Pirate Kingship

"Queen, hide quickly!"

West’s voice rang out, and Bast swiftly leaped onto a nearby low tree.

The giant paw of the lioness behind smashed the boulder she had been standing on in an instant.

Bast and West were scared out of their wits, but could only continue to flee for their lives.

This time, however, Bast was no longer the cat master perched on West’s head, but had transformed into a sleek, muscular black female leopard running at breakneck speed.

The cat master escaping personally was quite an effort.

West, meanwhile, had transformed the Triton of the Sea King into a... salted fish, held in Bast’s mouth.

After all, feline animals really couldn’t be ridden, so this posture was the only desperate option.

Neither of them cared if the posture looked good, they had suddenly encountered an attack from a Divine Incarnation and were already chased to the point of despair.

"What on earth is going on? Meow~

Although the Lion-Headed Goddess is the Goddess Queen of the Desert God System, she doesn’t have the Divine Positions of [Sun] and [Storm] suppressed by the Sea of Origin Matter, nor does she have those compatible with the Sea of Origin Matter like [Dream Realm], [Death], [Ocean].

She should still be sleeping like most of the Old Gods, so why has she split open too?! Meow~ Meow~"

The key wasn’t just that this Mother of Pharaoh King had split open, but that she had immediately caught up with them due to an extremely high compatibility.

Compare the authority between the two.

The Mother of Pharaoh King, the Lion-Headed Goddess Hathor’s authority: [Love and Beauty], [Wealth], [Dance], [Music], [Guardian of Women and Children]...

[Cat God] Bast’s authority: [Cat], [Battle], [Guardian], [Music], [Dance], [Family], [Moon].

Their authorities clearly overlapped significantly.

Chasing closely was Hathor’s Incarnation of [Guardian of Women and Children], which was strongly related to Bast’s [Family] authority.

It’s worth knowing that fifth order Pseudo-Gods, who have initially attained immortality, are always rare.

With the Immortal Stairway ensuring their independence, even after one thousand five hundred years, the dead Old Gods have barely consumed a few fifth order Pseudo-Gods.

They have mostly consumed ordinary mortal sacrifices.

Now these Divine Incarnations of theirs have nearly dropped to the fifth order critical point, not much different from Byron, the pinnacle fifth order with three legs. If they could devour two or three fifth order sacrifices, they might recover their sanity.

If the Lion-Headed Goddess Hathor could devour the Cat God, whose authority is particularly compatible, it might only take one to fully awaken her.

West’s fish mouth opened and closed:

"Queen, think of something."

Bast was almost panicking:

"I don’t want to be eaten either, meow~

But at least three fifth orders are needed to confront a Divine Incarnation to have the ability to guard themselves.

Although our Creation Nine Pillars School has many people and operates on a large scale, after leaving enough power, only five fifth orders came, and relying on luck simply wouldn’t work.

The [Atmosphere Talisman] can locate positions, but for the sake of safety, and to prevent problems if the enemy gets the talisman.

Only the two strongest people, your cousin the [King of the Wild Hunt] and my sister the [Radiant Queen], possess talismans that can lock onto others.

My plan is to not worry about whether bringing in more people will lead to bigger troubles, just quickly call in reinforcements!"

Because she was too agitated, she nearly swallowed West whole while muttering, leaving only the tip of the tail wagging outside her mouth.

Despite the dire situation, Bast, being a cat with a fish in her mouth, instinctively stuck out her barbed tongue to lick twice.

"Brother, you smell nice." "Tasty." "So smooth." Thoughts like these bubbled up uncontrollably.

They had been separated from the main group for these two days, hiding east and west, eating only the prepared dry food from Storage Miracle Objects without a bite of anything fresh.

She couldn’t help but swallow, and before her immense willpower could make her spit West out.

She was horrified to find a second lion had appeared on a small hill not far ahead, more humanoid than the previous one.

Grasping gold twin sabers adorned with gemstones shaped like a crescent moon, wearing a lion-shaped gold mask, and its exposed skin was pure gold, with only its feet remaining as lion paws.

Judging by its appearance, it had probably already consumed a fifth order Pseudo-God.

Bast couldn’t help but scream on the spot:

"That is... the [Wealth] Incarnation of the Lion-Headed Goddess!"

Lions hunt in groups, and the split Lion-Headed Goddess seemed not to have shed this habit.

Facing one Divine Incarnation, they could only flee, but facing two, it was almost certain death.

To be precise, Cat God Bast was almost certainly doomed.

With her as a tasty sacrifice attracting the attention of the two lions, West, as a mere fourth order Mythical Creature, incompatible in authority, might escape by chance.

Bast opened her mouth in despair, and the salted fish barely escaping the cat’s maw fell to the ground with a "splat", floundering like it was stuck to a pan but failing to flip over.

Seeing that the two lionesses were closing in from the front and back, Bast shouted in a low voice: "Slave, I’ll hold them off, find a chance to escape swiftly."

But this time, unexpectedly, she heard: "Yes, my Queen."

West suddenly exerted all his strength, flipping his salted fish body, springing into the air and transforming back into a lanternfish.

Buzz—!

The bioluminescent organ on his head suddenly released a blinding light like a flashbang, making both lionesses instinctively halt, covering their eyes.