Pirate Kingship

The most dangerous place should be near the shore on the Skull Coast, that’s the shipwreck graveyard, Skeleton Wasteland, but it’s still more than a hundred nautical miles away from us.

Could it have accidentally been occupied by something bizarre, turning it into a hunting ground?

And this posture of being driven into the sea becoming a tombstone, always feels somewhat familiar..."

In a deadly silent atmosphere, the fleet’s previously excited mood about reaching the destination was once again suppressed.

Recalling the various terrifying legends of the [Corridor of Truth], everyone buckled up mentally with the utmost vigilance.

After advancing for another two hours, instead of decreasing, the number of submerged tombstones made from shipwrecks actually increased.

The soldiers on board holding steel guns were sweating in their palms, and the sound of someone swallowing saliva was clearly audible.

Suddenly.

"Captain, something’s coming."

[Phantom Blade] Gus, always stationed at the mast platform, manifested a Miracle Object telescope capable of piercing through fog, and unexpectedly discovered a strangely shaped golden ship abruptly appearing on an empty sea surface not far from the fleet.

No green light flashing, it wasn’t a Ghost Ship, rather it seemed like it crossed a World Rift and emerged from the Sea of Origin Matter.

This ship was entirely a bright golden yellow, with colorful patterns, about forty meters long, particularly slender and elongated, with a figurehead resembling a hawk’s head at the prow.

But the hawk’s eyes seemed to have been gouged out by someone, leaving only two pitch-black hollows, from which blood water continuously flowed.

That ship seemed to have sensed the gaze of the living, immediately turning its prow and aggressively charged towards them.

Witnessing such a bizarre scene, the crew couldn’t help but shiver.

Before others could react, Heather and Saranthe, natives of the Eastern Continent, spoke in unison:

"It’s the uncontrollable Truth Embodiment [Sunship Helios] from the Sunship School!"

They then tacitly hid behind their son (cousin).

Without waiting for Byron to ask, they quickly spilled each other’s details one after another.

"In mythology, the Sunship [Helios] is considered the vehicle of [The Blind], [Hawk-Headed God], [Sky God] Horus.

He possesses divine positions such as [Sky], [Sun], [Moon], [Royal Iron], [Guardian], [Revenge].

The Sunship is used daily to traverse the sky, driving the sun and moon.

Desert Empire’s residents believe that by riding the Sunship, they can connect with the power and blessing of the Divine King.

All Sunships imitating this structure are seen as the medium for humans to communicate and contact with divinity, holding extremely high sacred status."

"The ancient ’Sunship School’ of the Desert Empire started their research with this treasure as the [Truth Embodiment].

They crafted a prototype with gold, diamonds, and various jewels, slowly engraving their research findings upon it, aiming to forge it into a ’spaceship’ capable of going to the sun.

Predictably, as the research barely reached a hundred years, a Chief Wizard secretly placed his own mummy inside the ship’s body, aiming to have the School members tailor it for him.

However, this led to the treasure unexpectedly spiraling out of control, becoming a [Cursed Object].

The two largest diamonds in the world, originally placed in the eyes of the Hawk-Headed God, one representing the sun ’Bright Mountain’, the other representing the moon ’Black Orlof’ were also lost with it.

This ship gained its own consciousness, endlessly pursuing its two lost eyes, and the fresh blood of the living.

Though it is far less powerful compared to the Sixth Order Demigod [Noah’s Ark], it possesses strength equivalent to Fifth Order, having unknown count of kills over the years..."

As Byron listened to their narrative, he quickly grasped the background.

"Originating from the Desert Empire governed by [Papyrus River Flower Snake], [Radiant Queen]? I just knew, after two chance encounters earlier, there’s a possibility of another meeting later.

As for the Sunship, to put it simply, it’s a Black Sorcery accident causing the creation to run amok, turning the ship, and both diamond eyes into formidable Cursed Objects.

One eye symbolizes the sun, the other symbolizes the moon, the sun represents light, and the moon represents darkness, all part of Horus’ authority.

Among them, ’Bright Mountain’ is the largest white diamond in this world, considered the Eye of the Sun.

The curses on other Cursed Objects: death, complete family... compared to it, cannot even hold a candle.

For the disaster it brought to its owner was—demise of the nation!

In legend, it symbolizes power and wealth and is also the root of bloodshed and death, only the most powerful, like the Monarch, are qualified to possess it, but would ultimately lose their power because of it.

Over the years, ’Bright Mountain’ has passed through many owners’ hands, but wherever it went, strife, bloodshed, and misfortune followed.

It has successively caused the downfall of at least a double-digit number of territories, nations on this continent.

Yet Monarchs still indulge persistently, because on this land, it undoubtedly represents the sun, also representing Royal Iron, an extension of Horus’ authority.

What if they are the ’ordained by heaven’ exception?

The other ’Black Orlof’ is the largest black diamond in the world, considered the Eye of the Moon.

Those who obtained ’Bright Mountain’ would cause the downfall of nations, but those who obtained ’Black Orlof’ have invariably ended their lives by jumping off buildings or cliffs.

Even warships on the sea would suddenly uncontrollably plummet straight to the seafloor, just like those unlucky wretches underwater.