And the most lethal problem is:

Arka struck from the side, and judging by the eyes of the two of them, this magic mirror did have a long history.

But this is not short, and it is only a little bit of time for them and the whole world.

That is, not more than a few hundred years.

The problem is that the history of the last few thousand years has been recorded in detail, and there are no major changes at all, and even the sea area of the island has changed drastically.

Not to mention that the ship's historical record comes from the Church of Our Lady, which is extremely credible.

At that time, Arka was suspicious, but he really didn't know what era Lucilia was, so he didn't tell her about it.

He speculated that it was outside the marginal seas, but there was not the slightest information recorded outside the marginal waters, and it was a large blank space, as if it had been deliberately hidden.

Telling Lucilia didn't help, and it didn't help her know what era and place she came from.

And when he meets the mermaid Julia, especially when Arka sees the apparent trust between Lucilia and Julia.

He knew that the mystery of Lucilia's life was about to be solved.

Plus Lucilia's words at the time, and the information she received from Julia.

He was almost completely sure of his conjecture.

Although Lucilia didn't seem to think of this at the time, she deliberately asked.

Julia is a living intelligent being, and at most she has been sealed by the crystal for 400 years, not to mention how long her lifespan is.

But what is certain is that she must have been associated with Lucilia's previous race.

When I saw Lucilia, it was just a surprise, not a surprise, indicating that there was still communication between the two races before her death.

At this time, Lucilia finally spoke, and her voice could not hide her confusion.

"Well, when I was just chatting with her, she did say something about our race......"

With that, she turned her head to look at Arka.

"You know, neither me nor she is actually from here, or this world."

In her communication with Julia, Lucilia learns that Julia is from the same place where she used to be.

Julia inadvertently mentions some well-known locations that only existed when she was alive.

And looking at Julia's state, it is obvious that she may not know that she is already in a completely different place than before.

Julia was sealed by the Crystal because she was in a major crisis at one point and had to use this method to ensure her survival.

From the moment she was sealed, she lost consciousness directly, and it wasn't until some time ago that she recovered again.

That meant that even she didn't know how she got here.

This gave Lucilia hope, but it led her to despair.

As for Julia's strength in the Six Spirals, it was not unusual in Lucilia's eyes.

After all, the place where they are has a meditation method, and it's not something unusual.

With the help of meditation methods, a rapid increase in strength is inevitable.

It was only because she had been with Arka for a long time that she clearly understood how exaggerated what a helix could do.

I had only learned about these in books before, and there was no clear reference.

She now knew that there was a good chance that her family was still alive and that her former friends were still alive.

Her hometown is still there, which makes her a little fascinated, which evokes the homesickness hidden in her heart in the dark environment of the magic mirror.

I used to think that time was too long, and what I knew was already a thing of the past. So I didn't care about it and didn't miss it.

Because it's gone, souvenirs can't bring her any benefits, just bury them in the bottom of your heart.

But now I know, it's not that time has disappeared for a long time, but because it's too far away, but at least there is still a chance.

Her hometown is still there, and her friends and relatives may still be there.

This hidden emotion exploded in an instant, making Lucilia feel lost and a little at a loss.

There is a huge conflict between the hope of the heart and the powerlessness of reality.

Arka looked at the confusion and longing on Lucilia's beautiful face at this time, and the expression of various emotions mixed together.

He can understand, and even empathize, with precision.

Because of his situation, maybe it won't be much better than Lucilia's.

The exaggerated changes in the environment, the joy of coming back from the dead, but the regret that may never go back.

These are all things that were buried in the bottom of Alka's heart before, trying not to let himself think about it.

Once Arka knew what was the way to return him to his former world, he would also become confused for a moment.

But I'm going to try to meet that demand.

That's why he can resonate with Lucilia now.

He said, "Do you want to go home?" ”

Hearing this, Lucilia turned her head to stare at him again, and then shook her head helplessly.

"But I don't know how to get back."

"You were shocked by this sudden message, you should calm down and think carefully, do you really not know?"

"What do you mean?" Lucilia's face was full of confusion.

What should she know? How does she know?

Arka closed his eyes and spread out his hand, and a heavy, quaint book appeared in his hand.

It was the book that was obtained from the treasure buried in Taud's youth.

"The Land of Dreams"

"The world depicted in this book really exists, doesn't it? As I said, there is also a tradition of going to similar places in your hometown. ”

"As long as we go here, we can get information on how to get to your hometown."

Listening to Arka's words and looking at the book in his hand, Lucilia's already somewhat chaotic brain began to become clear, and the sadness and confusion on her face gradually subsided and became happy.

He reached out and grabbed Arka's hands tightly.

The soft, cold palm pressed against the back of Alka's hand.

"Yes, there is such a method, why didn't I think of it."

As she spoke, Lucilia stared at Arka with her eyes, her pupils filled with hope.

Looking at Lucilia's expression, Arka smiled.

"I'll go, I'll take you with me."

"Thank you."

……

After communicating with Lucilia in a dream, Lucilia's state has visibly improved.

Shadetti looked at the two gothic dolls, bouncing around on the boat.

I couldn't help but turn my head to look at Alka.

"So what the hell did you talk to her, how could she be happier and more excited than before."

The Arka probe will stand on the edge of the ship, and Lucilia, who is about to fall into the water as the ship moves, lifts it up and places it on her shoulder.

Only then did she reply: "Some of the things she cares about, it's hard to say now." I'll talk to you when this is over. ”

Shadetti listened to Arka's answer, looked at him and nodded.

Now it is really not possible to be distracted, and rescuing his father and leaving the dark realm to join the church is the most important thing.

That's what should be a priority.

Once again, the ship fell silent.

Blends in with the surrounding black.

The Swift sailed at breakneck speed over the pitch-black seas, dragging a white splash.

The sound of splashing water was the only bright spot in the darkness.

……

After a few days of sailing, they finally entered the source of the dark outbreak, and the journey was thrilling and dangerous, and they did not encounter anything strange.

In front of him is the core location of the entire Pitch Black Domain, the beginning of the outbreak of darkness.

Arka leaned against the mast and looked at his surroundings.

It's completely black, and Arka has temporarily turned off the dark vision.

There were barely fingers in sight, and only the sound of ships sailing on the sea could be heard.

If there were no dark vision in this place, the light of the Illuminating Stone might not even be able to sail normally.

Because you can't see anything.

Arka tried to condense the Illuminating Stone into a searchlight and shoot it into the distance.

However, such a beam extends at most, and within a distance of less than 5 meters, it will be completely engulfed by darkness.

You must know that Alka is a searchlight made of several lighting stones, and the light mirror uses many refractive surfaces.

The condensed beam of light was already very dazzling, but it still only illuminated a certain range.

And the dark elements around them are so obvious, especially since they are used to the dark environment, and they can already perceive the dark elements relatively easily.

At one point, Arka thought he was wearing a black bodysuit.

Because his soul attraction is too strong compared to others.

In such an environment, mental protection and dark vision are almost completely permanent, and they cannot be switched at all.

And the mana is also constantly depleted, but it can be on par with the speed of recovery.

Spiritual protection is constantly on the defensive.

"We're coming, it's the island ahead."

Hearing Xia Daiti's words, everyone on the ship cast their eyes ahead.

Through the dark vision, the outline of a small island had appeared not far away, growing larger and larger as they sailed.

The situation on the island is gradually becoming clearer.

"There's a sea monster approaching, and it's about to attack."

At this time, Julia, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, suddenly reminded everyone.

Hearing Julia's words, everyone instantly became vigilant.

As for why Julia was able to communicate with them normally, it was because in just a few days, Julia had learned their language through Lucilia.

For such a big man whose strength has reached the sixth helix, that is, the second stage, it is not difficult to learn the language at all.

As the words fell.

There was a splashing sound on the surface of the sea, and three huge pitch-black tentacles poked up from the water.

Each one was larger than the ship they were on, and together they smashed at them.

"Sea beasts that have been completely invaded by darkness, let me relieve your pain."

Julia stood up as she spoke, her jade-like left hand raised and waved gently.

You can feel the magic surging.

A faint glow appeared behind her, and a blurred aura like a circle of light emerged

Huge bandages flew out of the aura, causing a burst of breaking sounds.

It is said to be a bandage, but it is actually more like a white strip of cloth, which seems to be condensed by some kind of fluid.

The fluid inside is still flowing slowly, unusually conspicuous.

The strips of cloth that flew away directly wrapped the three tentacles in the air, and they were tightly wound.

A creaking and twisting sound came from overhead.

In just a second or two, the place where the three tentacles were entangled was directly strangled, and the huge tentacles smashed into the seawater.

Fishy blood rained down.

Poloro waved his hand instantly, and the semicircular aqua blue cover flew into the air, completely blocking the stinky blood.

The ribbons of cloth that flew out of the way twisted up and turned into three drill-like things, rushing towards the bottom of the sea.

I only saw the sea in front of me, boiling wildly, as if some huge object was struggling under the sea.

Only a faint smell of blood coming from the surface of the sea could be heard.

"Go on, Shadetti."

The ship continued to sail.

This sea monster is just a warm-up for the upcoming destination.

Of course, without Julia, it could have been a disadvantaged war.

Finally, we arrived on the island, the capital of the Vastin Empire, and looked at the ruins scattered on it, as well as the wreckage of various ships that washed ashore around the harbor and its waters.

The ruins on the periphery, which can be clearly seen, are not a problem due to the passage of time.

Apparently due to the war, Arka saw a number of engineering equipment in the harbor, but they had long since decayed.

There are also many skeleton wrecks scattered all over the harbor.

It was supposed to be cleaned up by church members who had been to the island.

Arka they passed the boat through these cracks and pushed it onto the beach.

All around was all sorts of huge ship wrecks, as well as some skeleton skeletal fragments, piled up everywhere.

You can see all kinds of weapons on the ground and in the sand, and rotten swords are everywhere.

There is no vegetation on the island at all, vines and mosses are not present at all, but a large bare area.

Even the dark vision seems to have been affected in a place like this.

Through dark vision, you can see clearly in normal darkness as if it were daytime.

But now it seemed to be dusk, making some distant surroundings slightly blurry and dim.

Arka turned his head to look at Shadaiti and said, "Shadaiti, you are here to take the lead, the goal is to allow you to draw a detailed map of this island in more detail." ”

Shadetti nodded, came to the front, and began to march on the island with the people.

They passed through the harbor.

Carefully step over the bones strewn beneath your feet, as well as the various collapsed buildings around you.

The buildings still bear the marks of black burning, and all ruined buildings, even if intact, have been cut off from them.

The direction of the fracture is exactly the same, and as soon as a certain height is reached, all of them will collapse.

It seems that when it erupted, the energy here was quite strong, destroying all the buildings in a certain area.

Similar to a shock wave like a knife blade cutting.

The ground is full of all kinds of war relics, and it seems that the Vastinian Empire was indeed at the moment of life and death at that time.

It is also understandable to be able to make such a decision, although it is understood, but it is not recognized.

The Menicel League also thought that they had won the victory, that victory was in sight, and who knew that they would be dragged together by the enemy.

This is war.

After passing through the port, I didn't walk a few hundred meters before I saw a huge wall, the height of this wall reached at least about 10 meters, and I could see the burst of energy at that time, which should be on top of the city wall.

Because in the city, all the buildings beyond the city walls were destroyed.

There was a huge gap in the wall in front of him, which should have been breached by Menicel's troops.

They walked into the gap.

As far as you can see, only the gap is surrounded by traces of war, and all the buildings inside have collapsed due to the shock wave.

There were no wreckage of soldiers, only destroyed bones.

As they entered, the click of bones colliding rang out from everywhere.

It seems that the church personnel who came here at that time did not clean up, and certainly could not clean up.

The population here is innumerable.

"This skeleton is a little stronger than the outside, but limited." Arka said after destroying several skeletons in front of him.

Perhaps it's because the dark energy here is stronger, which also affects the strength of these skeletons.

Sweeping away the skeletons that had slipped through the net, they kept their guard on their way, trying not to go inside any buildings.

According to their actions in the past six months, evil spirits generally move within the building, and rarely leave the room or building they are in.

In general, as long as you are active in the streets or wilderness outside, you will hardly encounter those evil spirits.

And only the strength of the evil spirits can possibly pose a threat to them.

In this way, he protected Xia Daiti, so that Xia Daiti kept conducting detailed explorations of the surrounding island environment.

Walking around the outside of the palace, which had been neatly cut off in the middle of the huge city, they didn't rush in even a single step.

This place is definitely the most touched place, and who knows if a whole bunch of evil spirits will pop up to deal with them if they go in.

So their goal this time is to detect the map of the island, and everything else can be avoided as much as possible.

In this way, with the exception of the skeletons, they walked safely around the island and got a general idea of the whole island.

Came back to the port.

At this time, Xia Daiti still had a map in his hand, but the map was covered with stains and some signs of damage.

But in the words of Shadetti, it is able to restore it according to what is already there.

This map was obtained from a skeleton, and the place where the skeleton is located is supposed to be the invader.

The map is made of some kind of leather, so it's fairly well preserved.

According to the language identification above, it is likely to be a map of the Union of Menicel Capitals.

If they do, they won't have to go around the other side to get two maps.

(End of chapter)