Lord of the Mysteries

With the pressure relieved, Klein casually pulled a chair over and placed it by the door, sitting opposite King of the Five Seas Nast with the entire hall separating them.

Although the Pirate King was more than 1.9 meters tall and was sitting on a black platform, allowing him to look down in a domineering manner, Klein didn’t play second fiddle in this encounter. He wore his tall top hat again.

After a brief silence, Nast, who had the official title of Earl of White Maple, said with a solemn tone, “Give me a reason why I should answer your question.”

Klein’s thin body casually leaned back as he said, “You will not need to hear the same request when you have something you need to trade with me in the future.”

The dark red light flickered in Nast’s black eyes as he said, “I basically know all the saints active in this world, but that doesn’t include you.”

Klein caressed the feathered mask on his face and laughed. Without answering, he asked in return, “Have you met Zaratul?”

“I’ve met ‘Him’ twice in Emperor Roselle’s palace. I’d also interacted with quite a number of Secret Order members,” Nast replied with a calm and direct but extremely domineering tone.

Quite a number of Secret Order members… You should introduce me to them when the opportunity arises… Klein couldn’t help but quip.

He then smiled and said, “I’ve also met Zaratul.”

Nast raised his hand to stroke his short black beard. His already tall figure seemed to burgeon, making the mood in the captain’s cabin even gloomier and repressed.

After a few seconds, he stared at Klein from above and said, “My impression of Emperor Roselle is very simple:

“No one is more suitable than ‘Him’ to be the Black Emperor.”

He didn’t explain what “Black Emperor” meant or pointed to, ignoring if the demigod opposite him understood or not.

Is that so… From this King of the Five Seas’s words, although the emperor’s diary implied that he made up his mind only in his later years to switch to the Black Emperor pathway and make preparations, he had long had such inclinations. He had unconsciously exhibited it and set up the situation ahead of time… Klein thought in enlightenment.

He believed that Nast’s impression of Emperor Roselle was limited to that. After all, they had only met a few times. Hence, he switched topics.

“In the emperor’s later years, did ‘He’ get you or your father to do something secret?”

Nast’s crown shook a little as he replied, “Someone had once asked me the same question.”

Klein laughed and asked with a bold guess, “Bernadette?”

“Yes.” Nast held the two sides of his black throne with his hands. “Back then, she was very young and immature to ask such a question. With Emperor Roselle’s level in his later years, compared to handing something secret to me and my father, what could be kept more secret than doing it ‘Himself?”

“To people who are concerned about this, one wouldn’t abandon even the slightest sliver of

was also why he wished to meet the King of the

above the gray fog in the real world. Apart

in Nast’s eyes contracted and

relationship

thought and said with a sigh, “We can be considered old

they were in were neighbors with only a thin obstacle in between them. They

so many of the emperor’s diaries, Klein had long treated the emperor as a fellow countryman. He shared the same feelings for

demigod who sat by the door before he retracted his gaze and

tone, “Do you feel that there was anything abnormal about Emperor Roselle in his

Nast remained silent for quite a while before saying, “I don’t know enough

that when me and my father met ‘Him,’ ‘He’ would stand at a floor-to-ceiling window facing west. He would

Sea?” Klein seemed to mutter to

had mentioned of a mysterious primitive island, and

“That was my guess as

exhaled. After some consideration, he stood up and said, “I’m done with my questions. Please pardon me for my intrusion. “Your Lordship, I wonder if I can help you

was fulfilling

silent for two seconds and said, “Help me find

felt that an unknown

obtain it, I’ll trade you for the

of his iron-black throne and

took off his hat again, bowed, and turned to leave before

Horror Viscount Bird Mustang and company’s gaze,

as the feather mask on his face spread out. In just two or three

into the dark storm, vanishing from the sights of the pirates of

demigod… Bird Mustang looked into

being a demigod remained attractive. As long as one successfully took the step, they could attain godhood, allowing their life to undergo a fundamental change. Be it

sea eagle, allowing it to plunge into the

on board felt high-strung because the Black Emperor

and headed forward. Yet, the liner didn’t use this opportunity to escape, and it had instead circled

finally ended, leaving dozens

and steered into the stormy

blankly and realized the

Black Emperor was gone! It