Watching Frank, who had finally settled down, Cattleya's mouth twitched, guessing that this was likely a punishment from that high-level Spirit World creature.
"Since he won't die, he should learn his lesson…." Thinking this, her expression suddenly changed, and she turned her head to look at the sea to the left of the Future.
Ripples spread across the void above the sea, and a gloomy green light overflowed. Amidst the Wraiths, shadowy figures, and various strange Spirit World creatures, a sailboat, roughly the same size as the Future, abruptly appeared.
Seeing the very prominent black tulip on the sail, Cattleya's face had just shown a hint of vigilance when, in the next second, her body instantly tensed. She suppressed the instinct to use her "Eyes of Mystery Prying" and lowered her eyes to look behind her.
Without a sound, Reinette Tinekerr appeared beside Frank, who was stuck in the ground, bringing Klein with her.
After confirming that this fellow was not in any mortal danger, Klein breathed a sigh of relief. He cupped his hands at Miss Messenger, and after she returned to the Spirit World, he looked at the woman in the Warlock's robe and calmly introduced himself:
"Gehrman Sparrow. Frank should have told you about my matter beforehand. I will be taking him away for a period of time."
As he spoke, Klein pointed at Frank, who had finally crawled out of the dirt, but his gaze subtly drifted towards the astrolabe hanging from Cattleya's waist.
Unlike his distant observation at the pirate gathering before, Klein, who had already advanced to Marionettist, could confirm that this item was related to that mysterious gray fog space.
Not noticing Klein's subtle scrutiny, Cattleya's eyes flickered, drawn by Reinette Tinekerr and the Marionette Ludwig. She looked at Klein with a touch of pity, sighed, and after some thought, still reminded him:
"I wish you a pleasant journey. Also, be careful of Frank…"
Feeling the complex emotions contained in that gaze, Klein's eyelids twitched slightly. He nodded silently, and after the Admiral of Stars transformed into starlight and vanished, he looked at Frank, who was constantly digging dirt out of his ears:
"Let's go! We can set off now."
Frank was stunned for a moment, and a bright smile quickly appeared on his face. He slapped his head as if he had thought of something.
But before he could shout, a ball of faint blue starlight flew out from the Future. In the next second, the flagship of the Star Pirates surged with even more brilliant starlight, disappearing directly from this sea area as if avoiding a plague god.
What did you do to them?
Klein suppressed the words that came to his lips, looking at the somewhat bewildered Frank and the object wrapped in the starlight thrown out by the Future—a pile of "colorful" dirt!
Realizing that he had been abandoned, Frank, somewhat dejectedly, pulled out an unstruggling silver-scaled fish from the silver soil. He took a deep breath.
Then, as if he had thought of something, Frank slapped his head and pulled another silver-scaled fish from the dirt, promoting it to Klein with great enthusiasm:
"This is the improved silver-scaled fish I cultivated after my advancement, with red wine as blood. Although it's still a semi-finished product with a very short lifespan, it can already reproduce in my specially prepared soil."
"Praise the Earth's grace! This will absolutely not be inferior to Sonia Wine, and you won't get drunk at all!"
You devil… Klein took a deep breath, not wanting to bother with Frank, who was drowning his sorrows in alcohol, or more accurately, in fish. He turned directly and walked towards the Black Tulip.
After a few steps, Klein stopped, turned his head, and glared at Frank, emphasizing each word very seriously:
"On my ship, you are not allowed to attempt these terrifying experiments again, if you still want me to take you to the Evernight Plains!"
Frank put down the shriveled silver-scaled fish in his hand, scratched his head somewhat blankly, and looked at Klein in confusion:
"But Lord Blessed told me before that this ship was lent to us for use, and he even praised my experiments as great feats capable of changing the world, and allowed me to continue experimenting on this ghost ship."
Klein's face instantly fell, feeling a bit embarrassed. Suppressing the shame, he nodded calmly and returned to the ghost ship with Ludwig.
Standing on the deck and watching Frank busy transporting things, Klein was very worried about what experiments this guy, who was not much better than a Lunatic, could complete, and what strange species he might create.
What if he planted himself and harvested a pile of Franks? Then this world would truly be in danger!
Klein silently exhaled, deeply feeling the difficulty of this journey. Not only did he have to guard against Ince Zangwill, who was hiding in the dark, but he also had to worry about when Frank would give him a "surprise."
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Abyss of Ferrying. Aaron sat cross-legged on the top of the inverted mausoleum at the very center of the "City of the Dead", and began to arrange the ritual he had prayed for from the Evernight Goddess.
Thick black mist, imbued with Death's aura, was pulled by an invisible force, forming an illusory Door covered with strange symbols under the flickering candlelight. A figure drifted out from the deep, seemingly boundless Darkness.
It was Azik's soul, with his eyes tightly closed and a serene expression.
Receiving this half of Azik's soul, which had been stripped from the Death Uniqueness, washed by the River of Eternal Darkness, and fallen into eternal slumber, Aaron heard an ethereal, distant female voice in his ear:
"Unless you encounter a life-threatening situation, I will not intervene for a while. Also, do not contact the Church of the Earth Mother recently…"
Is it because of the previous divine war? Aaron raised his eyebrows, then nodded indifferently. Watching the illusory door dissipate, his figure flickered, and he arrived before the Gate of the Underworld at the very bottom of the Styx.
Haiter's spiritual origin had been completely absorbed by Azik. The Death Consul's soul repair speed was much faster than Aaron had anticipated.
As if sensing Aaron's arrival, or perhaps sensing the half of the soul of the same origin in Aaron's hand, Azik, who was sitting cross-legged before the Gate of the Underworld, absorbing the boundless black mist, suddenly opened his eyes. A complex flicker passed through his already pale vertical pupils.
Without needing Aaron to say anything more, Azik waved his hand, sending the somewhat bewildered Dunn Smith out of the Styx. His body suddenly swelled, directly activating his Mythical Creature form, transforming into a massive, hundreds-of-meters-long feathered serpent, and swallowed the "himself" with closed eyes in one gulp.
Endless information, invisible to the naked eye, seeped out from the void, condensing into Bernadette's figure beside Aaron. Queen Mystic gazed at the massive feathered serpent stirring the Styx, and the "Wheel of Fortune" card and the "Hermit" card quietly appeared in her hand.
As a Sage, only one step away from the Knowledge Emperor, Bernadette, with the help of these two Cards of Blasphemy intentionally left behind by Roselle, could, to a certain extent, imbue abstract knowledge with substantial power.