Pirate Kingship

"An unidentified ghost ship appeared on the edge of the Sea of ​​Monsters? The church issued a gag order? So serious that they need to be excommunicated?

I thought the fourth beast tide would reach the first island chain first, so what's going on?"

When Byron received the news, most of his attention was still on the raven in Florence, carefully searching for "the person whose name cannot be mentioned" through a series of clues.

He flapped his wings and landed on a branch, looking at the people coming and going under the tree, with a trace of solemnity in his eyes.

In addition to the verbal description of the eyewitnesses in the intelligence, no one could really record the image of the ship.

Byron had not had time to find the parties involved along the coast to check their memories.

From the reactions of the two factions of the church, they had obviously determined the true identity of the ship in some way they did not know.

And it was rare to reach a consensus, and no one wanted others to interfere.

This can be seen from the severe punishment ban.

"Excommunication" is also called "excommunication", which is one of the most severe sanctions of the church besides various death sentences.

It means to exclude someone and even his descendants from the fellowship of believers, not allowing him to participate in the sacraments of the church, and depriving him of his rights as a member of the church.

If the excommunication is announced by the Pope wearing the [Papal Triple Crown] and [Fisherman's Ring], it can even deprive someone of the right to use the [Silver Law], and he will definitely not be able to ascend to heaven after death, and can only sink to the edge of the world.

The Pope once used this punishment against an emperor of the Silver Empire.

Of course, the restrictions on emperors and kings for excommunication are very harsh, and are extremely rare throughout history.

Because these people are equivalent to the core law nodes of a country.

If they are excommunicated, not only will the Pope himself have to pay a very heavy price, but he will also permanently lose the nodes and power limit of the Silver Law.

The Pope only used it once against the Silver Empire Emperor Henry IV, or Heinrich IV, and finally had to pardon him under pressure.

As a deterrent, it is already amazing.

The number of excommunications imposed by saints is much greater, which can deprive a part of the anchors controlled by the church. If the low-sequence extraordinary person is unlucky, he may lose control on the spot.

In the worst case, it is equivalent to social death in the Dark Millennium, and no one can interact with the excommunication.

Even now, twenty years after the end of the Dark Millennium, when the [Silver Law] has been greatly weakened, it is enough to scare any believer or even the king.

Byron is not afraid at all.

Excommunication can only be high against low. Whether it is the Pope or the saint, they are essentially the ultimate fifth-level legend of the [Ladder of Glory].

He has more than one percent of "All Things Return to One" opened, borrowing the status of [Ten Thousand Wings Angel]. The church is not qualified to control him with this trick.

Byron saw the essence through the phenomenon.

"There are very few secrets that deserve excommunication. At this critical moment, the only secret that can cause both the Orthodox Church and the Protestant Church to issue religious decrees against it is a ship."

He spoke a name that was well-known in the Old World word by word:

"Noah's Ark!

To be more precise, it was Noah's Ark that was severely polluted by the entire material world ecosystem, created many degraded sea monsters, and almost destroyed the ten major kingdoms under the sea."

Then a trace of doubt rose in his eyes:

"But in my mother's memory, and in the descriptions of those fugitives from the Mermaid Kingdom , Shouldn't Noah's Ark be on the other side of the Sea of ​​Monsters, near the Eastern Continent?

How did it suddenly come to the East Coast? "

Opening the [Ship Log], the information read from Hathaway's memory was clear:

"[Noah's Ark], Silver Age 1452 Coordinates: centered on '36 degrees 32 minutes N, 006 degrees 18 minutes W', within a range of 500 nautical miles, underwater mermaid kingdom, polluted Tudor Dynasty

Status: Continuously moving."

Twenty-one years ago, the ship was still wandering near the Tudor Dynasty.

More than a decade ago, the father-in-law [Whaler] Jack Harold was threatened by the church with the life of his wife Vanessa. He traveled thousands of miles to open up the north-south channel, set foot on the second circulation belt, and went to the Mermaid Kingdom to find [Noah's Ark].

The last news was that he transformed into the Leviathan whale and rushed into the last capital of the Mermaid Kingdom that was still defending, and the news was completely cut off from then on.

What happened after that?

[Whale Hunter] spent more than ten years exploring, and despite numerous hardships, he still couldn't get the treasure. Now he suddenly returned to the New World, right at his doorstep.

No matter how you look at it, this matter is a bit weird.

But when Byron accidentally scanned the contaminated text at the end of this record, he suddenly realized that this coincidence was not really a coincidence, but a part of the "Dragon King's Court Collapse Plan" that had been planned for a long time:

". Mythical Battleship Noah's Ark World Ecosphere Polluted Blood Beast Lair. Monster Mother Echidna Wrong Wrong"

[Monster Mother·Echidna] is one of the oldest gods born in the Paleozoic. The fact that he can survive until now means that he once took this ark to escape the flood when the Paleozoic and Mythological Eras alternated.

Then he gave birth to a series of famous gods in the Mythological Era. Even the main god of all the dragons in the Dragon King's Court [Hundred-Headed Dragon Mother·Tiamat] is only his eldest daughter, which shows the great power he possesses.

The source of the biosphere pollution of Noah's Ark is most likely this ancient and great existence.

It just so happens that the "Blood Beast Lair" is a sect that believes in the [Mother of Monsters].

It has also reached a cooperation with [The One Whose Name Cannot Be Mentioned], calling on a group of old gods' followers to come to the Old Continent to implement the "Dragon King Court Collapse Plan" as the main force.

Now all the intelligence collected before is correct.

[Noah's Ark] suddenly appeared near the coast of the Silver Continent, and it was half-hidden and half-closed. It was not an accident, but the Blood Beast Lair was ready to start implementing the second-stage plan that even [Abyss Nightmare] Dagon was not aware of.

"That's right!"

Byron's heart suddenly jumped when he thought of this:

"The most critical problem now is that, including the church, all the people in the Old World think that the mythical [Noah's Ark] is a treasure and a life-saving straw for them to escape the flood.

But in fact, [Noah's Ark] is releasing genetic pollution at all times. The beast tide was born because of it, and eight of the ten underwater kingdoms were destroyed because of it.

Even the coastal areas of the Eastern Continent are now about to be occupied by degraded sea monsters, and the intertidal zone ecosystem has been transformed into a terrifying biochemical test site.

The danger level of the Ark can be imagined. It is definitely not inferior to [Kraken's Touch]. It is not a life-saving treasure, but a mobile natural disaster that is far more terrifying than the beast tide!

If someone runs into the Sea of ​​Monsters without knowing the truth to chase Noah's Ark, it may not be just one or two people who die.

No, death may already be the best ending."

Byron was a little torn.

He was happy to see his enemies, especially the Orthodox Church, send their heads, but he was afraid that he would accidentally bring disaster upon himself, and suffer the consequences after the overall strength of the Old World was greatly weakened.

Before Byron could make up his mind, his inspiration was suddenly touched.

Far away in Ganquan Palace of the Kingdom of Hettings, the main body, who was holding his daughter and injecting her with divine spiritual light to help hatch the egg, quickly handed the dragon egg to his sister who was working next to him.

He took out the first-level holy relic [Key of Omniscience] from the divine domain.

The book opened automatically, and according to the keyword search set in advance, new content emerged.

Seeing it, Byron knew that the choice of whether the people of the Old World went to find the Ark or not was not in his hands from the beginning.

Someone wrote a line of words on the bagasse paper, which appeared on the Key of Omniscience at the same time:

"According to reliable information from within the church, the large ship that appeared at the border of the Sea of ​​Monsters and the Third Circulation Belt is actually the mythical warship [Noah's Ark] that led ancient creatures through the flood in the Paleozoic and Mythological Eras.

Although the time of the flood is uncertain, it may be decades or hundreds of years, but whoever controls Noah's Ark controls the ticket to escape.

Why did the church issue a ban on the countries? It is to exclude all competitors, seize the Ark first, and continue to control the lifeblood of everyone in the new era.

Let you live if you want, and die if you want.

However, although the "Gospel of Creation" says that the Ark was built by the Creator and ordered Noah, is it really the case? Apart from the church, are others really not qualified to get their hands on this treasure?

Ask your heart, there will be the answer!"

There was even an observed track map of [Noah's Ark] attached, and the next predicted location was surprisingly at the border of the North Sea.

Then this note was copied and distributed through various channels, constantly appearing on bagasse paper, and then rapidly spread to the entire continent mainly through the intelligence trading channels of intelligence dealers at all levels.

This set of processes is highly organized and its efficiency is no less than the public opinion offensive led by Byron before.

The person who can write this sentence at this time node obviously cannot be anyone else, only the mastermind behind the scenes - [The person whose name cannot be mentioned].

It is obvious that his target has always been the church and [Silver Law], and he clashed with Byron just because he happened to be the king of the Bay People.

"Originally, the Luoyan Era and a flood that drowned the gods were secrets known only to a few high-sequence extraordinary people and core senior executives.

The upper level did not spread it in order to avoid panic among the people and maintain social stability.

Now that this [the person whose name cannot be mentioned] has been exposed, the Old Continent is about to usher in a major earthquake."

Byron immediately realized the other party's sinister intentions.

The reason is simple. In the face of the disaster of world destruction and this only life-saving straw, how can mortals unite to maintain the [Silver Law]?

Ancient Eastern wisdom tells us: "We can share adversity, but not wealth", "We are not worried about scarcity but inequality".

When conditions are difficult, we can overcome them for survival, but when there are benefits, the distribution problem may make the friendship boat capsize.

No matter how big a lifeboat is, it is bound to be impossible to accommodate everyone, so some people can get on and some cannot.

What standards are used to determine who can get on and who cannot? Because they are clergy? Elites? Nobles? Rich people? .

But without the lower class, will their status still be noble? Why can you get on, but I can't? .

Under a series of huge social contradictions, the old continent may have a world war to decide the outcome without the colonists attacking.

Under the chaos of people's hearts, the [Silver Law] that blocked the cracks in the world will soon be completely torn apart.

Byron exhaled deeply:

"The mastermind used a dignified and open conspiracy. Even if I use my own reputation as an endorsement and tell everyone that there is indeed a problem with the ship, others will not believe it.

On the contrary, they will think that I am the same as the church that prevented them from finding the Ark, and I am the same, and I want to take Noah's Ark for myself.

I just saw the dawn of rebuilding the North Sea Empire without external interference, and the mastermind immediately gave me such a huge surprise.

The situation on the mainland is really going to get out of control.

There is one good news, [the person whose name cannot be mentioned] finally showed a little tail."

Putting his eyes back on the page, he found that although there was no mark left on the note written by the mastermind himself except for the text.

But when it was passed on, in order to explain the importance to the staff, a red emblem of wax seal was left.

The emblem is a snake staff!

Two snakes are entwined on the left and right, facing each other, and there is a pair of angel wings on the top of the staff.

Byron happened to know that the original source of this emblem was Mercurius, the son of Jupiter, the god of commerce, who was of a very high status in the ancient Silver Empire pantheon.

He possessed a series of powers such as [intelligence], [commerce], [thief], [transportation], [tourism], and [animal husbandry].

Legend has it that once, Mercurius threw his staff between two snakes that were biting each other, and the two snakes immediately reconciled.

Therefore, the double snake staff is regarded as a symbol of communication and reconciliation, and also symbolizes that there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies in business, only eternal interests.

The raven possessed by Byron rushed to Florence University on the night of the military remonstration, and searched repeatedly along the collapsed school building, but could not find the mastermind who could not be crushed to death.

He immediately understood the other party's title: [The one whose name cannot be mentioned], which indeed has a high degree of mystery similar to that of the raven.

I am afraid that even if the two people passed by each other at some point, they did not find each other.

Obviously, it fits the power of the [God of Business] to control business secrets.

Byron was not in a hurry to be happy. He used the raven's vision and the [God's Vision] covering dozens of kilometers to scan the entire city of Florence.

"However, before the Silver Age, the imperial gods, from true gods to demigods to subordinate gods, should have all died. It is impossible for an old antique to survive until now.

Based on just one emblem, it cannot be concluded that this "traitor" must be related to the ancient Silver Empire, which was replaced by the Creator Church and destroyed by the three barbarians.

Now the snake staff emblem is also widely used in various business organizations, large companies and hospitals by the Holy Silver Empire and the Rhine Alliance in the north.

This emblem, which has appeared in many intelligence transmissions, can only be concluded that the other party has a powerful organization in his hands.

Dig down along this clue first , even with the same snake staff emblem, each organization has subtle differences. Let me see what your peripheral forces are.

The mastermind behind the scenes is probably an old monster who has lived for hundreds of years. Dagon said that there may be an unidentified sixth-level demigod behind him, who is not so easy to deal with.

But the traces left by this local household are much more than those of the old god church.

As long as we grasp his weaknesses and the anchoring of the real world, we will have a chance to break the current situation where we can only passively take a beating and fight an offensive and defensive battle with him. "

At the same time, many copies of the intelligence have been broadcast to the upper level of the continent.

The capital of Castile, Burgos.

The first palace complex in the old continent, the Vientiane Palace, is located on the left bank of the Manzales River.

From time to time, nobles and military officers come in and out of the palace to meet Queen Juana, who is only eleven years old, and convey the latest orders of Her Majesty the Queen.

It is amazing that although Queen Juana is only eleven years old, she can handle state affairs in an orderly manner, which is not inferior to those white-haired old politicians.

Many nobles of the Regent King [Puppet King] faction firmly believed that this was the blessing of the Creator, who gave them a natural king.

The young queen wore a crown and a gorgeous dress and sat on the throne, and instructed the admiral who was meeting her:

"Navy Department, you take the initiative to find the legendary pirate [Blood Sail] Mihawk of the Sea of ​​​​the Sea. Doesn't he want to be the pirate king of the Sea of ​​​​the Sea? We can agree to all his conditions.

Isn't he a famous playboy who likes Kimpsey dancers the most? Select the ten most beautiful ones in the Vientiane Palace and send them to him.

Tell him that as long as he can help us defeat the rebels, I will not be stingy with rewards."

The throne war between the two queens in the Kingdom of Castile, the first sea power, is still continuing, and it is getting more and more stalemate as time goes by.

On land, the puppet army led by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse under the command of Regent King Louis fought against Queen Isabella the Unsullied, who, with the help of the Poor Knights, summoned the dragon soul and the dragon cavalry with the dragon flute.

On the sea, the Puppet King and the Star-Moon Empire fought against the fleet of Isabella and Fernando, and the four parties fought evenly on the sea.

Of course, the Rheinmetall Company under Violet played a significant role in this. They did the same thing to the Earl of Hastings and the Royal Party, and to them and the Holy Silver Empire.

What matters is to abide by the principle of neutrality, not to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and to give equal care to both sides.

Other countries hope that the five Gulf nations will be slowly bled by the tide of beasts and foreign colonists, but in fact, Byron and the others have been doing this for more than half a year.

It has been sucking blood from the Holy Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Castile, and has become fat and fat.

At present, the one who is most likely to break the balance is the one from Jianhai. He wants to be the [Blood Sail] of Jianhai Pirate King in addition to the three pirate kings: the East Coast Pirate King, the West Coast Pirate King, and the Sapphire Pirate King.

Both sides are trying their best to win over him.

"As you command, Her Majesty the Queen. We will do it now.

I heard that the other party left the Old Continent for a month to treat a dancer, and is about to return to Jianhai. This time we will definitely be able to win the support of the other party before those rebels. "

The admiral of the Admiralty bowed and saluted, but did not see that the young queen had transparent silk threads extending toward the sky, and was firmly held in the palm of a big hand.

At this time, the threads suddenly trembled slightly, and Juana's body trembled suddenly.

"Her Majesty the Queen?!"

The other ministers around him couldn't help but exclaimed.

The young queen quickly resumed her sitting position and continued to speak in an adult tone:

"It's okay, let's continue"

At the end of the invisible thread, [Puppet King] Louis' quasi-legendary battleship [Dream Castle] has been restored by [Sailboat Collector] Moulton Gray.

The stunning beauties that were originally everywhere on the ship have all disappeared, replaced by various cold puppets.

Except for Louis himself, no one in the strict sense could be found alive on the entire ship.

Even he himself prefers to maintain the physical state of a puppet and no longer likes to appear human.

Just look at the meticulous beard on his lips, which has now become smooth and smooth, and you will know that the last curse of his brother [The Incompetent] Enrique IV before his death, "Be like me", was obviously effective.

In just over half a year, Louis, who had no love for women, completely gave up on women.

The Puppet King carefully studied the information in his hand and read it several times before he suppressed his excitement.

While re-controlling her daughter Juana's words and deeds through the silk thread connected to her body, she made her behave like a mature queen, thereby stabilizing her rear.

Doing two things at once, he said to himself:

“Apart from the church, are others qualified to get involved in [Noah’s Ark]?

My answer is that as long as I get the Ark, no matter who wants to get on the ship, whether from the Orthodox Church, the Protestant Church, or the kings of other countries, they have to please this Pope. If the Pope asks them to kneel, they will not dare to lie down.

Who says that no one else is qualified to be pope except those in the temple order?

Ever since I got [Noah's Ark], I have this qualification! "

As the top dignitary in the secular world, Louis knows many inside stories that others don't know.

There have been two major floods recorded in history. Now that the third flood is about to come, they have two ready-made plans in front of them:

“One is the escape strategy of the ancient gods at the junction of the Paleozoic Era and the Mythic Era. They boarded [Noah’s Ark] and waited until the water receded before returning;

One is the stubborn route chosen by the [Bound Creator] at the junction of the Mythic Era and the Silver Era. He used the Silver Law to weave every individual in the material world into a web, blocking the cracks in the world, protecting himself and indirectly protecting everyone. "

This is what Protestants and Orthodoxy are fighting about now.

The Orthodox side is elitist, and is prepared to use the power of the "captain" to hollow out the world in advance, and provide a small number of elites to escape the flood in the small world of "Noah's Ark", and then start all over again when the flood subsides.

The Protestant side is collectivist, advocating defending one's homeland, subduing the flood, and not giving up every country or believer.

This is a contradiction between the fundamental lines and is completely difficult to reconcile.

Although the Kingdom of Castile is the true son of the church, its status is completely different from that of the White Rose York family who were willing to serve as lackeys.

But who would be willing to be a son forever? Who wouldn’t want to turn around and be the father of the church?

“The only opportunity in fifteen hundred years is now.

If I can get [Noah's Ark] and have the power to distribute tickets, then I will be the king of kings in the old continent for a period of time! "

At this time, the immediate outcome of the throne war seemed a bit insignificant.

[Puppet King] only hesitated for a moment before decisively sending a vanguard force to kill Beihai.

Once the information is verified, he will join the competition as soon as possible and try his best to win [Noah's Ark]!

He is obviously far from the only one who has the same idea as [Puppet King].

His allies, the Star-Moon Empire; his rivals, the Twin Kings of Isabella; senior leaders of the Orthodox and Protestant churches; and fifth-level legends from many countries; and the kingdom's guardians all took action after hearing the news.

In the blink of an eye, the stormy North Sea countries immediately turned into the eye of a huge storm!