Chapter 253: Soul Trial (The Helmsman Has Risen and Changed If the Wind Has Risen)
"Planck, you look like."
No one in Bilgewater had ever dared to speak to the Pirate King like this, even though he had now been deposed. Recommended ReadingTV//
Except for one person, the Bajou True, the Sea Beast, sacrificed to Aloy.
The vulgar words from Aloy's mouth made Planck reflect for a moment, he now seemed to have no former majesty at all, he hadn't eaten anything for days, he was haggard, he had entered the belly of the sea beast and Tamu respectively, he stinked unpleasantly, the slime on his body was stained with fine sand, one arm was only a mutilated flesh and blood, waving in vain, and what was even more helpless, the gun in the other hand had forgotten to load.
"Those two bitches suddenly appeared, deliberately lured me with the Abyss Crown, causing my ship to be sunk by the beast of the sea."
Planck unloaded all his defenses in front of Eloy, he was no longer a majestic and ruthless captain, as if he had become an old child who was wallowing for grievances.
"I don't care about your ship." Aloy doesn't seem to have any affection at all.
Yes, she doesn't care about Planck's ship, but she cares about him as a person.
When he heard that Planck's ship had been dragged away by the behemoth of the sea, Aloy's heart trembled.
The two of them had fallen in love with each other many years ago, and they had ended their relationship many years ago...... But some of the feelings linger all the time. She used to love him...... Idiot, old bastard.
"You always told me to keep going and get back to sea. You're going to help me! Planck said.
He knew that Aloy would not listen to his old man, and that only her god could command her, so he used Hu Mu to suppress her.
Life is in motion, and the Aloy Naga Kapoulos is not only the god of life in the Anaconda Islands, but also the storm of the deep sea, and the supreme movement itself.
Everything is "moving", and the universe can flow endlessly.
"What do you want?" Aloy asked.
"I need Okau and the other leaders to back me up. They listen to you, and if you open your mouth, they will help me. ”
Okau was a group of followers developed by Aloy in Bilgewater.
Aloy is the most powerful and revered true of Bajou for centuries, but she has broken tradition and brought the teachings of the Mother Serpent to the disgusting Bilgewater.
The former Truthful completely ignored the existence of the city, and regarded the Outlanders as creatures that were only slightly better than the undead. She is the only one who tries to protect the inhabitants of Bilgewater who are suffering from the ravages of the Night of Eclipses, and spreads her faith there, while seeking souls who can pass the trial.
So, Okao's followers had great respect for Aloy, and in their hearts Aloy was more worthy of their followers than her god.
Underneath her rugged demeanor lies intelligence, strength, and admirable self-confidence, which is what Planck calls the emergence of a neutral force in Bilgewater, with Aloy at its core.
"Why should I help you?" Aloy stared at him, glaring hard, as resolute and unforgiving as a mother snake. The priests of Naga Kapoulos could not show any mercy or sympathy, even if it would make her heart ache to do so.
"My ship is gone, people are dead, and my property is robbed. If it hadn't been for the old demon Tam, I would have really rotted in the belly of the underwater beast and turned into a piece of right now! I am the king of Bilgewater, I just want to know this city, and if you don't help me, I'm doomed......" Planck said silently, his gaze running away from each other and looking to the side.
"Tam?"
"Yes, I made a deal with it, and I traded my arm for this life." Planck bowed his head.
Making a deal with a demon was obviously not a glamorous affair, but he had no choice.
Aloy's lips moved, and he spat hard at Planck's face: "You deserve it, I told you a long time ago that the nearest sea is a bit evil, let you settle down a little, but you didn't listen." ”
As early as when the golden narwhal went crazy and slammed into the Abyss, Aloy sensed something unusual in the flow of the sea, and deliberately left the temple to warn Planck, who he had not seen for more than ten years, but he was bent on revenge, and was blinded by hatred and did not listen at all.
Planck wiped away his spittle, and he roared, "What the hell are you going to do for me?!" ”
Aloy continued to kick his eyes angrily, but suddenly his eyes moistened.
"You have been lost in hatred and grief." She said, "You need to complete the Soul Trial. ”
"No...... I don't want trials. Planck was so frightened that he fell to the ground as if he had heard the most terrible news.
It is the duty of the true to seek out those with potential to accept the trial, and failure in the trial means total annihilation, but if you survive, you will change forever and sincerely follow your true destiny. Get back on the move.
Aloy looked at the captain, he was no longer in the limelight, he couldn't move on at the moment, he was old and incompetent, and he was very likely to die in the trial.
But she couldn't just send him away, or else he would probably lose his life because he wasn't firm enough to listen to the devil's slander.
She had no other way, and it would be a violation of Naga Kapolos to meet the right subject and not let him participate in the trial.
"You can only prove your qualifications in the trial, and the Okao's gang will support you." Aloy lowered the idol "Divine Sil" from his shoulders and pointed it at Planck.
"Please...... Spare my life. Planck pleaded, not daring to look directly at the idol.
"You can't help it, you can only choose to believe in yourself."
"Look!" Aloy chanted. She stretched out her spirit, calling on the energy of the Mother Serpent and waving the idol forward.
A glowing mist poured out of the idol's mouth, giving birth to many blue-green spirit tentacles around the mother serpent's face.
These tentacles are as beautiful as the sunrise on the surface of the sea, and at the same time as terrifying as the darkest abomination of the seabed, and they multiply exponentially, as if each tentacle can hold the hopes and fears of the whole world.
"No!" The tentacles passed through Planck's chest, screaming in pain, engulfing his soul and pulling it out of his body.
Planck shuddered as he saw the tentacles tugging his soul in front of Aloy.
His soul burned with a dazzling blue flame, and the form of his soul was constantly changing, flashing the appearance of many previous lives. It stood there safely, but Planck's flesh was flapped by countless tentacles, like a canoe in a doomsday tsunami, at the mercy of the fury of the sea.
Planck staggered over, dodging the attack as best he could. But with each dodge, more tentacles appear.
The reality around him was twisting and spinning, and a large group of tentacles flapped at him, pushing him downward, pushing his soul closer and closer to annihilation.