Captain – Chapter 416 – The Recluse Hidden in the Great Triangle

“The storm shrouding that sea region is neither caused by a curse nor by great power, but originates from a divine artifact called Aegis.”

“It was once enshrined daily at the peak of Storm Corner, controlling clouds and thunder, keeping that dangerous area connecting two seas perpetually clear without wind or rain, to protect the safety of passing ships.”

The Lady spoke slowly, telling secrets long buried in the old calendar.

“Later, after various incidents and Captain Edward being completely sealed and eternally trapped on a lonely island, people at that time sought my guidance, hoping to completely separate the two seas.”

“So I had them remove Aegis, thereby releasing the thunder that had been constrained for countless years. This is the origin of Storm Corner’s current state, and if you want to eliminate the thunderstorms and pass through safely…”

“You must return Aegis to its original position.”

At this point, the Lady paused briefly, then looked at Roy who was listening attentively, and concluded: “This is the so-called turning point.”

Aegis…

Roy silently repeated this name. Although she didn’t know much about the orthodox mythology recorded in the Holy Church’s traditions, she had heard of this object and knew it was left by the King of Gods, capable of controlling weather.

As for the King of Gods himself, existing descriptions were less detailed than those of the shield.

After witnessing the Eye of Lamia, the Box, and many sights only found in mythology, these so-called divine artifacts no longer surprised the captain, so upon hearing this, she only pondered for a moment.

“My Lady, so you’re saying that as long as we find that lost shield, we can remove the obstacle of Storm Corner and successfully reach the Cursed Sea?”

After organizing her thoughts, the young woman sought final confirmation.

“Correct, but in fact, this is not as simple as you might think.”

The Lady nodded slightly in confirmation, then added in a somewhat deeper voice: “Because after Aegis was removed, its final storage place was what the current world calls… the Death Silence Triangle.”

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Hearing this name, even someone as calm as Roy couldn’t help but twitch her eye, no longer feeling any sense of relief about the path ahead.

That place, viewed by everyone as a death zone, even designated by the Holy Church as “the gateway to hell,” was an absolute forbidden area that had swallowed countless lives, a place even adventurers were unwilling to venture.

Yet the deity said the key to opening the entrance to the Cursed Sea was within it.

It truly gave her an involuntary headache.

“Just as you’re thinking, that sea area is extremely dangerous, which is precisely why those people designated it as Aegis’s hiding place.”

“But the real trouble doesn’t lie there.”

At this point, even the usually calm Lady’s tone became noticeably more solemn: “At one time, in order to save Vivian, I summoned divine thought to descend deeply into that sea area.”

“It was because of this that I noticed, compared to the scene hundreds of years ago when Aegis was sent there, that sea area has undergone subtle changes, hidden so deeply that they almost escaped even my notice.”

“What… kind of changes?”

Listening intently, Roy couldn’t help but ask, wondering what kind of shocking change would require even the Lady’s serious attention and cause her to look grave.

“Although I still possessed my divinity at that time, I still found it difficult to discern the nature of those changes. I only vaguely felt that a pair of eyes was watching me.”

“It was like… a venomous snake waiting to strike.”

Providing a more tangible metaphor, the Lady unusually furrowed her brow slightly, seeming somewhat uncertain: “I could only confirm that I was indeed being watched, but the source and the identity of the observer remained unknown.”

“Only after rescuing Vivian, bestowing some magical power upon the Taranhof, and driving it away from that place did that gaze gradually disappear. From beginning to end, that presence never made any move.”

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So it seems to be a cautious voyeur?

Roy thought secretly, and as for the choice made by that unknown existence, she wasn’t particularly surprised. If one knew the Lady’s identity in advance, even someone as bold as herself wouldn’t dare to act rashly.

Provoking a deity was, without thinking, a suicidal act.

Putting it that way, perhaps “cautious” could be replaced with “afraid of death”?

“Don’t be too optimistic, little captain, though it’s not a bad quality.”

The Lady’s gentle admonition awakened the young woman, but her next words were like a bucket of ice water poured over her head.

Making her feel as if she had fallen into a bottomless ice cave.

“Having confidence is good, but I must warn you that although I couldn’t locate the source of that gaze, I could clearly feel the hostility within it, and an indescribable danger.”

“Of course, perhaps replacing ‘hostility’ with… ‘hatred’ would be more appropriate.”

That mysterious recluse, since it could “see” the Lady’s divine consciousness descend and prevent her from finding it, must certainly be a being beyond the ordinary, like the Siren, or perhaps even something higher.

If so, it must also know that the Lady could sense its gaze.

And under such circumstances, it could still display its hatred without any concealment, even making a deity feel danger. Just thinking about this was enough to shock anyone, leading to uncontrollable terror.

Even a limited deity was not something ordinary beings could challenge.

That thing was dangerous, extremely dangerous.

These deductions weren’t difficult to make, and it didn’t take long for Roy to reach a conclusion. But what weighed more heavily on her mind wasn’t the terrifying nature of that being, but the word the Lady had corrected in her supplement.

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“Hatred.”

Deities were rarely seen, and even in the era just after the Dark Calendar, those who knew of the Lady’s existence could be counted on one’s fingers.

That being the case, for that recluse to harbor hatred toward her, there were only two possibilities. One was that the creature was an old enemy of the Lady’s who had somehow survived from the Dark Age.

The world of deities was too distant from mortals, and the captain found it hard to imagine everything that had happened during the Dark Calendar, leaving her to guess without any basis.

But the second possibility was much closer to her.

That was that the being in the Death Silence Triangle… was an adherent of the devil.

Once this idea appeared, it was difficult to dismiss. The captain couldn’t help but frown and ask: “My Lady, is that fellow a minion of my ancestor?”

“It seems to be related to Captain Edward.”

Hearing this, the deity nodded slightly and said: “Just not known whether it was a sleeper agent left before his sealing, or a later arrangement.”

These two scenarios might seem to have little difference, but their implications were profound. The latter resembled more of a remedy after the sheep was lost, but if it was the former…

That would mean the devil had already anticipated that the Death Silence Triangle would be used as Aegis’s hiding place, and even predicted the current situation.

The placement of that agent wasn’t meant for the deity, but for Roy, his descendant.

That would be… too terrifying.

However, regardless of which guess was correct, the captain couldn’t stop her steps. She had to go to the Death Silence Triangle, so it didn’t matter anyway.

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Whatever the danger, she would face it directly.

Now what she needed to consider more was how to find that shield, and if she could go to the Cursed Sea and meet that devil…

How to make him perish completely.

Hearing the young woman’s questions, the Lady seemed to have anticipated them and answered without hesitation: “Although the Death Silence Triangle nearly took Vivian’s life, she did awaken there after all.”

“And not only that, to collect the scattered, unextinguished vengeful spirits, she returned to that place and spent considerable time there.”

“During that period, I also mentioned the existence of Aegis to her and informed her of its approximate location. With her understanding of that place, she likely won’t easily forget. Let her take you there.”

“As for the method to kill Captain Edward…”

The Lady’s words stopped here, followed by a long silence. It was unclear whether she was thinking, calculating, or if matters had reached a point where that near-deity had already transcended the mortal world and could no longer be killed.

After an unknown amount of time, even the captain began to feel slightly discouraged, thinking that seeking revenge against the devil was already hopeless, when the deity provided an answer.

“Although Captain Edward is approaching the level of rules, he hasn’t yet reached that step and still has flaws. So, little captain, if you want to kill him completely, you must do so before that happens, you must be quick.”

“As for how much time you have left, no one can know, not even me. Perhaps it’s ten years, or perhaps it’s just around the corner.”

Racing against time with the devil—truly a breathtaking gamble.

“Additionally, you’ll need a dagger, a blade that can sever fate and pierce through curses, which is Achate’s masterpiece.”

“The Nethergate Dagger.”