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.

sadness and cried upon realizing how their hard-earned savings would be

If they were unable to pay their loans, it was possible that

kinds of hidden compartments, hoping to keep as much as they could from the pirates. After doing this, they held their weapons

back when cornered, why

moment, many of the pirates on the Black Emperor were waiting by the broadside according to

as he observed the liner opposite him without much thought. He

exceeded ten thousand pounds, wore an Intis-styled shirt with complicated patterns on his sleeves and collars. He donned a dark red captain’s attire, as though he was awaiting the commencement of a ball, and not a

his vision blurred and he could no

regardless of the direction he aimed it at, there was nothing but stormy waves and red-headed sea eagles who

huge liner

as he failed to make an

“Where’s the ship?”

such a huge

“It was still around!”

pirates on deck also noticed something

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 this scale has to have been

covered quite a sizable distance and arrived in front of the captain’s cabin. He reverently bowed and said, “Earl Nast, something abnormal has

Emperor, King of the Five Seas Nast continued having himself addressed as an earl, as it

announced that it was a matter of time before he established

a brief silence, a solemn voice sounded from the

“Circle around it.”

Mustang didn’t ask why as

could imagine the

it an illusion or not, to make such a huge steam and sail hybrid liner vanish from the scrutiny of hundreds of pirates, it was definitely not something a Low- or Mid-Sequence Beyonder could accomplish. The ship definitely

was definitely an irrational act. Even if the Earl of White Maple Nast, as the King of the Five Seas, he wouldn’t do such rash acts unless there was something

the demigod was only hiding on the liner and had not launched any counterattack. This also implied that he didn’t wish to clash with the Black Emperor and the

sailors to leave

eagle suddenly flew out of its flock and headed

pirates’ confusion, the red-headed sea eagle looked down upon the deck and spoke deeply in

wish to meet the Earl of

taken aback for a second before

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

sea eagle swooped down in the storm. Its

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

dilated slightly as though he was trying

he was unable to discover anything abnormal about this exaggerated man. It

more because he saw the figure’s side profile when

appeared like he was an invitee at a banquet, was very thin. His side profile was about the