Chapter 166: Noon and Night

Chapter 166: Noon and Night

Huff! Hah!

The enormous breathing sound slowly and rhythmically entered Klein’s ears, chilling his spine and filling his heart with an inexplicable fear—yet he received no premonition of danger.

It was not only him. Admiral of Stars Cattleya, Toxin Expert Frank Lee, and all the other pirates also heard the breathing. Some turned their heads, some looked outside, some took up weapons, and others grew highly alert, revealing the richness of their experience.

After a brief attempt to distinguish its direction, Klein discovered that the intense breathing came from the ruin ahead and to the side—from between the stones and stone pillars piled into a peak above the surface of the sea.

Just then, Bloodless Heath Doyle emerged from the shadows, clutching his head with both hands. In pain, he let out a low groan.

“There is a corpse…

“There is a corpse there!”

A corpse? A corpse giving off enormous breaths? As thoughts raced through Klein’s mind, Cattleya, who had instinctively removed her heavy glasses and looked toward the ruin, suddenly turned grave. She turned to the pirates in the dining room and said, “Quick!

“Accelerate around it. Do not approach!”

Her voice carried a faint magnetism, instantly snapping everyone awake. The sailors immediately rushed out of the dining room, heading to places where help was needed. Under the command of Navigator Ottolov and Boatswain Nina, they adjusted the sails, changed the route, and passed the ruin from a considerable distance.

Only after the peak formed from stacked stones and pillars vanished beyond the horizon did Bloodless Heath Doyle lower his hands, his expression no longer so pained.

Seeing this, Klein’s eyes narrowed slightly. He felt that this Rose Bishop, the Future’s second mate, might become a major hidden danger during this voyage.

This was not prejudice against Beyonders of the Secrets Suppliant pathway, but a judgment based on Admiral of Stars’ description and Heath Doyle’s reaction just now.

All of them had heard the tremendous breathing, yet only Heath Doyle had fallen into pain and instinctively believed that a corpse lay buried in that ruin. Cattleya’s reaction after checking indirectly confirmed his words.

In other words, even if Heath Doyle did not actively listen to the True Creator’s voice, as someone who possessed the Beyonder powers of a Listener, he could hear more than ordinary people and the vast majority of low- and mid-Sequence Beyonders in a normal environment. When he encountered the breathing just now, when the source was close enough, he suffered far greater influence and obtained more dangerous information.

Here, it was not enough to simply avoid ruins and relics of that kind. According to Admiral of Stars Cattleya, this sea was filled with voices that should not be heard—voices capable of making even demigods lose control. If one day Heath Doyle’s condition was poor, or perhaps too good, he might hear those fatal whispers.

In that regard, a Sequence 6 Rose Bishop might not be too far from a demigod who was not especially good at listening. To explain it with the Die of Probability, it would only need to roll a 2—not a 1—for Heath Doyle to go mad or lose control because of those voices that should not be heard… I should remind Madam Hermit, though she has likely already thought of it and made preparations… Klein withdrew his gaze and heard his stomach give a faint rumble.

He had not yet had time to eat breakfast.

By now, light beer had spilled across the floor. Cream had been trampled everywhere. Pan-fried fish, toast, white bread, and other foods were either lying on the ground or hanging from surfaces, all rather dirty.

If I cut off the outer layer, it should still be edible… Klein looked at a loaf of bread leaning against a table leg, hesitating over whether to act on the thought.

It conflicted somewhat with Gehrman Sparrow’s persona!

Just as he decided to wait for lunch, Admiral of Stars Cattleya…