Captain – Chapter 648 – Method to End the Specter

“Very surprised?”

It wasn’t until the man’s light laughter reached her ears that Roy came to her senses, nodding slightly: “Somewhat. What puzzles me is that with that fellow’s intelligence, it shouldn’t make this kind of mistake.”

“It knows very clearly what I went to the Great Triangle for, because it was the gatekeeper. And after obtaining Aegis, my next destination needs no guessing.”

“It is, and can only be, Storm Corner.”

Speaking to this point, Roy frowned slightly, saying as if to herself: “If that’s the case, hiding there is no different from waiting for death. Or is it confident that I wouldn’t dare kill it?”

“So it wants to use this method to provoke me? Or perhaps…”

A light cough sounded before her, interrupting the girl’s rambling speculation. The person on the throne rubbed his temples as if getting a headache, saying calmly:

“I said before, you always overthink things. Not everything involves a conspiracy.”

The man lightly swirled his wine glass, watching the churning liquid as if seeing that dangerous sea region forever occupied by thunderstorms and tempests, rarely seeing daylight.

“That loach hides there because aside from that border region, whether in the present world or the old world, there’s nowhere else for it to set foot.”

“You’ve scared it badly, so naturally it has no fighting spirit left. It doesn’t dare stay under my nose, nor does it dare enter the Cursed Sea to face the abominations Edward created.”

“This being the case, where else could it hide if not there?”

After hearing this, Roy finally understood.

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She knew that on one hand, the giant serpent feared the authority of the person before her, while on the other hand, given its current state, forget about fighting—it probably couldn’t even escape pursuit from the Drowned Captain, let alone with her father aboard that death ship.

Thus, that dangerous realm shrouded in thunder naturally became the last refuge.

“Of course, don’t think that cunning ghost who’s lived for who knows how many years will obediently wait for you to come calling. It will naturally try to avoid you as much as possible.”

“After all, Storm Corner is just a general term—the length of that border far exceeds your imagination.”

Hearing this, the girl’s brow gradually relaxed as she waited quietly, with an expression of “since that’s the case, why don’t you hurry up and tell me all those secrets before you close your eyes.”

So she could be prepared.

Seeing this, the man shook his head, seeming dissatisfied with her increasing rudeness day by day, but still spoke lightly about the true nature of that dangerous place: “The legends you heard as a child were too one-sided. In my view, they’re no different from a wandering minstrel’s deceptions.”

“Storm Corner isn’t a high cliff, nor is it the angular landform shown on sea charts near Auran that separates the Eastern Sea from the Thunder Sea. It is that sea itself.”

“That loach is quite large, but trying to find it in this range is no different from fishing for a needle in the ocean. However… if you really want to find it now, it shouldn’t be difficult.”

As long as it couldn’t escape this world, then as a fragment of rules, the giant serpent would leave traces wherever it went, unable to escape the eyes of her, another newborn—this was also one of the greatest weaknesses of all specters.

Because they were too strong, their life level too high, making them like another kind of sun in this world. In earlier, non-threatening times, this wouldn’t matter.

But after the gods arrived and civilization was born, everything changed.

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And now, unless there was another existence like Edward or the old man before her to arrange concealment for it, returning it to the illusory state between life and death.

Otherwise, it had nowhere to run.

“But don’t think it will just stay there forever.”

Looking at the girl who seemed unconcerned after learning the reason, the man could naturally guess her thoughts, saying lightly: “If you don’t deal with it, when someday you finish off that abomination and begin formally confronting Edward…”

“It will definitely have already snuck away, either to the far north or south, or hiding in the East.”

“By then, it really will be hard to find.”

Understanding his meaning, Roy nodded and promised: “I know. Before entering the Cursed Sea, I’ll settle the final score with it. But the question is…”

“How should I kill it?”

This question naturally wasn’t about how to kill the giant serpent, but how to avoid the apocalyptic flood scenario described in holy scriptures when it withered and died.

To eliminate that abomination, this was an unavoidable problem.

And just as the girl had said earlier, when the man acknowledged it, he definitely had a solution.

“There are actually two methods.”

Speaking of the most important topic of this meeting, the person on the throne finally set down his wine glass, lightly tapping the armrest with his fingers. After thinking for a while, he slowly began to speak.

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Feeling the captain’s serious, almost solemn gaze, the man smiled and gave her a “don’t be nervous” look: “The simple one is to directly use rule-like power to seal that fellow’s life force.”

“Just like the gods did.”

Blinking, it took Roy quite a while to realize that this method, in other words, meant the person before her would be present and then suppress the giant serpent at the final moment.

It was quite direct and brutal, but she was very certain that given his lazy nature and some indescribable principles, he would never accompany her on a sea expedition against specters.

Let alone set foot in the Cursed Sea.

So this method was a bubble that looked pretty but would burst at the first poke.

“What about the second one?”

Very consciously skipping over this method, the girl asked listlessly with drooping brows.

“The second is similar, but requires borrowing external force—borrowing the divine grace left by the gods.”

Sighing lightly, Roy couldn’t contain her impatience and said: “I understand the principle, but could you be more specific about how I should borrow this power?”

“Do I need to seek out the Lady, or perhaps dismantle my new ship?”

Among things that could be connected to “divine grace” throughout the present world, the captain could only think of that fallen deity and the remaining blessings of the Auran Goddess in the great ship.

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But if they were truly useful, facing a mortal enemy like “Hydra,” the Lady would have already appeared, or rather, this troublesome matter should have ended back in the Great Triangle.

Seeing Roy beginning to speak in frustration, the man laughed even more cheerfully, as if he had done nothing but watch her dig a pit and unknowingly jump into it.

“Little one, why don’t you think again?”

Hearing this, the girl really did think quietly for a moment, but the indignation on her face faded with time, leaving only unnaturalness and embarrassment at the end.

“You, you mean Aegis? But isn’t that thing supposed to be returned to the black cliff?”

As if to strengthen her persuasiveness, Roy didn’t forget to add: “Right, when I went to see the Lady, that’s exactly what she said. If I use it against the giant serpent…”

“Wouldn’t that be too selfish?”

She said this out of concern that if that shield’s divine power was exhausted, opening the door to the Cursed Sea would become an extravagant hope. Even if the great ship could cross, others would have no chance.

In this way, she would become an isolated army, and the vision of changing the future would come to nothing.

“Oh, you’re talking about that.”

To this, the person on the throne only waved his finger, mocking her for worrying unnecessarily: “Yes, those scattered lightning bolts do need your broken shield to collect them, and the position needs to be high enough, but… it doesn’t necessarily have to be a mountain or sea cliff.”

“Isn’t that loach’s head high enough too?”