Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 154 Time and space lock
In the darkness, the icon of the storm goddess Gamona still stands quietly in the center of the underground sanctuary, covered with tulle, overlooking the world.

Of course, according to the strict doctrine, the "goddess" in the underground sanctuary is the other side of Gemona, and should be called "the maiden of the tranquil sea".

Duncan stared at the cold stone statue, and he was sure that he absolutely heard a voice just now, a whisper like a whisper in a dream, coming from the stone statue.

However, Shirley and Agou, who are close at hand, have not responded until now-apparently only he heard the voice.

"Mr. Duncan?" Shirley also noticed Duncan's strange behavior at this time, she opened her eyes a little nervously, and pressed against Agou involuntarily, "Did you find anything?"

"Did you hear anything just now?" Duncan extinguished the flame at his fingertips, and asked in a low voice while cautiously approaching the icon of the Maiden of Tranquility.

"Sound?" Shirley and Agou looked at each other and shook their heads, "No."

The Goddess did not respond to Duncan's approach again, nor did any sound come from it.

Duncan felt that he might be a little reckless this time.

He only felt that the connection between the Goddess of Storms and this church had been cut off, and there was no vision when he summoned Agou and burned the door of the church before, so he let go of his hands and feet a little while exploring, but he didn't think of himself After a ball of flame burned down, it actually attracted the gaze of the "god"—if the question just now really came from Ge Mona.

Because of this, he introspected a little in his heart, and decided to be more cautious next time he was reckless.

While introspecting a little in his heart, he also suddenly had a question:
Looking at the situation of this church, before I and Shirley came in, this place was obviously completely abandoned and forgotten, and the connection between the goddess of the storm, Gamona, and this place has obviously been blocked. It stands to reason that my flame is also in this church. The "invasion force" of the "invasion force", after the flames burned, the erosion and shielding of this church can only be more serious than before, just like lighting another fire on the ruins that have already been severely burned, but how...

After I got angry, the connection between the Goddess of Storms and here was temporarily strengthened! ?
Are you not an intruder?Shouldn't one's own flame be very destructive to the power of the gods with the attribute of order?Why did you burn the spirit of the goddess?
The more Duncan thought about it, the more confused he became, but he didn't think about it for long.

After all, he is still not sure whether the vague whisper just now is the voice of Ge Mona, he is just guessing randomly based on this conjecture, and the most urgent task right now... is to think about how to deal with this wrong place next. church.

After the whispers just disappeared, there was no follow-up. Duncan didn't know what a goddess was usually busy with, but the other party seemed to have no intention of continuing to watch here, and the rest of the underground temple still maintained its original appearance. However, the flames released by themselves did not lift any "curtain" like the one in the abandoned factory.

He also didn't perceive the situation on the other side of the "curtain" anymore. The flame he left in the split body of the umbrella monster was still gone. He could only be sure that the flame was still burning, and it had even begun to spread, but he touched it. Less than the "dimension" that the flame is in.

This church was indeed an important node on the curtain, but with the power of him and Shirley, it seemed that it was not easy to pry this place.

And with his current body condition, coupled with the influence of the current distance between the Lost Country and the city-state of Pratland, it is also difficult for him to mobilize a larger-scale flame, and it is difficult to create a larger flame here. movement.

After weighing it quickly in his heart, Duncan had an idea in his heart.

It's time to do "The Wary Citizen Mr. Duncan" again.

This church has been hidden until today, and some inexplicable force has been preventing outsiders from prying into this place, so what if... he forcibly lifts the lid off?
He was very curious about how the Deep Sea Church in the Puland city-state would react to this, and even more curious about what the storm goddess would do—since he couldn’t open the curtain here, let’s make this place a big news .

Of course, it may not be enough to find a few patrolling night watchmen to report this time, and it may kill the first batch of investigators who came in. How can we use a reliable and effective method to make this place a big news... You have to think about it seriously.

While thinking about it, Duncan showed a smile unconsciously on his face. This is the smile of a happy person when he is planning a big fun, but this smile startled Shirley and Agou next to him, especially the latter , and pinched his tail on the spot: "Deng...Deng...Mr. Duncan, do you have any plans?"

Duncan waved his hand as soon as he heard it: "It's nothing, I plan to do my part to maintain the order of the city-state."

Ah Gou grunted in his throat, thinking that even if he said this to those lunatics and demons in the deep sea, no one would believe it. The expression on the boss’s face just now was clearly that of a subspace invader, and he finally figured out what subspace is. Space invasion, and the smile of preparing for a subspace invasion...

"Okay, there's nothing to see here," Duncan didn't care about the reactions of Shirley and Agou. He just glanced back at the icon of Gomona, left a meaningful stare, and then turned to the exit. Go to the gate, "This place is not suitable for staying for a long time."

A group of people quickly walked towards the exit, but before leaving, Shirley couldn't help but stop: "Mr. Duncan, what about this... this dead nun?"

Duncan also stopped, quietly watching the lady who had fought and died.

She is still very young, so young that it is a pity that she is not a church guard who specializes in fighting, but she died in the darkness of this underground temple with a sharp sword in her hand.

Duncan suddenly realized a problem.

Nun...why is a nun guarding the church?Under normal circumstances, shouldn't there be a team of specially trained guards stationed here?
He recalled what he had seen in the main hall earlier.

That team of guards seemed to have died in the main hall of the church... and according to what I saw in that scene of "superimposed reality", those guards were not killed in battle, but more like sitting on a bench All of a sudden they died while praying.

The guard who was supposed to be stationed in the underground sanctuary died suddenly in the main hall of the church. There was no trace of any battle during his lifetime. The nun who was supposed to stay in the main hall died alone in the sanctuary. There was no breath left after that, the church was blocked and forgotten after that, and some kind of "reverberation" of the nuns returned to the main hall, continuing to pray day after day...

Duncan's attention returned to reality, he watched the nun quietly for a few seconds, and said softly: "I'm sorry, I can't bury you, you stay here first, maybe someone will come to find out the truth."

In this matter, it is really necessary to rely on the hands of "professionals".

Duncan stood up and walked towards the exit leading to the main hall. Shirley couldn't help but ask behind: "Ah, shall we just leave her here?"

"This is called keeping the scene," Duncan said without turning his head, "Let's go, the investigation here is not over yet, but we don't need to do it ourselves."

Shirley gave a half-comprehension oh, and followed Duncan's footsteps with Agou. They left the underground sanctuary and walked towards the staircase leading to the main hall.

There was a slight knocking sound from behind them.

Duncan stopped suddenly and looked back in the direction of the sound.

A dark wooden door stood at the entrance of the main hall. The wooden door was slightly concealed, and it was reinforced with steel and rivets. Sacred rune patterns could be faintly seen on the door leaf.

Shirley glanced back, her eyes slowly widening in horror.

Then she turned her head and saw Duncan's face was serious, his face was as deep as water.

"The door...the door..." Shirley raised her finger and pointed in the direction of the door, opened her mouth a few times but didn't know what to say.

"I saw it." Duncan interrupted Shirley, and then walked back to the door of the church. He glanced at the dark door and stretched out his hand to gently push it.

The door doesn't lock, but if you keep pushing, you will feel resistance.

The back of the door was blocked.

He withdrew his hand, thought quietly for a few seconds, and resisted the urge to light another fire to burn the door open.

He already knew what would happen inside after opening the door, and the weird phenomenon here made him give up the idea of ​​using rough methods to try again and again.

"The distorted time and space...it's really distorted to a certain extent."

At the same time, in the deep-sea cathedral in the upper city, the calm-faced Fanna finished her daily prayers and arranged the work for the day with her subordinates. She withdrew her followers and came to this magnificent and sacred building alone. the depths.

This is the archives of the cathedral. Under the gaze of the goddess, this archive records all those records that involve the extraordinary and should not be made public.

In a sense, the history of the city-state of Pland is stored here, as well as the church's "memory" of this land.

(End of this chapter)