Captain – Chapter 660 – One Vanish, One Appear—Reaching the Mountain Peak!

The girl leaped high, springing toward the peak of the “black cliff.”

The devil’s great power and the authority brought by incomplete rules had already clashed and torn at each other countless times in the invisible realm, but just as that man on the nameless island had said…

Storm Corner was the specter Hydra’s birthplace, naturally the location where the rules had fractured.

Behind that unseen, untouchable yet immensely vast and fearsome fissure, another sea churned with tides symbolizing destruction.

Standing on its natural territory with the source of power at its back, the giant serpent was extraordinarily powerful beyond the norm.

Facing the surging “tide,” let alone Roy’s magic power that hadn’t reached its peak—even if Edward himself had come in person, he might not have been able to deal with it.

Therefore, in this seemingly calm yet extremely perilous contest, the devil’s great power was everywhere suppressed. The result was that the captain’s movements, initially hindered by a bit of “seaweed,” gradually evolved into being deeply mired in a swamp.

Her speed of advancing and ascending grew increasingly slow, as if at any moment she might come to a complete stop.

Becoming a stone statue before her opponent.

But gazing at that “mountain peak” that needed only one leap to reach yet now seemed impossible to touch in this lifetime, Roy’s expression showed no fluctuation whatsoever.

She was still smiling, only the coldness within gradually transformed into flippancy and mockery.

As if saying: Even now, you fool still can’t sense the truth. If all your kind are like this, then it’s no wonder you faced defeat and destruction.

Who taught us that we are the masters of this world?

Hidden behind all the other heads, the main head’s deep green sea reflected this scene with utmost clarity, the girl’s brilliant pupils appearing like stars within.

Incomparably dazzling and supremely confident.

As if from beginning to end, she had never worried about the outcome of this perilous battle.

As if victory was already assured.

From the moment the captain left the giant warship and inexplicably engaged the specter in close combat, a shadow had risen in its heart, and it had retreated decisively to protect itself.

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But until this moment, until it no longer hid and completely locked her fate in mid-air, that shadow hadn’t dissipated but had grown even denser.

It actually made it feel the urge to retreat.

When things were abnormal, there must be demons at work—even ordinary spirits knew this principle, let alone one with divine wisdom like itself. If this had been when it first emerged, or even during their last confrontation, faced simultaneously with temptation and this feeling, it would have left without hesitation.

Because at that time, it didn’t need to take risks to handle this post-millennial world.

But now the situation was different.

Not only was that delicious meal more appetizing and held fatal attraction for a “incomplete” existence like itself, but the opportunities left for it to turn things around were few.

Or rather, there might only be this one chance left, otherwise it would have to endure endless time in misery.

Most importantly, it still didn’t believe the opponent could find a method to prevent such disaster. After all, even if that person in the new world wanted to…

By now, it was already too late to rush over.

The girl had even less reason to obtain that black blade capable of ending eternity, because for countless years, it had always been firmly grasped in… Edward’s hand.

“Rumble rumble…”

Perhaps due to being positioned too high, the specter was actually disturbed by thunder at this critical moment. Though only for an instant, it involuntarily made it recall the origin.

Recall that shield.

As for why it only remembered now that divine artifact it had personally guarded for long ages, it was because in its view, that thing simply couldn’t appear here.

It had long been annihilated by that false sky and waters capable of swallowing everything.

If so, then where was the need to…

The complex memories, analyses, and calculations proceeding simultaneously in the specter’s mind seemed to suddenly break off at this instant, producing an unprecedented brief blank.

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Soon, the vacancy was filled again by tide-like information.

As such an existence, its thinking speed was naturally astonishing. Therefore, the moment the girl’s movements gradually stopped and its other heads spontaneously surged forward wanting to tear her apart, it captured much from this thoroughly strange battle situation.

Then with a slight thought, it understood everything.

That aura coming from the horizon, the medium connected to the sea, the girl who would approach the main head even if she might fall into the abyss, her final smile.

Plus working backward, that year she inexplicably cocooned and transformed into a butterfly outside the thunder sea, and most crucially, that small shield it had long overlooked…

Aegis, capable of summoning lightning and gathering divine might!

At this point, everything was clear, but equally…

Too late.

Just as Roy had told her first mate before the battle began, the source of her confidence in certain victory came from information disparity. Even for a specter, this seemingly top-secret, impossible-to-deduce matter could potentially be understood in an instant.

But even if it couldn’t be concealed forever, by that time, sufficient time had already been gained.

Time enough to determine victory, stolen by the cunning little devil.

Therefore, when the Hydra finally understood, the momentum of its other five heads biting toward that slender figure could no longer be stopped. No matter how fast thinking was, how could it affect reality?

So like a predetermined stage play, change happened naturally.

First came the song—the siren’s song.

That sea maiden who had become the cat’s attendant since leaving the ice sea and hadn’t displayed her singing voice had been standing by the mainmast, beside the Siamese cat.

When the captain’s battle with the giant serpent finally reached white heat and devil’s great power and rule authority successively took the stage, she looked at Mango with an inquiring glance.

Then received an affirmative signal.

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So amid wind, rain, and thunder, the sea maiden brought her hands together, making the same prayer gesture as the goddess statue at the bow, only without lowering her head, because she was going to sing aloud.

What she sang wasn’t a requiem, but a war song.

Hearing that increasingly stirring song, the pirates all felt their spirits lift, their natural fear of the specter and fatigue swept completely away.

A few positioned near the siren unconsciously looked over, then showed complete surprise.

Because the sea maiden, who normally differed little from humans except for some faint scales, now not only had more ghostly blue fine scales climbing across her skin…

Behind her hung a pair of deep blue wings, looking so magnificent.

Whether due to leaving the ice tower or holding the cat for too long, her wings that had been broken by the devil hundreds of years ago had somehow healed silently.

Her heavenly voice had naturally recovered as well, even moving the thunder sea.

The constantly churning, lightless sea surface not only didn’t become more violent due to that stirring war song, but gradually calmed with the giant warship as its center.

Even the sudden wind and rain could no longer stir up waves.

But this wasn’t meant to call for ceasefire and peace—it was more like the calm before the storm.

Because immediately after, beyond the sounds of wind, rain, and thunder, a second strange noise entered the fray!

Accompanied by the sharp sound of wind currents being driven and torn apart, a pitch-black giant shadow fell from the sky, diving diagonally from behind the specter. An no-longer-suppressed roar echoed across the sea.

In the lightning’s reflection, on its broad back, a tall figure stood straight, his deep blue cloak dancing like a hunting banner in the swift flight.

The curved blade had long since left its sheath, pointing directly at the giant serpent, its crystal-like cracks shining brilliantly.

Actually, it shouldn’t be said that the blade’s edge pointed at the specter, because the young man’s intent didn’t fall on its body, but among the five heads attempting to strangle the girl.

In other words, directly below the captain.

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Entering the fray abruptly with his beloved in mortal danger, yet whether in expression or gaze, Caine remained utterly calm—calm and rational to the point of near indifference.

Because of Roy’s life-gambling mad act, because the current situation wouldn’t tolerate the slightest error from him, and because… with just one glance, he understood her intent.

Understood what “adapting to circumstances” meant. Even so, he still couldn’t suppress his anger.

Feeling this was truly too willful, too confident, even too arrogant.

But despite this, he had to admit…

This elaborate arrangement was truly brilliant.

After his thoughts settled and he confirmed she shouldn’t be in danger, expression finally appeared on the first mate’s face. He smiled and shook his head lightly, somewhat helpless but more admiring.

Just as the siren’s song rose and the young man raised his blade, the sea surface that had calmed not long ago stirred again, countless bubbles rising and bursting.

“Bang!”

Then with a tremendous crash, an unprecedented surge rolled up. Quite coincidentally—or exactly as Roy had anticipated—it violently swallowed her.

At the same time, the giant serpent’s bite arrived.

But except for a mouthful of seawater or a few scales from other heads, they gained nothing more. What made the Hydra’s heart even colder was that it had lost sight of the girl in its eyes—clearly she blazed like the sun yet had still vanished.

Only moments later, though the surge hadn’t fully dissipated, that blazing “sun” appeared ahead of schedule in the giant serpent’s main head’s ghostly gaze.

Only after one vanish and one appearance, she was already too close, having passed the blocking serpent heads…

Arriving directly above that “black cliff”!

Reaching the mountain peak.