Chapter 666: The Name of the Wrath Witch

The pirate was telling the truth. Loren's lie-detection ability had proven useful once again.

"Where?"

"If you let me go, I'll tell you the location... ah..."

Loren directly ripped the skin off the pirate's arm, then continued his interrogation:

"Cut the crap."

"J-just... just go straight northwest..."

His skin had been torn off, and he was still soaking in the sea. The intense pain nearly made him faint, but he still forced himself to answer Loren.

"Good."

Loren responded, then poured a Healing Potion down the pirate's throat.

The next moment, his arm healed at a visibly rapid pace, and the pain disappeared along with it.

"Th-thank... ah!"

Before the pirate could finish thanking him, Loren ripped off the freshly grown skin again.

"Tell the truth, or I can play this game with you here for a lifetime."

As he spoke, Loren had already pulled out a new Healing Potion.

The pirate understood now. Loren was dead serious.

"This is the sea chart. I marked the location."

The pirate didn't attempt to stall any longer and directly produced a sea chart. It was waterproof, and even after soaking in the sea for some time, it hadn't been damaged.

This time he was telling the truth, so Loren took the sea chart and turned to leave.

Before that, however, the Sin-Burning Flames engulfed the half-sunken ship along with all the pirates.

The Sin-Burning Flames wouldn't burn inanimate objects, so if anyone truly was innocent, they would still survive.

"Prepare to depart."

Loren unfolded the sea chart. The marked location wasn't far from here. With the ghost ship, they would arrive quickly.

As for some so-called Emperor of the Pirates, just a speed bump.

These people and gods on the sea were all just playing house. If the Orthodox Gods seriously dealt with them, they wouldn't be able to jump around for long.

The so-called Sea God, His greatest goal was simply to seize some benefits for Himself during the Divine War. He could even be directly killed by the shockwaves of the Orthodox Gods' battles.

"I'm back."

Loren stepped on a water column and returned to the ghost ship. Mirrorheart had just finished making barbecue, and Loren casually took a skewer.

While eating, Loren also told the others what he had just learned.

At this moment, the Wrath Witch was still lying nearby. She still didn't know how to use utensils. Loren had even spent quite a while teaching her how to eat a skewer. Before that, she didn't even understand that she needed to hold the stick.

"We're idle anyway. How about we give this child a name?"

Loren stroked the Wrath Witch's hair and said to the others.

The Wrath Witch had been clinging to Loren's side the entire time, enjoying his petting, exactly like a little cat or dog.

"Isn't it you who should be naming her?"

"You're giving me too much credit for my naming ability..."

If Loren actually had any talent for naming, Anna wouldn't be called Anna. With such a common name, if Loren shouted "Anna" on the street, probably several people would turn their heads.

It was precisely because Loren was well aware of this that he handed the naming rights to someone else.

"Give her the surname Luo, same as yours!"

Surnames were considered rather prestigious in this world. Generally, only nobles had surnames. For example, none of the witches present had surnames.

If you had to say it, only Anna and Naclis had the surname Luo.

"Forget it, how about this. We'll each write the name we're thinking of on a slip of paper, and let her choose herself."

"Alright."

The others agreed to Loren's proposal. Scarlett brought out paper and pen, and everyone wrote down the names they had in mind. Loren also casually wrote one.

After everyone finished writing, Loren gathered the slips together and shuffled them.

"Choose your own name. They're written on these slips."

Loren stroked the Wrath Witch's hair and said.

Actually, the Wrath Witch couldn't understand the language Loren spoke, but Loren used Everything Has a Spirit to directly convey his meaning to the Wrath Witch.

Loren hadn't expected this talent would one day be used on a witch, but it also demonstrated the versatility of this talent.

The Wrath Witch precisely selected the slip Loren had written. Loren suspected she could sense his information.

During this time, the witches had all been very kind to her, but she still loved clinging to Loren the most. It might have been Loren's Succubus constitution at work, or perhaps because Loren was the first person to be kind to her.

After drawing the slip, the Wrath Witch excitedly pointed at the text on it for Loren.

"It says Panike. That's the name I gave you."

Loren introduced to Panike. The name was one Loren had picked casually. It was a transliteration of the English word "panic," which also somewhat matched Panike's Arcane Ability.

Hearing this name, Panike revealed a smile. She opened her mouth and stammered:

"Pa... ni... ke..."

She successfully pronounced her own name and seemed very happy.

Then she looked at Loren and continued to stammer:

"Ma... Master... Master Mentor..."

These were all terms the other witches used for Loren, and Panike had learned them too.

"So clever..."

Loren stroked Panike's hair again. Panike was much smarter than he had imagined.

At this rate, it probably wouldn't be long before Panike could learn to speak, completely transforming from a little animal into a human.

Since Panike had already started speaking, Loren simply spent the rest of his time teaching Panike to talk, until they reached their destination.

"Seems quite a few people know about this information."

The island wasn't large, but it was surrounded by ships, not just pirate vessels but merchant ships as well.

After the Mara incident, fewer Merfolk were captured. In the past four years, barely a few had been caught.

Due to the scarcity, the price of Merfolk had skyrocketed, to the point that even the Emperor of the Pirates came to catch Merfolk himself, and even allowed other pirates to compete with the Pirate Emperor.

At sea, the Emperor of the Pirates was a true emperor. Other pirates would take detours when they saw them, which was enough to show just how high the value of Merfolk had become.

"There are so many people here. There's not even room to dock the ship."

As they approached the island, Anna remarked.

"Just sink them directly. Pirates who come here to catch Merfolk can't be anything good."

"Okay."

Anna revealed a smile. This time she didn't take out her scythe, but instead asked Scarlett for several large iron balls.

After receiving the iron balls, Anna tossed one up, gauged its weight, then violently hurled it out.

Instantly, the iron ball tore through the air with a whistling sound and directly pierced through the pirate ship it struck.

The pirate ship began to sink. The pirates remaining on board tried to repair it, but it was completely futile, until Anna used the second iron ball to completely sink the ship.

That wasn't all. Anna threw out many iron balls in one go, and the overcrowded harbor eventually became empty:

"Done."