Chapter 948 – Bodie Island (4)
“Do you know where that card came from?”
Delta, which seemed to be looking at my mood, asked a question.
No matter how much I believe in my personality after seeing heroic stories, the situation is the situation. If I have a bit of a psychopathic temperament, I might be able to brush off a bit of yaburi to Tosagupaeng and Asherard.
Still, it took courage. It’s nice to think of you brother.
“No, it’s just personal. We will return this loot. Keep it and report it to the president of the society.”
“Is it possible? Sorry.”
So why are you apologizing to me? I brought the specters I had tied up.
“Either the recovered card will be used as a material for research, or it will be passed on regardless and your ownership will be acknowledged. If it comes up for sale, I or the president of the society will buy it.”
At Delta, his face softened a bit. He seemed relieved that he believed that it would be the only clue and that he would not just lose the card he hadn’t let go of.
“You are very tired. Go in and get some rest.”
“Okay, it’s okay. We can still help.”
“He’s an acquaintance of the president of the society, but if I get hurt, I’m in more trouble.”
“That… Yes, go, thank you.”
What could he do when the aristocrat said it while using words of honor?
Besides, there is nothing more helpful. Delta Corp., Who quickly noticed this fact, followed the Valkyries down to the cabin, and I laid down the Specters.
“Specter, are you interrogating me?”
“Nope. The soul will be so degraded that the dialogue itself will not work.”
Even instead of 7, which was a human master class, he could not escape death.
Even taking into account that the early to mid-ancient period was an era of confusion and loss of gods, human lifespan is difficult to exceed 200. If you don’t have a special power, it’s probably enough to enjoy the natural life.
It’s sad that there is no meta for Fables and Immortality, but I didn’t know that could be the reality.
‘Anyway, these souls are the same.’
Even if I use Wolfheddin’s power, since I don’t have intelligence itself, will the conversation work?
I interpreted their howling as Papago.
-Do not forgive the grave robbers…
-Follow me… Punish the guilty…
The words of the specters were incoherent. A similar experience came to mind.
“This is exactly what the souls who were captured by the unicorn warlock pups did.”
“Abidus.”
“Yes. At that time, the soul he used was the soul of a corpse trapped in the soil, but his personality was almost degraded and he could only repeat a few words like an invalid.”
There would have been a difference in the date of death for each body.
Normal conversation with these pups is impossible. I scooped up Delta’s leftover Naunet mud and poured it roughly into the specters’ heads.
“It’s easy from the second.”
Veronica activated her magic without saying anything.
The memories of the past that came to mind were images of when they were alive. Is it really supposed to be a divine being? Even though it was a memory from hundreds of years ago, the picture quality was good.
-Admiral! Ready to set sail!
A man who looked like Specter shouted. The man he was looking at was a white-skinned wizard. The admiral in a robe quickly nodded.
-What kind of guys are they this time?
─Yes! These are the spies who stole the spirit vein explorer and intelligence regeneration device!
─Good motherfuckers. Tell the sailors!! It is the last voyage before going to Azteca to make friends with the pharaoh’s navy!! If you want to massage your wife’s ass on land for a long time, finish it quickly!!
– Admiral. If you said that, you would be fooling around.
-Because you don’t want to go home? Married men are all the same. Actually me too
The admiral, giggling, pulled out his cutlass.
—They stole our Hittite magic tools!! Don’t miss a single mouse and bring it back!! Reap a victory that is not ashamed of the name of the Aurora Fleet!!
The disciplined sailors responded in a loud voice.
At a glance, it was a well-disciplined army. Perhaps the old stars who click their tongues while watching the reservists who are busy playing hit-and-run will applaud seals and pass out in droves like a Michael Jackson concert?
Dana crossed her arms and said half-assedly.
“These ghosts were the navy of the ancient civilization?”
“What did you say to get back something!”
“Get it back. Spy. Steal away… ? Jang is also a phantom beast.”
“Jangdo Hwansu-kun?”
“Therefore… It is a navy that recovers goods stolen by spies or traitors from other countries. They say that in the Golden Age it was common to steal military secrets by sea.”
It was our Nunna’s explanation that reminded me of memorized memories while touching her hair.
I know I know, but I’ve decided to concede for now. It’s only going to be harder to understand if the two of them talk a lot.
“It was an era when technological prowess meant national prowess. There is a record that every means was devised to steal state secrets, and several divisions were attacked to stop it.”
“Well? You mean stealing stuff and getting on a boat? Are you going after it by boat again?”
“Aren’t you a bit puzzled? That’s why the spies were also caught off guard and used the sea route. If you plant or recruit sailors and only come out to sea once, you won’t be checked during the voyage after that.”
“Ah, indeed. Unlike the land route, there are no barriers to the sea that you must pass through.”
Fran clapped her hands as she subdued the resisting Specter with a golem.
“Was that enough to be organized into specialized units? I learned a little history when I was a noble, but it’s a completely unfamiliar concept… “
“They said it was an official government that lasted only a few years. Looking at the timeline… That’s right. Wasn’t it around the time we went out on our first voyage to the continent of Astlan? Husband.”
“Uh. Hit. It’s not listed in world history, so it’s possible that Tyrsi won’t know.”
Even if you know the big incidents with cultured knowledge, you don’t learn the names or roles of the military who were active there. Needless to say, if it’s someone else’s business.
After a little more speculation, we were able to know their circumstances.
“You discovered the Hittite civilization in Azteca, right? There were also charts compatible with our Ammu and Ho.”
“The context makes sense. Since the spies saw that they were stealing them into the sea, they would wither away, so neither Jang nor Phantom Beasts would be able to play with them anymore.”
Changes in TO according to the flow of the times are inevitable.
But Hittite was a civilized country, and looking at the discipline of those soldiers, it was a waste to just reduce and fire them. Unlike Earth, people are as valuable as military equipment.
“I must have participated in the Azteca voyage while waiting to be assigned to another position. The traces you saw in the Hittites must have been left by these people’s associates.”
Tirshi touched his lips as if to organize his reasoning.
“Isn’t it possible that the navy that can be deployed right away——the Jangdo Hwansu Army, which had no mission, was dispatched after receiving a voyage proposal from Narmer-Nile? And then… “
“Landing on the coastline, annihilation.”
It must have landed in the western jungle area and been destroyed, or invaded the territory of the ‘Unbreakable Dawn’ before being hit by a hydro pump and sinking.
To put it bluntly, the former was the most likely.
“It seems that floating as a ghost ship tried to survive and return, but died during the voyage. If by any chance we encountered Wooshin, it would have sunk in the waters near Azteca.”
“I don’t know. Boss Specter seems to be at least a master class… “
I shook my head thinking about the specter I saw in my dream.
“No fuck. Still can’t Sitting in your own territory and fighting against Wooshin who received a full power buff is crazy, no matter how master class it is.”
Didn’t the ship get wrecked by marine monsters, or did it come back poisoned and died without being treated on the sea? Well, there is no need to know the inside story.
The context was roughly grasped. What remains is our response.
“… Get lost and run away, is it difficult?”
“I don’t know. Considering that there are 8 Ammu-Nas reinforced with the grudge of the boss-class Specter, uhm. It must be difficult for me. It’s not like we’re good at handling boats.”
It’s annoying, but should I just get rid of it?
‘No, this is a little arrogant idea.’
I’m confident, but it’s a little different story to hit me with a stage show. Aren’t I getting infected with the mindset of idiots who have been fucking with me before I know it?
‘It’s better to avoid fights where there’s no benefit.’
Or maybe we’d better counterattack first.
─Tick-click. Veronica manipulated the mud as if she noticed my heart.
“What are you doing?”
“Before the mud dries, let’s find out our recent memories. The Specters must have lost their ability to store memories, but if it was Naunet’s mud——Hmm?”
Her eyes lit up with curiosity, and Veronica clenched her chin.
“My dear. Look at this.”
“Where where? What do you mean… Det?”
It was a certain island that the memories of the specters reflected on.
An island of white sand where ghost ships are anchored! The atmosphere of the ships and the island didn’t match so much, it even felt glaring like Davy Jones’ hell from Pirates of the Caribbean.
However, the problem is that the bones are rolling around to look like a really nice beach.
‘Are they dead sailors? They’re bad specters.’
Still, I couldn’t help but click my tongue.
“What is it, Shibeol, the subject of a ghost ship wakes me up with colic.”
Aren’t these ghosts anchored on an island and hiding artifacts in some cave? It seemed like nothing but a fucking pirate thing to do.
‘No, shit, become a ghost ship, dock on an island, and supply supplies?’
Isn’t a ghost ship a staple of horror films floating on the sea?
But like some kind of person, they supply supplies, take a break, and damn it.
I felt like I had lost a man’s romance, but it wasn’t the case when I looked closely.
“Are you guys hoarding stolen goods?”
“… It’s a mess from a lifetime. It seems that even after death, they cannot forget the mission of the enemy who will still be alive, wandering the seas to find Hittite relics and enshrine them.”
Veronica shakes her head in pity.
Instead of resting on the island, they treasured the ruined relics, almost like junk, and boarded the ship again.
Hittites were wiped out of history by the emperor and the children of the stars. Almost no artifacts were excavated, so of course, most of what they collected was garbage from the bottom of the sea.
Dana crossed her arms and said.
“I can’t blame Delta for this.”
“I know. There must be a way to find Hittite artifacts sunk on the seabed, and with such a radar our ship would sooner or later become a target.”
Just a few Hittite artifacts in our inventory.
And even if they didn’t get caught, the Ammuna was a vessel borrowed from the Hittites by the lord of Heusroit even before Britannia was created.
Those of us who were leisurely playing on autopilot would have come face to face with that ghost fleet before long.
“Veronica, hold on a second. Please pause.”
At that moment, Tyrsi, who suddenly frowned, put her finger on the hologram.
“Look at the coastline. The whole island is hidden.”
“I heard and saw it. The entire space was covered up. Could it have been because it was a small island? It’s similar to our clan’s sacred places, so this seems to be useful.”
“What use?”
I asked Veronica, shaking her head.
“It is a hidden island. One conceivable possibility would be a concealed anchorage for Hittite navies. It has not been touched by human hands in the past hundreds of years.”
“… Five?”
“Ah, is this a good place to try dimension shifting? Is it full of mana?”
“If mana in its natural state is preserved for a long period of time.”
When Veronica affirmed, Fran’s face lit up.
─Wheek! Lalilura stood up acrobaticly and shouted.
“Yes, yes! I’ll go in and take a look! It’s a mud bath!”
“Wh, what? Rarilura, you don’t have to do that——!”
“Let’s dive♡!”
Plop-! Lalilura dives while enlarging Naunet’s mud with her authority.
“Rarilura?!”
Fran, stunned, alternately looked at the mud and at me. It is a reaction as if Rari Lura suddenly fell into her manhole hole while walking down the street.
“Nor! Ra-Larilura, why are you suddenly doing that?!”
“I think you’re thinking of using the mana training method in the environment in your memory.”
If the amount of mana is full, it will be obvious. I understood the thoughts of our pink hair, but I couldn’t help but sigh and touch my forehead.
“It’s because I’m not that calm… What would you do if you act recklessly just because you thought about it? If she gets hurt like that, we’re the one who’s going through a hard time.”
“… Nord, are you qualified to say that?”
“I wholeheartedly agree. Take care of yourself, twins.”
“Slanderous Lehu.”
“Puha-!”
The conversation called Ralilu came out before a minute had passed.
“Yes, I checked♡! That ghost island… Body island? The silver mana is incredibly full! It’s eye candy, but more than Azteca or Kanesh!”
“Interesting. And sad stories too.”
Tirsi in silence. Nefertiti gave her a curious glance.
“Why are you sad?”
“Those specters are not warlocks. Is there any sophisticated technology that will live hundreds of years after death like the lich? Heaven cannot be overcome by chance and luck alone.”
Yes. Can you become a spirit of the Force that wanders around this world even after dying for hundreds of years just because you have deep regret and resentment? True-Rich Equinox Abbey will be pissed off and resurrected.
“Since the admiral was a powerful magician even in his lifetime, it seems that his spirit remains with just grudge, but normally, he would have wandered around the sea like that before he fell asleep.”
“Yes… That’s a natural ghost life. There are no immortal beings.”
“Yeah. But unfortunately, the island they came and went was naturally very rich with mana.”
… Blink, blink Nefertiti’s eyes widened.
“… Did you get enough mana to act on the island?”
“It is the conclusion. They wouldn’t have the ego to do that. It’s just luck that I didn’t forget the honor and responsibility of my life… Nope. It worked as a misfortune.”
Nefertiti, erudite about spirits, noticed without listening to him further.
“… Every time I go to enshrine an artifact, I gain the strength to remain in this world.”
Her eyes changed a bit from before, and she looked at the video of the island disappearing as the mud ran out.
“Even so, it’s a vicious cycle. You can’t find rest for the rest of your life, and you just repeat hundreds of meaningless years of pain and grudge.”
If he had forgotten the past, he would have lost his strength and perished while wandering in the open sea.
If I had no memories, I wouldn’t have returned the relics and went to the island.
However, they are ghosts left in this world with only regrets from their previous lives!
Unforgettable regret and resentment make them move and make them wander as the spirits of the sea that have lost their ego.
As time goes by, reason will fade and only negative grudges will remain. It is a cycle of living hell that grinds the soul against Mother Nature. It’s like Sisyphus’ punishment.
“… Nord.”
Nefertiti addressed her. I nodded without even listening.
“Hittite relics will continue to be transported by sea, but we can’t let ghosts who forget that they died each time come to hold candles.”
“… Yes. I want to give you a break. A little hypocritical?”
“Nope. Hypocrisy in action is also called goodness, right? Because I am not an idiot whose humanity has gone bad enough to criticize compassion for others as bad.”
It is not a losing battle. If we secure the island, we will have an environment where we can first contact our hometown, Blue Planet, from which that credit card came.
‘Besides, most of them are trash, but at a quick glance, there are some useful artifacts.’
It is literally a treasure island. There is no reason to miss out.
“If you do good and get rewarded, it kills two birds with one stone. Let’s do it.”
I need to think of the contents of a letter to send to my parents.
Niimi. Having said that, it seems like a foreshadowing of death.
