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Splash, chuaaaa-
The night sea was not quiet.
Splash, chuaaaa-
Chuaaaa---
But it was also calm.
Numerous pirate ships. The sailors' warships, deployed and scattered around them, were heading together toward Island 19.
The surface of the night sea, where hundreds of large and small ships—easily exceeding ten—were moving, could not be silent.
"……."
"……."
But the pirate ships and the sailors' warships.
Those commanding them on board could not easily open their mouths.
A pirate, barely managing to calm his still-trembling hands, turned his body without realizing it and looked back.
Chuaaaa-
The end of the numerous ships.
The ship moving at the very rear.
That ship was not visible due to the other ships.
However, the rookie pirate recalled the appearance of the ship where the Shark's flag had been lowered, thought of the person controlling the sea from that ship, and quickly turned his body forward again.
"Hey, you, don't move uselessly and just row."
At the words of the veteran pirate next to him, the rookie pirate looked only to the front again and rowed.
Behind him.
He couldn't shake the thought that the one dominating the sea was watching them.
He couldn't do anything foolish.
Because if he tried to run away, he would be devoured by the sea.
Splash, chuaaaaa-
Chuaaaa-
In the silence of the people, the pirate ships and the sailors' warships were heading quickly toward Island 19.
Chuaaaaa-
And a ship following them at the end.
The ship moving calmly, with the flag of the pirate leader Shark of Island 19 lowered.
"Are you alright?"
Ebo, who was confined inside that ship.
General Perry's younger brother and a navy officer of Island 16, looked blankly at the man in front of him.
"Sir Ebo. Are you alright?"
"Ah."
Then, when Cale asked once more, he quickly came to his senses and opened his mouth.
"Yes, yes!"
The pirate Shark.
Ebo, who didn't even shrink in front of that guy and continuously resisted.
Although Ron had untied all the ropes binding him and sat him on a chair, he remained seated rigidly in an upright posture, looking at Cale.
"Mm. I heard Ron explained the situation to you to some extent."
"...Yes."
Ebo understood that the man in front of him was Cale Henituse and that he and his group were allies of his sister Perry.
"Soon, upon arriving at Island 19, you will be able to meet General Perry."
"...Yes."
Ebo could only respond to Cale's words.
'...How does he have that-, that power...?'
When Archie was striking and smashing the deck. At that moment, Ebo, who was already confined in the cabin below the deck, could see what was happening above.
After Ron rescued him, he observed the whole situation even more clearly.
Someone who looked like a Beast Person.
A Sword Master.
Poisonous fog.
Someone using water whips.
Someone using martial arts.
None of them were weak.
The middle-aged man who approached secretly to rescue him also seemed like a high-level assassin.
He felt relieved to hear that these people had decided to cooperate with his sister.
'But he was different-'
However, the moment the sea moved.
When a huge wave rose up.
When the sea created a prison.
When chains of water rose and grabbed this ship.
'That-'
An indescribable emotion shook Ebo.
Overwhelming.
Astonishing.
Beautiful.
He couldn't use all those adjectives lightly.
All emotions swept through him, and in the end, only one remained.
'It's scary.'
It is terrifying.
This person in front of me is very scary.
He looks like an ordinary human, he even seems weak and frail.
But he dominates the sea.
"Sir Ebo."
"Yes, yes?"
Ebo, without realizing it, responded startled and trembling.
Cale's brow furrowed slightly.
'What could that pirate have done?'
Ebo's appearance, so frightened, made him wonder what the pirate Shark might have done.
That's why Cale, with a gentle smile, spoke words to reassure him.
"You were following General Perry's secret orders, right?"
"Ah."
Only then could Ebo remember that he had been about to deliver a secret message to General 7 to ask for allied help.
Although he had tried not to let that secret message be discovered even when he was captured by the pirate Shark, the moment he saw the majestic scene displayed by the man in front of him, he forgot about it completely.
"Upon seeing General Perry on Island 19, you will be able to complete your mission."
With those words, Cale decided to give Ebo time to rest.
"Then, rest."
With a gesture, he indicated for Ron to take care of and watch over Ebo, then left the cabin without hesitation.
The cabin that Archie hadn't destroyed was quite cozy.
"……."
Ebo extended his hand and placed it on his chest.
He could feel the secret message in his inner pocket.
But all his senses were directed toward Cale's back, disappearing as he closed the door.
He had been about to go to General 7 to ask for help and save Island 16, which was in crisis.
'…….'
He should probably see his sister and then go immediately to Island 7.
But,
but, the case is.
'Is it necessary?'
Now Island 19 will fall into that person's hands, and Island 16 will stabilize.
Especially since that person refers to Island 16 as a Guardian and respects it.
Wouldn't the entrance to the Central Sea be safe with a person close to an ally like that?
Furthermore, the numerous pirates who intervened today probably won't cause trouble in this area in the future.
Then, wouldn't the trade route from the Solarflare port to the Central Sea become safer?
'No.'
Ebo moved away from that thought and recalled his most fundamental idea.
He decided to be honest.
'...If it is that person-'
Instead of cooperating with General 7, which would essentially amount to being under his command.
If we ally with that person who knows how to respect us-
If it is that person-
'Couldn't he put an end to the current chaos, to the war?'
The appearance of Cale, who, despite possessing tremendous power, respected him and his sister, was something Ebo engraved in his mind until the end.
Click.
Until the door closed and he could no longer see Cale.
Creak.
Cale had arrived at another cabin.
Having dragged a chair and sat on it, he smiled upon seeing the person in front of him.
"It seems you've come to your senses a bit."
Mujeon.
The Wanderer with a Transparent-level Singularity.
The youngest of the three sworn brothers of the Third Emperor, the Dragon King.
"……."
Mujeon said nothing.
Sideways.
Cale's gaze directed toward Mujeon's ankles.
'...It seems they are broken.'
He looked at the Heavenly Demon.
"Because he is strong."
He had asked the Heavenly Demon and Choi Han to tie him up.
The bonds tightly wrapping Mujeon were probably Choi Han's work, and those fractures clearly had to be from the Heavenly Demon.
'What a bloody guy.'
But he did his job well.
In that state, it would be difficult for the Wanderer Mujeon to escape.
Because they also took away his sword.
"Mujeon."
Cale spoke calmly to Mujeon, who was only staring at him in silence.
"The Third Emperor, the Dragon King, is dead."
"…!"
Mujeon's pupils shook, and his body trembled.
He had a violent reaction, as if he had heard an incredible fact, but only for an instant.
"Heh."
He let out a mocking laugh.
He had an expression that implied it was impossible.
"Oh."
A special gleam appeared in Cale's eyes.
"It doesn't seem like it's just because you don't believe my words, does it?"
In Mujeon's appearance, there was certainty.
"Mm. It seems there is something that lets you know if the Dragon King dies."
At the words Cale threw out, Mujeon showed no reaction.
"It seems that is correct."
But at the words of Alberu, who obtained the answer from that lack of reaction, Cale nodded his head.
"Right. Seeing that you don't react, it seems I am right. It seems there is some mechanism that transmits the news of the death of the Third Emperor, the Dragon King."
After all, the Third Emperor.
He is one of the three most important of the Five-Colored Family and a strong being who sustains the clan.
The survival of those three, who traverse multiple dimensions, is an important matter, so there must be some measure regarding it.
'Cho and Ryeon didn't know.'
Siblings Cho and Ryeon didn't know, but Mujeon did.
Perhaps it was something he knew from being a sworn brother of the Third Emperor.
"But Mujeon. My words will soon become truth."
"……."
"The Third Emperor is currently trapped in the Demon King's Castle and will die soon."
"……!"
Again, shaking pupils.
"And the Third Emperor lost to me."
"What?"
For the first time, Mujeon reacted to Cale.
"Why? Don't you believe it?"
"……."
He couldn't refute Cale's words.
The sea of the Third Emperor, the Dragon King.
And Cale, who dominated that sea.
"……."
Mujeon's body trembled slightly. Because he could measure how big the problem would be if all this information he received was true.
'The Demon World and Cale Henituse have allied.'
We don't know that the Demon World betrayed.
'Cale Henituse's power is of the Five-Colored level.'
At least he beats the weakest of the Three Emperors.
Then, others of Transparent level cannot harm him.
'And he knows too much about our information.'
There is an internal traitor who switched to Cale Henituse's side.
And-
"Mujeon. What do you think is the reason I am telling you all this so frankly?"
Mujeon, suppressing his trembling heart, spoke calmly.
"Isn't it to blackmail me and obtain information through me?"
Please.
Please, let that be the intention.
Mujeon wished for it.
Without realizing it, he didn't even notice that his tone was almost pleading.
"Isn't it so?"
But the moment Cale responded with a sly smile.
'Ah.'
Mujeon could clearly realize what he had suspected inside.
The reason he told him everything so frankly-
"...Me-?"
His voice began to tremble.
"Me, will you kill me?"
Smirk.
Cale, instead of answering, smiled and patted Mujeon's shoulder.
"Watch him well."
Leaving only those words, Cale, along with Alberu, headed without hesitation out of the cabin.
"Answer!"
Mujeon, seeing this, raised his voice.
"I am asking you if you will kill me or not!"
But Cale, instead of answering, gestured with his eyes to Choi Han.
"Eit!"
When Mujeon, understanding that it meant knocking him unconscious, struggled with his bound body.
The sentence Cale left made Mujeon's body freeze.
"Shouldn't you ask when and how you will die, instead of whether you will be killed or not?"
At those words, so serene and without any emotion, Mujeon froze as if cold water had been thrown on him.
Wanderer.
The position obtained after experiencing a death.
He didn't want to die again.
Cale, glancing at Mujeon's pale face, left the cabin without hesitation and closed the door.
Click.
The door closed, and Alberu asked with an expression as usual.
"With a little more, he would sing like a bird, wouldn't he?"
"Right?"
The sworn brothers looked at each other and smiled with satisfaction.
"Young Master Cale!"
At that moment, Archie approached and said.
"Island 19 is visible. We will arrive soon."
Cale, leading countless ships, arrived at Island 19.
"……."
General Perry was standing with a dazed expression.
"General?"
"Yes, yes?"
At Cale's call, she barely came to her senses and looked at him.
"You found the documents well."
Not even at Cale's praise could she say anything.
'Sister. He dominates the sea.'
'General! He is a strong being of another level! He reminds me of the Great General!'
'...General. All the pirates have surrendered.'
A battle won overwhelmingly, without great damage.
Hundreds of ships arriving at the port of Island 19.
Perry couldn't forget that scene.
But Cale wasn't paying attention to that Perry.
'Important information.'
She had obtained quite important information.
Cale, who was reading the documents Perry found, spoke with his gaze fixed on them.
"General 3 was aiming for Island 16."
There were detailed records of the close communication between General 3 and the pirate Shark.
"This Shark guy is quite useful."
General 3 had ordered the documents destroyed for security, but the pirate Shark hid them firmly inside his secret safe.
Probably out of insecurity, fearing that General 3 would abandon him.
Thanks to that, Cale was able to know what General 3, or more precisely, the guy presumed to be a Wanderer, was looking for.
"The Council of 17."
The Council of 17 that takes place on Island 1, where the Great General resides.
"They planned to use that summoning authority General Perry has to lure all the generals to the island where the Great General resides."
Cale had an idea of what the Wanderer, General 3, was looking for.
"General Perry, why do you think General 3 would do that?"
"Ah."
Perry, who was dazed again, quickly came to her senses and spoke.
"Probably General 3-"
Her gaze darkened deeply.
"It seems he planned to subdue me in secret and, hiding it from everyone, exercise my authority to summon the Council of 17."
After summoning everyone secretly like that.
"The Council of 17 that would take place on the Great General's island."
When the Council of 17 takes place, the defenses of Island 1, where the Great General resides, must also stop during the period they enter and leave.
"At that moment, General 3 probably planned to sweep away the Great General and everyone, and take everything for himself."
Seeing Perry's deeply sunken eyes, Cale smiled.
"I think the same, General Perry."
The gentle smile didn't seem simply cordial to Perry.
When she, without realizing it, clenched her fist from tension.
"General Perry. No one knows that we have now taken control of Island 19."
To Perry, who thought Cale's eyes shone dangerously as if he had something pleasant before him.
Cale whispered a proposal to her.
"General 3's plan. How about we use it?"
"!"
"We wipe them out instead. What do you think? Good, right?"
Seeing Cale smiling widely, cold sweat ran down General Perry's back.
