Chapter 675: “The Fifth Ark”

Chapter 675 “The Fifth Ark”

In the boundless and chaotic dark space, the soul projections of Helena, Lune, Banister and Frem were gathering together.

The four popes had already completed all the communication before the gathering, but they still had not dispersed at this moment – because the guidance that the “divine will” had finally sent down was still confusing and disturbing to them.

Just now, when choosing the location of the assembly, the four gods rarely sent down a strong signal at the same time, and even though the “signal” was still mixed with a huge and confusing noise, the four parade arks were clearly excluded by the gods.

In the guidance that “they” sent down, Helena and Lune and others were asked to go to the “fifth ark”.

Helena lowered her head, in this dark space constructed by the resonance of spiritual energy, a flame was burning illusorily in her field of vision, she gazed at the flame, and spoke cautiously after a long time: “…… The Fifth Ark… …What did you guys think of?”

“What else?” Lune shook his head, “The answer cries out, there’s only one ship here that could possibly be called the ‘Fifth Ark’ besides the four church arks.”

“…… Frankly, for the first time in my life, I’m a little skeptical of the oracle’s results,” Banister hesitated for several seconds before finally raising his head to address the other three, “We did agree to invite that captain, but to set this crucial gathering on ‘that ship’? That was not in the plan, and the will of the Lord in this descent seems a little …… strange, don t you think? We haven’t heard such a clear and strong voice in years ……”

“It’s ‘They’ urging, Banister,” Frem’s voice was thick and calm, “and we all know that time is running out- And ‘He’ certainly knows it.”

For her part, Helena gave Banister a slight sideways glance, “You don’t still mind about the ‘Transient’ ship, do you?”

“Of course not,” Banister immediately shook his head, “It’s been so many years, and I’m not too concerned about that ship, I’m just a little cautious …… Of course, that’s only some of my personal thoughts, and it doesn’t change the The metaphorical order we received – the revelation about the ‘Fifth Ark’ has already been conveyed along with the divine will, and there’s not really any other choice.”

In the dark space, the four popes were unanimously silent.

Helena lowered her head again, gazing fixedly at the flame that burned illusorily in her field of vision-she knew that she actually had the same caution and even doubts hidden in her own heart as Banister, only that she chose to trust the Storm Goddess’s guidance unconditionally all the more.

In this silent and prolonged gaze, she seemed to see the illusory flame in her field of vision gradually rising and spreading silently, the undulating fire seemed to transform into a gentle sea, the tide of the sea ebbing and flowing in front of her eyes, and a huge and ancient vision was gradually coming towards her from the tide of the sea.

The vision of the Goddess of Storms emerged from the darkness, while the even larger and more unnameable “Real” floated behind the Goddess, and this interlocking and overlapping presence gently reached out to Helena, who felt plural, cold touches touching her soul, wrapping around her mind, and whispering in her ear… —

“While the time is still ……”

The illusion of the tide receded, the gentle sound of the waves dissipating from her ears all together.

“Go make your preparations,” Helena lifted her head and looked calmly at the others, “Go inform the bishops who are preparing to join us in the assembly, go inform the watchmen on the ark about the ‘Fifth Ark’ thing that everyone needs some mental preparation – but also tell them that there is limited time to prepare.”

“Also, don’t forget to give them some general knowledge about ‘that ship’,” Loon followed up with a reminder, “it’s not the same as the church ship everyone is familiar with, and I don’t want anyone stepping onto ‘that ship’ and get into embarrassing misunderstandings after stepping on it because of a shock.”

“Popularity won’t cut it, there are so many evil things on that ship that Vanna has been telling me every other day about some unthinkable new situation until now,” Helena waved her hand, “Tell anyone who’s planning to participate in the rally straight away that no matter what they see on that ship, even if it’s seeing someone with their head in a pot and boil it, don’t scream out, just treat it all as a natural phenomenon.”

“We’d better get in touch with that captain before we discuss any of this,” Frem, who had not been speaking much, added suddenly at this point, “We’ve taken it upon ourselves to designate his ship as the meeting place, but we haven’t consulted the owner yet. ”

Lune nodded, “Of course. There is also the need to arrange the boarding process and the way of transferring people, and the meeting process may also need to be urgently adjusted …… If the gathering place is set outside of the four cruising arks, many things will be different from what was planned.”

“A whole lot of things ah ……” Helena sighed somewhat wearily, and waved her hand before her words left her mouth, her figure gradually disappearing into the darkness, “I’ll go and contact my own saints first… …”

“I need to talk to my own students as well.” Lune said immediately after, his figure dissipating with him.

The two of them, Banister and Frem, were soon left in the dark space.

“See you in the reality dimension.” The rock giant-like Freem waved his hand and turned around to disappear into the depths of darkness.

Banister shrugged his shoulders. “I really didn’t care …… How come no one believed me ……”

……

“What? They’re coming on this ship? That bunch of popes and bishops?!” In the captain’s cabin of the Lost Country, Goathead, who had been busy chatting with his other head, was clearly startled to see Duncan, who had suddenly returned, and to hear the news the other man had brought, “Are they off their meds?”

“Don’t look at me, I’m surprised too,” Duncan glanced at this goat head and said casually, “but the news has been confirmed, it’s even the ‘will of the four gods’- -that all four touring arks have been ruled out, and that the final meeting place has been chosen to be the ‘Fifth Ark’.”

He paused, his expression somewhat subtle, “The Lost Country is the ‘Fifth Ark’.”

“…… Aha, that group of final preachers said that the Lost Country Ship is the ‘Ark of Promise’, and now that group of believers in the Four Gods has given us the ‘Fifth Ark ‘s name, the mighty Lost Country is now a good place ……” The goat head shook his head, his tone obviously with a bit of mockery, “If this goes on they are afraid not to say that you are a good person, there is such a cursed person of it ……”

Duncan: “……”

After holding his tongue for two or three seconds, he finally couldn’t hold back, “I advise you to pay more or less attention to your own outlook, at least you’ve recovered a part of the ‘essence’ that belongs to Sasloca, this look of yours makes it hard for me to connect you to the ‘Creator’ of the Second Long Night. ‘ ah.”

“I didn’t cause it,” Goathead sulked, “And the one that did wasn’t much better – the ‘Holy Lord’ is still in the Profound Deep Sea is still stuck in the passage between the deep sea and subspace, listening to Dog’s description, it’s like being stuck on a flush toilet ……”

Duncan felt that there was no way to communicate with this goat-head anymore – why was the sand content of this bastard’s speech suddenly so high?
“You don’t think I’m speaking harshly ah, I just think this matter is a bit odd,” Goathead probably also noticed the subtle expression on the captain’s face, and couldn’t help but add a few words beside him, “That crazy bunch of final preachers treating the Lost Country ship as some kind of ‘promised ark’ is just as well,” he said. It’s fine for those crazy Endbringers to treat the Lost Country as some kind of ‘Ark of Promise’, but now those Four Gods who are in a suspicious state are suddenly sending out some kind of ‘divine will’, and saying that the Lost Country is the ‘fifth ark’ in addition to the four touring arks… …There’s something wrong with how this sounds.”

Goathead muttered, turning his head around on the pedestal again, his eyes looking at Duncan thoughtfully.

“‘Ark’, the word has a special meaning on the Boundless Sea, there are only four Arks recognized by the world, and any ship that presumes to call itself an ‘Ark’ other than the four cathedral ships is a heretic, and now that the Lost Country has suddenly been installed with the name of the ‘Fifth Ark’, I always feel like they’re trying to push the Lost Country into a critical situation …… Of course, it seems like we’ve been solving all sorts of crisis situations for a while now… …”

Listening to Goathead’s ramblings, Duncan’s expression didn’t change much, only waiting for the other party’s words to fall before casually asking, “By ‘they’, do you mean the four major churches, or the ‘Four Gods’ behind them? ‘?”

Goathead froze for a moment, “…… Is there a difference? The four major churches are originally the executors of the four gods’ will, commonly known as the lapdogs ……”

“There’s a difference,” Duncan butted in and shook his head, “If you’re referring to the Four Churches, then they shouldn’t have the ability to push the Lost Country into danger yet – and if you’re referring to the church behind the ‘Four Gods’, then I’m interested in a few of Him myself, and if the ‘Fifth Ark’ arrangement is the Four Gods trying to do something about it, that could be great.”

Goathead was speechless, “……”

On the contrary, Duncan was suddenly a bit curious at this time, he looked Goathead up and down twice: “Aren’t you interested? As the former ‘King of Dreamland’, after retrieving a portion of Sasloca’s memories, aren’t you curious about your ‘colleagues’ back then?”

“Not interested at all,” Goathead thought seriously, shaking his head from side to side, “I didn’t retrieve this period of memories between the Great Annihilation and the Age of the Deep Sea, so to me, the so-called ‘kings’ is just a completely unfamiliar concept …… Maybe it’s something to be regretted, but I don’t feel sorry for it.”

Duncan gave Goathead a very serious look, and in the end said nothing.

He went behind the sailing table and took a seat in a chair.

“I have brought Nina and Maurice back to the ship with me, and as ‘witnesses’ who have witnessed the Great Annihilation, they will be present at this gathering as well.

“I accepted the invitation from the Church of the Four Gods, and the ship is now on its way to an agreed upon location near Lightwind Harbor – the Radiant Star will rendezvous with us there, and Lucrecia will bring a group of her servants aboard to assist us in preparing for the rally.

“Accelerate, let’s go to the appointment.”

(End of chapter)