The girl with white hair and red eyes is serious about revenge

This was his answer, and his only answer.

"..."

After recovering from that gaze, Angela pursed her lips slightly and left the tent without looking back.

Behind her, the Iron Lord's sculptured face remained unchanged, like a rock on a mountain.

......

2) The End of the World (Part 11)

"call..."

Riding on the thermals, Aoi rose from the waves and landed lightly on the deck of the Blue Reef.

The red lines on her body gradually faded, the flaming red hair gradually became lighter, and her golden eyes gradually faded to a friendly brown.

This is the power that Aoi possesses as the Red Devil. She can generate high temperatures and manipulate heat flow.

This gave her destructive power in large-scale wars, so facing a few pirate ships was naturally just like digesting food after a meal, and there was no pressure at all.

It's just that clothes have to be changed every time... Aoi lowered her head and looked at her body - her coat had long been melted by the high temperature, and only the specially made tight-fitting off-shoulder black vest still outlined her figure, wet and reflecting the slippery light in the sun.

"..."

After boarding the ship, Aoi glanced at the deck in front of her and found that the whole farce had entered its final stage: a group of sailors were cleaning up the bodies and debris on the ship, a group of sailors were temporarily filling the damaged parts of the deck, and another group of sailors were taking small boats to take over several destroyed pirate ships.

The sailors of the "Blue Reef" worked together in an orderly manner, which made Aoi couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth slightly.

At this time, a familiar voice came from not far away:

"Sister Aoi, are you okay?"

Aoi turned around and found that Grissom Tren was jogging towards her from the other end of the deck, with a white turban tied on his head that was very conspicuous.

"I'm fine," Aoi looked at Grissom with a smile, "How about you? Is everything going well?"

"I didn't do much..." Grissom scratched his head embarrassedly, "The captain killed all the pirates on the ship by himself. I was in charge of operating the cannon, but I didn't hit many shots..."

When saying these words, Grissom's face looked a little embarrassed and uneasy, as if he was resisting admitting something.

Aoi saw through this easily but did not expose it. Instead, she stood on tiptoe and covered her eyes with her hands, looking around:

"Where's Junshiro? The sister who refused to shake your hand, where did she go?"

"It's right there on the bow!" Gleason said angrily. "Can you please stop mentioning not shaking my hand?"

In response, Aoi did not make any comments, but quickly moved away from Grissom, jumped in front of Perlis in two or three steps, and patted her shoulder:

"thank you!"

Aoi was waiting with a smile for Perlis's usual stress response, however, Perlis just pinched her chin motionlessly, thinking quietly, and seemed to have no intention of paying attention to Aoi.

Isn't this right...? Aoi looked at Perlis in deep thought with a strange look, tilted her head in front of her, and looked at Perlis's calm face in confusion.

She looked at him like this for a long time before Perlis raised her gaze slightly and met Aoi's eyes, then she sighed softly:

"You're so annoying..."

"What are you thinking about?" Aoi returned to her normal posture and put on a slightly serious expression, "You're not injured or anything, are you?"

"No," Perlis shook her head slightly, "I just think it's a little strange."

"What's strange?" Aoi asked.

“They’re all very strange.”

Perlis sighed again, and then stated calmly:

"That captain, Hammerhead Shark Furukawa Watari, if my historical knowledge is correct, he should be one of the commanders of the Dila Fleet during the Academy War and the second warrior of His Majesty the Blue Emperor."

"And this second warrior, now that the Thebits have already entered Akihara, is picking up refugees in the rear of the battlefield? This is very strange."

"Indeed..." Aoi nodded thoughtfully, "It's very strange."

"Yeah, it's just as strange as the fact that [Blade of Babel] is also escorting refugees," Perlis glanced at Aoi, whose smile suddenly became a little awkward, "According to some information I heard from the refugees when I boarded the ship, the troops that Cang Huang deployed on Qiuyuan are actually very few, right?"

"Hmm..." Aoi looked at Perlis with a smile and nodded, "What's next?"

"No more," Perlis said briefly, ending the conversation. "How about giving me an explanation?"

After Perlis finished speaking, Aoi didn't speak for a while. Instead, she thought for a while before speaking:

"You usually don't talk much, but when you're serious you can be quite clear about what you say."

"So?" Perlis's face remained calm. "Explain?"

"Whether I can tell you or not is not something I can decide," Aoi waved her hand helplessly, "This is all related to His Majesty Cang Huang's plan."

"You are not from Dila, but you call her 'Your Highness'?" Perlis's beautiful brows frowned slightly.

"It's just a respectful title," Aoi laughed and said, "Well, these are all things that can be solved. If you really need some explanation, remember to come and eat the captain's meal~"

"After all, I do have something to ask of you."

As expected...when Perlis heard Aoi ask for her help, a string dropped in her heart.

Previously, Aoi had been acting like "I will help you for free no matter what", which made Perlis constantly ponder her motives. Now that she was sure that Aoi actually "needed something from her", Perlis was not so vigilant.

At least, "asking for something from Perlis" is always much safer than "preparing to pack Perlis into a sack and sell it to others."

For people you are not so familiar with, sometimes an exchange of interests is obviously much better than the kindness that comes out of nowhere, and those who can be trusted without an exchange of interests are the closest people.

The person closest to me...Perlis pursed her lips slightly and then turned her gaze to the sea.

Aoi originally thought that she was not going to talk anymore, and was about to leave, but she heard Perlis speak again:

"Aoi, where do your abilities... come from?"

She saw Aoi's ability: using high temperature to directly tear apart a large pirate ship, manipulating thermal currents to rise into the sky, and even being able to stir up hot winds rich in factor energy.

The last two abilities might be achieved with external equipment, but Perlis didn't think that it was possible for artificial devices to generate that level of high temperature directly from the body.

"..."

Aoi turned her head and stared at Perlis quietly for a while, and was rarely silent.

Then, she smiled and said:

"I haven't asked you where those abilities come from yet."

"It's a long story," Perlis murmured, "I can't finish it in a short time."

"Yeah, mine is the same."

After saying that, Aoi turned and walked towards the other end of the deck, waving her hand above her head:

"But what can be made clear is that I am also looking for Imhotaros."

"Just like you."

After saying this, Aoi disappeared among the busy sailors.

Sure enough...Perlis nodded secretly, confirming her guess.

Who would ask among the fishermen for "Immotaros" if they were not looking for something?

It feels like something big is about to surface.

"..."

Perlis turned her head and looked towards the azure sea and the pure sky, towards the end of the horizon.

That's the end of the world.

...END...

3) The Waves

"It's you...you are blind...pure white..."

"I have seen your fate... You will wither on the sea... Corrupt in the waves..."

The face of [Great Prophet] Zacamos Arichi appeared before Perlis's eyes, along with the hoarse and low I-Tran language.

That guy once made a prophecy that Perlis would wither on the sea.

"..."

In the light of dusk, Perlis opened her eyes and looked at the rolling waves covering her vision.

The layers of waves have now been dyed orange by the light of dusk, giving off an inexplicable sense of desolation.

At this moment, the Blue Reef was sailing on the sea, floating in the ocean currents.

Will I wither here?

Perlis closed her eyes again, leaned against the mast, and meditated quietly amid the noise of the deck.

A few hours ago, after dealing with all the pirates, Perlis asked Captain [Hammerhead Shark] Furukawa Wataru to interrogate the captain of the "Black Howl" Ichiro Makita alone, based on her record of "destroying an entire pirate ship single-handedly".

The fierce and seemingly difficult captain just nodded silently and let Perlis walk towards Ichiro Makita's cell.

The interrogation process was bumpy. Ichiro Makita's eyes were dull, and he didn't seem to understand why he had encountered such bad things - in fact, Perlis understood him very well. Encountering the [Pure White Fireworks] and losing everything he had within two consecutive days, this was indeed not the fate that a normal pirate should have.

But from his confession, Perlis probably still knew who the guy called "King of the Islands" was:

Bridge Harmony, the Blue Serpent, the King of the Islands, and the captain of the Yamata Soul Eater.

He was the pirate king who rose to power after the [College War], ruling the "Dead Snake Bay" on the east side of Donglin Island and the surrounding islands, and formed an opposition with the Dila military.

His flagship, the Yaki Troll Soul Eater, is the largest three-masted sailing ship in the entire Panhai. Even the Dila military cannot easily compete with it. This huge ship is said to be able to sail under the ocean currents. It easily defeated several Dila fleet's sieges against the Dead Snake Bay. It is the foundation of the Bridge and the String.

But these did not shock Perlis. The legend about the Pirate King did not move her much. After the [College War], most countries had some warlords like this who took advantage of the chaos to rise to power. There was nothing special about it.

What shocked Perlis was the name Bridge Chord.

If she remembered correctly, this name had appeared in the history of the [College War]—

——He is the first warrior of His Majesty Cang Huang and the commander-in-chief of the Dila Fleet during the war.

"..."

That's all Ichiro Makita knew. He claimed that he had just joined the gang recently and his mission was to plunder between Xilin Island and the east coast. He had never even seen the appearance of the king of the archipelago.

As for the connection between "Immotaros" and the King of the Islands, he only knew one thing:

The Yaki Troll Soul Eater can pass through dangerous storms under the ocean currents and reach the black island of the past, "Inmotarus".

"..."

After receiving this information, Perlis calmly left the cell below the deck and went to the deck to greet the dusk.

Due to the sudden naval battle, the evening dinner was cancelled and moved to the next night.

This gave Perlis time to think and confirm some things.

"call..."

Under the light of dusk, Perlis took a deep breath and then opened her eyes.

She no longer gazed at the setting sun that was gradually sinking under the ocean current, but walked across the deck and returned to her cabin.

Aoi had already sent a simple dinner to Perlis's cabin in advance - a small plate of fried fish with caviar and a glass of mint water. Faced with such a considerate Aoi, Perlis naturally swallowed the dinner without hesitation and walked to her bedside.

Then, Perlis sat down on the edge of the bed, took out the two red stones she had obtained when escaping from the Tower of Babel, and began to examine them.

One of these two red stones belongs to the [Giant Warrior] White Falcon, and the other belongs to the [Silent One] defeated by Perlis.

The former is a full crystal stone that is polished into a diamond shape, with a faint glow flowing through it, which looks dizzy. The latter is a thin piece embedded in a metal device, and it even looks transparent, like a mirror.

Originally, this was not something that needed to be checked, but when Perlis used the two red stones to shuttle coordinates during the naval battle, she unexpectedly felt some abnormal phenomena -

——Indistinct whispers were heard from inside the redstone belonging to the Silent One.

Pearlis, who has become increasingly cautious, no longer ignores such details. She must make sure that there is nothing unusual with the things she carries with her.

So, Perlis held the redstone module to the window, closed one eye, and looked at the inside of the redstone through the afterglow of the setting sun.

She did find one difference: the crystal inside this redstone module was a little cloudy, and did not have the purity of the redstones of Bai Pengxuan and Perlis.

Strange...Perlis muttered, and then decided to start the experiment.

She tightly grasped the redstone module of [Silent] in her hands, a halo lit up in her bloodshot eyes, and began to manipulate the factor energy to be injected into the interior of the crystal.