• 1738
• Officer
  One minute I'm worried about being put on hiatus, the next we're being sent to the Flanders front line...! What am I going to tell my family? I promised them I'd be home within the year!

• 1739
• Alvero
  ...I guess I have to prepare myself, as I promised Baltazar...

• 1740
• Juan
  Prepare yourself for what...?

• 1741
• Alvero
  I'm going to hit my father with all of the evidence we have gathered.
  I can't stop thinking about all the crazy plans he might be concocting.

• 1742
• Juan
  Eh, hold on...?!

• 1743
• Alvero
  ...And if he doesn't rethink his plans...
  I'll have to stop him by force!

• 1744
• Juan
  Okay...

• 1745
• Alvero
  Player, I might need your help.
  I hope I can count on you.

• 1746
• Alvero
  ...Is my father here?

• 1747
• Steward
  Ah, young master! We have been searching for you! Please...
  read this letter!

• 1748
• Alvero
  ...A letter?

• 1749
• Steward
  Ah...
  and Player is with you...

• 1750
• Alvero
  This is...
  from my father?

• 1751
• To my son.
  I have succeed in luring out Hayreddin.
  Now all that remains is to challenge him to a final battle, along with the Duke of Alba.
  I have no regrets, even if I am defeated.
  I want you to promise me that, even if I am killed, you will live the life that you want to live.
  You have been the most vital part of my life for the last seventeen years.
  Please, be happy, Alvero.
  I bless you in the name of the father and the holy spirit.
  Diego Sarmiento.

• 1752
• Alvero
  But hold on...?! I thought he was in league with Hayreddin?!

• 1753
• Steward
  Nothing of the sort.
  It was all a trick in order to lure Hayreddin.
  The meeting will take place in the Palma offing of Majorca island.
  Your father has made a treaty with the Duke of Alba and once the pirate has been lured out the two of them are going to attack him together.

• 1754
• Alvero
  What...?!

• 1755
• Steward
  I was told not to tell you until after the battle...

• 1756
• Alvero
  So my father...
  has done all of this in order to defeat Hayreddin...

• 1757
• Voice
  Hey! Is Diego still here?

• 1758
• Alvero
  Baltazar!

• 1759
• Steward
  ...Huh? Baltazar...? The bodyguard? The one who left long ago and hasn't sent a single letter in all that time? What has he been doing?

• 1760
• Baltazar
  Shut up! Hurry up and get Diego out here!

• 1761
• Steward
  The master is currently out...

• 1762
• Baltazar
  ...What?! The Duke of Alba has cut out on the treaty at the last minute?! Where is he...?!

• 1763
• Alvero
  What...!?

• 1764
• Steward
  ...N...
  No...

• 1765
• Steward
  This sounds...
  very bad!

• 1766
• Alvero
  Cut out on the treaty...?! Why?

• 1767
• Baltazar
  The damn Duke of Alba! He took a beating from the rebel forces in the offing of Amsterdam.
  So he sent the armada he was holding in Palma to the Netherlands.
  Gah, that imbecile Diego! This is what happens when you trust someone like the Duke of Alba!

• 1768
• Alvero
  ...Could this be what the Duke of Alba meant when he was talking to us...?!

• 1769
• Baltazar
  What...?

• 1770
• Baltazar
  ...The Duke of Alba genuinely thought you were a servant of Diego's, right?

• 1771
• Alvero
  ...Yes, that's right...

• 1772
• Baltazar
  Then that means a messenger hasn't reached Diego to inform him of this.
  He's going to unknowingly encounter Hayreddin alone...

• 1773
• Alvero
  ...Oh no! That leaves my father to face Hayreddin with just one ship! We have to go and save him...!

• 1774
• Alvero
  Looks like we have to take the place of a Spanish armada! You'll come with us too, Baltazar, right?

• 1775
• Baltazar
  Huh! As if you need to ask! It's time to finish Hayreddin, once and for all!

• 1776
• Alvero
  Thank you...
  Player, I don't want to involve you in this.
  We are going to fight Hayreddin here, after all.
  But having you along would make all the difference...
  so? Will you fight with us?

• 1777
• How will you respond?

• 1778
• Okay, I see.

• 1779
• I'm afraid not.

• 1780
• Alvero
  I suppose I can...

• 1781
• Alvero
  Thank you! I think the chances of us all coming back from this alive just improved!

• 1782
• Baltazar
  Blast you, Diego...
  You can bet he's out there waiting for Hayreddin, all alone and none the wiser!

• 1783
• Steward
  We need to request support! Although the company ships are all cargo ships, and without Admiral Gama the navy can't really be counted on...
  Oh, master! What can we do to help you...?!

• 22152
• Once the decision had been made, Player and the others returned to the Sarmiento Company, where the butler handed Alvero a letter.

• 22153
• It was a letter from Diego.
  "I have succeeded in managing to create a diversion for Hayreddin.
  Now all that's left is for the Duke of Alba and I to head for the final battle.
  Even if we are to lose, I have no regrets.
  Therefore, I want you to promise me.
  That even after I am gone, that you will continue to live your life the way that you want to.
  For these past 17 years, you have meant more to me than anything.
  Do what makes you happy, Alvero" It was all a plan to defeat Hayreddin by getting him to lower his guard.
  Alvero was touched by the affection, tenacity and determination from his father that he felt in even such a short letter.

• 22154
• All of a sudden, the door burst open.
  It was none other than Baltazar, whom they had parted ways with in the Indies.
  Baltazar had seen through Diego's plan and even heard that the Duke of Alba had called off his fleet.
  A feeling of relief fell over Player and the others.

• 22155
• The Duke of Alba had mistaken Alvero as Diego's messenger, and informed him to halt the dispatch of the fleet.
  Therefore, since Diego had already left for Palma, he was unable to hear the news, which meant that Diego's life was in danger.

• 22156
• Together with Player and Baltazar, Alvero hurried to the site of the final battle, Palma.