Part 3 THE TRAVELER CHAPTER 163 A PEACEFUL APPROACH

　　With the starbursts around her completely gone, Gadelia lowered her head and addressed Frank Lee, who had just slowed down:

　　”Calm them down.”

　　This referred to the sailors who were still struggling in pain.

　　As soon as the words were out of her mouth, Gadelia retracted backward, and the window clanked closed with her.

　　In this instant, Klein saw a lime green vine growing upwards from below, wrapping the “Star General” in layer after layer.

　　Because of the lack of danger and sinister feeling, he intuitively thought that this was the occult method of Ms. “Hidden One” to heal her injuries and restore her energy.

　　The ability of the extraordinary path she was in? Or a magical object in her possession? Was she so relieved to start healing and let Frank deal with the chaos on the ship that she wasn’t worried about the Condemned catching up with her? “How far did the Mirai fly when it finally did? Klein stopped craning his neck and turned his head to look at Frank Lee next to him.

　　The first officer, who was both a toxin expert and a formidable physician, had removed a twisted hose from the pocket of his breeches, attached to a small glass vial on one side, and studded with long, sharp needles on the other.

　　”An injectable sedative I’ve concocted.” Frank Lee smiled somewhat reluctantly with residual aftershock.

　　I bought similar items and gave them to Maric the Walker …… Klein looked around the room:

　　”I’m afraid this isn’t enough.”

　　”No, it’s not for them, I need to find a helper first. They had the help of sedative beer, haha, and they’re always noisy when they’re drunk, so I added the necessary elements to most of the kegs.” Frank explained casually.

　　One word and you’re drugged …… Klein’s mouth nearly twitched at the corners.

　　At this moment, he finally realized that the title of “toxin expert” was true to its name:

　　Just because the pirates were drunk and noisy, Frank let most of the alcoholic beverages with improved sedative, and no sense of guilt, not the slightest bit guilty, as if it was just a very normal and ordinary thing.

　　This guy is in some ways a warm and forthright good guy, and in other ways he’s more frightening than the devil, because he doesn’t see what he’s doing as “evil” at all. …… How in the world did the Church of the Mother Goddess of the Earth raise such a “mad scientist”? mad scientist”? Klein controlled his expression and followed Frank Lee a short distance ahead to find Nina, the sailor captain, squirming in the shadows of the bulkhead.

　　This exaggerated pirate was lying on her back, contorting in pain, her hands constantly scratching on the deck, making ear-splitting noises and scratching out stark, blood-stained marks.

　　Just the sight of such an image made Klein’s fingers feel sore.

　　”Germaine, do me a favor and hold her down so she doesn’t struggle.” Frank raised the needle and hose in his hand.

　　Klein didn’t refuse, but he didn’t say anything either, calmly crouching to the side and reaching out to press on Nina’s shoulders.

　　No sooner had he touched the other side than he felt his hands slip under him, making it difficult to grip, as if the target was not a lady but a giant fish with slippery scales.

　　Klein adjusted instantly, and with the precise control of the Joker, he stabilized his grip on Nina’s shoulders.

　　However, the other party’s struggles were so powerful that they outweighed Klein’s, and soon made his fingers so weak and sore that it was difficult to maintain them.

　　As expected, the “sailor” path of the sequence 7, and I am not an extraordinary person who specializes in strength …… If you do not need to feed, this time to turn on the “writhing hunger”, switch to the “Steel” McVitie’s soul, using the power of the “zombie”, is the right and most appropriate …… In a flash of thought, Klein saw Frank leaning over, crouched down and pressed his knees against Nina’s back. He crouched down and pressed his knees into Nina’s back.

　　His muscles bulged one by one, and quickly stopped Nina’s struggle.

　　”The power of the “Plowman” Pathway Extraordinary isn’t small either. …… However, Mr. Frank Lee, treating a lady in such a rude way, I’m afraid you’ll have a hard time getting a girlfriend. …… Of course, you surely don’t care too much about it, you can totally let your children grow out of the dirt …… Klein spat out a couple of words and watched as Frank Lee inserted the needle into the back of Nina’s hand.

　　With the vial of sedative pushed in and Nina no longer making any attempt to struggle, Klein let go of his hands and stood up.

　　After a few seconds, Nina grumbled to Frank Lee next to her as she straightened her hair and rolled onto her feet:

　　”Why are you always as rude as a bear? Can’t you do it any other way?”

　　As she spoke, she flung her arms around, not hiding the look of pain on her face.

　　Unlike during her previous deep dive, she was now wearing a linen shirt and a brown jacket, and didn’t look much different from an ordinary pirate.

　　Frank didn’t pay attention to Nina’s complaint and asked suspiciously in return:

　　”Where was I rude?

　　”Well, let’s not argue about that, let’s help them first.

　　”You go and get the kegs out and we’ll work together to fill them up.

　　”Germaine, you don’t mind getting involved in this, do you?”

　　Klein glanced at the fallen sailors on the deck, deliberated for two seconds, and asked:

　　”The purpose is to calm them down?”

　　”Right.” Frank Lee nodded heavily.

　　”Am I allowed to just knock them out?” Klein asked calmly.

　　That should work about as well as the sedative wine, and more efficiently …… he added mentally.

　　Nina looked sideways at Germaine Sparrow in shock, unable to speak for a moment.

　　Frank Lee thought hard and said:

　　”Yes.”

　　”Okay.” Klein walked toward a long knife that he had long since locked onto, picked it up, and struck its owner in the head with the back of the blade.

　　Bang!

　　In his precise control, the pirate who was rolling around in pain calmed down and lost consciousness.

　　Nina looked on with a slightly dumbfounded expression for a second before returning to normal.

　　She then passed by Klein, slowed her steps, and lowered her voice to laugh:

　　”I’ve heard rumors about you, but I didn’t expect you to be even more exaggerated than the rumors, normally it would be the opposite.

　　”Well …… you have a very, very peculiar way of thinking, completely different from us, very close to Frank, which is probably why he considered you a friend in a very short time.”

　　No, crazy people are different from crazy people too, Germaine Sparrow isn’t close to Frank …… Klein calmly scrutinized and mentally gave his reply.

　　He ignored Nina and, carrying the long knife, walked the deck, knocking out one sailor after another and waiting for them to wake up naturally.

　　Frank wanted to imitate him, but when Nina asked “Are you sure you can just knock them out and not kill them”, he gave up his impulse, entered the cabin, took out the wine barrels, and acted according to the original plan.

　　Bang! Bang! Bang!

　　Crane knocked all the way to the front of the deck, when an old man in his fifties, wearing a pointed fedora, was primed for reprieve.

　　He saw the cold-faced mad adventurer leaning over, and hastily attempted to rise, and snapped out:

　　”No!

　　”I’m well enough, all right!”

　　There was no need to explain, the truth was obvious …… Klein stifled a laugh and prepared to turn toward the bow of the ship.

　　Just then, the old man introduced himself:

　　”I’m the chief navigator of the ‘Future’, Ottorov.”

　　Chief navigator? Klein glanced sideways and realized that a number of books had been dropped beside Ortolov, which were either spread out, upside down, reclined, or laid flat.

　　”Haha, I fell off of them and took them with me, and they seemed to go crazy just now.” Ortholov explained.

　　Klein’s eyes shifted to his, finding a few shades of the deep sea within the light blue eyes.

　　It’s not the same eyes that watched me from the deck during the day,……, but the feeling is similar to that of the “General above the stars”,……, the same way? Klein withdrew his attention and saw that Nina and Frank Lee had calmed all the remaining sailors.

　　He was about to move back to see if the “Confessor” was catching up, when Ottoloff suddenly shouted:

　　”Look out!”

　　Whoa!

　　A huge wave came and slapped the bow of the ship, causing the “Future” to rock violently.

　　If it weren’t for the Joker’s balance, Klein would have fallen like Frank, and the splash of the wave rained down on his half-height silk hat and double-breasted tuxedo.

　　There should be an iron here …… The mad adventurer washing his clothes should not be contrary to the persona, and it would be strange if he did not …… I should wear the native style of the Rothschild Islands! In this instant a series of thoughts flashed painfully through Klein’s mind.

　　He saw ahead of him a torrential downpour of rain, and huge waves, one after another, seemed to surge into mountain peaks; he felt the howling winds raging, and heard the roar of thunder.

　　This is the edge of the safe channel? Although the “fly” just now threw off the “death”, but also let the ship off course? Klein watched as Orthorov, Nina, Frank, and Heath Doyle, a bloodless man who appeared out of nowhere, roused the sailors and took their positions, nervously and busily maneuvering the “Future”.

　　Thanks to their efforts, the Futurama changed course just in time and made it back to safety through the waves and lightning.

　　When all was calm, Klein released his grip on the Poseidon’s domain spell and exhaled quietly.

　　Looking back, he saw that the “Death Sentence” hadn’t shown any signs of catching up with him, and he really felt relieved, thinking that the night was really not peaceful at all.

　　Looking around, seeing the pirates either rubbing their heads, huffing and puffing, or looking tired and wanting to collapse, Klein somewhat sheepishly left the deck and walked towards the cabin, and from the bottom of his heart, he sighed silently:

　　”Only a short time after leaving from the Galgas Islands, the whole ship was almost wiped out, the journey to find mermaids doesn’t seem to be easy ah ……”

　　Ascending the stairs to the upper level, Krynn slows down as he passes the captain’s cabin and examines it, realizing that the doorway is filled with green foliage, completely separating the inside from the outside.

　　He averted his eyes and returned to his room, contemplating whether or not to pray to the Fool, and then to go above the gray mist and take control of the nearby waters by responding, looking for any sign of the Condemned, and letting the Undying King, who liked to attack people suddenly and inexplicably, to take the lead. Agaritu, the “King of the Immortals”, who likes to attack people suddenly and inexplicably, enjoys the same treatment.

　　No, there are “eyes” watching, I’ll try not to do anything like that, and it will only teach the “King of the Undying” a lesson, it won’t be able to hurt him, it’s not worth the risk. …… I can’t let my anger blind me …… until I get back from my promotion! Klein finally suppressed his impulse.