Chapter 1 Harbor Lights

The shimmering waves of Joysea at night reflected the starlight, following the guidance of the Holy Fire Tower in the heart of Sunsetglow City, as fishermen and merchant ships returned to port on the night tide.

For a time, the coastal area of Sunsetglow City was dotted with the lights of fishing boats, the glow of hundreds of various ships, like fireflies returning to their nests at night, gradually entering the port, a spectacle that could be regarded as a must-see in Sunsetglow City.

At this moment, a nimble three-masted sailboat was slowly moving near the coast, its sails lowered, with only a pink flag fluttering from the top of the mast.

Unlike most of the near-shore fishing boats in Sunsetglow City, this three-masted sailboat had a significantly larger hull and a sturdy structure, with the anchor located at the bow. An expert would recognize it as a seagoing vessel at a glance—but the official seagoing vessels of the Holy Fire Kingdom were only the large seagoing vessels built by the followers of the Wind God, with no smaller models.

Only the Sea People, or pirates, would build such ships.

The pink wild boar head flag could be seen fluttering in the wind.

[Wild Boar Pirate Crew]

Founded twelve years ago, the Wild Boar Pirate Crew was no stranger to the fishermen of Sunsetglow City. Not because the locals often dealt with them, but mainly because the captain of this pirate crew, Nide, was a rather legendary and wonderful man.

Nide became a pirate at the age of thirty-seven. In the Holy Fire Kingdom, he should have had grandchildren by that age, but perhaps due to his appearance and personality, he was still a bachelor.

This man with a rather ferocious appearance was originally a mountain hunter, with excellent archery skills, and had once single-handedly hunted three wild boars approaching the Revelation stage. Although he lost one eye, he gained fame and made a lot of money, and was even invited to the city to serve as a city guard captain.

But Nide was, after all, a rough mountain man, unable to adapt to the city's atmosphere—for example, people living in the mountains cursed very quickly and directly, simply asking about parents and family, but that was not in accordance with the canons of the Covenant.

In the city, if you wanted to curse, you had to beat around the bush, be sarcastic, and not utter a single dirty word. How could Nide compare to the city people in that regard?

So, after repeatedly cursing and violating the rules, this old hunter punched another city guard captain with whom he disagreed, causing a concussion, and then directly defected from Sunsetglow City to become a free pirate.

While wandering in Joysea to gather followers, he seized a pirate ship and was fortunate enough to invite a third-rate painter who had been cuckolded by his wife, angrily murdered someone, and fled to the sea, to paint a flag for him. Nide's original request was for a blood-red wild boar head, but because there was not much paint on the sea, coupled with the painter's truly poor skills, it turned into the pink pig head flag it is today.

"This will make those people even more afraid!"

Nide originally planned to throw this third-rate painter into the sea to feed the fish, but in order to avoid being with the fish and shrimp, the painter, covered in cold sweat, declared with quick wit: "Captain, people may accept the fate of being killed by a wild boar, but no one can accept being killed by a pink piglet!"

That was true.

Upon reflection, Nide turned his anger into joy and used the flag to this day—and the fact did prove that those Sunsetglow City fishermen and merchants, who were originally supposed to be stubborn and unwilling to trade or compromise, obediently took out their wealth after seeing the pink pig flag, which was gratifying and commendable.

But now, at the bow of the Wild Boar, besides the top of the mast, where another flag should have been hanging, there was a white flag waving.

"Captain! Will this work?"

At this moment, Nide was standing at the bow. This one-eyed captain was pacing the deck with a worried and irritable expression, holding a thick iron-bound Covenant in his hand, reading it carefully word by word.

But obviously, reading was not his forte. After only reading a few paragraphs, Nide felt dizzy, and the cries of the seagulls following the ship made his head ache even more.

But hearing the words of his first mate, who was waving the white flag, Nide had to suppress his violent temper and calmly replied, "Of course!"

"According to the Covenant, since we surrendered, they can only accept our surrender!"

As he said this, Nide turned to the 'Fourth Book of Laws' in the almost brand-new Covenant, and then this tower-like burly man angrily cursed, "Damn it, I became a pirate because I hate these damned rules and regulations that control even my toilet habits and cursing!"

But even in anger, he calmed down and continued reading.

After all, as a pirate who wanted to surrender, without knowledge of the law, he would only send himself to the gallows.

"I've attacked fishing boats, robbed merchant ships, but I haven't killed anyone—they can't sentence me to death based on that, the Three Lords be praised, that's really merciful!"

"In that case, no matter how serious the crime, as long as I surrender, show willingness to repent and convert, then even that old man High Priest Groll, at most, will cut off my hands and feet, and then he must let me go!"

What did a missing foot or a missing hand matter to a pirate? The legend of Hookhand Captain had always been circulating. Nide was not afraid of that—he had Wind Folk blood, plus the Judgment blood that everyone possessed, and his own Revelation-stage strength. It wouldn't be difficult to slowly grow back his hands and feet in a few years.

"Ah, fortunately, I haven't killed anyone, otherwise, no matter how much I surrender and repent, I wouldn't be able to avoid being struck to death by the Judgment Lord's thunder!"

With a long sigh, Nide noticed someone approaching him on the deck. He turned his head and saw that it was his Boatswain, a valiant man with Wind Folk blood.

This Boatswain was a local Sea Person. He used to be a whaler, but due to an accident, he drifted to sea, and Nide saved him. Since then, this Wind Folk had been loyal to Nide.

And now, this most loyal Boatswain also had a worried look on his face: "Captain, are you really going to turn yourself in?"

"Yes."

With a long sigh, Nide reached out and patted his subordinate's shoulder: "It's okay, those people in Sunsetglow City only recognize me. As long as you hide your names and mix into the mountains, using the skills I taught you to become hunters, you can always survive."

"According to the Covenant, as long as the Temple can't determine your crimes, then they can't judge you—as long as I'm judged, they won't bother with you little bastards."

"Captain Nide!"

Instantly, whether it was the Boatswain, the First Mate, or the surrounding sailors, upon hearing that Nide, as the captain, seemed to be planning to bear all the crimes alone, they were moved to tears, and everyone couldn't help but call out Nide's name, praising his greatness.

But to be honest, Nide was not that responsible.

It was just that, by reading the Covenant, this captain knew that if he really stood on the judgment stage, and his crew hated him, then the Judgment God's divine punishment would be even heavier—in that case, since he couldn't escape anyway, he might as well do a favor.

"I have to say, the rules in this Covenant aren't all bad. Even for a criminal pirate like me, it has prepared rules and regulations."

After flipping through a few more pages of the Covenant, Nide couldn't bear to read any further and could only close it with a snap. This tower-like man raised his head, gazing at the approaching coastline in the distance, his eyes with a hint of worry.

"When I was bound by the law, I felt that this Covenant was simply inhuman and damned… But when I'm protected by the law, I feel that this Covenant is damn good, the stricter the better, the more rigidly enforced the better!"

Thinking this, Nide couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, life is so damn hard!"

In fact, even after witnessing the Judgment Lord's divine descent miracle a few days ago, the Wild Boar Pirate Crew had not made up their minds to repent and surrender.

They were just wandering around the near seas of Joysea, observing Sunsetglow City's reaction.

But just one day ago, they saw a huge phantom of the Judgment Dragon standing in the city center—this immediately ignited the already uneasy atmosphere on the entire ship. For a time, there were even sailors who were so afraid that they wanted to jump into the sea and commit suicide.

But the last straw that truly broke the camel's back came from other pirates.

At that time, the Wild Boar Pirate Crew, still hesitating because of the appearance of the Judgment Dragon, was still wandering in the distant sea.

But suddenly, a huge recessed vortex suddenly appeared on the sea, like a bottomless maw, swallowing the entire Wild Boar pirate ship, submerging it underwater.

And among the surging waves and fish, Nide, who was swallowed into the sea and extremely terrified, saw a magic ship sailing underwater, glowing with a ghostly blue magical light.

And on the deck of this ship, he saw a widely renowned great pirate.

One of the Seven Sea Kings, the King of Troubled Seas, the master of the Deep Diver.

Gloom·Yarber.

"Explore the surroundings of Sunsetglow City, attack those fishermen, and gather information about the Judgment Lord!"

"If you can't do it, you have no value in existing."

With such an order, Yarber showed no mercy. The icy chill, as if from the depths of the ocean, almost froze the bodies and minds of the entire Wild Boar Pirate Crew.

He threatened Nide with his life, ordering him to attack the fishermen and explore the reasons for the appearance of the Judgment Dragon phantom in Sunsetglow City, as well as intelligence related to various recent anomalies—not to mention disagreeing, Nide felt that even if he hesitated for a moment, he would be directly sunk into the deep sea, and the entire ship would become food for marine life, like a whale fall.

--Attacking the fishing boats of Sunsetglow City when there is a Judgment Lord miracle? Please, that's not how you seek death.

But resisting the will of a Pirate King on the sea? To be honest, that would only be a few days later death.

"In that case, I might as well surrender!"

In the final analysis, Nide was still an optimistic person.

Thinking about it, he turned from worry to joy, and even laughed: "Hmph—even that bastard Yarber wouldn't have thought that I, Nide, could surrender so decisively, with such a lack of psychological burden!"

This mood lasted until a sailor on the lookout, who was observing the distance, issued a shocking warning.

"Captain! Look ahead! There's an anomaly!"

"What?!"

Suddenly startled, Nide immediately pulled out his telescope from his waist and hurriedly looked.

Then, he was shocked in his heart.

At this moment, not far away in the near sea of Sunsetglow City, a sacred figure was walking slowly on the sea surface, approaching them.

This figure's every step caused the tides within a few thousand meters to cease, no longer churning waves, but as calm as a mirror, the light of the stars and moon reflected on the sea, as brilliant as a replica of the night sky.

A miracle!

This person was so powerful—more powerful than High Priest Groll of Sunsetglow City, even more powerful than Pirate King Yarber!

And it wasn't just a little, it was many, many times more powerful!

Because he had been walking in the sea for many years, Nide knew how powerful the sea tide was—a violent force that, once condensed, could shatter any large ship.

Not to mention that it was high tide at night… To flatten the rising tide, with several square kilometers, or even an entire sea surface… This kind of power, even those Blessed, even the four Sea Emperors coming, wouldn't be able to do it, right?

But what concerned Nide the most was the aura on the other person.

--That was the exact same aura that they had witnessed not long ago during the Judgment Lord's divine descent miracle!

"Could it be?!"

Staring blankly at the incomparably powerful figure, Nide suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

So, when Su Zhou came to this pirate ship not long after, he was a little puzzled to find that most of the people on this ship were respectfully kneeling on the deck, waiting for his arrival.

"My Lord!"

Led by the one-eyed captain, the members of the entire Wild Boar Pirate Crew were arranged in a triangular formation, neatly presenting a prostrate posture—when Su Zhou boarded the ship, they showed no signs of resistance or escape, just shouted in unison, and then continued to remain in this state without moving.

"...What's going on?"

Arriving at the bow, Su Zhou saw the white flag next to him. He turned his head to look at Aemon in confusion and said, "Although I originally intended to show my strength to scare them, this reaction is too much—kneeling so neatly, do all pirates who want to surrender do this?"

"...No, I haven't encountered many pirates surrendering in all these years either."

The gray-haired priest next to him also stared blankly at this scene, obviously not understanding what was going on—he picked up the Covenant in a somewhat at a loss, seemingly wanting to find a similar description of the situation inside, but Captain Nide's sudden roar interrupted his thoughts.

"Judgment Lord be praised! A few days ago, our Wild Boar Pirate Crew witnessed your divine descent and collectively decided to turn over a new leaf and start anew—according to the Covenant, we will offer our flag, submit a letter of surrender to any clergyman, and disarm all our weapons to show our sincerity!"

Obviously, such a series of words was not at Nide's level, but was the content of a pre-prepared surrender letter.

After this captain finished reciting it in one breath, he decisively raised his hand and offered the pink piglet flag in his hand to the group in front of him.

Although it sounded like there were no flaws, it could be seen from the extremely nervous, respectful, and worshipful eyes of the many pirates, and even some low-voiced confessions, that the entire Wild Boar Pirate Crew regarded Su Zhou as the divine descent of the Judgment Lord.

--Even if he wasn't, it wouldn't be strange to worship a Blessed like this.

Surviving wasn't shameful.

"...They actually guessed right."

Faced with the worship of such a group of people, Su Zhou sensed a trace of real and genuine power of faith gathering towards him—although it was very fragmented and of low quality, it did exist.

He immediately showed a subtle expression: "Is it really generating the power of faith… This at least shows that their surrender is still considered sincere."

"In that case…"

Subduing the Wild Boar Pirate Crew did not cost Su Zhou any effort.

Not to mention that they originally wanted to surrender, nor Su Zhou's identity as the Judgment God, just by casually showing off Su Zhou's absolute power, they would probably all kneel down and shout surrender.

Therefore, when Su Zhou asked the Wild Boar Pirate Crew to tell the whole story, Nide, as the captain, did not hesitate. He just put his hands together, knelt in front of Su Zhou, and honestly told all the details, including the divine descent, struggling with whether to surrender, meeting Yarber while wandering, being coerced by the other party, and finally completely deciding to surrender, clearly and without a single lie.

"My Lord! Please forgive us!"

Kneeling in front of Su Zhou, Nide originally wanted to pretend to be crying and expressing his sincerity in repentance and his devout faith in the Judgment Lord.

But after all, he didn't have the talent of a performing artist. After howling for a long time, except for some of the sailors who really believed it, the only result was being impatiently interrupted by Su Zhou. Only then did he restrain himself a little: "We did not swear repentance at the moment of witnessing your divine grace, it is because we are cowardly, timid, and hesitant, but in the Covenant, the Judgment Lord's holy words say: 'If the evildoer voluntarily intends to repent and reform, his repentance should be accepted, and he shall be judged again accordingly.'"

"We are willing to correct our evil ways and return to the path of faith!" "Return to the path of faith!"

Instantly, Nide's voice, and the voices of all the sailors on the entire pirate ship, rang out in unison, causing Aemon to frown slightly, and even Sarah couldn't help but cover her ears, then looked at Su Zhou with shocked eyes.

--He, he is actually the incarnation of the Judgment Lord?

Thinking this, the Wind Folk girl subconsciously touched her abdomen: "In that case, I just… ate a skewer of grilled fish that a god grilled for me?!"

"No, no, no, this should be 'holy food'!"

"Alright, alright… Although it's true that you want to surrender, I first want to ask, what crimes have you committed?"

Su Zhou also found this a bit amusing—this group of pirates was not quite what he had imagined, and looking through the Curse Vision, there were only a few on the entire ship with the aura of bloody slaughter, and most of the pirate ship members' curses were not as deep as ink.

In other words, it had not reached the point of inevitable death.

"Uh, My Lord--"

In fact, Nide couldn't be sure if Su Zhou was the Judgment Lord, but whether he was or not, he had to make a good impression, at least not give the other party a bad impression.

But when he gradually felt the real and genuine god-level pressure from the youth in front of him, whose appearance he couldn't even see clearly, the burly man's forehead was already covered in cold sweat, and his tone became extremely respectful: "We have robbed fishing boats, robbed merchant ships, and also plundered other pirate ships and engaged in death battles… In addition, we have also killed many sea monsters…"

"As for killing the Fire Folk on land, we wouldn't dare—killing the Fire Folk is a taboo among taboos, even pirates would never kill people unless necessary, after all, who knows when the Judgment Lord's divine punishment will descend?"

He was terrified.

And Su Zhou could feel that the other party was not lying.

Thinking carefully, it was indeed the case—although the Judgment God's divine power would not descend on the sea, who could guarantee that they would never go ashore in their lives? Not to mention anything else, this world, after all, had real gods, even the Sea Folk, who claimed not to believe in gods, only disobeyed the gods' precepts, and did not deny the existence of gods.

They didn't say it out loud, but they were actually in awe in their hearts.

Except for a few pirates, they were not really lawless.

In a sense, Su Zhou felt that the existence of pirates to the Fire Folk was like a side of faith—completely denying a certain order, but proving that its very existence was a derivative of that order.

It was almost like the relationship between God and the Devil.

The Wild Boar Pirate Crew was obviously evil and should be judged.

But to be honest, if Su Zhou personally judged them, as an outsider to this world, he couldn't guarantee his absolute fairness and impartiality, so he decided to throw all these pirates to the Sunsetglow City Temple later.

What he was even more concerned about was the Pirate King of the Troubled Seas in Nide's mouth, the great pirate with a submersible magic ship, Gloom·Yarber.

"Pirate King, huh…"

Standing on the deck, Su Zhou glanced at all the fallen pirates in front of him, who were all respectfully prostrating on the ground. He nodded thoughtfully.

The power system of the Samsara World was biased towards the elemental magic of the West and the immortal spiritual path of the East. They emphasized the strength of the soul and belief, and the mastery of the four elements.

The so-called Revelation stage, the average priest, was equivalent to the Awakening stage, while the Chosen, the local High Priest and Great High Priest, were the Extraordinary stage.

The Blessed was undoubtedly a powerhouse of the Commanding stage—the heads of the Three Gods and the leaders of some major organizations of the Holy Church were all Blessed.

The Holy Fire Kingdom had continued for more than three hundred years. Except for the first few Blessed, who had disappeared for various reasons, most of the Blessed were still alive, so now, the Holy Fire Kingdom had a total of twenty-four Blessed, forming the core of the Central Holy Church.

And among the Sea Folk and many pirates distributed in the Seven Seas, after more than a hundred years of reproduction, seven powerful Sea Kings and Sea Emperors, comparable to the Blessed, had also emerged.

Among them, those who could fight against the Blessed without relying on any external force, but only on their own power, were the Sea Emperors, a total of four.

And those who could temporarily exert the power of the Blessed with the help of other forces were the Sea Kings, a total of three.

Yarber, the King of Troubled Seas, was a Sea King. With his mount, the Deep Diver, he could temporarily exert powerful power comparable to a Blessed in the sea.

"The power of the pirates is actually very strong. The Holy Fire Continent is very vast, and the Blessed need to guard various places and are not as free as these pirates."

Following behind Su Zhou, Aemon explained, "Fortunately, almost every one of these pirate powerhouses has taken a 'Fragment of the Soul of the Primordial Water'. It is through this wonder that they can obtain power comparable to the strong of the Holy Church, and the price is that they cannot go to the continent. As soon as they come ashore, their powerful power will begin to decline rapidly."

"So, the Holy Church is powerless to attack and eliminate the pirates, and the pirates can't attack the land?"

Su Zhou nodded. He understood the situation of this continent. He shook his head slightly: "Such a fragile balance… In that case, if those pirates have any conspiracies, wouldn't you know nothing?"

At this, Aemon lowered his head somewhat guiltily. The gray-haired priest knew very well that the coastal fishing villages and cities were generally only harassed by pirates and had no power to explore the actions of pirates in the sea.

And Sarah next to him muttered in a low voice: "They really don't know anything—even we know that those Pirate Kings have been acting strangely since more than ten years ago, when my grandmother's generation started!"

"My Lord, do you want to catch Yarber?"

But soon, Aemon raised his head. He noticed Su Zhou's thoughts, and the youth nodded: "The Wild Boar Pirate Crew doesn't know much. Nide, in the end, is less of a pirate and more of a free-spirited wanderer. He hasn't integrated into the local pirate circle and has been wandering along the coast."

Saying this, Su Zhou walked to the railing of the Wild Boar pirate ship. He narrowed his eyes and looked into the depths of the seabed: "On the contrary, the fact that a Pirate King is now around Joysea surprises and pleases me—there hasn't been much time. It's not difficult to catch them."

But at this point, Aemon hesitated a bit.

"But My Lord, Gloom·Yarber's mount, the Deep Diver, is a magic ship that has been powerfully magically modified—it can dive thousands of meters deep into the seabed and sail in absolute silence. Yarber's title comes from this. He is like a ghostly light passing silently through the ocean."

Although he didn't know the specific situation in the sea very well, the clergyman was still familiar with the information about the Pirate King. He said somewhat uneasily: "And the sea will hinder your divine power—My Lord, I believe that even if the Seven Sea Kings gathered together, it would be a trivial matter to solve them easily in an instant in the face of you, but the sea itself…"

This was not Aemon being pessimistic.

For more than a hundred years, the Judgment Lord's divine punishment had indeed not been able to extend to the sea. His divine realm was only limited to the two continents, so for clergymen like Aemon, they really believed that the Judgment Lord's power could not extend to the ocean.

No, not believing, the Judgment God indeed had no way to extend his power to the ocean.

But then again, Su Zhou was not the Judgment God.

"No way to find a magic ship lurking in the sea?"

Muttering to himself, Su Zhou smiled and walked off the Wild Boar, coming to the calm and mirrored sea surface: "That's not necessarily the case."

Then, in an instant, he showed his aura simulated on the side of the 'True Dragon'.

In an instant, rumbling sounds rang out—the sudden gale was like a tornado, spinning rapidly with Su Zhou as the center. It caused the originally calm sea surface to suddenly shatter, setting off a circle of concentric circular waves.

Simulation—it was indeed simulation. Su Zhou's transformation was not achieved using the Chaotic Dragon Transformation, his true form just looked like a dragon. Although it did contain some elements of the Eastern True Dragon, such as caudal fins and the power to summon wind and rain.

But, Su Zhou was not a True Dragon.

He just looked like one.

Just like he looked like the Judgment God, but he wasn't… In a sense, he was a pirated version that was even more realistic than the genuine product.

And in the sea, what would be the consequences of releasing the aura of the True Dragon?

Several minutes later, Aemon, Sarah, and the members of the entire Wild Boar Pirate Crew were all shocked to see.

Whish, whish…

Along with the sound of water waves rippling, all kinds of strange and grotesque shadows appeared from under the water on all sides.

Then, along with the sound of the sea being stirred, the shadows emerged from beneath the sea.

Fish.

There were thousands upon thousands of sea fish, of all kinds, gathering from nowhere, approaching Su Zhou as if on a pilgrimage.

No, not just sea fish—a huge shark fin could be seen riding the wind and waves on the sea, and the melodious whale song was approaching from far to near, even multiple whale songs joining together, forming a concert on this sea surface.

Giant crabs, giant shrimp, octopuses, squids, and even floating magical sea urchins, giant spiritualized shellfish, and some sea creatures that no one knew the names of, all began to approach Su Zhou's direction in just a few minutes—in an instant, the entire Wild Boar was surrounded by all kinds of sea beasts and sea fish dancing wildly. The sea surface within a few kilometers was filled with these sea beasts.

Huge waves and terrifying gales stirred up by the gathering of countless spiritual energies were churning because of these gathered fish and sea beasts. Their power gathered together, instinctively stirring the heavens and the earth. If Su Zhou hadn't forcibly suppressed these waves, even the Sunsetglow City seaport in the distance would have been affected by waves several meters high, causing unnecessary losses.

"Sea Emperors? Those pirates are so laughable."

Standing in the center of the crowd of sea beasts, Su Zhou reached out and touched the head of a dolphin next to him, which was extremely excited and couldn't help but want to get close to Su Zhou. The youth smiled lightly and looked around at the sea and the many sea beasts: "I am the true Sea Emperor!"

"My, My Lord…"

And at this time, compared to Sarah, who was exclaiming, 'Wow, that's amazing!', at the level of a kindergartner, and Nide, who was exclaiming, 'Damn, that's strong!', at the level of someone uncultured, Aemon was truly shocked: "You can actually summon sea beasts?!"

"Why has such power never been mentioned in the Covenant…"

"Therefore, don't believe everything in the Covenant—believing everything in books is worse than having no books."

At this, Su Zhou laughed heartily. Then, he reached out and issued commands to the many sea beasts: "Come, find that ghostly light hidden in the sea for me!"

"Don't worry, I won't be stingy with rewards—go!"

--Whish, whish!

And hearing Su Zhou's order and the promised rewards, instantly, all the sea fish and sea beasts uttered silent cheers, they vibrated the sea surface, creating ripples.

And just like that, they dived into the sea and swam rapidly towards the deep sea.

At the same time.

The time before Su Zhou gathered many sea beasts.

Sunsetglow City, Sunsetglow Great Temple.

The local temple leader, High Priest Groll, was pacing back and forth in his simple room, appearing restless and uneasy.

This was an old man much older than Aemon. He had a long white beard down to his chest, and many wrinkles on his face, making him look very old.

Because the Covenant said that clergymen had already enjoyed the grace of the spirit, they must not have material enjoyment, all clergymen, regardless of their strength, could only have a basic level of material enjoyment, so the room of the High Priest, who had the strength of a Chosen, was no different from that of an ordinary fisherman.

"...Well, I can't ignore it."

The long-bearded old man paced in his room for a long time, but finally, he stood in front of the window, looking up at the starry sky, and finally made up his mind.

Then, he returned to his bedside and took out a disc-shaped, completely black communication magic array base from a secret box hidden on the side of the bedside table.

Groll hesitated for a long time before gritting his teeth and activating the communication magic array.

Buzz—buzz—

After a period of time.

The runes on the communication magic array lit up with a light blue glow, and a deep and calm voice sounded.

"It's rare indeed, that you would take the initiative to contact me."

If there was someone familiar with pirates here, they would be shocked to find that the owner of this voice was none other than the King of Troubled Seas, Sea King Yarber!

And what he said to Groll next was even more shocking.

"Father?"
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