Lord of the Mysteries

Chapter 971 Restraint

On the observation deck of the liner, the bugle was sounded. It tore through the obstacles put up by the wind and rain, awakening all the passengers on board.

Unable to dress up in time, they could only don a coat or their pajamas, rushing barefoot to the window to observe the situation outside.

Half of the passengers quickly saw a gigantic sailboat that didn’t adhere to common sense. They saw its three pitch-black sails and the blob of pale flickering yellow amidst the dark environment.

Together with the howling winds, spattering rain, and the moonless and starless night sky, many passengers felt as though the ship was approaching them from hell, bringing with it an inexplicable sense of horror and dominance.

After a brief pause and frenzy, a name surfaced in their minds: Black Emperor!

Anyone who had been out at sea for some time, or people who lived in port cities in the various colonies, more or less knew the existence of such a pirate ship!

“Sigh, may the Storm be with you and me.”

“May the Goddess watch over us!”

“Holy Lord of Storms!”

As the passengers subconsciously made prayers, they were filled with horror and helplessness.

These passengers knew very well that the owner of the Black Emperor had the highest bounty on the Five Seas. In a particular sense, he was the King of Pirates, and was a powerful figure who could remain alive despite the campaigns of the various fleets from different nations. He was definitely not someone the cannons and crew of a liner could resist.

This meant that they were about to fall into the hands of pirates!

Many women couldn’t help but imagine being raped by the pirates and being sold to unfamiliar lands. Some trembled while others collapsed to the ground. Some rummaged for daggers or revolvers; it was unknown if they wanted to resist, or if they were unwilling to face the worst outcome. Having failed to find weapons, some moved a clothes rack to their side.

The men didn’t react any better. Apart from a number of them drawing weapons in a bid to organize themselves to resist, the remaining froze in a daze or sought places to hide. Other cursed the darn liner and the King of the Five Seas.

Finally, the captain’s voice boomed into the ears of every passenger via the broadcasting equipment or something else.

“Silence! Don’t be afraid!

“The owner of the Black Emperor has his own code. He’s not like other pirates. His subordinates can only plunder for items and wealth, nothing else!

Such words were repeated a few times as the panicking passengers finally calmed down and no longer exhibited such horror.

Compared to the outcomes they had imagined, being able to live and not be raped was an excellent outcome.

passengers were overwhelmed with sadness and cried upon realizing how their hard-earned savings would

unable to pay their loans, it was possible that their family would end

much as they could from the pirates. After doing this, they held their

feral beasts would fight back

the pirates on the Black Emperor were waiting by the broadside according to their orders. They were prepared to jump onto

second mate, Horror Viscount Bird Mustang was holding a telescope as he observed the liner opposite him without much thought. He was inwardly calculating how much longer before

on his sleeves and collars. He donned a dark red captain’s

vision blurred and he could no longer see the

Mustang hurriedly searched with his telescope, but regardless of the direction he aimed it at,

huge

in Bird Mustang’s eyes flickered as he failed to make

“Where’s the ship?”

such a huge ship

“It was still around!”

deck also noticed something amiss as they

there aren’t any ghost ships with such a make. This is a steam and sail hybrid that got popular in recent decades… An illusion? Someone had hidden a liner with a large-scale illusion? An illusion at

he traveled seemed to distort. In about eight steps, Bird Mustang covered quite a sizable distance and arrived in front of the captain’s cabin. He reverently bowed and said, “Earl Nast, something abnormal has happened with the

continued having himself addressed as an earl,

a matter of time before he established a pirates’ kingdom, becoming

solemn voice sounded

“Circle around it.”

Mustang didn’t ask why as he

he could imagine the

it was definitely not something a Low- or Mid-Sequence Beyonder could

the Earl of White Maple Nast, as the King of the Five Seas, he wouldn’t do such rash acts unless

counterattack. This also implied that he didn’t wish to clash with the Black Emperor and the King

to leave the broadside and

heavy red-headed sea eagle suddenly flew out of its flock and headed for the Black Emperor, spiraling

down upon the deck and spoke deeply in a human’s

the Earl of White

taken aback for a second before he cast his

Five Seas Nast’s solemn voice sounded again. Instead of

immediately followed the order as the sea eagle swooped down in the storm. Its body gradually changed and turned into a humanoid

red-headed sea eagle, but a man with a tall top hat and tuxedo.

slightly as though he was trying to

he observed it, he was unable to discover anything abnormal about this exaggerated man.

Bird Mustang’s pupils dilated even more because he

an invitee at a banquet, was very thin.