Chapter 625 – Construction of the Lost Country
Chapter 625 – The Construction of the Lost Country
In fact, Duncan was already on his way back to Lightwind Harbor when Lucrecia sent word over – and was close to arriving at the city-state.
This is because confirmed that the Lost Country ship’s “away” also can not stop the Dream of the Nameless One to continue to develop, so in the dream world “other side” action at the same time, his body left in the real world at the first time to choose to sail back.
The dark and chaotic sky covered the sea, and the dark and dense “hair” covered the sea surface, making the whole sea appear like an ink-dyed texture, and the hazy visions kept flashing on the sea surface near and far, and the strange and bright scenes in the Spirit World rose and fell on the edge of the field of vision.
The sails of the Lost Country ship puffed up, like a swift wind sweeping across the sea of the spirit world, the phantoms that kept surfacing on the sea avoided this huge ship, and those who couldn’t dodge in time would be swept into the turbulence by the ghostly green flames that escaped from its surroundings and torn into pieces.
Duncan gripped the steering wheel tightly and stood on the bridge on the aft deck, concentrating on maneuvering the ship while listening to the news that Lucrecia and Maurice and the others had sent from Lightwind Harbor.
Agatha’s phantom stood beside him, resembling a shape-shifting specter against the hazy, dark backdrop of the spirit world.
Maurice’s voice came from the other end of the spiritual connection, “…… The forests that spread out from the Dream of the Nameless One covered the entire city, and have begun to destroy the city’s functions on a physical level …… They are no longer illusions. Instead, they have become solid matter, with multiple neighborhoods cut off and blocked off by the dense vegetation, trapping large numbers of people ……
“Some of the buildings have been completely engulfed, entire houses replaced with giant trees, and the lives of the people in the houses are unknown ……
“Just now, Vanna went to the street to observe the situation and confirmed the authenticity of those plants and the damage they caused to the city, and what’s even weirder is that these ‘products of dreams’ that invaded the real world didn’t exhibit any transcendent characteristics… …
“In addition, we also tried to contact the Storm Cathedral and the Academy Ark with psychic resonance, and the church side has already discovered the anomaly in Lightwind Harbor, and they sent the nearest border fleet ……”
Duncan silently listened to these news from Light Wind Harbor with a gloomy and serious face.
The Lost Country’s speed increased a little bit again, flying through this spirit world sea at a speed far exceeding that of an ordinary ship, from the depths of this huge ghost ship came a slightly muffled creaking sound, that was it responding to the captain’s order.
The Dream of the Nameless One is growing, but this time, the speed of things is obviously beyond everyone s expectations, rather than saying that this is the result of the further growth of this huge dream, Duncan feels that this is more like …… a manifestation that it is gradually getting out of control.
“Captain,” Agatha’s voice came from the sidelines, “I have some uneasy premonitions – the way things are going reminds me of when Frost was around.”
Duncan didn’t say anything, just frowned slightly, unconsciously recalling the scene he had seen in the bilge of the Lost Country.
The massive spine of the ancient gods, the Lost Country that was remodeled and returned from subspace under the authority of Sasloca, and the mystery of …… the original “keel” of the Lost Country.
Gradually, all these clues seem to have a direction, and point to the changes in Lightwind Harbor, pointing to the dream of the Nameless One that is constantly invading reality.
Duncan suddenly understood something.
It was all connected, and long, long ago, the ship had been part of the vast maelstrom that existed today.
The beginnings of this vortex went back even a century, back to the day Duncan Ebnomar decided to build this massive ship.
“…… must find Silantis.” Duncan suddenly whispered.
Agatha beside him didn’t react for a moment, “Captain?”
“The state of the Dream of the Nameless One is closely related to ‘Silantis’, and based on the clues already available, I guess Silantis sleeps in the subconscious mind of all the elves – something must have stimulated this sleeping ‘Tree of the World’, and that’s what caused her state to take a sharp turn for the worse,” Duncan’s thoughts had gradually cleared up, and he said quickly, “We must find Silantis.”
“Find? Where to find?” Agatha’s tone was nonetheless one of bewilderment, “We have been to the borders of the Dream of the Nameless One, yet Silantis exists invisibly in that infinite darkness, and according to that silent goat-head, ‘she’ refuses to be touched or awakened at this time… …”
“But it doesn’t have to be the only way,” Duncan shook his head, then called another name directly in his mind, “Lucy.”
Lucrecia’s voice sounded directly in his mind, “I am.”
“Do you remember the Lost Country when it was first built?”
“I …… was very young then,” Lucrecia obviously didn’t expect her father to bring this up out of the blue, and was a bit bemused in her words, “The impression is very blurred, and the adults didn’t really let me go near the shipyard back then. My brother might remember more? He was seven or eight years old then, and used to sneak off to the shipbuilding place ……”
“Tirion,” Duncan didn’t hesitate to call another name that he had left his mark on, “I have questions for you.”
There was silence in his mind for two or three seconds, followed by a chaotic noise – the “sound” of a mass of “thoughts” that had accidentally leaked through the barriers of his consciousness when he was caught off guard! “It was followed by Tirion’s panicked and dismayed voice: “Father? What happened? How did you ……”
“I heard Lucy mention that you snuck over there from time to time while the Lost Country was being built?”
Even across the vast spatial distances and barriers of consciousness, Duncan could feel the momentary panic coming from the other end of the mental link. Tirian’s entire body seemed to be confused, “I didn’t! You don’t listen to Lucy’s nonsense, she ……”
Before the words on his side fell, Lucrecia’s voice abruptly interjected, “Brother, you admit it, something happened in Lightwind Harbor, Dad has something serious to ask you.”
Vanna’s voice also followed closely, “Mr. Tirion, it’s serious business.”
Tirian was instantly quiet for a moment before speaking again, sounding as if he was even more confused than just now, “…… Why are they all here?”
“Yeah, they’re all here,” Sherry interjected, “Dog’s here too.”
“Quiet, this isn’t the place to talk,” Duncan had to interrupt a group of guys who had set up a temporary ‘channel’ through the Spirit Fire Seal to chat, “Tirion! Tirion, do you remember when the Lost Country was built? Do you remember where its ‘keel’ came from?”
Tirian finally realized the seriousness of the matter from Duncan’s tone.
Duncan’s mind went quiet.
It was only after a few moments that Tirian’s voice finally rang out, “…… Actually, I don’t remember it very well, you wouldn’t give too much high level shipbuilding knowledge to a child who is only a few years old, but I still remember that the ship’s ‘keel’ ‘ was ‘dragged’ back from a patch of mist near the border after one of your sea expeditions ……”
“‘Dragged’ back from a patch of mist near the border?”
“Yes, that was one of your ‘hauls’ from that expedition, you often found things on your expeditions, and those ‘trophies’ made you highly respected and envied by other explorers, but even amongst the many trophies, you The ‘huge log’ that you hauled back from near the border was one of the most special …… It was so huge that it exceeded the hauling limit of your ship at that time, and you had to arrange for two other small boats to assist from the side, and then it took nearly two months to haul it towed it to the neighborhood of Pland ……
“The reason why we chose Prand was not only because our family was living there at that time, but also because that city-state had the largest shipyard in the world at that time.
“Yes, you announced after that that you were going to build a ship, the greatest and most amazing exploration ship in the world, out of the very same ‘wood’ you found in the mists of the border.
“That ship took seven full years to build – with ample manpower and resources, with the largest and most advanced shipbuilding facilities in the world, and with a large number of shipbuilding experts attracted to your amazing plan and gathered in Pland, it still took seven years to build, and it wasn’t until its successful launching and completion of its maiden voyage It was only after several years of constant refinement and adjustment that it became the ‘Lost Country’ that caught the world’s attention.
“My knowledge about that ship was also gradually built up during this process, even including the origin of that ‘keel’, which I only heard about from a bystander when it was halfway through its construction – until then, you have rarely mentioned anything about it to me.”
Duncan listened to Tirion’s account in his mind with a serious face, and did not speak for a long time.
These things were indeed the first he had ever known – as the present-day captain of the Lost Country, he had never known the story of the ship’s construction until now.
But it was not too late to know.
After a moment of silence, Duncan asked once more, “What else do you know about that keel ……?”
Silence fell on Tirion’s side, as if he was lost in memories for a moment.
I don’t know how long it took before his voice resounded again, “I remember the craftsman who was involved in the construction told me that that dragon bone was extremely difficult to work with, it didn’t resemble any kind of known wood, the toughness was unbelievable, and as a ‘strange thing’ from near the ‘borders’ of the As an ‘oddity’ from near the ‘border’, it also had some disturbing ‘unnatural’ properties, such as making strange noises in the middle of the night and slowly repairing the scars left on its surface. …… Because of these oddities, the Lost Country’s construction program was not able to make any progress on the project. properties, the Lost Country’s construction program nearly ran aground on the first step of the project, as no one was able to build that primitive wood into the shape of a keel ……
“But then the craftsmen realized something strange-
“Workers with elven blood could easily cut that ‘wood’.”
Duncan immediately spoke up, “Elves?”
“Yes, it was only after wasting almost two months against that big wood that an elven craftsman inadvertently realized this – in elven hands, that keel which was so tough that it drove almost everyone crazy was as easy to work as balsa wood, so then the Prenderian shipyards transferred all the elven-blooded craftsmen to the project of the Lost Country, and even recruited some men from nearby city-states ……”
Duncan listened gravely and waited until Tirian’s words had fallen out of his mouth, then he was silent for a few more seconds before asking again, “Other than that?”
“Let me think ……” Tirian said, then recalled for a moment before he spoke with less certainty, “There was something else, but I don’t remember it very well… …It was when the Lost Country was nearing completion, when I had been allowed to help out around you with some of the less important tasks, and once you took me to the drydock, when you had been drinking, and seemed to be in a very high mood, and you pointed at the Lost Country, and you said to me ……
“Tirion, that’s actually just a twig.
“To this day, I have never wondered what you meant by that.”
(End of chapter)