The last rays of the setting sun slid down silently, and night once again ruled the sea.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The musket array on Morning Star's deck spewed out blazing flames.
The blue "drowning souls" that seemed to be made of both mist and water were dispersed one after another. However, even more souls swarmed over on the water like a tide.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh …
Most of them maintained their appearances when they were alive. Some of them were temple guards with feathers on their heads, while others were Nimanster pirates and adventurers armed with muskets and scimitars. However, they constantly shouted in their native language in unison and loud, "My Lord!
"Cusco! Hand it over! "
However, the Morning Star wasn't a soft persimmon that anyone could bully.
Under the assault of countless Drowned Souls, even if there were some that were caught in the net of firepower, they would be wiped out by Apsuya, Olivia, Milan, and the other pirate officers on the ship who had activated their wolf skin prosthetics.
Apsuya was the main force, and Olivia, who had grasped all the secret sword techniques of an official Knight, was one step ahead of Milan. Drowned Souls, who were at most Probationary level, wouldn't be able to break through their organized defense in a short period of time.
As for Elvin, who was standing at Morning Star's bow, he stared at the large number of blue Drowned Souls that surged out from the cracks in the deck, the mast, and the cabin. He felt like he had been slapped in the face today.
"So, have I been baited by an evil spirit today?"
The story started half an hour ago, when they discovered the empty, dilapidated sailboat.
The sailboat that had suddenly appeared in front of Morning Star didn't look any different from most merchant ships, but it seemed like it had been drifting on the sea for many years.
The severely weathered sails were tattered, and even the deck was a little rotten. The barnacles at the bottom of the ship had already grown close to the waterline.
Elvin found it very strange.
However, after activating Spirit Vision, he didn't discover anything. It was just an ordinary ship, but inside the cabin, there was a faint Transcendent light that belonged to some kind of treasure.
Elvin, who had seen many strange things, did not rashly send people to board the ship. Instead, he sent a seagull into the cabin to investigate. Then, to his surprise, he found a large pile of ancient and mysterious gold tools.
Most of them were Kashina Empire style sacrificial tools. They weren't even packed into chests. They were just piled up messily in the cabin.
When the seagull landed on the pile of treasures under Elvin's control and was about to take a closer look, it seemed to have triggered a hunter's trap. The invisible "trap" suddenly closed at lightning speed!
Crack!
The dilapidated sailboat, which didn't seem to have any abnormalities in his Spirituality Vision, was like a man-eating flower that had suddenly awakened. After being fed with sweet bait, it finally revealed its bloodthirsty and carnivorous nature.
A pitch-black barrier mixed with blood-red light suddenly rose, and then a powerful corrosive blood-red light washed over the entire ship. Even the seagull, which was at the level of a demonized creature, was instantly melted clean down to its bones.
Seagull: In the end, I still shouldered everything alone.
Perhaps it had discovered that the prey this time was too cautious, but the pile of gold tools scattered on the ground rolled out of the cabin as though they had a mind of their own. They melted and gathered on the deck to form a giant glowing human face.
Clang!
It suddenly opened a pair of blood-red eyes, and its greedy gaze, which seemed to have condensed into something corporeal, focused on Elvin across a distance of nearly a hundred meters.
The pirates standing beside him felt as though they had been targeted by a terrifying devil from the corner of their eyes. In extreme horror, every cell in their bodies kept trembling.
The golden face opened its huge mouth and let out a cold, metallic roar in the Kashina Empire's native language.
"Cusco! Hand it over! "
Then, countless drowned souls shouted the same slogan as they swarmed over.
At this moment, the crew members of the Morning Star finally realized what they had encountered.
It was an evil spirit, an undying and indestructible evil spirit!
Normally speaking, as an evil spirit that was at the peak of the Evil Spirit Body Sequence, although it was powerful, it had to kill according to established rules. If it didn't make the wrong choice, even a weak ordinary person could survive in front of it.
However …
Clearly, the more powerful an evil spirit was, the fewer restrictions it had. This time, Elvin had only indirectly controlled the seagull to touch the treasures, but he had already been targeted by the evil spirit.
In addition, with the extremely recognizable appearance and the name he was calling out, Elvin realized that the man was probably here for him.
This was because some time ago, Treasure Hunter Dwayne Jones had discovered the temple of the sun god, Inti, in the Cortilla Mountains in the southern part of the New Continent. It was called the Cusco Temple.
The golden face's appearance was the emblem of the sun god, Inti.
He happened to have a treasure that he had exchanged from Pirate King Undead Bones Rudolph. It was known as the supreme treasure of the Cusco Temple — Transcendence Amulet — Eye of Inti.
"So, the purpose of this evil spirit that came out of nowhere is not only to hunt and kill, but also to collect all kinds of lost treasures from the temple?
I'm just not sure if Rudolph knows about this, and if he had the idea of diverting the trouble when he made the deal. "
After understanding the nature of this evil spirit, Elvin didn't hesitate and immediately ordered.
"Gunner, load the bullets and sink that ship for me."
"Yes, sir!"
The crew didn't dare to think about the golden utensils that were related to the evil spirit. The cannons quickly moved. During this period of time, the navy soldiers had trained them well.
"All cannons, open fire!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The heavy cruiser had 14 32-pounder cannons and 15 24-pounder cannons on one side of the ship, a total of 808 pounds of projectile mass. No normal merchant ship on the sea could withstand such a round of fire. Their fragile hull was not much different from a paper shell in the face of such attack.
And this ship was obviously the exception.
After the smoke dissipated, it seemed to be a quasi-legendary battleship with the [Self-healing] ability.
The damaged wood started to regenerate rapidly as if time had reversed. Even the damage below the waterline had been completely repaired before the seawater had poured in.
The sailboat had clearly been transformed into the evil spirit's lair, or even a part of the evil spirit's base. As long as there was no problem with the giant glowing human face, this ship wouldn't sink!
Whoosh!
After failing in one move, the large tassel on Elvin's back flashed with electric light, turning into two blue wings. With a light leap, it soared into the sky. The partial Biomass Gear that was made from the activated animal skin was clearly more agile than the full Biomass Gear.
As expected.
After Elvin left the Morning Star, the evil spirit's target also changed. It steered the worn-out merchant ship to turn around and chase after him in an unscientific manner.
Of course, Elvin wasn't prepared to escape.
He looked at the worn-out sailboat that was chasing after him in a straight line and the golden human face floating above the deck.
Crackle crackle …
A massive blue electric field kept flashing above Elvin's head. With a flip of his hand, a steel ball that was the size of a lemon stored in the "Shadow Secret Storehouse" landed in his palm.
[Official Sorcery, Enchanted Weapon!]
He casually tossed it above his head, and the enchanted steel ball immediately started to spin at high speed in a circular shape.
He had already created a circular Gaussian accelerator with an internal vacuum using the Activated Spiritual Light. He then used [Divine Might]'s massive electromagnetic force to accelerate it at multiple levels.
Half a minute later …
The steel ball that had turned into an orange-yellow color from the electromagnetic heating had accumulated a terrifying potential energy.
At this moment …
The blue wings on Elvin's back flapped, and the trajectory of the steel ball above his head formed a dazzling halo. Looking from afar, Elvin, who was bathed in lightning under the night sky, was like a lightning angel.
Sensing that he had reached the limits of his control, Elvin's gaze focused, and the circular trajectory above his head immediately broke off.
Ssss!
In the blink of an eye, the orange-yellow light that seemed to split the night sky in half shot across the sky like a bolt of lightning. Before the golden-faced human face could even react, it was easily blasted into pieces.
"Ku …"
Boom!!!
Like melting ice and snow, the entire sailboat and the drowning souls disappeared from the sea in an instant.
After being promoted to Level Three with powerful supernatural energy, there had been a great reversal in the strength between him and the spirits, and he was no longer as powerless as when he was Level Two.
Therefore, this move was not a sorcery, but a new move from [Rapid Thunder Swordsmanship], [Esoteric Coil Cannon]. To put it nicely, it could also be called [Angel's Halo].
In Elvin's hands, the range of swordsmanship application had obviously been greatly expanded. Congratulations, congratulations!
"Long live the captain!"
"Invincible! Invincible! "
The subordinates on the ship had already begun to cheer loudly.
However, there was no joy on Elvin's face after killing the Evil Spirit with one blow.
Although he had temporarily killed it, not only did he not get any additional spoils, but he also got himself into trouble.
This was because the Evil Spirits were immortal. Other than having almost no consciousness of their own, they were simply the ideal type of immortal pursuers. Rather than saying that they were some kind of spirit creature, it was better to say that they were some kind of natural phenomenon in the supernatural world.
As long as they recovered in the future, they would come looking for him sooner or later.
When that time came, would you be able to reason with natural phenomena?
.....
After sending the privateer fleet's flagship, Morning Star, back to Hatraffa Port, Elvin brought Milan and the other two back to Far Sail Ridge. Another day and a half had already passed.
Although the morning sun was very bright, Elvin's brows were tightly furrowed.
"What's going on?"
It was not because of the Evil Spirit that would only awaken after who knew how many years. Instead, it was because on the way back yesterday evening, a sudden and intense palpitations had attacked him.
As a powerful Grade 3 Extraordinary whose physical strength was comparable to that of a devil monster, such a situation was simply unimaginable.
If it were an ordinary person, he might not be so concerned. However, as a powerful Extraordinary with the rank of an official Wizard, Elvin would not turn a blind eye to it.
Just like the dream that Angel had previously, there must be some kind of hint.
This continued until he returned to the temporary base of Far Sail Ridge's Storm Horn.
In the guest room, he saw Major General Desmond Brand, who had specially rushed over from Dearborn Castle. He also saw the expression on his face. It was apologetic, regretful, and … slightly sympathetic.
Elvin's heart skipped a beat. He already had an extremely bad feeling.
Sure enough, after receiving the urgent letter sent by him through the Spirit Realm, Ye Zichen was shocked.
"Yesterday afternoon, the Shilius fleet launched a surprise attack … Colonel Gör fought the Grade 3 Steel Knight Kungang Taita. He was severely injured … and on the verge of death!"
Elvin's muscular and tall body could not help but tremble slightly. The blue captain's cape behind him fluttered without wind, mixed with thousands of sharp bird cries and rolling thunder from the clouds.
Whoosh!
The aura of the huge vitality magnetic field that had been firmly restrained became unstable. It was as if a bolt of lightning had suddenly struck the guest room.
Boom!
The wall exploded, and a gust of wind swept across. Even Desmond, who was a Great Knight, could not help but take a few steps back.
"Elvin, don't be rash. The letter from Tedaldis Castle is for you to see Colonel Gör one last time. You …"
When he came back to his senses, Elvin had already rushed out like a violent bolt of lightning.
"Storm Horn, assemble!"
A thunderous roar echoed in the harbor for a long time.
After a short fifteen minutes, all the members of Storm Horn had arrived. Even Milan and Roddy, who had just returned, were no exception.
First Officer Boris had never seen such a volcanic captain before. He braced himself and went forward to ask.
"Your Excellency, where are we going?"
The expression on Elvin's face was as cold as ice. A bone-chilling wind seeped out from between his teeth.
"Activate the White Shark Cruise. Southern Continent, go! Kill! People! "
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