Chapter 213 Leaving
"cool!"
Jason couldn't help but speak as he watched this scene.
The machine has a smooth surface, spell-like magic structures at the joints, and magical patterns all over it.
Jason felt that the slowly extending and transforming constructs looked so handsome.
Hearing this, Simon, who was looking at his new hands, looked up and smiled at him.
"Thanks."
"No need...uh, can you speak our language?" Jason reacted and asked curiously.
I didn't understand what he said just now.
Simon nodded and said, "Among the information and knowledge obtained, your language is included."
Hearing this, Juanlu couldn't help showing an envious expression on his face: "That's great."
He couldn't help but think of the language knowledge he had learned under Lucelia's strict requirements.
Learning those strange language knowledge was the most painful thing he had ever experienced in his life.
Among all the people on the boat, he was only slightly better than Porro in terms of studying.
Alka watched Simon adapting to his new constructed hands and asked, "So what are you going to do next?"
"There is no way back from here. We can only continue the journey we took 10 years ago to reach the Infinite Ocean. Before that, I'll trouble you all."
Simon looked at them and said apologetically.
Now he really had no other place to go except staying on this ship and heading to the Infinite Ocean.
Alka nodded, "No problem, this boat is big enough to carry you alone."
"Thank you. Please let me know if you need anything on board. I have some ability in forging and constructing objects."
Hearing Simon's words, Alka nodded.
Looking at his precise hands combined with the treasures related to the strength of the construct, Alka doesn't think that this is just a little ability.
As long as the ritual is performed, the Hand of Precision will become a treasure.
"Since we're going to be on the ship together for a while, let me introduce you. This is the ship's first mate Xia Daiti, and this is Jason..."
"Hello, my name is Simon."
Everyone introduced themselves briefly to each other and got to know each other.
Simon turned over and got off the bed. Except that he still looked a little thin and weak, all the scars on his body had been repaired by the treasure he had just used.
Everyone was quite welcoming to this new member who came on board temporarily.
At lunch, Juanlu prepared some suitable food for him according to his physical condition.
Everyone also chatted with him from time to time at the dinner table, but they all talked about things related to the Sea of Bright Confusion.
It can be said that people have no idea about this sea of wise men.
And the unknown naturally means curiosity.
"So flying steel ships are not uncommon in your place?" Jason asked in surprise, staring.
Simon nodded and said, "In addition to our ships that can temporarily fly into the sky with the help of the nozzle at the tail, there is also an airship that floats in the sky with the help of a huge hot air balloon."
As he spoke, one of Simon's steel fingers fell off, floated in the air, and under his control turned into a model of an airship.
"Can you fly in the sky forever?" Lucelia asked curiously.
"It's no problem to fly for ten days or half a month."
“Wow, that’s amazing.”
Through his understanding with Simon, Alka also had a general concept of the Sea of Luminous Delusion. Due to the existence of the Holy Church of the Wise, constructs and similar mechanical structures are very common in this sea area.
The research atmosphere is very strong, and there are many scholars even among ordinary people.
This means that in their world, the Toucher is not a hidden existence, and everyone knows that the Toucher exists.
The conditions for becoming a toucher are clearly stated, and some research institutions, colleges, and other places have such vacancies.
Perhaps because the world is different, there is no so-called steam engine there.
But relying on spells and the abilities of constructs, it is roughly equivalent to being in a steampunk society.
Steel, ships, airships, etc. all exist.
And ships that can sail without sails have appeared, but these ships are essentially not much different from spell ships.
However, there is a certain difference in the power method between it and ordinary spell ships.
However, it is said that they know more about the Vast Ocean, so all ships that are preparing to leave their own sea area and head for the Vast Ocean will be redesigned and equipped with sails.
The power brought by the spell structure cannot provide them with continuous power, and sails must be installed to enable them to sail even in harsh conditions.
"Are these apostates...common in your place?" Alka asked curiously.
This was something he was quite curious about, even though it was a bit impolite to ask.
The main reason is that betrayal of the Church of God is a very rare thing, whether in the Home Sea or in the Sea of All Living Beings. At least Alka has never heard of any betrayal in the Home Sea.
The main thing is that in this place where gods do exist, Alka really can't think of the price of betraying God, and what kind of benefits are worth it.
Moreover, those who join the church all have faith to some extent. Those who are in high positions have stronger faith. At least their behavior and ideas about how to deal with things are consistent with the church's teachings.
It is extremely rare to become an apostate under such circumstances.
Simon didn't show much emotion when he heard Alka's words. He just nodded and answered as if he was just listening to an ordinary question.
“Yes, there are many apostates in the Holy Machine Church. According to the research of some scholars, it is probably because the philosophy of the Holy Machine Church is too open.
This causes many believers and priests to inevitably move towards some taboo areas when conducting research.
The wise man asked them to remain curious about the unknown, but also to remain in awe of it. However, as they continued to study, they were only left with curiosity and lost their awe.
Those who are slightly more normal still believe in the wise men, but they no longer act according to the teachings. They have developed a unique... well, understanding of the teachings.
Some people are more extreme and would think that the Sage's ideas are too pedantic, or even that the Sage is an evil god who created a new sect with his own ideas.
These apostates were the main force heading to the Infinite Sea. They would try every means to sneak out when the gate opened, as it was too tempting for them.
In fact, the boundless ocean is also very tempting to people like us.”
Is it possible to conduct research on this kind of thing?
It's really open.
Alka silently complained in his heart.
Hearing Simon's words, Julia frowned and asked curiously, "Then this should be a good thing for your church, right?"
After all, these apostates are the source of chaos. Staying in the sea will affect the local order. It is better to let them all leave and go to a chaotic area like the Infinite Ocean. At least, out of sight, out of mind.
A very reasonable guess.
Simon nodded and said, "That's right, but the problem is that most of these apostates who are capable of establishing a religious order hold important positions in the church."
"He is powerful and also controls treasures. If he only controls some ordinary treasures, it would be fine. But if a group of apostates with such treasures want to leave for the Infinite Sea, the church will usually acquiesce.
The problem is that the treasures controlled by people in high positions and many wise men are very important to the church, and some are even holy objects. "
"So for these apostates who control important treasures for the church, we usually chase them madly to recover the treasures."
As he spoke, he raised his right hand, replacing his right arm with the Hand of Precision and that special index finger.
"For example, this index finger [Divine Enlightenment] is a very important treasure."
Looking at the treasure in his hand, it is actually called Divine Enlightenment, which is not appropriate at all.
He had inquired about it before, and it was this treasure that caused the strange phenomenon on the island.
It is an effect caused by deliberate amplification of targeting.
This thing is actually called [Divine Inspiration].
Replacing them with mechanical organs or something, how is that sacred?
However, Alka had some strange thoughts about what Simon said, and asked, "What is an important treasure?"
Simon answered this question straightforwardly: "It is a treasure that helps the church with education, for example, it can make it easier for people to learn forging and carving.
As well as being able to enlighten wisdom and accelerate learning. These things related to wisdom creation and learning can all be considered important treasures for the church."
Simply put, it is a treasure whose functions are closely related to the development, educational philosophy, and combat methods of the Holy Machine Church.
For example, it can help people quickly learn casting and enhance the [Precision Hands] for fine craftsmanship.
Able to directly strengthen the [Divine Inspiration] of the created construct.
They can all be considered typical examples.
"That is to say, for the Holy Machine Church, as long as the treasure does not belong to this type, it doesn't matter and is not valued that much, right?" Alka thought for a while and asked.
Simon nodded: "That's what I understand."
Hearing this, Alka rubbed his chin and thought.
"What's wrong? Have you thought of something?" Xia Daiti asked from the side.
Alka nodded. “I thought of the Church of Our Lady.”
Because the attitude of the Virgin Mary Church towards treasures seems to be the same. For example, they are very generous with inappropriate treasures like the [Bloody Team Flag].
Basically, just give when you say give and give when you can.
For example, the [Mirror], it would be fine if someone was willing to give it up for exchange, but when Alka got this treasure, only a few spots on it had been used.
It gives people a feeling that this treasure has been neglected.
For a large church like the Church of Our Lady, this is somewhat wrong.
He had even gone out of his way to have a small talk with the Archbishop before.
The ship carried two treasures at that time, hoping that Alka, who was performing the touching ceremony, would choose the wheat ear headband.
Because that piece of equipment is what the insiders will use when they are enlightened.
Alka is a natural inner member.
The magic power in Jason's body, who touched this treasure, was closer to the holy light and within the power range of the Virgin Mary.
According to Alka's understanding in the Home Sea, as long as the treasures are related to the Virgin Mary's teachings, you basically cannot see them from the outside, and they are all in the hands of relevant personnel in the church.
"belch!"
A burp sounded from the side.
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Porro who had already eaten and drunk his fill.
He looked at everyone curiously and asked, "You have been chatting here for so long, aren't you hungry?"
After hearing this, everyone started eating in silence.
As we chatted, I forgot what I was doing.
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Day 2
When Simon suggested that he wanted to go to the island to take a look, Alka brought Jason and Pororo to the island.
He roughly guessed what Simon was going to do.
When Simon saw the ruins of the steel ship that had been broken in the middle and twisted, he just stood there.
The three stood behind him and did not disturb him.
After a long while, Simon managed to calm himself down, turned around and said to the others, "Please wait for me."
Everyone nodded.
Jason said, "If you need any help, you're welcome."
"Thank you." Simon nodded in thanks.
Then everyone saw Simon walk into the ruins of the ship and watched him wrap up one corpse after another and take them out and place them outside.
Alka saw that the orange sacks containing the bones were labeled with each person's name.
"He can actually recognize his former teammates just by looking at their corpses?" Jason said in surprise.
"Shouldn't we help him?" Porollo asked, with his arms folded, as he looked at Simon who was carrying the corpse alone.
Alka shook his head.
"Leave him alone. He wants it that way."
Just as Alka said, Simon did think so.
He wanted to be the only living person on the ship and send off the bodies of those .
He was busy from morning till noon before he completely packed up the bones and placed them outside.
Then, under the leadership of Alka and the others, they went to various places where the bodies of zombies were found.
Because there were too many corpses, Alka did not deal with all of them, resulting in some of the corpses beginning to completely rot over time.
Simon simply distinguished each body and packed up the bodies of his teammates together.
Only at last did he put a pile of black ashes into a bag.
Ashes is the zombie with the strength of six spirals that Alka fought yesterday, and Simon's former captain.
It is said that the captain once had the strength of Nine Spirals, and the undead body plus the construct parts are still not able to restore his strength.
Only after he had done all this did he place the bones together on the deck of the ship.
Then he reached into a metal square box at his waist, and various structural components appeared.
These parts were installed around the abandoned steel ship.
He raised his right hand, the Precision Hand and the finger-like treasure, and pointed them at the ruins of the steel ship.
Through the strange transmission of magic and special ripples, it seems to have affected the structures installed on the ruined ship.
These unknown structures began to cause changes to the entire steel ship.
In the sight of Alka and the others, the entire surface of the ship began to boil, then melted and turned into liquid metal.
They began to wrap the bodies on the deck upwards, encasing them in metal balls.
Only about 10 minutes later, a round, solid iron ball appeared at the place where the ruins of the ship had previously stopped.
"That's amazing." Jason couldn't help but say as he watched this scene.
Alka also nodded. He could roughly tell that the caster's [Melt] spell seemed to be used.
However, Alka believed that it was impossible to melt such a large steel ship into an iron ball.
It's somewhat exaggerated.
Is it one's own ability or the enhancement of the treasure?
On the solid steel ball, row after row of names appeared, densely arranged on it.
These are the names of those corpses.
And those crew members whose bodies could not be found were all carved on the iron ball.
Then everyone saw him take out something like a stick.
They were inserted one by one in a circle next to the iron ball.
Raise your right hand and tap lightly.
These iron rods underwent various changes, and then suddenly drilled into the ground. The small pieces that remained on them were connected together by lines of magic.
In an instant, a violent cloud of dust rose.
The iron ball sank directly into the ground, and a huge deep pit appeared on the ground, just big enough to bury the iron ball.
The raised dust did not spread outwards, but floated upwards to a certain height and then fell down again.
When everyone was able to see the situation clearly, a mound of earth had already appeared.
Then Simon was seen drawing a triangle on his chest, similar to a prayer gesture.
Praying softly in a language they couldn't understand.
"I originally said that I would bring you two to help collect his body, but the three of us ended up just standing here watching for quite a while."
Alka couldn't help but say.
After a while Simon also finished praying and came back.
"Okay, it's over, we can go back now."
Everyone nodded.
The four of them returned in silence along the same route and returned to the Sound of Dawn.
Now that Simon's final farewell has been made.
Arka came onto the deck and waved.
"Set sail!"
As the words fell, bright singing was heard.
The sails slid down and the ship gradually sailed away from the island.
Simon stood at the stern, looking at the island getting farther and farther away, holding a gray-black metal plate in his hand.
Alka comes beside him.
"Steel Melody, huh?"
Simon nodded, then raised the metal plate in his hand, and the index finger of the treasure on the Hand of Precision pointed at the metal plate.
The magic power was integrated into it, and the metal plate began to melt and boil, and then quickly took shape.
The whole process took less than two minutes.
Two minutes later, the metal plate had turned into a scaled-down ship.
This ship is so familiar.
Alka had seen it in his dream before, and after thinking about it, canvas cloth appeared in Alka's hand.
Handed it to Simon in front of him.
“A sailboat is incomplete without its sail.”
Hearing this, Simon smiled and nodded.
The canvas was neatly cut and installed on the mast of the sailboat model.
Unknown words appeared on the side of the steel sailboat model.
Steel melody.
This is a scaled-down model of the ship Simon once rode on.
This will become Simon's memory.
The afterglow of dusk sprinkled on the sea, and the dim sunlight shone on the island that was getting farther and farther away.
Until the island completely turned into a black dot.
Never seen again.
A breeze ruffles the canvas of Dawn Sound.
The ever-moving ocean current pushes the ship toward the unknown.
