Part Three: The Traveler Chapter 54: Local Faith

　　What? Hunting for the “Blood Admiral”? Danitz almost raised his right hand and pulled his ears out.

　　His first thought was that he had heard wrong.

　　But Gelman Sparrow’s smile of hidden madness, and his own captain’s unusual slight movement of his eyebrows, all reminded him that the words he had just heard were true!

　　This …… Gelman Sparrow this madman really dares to think! This is one of the seven pirate generals, not a role like “steel” McVitie can be compared! Danez pupils shrink, inwardly almost shouting.

　　Not to mention the “blood above the general” Seignior’s own power, just those big pirates under his command, well-known pirates, is enough to let a person daunted – the first mate, the third mate and the captains of the ships, each of them can be separated, independently leading a large pirate group!

　　”Steel” McVittie brought Bayam’s combination, in the “blood pirates” and many more!

　　When the “Hurricane General” Zillings died in Bekrand like a wild dog, mainly because he was not in his own pirate group, and “blood on the General” Seniol is different, rarely leave their flagship, rarely separated from the clusters of his men.

　　Even back to Seignior’s own strength, that is also extremely terrible, he is mysterious, bizarre, is the sea above only after the four kings of one of the several strong, even the captain, do not dare to say that must be better than him …… madman’s boldness simply beyond my imagination, no, he simply do not know fear! The death and turnover of a pirate general is definitely something that stirs the five seas! Thought after thought turned in Daniz’s mind, but in the end, he was strangely calm.

　　This was because he thought about the fact that Germaine Sparrow herself was a seven-general level powerhouse, and that there was probably a hidden, terrifying organization behind her.

　　”Lieutenant General Iceberg,” Edwina said after a few seconds of silence:

　　”Do you know about the ‘Rose School’?”

　　Not only do I know about it, I’ve killed their people and robbed their magical items …… Wait, why am I describing myself as a bad guy …… Klein tightened his smile and didn’t move:

　　”I’ve hunted their members.”

　　Edwina fell silent again, and next to her Danez once again had a “what are they talking about” “what is the Rose School” “where am I” “Whose dream is this?” and other thoughts.

　　After a short silence, “Lt. General Iceberg” Edwina said:

　　”After the big battle with the pirate group of ‘Dusk Lieutenant General’, Seniole’s fleet lost its trace, no one knows where they are at the moment, so we must wait patiently.”

　　Is this a promise? Klein smiled again:

　　”I am not lacking in that.

　　”How should I contact you?”

　　Edwina glanced sideways at Danez:

　　”He knows how to contact.”

　　Me? “The séance?” Wait a minute, Captain, you mean I’m going to have to follow this lunatic Germaine Sparrow around for a while? No! One never knows when this guy is going to go crazy! Danez winced and spoke up in a panic:

　　”Captain, I’ve been away from the ‘Golden Dream’ for too long, missing too many lessons! I can’t wait to return!”

　　He tried to make his eyes look sincere and fill with a thirst for knowledge:

　　”I think it could use a replacement, like ‘Tin’, like ‘Bucket’ ……”

　　Before he could say anything, Edwina suddenly raised her right hand and pressed her ear.

　　She slightly tilted her head sideways and said with little expression:

　　”What are you talking about?

　　”I can’t hear it.

　　”‘Rossel’s Dreaming Technique’ is nearing its limit ……”

　　This Pirate Lieutenant General’s skirts moved slightly and she took a step backward, her figure fading fast and turning into broken light.

　　Daniz’s subsequent words stuck in his throat, and his right hand reached out, attempting to grasp something but falling helplessly.

　　”Roselle’s dreaming technique?” The Great One’s presence in occult knowledge is also very strong… …… The full name of the “Iceberg Lieutenant General” is Edwina Edwards… …… Edwards… …Isn’t that the last name of one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? A descendant? However, the tone of the “Iceberg Lieutenant General” indicated that she was not familiar with the Emperor’s eldest daughter, Bernadette, and might not even know each other……. Klein glanced at Danez, whose expression had completely collapsed, and let out a low laugh:

　　”Perhaps one day, I will address you as Mr. Ten Thousand Pounds.”

　　…… Daniz straightened his back in shock for a moment, then saw Germaine Sparrow’s figure disappear directly into his dream world.

　　If I only have Sequence 7, but topped with a bounty of seven or eight thousand pounds, then wherever I go, I will be the target of others …… Daniz stayed in his dream, and the more he thought about it, the more he had a headache.

　　……

　　In the evening, Daniz looked at Germaine Sparrow, who was dressed as a native:

　　”We are going to visit the local forces today, maybe we can find some good things there, huh, they have a not-so-small demand for extraordinary materials, food weapons.”

　　Speaking here, Daniz looked Gelman Sparrow up and down a few times, and laughed as he found a rare psychological advantage:

　　”Their area is full of locals, even mixed bloods are few, and dressing slightly out of the ordinary will be noticed.

　　”You’re okay with wide-legged pants with a brown jacket, you can’t have a shirt underneath, and the real natives wear tarabas, similar to seersucker shirts but all blue or all white in color, and they don’t wear ducktails, turbans or nothing at all.

　　”Also, your distinctly Ruinish looks will meet with very serious ostracism and hostility there, like a vicious wolf that has blended in with the sheep and is completely unable to hide its presence ……”

　　No sooner had he spoken than he saw Germaine Sparrow turn his head sideways and glance at himself, the profound features softening rapidly, the whitish complexion instantly tinted with bronze, and in the time it took for a mere movement the whole man had been transformed into an undoubtedly featureless aborigine.

　　”……” Danez was dumbfounded for a moment, and it was several seconds before he laughed dryly as if nothing had happened, “I’m the same way, and have to make a good disguise.”

　　Your disguise? Heh …… Klein removed his ducktail and sat back in his chair:

　　”What local power?”

　　Surprisingly, acquiring extraordinary materials, food and weapons?

　　”Ahem, simply put, ahem, the Resistance.” Daniz was suddenly unsure if Germaine Sparrow and Rune officials were somehow connected.

　　Klein was inwardly baffled for a second:

　　”The Resistance?”

　　Daniz laughed awkwardly:

　　”It’s the gang that cries out for independence, ah, the locals running local affairs, their base camps are deep in the jungle, above the sea, and they have cooperation with many pirates and adventurers, of course, the ones who support them behind the scenes are mainly the Forsaks, the Intis, and often the ‘God of War’, ‘Eternal Blaze’ missionaries sneaking this way.”

　　Byam is not too calm ah …… leaving the kingdom and coming to the sea, Klein really realized what is called the international situation, which is not comparable to reading the newspaper to know that there is a war in East Byram.

　　He nodded gently and did not object to visiting the local forces.

　　After leaving the Azure Breeze Inn, Klein, led by the blackened Danez, traveled through the streets and alleys, heading southeast.

　　After leaving the earliest part of the City of Generosity, they entered an area with a wide variety of architectural styles, ranging from stake-hewn houses with empty floors to three- and four-story side-by-side buildings that had evolved from Ruin-style mansions.

　　The roads they separated were narrow and dirty, flanked by a large number of ground stalls selling a wide variety of headdresses, earrings, and hand ornaments made of stone, of which bright reds and splashes of color were the most numerous.

　　”What a bunch of strange aesthetics, preferring particularly bright colors, just like the vipers in the jungle.” Daniz muttered under his breath.

　　You people of Intis aren’t much better, revering gold, a sense of luxury and sophistication, and the taste of thuggishness overflowing …… Klein belabored.

　　Crossing over a darker-skinned, thin and dry natives, passing through an alley with drying clothes overhead, their eyes suddenly opened up, presenting a square that wasn’t too big.

　　Above the square, a group of natives surrounded the pool in the center, either kneeling, or prostrating, or murmuring, or singing in a low voice, their expressions pious but numb.

　　As soon as they realized that someone was approaching, they got up in a hurry and ran into the surrounding alleys in a panic.

　　The windows of the second, third, and fourth floors of all the surrounding houses clanged shut one by one, and the square became quite quiet, but Klein’s inspiration told him that there were many people behind the windows, around the corners of the alleys, and in the shadowy corners, watching the strangers who had suddenly burst into this part of the world.

　　Danez bowed his head and pressed his voice:

　　”Pay no attention, it’s their self-preservation.”

　　”Huh?” Klein expressed his confusion.

　　Daniz let out a chuckle:

　　”Before being completely colonized, the natives of the Rothschild Archipelago had always believed in the ‘Sea God’ Kavituva, believing that this deity, who often appeared in the image of a gigantic sea serpent, guarded all the islands here, preventing them from being swallowed up by earthquakes and tsunamis.

　　”Now, this belief has been outlawed on the surface, and the Storm Churches have been cracking down on the pagans, so that even the Church of the Night and the Church of the Steam have been unable to expand their influence here, and there are only a few churches.

　　”But in reality, this kind of hundreds of thousands of years of faith which is not so easy to eliminate, Bayam, Blue Mountain Island, Rothschild sea, there are still a lot of ‘God of the Sea’ believers, even if a month or two a batch of people were captured, punished with various kinds of capital punishment, but also can not be reversed in a short period of time, those resistance army ‘s main pillar was the ‘Sea God’ believers.

　　”Let’s see, it will take at least another hundred years of strikes before the ‘Sea God’s’ beliefs completely disappear, of course, provided that there are no other factors interfering.”

　　”Sea God” Kavituva …… image is a huge sea serpent …… Klein listened thoughtfully and followed Danez into a four-story house on the right front side, following the narrow staircase all the way to the the top floor.

　　Knock knock knock! Daniz knocked on the door of the room to his left.

　　”Who?” Someone inside asked in a low voice.

　　Daniz responded with a soft smile:

　　”The friend who brought the wine and roast.”

　　”Where?” The man inside asked a strange question.

　　Daniz stepped back and said:

　　”At sea.”

　　With a creak, the door to the room slowly opened and Klein saw a naked arm.

　　That arm was tattooed with a greenish-blue, hideous sea serpent.