Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 437

[Chapter 435 Looking into the distance]

, the mirror image turned into ashes, the darkness began to subside, the phantom of the Queen’s Guard disappeared, and the profane creations that invaded the city-state also disintegrated, turning into black mud that quickly dried up, and the sound of guns and guns everywhere in the city-state followed It fell silent—and replaced by an unspeakable fear and silence that enveloped the whole city.

Everyone can see that huge existence, the one standing in the boundless sea, overlooking the city-state from the clouds.

Just a few minutes ago, the mirror image Frost was turned into ashes in the hands of the “giant”, and no one could have guessed what would happen next.

Only the dark green flames that spread throughout the city and covered the sea are still burning—but these flames don’t hurt people, they just pass through the real world like phantoms, and when they touch it, you can feel it. Just a harmless warmth.

Agatha lowered her head and casually helped the high-level deacon with a bad face. The burning flames on her arms made the latter a little nervous, but compared to the atmosphere that enveloped the whole city at the moment, this little tension seemed insignificant.

“Next…” The high-level deacon’s face was a little pale, he looked at Agatha, at the green spirit fire burning on her body, which was the same as the flames filling the whole city at the moment, and his voice was still a little trembling, “Next What will happen?”

Agatha thought for a while, then shook her head: “I don’t know.”

The senior deacon’s eyes widened: “You don’t know?!” “

…I didn’t ask,” Agatha said frankly, ” The situation was urgent, and I had no other choice.”

The senior deacon was dumbfounded, and he had many questions to ask—the origin of the “giant” on the sea, the nature of these flames in the city, the reason for Agatha’s current appearance, However, none of them could be asked for a while.

Agatha didn’t pay attention to the reaction of the high-ranking deacon. She just turned her face slightly, watching the last delicate pale ashes slowly fall on her shoulders.

The fluttering ashes in the city-state had ceased at some point, and it seemed that it was the last piece that fell on her shoulders——in a trance, she felt as if someone had patted her on the shoulder.

“I have to leave,” she heard someone whispering in her ear, “The journey in this world is over, and there is still a farther road waiting for me to go.” “Have a good trip, Bishop Ivan   .

“

Blowing, blowing through the gate of the silent cathedral, blowing across the square in front of the gate, rolled up the piece of light ashes, and let it dissipate quietly in the wind.

…

On the top of the bell tower at the back of the church, Shirley in a black dress looked at the street below. She was sitting on a wall extending from the edge of the eaves, with her legs hanging outside, dangling boredly, reading Mumbling: “Be quiet…”

“Everyone seems to be terrified…” Nina stood on the small platform behind Shirley, and looked up at the sky while talking, “I was also shocked. …”

“Who is not afraid when they see it?” Shirley shrank her neck, carefully looking at the huge and hazy figure on the sea in the distance, “I never thought that Mr. Duncan would use this method to solve this trouble in the end— —It’s even bigger than the last movement in Purland.”

“Uncle Duncan said that the root of the Frost Crisis is the mirror image, so to solve the problem, the mirror image must be completely resolved—the rituals to seal or stop the cultists can only be temporary The safe, once-and-for-all solution is to pull out the mirror image and burn it in the real world,” Nina said with a serious face, “but the mirror image is too large, so he needs a big enough ‘field of fire’…” “Okay, okay

, I know, I know, you are really good at setting fire, right? I will definitely mention this matter to Mr. Duncan later,” Shirley waved her hands again and again, then raised her head with some doubts, “But then again… …What is Mr. Duncan doing now? Hasn’t the matter been resolved? When will he come back?”

Nina raised her head when she heard the words, looked at the huge figure on the sea outside the city, thought for a while and said, “Then I’ll go up and ask? “

“Go, go,” Shirley waved quickly, “When you go up, don’t forget to tell Mr. Duncan that our homework was eaten by the deep hound…” Before

she could finish her sentence, Nina was already there A bright arc of flames formed in mid-air, and then rushed straight to the shadow outside the city.

…

At a height that could overlook the entire frosty sea, Duncan gazed through the gap between the clouds, quietly observing the sea and the city below.

The sea is boundless and extends far away. The city-state is like a disc floating on the sea, bathed in the light of the sky alone. At the end of the sea and the sky, there is a majestic fog that can be seen dimly. The fog is like a wall, showing The faintly visible arc surrounds the entire border of civilization.

This is an unprecedented perspective – he has never observed the world from this position, presumably no one in this world has ever done anything similar.

He can feel that the “flame” supporting his current posture is gradually extinguishing on the sea surface and in the city-state. This state of standing in the sky cannot be maintained for a long time, but he still wants to take another look before the energy he has accumulated is exhausted. .

At this moment, a cluster of small flames bursting out from the clouds suddenly entered Duncan’s field of vision.

The cluster of small flames jumped among the clouds, like a light swallow, and when the flames approached him, he heard Nina’s voice reaching his ears: “Uncle Duncan! What are you doing?

” I’m observing the world,” Duncan smiled, and whispered to the cluster of “flames”, and raised his finger again to let the latter jump on his fingertips, “Why did you come up?” “Shirley asked me to come up,

she I wonder what you are doing,” Nina said cheerfully, and the flames swayed at Duncan’s fingertips—even though her posture at this moment has swelled into a cluster of flames that are bigger than the bell tower, they are still very small in Duncan’s eyes, “You said Are you observing the world? What’s interesting?”

Duncan smiled and raised his chin: “Look, below.”

The cluster of flames swayed to the side.

“……Wow.”

“It’s amazing, isn’t it,” Duncan said softly, “No one has ever overlooked the boundless sea and the city-states on the sea from this height – and the fog in the distance, so huge, even from my current perspective, looking at You will feel suffocated when you reach it.”

Nina thought about it seriously: “…but if it is a normal-sized human being, it will not feel it when it is at the border of the eternal veil, because it can’t see everything.” Duncan was

stunned After a moment, he burst out laughing.

“Yes, you are right. When ordinary people really come to the fog wall, they will not be aware of the oppressive and suffocating feeling, because they can’t see the whole thing… We are at a high place, and we see too much “

“Uncle Duncan, how do I feel… Your words seem to have other meanings?”

Duncan did not respond to Nina’s question, he just looked into the distance quietly, and after a while he suddenly said: “Do you have any questions?” I don’t feel curious, what is there on the other side of the fog?”

“…The book says that the fog is endless, there is no opposite, there is only fog outside.”

Duncan looked at his fingertips: “This is what the book says, you What about your own ideas?” “

…I think the book is just the speculation of scholars, Mr. Morris has said that all things related to the world outside the civilized world are speculations of scholars – the so-called research is to follow the The process of guessing and verifying,” Nina said happily, “there may be another world on the other side of the fog!”

Then she paused, as if she suddenly realized: “Ah! Uncle Duncan, don’t you Are you planning to walk through the thick fog? Do you really want to try? This place is very close to the northern border, and you are so tall now, maybe it is really…” “Unfortunately, it is not feasible,”

Duncan shook his head lightly , interrupted the excited Nina, “I can’t maintain this state for a long time, and I can’t leave this sea area in this state-there is a limit to the ritual method. What we can do now is to watch here.”

Nina It seemed that she was a little depressed for a moment, and after a while, she tentatively said, “Then…can I go over and have a look? I can fly in the sky now~”

“But you can only fly for a short while, you know your limit,” Duncan shook his head again, “and I don’t recommend you to do this, we know too little about that thick fog, adventurous and reckless It’s different.”

Nina was silent for a while, and then she stretched out her voice: “Oh—then we really can only have a look here.” “

The first step on the journey is to look into the distance,” The corners of Duncan’s mouth curled up. He felt that the flames supporting him began to fade rapidly. This exhausting posture had reached the critical point, but before dispelling his own projection, he still smiled, “And there are not many things we want to see. It’s just that in the distance, Nina, have you noticed the appearance of the city-state? Such a regular disk, so neat that it doesn’t look like a natural product, and the sea below is so deep and vast, we still don’t know what’s on the bottom of the sea… …

“The cultists firmly believe that this world will eventually be destroyed, and they can create a new world. The Holy See firmly believes that following the guidance of the four gods is the only way to maintain the eternity of the world, but there are too many unknown things in this world… Whether it is Be it cultists, the Orthodox Church, or scholars from various city-states, everyone’s views on the boundless sea are one-sided.

Between the sea and the sky, the huge body of the giant is quietly dissipating, and the mirror-like sea gradually resumes its undulations.

A flame falls from the clouds towards the city-state.

The conversation between Duncan and Nina is still going on: “

Okay, Nina , go back, we still have a lot to do. “

“Oh… ah yes! Uncle Duncan! I forgot to tell you, Shirley and I’s homework was eaten by the deep hound!

“…It doesn’t matter, Morris and I will prepare new ones for you. ” “

(end of this chapter)