overwhelmed the combat power comparison between the two sides.
Although the final battlefield match was different from Klein's terrible assumption - that is, the two pirate generals fought and held each other back, and Anderson and Snowman joined forces to overwhelm the crew of the Future.
But judging by the results, it doesn't seem to make any difference.
Moreover, Klein did not expect that Cattleya, who was an [Admiral], would be defeated so quickly by a [Lieutenant General]—Snowman obviously contributed a lot to this.
The rush of time and the wrong calculation led to Klein's final misjudgment and the wrong method of reinforcement. When he wanted to correct it, the casualties had already occurred and it was too late.
Therefore, the reinforcement team sent by Klein eventually became a rescue team. Although it was able to save Cattleya's life, it failed to completely save the lives of everyone on the Future.
"No, there is another question…" Klein stared at the Future, "Where did this strange wave come from? If it hadn't broken through Cattleya's fleet and blocked the reinforcements, Cattleya wouldn't have lost even with Anderson.
Before he finished speaking, Klein's eyes froze.
He stared at a corner of the Future without moving, looking at the uninvited guest.
The moment Klein saw Him, a name inexplicably appeared in his mind.
Adam.
In the God-forsaken Land, Derrick and Lovia were
Watching this scene silently.
Both of them had seen how strong Cattleya was, but even so, she still lost, and was still defeated by the attack of [Lieutenant General Iceberg].
"It seems to be quiet over there," Lovia said as she put away the disc. "I'm going to the six-member council. Your friend has mastered flesh and blood magic. I believe she can make it, Derrick."
Derrick didn't move. He just stared at the place on the table where the plate had just been placed. He almost didn't even hear the sound of Lovia closing the door.
He found it hard to imagine what just happened meant, although he knew it was
.
That meant that the Tarot Club almost lost a member, and it also meant that he almost lost a friend who, in a sense, he had never met.
This seemed like a mockery, mocking his pursuit of saving the City of Silver.
If, if the [Hidden One] had not joined hands with him in the experiment, and had not been instilled with premature trauma by the [Hidden Sage], would she be able to defeat the enemy and not almost die?
An unprecedented feeling of suffocation oppressed Derrick, almost making him feel that he was also a Beyonder of the Monster Path, and that he could see his own destiny.
In Derrick's eyes, his fate is
On the eve of saving Silver City, he lost all his friends.
One day later, Port Pritz.
Alger, the Hanged Man, wearing a black robe and a mask, landed at the port and bought a newspaper.
The headlines of the newspapers were about the brutal battle between the two pirate generals.menu Chapter 179: Mummy
"[Vice Admiral Iceberg] and [Admiral Star] exploded
A naval battle of unprecedented scale broke out... "Al
Jay read the newspaper headline word by word.
Article, "Vice Admiral Iceberg teamed up with Anderson Hood to attack and kill Cattleya, and won a great victory."
"It is reported that the Future suffered heavy losses, with several lieutenants killed, while Vice Admiral Iceberg's men suffered little loss and eventually made it out victorious.
"Cattleya herself is not dead, but she is seriously injured. She is currently recuperating under the protection of the fleet...
Seeing this, Alger put down the newspaper, shook his head, and smiled a smile that was somewhere between lamentation and gloating.
He was not gloating over Cattleya's defeat; on the contrary, he was lamenting the misfortune of Vice Admiral Iceberg.
"How foolish of you to have such a deep hatred with Cattleya at this critical moment."
"This is a situation where there is no end in sight," Alger rolled up the newspaper and sighed, "This matter will never be over, and Cattleya will never give up."
"Soon, the [world] will give her the blood of mythical creatures. After she recovers, Cattleya will immediately strive for the position of demigod..."
"If we fail, all grudges will be cleared. If we succeed..." Alger looked towards the distant sky.
"If successful, Edwina will have to face the vengeance of a demigod."
After saying this, Alger stopped thinking.
He waved his hand and a subordinate of the Extraordinary came over, and then the two of them strode into the port, towards the destination of this trip.
Just like Cattleya recently did a sea
Like the war, Alger has also done a lot of things recently.
In fact, he made a big deal, but
But the harvest was not satisfactory.
After passing through many taverns and alleys, Alger soon arrived at a secret place.
He knocked on a door according to the agreed code, and the door opened, and Alger and his men walked in.
"Welcome to you,
"You've come at the right time. We're about to start," the waiter said respectfully.
"Well," Alger nodded, "don't try to do anything crooked, or I guarantee you won't earn a penny."
"Of course," the waiter said with a smile, "You and my captain have had it notarized, there will be absolutely no problem."
"That's good."
As he spoke, Alger walked to a spacious basement and approached his partner.
forward.
"Good afternoon, Lieutenant General Alger," the beautiful female partner stood up, "I'm so glad you came as promised."
"Of course," Alger paused, "Olia, I'm not very satisfied with my harvest."
"So I invited someone who will satisfy you. Of course, if she is not satisfied, I will be happy to trade that harvest with you."
As she spoke, Olivia waved her hand, and an illusory figure walked out from the darkness.
"Meet Sharon from the Rose School
"Sister, Mr. Wilson," Olya said with a smile, "she is very interested in the harvest you have. Of course, I am also interested."
"Hello," said Sharon, who looked like a puppet, simply and clearly. "Olia told me that you have the mummy of Tutankhamun II."
"Yes," Alger sat down, "Please take a seat, ladies, and we can sit down and discuss.
talk. "
How did Alger get the mummy? We have to go back in time.
It was before Backlund's banquet began. In order to concentrate on dealing with the many dangers of the banquet, the Loen military had no choice but to delay the arrival of the transport ship.
However, the Loen military did not expect that, in addition to
In addition to the Rose School, there are other forces that are keeping a close eye on this transport ship loaded with spoils from the southern continent.
[King of the Five Seas] Nast has already set his sights onship is full of treasures and sealed objects, but in the original world line, because there are two demigods guarding the ship, Nast did not dare to attack rashly.
But in this world line, in order to deal with the crisis of the "Banquet", Prince Grove, who was originally on board the ship, was urgently transferred away, resulting in a gap in the defense force, and eventually led to the looting of the "King of the Five Seas".
While the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. When the [King of the Five Seas] was planning the military transport ship, his plan was reported to another big pirate: [Executor] Olia by a spy lurking in his fleet.
Olia was also very interested in this Loen transport ship, so she joined forces with her good friend Alger Wilson, who had become Vice Admiral of the Netherworld, to share a share of Nast's looting.
Alger gladly accepted the invitation. After all, whether it was out of the official motivation of recovering and returning Loen's lost property or the personal desire to hide some treasures, accepting the invitation was very cost-effective.
After all, Alger was now a pirate. He could not, like the official Beyonders, tell the Storm Church about this information and ask the church to help save the goods.
As a person with multiple identities, his allegiance must be indirect and circuitous.
All in all, the two sides finally hit it off and began to track the transport ship, waiting for the moment when the [King of the Five Seas] would take action.
Although Celt, the military demigod on the transport ship, discovered that they were following him, he did not take it seriously.
Because compared to the two pirate ships that are so far away that they are barely visible in the telescope and seem to be just looking to take advantage, the person who can create chaos and let them take advantage is more worthy of vigilance.
Celt's judgment was correct, because soon, [King of the Five Seas] Nast came to kill him.
Back to the present.
"We took advantage of the chaos to rob some items from the transport ship." Alger's forearms rested on the table, and he put his fingers together in front of his mouth. "To be honest, my earnings were not good, and the items I got were of little use to me."
"So I gave most of the items as tribute. Of course, I also kept some items that might be useful for myself," Alger stared at Oli.
Liaoya, "The most valuable among them is the mummy of Tutankhamun II."
"The reason why I say the mummy is the most valuable is because you, Olivia, will definitely be interested in it. I believe that in order to get it, you will definitely be willing to pay a large sum of money."
"That's right," Olya nodded, "I'm willing to spend a lot of money on this mummy. The strong curse on it can strengthen my cursed ship very well."
"But Sharon seemed to be very interested in mummies as well. When she heard that you and I had robbed a batch of goods from the transport ship, she came directly to find my informant in Pritz Harbor."
"Sharon and I are old friends.
I played a big role in helping her escape from the pursuit of the Rose School and cross the violent sea to the northern continent."
"I didn't intend to hide the mummy from her.
I'll bring her here to see you," Olivia paused, and continued, "I'll compete with you peacefully later, and we'll each make our own offer. You decide who to sell it to."
"Well, I won't be polite either," Alger looked at Sharon, "Miss Sharon, what do you plan to exchange for the mummy of Tutankhamun II?"
"Olia said you have a ghost ship from the Fourth Epoch," Sharon said calmly, like a puppet, "I can help you obtain most of the hidden permissions of the ghost ship, if there really are any hidden permissions."
"Oh?" Alger looked at her with interest. "That sounds good."
"What about you, Olya? What's your price?
"The incomplete formula of Sequence 4 of the [Sun] Path, the authentic one," Olia said slowly, "Perhaps you don't know that your [Sailor] Path can jump to the [Sun] Path?"
"If you mind that, I can also provide you with the formula of [Ocean Singer] and a full set of potion materials. Considering that you need to pay tribute, I don't think you still have Harvey Constantine's extraordinary characteristics.""It's the same condition again," Alger couldn't help but think of the price that the [World] had offered him when it first approached him to buy it. "It's the incomplete parts of the [No Dark One] again."
'Just like before, I don't need... If I combine these two recipes, can I make a complete set of recipes?'
'As for the characteristics… Even if I didn't keep Constantine's extraordinary characteristics, I would have already figured out the whereabouts of my main material…
'Sequence 5, Ocean Singer.'
'Main ingredients: translucent bubbles of lightning-struck jellyfish, and the Windtalker's companion entity spell.'
'Supplementary materials: 70 ml of extract from lightning jellyfish, 10 grams of Windtalker's tiny rune, 8 grams of seagrass powder, 3 drops of venom from any kind of poison frog, 9 scales from deep-sea trout, 30 ml of deep-sea hot spring water. '
"There are lightning jellyfish and wind talkers on that island. I don't need to find anyone to buy them. Even if they are not available there, I can exchange them in the church sooner or later.
"I choose Miss Sharon's offer," Alger finally made his choice. "This price itself is a gamble. I took the gamble. I hope my ghost ship will not disappoint people."
Chapter 180 An unexpected visit
Thursday morning.
Klein was sitting on a boat crossing the sea, enjoying the time avoiding Amon very comfortably.
Because in this world line, Klein decided to go to the southern continent a day late, so he was not lucky enough to enjoy the military airship treatment. He had to change another way and take the ferry across the violent sea.
This is a little slower in efficiency, but it is more comfortable. Besides, Klein likes the ocean. After all, he made a lot of money on the sea as a crazy adventurer.
"Would you like some sweet iced tea, sir?" the ferry maid asked, holding up a tray of drinks. "Or a glass of Sonia Blood Wine?"
"A cup of sweet iced tea will be fine." Klein brought over a cup of sweet iced tea. "Thank you."
The maid walked away quickly, and Klein took two sips of the sweet iced tea and put it aside.
'Is Cattleya okay?' He couldn't help but think, 'Alas... now it's become a life-and-death situation between her and Edwina.'
'Edwina wants revenge for her teacher, Cattleya wants revenge for her subordinates... I have a good relationship with both of them, I don't know how to take sides
'If we take the example of the online novel in the previous life, Cattleya attacked the murderer first, and Edwina wanted revenge, but Edwina's revenge failed. Next, she will face Cattleya's fierce revenge...
"To be honest, if I hadn't intervened yesterday, Edwina's revenge would have succeeded... But how could I not intervene? I couldn't just sit there and watch a Tarot Club member, a friend, die in front of me."
"Alas... Reality is not an online novel. It is impossible to settle scores as easily as in online novels... Friendship and hatred are intertwined in front of me, forcing me to make a choice, forcing me to do something that destroys the friendship of one party."
"Can I only maintain an ambiguous attitude between the two in the end?" Klein couldn't help but ponder, "Or should I push them to reconcile?
'Reconciliation... Is this really possible? Why do I feel like I'm deceiving myself?'
"How about... delaying it for a while?" Klein closed his eyes. "Delay the delivery of the mythical creature's blood, delay the date when Cattleya becomes a demigod? Then warn Edwina and let her take this opportunity to escape back to the Church of Knowledge?"
'This is the only way...but it can only be delayed until the end of July at most...I originally agreed with Cattleya that the deal would be in July. If I deliberately break the contract, it might cause even more unpredictable consequences.
"Today is June 23rd, so we should be able to postpone it for a while...
Klein stood up, stretched his body, picked up the glass bottle and drank the sweet iced tea in one gulp, then walked to the other side of the ferry.
This is a new habit he has developed. He found that when his thinking reaches a bottleneck, keeping moving will make his thinking clearer, his mind more alert, and he is more likely to come up with a perfect solution.
No matter what, his mind was a little confused at the moment.
'Revenge...grudges...Edwina and Cattleya's grudge is very complicated to me, but it is clear to them. Thinking of this, Klein sighed with some disappointment.
'Where is my revenge?'
"Where on earth is Ince Zangwill hiding?" Klein gritted his teeth. "Even if I eventually become a demigod, how can I take revenge on a guy who can't be found?!"
"Daly... Leonard... When will we, the avengers of Tingen, be able to kill that bastard?"
Just as Klein was immersed in his own thoughts, his spiritual intuition suddenly surged.
He quickly turned his head and saw that Azik Eggers had appeared behind him at some point.
"Mr. Azik!" Klein exclaimed, "You...you didn't tell me that you would suddenly
"I'm sorry, Klein," Azik smiled apologetically, "but I've been really busy lately and I really don't have time to write you a letter."
"Come on, let's talk while we walk."
After that, Azik grabbed Clay
دWell, it pulled him directly into the spirit world.
"Mr. Azik, I heard that recently, the three paths of [Night], [Death], and [War] have undergone changes," Klein said as they traveled through the spirit world. "Do you know what happened?"
"I know very well," Azik looked at Klein, "I caused it."
"I...broke into Antarctica."
"Antarctica?" Klein repeated in confusion. "What is there in Antarctica that could cause such a large-scale mutation..."
"I'm afraid I can't tell you the whole story." Azik smiled and shook his head. "I can only say that the place was sealed by the three ancient gods, and there is also a tributary of a river called the [Eternal Darkness River]."
"As for the rest, I think it's better for you not to know it for the time being." Azik changed the subject and said, "Let's not talk about this topic anymore. Klein, how have you been lately?"
"It's been a while since we've talked about topics like your acting, your life, or your thoughts and prospects for the future?"
Azik looked at Klein with a smile, just like a gentle teacher asking his student about his future career plans and development direction.
Seeing this scene, Klein couldn't help but think of an old picture in his mind. The scene in that picture was so similar to the present.
That was before Zhou Mingrui traveled through time and before Klein Moretti graduated. At that time, Klein was sitting in the office of Hoy University, sitting in front of Azik, an associate professor of the history department.
At that time, Azik Eggers also asked Klein in a gentle manner, asking him about his vision for the future.
At that time, neither of them could have foreseen that their future would be what it is today.
"To be honest, I'm a little confused." The past scenes were superimposed on the present, and Klein slowly spoke in front of his former teacher, "Because I don't know what my future will be like."
"In the short term, I hope to personally avenge Ince Zangwill, to console my friends and superiors who died at Blackthorn Security, and to console the lives of all Tingen who were put in danger by him."
"After that, I want to find out the truth behind the Backlund smog and punish the murderer behind it, so that those who died in the smog can rest in peace."
"But aren't these too broad?" Klein muttered to himself, "I always put myself in the position of a judge, standing on the high ground of ethics and morality, trying to punish those who violate morality, but..."
"Are the futures I envision too broad, too empty? As if I were a vigilante in a novel? Praise is given, but the praise is... so inclusive..."
"I feel like I'm becoming a certain image. I'm not sure what it is, but...anyway, this feeling is not good..."
Of course, Klein would never say that he wanted to return to Earth, but to be honest, he had begun to doubt whether he could return.
The moment he saw the "Fool" card, he had irreversible doubts about whether he could return home, return to his hometown, return to China.
"In order to avenge Ince Zangwill, I began to pursue power. In order to punish the real culprit of the Backlund Great Smog, I worked even harder to pursue power."
"Now I have gained some power, and also a pass to a more powerful power, but I am a little confused instead."
"When revenge and sanctions are over, what should I do?
How should I view my power?
How do I use my power?"