Pirate Kingship-Chapter 761 - 488: Black Sail Pirate King: Uncrowned King

[Golden Great Devil Card] is essentially a strand of hair from the highest presence in the Hall Sequence—Zero Level Curse Spirit [Capricious Joker].

Because this Curse Spirit is incredibly powerful, Night Watchers were forced to use extraordinary measures to seal Him.

Even every clown who brings joy to the audience is a barrier used to seal the [Capricious Joker].

Other highly inspired Hall Series Extraordinary individuals, though somewhat better off, also feel instinctively restrained when encountering it, as mice before a cat.

Under Byron's exquisite "surgical" operation, the Puppet Threads instantly spliced together with the colorful strands extending from the card.

Before the Puppet King had time to release the threads seeing trouble, his body stiffened abruptly.

Originally invisible threads became bathed in rainbow hues.

On his wooden face, the faint lines of oil paint emerged, forming a clown mask, making him realize... the clown was himself!

Of course, even though this one strand comes from an existence beyond measure, it cannot possibly kill a seasoned Fifth Order Legend.

Even when polluting [Bone Gobble Joker] Koraskin, it took a full page of a diary's time.

Byron did not have that luxury; if the Great Devil Card could restrain the Puppet King for merely three to five seconds, it was more than enough.

Doo—!

[Storm Horn] was blown again.

The eight "Brother Batteries" arrived with a "boom," gaining the full support of the "One King Two Queens," expanding in size.

Each grabs a piece of Puppet King Louis's limbs, arms, thighs, head... then begins spinning rapidly.

The "crackle" of blazing white currents makes nearby Fourth Order Heroes daring not to approach, dodging quickly.

"Open!!!"

As the repulsion between identical electrodes grew to the limit, the eight Storm Giant Spirits suddenly broke apart, taking the puppet limbs in their hands... dismembered into eight pieces.

"Hiss——!"

The pirates who witnessed this scene all drew cold breaths.

Wasn't the [Puppet King], just now appearing invincible in their eyes, killed on the spot?

Looking back at Byron, only endless fanaticism remained in their gaze.

But Byron himself knew, it wasn't over yet.

Releasing [Golden Triangle], Catherine and Violet each returned to their bodies.

Violet immediately dispelled her mythical form, activating the [Sun Amulet] selected from Sun Empire Atahualpa, greatly enhancing her luck.

Took out a revolver, pointed at her own head, and pulled the trigger.

Click! Click! Click!...

Five consecutive shots managed not to blow her head, thus gaining a 32-fold attack enhancement from [Death Roulette Bet] for the next hit!

At that moment, Byron's premonition came true.

Puppet King's shattered limbs, upon hitting the ground, continued wriggling as initially with [Pinocchio], seeking to pull together under the thread's tension.

Violet dared not delay further.

She immediately soared into the air to [Slaughter Machines], removing its composite mode, reaching out to grab The First Bolt-Action Rifle.

Aimed at Puppet King's head, she softly uttered: "Sir, the era has changed."

Effect: Regardless of whether the target is an elemental creature, evil spirit, bizarre entity, or other extraordinary being, this rifle delivers real physical damage in one shot.

Combined with exponentially increasing power from [Roulette of Death], there's no doubt about killing a Fifth Order Legend unexpectedly.

Violet is now unquestionably the top attacker among the trio.

Bam!

The gunfire flashed, a line of white light shot forth, illuminating the entire sea area.

Under certain death lethality, temporarily resisting pollution from the Golden Great Devil Card, regaining bodily control Puppet King was unable to reform his body.

A leg, tugged by threads, jumped in place, aiming a powerful aerial kick at its own head.

In the next moment.

Castle of Dreams' hull silently gained a two-meter radius hole, running from deck to bottom. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

Along the way, everything was vaporized instantly.

A massive amount of seawater "whooshed" into the cabin, the vessel beyond rescue.

[Kingdom Domain: Puppet Kingdom] broke apart instantly, and the "Puppet Theater" shrinking gradually also vanished without a trace.

The crisis of everyone transforming into puppets was completely resolved.

With a body already obliterated by Violet in one shot, the Puppet King was left with a lone head, flying like a ball.

Caught passionately by a figure emerging from the cabin.

It was his sister-in-law and lover, Queen Joanna.

"Louis, how are you!"

"It's not fatal, run!"

Joanna, a Fourth Order Extraordinary herself, reacted quickly, aware of the urgent situation, unhesitantly throwing out a [Sextant].

A golden wave instantly enveloped the entire Castle of Dreams, causing everyone on board to become rapidly illusive.

"Not good, get off the ship; if we're teleported to a remote place impossible to return within three months, we're doomed."

A group of People of Castilia, aware of the sextant, cried out and ran.

Seeing Queen Joanna, birth-mother of Princess Juana, Byron finally completed the final piece of the hidden puzzle.

[Hidden: Crisis of Treasure Fleet, Historical Influence 28] Decryption Rate instantly rose to 100%.

Hesitating for a second, he refrained from firing [Lionheart Broken Arrow] in hand, capable of executing a critical strike on weakened enemies.

"The Kingdom of Castilia is better off in chaos."

"Now that Puppet King Louis's true identity is exposed, there's no retreat. The only path left is rebellion in the kingdom, forcibly promoting his daughter."

"A throne war choosing between Juana and Isabella as heirs is imminent."

"Killing him here benefits [Incompetent] and Crown Princess Isabella only, without advantage to us."

With this thought, he invoked Jagger King Vessel's last power, raising a gale, withdrawing everyone from Castle of Dreams together.

They barely returned to their own warships.

The near-sinking vessel vanished from the sea instantly.

At this moment, over a hundred treasure-laden ships finally belonged entirely to Byron.

They had achieved what none had in nearly seventy years—raided the Treasure Fleet!

All were as in a dream, unable to believe it was real, especially accomplished despite a Fifth Order Legend's obstruction.

"Did we... win?"

"Survived, and all the treasure is ours?!"

Under the golden beam, Byron, leading them to achieve this feat, was hailed by [Thief Baron] Valyrian, a fellow Bayfolk:

"Lancaster! Pirate King! Pirate King!..."

Though Byron seemed not truly Fifth Order, lacking a Kingly Title, killing [Puppet King] Louis rendered the Pirate King title well-deserved.

Other pirates, initially lagging, raised their arms in cheers:

"Black Sail Pirate King, Uncrowned King!"

"Uncrowned King!"

"Uncrowned King!"

The great cheering rang to the heavens.

At this moment, Byron's declaration "King of the Great Seas is patrolling, prosper with me or perish" finally became reality.

Yet this was nowhere near the end, but the beginning of an entirely new era!