Inside a hidden structure beneath Sodela Palace in Backlund, Derlink Augustus, the Duke of South Wales from two generations ago and a Balancer over a hundred and fifty years old, had been waiting since early morning. He was one of the few royal family members who knew George III would turn today's "pretend act into reality," and an angel who spared no effort in helping this prospective Black Emperor.
Once the Augustus Family has a true god, it will stand above every nation on the North Continent. Then I may be able to advance further and become a Hand of Order on equal footing with William... With a faintly arrogant expression and silver streaks in his black hair, Derlink listened to George III's emotionless, entirely theatrical speech transmitted through cables and loudspeakers, his thoughts wandering.
Suddenly, a passage in the room leading into one of the mausoleums activated, and a plea for help from the other side entered his mind at the same time.
So the Balancer Anne has indeed appeared near that mausoleum... Unsurprised, Derlink walked toward the passage leading to the mausoleum on Escosen Island.
Ever since Georgina Augustus had disappeared, Derlink, William, George, and the others had anticipated this. After all, the King of the Five Seas, Nast, and the entire Queen Anne's Revenge had vanished in the Sonia Sea along with her. Knowing that her counterpart was a Sequence 2, Georgina could not possibly have entered the Ghost Empire willingly to die. She must have intended to join forces with this angel, who had close ties to Emperor Roselle, to stop the Augustus Family's plan to attain godhood!
Anne Gustav, whose true body was a ghost ship, was indeed stronger than an ordinary Sequence 2. Her destructive power in particular could even rival certain Sequence 1s.