Chapter 266 – The Witch of the Sea and the Border Relic

Chapter 266 – The Witch of the Sea and the Border Relic

The light golden light that spread out enveloped the entire surface of the sea, filling all the space around the Radiant Star.

This “magic warship” with a strange form was moving forward in a blanket of light, the front half of its hull was running at full power, the bright wheel structures on both sides of the hull were roaring, and a large number of magical organs set up on the deck were constantly projecting flickering gratings into the surrounding air, and those devices designed by the “Witch of the Sea” herself were being used by the “Witch of the Sea”. Those devices designed by the “Witch of the Sea” herself were constantly detecting the surrounding environment during the voyage to collect important data.

And the back half of the ship is like a fog like illusion, like a ghost ship like illusory structure sometimes cohesion, sometimes become almost transparent posture, with the surrounding light ups and downs like fog like dissipation, many ghostly sailors in the semi-transparent deck activities, while monitoring the state of the “spirit world depth” while ensuring the stability of the Bright Star ship itself. Stabilization.

The sailors at the front and back of the ship were clearly separated, each performing their own duties, only occasionally making the necessary exchanges or moving around.

Lucrecia stood at the front of the ship, on the top deck of the “bloom”, which was like a large open terrace with the best view of the ship, giving her a clear view of the sea.

There were two thick chains extending from the waist of the Bright Star, crossing the slightly undulating sea at the rear, and wrapping around a huge stone sphere a few dozen meters from the stern of the ship.

The stone ball floated several meters above the sea surface, seemingly weightless, yet the creaking sounds coming from the chains from time to time and the fact that the Radiant Star itself was still sailing slowly despite its full power were proving that it wasn’t as simple as one would think to drag this thing.

Lucrecia looked at the stone ball for a long time before withdrawing her gaze and rubbing her eyes.

The endless light mist released around the stone ball was actually not blinding, but being enveloped by this boundless light for a long period of time would still make one’s eyes feel slightly uncomfortable, and the mysterious concave and convex patterns on the surface of the stone ball were even more dazzling after looking at it for a long time.

In addition to these dazzling feeling, the stone ball and the surrounding light fog itself does not seem to have more harm, watching them will not be mentally impaired, close to the time will not hear weird and scary sound …… as a “pick up” from the border of the strange This is not common.

Lucrecia in the border wandering for many years, has seen a lot of those can easily induce mortals to crazy dangerous things, and this will project a huge geometric illusion of the stone ball …… is really the safest of the many border relics of the alien.

A sound of footsteps came from the side, and the voice of Luni, the clockwork puppet, followed, “Mistress, a report has come from the boiler compartment, the power of the machine can no longer be increased, and it is now at the limit of its speed.”

“…… It’s not even a third of its usual speed,” Lucrecia sighed, “This big ball looks like it’s floating around, it’s surprisingly hard to drag it around.”

“It’s really odd,” Luni cocked her head, making a confused face like a human would, “We’ve tried everything, but we can’t measure its exact mass.”

“The good thing is that at the very least it can still be dragged, slowly yes, but sooner or later we’ll be able to drag it back.”

Lucrecia said as she turned her head to look at the direction of the ship’s bow – due to the limited length of the chains, the Radiant Star was now sailing inside the “giant geometry” projected by the stone sphere, and the only thing that could be seen outside the bow of the ship was the endless glow, and the normal surface of the sea could not be seen at all. The only thing that could be seen beyond the bow of the ship was the endless glow, and the normal sea surface could not be seen at all.

But she didn’t worry that the ship would get lost, nor did she worry that the ship would crash into an island or something like that.

Because the aft part of the Bright Star was sailing in the spirit world, which was not affected by the stone ball, her ghost sailors could observe the sea conditions and guide the route in the aft lookout and chart room, ensuring that the Bright Star sailed on the right track.

This was something unimaginable for an ordinary ship, but for the Mistress of the Radiant Star, it was a familiar operation.

“Did the Lightwind Harbor side receive our message?” Lucrecia inquired, turning back slightly, “What’s their response?”

“They have received the news, a research team consisting of mathematicians, runesmiths, and transcendental experts are already at the port ready to go, as well as people sent by the Explorer’s Guild,” Luni immediately replied, “However, I also told them that the Radiant Star is sailing very slowly at the moment, so it is estimated that they will have to wait for a little longer for a while. ……”

“It’s not just a matter of waiting a while longer,” Lucrecia couldn’t help but purse her lips as she looked at the ubiquitous golden glow on the surface of the sea, “Tell them that the thing I’ve found this time isn’t a trinket– While it’s true that it’s ‘body’ isn’t big, it’s range of influence is too large.

“Tell them to find a suitable junction point in the offshore area, at least two or three nautical miles from the harbor, or else be prepared for the entire harbor area to be shrouded in endless daylight.”

Luni bowed her head slightly, “Yes Mistress, we will pass a lighthouse facility in fifteen minutes, I will send another telegram to Lightwind Harbor at that time.”

Lucrecia hmmm’d, then wondered what she was thinking, and after a few seconds of silence suddenly laughed softly to herself and shook her head.

Doll Luni looked at her suspiciously, “Mistress?” “Nothing, it’s just that I suddenly remembered something from a long time ago,” Lucrecia said softly, “Luni, do you know, I used to count my father’s blessings when he returned from his expeditions.”

“Old master? You counted him out?”

“Yes, he was always picking up strange things outside,” Lucrecia seemed to be stuck in memories, slowly speaking while pondering, “Sometimes when he found a piece of broken stone in the border area, he would excitedly study it for ten days and half a month, and drag my brother and I to study it with him. ”

She turned around and looked a little out of her mind at the chains that stretched out from the stern of the ship, and the stone ball at the end of the chains.

“Now, I also picked up a ‘big stone’ back …… If he knows about it, I don’t know what he will think.”

Luni didn’t know how to respond to her mistress, and stayed silent for a moment before speaking, “…… You rarely bring up the old master’s business,”

“Probably because a lot has happened lately,” Lucrecia shook her head, “Let’s not talk about that, I’m a little tired, what time is it?”

“It’s late at night,” Luni nodded, “You really should be resting.”

“It’s late at night?” Lucrecia said in surprise, then waved her hand, “Dragging this thing around, twenty-four hours is as good as daytime, living day and night …… You keep an eye on the ship, I’m going to rest first.”

Before the words fell, her figure suddenly disintegrated into countless pieces of strewn colored paper, fluttering with the wind and flying in the direction of the captain’s room.

……

Until she returned to the cathedral, until the end of the evening prayers, Vanna was still a picture of a preoccupied mind – and it was obviously impossible for her state of being full of worry to be hidden from Bishop Valentine.

In the face of the bishop’s questioning, she did not hide the “dream communication” with the ghost captain on the way back from the harbor.

In the small prayer room connected to the side hall, Valentine listened to Vanna’s story in silence.

“…… I am not surprised by ‘his’ visit,” the old bishop said with a calm expression, “the entire city-state of Prand has undergone some kind of transformation. …… transformation, whether we are willing to admit it or not, we, as well as this piece of land under our feet, have now established an unbreakable connection with the Lost Country, I have exchanged this matter with your uncle, do you know what he said?”

“…… What did he say?”

“Behind today’s Prand stands a ‘master’ in the shadows, as in the ‘Ten Cities’ as described in the Golan Psalms, and in the shadows stands an uncrowned king, an anonymous archconsul, and an invisible but tangible existent ‘possessor’, a ‘master’ who does not declare his authority to the city-states, just as you do not declare yourself master of the coins in your pocket – but when you remove the coins, you don’t think of consulting them either.”

Vanna gave a thoughtful expression, “…… The Ten Cities, said to be the most chilling fragment of the Goran Psalms, describes the gradual takeover and transformation of ten city-states into shadows by an unseen ruler, a ruler who, until the end of the long poem, the author does not give even a a single description, but merely hints at the presence of the ‘invisible king’ through descriptions of the atmosphere, customs and environment in the city-states. I read it, but was too young to understand the relish with which the grown-ups spoke of the horrors of this long poem.”

At that, she shook her head lightly.

“But I think at the very least that Captain Duncan is not trying to turn the city-state into some kind of …… unnameable hotbed, as the ‘Ten Cities’ long poem suggests, and at the very least he is not showing any malice at the moment. ”

“Indeed, he hasn’t shown any malice, and he even specifically came to offer a warning to you,” Bishop Valentine nodded gently, “The issue of Vision 001 has actually caught the attention of the Church of the Four Gods, but as far as I understand it, the mainstream view of the various churches at the moment is still waiting to see Vision 001 when it can ‘return to normal’, but if the warning conveyed by Captain Duncan is true ……”

The old bishop paused for a moment before letting out a soft sigh.

“Then our world is in big trouble.”

(End of chapter)