Chapter 256 Farewell
Chapter 256 A Farewell
Today, half a century after the end of the Subterranean Abyss program, Tirian finally once again felt a …… chill from the program that has extended to this day.
Those “No. 3 submersibles” that surfaced one after another seemed to appear in front of his eyes again, and together with them, there were also those cautious soldiers, serious priests, and the frosty queen who had an icy face and didn’t say a word, and it was as if he could see the hatch of those submersibles open again, and saw crazy explorers coming out of them, and specious human beings coming out of the hatch. plausible human, out of the swollen and deformed monsters, writhing and deformed meat, dead and strange mud, dry and suspicious black fibers, and …… see the seventh “submarine No. 3” empty cockpit.
“The platform was extremely heavily guarded, with a large number of clerics and guardians watching the scene,” Tirion frowned as he recalled, “but …… I must admit, your question is a bit scary. ”
Duncan didn’t say anything, only to suddenly ask again after a few seconds or so, “What did you end up doing with those ‘three divers’?”
“Except for the first ‘genuine’ one that surfaced, the other six replicas were thrown into the furnace, melted into ingots in the sacred flames, and dumped back into the sea – even though that’s a lot of metal resources, no one dared to leave those behind,” Tirian said, some hesitation in his tone, “but if, as you say, even the first one wasn’t ‘genuine’, then the situation could be …… “
“The first one, where to put it?”
“If you’re asking about its current whereabouts, then I don’t know,” Tirian shook his head, “The rebels should have destroyed everything related to the Subterranean Program, but who knows how they destroyed those materials, maybe they just disassembled them and recycled them?
“But if you mean in the time before the rebellion …… the Submarine III had been sitting in a warehouse in the harbor area after it was decommissioned.”
Duncan was silent for a few seconds before finally exhaling softly, “I see …… Tirion, thank you for your willingness to tell me so much, for what it’s worth, this information has greatly satisfied my curiosity.”
Tirion, however, looked preoccupied, after many years of analyzing the “Subterranean Plan” again, he really noticed too many chilling details from it – although the plan itself was full of weirdness, but this kind of peeping back into the secret brought a little bit of uneasiness into the bone marrow, but it was more than a little bit of uneasiness. A little bit of bone marrow invasion of uneasiness than at that time to be in it can bring more pressure, especially just now his father put forward about the frost queen’s last order of the doubt, but also let him vaguely feel that …… this pile of half a century ago has ended the old case seems to be not really finished.
But no matter what, this conversation today is over.
Father had no intention of leaving himself behind.
A sound of flapping wings suddenly came from the side, and Tirian followed the sound, only to see a bird-like shadow wrapped in an ethereal green flame flickering through the air, and immediately afterward the place where that shadow had flickered suddenly rose into the air in a blaze of green fire, which rose and circled and transformed into a swirling doorway in the blink of an eye.
From the mirror beside it came the voice of his father, “Step inside, and you’ll be transported near the cathedral – I don’t think you’ll be able to tell anyone else about what happened here.”
“Of course, I’ve never been a tattletale.”
Tirion replied, then looked towards the blazing doorway, looking a little hesitant, but finally made up his mind and took a step forward – but before he was about to step through the door, he stopped again and couldn’t help but look back at the gothic mannequin that was standing peacefully next to the mirror.
“Anomaly 099……” he mumbled softly as if to himself, “It really is too similar……”
“It is said that Anomaly 099 first appeared on the Cold Sea, near the same ocean where the Frost Queen was executed and fell into the sea in the first place,” Duncan’s voice rang out from the mirror, “I have the same suspicions as you do, but even Alice herself can’t say where she came from, as you just said …… There is simply too much in the deep sea for us to understand.”
Tirion was thoughtful, and after a moment of silence he snapped, “It looks like the mannequin enjoys being around you.”
Duncan spoke faintly, “Initially it was a stalker who stayed, but then I realized she could be of some use.”
Alice’s reply was much simpler, she smiled happily and nodded her head while saying, “I love being around the Captain, he’s awesome!”
Tirion looked at his expressionless father in the mirror with a bit of surprise, and then looked at “Alice”, who clearly looked like the Frost Queen, but didn’t resemble the Frost Queen in any way except for her looks, and then suddenly laughed after a moment.
It was a kind of relief and happiness from the bottom of his heart.
He then turned around and stepped into the flaming doorway without hesitation.
Silence returned to the warehouse.
Alice looked at the direction where the flames disappeared, and then twisted her head to look at the mirror next to her, reacting for half a day before suddenly bursting out, “Captain, why did he just look at us and smile?”
Duncan casually returned, “How would I know.”
Alice gave a thinly veiled oh, thought again, and then popped up another sentence, “Just now you guys are discussing and frost and subterranean and whatnot …… has anything to do with me?”
This time, Duncan didn’t just find a random argument to fool this mannequin, but thought very carefully before speaking in a deep voice, “It might be related.”
“Can I figure it out then?”
“It should be difficult.”
“Oh, I’ll just forget about that for now,” Alice scratched her head, then broke into a smile and looked at Duncan in the mirror, “Anyway, if there’s anything that I need to do or go along with, you just tell me what to do.”
“I will.” “Hmm!”
……
A firelight flickered through the shadowy street, and a few moments later, a groggy Tirian stepped out of the alleyway to see the looming gates of the Cathedral of Prand not far away.
“It’s really delivered to the neighborhood ……”
The great pirate grunted and raised his hand to tap his head, which was a bit groggy from the dizzy pigeons, but accidentally touched a swollen area and sucked in a cold breath of pain.
That little girl s strength is also a little too scary …… That is a profound demon that is heavier than two or three adults tied together!
Recalling the origin of this wound on his head, Tirian couldn’t help but mutter a little in his heart, and while muttering, he couldn’t help but be a little more curious.
His own father was indeed regathering a team, at least from what he could see so far, he had control of Anomaly 099, and an eccentric girl capable of summoning Profound Demons with great power to serve him, but that was obviously not all.
Even yesterday, this was enough to make him extremely vigilant, and even couldn’t help but send a warning to the city-state and the church – but at this moment, he had no intention of “informing” the church.
All he could think of now was thoughts related to the “Subterranean Abyss Program”.
Tirion took a few steps towards the Storm Cathedral, and just a few steps later, he saw a few figures appearing at the entrance of the cathedral, jogging towards this direction.
They were the sailors he had sent back earlier.
The fact that this captain of his own had disappeared for an entire day after leaving a message had clearly begun to unsettle his men.
In a few moments, several sailors had already arrived in front of Tirion, and one of them did not wait to stabilize his footsteps before chanting, “You’re finally back! The sun is about to set, where have you been?”
Another sailor saw the difference in Tirion’s face, and was shocked: “Captain, the wound on your face …… and how your head swelled up to such a big piece!”
Tirion knew that he couldn’t hide his wretched appearance, he had counted on being able to rely on his healing ability that exceeded that of an ordinary human being to allow him to recover before returning to the cathedral, but it turned out that although that eccentric girl’s use of the Psi-Devil was questionable, the wounds created by the Psi-Devil remained troublesome to the point that it had already been most of the day, and his head was still swollen.
“…… Fell on the road.”
After holding his tongue for half a day, Tirian could still only use a lame excuse to perfunctorily say.
He was too embarrassed to admit in front of his men that this was the result of a “father’s injury” – not to mention that it wasn’t even his father’s hand, the other party was just a little girl who was almost as tall as his chest.
“A fall?” The sailor who initially spoke up looked at his own boss suspiciously, “Then your fall was a bit too …… over the top, it’s almost as if you violently beat the walls and earth of Prand with your head ……”
Tirion stared deep in his eyes at the sailor and said in a single word, “A fall on the road.”
The sailor stirred for a moment and reacted instantly, “Oh, oh, oh, oh, yes, you’ve obviously just accidentally fallen, I’ll help you with the medicine when we get back ……”
“That’s enough, I don’t want to discuss that for now,” Tirian sighed and stepped towards the church doors, “Go on back, I need to get some rest today and then it’s time to set sail back to the north.”
“Return to the North? We’re not staying here for a few more days? You had plans before ……”
The words “Subterranean Abyss Program” came to mind again, Tirian waved his hand, “Enough, it’s time to go back, there are still things to be done on the Coldwinter Sea …….”
The sailors looked at each other in disbelief, but finally nodded and obeyed the captain’s decision.
Tirian, however, stopped abruptly again.
He hesitated in front of the main entrance to the Storm Cathedral and touched the swollen areas on his face and head.
“Take the side door back.”
(End of chapter)