bernadette is an angel, she doesn't want to be corrupted by the abyss.

Although she was confident she could remove the consequences of the erosion, there was no need to take the risk. No one knew what they might encounter next, and only by maintaining their perfect condition could they better cope with any potential dangers.

The petite doll on his shoulder whispered:

"You don't need to be so nervous. The abyss isn't as dangerous as you think."

Bernadette remained noncommittal. "Perhaps it doesn't pose much of a danger to you," she said, "but she's just an ordinary angel. Even if they were to encounter an insurmountable danger, total annihilation would be the only outcome."

Even then, Lani would only have lost a doll, a negligible loss. Although Bernadette had a backup plan, she wasn't confident she could escape the abyss. Life is only once, and no amount of caution is too much.

Bernadette remained silent for a long time, but finally couldn't help asking:

"What...what are we looking for?"

The petite doll tilted her head and asked in confusion:

"Didn't I say that?"

Bernadette stared silently at the doll on her shoulder; she was certain the other person hadn't said anything.

The petite doll pressed her ten fingers together and whispered:

"That means you didn't ask."

Bernadette remained silent, because she had indeed not asked.

The petite doll said calmly:

"Rakad is in the abyss; we've come to find him."

"Rakad? Who's that?"

Bernadette frowned. She considered herself quite knowledgeable about the occult. She had even heard of the real names of some gods, but she had never heard of this name before.

The petite doll's eyes seemed to hold a complex emotion as she softly said:

"My elder brother, who shares the same father and mother."

Bernadette's expression shifted slightly. She knew a great deal about the secrets of the extraordinary world, so she knew that some gods were just ordinary people before becoming Sequence 0, their growth trajectory not much different from that of ordinary extraordinary beings. It's just that they went further and stood higher than other extraordinary beings.

These deities must have had their own parents and siblings before they became gods.

But she never applied this logic to her, because she was a deity from beyond the stars, even above the ranks of gods. For such a being, it was truly difficult for her to imagine that she had parents, or siblings…

Bernadette hesitated before asking:

"What kind of being is he/she?"

If he is indeed this person's brother, then he must at least be a Sequence 0 being.

As far as she knew, the only god of the Abyss was the Demon King, who called himself the Dark Side of the Universe and the Lord of the Abyss. Although this evil god rarely appeared in the real world and was far less famous than other evil gods such as the 'True Creator,' the 'Hidden Sage,' and the 'Primordial Witch,' his ability to monopolize the Abyss spoke volumes about his power.

Could the true name of the dark side of the universe be Lakad?

Bernadette instinctively had a guess, but quickly dismissed it, sensing that things weren't that simple.

If the dark side of the universe is the person they are looking for, then they don't need to go through all the trouble of personally going to the abyss.

Although the Dark Side of the Universe is an evil god, its name is widely known within secretive organizations like the Blood Cult. Bernadette is also aware of this, so she can contact it by reciting its name and offering sacrifices.

The petite doll said calmly:

"He was once a qualified king, possessing the ambition of a hegemon. But now, his ambition has degenerated into base greed, making him nothing more than an immortal serpent that frantically devours everything."

Like her, Laqad also chose the path of 'blasphemy'.

The only difference is.

She successfully completed her blasphemy, abandoning her physical body and personally killing the two fingers that served her. With the King's help, the Golden Law ceased to exist, and stars shone brightly on the borderlands, forever beyond the reach of the Outer Gods.

As for Laqad, he was already beyond saving the moment he offered himself to the snakes.

His sole purpose in existence is to serve as a convenient tool.

That's why she came to find Raccard, to retrieve the tool she herself had thrown into this world, and to complete her plan.

Bernadette was unaware of these things; she simply frowned in thought.

Why a snake?

And why would it be in the abyss?

If He is not the dark side of the universe and possesses the power of a true god, why have I never heard of the name Lakkad? If He is a true god, what is His divine name?

P.S.: The Kalia family has a very good upbringing; they are indeed worthy of being a former royal family.

Of the three siblings, Ratahn is undoubtedly the most outstanding, a true man, the Shattered Star General!

Lakad was once a respected and beloved demigod with immense charisma and unwavering loyalty among his followers. Even his act of self-sacrifice to the snakes, a form of blasphemy, went unchallenged by them.

Unfortunately, Rakad overplayed his hand and was completely devoured by the giant serpent, becoming its subordinate. Even so, his men did not give up. Instead, they acquired a serpent-hunting spear and went to hunt down the undead serpent without hesitation, wanting to give Rakad a final moment of dignity.

Even though Lani knew that Wolf Brother was the one who planted the threat through Two Fingers, she didn't take action to eliminate Wolf Brother. Instead, she kept thinking about Blazer and Iggy's kindness.

Looking back at the Huang family and the self-reliant family, they are simply bizarre.

The Golden Family is a little better off, at least they have Montgomery to maintain appearances.

But this only son of the King of Elden was considered an ominous sign because he was born with deformed horns. Despite being the son of the King of Elden, he was thrown into the sewers right after birth.

It was precisely this ominous sign of living in the sewers that preserved the last vestiges of dignity for the Golden family.

As for Mongert's twin brother, Mongert, he was a pure male bronze-skinned and bronze-skinned man; even his birth was insufficient to describe him.

There's not much to say about Grek; he's the weakest demigod, a pure treasure.

There's not much to criticize about Godwin, after all, he died young, it was just a tragic end.

The family that made friends with each other had the fewest members, but the most outrageous ones.

Marlenia was a brother-obsessed girl, to the extreme. Without saying a word, she fought with Katarn, and the fight ended in a draw. One of them couldn't suppress the Crimson Corruption, and the other was corrupted by it.

Unfortunately, this fight was completely unnecessary and pointless.

This behavior can only be described with one word: the king of ruin.

Michaela, however, was not only cursed, never growing up, but also inherited his parents' greatest trait—

She could be male or female and engage in self-sexual intercourse, but in the end, she was taken away by a male pedophile, making her tragic fate almost as bad as Godwin's.

A comparison reveals that the most unconventional family, the Kalia family, is actually the most normal.

(End of this chapter)