The "deal" Lumian-na had proposed to Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina was simple: it concerned an ocean-going ship. Edwina was the only Pirate Admiral they had made contact with so far, and after hearing Lumian-na's request, she had agreed to this mutually beneficial arrangement.
Nimrod and Klein had originally intended to approach Alger, but unfortunately, his connections fell considerably short of a Pirate Admiral's.
What secretly disappointed Lumian-na was that Edwina had not accepted her proposal to "hunt Pirate Admirals together."
Still, she was not too discouraged. She had more or less expected Edwina to reject this somewhat insane request when she made it. Even so, she had managed to extract a promise that "there might be an opportunity later." "...I have a personal question for you."
Edwina addressed Lumian-na, rubbing her temple. A trace of puzzlement entered her previously calm voice. "You seem very determined to hunt Pirate Admirals. Why?"
As a Beyonder of the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, she had profiled Lumian-na in that brief span of time and identified certain traits that bordered on madness.
"Actually, I don't insist on hunting Pirate Admirals." Lumian-na rubbed her chin and said solemnly, "Unfortunately, I have a grudge against the organization Admiral of Blood belongs to. As for Vice Admiral of Ailment... well, I am a Witch."
It sounded rather cryptic, but four of the five people in the room understood the implication. It amounted to a declaration of... a hunt, an uncompromising statement of how she regarded Vice Admiral of Ailment:
An ingredient for the potion she needed to advance.
Edwina's eyebrows rose slightly. Seeing that Nimrod and "Gehrman" looked perfectly unperturbed, she realized they both knew about Beyonder characteristics and the Beyonder laws. She would have to reassess this group's strength. "Admiral of Blood's pirate