Lord of the Mysteries v5c25

Chapter 25 Restraint
On the observation deck of the passenger ship, the sharp and loud horn sounded, penetrating the barriers of wind and rain, and waking up all the passengers.
They had no time to put on their clothes, or to put on their coats, or to put on their pajamas, or barefoot, and rushed to the window to look at the outside world.
Half of them soon saw the enormous three-masted sailboat, the three dark canvas, and the swaying gloom in the dark.
With the roaring wind, the raindrops, the red moon and the stars in the night sky, many passengers only feel that the other side is sailing out of hell, with unspeakable terror and dignity.
Black Emperor!
After a short period of sluggishness and panic, they came up with such a term in their mind.
But anyone who has lived at sea for a period of time in the port cities of the major colonies knows more or less the existence of such a pirate ship!
"Oh, the storm is with you and me."
"May the goddess bless you!"
"Steam is up!"
...
A prayer sounded subconsciously, filled with fear and helplessness.
These passengers are well aware that the owner of the Black Emperor is the highest reward above the Five Seas, the king of piracy in a sense, the fierce figure still active in the encirclement and suppression of various national fleets, and by no means the artillery and crew of a passenger ship can confront each other.
That means they're going to fall into the hands of pirates!
Many women can't help but imagine being bullied by pirates and trafficked to strange places. Some shiver, some knees are soft, fall from behind the window and kneel on the ground. Some rush to find daggers and left wheels. They don't know whether they want to resist or not to face the worst outcome. Some can't find weapons and directly dress themselves. The hat rack was moved to the side.
The men did not perform as well, except for a small number of people who took out weapons and tried to organize resistance, and the rest were stunned, or looking for places to escape, or cursing the damn liner and the "King of the Five Seas".
Finally, the captain's voice reached everyone's ears with some kind of loudspeaker or means:
"Quiet! Don't be afraid!
"The owner of the Black Emperor made his own decree. Unlike other pirates, he and his men only robbed property and did nothing else!"
The words were repeated several times in succession, and the panicked passengers finally calmed down and became less afraid.
Compared with what they had just imagined, being able to live and not be bullied has been a very good result.
After tens of seconds, some passengers thought that they had struggled so hard for so many years that they had a little savings. At this time, they would lose all their savings. It was really unbearable. They burst into tears with grief.
Several of them have borrowed money to do business. If they don't bring back the money this time, their families will probably have to wander the streets and live on poverty homes.
With this in mind, they rushed to action, hiding money in various hidden places, hoping to keep a little bit of it. After all this, they clutched their weapons and were ready to die with the pirates at the critical moment.
Beasts will fight back when they die, let alone humans?
At this time, many pirates on the Black Emperor had been ordered to wait on the side, always ready to jump on the "prey" when the distance was close.
Their second mate, Lord Fear, Bird Mastein, was holding a telescope, watching the opposite passenger ship carelessly and wondering how long it would take for the two sides to get closer.
The pirate, who had already paid more than 10,000 pounds, was dressed in a sleeve-neck, intricately patterned Intis shirt and a dark red captain's suit, as if he were waiting for the banquet to begin, rather than the looting to take place.
Suddenly, he was so dazzled that he couldn't see the passenger ship.
Bird Martin moved the telescope to look for it, but in that direction there was nothing but the waves blown by the gale and the red-headed eagles that liked to hunt fish in the rainstorm.
So the big steam-sail hybrid passenger ship disappeared!
"..." Bird Martin's eyes twinkled and he could not make an accurate judgement.
"Where's the boat?"
"What about that big boat?"
"Just now!"
...
The pirates on deck, too, were surprised and shocked.
Ghost Boat? No, there's no ghost ship like this. It's a steam-sail hybrid that's been popular in recent decades... Illusion? Someone hid the liner with a big illusion? This level of illusion is necessarily a demigod level... Byrd Martin turned his mind around, put away his telescope and headed for the cabin.
During the whole process, there seemed to be confusion in the criteria of distance measurement. Bird Mastein took only seven or eight steps to complete the distance and came to the lower part of the captain's cabin, respectfully saluting:
"There's something unusual about hunting, count."
—— On the Black Emperor, Nast, the King of the Five Seas, always called himself Earl, which came from the seal of the Emperor Rosell.
Of course, he also declared publicly that sooner or later he would build a country of pirates and become a grand duke, Prince and even emperor.
After a brief silence, a deep and dignified voice came from the captain's room:
"Go around it."
"Follow your will!" Bird Martin did not ask why, but simply accepted it.
Of course, he could imagine why:
No matter magic or not, a large sail-steam hybrid passenger ship can disappear silently under the sight of hundreds of pirates. It is by no means possible for a low-and medium-ranking person to do so. There must be a demigod or a strong person who holds the demigod seal on that ship.
The conflict between an ordinary passenger ship and an unknown demigod is by no means a rational act. Even if Count Natter of the White Maple is the "king of the five seas", he will not rush to do such a thing unless there are direct and sufficient interests or positions between the two sides.
From this point of view, the opposite demigod just hides the passenger ship and does not make any counter-attack, which also shows that he does not want to have a fierce conflict with the Black Emperor and the King of the Five Seas. Therefore, he only shows his existence and makes deterrence.
Bird Martin immediately let the sailors off the side and manoeuvred the Black Emperor to change course.
Just then, a huge and heavy red-headed Sea Eagle suddenly left the group and flew to the Black Emperor, circling around the high altitude of the ghost ship.
The pirates were bewildered. The red-headed sea eagle looked down at the deck and said in a low human voice:
"I want to see Count Baifeng."
Byrd Martin remained stunned for a second, turning his eyes to the position of the cabin.
The majestic voice of "King of the Five Seas" Nast resounded again. Instead of answering the red-headed Eagle directly, he ordered his subordinates to:
"Let him in."
Bird Martin had just been ordered to do so, and the red-headed eagle had swooped down in the dark rain, gradually changing its body, twisting and creeping into shape.
When it landed on the deck, there were no more red-headed sea carvings, only a man in a high hat, banquet costume and a feather mask on his face.
Bird Martin's pupils were slightly enlarged and he seemed to want to see each other more clearly.
However, no matter how he observed it, he could not find anything unusual about the exaggerated man from the front, as if he had never seen a red-headed Sea Eagle just now.
A few seconds later, Bird Martin's pupils widened even more because the man in the feather mask passed in front of him and showed him the side.
The man invited to the dinner party was thin and only two fingers were so wide together!
For a moment, Bird Martin seemed to see the paper man walking, but the other side was a little thicker than the paper man!
Monster... He swallowed his saliva hard and watched the terrible demigod go to the cabin.
The pirates on deck stepped back together and leaned against the side of the ship, as if they had just passed through a nightmare.
For them, the odd to the extreme proportion of men is scarcely seen in their lives, and it's more frightening than many monsters they've seen in the past.
The third floor of the cabin, outside the captain's room.
Klein took hold of the handle, twisted it and opened the door.
He makes his image so strange that it belongs to the semi-passive and semi-active behavior. The passive reason is that the red-headed sea sculpture is not big enough. After making some clothes and masks, even if it does not need viscera, it can not support the normal human body. The initiative is that he began to explore and try to play the role of "mage trick", slightly. Some thoughts:
The mage is not the key point. The key point is to show the word "cunning" in the way of mage.
In a slight creak, the dark door opened, revealing the scene of the captain's room:
Candlesticks fell from high places, 41 on the left and 40 on the right. At the end of the candlesticks, the black platform rose, surrounded by an iron-black seat.
"King of the Five Seas" Nast was in a normal shape at this time, in his early 190's, unlike when Klein met before, he was more like a giant than a human.
He was still wearing a diminished spire crown, a long robe with black bottom and silver edge, a hard face, a slightly wrinkled forehead, a short black beard on his chin, and a dark red light in his dark eyes, which made people want to lower their heads unconsciously.
"I haven't seen you." "Mr. Sophist," Naster said in a low voice.
Klein took off his hat and made a courtesy:
"Now I know you."
Nastra echoed the trembling voice of the spirit in the captain's room:
"Come on, why do you want to see me?"
"Count, I want to know your impression of Roselle the Great. Everyone knows that you and your father have seen him more than once." Klein answered unaffected.
Nast glanced at the paper-man-like demigod, the dark red light brightening a little way:
"Sit first."
Before he spoke, Klein felt a strong pressure, and he had to obey orders and sit in a chair beside him.
However, he came only to the secret couple, "spiritual line" in motion, thin as the book's shadow quickly returned to stability.