Not far from the city-state of Vonslav in the south of the west coast of the Eastern Continent, an ordinary two-masted sailing ship sailed slowly southward in the sea breeze.

In the corner of the dilapidated deck, three frightened-looking, sailor-suited crew members were gagged by the socks and tied to one side of the ship, and the professional rope skills made it impossible for them to break free from the ropes no matter how much they struggled.

In front of them, there was a young man in a gray dress, he had short gray and white hair, his handsome face showed no traces of time, and a pair of golden eyes shimmered slightly under the light of the red moon, very bright.

"Hey, hey, let me tell me how difficult it is to station the crew of the Black Pearl closest to here?" The young man's handsome face was full of helplessness, "If you don't answer my question, I can only throw you all into the sea to feed the fish." ”

"Woo woo woo ......"

The three crew members struggled even more, whimpering anxiously.

"Don't plan to say it yet? You're just the most ordinary little pirates under the banner of the Black Pearl, and you usually just give them some information, so you don't have to work hard about it, right? ”

The gray-haired young man took out a handful of gold pounds and tossed them in his hand a few times, and the glittering gold pound rolled in mid-air a few times before falling steadily into his hand.

"Or is my gold pound not a gold pound?"

"Woohoo! Woooooooooo ”

The three crew members, as if the pirate were looking at a psychotic in their eyes, whimpered even more anxiously.

The more neurotic it is, the more dangerous it is, and the more you ask, you will be asked and you will not be allowed to answer...... If you want to kill someone, do it, bastard!

"What?"

The gray-haired young man lost patience, and after putting away the gold pound, the smile on his face disappeared, "It's the first time I've seen someone like you who dares to refuse me three times!" Dead ......"

At this moment, a voice came from the cabin behind him, interrupting him.

"Stop playing, Kloa, let that one of them come over, he'll need to be at the helm tonight."

"Understood, Captain Menor, let him pass."

The gray-haired young man smiled again, trotted a few steps over, and pulled out the socks of the ships that had blocked the pirates, not disliking the stench and saltiness emanating from them, and threw them overboard in a haphazard ball.

"I'm sorry, I just played a little joke on you. Tell me, who among you is the venerable helmsman? ”

The pirates who took a step back from the brink of death did not dare to show their dissatisfaction, and the older pirate in the middle hurriedly spoke: "My lord, it is me, I am the helmsman of this 'Ladifa'. ”

"I knew it was you!"

The gray-haired young man Kloa loosened his ties, patted off the dust and sea water on his body, and said enthusiastically: "Since I got on the ship, I have felt that you are not an ordinary pirate, the helmsman of the Kordo Sea is more scarce than the director-level transcendent. ”

"Quick, don't delay our Elder Menor's time, go in and take the helm."

"Yes, yes, I'll go."

The older pirate did not hesitate, and stepped into the cabin with a few steps, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw the figure sitting beside the rudder, dressed in a gray robe, with only a stiff jaw peeking out from under the pulled up hood.

"Hug, I'm sorry, please leave it to me."

As he spoke, he hurriedly stood beside the rudder, turned his back to the figure, and nervously steered the rudder, allowing the ship to sail south with the sea breeze.

For some reason, the hooded man, who had been calm since he got on the boat, was more frightening than the neurotic outside.

"Hmm."

Menol replied casually, his silver-gray eyes fixed on a blood-dripping ear in his hand, as if listening to something.

“…… This is the Frode, four hundred kilometers south of Leomand Island, and found an area of a very large storm, ask the nearby ships to detour, repeat the ......"

"Ateaga, how is the situation on your side?"

"I'm dying......"

Menol frowned, none of this was what he wanted to hear.

The finger condensed a layer of spiritual power and poked it at the edge of the ear, making a cut, making more blood flow from the ear.

A snort of pain rang out, and an eerie murmur surrounded the cockpit.

Immediately after, several voices came out of his ears that became clearer, not only the speed of speech increased, but even the speed of change increased a little, as if responding to Menor, looking for what he wanted to hear.

"Found a stormy sea, near the original site of Dacman Island......"

“……”

“…… Damn it, a three-masted galleon flying the flag of the USS Alanika was found, led by the special 'Behemoth Gunner' Agreru Pazzini!! ”

"I'm Jake Kim Adros! Report on the location of 'Behemoth Gunner' Agreru Pazzini! ”

Well?

Got it!

Menore pinched his ear, motioning for it to stop converging on the others.

"In the northern seas of a six-day voyage from Awad Island! Damn, he, they've spotted us and are heading towards us. ”

"Go ahead and tell everything you see!"

“…… In addition to the 'Behemoth Gunner', there were four strange figures on the ship wearing black shabby robes, and no other crew members were in sight. No, no, they also have a black carriage on board with some metal awls hanging from the carriage......"

"First mate Jack! Come on, him, those strange figures...... They have bandages underneath their robes! And there was a very terrifying person in the carriage, and his strength was ...... Woo, Dowries and Ceci are dead, and I'm ...... Damn bastards, shoot your guns! ”

The voice was staccato and accompanied by a piercing roar, as if he was going through a battle with a disparity in strength.

"Hey, hey? Miles Ville? Still there? ”

"You ......"

"Hiss...... Black Pearl people? ”

At this time, a new voice came from his ears, the voice seemed to be illusory, and the tone was even more indifferent, even in the face of the Black Pearl, the voice did not fluctuate at all.

"Who are you?!"

There was silence for a few seconds, and then Blackjack's voice came out of his ears again.

"Wait, I'll be to you soon, don't go! Bed bugs aboard the Alanika! ”

"Ho-ho-ho-ho...... Come on...... First mate Jack, they ...... Already in the deep sea...... I'm waiting for you......"

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Menor finally knocked on his earlobe, and said calmly: "Contact him for me, the first mate of the Black Pearl, the first mate of Jack Kim Adros!" ”

The tattered black robe, the strange figure full of 'straps', the black carriage, the terrifying strength of the person driving the carriage......

These are all strung together, and Menor already has the answer in his heart - the Twilight Sect!

It seems that not only will they be in action for eternity, but the secret monks of the Dusk Sect have also begun to speed up their plans.

The people in the carriage...... Is it a gravedigger?

I have the impression that in the previous encounters with the Twilight Sect, there were very few gravediggers.

In most cases, it is the cooperation of several secret monks to put the finishing touches on it......

Menor stared at his ears, waiting to make contact with Blackjack.

"Hey, this is the Bekli!"

"I'll go to Blackjack and tell him that an old friend is coming to ......"

"Menor?"

Blackjack's voice came from his ears, as if surprised by his presence, "How do you have a liaison for our Black Pearl?" ”

"Robbed."

Menor glanced at the helmsman who was at the helm in front of him, and said lightly: "Don't worry about these things yet, tell me your location, I have something very important to discuss with you." ”

"Don't come! I don't want to see you! Blackjack snorted, "Every time I meet you, it's probably not a good thing, and this time too!" ”

"Hehe, I didn't bring the Aranika...... Don't you want to know the identity of that voice just now? ”

"You're closed...... Well? Do you know the identity of those strange figures? Again a rag bandage, and again a wagon vertebrae...... They can't be members of your Eternal Life Society, right? ”

“……”

Menor snorted angrily: "This is the greatest slander against our Eternal Society!" ”

"Then you tell me their identities first, and then I'll tell you where I am."

"Is this a deal?"

"Whatever you want!" Black Jack's indifferent voice came from his ears, and even the tone of the scoundrel was vividly expressed.

"They're the reason I've come to you this time. I ......"

Menor noticed that on the deck outside the cabin, the grey-haired young man was carrying the two poor pirates overboard.

"Kloya, stop! Are you going to harm the crew of our esteemed allies of the Black Pearl? ”

"Huh?" Kloya was stunned, hurriedly put down the pirates, and laughed dryly, "I'm used to it, when I was in the Southern Continent, I treated the 'loot' like this......"

"Don't hurry up yet!"

Chloa pursed her lips and muttered a few words of reluctance, leaving the two poor pirates in terror and running into the cabin.

Menol glared at him before continuing into his ear: "Jack, this matter has a lot at stake, I have to tell you face to face, and not only you, I also need to meet the 'Emperor of the Sea' Captain Isabello Clijsters!" ”

"Huh? Aren't you afraid that he will kill you? ”

"Compared to what I want to say, I believe that the 'Emperor of the Sea' can tell the difference!"

After a few seconds of silence, Blackjack' heard through the blood running from his ears, "I can't tell you where I am right now, but I'll be on Awad Island in twenty days...... Let's meet there. ”

"Good. By the way, there is one more thing I can tell you first. ”

"Say!"

"Regarding the three-masted galleon under the flag of the USS Aranika, the other dark shadows are not important, remember to be careful of the black carriage, and the person sitting in the carriage, he is a special priest called the 'gravedigger', who can awaken the projection of the other world, and his ability is very ......"

As Menor recounted the information about the gravedigger, the gray-haired young man next to him pulled his robe a few times, more and more often.

"What else?" Blackjack's voice came, and a very quiet muttering from behind, halfway through the speech?

Menor did not immediately respond to his question, but frowned at Chloa, and after seeing the look of surprise on his face, he couldn't help but follow his gaze.

"Huh?"

In the distance, on the dim sea illuminated by the red moon, a ship far larger than their two-masted galleon was speeding towards them.

I saw that the ship had five tall masts, and the white sails still shimmered silver white even in the light of the red moon, and a huge sun was printed on it...... No, it's the golden sign of half a sun.

And at its bow, there was a slightly less recognizable bow statue, with a blurred face with a warm, sunny smile, and the long sword in his hand held alof......

Is it the five-masted galleon of the Church of the Dawn?!

"What's wrong?"

"I'm sorry Jack, something happened to me here, I'll contact you later."

"Hey, Hey, ......"

Menor put his ears in a special container and wiped the blood from his hands on the backs of the pirates in front of him, staring at the white-gold five-masted galleon.

"Who's ......?"

Cloya's face grew solemn as he looked at the figures on the bow deck, especially the woman who was languidly leaning back on a high-backed chair and holding her cheeks with her hands.

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be—Judgment Saint Celestia Edas!"

"It's her ......"

Menol was a little stunned, it was her!

He vaguely remembered the scene of the war that took place thirty years ago in the Southern Continent at dawn to defeat heresy.

At that time, he had just joined the Eternal Life Society and was only fifteen years old, but the figure of the Judgment Maiden in that battle made him remember it for nearly twenty years, until he was ...... with Ales

"What now? Look at the way that ship looks, it looks like it's going to crash us straight into the deep sea to feed the fish? ”

"Let's go!"

It only took a second for Menor to make up his mind, glancing at the frightened pirates and shaking his head.

Although he was a little sorry for the Black Pearl, an ally who had not yet reached a contract, he had to choose to abandon these hapless pirates.

"Why don't you go and say hi?"

A bright smile resurfaced on Chloa's face, and there was a hint of excitement in his smile, as if he really wanted to run to the five-masted galleon.

"Are you sure? I'll send you there! ”

Menor put his hand on his shoulder, and a smile flashed on his serious face, "Go! ”

In the void next to him, a human-height spatial crack appeared, and a cold storm blew out of it, carrying extremely small sharp blades, tearing this gap more open.

Without waiting for Chloa to react, Menor pushed him into the gap.

"You!?"

"Huh?"

"Brother Menor, save ......"

"It's late!"

In the next second, Chloa appeared on the deck of the five-masted galleon, looking at the Knights of Judgment with a look of astonishment.

"Who?!"

The Knights of Judgment were the first to notice his arrival and instantly drew their weapons.

Bang bang bang.

"I," Chloa licked her somewhat dry lips as she glanced at the beautiful figure still sitting in the chair in front of her, "I said it was just an accident...... Do you believe it? ”

"Heresy! Surrender willingly! ”

A tall Knight of Judgment slammed a heavy shield in his hand, and then a layer of white gold shimmered on the shield, and the strange aura was even stronger.

Judgment aberration, trial transcendental, trial heresy, trial trial, trial trial...... Judge you on behalf of the dawn......

Surrounded by the sound of whispered chanting, a fine layer of sweat broke out on Kloya's forehead.

"That, I don't resist, I don't resist......"

At this moment, the figure in front of him stood up and turned to look at him, "People from the Eternal Society?" ”

"Yes, yes, the judgment of Her Excellency Celestia Edas."

Chloa became even more nervous, damn Menor, why don't you hurry up and save Lao Tzu?!

"Coming for me? Is there something going on? Selistia asked lazily with a smile on her lips.

"No, no...... No, no, there is one thing. ”

"Oh?"

Chloa said dryly, "I have often heard Elder Maynor speak of you in the Church of the Dawn, that you are the only person he admires in the Church of the Dawn, not only powerful, but also a beautiful and kind woman. So ......"

"So, can I ask you for an autograph for him to console his thirty years of regret."

Hmph, if you throw Lao Tzu over like this, then don't think about it!

"Signature?"

The other Knights of Judgment were stunned for a moment, they really didn't expect him to say such a thing.

Like, this heretic's request should probably not be so excessive?

After all, it's Mistress Selistia who can make a heretic haunt her autograph—not a bad thing!

Celistia's smile widened, her bright eyes reflected Chloa's figure, and in the depths of her pupils seemed to be a faintly glowing sword, surrounding him.

Hiss!

Chloa felt it, he only felt a sudden increase in the chill on his body, this is the power of authority? It's too weird, right?

"Heh, hehe...... I was presumptuous, if you don't want to, I'll leave first......"

"Of course I do, I'm afraid that Elder Menor in your mouth will be embarrassed."

Selistia turned her gaze to the side of the ship, where a hazy shadow appeared at some point, as if he were in another dimension.

"I ......"

"Shut up, idiot!"

Menol appeared beside Chloa, he really wondered how this immortal elder in charge of the affairs of the Southern Continent could say such shameful words?

Lose face!

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Celestia, he said he was smiling......"

"I took it seriously."

Selistia took a step, the white dress on her body instantly transformed into a close-fitting armor, and a glittering long sword appeared in her hand with one hand.

"Then, that ......," Chloa shrunk her neck, "I think I can take it, what do you say, Brother Menor?" ”

Menor glared at him, then looked at the imposing Saint of Judgment, took a deep breath and said, "It's not impossible to ......"

"You agree to accept it? Say it earlier! ”

Selistia waved her hand to dissipate her battle suit, took a pen and paper, wrote a beautiful Aldousian phrase on it, and handed over the mocking blank paper.

"Next time, if you have such a wish, you must tell me in person."

"Yes, okay."

Menol took the autograph with a tired look on his face and solemnly put it into his robe, "Now, we won't bother you much, Your Excellency Celestia. ”

So saying, he was going to take Chloa away.

"Wait!"

"You say."

Selistia waved her hand and chuckled, "I heard that Wayne Loft is a member of your Eternal Society?" ”

"Yes!" Menor was on guard.

"Then tell him for me......"

Selistia looked in the other direction, where there was a slender blonde girl with two hanging bells, and smiled, "There's an old friend who misses him a lot. ”

"I will."

Menor nodded, and then without waiting for the saint to say anything, she hurriedly took Chloa to cut through the spatial crack and disappear into the boat.

"Ouch, don't make a head......"

Hearing this faint voice, a smile appeared on the serious faces of the Knights of Judgment on the deck.

"Alright, move on!" Celestia waved her hand.

"Yes!"

……

……

Theater space, inside the studio.

After Wayne finished recording the mutation about the origin core, he waited for a while, and saw that neither the ghost nor the Occult School had reciprocated.

"It seems that regarding the matter of the Twilight Sect, the school side also needs more people to participate in discussing the coping plan......"

With this in mind, he took out the epochal relic with a black cover and gems from the spatial ring.

Claire,

Then let me see what the secret you call hidden in this mouth...... Wish......

(End of chapter)