Deep Sea Embers

Chapter 276 Storm Cathedral

In Duncan's perception, a thing that exudes a huge sense of existence is gradually approaching the Puland city-state.

In fact, his perception can't break away from the entity of Prand and extend outwards, but when the thing exuding a huge sense of existence keeps approaching, he can still indirectly perceive some kind of... "shine", just like a The heat source, a thing emitting strong light, gradually became clearer in the boundless sea.

A single huge ship will not bring such a feeling, nor will a group of powerful priests bring such a feeling.

Duncan narrowed his eyes slightly, and in the "darkness" outside the city-state of Purdue, the outline of the thing exuding strong light and heat had gradually emerged.

What it exudes... is the so-called "power of the gods"?
A moment later, a green flame rose suddenly from a window on the second floor of the antique shop, and then, a chubby white pigeon flew out of the window and quickly flew across the sky.

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A huge crowd has already gathered inside and outside the port in the southeast of Purland.

Cruising on the sea all year round, the Cathedral of Storms, which almost never docks, is about to dock in the city-state. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event for any believer who follows the goddess of storm Gamona, whether it is to show his piety, Or simply to look at the majestic face of the Cathedral of Storms, the citizens of Purland do not want to miss today's grand occasion-when the sun has just risen today and the curfew has just ended, there are people living near the port one after another. Residents gathered, and when the time approached noon, basically all the vacancies near the port that could be used for "ceremony viewing" were taken up.

After that, the vicinity of the port entered a state of traffic control, and the city hall no longer allowed more spectators to approach the port, and cooperated with the church to evacuate the crowd to various sanctuaries—when the Cathedral of the Storm was docked, Mass ceremonies will also be held simultaneously in various churches. On the one hand, of course, this ceremony is to "welcome the glory of the goddess", and on the other hand, it is to relieve the pressure on the port area and divert believers.

Across the crowds, inside the port area, there is a "ceremony area" temporarily blocked by church guards and city-state sheriffs. The local high-ranking church officials and city-state officials gathered together Gathered here, ready to meet the storm cathedral.

Hurrying quickly, Fan Na finally arrived at the port in time.

"You were almost late." Dante, the consul who was waiting to be greeted at the port, glanced at his niece who hurried over, with helplessness in his one-eyed eyes, "On such an important day, you, as a judge, were the last to arrive. "

"There was a little accident." In front of her uncle, even the judge would have a lack of momentum, Fan Na was a little embarrassed, "I planned my time very well, and I will arrive at least half an hour early... "

"The Goddess will forgive," the voice of Archbishop Valentine came from the side. The old man was fully attired at the moment, holding the long staff symbolizing the bishop of the city-state tightly in his hand, with a faint smile on his face, "It's not until the scheduled time. There's still a while."

Fan Na nodded, breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up and looked around.

The view around the trestle bridge is wide, and the guards and sheriffs have surrounded a rather spacious "ceremony area", but after looking past this open area, you can see countless spectators in the distance, crowded with people.

Nearly three-quarters of the residents in the entire Puland are baptized believers of the Church of the Deep Sea, and even if the remaining quarter is not baptized, they will maintain their love for the storm goddess Gomona under the influence of the atmosphere of the entire city. Shallow faith—this city-state is the largest gathering place of deep-sea believers in the boundless sea, and the grand scene at this moment shows this very strongly.

"The arrival of the Cathedral of the Storm can actually help us solve many problems," Dante's voice came into Fana's ears, "Through this grand event, the unstable atmosphere in the city-state can be quickly calmed down. The news can also be released relatively smoothly, to be honest... I am really relieved."

"For believers, 'under the gaze of the gods' is a more effective reason for consolation," Bishop Valentine responded, "With the protection and witness of the goddess, we can show the greatest unity and tenacity, Various extreme situations including 'city-states turning into visions' can be accepted calmly."

"The arrival of the Cathedral of the Storm may be to help us overcome this difficulty," Dante said, "but His Holiness the Pope has not made it clear."

"The pope has the dignity of the pope—not to mention that the information she conveys to the outside world must be guided by the gods..."

The uncle and the old bishop were talking beside them, but Fanna's attention gradually left them. She looked at the endless sea in the distance, waiting for the majestic church to appear in her sight.

The appointed time is coming, but there is no trace of that amazing giant ship on the calm sea.

However, in the next second, from the corner of Fan Na's eyes, she suddenly caught the momentary distorted scene on the sea.

The sea water is curling, the sky is shaking, and the glow of the sun shining on the sea surface suddenly ripples, turning into a layer upon layer of cloud-like curtains—an engineering complex that is almost as huge as the entire port area. The creation suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea, as if it had directly passed through the dimension and appeared in Fanna's field of vision!

It has not yet fully appeared, and it still presents a vague and illusory texture at this moment, but the majestic momentum has already rushed towards the face, shocking the soul.

Even though she was the judge of the city-state, this was the first time that Fanna had seen this huge ark ship with her own eyes.

In an instant, excitement, excitement and admiration arose spontaneously.

She subconsciously held her breath, and then looked to her side.

The senior officials of the city hall are looking forward to it, and Bishop Valentine and his uncle are staring into the distance with wide eyes.

It seems that the great shock and shock made them forget to make a sound for a while?
After another two or three seconds, Bishop Valentine's eyes lit up. He raised the scepter in his hand high, and then dropped it forcefully. The sound of the tail of the scepter colliding with the ground resounded throughout the entire Dock Square.

"In the Name of the Storm!"

The high-level priests gathered near the trestle bridge responded in unison: "In the name of the storm!"

The salute was fired, followed by the sound of grand and grand music, and the cheers inside and outside the port were thunderous, and the ears were full of boiling!
Fan Na looked at the sea outside the port, and saw that the wonderful scene of curling sea water and shaking light and shadow had calmed down, and the majestic Cathedral of the Storm had lifted all the camouflage and was slowly approaching the coast of Prand.

The gathered crowd was boiling.

There were loud prayers and cheers everywhere, and even the ignorant children became excited in the crowd. Coupled with the sound of gun salutes and music, the noise was deafening.

On the roof of a tower building near the dock area, Duncan, who walked out of the gate of flames, quietly watched the noisy and festive scene, as well as the not-so-distant ship that went beyond the concept of "ship", making it hard to understand. How on earth can a huge cathedral ark work.

Nina and Shirley were extremely excited, discussing the structure of the church ark noisily—the former started from the mechanical knowledge they had learned in school, while the latter gave full play to their imagination and self-confidence. .

Alice, on the other hand, seemed a little nervous. She had never seen such a giant moving on the sea. When the steam pipe on the side of the church ark suddenly released pressure and the loud siren sounded through the sky, she immediately hugged her head.

Duncan's eyes moved slowly between the crowd gathered at the dock and the towering triple spire of the church ark.

He closed his eyes and opened them again.

He saw countless gray-white phantoms spreading from the Cathedral of the Storm, like invisible tentacles, and floating smoke like ribbons. These floating shadows came from every door and every The window and even every mechanical gap extended out, mighty and mighty, and dark clouds swept across the small half of Prand.

He saw the floating shadows drooping down and sweeping over the assembled crowds and the bell-ringing towers.

Phantoms flicked over the heads of the crowd, but the residents of Purland who were cheering were obviously unaware of it.

It seems that no one can see those shadows, not even the church priests with extremely high "spiritual vision".

Or... just because they are the priests of the church, it is impossible to see those shadows? !

What are these shadows?What are these invisible tentacles emanating from the Cathedral of the Storm?
Huge doubts condensed in his heart, and Duncan's eyes gradually became extremely serious. He subconsciously stretched out his hand towards the mid-air outside the platform, as if trying to catch one of the phantoms.

At the same time, there happened to be a gray-white, smoky phantom floating over, slowly approaching his palm.

The smoke condensed a little and wrapped around Duncan's fingers—the next second, he really felt a cool touch, feeling that he had touched some kind of entity!
Afterwards, the off-white "tentacles" were quickly withdrawn, leaving only a cold and hollow feeling.

(End of this chapter)