Deep Sea Embers

Gods with supreme power live in the cornerstone of this world, watching the operation of this world with a vision that transcends time and space, and devout believers who surrender their spiritual power to God will, to a certain extent, see from the secret connection between themselves and the gods. Some realistic future trends, or changes taking place in an unknown corner of the world at this moment. Google search reading

This kind of peeking is not bound by time and space, and implies the risk of being eroded by the subspace. But for those determined and devout believers, this dangerous and powerful force is exactly what they use to protect the people in this endless ocean. The greatest reliance on lighting the fragile light of civilization.

The devout Inquisitor has seen a similar vision for many days.

While half asleep, she saw the boundless ocean being dyed a layer of ink, and then a thunderous sound came from the depths of the sea. The ocean was split into two, with a terrifying trench that reached to the seabed appeared in it, and a ship The huge ship burning with flames rose from the seabed, slowly floating in mid-air like an airship, and an invisible giant covered in starlight followed behind the huge ship, walking step by step towards the direction of the city-state of Puland.

In Judge Vanna's life so far, such a terrifying "omen" has only appeared twice.

The first time happened in her childhood, when she woke up from a nightmare full of blood, and then lost her parents in an attack by cultists, leaving a scar on her face that would last her whole life.

The second time happened four years ago. In her dream, she saw a dark sun rising under the city-state, thus annihilating the largest stronghold of the Sun God Sect that had penetrated into the city-to this day, the ghosts of those cultists The lingering minions are still hiding around in the vast, complex and ancient tunnel system under Perand, engaging in meaningless entanglements with the church's guardians.

For the third time, she saw a ship return from the deep sea and bring an unspeakable giant into the world.

She lied to the priest in front of her - the omen she saw was actually very clear, so clear that she, the judge, had insomnia for several days.

The pastor looked at the calm gray-white eyes of the lady in front of him. After hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke: "But you prayed to God and you didn't seem to receive any bad feedback?"

"...The goddess may not necessarily remind you of all risks. Sometimes hardships are tests," Vanna said calmly, "Let's not talk about this anymore. What news is there from the Explorers Association?"

The priest nodded immediately: "The association's contact person just sent a message. The holy object left at the association headquarters has sensed the ship's appearance in the southwest sea. However, there seems to be a problem with the telegraph device on the ship, and it is currently unable to communicate. It can only be determined that the ship is approaching the coast of Puland at a normal speed and course."

"... once disappeared from the perception of the holy object, and then appeared out of thin air on another sea surface that was far away from the planned route. It is currently unable to make contact and was heading straight towards the city... and was escorting the abnormal object before losing contact. "The judge's brows furrowed a little. The intuition brought about by dealing with strange things for many years was beating, making her wary. "I remember that the ship was called the White Oak, right?"

"Yes, the White Oak, the captain is Laurence Creed, a member of the Explorers Association, an experienced captain. Due to the special cargo transported, the ship reported to the church before sailing from the city-state of Lensa," The pastor said while recalling, "By the way, the accompanying pastor on that ship is a registered priest of the Church of Storms."

"Fellows of the church... I hope the situation is not too bad," Vanna said in a serious tone, "Anyway, the situation on that ship is not quite right. The entire route from Lensa to Pland is under the control of the Explorers Association. 'stable area', but the ship disappeared from the perception of sacred objects... I suspect that the White Oak is very likely to have briefly left the real world, and even... may have gone to places it shouldn't have gone.

"Inform the guards at the port to keep an eye on the White Oak as soon as it enters the harbor. No one or thing can leave the ship until all inspections are completed - is there any response from the security forces?"

"Don't worry, your uncle... His Majesty the Consul has ordered the peace officers to control the surrounding area of ​​the port, and has raised the alert level of the port. From now on until the alert is lifted, all ships entering and exiting Purland will temporarily be in the west. Stop at the alternate port on the side.”

"That's good - my uncle has always been a cautious person," the tense expression on Fanna's face finally relaxed a little, "as long as he doesn't let the ordinary people in the security force get involved in this matter."

The pastor looked into Vanna's light gray eyes, carefully selected his words and said, "Do you think... that ship has been 'contaminated'?"

"It's not certain yet, but even if a ship that briefly leaves the real world finally returns, it is rarely completely normal. It may be that some items on the ship have unknowingly alienated and become an 'abnormality', which may be hidden in the hearts of the crew. Mental illness in the depths, maybe even the extra sailors and the replaced captain... It is always right to exercise the highest vigilance on ships that have experienced abnormal phenomena. "

"Alas... I hope that the ship and its crew are all well," the priest couldn't help but put his hand across his chest and chanted the name of the Storm Goddess. "May the Storm Goddess protect those who bravely challenge the sea."

"May everything be well for them," Vanna also lowered her eyelids and blessed softly, then seemed to remind the priest in front of her, "But if unfortunately they are not 'well', we must also be prepared."

"Yes, I understand."

Fanna nodded, but just when she was about to return her attention to the city outside the window, a rush of footsteps suddenly came from the direction of the stairs.

The next moment, a guard wearing a black uniform with silver edges and the emblem of waves and daggers painted on his chest ran up the stairs quickly.

"Your Majesty the Inquisitor!" The young guard took two breaths and immediately said urgently, "We discovered a cult sacrificial base that worships the sun god in the sewers, and we also captured a group of believers!"

Fanna's expression suddenly became extremely serious: "Those cultists who worship the Dark Sun? Wait, you said what you found was a sacrificial site... not a hiding place? They dare to hold sacrificial activities again?!"

"Yes, it is a place where sacrificial rituals were held. We found evidence that sacrificial rituals were held," the guard said quickly, "and a large number of victims were also found in the crypt not far from the ritual site-among them Most of them have had their hearts sacrificed, but...there's something wrong with the situation at the sacrifice site."

Vanna saw the look on the guard's face that was mixed with absurdity and confusion. She picked up the heavy sword blessed by the Storm Goddess from the side, put it on her back and walked quickly towards the stairs. : "Lead the way, I'll go to the scene myself."

"yes!"

The heavy blessing sword and the metal shoulder armor made a clear clashing sound, and hurriedly walked through the long stairs in the big bell tower. Fanna came to the small square in front of the big bell tower and saw that several defenders had gathered. On standby here, two steam walkers are parked at the edge of the square, with constant clicking sounds coming from the spider-like mechanical bodies.

Vanna did not stop, but gave the guards a starting signal, and then walked straight towards one of the walking machines - this huge machine the size of two two-wheeled carriages was like a mechanical spider lying on the ground, its steel Wheels for gliding on flat ground and steel hooks for dealing with special environments are installed on the edges of the limbs. On both sides of the carapace on the upper level of the walker are shooting cockpits equipped with rotating muskets.

It is difficult for pure technological creations to have a sufficient impact on "anomalies" or "anomalies", but crushing firepower can kill those heretics hiding behind to manipulate anomalies - of course, this thing is not very effective in the sewers It is very powerful and can be used to block doors, but it is quite easy to use.

The holy 8mm bullets are sprayed out, and in the blink of an eye a large group of heretics trying to escape can be sent to serve their Lord in the subspace.

The gray-haired and gray-eyed judge jumped directly onto the carapace of the walker, and stood steadily in the night with a long sword on his back. The other two guards climbed into the shooting cockpits on both sides of the carapace with ease, followed by a group of guards. A series of cylinders and compression pipes made pressurizing and depressurizing sounds, and white steam spurted out from the joints of the walking machine. The huge mechanical spider immediately stood up, jumped to the nearest main road in one step, and quickly glided in a sliding mode. Rushed towards the nearest sewer entrance.

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