The gentle waves were gently undulating, and the Lost Land was sailing smoothly on the endless sea, and after many days of sailing, the ancient ghost ship still had not found any bird islands or buoys that could be used as route markers.

The long rafting journey seems to have no end in sight, but its captain still has a lot to do.

Duncan was back in the captain's quarters, the golden sun mask still lying quietly on the table, but before that, he had something else to think about.

Alice's affairs can be arranged later, and there is no rush for follow-up testing and research on "Anomaly 099, and the Frost Rebellion half a century ago is not something to be investigated now, but in addition to these things, there is one more thing that has to do with himself."

Off.

Duncan looked up at the mirror that hung on the wall.

The green flame that once floated on the mirror had long since dissipated, and the distant sight that appeared in the mirror had disappeared without a trace, but Duncan could still vaguely feel that the faint and vague "connection" had not disappeared with the reflection in the mirror

Lost and vanished, it still exists, and is pointing far away to the magnificent cathedral in the heart of the city-state of Purland.

This connection felt somewhat similar to the "connection" between himself and the "antique store manager" and the "White Oak", but it was weaker and more ethereal...... It's like some kind of derivative, an extension of a clear and unambiguous connection

Sticking out of the "secondary channel"

Duncan closed his eyes slightly, and on the table beside him, the brass compass on Say's chest quietly opened a faint green flame burning quietly in the courtyard.

Duncan returned to the dark space filled with countless stars and streams of light.

But this time, he did not perform the "spiritual walk", but maintained the critical state of entering the spiritual walking, carefully observing the flow of light in this dark space and the light of those stars.

He first saw one of the brightest "stars", which pointed to the antique shop, representing his other body, which was cleaning the warehouse and counting the goods in the inventory;

He saw a hazy mist of light, much larger than the ordinary stars, which represented the White Oak, a steamship that had collided head-on with the Lost and had been completely burned by his spirit fire;

In the end, he finally made out the "star" that was faintly connected with himself in a hazy starlight that seemed almost indistinguishable.

Duncan leaned over curiously, wanting to take a closer look at the starlight.

But as soon as he got closer, he felt a subtle repulsion emanating from the cluster of starlight.

The force of this repulsion is not very strong, it seems that it is just a pure and firm will to protect itself, and Duncan feels that if he forcibly extends the spirit fire through, he should be able to burn this subconscious protection.

But he immediately stopped, keeping his distance from the starlight.

The master behind this starlight is supposed to be the Inquisitor named Vanna, a Storm Saint, a powerful transcendent.

Too reckless contact could first alarm the owner of the starlight, and worse, even the saint

The god standing behind him"

Knowing little about the gods of this world, Duncan wasn't going to take the risk.

And on the other hand, this vague sense of repulsion may also remind him that these starlights are different

He didn't feel repulsion when he first occupied the body of the "sacrifice", nor did he feel repulsion when he occupied the body of the cultist "Ron" who had just died, why did this kind of repulsion exist around Vanna's starlight now

Is it because she is still "alive", because the mental power of the living will spontaneously resist the indescribable erosion, or because of.... The so-called protection of faith and divine charism

Duncan stepped back, contemplating the meaning of the starlight in the dark space as he tried to reach out to the other cluster of starlight closest to him.

He paused at the last moment before touching the cluster of stars.

There is no sense of rejection.

Then he tried many more times around him, and every star did not reject his approach-

- And in some of these stars, he also faintly felt something new...."Element"

He felt a vivid sense of life, and even felt the instinctive trembling and wincing of those stars, the instinctive retreat of life in the face of the irresistible shadow of death.

Duncan returned to the dark area where the starlight could not shine, and looked down at his hands.

Some green flames swam in the darkness, casting a real and illusory light and shadow between his fingers.

It seems that with the increase in the number of spiritual walks, his control and perception of flames have become more precise and keen, and he can now sense the existence of life from those stars!

Duncan frowned slightly, looking into the distance of endless darkness, the sparkling light stretched out densely in the dark chaos, and there was even a little sense of grandeur when viewed.

Out of caution, he had never explored the far reaches of this dark space, but just by looking at the scale of the starlight, he could imagine how many points of light there were.

At first, he thought that the starlight here represented the "corpse" that had just died and was qualified, because the first two "attachments" he was attached to the corpse, but now he felt the existence of life from some of the starlight, which showed that his initial conjecture was wrong.

Among these starlights were not only the dead, but also the living, and he only coincidentally occupied two corpses in the first place.

The "Inquisitor" named Vanna was among the stars, and she was certainly a living person without a doubt.

.... Could it be that the countless stars here represent all the living and dead in the world?

Duncan frowned slightly in the darkness, the conjecture so naturally that it seemed plausible, but he soon shook his head, thinking that he couldn't jump to conclusions so quickly.

Although there are a lot of starlight here, although the population of this world is far less than that of the earth, as far as the eye can see, those starlight should not be equal to the population of the world, and the number of the dead should be defined

Throughout the ages, all the dead are counted, or only the corpses remain, as long as there are corpses, it can be counted, or the time of death cannot exceed a certain level to count

What's more, there are glorious clusters like the White Oak..... How to explain that every ship can be shown a corresponding projection here

Therefore, it is too early to rashly identify the starlight here as the dead and the living in the world, at least he must have enough evidence to make a conclusion.

But regardless of how the starlight here is connected to the real world, one thing is clear: the vast majority of starlight does not show repulsion to Duncan's approach, and only the light of the "saint" Vanna produces this self-protective reaction.

Perhaps this is the god she believes in at work.

Duncan became a little curious about the power of "faith" in this world.

But no matter how strong the protective barrier Vanna had built through her faith, it was clearly flawed, and it did not prevent the Captain of the Lost from establishing a deep "secret connection" with her

Then there is only one question left: when and how was this connection made

Duncan pondered seriously in the dark, thinking about the intersection between himself and the inquisitor he had never met, why such a connection appeared out of thin air, and after eliminating one conjecture after another, an extremely bold idea suddenly appeared in his mind, it was the "sacrifice" that he had possessed in the first place!

Duncan recalls the first time he set foot on the land of the city-state of Purland, and recalls the sacrifice of the sun

He made a big fuss about the venue as a sacrifice, and then left his possessed "shell" at the scene, and shortly thereafter, the inquisitor Fan

Na led a raid on the cultist's stronghold, captured the cultists who remained at the scene, and must have participated in the aftermath of the "remnants" at the scene.

If I had to say, the only "intersection" between him and the Miss Inquisitor could only be at that time.

It's just a body that has been possessed, it's just a place where the common has appeared.

That's... Got in touch!" The more Duncan thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible, and he couldn't help but look down at his hands in astonishment, and after a while, his stunned expression turned into a strange helpless wry smile