At night, the sea sparkles and reflects the starlight, and in obedience to the instructions of the Flame Tower in the center of the city, fishermen and merchant ships take advantage of the night tide to return to port.

For a time, the coastal area of Sunset City was full of light points lit by fishing boats, and the light of hundreds of ships of all kinds, like fireflies returning to the nest at night, successively entered the port, which can be regarded as a must-see beauty in Sunset City.

At this moment, a light three-masted galleon was slowly moving closer to the sea, it had already lowered its sails, and only a pink flag was waving on the top of the ship.

Unlike most of the offshore fishing boats in Sunset City, this three-masted galleon has a significantly larger hull and a sturdy structure, and the anchor is also located at the bow, so that insiders can tell at a glance that it is a sea ship - and the official sea ship of the Holy Fire Country, the sea ship built by the worshippers of the Wind God, does not have such a small model.

Only the people of the sea, or pirates, would build such ships.

You can see that the pink boar-headed flag is hunting in the wind.

【Wild Boar Pirates】

Founded twelve years ago, the Wild Boar Pirate Regiment is no stranger to the fishermen of Sunset City, not because the locals often deal with them, but mainly because the captain of this group of pirates, Ned, is a legendary man.

Ned was thirty-seven years old when he became a pirate, and in the Land of the Sacred Fire, he should have grandchildren his age, but perhaps because of his looks and personality, he was still a bachelor.

This hideous-looking man was originally a mountain hunter, with a good bow skill, and once hunted three large wild boars approaching the Revelation Rank alone, although he was blind in one eye, but he gained fame and made a lot of money, and was invited to the city as the captain of the city guard.

But Ned was a rough man in the mountains, and he couldn't adapt to the atmosphere of life in the city—for example, people who lived in the mountains were very cheerful and direct, and greeted their parents and relatives directly, but that was not in line with the rules and regulations of the D&C.

In the city, if you want to curse people, you have to beat around the bush, yin and yang are weird, and don't spit out half a dirty word, and how can Ned be better than the city people in this regard?

So after scolding and breaking the precepts several times, the old hunter punched another captain of the city guard who was not in line with him, and then went straight out of Sunset City and became a free pirate.

When wandering in the sea to gather his troops, he was fortunate to invite a third-rate painter who was cuckolded by his wife, killed in anger, and defected into the sea to paint a flag for himself.

"Then those people will be even more afraid!"

Ned had planned to throw the third-rate painter into the sea to feed the fish, but in order to avoid being in the company of the fish and shrimp, the painter was covered in a cold sweat and wisely declared: "Captain, people may accept the fate of being killed by wild boars, but no one can accept that they will be killed by pink piglets!" ”

One thing to say, indeed.

After thinking about it, Ned turned from anger to joy, and used the flag to the present day - and it turned out that the fishermen and merchants of Sunset City, who were supposed to be extremely stubborn and refused to trade in life or death, obediently took out their belongings after seeing the pink piggy flag, which can be described as gratifying.

But now, at the head of the bedside of the Boar, in addition to the top of the ship, where the flag should have been hoisted, there was a white flag waving.

"Captain! Will this work? ”

Ned was standing in the bow of the ship, and the one-eyed captain was walking on the deck with a worried and irritated expression, a thick tin book in his hand, which he was reading carefully word for word.

But it was clear that reading had nothing to do with him, and after just a few passages, Ned felt dizzy, and the chirping of the seagulls following the ship gave him a headache.

But hearing the words of the first mate who was waving the white flag, Ned still had to suppress his temper and calmly replied, "Of course! ”

"According to the Covenant, since we have surrendered, they can only accept our surrender!"

With that, Ned flipped to the 'Fourth Law' volume of the almost new covenant in his hand, and then the tower-like man yelled angrily, "Damn, that's why I became a pirate because I hated all this bullshit rules and regulations that even I had to take care of when I went to the toilet and cursed!" ”

But even with his anger, he calmed down and continued.

After all, being a pirate who wants to surrender, without knowing the law, will only send himself to the gallows.

"I've raided fishing boats, robbed merchant ships, but I haven't killed anyone - they can't sentence me to death for that, the three lords are merciful!"

"In this case, no matter how serious the crime is, as long as I surrender and show my willingness to repent and convert, then even the old man who is the chief priest of Glo will cut off my hands and feet at most, and then he must let me go!"

What is a pirate missing a foot, a hand? The legend of Captain Hook has always been circulated, and Ned is not afraid of this - he has the blood of the Wind People, plus the blood of judgment that everyone has, and the strength of his own revelation, it will not be difficult to slowly grow his hands and feet in a few years.

"Alas, fortunately, Lao Tzu has never killed anyone, otherwise, no matter how much he surrenders and repents, he will inevitably be punished to death by the Lord of Judgment!"

With such a long sigh, Ned noticed that someone on the deck was approaching him, and he turned his head to see that it was his boatswain, the brave man of the Wind People blood.

A native of the Sea People, the boatswain was once a whale hunter, but Ned saved him from an accident and the Wind People have been loyal to Ned ever since.

And now, the most loyal boatswain had the same sad face: "Captain, do you really want to turn yourself in?" ”

"yes."

With a long sigh, Ned stretched out his hand and patted his subordinate on the shoulder: "It's okay, those people in Sunset City will also recognize me, as long as you go incognito into the mountains and be a hunter with the skills taught by Lao Tzu, you will always survive." ”

"According to the Covenant, as long as the temple can't convict you of your crimes, then they can't judge you—and as long as I'm judged, they won't bother to care about you little detractors."

"Captain Ned!"

When the boatswain, the first mate, and the sailors around him burst into tears when they heard that Ned, as captain, seemed to be intent on fighting all the crimes alone, and everyone could not help but chant Ned's name and praise his greatness.

But let's be honest, Ned wasn't that responsible.

It was only through the covenant that the captain knew that if he really went to the judgment seat, and his crew hated him, then the divine punishment of the God of Judgment would be heavier - in this case, he would not be able to escape anyway, so it was better to be a favor.

"I have to say that the precepts in this covenant are not all bad, even if it is a criminal pirate like me, it has prepared rules and regulations."

After flipping through a few more pages of the Covenant, Ned couldn't take it anymore and could only close it with a click, and the tower-like man looked up at the approaching shore in the distance, his eyes tinged with concern.

"When I was bound by the law, I felt that this covenant was simply an unkind son of a bitch...... But when I was protected by the law, I felt that this covenant was really fucking good, the stricter the better, and the more rigid the fulfillment, the better! ”

Thinking like this, Ned couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, life is so hard! ”

In fact, even after witnessing the miracle of the Lord of Judgment a few days ago, the group of wild boar pirates did not make up their minds to repent and surrender.

They just wandered around the Caper Sea and watched Sunset City react.

But just a day earlier, they had seen a huge phantom of the Dragon of Judgment standing in the center of the city—which immediately detonated the already uneasy atmosphere of everyone on the ship, and for a moment there were even many frightened sailors who wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the sea.

However, the straw that really broke the camel's back came from other pirates.

At that time, because of the manifestation of the Dragon of Judgment, the group of wild boar pirates who were still hesitant were still wandering in the open sea.

But suddenly, a huge depression vortex suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea, it was like a huge mouth of the abyss, swallowing the whole boar pirate ship into it and submerging it underwater.

And just as he was swallowed into the sea by the surging waves and schools of fish, he was terrified to see a magical ship moving underwater, glowing with a faint blue magical light.

And on the deck of this ship, he met a great pirate of great fame.

One of the Seven Sea Kings, the Sea King of Troubles, and the owner of the Deep Diver.

Gloomy Albert.

"Explore the surroundings of Sunset City, attack the fishermen, and gather news of the Lord of Judgment!"

"If you can't do it, you won't have the value of existence."

With such an order, Alber showed no mercy at all, as if the icy meaning from the depths of the ocean almost froze the body and mind of the entire Boar Pirate Regiment.

He threatened Ned with his life, asking him to attack the fishermen, explore the reason for the appearance of the Judgment Dragon's Phantom in Sunset City, and the information related to various recent visions - not to mention disagree, Ned felt that at that time, even if he hesitated for a moment, he would be directly sunk into the deep sea by the other party, and the whole ship would become food for underwater creatures like whale falls.

- Attacking the fishing boats of Sunset City at a time when there is a miracle of the Lord of Judgment? Please, that's not how to find death.

But rebelling against the will of a pirate king at sea? Seriously, it was just a few days late.

"In that case, Lao Tzu might as well surrender!"

At the end of the day, Ned is an optimistic person.

Thinking about it, he was not worried but happy, and even laughed out loud: "Hmph - even Alber's dog thing can't imagine that my Ned surrender can be so decisive and so psychologically burdenless!" ”

This mood lasted until a sailor on the lookout who was observing the distance warned in shock.

"Captain! Look ahead! There is an anomaly! ”

"What?!"

Suddenly startled, Ned suddenly took out the binoculars from his waist and hurriedly looked at them.

Then, he was suddenly shocked.

At this moment, not far away, near the sea of Sunset City, there was a sacred figure, walking slowly on the sea, walking slowly towards them.

With this figure's step, the tide within a radius of several thousand meters stopped, no longer churning waves, but as calm as a mirror, and the brilliance of the stars and moon was reflected on the sea, as gorgeous as a replica of the night sky.

Miracles!

This man is so powerful—even stronger than Glo, the Lord of Sunset City, and even stronger than the Pirate King Arbor!

And not just a little, many, many times stronger!

It was because he had been walking in the sea for many years that Ned knew the power of the tides - the force of madness that could smash any big ship if it was condensed.

Not to mention, it's time for the night tide...... I want to flatten the sea water that is rising to several square kilometers or even an entire sea surface...... This kind of power, even those divine blessings, the four Sea Emperors coming, can't do it, right?

However, what caught Ned's attention the most was the breath on the other party's body.

It was exactly the same breath they had felt when they had witnessed the miracle of the Lord of Judgment not long ago!

"Difficult, do you say?!"

Staring blankly at the powerful figure, Ned had a flash of inspiration in his mind.

Therefore, when Su Sun came to this pirate ship not long after, he was a little puzzled to find that most of the people on this ship were kneeling on the deck respectfully, waiting for his arrival.

"My lord!"

Led by the one-eyed captain, the entire members of the Wild Boar Pirate Regiment were arranged in a triangular arrangement, neatly presenting a five-body posture - when Su Sun boarded the ship, they did not show the slightest sign of resistance or escape, but just shouted in unison, and then continued to remain in this state.

“…… What's going on? ”

Coming to the bow of the ship, Su Sun saw the white flag next to him, he turned his head to look at Ammon a little inexplicably, and then said in confusion: "Although I originally intended to show my strength to scare them, but this reaction is too much, isn't it too much - kneeling so neatly, can it be said that pirates who want to surrender are like this?" ”

“…… No, I haven't met a few pirates who have surrendered over the years. ”

The gray-haired priest on the side was stunned when he saw this, apparently unable to figure out what was going on—he picked up the Covenant rather confused, as if trying to find a similar description of the situation in it, but Captain Ned suddenly let out a loud roar interrupted his thoughts.

"The Lord of Judgment is above! A few days ago, we, the Boar Pirates, witnessed the descent of our Lord God, and collectively decided to change our minds and become new people—as stated in the D&A, we will present our banners, deliver our surrender to any of the priests, and disarm all of us as a sign of our sincerity! ”

Obviously, such a series of words is not at Ned's level at all, it is the content of the book that has been prepared for a long time.

After the captain finished reciting it in one go, he decisively raised his hand and presented the pink piggy flag in his hand to the group in front of him.

Although it didn't sound like there was any flaw, it could be seen from the extremely nervous, awe-inspiring and adoring eyes of the many pirates, and even some voices that were whispering repentance, that all the members of the Wild Boar Pirate Regiment regarded Su Sun as the divine body of the Lord of Judgment.

- Even if it is not, it is not surprising to worship a blessed one in this way.

There is no shame in the matter of life.

“…… I really guessed it right. ”

In the face of the worship of such a group of people, Su Sun sensed that a trace of true wish power was gathering towards him—although it was trivial and of low quality, it did exist.

He suddenly showed a subtle expression: "Did you really have the power of wishing...... This at least shows that their surrender is still sincere. ”

"In that case......

The matter of subduing the wild boar pirate group did not cost Su Sun any energy.

Let's not talk about the fact that they wanted to surrender in the first place, and not talk about Su Sun's identity as the god of judgment, just by showing Su Sun's absolute strength, they would probably kneel down collectively and shout surrender.

Therefore, after Su Sun asked the Wild Boar Pirate Group to explain the cause and effect, Ned, as the captain, did not hesitate, he directly did this, folded his hands, knelt in front of Su Sun, and honestly said that including the surrender of God, the entanglement of surrender or not, the encounter with Arber when wandering, and the coercion of the other party, and finally decided to surrender are all clearly explained, and there is no lie.

"My lord! Please forgive us! ”

Kneeling in front of Su Sun, Ned wanted to pretend to be weeping bitterly and moved to express his sincerity of repentance and devout belief in the Lord of Judgment.

But after all, he didn't have the talent of acting, and after howling for a long time, except for some of the sailors on the side who really believed it, the only result was that Su Sun was impatiently interrupted, and then he relented a little: "We didn't swear to repent at the moment of witnessing your divine grace, we are really cowardly, cowardly and hesitant, but in the covenant, the word of the Lord of Judgment says: 'If the evil person takes the initiative to repent and make amends, he should accept his confession, and the article will be judged again'." ”

"We are willing to change our ways and renew our faith!" "The Way Back to Faith!"

When he boarded, Ned's voice rang out in unison with all the casual hands on the entire pirate ship, causing Ammon to frown slightly, and Sara on the side couldn't help but cover her ears, and then looked at Su Sun with shocked eyes.

- He, is he the embodiment of the Lord of Judgment?

Thinking of this, the Wind Folk girl subconsciously touched her abdomen: "So, I just ...... I also ate a skewer of grilled fish that God baked for me?! ”

"No, no, no, this should be the 'Holy Food'!"

"Alright, alright...... While it is true that you want to surrender, I would like to ask you first, what crimes have you committed? ”

For this, Su Sun also felt quite funny - such a group of pirates was not quite the same as he imagined, and from the perspective of curses, there were only a few people on the entire ship with a bloody killing atmosphere, and the curses on the shoulders of most of the pirate ship members had not yet reached the point of being as deep as ink.

That is, not to the point of nirvana.

"Uh, my lord—"

In fact, Ned couldn't be sure whether Su Sun was the master of the judgment before, but whether it was or not, his posture was enough first, at least he wouldn't give a bad impression to the other party.

But when he gradually felt the real god-level coercion from the young man in front of him, who couldn't even see his appearance clearly, the burly man's forehead was already full of cold sweat, and his tone became extremely respectful: "We have robbed fishing boats, robbed merchant ships, and robbed other pirate ships, and there was a death fight...... On top of that, we've also killed a lot of monsters in the sea......"

"As for killing the people of fire on the shore, we don't dare to - killing the people of fire is a taboo among taboos, even pirates, if they don't have to, they will never kill, after all, who knows when the heavenly punishment of the Lord of Judgment will come?"

He was genuinely terrified.

And Su Sun could feel that the other party was not lying.

If you think about it, it's true that the power of the God of Judgment will not come down on the sea, but who can guarantee that they will never go ashore for the rest of their lives? Not to mention anything else, this is the world after all, there is a true God, even the people of the sea who claim to do not believe in God are only not following God's precepts, not denying the existence of God.

They don't say anything in their mouths, but in fact they are still in awe in their hearts.

With the exception of a few pirates, they are not truly lawless.

In a sense, Su Sun felt that the existence of pirates and the people of fire was simply like a side of faith—completely denying a certain order, but instead proving that its existence itself was a derivative of this order.

It's like the relationship between God and the devil.

The Boar Pirates are clearly wicked and should be judged.

But to be honest, Su Yan personally tried them, and as an outsider in this world, he could not guarantee his absolute fairness and justice, so he could only decide to throw all these pirates to the Temple of Sunset City in the future.

What made him even more concerned was what Ned said, the pirate king of the troubled sea, the great pirate with a magic ship that could dive, Spectre Alber.

"Is the Pirate King ......?"

Standing only on the deck, Su Yan glanced at all the respectful pirates in front of him, lying on the ground and falling to the pirate, he nodded thoughtfully.

The power system of the reincarnation world is biased towards the elemental magic in the west of the earth, and the way of the fairy spirits in the east. They emphasize the strength of the soul and faith, as well as the mastery of the four elements.

The so-called Revelation Level, the ordinary priest, is equivalent to the Awakening Level, and the Chosen One, the chief priest and high priest of a land, is the transcendent level.

The Divine Protector is undoubtedly the powerhouse of the Ruling Rank, the Sect Leader of the Three Gods, and the heads of some of the main organizations of the Templar Church, all of whom are Divine Blessings.

The Sacred Fire Nation has lasted for more than three hundred years, and except for the first few Divine Blessings who have lost news for various reasons, most of the Divine Blessings are still alive now, so now, there are a total of twenty-four Divine Blessings in the Holy Fire Country, forming the core of the Central Templar.

Among the people of the sea and many pirates distributed in the seven seas, after more than a hundred years of multiplication, there are also seven powerful sea kings and sea emperors who are comparable to the divine blessings.

Among them, the one who can fight against the divine blessing without relying on any external force and just relying on his own strength is the Sea Emperor, there are four in total.

And relying on other powers, the one who can temporarily exert the power of the Divine Bless is the Sea King, there are three in total.

Alber, the king of the troubled sea, is a sea king. With his vehicle, the Deep Diver, he was able to temporarily exert a power comparable to that of the Divine Bless in the middle of the sea.

"The power of the pirates is actually very strong, the Holy Fire Continent is very vast, and the Lord of the Divine Bless needs to guard all places, and they are not as free as these pirates."

Following behind Su Sun, Ammon explained: "Fortunately, almost every one of these pirates has taken the 'Fragment of the Soul of Source Water', and it is through this strange thing that they can obtain the power comparable to that of the Templar powerhouse, and the price is that they cannot go to the mainland, as soon as they come to the shore, their powerful strength will begin to decline rapidly. ”

"So, the Templars can't go out to destroy the pirates, and the pirates can't attack the shore?"

Su Sun nodded, he understood the situation on this continent, and he shook his head slightly: "Such a fragile balance...... So if those pirates have any schemes, don't you know anything? ”

In this regard, Amon lowered his head with some guilt, and the gray-haired priest knew very well that the coastal fishing villages and cities everywhere were generally only harassed by pirates, and they did not have the strength to explore the actions of pirates in the sea.

Sara on the side muttered quietly, "They really don't know anything - even we know that those pirate kings have been moving since my grandmother's generation more than ten years ago!" ”

"My lord, do you want to capture Albor?"

But soon, Ammon raised his head, he sensed Su Sun's thoughts, and the young man nodded: "The Wild Boar Pirate Group doesn't know much news, in the end, Ned is not so much a pirate, but a free wanderer, he has not integrated into the local pirate circle at all, and has been wandering along the coast. ”

Saying this, Su Yan walked to the side of the wild boar pirate ship, he squinted his eyes and looked into the depths of the sea: "On the contrary, there is a pirate king now, and the fact that he is around the Joy Sea makes me quite surprised and delighted - it is not a long time, and it is not difficult to catch them." ”

But Ammon was a little hesitant about this.

"But my lord, the Deep Diver, the Spectre Alber's car, is a magical ship modified with powerful magic—it can dive thousands of meters to the bottom of the ocean and sail in absolute silence, hence the title of Albor, like a silent glimpse of light in the ocean."

Although he didn't know the specific situation in the sea very well, the priest still knew a lot about the information of the Pirate King, and he said with some anxiety: "And the sea will hinder your divine power - my lord, I believe that in the face of you, even if the Seven Seas Sea Kings gather, it is just a small matter that can be easily solved in a breath, but the sea itself ......."

This is not to be Ammon's pessimism.

For more than a hundred years, the Heavenly Punishment of the Lord of Judgment has indeed not been able to extend to the sea, and his divine domain is limited to two continents, so for priests like Ammon, they really believe that the power of the Lord of Judgment cannot extend to the ocean.

No, it's not that the God of Judgment really can't extend his power into the ocean.

But then again, Su Sun is not the god of judgment.

"Can't find a magic ship hidden in the sea?"

Saying to himself, Su Yan smiled and walked down the Wild Boar and came to the calm sea like a mirror: "That's not necessarily. ”

Then, for a moment, he showed his momentum on the side of the 'real dragon'.

For a moment, a rumbling and trembling sound sounded—the sudden wind was like a tornado, with Su Sun as the center, turning rapidly, and it suddenly shattered the originally calm sea, setting off a circle of concentric waves.

Simulation – indeed simulation. Su Day's transformation was not made by using the Mingshui Transformation Dragon, his real body only looked like a dragon, although it did contain some elements of the Eastern True Dragon, such as the tail fin and the magical power of calling wind and rain.

However, Su Sun is indeed not a real dragon.

He just looks like.

It's like he looks like the God of Judgment, but he's not...... In a sense, he is a pirated product that is more realistic than the original.

And in the sea, what will be the consequences of releasing the breath of the real dragon?

Minutes later, Ammon, Sarah, and the entire group of Boar Pirates were shocked to see it.

Boom la la la......

With the sound of water waves, all kinds of strange shadows appeared under the sea water in all directions.

Then, the sound of the waves being churned sounded, and shadows emerged from under the surface of the sea.

Fish.

It was thousands of sea fish that had gathered from nowhere, like a pilgrimage, approaching Su Sun.

No, it's not just the fish – you can see huge shark fins riding the waves on the sea, and the high whale songs are sounding from far and near, and there are even multiple whale song ensembles to form a scene on this sea.

Giant crabs, giant shrimps, octopuses, squid, and even floating demonized sea urchins, huge spiritualized shellfish, and some sea creatures that God knows what they are called, all began to approach in the direction of Su Sun in just a few minutes—for a while, the entire Wild Boar was surrounded by all kinds of sea beasts and sea fish dancing wildly, and the sea surface within a radius of several kilometers was all filled with these sea beasts.

The huge waves, and the terrifying wind and waves set off by the convergence of countless spiritual energy, were churning because of these gathered schools of fish and sea beasts, and their power gathered together, instinctively stirring the heavens and the earth, if it weren't for Su Sun forcibly suppressing these waves, I am afraid that even the distant Sunset City harbor would be affected by the waves several meters high, causing unnecessary losses.

"Sea Emperor? Those pirates are funny. ”

Standing in the center of the crowd of countless sea beasts, Su Sun stretched out his hand and touched the head of a dolphin on his side that was extremely excited and couldn't help but want to get close to Su Sun, the young man chuckled and looked around at the sea, as well as many sea beasts: "I am the real sea emperor!" ”

"I, my lord......"

And at this point, it's better than saying, 'Oops, that's amazing!' Such a kindergarten-level sigh of Sarah, and ', so strong!' Ned, who had no emotion at this level, was truly shocked at this time: "Do you still summon sea beasts?!" ”

"Why is it never said in the Covenant that such power ......?"

"Therefore, do not believe the covenant of the faith—it is better to believe the book than to have no book at all."

In this regard, Su Yan laughed, and then he stretched out his hand and gave orders to the many sea beasts: "Come, find that ghost light hidden in the sea for me!" ”

"Don't worry, I'm not going to skimp on rewards—go ahead!"

- Boom!

And hearing Su Sun's order, as well as the promised return, when he landed, all the sea fish and sea beasts let out a silent cheer, and they shook the sea surface and made waves.

And just like that, he dived to the bottom of the sea and swam towards the deep sea.

Meanwhile.

Some time ago, Su Sun summoned many sea beasts.

Sunset City, Grand Temple of Sunset.

The head of the local temple, the High Priest of Glo, walked back and forth in his modest room, looking restless.

This was an old man who was much older than Ammon, with a long white beard that reached to his chest, and a face with many wrinkles, which made him look very old.

Because the Covenant says that the priests have already enjoyed the grace of the spirit, so they must not have material enjoyment, and all the priests, regardless of their strength, can only have a basic level of material enjoyment, so the celebrant room with the strength of the Chosen One is no different from that of ordinary fishermen.

“…… Well, I can't leave it alone. ”

The bearded old man lingered in his room for a long time, but finally, when he stood in front of the window and looked at the starry sky, he finally made up his mind.

Then, he returned to his bedside and took out a disc-shaped, pitch-black communication circle base from the secret box hidden on the side of the bedside table.

Glo hesitated for a long time before gritting his teeth and activating the communication circle.

Buzz - Buzz -

After some time.

The runes on the communication circle lit up with a pale blue light, and a low, calm voice rang out.

"It's really rare, it's actually you who took the initiative to contact me."

If anyone who is familiar with pirates is here, they will be shocked to find that the owner of this voice is the voice of Albert, the king of troubled seas!

And then, what he said to Glo was even more shocking.

"Father?"