The first time is when they question their beliefs, and the second time when they question their beliefs and the second time when they question their beliefs and the gods still bless them.

The noise, the subtle superimposition, the faint but certainly present noise, began to ring in Vanna's mind, like tinnitus, and she recalled the projection of the goddess she had seen in the illusion, and the incomprehensible words that the goddess had said to herself, and she no longer accepted it all without thinking as she had done before, but began to think seriously, to think about the meaning of these words, and even to try to speculate on Grimna's ...... Intention.

And the more she thought about it, the more obvious the fine noise in her head became, making it difficult for her to concentrate.

But suddenly, all the noise was gone, and she shook her head in a trance, but met Bishop Valentine's somewhat concerned gaze.

"Are you alright?" The old man said with some concern.

"I...... It's okay," Vanna tapped her forehead lightly, and then looked at the elder with some strange looks, "You ...... too."

"I wavered as the last bell rang...... There's nothing to hide, I don't have the same immaculate will as the saints who came to the Temple," Valentine shook his head and said to Vana calmly, "I wonder why the Immortal Preachers can be polluted and infiltrated to such an extent, why the patronage of the Cathedral still can't stop the offerings of the solar heresy—why the goddess hasn't warned us once for more than ten years......

He listened, turned around, and stared silently at the icon of Germona, the cold stone statue also looking down on him, silent as ever.

"When I woke up again, I was ashamed, I knew that I had made the biggest mistake in the Storm Codex, using the protection of the gods as a panacea, thus shaking my will, but even so, these doubts have taken root until now."

「…… The enemy had infiltrated and breached the barrier from within, and they had been planning for many years, and it was a sneak attack that would be difficult to resist," Vana said calmly after a moment of silence, "Heresy always takes advantage of it, and this does not mean that the authority of the goddess can be easily subverted."

"I understand that," Valentine laughed, "so I say, even if there is a little bit of movement, I am still sincere, because the Goddess is really protecting our world, and this mercy is real, but it's ...... I've got some extra things to think about."

"Thinking is heretical, Bishop Valentine," Vana said with a serious expression, but then sighed, as if to herself, "for me, too."

"Then think of this as a test," Valentine whispered, "for us."

Vana didn't say anything more, but came to the statue of the goddess, lowered her head slightly, and prayed silently as usual.

It wasn't long before the silence in the Great Chapel was suddenly shattered by the sound of footsteps.

Vana awoke from the prayer, she looked up in the direction from which the voice came from, and saw a middle-aged priest in a clerical robe walking briskly, who first saluted the icon, and then handed a document to Valentine: "Archbishop, this is the report you want."

Valentine nodded in thanks, took the paper, and after quickly flipping through a few pages, the expression on his face became visibly strange.

"What's that?" Seeing this, Vanna was suddenly a little curious, "What's written on it?"

「… It is an initial investigation of the current situation of the city-state after the disaster. … Valentine frowned, seemingly hesitant, but finally gave the document directly to Fanna, "Read it for yourself."

Confused, Vanna took the paper, and when she saw the beginning, she knew what it was - a preliminary damage report, something she was familiar with, including whether there were any defects and changes in the city-state after the disaster, whether there were missing or "increased" people, and whether there were areas of supernatural strength remaining...... The first part of the content is nothing, basically indicating that all parts of the city-state have been reset to the state before the disaster, but the latter content makes her instantly understand what is going on with Bishop Valentine's strange look.

「…… There are merchants in the docks area who report a large number of French fries mysteriously disappearing,

There is ketchup on the damage report......" The young inquisitor raised his head with a blank expression and looked at Valentin opposite him, who also had a blank expression, "...... Seriously?"

"Why don't you personally lead the team over and ask?" The corners of Valentine's mouth twitched, "Theoretically, no one would dare to falsify this kind of report."

Vanna held the report in her hand and didn't say anything for a while.

After holding it for a long time, she finally came up with a sentence: "Why does this kind of content appear in such a serious report.........

Valentine's face was expressionless: "There's a whole squadron of guards who have been watching the fries on the docks - why?"

Vanna: "......"

「…… All in all, the "things" mentioned in the report are the only known losses in the city-state so far," Valentine sighed, then seemed to hesitate again before looking into Vanna's eyes, "Otherwise, you can ask directly next time we meet."

Vanna was stunned: "Ask? Ask whom?"

「…… What do you say?"

Vanna: "......"

After a few moments, the young inquisitor finally couldn't help but rub his forehead, "I feel that my thoughts are a little disjointed, let's make sure, we should discuss something very serious here, right?"

"I can't connect either." Valentine grimaced.

Vanna was speechless, but a strange thought popped into her - if this was also the "influence" of the ghost captain, then he ...... It's scary in a sense.

Just then, another sound of footsteps came from the doorway, interrupting Vana and Valentine's thoughts again—a priest hurried to the icon.

"Archbishop, Inquisitor, news from the port district......

The priest saluted and spoke quickly, but he was halfway through when Vanna heard the word "port area" and couldn't help but interrupt him: "Stop, we already know about the fries, we don't need to report it twice!"

「…… French fries?" The priest was a little stunned, and looked at the usually calm and respectable inquisitor in confusion, "What fries?"

"Ah...... You're not going to report the fries?" When Vanna saw this, she was a little embarrassed, and quickly coughed twice to cover it up, "I thought it was another report...... Don't worry, go on, what's wrong with the port area?"

As she spoke, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart: it wasn't just fries—at least not to have anything to do with that terrible ghost captain anymore.

The priest who came to report nodded, his face serious: "There's news from the port area that the Sea Mist is applying to enter the port - Tirien Abnomar wants to get in touch with the cathedral as soon as possible, and he has brought news related to the Lost Land."

Vanna burst into an earth-shattering cough.

The priest was taken aback by the movement: "...... Your Excellency, Judge?"

"I'm fine," Vana struggled to stop coughing, she felt like the place was different since she had circled the city-state in a grand way, she couldn't tell, but it seemed like a lot of things were changing around her—she even wanted to attribute the fifteen-minute late morning sun to the ghost ship, "Sea Fog? I know we did send a letter to its owner, but we never got it ......."

"The Sea Mist did come, and it seems to have been off the coast of Poland long before that 'disaster,'" the priest nodded immediately, "It's just that according to the news from that ship, it accidentally encountered the Lost in the Eastern Seas, and a fierce battle broke out, and it had to be overhauled due to power damage, and it was only last night that it was restored to navigation."

"A battle broke out with the Lost Homeland?!" Vanna finally looked grim and realized the importance of the matter, and she turned to look at Valentine, "I have to go myself."

"It's okay," Valentine nodded immediately, "The Sea Mist is a special ship, and although it belongs to its own people, the members of that ship are likely to cause the nervousness and panic of the ordinary people on the docks - you personally lead the team to meet it, which should be able to calm the emotions of ordinary people."

Vanna said yes and walked quickly out of the Great Sanctuary.

The Sea Mist arrived—a little later than expected, but the massive warship, shrouded in legendary aura and terrifying curse legends, had arrived as promised in the city-state of Purland, where the distress message had been sent, and now the formidable steel warship was approaching the pier for large ships at the direction of the dock guide, while some of the people who received the news gathered near the dock, nervously and curiously gazing at the appearance of the steel beast.

Soon, the people near the docks realized that the imposing steel warship had arrived in the harbor after a fierce battle.

It was scarred, three of the six main guns were gone, the frightening gaps left over from the "dug" of something on the side of the ship could be seen everywhere, a third of the bridge was destroyed, the horrific scars stretched from the side of the bridge to the main armor belt, and several terrible holes could be seen near the waterline on the side of the hull.

If these damages were placed on an ordinary warship, they would have sunk several times,

But the Sea Mist still floated tenaciously on the surface, the cavities in its belly seemed to be alive, the soft, metallic material had blocked the leaks, and the sea water seeping into the bottom compartment was constantly being discharged from the ship—the Sea Mist's pumps had stopped, so the sea water seeped directly out of the side of the hull, just like ...... People sweat the same.

It was an advanced steel battleship, and it was also a ship of curse with anomalies everywhere - everyone standing near the dock clearly saw the characteristics of the "living creatures" that the ship exhibited, so the curiosity of the onlookers was more terrifying, and there were whispers everywhere.

It wasn't until a few mighty steam walkers appeared on the docks that Fanna's tall figure quieted down many people.

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