Chapter 78: The Hanged Man Gets Fleeced

Chapter 78: The Hanged Man Gets Fleeced

Above the gray fog, Klein sat down while removing the Black Emperor card that had fused with his spirit body, instantly returning to his original appearance.

This is what you call one-click outfit change… He mocked himself inwardly while savoring what had just happened.

He was almost certain that the “giant” wearing the spired crown was the King of the Five Seas, Nast, and that the hundred-meter sailing ship capable of navigating the spirit world was the ancient Solomon Empire’s ghost ship, the Black Emperor!

“I always thought ghost ship simply meant a ship that could sail on its own and would not sink, something closer to a strange creature. I did not expect that the most powerful and top-tier ghost ships could even make themselves illusory and wander through the spirit world…

“That is almost equivalent to being a demigod, right? As expected of the most famous ship on the five seas, the Black Emperor… Mm. I cannot exclude the possibility that a Traveler was sacrificed alive during its creation…

“And what about one of the most famous treasures, the Ghost Empire, the ship carrying the final legacy of the Trunsoest Empire? Does it possess similar abilities, and is that why no one can find it?”

Klein’s thoughts scattered bit by bit. He did not immediately think about the reason for his sudden encounter with the King of the Five Seas, Nast.

That matter was exceedingly obvious: the law of Beyonder characteristic convergence!

Although the Black Emperor card itself did not contain Beyonder characteristics, Roselle had added or engraved something unknown during its creation. This allowed anyone holding it after advancing to the High Sequences to use the Card of Blasphemy to develop a subtle sense toward the Beyonder materials they would need.

A similar sense was undoubtedly mutual. When one sensed someone else, one would naturally be sensed by that someone else as well. And before the holder crossed the threshold into demigodhood, it would manifest as an unconscious fate of drawing closer.

On this point, Klein had deep personal experience. He had always suspected that the gray fog’s existence caused certain Beyonders or supernatural incidents to gather around him.

“Wandering the spirit world with the Black Emperor card is more likely to lead to similar situations than using it in reality, because the real world must obey many rules. Even with the pull of fate, things have to conform to logic and unfold bit by bit. It is not as if I used the Black Emperor card in Backlund, and the King of the Five Seas, Nast, could instantly ride his ghost ship and appear before me…

“Even if he could sense that kind of pull, he would still need to confirm my location and travel through the spirit world. Several hours, perhaps even several days, would pass just like that. If he could not sense it, he would merely naturally think of sailing toward the Sonia Sea or approaching the borders of the Kingdom of Loen. In that case, we might not meet for months or years.

“But in the spirit world, things become simple. There is no distinction between near and far, high and low, up, down, left, or right. Position and distance are extremely chaotic. The King of the Five Seas, Nast, may have only been thinking of taking a spin through the spirit world, only to see me passing by the moment he entered. That does not need to obey the constraints and limits of real-world geography.” Klein thoughtfully bent his finger and lightly tapped the edge of the mottled long table.

In addition, he was certain of one thing: the reason he had uncontrollably thrown himself toward the Black Emperor and toward the King of the Five Seas, Nast, was not because of the law of Beyonder characteristic convergence. That effect manifested through fate, sensing, and craving. It would not be so exaggerated. Otherwise, High-Sequence powerhouses could not exist at all. They would all involuntarily be drawn toward their pathway’s…