Chapter 575: Golden Dream

Upon seeing the gigantic black sailboat, Klein's first reaction was fear

and wariness. He suspected that the demigod, King of the Five Seas Nast,

was here for him.

But he quickly refuted that guess. This was because, apart from using

the Black Emperor card in the spirit world, he had nearly never made the

Card of Blasphemy appear in the real world ever since he came out to

sea. There were only two or three times when they appeared due to a

summoning before it quickly entered the spirit world.

*With the gray fog's screening abilities and the Card of Blasphemy's

anti-divination and anti-prophecy traits, it's impossible for Nast to

lock onto me!* Klein calmed down as he got up to walk towards

the window. Together with Danitz, he looked at the Black Emperor which

defied sailboat logic.

The gigantic ship slowly approached in the massive shadows as the scene

on the deck became increasingly clear. The sailors were either washing

the deck or bragging on the shipboard. None of them had drawn their

cutlasses or guns. There was no sign of them planning to plunder the

ship.

Near the cabin, there was a mottled stone chair that was two to three

meters high. On it sat a colossal man that was comparable to a giant.

Before he could take in Nast's appearance, Danitz couldn't help but

lower his head as his body became numb and trembled, to the point of

prostrating himself.

Klein also sensed the inexplicable sense of might and awe.

He didn't forcibly resist it to keep his head up and continue looking at

Nast. This had a high chance of attracting his attention, bringing him

unwanted trouble.

As a person with many secrets, he had to bow his head when required!

Klein retracted his gaze as he admired the rugs on the deck.

After an unknown period of time, he saw the sunlight illuminate the area

again as the shadow vanished.

He looked up and could no longer see the gigantic pitch-black sailboat.

The wind and seas were calm, and the skies were clear.

"Why would he suddenly be here? Wasn't it said that he was still at the

Fog Sea recently?" Danitz frowned as he muttered to himself in

puzzlement.

*That Black Emperor can cruise through the spirit world, so it's very

normal for it to come all the way from the Fog Sea in a span of a few

days... This is also probably one of the reasons why Nast is the

greatest of the Four Kings...* Klein thought to himself.

He believed that Nast was lured by the Black Emperor card, but it was

likely that Nast could only determine a vague area.

Klein retracted his gaze and sat back down as though nothing had

happened.

The straight line distance between Bayam and Dilynius wasn't great, but

a sufficiently safe sea route was filled with twists and turns, so it

took the liner until sunset before it reached the dock.

After that, Klein changed his appearance and used a fake identity to buy

two early tickets and set off before it got dark. They arrived at Gargas

at dawn.

Danitz didn't enter the city and instead brought Klein on a detour to a

private harbor. They then took a simple fishing boat and set off to sea.

After nearly two hours, Klein saw a sailboat which was dozens of meters

long. It was clean and produced a golden luster from the sunlight

reflected on it.

Compared to similar sailboats, it appeared extremely special. Along the

central axis was the main cannon which was stacked with symbols and

patterns. Faint but pure light swirled around it.

"That's the Cannon of Purification. It can only be used ten times before

six Priests of Light are needed to hold a ritual. They will pray to the

corresponding deity to fill it up with spirituality," Danitz introduced

smugly.

*A gigantic version of a charm? After a certain period of time, it will

likely automatically lose its spirituality... Backing Vice Admiral

Iceberg is the Church of the Eternal Blazing Sun? Or one that can

nurture Priests of Light?* Klein's remained stoic as he mumbled

inwardly.

Back when he first saw the Golden Dream in Danitz's dream, he wasn't too

surprised by the main cannon. After all, dreams didn't need to adhere to

logic. Perhaps Danitz had seen an ironclad warship and its main cannon

had left a deep impression on him, causing him to reproduce it in his

dream.

To Klein's surprise, the Golden Dream really had something that required

extremely copious amounts of knowledge in mysticism---it wasn't

something an ordinary faction could produce.

Soon, the Golden Dream dispatched a dinghy and quickly steered towards

the fishing boat.

Danitz spread his hands open before clenching them tightly. He then

jumped down and landed in the dinghy without causing it to shake.

He whistled and struck palms with the pirate who was steering. He found

the former feeling of ruling over the ocean again.

However, this excitement didn't last long as the dinghy behind him

suddenly dipped a little. One more person had joined them.

...I forgot about that madman... Danitz wiped away his smile

and sat down.

Klein observed the pirates and pressed down his hat. He sat down calmly

without a word.

Before long, he landed on the deck of the Golden Dream and saw Vice

Admiral Iceberg Edwina Edwards standing in silence.

This pirate admiral was nearly identical to how she looked when they met

in the dream. There weren't any changes to her hair or looks; she now

wore dark trousers with a pair of leather boots instead of wearing a

dress. She also had a valiant bearing to her wisdom and beauty.

She's more like a pirate this time than a teacher... Klein

nodded gently and smiled politely.

"Good morning, Ma'am Captain."

"Good morning, Mr. Gehrman," Edwina replied with a smile.

She turned around and walked to a spot where fishing nets were being

hung out to dry. She signaled the pirates to walk away and get busy with

their own work.

*Fishing nets... As expected of a pirate crew that's more like treasure

hunters... This is in preparation to improve their meals?* Klein

followed in silence. Danitz very naturally found a few of his companions

he was most familiar with to have drinks and to brag to.

Of course, he didn't let down his guard. From time to time, he would

glance over, afraid that his captain would end up exchanging blows with

Gehrman Sparrow. He was ready to get his companions to join the brawl at

any moment.

This time, Klein didn't wait for Edwina to explain why she had invited

him. After two seconds of silence, he asked, "What do you know of

Tracy?"

He planned on asking all his questions before listening to Edwina's

motives. He wanted to prevent himself from being embarrassed to ask

further after rejecting a request he couldn't agree to.

"Tracy?" Edwina's eyes quivered a little. "She's a Demoness, a Sequence

5 Demoness of Affliction."

Demoness? Klein nearly lost it. He felt that his fate seemed

to be intertwined with Demonesses. First, it was Witch Trissy, and then

there was Demoness of Pleasure Madam Sharon, and then there was Demoness

of Pleasure Trissy Cheek, and a high-ranking Demoness he only heard the

voice of. Now, there was another Demoness of Affliction, Tracy.

Edwina didn't sense the upheavals he was going through and continued,

"She's different from the typical Demoness. She has her own ideals and

pursuits. She's quite an oddity in the Demoness Sect. However, she would

still work for the organization doing work such as human trafficking or

something else."

*Different from the typical Demoness? She doesn't give up on herself and

chooses to give pleasure to women?* Klein suddenly thought of

red-haired Helene.

However, he couldn't be certain because not every Demoness was the

result of a man changing into a woman. There were real women who wished

to become an Assassin.

After asking for the details, Klein deliberated and asked, "We met Nast

and his Black Emperor on the way here.

"In the recent months, matters involving you, Senor, Tracy, and Nast

have happened in this area of the sea. This is rather abnormal."

Four out of the Four Kings and Seven Admirals had involved themselves in

the Rorsted sea in a short span of time. This wasn't even including the

recently recruited Tarot Club member, Admiral of Stars Cattleya. In

terms of probability, this was indeed quite abnormal.

Of course, Klein had some theories, but he wished to see if Vice Admiral

Iceberg was able to provide some fresh insight.

Edwina listened without saying a word. She pulled the edge of a fishing

net and held it in front of her.

She took out a fountain pen, a brass dagger, metallic bottles, and other

things from her pockets and the inner section of her belt and placed

them on the spread out net.

They latched on firmly without moving. It didn't seem like there would

be any interaction between them.

At this moment, Edwina bent over and picked up a rock used to press down

the net, and she placed it in the middle of the open net.

The net immediately depressed, causing the surroundings to contract. The

fountain pen, dagger, and bottles tumbled towards the center and

gathered beside the rock.

"It's probably something like this. Some unknown existence has appeared

in the net of fate and is pulling us towards it," Edwina explained

simply.

*This is like an actual model of the law of convergence for Beyonder

characteristics...* Klein thought as he nodded.

With regards to this, he was both enlightened but puzzled as well. He

was enlightened because Edwina's explanation was nearly the same as his

guess, but he was puzzled because it couldn't be used to analyze the

problems.

*The King of the Five Seas Nast appeared because of me... Vice Admiral

Ailment Tracy can also be barely explained, since I did come into

contact with Trissy Cheek... As for Vice Admiral Iceberg and Admiral of

Blood, I can't find a reason... Perhaps it's purely a coincidence?

Besides, it's the latter that attracted the former out...* Klein

retracted his gaze and asked about something else.

Then, he said, "Ma'am Captain, is there a reason for inviting me here?"

Edwina gave him a deep look and said, "Your identity indicates that you

came from Backlund. According to what I know, this identity isn't

authentic enough. There's no powerful bounty hunter named Gehrman

Sparrow from there."

*The faction backing you is very powerful. Furthermore, it has quite an

extensive network in Backlund. You managed to so quickly notice a

problem with my identity...* Klein didn't panic as he smiled

calmly.

"Everyone will have some secrets."

Edwina remained silent for a few seconds without pressing the issue. She

then said, "Not long before Kalvetua died, you sacrificed something to

it."

Klein turned his head slightly and swept his gaze across Danitz, who was

drinking beer.

Cough! Cough! Alarmed, Danitz spewed the beer all over

himself.

Klein retracted his gaze and didn't deny or admit it as he looked at

Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina.

Edwina continued without a change in expression, "After Kalvetua died,

the 'Sea God' is still replying to its believers."