Treasure hunter, sailing on the blue sea

"Alka, let me do it. You can go and rest."

Alka was sitting on the watchtower. He didn't know how much time had passed. He was too lazy to look at his pocket watch.

The perception of time in the dark is fast and slow, completely determined by what you are doing at the time.

Hearing Xia Daiti's voice, Alka stood up and looked down: "Okay, I'll come down right now." He slid down the rope.

After coming down, I couldn't help but ask: "What happened before? I saw Hammer being carried in from above."

After speaking, he shook his head and looked at the door of the infirmary not far away.

"Hamo suffered from the erosion of darkness and his spirit was affected. He is much better now and is resting."

After hearing this, Alka, who originally wanted to go into the infirmary to take a look, stopped.

It's better not to bother you.

With this thought in mind, Alka opened the door to the captain's room and walked in.

All the main members are here.

Sangkaka, Vanessa, and Gami were playing cards, while Andre and Jason were looking at something on the table.

There is no information for them to analyze. After all, their knowledge is limited. If they want to know more information, they can only continue to explore when they reach the destination.

Seeing Alka walking in, Andre raised his head and rubbed his eyebrows, and said: "We should arrive at our destination in two days, remember to be prepared."

Alka walked over, sat on the seat next to him and nodded.

He casually picked up the books on the bookshelf next to him and looked through them.

Except for the sound of a few people playing cards, there was no other sound in the entire captain's room.

The people who were reading did not think their voices were noisy, but rather wanted to hear these noisy voices.

Sea voyages are inherently boring.

Sailing on a dark sea is no longer as simple as boring. The darkness and silence make people almost crazy.

"Ding ding ding!"

At this time, the sound of bells was heard on the deck outside.

Upon hearing this voice, everyone immediately put down what they were doing and rushed out without hesitation.

The moment Alka rushed out, he pulled out the lock on his thigh, and a card appeared in his other hand.

He immediately took a fighting stance.

"stop!"

The moment he came out, Andre was keenly aware of why the bell was ringing.

"Kami turn off the lights!"

After hearing Andre's prompt, Gami rushed out and carried out Andre's order without hesitation before realizing what happened.

The lighting stone on the ship went out instantly.

In an instant, it merged into the darkness.

But the darkness was not empty. Instead, everyone knew what it was that made Andre so wary.

There is a faint light on the sea in the distance that is driving slowly.

It was a dilapidated ship. The entire ship exuded a faint white light, and there was also fog during the voyage.

The sail was full of holes, and even a section of the tail boom was broken off.

You can see the wooden planks around the ship with pits and large holes.

This is an abandoned, broken ship.

"This is a ghost ship. Wait quietly for it to leave. Don't disturb them."

Hearing Andre's tiny voice, everyone held their breath and stared, trying not to make the slightest sound.

At this time, Xia Detti, who was on the watchtower, saw the behavior of the people below, and huddled on the watchtower with his head exposed, and quietly observed.

Quietly watching the ghost ship in the distance, heading towards their right.

Fortunately, the direction of driving was not where they were, but it was just a pass by them.

When it was closest to them, it was even less than 500 meters away.

Sitting on the sea is no longer a safe distance, not to mention that neither side is an ordinary ship.

With their eyes, they could even see ghost-like objects walking around on the ship.

Some skeleton-like monsters clung to the sails, pulling the locks like humans.

" @\u0026%=…"

what sound?

Alka frowned and looked around, as if to see who was making the noise.

However, a strange sound sounded in his ears again.

Who is singing?

Alka heard the singing, singing softly in an unknown language. The sound was ethereal and touching, and the sound reached her ears.

It seemed to be burrowing into his soul.

As the voice passed, the singing gradually became more and more irritable, which made Alka couldn't help but frown.

The spirit becomes exhausted.

"Darkness is gathering around you, Alka, wake up!"

Hearing Lucilia's voice next to her ear, Alka quickly shook her head.

For a moment the singing became fainter.

Alka instinctively opened her mouth to ask Lucilia a question, but immediately remembered that Andre and the others were around her and closed her mouth.

The originally weak singing began to gradually strengthen again.

"Close your eyes and channel your magic into the mirror."

Hearing Lucilia's voice, Alka slowly channeled the magic power into the mirror.

Then he felt Lucilia take this opportunity to fly out and overlap her body in an instant.

It was as if he had penetrated into his own body and penetrated deeply into his own spirit.

But as Lucilia disappeared, Alka clearly felt the disappearance of the singing voice.

The irritated murmur disappeared before Alka could react, and his slightly dazed mind returned to normal.

"Is this a boy's body? It's so strange."

Lucilia's voice rang directly from her mind.

Alka could feel that there was something extra in his body, as if it was in flesh and blood, but also in his soul.

Very strange, very weird.

Don't move around in my body!

This sentence came to the surface of her mind and was immediately received by Lucilia.

"Hehe, I'm sorry, this is also the first time I've done this."

After saying that, he stayed quietly beside Alka's soul.

"Alka, why is your soul a little different from your appearance? Why are there still some small spots of light around you?"

Hearing Lucilia's voice, Alka knew the condition of his soul.

Speaking of which, he only realized this when he looked in the mirror frequently recently.

His current appearance has changed slightly, and the direction of change is exactly what he used to be.

This made him feel somewhat relieved when he looked in the mirror, but more importantly he felt that this was just some of his own illusions.

But there is only a little charm, and the change is not big. People who know Alka can also know him, and they will only say that he has become more mature.

I just think this is some of the changes brought about by age.

After hearing Lucilia's words, Alka had an idea.

In other words, your body is changing towards the shape of your soul, and your soul is also changing according to the shape of your body.

The two are influencing each other.

Just like Lucilia said before, the body affects the soul, and the soul affects the body.

And those light spots may be some traces left by the original soul.

Alka didn't know much about it, so he could only make simple guesses based on the currently known information.

"And Alka, your soul is so strong, much stronger than mine."

As she spoke, Lucilia couldn't help but reach out and touch Alka's arm.

"Hiss~"

Alka gasped and couldn't help but wipe his left arm.

"What's wrong?" Jason next to him heard Alka suddenly taking a breath and asked.

"nothing."

Alka smiled slightly, suppressing the excitement just now and said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."

Only then did Lucilia realize that she had touched Alka's soul, causing Alka outside to also feel it.

It's okay, it's not pain, it's just a little strange feeling, maybe I'm too sensitive.

"That's good."

Alka just suddenly received a strong stimulation from Lucilia's touch.

The soul is much more sensitive than the body. Will it still be reflected to the outside world?

Alka couldn't help but think.

With Lucilia entering the realm of souls, Alka no longer heard the increasingly irritating singing in the darkness.

"Why is such a powerful soul like Alka still affected by this? There is much more darkness gathered around you than your companions."

Lucilia's voice continued to ring in his head.

As a ghost, Lucilia can see things more clearly and more than Alka and others as humans.

In her vision, once she was completely plunged into darkness, the darkness around Alka was like a tsunami pressing towards him.

As for his companions, there wasn't much darkness they were willing to touch.

Could it be that the strength of the soul attracts darkness?

Alka thought so.

"It's possible that being strong can resist harm, but it can also attract prying eyes."

With so much darkness, it stands to reason that Alka should have been invaded by darkness and have problems like Hammer.

But Alka only heard some singing, and it was just the most rudimentary symptoms, which were not at the same level as the extent of the attack.

It didn't take long for the two of them to communicate in their minds.

As the ghost ship left, the lighting stone on the ship lit up again.

"The darkness recedes."

As Lucilia's voice sounded, she emerged from Alka's body again and returned to the necklace.

"It seems that this journey is much more dangerous than I thought." Andre's voice sounded from the side.

Look at him frowning.

Alka asked from the side: "What happened to the ship?"

"According to the church's data, [Dark Shadow] has the ability to deal with death. After its full outbreak, countless lives were lost in both countries."

"All these lost souls have turned into spirits and are floating in this sea area, becoming the most dangerous source in this sea area."

"However, it is difficult to see them from the periphery. According to records, the death rate is the highest in the center of the outbreak and its surroundings, and there are almost no casualties as it goes further back."

"This kind of ghost ship is a monster formed by the explosion, and the power and soul of the dead people who died were washed away by the force in an instant mixed with the ship."

Hearing this, Gami suddenly interrupted: "Captain and the others cannot be called monsters. They are still human beings, but they are just bound by power."

Look at everyone's attention.

Jami explained: "The church has a specialized research group that has been in and out of the dark realm many times, and there are many souls in it who still retain memories and emotions from their lifetimes.

They are only bound by power, or more seriously, they are completely eroded by darkness, unable to escape, and return to death. "

"They are just...poor people."

"Sorry... I haven't been back to the cathedral for a long time, and I don't know much about this news."

Everyone couldn't help but feel a little depressed and looked towards the direction of the ghost ship.

"Don't be depressed. There are many people in the church who are dedicated to finding ways to relieve the pain of these souls."

Gami, who spent most of his time at the church, opened his mouth to comfort him.

How it will progress is unknown.

After all, it is a [scepter]-level treasure that exudes exaggerated power at the cost of special rituals and destruction.

It can't be lifted so easily.

The ship swayed again and started moving in the darkness.