Part 5 THE RED PRIEST CHAPTER XXV Restraint
On the t-lookout of the passenger liner a sharp, loud horn sounded, penetrating the barrier woven by wind and rain, and awakening all the passengers.
They had no time to put on their clothes, and, either in their coats, or on their pajamas, or in their bare feet, they ran to the windows and surveyed the outside world.
Half of them soon saw the huge three-masted schooner, which defied common sense, the three sides of the blackened canvas, and the cloud of dimness that wavered in the deep darkness.
Combined with the whistling wind, the clattering rain, and the night sky where the red moon and stars could not be seen, many of the passengers only felt that the other party seemed to be sailing out of hell, carrying unspeakable terror and majesty.
”Black Emperor Ship”!
After a short period of stagnation and panic, such a term surfaced within their minds.
But anyone who had had some experience at sea and had lived in the harbor cities of the major colonies for a while more or less knew of the existence of such a pirate ship!
”Oh, the storm is with you and me.”
”May the Goddess bless!”
”Steam on!”
……
A single prayer resounded subconsciously, full of fear and helplessness.
These passengers know very well that the owner of the “Black Emperor” is the one with the highest bounty on the five seas, the king of pirates in a sense, a powerful person who can still be active until now even after being surrounded by the fleets of various countries, and is by no means able to fight against the artillery and crew of a passenger ship.
This meant that they were about to fall into the hands of pirates!
Many women could no longer help but imagine the scene of being bullied by pirates and being trafficked to an unfamiliar place, some of them were shivering, some of them had their knees softened and slid down from behind the window, kneeling on the ground, some of them scrambled to find out their daggers and revolvers, I don’t know if they wanted to fight back or they were unwilling to face the worst possible end, some of them couldn’t find their weapons and directly moved their cloak racks to their sides.
The performance of the men was not much better, except for a few who took out their weapons and tried to organize resistance, the rest either froze, or looked for a place to hide, or cursed the damn passenger ship and the “King of the Five Seas”.
Finally, the captain’s voice reached everyone with the help of some kind of amplification device or means:
”Quiet! Have no fear!”
”The master of the ‘Black Emperor’ has his own laws, and unlike the other pirates, he and his men only rob property and do nothing else!”
Such words were repeated several times in a row, and the panicked passengers finally calmed down a bit and were no longer so fearful.
Compared to what they had just imagined would happen to them, still being alive and not being bullied was already a very good result.
After a few dozen seconds, some passengers thought of their own hard work and struggle for so many years, it is hard to have some savings, at this time to lose all, it is really difficult to endure, the sadness of the emotions rushed, even cried out.
Several of them even borrowed money to do business, this time if they do not bring back the money, I am afraid that their families will have to wander the streets, relying on the poor people’s homes to live.
Thinking of these, they hurriedly acted, the money will be hidden in various hidden places, hoping to save a little is a little. After doing all this, they each hold their weapons tightly, ready to die with the pirates at the critical moment.
Beasts will still fight back when they are dying, let alone human beings.
At this time, “black emperor” on the many pirates are in accordance with the order, waiting in the side, always ready to in the distance close, jump to the “prey” on.
Their second mate, “Viscount Fear” Bird Mastan is holding up a monocular, not too concerned about observing the opposite side of the passenger ship, in the heart of the calculation of how long the two sides still close.
The pirate, whose bounty had long exceeded ten thousand pounds, was dressed in an Intis-style shirt with elaborate cuffs and collar and a dark red captain’s coat, as if he were waiting for a banquet to begin rather than a robbery to take place.
Suddenly, a blur came over him, and he lost sight of the passenger ship!
Bird Mastan hastily moved his monocular to look for it, but there was nothing in that direction but waves whipped up by the gale and red-headed sea eagles, which liked to hunt fish in stormy weather.
A steam-sail hybrid passenger liner of that size was just gone!
”……” Bird Mastan’s eyes flickered, so much so that he couldn’t make an accurate judgment.
”Where’s the ship?”
”Where’s a ship that big?”
”It was there a moment ago!”
……
The pirates on the deck also noticed that something was wrong, and they were shocked out.
A ghost ship? No, where is there a ghost ship of this shape, this is a hybrid steam and sail …… illusion that has only become popular in recent decades? Someone used a large illusion to hide that passenger ship? This level of illusion is bound to be demigod level …… Bird Mastan thought for a moment, put away the monocular, and walked toward the cabin location.
This entire process, the measure of distance seems to have appeared to be confused, Bird Mastan only used seven or eight steps to walk a not-so-short distance, came to the captain’s cabin corresponding to the bottom, respectfully saluted:
”Count, there’s been an anomaly in the hunt.”
–On the “Black Emperor”, the “King of the Five Seas” Nast always called himself the Count, which came from the Royal Decree of Emperor Rossel.
Of course, he also openly declared that sooner or later, he would establish a pirate kingdom and become an Archduke, Prince, and even Emperor.
After a short silence, a deep and majestic voice came out from the captain’s chamber:
”Go around.”
”By your will!” Without asking why, Bird Mastan simply obliged.
Of course, he could imagine why:
Regardless of whether it was an illusion or not, being able to make such a large passenger ship with mixed sails and steam power disappear silently under the watchful eyes of hundreds of pirates was by no means something that could be done by a low to medium level Sequencer, and there must be a demigod or a powerhouse holding a demigod level seal on that ship!
To clash with an unknown demigod over an ordinary passenger ship was never a rational behavior, even if White Maple Earl Nast was the “King of the Five Seas”, he wouldn’t do such a thing rashly, unless both sides had direct and sufficient interests or positional disputes.
From this point of view, the opposite demigod just hid the passenger ship and didn’t make any counterattack, which also indicated that he didn’t want to have a fierce conflict with the “Black Emperor” and the “King of the Five Seas”, so he just showed his presence and made a deterrent.
Bird Mastan immediately asked the sailors to leave the gangway and maneuvered the “Black Emperor” to change its course.
At this time, a huge and heavy red-headed sea eagle suddenly left the flock, flew to the “Black Emperor”, in the ghost ship circling back and forth in the sky.
In the midst of the pirates’ confusion, the red-headed sea eagle looked down at the deck and spoke in a low human voice:
”I would like to pay my respects to Count White Maple.”
Bird Mastan froze for a second, then turned his gaze to the cabin location.
”King of the Five Seas” Nast’s majestic voice sounded once again, not directly answering the red-headed sea eagle, but instructing his subordinates:
”Let him in.”
Bird Mastan was just about to do as he was ordered, when the red-headed sea eagle was already swooping down in the dark and stormy weather, its body gradually changing, twisting and writhing into a human shape.
By the time it landed on the deck, there was no more red-headed sea eagle, but only a man wearing a tall bowler hat, party clothes, and a feathered mask on his face.
Bird Mastan’s pupils dilated slightly, as if trying to see the other man a little more clearly.
But no matter how much he observed, he could not find anything unusual about this pompous man from the front, as if a red-headed sea eagle had never appeared just now.
A few seconds later, Bird Mastan’s pupils dilated even more as the man in the feathered mask passed in front of him, giving him a side view.
The invitation-to-dinner-like man was thin, only as wide as two fingers together!
For a moment it seemed to Bird Mastan that he saw the walking paper man, but again the other man was a little thicker than the paper man!
Monster …… He swallowed hard and watched the fearsome demigod walk toward the cabin.
For their part, the pirates on deck took a few steps back in unison and leaned against the side of the ship again, as if what they had just walked past was a nightmare.
As far as they were concerned, this oddly proportioned man was simply the only one they had ever seen in their lives, and was even more frightening than many of the monsters they had seen in the past.
The third floor of the cabin, outside the captain’s cabin.
Klein probed the handle, twisted it, and opened the door to the room.
He made his own image so strange belongs to half passive and half active behavior, passive because the red-headed sea eagle size is not large enough, after separating part of the production of clothing and masks, even without internal organs, can not support a normal human body, active because he began to feel and try to play the “trick mage”, slightly have some ideas:
The point was not to be a mage, the point was to express the word “trick” in the way of a mage!
With a slight creak, the door to the dark room opened, revealing the captain’s chamber:
A single candelabra hangs down from a high place, 41 to the left, 40 to the right, in varying numbers, and at the end of them, a black platform rises up, clustered around an iron-black chair.
Nast, the “King of the Five Seas”, was of a more normal size at this point, a little over one meter ninety, not more like a giant than a human, as he had been when Klein had met him earlier.
He still wore a spire crown that was equal in size to the size of the minarets, and was clad in robes with silver trim on a black background, his face was hard-lined, with a slightly wrinkled forehead, a not-so-long black beard on his lower jaw, and a dark red glow in his deep black eyes that made people want to lower their heads involuntarily.
”I haven’t seen you before.” Nast spoke in a low voice, “Mr. ‘Trickster’.”
Klein said as he removed his hat and saluted:
”Recognize now.”
Nast’s voice, which made the spirits tremble, echoed in the captain’s chamber:
”Speak, why do you call upon me.”
”Count, I would like to know your impressions of Rossel the Great, everyone knows that you and your father have met k, more than once.” Klein replied unaffectedly.
Nast swept a glance across the room at the papery demigod, his dark red glow brightening a little as he said:
”Sit first.”
Before his words fell, Klein was already feeling a powerful oppressive force, and he couldn’t help but to obey the order and sit on the chair next to him.
However, he only came to the secret puppet, “spirit body line” flick between, thin as a book figure quickly returned to a stable.