After two full days of sailing, the Blue Avenger bypassed Midway Island and arrived near the Nameless Island that Hanged Man Alger had mentioned.
Of course, it would still take several hours to reach the island. The unmanned Ghost Ship left the busy sea route and entered unknown waters, relying on Alger the Seafarer's superb navigation to weave through reefs and mist as it advanced slowly but steadily toward its destination.
The sailors who usually ate, drank, and gambled also sobered up. They pushed the few cannons they had out through the gunports, readied their blades and guns, and prepared for a possible battle.
Although the "mission" they had been told about was merely to deliver the ship's two passengers to that Primitive Island and pick them up after their hunt was complete, that did not mean the vessel docking there would be free from danger.
Emperor Roselle once said that only by sailing carefully could your ship last another hundred years.
Angel and Klein had also prepared for battle. They were only nominally the employers; once they reached Primitive Island, they would firmly insist that Captain Alger accompany them. After putting on a show of reluctance, he would agree. Then they only needed to watch him hunt the Azure Shadow Falcon and obtain the materials, without needing to join the fight.
But for the same reasons as the sailors, neither of them let down their guard.
Moreover, after two days of tedious sailing, the prospect of battle actually left Angel unusually excited. Life in the enclosed cabin had been unbearably boring, and with the possibility of being watched, the two could only live separately. Angel had even learned quite a few obscure facts about the Fourth Epoch along the way and memorized half a dictionary of Ancient Feysac. If