Pirate Kingship-Chapter 865 - 514: Death Gods Converge, No Escape from Doom_4

But what was extremely strange was that the accompanying scouts, rather than fearing them, were clearly more afraid of another leader.

They ignored the marching regulations and avoided a big circle, all hiding behind Sherlock and Watson, as if by doing so, they could use poison against poison, letting [Nemesis of Sin] take the brunt first.

[Crow Doctor] Watson was also a bit afraid, instinctively hiding on Sherlock’s other side, occasionally glancing at the plain-looking, somewhat clumsy companion next to him, internally sighing:

"We are truly out of luck, how did we end up assigned together with this legendary unlucky ghost on this mission?

Who knows if we can return alive from this task.

Creator, bless us!"

The leader next to them was a Third Order [Adventurer] from the Wilderness Sequence, diligently driving a group of crow animal partners to carefully search for the target.

He was also aware of his bad reputation, feeling no dissatisfaction towards his companions’ reactions.

In fact, from his title, one could understand why everyone was behaving this way: [Unlucky Ghost] also known as [Legendary Victim] Raymond.

His characteristic: cursed with endless bad luck.

In the past, Byron’s bosses would only die if he backstabbed them, but this guy’s bosses don’t need to be backstabbed; they would mysteriously die on their own.

Often times, it wasn’t just the bosses; even teammates would die batch after batch, ship after ship, yet he remained completely unscathed.

"In his youth, he worked as a fish vendor. To curry favor with the Fish Tyrant managing the fish market, he joined their gang and dedicatedly offered his hard-caught Spotted Que Fish to them.

However, the Fish Tyrant choked to death that same night on the fish, which was delicious despite its many bones.

If he had run a bit slower, he would have been hacked to death on the spot by the Fish Tyrant’s henchmen.

Then, he was tricked into becoming a sailor on a merchant ship, which was only marginally better than being a slave. No sooner than he set sail, the ship was brutally attacked by pirates. Because the captain ordered resistance, they raised the blood flag, and in the end, the entire ship was slaughtered.

Only he was rescued by the arriving Navy patrol ship, and the constantly short-handed Navy naturally conscripted him as a naval soldier.

During this time, he repeatedly failed officer promotion exams; during firearm tests, he accidentally shot the examiner, and while gathering seaweed for meals, he caused food poisoning for the whole ship... and so on, such incidents were endless.

Last year at the end, when his warship encountered [Northern Sea Leviathan Kraken], he accidentally fell into the water, while the ship and everyone else were swallowed into the Dream Realm.

Then he was flawlessly rescued by a passing fishing boat..."

Currently, the survival rate stands at: his own survival rate: one hundred percent; officers and teammates’ survival rate: zero.

But despite going through these countless "adventures", Raymond has never died, his professional level soared, and at a young age he became a Third Order [Adventurer].

In the Royalist Party’s army, it was already consensus that the biggest danger source when adventuring with this [Adventurer] was him!

Actually, at this moment, [Legendary Victim] Raymond himself was also internally pondering:

"Why did the Duke specifically assign us here?

Being paired with the [Nemesis of Sin] next door, it feels like we’re all in some danger."

Now the situation is very clear, Edward IV hopes Old Woodville survives, but the Kingmaker and Devil Duke all wish him dead.

The former wants to sever Edward IV’s one arm, and killing his father, husband, and defiling his wife is a strong temptation, and obtaining royal power would be an exquisite condiment.

[Devil Duke]’s goal, although aligned with brother Edward IV, is also to become the sole power in the Royalist Party, facilitating his future plans for the throne.

Naturally, he views rival Old Woodville unfavorably.

Moreover, as a devil, he possesses no unwavering faith in the Orthodox Church, like Byron, he also dislikes seeing his own army used as cannon fodder, thrown into the meat grinder of The Holy Silver Empire.

His plan was simple.

Let the sensitive identity Old Woodville simply die at the hands of the Earl’s Party, then he can fan the flames, making the hatred between the parties irreconcilable.

Once they start killing each other in fury, even if each party’s master restrains themselves, they can’t control their subordinates, and the throne war can’t just end like that.

Pairing [Legendary Victim] with [Nemesis of Sin] together was to cleanly extricate himself when killing Old Woodville.

Afterwards, it would be no big deal to blame negligence, and execute them as sacrifice to heaven and be done with it.

Evidently, at this moment not only the [Nether Authority] was converging, but a group of "Death Gods of the Mortal World" was also converging in the Material World.

Add to that Byron, who brings turmoil wherever he goes as a "Fated Disaster Star", someone was considered doomed to escape calamity beforehand.

Sure enough, as Sherlock, Raymond and the group were walking.

Suddenly, they heard an elderly cry of despair before death, startling birds and beasts into scattering.

"You are... No——!"

Not only them but all nearby parties searching for Old Woodville abruptly changed direction, rushing toward the Northern Border Wall.