At night, the sea is illuminated by the stars and stars in the sky. Tonight's night sky is surrounded by only an unknown star.

As a result, tonight's night is a little darker than last night.

In front of their vision, a glittering red light guided their way.

Looking at the red light coming from a distance, Arka said, "Prepare everyone, we're about to arrive." ”

Following the guidance of the red light, they could already see the huge lighthouse that was towering. Above the tower, a reddish doji star guided the ships around it.

The landmark of Southern Cross Island, the Red Star Lighthouse.

The sound of dawn had been covered with a simple camouflage, and the iconic bird's head at the bow had changed.

It turned into a very normal, shark-like bow portrait, and although it was a temporary change, Bororo's crazy suggestion next to it was adopted.

And the coat of arms on their sails has become a shark's head, biting a trident-like emblem.

With this disguise, they slowly sailed into the harbor first, and then began to move uncontrollably, coming to the area dedicated to the storage of ghost ships.

"Haven't seen you yet? What are you doing on Southern Cross Island? At this moment a patrol from the harbor came to the side of the ship, and the captain of the leader asked the Arka and them on board.

"We're a treasure hunt group, and we just happened to be passing through here, and we want to resupply and rest here for a few days."

"Treasure hunting?" The captain glanced at Acre, and then they didn't think much about it.

"A golden sail."

Arka nodded, unequivocal.

A golden sail appeared in his hand, and he bounced it into the hands of the captain below. After checking the golden sail for a while, the captain nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand happily, and a red mark was imprinted on the bow of the boat.

"Recently, there has been a strict ban on strangers from outside, and they can only move in the port city. It is not possible to travel to the central main city unless there is a certificate. ”

Hearing this, Arka nodded.

Then watched the patrol team leave.

"Alright, let's do it." Arka turned to the crowd and said.

Jason nodded first, jumped straight off the ship, and took advantage of the darkness to walk towards the port city.

He needed to gather some information about Southern Cross Island recently, after all, it had been several years since they left the island.

Who knows how much has changed here in the past few years?

Of course, it is possible that nothing has changed.

"I'm going down too." Arka said and jumped out of the boat.

I took advantage of the night to look for it silently.

Look at your surroundings and start contrasting them with the memories in your head. They had been on Southern Cross Island for a while, and they were quite familiar with it.

Of course, only in the port, as for the royal capital outside the port and inside. They know little about it.

Soon, Arka saw the street sign and turned into Mast Street, where he came to the former number 28.

At this time, the shop was still open, but there were not many customers inside, after all, it was already night, and Arka looked at the plaque on it.

Golden trout.

It seems that Balazs, who risked his life to stay and gamble, managed to survive.

After thinking about it, Arka turned around and walked into a certain alley, walking towards the alley.

The alley was a little dark, and there were some water stains underfoot. Fortunately, the alley doesn't smell too pungent.

Walk through the alley to a small staircase that leads to the 2nd floor and open the iron gate outside.

As the iron gate opened, it seemed to trigger some kind of spell and swept Arka slightly. Arka went straight up the stairs to the second floor.

Leave the wooden door.

As the door was pushed open, a crisp bell rang out.

There was a dim light inside.

People sit in groups and threes in various parts of the tavern on the second floor.

The wine glass that the boss was wiping looked at Alka, frowned slightly, and then looked at it carefully for a while.

"Strangers? But I must have seen you somewhere, right? ”

Arka said with a smile, "I was lucky enough to be here a few times ago. ”

Then he ordered two glasses of wine and went to the table in the corner and sat down. Looking at where Arka was sitting and ordering two glasses of wine, the boss silently walked into the back of the bar.

Arka sat silently, savoring the wine in front of him. It seems that something is waiting for.

After about an hour, a man in a cloak walked into the tavern and gently threw the cloth bag in his hand at the boss.

And the boss took it directly and put the bag away.

The man in the cloak headed straight for Arka in the innermost corner, and sat down across from him before he lifted his cloak.

It was Balazs's face that was exposed.

Balazs could be seen to have some scars on his face, which were slightly old.

"Alka, it's been a long time, it's been a long time, right?"

Arka smiled and nodded, picked up his glass, and touched Balazs on the other side.

"Yes, it's been years."

Balazs smiled and drank the wine from his glass, looking at Arka with a serious frown.

"It's been a long time, but it seems too early, right?" He looked at Arka with an inquiring look in his eyes.

He remembered that if he remembered correctly, Arka should have just passed the third stage.

And now it's only a few years to get full, which is too short.

Alka, looking at Balaz in front of him with open eyes: "You are already at the intermediate level of the third stage, and you are growing up quite fast." ”

If he remembered correctly, Barras should have only been in the second stage when he left, and it seemed that he was less than the third stage.

But after all, Balazs has his own treasures, so this kind of strength growth is normal.

Balazs looked up at Alka: "I still can't see through your strength, so now that you're back, obviously you have confidence." ”

Arka nodded, "Of course, I won't come back to die." ”

Balazs nodded, since Arkadu said so, then there was no need to ask too much.

"It seems that you are right, you should have been okay all these years, right?" Arka asked, looking at Balazs.

"When I came, I saw that your chamber of commerce was reopened."

Balazs smiled a little bitterly, then shook his head: "I am just a dog of Kriell to outsiders, and this chamber of commerce is not my chamber of commerce. ”

Arka nodded in understanding, though Balazs was right. But apparently Criel wouldn't trust him so easily, or never for the rest of his life.

I just thought he could still use it, so I naturally unceremoniously let him become a subordinate.

His loyalty is not needed.

Balazs then reached out and tapped the tabletop, a faint soundproofing spell flickering, cutting off the sound of their table.

Then Balazs looked at Arka and said.

"This time, you're sure you're going to kill Creel, right?"

Arka nodded: "That's right, I'm a person who holds grudges. ”

If they hadn't had some means at the time, they would have been wiped out by Kriele.

Although he ran away in the end and even got a blessing in disguise, Arka did not thank his enemies for this.

This man must be slashed by them.

Balazs nodded, identifying the exact target for Arka.

Then he said: "I don't know how long you have been here, but I have to tell you now that the royal capital is in turmoil now. ”

Arka nodded: "We have been notified when we docked the ship, and we can't leave the port city to go to the royal capital at will." ”

"That's right, the specific reason is that Kerryl killed his father, his brother, and everyone else who would get in his way."

Hearing this, Arka looked at him a little confused: "Huh? Why did he do it? ”

If he remembered correctly, Creel was supposed to be the general of this country, and he controlled all the force of this country.

To put it simply, the king at that time could be described as a mascot and was no threat to him.

And Creel is the one who is really in power in this country.

Why kill these people in such a situation? There is no point in getting rid of your relatives for no reason.

can only bear the infamy.

Although it is said that the royal family has no family affection, there is no meaningful investment, and it will obviously only leave hidden dangers.

"There are several reasons, such as the fact that the king has at some point begun to refute some of the governing opinions of Creel." As he spoke, Balazs pointed to his head.

"This king doesn't have a good brain."

Hearing this, Arka probably understood, and the king who was pushed into this seat was obviously bewitched by someone.

I really feel like a king, in control of the country.

"And Kerry, who had already managed to advance to Stage 5 last year, seems to have some kind of ambition and is actively diplomacy at this time.

And those members of the royal family who are not willing to be subject to him have been making trouble internally all these years. He's just irritable, he doesn't have that much time to deal with these internal rats, so he ......"

After listening to Balazs's explanation, Arka nodded approximately.

"So are you sure you can take out a fifth-stage king? He had some guards and stuff around him. ”

"Are you sure he only advanced to Stage 5 last year?" Alka asked.

"I can guarantee that he did only advance to the fifth stage last year before he started to show himself in earnest."

Hearing this, Arka nodded: "That's no problem, of course, you can't be blatant." ”

To put it simply, Arka is confident that he will be able to take out Creel, even if he has guards around him.

But obviously he can't go straight to the palace and kill all the way in, which is obviously a bit exaggerated.

Balazs nodded after listening to this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "I suggest we wait a little longer, now is not a good opportunity." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Because although I don't want to admit it, Kriel does have a very strong statecraft.

The more you know, the more you need to admit it, and he's now killed almost all the royals who would interfere with him, so once he's dead, the country could be extremely chaotic. ”

Hearing this, Arka frowned and squinted slightly at Balazs in front of him.

"I'm going to kill him, even if he's important to this country, he has to die."

"I totally agree with that, but it will take a while."

"Since that's the case, you must have a reason." Arka looked at Balazs and said that he needed to be given a reason to convince him.

Barras nodded: "Of course, although the previous king had a bad brain, he did give birth to a good son.

I had the pleasure of seeing him before, he was talented and charismatic, but he was not ambitious enough and had very good political talents. ”

"To put it simply, he's a very suitable king."

"Didn't you say that everyone who got in the way is dead?"

"But he's out of the way, isn't he? And he is a believer in the Virgin Mary and is studying outside.

Kerryel had done something like this, and he would have hurried back. ”

"Believers of the Virgin Mary......" Hearing this, Arka leaned back in his chair and couldn't help but ponder.

"Will he be able to come back safely?"

"Yes, Kerryelle is not brained bad enough to be an enemy of the Church of Our Lady. And this nephew of his is a saint of the Virgin. ”

"Why?" Arka somewhat doesn't quite understand some of the politics of this world.

Although he himself does not understand politics very well.

But the saint of the Virgin must have been able to take over the place of Creel in some case.

Why do we have to leave such a powerful hidden danger?

Balazs seemed to understand Arka's doubts.

"You're a believer in Our Lady, so you should be able to know that Southern Cross doesn't eat this either. We believe in the Great Serpent of the White Mist, which you and we have seen before. ”

Arka nodded, this Southern Cross Island believed in a powerful king in a dream.

Although Arka didn't think that the dream kings would pay any attention to them.

"So this young man doesn't have the hearts of the people, nor the ministers. He seemed to the people of the island to be an anomaly. ”

Arka nodded, probably understanding.

It is possible that the young man will return for revenge, but apparently the Church of Our Lady will certainly not help him.

This internal political struggle is not the appeal of the Church.

And he won't have much influence on Crielle's power.

So it's a character that needs to be eradicated, but if it's too much to pay, forget it.

"So Creel's idea is probably to get this nephew of his mine back to take revenge on him, so that he can justify killing him without offending the church." Balazs summed it up briefly.

"So you want to wait for him to come back and kill Creel and let him take the king's place?"

Arka asked, looking at him.

Balazs nodded, "I was born and raised here, and I don't want to make a mess of this country because of my hatred.

But I do hate him, so I'm hoping for a slightly better plan. And now it's possible, isn't it? ”

"And you're a believer in Our Lady, aren't you? We also knew in our dreams that the serpent in whom the nation believed had broken his contract with the royal family, and he no longer sheltered the people of the kingdom.

Although I don't know much about this vast sea and haven't left too far away, it has been getting more and more chaotic lately. Sea conditions are also becoming more and more dangerous.

People still seem to have nightmares often in their dreams, all of which indicate that the god of the white mist has left us. ”

Here Balazs frowned and said, "So, if he ascends the throne." It can also take advantage of the situation for the Church of Our Lady to start preaching in this area.

It is a good thing to believe in a truly powerful god. I don't think you would say no, would you? ”

After listening to Balazs's words, Arka propped his chin on his hand.

Looking at Balazs, he said, "You managed to convince me, and you are very sharp. ”

The departure of the White Mist Serpent caused a certain amount of mist-like creatures to gather in the dream realm of this gathering place.

But those black mist creatures that had been peeking at the periphery for so long must not be able to help but wantonly destroy.

Mental weakness is a certainty, and certainly will not last long.

When these black mist creatures vent for a while, they will naturally have a balance with the number of mist creatures.

But the people who once had the Great White Mist Serpent here never had nightmares.

Of course, they can't accept it.

And with such a powerful Dream King in this area, it will naturally make the environment in this area very stable.

The departure of a powerful being naturally causes this area of reality to become chaotic.

Southern Cross Island is just a matter of simplicity.

But it's hard to go from complicated to frugal.

Now is indeed a rare opportunity.

It is of course a good thing to be able to collect more believers for Our Lady, after all, Arka has always accepted the kindness of Our Lady and her Church.

To be honest, it didn't provide much help.

I hope this time it can be regarded as a piece of heart.

If you can reduce the loss of innocent people in the case of revenge, why not?

It's just a matter of waiting a little longer.

I can afford to wait.

(End of chapter)