Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 278
[Chapter 278 A New Storm]
Fanna and Valentine were both stunned by this sudden change. Pope Helena’s “judgment” is not so much a solemn religious ruling, but more like a deliberate result— —The result has already been decided, the conversation just now was nothing more than a procedure.
Such a hasty “judgment” was of course difficult for Fanna, the judge, and even Valentine next to her. They all said in unison, “Your Majesty…” “It’s okay, it’s okay, there’s nothing wrong with it,
life There will always be some ups and downs, just like storms are always the most unpredictable existence,” Helena waved her hand, interrupting Fan Na and Valentine’s words, “And don’t fall into despair easily, Saint Fan Na—removing the duties of a judge is not necessarily a punishment, it’s just that you are temporarily unsuitable for this job, maybe… the storm has other favors for you?
” Yue heard some deep meaning from Helena’s tone, but just as she was about to ask something, she saw the Pope in front of her shaking her head.
“Let’s stop here for now. There are still some things that I need to see with my own eyes before I can decide,” Helena said lightly, “Prand… I haven’t set foot on this land in person for many years.” When she said this
, Pause briefly.
“You go back to the upper deck first, the elevator is ready, I will complete a blessing here – it won’t be long, we will meet on the upper deck.” Almost before she could understand what was going on,
Fan Na and Varen Ding was “rushed” back into the elevator together, and it wasn’t until the elevator reached the top, until the two of them left the car and walked in the corridor leading to the upper deck, that Valentine broke the silence in a low voice: “Fanna, you now… feel How?”
He really didn’t think of a better way to break the embarrassment.
Fanna stopped in her tracks.
Valentine stepped back a little.
“Are you serious about taking these two steps back?”
“I’m afraid you’re serious.”
“You can still tell cold jokes, so it seems that you are also aware of the unusualness of this matter.” Fan Na shook her head and said in a low voice, “Frankly speaking, my initial reaction was unbelievable and unacceptable. The hasty ‘judgment’ is more like a nasty joke, and should not come from the mouth of the Pope, but just now I recalled the details of the Pope’s words, and I always feel…she seems to have other meanings.” Said
, She breathed lightly: “I think I should wait patiently, waiting for what His Holiness said ‘the storm has another favor’.” “
Your calmness and reason are indeed far beyond ordinary people – this kind of thing suddenly happened to you Well, most people probably won’t be able to think calmly like you so quickly,” Valentine stepped forward again, talking while walking, “But compared to this, I’m more concerned about another thing now. “
Fan Na frowned: “Another matter?”
“Removing a judge must be replaced by a new judge, and such an important position as a city-state judge must be ‘tested’ by the Pope himself. And appointed – you should be very clear about this process,” Valentine said slowly, “but the Pope did not mention this matter at all… This should have been announced at the same time as the appointment or even in advance’Necessary matters’.”
Fanna frowned subconsciously, but did not speak for a moment, while Valentine continued: “In addition, she chose to announce your dismissal in a ‘secret room’ that no one knows about. No matter what the content of the secret is, it is a kind of ‘safe code’.” Fan Na must admit that her young self is not as good as Bishop Valentine after all
. Such a senior priest has a thorough understanding of the original storm, she did not think of these key points for a while!
“You mean…”
“Your dismissal will not be known by anyone,” Valentine calmly looked into Fana’s eyes, “and there will be no new judge to take over your position.”
Fan Na was startled, and frowned slightly: “Then how should I continue to perform my duties in Prand?”
“I don’t know,” Valentine said softly. He raised his head, looked towards the exit of the corridor ahead, and continued to speak after a moment of thought, “but I suspect that you may not need to continue to perform your own duties in Prand soon. It’s my duty.”
…
In the extremely vast space, Pope Helena stood quietly among the dim firelight, and it took an unknown amount of time before she raised her head and looked at the darkness in the distance.
This is the bottom of the pilgrimage ark. It is an area that ordinary people rarely have the opportunity to touch, or even understand at all. She called this place “the belly of the giant beast”. In a sense, this statement is actually not wrong at all. .
Helena stepped forward, crossed the burning braziers, and came to a location that had never been illuminated by fire before.
Clusters of flames spread along with her footsteps, gradually illuminating the entire dark space, reflecting things that had not been illuminated before.
The intertwined venation structure on the ground, the huge tumors or nerve nodules hanging from the high dome, the nerve cords and vascular pillars hanging down from the dome, and the huge pale support like a skeleton.
These things, which were originally hidden in the darkness, appeared before Helena’s eyes as the fire spread.
She finally stopped in front of a huge “pillar”.
This is a pillar composed of a large number of complex structures twisted and stacked. Its surface is uneven and mottled, and a large number of nerves and vascular systems are intertwined like reliefs. In the depths of those nervous systems, you can faintly Seeing intricate wire threads and needles gleaming with silver light, it seems to spread from the upper layer.
On the top of this pillar, on the dim dome, you can also see a more dense number of pendant organs. The surface of those organs is covered with grooves, which looks like… the brain.
Helena stared at the pillar for a long time, then stretched out her hand, slowly stroking the concave and convex grooves formed by the nerve fibers.
“The Academy of Truth…is an unbelievable technology,” she admired softly. “Who would have thought that the dead Leviathan could be ‘resurrected’ in this way…”
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a low squirming sound from the pillar, and then a hoarse and old voice sounded from an unknown structure: “First of all, I am not considered dead from the beginning, and secondly, I am not dead either. I don’t think I’m ‘alive’ right now—it’s a loose term to describe Leviathan in terms of life and death, girl.” “…I
thought you were sleeping.”
“I do sleep most of the time , but today you solemnly prayed to Queen Gamona and brought outsiders to this place, I think I should be awake no matter what.”
The corners of Helena’s mouth seemed to tremble: “……Then what do you think? Have you reached a satisfactory scene?”
“I thought you were quite unreasonable,” the hoarse old voice came again, “Didn’t you do a good job? No one in the comprehensive evaluation of the judges of the major city-states can surpass you.” Hers, you will be dismissed directly, don’t say any reason to shake your faith… We all know that as long as you can continue to perform your duties, this reason is the most insignificant.” “This is the arrangement of the Lord of Storms.” Hai
Lin Na said lightly.
The hoarse and old voice was obviously stunned for a moment before opening: “…Oh, then I’m fine.”
Helena shook her head helplessly: “I thought you would at least ask.”
But this time, The hoarse old voice didn’t respond in the slightest.
He fell asleep.
…
In the vast and boundless sea, the steel battleship Haiwu is sailing through the waves, and as the battleship gradually “heals” and its power is fully activated at the moment, the thin layer of ice fog also appears around the ship again. And there are small pieces of floating ice constantly forming on the nearby sea surface.
Tirian came to the bow, looking at the open sea ahead.
For some reason, he always felt vaguely uneasy.
At first, he thought it was the sequelae of “father’s injury”, the accumulation of pressure brought about by seeing his father several times in the sea and in the city of Purland, but as the Sea Fog got farther and farther away from Purland, De, this uneasiness has not weakened, but has become more intense.
This even made him gradually a little irritable.
It seemed that something was about to happen, or…had already happened, and it was most likely related to me.
He trusts his intuition as a Transcendent in this regard.
Tirian took a deep breath, pressed his hand on the railing in front of him, and frowned in thought.
At this moment, as if to confirm the growing anxiety, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind.
Tirian turned his head suddenly, and saw that it was the first mate Aiden walking towards him.
The usually calm first officer’s face was full of tension at this moment.
Tirian immediately frowned: “What happened?”
“Just now the chapel received a psychic message from the home port, something happened in the sea near Frost.”
“Near Frost?” Tirian felt his heart skip a beat. , asking, “What’s the situation?”
“…an ancient diving device suddenly appeared in the sea off the frost,” Aiden couldn’t help taking a breath when he said this, “It’s the ‘No. 3 Submersible’— — the eighth.”
(End of this chapter)
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