Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 551 Noah's Ark, Storm Comes

"An unidentified ghost ship appeared on the edge of the Sea of ​​Monsters? A church gag order? So serious that he needs to be excommunicated?
I originally thought that the fourth beast tide would reach the first island chain first, so what is going on here?"

When Byron received the news, most of his attention was still on the raven of Florence, and he was carefully searching for "the person whose name cannot be mentioned" through a series of clues.

He flapped his wings and landed on a branch. Looking at the people coming and going under the tree, a solemn look flashed in his eyes.

Apart from the eyewitnesses' verbal descriptions in the intelligence, no one was able to actually record the image of the ship.

Byron also had not had time to find the parties along the coast to check their memories.

However, judging from the reactions of the two factions in the church, they had apparently determined the true identity of the ship in some way that they were unaware of.

Moreover, it is difficult to reach a consensus, and no one wants others to interfere.

This can be seen from the severe punishment ban.

"Excommunication" is also known as "excommunication". It is one of the most severe sanctions among the many sanctions of the church, except for various death penalties.

It means excluding a person and even his descendants from the fellowship of believers, not allowing him to participate in the sacraments of the church, and depriving him of his rights as a church member.

If the excommunication is announced personally by the Pope wearing the [Papal Triple Crown] and the [Fisherman's Ring], it can even deprive someone of the power to use the [Silver Law], and there is a 100% chance that the person will not be able to ascend to heaven after death, and can only sink to the edge of the world.

The Pope once used this punishment against an emperor of the Silver Empire.

Of course, the restrictions on emperors and kings were extremely severe and extremely rare throughout history.

Because these people are equivalent to the core legal nodes of a country.

If the Pope excommunicates them, not only will he have to pay a heavy price, but he will also permanently lose the nodes and power limit of the Silver Law.

The Pope only used it once against the Emperor of the Silver Empire, Henry IV, also known as Henry IV, and was finally forced to pardon him under pressure.

As a deterrent, it is already amazing.

The number of excommunications imposed by saints is much greater, and can deprive a portion of the anchors managed by the church. If a low-sequence extraordinary person is unlucky, he may lose control on the spot.

In the worst case, the Dark Millennium is equivalent to social death, and no one can interact with the excommunicated person.

Even twenty years after the end of the Dark Millennium, the Silver Law has been greatly weakened, which is enough to scare any believer or even the king.

Byron was not afraid at all.

Excommunication can only be used against a higher level person. No matter if it is the Pope or a saint, they are essentially the ultimate fifth-order legend of the [Ladder of Glory].

He already has more than 1% of "All Things Return to One" activated, and has borrowed the status of the "Ten Thousand Winged Angel". The church is not qualified to control him by this trick.

Byron saw the essence through the phenomenon.

"There are only a few secrets that are worthy of excommunication. At this critical moment, the Orthodox Church and the Protestant Church simultaneously issued religious decrees against it. The only secret is that the main body is a ship."

He spoke word by word a name that was well-known in the Old World:

"Noah's Ark!
To be more precise, it was the Noah's Ark that was severely polluted by the entire material world ecosystem, creating many degraded sea monsters and almost destroying the ten kingdoms under the sea."

Then a hint of doubt rose in his eyes:
“But in my mother’s memory, and in the descriptions of those fugitives from the Mermaid Kingdom, shouldn’t Noah’s Ark be on the other side of the Sea of ​​Monsters, near the Eastern Continent?

How did you end up on the East Coast all of a sudden? "

Opening the [Logbook], the information read from Hathaway's memory was clear:
"【Noah's Ark】, Silver Age 1452 Coordinates: centered at '36 degrees 32 minutes N, 006 degrees 18 minutes W', within nautical miles, the underwater mermaid kingdom, the polluted Tudor dynasty
Status: Continuously moving."

Twenty-one years ago that ship was still hanging around Tudor.

More than a decade ago, the father-in-law, the whale hunter Jack Harold, was threatened with the life of his wife Vanessa by the church. He traveled thousands of miles, took the lead in opening up the north-south passage, set foot on the second circulation belt, and went to the Mermaid Kingdom to find the Noah's Ark.

The last news was that he transformed into the giant Leviathan whale and rushed into the last capital of the Mermaid Kingdom that was still holding out, and since then, all news about him was completely cut off.

What exactly happened after that?
[Whale Hunter] spent more than ten years exploring and going through numerous dangers to obtain the treasure, but now he has suddenly returned to the New World, right at his doorstep.

No matter how you look at it, this matter seems a bit strange.

But when Byron accidentally scanned the contaminated text at the end of this record, he suddenly realized that this coincidence was not really a coincidence, but a long-planned part of the "Dragon King's Court Collapse Plan":

".Mythical Battleship Noah's Ark World Ecosphere Polluted Blood Beast Lair. Monster Mother Echidna Wrong Wrong"

[Echidna, the Mother of Monsters] is one of the oldest gods born in the Paleozoic Period. The fact that she has survived to this day means that she once escaped the flood on this ark when the Paleozoic Period and the Mythological Era alternated.

Then, in the mythological era, she gave birth to a series of famous gods. Even the chief god of all the dragons in the Dragon King's Court [Tiamat, the Hundred-Headed Dragon Mother] was only her eldest daughter, which shows the great power she possessed.

The source that caused Noah's Ark to be contaminated by the biosphere is most likely this extremely ancient and great being.

It just so happens that the "Blood Beast Lair" is a sect that believes in the "Mother of Monsters".

He even reached a cooperation with "The Person Whose Name Must Not Be Mentioned" and called on a group of the old gods' followers to come to the Old Continent to implement the main force of the "Dragon King's Court Collapse Plan".

Now all the information collected before matches up.

[Noah's Ark] suddenly appeared near the coast of the Silver Continent, and it was half-hidden and elusive. It was not an accident, but the Blood Beast's Lair was preparing to start implementing the second phase plan that even [Abyss Nightmare] Dagon was not aware of.

"correct!"

When Byron thought of this, his heart suddenly jumped:
“The most critical issue now is that all the people in the Old World, including the church, believe that the mythical [Noah’s Ark] is a treasure and a lifeline for them to escape the flood.

But in fact, [Noah's Ark] was releasing genetic pollution all the time. The beast tide was born because of it, and eight of the ten underwater kingdoms were destroyed because of it.

Even the coast of the Eastern Continent is now about to be occupied by degraded sea monsters, and the intertidal zone ecosystem has been transformed into a horrific biochemical testing ground.

The danger level of the Ark can be imagined. It is definitely not inferior to the [Touch of the Kraken]. It is not a life-saving treasure, but a mobile disaster that is far more terrifying than the beast tide!

If someone were to run into the Sea of ​​Monsters without knowing the truth to chase Noah's Ark, more than one or two people might die.

No, death may be the best ending."

Byron was in a dilemma.

He was happy to see his enemies, especially the Orthodox Church, die, but he was also afraid that he would accidentally bring disaster upon himself and suffer the consequences after the overall strength of the Old Continent was greatly weakened.

Before Byron could make up his mind, his inspiration was suddenly triggered.

Far away in Ganquan Palace in the Kingdom of Hastings, the real body, who was holding her daughter and injecting her with divine light to help hatch the eggs, quickly handed the dragon egg to her sister who was working nearby.

He took out the first-level holy relic [Key of Omniscience] from the divine realm.

The book opened automatically, and new content emerged according to the keyword search set in advance.

When Byron saw it, he knew that the choice of whether or not to go find the Ark for the people of the Old World was not in their hands from the beginning.

Someone wrote a line of words on the bagasse paper, which appeared on the Key of Omniscience at the same time:

“According to reliable information from within the church, the large ship that appeared at the border of the Sea of ​​Monsters and the Third Gyre is actually the mythical warship [Noah’s Ark] that led ancient creatures through the great flood during the Paleozoic and Mythological eras.

Although the time of the flood is uncertain, it may be decades or hundreds of years, but whoever controls Noah's Ark controls the ticket to escape.

Why did the church issue a ban on all nations? It was to eliminate all competitors, seize the Ark first, and continue to control the lifeline of everyone in the new era.

You can live if I tell you to, and you can die if I tell you to.

However, although the Gospel of Creation states that the Ark was built by Noah under the command of the Creator, is this really the case? Apart from the church, is it really true that no one else is qualified to get their hands on this treasure?
Ask your heart, there you will find the answer!"

There was even an observed map of the Noah's Ark's track, and the next predicted location was at the border of the North Sea.

This note was then copied and distributed through various channels, constantly appearing on bagasse paper, and then spread rapidly throughout the continent, mainly through the intelligence trading channels of intelligence dealers at all levels.

This process is highly organized and its efficiency is no less than the public opinion offensive previously led by Byron.

The person who could write this sentence at this point in time could obviously not be anyone else but the mastermind behind the scenes - [the person whose name cannot even be mentioned].

It was obvious that his target from the beginning to the end had been the church and the [Silver Law], and he came into conflict with Byron only because he happened to be the king of the Bay People.

“Originally, the Luoyan Era and the great flood that drowned the gods were secrets known only to a few high-sequence transcendents and core leaders.

The upper echelons did not spread the news in order to avoid panic among the people and maintain social stability.

Now that this "He who must not even be named" has exposed it, the Old Continent is about to experience a major earthquake."

Byron immediately realized the other party's sinister intentions.

The reason is simple. In the face of a world-destroying disaster and this only lifeline, how can mortals unite as one to maintain the [Silver Law]?
Ancient Eastern wisdom tells us: "We can share adversity, but not wealth" and "We should not worry about having too little but having inequality."

When conditions are difficult, they can be overcome for the sake of survival. However, when there are benefits, distribution issues may cause the friendship to capsize.

No matter how big a lifeboat is, it is impossible to accommodate everyone. Some people can get on and some cannot.

What criteria are used to determine who can and cannot go up? Because they are clergy? Elites? Nobles? Rich people? .
But without the lower class, will their status still be noble? Why can you go up, but I can't? .
Under a series of huge social contradictions, the Old Continent might itself start a world war to decide the outcome without the need for the colonists to attack.

With people's hearts in turmoil, the [Silver Law] that blocked the cracks in the world will soon be completely torn apart. Byron took a deep breath:

“The mastermind behind this is using an open and aboveboard strategy. Even if I use my own reputation as a guarantee and tell everyone that there is indeed something wrong with the ship, no one will believe it.

Instead, they would think that I was the same as the church that tried to stop them from finding the Ark, and that I wanted to keep Noah's Ark for myself.

I had just seen the dawn of rebuilding the North Sea Empire without external interference, and the mastermind immediately gave me such a huge surprise.

The situation on the mainland is really starting to get out of control.

There is one piece of good news, though. The person who must not even be named has finally revealed a little bit of his true colors. "

Turning his gaze back to the pages of the book, he discovered that the note written by the mastermind did not have any marks on it except for the words.

However, when it was delivered, a red wax seal emblem was left behind to show its importance to the staff.

That emblem is a snake staff!

Two snakes are entwined on the left and right, with their ends facing each other, and there is a pair of angel wings on the top of the staff.

Byron happened to know that the original source of this emblem was Mercury, the extremely high-ranking [God of Commerce], the son of the God-King Jupiter, in the ancient Silver Empire pantheon.

He possesses a series of powers including [intelligence], [commerce], [thief], [transportation], [travel], [livestock], etc.

Legend has it that once, Mercury threw his staff between two snakes that were biting each other, and the two snakes immediately reconciled.

Therefore, the double snake caduceus is regarded as a symbol of communication and reconciliation, and also symbolizes that in business there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

The raven possessed by Byron rushed to the University of Florence on the night of the military remonstration, and searched repeatedly along the collapsed school buildings, but could not find the mastermind who could not have been crushed to death.

I immediately understood that the other party's title: [He who must not even be named], indeed has a high degree of mystery similar to that of Raven.

I'm afraid that even if the two people passed each other at some point, they didn't notice each other.

It is obviously very consistent with the power of the [God of Business] to control business secrets.

Byron was not in a hurry to be happy. He used the raven's vision and the [divine vision] covering dozens of kilometers to scan the entire city of Florence.

“However, before the Silver Age, all the gods in the imperial pantheon, from true gods to demigods to lesser gods, should have died out. It is impossible for any of them to be alive today.

Just based on an emblem, we cannot conclude that this "traitor" is definitely related to the ancient Silver Empire, whose faith was replaced by the Church of the Creator and destroyed by the three barbarian tribes.

The caduceus emblem is now also widely used by the Holy Silver Empire and the Rhine Alliance in the north in various commercial organizations, large companies and hospitals.

This emblem, which has appeared in multiple intelligence transmissions, can only indicate that the other party controls an organization with considerable power.

Let's dig deeper along this clue. Even with the same snake staff emblem, each organization has slight differences. Let me see what your peripheral forces are.

The mastermind behind this is most likely an old monster who has lived for who knows how many hundreds of years. Dagon said that there may be an unidentified sixth-level demigod standing behind him, who is not so easy to deal with.

But the traces left by this local resident are much more than those of the immigrants from the Old God Church.

As long as we can grasp his weaknesses and anchor him in the real world, we will have a chance to break the current situation where we can only passively take a beating and fight an offensive and defensive battle with him."

At the same time, many copies of the intelligence had been spread to the upper echelons of the continent.

Burgos, the capital of Castile.

The first palace complex in the Old World, the Vientiane Palace, is located on the left bank of the Mansaray River.

From time to time, nobles and military officers came in and out of the palace to meet Queen Juana, who was only eleven years old, and convey Her Majesty the Queen's latest orders.

What is amazing is that although Queen Juana was only eleven years old, she was able to handle state affairs in an orderly manner, and was not inferior to those white-haired old politicians.

Many nobles from the Regent [Puppet King] faction firmly believed that this was a blessing from the Creator, who gave them a natural king.

The young queen, wearing a crown and a gorgeous dress, sat on the throne and instructed the admiral who was meeting her:
"Admiralty, you should take the initiative to find the legendary pirate of the Sea of ​​​​the Sea, [Blood Sail] Mihawk. Doesn't he want to be the Pirate King of the Sea of ​​​​the Sea? We can agree to all his conditions.

Isn't he a famous playboy who likes Kimpton dancers the most? Select the ten most beautiful ones in the Vientiane Palace and send them to him.

Tell him that as long as he can help us defeat the rebels, I will not hesitate to reward him."

The war for the throne between the two queens in the Kingdom of Castile, the world's foremost maritime power, continues, and becomes increasingly stalemate as time goes by.

On land, the puppet army led by the [Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse] under the command of Regent [Puppet King] Louis fought against [Unsullied] Queen Isabella, who, with the loan provided by the Poor Knights, used the dragon flute to summon dragon souls and dragon riders.

On the sea, the Puppet King and the Star-Moon Empire fought against the dual fleets of Isabella and Fernando. The four parties fought evenly in the sea.

Of course, the credit for this cannot be ignored without the help of Rheinmetall, which worked under Violet. It did to the Earl of Hastings and the Royal Party what it had done to them and the Holy Silver Empire.

What matters is adhering to the principle of neutrality, not interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, and giving equal care to both sides.

Other countries hoped that the five Gulf nations would continue to be slowly bled by the beast tide and foreign colonists, but in fact, Byron and his men had already been doing this for more than half a year.

It has been sucking blood from the Holy Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Castile, and has become fat and powerful.

The one who is most likely to break the balance at the moment is the one from Jianhai. He wants to be the [Blood Sail] of the Pirate King of Jianhai, in addition to the three pirate kings: the East Coast Pirate King, the West Coast Pirate King and the Sapphire Pirate King.

Both sides are trying hard to win him over.

"Yes, Your Majesty. We will do it immediately.

I heard that he left the Old World for a month to treat a dancer and is about to return to Jianhai. This time we will definitely be able to win his support before those rebels do."

The admiral of the navy bowed, but did not see that transparent silk threads were extending from the young queen's body towards the sky and were firmly grasped in the palm of a big hand.

At this moment, the silk threads suddenly trembled slightly, and Juana's body shook violently.

"Your Majesty?!"

The other ministers around couldn't help but exclaim.

The young queen quickly resumed her sitting position and continued speaking in an adult tone:
"It's okay, let's continue"

At the end of the invisible thread, [Puppet King] Louis' quasi-legendary battleship [Dream Castle] has been restored by [Sailboat Collector] Morton Gray.

The stunning beauties that were once everywhere on the ship have all disappeared, and have been replaced by various cold puppets.

There was no living person in the entire ship except Louis himself.

Even he himself prefers to maintain his puppet body and no longer likes to appear in human form.

Just look at the originally meticulous beard on his lips, which has now become smooth and shiny, and you will know that his brother Henry IV the Incompetent's last curse before his death, "Be like me", has obviously been effective.

In just over half a year, Louis, who had always loved women, completely gave up on women.

The Puppet King carefully examined the information in his hand, reading it over and over again several times before he forced himself to suppress his excitement.

At the same time, he used the silk threads connected to his daughter Juana to control her words and actions, making her behave like a mature queen, thereby stabilizing the rear.

While doing two things at once, he muttered to himself:
"Apart from the church, are there any other people who are qualified to get involved in [Noah's Ark]?
My answer is that as long as I get the Ark, no matter if they are Orthodox, Protestant, or kings of various countries, whoever wants to get on the ship, they must please me, the Pope. If I tell them to kneel, they will not dare to lie prone.

Who says that no one other than the Order of the Temple is qualified to be Pope?

Since I got [Noah's Ark], I have been qualified!"

As one of the most powerful people in the secular world, Louis knows many inside stories that others don't know.

There have been two major floods recorded in history. Now the third flood is coming, and they have two ready-made solutions:
"One is the escape strategy of the ancient gods at the junction of the Paleozoic Era and the Mythological Era. They boarded Noah's Ark and waited until the flood receded before returning again.
One is the route chosen by the [Bound Creator] at the junction of the Mythology Age and the Silver Age. He used the Silver Law to weave every individual in the material world into a net, plugging the cracks in the world, protecting himself and indirectly protecting everyone. "

This is what Protestantism and Orthodoxy are fighting about now.

The Orthodox side believes in elitism and is prepared to use the power of the "captain" to hollow out this world in advance, providing a small number of elites to escape the flood in the small world of [Noah's Ark], and start all over again after the flood subsides.

The Protestant side advocates collectivism, advocating defending their own homes, conquering the flood, and not abandoning any country or any believer.

This is a contradiction in the fundamental line and is completely irreconcilable.

Although the Kingdom of Castile is the biological son of the Church, its status is completely different from that of the White Rose York Family, which was willing to be a running dog.

But who would be willing to be a son forever? Who would not want to turn around and become the father of the church?
“The only chance in fifteen hundred years is here.

If I can obtain [Noah's Ark] and master the power to distribute tickets, then for a period of time in the future I will be the king of all kings in the countries of the Old World!"

At this point, the temporary victory or defeat in the war for the throne seemed insignificant.

[Puppet King] hesitated for only a moment, then decisively sent a vanguard force to attack the North Sea.

Once the intelligence is verified, he will join the competition as soon as possible and do his best to capture [Noah's Ark]!
Apparently, he was not the only one who shared the same idea as the Puppet King.

His ally, the Star-Moon Empire; his opponents, the Twin Kings of Isabella; the high-ranking officials of the Orthodox and Protestant churches; and the fifth-level legends of many countries; the guardians of the kingdoms all took action upon hearing the news.

In the blink of an eye, the North Sea countries, which were already facing stormy weather, immediately turned into a huge eye of the storm!
(End of this chapter)