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Chapter 237: Traversing · Oct 18, 2026

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201 Chapter 201: The Advantage of Range is Irresistible 2026-10-18
202 Chapter 202: Steam Rifle 2026-10-18
203 Chapter 203: The Killing Range Is Greater Than the Shooting Range? 2026-10-18
204 Chapter 204: The Entire Archipelago Disappeared? 2026-10-18
205 Chapter 205: Airship Skin and Technological Lock 2026-10-18
206 Chapter 206: ”Prince” 2026-10-18
207 Chapter 207: Armored Train 2026-10-18
208 Chapter 208: The Slowly Moving Steel Behemoth 2026-10-18
209 Chapter 209: Deep Sea Dream 2026-10-18
210 Chapter 210: Chloe’s Humanity 2026-10-18
211 Chapter 211: The Price of the Extraordinary Disappeared? 2026-10-18
212 Chapter 212: Swearing by the Ancestors 2026-10-18
213 Chapter 213: Hand-Cranked Gatling Gun 2026-10-18
214 Chapter 214: Beyond-Visual-Range Shooting 2026-10-18
215 Chapter 215: The Roar of the Heavy Machine Gun 2026-10-18
216 Chapter 216: The Almost Forgotten Box 2026-10-18
217 Chapter 217: You Lost the Heretical God!? 2026-10-18
218 Chapter 218: Chloe, You Screwed Me Over! 2026-10-18
219 Chapter 219: Out of Control 2026-10-18
220 Chapter 220: Monsters! The Sea Is Full of Monsters! 2026-10-18
221 Chapter 221: Fire and Light in the Storm 2026-10-18
222 Chapter 222: Pope 2026-10-18
223 Chapter 223: Total Line Collapse 2026-10-18
224 Chapter 224: The Husk of an Outer God 2026-10-18
225 Chapter 225: Need to Find a Way to Make the Church of Candlelight Take Action 2026-10-18
226 Chapter 226: Another One Who Only Listens Without Speaking 2026-10-18
227 Chapter 227: The Airship Is Complete! 2026-10-18
228 Chapter 228: Assault 2026-10-18
229 Chapter 229: The Rising Sun on the Battlefield 2026-10-18
230 Chapter 230: In the Face of Explosives, the Extraordinary and the Ordinary Are Equal 2026-10-18
231 Chapter 231: Gwen 2026-10-18
232 Chapter 232: Now We Can Set Sail to Explore 2026-10-18
233 Chapter 233: The Pope Joined the Group Chat 2026-10-18
234 Chapter 234: Your Church Is Fake 2026-10-18
235 Chapter 235: Another Coincidence? 2026-10-18
236 Chapter 236: The Monster’s Change 2026-10-18
237 Chapter 237: Traversing 2026-10-18
238 Chapter 238: The Secret Tradition of the Sea 2026-10-18
239 Chapter 239: Castel’s Sinking 2026-10-18
240 Chapter 240: Full Mobilization! 2026-10-18
241 Chapter 241: Final Preparations 2026-10-18
242 Chapter 242: Let Me Summon a Heretical God for Fun 2026-10-18
243 Chapter 243: Did None of You Notice She Disappeared? 2026-10-18
244 Chapter 244: Traceless 2026-10-18
245 Chapter 245: Restoration 2026-10-18
246 Chapter 246: Arrival at Gem Bay 2026-10-18
247 Chapter 247: Entering the Dream 2026-10-18
248 Chapter 248: Contact 2026-10-18
249 Chapter 249: The Real Culprit 2026-10-18
250 Chapter 250: Smash the Heretical God Right on Its Head! 2026-10-18

Gwen lay on the bed, calming her mind, allowing her consciousness to gradually sink.

Soon, she felt her consciousness touch a certain barrier.

That barrier did not seem particularly strong, yet it was still beyond her ability to break through at the moment.

Fortunately, her goal was not to cross this barrier.

She only needed to stay there.

Very soon, some kind of white substance slowly seeped out from the barrier, gradually being attracted to her.

Bit by bit, it infiltrated her soul, and through the connection between spirit and flesh, nourished her weak body.

This was a method taught to her by her new friend, Scepter.

The name ”Scepter” was quite strange, and the method she spoke of was even stranger.

Yet, this peculiar method happened to solve her current problem.Merely lying on the bed and meditating was actually enough to fill her stomach.

This was somewhat beyond her imagination.

Fortunately, she was just a little girl who knew little about the world.

She had no idea how astonishing this truly was.

She simply followed her new friend’s advice instinctively.

However, Scepter also told her that this method would not last long.

The absorption of the soul had its limits.

In a few days, she would no longer be able to sustain herself through meditation.

Unless she became an extraordinary being.

She wanted to ask if she could become an extraordinary being, but Scepter directly refused.

That was the most serious tone Scepter had ever used—before this, she had always spoken gently.

But it was fine.

Gwen was already satisfied.

She had made a new friend and lived a few extra days.

What more could she ask for?

As Gwen quietly meditated, the remaining three in the link gradually started chatting.

Scepter: 『Speaking of which, what are you two doing near Castel?』

She carefully probed.

These two were most likely pirates.

She deliberately revealed the meditation method so they would recognize her value.

No one could resist the temptation of the extraordinary, especially ignorant outsiders who knew nothing of its dangers.

What she had described was actually a prerequisite to becoming extraordinary—cleansing the soul.

This step could genuinely strengthen the soul slightly, with no side effects.

For ordinary people, it wouldn’t feel like much, just a way to fill their stomachs and improve their health.

The two would definitely try it in secret.

Once they found it effective, they would come to her for the next step.

That way, she would have some leverage and could make them do things for her.

As for what she wanted them to do, it went without saying.

This was precisely why she had specifically mentioned Castel—since they were nearby, helping her explore shouldn’t be difficult.

But Beatrice hadn’t expected the two to fall into silence so suddenly.

She didn’t want to break the silence herself, so she just waited.

She waited so long that she found herself pacing around the room.

Finally, a reply came.

Captain: 『You know about Castel?』

Scepter: 『Of course. A Frontier Count went to that island, and now it’s part of the Empire.』

Captain: 『No, I mean, do you know what happened to Castel?』

Beatrice took a deep breath, her eyes gleaming.

Finally, the topic had shifted to this.

After so many twists and turns, she was finally about to get some information on Castel.

Deep beneath the sea, Hughes also perked up his ears.

He knew the Black Pearl was not far from Castel.

So why hadn’t they returned to the island?

And the ocean he had seen back then had already given him a vague sense of unease.

Captain: 『This might sound unbelievable, but Castel is gone.』

Captain: 『I’m not speaking metaphorically. I mean it literally—the entire island vanished from the ocean, as if it had been scooped away by a giant shovel.』

Jeremiah’s face darkened.

Every time he recalled this event, a deep chill spread from within him.

Inside the cathedral in Rhine, Beatrice’s eyes widened.

A delicate enamel teacup slipped from her fingers, shattering instantly upon hitting the floor.

Castel was gone?

Ever since she had failed to find any trace of Castel in the Sea of Unawareness, she had begun to suspect something.

But for it to have vanished completely…

This was beyond her worst fears.

If Castel had disappeared, then what about Count Hughes…?

A shiver ran through Beatrice’s heart.

She stood up abruptly, disregarding everything else.

Lifting her robe, she rushed outside.

Her white boots crunched against the shattered porcelain shards on the floor, producing sharp and brittle sounds.

At the bottom of the Storm Ocean, Hughes, sitting cross-legged in the water, was also in shock.

This… how was this possible? An entire island was gone?

Thinking of the battles he had fought together with the people of Castel, Hughes felt a chilling fear crawl over him.

If Castel was gone, then where was he?

Who had he been fighting all this time?

No, thinking back, the signs had been there all along.

The monsters had undergone strange changes.

Everything he saw from the Black Pearl had seemed off.

No wonder the Empire and the Church had not intervened despite the large-scale conflict.

It turned out Castel was the only place under attack.

But why?

What was so special about Castel that it deserved this fate?

No, wait—recalling the Polluted Serpent spreading beneath the sea, perhaps the closer Gem Bay was also…

Captain: 『This anomaly isn’t limited to Castel. Gem Bay—I mean, the Martha Archipelago—it’s also gone. The entire Martha Archipelago has disappeared. All that’s left is empty ocean.』

Martha Archipelago is gone too?!

This time, Hughes was truly stunned.

Castel was just a single island, but the Martha Archipelago was massive—almost the size of the entire Northern Frontier.

An oceanic region the size of the Northern Frontier had simply vanished?

Damn it.

Were the Empress and the Pope just sitting around doing nothing?

How could they ignore such a catastrophe?

And these monsters—why were they fixated on Castel?

The Empire had an extensive coastline, yet they targeted only his island.

Hughes felt a rising sense of confusion and even a touch of helplessness.

Even if he sent airships to Gem Bay, would that really solve Castel’s crisis?

Ultimately, the core issue remained the monsters in the sea.

With them around, Hughes couldn’t even investigate the waters properly.

A growing sense of despair crept over him.

The link fell into silence, each person digesting the information in their own way.

Suddenly, a message shattered the quiet.

Beatrice’s voice rang out in the link, hurried and urgent, as if she was being chased by something.

Scepter: 『Everyone, I have a theory!』

Scepter: 『I suspect that Castel has traveled a thousand years into the past—back to the time when the ocean’s pollution first erupted!』

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