This ray of light fell on Angel, and she couldn't help but take two steps back, unwilling and unable to disturb this sacred scene that seemed to be formulating laws.
When the words Ancient Feysac appeared one after another, the aura of majesty that emerged made her almost kneel down to worship.
Angel knew that this was not done deliberately by Anne, but a trace of power that overflowed when drafting the "contract". However, this tiny bit of power made Sequence 5's Beyonder unable to even look directly at it.
Anne, or "Queen Anne's Revenge", is it really just Sequence 4?
Doubts began to form in her mind.
The light faded, and several lines of gilded text that looked like substance were fixed in the air in front of Anne, listing several contract terms.
Within five years, Angel will serve as the temporary command of "Queen Anne's Revenge" and receive help from this ship Ghost Ship that does not exceed its capabilities, while Angel shall not use this authority to involve dangers that may endanger its own existence. Likewise, Anne and Ghost Ship shall not deliberately act adversely against Angel.
As a corresponding obligation, Angel needs to try its best to improve itself Sequence. During the five-year period, once promoted to Sequence, she must return to "Queen Anne's Revenge" and try to use "Calamity" Charm with maximum power once, the time is specified by Anne. Once the ship is successfully destroyed, Angel will obtain the "Judgment" card, as well as the remaining Beyonder Characteristic.
Other detailed clauses stipulate that both parties shall not disclose the contents of the agreement to third parties at will, and that the contract will be automatically terminated if one party dies.
Finally, Anne added an additional clause: During the contract period, Angel needs to help her find Roselle's eldest daughter "Bernadette".
Angel, who was well aware of the dangers of "Devil Contract", read these clauses over and over again, and even asked Anne to write them again in Loenese, which she was most familiar with, forming a bilingual document to ensure that there were no obvious loopholes or clauses that were unfavorable to her in the contract.
She was keen and discovered a problem in the terms: the time to use "Calamity" after promotion was specified by Anne, which meant that she could request to postpone or even give up her "self-destructive" behavior.
Although she couldn't openly disobey Emperor Roselle's order, her desire to seek death was shaken when she learned that Bernadette was still alive... Angel suppressed a smile and secretly glanced at Anne, who was standing still.
Of course, the terms are not purely beneficial to the other party. "Automatic termination of the contract upon death" is an escape plan left for Angel without Anne's knowledge.
After all, resurrection from the dead is still too rare.
"How do I sign the contract?"
After checking repeatedly, Angel breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Anne behind the shining golden text.
"One drop of blood is enough."
The latter replied softly, and his face once again regained the indifferent smile he had when they first met. He no longer sought death excitedly, nor did he become sad in memory.
Angel scratched her fingertips with her nails. A drop of bright red blood floated up in the invisible force, approaching the rows of Ancient Feysac and Loenese. It was absorbed by the golden text. Immediately, her name appeared in the lower right corner: Angel Granger.
It's not Angelica... Angel looked at the other signature location, where the names Anne and "Queen Anne's Revenge" appeared at the same time, which meant that both she and this ship needed to abide by the contract.
After both parties signed, the words glowed even brighter than before, quickly condensing together into a brilliance as bright as Sun, illuminating Ghost Ship among Spirit World, as well as the two people on the deck.
In the light, Angel felt layers of indescribable but powerfully binding restrictions appearing in his body. At the same time, he formed a solid connection with the girl in front of him and Ghost Ship at his feet.
Before this, she had only had a similar feeling when she made an oath with the power of Holy Artifact under the witness of "Goddess's Sword" Lord Cesimir. But compared to that secret and invisible connection, the power of this "contract" was more powerful and public.
The girl in front of her was also shrouded in the same brilliance, which made her originally golden eyes shine even brighter and the expression on her face became relaxed.
"The contract is complete."
She murmured, as if to Persuasion herself.
Angel also felt relieved. For at least five years, this "Arbiter" would not be able to attack him easily, and the two even formed a relationship similar to an ally.
"Why not the captain, but the temporary commander? Are you still..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Anne.
"Just know it in your heart, no need to say it out loud." The face of this incarnation of Ghost Ship became a little weird, but it quickly returned to normal, "Do you want to take a look inside my body?"
I always feel that she has become a bit weird under the influence of Emperor Roselle, and she doesn't even have the reserve of ordinary women. Well, it seems that I am not qualified to say anything about her. After all, she is just a boat, and I am...
Angel muttered secretly and was about to agree when he suddenly noticed that Anne's expression became serious and he looked towards the side of the ship.
The artillery placed randomly on the deck seemed to have come alive. They quickly gathered next to the side of the ship, entered the gun mount, fixed themselves, held the gun barrel high, and pointed it into the air.
Where they were aiming, among the stacked color blocks Spirit World and Gray Fog, a black shadow quickly floated up.
After seeing the person clearly, Angel immediately shouted:
"Stop attacking, that's someone I know!"
Anne was already squinting at the figure above, raising one hand to aim, but after hearing Angel's instructions, he frowned and lowered his arm.
The figure quickly approached. Mr. Azik, who was wearing a shirt and trousers, had a bronze complexion and was not wearing a top hat, put one hand on the shoulder of Klein who was all wet. The other hand had turned into nothingness. In it, the breath of death and destruction surged crazily.
His brown eyes looked straight at the girl on the deck, who raised her head, her white neck exposed, and her golden pupils shone with strange colors.
"Death Consul!"
A sharp shout came from her mouth, mixed with an emotion that had never appeared when talking to Angel: anger.
"I didn't expect to see you again after Pale Calamity. Balam Empire has been destroyed, and the Death you believe in has also fallen. This violent ocean is his burial place. This is the consequence of provoking a war!"
Looking at Azik and Klein floating above the deck with dazed expressions on their faces, and feeling the rising anger on Anne next to them, Angel felt bad inside.
We won't encounter the situation again in "Black Death" where Katarina knows Azik, but Azik doesn't remember anything... and according to "Queen Anne's Revenge" During the construction time, it should have passed "Pale Calamity", and there is a high probability that as a member of the North Continent, it participated in the war against the Death army, and even fought with Mr. Azik...
"Wait, Anne, stop attacking, this is an order!"
When she realized that Anne, her enemy, would attack without hesitation, she would immediately speak to stop him.
"He has lost Fourth Epoch's memory and does not pose a threat to you."
Thinking of the terms of the contract just signed, Angel added.
The black-haired Anne, with his bare feet almost off the ground, did not answer with a cold face, but all the cannons on the deck aimed at the sky did not fire.
Azik, who was being targeted, also made no movement. Klein, who was floating next to him, seemed to have understood the current situation. His eyes looking at Angel no longer looked anxious, leaving only tenderness.
After a long stalemate, Azik spoke:
"I'm sorry, I have almost no memory of 'Pale Calamity', but I still remember you, or to be precise, I remember this ship, 'Black Death'. I didn't expect that you, like me, an old antique, have survived to this day."
His disembodied right hand returned to its normal form.
Mr. Azik has seen the true nature of Anne? Fortunately, he admitted that he had no specific memory of that time, otherwise I don't know if a contract can restrain Anne who wants revenge... Angel carefully looked at the girl beside him, and saw that the other girl still had a straight face and looked up to the sky.
Slowly, the artillery on the deck lowered its head and no longer pointed at "Death Consul" in the sky.
"So, this Ghost Ship now belongs to you?"
Looking at Anne standing angrily on the side of the ship not far away, looking at the endless Spirit World outside the ship, Klein asked quietly.
"That's it for the time being, and we are in a cooperative relationship, not subordinate. She actually belongs to the dead Emperor Roselle... By the way, no matter how low we sound on the ship, she should be able to hear it." Angel did not imitate him to lower his voice.
"Emperor Roselle... No wonder this ship has such a strange name. This is indeed something he can do."
"Yeah, I also think this name is very similar to the name of a... well, not so much a battleship."
Both of them quietly looked away, not daring to look at each other.
"In Fourth Epoch, 'Black Death' is a very famous battleship. Even Spirit World Creature has heard of its name. You see, no Spirit World Creature dares to appear around here."
Azik on the side interjected.
"I won't call you that unlucky name anymore!"
Anne's still somewhat indignant voice came from the distance, making the three of them look stiff.
It seems that she still has resentment towards Death and "Death Consul" Mr. Azik... Angel glanced at Anne who turned his head again, and suggested:
"We'd better leave first. This ship shouldn't be able to stop us."
With Mr. Azik around, it was unlikely that the plan to visit the ship would go ahead. Seeing Anne who might burst out emotionally at any time, Angel made a decisive decision to leave Spirit World immediately.
"Wait!"
Anne, who seemed to have looked away, said again, running across half the deck with smooth feet, and came to Angel, whose identity was quite different from that of "Black Death" Fu's behavior made both Azik and Angel frown, but Klein remained calm through the control of "Faceless".
Ignoring the expressions of several people, Anne stretched out his right hand, and a drop of golden blood quickly oozed from the tip of his index finger, floating in the air.
There seemed to be countless brilliance flashing through the blood. Just looking at it made Angel feel dizzy and just wanted to give up thinking and worship.
"It has been preliminarily sealed. Use the method you used to seal Beyonder Ingredients and its characteristics to further seal it. This will allow me to locate you at any time. In turn, you can also contact me. If you are in danger, you can ask me for help through it. I need to re-establish contact with the hull of Physical World here, and I will not leave in the short term."
Anne said calmly, and then immediately turned his head, no longer looking at the three people, especially Mr. Azik.
Fortunately, I prepared many containers before coming to the desert island, otherwise I wouldn't be able to hold it... Angel quickly took out a metal bottle, put the drop of golden blood in it, and built a simple Wall of Spirituality to completely isolate it from the outside world.
The next second, she felt the air beneath her feet. The "Queen Anne's Revenge" actually sank at an extremely fast speed, so that the three people above were floating in the air. Mr. Azik immediately pressed one person's shoulder with one hand, protecting her and Klein by his side.
Below the three people, the pitch-black Ghost Ship quickly disappeared into the layers of color blocks, turned into an invisible black, and disappeared from the sight of the three people.
"Let's go, I'll take you back to Bayam first."
After a moment of silence, Mr. Azik said, carrying Angel and Klein and flying in the other direction.