Connie

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Connie (康尼)
Alias(es)	Captain Connie; legendary captain of the Endless Sea 95 101
Gender	Male 95
Affiliation	Captain of the Windbreaker; later cooperates with the Dragon King Merchant Guild, Sea God Society, and the Knights of Torrent City 95 122 146
Occupation/Role	Sailor, explorer of the Endless Sea, Great Knight, and tactician 95 101 123
First Appearance	Chapter 86 86

Appearance

Connie is a blond man with golden hair and a composed, noble-like manner. Susan regards his smile as mysterious and captivating. 95

• Golden-blond hair. 95
• Often dresses and bows with aristocratic politeness. 95
• Fights with daggers or a rapier. 121 147
• His body was altered during his explorations of the Endless Sea, granting abnormal resilience and recovery. 121 147

Personality

Connie values freedom, his ship, and the mysteries of the Endless Sea above a settled life. He rejects Lula's offer to join the Dragon King Merchant Guild because he cannot abandon the Windbreaker or its crew. 95

He is charming and flirtatious around Susan, but their relationship is strained by their incompatible ideals: Connie wants to sail, while Susan prefers life on land. Despite this, he remains deeply concerned for her safety. 86 95

As an explorer, Connie is intensely curious about ancient history, deities, Evil Gods, and lost civilizations. His pursuit of forbidden knowledge also leads him to secretly test methods of contacting Great Emperor Tai Wei through unsuspecting intermediaries. 101 109 129

Abilities & Skills

Great Knight Physique

Connie is a Great Knight whose altered body can endure injuries that should be fatal.

• Continues attacking after his chest is torn open and his heart is shattered during his battle with a Red-eyed Merfolk. 121
• States that experiences in the Endless Sea changed his body, allowing him to withstand attacks at the Legendary level despite remaining a Great Knight. 121
• His wounds heal visibly during the campaign to retake Tortuga Island; he describes the effect as a “Blessing” rather than a Curse. 147
• Remains unfazed when a Blue-eyed Merfolk’s sword pierces his chest, then kills it with a strike to the head. 147

Combat Skills

Connie is an agile close-quarters fighter who favors sustained, high-speed attacks.

• Blind Strike — strengthens bodily resilience and makes his attacks difficult to interrupt. 121
• Consecutive Attack — enables rapidly repeated strikes that grow more damaging as they connect. 121
• Uses daggers in combat against the Red-eyed Merfolk and a rapier during the battle for Tortuga Island. 121 147

Esoteric Knowledge

Connie’s voyages have given him unusually extensive knowledge of ancient and supernatural subjects.

• Explains the Celestial Convergence, the fall of the Deities, the world barrier, Divine Bloodlines, and the lingering threat of Evil God projections. 101
• Correctly identifies Cherie’s postmortem transformation as an Evil God Incarnation and explains the consequences of worshipping an Evil God. 108
• Recognizes an Evil God-tainted meteorite and deduces that it gradually corrupted Flame Island’s inhabitants. 109
• Warns that altars and texts intended to communicate with deities can expose mortals to Evil Gods. 109

Navigation and Strategy

Connie is an experienced navigator and battlefield planner.

• Owns a sea chart that records places he has visited, marks place names, and can determine direction in fog. 144
• Knows Tortuga Island’s geography, pirate culture, natural barriers, and the history of its Pirate King. 146 147
• Draws accurate terrain maps from memory and devises operations to lure Merfolk and Death Knights into disadvantageous positions. 120 123
• Defers command of the returning Free Port forces to Aya, recognizing her superior ability to lead armies. 166

Equipment

• Sea chart — automatically records traveled locations, labels them, and helps identify direction in fog. 144
• Eltis — the blood-red sword once wielded by the Pirate King; Connie recovers it on Tortuga Island. 147
  • Controls two invisible, lizard-like entities that can evade even Legendary Creatures while motionless. 147
  • The entities do not appear to require food and may be mechanical constructs rather than ordinary life forms. 147

History

Captain of the *Windbreaker*

Connie becomes renowned as the captain of the Windbreaker, a ship regarded as legendary across the Endless Sea. His extensive travels expose him to dangerous ruins, strange phenomena, and knowledge unavailable to most people. 95 101

At Free Port, Susan and Lula attempt to recruit him into the Dragon King Merchant Guild. Connie declines, explaining that his loyalty lies with his ship and crew, though Lula’s offer of a shipping route across the Hurricane Wall interests him. 95 96

Flame Island Incident

Connie attempts to negotiate with Flame Island’s ruler but is imprisoned instead. Karl, Susan, and Quincy rescue him from the island’s dungeon. Despite his own severe injuries, Connie asks Susan to save an imprisoned Paladin of the Goddess of the Moon as well. 107

After Cherie transforms into an Evil God Incarnation, Connie identifies the cause as her worship of an Evil God. He later helps investigate Cherie’s quarters, identifies the tainted meteorite behind her corruption, and urges the destruction of texts and altar materials connected to deities. 108 109

Torrent City and Tortuga Island

During the Merfolk crisis around Torrent City, Connie helps organize resistance against the Death Knights and their army. He plans routes and diversions based on the terrain, while acknowledging that Karl and Yana are vital to the group’s survival. 120 123

Connie later guides the joint Dragon King Merchant Guild and Sea God Society expedition to Tortuga Island. The forces reclaim the island, where he finds the Pirate King’s remains, retrieves Eltis, and reunites with the sword’s two invisible guardians. 146 147

He orders any recovered Great Divine Grace to be delivered to Karl and helps explore the Pirate King’s residence, including murals depicting humanity’s resistance against the gods. 147

Return to Free Port

Years after fleeing Free Port, Connie returns alongside Susan, now his wife. He relinquishes command of the combined Dragon King Merchant Guild and Sea God Society forces to Aya, whose leadership is accepted by both groups. 166

Relationships

• Susan — Former lover and later wife. They care for one another, but their relationship is complicated by Connie’s devotion to the sea and Susan’s preference for life on land. 86 95 107 166
• Karl — Ally in the conflicts surrounding Free Port, Flame Island, Torrent City, and Tortuga Island. Connie respects Karl’s strength and frequently seeks his judgment on supernatural matters. 102 108 122 147
• Lula — Young mistress of the Dragon King Merchant Guild who personally invites Connie to join the Guild; he refuses to give up his freedom at sea. 95 96
• Cherie — Flame Island’s ruler and an acquaintance from Connie’s past. He recognizes that her Evil God worship has destroyed her mind and humanity. 108 109
• Pirate King — An old acquaintance whose death Connie mourns upon returning to Tortuga Island. Connie takes custody of Eltis and the Pirate King’s remains. 146 147
• Aya — Trusted ally whom Connie recognizes as the most suitable commander for the forces returning to Free Port. 146 166
• Ron — Former crew member of Connie’s ship, recruited for a Torrent City operation because of his unusually loud voice. 123

Identity and Later Use of the Name

Later chapters use “Connie” as an identity assumed by Karl. Karl explicitly disguises himself as Connie, and the narrative states that this later “Connie” and Karl are the same person. 178 204 281

This identity use occurs after the original Captain Connie has separately traveled and fought alongside Karl, including during the Flame Island rescue and the occupation of Tortuga Island. Consequently, later references to “Connie” may refer to Karl’s public persona rather than the Windbreaker’s captain. 107 147 281