"You're the second person in the last month to make such a request to me."

After a brief moment of stunnedness, Angel muttered.

Before her eyes came the wriggling flesh of Piers Turner, the senior deacon of the Night Church, a sincere plea and a near-successful plot.

If I hadn't had the "Secret Emblem" at that time, I'm afraid I would have been deceived by him...... Angel pondered, his gaze struggling to take his eyes off Anne's expectant face.

Her first instinct was that there was some conspiracy in it.

A ghost warship powered by the extraordinary properties of a demigod, an ancient warship that has existed for more than two thousand years and spans two eras, actually begged itself to "kill it"?

Could it be similar to Pierce's time, once I do it in the spirit world, I will fall into some kind of negative state that I can't get rid of, and then be ...... by this "Queen Anne Revenge"

But she had easily subdued me in the battle just now, and if she needed to kill me, it would probably be just a matter of moving her fingers, and there was really no need to beat around the bush...... Angel looked at Anne in front of her, undecided.

And if she wants to force me, she should be able to use some of the abilities of the "arbiter" instead of communicating through words in this way, which may indicate that the "Queen Anne's Revenge", or the Anne in front of her, is not malicious?

But this perception may also be caused by her extraordinary ability...... Wait, "arbiters", will they make others close rather than voluntarily submit?

"Why did Russell the Great give you such an order?"

To buy time for her hesitation, Angel asked.

"I didn't understand this for three years, until a message came from the wind, telling me that he had died, in the assassination of the Church of the Sun and the nobles of Intis."

Anne's face was calm and she replied in an indifferent tone, but Angel could see a different emotion in those golden eyes, which made her a little suspicious of this person...... No, there was some inexplicable affection between the ship and the Traveler Emperor.

But could it also be just the affection between the captain and the ship? Angel, as an outsider, can't be sure.

However, from the fact that the name "Queen Anne's Revenge" is still used to this day, and Anne uses this name to pronoun herself, it seems that Russell the Great should be a very important person in her mind......

"Why did he give you such a ship?" Angel continued to ask.

This is the name of a pirate ship, is it really okay to use it for a warship?

"He thought of several names that I didn't understand, and chose 'Hood' among them, but in the end he felt unlucky, so he changed it to his current one. He still called me ...... The Battleship Lady seems to regard me, the embodiment of the ghost ship, who usually hides her figure and can only be seen occasionally, as a real person......"

Hood...... Sure enough, it was the emperor's approach, but fortunately he didn't choose this name in the end...... Angel looked at Anne with a smile on her face, the corners of her mouth turned up, as if she had fallen into a good memory, and her heart trembled.

She wouldn't want to follow the emperor and ...... together because Russell was dead. Well, let's die together, right? This ghost ship is too emotional, learn the "Blue Avengers" quickly!

Touching the non-existent sweat on her forehead, Angel just wanted to change the topic to a lighter one, and Anne woke up from her memories, and walked forward with her feet on the wooden deck with a "popping" sound, her eyes fixed on her, and said:

"Okay, I know your spirituality has recovered, and I've told you everything you're interested in, now, can you fulfill your promise?"

Looking at the girl with a "if you don't agree, I'll use it" expression, Angel was silent for a moment, and picked up the small dark red metal piece again.

"Rest assured, even if this ghost ship dies, I still have a little time to get you back to the island safely, and I will pay you the reward for thanking you."

Anne breathed a sigh of relief, and with a flip of her small, white right hand, a delicate card appeared in her palm.

Angel's heart almost stopped.

It was a tarot card.

"This is one of the tarot cards that Russell gave me before I left," Anne looked at the card in her hand with some emotion, "Of course, this 'judgment' is special, not only does it have the effect of 'anti-divination and anti-prophecy', so that no one can discover my existence through the above means, but also, drawing the card of his own design." After I'm gone, it will be yours, and maybe you'll be able to unearth more secrets inside it. ”

I think the latter reason is the point...... Angel looked at the tarot card with the image of the middle-aged Russell the Great painted like a stick figure, and was not sure for a moment whether it was a "blasphemous card".

Judging from the characteristics of "anti-divination", it is likely that otherwise, after so many years, the "blasphemy card" that hides the path of the gods would have been discovered a long time ago, but the card is different from the "Black Emperor", "Red Priest" and "Witch" I have seen, and there is no name of sequence 0 written on it...... Angel thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Anyway, I can't go away without "calamity" in this way, so it's better to pick up a little more of the emperor's wool, for the sake of fellow traversers, I hope it's worth the money......

Cheering himself up inwardly, Angel crouched down on the deck, gently pressed the "Calamity" charm on the polished wooden floor, as if it had just left the factory, and looked up at Anne.

The latter's momentary hesitation was replaced by resoluteness and determination:

"Let's do it, thank you."

With a deep sigh, Angel poured his spirituality into the charm and whispered:

"Calamity ......"

The deck, which was more than 2,000 years old, instantly disintegrated, turned into decaying shards, and scattered in the endless spiritual realm...... This scene did not happen, and Angel did not even have enough spirituality to infuse it, as if the whole spell had refused her use.

"This ...... Doesn't seem to work in the spirit realm? ”

Angel was a little reluctant to look up at that expectant gaze, and muttered to herself.

"Why, didn't you use it very handily just now?"

The ghost ship incarnation who was waiting to die in place obviously didn't believe it, she took two steps back, stretched out her hand to Angel, and said loudly:

"I command, you immediately use the spell in your hand!"

As she spoke, a golden glow that seemed to shine from her fingertips pressed against Angel, who felt a powerful force envelop her body, driving her to crouch down again, press the spell again, and read:

"Calamity!"

It's business as usual.

"Maybe your spirituality has not yet recovered, we can wait a little longer, I have waited for more than a hundred years, and I will not be in a hurry......"

She frowned and muttered, not sure if she was confiding in Angel or convincing herself.

"This spell will consume half of my spirituality, and it must be enough now...... After all, I'm only a Sequence 5, and I don't know the true source of the power of this spell, maybe it has various limitations and can't be effective in the spirit world. ”

Angel stood up and looked at the girl, whose face had darkened again under the blow of disappointment.

But she doesn't seem to be as disappointed as I thought?

With a thought in his mind, Angel said tentatively:

"Maybe when I am promoted to demigod, this charm made of my blood and can only be used by me can have more power, and even have an effect here."

She specifically mentioned that it could only be used by herself, lest the demigod have a whim and let her draw the "Calamity" spell directly on the ship with blood and try blood sacrifices.

"I'm afraid I'll have to wait for many years, ten sequence fives, none of them may be able to successfully advance to the high rank, I might as well try to break away from the spirit world and attract those high-level powerhouses, although I will risk becoming a war machine again......"

Shaking her head, Anne didn't have much hope for it.

"You can try to help me, I have a way to quickly master the power of potions, and I already know the recipe for Sequence 4, this time I came to hunt the 'Gazer' to get potion materials, if I can be promoted soon, you also have a chance to fulfill your wishes."

This is not Angel's unfounded speculation, from her ignorance of her death in sequence 7, to her death in sequence 6 and entering the ruined city where the "Blasphemy Card" is hidden, and the ability to use blood to make "scourge" charms in sequence 5, perhaps after being promoted to a high sequence, this magical ability that has made her resurrected again and again will have an additional boost?

Hearing this sentence, which was obviously a request, Anne looked at Angel in a daze, and after a moment, she sneered and said:

"Heh, do you know who was the last one who asked me to help him, who claimed to repay me in the future, and who signed a contract with me?

"It's Russell Gustaf!

"He finally gave me this order that made me so painful!"

"But you don't regret it, do you?" Looking at Anne, whose voice was getting higher and higher, but her eyes were getting darker and darker, Angel asked rhetorically.

The girl was silent.

"Yes, I don't regret it," a smile suddenly bloomed on her face, "it was the most memorable time I've had since the Quaternary. ”

Roussel, how sinful you are...... Angel complained to the emperor who died in court intrigue more than a hundred years ago, and then asked suspiciously:

"Then why are you obsessed with destroying yourself? Because of Russell the Great's attitude towards you in his later years, or his end? That was nearly 200 years ago, and his daughter is still alive, so you might be able to ask her about it. Of course, if you really want eternal tranquility, I become a demigod......"

"Wait, you say, you say Bernadette is still alive?"

Whoop –

The pitch-black sails above the two of them danced violently, as if a windless spirit world was blowing by a strong wind, and below this, Anne's expression became extremely excited.

Even when she was facing the "disaster" just now, she did not behave like this...... Angel nodded and replied:

"I once met a woman who called herself Bernadette at the Russell the Great exhibition in Bakeland, with long maroon hair and blue eyes, dressed in a way, well, old-fashioned and avant-garde."

Angel described in detail the appearance of the women she had seen, and Anne nodded as she listened, interrupting her excitedly:

"That's right, it's her, I didn't expect her to really become a big man in the mysterious world mentioned in the prophecy, otherwise it would be impossible to live until now......

"When Russell brought her to me, she secretly saw me discussing plans with him to explore the island of Sunia, and said she was going to tell her mother about ......"

I think she's right, after all, even I think there's something wrong with you...... Angel could clearly feel that the other party's mood was much better than before, at least he didn't mention the "disaster" again, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, do you feel like you'd love to see Bernadette again?" She followed the path and had the experience of comforting Azik in front of her daughter's tombstone, which was not too difficult, "Why don't you let me leave the spirit world, and I will help you find the traces of this lady?" ”

"Nope."

Anne shook her head, her golden eyes fixed on her.

"It's not enough."

As if having made up his mind, the "arbiter" spread his hands, and the golden brilliance between his arms appeared, illuminating the dark deck as if it were day, and between the light, lines of ancient Fusak script appeared in the void, the handwriting was beautiful, but it revealed an incomparably majestic aura.

(End of chapter)