Chapter 471 – Gemona’s “Hint”?

Chapter 471 – Hints from Gemona?
Storm Goddess Gemona’s name appeared on the pass – and Duncan was familiar with the handwriting.

For he had seen it before, back in Prand, when the suspected Storm Goddess had left him a message of thanks – and he still remembered the handwriting of that “deity”.

Vanna, however, said that the pass was signed by Pope Helene.

She wouldn’t make a mistake about something so obvious, much less lie about something so meaningless, so there was only one explanation – in her eyes, the name on the pass was indeed Helene.

Who saw what was real? And what does it mean that this “presentation” is very different in the eyes of the two? What was the storm goddess …… trying to convey to herself in this way? Or …… what is her purpose in doing so?
Duncan controlled the expression on his face, collected the dismay in his heart, he didn’t feel any obvious incongruity from those pages, so he could only try to ask for some information from Vanna’s mouth.

He lifted his head and looked across the table at the Inquisitor lady, “What did Helena say when she handed you the pass?”

“The Pope she didn’t say anything, just that what you asked for was ready,” Vanna was still a little concerned about Duncan’s odd attitude, but answered at first, then she went on to tell the story of the exchange between herself and the Pope in the assembly hall about the pass in its entirety, to explain why the certificate was signed by Helena, and Only after it was all said and done did she open her mouth and ask while cautiously watching Duncan’s reaction, “Is there something wrong with these things ……?”

Duncan was silent for two seconds before suddenly speaking, “…… No, there’s no problem, these are fine.”

Vanna’s performance does not seem to be fake, she obviously does not know anything, and what is more concerning is …… if the details described by Vanna are not a problem, then that “Pope Halina”…… Seems to be unaware of the change in the name of the pass.

Unless the pope used acting skills – but why would she do that?
Vanna, on the other hand, had been paying attention to Duncan’s reaction, and despite the many doubts in her mind, she ultimately didn’t press for anything, but instead followed up with another very important matter:

“Also, I was still the one who entered that tomb as a listener this time – the parchment I brought out contained information about a new vision ……”

“New visions?” Duncan raised an eyebrow at that, and was a little surprised at the same time, “That’s not considered a secret of your inner assembly? Is it okay to just tell me straight out?”

“Sooner or later, the changes in the list of visions will be announced to the world, telling you now is merely a bit in advance, besides …… the new visions are related to you.”

“Oh?”

Vanna settled down, “Vision-Frost, Vision-Lost Country ship, Vision-Lost Country fleet. All unnumbered, as in the case of Prand.”

The empty deck was a little quiet for a moment, with only the wind blowing in his ears and the sound of breaking waves lapping against the hull of the ship, and it was a long time before Duncan spoke up to break the silence, “…… Oh, that’s quite a lot.”

“Well, indeed …… quite a lot,” Vanna opened her mouth a little hesitantly, “Under normal circumstances, even the appearance of a new vision is a big enough event to trigger the attention of the Church of the Four Gods, this time directly updated three visions, and one of them is also the original number 005 lost vision. One of them is still the Lost Country number …… which was originally numbered 005”

“So the various churches and research organizations will be busier next?”

“There will probably be countless scholars losing countless amounts of hair, and the several popes will probably have a hard time sleeping peacefully for the next period of time …… Even if the new visions don’t show any dangers, the subsequent divination rituals and data collation will still be a big project.”

Duncan thought for a moment, “…… Oh, go them.”

Even Vanna, who had always been cool and collected, had a hard time controlling her barely strained expression at this point, an unspeakably odd emotion spreading in her heart, and she held her tongue for half a day before she finally ventured out, “You, as a ‘party’… . don’t have any thoughts?”

Duncan searched seriously for a moment and looked at Vanna with a serious face, “Next time I’ll try to keep the commotion down? Or maybe you go back and persuade that Pope of yours to think outside the box ……”

Vanna: “……”

While Miss Inquisitor seemed to be in a state of confusion for a moment, Duncan did not care about her reaction, but raised his head and looked thoughtfully at the familiar decks, masts and sails of transparent, bulging spirits in mid-air in his line of sight.

As always, the Lost Country sailed silently and reliably across the boundless sea, and as the ship’s owner, Duncan didn’t feel any change in it at all – but in the list of Vision 004, “Tomb of the Unknown King,” the ship was no longer “Vision 005”.

It had lost its number.

What did this change mean?
Duncan lowered his head and looked thoughtfully at his palm, then his eyes fell back to the pass, the name “Gemona” exuding a strong presence that caught his eye.

He thought of the short-lived connection between Dog and the God of Wisdom, and then of the strange dark space, and the records of what he had seen in the dark space, suspected to be conversations between the gods.

“Vanna,” he turned his head suddenly and looked very seriously into Vanna’s eyes, “how do I establish communication with the Gods?” Vanna instantly snapped out of her daze, and immediately afterward was taken aback by Duncan’s words, looking a bit bemused, “Huh? You said …… establish communication with the gods?!”

“That’s right,” Duncan nodded, “Establish communication with the gods.”

He had just thought of one thing: if that strange dark space really hid some kind of “communication platform” between the gods, and the burnt “Book of Blasphemy” was just a “key” to open that dark space, then this kind of “communication platform” would be a key to open that dark space, so it would be a good idea for the gods to communicate with each other. The burned “blasphemous book” was just the “key” to open that dark space, so it’s very likely that this “key” is not only in the hands of a few cults, or to put it another way…

Since even the “blasphemous holy relics” in the hands of the cultists can open the “communication platform” of the gods, what about those orthodox religions that are already closely connected to the four gods? Wouldn’t something in their hands or technology be more effective? This is very logical.

Duncan hadn’t thought in this direction before, on the one hand, he was influenced by the inertia of his thinking, after all, the previous golden mask and this time’s blasphemous book were both obtained from the hands of the cultists, so he instinctively had the simple idea of looking for the cultists to kill them now and then, on the other hand… …on the other hand, he was subconsciously avoiding this direction.

Because he did see the role of the Four Gods in the city-state, he had a certain natural goodwill towards the forces behind Vanna and Maurice – prying into that dark space was risky, as evidenced by the destroyed Golden Mask and the Book of Blasphemy, and the power of Truth was not something that could be withstood, and if it was not handled correctly, it could be the medium of the “holy relics”, which could be used as the medium of the “holy relics”. Once improperly operated, light as a medium for the “holy objects” will be destroyed, heavy from the side of the assistance will have life worries, this risk …… is still handed over to the cultists to bear more appropriate.

But now Duncan suddenly had a new idea.

This idea stems from the signature of the storm goddess that appears on the pass.

It might be a sign of goodwill, or perhaps a reminder of some kind.

Of course, there was no way he could explain it in too much detail to Vanna – after all, the latter was still a devout saint, so if he directly told her “I think it’s too hard to find the holy relics of the Cultists so I want to use the holy relics of the Church of the Deep to try it out”, it would certainly be inappropriate, or she would probably A jumping cleave will come over ……

Vanna didn’t think about the reason behind Duncan’s casual question, she was just surprised that the captain suddenly became interested in the gods, but soon she remembered that the other party seemed to have unique insights and research in the field of theology, so she seriously thought about it for a while, and replied: “Depends on what kind of communication you’re referring to-“. -Usually speaking, we refer to all acts of worship as ‘communication with God’, and even an evening prayer by an ordinary believer is a conversation with God.

“Above this, then, is the further step of the official clergyman who, through years and years of training and practice, aided by specific rituals and objects, thus comprehends the ‘knowledge’ of God and draws forth power from that knowledge and truth, or hears the revelation of God, which is the ‘communication’.

“And one level higher than that are saints like me. Saints don’t need too complicated ceremonial preparations, and can communicate the divine will with relative ease simply by resonating their own spirituality, as our spirituality is connected to that of God ……”

There was a hint of pride in Vanna’s tone as she said the last, yet she noticed Duncan frown slightly – these answers were clearly not what the captain wanted.

“Not this kind of communication,” Duncan shook his head, slowly organizing his words, trying to make sure Vanna could understand his intentions, “I mean …… more direct, closer, more efficient . . connection, do you understand? Not some vague revelation in prayer, but the kind where you can talk directly to the Four Gods.”

Vanna slowly opened her mouth wide for a long time.

And so Duncan knew he probably wasn’t going to get an answer out of her – an expected situation.

“Never mind, that’s a bit unrealistic,” he waved a hand and exhaled softly, “the ritual techniques you used won’t work on me, perhaps it would be a bit more effective if I just got a couple of the sacred texts of the Four Divine Cults and read them.”

Vanna blinked, as usual she once again felt a little unable to follow the Captain’s train of thought.

But fortunately, the Captain didn’t dwell much on this odd topic either.

“Why don’t you make a trip to the White Oak later and give your pass to Lawrence, I won’t be going over there,” Duncan instructed, “If he asks about follow up arrangements, have him move with the Lost Country for the time being, and then we’ll talk about it in the long run when the Frost side of the story is settled once and for all. ”

Vanna bowed her head, “Aye, Captain.”

Duncan nodded, but immediately afterward, he frowned slightly as if he heard something, “Hmm?”

Vanna spoke curiously, “What happened?”

“…… Agatha approached me,” Duncan said slowly, his expression growing serious, “She said she found a way to dive into the deep.”

(End of chapter)