Chapter 145: Mutiny on Actaea - A Storm Arrives!
Twilight, 16th Day
Narrow Sea
Actaea glided over the uncharacteristically calm sea, shining golden under the vanishing might of the distant sun.
The wind had turned to a cool, light breeze, dancing with the black Jolly Roger of the White Serpent Pirates. However, it felt like the wind could go out anytime like the sudden extinguishing of a candle flame. The sky was a clear sheet of dark blue and gray, darkening as the ship kept closing on the east, and one star was already twinkling just over the horizon to the southeast, heralding a starlit night.
Kai's predictions were late by one entire day to come true.
The pursuers must have caught up to them by this time yesterday, according to what Kai had told Meg. Yet, there was no sign of them in any direction.
Was it a good sign or a bad one? Or did it have another meaning? Kai did not know. He was too busy with other things to even consider those questions.
First of those things was the Prophecy. It was the blurriest Blood Prophecy they had so far.
Waves crashing against the ship, the color of the sea — a deep red, and loud, hissing sounds. A roaring thunder and a chill that could freeze the bones topped this strange picture. Someone was shouting, bellowing out their lungs, and a thrashing of a blue tail.
Meg did not know if that tail had belonged to Golduck-Kai or not, as she had failed to comprehend the size differences in the blood world accurately. The prophecy had ended with a bang that jolted her brains out of the trance, her HP bar flashing red, warning of impending death. One thing was obvious to them, despite the nonsensical scenes.
They would face a near-death threat before reaching the Pentos.