Bayam, the slums.
The Hanged Man, Alger, wearing a mask and with his hood pulled up, met with the Star Admiral, Cattleya, once again.
The two sat facing each other across a table, not speaking for a long time.
Finally, the Star Admiral Cattleya spoke:
“Did you hear about that piece of information?”
Alger didn't answer directly; instead, he asked back:
“About Gehrman Sparrow?”
Cattleya was silent for a few seconds, then nodded:
“He turned the Hell Admiral into his puppet.”
Both the Blood Admiral, before, and the Hell Admiral, now, were pirates with bounties higher than hers. Even as confident as she was, she didn't think these two outstanding Sequence 5s were significantly weaker than her!
“You found out earlier than I expected,” Alger indirectly confirmed that the information from The Hermit was correct.
As part of the Church of the Lord of Storms' control over the sea, he could get information directly from official channels.
Cattleya curled her lips:
“If the Future had been at sea, I might have had to wait days or even weeks to find out, but I've been in Bayam recently.”
She didn't reveal her source.
After a pause, the Star Admiral asked frankly:
“What else do you know about this?”
The Hanged Man Alger shook his head:
“I was just about to look into the specifics when I saw your contact signal and hurried over to meet.”
Cattleya nodded slightly:
“Gehrman Sparrow and the Hell Admiral didn't fight. Lutherville himself gave up resistance, because the man who boarded the Black Tulip together with Gehrman Sparrow was called ‘Death Consul’ by him.”
Death Consul... Alger's pupils suddenly dilated, and he felt an indescribable pressure.
Such a title could not be borne by just any demigod!
Moreover, it wasn't a self-proclaimed title; it was a respectful address from the Hell Admiral Lutherville himself, and he gave up resistance and chose to lose his life because of it!
Seeing that The Hanged Man didn't speak, Cattleya continued on her own:
“On the Death pathway, ‘Death Consul’ is the name of Sequence 2. Of course, the emperors of the Balam Empire throughout the ages also bore this title.”
So, an angel, an angel from the Death domain... Alger automatically ignored the latter possibility. After all, according to the Acting method, before the fall of the Balam Empire, the emperor's seat must have been held by a Sequence 2 angel, and making the Hell Admiral turn into Gehrman Sparrow's puppet without any resistance could not be done by a mere title.
Just then, Alger suddenly thought of one thing, a thing that left a deep impression on him:
The Hurricane Admiral, Zerlings, after a successful escape, stood frozen by an artificial lake, his face rapidly rotting, flesh falling off piece by piece, and even his eyeballs detached from his head.
This was undoubtedly caused by a powerful force from the Death domain, and Alger later confirmed that it was done by an attendant of Mr. Fool.
Making a pirate general, who even carried a powerful sealed artefact, die so quickly, without any ability to resist—the level and status of the attacker were obvious!
Archbishop Snake, the God's Psalmist of the Church of the Lord of Storms, concluded on the spot that it was done by a high-sequence powerhouse on the Death pathway, and not the one he knew.
Alger had no doubt about this; he initially believed it was done by a demigod of Sequence 4 or Sequence 3, i.e., a Saint, and was shocked and appalled that an attendant of Mr. Fool was of a high sequence.
Now, he silently swallowed with difficulty, realizing that he had underestimated Mr. Fool and underestimated that attendant back then:
That person was not a Saint, but an earthly angel, standing at a level with the Triple Crown holders of the various orthodox churches!
—Triple Crown refers to the popes, pontiffs, and patriarchs of the various churches in the religious field.
A ‘Death Consul’ as an attendant... Although Mr. Fool himself is still recovering, the power he can mobilize is not small... Alger's thoughts churned, his eyes flickered, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
The Star Admiral Cattleya noticed his silence and took the initiative to speak:
“You seem to have thought of something.”
After considering for two seconds, Alger said vaguely:
“As far as I know, among Mr. Fool's attendants, there is a Death Angel.”