Deep Sea Embers - Chapter 654
[Chapter 647: Farewell for now]
As the air rushed out of the pipe, a loud and melodious whistle came from the upper level of the Ark of the Academy of Truth. The Lost Home once again docked at the steam machinery dock at the end of the Ark’s coastline. Knowledge guards wearing dark blue robes and scholars appeared on the trestle, preparing to welcome back their pope.
Duncan saw Rune who had just come out of the captain’s cabin on the stern deck.
This short, fat elf old man had been staying in the captain’s cabin and had a long chat with the “Creator” of their race. Duncan didn’t know what the other party was talking about with the goat head. He only knew that when Rune came from When the captain walked out of the cabin, the expression on his face looked a little confused.
There is also a calmness like letting your mind go.
He came to the “Pope of Truth” and greeted him several times before the latter finally woke up from the daze and confusion.
“Your church ship is already waiting nearby,” Duncan raised his finger and pointed to the giant ark outside the ship that looked like a small city-state. “The scholars and guards are here to take you back.” Rune raised his head and glanced at
this Then he nodded belatedly: “Oh… yes, it’s time to go back.”
Looking at the reaction of the old elf, Duncan couldn’t help but be a little confused: “What were you talking about with Sasloka? You were just now We were not in this state when we boarded the ship…”
“We talked… about a lot of things,” Lu En hesitated, as if he didn’t know where to start. “A lot of things.”
Duncan frowned and vaguely realized: “It seems that you have seen the first mate’s normal appearance.”
Lu En suddenly became excited, as if he had really come back to his senses. He raised his head and glanced at Duncan, hesitated for a long time before finally speaking: “…What did he say? So many?”
“I’m even more surprised that He spoke so little when he was in mythical form.” Duncan laughed, with a bit of joy in his smile. “What you see now is His character when he was on my ship. ——Strictly speaking, it is his character when he was the ‘Goat Head’.”
Lu En opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something but didn’t know where to start. After holding it in for a long time, he suddenly laughed in relief: “…There’s nothing wrong with it. He seems to like it very much.”
The deck fell silent for a while, and no one seemed to pay attention to the patrol ark waiting for the Pope’s return. After an unknown amount of time, Duncan broke the silence: “You How do you plan to deal with the ‘truth’ of this incident? Especially the part about Saslokar.” “
Most of the content will be known to the senior leaders of the Four Gods Church. Like all extraordinary events that point to gods, we will Seal the news, deal with the aftermath, and carefully evaluate the long-term impact of this incident on the real world, and on the elf society…”
Lu En paused here, thinking, and then shook his head slightly after a moment.
“The ancient time has passed. The legend… let it continue to sleep in the legend. This is what ‘He’ means.” “That’s
good. I don’t like trouble.” Duncan nodded, and then the conversation started. “But there is one thing I need to remind you – this is the third city-state.”
Lu En immediately understood what Duncan meant, and his expression became solemn.
“Plande, Frost, Qingfeng Port…the causes and processes of each incident seem to be different. Each one seems to be just a ‘special disaster’ that is independent of each other. The biggest black hand behind each incident seems to be that Helping cultists, but a group of cultists alone cannot move the most basic order of the world,” Duncan said seriously. “What is really shown behind these incidents is that the ‘foundation’ of the world is being shaken – I want to know , whether the Four Gods Church can do anything about this, what do you know, and what kind of response plan do you have.”
Lu En was silent with a heavy face, and after a long time, he nodded lightly.
“I understand what you mean… Now I have confirmed your position. At least in my personal judgment, it is indeed time to abandon suspicion and further cooperate.” Duncan looked at him: “But you still have to consider three other things
. The reaction of the Church of God, right?”
“Not only considering their reaction… but also the reaction of God,” Lu En said calmly, “I will discuss this matter with the other three popes as soon as possible, no matter what the outcome is. , I will give you an answer – similarly, no matter what the result is, at least the Academy of Truth will give the Lost Home Fleet the utmost trust and cooperation from now on.” Duncan nodded, he knew that this was what the other party could do at this stage
. The biggest promise you can make to yourself.
At this moment, Lu En seemed to think of something again, and suddenly said: “There is another thing – I have heard about Miss Vanna’s experience in this incident, and I think… at least the Fire Bearer should I’ll come to you soon.”
“Firebringer?” Duncan frowned and reacted immediately.
He turned around and looked at the other side of the deck – Vanna was leaning on the pillar beside the ship and blowing the sea breeze. She seemed to be concentrating with her eyes closed, but Duncan’s attention was not on her, but on the of the same thing.
It was a huge, weird cane like a tree trunk. The end of the cane swelled like a strangely shaped boulder. The body of the cane was straight and rough. The entire cane was covered with carvings that looked like mysterious symbols.
It was left to Vanna by the giant named “Tarikin” – even if the dream of the unknown person completely dissipated, this cane still remained, and together with the strange “mini sun”, it returned to reality with the Lost Home. world.
“Eternal Burning Fire, Tarijn, the god who brings fire,” Rune said quietly, “The ‘giant’ Miss Vanna saw in the dream of the Nameless One should have been in the process of two worlds colliding with each other. , a phantom remains in Silantis’s memory in the form of ‘reverberation’, but even if it is a phantom, it is the phantom of the ancient god. What he left behind now crosses the boundary between dreams and reality. “That
cane …If I’m not mistaken, it should be the ‘Chronicle’ enshrined by the Fire Bearers – there is a ‘device’ that looks almost exactly the same as it on Frame’s Pilgrimage Ark, which is regarded as the Pilgrimage Ark. The core is just much larger than the ‘cane’. I’ve seen it before, and it looks more like a huge monument… “
And the ‘chronicle’ built on the Fire Bearer’s Ark is actually It is a ‘replica’ made according to the description in the holy book. For a long time, the real ‘chronological pillar’ has only existed in legends.” Duncan thoughtfully said: “In other words, the
cane brought back by Vanna, It’s the ‘genuine’ product described in the holy book.”
“It can only be said to be the closest to the ‘genuine product’ known so far,” Lu En said seriously, “Maybe there is no real ‘genuine product’ in this world anymore—— The Great Annihilation ended everything. We trace our origins back from the Deep Sea Age, and the limit we can reach is only to be infinitely close to the so-called ‘authentic product’.” “Anyway, it seems that the ‘cane’ is very useful to the fire bearers
. It means a lot.” Duncan nodded slightly, “Do you think they are going to take away the cane? Is that what they mean?” “I’m not sure
. Frame is a kind and fair man. He never forces others to do anything. They will take things that don’t belong to them, but… you know, after all, it is the ‘chronicle’ left by the eternal burning fire. Whether it is for the Fire Bearer sect or the Senjin people, its significance It’s all too special.”
Duncan said nothing, just stared at the “cane” currently placed next to Vanna, thinking in silence.
For some reason, he thought of the long sword that had been thrown into the sky.
He gave the long sword to the research institution in Qingfeng Port, because to him, the only thing that mattered was the “information” about another world behind the sword, and he did not care about the extraordinary item itself. Not a professional researcher.
Similarly, the cane actually doesn’t mean much to him, even if it was once held in the hands of the Eternal Burning Fire Tower Ruijin – Duncan is only interested in the “truth” and “knowledge” of the Great Annihilation. , after getting this part of the information, he didn’t care about anything else.
There are many otherworldly things in this world, but to Duncan, most of them are worthless—not yet worthy of a spot on the Lost Home.
But the problem this time is that the cane was left to Vanna by Tarijin.
He must respect his crew.
“Personally, I don’t mind handing over the staff to the Firebringer. After all, just like the “Poem of Horo-Dazor” in your hand means to the elves, the ‘Chronicle’ is indeed a cultural relic of the Sen’jin people – But I have to consider Fanna’s thoughts,” he said calmly, “Since you already know Fanna’s experience, you should know that she cherishes that cane.” He paused and said to Lu En seriously
. : “That’s the relic of her ‘friend’ – I’m not as generous and fair as the Frame you call me. I protect my shortcomings.” “…I
understand your attitude,” Rune nodded seriously, “I I will convey these words to Frame and ask him to consider this matter carefully – to prevent both parties from being embarrassed.”
Duncan nodded slightly: “This is best.”
The melodious and loud whistle sounded again, and over the Academy Ark A large cloud of steam rose up.
Rune said goodbye to everyone on the Lost Home, and then as Duncan and others watched, the old elf stepped onto the trestle back to the Ark.
The mechanical trestle driven by the huge steam engine slowly retracted, and then the entire deformable dock mechanism was shrunk into the “coastal structure” on the side of the Ark amidst a series of heavy mechanical operations. This is equivalent to a “church” of a small city-state. “The giant ship” made a low roar and gradually separated from the Lost Home.
But Duncan knew that the Ark would not return to the border immediately – Luen revealed his next arrangements. The Pilgrimage Ark would stay in Qingfeng Port for a while to assist the city-state that had “awakened from its big dream”. A series of aftermath matters.
But that has nothing to do with Lost Home.
Now, Duncan has to deal with another matter that requires “aftermath”.
He came to the captain’s cabin at the stern of the ship, pushed the door open and entered.
(End of chapter)
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