After leading his "Red Gloves" team to escort the two suspects back to Saint Samuel Cathedral, and watching them enter "Chanis Gate", Leonard returned to his office with the newspaper he just bought, took off the police uniform and police hat used to disguise his identity, unbuttoned his shirt, and locked the door vigilantly.
"Old Man, you said that at this time, King sent the big Prince to the front line of the battlefield. What does it mean?"
he asked in a low voice.
"Why do you start caring about these things?" Pales Zoroaster's old, ethereal voice asked in his mind, "Isn't it written in the newspapers? Currently, Loen and Feysac are in a stalemate. A Prince can come to the front line in person, which will greatly improve morale."
"I want to hear your opinion, not these useless words in the newspaper."
Leonard said, glancing at the newspaper he just bought, which printed a photo of Govington Augustus leading a new team of the Legion on a steam train to the front line. The smile that Prince, who was over thirty, slightly put on, and did not match the straight military uniform on his body, was forced to look very ugly.
"My opinion... Normally speaking, sending the great Prince who may inherit the throne to the battlefield means weakening the royal family itself. Whether he accidentally dies on the battlefield, or has to be promoted for some reason, and loses the opportunity to inherit the throne under the supervision of Three Great Churches, it is not a good thing for the Augustuss, and it can easily cause dissatisfaction with the military... They are probably deliberately showing favor to the church."
Pallez replied with a smiling tone.
"What if it's not normal?" Leonard asked.
"That means that your King and that George III think that after this war, they don't need so many successors..."
The words that came to my ears made Leonard's feet that were about to put on the table freeze in the air.
Seeing that most of the sumptuous food on the table had been swept away by him, Angel breathed a sigh of satisfaction. He looked at the crew member serving his meal and subconsciously wanted to take out 1 soli banknotes as a tip. He suddenly remembered that this was in the restaurant of the "Black Emperor", so he did not make any strange moves.
"Tell it to the chef here that I really like the Intis meal he made."
Wiping his mouth with a napkin, Angel turned to the young crew member who had always been respectful like a real restaurant waiter.
Angel was overjoyed to be able to enjoy dishes on the sea that were no less than those of the dedicated Intis Restaurant, and the ingredients were very fresh. Angel also became more interested in the food on the ship.
"How do you usually eat? Is it Intis style food, or is it like most pirate ships, mainly relying on fishing and some shelf-stable food?"
She glanced at the dinner on the table, which was obviously not part of the "Black Emperor"'s daily diet, and asked curiously.
"When I first leave the port, I will eat meat that is fresh but not easy to store, then vegetables, fruits, and finally all kinds of fish. If there is a new harvest, Mr. Earl will not hide it, and each of us can have extra food."
The young man who was part-time waiter but actually a pirate replied.
The new harvest is about plundering other ships... "King of the Five Seas" Nast Although he takes Emperor Roselle as his idol and has made many rules, such as only robbing money and not kidnapping people, and trying not to kill passengers, he is still a pirate after all, don't say The food I ate, maybe even the chef who cooked Intis's dishes was snatched from other ships... Angel suddenly felt a little embarrassed, stopped talking to the other party, ended the dinner and left the restaurant, returned to his room, and looked at the sunset outside the porthole.
"After confirming that the route of 'Ghost Empire' calculated by Nast is accurate, I can cooperate with Klein and Anne to independently open the passage to the Ghost Ship without actually cooperating with Nast..."
She muttered silently, recalling in her mind the points drawn on the chart that she saw yesterday, and she always felt that the circles formed by irregularly distributed positions had a strange sense of disharmony, just like the style of the Solomon period.
But Trensoest Empire respects "Night Emperor", the apex of order, and should not have inherited the bad habits of the Solomon Empire, and "Ghost Empire" is also built through the characteristics of "Hand of Order". If there is really a fixed behavior The entry route should be a perfect circle... The more Angel thought about it, the more strange it became. He simply used the water vapor in the air to condense into a head-sized ice ball and let it float in front of him. Black Flame, as fine as a needle tip, splashed on the surface of the sphere, like a paintbrush drawing patterns.
After a moment, the "Earth" with South North Continent, Berserk Sea and Sonia Sea appeared in front of her.
Then, based on her own memory, Angel located the possible locations of "Ghost Empire" one by one in the depths of the Sonia Sea. This time, the nearly circular shape that was smaller on the south side and convex on the north side formed a perfect circle on the surface of the sphere, which made her feel extremely comfortable.
It turns out that the previous markings were distorted on the flat map. In fact, the route "Ghost Empire" is close to the colony of the Beluga Whale Sea in the west and God War Ruins in the east. It is indeed a perfect circle... Angel suddenly realized that Nast, as "King of the Five Seas" and whose father was also a senior pirate and explorer, could not possibly not know that the world's popular mapping methods would be distorted far away from the equator.
Then the only possibility is that Nast did not intend to tell Angel the true route of "Ghost Empire", and revealed a few recent locations just to gain her trust temporarily.
Fortunately, I had no intention of really cooperating with him in the first place...Angel felt at ease after figuring out the other party's intentions. At least before opening "Ghost Empire" and entering it, Nast was unlikely to fall out.
Watching the dim sunlight gradually disappear from the sea level, Angel closed his eyes and waited quietly for nightfall.
Late at night, Angel, who had been staying in the guest room, suddenly felt a wave of Distortion, evil power rising from the deck.
It's Nast Solomon... She caressed the polished glass of the porthole, and her figure disappeared in the room decorated with Intis, and was outlined on the deck the next second.
Compared with when she came here yesterday, the number of pirates on the deck was much smaller. The "Black Emperor" also lowered its sails and floated freely with the waves, seemingly without any intention of "chasing" certain targets.
This means that "Ghost Empire" always approaches Physical World at a fixed location at night, instead of traveling at high speed like other Ghost Ship... Angel made some guesses and looked at Nast, who was nearly two meters tall and seemed to have a crown inlaid on his head pointing straight to the sky. His eyes glowed crimson and did not disturb him.
The few pirates still on the deck either hid in corners in fear, or looked at "Golden Queen" who was wearing an elegant long dress, and whose profile was fatally attractive in the moonlight. No one dared to look directly at White Maple Earl, who exuded an evil aura.
Time passed like this second by second until the half-filled Crimson Moon rose into the sky and gradually came to the top of the "Black Emperor", spreading the strange moonlight onto the sea surface, staining the quiet black with a hint of coquettish red.
Suddenly, something seemed to be floating quickly on the calm sea. Angel suddenly turned her head to look, but with her excellent vision, she found nothing.
In an instant, he performed a simple divination using his eyes as a mirror. Angel, who found nothing, looked at Nast and found that the latter was also staring in that direction, and the dark red in his eyes became more and more obvious.
"Did you see it too?"
His deep voice came from the shadows beneath the crown.
Before Angel could answer, he stretched out his hands folded in his robe, his left hand clasped in front of his chest, and his right hand stretched forward, pointing towards the sea where a shadow had just flown over, as if to grab something.
"Distortion" from Madness Sorcerer!
The shadow that had just passed through the side of the ship "Black Emperor" at high speed flew back at the same speed. It did not slow down until it approached the side of the ship.
This time Angel saw the object clearly. It was slightly smaller than Black Emperor. It was a strange dark red in the moonlight. Its appearance was difficult to distinguish, its outline was blurred, and it was close to the sea surface, as if it was floating not far away under the water.
Is that "Ghost Empire"?
Angel subconsciously thought it would not be that simple, but then he thought that it might just be the projection of Ghost Ship hidden in another world on the real sea surface. Otherwise, with the "Distortion" of Nast Sequence 3, it would be impossible to change its direction and return it to the original path.
In this way, "Ghost Empire" is probably at the corresponding position of Mirror World... She realized something, and saw that Nast just maintained "Distortion" silently, keeping the dark red shadow not far away. Drifting everywhere, he simply jumped off the side of the ship. Before his body landed on the sea surface, he used the power of ice to condense a crystal clear Ice Mirror that reflected her reflection. He fell into it and instantly arrived at Mirror World, which overlapped with reality but was independent.
The sea next to her instantly became illusory and dim, with streaks of gray Mirror Tunnel extending in different directions with her as the center. The rest of the sea was as dark as a lightless forest, with only Star dots of light flickering, representing nearby "mirrors" that could be used for entry and exit.
Among them, there was no huge figure of "Ghost Empire", and even the dark red shadow reflected on the sea disappeared without a trace.
It had already left the moment I entered Mirror World?
Angel looked around, carefully distinguishing the directions of Mirror Tunnel, but did not find any abnormalities among them.
But she could faintly feel a weak gravitational force attracting herself floating in Mirror World. The power seemed to come from beside her, not far away.
Perhaps "Ghost Empire" is just using the "rules" of Mirror World to hide between reality and illusion, but it has not completely entered this world. Therefore, I can only have a certain sense of the characteristics of "Catastrophe" Demoness in it, but I cannot see the body of this Ghost Ship... Maybe next time By bringing the "Demoness" card, we should be able to better utilize the power of Extraordinary Characteristic Aggregation... Well, it seems that the "Black Emperor" card and the "Judgment" card also have a certain role, but Nast will definitely covet these two "Card of Blasphemy" cards that are useful to him...
Angel frowned and thought for a moment, then used the ice to return to reality and stepped onto the deck of the "Black Emperor".
Nast's eyes immediately looked at her, with undisguised hope.
"Did you find anything?"
Angel nodded and told the other party everything she sensed after entering "Mirror World" without any concealment. Of course, she did not say anything about using "Card of Blasphemy" to enhance the sense.
Regarding this result, which is not a result, this "King of the Five Seas" was very satisfied:
"It seems that my conjecture is completely correct. 'Ghost Empire' uses the Beyonder Characteristic and Distortion that make up it to create a certain balance between reality, Spirit World and Mirror World. It is hidden in the cracks. Simply relying on the strength of any one of us is not enough to find it..."
"Is this why you need the power of Anne?"
Angel asked rhetorically.
Nast chuckled and did not answer directly, but said:
"... Five days later, 'Ghost Empire' will appear at the next location, and then it will enter the chaotic and dangerous sea area to the east until it leaves further north in early November."
It means that if you don't try to enter "Ghost Empire" after five days, you will have to wait a month... Angel nodded silently, took out a small and exquisite mirror, handed it to the other party, and said:
"Contact me through it that night."
The black eyes surging with dark Red Light stared at Angel for a few seconds. Nast took the dressing mirror, stuffed it into the pocket of his robe, and said in a low tone:
"I don't want more people to know about this."
"Of course, I don't want anyone to take away the spoils."
Angel smiled and answered with a sincere look on his face.
In the palace shrouded by Gray Fog, two crimson lights emerged, and the figures of "Empress" Angel and "The World" Klein appeared in their respective seats.
This is a temporary meeting requested by Angel. The only participants are himself and Klein. On the one hand, this is to avoid Zarathus's tracking of the two people. On the other hand, the next thing to discuss is very important.
Glancing at the top of the long table, he saw that Mr. "Fool" was not listening. Angel turned to look at Klein and said excitedly:
"'King of the Five Seas' Nast has found clues to 'Ghost Empire'."