Pirate Kingship

The second is to use the special environment of the [Corridor of Truth] to activate this piece of forbidden knowledge, so that it is born as at least a Fifth Order Pseudo-God.

Byron wasn’t too interested in that magic book, which is temporarily unusable but has huge side effects, easily causing people to crack.

Originally, he thought having Raven Mist Ni keep a close watch on the traitor who took refuge with the [Capricious Joker] would ensure no problems arose.

Unexpectedly, the influence of the Capricious Joker in the Material World was far greater than imagined, and the pollution to the Hall Sequence Extraordinary was deeper than expected.

They dispatched their subordinates to easily snatch the "Gospel of Heaven" from Andrea and her companions.

Fortunately, the final baton to transport the "Gospel of Heaven" was handed to Mercurius, who possessed the [Authority of Travel].

Allowing Byron to connect all the causes and consequences of the matter.

Otherwise, it was truly possible for the kin to silently transport the item, just like the No. 9 Skeleton taken away by the Radiant Queen’s subordinates.

Giving birth to a Fifth Order Pseudo-God hostile to the Church was not significant, but if this Pseudo-God, along with Anu the [Wolf God] and Hydra the [Thousand-Faced Serpent], successfully entered the True Pantheon, the problem would be considerable.

Byron understood the effect of the original draft on the Old Gods.

Ordinary human cultivation of the "Gospel of Heaven" was for step-by-step advancement, with no major difference between the original draft and the copy, but the Old Gods sought a backdoor to steal the Divinity of the creator.

The difference is akin to machine language ordinary binary instructions versus source code understandable by humans.

Obtaining the original draft with the highest degree of mystery, their parsing speed would certainly far exceed that of the copy version.

At that point, it would not be easy for Byron to casually pull people in.

"Previously, I hadn’t acted against the ’traitor’, intending to inadvertently leak information to the other party when the ’Triple Point’ was located, making that person obsessed with seeking the Ancient Silver Divine System their own risk."

So, the best result would be to snatch the "Gospel of Heaven" halfway, leaving only the ’traitor’ to continue fleeing."

Having watched many spy films, Byron knew that discovering a "traitor" shouldn’t prompt immediate action; temporarily keeping them allows using the thread to eventually pull out a string of enemies.

Mercurius still doesn’t know Byron has already identified his true [traitor] identity, making it easy to act upon intention without concern.

Combined with the explosive shrapnel shell, the greater the accumulation, the more abundant the Martial Virtue.

The couple enthusiastically discussed the plans for the upcoming actions.

Beside them, Heather, who had been away from home for twenty years and was preparing to hitch a ride back to the Mermaid Kingdom, suddenly frowned:

"Do you smell something? It smells somewhat like rotten eggs."

In the [Secret Arcane Art·Alice’s Pillow Fairy Tale Book], the "Princess Pea" can greatly enhance Heather’s senses; although not a Fifth Order Pseudo-God, the level of [Divine Sight] is extremely high.

With her reminder, Byron and Violet then noticed indeed there was a faint odor in the air.

Gurgle, gurgle...

At this moment, countless bubbles suddenly surged from the depths of the sea beneath the fleet, even causing the Legendary Warship’s hull to shake repeatedly due to the impact.

As the bubbles burst, that foul odor suddenly became more intense.

Violet’s authority automatically activated, instantly identifying the components of these gases:

"Methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen, hydrogen... This is methane gas produced by the decomposition of organic matter underwater!"

Byron swept his [Divine Sight] over the water, covering tens of kilometers, discovering that there were even larger methane bubbles surfacing after these smaller ones.

Unlike ordinary bubbles, they were not round but rather had a flat top, appearing convex in shape.

The largest among them had a diameter longer even than a Heavy Cruiser, and as they neared the surface, the decreased water pressure allowed them to keep expanding.

Coincidentally, the largest bubble was heading straight for the second warship, the [Kingston], right behind the [Golden Deer]; the rest of the bubbles nearly covered the entire fleet.

The [Sun Stone Calendar] in his left eye automatically triggered, predicting the consequences should the gigantic bubble collide.

"Not good!"

He swiftly moved back to the actual deck of the Golden Deer.

No time for explanations, he directly shouted to the Little Ship Girl, who was wearing an enormous captain’s hat, kneeling on the deck focused on watching Bruh and others fish:

"Golden Deer, regroup the fleet."

The Little Ship Girl, having recently grown to appear thirteen or fourteen, was still an exquisite porcelain doll with no expression or thought.

Without any hesitation, she immediately pointed a hand towards the fleet behind her.

She activated her new ability [Empire is Navy, Navy is the Empire].

Twelve warships shone with golden light, instantly connecting as a whole, transforming into the Empire’s strongest core royal domain with the most potent power of law.

At the next moment.

Bang!

The methane bubble exploded beneath the [Kingston], a massive high-speed water current blasted upward, then rapidly flowed back towards the center.

The Kingston immediately had half its hull fall into the cavity, with the surrounding seawater converging, ready to engulf it entirely into the sea.

The soldiers already dizzy from being surrounded by methane, upon seeing the surrounding walls of water, changed color, with an old sea dog from Black Sails Harbor Pirates exclaiming in horror:

"This is... the most famous Calamity at the edge of the Bahama Archipelago’s ’Devil’s Triangle’: Giant Hiccup!