Recaps

Luther met the Black Throne’s ship spirit, who revealed that Roselle had created and confined her to the Fog Sea for 152 years. She named herself Antiya Trollies, while Luther introduced himself under the false name Alexander Gascoigne.

• Luther withdrew his chains and cautiously asked the woman in black whether she was Roselle’s flagship, the Black Throne.
• The woman explained that Roselle had created her as an artificial life using Beyonder materials and the Black Throne as her vessel.
• Antiya Trollies told Luther that Roselle’s restrictions had forced her to sail a fixed route through the Fog Sea and prevented her from freely using her abilities.
• Luther learned that Antiya had been sailing the Fog Sea for 152 years, since Roselle created her in 1198.
• Antiya rejected the name Black Throne and introduced herself as Antiya Trollies, while Luther gave her the false name Alexander Gascoigne.

Luther questioned Antiya Trollies about her history and learned that Roselle’s influence and a binding contract compelled her to obey his final command. He then asked the Sequence 2 Angel to become his flagship.

• Luther admitted that he was a Sequence 4 Black Knight and explained how the dead within his shadow suffered or found rest.
• Luther told Antiya that he was a wanted pirate who attacked colonial institutions and slave ships rather than ordinary people.
• Antiya said she would not defy Roselle’s final command, explaining that a contract and higher-Sequence influence prevented her from refusing Luther.
• Luther wondered whether Roselle had belonged to Antiya’s Pathway and decided to investigate the matter later.
• Luther asked Antiya to become his flagship.

Luther and Antiya formed a bond as captain and ship spirit, though Antiya demanded honesty and asked him to stay by her side. At the Pirate Assembly on Black Lake Island, Philia confronted a stall owner who had swindled him, and Alger Wilson intervened.

• Luther and Antiya joined their chains and established a Spiritual connection as he accepted her as his flagship.
• Antiya learned that Luther Rondal was his real name and confronted him for hiding it; he apologized and agreed to be more honest.
• Antiya asked Luther to stay by her side because she no longer wanted to be lonely.
• At the Pirate Assembly, Philia accused a stall owner of selling him a fraudulent talisman and demanded his money back.
• Philia drew his sword as the stall owner prepared to fight, and Alger Wilson arrived and subdued the tense crowd.

Alger intervened when a pirate swindled Philia, then learned that Temperance had unexpectedly decided to attend the Pirate Assembly. The Death Announcer arrived near Black Lake Island carrying Agalito, the King of Immortality, who circled the island without disembarking.

• Alger accused the pirate who had cheated Philia of swindling one of his crewmen, then forced him to hand over money as compensation.
• Philia thanked Alger and followed him, revealing that Temperance had decided on a whim to attend the assembly.
• A piercing laugh from the Death Announcer overwhelmed pirates across the market, and Alger recognized Agalito aboard the ship.
• The Death Announcer circled Black Lake Island instead of docking, while Bird Mustang called on Agalito to stop the sound.
• A dark figure at the Death Announcer's rail told Bird Mustang that the captain would not disembark and that he would attend in Agalito's place.

Lester Sein persuaded Agalito to silence the Death Announcer’s laughter, then escorted the ship on a supposedly leisurely tour of Black Lake Island while Bird Mustang’s sailors watched it closely. As the island’s pirates watched the ships, Shanks secretly buried grotesque dolls beneath the ground; meanwhile, Luther recovered a Sequence 4 Hunter Pathway characteristic from the wreckage of the battle.

• Lester Sein asked Agalito to stop the Death Announcer’s dreadful laughter, and Agalito complied.
• Lester told Bird Mustang that Agalito wanted to tour Black Lake Island, and Bird ordered his ships to follow and monitor the Death Announcer.
• The pirates aboard the Death Announcer and Bird Mustang’s ships traded taunts as the island’s pirates watched the spectacle.
• Shanks buried several grotesque dolls beneath Black Lake Island while the pirates remained distracted.
• Luther searched the burned shipwreck, collected Beyonder characteristics, and found that a crumbling dagger had become a Sequence 4 Hunter Pathway short sword.

Luther recovered pages of unfamiliar scripture from the wreckage of a steamship, while the pirate admirals gathered separately from the pirate kings at Black Lake Island. Anderson represented the absent Blood Bishop at the kings’ meeting as Senor and the other admirals discussed the absent Admiral of Stars and the Blood Bishop’s invitation.

• Luther found seemingly ordinary pages of unfamiliar holy scripture wrapped around the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact and took them aboard Antiya’s ship.
• Anderson arrived at Black Lake Island representing the Blood Bishop and resolved to avoid taking sides at the meeting.
• Anderson learned that the Admiral of Stars had not attended and the Vice Admiral of Ailment had been captured by his crew.
• Senor questioned why Nast had invited the Blood Bishop and whether he intended to accept him as a fifth pirate king.
• Ludwell taunted Senor that he would need demigod-level strength to earn an invitation to the kings’ meeting, and Senor welcomed the challenge.

Luther inspected the Black Throne with Antiya and discovered a sealed captain’s cabin that neither of them could open. The room carried traces of Roselle’s aura, and Luther decided to bring Roselle’s daughter back to see if she could open it.

• Luther asked Antiya whether he could equip the Black Throne with newer cannons, but she said her abilities made them unnecessary.
• Luther explored the ship and learned that Antiya had destroyed the luxurious items Roselle left behind.
• Luther asked about Roselle’s study and writings, prompting Antiya to realize she could not remember where the captain’s cabin was.
• Luther found a chessboard outside a suspicious room facing the bow and identified it as the captain’s cabin.
• Luther tried to open the cabin door with a severed hand, but it would not move, and Antiya said she could neither open nor destroy it.
• Luther decided to bring Roselle’s daughter to the ship to find out whether she could open the sealed room.

Luther found that the door in his room was tied to a chess game, but his failed attempt left him unable to escape. Meanwhile, Anderson attended Nast Solomon’s gathering of the kings of the seas, which began after the cabin was sealed.

• Luther tried to open the door by playing chess, but Black checkmated him and the board reset.
• Luther realized he could not win with his current chess skills and wondered whether Queen Mystic could help.
• Luther saw a blue-haired man praying to Mr. Fool for help through the Gray Fog.
• Anderson attended Nast Solomon’s gathering aboard The Black Emperor and recognized Queen Mystic, Bernadette.
• Nast Solomon declared the meeting begun, and the captain’s cabin door sealed itself.

The pirate admirals confronted one another over the Lost Newins and Death’s Key, while Senor warned them that they would soon be finished. As trees appeared on Black Lake Island and chaos erupted, Senor possessed Edwina and fled the house.

• Bulatov Ivan challenged Constantine about the Lost Newins and proposed a witnessed contest, but Constantine refused.
• Bulatov asked Edwina about Death’s Key and mocked Senor over the death of his second mate, while Senor remained calm and threatened that everyone would soon be finished.
• Blue Walls warned that trees had grown on Black Lake Island as screams and sounds of slaughter came from outside.
• Senor used Evil Spirit Possession to seize Edwina, but she countered with Sun Exorcism.
• Senor escaped through Blue Walls’s body, and the pirate admirals rushed outside and were shocked by what they saw.

Philia fled across Black Lake Island as a Catastrophe warped the island and drove its inhabitants mad. Alger realized the Rose School of Thought was behind the attack and tried to escape, while Shanks defied Nast and the other powerful figures as something gathered in the clouds.

• Philia ran toward the island’s edge as the ground and its inhabitants became horribly distorted.
• Flesh Trees burst from the ground and slaughtered fleeing pirates, while Alger Wilson used wind blades to clear a path for his crew.
• Alger saw the Admiral of Blood being pursued by the other four admirals and suspected the Rose School of Thought had launched a deliberate attack.
• A voice from the lake briefly halted the Flesh Trees, but they quickly resumed killing the pirates.
• Shanks revealed his transformation and claimed the Mother Tree’s blessing as dark clouds gathered above Black Lake.

Anderson Hood watched as the Rose School of Thought’s Shanks unleashed a flesh-and-blood catastrophe on the island during the kings’ meeting. Nast attacked Shanks and destroyed the Flesh Trees, but Shanks summoned the great Abomination, Suah, from the storm clouds.

• Nast discussed the growing threat of the navy and whether Alexander Gascoigne should be recognized as the new king of the seas.
• A violent storm and fleshly growths erupted across the island, and Anderson sensed a terrifying presence gathering in the clouds.
• Nast used his power over space to drag Shanks above The Black Emperor, but crimson light freed the demigod from his grasp.
• Nast immobilized the Flesh Trees and ordered The Black Emperor’s sailors to fire, destroying the trees and severely wounding Shanks.
• Shanks praised the Mother Tree, stabbed a black finger through his eye and skull, and summoned Suah, whose huge black arm reached down from the clouds.

Suah descended in his true form and trapped the pirates on Black Lake Island as the Rose School of Thought used them to heal him. With the escape routes sealed and Agalito turning on the fleeing ships, Alger hid in his cabin and prayed.

• Suah's giant black arms crushed Shanks and began devouring pirates and Flesh Trees across Black Lake Island.
• Bernadette identified the arm as Suah's true body, and Nast ordered everyone to flee.
• Admiral of Blood Senor revealed the Rose School of Thought's scheme to feed Suah, while Vice Admiral Dusk and the other admirals escaped toward their ships.
• Suah's black barrier sealed off the island and nearby waters, and Vice Admiral Hell reported that the Spirit World could not be reached.
• King of Immortality Agalito opened a passage through the barrier, then betrayed the pirates by firing on their ships.
• Alger hid in the captain's cabin and prayed as the pirates faced capture or death.

After Mr. Fool warned Luther that his crew was trapped at the Pirate Assembly, Luther prepared to rush to their rescue with Antiya. At Black Lake Island, Suah and Agalito continued attacking the pirate kings and their fleets, but a mysterious black sailboat appeared as the battle worsened.

• The Hanged Man warned Mr. Fool that the Pirate Assembly had descended into chaos and that Luther's crew was in danger, while Anderson's talisman also called Luther for help.
• Luther resolved not to arrive too late again and asked Antiya to accompany him, and she agreed.
• At Black Lake Island, Suah attacked the pirate kings and their fleets while the island's flesh and blood and the Abomination's arms closed in around them.
• Barros Hopkins escaped through the Sea of Collective Subconscious, while Bernadette prophesied that new backup was coming.
• Suah's spiritual roar sent pirates into chaos, allowing Agalito to attack the Blood Bishop's fleet, but a black three-masted sailboat appeared through the crimson waters.

With the Blood Pirates trapped and their captain missing, Walter led the crew in resisting the Death Announcer until Luther arrived on a mysterious ship. Luther and Antiya weakened Suah’s attack, and Luther chose to pursue King of Immortality Agalito as he fled toward the lake.

• Walter rejected the claim that the captain had abandoned them and ordered the crew to fire on the Death Announcer while they waited for rescue.
• The Death Announcer’s laughter and Suah’s Shriek left the pirates helpless as the ship charged toward the Doe.
• Ludwell sensed that something had broken through the Abomination’s blockade, and a blood-red sea opened before the Doe.
• Luther appeared aboard a black, three-masted ship, and the Blood Pirates recognized their captain.
• Antiya used Distortion to lessen the effect of Suah’s Shriek, allowing Luther to decide to attack King of Immortality Agalito first.
• The Death Announcer turned toward the center of the lake, and Luther realized Agalito was fleeing.

Luther and Antiya cornered the Death Announcer and fought its demonized crew in a fierce sea battle. After winning the first exchange, Luther drew on the Red Priest card and prepared to strike the flagship with an Angel-level blessing.

• Antiya distorted space to prevent the Death Announcer from reaching the island, while Luther pursued it aboard the Black Throne with the Doe.
• The Death Announcer’s pirates declared loyalty to their flagship, transformed into Devils, and attacked with flying assaults and ghostly blue cannon fire.
• Antiya weakened the pirates’ Word-Eating, and Luther used the Red Priest card to inspire his sailors with courage and make them share the damage he took.
• Antiya redirected the enemy’s cursed shells and strengthened the Doe’s cannonballs, helping Luther’s crew defeat the pirates in the first clash.
• Luther summoned black armor and raised his greatsword as Antiya blessed him with Angel-level Enlarge; he unleashed a devastating slash at the Death Announcer.

Luther’s enhanced strike split Agalito and the Death Announcer’s crew apart, but the ship revived them and revealed its terrifying Mythical Creature form. Antiya shielded the watching pirates as Luther realized the ship, not Agalito, was the true King of Immortality; it then unleashed its Word-Eating power against him.

• With the Duke of Entropy’s enhancement, Luther struck the Death Announcer with the Blade of Flesh and Spirit, cutting its mast, Agalito, and most of its crew in half.
• The watching pirates and admirals were stunned by Luther’s power, while Luther suspected Agalito had fallen too easily.
• Blood revived the crew with red crystals, and the Death Announcer transformed into a monstrous ship with an incomplete Mythical Creature form.
• Antiya shielded the watching pirates from the ship’s corrupting influence and explained that the Death Announcer possessed a Sequence 3 Beyonder Characteristic.
• Luther realized the Death Announcer was the true King of Immortality, and the ship’s crew chanted “Death!” as its Word-Eating power struck beside him.

Antiya transformed the Death Announcer into a soul-bearing ship, allowing Luther to Graze the Sequence 3 Devil and defeat the King of Immortality. With Abomination Suah still rampaging and Queen Mystic trapped, Luther prepared to use an item that borrowed power from his past self.

• Antiya stopped the Death Announcer's curse and trapped the ship in a whirlpool when it tried to flee.
• Antiya used Entropy Increase and Entropy Reduction to merge the ship, its characteristics, and the pirates' souls into a vessel with a soul.
• Luther surrounded the weakened Death Announcer with shadows, caused it to Degenerate, and Grazed it, imprisoning its soul within himself.
• The Doe's sailors cheered as the Death Announcer's hull collapsed, while Abomination Suah roared across the island.
• Luther saw that Queen Mystic remained besieged and took out a rune-carved item that could borrow power from his past self.

Luther used the Queen Mystic’s mysterious staff head to borrow power through the gray fog and empower the Red Angel Evil Spirit within him. As Suah sensed the danger, he called upon the Mother Tree of Desire.

• Nast and Bernadette fought Suah together while Bernadette said her Prophecy showed Alexander Gascoigne would bring a turning point.
• Suah focused a spirit-shaking Shriek on Luther, and Antiya blocked the attack.
• Luther decided to use the staff head and asked Antiya to help him.
• Luther crushed the staff head, released gray fog, and channeled its power into the Red Angel Evil Spirit within him.
• Suah sensed the danger and shouted the name of the Mother Tree of Desire.

Suah called upon the Mother Tree of Desire and attacked Luther while Luther summoned the reflections of the past. Bernadette and Nast held Suah back, allowing Luther to bring three Sequence 1 Conquerors back to life.

• Suah summoned the Mother Tree of Desire's attention, empowering his arms and directing his attack at Luther.
• Bernadette recognized Suah's self-harm curse and used Pale Death to suppress his arms, with Nast amplifying the artifact's effects.
• Bernadette removed Pale Death before its effects could kill her, after holding Suah back long enough for Luther to continue.
• Luther completed the summoning as three iron-red figures rose behind him: Medici, Sauron, and Einhorn.

Luther summoned Medici, Sauron, and Einhorn to form the Spear of Destruction and prepare to strike Suah, while Bernadette and Nast tried to stop the Abomination from escaping. As Suah reached the rift, a lightning bolt struck it after the Spirit World was torn open, and Alger prayed to the Fool.

• Luther summoned the spirits of Medici, Sauron, and Einhorn, who joined him in forming the Spear of Destruction.
• Bernadette used Game of Time and Nast used Amplify to slow Suah as it tried to crawl into the rift.
• Luther aimed the spear at the center of Suah's tree-trunk body, but his body began to crack under the strain.
• Suah pushed past the kings' efforts and reached the edge of the rift.
• A great power tore open the sealed Spirit World, and a bolt of lightning struck Suah's arm.
• Alger prayed to the Fool aboard the Ghost Ship Blue Avenger.

Luther defeated the King of Immortality and forced Abomination Suah to retreat after hurling the Spear of Destruction. Exhausted but alive, he was caught by Antiya and greeted by Queen Mystic Bernadette and King of the Five Seas Nast.

• Lightning from Abomination Suah briefly disrupted Luther as he prepared the Spear of Destruction.
• Luther and the three translucent Angels threw the spear, devastating Black Lake Island and badly wounding Abomination Suah.
• Antiya caught Luther as he collapsed, while Medici returned to his body.
• Abomination Suah glared at Luther and fled through a spatial fissure, ending the battle.
• Luther's crew and Anderson celebrated his victory, and Luther greeted Bernadette and met Nast.

Luther was formally recognized by Nast Solomon and Bernadette as the King of Blood after saving the pirates and defeating their enemies. Aboard the Future, Klein entered a dream with Cattleya and questioned her about why she had shared information with Queen Mystic.

• Nast Solomon and Bernadette formally recognized Alexander Gascoigne as the King of Blood, and the pirates celebrated his new title.
• Alger watched Temperance receive acclaim and completed a secret prayer ritual to Mr. Fool.
• Klein reflected on Luther’s battle and the mysterious item that restored the Red Angel Evil Spirit’s strength as the Future sailed toward the mermaids’ waters.
• A sudden nightfall sent Klein into a dream outside the Black Monastery, where he found Cattleya waiting near the cliff.
• Klein pressed Cattleya about whether she had hoped Queen Mystic would infer information about Mr. Fool, and Cattleya fell silent.

Bernadette and Luther entered the Black Throne’s locked room and discovered a Card of Blasphemy depicting the Sequence 0 Twilight Giant. They found a hidden box that Luther could not open, as it required the spirituality of someone at Sequence 3.

• Bernadette recalled the Black Throne cabin and apologized to Antiya for Roselle’s treatment of her, but Antiya rejected her apology.
• Bernadette examined Roselle’s chessboard, found that the white pieces were doomed, and flipped the board as Roselle had taught her, revealing a key that opened the locked room.
• Luther spotted a Card of Blasphemy depicting the Twilight Giant, while Bernadette searched Roselle’s books, logbooks, and charts for the information she sought.
• Bernadette asked to take the collected materials, and Luther agreed.
• The servants discovered a locked black box hidden behind a bookcase, but the key rejected Luther, who sensed that he could open it only after reaching Sequence 3.

After the battle, Luther and Bernadette discussed Roselle’s belongings and their advancement, and Bernadette revealed that unresolved feelings about her father kept her from becoming an Angel. She left after asking Luther to protect Cattleya if she ever ran into trouble, while Luther returned to his crew and began considering what to do next.

• Luther and Bernadette concluded that he needed to reach Sequence 3 to open Roselle’s black box, and Bernadette kept the box and Twilight Giant card aboard the Black Throne while giving Luther the Card of Blasphemy.
• Bernadette thanked Luther for helping drive away Suah and explained that she had completed the ritual needed to advance to Sequence 2, but would not take the Potion while her feelings about Roselle remained unresolved.
• Bernadette admitted that she regretted refusing to speak with Roselle before his assassination, and Luther realized she suspected Mr. Fool might be the resurrected Roselle.
• Bernadette asked Luther to preserve Cattleya’s life if she encountered trouble, then departed with the Dawn in a burst of foam.
• Luther invited Antiya to the celebration feast, but she refused to leave the Black Throne, so he joined his crew alone.
• The next morning, Luther watched Darkwill treat the crew’s hangovers and considered his next steps.

Luther laid out plans to expand and strengthen his fleet, appointed Anderson to manage it while he handled matters on the Northern Continent, and then joined a new Tarot Club meeting. The chapter ended with Mr. Fool confronting Cattleya, saying that this was the second time.

• Luther announced that the Black Throne would become the fleet’s flagship, named Antiya as its ship spirit, and ordered the fleet to recruit and train new personnel.
• Luther gave the fleet new objectives, including freeing slaves and eliminating the remaining forces of the King of Immortality.
• Luther appointed Anderson to manage the fleet in his absence and gave him a Hunter Pathway Sequence 4 Beyonder Characteristic.
• Luther summoned M, who created a false personality for him to use at the Tarot Club meeting.
• At the meeting, Audrey noticed that Cattleya seemed frightened, and Mr. Fool told Cattleya that this was the second time.