Recaps

Caroso and his companions struggled against a strengthened Hunger beneath the sea while Tig refused to help, waiting for Caroso to break through. As Caroso and Elizabeth faced the monster’s attack, Caroso contacted Nimel, who suddenly awakened in a changed state and called him “Brother.”

• Hunger’s tentacles wounded Caroso and overwhelmed the group as its berserk state strengthened under Surtur’s influence.
• Tig refused the Bald Pirate’s request to help, insisting Caroso had to break through to Tier Six or die.
• Elizabeth began suffocating, so Caroso kissed her to restore her breathing, then asked her to carry him upward.
• Hunger’s shrinking body sent its tentacles after Caroso and Elizabeth, and the bullet comments advised Caroso to contact Nimel.
• Caroso used the Communication Card to reach Nimel, whose eyes and hair turned blue as she woke and called him “Brother.”

Caroso heard Nimel begging for help and broke through during the battle, using the Lord of Eternal Life’s power to cut through the tentacles threatening them both. Minette killed the tentacle monster while Caroso escaped with Elizabeth, and Tig approved of Caroso’s defiance as they reached the surface.

• Nimel’s awakening caused her pain, and she called out to Caroso for help as Merlin struggled to contain the mysterious power surging through her.
• Caroso heard Nimel’s plea beneath the sea, summoned Rift Creation, and used Emperor Gufu to break through while facing the tentacles.
• Caroso cut the tentacles with the Lord of Eternal Life’s power and sent Rift Creation through a spatial passage to Nimel, destroying the tentacles around her and easing her pain.
• Minette used Chaos Void Kill to enter the wounded monster, sever its internal connections, and take its red crystal, killing it.
• Caroso carried Elizabeth out of the water, and Tig gave him a thumbs-up.

Caroso was celebrated for helping defeat the sea monster, while Elizabeth decided she needed to become stronger and Tig warned Caroso about using dangerous power. In the captain’s quarters, Tig recognized that several attacks had come from the future and wondered whether Caroso was really his son.

• The pirates celebrated Caroso’s role in the sea monster’s defeat, while Will struggled to accept that a fifth-rank fighter had outperformed him.
• Elizabeth reflected on Caroso saving her and told Bald Pirate she wanted to become stronger so she would not need protection.
• Tig healed Caroso’s blurred vision and warned him that using the power of rules could kill him.
• Tig asked Caroso about the Manta Ray, the later attacks, and the Dark Elf shadows, then concluded that they had come from the future.
• Tig said an unknown force prevented him from investigating Caroso’s powers and fighting style, and asked whether Caroso was really his son.

Caroso explained his strange powers and recent events to Tig, who questioned whether Caroso was truly his son and how he could affect the future. Meanwhile, Minette returned to Celica’s ship after killing the sea monster, and Caroso realized Tig could not hear the Netizens’ comments.

• Tig admitted that Caroso’s soul seemed to be his son’s, but his unusual thoughts and abilities made him doubt what was happening.
• Caroso recounted the events to Tig, who demanded an explanation for his magic, summoned weapons and monsters, and future-piercing blade.
• Minette returned to Celica’s ship after the sea monster sank, while Celica and Russell credited her with a powerful strike that removed one-fifth of its health.
• Minette accepted Celica’s praise, and Russell ordered the crew to count casualties and inspect the ship before leaving the Sea of Taboo.
• Merlin watched over the unconscious Nimel in Celica’s room, while Caroso realized Tig had not heard the Netizens’ comments.

Caroso used the spacetime connection while Tig concluded that only gods could reveal the answers he sought. On the ship, Caroso appeared as a ghost to Saya, and Alita learned that he was missing just before his voice sounded behind Krumen.

• Tig saw that five minutes had passed without his noticing and concluded that anything below godhood was an insect before sending Caroso back.
• Caroso activated the spacetime connection and appeared inside Saya's room as a translucent figure.
• Caroso slapped Saya into a wall and vanished through it, leaving Saya and his bodyguards wondering if he was a ghost.
• Alita explained to Krumen that wealthy people were cautious and that she should build her business step by step.
• A waiter asked whether everyone was in Alita's room, and Alita learned from Krumen that Caroso had disappeared.
• Krumen worried that something might have happened to Caroso, but Caroso's voice sounded behind her, saying nothing had happened.

Caroso and Elizabeth used their knowledge of the future to prepare for danger aboard the Black Pearl, while Elizabeth learned about the ship’s history and gained its attention. Caroso suspected the Silent Mary was behind the coming threats and took Elizabeth to find Tig, who declared her his spoils of war and kicked Will apart when he protested.

• Caroso appeared to Alita and warned her to clean up the sea monster’s blood, prepare specific cards, and expect another powerful enemy in four hours.
• Caroso adjusted his deck while Elizabeth told him she had contacted people from the future and asked Lady Celica to save them.
• Elizabeth recounted the legends of the Black Pearl, the Flying Dutchman, and the Silent Mary, and the Black Pearl formed a wooden hand to shake hers.
• Caroso connected the Silent Mary to the sea monster and, with Elizabeth, went to speak with Tig.
• Tig claimed Elizabeth as Caroso’s spoils of war and offered him his bathwater as a reward, then kicked Will apart when Will begged for another chance.

Caroso warned Tig that they would encounter Salazar, the captain of the Silent Mary, and then took Elizabeth to bathe so they could restore their strength. The bath healed Caroso’s wounds, but a sudden sway shifted the curtain and left him and Elizabeth staring at each other.

• Caroso warned Tig that Salazar and the Silent Mary would appear later, and Tig agreed to hear his concerns.
• Tig ordered Caroso to take Elizabeth to bathe, treating her as loot because she had not completed probation.
• Caroso divided the bath with a curtain and explained that they needed to restore their energy for the coming battle.
• Caroso’s scars faded and his magic became more compatible with his body as he bathed.
• The ship swayed, shifting the curtain and leaving Caroso and Elizabeth staring at each other.

After Elizabeth and Caroso recovered in the pool, they faced the awkward aftermath of their encounter. Elsewhere, Celica, Russell, Merlin, and Alita assessed the ship’s losses and the looming threat, but learned that no eighth-rank card maker was aboard to craft the card Caroso had found a formula for.

• Elizabeth left the pool first after dressing, while Caroso stayed behind and tried to conceal his physical reaction.
• Celica, Russell, Merlin, and Alita gathered to discuss Caroso and Elizabeth’s time-space travel and the possibility of stronger enemies arriving.
• Merlin reported that Nimel remained unconscious behind an invisible barrier, while Sophia was also unconscious and the room was protected by magic arrays.
• Russell reported hundreds of deaths, damage to the ship, and repairs underway, and said he would not leave while Elizabeth’s fate was unknown.
• Celica promised that the Goddess of Dawn Church would bear the losses, while Alita explained that a crucial card needed an eighth-rank card maker.
• Russell said no eighth-rank card maker was aboard, and Alita angrily dismissed Merlin’s suggestion that a seventh-rank maker might manage it.

At dawn, Salazar and the Silent Mary attacked the Black Pearl in the Sea of Taboo, and Tig met him in a fierce battle. As the crews clashed and a vortex formed, Elizabeth took the helm and steered the Black Pearl toward it.

• Caroso rushed out as the Silent Mary fired magic cannons at the Black Pearl, and Elizabeth checked that he was safe.
• Tig and Salazar traded threats before the Silent Mary rammed toward the Black Pearl, whose greater speed let it evade the attack.
• The two ships exchanged cannon fire, then Tig and Salazar leaped into the air and began fighting as their clash cleared the mist.
• Tentacles rose from the sea and the dead became skeletons, while fighters from both ships engaged their counterparts.
• The first mate pushed Caroso toward the helm, but Elizabeth took control and charged the Black Pearl toward the vortex.

Elizabeth took command of the Black Pearl and led it into the Sea of Taboo's whirlpool, where it fought the Silent Mary while Tig battled Salazar. After the Bald Pirate sacrificed himself to save her from a cannonball, Caroso urged Elizabeth to focus and keep leading the ship.

• Caroso heeded the bullet comments and ordered the Black Pearl to follow Elizabeth into the whirlpool as Tig and Salazar continued fighting.
• Elizabeth took the helm, drew on new sailing knowledge, and steered the Black Pearl past the Silent Mary's sea monsters.
• Elizabeth ordered the Black Pearl to fire a broadside, giving it an early advantage over the Silent Mary despite the enemy's counterattack.
• The Bald Pirate intercepted a cannonball aimed at Elizabeth, but a giant hand of water dragged him into the Sea of Taboo after he threw her his saber.
• Caroso called out to Elizabeth and warned her to resume command or they would all die.

Elizabeth recovered from her shock over a comrade’s death, reached Rank Seven, and led Black Pearl into boarding combat against Silent Mary. Caroso used his Buddha Rider deck to stall an eighth-rank pirate long enough for Saya and Will to kill him.

• Elizabeth overcame her grief, drew strength from the battle, and broke through to Rank Seven.
• Elizabeth steered Black Pearl alongside Silent Mary, and the crews connected the ships with grappling hooks.
• Caroso summoned Mysterious Guardian and used Noble Sacrifice, Auto Defense Matrix, and Redemption to delay an eighth-rank pirate.
• Saya beheaded the pirate while Caroso’s summoned Defender held him off, and Will kicked the head into the sea.
• Saya praised Caroso for affecting an eighth-rank opponent despite his Rank Six, leaving Caroso awkwardly embarrassed.

The Black Pearl outmaneuvered Salazar’s Silent Mary in the vortex, and Tig defeated Salazar as his ship sank. The surviving pirates celebrated their victory and declared they could now challenge the gods.

• Caroso collapsed after hearing a strange voice call out to Surtur while the pirates fought to cut the ships’ chains.
• After the chains were severed, the enemy helmsman fired on the Black Pearl, but Elizabeth ordered ropes attached to exposed reefs.
• Elizabeth used a powerful upward sea wind to turn the Black Pearl above the Silent Mary and ordered a cannon barrage.
• Tig wounded Salazar’s soul and sent him onto the sinking Silent Mary, where the vortex swallowed him and his ship.
• The Silent Mary’s crew and sea monsters turned to ashes or corpses, and Tig celebrated the Black Pearl’s victory with the surviving pirates.

After Salazar’s defeat, the Black Pearl’s crew celebrated while Elizabeth mourned the Bald Pirate and embraced life as a pirate. Tig made Elizabeth the ship’s helmsman and acting captain, but the ship suddenly rocked under a godlike pressure rising from the sea.

• The pirates celebrated their victory as the Black Pearl repaired itself, while Tig and the injured mates returned aboard.
• Elizabeth asked Caroso and Will about the Bald Pirate, learned his name was Wetherby, and poured out liquor in his memory.
• Elizabeth promised to preserve Wetherby’s story, then drank rum and joined the pirates’ singing and dancing.
• Tig appointed Elizabeth the Black Pearl’s helmsman and acting captain when he was away.
• The Black Pearl rocked, and Tig sensed a terrifying pressure from the ocean depths that belonged to a god.

The dead god “Hunger” appeared above the Black Pearl and transformed the seventh-rank pirates into monsters while its power overwhelmed the crew. Tig rallied the pirates to fight, but “Hunger” ignored him and fixed its gaze on Caroso.

• A giant batfish bearing the dead god’s body rose from the sea and appeared above the Black Pearl.
• Will and the other seventh-rank pirates aboard the ship transformed into skeletal, tentacled monsters, while Caroso and Elizabeth remained unaffected.
• Caroso resisted “Hunger” and stared back at it, despite its roar shattering his Mystery and guardian.
• Tig urged the crew to fight, then leaped toward “Hunger” with his blade, but an unseen barrier stopped him several meters away.
• The pirates fought the transformed crew as fish turned into armed fishmen and boarded the Black Pearl.
• “Hunger” ignored Tig and fixed its gaze on Caroso.

Tig struggled against the strengthened Hunger while trying to protect Caroso, and Salazar’s undead crew pressed Celica’s group in the real world. As Caroso faced a god’s attack, Nimel drew on Sophia’s divine power and opened a path through space and time, leaving Caroso transformed and able to knock Hunger’s fish-bone projectile aside.

• Tig’s blood harmed Rank Eight pirates and creatures, but it slid harmlessly off Caroso, leading Tig to suspect Caroso was his descendant.
• Tig threw Saya into Caroso’s path to save him from Hunger’s pull, but Saya exploded into bone ash as Hunger fired a fish bone at Caroso.
• Celica, Merlin, Russell, and Minette fought Salazar and his undead while Alita worked on a card designed to counter undead.
• Merlin found Nimel sensing Caroso’s danger, and Nimel drew Sophia’s divine power to tear open a view of Caroso facing Hunger.
• Caroso’s eyes and hair turned blue, and he struck Hunger’s fish bone away with Illuminating Gall.

Nimel sent divine power across time and space to Caroso, allowing him to join Tig in fighting Hunger. Hunger revealed a more dangerous form after badly injuring Tig, leaving Caroso and Tig facing its full strength.

• Nimel lent Caroso divine power, and he joined Tig in attacking Hunger.
• Caroso and Tig wounded Hunger, while the pirates gained ground against the fishmen.
• Hunger trapped Caroso and Tig with bloody water, but Caroso’s slash opened a path for Tig to strike it.
• Hunger exploded the wounded flesh, severely burning Tig and piercing his body and soul.
• Tig decided to risk his life, and Hunger shrank to a three-meter form with a real eye on its abdomen.

Tig and the pirates fought desperately against the god’s corpse, 'Hunger,' but it killed the officers and mortally wounded Tig. As Caroso considered using Nimel’s godhead, a mysterious woman appeared and urged him to claim a heart that slays gods.

• 'Hunger' struck Tig onto the Black Pearl, and the ship’s damage caused Elizabeth to bleed through her seven apertures.
• Tig rallied the pirates to keep fighting as he and the officers battled 'Hunger' while the fishmen killed many of the crew.
• 'Hunger' killed the third and second officers, then broke Tig’s ninth-rank sword and disemboweled him.
• Caroso struggled to use his divine power and feared that he and Tig would die, while Nimel offered him her godhead.
• A mature woman’s phantom appeared behind Caroso, stopped him from taking Nimel’s godhead, and told him he needed a heart that slays gods.

Caroso overcame his fear and, with Surtur’s guidance and the First Mate’s help, defeated Hunger. He and Elizabeth left the dying Tig and the Black Pearl behind, while the surviving pirates sang as their ship sank into the Sea of Taboo.

• Surtur urged Caroso to stop fearing Hunger and taught him to combine his God’s Chosen power with the God of Wisdom’s power.
• Caroso charged Hunger and fought alongside the First Mate, who created an opening for Caroso to strike Hunger’s old wound and break his body apart.
• Surtur and Nimel disappeared after Hunger fell, and Caroso landed safely on the Black Pearl as only nine pirates remained alive.
• Tig told Caroso to become a god, then ordered him and Elizabeth to leave the Black Pearl before it sank.
• Caroso and Elizabeth departed in a small boat as Tig and the pirates sang, and Elizabeth called them the most vicious pirates.

Elizabeth and Caroso returned to the present aboard the Black Pearl as Minette and the others struggled against Salazar. With the battle still going badly, Elizabeth faced Salazar and declared she would sink him again.

• Elizabeth and Caroso reappeared aboard the Johanna Smith while Minette and the others fought Salazar, and Caroso explained that the Sea of Taboo had healed him.
• Merlin confirmed Nimel had reached the fifth tier, while the exhausted fighters struggled to hold off Salazar's forces.
• Alita created two seventh-tier Golden Legendary Sacred Domain cards, but the spell only weakened the sea monsters and improved her allies' recovery.
• Salazar wounded Minette and drove her back as the battle remained against the defenders.
• The Black Pearl rose from the Sea of Taboo with Elizabeth and Caroso aboard, and Elizabeth confronted Salazar, promising to sink him again.

Caroso summoned the Black Pearl, and Elizabeth became its captain as the ship joined the fight against Salazar. Salazar tried to absorb the Silent Mary’s power, but a badly injured figure appeared behind him and stabbed him in the neck.

• Caroso brought the Black Pearl and Elizabeth back to join the battle against Salazar.
• The Black Pearl’s former first mate gave Elizabeth the captain’s hat and broken Dragon Bone Saber, and she accepted command of the ship.
• Elizabeth ordered the Black Pearl’s cannons to fire on the Silent Mary as the ghost pirates, Caroso, Alita, Celica, and Russell attacked Salazar and the sea monsters.
• Elizabeth declared herself the Pirate King and joined Celica and Russell in wounding Salazar.
• Salazar stabbed the Silent Mary to draw in its magic power, but a badly injured figure appeared behind him and stabbed him in the neck.

After defeating Salazar and taking the Silent Mary, the group heard Caroso and Elizabeth explain their adventure in a hidden section of history. Minette revealed that they had been sent back to complete the world's blank history, while Celica decided not to condemn the Black Pearl without evidence.

• Minette killed Salazar as he turned to ash, and she scolded Celica for failing to stop him sooner.
• Elizabeth boarded the masterless Silent Mary, and its first mate surrendered to her and joined the Black Pearl's crew under its curse.
• Caroso and Elizabeth recounted their adventure, leaving out Caroso's battle against the deity and saying Tig had fought alone.
• Minette explained that a break in history had caused the fate line to teleport them back to complete a section unknown even to the world.
• Celica suspected an unknown being had tried to possess Nimel or Sophia, and the group noted that Captain Tig had slain 'Hunger'.
• Celica said they would not issue a warrant for the Black Pearl unless its crew committed evil deeds.

Elizabeth embraced Russell as her father and committed to becoming Pirate King after surviving a dangerous adventure. Caroso visited Nimel, who woke with her golden eyes restored but could not remember how she had saved him.

• The group decided to sell the Silent Mary through the Goddess of Dawn Church and divide the money among those who fought for it.
• Elizabeth told Russell she still wanted to become Pirate King, and Russell accepted that he could no longer keep her from sailing.
• Elizabeth called Russell Dad, and he joyfully embraced her.
• Caroso congratulated Alita on reaching eighth rank and decided to visit Nimel.
• Merlin and Celica discussed Nimel's role in opening the time tunnel and weakening Sophia's divine power.
• Nimel woke when Caroso visited and said she had sensed his danger, but she could not remember what she had done.

After the ship’s crisis, Caroso and Nimel reunited and privately shared what had happened, while Caroso concealed his encounter with Elizabeth. Caroso later ran into Saya, who learned he was alive, and their rivalry resumed as Saya vowed that only he could kill his younger brother.

• Celica left Caroso and Nimel alone, and they exchanged accounts of what had happened while Caroso urged Nimel to claim she had been dazed.
• Karei comforted the frightened Elena, who thought about Saya and the Empire’s Second Prince.
• Saya drank alone, upset that Caroso had become a ghost before Saya could kill him himself.
• Caroso appeared on the deck, and Saya struck him after mistaking him for a hallucination and realized he was alive.
• Saya threatened to make Caroso lose everything and insisted that only he could kill him, then considered targeting the women close to Caroso.

After surviving the Sea of Taboo, Caroso and the others arrived in Laria City, where reporters swarmed them with questions. Elizabeth set sail aboard the Black Pearl to rob the merchant families that had once mistreated her, while Celica and Minette parted as rivals who had both grown stronger.

• Russell said goodbye to Caroso in Laria City and explained that Elizabeth could not dock there with the Black Pearl.
• Elizabeth received the Wish Compass, then ordered the Black Pearl to set sail so she could rob the families of merchants who had bullied her.
• Celica and Minette acknowledged that they were still enemies and promised to face each other again after gaining new insights from the battle at sea.
• Caroso and Celica disembarked together and were surrounded by reporters asking about the Church, the fallen god, and Celica's personal life.

Caroso reunited with Bai, Alita, Rayne, Elena, and Karei after returning from his voyage, while Bai warned him to strengthen his foundation before attempting another breakthrough. Caroso left with Celica and the others to investigate what had happened, leaving Elena increasingly fascinated by how far he had surpassed her.

• Bai praised Caroso's growth but warned him not to attempt seventh rank for two years, and Alita revealed that she had reached eighth rank.
• Elena and Rayne encountered Caroso, who greeted them politely, while Elena felt hurt by his distant manner and Karei stayed silent.
• Caroso told Rayne that he had brought the Emperor Gufu cards from Azure Wolf Province, explaining why Saya had avoided discussing them.
• Celica called Caroso over, and he invited Bai to join their group as they went to investigate what had happened.
• Rayne recognized Archbishop Celica and Principal Merlin among Caroso's companions, while Elena admitted her growing admiration for Caroso.