WHOOSH—!
The bone-chilling, briny sea wind assaulted their faces.
The midday sun was just right as a pirate ship adorned with a black flag sailed through the milky-white fog wall and back into the expansive North Sea, from which it had been absent for many days.
The emblem on the flag featured the classic design of a skull with crossed swords beneath.
However, this was no ordinary human skull but a dragon skull commonly used by the North Bay Folks, with a knight's sword crossing a pirate cutlass below it.
Apart from the blood dripping from the dragon skull's maw, there was nothing particularly groundbreaking about it.
The ship's distinctive design and sails drew more attention than the flag.
It was none other than the reborn "Golden Deer"!
Byron's plan to "turn away from the darkness" and infiltrate the enemy was not put into action the next day.
