On Friday evening, the "Blue Avenger", which had been traveling through the storm, finally docked at the private port secretly controlled by the rebels next to "City of Generosity" and Bayam.
Compared with ordinary ships, this Ghost Ship Sailor is like a sea vacation. In addition to cleaning the room and deck every day and leaving Nightwatcher crew members at night, they don't need to do anything other than fighting. They either gather to play cards or lie by the portholes and look at the endless sea, looking forward to landing every day.
Therefore, as soon as they returned to the port, after getting the approval of the captain Alger Wilson, the Sailors fled away from the Ghost Ship, which did not need to be controlled. After taking a short rest, they rushed in groups to "Red Theater" and other entertainment places, preparing to have a good weekend vacation.
Of course, this is also in line with "Hanged Man" Alger's plan. Generally speaking, his Sailors will spend the night at "Red Theater" and then spend the entire day in the surrounding pubs and casinos. It will be at least tomorrow night before anyone notices that their captain is missing.
Even if he is discovered, Alger can also say that he went to other smaller brothels with better services. Especially when "Red Theater" has no "new goods" recently, this excuse is more convincing.
With this in mind, he returned to the Bayam city area with everyone, separated from the team, and went to Church of Storms's "Wave Church" in Bayam to briefly report the process of the debriefing. Then he returned to his property, sorted out his equipment, replenished some Charm, and took a short rest to restore Spirituality.
It wasn't until the midnight bell sounded outside the window that he quietly came to the street and left the city with the help of the shadow of the street.
On the hillside on the outskirts of the city, where many places had collapsed and trees and vegetation were almost completely destroyed, Alger saw Gehrman Sparrow, who had been missing from the Rhoside Islands for a whole month.
The latter was still wearing the black double-breasted dress that was specially mentioned on the wanted poster. The windbreaker-like shape extended to the calf. On his head was a half-high silk top hat. His gold-rimmed glasses reflected a faint light in the moonlight.
Behind him, the cliff was already hundreds of meters shorter than what Alger had seen at the beginning of the year. The vegetation closer here seemed to have been swept away by the big hand of death. The originally dense weeds dried up and rotted, and only the roots of the shrubs were left. All the leaves of several large trees that stood out from the crowd fell off, and the surface was as dry as a dying patient.
He deliberately met "Rose School" on the battlefield after the battle here to remind me that he is strong enough to fight against Demigod and whether he can summon helpers at the Angel level... Alger thought about it and quickly came to the conclusion: This is considered a show of strength.
However, my cooperation with them is sincere, and Mr. Fool has witnessed that this kind of thing does not scare me... He was still wary in his heart, squeezed out a smile, and walked forward a few steps:
"The traces of this battlefield may not be erased for many years."
After hearing his words, Klein, who was in a daze, subconsciously glanced at the cliff behind him that was destroyed by one shelling from "Queen Anne's Revenge" and the death zone caused by a trace of breath leaked by "Suah". He smiled faintly and replied:
"My contribution was negligible."
He was not being modest, but the damage in that battle was basically caused by several Demigod and Angel. His only contribution was to knock down "Admiral of Blood" Senior, that humble onlooker like him who only had Sequence 5.
Of course, there was another Sequence 5 present, but her fighting ability was much stronger than mine, and she was even promoted to Demigod... Klein pressed her hat and did not continue to speak.
But according to Alger, this answer means something else.
As expected, he participated in that battle and even made a contribution. In contrast, "Sea King" Your Excellency didn't even leave many traces on this cliff. I suspect that he was just preventing Bayam from being affected by the battle between the two forces, rather than wanting to participate...
Alger did not dare to continue asking about what happened that day, and instead said:
"I'm ready and can go to the island at any time. Where's 'Empress' Miss? Didn't she come?"
I thought you were always together - he omitted this sentence.
"She's going to a nearby port. She'll be there soon."
Klein replied calmly, looking towards the dense forest not far below the cliff, and said no more.
When Angel emerged from the decorative mirror in the captain's cabin of "Red Haired Woman", Helene was half-lying on the table, reading a novel boredly.
Seeing that "Madness Ring" had been removed and the lazy look of "Pyromaniac" with red hair and a beautiful and heroic face was restored, Angel almost laughed out loud. She coughed lightly, making the other party jump up like a rabbit. She looked here and recognized her "boss", and her tense shoulders relaxed.
"It's you."
She breathed a sigh of relief and said, quietly holding the novel she was reading behind her back, but the cover was still caught by the sharp-eyed Angel.
"The Great Adventurer Gehrman Series: Vice Admiral of Ailment".
How come this popular novel in Backlund has been sold to Bayam!
Angel's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked away, looking at Helene who was also a little flustered, and said:
"I came over to see how your commission was completed. In addition, there is another task for you."
Seeing that business was about to get down to business, Helene quickly put away his embarrassed expression, sat back in the chair next to the desk, took out a document from the drawer, and handed it to Angel.
Opening the latter, I found that it was a report on the recent movements of "Demoness Sect" at sea. It was written quite formally, with a summary, details, well-founded inferences, and even map annotations.
"It's not like you wrote it."
She said casually while flipping through it.
"My Sailor Chief, that 'machine' William, summarized it for me. He likes to write something in his spare time, so it's natural for him to share the captain's worries."
Helene pointed to the location of the living area of the ship and said.
Of course, there is probably no one there anymore. When the ship docks, Sailor people rarely stay overnight on the ship. They would rather spend some money to stay in a comfortable hotel, or go to the city to squander all their earned wages.
This is why Helene is too lazy to use Madness Ring to cover up his appearance.
After reading the report, Angel asked Helene a few more questions and confirmed that "Demoness Sect" has not been active near the Rhoside Islands recently. Even middlemen like "Finger" Maduni have disappeared, let alone transporting slaves in ships.
"After repeated investigations by Church of Storms and the local garrison, 'Red Haired Woman' was believed to have only accepted employment and was working for Angelica outside Bayam. and Gehrman did not directly participate in the battle, so they were not implicated... Members of various forces lurking in Sailor testified one after another, which was one of the reasons why I got out of trouble so quickly...
"'Vice Admiral of Ailment' Tracy and her fleet have passed through the Berserk Sea and returned to the depths of the Fog Sea. It is not a colony of any big country. There is no navy, only pirates, so it is difficult to find their whereabouts.
"Human trafficking seems to have stopped completely. Even 'Red Theater' hasn't bought new girls for a while, and business has dropped a lot."
Helene paused when he mentioned Tracy's name, but quickly returned to normal and reported the recent events at sea to Angel.
It seems that without the protection of her mother Katarina and the whereabouts of Helene, Tracy no longer dares to stay in the Rhoside Islands. She lost her flagship and a large number of Sailor, there are several Beyonder subordinates, their strength should fall to the bottom of the seven Pirate Admiral, if they continue to wander here, they may one day be targeted by other pirates and become bounties...
Angel speculated, and then he remembered that there were only six of the "Seven Pirate Admiral" left. The new leader who inherited the "Admiral of Blood" fleet had difficulty convincing the public, and quickly split into several waves of forces. It should be impossible to unify them in the short term.
On the contrary, "Four Kings" has a faint tendency to become "Five Kings". The extra one is naturally "Angelica Zaki" with a bounty of 100,000 pounds on his head, a mysterious Ghost Ship, and a strength of Demigod.
This title has not been officially recognized, and even the wanted poster only has her name on it, without a nickname.
But many pirates have already called her "Golden Queen". The reason is of course the recognizable long pale golden hair, and the battle outside the Bayam city. The two volleys of "Queen Anne's Revenge", the golden light can be seen clearly from the other side of the city.
"Then, you continue to keep an eye on Tracy's movements. Once she leaves Fog Sea and returns here, notify me by messenger..." Angel ordered. Seeing Helene nodded, he continued, "Where are your Potion materials? Have you got the 'Man-faced Lion brain' that the 'conspirator' needs?"
"Only the materials for Hunting Black Spider are left. I have prepared the rest."
Helene replied quickly.
When it came to promotion, she could not help but show a hint of excitement in her eyes.
"Considering that your investigation of 'Demoness Sect' is not very detailed, I originally wanted to sell you Compound Eyes of the Hunting Black Spider and the poison glands at a reduced price instead of providing them for free, but..."
Seeing Helene's expression change rapidly, Angel chuckled and continued:
"You can be promoted quickly, which will also be helpful for future tasks, so I'd better regard them as rewards."
After that, she took out a wooden box kept in Mirror World and handed it to Helene. The latter quickly opened it and found that the spider compound eyes and poison sacs she needed were sealed inside.
This is worth more than 1,500 pounds... Helene carefully put away the materials, looked at Angel with grateful and puzzled eyes, and asked softly:
"What's the next task?"
She doesn't think that Demoness of High Sequence is as in love with her as Tracy, so she can provide everything for free...
"First of all, you should hurry up and be promoted to 'Conspirator'. Although Sequence 7 can avoid the attacks of most ordinary pirates at sea, and Pirate Admiral and their men generally look down on your business, at least Sequence 6 will have the power to compete with the major forces..."
Angel A few words of foreshadowing, and then the most important thing is mentioned:
"Secondly, there may be a Smuggling Business next month, which is similar to what you did with the Bayam colonial government, a batch of arms, sold to a designated target."
Angel told Helene about the mission assigned to her by retired officer Sander, and her expression changed several times.
"It doesn't matter if you pretend to be a Intis person. Anyway, they are often at sea Adding Fuel to the Fire, so they don't lack me... But the situation at Gargas Archipelago is currently worse than Bayam was still nervous. In order to avoid Loen's ironclads, most of the pirates came to the Sonia Sea, close to Gargas. Coupled with the continuous demonstrations by the locals, the local colonial government was already in a state of distress."
It seems that although Feysac has mastered Sonia Island, Gargas is still too far away from the homeland and his control is too poor, causing Loen to set his sights there and want to attack Feysac Empire's weaknesses...
After hearing Helene's description of Gargas Archipelago's current situation, Angel became even more convinced of the deep meaning behind Sander asking her to Smuggled Military Supplies.
"You don't have to worry about the situation. Just sell the arms over there. Feysac Empire won't buy them. Then whoever buys them will be enough to give them a headache."
Seeing Helene nodding in agreement, Angel asked her about her recent earnings from overseas, and received a very surprising answer.
I didn't expect that it only took her a few months to earn back my investment. Then for the next half year, wouldn't it be pure income... Sure enough, I still make money by wandering in the gray area of the law. Those cargo ships may not earn the income of "Red Haired Woman" for three months in a year...
Angel sighed and was about to leave. Helene hesitated and asked:
"Miss Angelica, there are some rumors among pirates that Pirate Conference, which is originally held in October every year, may be held in advance. I predict that Tracy will also participate. Do you plan to go?"