As early as his advancement to Marionettist and receiving the blessings of the Seven Lights of the Spirit World, Klein had already learned from Azik that the gray fog space was Sefirah Castle, one of the Sefirah that even deities coveted.
Although he wasn't sure how he inexplicably became the owner of Sefirah Castle, and the great ruler above the Spirit World mentioned by Arrodes should refer to the original owner of that gray fog space, Klein still felt he couldn't just let Frank wreak havoc in the Spirit World.
The thought of a harvest scene filled with wheat ears and mushrooms appearing in the Spirit World made Klein instinctively pinch the space between his eyebrows, and he asked in a deep voice, "What do you need my marionette for?"
Frank had already captured the poor Spirit World creatures and put them into a brown container stained with dirt. Hearing Klein's question, he pointed at the marionette Ludwell, who was standing still, and laughed heartily, "We can't stay in one area of the Spirit World forever to try out my ideas, but we can use the underworld within Ludwell's body."
"That can provide a stable environment similar to the Spirit World, and it also makes it convenient for me to observe the progress of the experiment."
Klein pondered for a moment and did not refuse.
After all, compared to letting Frank mess around directly in the Spirit World, the risk of sacrificing Ludwell was clearly more controllable. Marionettes had no human rights anyway, and if anything truly went wrong, he could handle it urgently.
Rejecting Frank's enthusiastic invitation to visit the cabin together, Klein returned to the captain's cabin with Ludwell, took out paper and pen, and was just pondering how to write a letter to Mr. Azik when he suddenly frowned.
A strange sense of unease spread, this was the Clown's spiritual warning!
Ince Zangwill?
Klein's eyes instantly sharpened. Without any hesitation, he activated "Creeping Hunger." The flesh in his palm split open, and the deep light of Rusco's Eye flashed, followed by the appearance of the Sea God Scepter, emitting a tyrannical aura.
Looking at the source of the spiritual warning, Klein, who was full of vigilance, froze for a moment, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.
A ball of silver-white light passed through the dense, vivid overlapping colors, rushing directly towards the Black Tulip, followed by a sailboat several times larger than the Black Tulip.
The flagship of that "King of Dawn"... Klein subtly frowned. Unsure of what was happening, he was about to control the ghost ship to move away, but the Sea God Scepter in his hand suddenly went out of control.
At the tip of the bone scepter, the gems suddenly emitted dazzling light, either cyan-blue or silver-white. Under Klein's somewhat bewildered gaze, magnificent silver-white lightning bolts suddenly fell from the sky.
These lightning bolts spread out like tentacles, engulfing the surrounding several hundred meters of the Spirit World in a "Lightning Forest," with the aura of destruction and the feeling of devastation being almost tangible!
The ball of silver-white light, enveloped by the lightning storm, finally stopped its forward momentum, revealing a giant figure completely covered in silver-white armor. Thick silver-white beams of light densely struck the armor, leaving marks of varying depth, but they recovered in an instant.
Even if it couldn't cause real damage, the silver-white lightning beams could always catch up with the armored giant who wanted to escape as quickly as possible, and even preemptively block him, crushing his plan to leave the storm-stricken area.
Intense rumbling echoed. Frank, who was confused, poked his head out of the cabin, found a tall, beautiful figure had appeared in the cabin, and the next second, a tingling sensation spread throughout his body, dragging his consciousness into Darkness.
"You've advanced another Sequence in such a short time, you truly surprise me..."
Listening to the somewhat familiar voice, Klein's expression was a little stiff. He had already guessed that the tall elf in front of him was the mysterious expert who had returned the Sea God Scepter to him at the end of the pirate gathering.
Confirming that Frank was only unconscious, Klein's Adam's apple bobbed. He bowed and respectfully replied, "My advancement was merely due to luck. May I ask how I should address you, Senior?"
Playing with the bone scepter that lay obediently in her palm, "Siatas" glanced at the approaching Dawn, which was not far away, and a playful smile appeared on her lips as she said, "Queen of Elves, Cohinem. Heh, you should have heard my name..."
Klein's eyes widened abruptly, feeling absurd, but remembering the murals he had seen in the underwater ruins at the time, and seeing how docile the Sea God Scepter, with its extremely negative side effects, was at this moment, he fell silent.
Just then, the pursuing Dawn stopped outside the lightning storm. A colossal figure, also clad in silver full-body armor, leaped out and charged towards the figure in the middle of the lightning storm.
"We are responsible for pursuing an Archbishop of the Feysac Church of the God of Combat. He himself is only a Sequence 4 Demon Hunter, but he wields a Sealed Artifact with living characteristics, corresponding to a Sequence 3 Silver Knight. That's how he escaped the previous ambush."
"Siatas" chuckled and explained to the somewhat surprised Klein, then gently stroked the Sea God Scepter, making the gems even more dazzling.
"This Sealed Artifact has already been infused with power by me in advance. You only need to pour in your spirituality to activate it, and it will be roughly equivalent to a full-power strike from a Sequence 4 demigod."
Before Klein could ask further, the Queen of Elves paused, and the corners of her mouth curved playfully as she said, "Also, the sea area near Sonia Island has been put under martial law, and reinforcements from the Church of the God of Combat and the Feysac royal family should be arriving soon."
"If I were you, I wouldn't continue to foolishly stay here."
Quickly realizing the seriousness of the problem, Klein's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected the newly established Pirate Kingdom to actively provoke the Orthodox Churches after that great battle.
Although he had some doubts that the elf calling herself Cohinem's arrangement within the Sea God Scepter wasn't as simple as she claimed, considering that Aaron's contingency plan left on the ghost ship hadn't been triggered, Klein had to suppress his doubts for now.
After a moment of hesitation, Klein still picked up the Sea God Scepter, which had floated before his eyes and appeared extremely docile. He then manipulated the Black Tulip to change course, swiftly heading deeper into the Spirit World.
This would both avoid encountering the bloodthirsty reinforcements of the Church of the God of Combat and also provide an opportunity to find out what had happened in the outside world since he was dragged into Death's mausoleum.
The giant sword emitting dawn light cut through the remaining lightning storm. Bayer Baile, who had dispelled his incomplete mythological creature form, carried the unconscious Demon Hunter and stepped on a piece of armor shimmering with silver-white light.
The orange-red light behind the mask swept over the distant Black Tulip. Bayer Baile threw the unconscious Archbishop to "Siatas" and said in a deep voice, "It's time to go back. Nester still needs our help to get away!"