Chapter 741 – The Long Sunset
Chapter 741 – A Long Sunset
The surface of the magnificent mist like a giant wall through the sky rippled slightly, and the stream of clouds flowing down from the top of the wall of mist was briefly illuminated by a firelight from within – then the ghostly green flames erupted out, and the Lost Country’s towering bow passed through the wall of mist, wrapped in wisps of residual mist, and sailed ahead towards the “normal sea” ahead.
Following the figure of the Lost Country, the shadows of the Radiant Star, Tidal Wave, Rest in Peace, and Rest Not in Peace, as well as the large and small escort ships, also passed through the fog.
Along with the wall of fog gradually moving away at the stern of the ship, the hazy and chaotic celestial light in the sky faded away, replaced by normal sunlight, at this time, the setting sun was gradually approaching the distant sea horizon, the double runic circle at the edge of Vision 001 had already touched the sea surface, and the golden-red radiance spread out to the heavens, appearing magnificent and extraordinary.
The seafarers who had safely returned from the mist were relieved, although technically speaking the fleet was still in the border waters, at least the feeling of seeing the sunlight again and the undulating blue sea was enough to make them feel a sense of peace of mind, as well as the temperature that belonged to the “world of order” alone.
“We have contacted the Church Ark in Lightwind Harbor,” Vanna said as she made her way to the bow of the ship and found the captain on the deck looking out into the distance, “I gave a brief report on what happened on Sanctuary Island, and Coronet Halina looks forward to seeing you again.”
“Hmmm,” Duncan responded simply but looked a little distracted, it took a moment before he withdrew his gaze from looking out over the distant sea and his eyes fell on Vanna, “Is there anything else?”
“We are a little concerned,” Vanna spoke hesitantly and with a serious look on her face, “You seemed more preoccupied after you came out of the captain’s cabin, did something happen?”
“Just discussing something disturbing with Goathead,” Duncan exhaled softly, “Something to do with those two suspicious visions you and Maurice saw.”
Vanna blinked, “The two phantoms we saw?”
“Well, they ……” Duncan nodded, however he was just about to open his mouth to explain to Vanna when he was interrupted by a voice that suddenly reached his ears.
It was a low humming sounding like a giant reed being slammed deep in the clouds, the humming was distant and long and seemed to echo throughout the sky!
Vanna had obviously heard the sound as well, and with an instant shock, she looked up in the direction the sound was echoing from, her gaze peering into the distant clouds, while at almost the same time, Maurice and Lucrecia ran out of their nearby cabins, looking up at the sky in surprise.
Also hearing the strange buzzing were many sailors in the fleet, on the three main church warships, the clerics and guardian warriors who were startled by the buzzing sound ran to the deck, looking at the sky that was still reverberating with the remnants of the buzzing sound in disbelief, while some people lifted their hands and pointed to the distant clouds, seeming to see something out of place in the depths of the clouds.
Duncan narrowed his eyes as well, his vision drawn to a vague floating light behind the clouds, and he couldn’t help but look in that direction, and the floating light brightened in his field of vision immediately afterward.
It traced a distinct trajectory, moving behind the clouds at what seemed like a slow pace.
Not far away, Lucrecia’s eyes suddenly widened.
Accompanied by a continuous low rumble that gradually became obvious and clear, the floating light that was moving behind the clouds was rapidly enlarging, and between the gaps in the clouds, a brilliant golden light flashed, and a moment later, the floating light passed through the clouds in the northwest direction, and in the attitude of a brilliant body of light, it fell along the arc to the sea in the north.
Like a small sun wheel falling, the huge luminous body gradually disappeared into the distant sea.
Duncan, on the other hand, instantly reacted after a brief moment of consternation, and he violently turned his head to look in Lucrecia’s direction, only to see that the latter was also looking up at himself.
Duncan did not say anything, but the “Sea Witch” already knew what his father wanted to ask, she nodded gently with a grave expression.
The second luminary fell.
In the nearest tide ship, some sailors let out a gasp of surprise, some faster reaction of the people cast their eyes to the sun, and among them keenly observant people …… have already found the second newly appeared gap on the runic circle.
Lucrecia walked over quickly, and took the initiative to speak without waiting for Duncan to ask: “The visual direction of the fall is to the north, it should be near the Cold and Cold Sea – I don’t know if the old brother’s side has noticed it …… “
“I did see a golden light in the cemetery over there, but the sight was blocked by the city buildings”, Duncan immediately said, and immediately after that, he focused his mind and called the seal of the distant north in his mind, “Tirian.”
A palpable panic traveled along the seal, and then Duncan heard the “Iron Lieutenant General” respond in his mind, “I am here, Father.”
His response was accompanied by some loud noises, and there seemed to be some confusion around Tirion.
“Did you observe a large glowing falling object?” Duncan asked immediately, while noticing the chaotic sounds, “What’s going on over there? What’s all the chaos?”
Tirian’s voice seemed a little broken, “Slightly here …… I saw that glowing falling object you mentioned ……”
“What is the general location of the fall?” Lucrecia’s voice cut right in, “How far from the city-state? Is it within the civilized world?”
There was a sudden silence on Tirian’s side for a few seconds, and a ghostly reply came, “…… hit me on the head.”
Duncan & Lucrecia: “……?”
“Technically, it hit the Frost Coast – but the light body part of it is massive, and part of the glowing structure extends directly into the city, and my office is in the coverage area …… There’s some confusion here right now! …… This thing is so bright, it’s so sudden my eyes are having a little trouble adjusting ……”
Duncan and Lucrecia continued, “……”
Frankly, Duncan really wasn’t expecting this ……
The awkwardness continued for a few moments before Duncan finally coughed dryly, “Anyone hurt?”
“It’s too early to tell for sure, there should be no direct injuries, as the glowing part of the thing was non-physical and didn’t even disturb a speck of dust when it smashed down, and the physical part of it landed off the coast, where there happened to be no ships sailing,” the chaotic commotion on Tirion’s side seemed to have calmed down a little, and he was arranging things at the same time Replying at the same time, “But the fall of the luminary was sudden and has caused chaos within the city, I’m arranging for men to pacify the affected neighborhoods as well as confirming if there is any damage ……”
Tirion was silent for a moment as he spoke, and only after a moment did he continue to speak, “Lucy, this thing should be ……” “It should be the same thing as the glowing geometry on this side of Lightwind Harbor – the runic circle at the edge of the sun has developed a second gap visible to the naked eye, and it’s even larger than the last one,” Lucrecia said in a grave tone, ” …… The process of the sun’s disintegration may be accelerating.”
“…… Damn.”
“I’ll send you my side of the research on the glowing geometry as soon as I can, you’ll need to set up a corresponding research facility, or at least start by moving that ‘falling object’ to safe waters near the city-state, there should be a solid core at its center… …After the situation on your side stabilizes send someone to find that solid core first and tell me what state it’s in.”
“I know.”
After exchanging a few more words about the situation, Duncan ended his contact with Tirian.
The deck was quiet for a moment, and Duncan and Lucrecia stood looking at each other in the golden-red sunset.
A heavy pressure, as if some invisible countdown was pressing on her chest, made Lucrecia feel a little breathless.
She looked up at her father and opened her mouth, “Dad ……”
Another strange buzzing came from the sky, interrupting what she was trying to say.
The golden-red evening sun suddenly disappeared – a chaotic darkness enveloped everything in view for a split second.
The sun was once again out.
From Prand to Frost, from Lightwind Harbor to the fleet in the border seas, in full view of everyone, the sun once again fell into darkness – accompanied by a strange, low humming sound, the orb at the center of Vision 001 turned into a hideous, grotesque blackened void, leaving only the double runic circle with its golden glow resting on the sea horizon on the sea horizon, barely illuminating the muddled sky.
The two gaps in the runic rings were even more obvious and blinding at this moment.
“The Observer effect stabilizing anchor is down again ……”
Alice stepped out of the cabin, staring somewhat out of breath at the sun that had gone out in the distance.
“How long will it be down this time?” Nina muttered somewhat uneasily as she came up from the side.
“I don’t know,” Alice shook her head, “Anyway, it’s still reporting errors and the system is in the middle of trying to reboot.”
Dog and Shirley stepped out as well, one crouching silently on the deck looking at the horizon, the other glancing cautiously in the direction of the Captain not far away, Shirley muttering in a small voice, “…… It’s really going to light up again, isn’t it? I don’t suppose it won’t light up this time ……”
“It’s not that bad, is it?” Nina was startled by Shirley’s muttering, and then immediately after she thought about it, she spoke up again with a bit less certainty, “If that’s really the case …… should I consider hanging in the sky more often, lighting up the city-state or something …… but I can’t light up much on my own can’t illuminate much ah, and aren’t there no more weekends off?”
Shirley, who was lamenting+worrying next to her, heard her best friend’s recitation, and her expression suddenly became a bit subtle, and she twisted her head to look at Nina, “…… Aren’t you thinking a little bit off the wall?”
“The current situation is already outrageous alright ……”
Shirley and Nina were getting further and further away from each other in your sentence, as if they were trying to calm their slightly tense moods by doing so, and just as they were chatting like this, that low and strange buzzing sound suddenly resounded in the sky once again.
Immediately afterward, the world, which had just been plunged into darkness for only a few minutes, was once again illuminated by sunlight – the sun had re-lighted itself, and the golden-red sunset shone over the sea as if it had never disappeared.
Sherry and Nina looked at each other in disbelief.
This time the sun’s “reboot” was obviously much faster than the previous two times.
“It’s lit up!” After a brief moment of stupefaction, Sherry finally reacted and happily exclaimed, “It only went out for a few minutes this time!”
“Scared me, I thought it was going to be dark for more than ten hours straight like before ……,” Nina exhaled beside her as well, “Looks like things aren’t that bad.”
Not far away, Maurice looked as if he was relaxing as well, a small smile on his face.
Compared to the previous two times, the sun’s extinction this time was very short, no matter why it was able to start up so quickly and smoothly …… it was always a good thing that the sunlight was restored.
On the Lost Country, on the Tidal Wave, and on the other Church warships, people had breathed a sigh of relief at the relighting of the sunlight, a sense of relief soothing the nerves that had just been tightened.
But an hour later, things weren’t quite right.
The sun was still stuck in that position.
Two hours later, this long twilight still hasn’t ended.
(End of chapter)