Pirate Kingship-Chapter 766 - 490: Wild Hunt King—Shifting Offense and Defense

As the winds of change swept through the Castilia Royal Capital, Byron was still in the "First Circulation Zone" with his troops, cleaning up the battlefield.

He never anticipated that Puppet King Louis could be so decisive, not wasting a single second before returning to rebel.

In fact, the peak battle between the two pseudo-Kingly Title rivals lasted less than five minutes in total.

It's not like being the Giant of Light who can only hold on for three minutes—no sign of weakness here.

Despite losing the physical form, spirituality remained strong.

Of course, the price paid was steep, having fallen from a state of being loved by women to becoming the second "Incompetent," now unable to last even three minutes.

Byron was even more unaware that Enrique IV, when faced with death, because of the Church's shared intelligence on the Great Flood, smoothly switched to a new track, abandoning the real world and his country.

Otherwise, regardless of what post moves or plans that most honorable King of the world had, whether the Church Traditionalists' so-called "Noah's Ark" was reliable or not, all would sneer at this Incompetent.

With the real world entering the "Intertidal Zone" and a great disaster looming, did you, this King, just slide away?

This choice may not count as incompetent, but it is certainly cowardly, lacking in responsibility.

Upon learning of the incoming catastrophe, the first thing to do is not to hide the news or shirk responsibility, but rather find a way to manage water in advance, securing one's homeland and subjects, right?

Of course, Byron, although still unaware that the tides have changed in Castilia, had long prepared ahead.

Under the identities of The Mad Hunt and the newly ascendant Black Sail Pirate King, the Uncrowned King, he connected with another key figure of the Kingdom of Castilia via the Online Financial Street membership account.

The smile and manners on his face were impeccable, like those of a charming Prince, but the banditry in his words perfectly matched his current pirate leader status: 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"Your Royal Highness the Princess, you must have heard Lady Don Quixote's words just now.

Puppet King Louis, in order to place his and Queen Joanna's illegitimate daughter, Juana, on the throne, committed acts of grave injustice.

Who in the royal families does not know that your mother is a princess and the sole heir of the Kingdom of Avis, and your father Juan II promised to place your inheritance rights before Enrique IV and all royal members after acquiring the territories of the Kingdom of Avis.

If Princess Juana truly is the daughter of the Incompetent, this succession may indeed need revisiting.

But now they are clearly taking advantage of your youth to usurp your rightful throne with a bastard without inheritance rights.

Not to mention, when Juan II Your Majesty passed away, the Incompetent Enrique IV drove you and your mother into a monastery to fend for yourselves, making you suffer since childhood.

If it were me, I couldn't bear it.

At least they deserve a family reunion in the grave, only then can this matter be deemed settled."

The omnipresent Faustian Contract need not worry about the absence of the Law Network. Currently appearing opposite the projection was Castilia's Crown Princess Isabella.

To this day, thanks to the membership registration discount event, the coverage of Online Financial Street had far exceeded everyone's expectations, and the crown princess was one of its beneficiaries.

Isabella was wearing a black dress styled in priestly robes, covering 90% of her skin, revealing only her face and hands.

Her skin and hair were clean, the dress showed no signs of dirty edges, and her eyes were especially bright, making it impossible to tell if she had truly only bathed once in her life.

According to the Creator's Church doctrine, physical desires are regarded as original sin, while enjoyment of worldly things is viewed as soul pollution.

Bathing is also considered indulgence of the body, potentially inciting physical desires and leading to a fall.

Thus, the dirtier the body, the cleaner the soul.

Based on this, the church canonizes those who have never bathed throughout their lives.

Therefore, Isabella can be referred to by her full title: Immaculate Saint Isabella!

This crown princess not only has outstanding reputation in both the church and secular worlds but is also a Fourth-order Heroic Sun Crown Priest of the Order of Sanctity.

She is furthermore the highest-ranked religious leader in the Kingdom of Castilia—the Archbishop of Burgos, bearer of the Bishop's Authority Ring, blessed by the Silver Law, and one of the 98 Cardinal Archbishops in the Church.

Though very young at only twenty years, Isabella handles affairs with maturity and poise, appearing more like a qualified ruler than her nearly fifty-year-old brother, the Incompetent Enrique.

With hands overlapped at her stomach, she slightly bowed in thanks to Byron:

"I never imagined that so much would transpire behind the Treasure Fleet.

Prince Byron, thank you for exposing the Puppet King's conspiracy and averting a crisis of the king's power usurpation.

You shall receive my personal friendship; in the future, I am willing to provide every possible help when you reclaim your nation."

She was certainly aware of Byron's true intention for informing her.

Essentially, it was to balance the power comparison between the two political factions within Castilia, preventing the Puppet King from getting his way easily; yet the actions ultimately benefited her.

Whether they would be foes or friends in the future was hard to say, but now the two factions could achieve limited cooperation.