Pirate Kingship-Chapter 750 - 86: The Domain of Royal Power: Puppet Kingdom

The Puppet King initially wanted to play a balancing act where various enemies would wear each other down.

However, unexpectedly, he encountered a true master of balance, passed down through generations.

With just a slight move, it was already at the limits of this segment, even the powerful [Probability Dice] unexpectedly failed.

It pulled him, the puppeteer, from outside the stage into the fray, becoming an actor manipulated by the threads of fate, performing the ups and downs of life.

Of course, he always believed he was the protagonist.

"Is that... Prince Louis's [First Level Holy Relic: The First Sextant]? Is that the fifth-order legendary Puppeteer from the Hall Sequence coming to save us?"

As soon as that point of golden light projected by the sextant appeared, Katrina Debo on the [Ox City] joyfully cheered.

The Sacred Relic [Sextant] was one of the key inventions that inaugurated the Great Nautical Age, possessing incredibly powerful transcendent abilities.

Over seventy years of nautical history, no one in the upper echelons of any country was unaware of its feature—[Positioning Teleportation]!

When using the sextant to measure latitude and longitude, one first needs to know the current precise time, then measure a celestial body, usually the sun, at its highest point in the sky.

Consult the astronomical calendar to find out the equatorial coordinates of the celestial body on that day, substitute into the formula "cos z = sinφ sinδ+ cosφ cosδ cos t" to determine the latitude φ of the location.

Then measure the lunar distance between the moon and another celestial body (like a star or planet) to cross-reference with the observatory's standard time, thereby determining the longitude.

In this Great Nautical Age, holding a sextant was equivalent to modern ships having GPS or Beidou positioning, the contribution to navigation is imaginable.

And the name "sextant" derives from the fact that the arc length of the dividing arc is exactly one-sixth of a circle, or sixty degrees.

Therefore, as long as you hold a sextant and a nautical chart to position yourself, you can use the power of the solar and lunar star formations to instantly move within sixty degrees in the east-west-north-south directions on the planet's surface.

However, the destiny of the sextant is: "Walk steadily on the ground!"

"The paths one shortcuts through must be walked back steadily on foot.

Although this ability can be used three times a day without restriction, the user must walk a route of equal length within three months after activating the ability.

If violated, there is a possibility of being transported directly to the sun or moon by the sextant, for a one-way interstellar trip.

It is said that for various reasons, at least three Castilian nautical ships have violated the Mandate of Heaven, if humans can land on the moon in the future, they might see them there."

With this treasure at hand, the Puppet King could almost instantly reach any known place in the world.

But Katrina, after a moment of excitement, suddenly turned pale and realized that something seemed amiss, and exclaimed in shock:

"Wait, brother, something is wrong!

The title effect [Treasure Ship's Key] is only partially ineffective, except for the aware parties who have seen the 'Information Black Box,' we still don't exist.

Because of the lack of a medium unaffected by the Key, the inside and outside cannot communicate, and no rescue signals can be sent out.

Theoretically, as a Keeper of Secrets, Puppet King Prince Louis, if he actively left some surveillance means in the fleet, it could indeed break through this barrier.

But now this sea battle has been going on for several hours, even at a leisurely pace he should've responded, as the [Sextant] can reach us instantly.

Why did Prince Louis come late, not early, and just as we were about to escape?

Moreover..."

Katrina stopped speaking, and Wickliffe next to her understood her meaning.

Because they had suspected from the beginning that someone, in order to plot against the Royalist Party and the Princess Party on the adjacent ship, deliberately leaked intelligence about the Treasure Fleet, attracting these two powerful pirate groups.

When they saw the Puppet King appear with their own eyes, there was no doubt who the informant was!

Later, as long as the Keeper of Secrets killed all the remaining people, no one would know what had happened here.

Even the Life Gem would only shatter when the [Information Black Box] was completely broken, and that would be a month from now.

Next to them, Jeanne Don Quixote of the Princess Party on the [Numa Nande], and [Lady Green] Angelia, were only a step slower than the Debo siblings in reacting.

As one of the sixteen [King's Right Hands], and the highest-ranking Castilian present, Angelia harshly scolded the newcomer:

"Prince Louis, what are you trying to do?

Don't you know your actions are treasonous?

Selling out the Treasure Fleet, harming the interests of the entire group of great nobles, even if you are a prince, you cannot escape responsibility.

You'd better stop immediately, and I will consider pleading with His Majesty for leniency in your punishment."

Of course, a woman who had climbed to such a high position as the King's Right Hand within the power hub of the leading maritime power was not that naive.

Thinking that merely putting on the whole noble faction's tiger skin could scare away the Puppet King, who clearly intended to silence them.

While questioning, she gestured discreetly behind her towards the [Gulf Stream Matron], indicating for her to seize the opportunity to escape.

This Whelk Totem God had, besides "fertility", the authority of the "Gulf Stream", and even if her physical body crossed the First Circulation Zone, there was a high probability she wouldn't drown.