Chapter Seventy-Eight: The True Goal
In the crimson moonlight, the crew staggered to the dock like wandering corpses, towards the various buildings that crawled in the darkness.
That is, in seven or eight minutes, their figures disappeared into different places.
Immediately afterward, Norfi and Butner saw a pitch black mass emerge from the edge of the cabin, and pale and dark green flames burning all over the deck.
In the darkness, in the flames, figures crawled out one after another.
Some of them were dressed in tattered clothes, their skin visibly rotten, and some were directly white bones, just a little flesh hanging, and the pale fire in the eye sockets was highlighted.
These are dead bodies!
Soon, the half-rotten corpses in filthy jackets hoisted their sails, the corpses with missing sternums put away their heavy iron anchors, and the rest of the corpses took their place and steered the sailboat slowly out of port.
Looking at the rotting pieces of flesh, the pale bones, and the eerie flames of different colors, Batner and Nolfi had the illusion of entering the world.
Terror! Ghosts!
"Navigator, it's time for you to work." Chanem's voice woke Nolfi.
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Inside the residence of the "Governor of the Sea".
Lumián leaned against the lower and middle part of the wall without statues, and his gaze swept over the rest of the auxiliary priests in the hall, including Juan. Oro.
He wasn't sure there was anything wrong with any of them now, as it was probably the Facelings in disguise.
In the next action, the only thing he can fully trust is himself.
In the indescribable silence and dead silence, an hour finally passed, and this time, Lumian took the initiative to communicate with Juan. Oro entered the basement together and took out the "Ring of the Queen of the Sea" to complete the "Honor the Ancestors" link.
The ring was indeed on the broken stone platform, and it was not missing, but Lumian could not be sure that it was real and had not been replaced, except that there was no problem with the patterns, symbols, and structure, and that there was no one lurking in the basement upon inspection.
In a calm and tense state on the surface, Lumian waited patiently until six o'clock in the morning, feeling that the mental and physical exhaustion disappeared in an instant.
After another two hours, the current "Governor of the Sea" named Simon left the vigil room with four "Handmaidens of the Sea" and walked towards the door of the building.
Lumián and Juan. Oro and the other deputy assistants immediately got up and followed.
The two-tiered sailboat with its many colorful flowers was parked at the pier in the village of Milo, and the villagers spontaneously acted as guards to intercept anyone who dared to approach.
As Lumian ascended the gangway to the deck, he felt an invisible gaze on him from every window, every flower, and every mast of the ship, looking back and forth, exactly as the statues in the Governor of the Sea mansion felt when they came to life.
He calmly passed through these gazes, following Juan. Oro's tip, standing on the edge of the front left of the deck.
This is where his deputy priest named Brian should be. “
Bang, bang, bang!
On the pier in the village of Milo, a salute spewed out a large amount of colorful shredded paper.
In a cheerful and festive atmosphere, the ceremonial boat sailed away from this place little by little, first circled around Santa Harbor, received the cheers and blessings of the people, and then sailed towards the sea in the distance.
Juan. Urro masquerades as a navigator, guiding the ship through the blue, markless expanse of the ocean, sometimes turning left, sometimes right, sometimes turning around.
Nearly an hour later, under the clear and bright sky, a thick fog suddenly filled the surroundings of the salute boat.
Crash!
In the depths of the mist, the waves rise high like mountains, and no matter what kind of ship they hit, they will inevitably capsize or crush.
The "Governor of the Sea", "Maid of the Sea", some of the sailors, and the two assistant priests who participated in the sea festival for the first time were all frightened by this terrifying sight, and their faces turned pale.
Juan, who has had many sea festival experiences. Like a child's toy, Auro directed the sailors without any mood swings, allowing the ship to continue along the only safe course in the thick fog and exaggerated waves.
After a while, the fog suddenly lifted, the waves miraculously calmed down, and a sea of sapphires came into Lumien's eyes.
The sea seems to be boundless, but the distance and the sky are gray, and only a little sunlight can seep in.
Santa Puerto, inside the Soro Lodge.
Lugano stood at the window and watched as the citizens once again formed a celebratory procession, walking through the streets and spreading joy.
He had taken Ludwig to see the departure of the "Governor of the Sea" from the harbor on the ship of the Painted Flowers, and had participated in the celebrations organized by the two people, and it was almost time for tea in the morning before returning to his suite to give Ludwig food that he had bought on the road and prepared in advance.
"I can go around later, and when the 'Governor of the Sea' returns, there will be another wave of celebrations, but unfortunately, with such a child, I can't respond to the enthusiastic Lady Fenerport......" Lugano thought with some regret.
Just then, he heard a knock on the door.
"Who?" Lugano, who has several years of experience as a bounty hunter, has heightened his vigilance.
"It's me." A soft voice came from outside the door.
Lugano could hear that it was Mrs. Giorgia's, Ruvio. Paco's wife.
She came to the boss? Something happened to the Paco family again? Lugano glanced at Ludwig, who was eating seriously, walked quickly to the door, and opened the door.
Instead of wearing a more gaudy and fancy dress today, Georgia wore a long black dress that resembled her grandmother's widow.
At this time, her long brown hair was a little messy, and her blue eyes with thick eyelashes could not hide the fear and panic.
"Louis. What about Mr. Berry?" The lady asked.
"I'm going to participate in the various festivals of the prayer ceremony." Lugano said Lumian's pretext.
He looked at Mrs. Georgia, who was a little helpless, and subconsciously cared, "Is something wrong?"
"Out, out......" Giorgia said with a panicked look and a frightened look in her eyes, "I found out the true identity of that humanoid lizard!"
That humanoid lizard? The humanoid lizard that was killed by the boss? Lugano was puzzled, and Giorgia suddenly threw herself into his arms.
The scent then pierced Lugano's nose, preventing him from immediately pushing the lady away.
Georgia suppressed her voice but couldn't hide her fear, "That humanoid lizard is, it's my husband Ruvio. Paco!"
"Huh?" Lugano was both surprised and dazed.
Giorgia gritted her teeth and said, "The one you saw, yes, it's fake!"
Fake? Someone pretended to be Ruvio. Paco, and the real Ruvio. Paco turns into a humanoid lizard and gets killed by his boss? As soon as such speculation flashed through Lugano's mind, his thoughts suddenly became sluggish, and everything in front of him seemed to be covered with frosted glass.
He struggled subconsciously, but was firmly held by Georgia with great strength, interrupted with various small movements.
At the table, Ludwig was munching on a small skewer of grilled octopus, seemingly unaware of the silent mutation at the door.
Diagonally across the hallway from a suite, Ruvio. Paco was sitting quietly in his easy chair with a faint smile on his face.
He deliberately created a humanoid lizard incident to invite Louie. Berry came to solve it, firstly, to confirm the identity of the other party, and secondly, to leave the loophole that the Paco family was unable to deal with the weak monster, so that others would not suspect that it was done by the "Facelings" in order to achieve the intention of confusing the target.
But after that, he gave up on dealing with Louis. Berry intended to not activate the corresponding trap.
It's not that he failed to identify the other party as the target, Lumian. The mysterious aura in Li's chest was so hidden that others couldn't hide it from him, but he had a new idea.
April Fool's overall actions and his personal purpose may not be the same!
He is now targeting the little boy named Ludwig.
A sealed demigod-level powerhouse is simply a gift from Tianzun to him!
There was no better object of ritual for him.
That's why he reminded the sea of changes and continued to confuse Lumian. At the same time, Li let the other party think of concepts such as "sealing" and "stealing", and figured out what the prank was like last year, and took the initiative to board the salute ship and go to the land of sea sacrifices, transferring this opponent, who was obviously not weak, and dragging it down by the power of the other side.
Next, he will complete a grand performance in front of a large number of Santa Port citizens!
On the calm, unwavering, blue sea, the four "maids of the sea" performed a short sacrificial dance, while the sailors took out the sacrificial offerings of lambs, roosters, and bull heads from the cabin and piled them up on the bow.
Juan who keeps the "Ring of the Queen of the Sea". Oro approached the "Governor of the Sea" and waited to give the gift to the bridegroom of the sea.
Lumian looked around, wary of everyone here.
Any one of them could burst out of nowhere, either as a "bard", "madwoman", "salted superman", "Loki", "Hisoka", or a secret puppet.
The soft and rhythmic dance soon ended, and Juan. Oro took out the strangely shaped gold ring and handed it to Simon, the soon-to-be "Governor of the Sea". Giaro.
At this moment, a person came out of the cabin, and a person walked out openly.
It was a woman, dressed in a black nun dress and a corresponding hat, with a calm and sad expression.
The sailors around did not stop the woman, as if she did not exist.
Seeing this scene, Lumian's pupils suddenly dilated, and his eyes condensed sharply.
That's, that's the source of madness!
It was the lost humanoid seal of the Church of the Eternal Sun!
In an instant, Lumian suddenly figured out two things:
It is said that the "Governor of the Sea" turned "Death Navigator" coincidentally appeared near the "Asuka" and set off a huge wave;
The humanoid seal unconsciously sailed out into the sea, and chose the same destination as himself - Santa Harbor.
There's a reason for that!