Section 717 Vanishing Ship
It was a wooden ship, a dilapidated wooden ship to be exact. Even the white sails were rotten to the point that only gray strips of rotten cloth remained.
For the type of ship, Ingres personally couldn't tell the difference. But I think this ship, extremely quaint, is indeed clearly different from modern ships.
Especially the bow of the ship, modern ships often depict statues that can deter sea beasts, but the bow of this wooden ship is a semicircular feather like a peacock after opening the screen. These feathers still have a faint remnant of color, and if they were really a ship from 3,000 years ago, as Helen said, they would be a very bright bow portrait when they were intact.
The overall impression of this ship on Ingres is that of a dilapidated and old ship.
"It stands to reason that a ship like this should sink to the bottom of the sea, why is it drifting on the surface of the sea?"
While Ingres was puzzled, he heard the frightened discussion of the sailors below.
"Ghost ship?" Ingres captured the point of their discussion, and then looked at the ship closely, which really had a bit of a ghost ship posture.
Seeing that the discussion was getting more and more heated and the fear began to spread, Angel frowned and jumped directly onto the deck.
Angel glanced at everyone with his eyes, and in an instant, everyone was silent.
Ingres came directly to Helen: "Do you know this ship?"
"I haven't seen it, but the shape of this ship is not a modern one, it looks very much like a ship from the Golden Age three thousand years ago. Helen said immediately.
"Expedition ships of the Golden Age, to be exact. At that moment, Alwyn stepped out of the hatch and said respectfully to Angle.
According to Alvin's explanation, the ship's type came from the mainland of Ferran. Three thousand years ago, the Ferran Continent was a period of ruins and reconstruction, known as the Age of Shimmering Gold. People were not satisfied with the resources of the mainland, and became interested in the outside world, so they began to explore the sea, entering an age of sailing, and the type of this ship is the symbol of the age of sailing expedition ships.
After Arwin finished explaining, he also looked at the ship that was getting closer and closer with puzzled eyes: "This is a typical three-sailing ship, but the exposed keel has cracks, why hasn't it sunk yet, could it really be...... Ghost ship, right?"
"Just look at it. ”
Angell's words made Helen and Alwin dissuade in unison: "My lord, there are countless strange things in the Devil's Sea, even if it is just a place that seems to be ordinary, there are great dangers lurking. ”
"Don't worry, I don't feel the energy fluctuations inside, and I don't have a premonition of danger. ”
"If you really want to go, you can use the probe golem. Helen suddenly remembered something: "There are probing golems in the bilge, but we can't control them, only the wizard can use them." ”
Angel had actually secretly probed the "ghost ship" with his mental power tentacles, and found nothing abnormal, so he decided to go on the ship to take a look. However, since Helen said that there were detective puppets on board, Ingres did not insist.
The Probing Golem is a low-grade alchemy utenical instrument that Ingres can refine himself.
Its appearance is a small round ball, like an eyeball, which can be a continuation of the wizard's eye...... Actually, the effect is similar to that of the Wizard's Eye.
For those apprentices who have not learned the wizard's eye trick, this is a useful alchemy tool. The only flaw is that it is only a kilometer away, much closer than the Wizard's Eye.
After Angel activated the probing puppet, a pair of eyes with transparent wings slowly flew up. Skimming over the foggy sea, it landed directly on the ghost ship.
In Ingres' vision, the ghost ship was similar to the one he had just probed with his mental power tentacles, without much anomaly, it was tattered, and even a hole was broken in the deck.
Along the hole, the probing golem flew into the inner cabin.
It was pitch black inside, but it wasn't impossible to see anything when it was lit up on the golem.
But just as the light rose, Ingres's brow suddenly furrowed.
Helen and Alwyn, who were standing beside him, chuckled in their hearts, and secretly wondered: Is there really any danger on the ship?
Helen swallowed her saliva dryly, and at the same time signaled all the sailors with her eyes to take their places, once there was an abnormality, she was ready to speed up at any time.
"Strange, the inside of the cabin is wet. ”
Hearing Angel's whispered to herself, Helen let out a long breath: "My lord, this ship has been in the fog all year round, so it should be normal for it to be wet, right?"
"No, it doesn't have to be in the fog all year round. Ingres' eyebrows furrowed, "I can tell the difference between being wet and being soaked in water, its cabin is soaked with water, and besides, the probing golem is not yet at the end, only on the first level below deck." ”
Seeing that Helen and Alwyn didn't understand what he meant, Angels simply snapped his fingers, and a vision appeared in front of them.
He used the probe golem to enter the cabin, revealing them the inside through an illusion.
Both Helen and Alwyn were amazed by the vision, but the surprise quickly faded away, for they were both fascinated by the vision.
"Indeed there are traces of being soaked in water!" said Helen, and suddenly added, "Moreover, there are no water marks on the wooden planks on the wall, as if they were still in the water not long ago, but they were pulled out of the water in an instant, otherwise there must be water marks." ”
Listening to Helen's words, Ingres also noticed this.
"Indeed, as Vice Captain Helen said, it doesn't make sense logically. Could it be that this ship was sunk in the sea, and now it suddenly surfaced?"
After Angel finished speaking, he suddenly paused: "In this strange devil's sea, any possibility can appear. Maybe it's possible, but if it had been in the sea, it would have been covered with sediment, right? ”
Unable to understand this strange situation, Angels simply continued to walk forward, anyway, when it came out, he could ask the probe puppet to bring some residual water, and then study whether it was seawater, and then he would know.
Angel continued to control the probe puppet and go down, most of the cabins were the same. Moreover, they were all soaked in water.
Other than that, however, there are no other anomalies. The only anomaly is probably that it is too clean, and some living utensils can be seen in every cabin, but there are no human traces, not even the bones of dead people.
Until the probing golem came to the bottom floor.
Here he saw a huge hole, and below it was a dark water.
"Why didn't the sea water spill into the hole?" Helen wondered, "Such a big hole is enough for this ship to sink, how can it still float on the surface of the sea?"
"Take a closer look. Angel said suddenly.
The picture in the illusion is aimed at the hole.
Helen was puzzled at first, but suddenly, as if she remembered something, she looked at Arwyn, and ran together, came to the side of the railing, and looked down.
"The ship was not touching the surface of the sea at all, it was suspended above the surface of the sea!" The ship was so close to the surface of the sea that it was difficult to detect anything even if you looked closely, but there were no ripples on the surface of the sea, which confirmed that the ship was not in contact with the surface.
It is suspended in the sea, so the sea water cannot overflow.
But why it is suspended in the sea is another question. However, this alone makes everyone feel creepy in their hearts.
"My lord, do you want to continue exploring?"
Angel was also a little glad that he didn't get on the ship at this time, he obviously didn't feel any energy fluctuations in this boat, but it was directly suspended on the surface of the sea, which was indeed too weird.
However, Ingres was reluctant to give up halfway through the investigation.
"Go to the captain's room. Although Ingres said categorically that he would continue to explore, he had already removed the glove of his right hand to make up for the somewhat declining nightmare aura on the Conch, and it was clear that his heart was not as calm as it appeared.
The probing golem began to walk up, the captain's quarters were usually on the top floor, and the same was true for this ship.
As soon as he opened the captain's cabin, a puff of dust flew out of it.
"There's dust, which means there's very little moisture in it. Helen wondered, why were there two different states in the captain's room and outside?
In the illusion, the dust disappeared, revealing the clues of the captain's room. Rotten and old furniture, and rags were scattered on the floor. Other than that, there are more gold ornaments here, and all of them are in perfect condition.
"This is indeed the style of the Golden Age, and judging by the decoration, it is very likely that it was also the lead ship of the nobility. Alwyn pointed to the carved patterns of several ornaments.
At this point, the detective golem pointed at the desk near the window.
Upon entering the ship, the first and only skeleton was displayed here.
Helen: "This skeleton must have been the captain of this ship, judging by the rotting clothes, it must have been exquisite." But why doesn't this skeleton have a head?"
It was a headless skeleton.
Why is there a skeleton in the whole ship, and this skeleton is missing a head?
The ship is full of anomalies and inconsistencies, but oddly enough, there has been no danger so far.
While Ingres was thinking about the key to this, a burst of sailors' exclamations suddenly came from the deck, and Helen looked at it suspiciously, and her pupils shrank suddenly: "My lord, the bottom of this ship has disappeared!"
Angel jerked his head up, only to see the underside of the ship disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The whole ship seemed to be embedded in another dimension, but in just two seconds, the vanishing range had reached the deck.
Seeing that the vanishing range was about to reach the deck, Angel frowned, manipulated the detective puppet to pick up a parchment scroll on the desk in front of him, and then ran out of the window quickly.
By the time the probing golems returned to the Conch, the ship in front of them had completely vanished, leaving only a white mist around them.
It's as if all the previous experiences are like phantom bubbles.
But the leather scroll held by the puppet clearly told the others that the ship definitely existed before.
"My lord, what the hell is going on?"
"I don't know, maybe it's some kind of vision, or maybe there's an alien dimension here. Angels shook his head and looked at the leather scroll in his hand.