Chapter 53: "Heirs"
During her "departure" from the Lost Land, Alice's activity on the ship was slightly beyond Duncan's...... Expect.
He has always felt that this goth doll is an elegant and decent lady painting style - although she turns around, surfs, and trash talk, she is indeed elegant and quiet under normal circumstances, she is very cautious in what she does on the boat, honest and responsible when she is in an unfamiliar environment, and when she has nothing to do, she will even lie quietly in her box like an ordinary doll, highlighting the harmless painting style of a human being.
But now it seems that she is only so quiet when she is nearby?
The sudden low atmosphere in the room made Alice feel a little nervous, and she cautiously glanced at the expressionless Duncan: "Captain, you're not angry, are you?" I can explain ......"
"I know, you're helping, it's just an attempt," Duncan glanced at Miss Doll, his tone a little helpless, "but since you also know that a lot of things on this ship are 'alive', can you confirm with me or my first mate next time you want to do something?" β
Alice immediately nodded again and again, and agreed loudly: "Okay captain, no problem captain!" β
Then she immediately turned to the goat's head and muttered, "Is there such a thing as an attempt to help?" β
The goat's head was rarely succinct: "Now there is." β
"Alright, if you really want to help, go check the dried fish hanging on the deck, or go to the kitchen to tidy up the warehouse where the ingredients are stored and make some space, we may have a chance to replenish the food on the Lost Country in the future," Duncan sighed and looked at Alice and said, "Don't deal with the guns and ammunition depots below deck - they don't have complete intelligence like goatheads, and those dangerous things only react instinctively to external stimuli, in case the ammunition depot thinks it has been damaged or invaded, Then I'll have to use a broom and a dustpan to get you out. β
When Alice heard this, she immediately shrunk her neck, and turned around and left the captain's room in agreement.
However, looking at the appearance of the puppet leaving, Duncan couldn't help but have a smile on his face.
It's a funny guy - the little mess doesn't matter, and the lifeless ghost ship is really alive because of her tossing and turning.
"Looks like you're in a good mood, Captain," came the goat's voice, "ah, you have something in your hand...... What is that? Is it the harvest of your spiritual walk? Like the knife last time? β
Duncan glanced at the Sun Emblem in his handβhe had left the spirits in his room, and the Emblem had it in his hand, ready to study it when he was bored.
"It's a trophy," he nodded, "just like the ceremonial knife from last time." β
"Oh! Worthy of the great Captain Duncan! You'll always be able to get back with a full load, and you'll be something extraordinary that looks like it's amazing...... Wait, is this a sun amulet? β
"You know this thing?" Duncan raised an eyebrow, "That's right, Sun Talisman, a couple of daring cultists stuffed this to meβit's hard to resist." β
"I ...... I know a little bit......" The goat's head seemed to be looking closely at the emblem, and his voice hesitated slightly, "The madmen who followed the ancient real sun regarded it as a sacred object, believing that by casting it in metal in the form of a real sun and quenching it with human blood, the power of the sun could be infused into the sigil, and by this method it would be possible to mass-produce transcendent things with weak powers...... This amulet is a status symbol for those of a certain status among the followers of the Sun, and a tool they use to identify their fellow citizens and distinguish between believers and heretics......"
"Do you discern between believers and heretics...... It does," Duncan sees, "although I personally don't think it's very useful." β
"What happened to those daring cultists?" Goathead seemed to hesitate as he said this, "They are mostly paranoid and ignorant fanatics, and even the lowest pirates are not willing to deal with such fanatics who chase ancient things, if they dare to offend ......"
"They're no longer in this world," Duncan said, controlling his expression as he watched the goat's tone change, "and it looks like you don't like these people who call themselves 'Sun Cultists' very much?" β
After dealing with the goat's head for so long, Duncan has actually roughly figured out the doorway of this weird "first mate", and he can basically be sure that as long as he, the "Captain Duncan", is in charge of the ship, the goat's head will not have any out-of-control changes, and on this basis, he is also getting bolder a little bit when talking to the other party.
Now, he can cautiously take the initiative to ask the other party for some information.
"Who likes a madman who follows the true sun of ancient times? The 'light' and 'order' they yearn for have long been out of this world," the goathead answered Duncan's question as usual, "Even the Lost Country is bathed in the sunshine of this era, and even the evil spirits wandering in the deep sea will not like the 'sun' before the deep sea - probably only the cultists will think that the resurrection of the real sun is a good thing......
Speaking of this, the goat's head paused, and said with a hint of emotion: "But then again, ninety percent of those cultists are actually just a bunch of brainwashed fools, they don't know what they follow and worship, they regard the so-called 'children of the sun' as prophets and saviors, and yearn for the ancient world described by those sons as the kingdom of heaven, but in my opinion, the children of the sun don't treat those fanatical cultists as people at all...... They are no different from the children of the depths. β
Heir of the Sun? What does that mean? And what other deep sea heirs sound? What the hell?!
Duncan's heart moved, and a new unfamiliar term popped on his face, bringing new confusion, and he quietly fiddled with the sun emblem in his hand, as if casually asking, "Sun heir?" I didn't meet them. β
"It's normal, the children of the sun don't dare to show up in the civilized world casually, even if they disguise themselves as humans, the hyenas of the Holy See can smell the stench of heresy from their shadows in a matter of minutes - after all, after all, they are also a kind of 'heirs', as the dregs of ancient things, they should honestly stay in the gutter of history...... Alas, of all the kinds of 'offspring', they are the only ones who can do things like that. β
Duncan suddenly discovered that the goat's head was actually very good at chattering from time to time - although 9,000 out of 10,000 words a day were nonsense, as long as luck caught up, it could also jump out of useful information!
Because he hadn't fully grasped the details of this goat's head, Duncan's "inquiry" could only be side-tapping, and he didn't dare to ask too explicitly, but even in such side-by-side questioning, he quickly grasped many clues that he had not been able to grasp in the city-state of Poland-
Heirs, this seems to be a very important piece of information, and there are some so-called "heirs" in this world...... living beings, and they are incompatible with the civilized world without exception, and the goathead calls them "the dregs of ancient things";
Although the number of worshippers of the "true sun god" is huge, it seems that the vast majority of them are insignificant, ignorant and brainwashed "fanatics", and in their "church" structure, there is a higher and real ruling class than them...... It's the guy who is called the "Son of the Sun";
Those Sun Heirs do not often appear in the civilized world, they seem to have another hidden place unknown to the world, and influence the Sun God Sect in the world through remote control, secretly collecting sacrifices and energy;
Finally, and the most important point for Duncan at the moment:
The goathead is full of contempt for the cultists and the "children of the sun" who stand behind the cultists.
This shows that the Lost Country, or the "real Captain Duncan", is not in the same camp as these so-called "Offspring...... It should even be counted as a hostile camp.
It seemed that it was the right decision to tell Goathead about his dealings with the "Sun Cultists" during this spiritual walk - otherwise, he didn't know when he would have known this useful information.
This kind of overly secret knowledge is not written in Nina's textbook.
Duncan left the captain's room, and with the sun amulet in hand, he walked thoughtfully on the deck of the Lost Land.
There are many kinds of heirs, and according to the information revealed by the goat's head, the heirs are all the remnants of ancient things, coupled with the fact that the sun believers followed the "ancient true sun" before the Great Annihilation, he has reasonable reason to suspect that these so-called heirs are very likely to be the products of the Great Annihilation, and their birth may be traced back to the "era of order" before the Great Annihilation.
There are "children of the sun" on the sea level, and there are "children of the deep sea" in the deep sea.
Duncan unconsciously walked to the side of the ship, and he glanced at the deep blue sea outside, feeling a little curious.
Nautical mile...... Isn't it just fish?