The witch thought I am a Demon God-Chapter 519 - 304: The Origin of Blood Magic_2

Under the moonlight, First Mate Clark and the skeletons behind him, their bodies quickly turned black, becoming more broken and terrifying. Their rotten, decaying bodies now had a black heart beating in their chest.

An evil force gathered around them.

Ivita had seen that kind of heart before, it was similar to the hearts on the Black Heart.

These pirates, who had abandoned guilt and resigned themselves to despair, seemed to be getting closer to the intrinsic existence of the Black Heart. But why could these Ghost Ship Pirates grow hearts similar to the black hearts on the Black Heart?

What did the black heart represent?

Clark and his supporting pirates grinned cruelly. "We do what we want, now that’s the pirate’s life!"

Captain Dardani asked, "First Mate Clark! There are still enemies around, are you going to betray me at this time?"

"Call me Captain Clark!" Clark squinted his eyes, turning his head towards Ivita. "I don’t give a damn about the stupid Valji Family, nor do I need friends but if you support me, I’ll support you."

"If you stand still, pretending nothing happens, then once I succeed in seizing power, I will leave here with my men."

"I will plunder others, but spare you. Isn’t it fair, Mr. Ivita?"

Ivita waved his hand, taking a step back with his men.

Captain Clark revealed a triumphant expression. "I knew you were a smart man, killing is not an option today, replacing the captain is not a bad choice."

Captain Dardani looked at Ivita, his face extremely ugly. "Then he definitely will help you. He will have a great chance to win against the Valji Family with the help of Ghost Ship."

He looked at the pirates behind Clark. "Are you guys also going to rebel? So you brought two hundred young men here, and now it’s to deal with me."

Pirates behind Clark also began to grumble against the Captain.

"Technically it’s not a mutiny, Captain, it’s a vote of no confidence from all us sailors!"

"Although you’re the captain, we also have the right to dismiss the captain!"

"Following you, there are too many rules. Better to follow the First Mate! With him, we can do whatever we want."

Captain Dardani narrowed his eyes. "Okay."

"But I won’t give up resisting."

Clark ordered his pirates to take the two hundred crying young people to his side, his left hand turned into a red skeletal palm, which went straight into a child’s chest.

The next moment, the blood magic he got from the blood ritual was flowing towards him.

The power of that magic energy made both Ivita and the Hearthstone Witch take notice.

The Hearthstone Witch said, "How can it hold such powerful energy!"

Ivita frowned.

Pirate Clark laughed out loud, he became even more ugly. "I don’t know why, but in the Black Sea, blood ritual magic becomes even stronger."

Ivita and the Hearthstone witch quickly exchanged glances.

This suggested that the source of the blood magic was in the Black Sea, and it’s likely the law grafted by the Seven Seas Law Code.

The pirate Clark’s blood-filled hand was about to reach the second child, but a Ghost Ship Pirate next to him drew out his scimitar and plunged it into Clark’s chest.

Clark looked surprised. "Why?"

"Because even Ghost Ship Pirates can be mentally coerced." The Ghost Ship Pirate who attacked him sneered. "But most importantly, Lord Ivita attacked you."

Clark looked down and his eyes widened with rage, because a lightning pillar had pierced his heart, and a sword composed of flame magic had pierced his abdomen.

Clark turned his head angrily towards Ivita, seeming unable to understand. "Fool, I said I would not be against you, why would you still help Dardani Crook who wants to attack your manor?"

Ivita shrugged, "No kidding, do you really think your lies can fool me? If you succeeded in seizing power, the first thing you would do is to let the Ghost Ship attack my manor, killing everything in sight."

Clark sneered, "Exactly."

"Actually, I have this intention, and still do."

But in the next moment, a figure flashed in his peripheral vision. It was Wilson, attacking him. He tried to defend but Captain Dardani, standing in front of him, swung his curved blade aiming at Clark’s head. His right and left hands were simultaneously severed by Wilson.

In just a blink of an eye, Clark was assaulted by the four men.

His rebellion didn’t even last for ten minutes before it ended abruptly.

Clark’s still-gaping eyes seemed to hint that until his last breath, he was unable to believe that he could be defeated so swiftly.

Only then he realized that he had miscalculated the power gap between the two sides.

By the time Captain Dardani lifted his severed head, Clark had regained his senses. Pleadingly, he appealed to Captain Dardani: "Captain, I am wrong. I really am..."

"I will help you deal with Ivita."

"I’ve changed. Please, give me another chance."

Captain Dardani glanced at Ivita and then at the pleading head of Clark in his hand. He mocked, "Why would I need your help against my new friend?"

"Bring him on, pour molten iron and copper on his head. Keep up this routine every day! This is the consequence for traitors."

His gaze then swept the rebellious pirates. Seeing that the ringleader had been subdued, those Ghost Ship Pirates who initiated the rebellion dare not make a move. One after another, they voluntarily came forward to pour molten iron and copper on the severed head of Pirate Clark.

Captain Dardani then glanced at Ivita. "Let’s go."

With curiosity, Ivita asked him, "Don’t you want to rescue the grandchildren of the Valji Family?"

"Aren’t you afraid that I may kill them in anger?"

The two children of the Valji family, who had been gazing hopefully at their saviors, turned deathly pale at the realization that their saviors were now forsaking them, especially upon hearing that Ivita might kill them.

Captain Dardani shook his head, "No need. I know you are not that irate a person who will casually vent your anger on others. Only those in power possess the privilege to control themselves, and you naturally possess such privilege."

"Moreover, the rebellion just now and your support made me realize my mistake."

"Maybe you’re right. I have been feeling guilty year after year, thinking that consciousness of guilt will bring growth. I never realized that precisely those who can’t grow are the ones dwelling in guilt."

"How ridiculous! I initially thought it was you creating trouble. But now it seems that you were right. The sea will never lack storms."

"Over these years, I have failed to realize my foolishness."

"Now even my subordinates do not respect me, suggesting that I need to rethink how I behave. Maybe I have been completely wrong and need to reconsider."

Turning to Ivita, Captain Dardani said, "Just now, I’ve understood an essential fact about the Ghost Ship. Only those who cling to the past and refuse growth become crew members of the Ghost Ship. The Ghost Ship on the ocean represents the guilt that obstructs growth."

"The Ghost Ship is a symbol of failures drowned by the sea."

"And those pirates who betrayed me, by giving up guilt and completely abandoning themselves, have sunk deeper into failure."

Ivita lowered her head, lost in thought.

Indeed.

So, are the Ghost Ships merely symbols of failures among the pirates?

"Ivita!" Captain Dardani called.

Ivita lifted her head, looking at him in confusion.

Speaking in a low voice, Captain Dardani said, "Be careful. Behind the Valji family stands a person who is the real ruler of the sea. Your actions might provoke him."

Ivita narrowed her eyes: "Who is he?"

But Captain Dardani had already turned to leave. "I can’t tell you, I can’t risk offending him. Anyone who crosses him in this sea will find it nearly impossible to move freely. They will be forced either to return to land or to rest at the sea’s bottom."