"We went down to the warehouse again, but we didn't see you until we were all assembled on deck, what were you doing in between?" Anne asked.

"I went to the stern, and the woman named Betty told me she had something for me."

"What's that?" Zhang Hengdao.

"A gift."

"Gifts?"

"She said she was an ancient god of the Carts, who controlled the storms of the ocean, and if I chose to worship her, I could get a part of the divine power from her." Seth hesitated for a moment, and with some reluctance, pulled a shell out of his pocket.

Zhang Heng took the thumb-sized shell, and from the appearance, there was nothing special about this thing, it was exactly the same as the other white shells that could be seen everywhere on the beach by the sea.

However, the system prompt ringing in his ears made him confirm that this was indeed a game item with supernatural powers.

— Betty's shell (unidentified)

It is not possible to judge its purpose from the name for the time being, and Zhang Heng also noticed the Celtic ancient gods mentioned by Seth.

Celtic mythology is one of the three major European mythological systems alongside Greek mythology and Norse mythology, and was originally passed down among the Celts.

The Celts were not strictly a race, they were a mixed group of people in antiquity, united by a common culture and language, they were the first people in Europe to use iron tools, and they also had a considerable level of architecture.

The upper reaches of the Seine and the Royal in eastern France, the Rhine and the upper Danube in southwestern Germany are the birthplaces of the Celts, who infiltrated and expanded to the entire European continent as a tribal unit, crossed the Alps, and were once ubiquitous, they were both warriors and merchants, blacksmiths, bards, and artists, and today's France, Spain, Portugal and other places are their areas of activity.

Until the rise of the Roman Empire, Caesar occupied Gaul, the cultural center of the Celts, killing more than a million Celts, and gradually lost the Celtic civilization on the European continent, and many Celtic legends were lost, which is why later Celtic mythology is not as famous as Greek mythology and Norse mythology.

Until now, the only Celtic mythology that is still known is probably the story of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone.

Zhang Heng is also not familiar with Celtic mythology, his father majored in Greek and Norse mythology in college, and his mother is Christian mythology, and he listened to these three mythological stories a lot when he was a child.

That's why he saw Betty's name in that book of love poems but still didn't have much of an idea.

"You said she wanted you to worship her, how?" Zhang Heng continued to ask.

Seth's eyes flickered when he heard the question, "I...... I didn't know, I needed to complete the test first, find those three notebooks, and then she would tell me what to do next. ”

"Heh, do you still want to lie at a time like this?" Anne looked unkind, the saber closer to Seth's throat, "Didn't that storm have anything to do with you?" ”

Zhang Heng also said at this time, "I can promise in the name of the captain that I will not pursue what you did before, but you must tell me what you have done, you have also seen the scene on the Clark ship, and you don't want everyone to disappear for no reason because of yourself." ”

Feeling the chill in his neck, Seth didn't dare to play any more tricks, "I engraved her name in Celtic on the top of the jackdaw's mast at her request, which means that the ship is protected by her from now on, and I asked her, and she said that what happened on the Clark ship was an accident. ”

"Accident?"

"The people on that ship are too greedy, and have been using her power to summon the storm for so many years to sail around that area twice as fast as other merchant ships, and make a lot of money, but there is a price to do so, it takes the anger in their hearts to control the storm, they lost themselves in the anger, and in the end they can never escape from the storm, the crew nailed the doors and windows, but they can still hear the thunder and wind outside, and finally can only jump into the sea in despair."

Zhang Heng was noncommittal, "Last question, how did you contact her, did you see her?" ”

"I can't contact her, I can only pray to her, but it's up to her to decide whether to respond or not, she has only responded to me once since I got off that Clark ship, and it's just a voice like before, and I've never seen her before."

Seth finished saying that Sean and Tracy also rushed over, the two didn't know what was going on, Seth suddenly left from the second floor before, Zhang Heng and Annie were chasing after them, both of them were confused, but when they saw Seth who was forced into the corner, their faces showed worry.

Zhang Heng glanced at Annie, who withdrew the saber in his hand, Zhang Heng said to Seth, "Don't secretly gamble on the boat in the future, for the sake of you being a first-time offender, I won't pursue it this time, and the spoils of the next sea will be halved." ”

…………

In order to avoid causing unnecessary panic among the crew, Zhang Heng did not plan to tell anyone else about this matter.

Nor was he worried that Seth would talk nonsense, and that the latter had hidden Betty's shells and carved Celtic words into the mast, posing danger to the crew of the Jackdaw, and should have remained silent if he was smart enough.

Sure enough, Seth didn't say anything when he heard this, so he acquiesced to the gambling statement.

After the three of them left, the red-haired girl spoke again, "You don't seem to fully believe his claims, do you think he's lying?" ”

Zhang Heng shook his head, "In this case, it is very unlikely that he will lie, but it may not be another person." ”

"That Betty?"

"She apparently deceived Seth about the Clark ship, and those who disappeared didn't commit suicide by throwing themselves into the sea, at least not entirely, because that doesn't explain the locked captain's room, or the scratches on the bottom hold."

"Can God deceive?"

"It depends on which god is in the mythological system." Zhang Hengdao, he is not familiar with the Celtic mythological system, but he is no stranger to the Norse and Greek gods, the guys in it are not so much gods as powerful mortals, and represented by Zeus who thinks by himself, one is more alive than the other as he wants.

However, this Celtic ancient god named Betty should not be among them, her style seems to be very cautious, there were seven people on board the Clark ship at that time, but she only chose to whisper to Seth alone, Zhang Heng didn't know if it was because her original character was like this, or if she was hiding something.