Sonia Island.
In Amyrius's sailboat warehouse, intelligence reports were pouring into the Admiral's hands like snowflakes, through Black Sail.
"Colonel Ken succeeded. He and Iceberg Admiral attracted a large number of pirates and clashed with the Feysac fleet in the sea about an hour's voyage from here."
"Shevic is suspected to have left the base. Last night, many people saw a giant flaming spear pass through the air. Judging from the direction that flaming spear went, Shevic should be returning to the Feysac's naval base in the Sonia Sea. Strange, why would Shevic be transferred at this time?"
Amyrius picked up another intelligence report: "On the east side of the Sea Island, at the Feysac's temporary base, a huge gate appeared on the sea. That should be the item the Feysac's control. Are they preparing to attack Pritz Harbor?"
Thump, thump, thump—
Footsteps sounded outside the warehouse door, and then Mark pushed the door open, looking at Lex and the others with a smile: "Everyone, we have helpers."
He stepped aside, and then three people walked in from outside the door.
The first to enter the warehouse was a young man with dark blue hair and dark skin. As soon as he entered, he looked at Lex and snorted softly.
"Quincy?"
Lex stood up in surprise, and then looked at the two who entered subsequently; they were both familiar faces.
They were Edward Shawn, the painter and Poet, and Frank, the 'Thief' whose eyes were always darting around.
They were colleagues from the Wavebreaker.
"Who are you?" Amyrius looked at them. The Admiral's invisible pressure made Quincy become well-behaved and submissive.
"They are crew members from the Wavebreaker and are Black Sail members from the same period as Lieutenant Lex," Mark introduced the three of them. "Lieutenant Colonel Ken sent them over to see if they could be of use."
"I see." Amyrius nodded slightly. "Now that Yegor's fleet is entangled with the pirates, and Shevic has left the base, this is a good opportunity for us."
"We can try to destroy that item, making a final attempt before the Feysac's attack Pritz Harbor!"
Lex coughed and tried to say, "Your Excellency, Admiral, let us go into the base to create Confusion and attract the Feysac's attention, so you can take the opportunity to try and destroy that item."
Unexpectedly, Amyrius shook his head and said, "I don't have the habit of entrusting difficult tasks to subordinates. I will attract attention; you and Lueran will go and destroy the gate."
"It's decided."
"Time is short, all of you, come here and take my hand."
Since Amyrius had made his decision, Lex naturally would not object. He and the others stepped forward and took the Admiral's arm.
Amyrius lightly patted his chest. The item in his pocket that could traverse the Spirit Realm once again shone with Light. In an instant, Lex appeared in the Spirit Realm.
Amyrius seemed to know the location of the temporary base and calmly walked forward. The others, holding onto him, moved along.
At this moment, a beautiful song faintly drifted from the depths of the Spirit Realm. Lex followed the song and saw an area like an ocean. Thick mist permeated that 'sea,' and in the sea mist, a woman vaguely appeared.
Her figure was indistinct in the thick fog, only revealing a pair of hands covered in bronze-gold scales, thick gray long hair, and luxurious clothing like a court gown.
She seemed to sense Lex's gaze, raised her head, and looked at Lex. The moment their gazes met, Lex and the others' figures disappeared from the Spirit Realm.
The gray-haired lady withdrew her gaze, closed her eyes, sang again, and walked into the thick fog, her song gradually fading away.
When things regained their tangibility, Lex found himself standing on a high slope, from where he could see the distant Feysac base and a huge, illusory, mysterious archway like the Gate of Heaven appearing on the sea.
At this time, the doors of the archway were still tightly closed; it seemed the Feysac's were only preparing in advance and had not yet set off.
Amyrius also saw that archway. The Admiral said in a deep voice, "Our opportunity has come."
"You all infiltrate the base first, wait for my signal, and try to destroy that item."
Lex and the others nodded. Amyrius lightly patted his chest again, and his figure instantly faded. The Admiral once again walked within the Spirit Realm.
"Let's go." Lueran took the lead. As Amyrius's secretary, he implicitly became the Commander of the group at this moment.
Lex and the others had no objections and followed the blond secretary. They cautiously approached the base. The defenses of this temporary base were quite lax, and with the departure imminent, there were almost no guards around the base.
Only a sporadic Soldier or two walked by occasionally.
Lueran found a gap, directed everyone to enter, and then said to Lex, "You've infiltrated the base before; you lead the way."
Upon hearing this, Lex realized that the blond secretary's decision was exactly what he wanted. He nodded, his gaze falling on a warehouse.
That was the Feysac's materials warehouse.
When he infiltrated the base last night, out of a 'Hunter's' instinct, he took the opportunity to figure out the layout of the base's buildings.
The fleet was about to depart today, and Lex believed that the materials in the warehouse had probably all been moved out, but some things should still be in the warehouse.
Gems!
To meet the conditions for clarence's gate to perform large-scale Teleport, the Feysac's had purchased a large quantity of various gems from the Town and other places.
If those gems hadn't been used up, they should still be stored in the warehouse.
When he was about to go to sea, his mother, Amelly, told him about the ritual to retrieve the 'Gate', and that ritual required various gems.
"Follow me."
Lex led the way, using the cover of various buildings to reach the back of the warehouse. They easily slipped into the warehouse. As expected, almost all the materials in the warehouse had been moved out.
"Let's wait here for Your Excellency, Admiral's signal," Lex said, then pretended to wander around casually. A moment later, he found several boxes.
One of the boxes was open, with many gems piled inside.
Lex was overjoyed. If he had the materials, he could find an opportunity to perform the ritual to retrieve clarence's gate, instead of trying to destroy it.
He quickly walked to the box, selected several rubies, sapphires, emeralds, diamonds, pearls, lapis lazuli, and other gems from it, and put them in his pocket.
As soon as he finished all this and turned around, he saw Quincy staring at him.
Quincy said coldly, "Lieutenant Lex, now isn't the time for this kind of thing, is it?"
Lex was stunned.
He suspects me of taking advantage of the situation to line my own pockets?
That's a very good suspicion!