"Jason, what are you thinking?"

Jason leans on the side of a gold-and-green ship with a motif of the Church of Our Lady hanging from it, looking at the dark sea around him.

Hearing a voice behind him, he turned his head away.

It was the captain of this ship.

"I'm wondering what happened to Arka."

Hearing Jason's words, the middle-aged man stood in place and couldn't help but say, "I think they should be fine, you don't need to worry too much about them." ”

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Jason waved his hand, and said with a brisk tone: "I'm not worried about their safety, I'm worried about their strength improving too quickly, and if I am too weak when I see them, I will definitely be ridiculed." ”

"Hahahaha, then you'll have to work hard."

Jason smiled, and then said helplessly, "Why don't they use the Sword of Mercy in Arka?" ”

Hearing this, the middle-aged church knight could only shrug helplessly, indicating that he couldn't understand it either.

He's been floating in this hellish place for half a year, and he really hasn't waited for Arka to use the holy sword to let them pinpoint their location.

It has also been nearly half a year since the attack on the Prayer for the Dead Pirates.

In the first few months, they really locked the pirates in the dark realm, and almost starved the pirates to death.

After all, the Prayer for the Dead Pirates are not small pirates, but a fleet of several large ships and many frigates.

Some small countries do not necessarily have as many maritime armed forces as they do.

The total number of pirates reached more than 3,000, and the daily consumption of supplies was not a small number.

Coupled with the fact that they deliberately laid an ambush and set a trap, they almost destroyed the flagship of the Prayer for the Dead.

In the end, it slipped away, but at least two large ships of the pirates were destroyed, and at least 600 pirates were killed.

Since then, the range of prayers for the dead has been dispersed, and they communicate with each other through the Sound Birds.

From time to time, this method of communication is intercepted by church ships.

The flagship is said to be deep into the central area, and less than half of the pirates are operating in the central area.

The remaining pirates were scattered around the perimeter, attracting the attention of the church.

In addition to this, in order to muddy the waters, the pirates also spread rumors.

They claim to have found traces of treasures in the Dark Realm, which is why the Dead Pirates and the Church of Our Lady fight each other in it.

A topic that already has a slight hint of possibility, after it has a situation where the two sides fight, is more credible.

This attracted countless people towards the Dark Realm.

There are countless pirates and treasure hunts that dream of making a fortune.

On the contrary, those large forces knew the reason, so they did not end up.

But it has to be said that it is precisely because of the arrival of these mixed people that the church has to slow down the encirclement and annihilation of the Prayer for the Dead Pirates.

But after all, it is a huge force, and even so, the pirates of the Dead have been wiped out of most of their ships and crews during their escape from the Dark Realm.

Even if they managed to escape and return to their former pirate lair, it would take a lot of time to recover.

It can't be helped, as long as the pirate captain who holds the treasure in their hands doesn't die, this pirate group can always recover.

From these crew members, they also learned a lot about Arka and others.

Including the death of Sankaka, Andrei was captured and imprisoned on the flagship.

There are three people on Alka's side, who are fighting them in the Dark Realm, and they also know that their target is not the Holy Sword at all, but Alka himself.

This led to a change in the course of action of the church.

From dispatching countless ships to surround and explore with small teams, to dispatching several elite squads to go deep into the central area of the Pitch Black Domain.

While fighting the pirates, search for Arka and reduce the number of troops chasing them.

From all kinds of fragmented information, they also knew how resilient these two young people of the treasure hunting group and the fish-man who came from nowhere.

As a result, many treasure hunting groups and pirates have also begun to operate in the center of the Dark Realm.

It seems that there is a treasure here.

Of course, from Alka's point of view, there are indeed treasures here.

……

After eating and drinking, Arka quietly began to meditate in the corner of the floor, striving to break through his strength to the second helix within two days.

Shadetti had become an explorer before Arka and had been in the first spiral for a year, and with the help of meditation, he had already entered the second helix one month ago.

As for Arka, although he lagged behind Shadetti, it was because he came into contact with supernatural power late.

Thanks to his apparently faster meditation speed than ordinary people, he quickly chased after him.

As for the pirates who were already hovering in the surrounding seas, they didn't put much pressure on Arka or Shadetti.

Because after entering the central area, his father could only vaguely feel where Alka was, and it would be interrupted from time to time.

This is something they have slightly verified.

This led to a significant decrease in his father's tracking advantage using this bloodline link.

Even if they were in the surrounding sea, they would have to wait for a while to find Arka, unless they were lucky.

Not to mention, because of the invasion of darkness, these pirates also had to return to the edge and rest in the outside world frequently.

Even if there are many people, there is still no way to take the three of Arka.

Recently, however, Arka has also noticed that more and more strange ships and forces have appeared in the central area.

These were obviously not for themselves, but Arka hadn't dealt with them either, so he didn't know why these people were here.

But these are all good things, and the more people there are, the better it is for them to hide.

I don't know if it's late at night or dawn.

Bororo swam on the surface of the sea, training and keeping guard.

Xia Daiti was also painting by the fire, looking at the Arka that was breaking through from time to time, in case there was a problem with the sudden invasion of darkness during this period.

In addition to the two people in the room, there is also a two-headed palm-sized gothic loli doll, walking around the room, flipping here and bumping there.

In the end, I even came to the fire, and my head twitched to reach out to probe the temperature inside.

Seeing this situation, Xia Daiti immediately reached out and pushed her back.

Then he said helplessly: "Lucilia, you are now a doll's body, don't touch the fire, it will damage your body." ”

Lucilia, the doll standing on the ground looking up and listening to Xia Daiti's words, opened her hands and shook them twice, and then ran away directly.

Watching Lucilia run off into the distance, her attention quickly turned to other places, holding on to a stone and throwing it around.

Xia Daiti held his forehead a little helplessly.

She really couldn't understand it.

Lucilia, whose soul state looks so graceful and beautiful, exudes a mesmerizing erudition.

Why once you get into the doll's body, it seems to be a different person?

It's like being a child who is curious about everything.

Sometimes they will do something slightly dangerous, such as touching a fire, drilling a pothole, or even jumping from a height.

She even asked Alka to make her a small glider that fits, and she wanted to fly twice.

However, Xia Daiti has also been completely familiar with Lucilia's existence in the past six months, and knows some of her situation.

The body of this doll is still restored by the materials that Alka collected some time ago.

Lucilia was able to spend an hour in the doll every day, which was the limit of her daily movement.

However, it seems that I have been able to stay longer recently.

At this time, Lucilia, who was running around and playing a strange game, suddenly felt something.

The two calves stepped up quickly, obviously not small, but their movements were extremely agile.

After a few runs, he came to the side of Arka, who was meditating.

Seeing this, Xia Daiti also raised his head.

A faint magic burst out from Arka's body, and then the magic in the surrounding air began to pour into Alka's body as if attracted by something.

Seeing this situation and feeling the change in the magic power in the air around him, Xia Daiti couldn't help but smile.

This represents that Arka has officially completed a breakthrough and built the second magic spiral circuit in the body.

Alka, who opened his eyes, gasped, and a face towel appeared in his hand, wiping off the sweat on his head.

Meditation accelerates the depletion of stamina, especially for breakthroughs.

The doll at his feet jumped directly onto Alka, and after a few climbs came to his shoulder, and then jumped off his shoulder.

Alka's skillful hands clasped together to catch the doll that had fallen off his shoulder.

said with a smile: "Finally, the strength has reached the second helix." ”

"Let's learn about mental protection first." Xia Daiti smiled as he spoke, then sat down again and continued his cartographic work.

After Arka rested for a while, the doll fell limply in his hands, and Lucilia's soul went straight into the magic mirror and began to rest.

Every time, Lucilia must let herself play until she is exhausted and can no longer control the doll's body, and then she will come out to rest.

The fallen doll was cleaned up and hung around his waist, and the fish skin that had been dried into the material appeared in his hand.

Holding the fish skin, he closed his eyes and began to comprehend [Spiritual Protection].

The black aura of the fish skin enveloped it, and then poured into Alka's body.

Alka, with his eyes closed, made a bob-wave sound from his mouth, like a fish spitting bubbles.

This behavior may allow him to quickly resonate with the material, allowing him to learn the spell faster.

In Lucilia's words, the resonance method of spell materials such as fish skin or fish bone is used to imitate some of the behavior of fish.

Lucilia didn't know about this material, so she had to try it in this stupid way.

Xia Daiti's previous method was to imagine that he was a fish in his mind, but he was unsuccessful.

Imitation of the bubble spit was also unsuccessful, and Arka had to use the spell materials in the most normal and ordinary way.

Over time.

The spell of spiritual protection was successfully learned by Alka, and the original fish skin also became translucent, and was crushed into pieces by Alka.

After simply becoming proficient in the spiritual protection spell, he directly opened it and let it hang next to a circuit in his body.

When the spell is hung next to one of the circuits, it will absorb the magic from the circuit, and even if Arka doesn't deliberately turn it on, it will automatically start using it.

In this way, the spell becomes a permanent state, protecting its spirit at all times.

Due to the two spirals in his body, Arka also suspended [Dark Vision] next to the circuit.

In this way, he no longer needs to use it deliberately, and it takes more magic to maintain the dark vision.

The eyes are naturally able to see in the dark.

Of course, not all spells can stay in this way, and it requires a variety of conditions.

There are also certain requirements for the spell itself and personal strength.

(End of chapter)