Chapter 783: Respective Missions

Two days later, Banamo Port, in a secluded spot at the pier.

Jenna was wearing a black garment that looked like a dress and a robe, gazing into the blue ocean permeated with light mist.

Her mission was to monitor the pier to discover the "Admiral of the Deep's" flagship, the *Newins*, at the first opportunity.

Of course, this was just one direction she needed to pay attention to. The most critical thing was to ensure that no pirate king's fleet had arrived at Banamo Port before the *Newins* arrived. If such a thing happened, she had to notify Lu Mian immediately so that the unknown adventurer could disappear.

Jenna paced from time to time, or found a place to sit down, waiting for the target's arrival with great patience.

Suddenly, she saw a behemoth in the distance pushing against the water, emerging from beneath the sea surface.

The behemoth was metallic black overall, with a large amount of seawater sliding off its surface. Its shape was like an oval spindle that had expanded quite a bit toward the sky. A thin, curved metal pipe extended from the top, like a snail's eye with an elongated proportion.

The next second, the metal pipe bent and retracted, and the entire upper part of the behemoth split open, spreading toward the surroundings, revealing a wide deck, a large number of cannons, hundreds of pirates, and raising masts and sails.

This made Jenna a bit dazed. Although she had heard Lu Mian talk about how "Bone-Breaker" Luo Lei's *Black Octopus* dived, surfaced, and unfolded, seeing it with her own eyes was still shocking.

This had a strong sense of mechanical beauty!

Moreover, the behemoth was no smaller than the latest steam-powered ocean-going ships, far surpassing traditional sailing pirate ships.

Without needing extra confirmation, Jenna knew this was the "Admiral of the Deep," Haer Constantine's flagship, the *Newins*.

At the same time, she made a preliminary judgment that the *Newins* had come to Banamo Port alone, without the *Black Octopus* accompanying it.

——Ever since "Twilight Lieutenant General" Bratov Ivan became the "Twilight King," other ships in the "Admiral of the Deep's" fleet rarely operated with the flagship, because the *Newins* and the *Black Octopus* could dive into the sea and sail secretly, which other ships couldn't do. Forcing them to follow would only expose Haer Constantine's whereabouts.

This was also one of the reasons Franca targeted this "Admiral of the Deep."

"Such a giant alchemical machine is truly beautiful......" Jenna gazed at the *Newins*, sighing in her heart.

Her father was a worker, and his aesthetic for machinery deeply influenced her and her brother, Julian.

Coupled with the fact that Trier was full of all kinds of useful or strange machines, her brother Julian almost gave up his faith in the "Eternal Blazing Sun" during his youth and went to the Church of the "God of Steam and Machinery."

Jenna withdrew her gaze and, while walking toward the outside of the pier, associated it with a matter with slight worry:

Her brother Julian would finish his exchange studies and return to Trier in a little over a month, and she didn't want her brother to continue living in this metropolis built on a "volcanic crater." She wanted Julian to settle in a place where official power was relatively strong but not as dangerous as Trier. The Lese Port where Julian was currently staying or other towns in the Trier region were all good choices.

Jenna knew she couldn't persuade Julian. On one hand, her brother would worry about her, his sister, unless she found a reliable person to marry. On the other hand, Julian was born in Trier, grew up in Trier, and could get more opportunities in Trier, so how could he be willing to leave his hometown?

"Must think of a way, a roundabout 'arrangement.' Hmm, temporary ones are easier to persuade. Permanently leaving hometown is something Julian absolutely cannot accept. According to Franca, we can do three years first, and then three years after that......" Jenna didn't consider having Anthony directly "hypnotize" Julian.

At this time, two drunken pirates walked into the pier and saw Jenna, who was wearing a hood and a dress-like robe.

They scanned her up and down for a few seconds, looked at each other, and blocked Jenna's path.

"Woman, name your price."

"If you don't want to name a price, we'll just decide for ourselves!"

The two pirates said one after another, reaching out their palms, trying to grab Jenna.

At Banamo Port, such things were not rare. Women among the local residents either went directly to bars or other places with protectors to become streetwalkers, or they rarely went out to avoid being targeted by some pirate. In that case, the best result was waiting for the bailiffs to arrive and getting a small amount of compensation; the worst was being killed on the spot by pirates who didn't want to spend a penny, thrown into the sea, or abducted to the ship and sold to other places.

Before the two pirates' hands could touch Jenna's arms and shoulders, they suddenly found black, evil, and quiet flames igniting on their bodies.

They immediately felt fear and pain, their drunkenness disappeared, and they turned and ran wildly.

As they ran, they shouted in terror:

"Witch!"

"Witch!"

Jenna felt a bit of the "Witch" potion digestion from the two pirates' associations, pain, and fear, and then watched silently as they gradually weakened in the burning of the black flames, eventually falling to the ground and dying in convulsions while running.

Jenna then fell into a dilemma:

Should I continue to maintain the mysterious and evil image of a "Witch," or follow my instinct and loot the money from the two dead pirates......

Banamo Port, inside a bar.

Anthony held a glass of beer, sat on a high stool, and listened to the pirate opposite him boasting with spit flying.

His mission for these two days was to mingle among the pirates, monitor, and guide the direction of "public opinion."

Although Lu Mian had analyzed a lot, he was actually a bit unsure about how the pirate group would react. After all, people's hearts were unpredictable, and it was too normal for some oddballs who couldn't be speculated with common sense to appear among so many pirates.

"Conspirators" wouldn't say that something would definitely happen, 100% happen when formulating a conspiracy. That was the ability of high-ranking "Seer," "Prophet," and "Spectator" pathway Beyonders. What "Conspirators" needed to do was prepare extra means to ensure things developed as they envisioned, rather than being helpless once a problem deviating from the original plan arose.

Thus, he had Anthony frequent several bars that pirates liked most, make as many friends as possible, thereby understanding the pirates' reactions to the unknown adventurer provoking the entire group, identify different voices that might cause significant influence, and then use the ability of a "Hypnotist" to quietly guide and change the attitudes of a few pirates with speaking power, ensuring that the "public opinion" Franca mentioned was always the kind Lu Mian wanted.

This large-scale, hidden guidance also allowed Anthony's "Hypnotist" potion to digest quite a bit.

Because this not only had substantial "hypnosis" but also seemed to have completed an indirect mental guidance for the entire pirate group at Banamo Port.

*Gulp, gulp*, the pirate next to Anthony took a big gulp of golden beer and looked at this newly made friend with appreciative eyes.

In his view, this new friend was not only very approachable but also belonged to the kind of pirate who was good at listening and wouldn't always interrupt others to show off their own experiences when others were boasting.

"Storm above, such a pirate is too hard to come by. I can finally finish talking about my experience!" The pirate, Stillwell, who put down the beer glass, praised the gods in his heart sincerely while asking Anthony, "Any interest in joining our fleet?"

Anthony smiled and replied:

"I don't think my strength is enough to become one of you."

"Haha." The pirate Stillwell laughed with great satisfaction.

Anthony looked left and right, deliberately lowering his voice:

"Have you heard about that unknown adventurer?"

The smile on Stillwell's face disappeared immediately:

"Heard of it. There are so many pirate captains here, and not one went to teach that adventurer a lesson!

"What are they waiting for? This is an opportunity that could make their names more famous, and maybe they could become the tenth pirate admiral because of it!"

Amidst the angry rebuke, Stillwell didn't mention that he could also go challenge the arrogant adventurer.

Suddenly, he heard a commotion erupt somewhere in the bar hall.

"What happened?" Stillwell picked up his beer glass and muttered as he walked toward that table.

After a while, he returned to the bar position, excited, and said to Anthony:

"The 'Admiral of the Deep' has arrived at Banamo!"

"The 'Admiral of the Deep' is here?" Anthony looked pleasantly surprised.

"Yeah, someone is teaching that bastard a lesson!" Stillwell sat back on the high stool and talked endlessly, "That's a pirate admiral. Every pirate admiral is killed out of real strength, not blown out of boasting. They could finish off all the adventurers here tied together!"

After Stillwell finished speaking, Anthony echoed:

"I've already started looking forward to it."

*Gulp*, Stillwell picked up his beer glass again and took a sip.

He boasted:

"Actually, I was wondering before if it would be the 'Admiral of the Deep' coming to end the shame of those so-called well-known great pirates."

"Why do you say that?" Anthony asked curiously.

Stillwell looked at him:

"You don't know?"

Anthony smiled and explained:

"Although I am Intis, our boss has been intercepting ships in the Berserk Sea for a long time and rarely comes deep into the Fog Sea."

"I see." Stillwell expressed understanding. He lowered his voice, "We all suspect that the 'Admiral of the Deep' comes to Banamo Port every year to go to that legendary treasure."

"Treasure? 'Lost Newins'?" Anthony performed like a true pirate.

"Lost Newins" was one of the six most famous treasure legends on the Five Seas. It was rumored to be at the bottom of a certain sea area in the Fog Sea. It was said that it was once a civilization belonging to intelligent creatures, but it seemed to have been destroyed long ago, and corresponding sea areas often had some strange items, all pointing to Newins in ancient times.

"Right." Stillwell nodded heavily, "Think about it, the 'Admiral of the Deep's' flagship was found from some ruin and named the *Newins*. Anyone would suspect that the ruin is 'Lost Newins'! Moreover, the sea area where Newins sank in legend isn't far from here."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 784 =====