The pirate who was relatively close to him was a bit surprised by the situation and couldn’t help scratching his head to ask.

Finmage heard this and his face instantly darkened.

"Shut up."

For heaven’s sake, why do you always bring up the most inconvenient things?

You remember every trivial matter this clearly, do you have a great memory?

And you had to specially remind me, do you want me to give you a medal?

"Idiot! Moron!"

Finmage gave him two hard knocks on the back of the head and then left with the Black Tide Mark.

The pirates nearby held back their laughter as they watched.

This guy really deserved that beating.

The boss already seemed in a bad mood tossing and retrieving things, and you still went and asked. If anyone deserves a beating, it’s you.

Returning to his room, Finmage looked at the Black Tide Mark on the table, his expression somewhat unnatural.

His mind right now was as tangled as spaghetti being stirred by a fork, twisted to death.

On one hand, he was wary of that existence called the Master of the Black Tide.

Back then, Rogel left him with a very deep impression, he figured that he wouldn’t be anything good.

But on the other hand, he lacked magic potions!

To be precise, he lacked an alchemist who could make magic potions!

Initially, he placed his hopes on the alchemist within the Laine Langdon Clan.

After all, compared to dangerous "deities," dealing with humans seemed a bit safer... Of course, that group of clan people were no good either.

But when Finmage went to the Laine Langduo City-States, he was thoroughly silent.

Laine Langduo... what Laine Langduo?

All the Extraordinary Clans, all the Extraordinary ones in the entire Laine Langduo City-States, were utterly wiped out in no time!

Physically wiped out.

And the entire Laine Langduo was renamed Black Tide City, and its appearance greatly changed.

On the island, not only were there no more Extraordinary clans enslaving commoners, but they also opened up the knowledge of the Extraordinary, though there was a certain assessment and test to pass.

This left Finmage dumbfounded.

Is the Master of the Black Tide this potent?

This guy is so formidable, then what am I afraid of? Why would They target a small pirate like me, for what?

So Finmage quickly changed his attitude, ready to pray to the great Master of the Black Tide.

Then he discovered an awkward problem... he had thrown away the Black Tide Mark.

But he felt embarrassed to go back and retrieve it, since he had tossed it right under his subordinates’ noses.

So he planned to casually buy one from a commoner.

But he never expected it!

None of these commoners were willing to sell him a Mark!

From the elderly to the children, they treasured the Black Tide Mark immensely, not one was willing to sell.

After all, most of them did not even have a Black Tide Mark themselves, how could they possibly sell it?

Their respect for the Master of the Black Tide was beyond Finmage’s imagination.

Moreover, the Black Tide Mark seemed to enable the holder to take some test and could become an Extraordinary.

Before Finmage could fully inquire, he was chased out by a team of guards because his subordinate was causing trouble in Black Tide City.

So, without fully understanding, Finmage was forced to leave Black Tide City.

Thus, helpless, Finmage had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure, grit his teeth, and return to fish the Black Tide Mark out of the filthy water.

Looking at the Black Tide Mark in his hand, Finmage couldn’t help but mutter.

"Such a powerful being probably won’t care about my small rudeness..."

"Probably... right?"

With that, Finmage took a deep breath and began to pray.

However, a long time passed, and the Black Tide Mark showed no reaction whatsoever.

Finmage waited for quite a while.

Finally, he could only awkwardly open his eyes.

Oh crap, am I marked by the Master of the Black Tide?

Finmage’s intestines were turning themselves in knots with regret.

Why was I such an idiot? Even if it was useless, I shouldn’t have thrown it away!

Now look, I’m marked by Them, completely ignored...

What am I going to do now...