Chapter 91: Soul Possession
"Alka, let me do it. You can go and rest."
Alka sat in the watchtower, not knowing how much time had passed. He was too lazy to check his pocket watch.
In the darkness, the perception of time is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, depending entirely on what you are doing at the time.
Hearing Xiadaiti's voice, Alka stood up and looked down: "Okay, I'll come down now." Then he slid down along the rope.
After coming down, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened before? I saw Hamo being carried in from upstairs."
After saying that, he shook his head and looked at the door of the infirmary not far away.
"Hamo was eroded by darkness and his spirit was affected. He is much better now and is resting."
Arka, who was about to go into the infirmary to take a look, stopped when he heard this.
It’s better not to disturb them.
Thinking of this, Alka pushed open the door of the captain's room and walked in.
The main members are all here.
Sangkaka, Vanessa, and Jamie were playing cards, while Andre and Jason were looking at something at the table.
There is no more information for them to analyze. After all, what they know is limited. If they want to know more information, they can only continue exploring when they reach their destination.
Seeing Alka coming in, Andre raised his head and rubbed his brows, saying, "It should take two days to reach the destination. Remember to be prepared."
Alka walked over, sat on the seat next to him and nodded.
I casually picked up a book from the bookshelf next to me and started flipping through it.
There was no other sound in the captain's room except the sound of a few people playing cards.
The people who are reading do not think their voices are noisy. Instead, they prefer to hear these noisy sounds.
Sailing on the sea is boring.
Sailing on the pitch-black sea is not just boring; the darkness and silence can almost drive people crazy.
“Ding ding ding!”
At this moment the sound of bells was heard from the deck outside.
Hearing the voice, everyone immediately put down what they were doing and rushed out without hesitation.
The moment Alka rushed out, he pulled out the locker on his thigh, and a card appeared in his other hand.
He immediately assumed a fighting stance.
"stop!"
The moment he came out , Andre keenly realized why the bell was ringing.
"Gami, turn off the lights!"
After hearing Andre's reminder, Jamie rushed out and executed Andre's order without hesitation without realizing what had happened.
The ship's lighting stone went out instantly.
In an instant, it merged into the darkness.
But the darkness was not empty. Instead, it let everyone know what made Andre so alert.
There was a faint light moving slowly on the sea in the distance.
It was a tattered ship. The whole ship emitted a faint white light and was emitting mist while sailing.
The sails were full of holes, and even a piece of the tail boom was broken off.
You can see that the wooden boards around the ship have dents and large holes.
This is an abandoned, dilapidated ship.
"This is a ghost ship. Wait quietly for it to leave and don't alarm them."
Hearing Andre's subtle voice, everyone held their breath and stared, trying not to make the slightest sound.
At this time, Xia Daiti, who was on the watchtower, saw the behavior of the people below, and he also shrank back on the watchtower, revealing his head and observing quietly.
Quietly watching the ghost ship in the distance sailing towards their right.
Fortunately, the direction of the car's movement was not where they were, but it did pass by them.
When it was closest to them, it was less than 500 meters away.
Sitting on the sea was no longer a safe distance, not to mention that both sides were not ordinary ships.
With their vision, they could even see ghost-like creatures walking around on the ship.
Some skeleton-like monsters clung to the sails and pulled the locks like humans.
“@&%=…”
What sound?
Alka frowned and looked around, as if to see who was making the noise.
However, the strange sound rang in his ears again.
Who is singing?
Alka heard the singing, which was softly sung in an unknown language. The sound was ethereal but touching, and every word was pleasant to the ears.
It seemed to penetrate into his soul.
As the sound passed, the singing became gradually more irritable, which made Alka frown.
The spirit becomes exhausted.
"Darkness is gathering around you, Alka wake up!"
Hearing Lucelia's voice, Alka shook his head quickly.
In an instant the singing became faint.
Alka instinctively opened his mouth to ask Lucilia a question, but immediately remembered that Andre and the others were around him and immediately closed his mouth.
The originally weak singing voice gradually became stronger.
"Close your eyes and channel your magic power into the mirror."
Hearing Lucilia's voice, Alka slowly channeled his magic power into the mirror.
Then he felt Lucilia taking this opportunity to fly out and overlapped with him in an instant.
It was as if it had penetrated into my body and reached deep into my spirit.
However, with the disappearance of Lucelia, Alka clearly felt the disappearance of the singing.
The irritable murmurs disappeared before Alka could react , and his slightly dazed mind returned to normal.
"Is this a boy's body? How strange."
Lucelia's voice rang directly in his mind.
Alka could feel that there was something extra in his body, as if it was in his flesh and blood, or in his soul.
Very strange, very weird.
Don't run around in my body!
This sentence surfaced in her mind and was immediately received by Lucelia.
"Hehe, sorry, this is the first time I do this."
After saying this, he stayed quietly beside Alka's soul.
"Arka, why does your soul look a little different from your appearance? Why are there some small spots of light around you?"
After hearing Lucelia's voice, Alka realized the condition of his soul.
Come to think of it, he only discovered this recently when he looked in the mirror frequently.
My current appearance has changed slightly, and the direction of change is exactly what I used to look like.
This made him feel somewhat relieved when he looked in the mirror, but he felt more that it was just an illusion.
But there is only a little bit of charm, the change is not big, and people who know Alka can also understand him and will only say that he has become more mature.
I just think these are some changes brought about by aging.
After hearing what Lucilia said, Alka had an idea.
In other words, one's body is changing into the appearance of one's soul, and one's soul is also changing into the appearance of one's body.
The two influence each other.
As Lucelia said before, the body affects the soul and the soul affects the body.
And those light spots might be some traces left by the original souls.
Alka didn't quite understand it either, and could only make simple guesses based on the information he knew.
"And your soul is so strong, Alka. 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, who was standing beside him, asked when he heard Alka suddenly gasp.
"nothing."
Alka smiled slightly, trying hard to suppress the excitement he had just felt.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that."
It was then that Lucilia realized that she had touched Alka's soul, causing Alka outside to feel it as well.
It's okay, it's not painful, just a little weird feeling, maybe I'm too sensitive.
"That's good."
When Lucelia touched him just now, Alka suddenly felt a strong stimulation.
The soul is much more sensitive than the body. Will it be reflected to the outside world?
Alka couldn't help but think.
With Lucelia's entry into the realm of the soul, Alka no longer heard the increasingly irritating singing in the darkness.
"Why would a soul as powerful as Alka be affected by this? The darkness gathered around you is much greater than that of your companions."
Lucelia's voice continued to echo in his mind.
As a ghost, Lucilia can see things more clearly and more than Alka and others who are humans.
Once she was completely plunged into darkness in her vision, the darkness around Alka pressed towards him like a tsunami.
However, his companions were not willing to touch the darkness as much as they could.
Could it be that the strength of the soul attracts darkness?
Alka thought so.
"It's possible that being strong can protect you from harm, but it will also attract prying eyes."
With so much darkness, Alka should have been invaded by it and had problems like Hamo.
But Alka just heard some singing, which was just the most basic symptom, and was completely different from the degree of invasion.
It didn't take long for the two to communicate in their minds.
As the ghost ship left, the lighting stones on the ship lit up again.
"The darkness receded."
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 with a frown on his face.
Alka asked nearby, "What's the matter with the boat?"
"According to the church's records, [Dark Shadow] has the power of death. After its full outbreak, countless lives in both countries were lost."
"All these deceased souls have turned into spirits, floating in this sea area, and have become the most dangerous source in this sea area."
"But it's hard to see them in the periphery. According to records, the death rate is highest in the center of the outbreak and its surroundings. There are almost no casualties as you go further back."
"This kind of ghost ship is formed by the power of death and the souls of the people who died in the explosion in an instant, mixed with the ship to form a monster."
Hearing this, Gami suddenly interrupted: "Captain, they can't be called monsters. They are still human beings, but they are bound by power."
Watching everyone's attention shift.
Jamie explained: "The church has a special research group that has been in and out of the dark realm many times. There are many souls in it that still retain their memories and emotions from their previous lives.
They are merely bound by power, or in serious cases, completely eroded by darkness, unable to escape, and returning to death. "
"They are just...poor people."
"I'm sorry... I haven't been back to the cathedral for a long time, so I don't know the news."
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little depressed and looked in the direction where the ghost ship was sailing away.
"Don't be discouraged. There are many people in the church who are dedicated to finding ways to relieve the suffering of these souls."
Jamie, who spent most of his time in church, spoke to comfort them.
As for how it progresses, that remains to be seen.
After all, it is a treasure of the [Scepter] level that exudes exaggerated power at the cost of special rituals and destruction.
It's not so easy to resolve.
The boat rocked again and sailed in the darkness.
