Life has dealt a heavy hand to a weak demigod like me.

A ship flying the flag of the Kingdom of Kit appeared in Peroz's sight.

"The Island of Yevils has actually been found." A man wearing a tricorn hat and the uniform of the Royal Navy of the Kingdom of Kit appeared and said happily.

"My lord, look..." A hunchbacked old man looked at the high-spirited naval commander with a forced smile on his face.

"Here you go." The lord took out a potion bottle from his arms, which was filled with strange purple-black objects that kept wriggling.

The old man excitedly opened the bottle and poured the potion into his mouth.

His body began to change, slowly transforming from an elderly person's posture to that of a middle-aged man.

"His Majesty the King said that if you can help us find the Black Ocean, he is willing to take out the 'Grey Knight' treasured by the royal family."

Grey Knights, the name of the Sequence 4 potion of the Militia Sequence.

Although not demigods, even in the Age of Five Gods, the Church of War and Glory did not have many Grey Knights.

"I swear to die for His Majesty the King!" The man half-knelt on the ground and swore.

The lord smiled but said nothing.

At this moment, a white light rose from the center of the island.

"This is...."

"Pure White Ritual..." the middle-aged man murmured.

"What is the White Ritual?"

"This is a ritual left by the great... Noah. When the White God dies, the most devout and pure believer will be qualified to become the new White God."

The lord's expression, which had been unable to suppress his excitement, gradually turned into silence. The Pure White God was a demigod.

And he is just a Sequence 4 Saint.

If he was allowed to become the new Pure White, then the Black Ocean incident would inevitably lead to many twists and turns, and he might even return empty-handed.

"How long will it take for him to become pure white?" the Lord asked loudly. "When the light fades... given the current situation, it will probably take several hours..."

After hearing the words, the lord grabbed the middle-aged man by the collar and flew towards the place where the light column was.

However, when he was about to approach the altar, his body suddenly stopped and then fell to the ground.

"Except for believers and participants in the ceremony... no one can enter." The middle-aged man sitting on the ground muttered to himself as he looked at the white light curtain surrounding him.

"Shule! I remember you are also a believer, right!" the Lord shouted.

"Get in and disrupt the ceremony!"

Shul shook his head, "I've already turned my back on it... I'm no longer qualified..."

He stood up tremblingly and slowly stretched out his hand to touch the light shield to prove it to the lord.

But his hand went through it.

Perhaps he has betrayed his faith and given up persistence.

But the new Chunbai is still thinking about him, hoping that this departed partner will come back one day.

He hoped that he would be present in the ark that led to everything they pursued.

P.S.: What I said in the previous chapter may not be very clear... some readers may misunderstand. It doesn't mean that after three or four chapters, the protagonist will show up and continue to be offline. In fact, the next chapter basically revolves around him.

Things about the Severus family, about the three things Moroston cannot do, about the City of Eternal Night, about the goddess, and Peroz who returned from the expedition will all be centered on Charles and slowly push the development of the main storyline.

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Chapter 68: The Curse, the Beginning, and the Truth

"Remember what you are going to do!" the lord shouted loudly from behind.

"If you successfully find the Black Ocean, you will be the greatest hero of the kingdom."

"When the name of the Kit Kingdom resounds throughout the continent, your glory will surely resound throughout the continent along with our king."

"Isn't this what you're after?"

The Kingdom of Kit was once a prosperous kingdom in the Western Continent.

Peroz had read related content in some history books.

More than three hundred years ago, the seventh King Kit was dissatisfied with the efficiency of the steam engine and attempted to restore the glory of the Black Fire Age.

Countless people were sent to collect the methods of using black fire left over from the Black Fire Era and to search for the Black Ocean.

But when he was preparing to change the times, the Kingdom of Kit collapsed overnight.

Five saints disappeared inexplicably, and the royal family's direct descendants were cursed and died.

The huge Kingdom of Kit instantly declined from being the first-rate kingdom in the Western Continent to the point where it is almost destroyed.

Among the five vanished saints was Admiral Barbossa von Rudolf...

"But...I can't..." Shul struggled in the face of Barbossa's words.

He knew that what Barbossa said was true.

King Kit is a man of great talent and strategy, and he is clear about rewards and punishments. He will never abandon his subordinates before achieving great things.

Barbossa, he, is the role model for King Kit to show his wisdom to the world.

As long as he can bring back the Black Ocean, he will gain great power and glory for at least the next hundred years.

only..

Looking at Antonite emitting holy light on the altar, Shul was unable to do anything to blaspheme him.

His faith was not as pure as Antonite's, and because of his relationship with some explorers, he became curious about the outside world. In the end, he chose to betray his faith and leave the Island of Jevers.

But his faith is just not pure and firm enough, not that he has no faith at all.

The main reason he brought Barbossa here this time was that he firmly believed that everyone on the island was dead.

After all, after the White God's death, they were unable to obtain higher-order potions. With Antonite's half-baked extraordinary level, he should have died a hundred years ago...

Rather than letting the church fade away in obscurity, it is better to give full play to its remaining energy.

But when he discovered that Antonite was not dead and could even become a new god.

But he could not do anything that went against his beliefs again.

Shule is not a hero, nor a man of strong will. He is just an ordinary person with an uneasy mentality.

Therefore, the more ferocious Barbossa's roar became, the more he didn't know what to do.

In the end, Barbossa did not continue to give any orders, but suddenly hugged Shule, whose one hand was inside the shield and his body was outside the shield.

His body slowly melted and then became one with Shul.

"Shull, I don't want to kill you..." Barbossa murmured, looking at his hands.

"For the King!"

"For... a greater cause!"

He walked into the altar and the light did not attack him again.

Through the plunder and integration of Shul, he knew how to destroy the ritual.

"Goodbye, stranger." He slowly lowered his head and opened his mouth. His body was struggling, but as an admiral, his will would not be changed by a ceremony.

tear-

He bit off a piece of meat, chewed it hard and swallowed it.

The white light disappeared, and Barbossa stopped Antonite from becoming the new Pure White in the last step.

Wisps of red aura emanated from Antnet's body.

Barbossa, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped.

Perhaps the legends of the gods have been gone for so long that people have forgotten their terrifying power. Demigods are only the starting point, never the end.

Although he is not a true god, Noah is the first true god to ascend to the throne after the true gods.

The White God is his believer, and the altar on the Island of Jevers is the only relic of him left in this world.

To do such a thing in such a place, even though Noah and the other true gods had not appeared in the world for a long time, was merely a punishment, and the divine power he left on the altar could do it without his command.

The Kingdom of Kit collapsed overnight, and all those who had participated in the Black Ocean Project were cursed. Some wailed for a day and a night before ultimately dying in agony, others were transformed into birds and beasts and devoured by nature, and some had their bodies dissolved, their souls nailed to the void, enduring eternal torment...

It no longer matters who is right or wrong. Barbossa's decision caused the divine power on the altar to fall into extreme anger.

As the culprit, Barbossa naturally could not escape.

However, after the ceremony failed, Antony, who had been sleeping, gradually woke up.

After seeing Barbossa with Shul's face and knowing what he had done, he finally chose to forgive him.

"I rise with God and perish with me... This is probably fate..."

"Great Noah, your followers can no longer serve you..."

"Shule...it's so good to see you again..." Antonite's soul, which was about to dissipate, left behind a few words and then quietly disappeared.

Although Antonite finally chose to forgive, the curse power of the island that had eroded his body did not subside, it just stopped increasing.

As a cannibal, he was cursed with the condition that only humans could satisfy his soul, and his sins, greed, and desires were condensed by divine power into a new island, or prison.

On this island, he will endure unsatisfied desires. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be tortured by desires, eventually collapse, and then choose to devour his own body and die in pain.

Unfortunately...

When he was about to finish eating his thigh, a fleet accidentally sailed into this cursed prison.

The mad Barbossa killed most of the people but let a small number of them go, in order to attract more people to come here.

His greedy pursuit of wealth turned into an island of gold under the curse.

Originally, this would be a torture for him - a person who loves gold so much can only survive by devouring his own body in this place where gold is everywhere.

But he didn't expect that it would become his only way to survive.

The reputation of the Golden Island of Yevils spread, and adventurers flocked here one after another.

Although no one has ever taken gold from here.

But... as long as someone spreads the word that the legends here are true, he who feeds on humans will be able to survive better.

He even slowly found ways to use and break the curse.

For Barbosa now, that prison has become his paradise.

As long as people continue to come here, as long as people continue to help him share the power of the curse, then he will have the opportunity to erode the power of the curse contained in the island, and even use this power to ascend to the throne of God and become a new demigod that is opposed to Pure White!

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Chapter 69: Finks' Decision

The meat swallowed into his mouth became the source of the curse and the basis for turning the power of the curse into his own use. After being forgiven by Antonite, the fused body and soul of Shul also took the initiative to influence Barbossa.

Due to the combination of various factors, Barbossa gained power, but also went completely crazy.

It's even uncertain whether he is still Barbosa at this point.

"The admiral of the Kit Kingdom, a civilian general who inspired so many in textbooks, a 'pearl' adapted into dozens of operas and films, I never expected him to linger here in this way."

Peroz's mood was inexplicably complicated.

History is like this sometimes.

The surname [Feng] is only given to generals who have made outstanding military achievements in the Kingdom of Kit. [Rudolf] means "pearl" in the Kingdom of Kit.

Barbossa's father was a coal miner. King Kit bestowed such great honor upon this worker's son. To him, there was no god in the world, and only his king was the real God.

He had always believed that King Kit would lead the world to a greater place. He probably never imagined that his fanaticism and faith would lead to the downfall of the Kit Kingdom.

"What should I do?" Feeling his body had recovered, Peroz looked at the body in front of him that had not decayed for hundreds of years and asked softly.

But no one answered her.

A black cloud suddenly appeared above the altar.

As soon as Peroz's eyes fell on the clouds, she felt a black screen in front of her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she found herself back in the cave.