nownovels Chapter 454 Alger: Your heart is truly filthy.
Chapter 454 Alger: Your heart is truly filthy.
Chapter 454 Alger: Your heart is truly filthy.
The seemingly indestructible Dawn Greatsword shattered instantly under Alger's command, transforming into countless, densely packed fragments of dawn that formed a violent hurricane of attack, sweeping towards the approaching twilight.
Guardian One: Storm of Light.
No one understands the choices warriors make in the final moments better than Ivan Bratov. Therefore, Twilight is not surprised but delighted by Alger's desperate counterattack, because this is also the opportunity he has been dreaming of: to capture Alger alive.
If Alger doesn't willingly remove all his defenses, even he wouldn't be able to capture a transcendent who maintains a guardian's stance alive.
Just as the Dawn Storm swept over Ivan Bratov, shattering the Dawn Armor covering his entire body and preparing to destroy his body.
The Spirit Erosion Ring he wore on his left hand emitted a black light that enveloped his entire body, transforming him once again into a necromancer.
The "storm of light" unleashed by a guardian was not to be underestimated. Even though the "Spirit Erosion Ring" still performed very well, it did not completely help Ivan Bratov avoid this violent suicidal attack. Dozens of wounds of various sizes appeared on his body in an instant, and his entire body was covered in blood.
But Ivan Bratov, without changing his expression, rushed forward and, despite his injuries, grabbed Alger's neck, lifting him into the air. At the same time, he activated the Spirit Corrosion Ring again, shooting out a beam of black light that left Alger half-dead and helpless.
"Behave yourself, or I'll snap your neck right now!"
For some reason, General Ivan Blatov did not see a trace of fear in Alger's eyes during the twilight, which set off alarm bells in his mind, and he couldn't help but speak up.
Just then, a person suddenly jumped out from a patch of shadow illuminated by the red moon.
The man, wielding a long sword formed of flames, slashed at the right arm of Ivan Bratov, who was gripping Alger's neck, with a speed that caught everyone off guard.
With a flash of fire, Ivan Bratov's muscular, veiny right arm was completely severed from him. The "Guardian's" body, which was supposed to withstand coastal artillery fire, provided no protection whatsoever. In fact, a faint aroma of meat wafted from the wound.
"ah----"
Ivan Bratov covered the huge wound left by his severed arm and retreated rapidly, while continuing to activate the ring on his hand at all costs.
But since Evan had already come to him, how could he possibly give him another chance to operate?
Almost in the blink of an eye, Evan was once again in front of Bratov Ivan, accurately plunging the long sword in his hand into his throat, instantly taking the life of this famous pirate general who had roamed the five seas!
With a contorted expression of pain, Ivan Bratov lay motionless on the deck, not even having time to leave his last words.
The pirates of the Twilight Pirates, who witnessed the entire event, were all dumbfounded, standing there in disbelief. It took them several seconds to react before they scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in all directions, wanting nothing more than to get as far away from Evan as possible.
But they didn't consider that there was a vast ocean all around them, so where could they possibly escape to?
Evan had no time to pay attention to them. He walked to the body of Ivan Bratov, flipped it over, and had Amon take the ring off his finger. Then he walked toward Alger, who was about to become a dead man on the deck.
"These are the potions provided by the apothecary on my ship, no less potent than the Sun God's Water used within the Church of the Eternal Sun."
Evan had watched the entire battle between Alger and Vice Admiral Twilight, so he knew exactly what had happened to Alger's injuries. He immediately had Amon take out a bottle of purification potion prepared by Darkwell and throw it to him.
Alger took it without hesitation and drank it all in one gulp.
Darkwell's medicine worked very well. Within seconds, Alger's face went from deathly pale to having a little color in it, and he finally showed a bit of the life force of a living person.
"Not enough, two more bottles, please!"
Alger reached out his hand without any politeness, his tone extremely aggressive.
Evan, knowing Alger was angry, smiled nonchalantly and then tossed him two more vials of potion.
After downing the two vials of potion, Alger finally had the strength to struggle to his feet on the deck. His face contorted with rage, he said, "You've been here for ages, but you've been hiding here watching me risk my life?"
Evan nodded calmly, and seeing his expression, Alger became even angrier, coldly saying, "I need a reason, a reason why I won't bring up arbitration with Mr. Fool!"
If Evan doesn't give an explanation, then Alger wouldn't mind breaking ties with him.
"The reason is that I don't want Bratov Ivan's extraordinary characteristics anymore; they can be your spoils!"
Evan knew that it was really unfair of him to stand by and watch Alger and General Twilight fight to the death and then intervene, so he didn't try to defend himself and directly offered a high price.
For a pragmatist like Alger, a hundred reasons are not as effective as tangible benefits in pacifying him.
Sure enough, Alger glanced at the corpse in the twilight, which was gathering the Guardian's extraordinary ability, and his anger immediately subsided. He forgot his earlier question, but after touching the magical item "Guardian of Radiance" around his neck, he hesitated and said, "I already have the Guardian of Radiance, and I'm not an extraordinary being through the 'Sleepless' or 'Corpse Collector' pathway. Getting another Guardian's extraordinary ability wouldn't make much difference."
When he was looking for Alger to act as bait and lure Twilight into a trap, Evan gave him the reward of "Guardian of Radiance" in advance.
Now that Admiral Twilight is dead, and the Black Pearl is hunting down the fleeing Twilight Pirates, Alger's mission has been completed perfectly. Therefore, the Guardian of Glory now belongs entirely to him.
"If you don't want it, then I can only compensate you with the equivalent amount of money. How about thirteen thousand pounds?"
Evan realized that Alger was trying to bargain, but he didn't indulge him at all and offered a monetary compensation solution directly.
"Then forget it. If I find a good buyer, I might be able to get 20,000 gold pounds."
Seeing that Evan was unwilling to compromise, Alger quickly rejected the second option Evan offered.
Alger could tell which was more valuable, the gold pound or the Sequence 5 extraordinary property.
After agreeing on a compensation plan, Alger's anger towards Evan had subsided, but he still had some doubts and asked, "Why did you unilaterally change your own plan and watch me and Lieutenant General Twilight fight to the death?"
As previously agreed, Alger's only task was to lure Ivan into the trap; the rest should be left to Evan, the demigod, to decide, without any danger.
Evan thought for a moment and felt that if this matter wasn't clarified, it would leave a rift in Alger's heart. In addition, he was a member of the Tarot Society and he wasn't worried that Alger would leak it to others. So he walked to the ship's side, looked at the pirates fleeing in the night, and said softly, "Today's operation was indeed very successful, but it was precisely because it was too successful that I had a new idea."
"What new idea?"
"Our initial plan was for you to act as bait, and for me to clean up the mess, to fight a brilliant annihilation battle, to make a name for my new army, and at the same time to complete the ghost ship transaction plan that we had agreed on at the beginning."
But after realizing that the operation was too successful, I suddenly realized that I could achieve my goal without actually showing my demigod-like strength.
"And if I can keep my ascension to demigod a secret, wouldn't I be able to give my potential enemies a huge surprise next time?"
As Alger watched the pirates struggling and fleeing into the water in the distance, he suddenly understood Evan's plan.
The Twilight Pirates had too many members, and Evan had brought relatively few warships and ships this time. Therefore, some pirates who were "sailors" would inevitably slip through the net. After they escaped, they would certainly spread the word about what they had seen and heard that day.
As long as Evan doesn't make a too high-profile move, he might give the pirates the illusion that he's not a demigod. Even if there are things that are hard to explain, such as enhancing the precision of cannonballs so that they can travel further and more accurately, they can be explained by "sealed artifacts".
Therefore, when killing Twilight General Ivan Blatov, he could not display the strength of a demigod, which required Alger and Twilight General to fight to the death to lay the groundwork.
"Your idea is good, but isn't it taking people too seriously?"
Even if 99% of people believe you, there will always be one or two who see through your misleading scheme. Don't forget that the Fursac Empire is the "hunter's" stronghold, teeming with seasoned "scheming men"!
While cursing Evan for being so filthy in his heart, Alger couldn't help but taunt him.
Evan, however, paid no attention to Alger's sarcasm. He simply turned around, pointed to his unusually young face, and earnestly asked, "If I hadn't told you that I had become a demigod, would you have believed that a young man under 24 years old could advance so quickly?"
Where does this speculation fit in with the group of geniuses in the Fussac Empire who only achieved demigod status in their 4s and 50s?
Alger was speechless after hearing Evan's words, and remained silent for a long time.
This wasn't because he was devastated by the fact and started to feel sorry for himself, but rather because what Evan said was so reasonable that there was no room for argument.
Previously at the Tarot meeting, Alger had guessed that Mr. Power had become a demigod because of the things he wanted to buy.
It was only because of Evan's constant misleading that he believed "Mr. Power" was the prince named Edsak Augustus.
The real Edsack Augustus was a middle-aged man over thirty, so Alger kept comforting himself by saying that the other party was of noble birth and had no shortage of potion recipes and materials.
But this time, in order to set a trap for General Twilight, Evan performed a self-destruction on Alger, which shocked Alger so much that he was completely stunned and doubted his life. It took him several days to recover from the psychological trauma.
This is still because Alger himself was a "sailor" of extraordinary means.
So whenever Alger thought about how he had initially disbelieved it a thousand times over, he had no doubt that the top conspirators of the Fussac Empire, who followed the same path as Evan, might fall for it.
To doubt that Evan became a demigod at the age of 23 is to doubt their own life experiences in the first half of their lives.
The higher a person's rank, the more confident they become; and the more confident a person is, the more they trust their eyes rather than their ears.
Furthermore, the Fussac Empire had a tradition of contempt and trampling on the defeated. Even if a pirate escaped and truthfully reported what he had seen and heard, there was a high probability that the Fussac Empire's generals would distort the facts.
Therefore, their assessment of Evan's new army is likely that it is much stronger than the ordinary elite navy of Rune, but not by too much.
If they approach Evan with this mindset in the future —
Thinking of this, Alger couldn't help but shudder, prompting Evan, who was standing beside him, to turn around again and ask, "What's wrong? If it doesn't work, I have a few bottles of 'purification' potions here!"
Alger swallowed back the words he was about to say, and said weakly, "That's perfect. Just what's the origin of that sealed artifact? If it weren't for the potion you just gave me, I think I'd be dead by now!"
Evan didn't notice anything amiss, and had Amon bring out two more bottles of potion, handing them to Alger, then casually said, "That's a sealing artifact made from materials for advancing to demigod level, with very severe side effects."
After thinking about the strange symptoms in his body, Alger basically guessed which route the sealed artifact came from. He didn't say anything more, but simply took the potion that Evan handed him and hung it on his waist.
Evan was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled but said nothing.
With Dusk about to be instantly killed, the pirates of the "Dusk Pirates" had long lost the will to resist and the ability to organize a fight.
The elite squad, represented by Dunn Smith, Isinger Stanton, Catherine Grey, Ian Wright, Leonard Mitchell, and Daly Simone, were all trained by official forces and were the elite of the elite. So even if a few pirates fought back desperately, they were quickly suppressed by them, becoming part of their many achievements!
In less than an hour, the "Twilight Pirates," who had once threatened the merchant shipping routes of the Kingdom of Rune and could stop children from crying at night, were completely wiped out. Only a few pirates hiding in the corners of the pirate ship were occasionally discovered and executed.
Afterwards, Evan delivered a speech under the fervent gazes of the new soldiers, garnering a huge cheer, before leading his officers into the captain's cabin of the "Twilight".
Just as Evan took over the position of Ivan Bratov, First Officer Ulysses Newman, accompanied by two men, each wielding a knife, approached, carrying a man whose limbs had been broken.
"General, I've just captured a man. He's the medic of the Twilight Pirates," he said. He claimed he was kidnapped by Vice Admiral Twilight and forced into the pirate crew, and that he had never participated in any raids. He's now offering a crucial piece of information in exchange for his life.
Because of this resounding victory, First Officer Ulysses Newman clearly held Evan in even greater respect.
"Hahaha, what information can you provide? Tell me. If it's truly valuable, I might consider sparing your life!"
Evan asked with interest, but clearly didn't expect any major information; instead, he was quite interested in the doctor.
"What's the latest on the Church of the Night's most wanted criminal?"
The pirate struggled to lift his head and said urgently.