"Good boy. Catherine once again reached out and rubbed the top of Isabella's head, and said softly, "Be good, be obedient, and tell your brothers and sisters what this is." ”

"Whew. Isabella squinted her eyes and arched her back, purring comfortably from her mouth under Catherine's caresse, and if she was fitted with ears, hair, and tail, it would really look like a kitten that was spoiled by its owner, and was enjoying the owner's praise and reward with a proud look. After enjoying it for a while, Isabella reluctantly opened her eyes and said with a hum: "Those things can't be considered creatures, they can only be considered half-creatures, people are used to calling them nightmares." ”

"Nightmares?" the other four looked at each other, confirming that they had never heard of such a thing, "We know nightmares in the usual sense, but what exactly do you mean by this nightmare?"

"A nightmare is a combat-like existence that is embodied in a dream. Isabella explained, "Originally, it only existed in the spiritual world of Timos, the god who presided over nightmares and fears, and some high-ranking priests favored by Timos could summon this nightmare from the kingdom of God as their own summoned creatures to fight and assist themselves, and then the nightmare would come from the spiritual world to the real world, and exist in the form of shadows." They are not pure summons, but humanoids with the ability to think and fight like a normal person. Their strength is very strong, each of them has a legendary-level combat power, and their bodies are half virtual and half real, simple physical attacks can only have half the effect, and often only high-intensity energy attacks can kill them. ”

"Timos?" Pannis, frowning, repeated the name of the gods, "I remember that Timos, the god of nightmares and fear, has fallen, fallen asleep in the war of the gods at the end of the Third Age, and his church was completely destroyed in the melee, and there are no believers left in the world, and it is basically impossible to recover again." ”

"Then I don't know. Isabella stroked her silver hair, shook her head dryly, and said, "It's not in my mind that the fall or anything is, but I'm sure these creatures are nightmares." ”

"I see. Catherine nodded suddenly and said, "It seems that this is also the result of half of the topic just said, do you think that these human corpses belong to the fanatics of Timos?"

"Yes, that's them. Isabella nodded vigorously and said seriously: "Donk, well, forget it, let's call it Daken, this small country is the country established by the fanatics of Timos, and the church of Timos serves as the control center of the country at the same time, and the archbishops of the past generations serve as kings. Any believer who is not very devout to the faith will be expelled, and only fanatical believers are allowed to exist in this country. ”

"Thank you, Isabella. Catherine said sincerely: "Without you, we would not have been able to think of what those shadows were, let alone know the identity of these corpses. But do you know anything else about this sect that believes in Timos?"

"No more. Isabella spread her hands and said, "It's just that I've had a war with them once, and I've fought a few times, and I only have a rough understanding of them, and I don't have an in-depth understanding of the various sects, and I don't know anything more specific." ”

"It's okay, you've helped a lot. Catherine said, "We'll find the rest of the answers ourselves." ”

"Then I'll go back to sleep. Isabella muttered, "I'll give Lina back to you." ”

With that, Isabella closed her eyes, and a few seconds later, Lina returned. As soon as she opened her eyes, Lina couldn't wait to ask, "How is it, did she tell you, these corpses all belong to the same sect." ”

"Not only did she tell us, but we also fought the Nightmares and eliminated three. Catherine gave Lina a detailed explanation of what had happened in the past ten minutes, and asked, "Do you know about this sect?"

"Timos, of nightmares and fears. Lina nodded, "I've learned about his history, but it's not very detailed." This sect has not been very prosperous, it can be regarded as a small sect, and the strength of Timos is also considered to be below average among the gods. However, the process of the fall of this god is very strange, so it has been recorded by other sects. ”

"Weird?" asked Pannis, "what's going on?"

"Ha, there's something you don't know. Lina laughed happily, "I thought you knew everything." ”

"I'm not the all-knowing and all-powerful Yara-sama. Pannis smiled bitterly: "Of course, there are things I don't know. Let's talk about it, what the hell is going on. ”

"This sect shouldn't have perished, at least not at that time. Lina explained: "Although the sect is not large, but its strength is relatively strong, there are not only a few powerful sons of God and divine favorites in the church, but also powerful creatures such as nightmares as minions, and the high-end combat power is not weaker than that of medium-sized churches, so it stands to reason that there is a great possibility of survival." But at the end of the Tertiary Age, Timos was suddenly hit hard for unknown reasons, and no one knows what happened, but it seems that in a short period of time, Timos's divine power fell into a trough, and even his ability to give back to his followers was very weak. This is not uncommon for a church of gods, as long as the power of the sect is still there, through faith and rituals, the gods can be fed back to restore their strength as soon as possible. But something even stranger happened, again, no one knew why, decades later, several powerful people in the Nightmare Church were missing at the same time, and along with them disappeared the most elite ...... in the church"

As she spoke, Lina's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally stopped, her big eyes flashing with disbelief, pointing to the corpses in the sunken ship, and stammering, "This is their most elite unit?"

"That's how it should be. Catherine also pointed in the direction of the corpse of the giant beast outside the wreck: "There are also those strong people whose whereabouts are unknown." ”

"A historical puzzle is revealed. Lina smiled bitterly and shook her head, "It's really a bit incredible, it turns out that the reason for their demise is because they faced the Sea Clan, who has always been neutral in the Battle of the Gods, and the storm god behind the Sea Clan, Kaleto, it's really ridiculous." Losing its top-level combat power and the support of the gods, the Nightmare Church soon began to decline naturally, and was eventually destroyed by other sects in the war, and Timos has since become a historical term. ”

"It seems that things are starting to get some clarity. Catherine said, "Timos fell into a state of extreme weakness for unknown reasons, while his bishops went into the depths of the sea. In order to pull the Sea Clan into the water, or for other purposes, the purpose of their entry into the sea was probably not good, so it attracted a rather fierce counterattack from the Sea Clan. After a vicious battle, the Sea Clan lost a Deep Sea Clan and a Super Monster, while the Nightmare Church lost its most elite troops and top combat power. But...... You just said decades later?"

"Well, decades later. Lina said, "This is also one of the puzzles, Timos was weakened at the end of the Third Age, but the Nightmare Church really died at the beginning of the Fourth Age, that is, after Lord Yarra repaired the world. However, this was actually quite normal at the time, at the beginning of the Quaternary Age, after Lord Yara rewrote the rules of the world and built a barrier outside the world to prevent the gods from coming to the Yala world, the strength of many surviving sects has changed, and many sects have either grown or declined in those decades, and there are not a few sects that have died out as a result. ”

"Well, these unexplained questions are set aside. Catherine said, "It's pretty certain that this ship is carrying all the hopes of the Nightmare Church, but they've failed. Personally, I think that the reason why they will be attacked by the sea tribe and even say that they will suddenly enter the deep sea is probably inseparable from our mission. They came here because they should have the secret to control the Sea Clan, but both sides were destroyed, so the secret was left in this sea. Pannis, do you still think that my inference can only stay at the stage of conjecture?"

It cannot be denied that this is probably the closest inference to the facts. "But there is still a problem, Timos has completely lost hope of waking up, and the Sect of Nightmare and Fear has completely perished, in this case, even with the existence of the secret you said, the Devil's Sea should be fixed, just like it has been for thousands of years." But now, on the contrary, the extent of the Devil's Sea is constantly expanding, and the reason for this is still not explained by your guesses. ”

That's why we need to keep looking for answers. Catherine said, "But seriously, I'm a little worried. ”

"Worried about Doris?" Pannis smiled, "Worried about the Sea Clan, exactly?"

"Maybe I'm too suspicious. Catherine shook her head and said, "But I don't think a few of us can be enemies of the giant beast outside, let alone the existence of a mermaid in the giant beast." ”

"If this secret really exists, there is no need to worry about the Sea Clan, because judging by the fact that only one Sea Clan has launched an attack on this ship, not everyone can fight against this secret. If this secret didn't exist, there would be no need to worry about the Sea Clan, because there was no point in worrying at all. Pannis smiled wryly and said, "But now that I can finally be sure that your guess is right, it's no wonder that she said that she would give me a hostage to give us peace of mind." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Catherine, puzzled.

"I can't say that yet. Pannis shook his head and said, "But I'm probably sure that the Sea Clan doesn't have any ill intentions, so you don't have to worry about that." I'll explain it to you when it's over. (To be continued.) )