Duncan noticed the anomaly in the elven old man in front of him, and noticed that the other person's body was translucent as if it would disappear into this world at any time.

The change in Duncan's eyes obviously fell on the other party's eyes as well.

"As you can see, Mr. Captain, something interesting is happening in me," Luan chuckled calmly, even raising his hand to show his most transparent palm, "a powerful force is trying to bring me to 'Him'. ”

Duncan's expression suddenly changed slightly: "The power of Silandis - I didn't expect you, the 'Pope', to be affected. ”

"After all, I'm also an elf, and it seems that something rooted in the soul of our race doesn't care if I'm a 'pope' or not," Lune said in a calm tone, "I feel the powerful invitation - Sirantis is calling all the elves back to the Mother Tree." ”

Duncan frowned, and he noticed something was wrong: "But you're sane—it's not the same as what I've learned about other elves." ”

"Because I'm not going." Rune said with a gentle smile.

Duncan: "......? ”

"As a 'Pope', there should always be something special, at least for a while, I can still refuse Silandis's 'invitation,'" Luan said, looking up behind Duncan, "Mr. Captain, do you mind if I come on board and talk?" I know some information about the current state of affairs. ”

Duncan didn't refuse, just nodded after a few seconds of silence, while calmly staring into the old man's eyes while taking two steps to the side: "If your teachings don't mind stepping on a subspace shadow ship. ”

"The canon is from God," said Luan, unhurriedly, as he walked unconcernedly across the end of the trestle and onto the deck of the Lost Land, "but the explanation is man—just go back to the circle when I had a meeting with the bishops." ”

The corners of Duncan's mouth twitched, and he suddenly noticed that this pope seemed to be a little different from what he imagined, and then he noticed that all the retinues brought by Lune stopped on the trestle, and they didn't seem to follow him to the boat, which made him a little surprised: "Don't these retinues and guards follow?" You're going to go on a boat alone? ”

At this time, Lu En had already walked out a few steps on his own, and when he heard this, he glanced back: "They won't follow, because there are some things that it is better to know less." ”

The old man didn't seem to be worried at all, and seeing that his attitude was so calm, Duncan certainly didn't have any opinion, so he waved his hand at those who remained on the trestle, and turned to walk to Lune's side—but as he crossed the deck, he couldn't help but ask, "You came alone, and you didn't worry about safety if you didn't bring an escort at all?" ”

Rune glanced up at Duncan, "If you're really malicious, can a few guards keep me safe on the Lost Land?" ”

Duncan thought about it seriously and replied calmly: "It should be difficult for them to ensure their safety. ”

"That's not all there is to it – I'm a pragmatic person, which is the most basic ethics of being a scholar." Luan said casually, and then continued in the direction of the captain's quarters led by Duncan.

On the way, Duncan gave the "Pope" a general overview of the current situation, including the "disappearance" of Breeze, and the current situation in the city-state.

As he was about to reach the aft deck, Lune paused, looked up and looked beyond the side of the Lost Country to the vast expanse of the sea on the other side of the ship.

That's where Lighthaven used to be.

But now there was only a stretch of water glowing golden in the setting sun, and glowing geometries floating silently on the surface of the sea in the distance.

Duncan could still see the formless threads of hair floating above the sea, but in Lune's eyes, the sea was completely empty.

"That's what happened when I came," Duncan said casually, noticing Luan's gaze, "You don't think I got it." ”

“…… Some of us did think so when we first arrived in the sea, and even more so if Banst was here," Luan hesitated for a moment, and said in a somewhat strange tone, "but please understand that it's too strange for a city-state to just disappear into thin air, and the Lost Country is still on the scene—even if we know it has something to do with the 'Dream of the Nameless', some people will inevitably be cranky." ”

Duncan didn't say anything, just stepped forward and opened the door to the captain's quarters, making a gesture of invitation.

With a palpable look of curiosity, Lune followed Duncan into this unknown and mysterious place, which was full of countless strange legends and terror.

"The captain is back!" Alice, who was waiting in the captain's quarters, was the first to meet her, and she happily ran to Duncan, but then stopped, "...... Who is this old man? ”

Luan looked at the puppet that suddenly appeared in front of him in some dismay.

However, he quickly reacted, and matched the information in his mind: "If I'm not mistaken, this is Miss Alice?" ”

"Yes," Alice nodded slightly, looking curiously at the strange old man who had just walked in, "Who are you?" ”

"Servant of the God of Wisdom," said Rune with a polite smile on his face, "you can just call me Rune." ”

"He's Morris's teacher." Duncan casually added - he knew Alice understood this better.

"Oh! Mr. Morris's teacher! That should be pretty powerful," Alice suddenly understood, and then ran to the small tea stove with a familiar car, "Then I'll make tea!" ”

Luan watched in amazement as the horrible doll, marked as "out of control" in the official archives, was busy in the room, and looked at the various furnishings in the captain's room with some curiosity, but suddenly, a strange sense of peeping caught his attention, and he subconsciously turned his gaze, only to see a pitch-black wooden goat's head quietly sitting on the nautical table in the center of the room—the strange "sculpture" was staring at him, like obsidian carved eyes hollow and deep, reflecting a bit of strange glimmer in the gaze.

As if stunned for a moment, Luan stood there fixedly, staring at the strange black "wood carving" without blinking.

After some time, the goat's head finally moved—and it suddenly spoke: "What do you see?" Haven't seen a craft before? ”

Lune seemed to suddenly wake up from a dream, and at the moment when the goat's voice fell, he suddenly let out a low exclamation, and then quickly turned his gaze, and then he held the table with his hand while avoiding continuing to look at the "wood carving" on the table, and looked up at Duncan: "She saw it!" ”

Duncan reacted instantly: "Silandis? ”

"Yes, Sirantis saw it, I ...... I don't know how to describe the feeling, but just now, I felt Silandis's 'gaze' suddenly focus, and she was looking through my eyes, and she ...... I didn't understand what she was conveying, confusion, fear, anger...... Countless kinds of chaotic emotions......"

He stopped abruptly and waved his hand twice in front of his eyes, as if trying to expel some invisible distraction from his mind, Duncan noticed that his body had become a little more transparent in the past few seconds, but soon, the elven old man had regained his "stability" - he raised his head, and the chaos in his eyes gradually changed to clarity: "She left for the time being, but I don't know how long I can hold back—Captain Duncan, time is more limited than I expected, listen to me first." ”

It seemed that Rune had forcibly banished the part of his mind that belonged to Silandis with a force of will unimaginable to mortals, and then he sat down at the nautical table and spoke quickly—

"Sirantis is calling out to the spirits of the world, a call that is rooted in the depths of our souls, and while being influenced by this power, I also touch a part of her mind.

"I see...... There was an apocalypse, a destructive thing that was so strongly imprinted in the depths of her memory that it caused her to spiral out of control...... Fear, anger, powerlessness over self-destruction, these things had been sleeping in the depths of her consciousness for a long time, and now she was gradually waking up, so those sleeping fears and memories of the end had also awakened, but it was not all the reason......"

He paused, as if it was going to take a great deal of effort to regain his thoughts, and after a few seconds of rest, he continued: "In my anger I also felt a strong feeling against our 'elves', very strange, very confused, with a strong sense of tearing...... I felt a strong will to protect, and she ordered the elves to return to the World Tree to receive some kind of 'protection', but at the same time she felt great resistance to this 'protection', even ...... Frightened, as if she was taking us for some kind of ......"

This time Luan paused for a longer time, as if trying to find a suitable word to describe the intense emotion he had "touched" from Silandis, and after opening his mouth a few times, he finally spoke again: "Some kind of ...... Plausible monster ......"

He turned his head slowly, looking out the window at somewhere—it was the vanishing sea of Breezehaven.

Theoretically, he couldn't see the light wind harbor, let alone the invisible silk threads floating on the sea.

But he still looked steadily, as if some invisible call sounded in his mind, making the elven old man look at the "World Tree" that only existed in the memory of the race.

"I can feel ......," Lune whispered, as if in a dream, "she's crazy in this tear, but...... But there are still ......

"There seems to be something else, on the 'other side' of that apocalypse, there seems to be another being who has fallen into madness...... Calling out to me in a vague voice......"

There was a "bang", and the sound of something falling to the ground came from the direction of the small tea stove.

Alice looked up and stared out the window in horror.

"Captain! Those lines are moving! ”

(End of chapter)