Chapter 168: “Self-Recommendation”

Chapter 168: “Self-Recommendation”

The abnormality in the spirit world corresponding to the Berserk Sea was caused by Death’s fall… Legends say this deity’s remains and items are hidden somewhere in these waters, waiting for someone holding a specific key to open them… This copper whistle comes from Mr. Azik, and Mr. Azik is confirmed to be a direct descendant of Death, and of the first one or two generations… Therefore, did the copper whistle sense something just now, or was it influenced by something?

One message after another flashed quickly through Klein’s mind. He combined them and formed an initial guess.

He planned to find a hotel in Bodo Harbor soon, open a room, go above the gray fog, and use dream divination to see if he could obtain any revelation. Only then would he consider the time and method of returning to Eskelson Harbor, to avoid accidents that could have been avoided.

Before that, he had to find food for Creeping Hunger.

Descending from the seaside cliff, Klein entered Bodo Harbor.

The buildings here seemed to have been constructed wherever their builders had thought of placing them, with almost no planning at all. Some roads were extremely spacious, some narrow enough for only pedestrians, and in some places, when one lifted one’s head, one could not see the sky at all—only large patches of clothing waiting to dry.

With a new face, Klein strolled through this environment, through passersby dressed like pirates, instinctively thinking of searching for prey in taverns and similar places.

At that moment, he saw quite a few people gathered around a noticeboard in a small square ahead.

What is this?

Klein drew closer with slight curiosity. Relying on the balance and agility of a Clown, he slipped through the gaps between people and barely squeezed into a position where he could see the noticeboard.

On that noticeboard, one sheet of paper was extremely tyrannical. It covered all the others beneath it, allowing people to see it at a glance.

Its heading read:

“The Black Emperor Recruiting Crew.”

The Black Emperor? Isn’t that the ship of Nast, King of the Five Seas—the ship that can travel through the spirit world? This pirate king, in a certain sense, is openly recruiting sailors?

Klein was rather astonished and deliberately muttered, “How is that possible?”

“Why would it be impossible?” Beside him, a burly man with rolled-up sleeves and bare arms immediately laughed loudly. “It wasn’t possible before, but now it is!”

“Why?” Klein had been waiting for someone to engage him and immediately turned his head to ask.

The burly man had dark-blue tattoos on his arms, forearms, and cheeks, making him look quite vicious. Hearing the question, he pointed in the direction of the main route and said, “A week ago, the Black Emperor ran into the Pritz—that steam ironclad ship Loen has been loudly advertising—and a naval battle broke out. Quite a few people died aboard the Black Emperor. They badly need replacement crew!”

Ah?

Klein’s first reaction was that this did not make sense from a mysticism perspective.

According to newspaper reports and the various rumors he had heard at sea, the Pritz was a giant ship with massive cannons in the ordinary sense. It did not contain Beyonder factors. Perhaps in terms of physical destructive power, it would be stronger than the Black Emperor, but the latter could use the spirit world to “jump,” like an oversized Traveler. It was simply not something conventional firearms could harm.

Moreover, King of the Five Seas Nast should be a Sequence 3 demigod of the Black Emperor pathway, the most famous powerhouse at sea. He could directly distort the trajectory of cannon shells. When encountering fleets on a non-mysticism level, he was practically invincible.

In Klein’s view, the two were not opponents on the same plane, yet the final outcome had not been as he imagined.

He did not conceal his astonishment and blurted, “What about the Pritz?”

The rather fierce-looking burly…