Chapter 146: The Ship of Music
After sorting out these things, Alka pushed open the door of his house and came to the captain's room outside.
This time I have more information to share.
Alka drew out a card, and after infusing it with magic power, the card immediately turned into a mirror and began to tell the information it knew.
It is not practical to use the sound bird to express one's information, as it cannot send such a long message.
Unless it is done multiple times, divide it into multiple sections.
After he finished speaking, the mirror in his hand turned back into a card.
However, the card has obviously changed, which means that this card engraved with the sonic bird has been used.
It is equivalent to a CD that has already been burned.
Alka came to the window of the captain's room and yelled to the deck: "Jason! Jason, come here quickly, I have something to talk to you about."
Hearing his call, Jason pushed open the door of the captain's room and walked in after a while.
"What's wrong?"
Alka handed him the card in his hand and said, "Input magic power into it and send it to the church."
Jason looked at the card in his hand and saw the image of a sonic bird on it.
He knew this was supposed to be used to convey information, but he just smiled awkwardly and said.
“I can’t deliver it that far.”
"It's okay. It depends on my proficiency and magic power. Feel free to use it."
The cards that Alka made were, of course, based on his proficiency and abilities.
Hearing this, Jason looked at Alka and nodded, inputting magic power into the card.
The card turned into a normal bird and flew out of the window, disappearing into the darkness.
At this time, the door of the captain's room opened again.
Xiadaiti walked in and then looked at Alka: "You have already triple spiral?"
She knew that Alka had been undergoing the triple helix upgrade in the captain's cabin before, and now that he was no longer meditating, it meant that the upgrade was successful.
Hearing this, Jason stared at Alka with wide eyes.
What the hell? How can it be so fast?
He just remembered now that Xiadaiti seemed to have turned into a double spiral, but he hadn't noticed it before.
So why are they moving so fast?
Thinking about myself, it seems like just a spiral.
The gap is a bit too big.
Alka nodded, confirming Xiadaiti's question.
After thinking for a while, he waved to Xia Daiti and said, "I'm going to test something, come and help me."
Xia Daiti nodded, walked over and sat in front of Alka.
"How can I help you?"
Alka took out a pen and paper and wrote on it the method and spell that his father gave him to curse.
He handed the written paper to Xia Daiti and said, "Use the method above to curse me."
"Curse? You?" Alka's words made Xia Daiti confused for a moment.
"Um."
Alka nodded, then smiled and explained, "Don't worry, the curse is very weak. It's mainly used to adapt to the illusory body and see if you can withstand the damage of the curse."
After hearing this, Xia Daiti nodded. This made it much easier to understand.
"Okay, then I'll give it a try. Does it have to be harmful? How serious a damage does it have to be to be effective?"
"Of course. This is the only way to test the effect. Let's make a huge wound on the arm... the left arm ."
Xia Daiti nodded, and the two began to discuss the details of the curse.
Hearing this, Jason also came over, watching the two people's behavior, and sat beside them, watching curiously.
I have been separated from Alka and the others for too long and have missed so much. I need to get to know them better.
Jason didn't notice any changes in Alka until Alka replaced his body.
Xia Daiti prepared the materials and process for the entire curse and began to carve the spell.
Then he drew a simple curse pattern on Alka's hand, and also drew one on his own hand.
After doing all this, he stared at Alka in front of him and said, "Shall I start?"
"Well, let's get started."
Xia Daiti closed his eyes and the curse began to take effect.
He took out a dagger and slashed his left arm hard.
When the knife cut across Xia Daiti's arm, there was no wound at all, and the damage was transferred.
The transferred curse caused a wide blood scar to appear on the illusory Alka's arm, and blood kept flowing out.
There is no difference from the real body.
Xiadaiti looked at the bloodstains on Alka's hands and it seemed that the curse was successfully cast.
Then the real body emerged, and the bloodstains disappeared as if refreshed.
There was no damage on Alka's real body's hands, which meant that the curse was blocked by the fake body.
"Very good, it seems that it can indeed resist."
Alka's tone was filled with unstoppable excitement.
This meant that he had directly cracked Jack's most difficult ability, without Jack's knowledge.
Once used, this will be the most deadly intelligence.
It's time to start making final preparations.
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Wandering aimlessly on the sea of the Dark Realm, Alka and his companions had been conducting some training on the ship.
And from time to time, they communicate remotely with church ships.
It has been confirmed that all the pirates have retreated and are now operating in groups, but their roaming area has been fixed to Elcot Island.
There is still half a month left until the harvest day.
Now Alka and his crew are sailing in a circle around Elcot Island. It takes about six or seven days to sail to Elcot Island.
After many exchanges with the church, the accuracy of each intelligence has been confirmed, and some targeted measures and plans have been made.
And the manpower they gathered has quietly arrived at the Dark Realm.
Everything is ready.
Now everything is waiting for the final moment to come.
Harvest day.
"It should be translated as distance, not length. Haven't I told you this many times? Why are you so stupid?"
Hearing the voice coming from behind, Alka turned around and couldn't help but smile.
On the deck at this time.
Three figures of different heights were carrying stools and sitting behind a long table.
In front of them was a stool with several thick books on top. On top stood a two-headed doll, roaring at them.
Although this roar sounds childish, it is hard to believe that it has any deterrent effect.
Xiadaiti, Pororo and Jason are receiving instruction from Lucelia.
What was taught was nothing else but the extremely difficult but very important White Crocodile Text.
In Lucelia's words, a lot of secret knowledge and information that is difficult to convey are written in this language.
If you don't understand this kind of text, you will miss a lot of useful things.
Originally it was Xia Daiti who was studying. Jason was very interested in treasure hunting, so he certainly would not miss the opportunity to learn knowledge.
This also led to Porro becoming interested and coming over to try it out.
As for Julia, she would have done it anyway.
However, Alka's learning stage was completely different from theirs, and Lucelia usually gave him special lessons.
Looking at Jason who was being scolded, Alka couldn't help but smile.
He turned around again and looked at the map in his hand, and couldn't help but frowning again.
A flashing blue dot is moving slowly on the map.
Since Alka and the others did not go to the island during this period, the blue dot has been following them.
Before, it would wander around the island that Alka and the others had visited, but now it stopped pretending and just followed them straight behind.
In other words, this blue dot was attracted by them based on the time when it appeared and what they had done before.
Alka speculated that it was attracted by something in his hand.
Thinking about what I did at that time.
At this moment, he was holding a harmonica of exquisite quality in his hand.
Before seeing this moving blue dot, there was only the harmonica, and there was no movement because of the blowing.
Now look back at the blue spot where the harmonica is located.
At that time, it was mentioned that there was a ship calling for music, and there were also some clear references in the introduction of the treasure.
This was the only potentially relevant thing Alka had done before the blue dot appeared.
So is it possible that the blue dot at the back is what is called by the harmonica?
This matter must be resolved before the harvest.
Thinking of this, Alka took the helm and began to turn the boat. He had to go and see what this blue dot was that was following them.
Could it be a ship that was summoned and can sail automatically?
The sound of the ship turning startled everyone on board, and they all looked at Alka who was at the helm.
"What happened to Alka? Why did he suddenly change direction?" Xia Daiti stood up and asked with some confusion.
Looking at everyone's gazes, Alka thought for a moment and said, "Something has been chasing us for a long time, so I want to see what it is."
After hearing Alka's words, everyone became interested and alert. They wondered what the thing that was chasing them could be and whether it might be hostile to them.
Judging from Alka's expression, he probably didn't know what it was either.
Alka looks at the map.
The blue light behind him was still moving slowly, and he began to move backwards.
What he was holding in his hand was the harmonica he had obtained earlier.
The music ship summoned by the harmonica couldn't really be a huge spell ship.
I couldn't help but feel a little bit of anticipation and excitement.
As he thought about this, Alka clearly saw the outline of a blue ship in the darkness in the distance.
Seeing this scene, he immediately took out his telescope and looked carefully.
The blue outline is enlarged, which means that this blue dot is ridiculously large.
It's not that there is a blue treasure placed in some huge object, but that the blue treasure itself moves.
It really is a ship.
Alka looked at the ship which was getting closer and closer to them.
Others also saw it outside the range of vision.
They were all ready to fight.
Finally, Alka stopped the boat on the sea, and the ship in front was still heading towards them.
A strange sound came from the darkness.
The sounds intersect and echo each other, forming a moving of music.
Listening to the moving music, Julia came to the bow of the ship.
“A nice piece of music.”
As a mermaid, she is born with a beautiful singing voice and innate musical talent.
The music was so good that she couldn't help but praise it.
As for the others, the sound was pleasant to the ear, but it did not affect their vigilance against the ship at all.
As the ship in the dark gradually approached, the full picture appeared in front of everyone.
The length of this ship reaches an astonishing 40 meters, which is considered a large ship.
Three tall masts reached straight into the sky, with secondary sails in front and behind, but the canvas on these masts were all in tatters.
It cannot stop the wind at all, so naturally it cannot move forward relying on the wind.
The ship was grey and tattered, although some remaining traces showed that it was once a good ship.
But now it looks like a large sailing ship that is about to be scrapped.
No, it can even be said that it is a ship that can be abandoned.
Such a large ship only has one gun deck. Looking at the exposed gun muzzles on both sides, you can tell that there are very few gun positions and their caliber is not large.
This is inconsistent with the size of the entire ship. Such small caliber cannons are usually only equipped on small warships or merchant ships.
But from the appearance of this ship, it can be seen that it should be used as a flagship or an ocean-going vessel. A sailboat will be wider and have multiple cabins and decks.
The materials and decorations will not be so sufficient, everything is done with the aim of saving.
The only noteworthy part of the entire ship is its bow, which looks like a sculpture of the instruments of an entire musical orchestra gathered together.
Trumpets for various musical instruments, large and small, are arranged on it, and the music comes from the sculpture on the bow.
The entire ship was empty, there were no lights, no skeletons, and no living creatures.
The music ship slowly stopped beside the ship, making a beeping sound.
The people on the boat looked at each other, then looked at Alka together.
Alka held the harmonica and silently walked to the edge of the boat, looking at the dilapidated ship in front of him.
Gently place the harmonica on your lips.
As the sound rang out, the ships and the boats began to make sounds in unison.
It seems confirmed.
It was the harmonica that summoned the ship.
"Is this a ghost ship? Or a spell ship?"
Alka turned around curiously and asked. The Lucilia doll standing on Xiadeti's shoulder shook its head.
"I don't know. I don't know what the difference is between a spell ship and a ghost ship."
The boat was not controlled by anyone, but it kept chasing just because I played the harmonica.
So the harmonica is a tool to summon the boats.
So does this ship have its own consciousness, or does it start sailing automatically because of the spell?
Alka had questions in his mind, but he couldn't get any answers for the time being.
Looking at the rope ladder hanging from above, he glanced at everyone and climbed up taking the ladder.
As it crawled, a creaking sound could be heard, as if the wooden board would be torn apart at any time.
Arrived on the deck of the ship.
The deck was already in tatters, covered with moss and various holes, and exuding a strong smell of decay.
Alka walked around casually and found that there was no major problem with the keel of the entire ship, but except for the keel which was very strong, other parts were already in tatters.
Even the spells carved on it were badly worn.
There was a noise behind me.
Xia Daiti and the others also climbed up and looked at the environment on the deck.
"This ship is so shabby, it's a miracle that it can still sail."
As soon as he looked at the surrounding environment, Jason couldn't help but complain.
He had barely finished speaking when a cable broke and came crashing down on him.
Jason immediately dodged to the side, and the cable was pulled down, creating a big hole in the wooden board below.
"Oh, okay, okay, it's actually quite good. You've been very strong, it's really good."
Jason quickly apologized, speaking to the empty air.
The cable then slowly flew up.
"You've made me angry because of your bad mouth." Xia Daiti laughed gloatingly at the side.
“Is this really a ghost ship?”
Lucilia stood on Xiadaiti's shoulder and looked at the behavior of the ship just now, and couldn't help asking.
The most obvious feature of a ghost ship is that it has self-awareness.
The fact that the ships were chasing each other because of the playing of the harmonica could be attributed to the effect of the spell, but the performance just now could not be easily dismissed.
This is clearly a sign of self-awareness.
Several people couldn't help but look at Alka again.
Looking at the harmonica in his hand, Alka blew it gently.
The Dreamcatcher also floated up, and a light pink mist began to spread, wrapping the entire ship starting from under his feet.
The pink mist simply passed under everyone's feet, without enveloping them or pulling them into the dream.
Seeing this scene, several people shut their mouths and stopped communicating, waiting quietly and observing.
Until the fog completely enveloped the ship and Alka as well.
Everything sank into a dream.
The soft music that had been surrounding them also fell completely silent.
It was as if the ship had also fallen asleep and sunk into a dream.
Alka opened his eyes in his dream and left his dream bubble.
Came to the side.
The dream in which I saw the ship beneath my feet.
The bubble was very fragile and thin, extremely fragile, as if it would burst if blown gently.
This dream is so fragile that it doesn't seem like the kind of dream a normal soul would have. The fragility and indifference of the soul have reached a certain level.
The scene inside can be seen clearly from the outside.
Alka entered the bubble gently, fearing that excessive movement would break it.
The environment in the bubble was changing rapidly. Although everything was changing very quickly, Alka could see it clearly.
Be able to clearly remember and understand what the bubbles want to express.
Although it was hazy, Alka could understand it clearly in the dream.
From the structure of this bubble and the signs it shows, it can be seen that this is not a dream that a normal human soul would have.
This ship, she is communicating with Alka through dreams, of course it can only be expressed through the pictures and the changes in the dreams.
