Chapter 1009: Chapter 550: Noah’s Ark, The Storm Arrives (Part 4)

Other countries hope the Five Bay States remain drained by the beast tide and foreign colonizers, but in reality, Byron and his people have been doing this for more than half a year.

They have been leeching off the Holy Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Castilia, growing fat and greedy.

The one most likely to upset the balance now is the one from the Inland Sea, aiming to become the Pirate King of the Inland Sea beyond the East Coast Pirate King, West Coast Pirate King, and Sapphire Pirate King, with the [Bloodsail].

Both sides are desperately trying to win him over.

"At your command, Your Majesty. We will proceed at once.

It is said that the other party has been away from the Old Continent for a month to treat a dancer and is about to return to the Inland Sea. This time, we can certainly secure their support before the rebels do."

The admiral of the Navy Department bowed in salute but did not notice the young queen had transparent threads extending from her body to the sky, firmly gripped in a large hand.

At this moment, those threads suddenly quivered slightly, and Juana’s body trembled violently.

"Your Majesty the Queen?!"

The other ministers around couldn’t help but exclaim.

The young queen quickly regained her posture, continuing to speak with an adult’s tone:

"It’s nothing, let’s continue..."

At the other end of the invisible threads, the quasi-legendary warship [Castle of Dreams] of [Puppet King] Louis had been freshly repaired by [Sailboat Collector] Mortent Gray.

The absolutely beautiful women once everywhere on the ship had vanished without a trace, replaced by cold, lifeless puppets.

Besides Louis himself, there was no one on the ship in the strictest sense considered alive.

Even he preferred to maintain a puppet body over presenting himself as human.

You could tell just by looking at the once immaculate mustache at his lips, now smooth and clean, evidence of his brother [Incompetent] Enrique IV’s final curse before death, "Just like me," which had evidently worked perfectly.

In just over half a year, Louis, who couldn’t live without women, had completely given up female company.

The Puppet King meticulously examined the intelligence in his hand, reading it several times before forcefully suppressing his excitement.

He continued to control his daughter Juana through the threads attached to her, making her act as a mature queen to stabilize the rear.

Simultaneously, he spoke to himself:

"Aside from the Church, does anyone else qualify to touch [Noah’s Ark]?

My answer is that if I obtain the Ark, any Orthodox Church, Protestant, or worldly king wishing to board must appease this Pope. If this Pope tells them to kneel, they won’t dare to lay prone.

Who says only those in the Order of Sanctity are qualified to become Pope?

Ever since acquiring [Noah’s Ark], I’ve qualified!"

As one of the secular world’s top nobles, Louis knew many secrets unknown to others.

History records there have been two Great Floods. Now, with a third looming, two ready-made solutions lay before them:

"One is the Ancient Era and Mythological Era junction, an ancient gods’ evacuation strategy, boarding [Noah’s Ark] and waiting for the waters to recede before returning;

the other is the Mythological Era and Silver Era junction, where [The Shackled Creator] chose a defensive route, weaving every individual in the Material World into a web with the Silver Law to seal the world rift, protecting themselves and indirectly everyone else."

The Protestants and Orthodox Church are now vying over this issue.

The Orthodox side promotes an elitist approach using the "captain’s" power to preemptively tap this world, providing an elite few safe refuge in the [Noah’s Ark]’s small world, to start anew after the flood recedes.

The Protestant side advocates a collective approach to defend their home, controlling the Great Flood, not abandoning any nation or follower.

This foundational contradiction is utterly irreconcilable.

The Kingdom of Castilia is, although a darling of the Church, starkly different from the York Family’s past as willing minions.

But who would willingly remain a son forever? Who wouldn’t aspire to flip the tables and become the Church’s daddy?

"The only opportunity in fifteen hundred years is right before us.

If we can obtain [Noah’s Ark] and control ticket distribution, I will become the King of Kings for the Old Continent Nations for some time!"

At present, the temporary victory or defeat in the throne war seems rather trivial.

The [Puppet King] hesitated only slightly before decisively sending an advance team to strike at the North Sea.

Once the intelligence is verified, he will join the fray at once, striving to capture [Noah’s Ark] with all his might!

Clearly, his mindset is far from unique.

His allies, the Star Moon Empire; his adversaries, the Isabella Twins; the high ranks of both Orthodox and Protestant doctrines; and the multi-nation Fifth Order legends and Kingdom’s Guardian all sway like the wind.

In the blink of an eye, the previously stormy North Sea nations immediately transformed into a colossal storm’s eye!