I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

Yana didn't hesitate for a second. Her eagle wings unfurled, and she flew at high speed toward the horse-faced fish monster that was attacking the coast. As she got closer, she confirmed that the sea monster was over 5,000 meters long.

In other words, it's a level five sea beast!

She didn't care about the level of the sea beast. Even without Figo, Anduri Island couldn't be defeated by ten or eight level five sea beasts. Almost at the same time as her, a series of powerful figures had already sped through the air and were attacking the level five sea beast.

She was more concerned about how the sea monster had silently crept into the nearby waters undetected, and whether the ships under attack had suffered significant casualties.

This is her dereliction of duty!

Just then, a powerful aura rose from the direction of the ship, and a huge figure expanded, instantly reaching a thousand meters in length, supporting the tail of the giant beast!

“That’s… Behemoth…”

"It was that girl, she blocked it!"

When Yana saw the Behemoth, which still resembled Naika, covered in blood and with its arms and legs trembling, struggling to withstand the attack of a level-five sea beast, she felt a mix of emotions, but mostly relief. None of these emotions delayed her from taking action!

With a flap of its wings, the eagle unleashed a corrosive slash that cleaved the behemoth's body. A wisp of foul smoke rose as the behemoth let out a painful and furious scream, the power in its tail dissipating.

The Behemoth plopped down into the sea, and Naika saw Yana. A faint smile slowly appeared on the not-so-good-looking hippo's face.

More powerful figures rushed over, but before they could make a move, a fist-shaped pillar pierced through the giant beast's body, which was over a thousand meters wide!

Figo descended from the sky, casually waving his hand to disperse the attack of the Kings' Lights, which was brought about by many people flying through the air.

"Lord Figo!"

Amidst the greetings, Figo frowned as he looked at the giant beast's corpse. He hadn't seen this level-five sea king near the Spirit of the Light before, but Figo was certain it had been sent by the Spirit of the Light.

What do you mean? Are you harassing me instead?

No way, food delivered to the door?

Even Meituan isn't this good at delivery.

He interrupted Yana, who was about to speak, saying, "Even I couldn't detect its stealth. This sea monster might have some special abilities. It's not your fault."

He then looked down and said, "Naka, are you alright? You did a good job."

Naika had returned to her original form and sat on the sea, somewhat exhausted. She smiled brightly upon hearing this, but the next second, as if she remembered something, her expression became slightly tense. She struggled to get up and looked at the ships damaged by the impact.

"Everyone, are you all alright?!"

"Is Meto alright?"

“It’s alright, we’ve protected the ship.” Pedro the jaguar poked his head out from beside a ship and coughed twice: “Lord Figo.”

"Hmm? Meto?" Figo murmured.

“Meto is fine.” Pedro then added, “He was just a little frightened. Come, Meto, this is Lord Figo.”

At Pedro's prompting, the faceless ship spirit walked to the side of the ship, its timid gaze meeting Figo's.

"It's the ship's spirit."

"It seems to be a newly born ship spirit?"

"You don't see that often anymore."

The whispers faded into the distance, Figo's thoughts suddenly drifted away, and a realization dawned on him.

“Meto, this is Grandpa Figo.”

Seeing that the ship and Meto were alright, Naika smiled again and introduced them to Meto.

But Meto did not respond.

"Were you scared?" Naika asked, turning to him. "Grandpa Figo, Meto is..."

"Grandpa Figo?"

Figo didn't respond to her either!

Suddenly, she noticed a sense of panic emanating from Meto, and also noticed something was off about Figo's expression. For some reason, she was immediately gripped by panic as well.

"...What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"King of the Stars?"

"Lord Figo?"

"Figo!"

Everyone sensed something was wrong, and some even keenly felt that there seemed to be an invisible channel connecting Figo and the newborn ship spirit, with the newborn ship spirit transmitting its will to Figo?!

King of the Stars, do you need to 'inherit' the will of a newborn ship spirit like yourself?!

"Oh~ a sneak attack?"

Accompanied by a strange whisper, a golden light rose into the sky, and Kizaru's figure appeared.

He pointed a finger at Meto, and golden laser light condensed at his fingertip, causing the panicked Naika to exclaim, "Admiral Kizaru?! No!"

"Is it alright that your ship spirit is plotting against Lord Figo?" Kizaru asked.

Naika was startled, and Pedro looked at Meto in disbelief, "How is this possible!"

Upon hearing this, Yana also slightly clenched her eagle claws.

"Take it back, Kizaru."

Figo's voice echoed across the sea, calming the tense atmosphere that had just begun.

"If any random new ship spirit could ambush me, I would be dead already. Also, with your abilities, you should have arrived the fastest, why are you so slow? Were you not paid enough?"

I'm the Minister of Transport, not the Minister of Safety... Kizaru didn't dare to directly say that he was slacking off, and said, "It's good that you're alright."

Figo flicked his sleeves and placed his large hand on Naika's head: "Alright, it's alright now. After three years of training, you're still crying? Your ship spirit was controlled by something before, but it's fine now. However, it will be weak for a while. Go and check on it."

Naika immediately looked at Meto, and sure enough, its form had faded somewhat, as if it had returned to the time when it was first born.

But instead of checking on Meto, she looked at Figo with concern once again.

"Grandpa, are you... really alright?"

“What, do I look like I’m very fragile?” Figo laughed.

The atmosphere in the arena finally eased, mainly because Figo had just remained motionless and silent for a full few seconds, something unprecedented and quite frightening.

That's right, how could the King of the Stars be in trouble? It's just a newborn ship spirit... What's controlling it all?

Only Kizaru, who smacked his lips again, and Yana, who stood to the side, were still not at ease.

I have a feeling... Lord Figo has been infected?

Figo has indeed been 'caught'.

He is not fragile, but Meto is.

The moment their eyes met, a channel of wills was established. If it were any other ship spirit, Figo could have destroyed the channel in an instant.

But Meto's new ship was not up to par.

Using brute force will kill it!

So Figo was just trying to control himself and move slowly to erase the passage.

During this process, inevitably, a portion of Meto's will merged into Figo's body; it was weak, but its presence was undeniable.

This is a conspiracy by the Spirit of the Lamp!

Figo is now the inheritor of the ship spirit's will, and can pinpoint the location of the Light Spirit anytime, anywhere without needing prison records.

He could even sense that the spirit of the lamp was letting out an excited shout!

Its mark landed successfully on Figo; Figo's light could not escape!

"You're really something."

Figo smiled inwardly.

The reason for removing Naika and the others from the Navy was to see if they could create a ship spirit belonging to the Navy, but I never expected it would end up happening to me in this way.

But... so what?

The moment Figo saw Meto, he understood everything; it was still not too late.

He could destroy Meto, but Naika is a sensible child and won't blame Figo for it.

But sensible children shouldn't get hurt again.

If you want to tag me, then come on!

Chapter 390 Change of Fortune

"It's alright, it's alright."

The crowd dispersed, carrying away the level-five sea beasts that had delivered the food. The food was then cut up and processed for the entire merchant group as an extra meal. Figo boarded Naika's slightly damaged ship and waved to Meto, the ship spirit who was timidly hiding to the side.

No one will blame you.

Meto had no idea what had just happened to him. The ship spirits themselves were unaware of the existence of the Spirit of Light; it even thought...

Looking closely at the frightened little face, Figo realized that the little guy thought it was his fault, that he had almost absorbed it?

Well, all that comforting was for nothing.

Naika sensed the emotions Meto was conveying. After hesitating for a couple of seconds, she said directly, "Meto, you've done something wrong."

Sometimes, keeping things hidden can gradually escalate into bigger problems. Seeing Meto become even weaker with surprise and grievance after hearing her rebuke, she felt sorry for him, but she still went over and pulled Meto aside to talk things out.

Figo then looked around at the former naval personnel waiting for his inspection. These people were mostly between thirty and forty years old. Because they originally came to Lantern Star representing the Blue Sea, their races were basically different, and they were the backbone of the younger generation of the navy.

Now everyone has at least lit one lamp, with the strongest being Naika, who has nearly four lamps. Everyone has clearly improved compared to three years ago.

"You seem to be in good spirits. Tell me about your experiences over the past two years."

A simple compliment made everyone genuinely happy. They wanted to reply loudly, but then Figo lowered his hand...

"Let's just chat casually, nothing too formal."

But it's impossible to get these younger generation members who grew up listening to his legends to let go when facing Figo.

Fortunately, Naika returned quickly and brought Meto back to his senses. Meto was filled with guilt and murmured to Figo, "I'm sorry."

"It's alright, it's alright." Figo patted Meto's head just like he patted Naika's head, making the ship spirit lower its head shyly.

The crew members, who had been holding their breath, finally relaxed. They genuinely cared about their new 'joining' partner, Meto, but Meto had offended Figo, leaving them in a dilemma and unsure of what to do.