Deep Sea Ember

Chapter 29 The Protector of the City

The god with supreme power only resides in the cornerstone of this world, watching the operation of the world with a gaze that transcends time and space, and devout believers who have taken refuge in God with spiritual power will to a certain extent glimpse some of the direction of the real future from their hidden connection with the gods, or the changes that are taking place in an unknown corner of the world at this moment.

This kind of peeping is not bound by time and space, and it implies the risk of being eroded by subspace, but for those determined devout believers, this dangerous and powerful power is the greatest reliance they use to protect the fragile light of civilization in this endless ocean.

The pious Inquisitor has been seeing a similar vision for many days in a row.

In a half-dream, she saw the boundless ocean dyed with a layer of ink, followed by a thunderous loud noise from the depths of the sea, the ocean split in two, and a terrifying trench that reached the seabed appeared in the middle, and a giant ship with burning flames rose from the seabed, slowly floating up in mid-air like an airship, and an invisible giant covered in starlight followed behind the giant ship, step by step towards the direction of the city-state of Prade.

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

The first time happened in childhood, she woke up from a bloody nightmare, then lost her parents in a cultist attack, and left a scar on her face that will last a lifetime.

The second time happened four years ago, when she saw a dark sun rising beneath the city-state in a dream, thus destroying one of the largest strongholds infiltrated by the Sun God Sect - to this day, the cultist's haunted minions are still hiding in the vast and complex and ancient tunnel system beneath Pland, meaninglessly entangled with the guardians of the church.

This is the third time she has seen a ship return from the depths of the sea and bring an indescribable giant into the world.

She lied to the priest in front of her—the omens she saw were so clear that even she, the judge, lost sleep for days.

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

“…… The goddess doesn't necessarily remind you of all the risks, sometimes the ordeal is just a test," Vanna said calmly, "Forget about this, what's the news from the Explorers Association?"

The priest immediately nodded: "The contact person from the association has just sent a call, and the holy relic left at the association headquarters has sensed that the ship has appeared in the southwest sea, but the telegraph device on the ship seems to have a problem, and it is currently in a state of being unable to be contacted, and it can only be determined that the ship is approaching the coast of Plande at normal speed and course." ”

“…… Once disappeared from the perception of the holy relic, and then appeared out of thin air on another sea that deviated far from the intended route...... And before she lost contact, she was on a mission to escort the anomaly," the inquisitor's brows furrowed little by little, and the intuition brought about by dealing with strange things all year round was beating, making her feel wary, "I remember that ship was called the White Oak, right?"

"Yes, the White Oak, the captain is Lawrence Creed, a member of the Explorers' Association, an experienced captain, and due to the special cargo delivery, that ship reported to the church before setting sail from the city-state of Lensa," the priest said as he recalled, "By the way, the entourage priest on that ship is a registered priest of the Deep Sea Church." "

What about the fellow church ...... I hope it's not too bad," Vanna said in a serious tone, "In short, the situation on that ship is not right, the route from Renza to Prand is in the 'stability zone' under the control of the Explorer Association, but the ship has disappeared from relic perception...... I suspect that the White Oak is very likely to have left the real world for a short time, or even ...... Maybe I've been to places I shouldn't have been.

"Inform the harbor guards to keep an eye on the ship as soon as the White Oak enters the harbor, and that no one or anything can leave the ship until all inspections are completed—is there a reaction from the security forces?"

"Don't worry, your uncle...... His Excellency the Archon has ordered the sheriffs to control the perimeter of the harbor and raised the alert level of the harbor, and from now until the alert is lifted, all ships entering and leaving Prade will temporarily dock at the backup port on the west side.

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

The priest looked into Vanna's pale gray eyes, carefully picked out the wording, and then said, "What do you think...... Has that ship been 'polluted'?

"It's not certain yet, but even if a ship that leaves the real world for a short time and eventually returns, it is rare that it is completely normal, it may be that some items on the ship have been unknowingly alienated into 'abnormalities', it may be a mental illness hidden deep in the crew's heart, or it may even be an extra sailor and a replaced captain...... For sea vessels that have experienced abnormal phenomena, it is always right to report the highest vigilance.

"Alas...... May the ship and its crew be well," the priest couldn't help but put his hands on his chest and chant the name of the Storm Goddess, "May the Storm Goddess shelter those who bravely challenge the sea."

"May they be well," Vanna also lowered her eyelids and softly blessed, and then seemed to remind the pastor in front of her, "but if they unfortunately fail to be 'well', we must also be prepared."

"Yes, I understand."

Vanna nodded, but just as she was about to refocus her attention on the city outside the window, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly came from the direction of the stairs.

The next moment, a guard wearing a silver-rimmed uniform on a black background, with waves and dagger emblems painted on his chest, ran quickly up from the staircase.

"Your Excellency, Inquisitor!" The young guardian took two breaths and immediately said in a hurried tone, "We found a cult sacrificial stronghold that worships the sun god in the sowers, and we also caught a group of cultists!"

Vanna's expression instantly became particularly serious: "Those cultists who worship the dark sun? Wait, you said you found a sacrificial site...... Not a hiding spot? Do they dare to hold sacrifices again?!

"Yes, it was the site where the sacrifice was held, and we found evidence that the sacrifice ceremony was held," the guard said quickly, "and also found a large number of victims in the xue not far from the ceremony site - most of them had their hearts sacrificed. It's just ...... Something was wrong at the sacrificial site.

Vanna saw a look of absurdity and confusion on the guardian's face, she picked up the heavy sword that had received the blessing of the storm goddess from the side, and quickly walked towards the stairs while carrying it on her back: "Lead the way, I will go to the scene myself."

"Yes!"

The heavy Blessing Sword and metal shoulder armor made a crisp impact, and hurried through the long staircase in the Great Bell Tower, Vanna came to the small square in front of the Great Bell Tower, and saw that several Guardian members had gathered here to stand by, and two steam walkers were parked at the edge of the square, and the sound of clicking was constantly heard from the spider-like mechanical body.

Vanna didn't stop, just gave the guards a departure gesture, and went straight to one of the walkers—a huge machine the size of two two-wheeled carriages like a mechanical spider lying on the ground, with steel arthropods mounted on the edges of the flat groundThe upper gliding wheels and steel hooks for special environments, while on both sides of the carapace on the upper level of the walker are the firing cockpits equipped with rotating muskets.

Pure technological creations are difficult to have enough effect on "anomalies" or "visions", but crushing firepower can take out heretics who are hiding behind and controlling anomalies - of course, this thing is not very powerful in the sewers, but it is quite useful when used to block doors.

Holy 8mm bullets were thrown out, and in the blink of an eye, they could send a large group of heretics who were trying to escape to serve their Lord in subspace.

The gray-eyed inquisitor jumped directly onto the carapace of the walker, standing steadily in the night with a long sword on her back, and the other two guards climbed into the shooting cockpit on both sides of the carapace, followed by a series of cylinders and compression pipes to press and depressurize, white steam sprayed out from the arthropod connection of the walker, and the huge mechanical spider immediately got up and jumped to the nearest main road. It quickly rushed to the nearest sewer entrance in a taxiing mode.