Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 540

[Chapter 538]

of absence When Lucrezia took over the small hairpin, Duncan felt that a part of his “heart” suddenly relaxed.

It was an imperceptible corner, a feeling that could not be described in words, as if a mission that had been delayed for a long time was finally completed, even if the body had forgotten what the mission was, the mission engraved in the soul There was still a sigh in his thoughts.

“I hope you like it,” Duncan said softly after a moment of silence, “I don’t remember many things, but I remember that this hairpin is for you.” “I heard what Tirian said,” Lucrece

said Ya nodded. At some point, she felt that the hesitation and anxiety that had plagued her for many days had dissipated—although she had contacted her father through the crystal ball before, it turned out that only in the real world Only by meeting with your own eyes can those worries be dispelled. “Anyway, it’s good that you can return to ‘this side’.”

Duncan nodded, and then turned his gaze to the person standing not far away, who has been standing there since just now. An elf scholar who strives to reduce his presence.

“Master Taran El,” he said with a faint smile on his face, trying to sound a little more approachable, “now that we meet again in reality – glad to see you safe and sound, I have many things I need to talk to you.”

“Don’t… don’t talk about master, you are too polite,” Taran Ayer quickly waved his hand, “Just call me by my name. I have admired you for a long time, great Captain Duncan the explorer, uh, I mean you are still alive… when you were alive… when you were still a human being… I just…” Duncan looked at

the elf scholar silently, while Lucrezia remained silent Suddenly pulled out a “short stick” like a magic wand, and pointed it at Taran Ayer’s nose.

“Frog, or snake?” She said something dangerous in a calm tone.

Taran Al raised his hands in an instant, and looked at Duncan with a sad face: “I want to say, I admired your reputation a century ago, but unfortunately I have never had the chance to meet…”

Duncan didn’t expect this elf scholar’s character to be so interesting, so he couldn’t help laughing: “Is this the truth?” “

Of course,” Taran El said with a serious face, “As a scholar who is very interested in the border , I have always hoped to make more friends with those real explorers, learn about things beyond the boundaries of civilization from their mouths, and even yearn to go on a long voyage in person to explore the magnificent barrier of thick fog-it is a pity that I am destined to be unable to complete such a great The journey…”

“It’s okay, now you have the opportunity to ‘make friends’ with me,” Duncan nodded, and then he seemed to suddenly think of something, and turned to Lucrecia and said, “Oh, yes, still There is one thing for you.”

Lucrezia didn’t react for a while, and then she saw Duncan raised his hand and waved – the flame door that appeared on the deck before did not disappear At this moment, it suddenly expanded with Duncan’s movements, and a cavity seemed to be formed in the swirling flames. After the instant deflagration and subsidence, a huge wooden box appeared on the deck.

There was also a plump pigeon with white feathers and fluffy body standing on the box.

Ai tilted his head, looked at Lucrecia with one eye, and glanced somewhere with the other eye: “My dear, please accept the express delivery and give me a five-star praise.”

Lucrecia was stunned for a while. Looking at the scene blankly, wondering what happened to the pigeon, and then noticed a metal nameplate on the side of the wooden box.

“The spirit world lens that Tirian prepared for you—the highest quality,” Duncan pointed to the box, “you won’t forget it, will you?” “Ah,

I… haven’t forgotten it,” Lucrezia looked at He floated to the side, and said with a guilty conscience, then changed the subject bluntly, raised his finger and pointed to the pigeon that was strutting on the box, “This is the ‘Ai’ that my brother mentioned? It just said ‘five-star praise’ What is it?”

“Don’t worry, most people can’t understand the way this pigeon speaks,” Duncan waved his hand, beckoning Ai to land on his shoulder, and motioned for Lucrecia to lead the way, “Put the lens on first.” Let’s stay on the deck, and you can deal with it yourself, let’s find a place where we can talk about things first.”

“Okay.”

Led by Lucrecia, Duncan and Taran Ayer came to a certain “reception room” on the middle deck.

This is an upper cabin with a wide window near the side of the ship. Through the window, visitors can see the power structure on the side of the Bright Star, and they can also see the shadow of the ship like a ghost, as if it is forever shrouded The stern structure in the fog.

Duncan came to the window and looked at the “scenery” outside the window with some curiosity, observing this “ship of the curse” which had a different style of painting from the Lost Country, but also had a strange atmosphere, especially paying attention to its ghost It took a long time for the kingdom-like stern to sigh: “This ship is completely different from the Sea Mist.”

Hearing Duncan’s unintentional “evaluation”, Lucrecia looked a little uneasy: ” It’s been a long time, whether it’s the Sea Fog or the Bright Star… It’s very different from your original design. In order to survive in the ‘Frontier’, I made a lot of bold modifications to this ship, you should not Will you be angry?”

“There should be some changes, and changes are a good thing,” Duncan laughed, “The Lost Country has also changed a lot, and if you go up and have a look, you will be surprised by its internal state.” Step

on Homeless?

Lucrezia was in a trance for a while, perhaps because she recalled the long past, or perhaps because she thought of her elder brother who had boarded the Lost Country several times and contacted her every now and then to scare her.

However, she quickly came back to her senses and nodded to Duncan: “I… will go.”

Then she raised her head again, raised her voice slightly and said to the door: “Luni, you can come in now.

” The door opened, and under Duncan’s slightly curious gaze, a wind-up doll that looked half or half the same as Lucrezia’s but was made of metal, ceramics and leather was pushing a small cart with drinks and snacks walked in.

Accompanied by the faint sound of gears turning, the wind-up doll came to the reception table and bowed slightly to Duncan: “Nice to meet you, old master.”

“You are Luni?” Duncan couldn’t help but look at this wonderful doll, “I found your ‘sister’ Nilu in Prand’s doll shop—frankly speaking, you are really different Big.”

“When you first saw me, I was just a three-point doll.” Lu Ni bowed her head politely, and there were slight ticking and clicking sounds in her body, ” Of course, I was unable to think and speak at that time, and it was the hostess who gave me life.”

“…incredible technology,” Duncan looked at Lucrecia, “but now there is a talking and thinking one on my ship.” Doll’, maybe Luni and her can be friends.”

“I know, my brother told me about the abnormal 099,” Lucrecia nodded and said, “Luni did say that Miss ‘Alice’ I’m curious, but… is she really safe?”

“Extremely safe,” Duncan waved his hand, “She’s the safest ship on the Lost Home, where she can even beat a bucket…”

Lu Cressia: “…?”

Miss Witch finally began to vaguely realize what her father meant when he said “the Lost Country has changed a lot”…

Duncan finally focused on the ship at this time. On Taran El.

Under the uncomfortable gaze of the elf scholar, he adjusted his sitting posture, and asked seriously: “In your elf legends or traditional belief systems, is there the word ‘dream of the nameless’?”

Taran · Al was startled when he heard the words: “The dream of the nameless man?”

Then, he suddenly realized: “You mean the dream I fell into before? You mean… that dream has a name called ‘Nameless’ The dream of the devil’?”

“If the information is correct, it is called this name.”

Duncan gave an affirmative answer, and then he told the people in front of him all the information he had obtained from a group of cult members by “using a little trick” The two of them, including the possible role played by the group of final missionaries in the shadows, as well as some of his own superficial conjectures and the previous discussion with Agatha, had no reservations.

During Duncan’s narration, Taran Ayer unknowingly forgot his nervousness and embarrassment at the beginning, and gradually became engrossed. Even Lucrecia next to him leaned forward slightly, her face He looks pensive from time to time.

For scholars who are obsessed with research, the information obtained from the heterodox sounds dangerous but tempting. They may have a lot to do with those evil heresies, but behind them… it seems to be vaguely pointing to some knowledge and mysteries .

When Duncan finally finished speaking, the room became very quiet for a while, and the two scholars at the scene fell into thinking at the same time. After some time, Lucrecia was the first to break the silence: “Is this information reliable? Ah , I don’t doubt you, but those cultists are usually very cunning, even experts in dealing with heresy, such as church judges, often have to work hard to pry things out of those guys…” “Reliable,”

Duncan There was confidence in the tone, “I used some very effective investigation techniques—ah, you want to understand the specific process?”

Lucrezia and Taran Eyre were stunned for a moment, shaking their heads at the same time without thinking.

“…Okay,” Duncan felt a little regretful, “Then what are your thoughts now? Mr. Taran Ayer, do you have any guesses about this so-called ‘Dream of the Nameless’?” Taran Ayer

carefully After thinking about it, it took a few seconds before he opened his mouth: “There is no such word in the various legends and traditional beliefs of elves. At least I can be sure that this word does not belong to the elven language family, but if we simply discuss the word ‘dream’ In terms of concepts… Our race has many stories related to it.”

Duncan immediately became interested: “Oh?”

“Have you heard of… the Great Demon God Sasloka?”

(End of this chapter)