A deserted island sat between Pasu Island, where the Church of Storms' altar was located, and Bayam, the capital of the Roserote Islands. Moored near its shore was a sailing ship several dozen meters long, painted a golden yellow that reflected a dazzling brilliance under the sunlight.
It belonged to one of the Seven Pirate Admirals, the Iceberg Admiral Edwina. Although this pirate admiral had a decent reputation and generally did not plunder ordinary passenger ships, vessels sailing across the sea routes would still occasionally and cautiously steer clear of it.
At this moment, the sailors aboard the Golden Dream had no time at all to care about passing passenger ships because their captain, the Iceberg Admiral revered by all the sailors, had gone missing.
The upper echelons of the pirate crew questioned one another and discovered that the last time anyone had seen Edwina was two days ago at dusk. At that time, the admiral had stated that she was going to conduct a difficult research project and would not appear for the next day, after which she locked herself in the captain's cabin.
At the time, all the sailors, including Flame Danitz, paid no attention because to this erudite yet overly studious captain, secluded research was a common occurrence.
Treating this day without lessons as a holiday during their voyage, they sailed the Golden Dream according to schedule toward the White Whale Sea in the east, heading for Pirate Paradise to trace the appearance of the Ghost Empire, while crazily holding a bonfire party and song-and-dance performances, spending a fulfilling twenty-four hours.
They were just short of firing the precious main cannons at the sky or directly setting fire to the flammable materials on the deck.
Then...
"She didn't ask anyone to deliver water or food, nor did