'Am I dead?'
'I should be dead.'
'I hope my departed soul can go to the Lord's divine kingdom and continue serving Him.'
Mr. A only felt that he was in a world of darkness without any light.
This world was too desolate, too cold. This was a world without the Lord.
"Lord, why are You unwilling to guide Your most devout believer to the divine kingdom to serve You?"
Mr. A shouted loudly in this dark world, but after shouting a few times, he felt that something was a bit wrong.
Then… he opened his eyes. The dark world earlier was simply because his eyes had been closed.
The divine kingdom he longed for had not arrived, although he was still by the sea.
Mr. A got up from a flat reef beneath him and began to look around. When he saw a familiar figure not far ahead, he quickly knelt down again.
"Great Lord, merciful Father of all living beings, your devout believer will forever be grateful for Your salvation tonight."
The figure did not speak. Mr. A slightly raised his head and secretly glanced with the corner of his eye.
He was very familiar with this figure. It was the very subordinate he had personally turned into a vessel to contain divinity and placed inside a coffin.
Now the Lord's divinity had completely revived, descended here, and even saved him when his life was about to reach its end.
What an immense blessing and honor!
Thinking of this, Mr. A's body trembled slightly. The joy from the depths of his heart was even more satisfying than obtaining all the wealth and power in the world.
"Secretly prepare a coffin, and at the same time find a place suitable for this body to hide."
The sudden voice shook Mr. A to the core. After being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly replied, "We still have a stronghold in the dock area of Backlund. It can serve as a temporary foothold."
"This is Southville County."
"..." Mr. A fell into brief confusion again. Looking at the sky that still held the crimson moon, had he slept for a long time?
"This is a secret mission that only you may know."
"Yes!" Mr. A shuddered all over, his heart filled with vigorous fighting spirit.
This was a task that only he could accomplish!
"Come back here before dawn." Mr. A prostrated himself on the ground, respectfully accepting the task before leaving.
On the seaside reef, Hastur was still familiarizing himself with his new vessel.
Tonight's fusion had been very successful, but he still could not fully display the strength of this body.
It was like in martial arts novels: a young man who accidentally receives the inner power of a master through an enlightenment, possessing powerful internal energy but unable to skillfully use it.
Through the brief clash with Archbishop Anthony tonight, he had roughly understood the level of strength this body possessed.
Sequence 2 to Sequence 3. If it could be fully unleashed, it would be a Sequence 2 angel.
And one that mastered multiple pathways and excelled in combat!
Hastur had never fought with his full strength. There were too many secrets on him, so when he acted he usually only used the War Emblem and the Beyonder abilities of his own pathway.
He could not display the true power that belonged to the stars.
For example, the chains he had named the Chains of Order had not yet truly shown their formidable side in battle.
There were also the combinations of multiple Beyonder pathways. That alone was far more terrifying than a Shepherd.
This vessel inherently contained the Beyonder pathway of the True Creator. In addition, he had already involved himself in four Beyonder pathways: the Black Emperor pathway, the Judgment pathway, the Fate pathway, and the Night pathway.
At the same time, he could control five Beyonder pathways!
With such innate conditions, the combat power that could be unleashed was absolutely terrifying.
Most importantly, Hastur did not need to worry about exposing his identity. He could use his strength without reservation.
No one would connect this body with a young earl named Hastur Campbell.
"There's still some time before dawn. I can do a few other things." Hastur closed his eyes and thought for a while before opening a gateway to the spirit world.
This time, he did not rush through it but slowly wandered through the spirit world.
This was a very magical place. Even in the original work, its description was not very detailed.
He also saw the seven pure lights at the top of the spirit world. Mr. Fool's Sefirah Castle was above the gray fog above those seven pure lights.
Should he go pay a visit? Mr. Fool was probably still sleeping now, and it would be difficult for him to pass through that gray fog in his current state.
Forget it. Better not scare Mr. Fool. Let him sleep peacefully.
Hastur withdrew his gaze from the seven pure lights and focused on the spirit world before him.
Desolate and ruined, it looked like the aftermath of a great battle that had swept across the entire spirit world.
Some timid spirit world creatures were subdued by the aura emanating from Hastur, while others were drawn toward him.
These spirit world creatures were pure spirit bodies with various shapes. They were not limited to humanoid or animal forms. They might be a white ribbon or a twisted sphere.
Mysterious and strange.
"Follow the guidance of fate, the area where Reinette Tinekerr is located."
Hastur murmured softly. His eyes filled with twisted and profound patterns. When his gaze that could peer into fate swept across, the place where Reinette Tinekerr was located was completely revealed.
Hastur sped in that direction. In the spirit world there was no need to consider basic physical laws like gravity, so the speed was astonishing.
Before long, Hastur arrived in front of Reinette Tinekerr. She was a translucent woman, nearly as tall as a castle, wearing a complicated, gorgeous yet gloomy black dress.
She had no head. At her neck was a neat cut, and in her drooping hands she held four identical heads, blonde hair, red eyes, beautiful faces. This was her mythical creature form.
Reinette Tinekerr, Sharon's teacher and the person closest to her. This was also the New Year gift Hastur wanted to give Sharon.
At first, Hastur had planned to summon Reinette Tinekerr through the method of summoning a messenger, allowing Sharon to see her teacher.
But since there was still some time before dawn, he came here to take a look.
Facing Hastur's arrival, Reinette Tinekerr, holding the four heads, did not flee. Instead, she curiously observed him.
Her gaze was somewhat sluggish, looking a bit silly, carrying a strange sense of humor.
Her injuries had not fully recovered yet, which was why she appeared in such a state.
Hastur only looked at her for a while without disturbing her. Then he began searching for the next target, the King of the Five Seas, Nast.
When Hastur left, the giant doll as large as a castle, with four heads and four pairs of eyes, stared straight in the direction he had departed, a hint of confusion in her eyes.
….
On the sea, aboard the Black Emperor.
Nast was not resting but stood at the bow, gazing toward the Southern Continent.
Although he also wanted to go to the Southern Continent to fish in troubled waters and seize some benefits, the uncrowned king had been wandering around that area, and he did not want to encounter him.
He did not want to become the second pirate king to be subdued.
"Captain, we've spotted the Dawn. It's sailing toward our direction," the lookout responsible for observing the flank ran over to report.
"Stop sailing. Wait for the Dawn to approach." Nast had long expected the Dawn's arrival.
Right now, the entire sea had been thrown into chaos by that uncrowned king.
If it weren't for the fact that the Loen Kingdom's Navy and the Church of Storms were attracting his attention, Nast would not be here waiting for opportunities. Instead, he would hide to avoid encountering that uncrowned king.
Among the four pirate kings, only he and the Mystic Queen Bernadette had not yet been affected. Joining forces was only a matter of time.
Previously he had also wanted to cooperate with Bernadette, but her whereabouts were mysterious. It was said she was on the Southern Continent, preventing him from doing so.
The Dawn gradually approached the Black Emperor. Two legendary flagships of the sea successfully met in the night before the sun had risen.
But before Bernadette appeared before Nast, a spirit world portal suddenly appeared.
Then a black-haired young man stepped out.
Nast subconsciously assumed he was the uncrowned king, but after careful observation and sensing, he realized the young man before him was not that person.
This black-haired young man wore a white priest's robe that did not quite fit him. He was barefoot, and there were no additional items on his hands.
His eyes were also extremely clean, without the slightest impurity. Are young people nowadays all this terrifying?
Nast's heart skipped a beat. Earlier, a young man had already stirred the entire sea and become the uncrowned king. Now another young man had appeared out of thin air before him.
Just from the faint aura emanating from him, Nast understood that the other party must be a terrifying being.
"Looks like I've encountered a grand gathering tonight." The young man turned around, his back facing Nast, and looked toward the Dawn as it approached.
The Mystic Queen Bernadette appeared at the bow.
Crew members from both the Dawn and the Black Emperor stuck their heads out, wanting to see what was happening tonight.
But in the end, after being scolded by Nast and Bernadette, they all returned to their cabins to wait.
Bernadette did not choose to go to the Black Emperor.
She could not see through that black-haired young man, and she had never personally seen the uncrowned king.
Equally young, and appearing on the Black Emperor, it already seemed to prove his identity.