Pirate Kingship

The time was slightly set back by half a day, deeper into the Second Circulation Belt.

"Oh no, a tsunami is coming—!"

"Quick, Qiangfeng!"

"Full left rudder! Turn around!"

The adventure fleet of three swift sailboats made a large circle on the sea, aiming their bows at the more than two-meter-high waves, and somewhat awkwardly forced their way through a series of over ten waves.

Despite enduring round after round of fierce assaults, the planks creaked with a teeth-grinding sound, and many crew members turned into rolling gourds, yet ultimately no capsizing disaster occurred.

They were extremely fortunate to be in the deep sea, where the tsunami was at most one to two meters high; had they encountered it nearshore, they’d have a hundred percent chance of being smashed into the seabed by waves dozens of meters high.

"What’s going on? Was it an underwater earthquake?"

After narrowly escaping calamity, the experienced Old Sea Dogs on board climbed the shrouds to the topmast, trying to see where the inexplicable waves had originated from.

But all they could see were dark clouds densely covering the distant sky, the entire atmosphere violently agitated by some colossal entity, traced by surging white steam into shapes of frenzied winds, like countless frenzied white pythons.

Occasionally, a not-so-blinding flash of explosion erupted from the clouds, accompanied by continuous thunderous roars.

Yet even the fourth-order heroic level extraordinary individuals on board couldn’t clearly see what was happening; it didn’t seem like some naturally occurring calamity at all.

They could only surmise that it was likely a battle between high sequence extraordinary beings or monsters of the same level.

"Surely it’s a fight between two deep sea monsters; if it were humans, how could they cause such a commotion?

I reckon it must be one of those Deep Sea Yama-class monsters under the command of the Ocean Throne."

"Luckily, our Ferdinand Family is under the protection of gods other than the creator, allowing us to automatically avoid various dangers and traps while traveling.

If we didn’t have such protection, stumbling into a battle of that level by accident would be utterly unimaginable."

"True, Ferdinand gives to the world, and the world will generously return to Ferdinand.

This time our Ferdinand Family not only spearheads the great Renaissance, but also aims to replace Castilia as pioneers in exploring the Eastern Continent."

The sails of this adventure fleet, along with some members’ chests, bore the same family emblem.

Five red balls were evenly distributed on a golden shield.

It was the Monetary Family—Ferdinand, rulers of the art capital Peridot, who over the years sponsored countless Hall Sequence extraordinaries.

The Ferdinand Family has a long history, tracing back a thousand years to a knight named Avilado, who served Charlemagne.

Legend has it that this heroic knight once fought giants alone, leaving many dents on his shield from the giant’s wolf fang club.

His liege, Charlemagne, the founder of The Holy Silver Empire, greatly admired his bravery and allowed him to use the shield with dents as his personal emblem.

Years later, the Ferdinand Family’s gold-bottomed red ball emblem developed from Avilado’s dented shield.

Today, the family not only sponsored the Renaissance but has also produced several Popes, with extensive connections and influence in both the Orthodox Church and Protestant Doctrine.

Even the famous "The Prince," renowned today, was written for this family.

The Kingdom of Hightins and the Kingdom of Castilia, those royal families claiming a thousand-year heritage, may be powerful now, but their background is not much different from country bumpkins compared to the Ferdinand Family.

"Heh heh, the one who inherited both the Gulf Divine Lineage and the creator’s legacy, Saint Byron, is finally here.

He must know the whereabouts of the Father God.

Soon, I will be able to meet the great [Father God] Jupiter."

A figure on the flagship, with a face as long as a shoehorn, showed neither apprehension nor doubt, unlike others, but instead looked at the remnants of the battle in the sky and let out a deep sigh of relief, without revealing any anomaly.

Evidently, this was the highest position and most powerful identity among Mercurius’s series of identities—the head of the Ferdinand Family, Duke Cosimo!

With the help of mural reliefs in the Temple of Jupiter, he barely suppressed the always-suicidal "Divine Aspect," and immediately received the order from [Capricious Joker] to escort the "Gospel of Heaven."

He promptly utilized his [Intelligence] authority to conceal his whereabouts and set sail with the personnel of the Ferdinand Family.

Shortly after setting off, he learned through the hidden channels of Capricious Joker that Byron, notorious as the "Enemy of All Gods" among the Old God Church, was also heading to the Eastern Continent for exploration.

Thus, he decisively modified the plan to ambush Byron in this sea!

He intends to uncover the whereabouts of the Jupiter Divine System from Byron, who is the [Wild Hunt King] and a [Holy Spirit] follower of the Gulf Divine Lineage.

Any other tasks aside from this obsession take a backseat.

In the mind of this "traitor," he had always been the hunter, while Byron and the kings of various nations were merely pitiful prey.

Mercurius’s eyes were ablaze with intensity:

"Ascended to high position at a young age, seeming imposing and proud, yet making you exceptionally reckless and careless.

You have absolutely no idea how many people are watching you.

Though I don’t know how you escaped last time when the [Capricious Joker] personally intervened at the Edge of the World, this time you won’t have a chance to escape again.

If you obediently hid in the North Sea Empire, perhaps even the saints of the church, who wield Zero-Level Sacred Relics, wouldn’t dare to kill you.