Crazy?
"Admiral of Stars" Cattleya was closest to the door. He immediately stood up from the chair and looked past the side of the tall "Giant Shark" Yorg to look out the door.
Noises, curses, and roars reached her ears from outside, and people kept running everywhere she could see, like pirates who had gone crazy after a carnival and were chasing and fighting with each other.
Is this the kind of madness he's talking about?
Cattleya frowned.
Other Pirate Admiral also left their seats one after another. The captain of "Giant Shark", "Vice Admiral Deep Sea", Hall Constantine, who looked like a hybrid sea monster, came to the door first, pushed away his men, and walked out of the room. Along with Cattleya, others also left one after another to avoid conflicts in the small room.
The dock outside the two-story building was already in chaos. What Cattleya saw was not the drunken conflicts that often occurred in the past, but a more bloody, violent and ugly scene.
In the distance, several warehouses used to store ale, Dried Fish and bread had been ignited by raging fires. The smoke shot straight into the clouds, turning the already cloudy sky black. On the ground, countless pirates drew their blades or used their own Beyonder Ability, killing each other crazily without any sense at all. Those roars and noises came from the battles between them.
From time to time, Beyonder, covered in blood, loses control due to severe injuries and madness. Scales and hair grow on his body, looking like a madman, attacking all living creatures around him.
More ordinary pirates had their bodies ulcerated and their mouths and noses were bleeding. They fell on the dock or fell directly into the sea. They had already lost their lives in unknown attacks.
Some kind of fatal disease? A curse that drives people crazy? Or is it deeper pollution?
Several possibilities flashed through Cattleya's mind, and he reached out to take off the glasses on the bridge of his nose and use "Eyes of Mystery Prying" to collect more information, but in the end he did not do so.
Beside her, "Iceberg Admiral" Edwina asked her own First Mate Blue Walls in a low voice:
"What happened? Why didn't you report it in time?"
The latter frowned, and his monocle was almost pressed into his eye sockets by the muscles of his face. He looked into the distance and answered quickly:
"Things happened so fast. There were screams from the wooden house in the distance, and then there was an explosion. Just a few dozen seconds after 'Giant Shark' came to the door, it had already developed like this..."
After hesitating for a while, he added:
"According to my observation, almost all the pirates who went crazy and died drank the ale stored here in advance."
If so, the possibility of some deadly toxin or disease spread through ale is...
"It's not a disease, and they're not poisoned."
"Vice Admiral of Ailment" Tracy, who just walked out of the room at this time, quickly scanned the messy dock and asserted.
That's a curse, or pollution... Cattleya immediately thought, his eyes condensed, and he immediately made a decision:
"Let's get out of here right now."
It is not difficult to kill these crazy pirates. Most of them are subordinates of captains who have names on the bounty but are not high in Sequence. Most of them are not even Beyonder. Not to mention that there are five Pirate Admiral here. Even "Vice Admiral of Ailment" Tracy can easily kill everyone present with a fatal disease.
But this strange situation will make any knowledgeable Beyonder shy away. What will happen after the curse and pollution? Will there be other changes in the future?
No one dares to bet.
As soon as he finished speaking, Cattleya faced "Future" floating on the sea, raised his hands in front of him, and recited a few short mantras in Ancient Hermes.
A little bright starlight immediately shone in front of her, falling like a waterfall, forming a long transparent bridge on the pier, spreading towards "Future" a few hundred meters away.
At the same time, the same light lit up on the magic giant ship, and the other half of the bridge with the same shape appeared from the bow of the ship, advancing rapidly towards this side.
It seemed that in less than a minute, the Star Bridge, which could pass through the chaotic dock and pass over the sea full of corpses and blood, was about to take shape. The other Pirate Admiral and cadres breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, they were somewhat fortunate that in order to guard against other Pirate Admiral, they had left most of the crew on their own ship, and only brought the necessary and strongest Beyonder subordinates, otherwise there would be people they knew in the chaotic scene in front of them.
"Protect 'Admiral of Stars'!"
Suddenly, "Vice Admiral Dusk" Bratov shouted, a dim light flashed across his body, and his tall and burly body was covered with a shiny armor. "Sword of Dawn" appeared in his hand, and he struck a knife at an out-of-control pirate who turned into Werewolf and rushed towards several people with his limbs.
As he moved, a more chaotic battle began.
"King of the Five Seas" Nast's speech is obviously well thought out. Combined with his Beyonder Ability, it is very easy to inspire people, but in the final analysis there is only one question:
He believes that the Loen Kingdom navy's ironclads have seriously threatened the pirates' living environment. Although there is currently only one "Pritz" built and in service, its powerful firepower and hard armor that surpass this era have made all pirates who are accustomed to sailing warships bombarding them for half an hour and then engaging the ship extremely frightened.
Even "King of the Five Seas" Nast, who possesses "The Black Emperor" and is himself Saint, feels powerless against "Iron Turtle", which is also equipped with Demigod Beyonder, which can weaken the surrounding occult power.
According to Nast's suggestion, Five Kings should either concentrate its efforts to deal with the only "Pritz" currently in service, delaying the navy's ability to control the ocean, or re-divide the territory. Pan, leave the busy Rhoside Islands route, retreat to the Sonia Sea and Fog Sea area, and even go to Orthodox Church and Southern Continent, which are beyond the reach of the navy.
Neither of these two choices received a response from others. Angel is because she is not a pirate herself, and naturally does not care about the threats of territory and navy. "Queen Mystic" Bernadette seems to have been busy with some hidden goals. Her "Dawn" is not so much a pirate ship. It is said that it is just an elusive Ghost Ship, which usually only appears on the west side of the Fog Sea. "Death Announcer" hovers around the Sonia Sea, rarely approaching busy waterways, and "King of the Black Throne"... Angel has no impression of him at all.
Only "King of the Five Seas", who has nothing to do with Intis and has nothing to do with Loen, and whose sphere of influence in the Rhoside Islands has been severely compressed, is the most anxious... Angel smiled secretly and sat in silence for a moment while Nast began to talk about the next topic.
"'Ghost Empire' recently appeared in the Sonia Sea, are you interested?"
Following Nast's words, the somewhat sleepy Angel perked up and looked at White Maple Earl who was wearing a crown.
How could she not be interested in "Ghost Empire", one of the legends of the sea!
But this legend has been around for more than a thousand years. Countless people have claimed to have seen this huge city-sized Ghost Ship, but in the end it was proved that it was either an uninhabited desert island, or other ships, or even just rumors spread by the real "Hunter" who targeted Treasure Hunter.
After all, even "Queen Anne's Revenge" has been mistaken for "Ghost Empire".
Seeing that other people's sitting postures had changed whether they believed it or not, Nast chuckled and continued in a low tone:
"Recently, I got definite news that the Ghost Ship built by the Trensoest Empire does exist, and its activities have become more frequent recently. But it cannot be located by divination, and even the rules of Distortion do not apply to it. Therefore, I suspect that it is related to Sequence 2, or even the higher Beyonder Characteristic...
"If we want to get the Trensoest Empire legacy on it, we must work together to have a chance to 'capture' it."
As he said that, Nast looked at Angel with his black eyes, a deep Red Light light flashing in his eyes.
No, he was looking at Anne next to me... Because he needed the help of Angel, was he sure to lock "Ghost Empire"?
Angel was thinking, and glanced at the girl next to her who was a head shorter than her, and because she was sitting far back, her head almost sank under the table. Seeing that she not only did not respond, but even started to lose focus, a smile quietly appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Not getting a response, "King of the Five Seas" Nast was not discouraged. He looked at Bernadette on the other side and continued to ask:
"'Queen Mystic', what you are looking for may be in that 'Ghost Ship'..."
Looking for something?
Questions popped up in Angel's mind. He also looked at Bernadette, whose chestnut hair was hanging down his back and his blue eyes were a little out of focus. He was thinking about whether to ask afterward or to speak now when he suddenly felt a warm feeling coming from his left arm.
Anne grabbed her forearm.
This action made her immediately lose interest in asking, her whole body tensed up, and she entered a fighting state.
She still remembers the reminder from Bernadette before coming to "The Black Emperor": there is a conspiracy against her here!
Subconsciously, he turned his gaze to Nast at the top of the long table. Angel was a little confused when he saw the king of the sea. He raised his hand and shook it slightly. The power of Distortion lifted the "Imprisonment" in the room.
A figure that turned from illusion to reality immediately appeared next to the black door. Angel recognized that it was Mr. "Wraith" who had sent her the invitation letter before. The latter had a panicked face under his gray cloak. He looked at Nast and said quickly:
"Earl, there is something strange at the pier on the other side of the island, you'd better come out and take a look."
But including Nast, none of the five kings present were in the mood to listen to his "suggestions". Everyone felt a palpitating breath coming from outside the captain's room after Imprisonment was released.
Compared with others, Angel is more familiar with this breath. It was the strange giant hand that she had felt outside the city of Bayam, which caused countless creatures to die on the spot and made her and Klein almost lose control. Even "Sea King" and the messenger Reinette could not compete.
That is the breath of "Abomination" Suah.