Chapter 264

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Chapter 264: Time-Traveling Support

[Bro, it seems like this ‘Hunger’ has really grown a lot.]

[It can’t be just the artist’s fault, right?]

[Damn, could it be that Master Karoso and the others are facing an upgraded version of ‘Hunger’?]

[Why has it become stronger? That doesn’t make sense.]

[How should I know? It doesn’t make sense that Master Karoso is back either.]

[Normally, Tige should still be able to break through ‘Hunger’s’ physical shield, but now it’s too difficult.]

[Is the fight with Saladache too exhausting?]

Although the pirates had drunk some alcohol before, they were still eighth-tier, and when those monsters boarded the ship, they all fought bravely.

However, after the previous battle, their eighth-tier magic was nearly all used up, and in this sea area, the magic recovery speed was very poor, so they could only show seventh-tier strength.

The other three early ninth-tier chief officers swung their battle knives and struck upwards.

The blades of light reached the sky; they couldn’t even touch the essence of ‘Hunger’, let alone reach the height that Tige could achieve.

Whoosh!

‘Hunger’ flapped its unique wings like a Devil Fish, and Tige was nearly knocked away by this movement.

Tige staggered and fixed his gaze on ‘Hunger’ in front of him.

Damn it, even the dead body is still this strong?

He no longer has a soul!

Is this the difference between humans and gods?

Even if I am just one small step away, that step feels like an insurmountable gap.

Swish!

‘Hunger’ flaps its wings again.

"Pfft…"

Tige spat out a mouthful of blood into the air.

Those drops of blood left Tige’s body, suddenly heavy, and fell quickly.

"Quick, get out of the way!"

A staff captain shouted loudly.

A tentacle monster that had mutated was struck by a drop of blood and turned into flying ashes.

Not only that, but the pirate fighting him was also affected.

"Ah!"

The pirate wailed in pain, rolling on the ground as his bones started to smoke.

This shows the difference between the eighth-tier and ninth-tier peaks.

Even a drop of blood from a ninth-tier cannot be withstood by an eighth-tier.

This is also related to the growth of this era; those who reach the ninth-tier have become almost indistinguishable from monsters.

Sizzle, sizzle…

Blood dripped onto the Forbidden Sea, countless fish flipped onto their backs and floated to the surface, clearly dead.

Blood fell onto the Black Pearl, and the deck of the Black Pearl exploded, the blood wrapping around and being absorbed.

Karoso wanted to hide, but he was too slow, and a drop of blood fell on him.

Strangely, the blood that landed on Karoso began to slide off naturally, causing him no real harm.

Tige looked surprised.

Before, he could be sure that this Jack Spoleto was not his son, and his body was not his son’s body, but… why could his blood not harm him?

A normal sixth-tier would have turned to ashes if it touched its own blood.

Could it be…

His blood flows through my veins; he is my descendant?

"Roar!"

"Hunger" roared again, and Tige stepped back once more.

"Drink!"

Tige also let out a loud shout.

Suddenly, his skin began to harden, and patches of dragon scales appeared on his body.

These dragon scales did not cover his entire body, only a part of it.

Especially the vital spots were protected by the dragon scales.

One of Tige’s hands was still a human hand, while the other had already turned into a dragon claw.

"Roar!"

A loud roar came from Tige’s mouth.

For a moment, ‘Hunger’ and Tige’s roar were equally matched.

Pfft, pfft…

The problem was, Tige was already bleeding from all seven holes.

"Surtr!"

Buzz!

A powerful force pulled Karoso uncontrollably toward ‘Hunger.’

"Ah!"

The terrifying power struck Karoso, as if it wanted to shatter him; even with Karoso’s strong will, he began to scream.

Karoso’s magic had no effect in this level of battle at all.

He wanted to use the power of ‘death’, but after closing his eyes, he couldn’t even open them again.

"Hurry up!"

Tige saw that Karoso was his descendant, or perhaps a descendant from the future, but he didn’t know if he was his only bloodline.

If he was the only bloodline, it would be impossible to just watch him die here.

With a strong grab, Tige pulled a skeleton pirate flying up.

"Hey, hey, hey…"

The one who got caught was, by sheer coincidence, the pirate named Saaya, who was a sycophant.

Bang!

Tige swung his massive hand in the air, and Saaya crashed into Karoso, sending Karoso back to the Black Pearl.

Pfft!

Blood sprayed out from the gaps in Tige’s dragon scales.

"Ah!"

Saaya cried out in pain as he soared through the air; the closer he got to ‘hunger’, the nearer he was to becoming a monster.

Eyes opened on his bones, and the pain was almost unbearable.

He felt his body swelling more and more, like a balloon being blown up.

Saaya sensed that something terrible was about to happen, and a deep sorrow surged in his heart.

Am I going to die…?

I clearly protect the young master so well, yet I cannot catch the captain’s eye.

I clearly try so hard, yet I can only be the one who takes the blows.

Damn it, cursed pirates!

Thinking of this, Saaya felt not only hatred for Tige but also a bit of envy.

If only I were the captain’s son, how wonderful that would be…

Everything I strive for, Jack seems to have so easily…

As for the time Karoso almost got killed by that sea monster, Saaya instinctively ignored it.

He felt that he could do that too.

Boom!

With a loud bang, Saaya’s bones shattered and turned into a sky full of ashes.

Whoosh!

At that moment, ‘Hunger’ suddenly opened its mouth, and a fishbone shot towards Karoso.

Tige reached out with his large hand but was unable to catch the fishbone.

He could only watch helplessly as the object flew through the air towards Karoso.

"You will die!"

Tige, furious that it wanted to kill his descendant, transformed his long knife back into its original form, a battle knife made of dragon bone.

He swung the battle knife at ‘Hunger’.

But this could not help Karoso.

Karoso’s eyes grew wide as the fishbone got closer and closer.

This time, there was no way out.

In front of the god, Karoso had no strength to fight back.

……

The real world.

Celica and her friends were fiercely attacking a ship.

On the broken warship, Saladache swung his sword quickly.

One by one, the undead rushed toward Celica and her friends like puppets on strings.

Saladache looked the same as he did from eras ago, but he seemed more lifeless, and his power hadn’t yet reached level nine.

His crew had also lost their former strength, falling a level overall.

However, Saladache, standing on the ship, gave off a strong sense of oppression.

The ship was still the same ship, with Saladache’s feet deeply sunk into it, as if he had become one with the vessel.

The power he could summon did not reach the ninth tier, but he once was a ninth-tier, far beyond the power of an eighth-tier.

Besides him, the three former lieutenants were also present, all of them being eighth-tier.

Many of the other seventh-tier undead crew members who had survived this battle had been killed.

"Celica, don’t use up your magic so fast, I can’t keep up!" Merlin waved his magic wand, and his magic was being consumed rapidly.

"A few little ones, thinking they can run wild in the Forbidden Sea… you weaklings do not deserve to be in the Forbidden Sea!" Saladache’s harsh voice rang out.

"Saladache, you should have died many eras ago," Merlin declared loudly. "You should be sleeping at the bottom of the sea, not seeing the light of day again!"

"You are just a pitiful ghost, a ghost that can’t even leave the Forbidden Sea!"

"Sigh… Right now, I truly feel so weak that even someone like you dares to speak to me like this." The knife pillar of Saladache was on the deck, "Hmph, just you few women, if sold to the Red Romance, you would fetch a good price. As for the men, they could be castrated and sing songs, which wouldn’t be so bad."

"Oh, the most valuable one must be you, this elf. Back in the day, I caught many High Elves like you on the sea, sealed their magic, and sold them to nobles. Once the nobles got tired of them, they would reward them to their servants or even their hunting dogs, hehehe…"

"Scoundrel!" The sword in Celica’s hand shone brightly, and yet another seventh-tier ghost fell to her blade.

"Celica, don’t let his trash talk affect you!" Merlin, older and with thick skin, was completely unfazed by Saladache’s insults, "If you get angry, your magic control will weaken!"

"I know!" Celica understood, but she couldn’t help it.

She didn’t become a cardinal in the usual way; her temper was not like those administrative types. She became a cardinal because her battle power was strong, earning her respect through her might.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…

Ghosts were flying everywhere, howling in the dark night.

The magic circle on HMS Johenna Smith was flashing wildly and seemed ready to break.

On the deck, Alita was observing Saladache’s battle while making cards.

Various materials danced in her hands, and all the tools needed for card-making were beside her.

Stones were ground, carved, plants were dried and powdered, or used whole…

Alita was not a novice; if she were, with the correct order and method from Karoso, she could easily make the cards.

But Alita was only a seventh-tier card maker, and there were many materials she simply could not handle!

For example, the rock that Minaret brought back was something Alita couldn’t understand.

A seventh-tier card maker has a chance to create eighth-tier cards, but how many have succeeded?

Alita could only rely on the magic circle set up by Merlin to barely use stronger magic.

Also, she had to make cards while keeping an eye on the battle between Saladache and the others.

This card is specially made to target the undead. While observing Saladache’s abilities, Alita could greatly increase her chances of success by making the card.

It’s like doing research; Alita knows the answer, but she doesn’t understand some formulas, and she needs to write down the entire process, so she needs to observe the final result.

"Alita, how much longer for the card?" Celica shouted.

"Damn it, why don’t you just use ninth-tier power to defeat him immediately? Stop talking nonsense…" Alita was almost going crazy while handling the materials, and she was feeling quite irritated, revealing her previous bad temper.

"Master Alita, stay calm and take your time; there is only one set of materials…" Russell said with a bitter smile.

"Merlin, if you run out of magic, switch!" Celica and Russell fought fiercely against the undead with their swords.

The Pastor and the knight were also on the ship helping to fight, but their performance was far below that of Russell and Celica, so they could only assist.

Most of those seventh-tier undead pirates were killed by two people.

The four of them used all their strength just to protect the ship, let alone defeat Saladache.

In the previous battle, the losses were just too great, and with the slow recovery of magic power, they couldn’t show the same abilities as before.

Saladache is different; his ship is wildly absorbing magic power to replenish him, and his recovery is truly at the eighth tier.

In theory, this battle must be quick, or they will suffer more losses as it goes on.

However, Saladache is not an opponent that can be defeated quickly.

"Alright!"

Seeing that the magic power was almost gone, Merlin finally threw out a card.

[Name: Moon Well]

[Category: Spell]

[Star Level: 8]

[Rank: Golden Legend]

[Occupation Restriction: Pastor]

[Introduction: Continuously restores the magic of the chosen person and heals their wounds, but the well’s water is limited, so don’t use it for too long.]

Buzz…

An ancient well appeared on the ship, and magic flowed towards Russell and Celica.

After Merlin finished using his skill, he quickly entered the ship.

Soon, a shadow rushed out, heading straight for Saladache; it was Minaret.

Even in a life-and-death situation, don’t expect the dark elf and the high elf to work together; that is a rule etched in their souls.

"Oh, a dark elf." In Saladache’s time, the dark elves and high elves had not yet gone to war; otherwise, if he had known the deep hatred between the two sides, he might have said something foolish.

Minaret’s body turned into an afterimage, like a gust of wind.

Saladache stood quietly, waving his blade, and Minaret could not get close at all.

She had already used all her Legend Cards earlier, so she could not use them again.

Moreover, in the last battle, Minaret had also used a lot of energy.

……

After Merlin returned to the cabin, she went straight to Celica’s room; she needed to check on Sophia and Neymar.

Everything started because of them, and their safety was very important.

Seeing that both were fine, Merlin breathed a sigh of relief and regained a bit of her magic; even the smallest bit was helpful.

"Brother, brother is in danger…"

Just then, sweat began to flow from Neymar’s head, and she was mumbling something.

"Neymar… don’t do anything reckless!" Merlin suddenly looked at Neymar.

"Brother is in danger…"

The magic around Neymar suddenly became unstable.

The mysterious words floating around her, which were once moving in a neat order, suddenly became chaotic.

Forbidden knowledge and madness surged into Neymar’s mind, gradually forming a system.

"Neymar, please don’t do anything reckless. He is Karoso; he won’t be in danger. Be quiet, be quiet…" Merlin wanted to get closer, but Neymar’s magic forcefully pushed him away.

Buzz!

Neymar opened her deep blue eyes.

"God, my brother is facing God…"

Neymar murmured, "My brother does not have the strength to fight God; he is no match for God…"

"That’s not true, Neymar. If Karoso is facing God, he probably won’t even survive a single encounter. You can’t help him." Merlin said anxiously.

One Saladache is already difficult to deal with; if Neymar loses control, the consequences will be unimaginable!

Don’t be fooled by Neymar’s only fourth-tier level; the terrifying power within her is something even Merlin dares not confront directly.

Merlin now feels a bit regretful; he wishes he had held on a little longer. If Minaret were here, it would be easier to resolve the issue, at least Minaret would have more magic left.

"Lend me your divine power…"

Neymar’s delicate hand rested on Sophia beside her.

Sophia’s whole body began to convulse as the power within her surged toward Neymar.

Neymar’s other empty hand swept gently through the air.

Sizzle!

It was as if the space had been torn apart by her move, and Karoso was facing ‘hunger’ at six times the speed.

Buzz!

In that moment, the divine power of Neymar and Sophia poured wildly into the time-space gate, rushing toward Karoso.

What was happening now was beyond Merlin’s understanding.

……

Karoso stared at the fish spine that was about to reach him and gripped his Shining Courage tightly.

Buzz!

Karoso swung his sword fiercely, and Shining Courage struck the fish spine.

Bang!

The fish spine shot by the god was unexpectedly sliced away by Karoso’s sword!

Now, Karoso’s eyes had turned blue, and his hair had also changed to blue, flowing in the wind.

His eyes looked coldly at the hunger in the sky.