Chapter 703 – Spirit World Convergence
Chapter 703 – Spirit World Rendezvous
The Lost Country ship departed – these days, many people were watching its every move, including the four church arks and the watchers arranged by the city-state side, and in full view of everyone, the huge and majestic ghost ship, wrapped in flames and smoke, moved away from Light Wind Harbor at a speed that was by no means conceivable in common sense, and in the blink of an eye disappeared into the gap between the spirit world and reality.
Appearing like a phantom, disappearing like a phantom, everything was just as described in the legend.
“Out~fa~la~”
Yukari grabbed the guardrail on the side of the ship and looked at the boundless dark sea in the distance, her body rocking back and forth, looking happy.
The Lost Country ship had already entered the spirit world sailing state, the sea beyond the ship’s side had already turned into a layer of pitch black, the chaotic sky mixed with black, white and gray covered the entire world in a low tone, the lighthouse, ships and islands could no longer be seen in the distance, there were only all kinds of weird projections of light and shadow floating between the sky and sea as if they were overlooking the entire world at the end of the sea horizon.
Dog lay on his back a little distance from the ship’s side, stretching his neck hard to yank Shirley’s arm with his chains, and while gripping the deck with all four paws in a death grip, he reminded in a loud voice, “Hey don’t you shake! Be careful you don’t fall off!”
“When did you get so timid, Dog?” Sherry simply sat down on the guardrail, twisting her head with a smile while fixing her messy hair, “Didn’t you used to play by the deck all the time?”
“This is spirit world depth!” Dog yelled at once, “You can’t get up if you fall in this place!”
Shirley ignored it and just sat on the parapet and continued to giggle at the sea until Duncan came over from the side and reached out to give her hair a haphazard rub, “I didn’t see you this excited when we set sail in the past, why are you so happy to be leaving the city-state this time?”
“I’ve spent enough time in Lightwind Harbor,” Shirley’s tone was tinged with utter resentment, “There’s nothing good to eat in the city, and the nearby stores are either bookstores or mechanic’s workshops, and there’s nothing good to eat, and there’s no fun to be had, and there’s nothing good to eat… …”
Duncan cried and laughed as he glanced at Shirley, who seemed to have been psychologically affected by the “elven food” in Lightwind Harbor, and couldn’t help but remind him, “It’s unlikely that there’ll be any good food in the place we’re going to this time, too. We’ll be at sea most of the time.”
“That’s fine, the food on the ship is not bad, at least we don’t have to be dragged around the bookstore by Nina all day,” Shirley grinned, “It’s just like coming out for some fresh air ……”
“When you’ve spent enough time on the ship, you think about going into town to play, and when you’ve spent enough time in town, you think about going out to sea ……,” Dog rambled on the deck next to him, “All you know is how to play all day long, and Nina has been browsing through the bookstores all over the city these days. ……”
Shirley instantly waved her hand, “Aiya Dog you don’t chatter like a mom I have a headache ……”
Duncan did not say anything else, just listened with a smile on his face to the usual chatter and banter between Shirley and Dog beside him, and then as if he sensed something, he suddenly raised his head to look somewhere on the nearby sea.
And almost at the same time, a hazy shadow emerged from his side, and Agatha reported softly from the shadow, “The Radiant Star is here, looking for an entrance in the real world.”
Duncan nodded, “Well, go and show Lucy the way.”
Agatha’s silhouette faded with her, and then but a moment later, Duncan saw large swaths of shadows begin to emerge abruptly above the dark sea near the Lost Country.
The shadows were like mist, intertwined and interwoven, and a large, strange and ornate ship gradually took shape amidst the shadows and mist, and the Bright Star slowly sailed out of the mist – it was only a hazy, blurry phantom at first, with only the stern portion of the ship appearing to be real, but as the Lost Country drew nearer and nearer, the hazy, blurry phantom quickly became real and transformed into the Lost Country in the blink of an eye. quickly became real, and turned into an entity that could exist stably in the depths of the spirit world.
The Radiant Star entered the Spirit World Depths and began to sail alongside the Lost Country.
Shirley sat on the parapet and stretched her neck to look at the scene in front of her, letting out an exaggerated exclamation of surprise, “Wow-“
And then, she saw a snow-white paper boat suddenly float up from the deck of the Radiant Star, which rose up on the wind, flew across the dark and heavy sea between the two ships, and finally landed firmly on the deck of the Lost Country.
The black-haired and black-skirted Lucrecia walked down from the paper boat with the clockwork doll Luni.
Alice, who was drying dried fish on the deck, noticed the movement over here and immediately greeted her happily, “Luni! You came!”
The clockwork doll following Lucrecia turned her head when she heard the sound, and instantly revealed a happy look as well, welcoming her with open hands, “Alice!”
The two dolls happily held hands and spun around on the deck, although they hadn’t been separated for too long, they were happy as if they had been reunited after a long time.
Alice just tugged at Lunie, showing off the dried fish that had just been dried on the deck to her best friend, while Lunie obviously had something she wanted to show off-
“Alice! Look at this, the new one Mistress got me ……” The clockwork doll said happily as she reached up and cupped her head in her hands, then lifted it upward with a slight force, and heard a “boing” sound ……
She pulled her head off in front of everyone on the deck.
Alice stared at this scene in disbelief – due to her usual lack of heart, she would rarely be so shocked – but soon she reacted and realized that this was her best friend’s newly acquired “function! But soon she reacted and realized that this was her best friend’s newly acquired “function”, and a happy look appeared on her face, “Ah, you can do it too!”
As she said that, she casually pulled her own head off her neck, and together with Luni, each of them held up their heads in silly joy: “We …… are …… now… . the same!”
Then the two dolls joked around on the deck.
The deck was in shock except for the two of them.
Duncan had been walking towards Lucrecia to inquire about the operation of the Radiant Star after it had entered the Spirit World, but he had just gotten halfway there when he was shocked by the two dolls, Alice and Luni – in all fairness, he even thought it would be hard to get such an evil scene in subspace – -froze for several seconds before he finally reacted and turned his head towards Lucrecia, who was walking this way, “What’s going on here?”
Lucrecia seemed to be a bit frozen as well, she couldn’t help but look back at the two dolls not far away with a strange expression as she walked, her expression visibly stiffened a bit after hearing Duncan’s words, “…… Just slightly modified Luni… …After pulling the head off earlier and causing it to malfunction, she mentioned to me every now and then about Alice’s removable head joints …… I got really tired of hearing about it, so I replaced the joints for her …… “
She paused hesitantly, looking at the two figures that were skulking around the deck with their heads up, her expression finally straining a bit, “But I didn’t think of that either!”
“…… Never mind, it’s good that they’re happy, dolls …… have dolls for entertainment and socialization,” Duncan managed to sort out his much-impacted trance, the corners of his mouth twitching as he pulled his gaze away from Alice and Luni’s side (which was hard, as the two dolls leading the scurry were just too much of an eye catcher), and struggled to return his attention to Lucrecia and the Radiant Star, “Did …… come over all right?”
Lucrecia was still looking in the direction of Luni and Alice at this point, and it wasn’t until Duncan repeated it again that she reacted with a jolt, hurriedly raising a hand to tap her forehead and speaking while organizing her thoughts, “It was fine, though slightly confusing ……”
She finally shifted her attention completely and glanced up at the Radiant Star, which was accompanying the Lost Country as it autosailed alongside her, and her thoughts flowed.
“This is the first time the Radiant Star has sunk to such a ‘deep’ depth to sail …… Under normal circumstances, only the stern portion of it lies in the Spirit Realm, and being completely ‘submerged’ like this ‘ …… is an unprecedented ‘experience’ both for me and for this ship.”
“This will be fast,” Duncan smiled, “The Lost Country is used to catching up at Spirit World depths, and the White Oak and Black Oak have sailed with the Lost Country as wingmen just like this – at this depth we’d only need less than two days to catch up with the ‘ship that is returning’ and not have to worry about being detected on the trail.”
Lucrecia didn’t say anything, just glanced up at Duncan.
His father stood there, the undulating green flames rising around him, a confident and proud smile on his face, a smile that was as good as he remembered it.
After a moment, she shook her head and opened her mouth to ask, “What about movement on the part of the Church?”
“There will be two small fleets from the Church of the Deep Sea and the Church of Death that will converge with us, with the flagship sent by the Church of the Deep Sea being the ‘Tidal Wave’ and its escorting formation, and the Church of Death being the ‘Rest in Peace’ and the ‘No Rest in Peace’, two sister ships and their escort formations, both said to be battleships with great firepower,” Duncan said casually, “but I’m more interested in the ‘professionals’ they’ve brought with them ‘ After all, scholarly knowledge is sometimes better than firepower when it comes to those spooky things in the border waters.”
“But the expertise of scholars also sometimes tends to draw greater danger …… near the border, where those restless ‘shadows’ are more likely to pop up than anywhere else.” Lucrecia couldn’t help but warn from the sidelines.
Duncan raised an eyebrow, “Wouldn’t that be better?”
Lucrecia’s expression froze a bit, “……”
“Enough about that, how’s the situation with that ‘saint’?” Duncan waved his hand and changed the subject, “Did you bring it with you this time?”
“Brought it with me, it’s being held in the bottom-most holding bay of the Radiant Star right now,” Lucrecia nodded immediately, a pleasant smile on her face, “Rest assured, the guy’s in good shape – I’m making sure the ‘Saint’ won’t escape under the premise of restoring as much life as possible to it, and I can always bring it out if you need it.”
“Not yet,” Duncan shook his head, gazing out to the far end of the chaotic darkness of the sea, “when we find the ‘holy land’ of those Annihilationists, that’s when we’ll let that ‘ Saint’ come in handy.”
(End of chapter)