Pirate Kingship

Chapter 1087: Chapter 570: If You Get Into Trouble in the Future, Just Don’t Mention Your Master

My wife is just way too steady.

But anyway, back to the point, the phrase "the Sun and Storms are mortal enemies of the Deep Sea" has been around for a long time.

Is it possible that part of the reason is simply that when the Ancient Sun God blew open the World Rift, it was such a bastard move that His Kin and all sorts of Bizarre beings subconsciously wanted to stay far away from Him, so they wouldn’t get implicated when His ashes got smitten by the world itself with fivefold heavenly thunder."

Of course, this is all just a joke that can never be verified.

The key thing is that the Sailing Logbook has also surfaced a new Hidden entry: [The Sun God Inti’s Crisis, Historical Influence 61, Decryption Rate 27%].

This shows that the upper echelons of the Sun Empire are really anything but simple right now, with undercurrents so turbulent that even a King is like a startled bird.

"It’s just that I can’t explain the underlying principle of this to Atahualpa.

Even if I tell him how dangerous this is, it’ll only add to his worries, and in the end it’ll just be another case of fretting over imaginary catastrophes.

Oh, wait, no, we can’t make fun of the people of Qi Country anymore; archaeological discoveries show they really did get pelted by a dense meteor shower back then, and North Fallen Star Village and South Fallen Star Village are still there today.

The Southern Continent really was blasted by the Sun God once, so worrying there might be a next time is perfectly reasonable.

The only problem is that I can run, but Atahualpa, as King and a Descendant of the Sun God, has no way to run; no matter what happens, he can only face it in person."

Atahualpa could understand Byron’s explanation; when he had his first child, his mood had been about the same, but he really still had more to say:

"Your Majesty, the Lord of Heaven, even with a child you don’t have to be in such a rush, do you?

I’ll prepare more of the Sun Empire’s ’local specialties’ for you to take back.

Aya and the others haven’t had a chance to properly entertain you two yet; they were just saying they’d specially prepared a ’live volcano gold-dipping’ sightseeing activity.

We organize tourists to jump into the lava themselves and scoop up liquid gold and silver, and no matter how much they scoop up, they can take all of it.

And I also need the two of you to help me look over my Fifth Order Ascension Ceremony..."

Byron and Catherine exchanged a speechless look when they heard the Son of the Sun’s "special sightseeing project."

This casual "jump into lava and scoop up gold," treating it like visiting a vineyard or a strawberry-picking orchard—do you even hear what you’re saying?

They waved their hands repeatedly in refusal.

Then, when they heard that Atahualpa planned to use a "Ponzi scheme" as his Immortal Stairway, they couldn’t help but sigh at his boldness and decisiveness.

But on second thought, this might actually be the best possible timing.

The Sun God is facing a crisis and can’t spare a glance, the Lesser Gods headed by [Death Dusk] and the [Founder] have fallen into internal strife, while Atahualpa himself is leading the Heavy Composite Regiment in a triumphant advance, expanding territory.

Right now he has prestige and Power, and there’s no one above meddling; this is when his Royal Iron is most concentrated in his own hands, so it’s easy to do whatever he wants.

Even if he runs pilot "Ponzi schemes" across the whole country, no one can stop him.

"The Ponzi scheme is also known as a Pyramid scheme and tiered multi-level marketing.

It uses money from new investors to pay interest and short-term returns to old investors, creating an illusion to cheat in more money; colloquially, it’s robbing Peter to pay Paul.

It’s using a game of musical chairs with money to turn other people’s money into your own.

The only true winner is the scam initiator perched at the tip of the Pyramid..."

Setting foot on this Immortal Stairway, which is related to the Sun Domain yet clearly different from that of his ancestors, is equivalent to switching from a "Nature God" class to a "Persona God."

It’s hard to say which of the two is stronger; each has its own pros and cons. freewebnovel.cσ๓

Nature Gods usually represent some kind of natural phenomenon; after a thousand years, ten thousand years, their upper limit will never change.

Persona Gods, on the other hand, exist entirely upon the imagination of Wisdom Clans; the stronger the Wisdom Clans, the deeper their Understanding and application in a given field, and the faster the Persona God can skyrocket in strength.

Byron’s family—the [King of the Wild Hunt], the [War Queen], and the [Finance Queen]—are all in the latter category, or rather they are primarily "Persona Gods" while at the same time being composite Gods who possess both "Nature God" and "Persona God" Authorities.

By contrast, Nature Gods never need to worry that the concepts and rules they Anchor will disappear; as long as the world exists, natural laws exist.

But if Wisdom Clans can no longer Understand this kind of subjective concept, then the Persona Gods of the corresponding field and Divine Position will gradually die out; even if they don’t vanish, their Authority will be greatly weakened.

For example: the Financial Authority in today’s commercial society can summon winds and waves, do anything; when money speaks, Truth falls silent. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

But once Humans regress back to a primitive era of slash-and-burn agriculture, losing currency for exchange and the Financial attributes in a socialized context, the [Finance Queen]’s Power will also plummet.

So the ones who most hope that Humans can survive the Great Flood in a collective mode are all the "Persona Gods," as well as those Fifth Order Legends with equivalent Rank.

Atahualpa’s shift in route is also a good thing for Byron’s camp.

So he silently nodded to Catherine.

The latter, as the [Finance Queen], and after repeatedly Harmonizing in "Unity of All Things" with her husband and wife trio, has absorbed all of Byron’s economic Knowledge.

In terms of vision, practical operation, experience, Knowledge reserves, and the scale of assets under management, this Goddess of Finance is indisputably number one in the Material World!

With just a little guidance, she could save Atahualpa many years of detours.

After a brief consideration, she designed a suitable Apotheosis Ritual based on the Immortal Stairway he had chosen.

Taking over Byron’s communication permissions, she offered a suggestion to the young King:

"Your Majesty Atahualpa, you should already have drawn enough lessons from the failure of the Rat People Kingdom.