Chapter 575

The woman wearing the black nun's habit seemed to feel Lu Mian's gaze, slightly turned her head, and cast her gaze toward him.

Upon making contact with those eyes of indescribable color, Lu Mian felt the figure in his vision suddenly disappear.

Almost simultaneously, he had the thought that this was not important and did not need further processing.

Meanwhile, Juan Oro, who was standing beside the incoming "Viceroy of the Sea," Simon, discovered that the blue sea surface, which had been so calm that there wasn't a single wave, had begun to show obvious undulations. In the gray high sky, the stars, which were difficult to see with the naked eye, also seemed to have undergone some kind of change, bringing him a change in emotion and the generation of an inexplicable palpitation.

An anomaly? Although Juan Oro was unclear whether this situation was good or bad, in the current situation, he would treat any change as an accident, as some kind of incident created by a hidden enemy.

He could not afford to think too much, forcibly stuffing the "Ring of the Sea Queen" into the hands of the incoming "Viceroy of the Sea," Simon, and growled:

"Hurry and marry the sea!"

In his urgency, this chairman of the Fishery Guild did not deliberately disguise his voice as Jorge's, but because his vocal cords had also changed, it did not sound as old as usual.

Simon, being roared at by Juan Oro like this, did not notice the change in the other party's voice at all.

He raised his palm holding the "Ring of the Sea Queen" and recited that passage of words in a gibberish voice.

"Oh Sea, I will marry you as a symbol of my conquest of you!" With this thought, Simon threw out the uniquely shaped gold ring, seeing its surface covered with a layer of light, and the whole thing appearing to tremble slightly.

After the "Ring of the Sea Queen" sank into the water, the light suddenly became brighter and expanded to the size of an infant.

It turned into something like a cone of light and completely disappeared into the blue seawater.

The next second, Juan Oro, Lu Mian, and the others heard a loud boom in their ears.

Splash!

The sea boiled, and one giant wave after another surged, tossing the colorful ceremonial ship into mid-air, with an aura of destroying everything echoing in the surroundings.

This... this is the sea's fury! How could it be? Juan Oro's pupils dilated, unable to believe why he and the others had still angered the sea, unable to believe that this year's Sea Prayer Ceremony seemed to have failed again.

He had clearly followed the whole process, personally seeing the "Ring of the Sea Queen," which had completed the prerequisite segment, placed on that dilapidated stone platform representing the ancestors, and it was also taken out by his own hands afterward, kept under high alert, with no problems in any segment!

How could it be?

Juan Oro felt the colorful ceremonial ship about to capsize, his hands clenching tightly, and scales that were crystal clear like starlight protruding on his skin.

His eyes then became deep, as if brilliant stars were emerging within them.

He combined himself with this "sea."

The splashing movement stopped abruptly, and those towering and terrifying blue sea waves froze in mid-air, as if tightly gripped by an invisible hand.

…………

Milo Village, inside the building that looked like a church belonging to the "Viceroy of the Sea."

The fake "Viceroy of the Sea," Miguel, who was lying in the servant's room, suddenly sat up, slowly got out of bed, and a smile of self-satisfaction appeared on his face.

He stood before the glass window where he could see the weeds in the back, and whispered silently:

"It's about time...

"After discovering that the sea sacrifice failed again, I wonder what kind of expression Juan Oro will have. Hehe, this is a reward for your various 'care' over the past year.

"What is 'Loki' doing? Suddenly giving up the original arrangement, is he really not afraid of any accidents?"

Miguel was the core member of "April Fool's," the "Bard," the "Bard" who had previously disguised himself as the sailor Iru to board the ship and was taken away by the "Mad Lady" when jumping into the sea.

They had already planned what to do and how to do it last year, so they had long ago targeted several Sangtagang locals who looked quite similar to that unlucky Viceroy. Once the sea sacrifice was destroyed and they returned to shore, they immediately killed one of the targets, and the "Bard" disguised himself as him.

As for why they were so certain that Miguel, impersonated by the "Bard," could become the fake "Viceroy of the Sea," it was because "Ultraman" would take the initiative to be responsible for this matter.

And to guard against any sudden betrayal among the peripheral members of "April Fool's," as a former "Swindler," the "Bard" had even specially written the "Secret Records of Emperor Roselle," handed it to "Loki," and had him secretly publish it in Trier, forging the illusion that the "Bard" was still quite active and mainly active in Intis, not letting others associate Miguel, who was honestly staying in the "Viceroy of the Sea" mansion, with the "Bard."

Of course, writing the romantic history of Emperor Roselle was indeed a very interesting thing for the "Bard," and watching Juan Oro threaten him with a mocking attitude, beat him with a cane, and then sleep with his granddaughter, and sleep with the wives and daughters of relevant personnel, also made the "Bard" feel very fun, greatly satisfying his prankster psychology.

However, the prank was just incidental; the most essential purpose of his disguise as the "Viceroy of the Sea" was:

Being able to freely enter and exit the basement of this building, the place that the Milo Village villagers thought was for sacrificing to ancestors!

Although he was a fake "Viceroy of the Sea" and would be supervised by those sea kin inside the house, the only places he couldn't enter were the place for the ring-making ritual and the room where the "Viceroy of the Sea" kept vigil. He could enter and exit other places as he pleased, and as long as he didn't do anything out of line, he wouldn't be stopped. Moreover, according to information provided by "Ultraman," the basement of the Viceroy's mansion had never been valued by the sea kin. Except for two guards standing symbolically at the stairs, there were no monitors or protectors inside.

The Milo Village villagers also only occasionally paid respects, and most of the time, out of respect for the "Viceroy of the Sea," they did not enter or exit the building without authorization.

This provided the "Bard," this fake "Viceroy of the Sea," with plenty of opportunities.

Thinking of the expressions of Juan Oro and Lu Mian Lee when they saw the Sea Prayer Ceremony fail again, the "Bard" couldn't help but chuckle, whispering to himself in a mocking tone:

"You all know that the sea sacrifice, ring-making, and vigil are held once a year, but have you ever thought that the ancestor sacrifice segment can also only be held once a year?

"That dilapidated altar also needs to gather the spirituality of worshippers bit by bit, taking about twelve months to save up enough power for one 'enchantment'."

And he had placed an item related to one of those three pathways on the altar more than half a month in advance, before the basement was valued, and openly took away the stolen power accumulated by the altar!

Based on this, he believed that no matter how successful last night's ring-making ritual was, and no matter how strictly Juan Oro and Lu Mian Lee guarded it to prevent the "Ring of the Sea Queen" from being swapped, the "Ring of the Sea Queen" would not possess the ability to steal that power at the bottom of the sea.

Therefore, the Sea Prayer Ceremony would inevitably fail, and this time, the seal would be further opened, and the "volcano" that had been accumulating inside for a long time would completely erupt!

Those who tried to stop it would all die!

The reason why "April Fool's" took the risk last year to have the "Mad Lady" become an assistant deacon and deliberately use other items to replace the "Ring of the Sea Queen" on that "ancestor sacrifice" stone platform was because the key point that the high-level stolen power could only be used once a year had not been fully verified—although "Ultraman" could enter and exit the basement to do some analysis and attempts, he didn't dare to be too frequent, as that would be suspicious.

After the failure of last year's Sea Prayer Ceremony and the experiments that took place every month for the previous eleven months, the "Bard," "Ultraman," and "Mad Lady" were now very certain that they didn't need to rack their brains to replace the real "Ring of the Sea Queen"; they just needed to take away that stolen power in advance. Therefore, they all sneered while watching Lu Mian Lee perform, not caring at all what he did, and there was no need to take the initiative to do any destructive things, lest they be ferreted out by the "Mother Goddess of Earth" Church.

Of course, some performances that fit the identity still had to be done, such as asking Lu Mian Lee for help.

The "Bard" withdrew his gaze and cast his sight toward his left hand.

There was a mark left by wearing a certain ring there.

This was the item that carried the key part of the "Ring of the Sea Queen's" function!

…………

Sangtagang, Solo Hotel, at the door of the fifth-floor suite.

Lugano, who was "hugging" Mrs. Georgia, found even his thoughts becoming stuttered, as if iron gears were covered in yellow rust or lacked lubricating oil:

"What, what is this?

"Was I, was I attacked?

"No, I must hurry, get rid of, this state..."

Lugano tried to push away the beauty in his arms, but found that the other party had become very heavy, and was using different parts like her elbows, wrists, knees, and toes to prevent his attempts to raise his arms or take steps. The amplitude of these movements was very small and very subtle, just like playfulness and flirting between lovers.

This, combined with the stuttering of his thoughts, actually made it impossible for a "Planter" to break free from Georgia's restraints.

Lugano panicked, opened his mouth, and was about to call for help loudly.

Just at this moment, Georgia raised her head and blocked his lips with her rosy mouth.

Lugano was momentarily stunned.

In the room next to them.

Jenna, wearing a female mercenary outfit, was holding a mirror, "reflecting" the situation in the living room through the glass in Lu Mian's suite.

After seeing Lugano and Georgia hugging together, flirting, and soon kissing passionately, Jenna couldn't help but curse in a low voice:

"Damn, can they be horny at a time like this? And in front of a child!"

Considering that members of the "Curly-Haired Baboons Research Society" would join Franca's side, the task Lu Mian arranged for Jenna was to secretly monitor Lugano to see what exactly was wrong with this translator.

As a former "Showy Woman," Jenna hadn't seen similar scenes before; she had even seen more restricted ones. She just didn't understand, were they that hungry that they had to show it at the door?

At this time, Anthony Reid beside her looked at the mirror and frowned:

"It doesn't look like they're being intimate; the movements and expressions aren't like that when being intimate."

(End of chapter)