On the Berserk Sea.
The waves rose higher and higher. Howling winds whipped seawater into the air and scattered it back across the surface, while lightning flashed and thunder rolled overhead.
The Azure Avenger pressed on through the storm. The Ghost Ship nearly capsized several times, but its excellent Balance System kept it steady as it passed one terrifying wave after another.
In the wheelhouse, Captain Alger watched the scene ahead and shouted orders.
The Azure Avenger had been sailing along a safe route when the storm struck without warning, suddenly plunging the Ghost Ship into danger.
It reminded Alger of the Hermit's warning at the Tarot Club.
The Hermit had only advised him not to go ashore or approach the Dangerous Sea, but Alger had decided to leave the Berserk Sea for the time being.
A task assigned by the Church had delayed him, however. He had only begun leaving the Berserk Sea yesterday, sticking to safe routes throughout.
Yet just now, even the safe route had suddenly become this dangerous.
After a fierce struggle against the storm, conditions began to improve.
Alger sensed something with his Spirituality and looked up at the cloud-choked sky.
Crack!
A flash of lightning lit the sky, revealing two enormous, almost illusory bronze doors behind the clouds.
Alger recognized them at once: the Bronze Gate that symbolized the Gate to the Underworld!
He was no good at Divination or deciphering mysteries, but even he could tell from what he had seen that the Underworld seemed to have formed some connection with the Real World in the Berserk Sea.
Alger could not help wondering, Was this really an operation planned by the Demoness Sect?
Blue Mountain Island, within the Balam Empire's underground ruins.
The battle had shifted dramatically. Brad Rick had suddenly turned