For Breeze, who had just woken up from a nightmare, the collective visit of the four Arks of Pilgrimage was like another bizarre and strange dream—it happened so suddenly that even the scholars and Archons of the Truth Academy didn't seem to hear until the Ark was about to arrive, so that until the Storm Cathedral of the Deep Sea Church appeared above sea level, the citizens of Breeze still felt unreal.

The church ship of the four gods is really coming.

In addition to the "Academy Ark", which has been docked next to Breeze since the events of the "Dream of the Nameless", the first to arrive was the Sanctuary of the Storm Goddess Grimona, the Storm Cathedral, which arrived early in the morning of that day, and when the glorious light wheel of Vision 001 pierced the sky, the massive pilgrimage sanctuary emerged from a condensed fog to the surface of the sea, and it and its escort group approached from the western part of the city-state and docked on the shoreline when the morning bell struck the third time.

Arriving at this was the Chapel Ship of the Flame-Bearers, the "Flame-Bearer's Temple" emerged on the sea with the rising light of Vision 001, as if the light of the scorching sun had fallen into the earth, it sailed out of a flame-like illusion of sunlight, and docked between the Cathedral of the Storm and the Ark of the Academy.

Bartók's Chapel ship arrives last, and the Chapel of the Dead emerges from a dark fog with the solemn sound of its bells, its vast shadows growing and growing in the fog like a great cemetery entering the world from the realm of the dead, and its two escort sister ships, the Blind and the Dead, docked next to the Storm Cathedral.

The four cathedral arks, which were as large as small city-states, almost "surrounded" Lightwind Harbor, and if some of the convoys had not been left on the nearby sea in advance, their convoy would have filled almost all of Lightwind Harbor's coastline - if there were a pair of short-sighted and astigmatistic eyes from the air, I am afraid that Lightwind Harbor would even be confused with the nearby Pilgrimage Ark, and they would have been seen as a large, continuous cross-shaped island.

In the morning, the city-state town hall issued a temporary order for the port blockade and the ban on coastal navigation, and the Truth College announced that the four major churches would hold a temporary "special closed-door meeting" in the harbor.

Then, a bustling crowd of citizens gathered around the harbor to take a vantage point to catch a glimpse of the majestic face of the Cathedral Ship - after all, the Cathedral Ark spent most of its time cruising in the secret routes of the endless sea, which is rare for ordinary people to see, and this time they not only appeared in the city-state, but even the four arks appeared together, a sight that even the long-lived elves may not see several times in their lifetime.

On the tallest tower of City-State College near the West Coast, Duncan was standing on a terrace looking out over the coastline.

There was nothing to do anyway, and here he watched the church ships of each church appear one by one—it was quite a spectacle.

"You church arks are really all stunts." He sighed casually.

"It is not enough to rely on the power of the steam mechanism to move such a large 'ship' quickly on the sea," Ted Learle explained, standing on the terrace of the tower with Duncan to blow the wind, "Every church ark is both a ship and a 'transcendent object'—the huge churches and colleges are not just decorations, they bring the power of the gods into reality, and make the ark itself take on all sorts of uncanny qualities, such as speeding through storms, navigating through mist and flame, or being invisible to earthly eyes." to calm the storm at sea......"

Duncan turned his head a little curiously: "What kind of 'miracle' does the Academy of Truth rely on to achieve fast sailing?" ”

“…… Outstanding engineering skills, building 260 engine units, powerful bricks flying. ”

Duncan: "......? ”

"Making the machinery work, making the theory work, and making the paradox work is in itself part of Lachem's 'miracle,'" Ted Learle couldn't help but laugh when he saw the subtle expression on Duncan's face, "The same engine group can't be started on other church ships, and if it doesn't explode on the spot, it's already their craftsmanship excellent." ”

“…… The miracles of the gods are incredible. ”

Duncan shook his head with a subtle expression, and then turned his gaze to the distant shoreline.

He had seen the "Storm Cathedral" of the Deep Sea Church and the "House Ark" of the Truth College, but it was the first time he had seen the "Death Sanctuary" of the Grim Reaper and the "Flame Bearer Temple" of the eternal flame, just like the other two church ships, these two Arks of Pilgrimage were also so distinctive-

The temple of the fire bearer gives people a simple and solemn feeling, the huge ark base is covered with gray and white stone buildings, those buildings that look solemn and mysterious are completely different from the common contemporary city-state style, but more like some historical paintings directly restored "ancient temple", the most striking structure is a huge high platform in the center of the complex - solemn stone pillars surround the platform, the top of the high platform is surrounded by a raging flame, and a strange shape of the "giant pillar" can be seen in the center of the flame, The giant pillar resembles the "cane" that Vanna received from Taregin, and is obviously the "chronological pillar" worshipped by the fire bearers.

The "Church of the Dead" is much more gloomy, with black as the main Gothic building being the most common "scenery" on the ark, and its centerpiece is a pitch-black temple like a great pyramid, which is located on the high ground in the center of the ark, surrounded by towers, and exudes a gloomy atmosphere like a tomb - at first glance, Duncan understands why many people simply call the Ark of the Grim Reaper's Pilgrimage "Necropolis", which is very similar.

Regardless of the ark above it, Duncan saw the phantom projection of a spirit-like floating in the air that ordinary people could not see with the naked eye.

He raised his head and stared at the "spirits floating in the world."

Illusory limbs like smoke and fog and tentacles diffused from those spirit projections, floating silently over the entire Light Haven, like chaotic dead souls, they do not interfere with each other, but occasionally some illusory "tentacles" suddenly extend from their own "subjects" to touch the tentacles extended by other arks-

Duncan noticed this "contact", and he instinctively perceived this hasty contact...... It doesn't seem to be a coincidence, but more like an intentional one.

He even felt that some of the illusory tentacles were touching his wrists...... High five.

Some of the "spirits" that had swept from the harbor had wandered around the Academy's tower, cruising around the terraces.

Duncan hesitated, glanced back at Ted Lille, who didn't seem to be paying attention, and then quietly rubbed his fingers.

An illusory spirit flame emerged in the air, and quietly touched the "Ark Spirits" that were wandering in the air and invisible to mortals.

In his cautious perception, he touched the ...... "thoughts" that flowed between those "spirits".

Strange muffled noises echoed in Duncan's mind, and then, there was a comprehensible message in those strange muffled noises, and he heard an inhuman whisper that was trembling in time and space...... They are "communicating"!

The tremor came into the depths of his consciousness—

“…… The weather was nice. ”

"It's okay, it's so hot in this place."

"It's stronger than the north, and the tentacles give me a hard ......"

"Didn't your tentacles fall off a long time ago?"

"Phantom limbs."

"What are they going to talk about today?"

"I don't know—I just woke up."

“…… Yes? I just woke up. What the hell are they going to talk about today? ”

“…… Don't ask, they've just woken up. ”

Duncan: "......? ”

Ted Lear finally noticed Duncan's suddenly delicate face, and even more noticed the illusory flames that flickered faintly in the air, and the truth keeper suddenly became nervous: "What's wrong?" ”

It was okay that he didn't ask, and the expression on Duncan's face became more subtle when he asked.

But before the Truth Keeper was so nervous that he could get sick again, Duncan finally managed to control his completely uncontrollable expression, and at the same time forcibly suppressed the extremely strange feeling in his mind - he tried to keep his composure and glanced up at Ted Lear: "...... Will the arks talk to each other? ”

"Between the Arks? Talk? Ted Lear was stunned, "What does this mean?" ”

The expression on the face of the keeper of the secret did not seem to be fake, Duncan knew at a glance that this was probably a special "secret" that only the core knew, and then thought that even Vanna didn't know the many secrets of the Storm Cathedral, so he waved his hand decisively: "If you don't know, then it's fine." ”

Ted Lille instinctively wanted to ask something, but a moment before he could speak, a warning suddenly appeared in his heart.

He wisely closed his mouth.

Duncan changed the topic at the right time: "The Ark of the Four Gods has gathered, where is the specific place of the meeting?" Inside Breeze? ”

Ted Lear shook his head and patiently explained: "Breezehaven is not suitable for a gathering - on the one hand, such an assembly may affect the ordinary people in the city-state, and on the other hand, this gathering happened suddenly, the city-state did not prepare much, and there are confidentiality considerations.

"I have received the message to await notice, because this time we are going to discuss something that points directly to the Great Annihilation, and has already touched the foundation of the world, which makes it possible for even a casual word spoken by one person in the assembly to trigger unforeseen consequences, and even His Holiness the Pope must carefully consider the location of the assembly—

"They are communicating with their divine will and seeking revelation through psionic echoes on their respective arks, and the final meeting place should be chosen from the four arks."

Duncan waved his hand indifferently when he heard this: "Okay, then I'll wait patiently, I hope this won't wait too long." ”

Ted Lear nodded, but in the next second, the Truth Keeper suddenly frowned—as if he heard a voice from afar, and the expression on his face instantly became strange.

"What's wrong?" Duncan noticed the change and asked curiously.

Ted Lear was silent for a few seconds, with a hint of dazedness in his expression: "...... ...... in the Fifth Ark"

(End of chapter)