Pirate Kingship-Chapter 629 - 446: Return to Port: Drawing Back to Deliver a Better Punch
When a secret is known by a second person, it's no longer a secret.
The best way to prevent the spread of unknown dangers through knowledge and information is to take the secret to the grave yourself!
Even though Saranthe was reluctant to elaborate, Byron could infer a hint of truth from the taboos he mentioned and the current state of the Transcendent system in the 'Dragon Court' and 'Hundred Beasts Paradise'.
During the Mythological Era, there must have been exchanges between the continents. All changes likely stemmed from the great flood that occurred during the turn of that era.
Of the three continents, knowledge activity is weakest in the Old Continent, the 'Dragon Court' ruled by the Church. Their attitude towards knowledge is one of obstruction, restriction, and utilization. All harmful knowledge, including the entire Mythological Era, has already been erased from history, and the human-centered [Ladder of Glory] has no side effects. This contrasts with the strict rules of [Divinity].
Knowledge activity in the Southern Continent, the 'Hundred Beasts Paradise' ruled by the Totem Gods, is moderate. Their attitude towards knowledge is one of openness, dissemination, and advancement. The 'Book of the Beast Kinship (Volume II)' is available to everyone, and there are numerous successful immortal [Pseudo-Gods]. However, the [Bloodline Codex] route, primarily based on nature spirits, requires humans for Anchoring. Should a tribe be defeated, losing too many anchors could likely lead to aberration and degeneration. This place has the fewest restrictions and the most opportunities. Transcendents from the Old Continent who come here might experience a promotion frenzy. This corresponds to the freely chosen [Human Nature].
Finally, since knowledge from the Eastern Continent has already begun to actively pursue people, it clearly has the highest activity. What probably rules there is knowledge itself! Unknown and bizarre things, Curses, and spirits from ancient history, myths, and horror stories occupy the throne, herding all living beings. In the Old Continent, there is a similar existence: the [Cursed Spirit · Jest of Fate Clown], which the Church's Night Watch went so far as to modify the cognition of an entire continent's population in an attempt to seal. In the Eastern Continent, the Supernatural World and the mortal world may be clearly divided. Mortals can likely only continue their lineage with great difficulty by keeping secrets, adhering to taboos, and isolating themselves. And since the flood was widespread, a Merfolk population or other ocean kingdoms like the Tudor Family might have formed, collectively creating a closed inner world. That place corresponds to the absolute chaos of [Beastliness]. This is, for the moment, the most reasonable speculation. Therefore, anything and anyone related to the Eastern Continent could inadvertently breach a taboo. It's better to say nothing at all. The choices made by Dad and Little Brother were correct; they became the last firewall.
Even if Byron could only vaguely deduce a fraction about that distant continent, he still felt a chilling dread about his own speculations. On the surface, he was an old captain who led far ahead of most Adventurers, standing at the starting point of the Second Circulation Belt.
But at this moment, I still feel like the greenhorn who had just set out to sea. All my past experiences of raging storms and waves seem insignificant before that Eastern Continent. Whether it's the plight of my maternal Tudor Family or my father-in-law, [Whale Hunter], who has met with some accident, I can't help them for the time being. I can't even inform [Whale Hunter] Jack Harold of my and Violet's situation. Of course, I suspect that if I could remotely send a signal through my father-in-law's faith network—say, by wiggling a finger—the old man would probably swim across the entire Sea of Monsters to come back and 'bless' me. The kind where he'd kill anyone or anything, even gods, that stood in his way. So, it's still a bit too early to go to the Eastern Continent. With the precedent of [Whale Hunter], a Fifth Order individual who is both a Pseudo-God and holds a Kingly Title, I've decided not to set foot in the Second Circulation Belt until I myself advance to the Fifth Order. Let others be the vanguard; they can charge ahead. Let them scramble for first place. If I want to raise my legendary status, be remembered in history, or quicken my Spirituality growth, I have plenty of ways to do it. Since I can't help for now, turning back to continue strengthening myself is always the right choice.
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!...
At that moment, the ever-diligent lookout on the mainmast suddenly rang the alarm bell.
"Captain, a fleet is coming from the East Coast!"
Everyone turned their heads to look. They saw at the end of the snowy East Coast, a joint adventure fleet bearing the banners of many powerful groups rounded the cape, charging into the expansive Second Circulation Belt without stopping. Using the power of the currents, they were grandly heading northeast towards the Eastern Continent.
[Navigator] Delia frowned slightly and said to Byron, "Captain, they must have a Fourth Order Navigator or seafarer among them that enabled them to smoothly avoid the Kin powers entrenched along the East Coast. But now that the Material World has entered the Intertidal Zone and the continents are beginning to experience high tide, their Extraordinary Level and the size of their crew make heading to the dangerous Eastern Continent somewhat overconfident."
Byron agreed with Delia's assessment.
I noted that these adventure ships were "comrades-in-arms" who had fought alongside The Golden Deer in the first colonial war at the beginning of the month. Many of them were kind folks who, out of respect for the [Lantern Carriers] and the Phantom Fleet, had contributed 10% of their whale oil production to me. I didn't really want to see these elite Adventurers from the Old Continent rush off to such a dangerous place as the Eastern Continent and needlessly get killed.
