Deep Sea Ember

Chapter 15 Touching the Flame

Since taking the helm himself, Duncan has true control over the Lost Homeland and can sense any movement on the ship - but even so, out of caution, he ordered Goathead to keep an eye on the movement of the "cursed doll" at all times.

Because he knew that he was not an expert in the occult, and he knew very little about the extraordinary powers of this world, and a walking and talking doll was really beyond the scope of his knowledge, Alice's words and deeds may be harmless, but what else could that doll lady have...... The "influence" that is invisible to the naked eye is most likely not visible to him.

In this regard, the goat's head is more professional than him.

And even if this was put aside, Duncan knew that he would not be able to pay attention to the situation of the Lost Homeland all the time—although he had now decided to survive in the world "over here", he might still have to return to the world "opposite" the door when necessary, and he might not be able to sense the movement on the Lost Homeland at that time.

Thinking of this last point, Duncan's eyes suddenly changed slightly, and he calmly glanced at the goat's head on the edge of the nautical table, and the latter's obsidian-carved eyeballs returned with an empty gaze.

When I returned to "the other side of the door", when I returned to my bachelor apartment...... Does this goat's head really notice it? What was the situation on this ship when he left the Lost Home?

This sudden question made Duncan feel a little irritated, but under the empty gaze of the goat's head, he didn't show anything, but paid attention to the situation on Alice's side.

Of course, he didn't have a penchant for voyeurism - even if the other party was a "non-human being", so he only had a general sense of what was going on below deck, but even if it was just through the sensory transmission to and from the Lost Home, he could at least determine Alice's current location and determine whether she was trying to destroy anything.

After all, beneath the harmless, elegant and beautiful appearance of that doll lady is the essence of cursed dolls, a dangerous individual called "Abnormal 099" by ordinary people in this world.

She was still in the room, probably really studying the furnishings in the room and arranging a place to rest.

Duncan breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time, the goat head next to him suddenly made a sound: "Captain, what are your next arrangements? If you get bored, your loyal ......"

"Shut up." Duncan glanced at the goat head, and then pressed his hands on the edge of the sailing table, and with a change of mind, the feeling of holding the helm with both hands before came to mind again, and the green flame flowed like water again.

In the flames, Duncan's body turned into a spirit again, and the overflowing fire spread along the sailing table, all the way to the captain's room, to the upper deck, climbing the mast, climbing the cables, and causing the translucent sails of the spirit on the mast to flutter with the wind.

As a large number of mainsails, sides, and horn sails flexibly adjusted their angles in the sea breeze, the massive feud began to slowly accelerate across the vast sea, and Duncan's eyes fell on the nautical chart in front of him, and as expected, he saw the gray-white mist entrenched on the chart change instantly—the silhouette representing the Lost Home was slowly moving forward, and the fog around the silhouette dissipated.

After a brief thought, he began to try to focus his attention on the chart, the dark green flame enveloping around the nautical table, conveying the will from the captain like an extension of Duncan's limbs, and in this subtle "connection" state, Duncan finally vaguely realized the mystery of this chart, which was obviously also an extraordinary object.

With a movement of his mind, the silhouette representing the Lost Home on the chart instantly enlarged a little, and then shrank back to its original size.

Duncan "zoomed" the picture presented by the chart, and this whimsical move was successful - although no matter how zoomed at the moment, all that could be seen at the edge of the chart was a fog, but Duncan had already determined at this moment that this chart was enough to record and present every inch of the ocean explored by the Lost Home, and accurately and in real time presented the details around the Lost Home!

Under the empty gaze of the goat's head, Duncan's face did not change at all, as if a real captain was looking at the chart carefully, his expression was cold, but a faint excitement appeared in his heart.

His gaze swept over the rising flames of his body, and his consciousness sensed the state of the Lost Home, perceiving the changes in the charts.

This eerie green flame was indeed the key to controlling the Lost Home, and it was also the key to controlling many strange items on this ship!

Maybe...... This is the power of the "captain"?

Duncan pondered the power of this flame, he knew very well that if he wanted to truly control this ship and survive well in this strange world based on it, he had to figure out his own abilities.

First of all, it was to fully master this flame.

As for the "next arrangements" that the goat head said just now......

Duncan looked at the slowly changing chart in front of him, and at the white mist slowly dispersing around the silhouette of the Lost Home, his plan was also very simple.

Since you don't know enough about this world, since the map is full of fog, it is definitely right to open the map first.

After all, sailing is to go out on waves.

Anyway, the image of "Captain Duncan" in the minds of the locals in this world is that of a world boss who is making waves everywhere in the wild, and even if he and the Lost Homeland stay honestly at sea, it will not improve his reputation.

As for whether there is any risk in holding meetings on the sea so aimlessly, Duncan thinks so - before he personally "took the helm", the ship was also drifting around, and the Lost Home never dropped anchor and anchored, so how could there be "additional risks"?

Compared with the previous situation of blind drifting, sailing under the condition of "sailing" can at least dispel the fog on the charts, which can be regarded as ending the previous state of being completely passive and stuck in fog.

Duncan stood up from behind the navigation table, and the green flames on his body gradually dissipated, but in his perception, the translucent spirit sails on the mast of the Lost Homeland did not disappear with it, and some of the green flames entrenched on the mast and cables were still burning, continuing to carry out the captain's will.

Combined with the situation he had observed when he was "at the helm" before, Duncan had a faint understanding in his heart.

Although the ship raised the sails of the spirit body in the flames after he "took the helm", whether it was the massive sails or the many things that ran automatically on this ship, it did not rely on the power of the "captain" himself - this ghost ship had its own power source.

Although he did not yet know what the "energy" that made this ship move was, it was obvious that all he had to do as a captain was to "give orders" to the ship.

Then, the ship would naturally faithfully carry out the captain's orders.

Duncan left the navigation table and turned to look at the small door at the deepest part of the captain's cabin.

Behind

that door was his separate bedroom as captain, which he had used as a resting place during his first few days of exploring the ship.

Now, he needed a quieter environment to study what else he could do as the captain of the Lost Home.

But before that, the ship, which had entered sailing state, had to be watched over.

He looked at the wooden goat head on the edge of the nautical table and said in a very natural tone, "You take the helm."

"Huh?" The goat head was stunned for a moment, his tone a little surprised, "But captain, you ......"

"I have something to do, don't disturb me during this time." Duncan didn't seem to care at all about what the goathead was going to say, he just ordered very naturally, and in his other sense, in the message that the green flames spread along the deck outside the cabin, he could clearly see the various ...... hidden in the depths of the ship. Connections.

Mast, cables, sails, rudders, guns......

Everything was invisibly connected, some kind of nerve or blood vessel "vein" running through the ship, and all these "connections" eventually converged in the captain's cabin.

The goat's head was faintly connected to all of this.

Perhaps, this mysterious and strange goat's head was the "Lost Home" itself? Or was it some kind of "control mechanism" used to take over the entire ship in an emergency?

Duncan was not the builder of this ship, so naturally he didn't know how the ship worked, but he thought that if he was the real Captain Duncan, he would definitely know what the goathead could do.

On the other hand, the goat head, who always calls himself "first mate", should naturally be able to take the helm in place of the captain when the situation calls for it.

Duncan needs to take a little risk and make arrangements that he has never done before, but that as a true captain must know and will inevitably do.

After all, the captain always has a time to rest.

A second later, the goathead made a pleasant and noisy sound: "Ah, good captain, don't worry, your loyal ......"

Duncan ignored it, just waved his hand casually, turned around and walked into the dormitory located deep in the captain's room, and closed the door casually.