Deep Sea Embers Chapter 49: Two groups of dark clouds approaching

The gods live in the kingdom of God far away from the real world. The world believes that that special dimension is the cornerstone of the world. Unlike common sense, this "cornerstone" is not located at the bottom of the world, but at the apex of all dimensions.

The ancient kingdom of Crete described the structure of the world as they knew it in their legacy:

The cornerstone of the world is at the top, guarded by eternal truth and order, the kingdom of God is in the cornerstone, and it will always exist;

From the kingdom of God down, it is the reality where all living beings live. All beings in this world enjoy the afterglow of order and can survive in a relatively stable and rich real world;

From reality down, it gradually deviates from the spiritual world that mortals recognize. In the spiritual world, the blessings of the gods have been thinned, and the power of twisting and grotesque has begun to gain the upper hand;

From the spiritual world down, there is a deep sea that is no longer suitable for living creatures and is dominated by strange forces. It can no longer be counted as part of the material world, but more like a reflection of nothingness;

Beyond the deep sea, it is the bottom of the world - the depth of the warp entrenched in the shadows of all things, and the bodies of extremely dangerous ancient gods and all kinds of sinister things are entrenched in the warp.

In the accounts of the ancient kingdom of Crete, the gods made a contract in the cornerstone. This contract is the source and yardstick of all the laws of the world. All things in the world, and as the "depth" continues to decline, the power of order will begin to weaken, and gradually the warp will take the upper hand - the "cornerstone" and warp where the gods are located are like the upper and lower ends of the world. , "order" flows unidirectionally between these two endpoints.

This is an ancient gift left to the world by the brilliant civilization that pioneered the deep-sea age 10,000 years ago. In the long years, countless scholars have studied this "layered structure" exhaustively, but have not found any The mistakes of this model have been identified, and now, it has become the "world standard model" recognized by the world.

And in this standard model, earthly mortals will fall into deeper places, but few can return from the "deep" to the "shallow", even if there are occasionally a lucky one or two who return from the astral world. In reality, I have never heard of any heaven-defying existence that can reach the "cornerstone" dimension of the gods from reality.

It is precisely because of this that the Homeless returning from the warp to reality has become the most outrageous vision in the world - its return goes against the world's cognition of the world's standard model.

But on the other hand, the existence of the Lost Homes conforms to the classic statement about anomalies and visions: the law of perpetual misalignment of anomalies and visions.

But anyway, Bishop Valentine and Vanna didn't think that the ghost captain had the ability to avenge the storm goddess - even if he had the heart, he couldn't do such a thing.

Because the "cornerstone" is discontinuous from the real world, it does not have a continuous falling, material intercommunication relationship between reality and the spiritual world, between the spiritual world and the deep sea. So far, no scholars have found the "cornerstone". "Evidence that can be directly connected to the real world, even the gods, can only indirectly reduce their influence through projection, metaphor and other methods, a ghost ship... How can it be possible to counterattack the kingdom of the gods?

Since there is no way to seek revenge for the Storm Goddess herself, then of course the only options left are the goddess's followers in the world.

As the headquarters of the Deep Sea Church, the Cathedral of Storms is a "cruising ark" that sails hidden on the boundless sea. Good starting target.

Then the city-state of Perand, which is fixed on the sea, has obvious goals, and is open to the outside world, is naturally a better choice: 80% of the people in this city-state are followers of the Storm Goddess.

Fanna had already decided that the ghost captain was here for revenge - after all, the Homeless crashed into the warp in a storm a hundred years ago, and she couldn't think of any other reason to come. Explain why the Lost Lands, which disappeared for so many years, suddenly returned to the real world, and pointed the finger at the city-state of Perand.

But what exactly is the ghost captain going to do?

Fanna frowned and said slowly while thinking: "Bishop Valentine, do you think... the Lost Homeland has something to do with the recent movement of the Sun Believers in the city-state?"

After she finished speaking, she paused and added: "In my dream last night, I saw the burning sun and the Homeless appear in Prand together, the two disasters came at the same time, maybe the goddess gave me omen..."

"But don't forget, in the underground sacrificial ground, that contaminated 'sacrifice' killed the priest of the dark sun, that was a baptized 'messenger'," the bishop shook his head, "at least in At the sacrificial site, the position of Homeless and Black Sun seems to be hostile."

Fanna did not speak for a while, but fell into contemplation because of the bishop's words, and the old man opposite her continued after a brief silence: "As for those believers who worship the dark sun, I came from the city-state of Rensa this morning. Got some tips..."

Fana raised her head immediately: "Information?"

"The sun heresy didn't just resurface in Prand. Recently, they have had changes in many city-states. A large number of sun heretics have recently transited through the ports of Rensa and Moco, and are gathering in Prand. Some of them were arrested. ," the old bishop nodded, "during the trial, the heretics mentioned 'shards of the sun'."

"The sun fragments...the debris that fell off after the disintegration of the 'real sun god' in the alien port?" Vanna suddenly reacted, "They think there is a sun fragment hidden in Prand?"

"It seems like this at the moment. I don't know where the heretics got the information, or it may be the 'revelation' they got in their madness. In short, now they believe that some of the wreckage of their 'lord' is hidden here. In this city," Bishop Valentine said quietly, "and they see it as the hope of the dark sun's revival."

"...that gang of lunatics," Fanna couldn't help cursing in a low voice, "to resurrect that dark, blasphemous sun, how many lives have they killed!"

"The dark sun is what we call it, the sun **** in their minds is radiant and represents the most real order - you can't expect that group of irrational cultists to have blood when their hands are full of blood. What conscience," Valentine shook his head, "they firmly believe that what they say and do is righteous, and when dealing with them, there are only two languages ​​that work best, one is caliber and the other is pounds."

Hearing the bishop's speech in the style of a deep-sea church, the corners of Fanna's mouth couldn't help but tremble: "Looks like we have to be busy."

"The boundless sea is never peaceful, and the city-state is also in the boundless sea," Valentine said. "Captains have to face the storm in the ocean, and we have to face the storm brought by the fools of the earth. Inquisitor, do well. Get ready, the city-state of Perand may face a challenge."

"Two challenges," Vanna corrected seriously, "in addition to the believers of Black Sun, there is also a mysterious and terrifying ghost captain - if Homeless and Black Sun are really not the same, then our troubles From one to two."

Bishop Valentine pondered for a while: "Maybe there is another possibility - according to the situation in the sewer sacrifice ground, maybe the Lost Homeland will fight with the believers of the Black Sun?"

"...Those two troubles merged into one devastating trouble~IndoMTL.com~ Bishop Valentine," Fanna looked at the old man who was clearly starting to think, "returning from the warp The ghost ship and a group of cultists fighting for pieces of the sun fight in the city-state of Perand, possibly accompanied by the descent of the dark sun, I can't think of a worse situation than this."

Valentine sighed, admitting that Vanna was right.

"In short, it is easier to achieve the goal of working together with the sheriff's troops to capture all the sun heretics that have infiltrated the city-state, and eliminate the threat of the black sun before the situation becomes serious," Fanna said. After removing the mental interference from Homeless and entering the field she was good at, her thinking became obviously active, "As for the ghost ship... We don't know its next actions, we can't do it for the time being, only I can do a good job of monitoring the spiritual world and the seas surrounding the city-state first..."

Speaking of this, the young judge couldn't help shaking his head, with a serious and helpless expression: "Damn, who knows what a ghost captain will want to do next..."

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"I want to add some ketchup..." Duncan beckoned to Nina across the table, "You can hand it over and I'll make it myself."

Nina immediately handed the ketchup: "Good Uncle Duncan."

It's noon now, and Duncan and Nina are eating lunch in the kitchenette on the second floor. The antique shop's meal is very simple - a local Prandian savory pancake, served with ketchup or hot sauce, and There was vegetable bisque, which wasn't exactly delicious, but both Duncan and Nina enjoyed it.

It's been a long time since Duncan had a normal lunch like this, and it's been a long time since Nina had a normal lunch like this.

Duncan thinks he's starting to like the place.