The Lost Ship departed—many of them had been watching its every move these days, including the four Cathedral Arks and the watchmen arranged by the city-state, and in full view, the massive and majestic ghost ship was wrapped in flames and smoke, moving away from the Breeze Harbor at a speed unimaginable by common sense, and vanishing in the blink of an eye between the spirit world and reality.

Appears like a phantom, disappears like a phantom, everything is as described in the legend.

"Out~Hair~La~"

Shirley clung to the guardrail on the side of the ship, looking at the boundless dark sea in the distance, her body swaying back and forth, looking very happy.

The Lost Land has entered the state of spiritual navigation, the sea beyond the side of the ship has turned into a layer of darkness, and the chaotic sky of black, white and gray covers the whole world in a low voice, and there are no lighthouses, ships and islands in the distance, only all kinds of strange and strange projections of light and shadows appear between the sky and the sea, as if overlooking the whole world at the end of the horizon.

The dog lay a little distance from the side of the ship, stretched his neck and grabbed Shirley's arm with a chain, and while clutching the deck with his four paws, he reminded loudly: "Hey, don't shake! Be careful not to fall! ”

"Dog, when did you become so timid?" Shirley simply sat on the guardrail, brushing her messy hair and turning her head with a grin, "Didn't you play on the edge of the deck a lot?" ”

"This is the depth of the spiritual realm!" Ah Gou suddenly shouted, "You can't get up if you fall from this place!" ”

Shirley didn't pay attention to it, just sat on the guardrail and continued to play silly at the sea, until Duncan came over from the side, reached out and rubbed her hair indiscriminately: "I haven't seen you so excited when I set sail before, why are you so happy to leave the city-state this time?" ”

"Enough of staying in Breeze," Shirley's tone was full of resentment, "there is nothing good to eat in the city, and the shops in the neighborhood are either bookstores or mechanical workshops, and there are no good foods, no fun places, and no good food......

Duncan couldn't help but smile and glanced at Shirley, who seemed to have been psychologically shadowed by the "elf food" in Breeze, and couldn't help but remind him: "It's unlikely that the place we're going to this time will have good food - it should be said that most of the next time will be at sea." ”

"That's fine, the food on the boat is good, at least you don't have to be dragged by Nina to the bookstore all day," Shirley grinned, "just come out and breathe......"

"When you're enough on the boat, you want to go to the city to play, and when you're enough in the city, you want to go to sea......" Ah Dog lay on the deck next to him, "I know how to play all day long, and Nina is about to visit all the bookstores in the city these days......"

Shirley suddenly waved her hand: "Oh, don't talk like an old mother and have a headache......"

Duncan didn't say anything more, just listened with a smile to the chatter and bickering between Shirley and Dog beside him, and then as if he sensed something, he suddenly raised his head and looked somewhere on the surface of the sea nearby.

At about the same time, a hazy shadow emerged from him, and Agatha whispered in the shadows, "The Bright Star is here, looking for an entrance to the real world. ”

Duncan nodded, "Well, go show Lucy the way." ”

Agatha's figure faded, and within moments, Duncan saw a large shadow begin to emerge abruptly above the dark sea near the Lost Land.

Shadows weaved together like mist, and a large, eerie, and ornate ship gradually took shape in the shadows and mist, and the Brilliant Star slowly sailed out of the fog—it was at first a hazy and vague phantom, only the stern part of the ship seemed solid, but as the Lost Land drew closer to it, the hazy and vague phantom quickly became real in the blink of an eye, and became an entity that could exist steadily in the depths of the spirit realm.

The Bright Star entered the depths of the spiritual realm and began to sail with the Lost Homeland.

Shirley sat on the guardrail, craned her neck to look at the scene in front of her, and let out an exaggerated exclamation, "Wow-"

Then she saw a snow-white paper ship rise from the deck of the Bright Star, which rode the wind and flew over the dark sea between the two ships, and finally landed on the deck of the Lost Land.

Lucrecia, with black hair and a black dress, walks down from the paper boat with the clockwork doll Luni.

Alice, who was drying dried fish on the deck, noticed the movement and immediately greeted her happily: "Luni! There you are! ”

The clockwork puppet who was following Lucrecia turned its head when it heard the voice, and immediately showed a happy look, and opened its hands to meet it: "Alice! ”

The two dolls happily held hands and circled around the deck, although they were not separated for long, but they were also happy to be reunited after a long absence.

Alice dragged Lunny like this, showing off the freshly dried fish on the deck to her best friend, and Lunie apparently had something to show off—

"Alice! Look at this, the hostess got me a new ......."

The clockwork puppet said happily as he reached out and held his head, and then lifted it up slightly with a slight force, and heard a "pop" sound......

She plucked her head off in front of everyone on deck.

Alice watched this scene in amazement—she rarely had such a shocked moment due to her lack of heart—but she soon reacted and realized that this was her friend's newly mastered "function", and her face suddenly showed a happy look: "Ah, you can too! ”

As she spoke, she casually pulled her head off her neck, and with Luni she held her head in silly joy: "We...... Appear...... Right now...... It's the same! ”

Then the two dolls giggled and played on the deck.

Everyone on deck was shocked except for them.

Duncan was walking towards Lucrecia, about to ask about the operation of the Bright Star after entering the spirit realm, but he was shocked by the two dolls Alice and Luni halfway through - in all fairness, he even felt that it was difficult to have such an evil scene in the subspace - he was stunned for a few seconds before he finally reacted and turned to look at Lucrecia who was walking this way: "What is the situation?" ”

Lucretia also seemed to be a little sluggish, she couldn't help but look back at the two dolls not far away with a strange expression as she walked, and her expression was obviously a little stiff after hearing Duncan's words: "...... Just a little bit of a makeover for Luni...... After pulling out her head and causing a malfunction, she told me every once in a while that Alice's head joint could be removed...... I got tired of hearing it, so I changed her joints......"

She hesitated and stopped, looking at the two dolls who were walking around the deck with their heads raised, and her expression finally became a little tense: "But I didn't expect this either!" ”

“…… Forget it, it's good if they're happy, dolls...... There are puppets for entertainment and socializing," Duncan managed to sort out the shocking three views, and the corners of his mouth twitched as he took his gaze back from Alice and Lunie (which was not easy, because the two puppets leading the way were too eye-catching), and tried to return his attention to Lucrecia and the Bright Star," ...... Did it go well? ”

Lucrecia was still looking in the direction of Luni and Alice at this time, and it wasn't until Duncan repeated it again that she suddenly reacted, and quickly raised her hand to tap her forehead, and said while sorting out her thoughts: "It's okay, although it's a little confusing......"

She finally turned her attention completely, and glanced up at the Bright Star, which was automatically sailing next to the Lost Land, and her thoughts flowed.

"This is the first time that the Brilliant Star has sailed at such a 'deep' depth...... Under normal circumstances, only the stern part of the ship is located in the spirit realm, completely 'submerged' like this...... It was an unprecedented 'experience' for me and for the ship. ”

"It's going to be fast," Duncan laughed, "the Lost Country is used to traveling in the depths of the Spirit Realm, and the White Oak and Black Oak have sailed with the Lost Country as wingmen like this—at this depth, it will take us less than two days to catch up with the 'returning ship' without fear of being detected." ”

Lucrecia didn't speak, just looked up at Duncan.

My father stood there, surrounded by undulating green flames, with a confident and proud smile on his face, just as he remembered it.

After a while, she shook her head and asked, "What about the church?" ”

"There will be two small fleets of the Deep Sea Church and the Death Church joining us, the flagship sent by the Deep Sea Church is the 'Tide' and its escort formation, and the Death Church is the two sister ships 'Rest in Peace' and 'No Rest' and their escort formations, both of which are said to be powerful warships," Duncan said casually, "but I value the 'professionals' they bring more to me." After all, in the face of those strange things in the border seas, the knowledge of scholars is sometimes better than firepower. ”

"But the expertise of academics can sometimes lead to greater dangers...... Near the border, those restless 'shadows' are more likely to emerge than anywhere. Lucrecia couldn't help but remind.

Duncan raised an eyebrow: "Isn't that better?" ”

Lucrecia's expression was a little sluggish: "......"

"Leaving that aside, what about that 'saint'?" Duncan waved his hand and changed the subject, "Did you bring it this time?" ”

"Bring it, and now it's locked up in the containment pod at the very bottom of the Bright Star," Lucrecia nodded immediately, a pleasant smile on her face, "Don't worry, that guy is in good condition - I've done my best to get this 'saint' back to life while making sure it doesn't escape, and I'm always ready to take it out if you need to." ”

"Not yet," Duncan shook his head, his gaze looking at the end of the chaotic dark sea in the distance, "Once we've found the 'holy land' of the Annihilation Cultists, it's time for that 'saint' to come in handy." ”

(End of chapter)