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Solution to Misfortune
Alice looked at Klein silently.
Anderson looked at the strange adventurer, then at Alice, then at Cattleya, and finally seemed to understand something and asked,
"You two...are you flirting?"
"Cough." Cattleya coughed lightly and put her right hand to her lips to cover it up.
"No," Crane replied calmly, "Why would you think that? She's not even an adult yet."
Alice looked at Cattleya, who was trying not to laugh, then looked at Klein, who was forcing himself to remain calm. She turned to Anderson and said,
"As expected of you, you are the strongest 'hunter' in the five seas."
She emphasized "hunter," and Anderson understood what she meant and accepted the compliment:
"You're too kind.
"If you must heap such praise upon me, I would like you to add a qualifier in front of it, such as 'less than demigod'.
"I guess I can only be called the strongest hunter below demigod."
Alice stared at him for a few seconds, then turned and walked away, only to be pulled back by Klein.
"What are you doing?" Klein asked her.
"I'll ask Frank if he can be planted in the soil," Alice explained.
"Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya cast a horrified gaze upon them. Klein's mouth twitched as he advised,
"Have you ever thought about what would grow out of that?"
It was obvious that Alice hadn't thought about it, and she stopped.
Although he still didn't quite understand the relationship between Klein and Alice, in order to avoid completely angering Alice, Anderson chose to change the subject. He asked Cattleya:
"I wonder if I have the honor to travel on the 'Future'?
" "I will pay for the fare."
"No." Alice answered decisively before Cattleya could speak.
Cattleya, who wanted to seek advice, retracted her half-turned gaze.
After realizing that Alice, an angel who seemed extremely unreliable and could be easily refuted, actually had the actual decision-making power, Anderson changed his attitude instantly and said in a hurry:
"I'm familiar with the route ahead!
"I can help you avoid the dangers lurking on the safe waterway, tell you which ruins you can't explore, and help you avoid the mermaid's song in time!"
"The singing of a mermaid?" Klein's eyes almost lit up, and he managed to maintain the image of Gehrman Sparrow with great difficulty.
"The mermaid's song!" Alice didn't care about her image at all. Her eyes lit up in an instant and she almost jumped up from where she was.
This reaction instantly exposed their purpose. Anderson looked at them with a smile without saying a word.
Alice stared at his annoying smile for two seconds, then turned to Klein and asked:
"Can I kill him?
"Hey, this seems like a good idea. I can also get a Beyonder characteristic for free... What's your Sequence Number?"
Alice blinked and looked at Anderson.
This was not a pleasant question, and most importantly, given Alice's personality, Anderson doubted she was serious.
"Don't kill me!" Anderson quickly turned his brain and found his only use. "I can accompany you to relieve your boredom. I have many interesting adventures!"
His analysis of Alice's character was fairly accurate. Alice temporarily gave up the idea that had just arisen in her mind and turned to Cattleya and said,
"Well... this kind of thing should be left to the captain to decide, right?"
Cattleya suddenly felt flattered. She didn't show it on her face and nodded.
"I agree to your request.
"But after leaving this sea area, you must give me half of your belongings. If you have nothing, then I don't want anything."
Anderson had no objection to this, or rather, facing Alice who had an idea every second, his only pursuit now was to stay alive.
Haha, maybe after a while, my pursuit will be death... Thinking of Klein's evaluation of Alice, Anderson laughed in his heart, then smiled and said:
"make a deal!"
Despite the unstable factor of Alice, Anderson still felt relieved after saying this. He couldn't help but remind her,
"Also, I must remind you that although my misfortune is limited to myself, you still have to be careful because I may attract monsters.
"Of course, I believe that with the combination of His Excellency 'Admiral of the Stars', this gentleman, His Majesty, and me, safety can be guaranteed."
"That's easy," Alice waved her hand generously, "I can solve your bad luck first, and then return it to you when you get off the ship."
As Klein and Cattleya looked at her with "As expected of you," Alice raised her chin proudly towards Anderson and said smugly:
"This way you don't have to worry about bad luck attracting monsters!"
"…Why did you," Anderson showed a puzzled expression, "Why did you go out of your way to return it to me?"
Klein glanced at Alice, who looked as if she didn't understand why Anderson was confused, shook his head, and kindly explained Alice's thinking to Anderson:
"In order to prevent your bad luck from affecting our subsequent voyage, she temporarily restored your luck to normal.
"But you didn't pay a price that satisfied her, asking her to help you solve the bad luck that happened to you, so when you leave, she will give it back to you.
"Perhaps, she will make up for the bad luck you haven't experienced during this period."
Anderson looked at Alice hesitantly. Alice nodded in confusion under his puzzled gaze and asked,
"Is there any problem?"
"...No problem." Anderson looked at Alice hesitantly.
Logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with Alice's behavior, but this kind of reasonable yet inexplicable behavioral logic makes Anderson feel that Alice is an angel a little more real.
...None of you angels have normal brains!
Anderson took a deep breath, smiled, and asked Alice:
"What should I call you?"
"Miss Fate." Alice said after thinking for a while.
Miss Destiny? This title... Anderson frowned, but didn't comment. He then looked at Klein again.
"German Sparrow." Klein introduced himself.
"German Sparrow?" Anderson was stunned for a moment. "I've heard of you, the adventurer who almost hunted down Vice Admiral Disease and was known as the craziest hunter! Last month, when I was passing through the Rorsted Archipelago and Oravi Island by boat, I wanted to have a drink with you and get to know you, but I don't know where you went."
(End of this chapter)
Apollo
Last month... Oh, I should have been volunteering at the hospital at that time.
While Klein was thinking, Alice's voice sounded hesitantly:
"last month...?"
Klein looked at Alice expressionlessly.
Alice swallowed the words "He was cleaning the toilet" and said,
"Last month, he was contributing to the great cause of our Lord!"
Cattleya's expression gradually became confused.
Klein tried hard to suppress his desire to call Alice a psychopath and stared at her expressionlessly.
"Isn't he here now..." Anderson asked in a daze.
"He's rebelling now," Alice answered decisively.
"Ah?" Cattleya looked at Alice blankly, then at Gehrman Sparrow.
"Uh..." Anderson didn't know what to say for a moment.
"When did this happen?" Klein asked calmly.
"Just now, under my threat, you betrayed the great... uh, can I tell you this?" Alice blinked.
"You'd better stop talking." Klein advised kindly.
Alice shut her mouth obediently. After a few seconds, she couldn't help asking,
"Shall I restore his luck to normal now?"
As she said this, she looked at Klein and Cattleya.
"Okay." Klein nodded.
Alice's eyes swept over Anderson, and it seemed like less than a second before Anderson heard her say,
"Okay."
Cattleya looked at Alice in surprise.
Anderson's expression was equally suspicious, but Alice glanced at the devastated island, turned her head and asked Cattleya,
"Should we leave now?"
Cattleya always chose to agree to Alice's questions of this kind. She nodded without hesitation and announced the continuation of the journey.
The "Future" continued to move towards the depths of the ocean. Alice leaned on the side of the ship and looked at the seemingly calm sea around her.
Finally, no longer having to face Alice's gaze in fear, Anderson was like a fish entering the sea, and began to communicate happily with the pirates on the ship.
He successfully got some information about Alice:
"I don't know, she seems to be a demigod..." "I heard that Gehrman Sparrow is her follower..." "German Sparrow said she is a sealed item."
Among the complicated news, there was one that was the most shocking:
"Haven't you heard about the rumor? Gehrman Sparrow is being kept by an underage girl..."
When he heard the news, Anderson couldn't help but look at Alice.
Alice was lying on the side of the ship, staring at the sea in a daze, as if she was on vacation. Wait, what is that?
In the sky, a light spot that was getting closer and bigger caught Anderson's attention. He stood there thinking for half a second, then shouted to Alice:
"careful!"
Alice turned her head to look at Anderson in confusion. Just as she was about to ask him what was wrong, a bright light came from above, illuminating her vision.
What... Alice looked up subconsciously, and something fell on her head in a ball of light, then smoothly wrapped around her body.
"?" Alice raised an arm blankly.
——She is glowing.
Bright light emanated from her, like dawn and morning light, illuminating the deck of the "Future".
After the light dissipated, Alice found that the light on her body was no longer dazzling, and the things that fell on her became clearer. It seemed that it should be... armor?
Spirituality spread out, and in the divination that was simplified to the extreme, Alice learned the function of the armor.
This armor comes from the "Guardian" of Warrior Path Sequence 5. It has no actual weight, and its shape can change according to the owner's thoughts. It can provide a defense that is quite useless to Alice, and the negative effect... The negative effect is rather strange.
As everyone can see, the negative effect of this armor is that it glows, a light that cannot be hidden, like the morning light, illuminating a range of fifty meters around it, letting everyone know that there is someone here.
Even covering it up with clothes outside wouldn't help - at least not normal clothes.
No...?
The strange effect and the source of the extraordinary characteristics made Alice look at Anderson. She remembered that it was a stone giant without extraordinary characteristics.
Is this considered a Beyonder characteristic given to me...
This was absurd yet reasonable. Alice's mouth twitched twice. She lowered her head, and the armor turned into a silver-gray hooded robe as she wished. Light continued to emanate from the robe and merged into the morning light around her.
What kind of crappy special effect is this... Alice gritted her teeth, took a step without changing her expression, and slowly walked to Anderson's side.
She stopped, but did not turn around to look at Anderson, and said with a chuckle:
"I think this should be a compensation."
After saying that, she walked towards the cabin without stopping.
Only after she entered the room did Alice grab her robe and throw it on the bed. She looked at the room that had suddenly become bright and full of hope, and said in a daze:
"Oh no, now I'm the protagonist... No, not really. In fact, I'm still missing some background music. After all, how can I be called the protagonist if I don't have some background music when I appear on stage..."
She covered her face with her hands in pain. After more than ten seconds, she raised her head unable to bear it any longer and covered the robe with the quilt.
The morning light was briefly obscured, and after a moment, the beautiful morning light penetrated the quilt and dissipated again.
Alice locked the door silently, left the room, and stood outside the door to add a loop to the room - when the escaping light touched the boundary of the room, the loop would start again.
So Chenxi was locked in this small room. Alice stood up silently and returned to the deck.
It was only at this time that Alice began to feel like doing what she was accustomed to do - naming.
"Although I feel like it might be torn down in the future…" Alice muttered on the deck, "But it won't be torn down for a while, so let's give it a name."
For Alice, naming was a very ritualistic thing. She stood at the edge of the ship's side and thought seriously.
The scene in which the armor is finally transformed into a robe and pretends to be sophisticated in front of Anderson gave Alice a good inspiration - after all, it may not only be the protagonist who appears with special effects, but also the "prophet".
And the one about the Prophet...
Alice looked at the direction the "Future" was heading, put her fingers on the side of the ship, and said softly:
"Since we already have Cassandra, why not call her... Apollo?" (End of this chapter)
Calling Parents (Two in One)
The rest of the journey was very quick. With Anderson's help, the Future bypassed two hidden whirlpools and the ruins of a palace floating on the sea.
Klein also played a huge role in this matter. He was mainly responsible for preventing Alice from running around.
Night came three hours later, and the first thing Alice did when she entered her dream was to look for Heath Doyle to see if he had any sudden seizure.
In a shadow of discord, Alice discovered Heath Doyle, who still retained the ability to stay awake in his dreams, but he remembered his experience when the last night came and had no desire to explore his dreams.
It seems that he is awake... Alice blinked, her eyes turned around and found the figure of Anderson Hood.
Unlike Heath Doyle who hid in the shadows and dared not see anyone, Anderson was sitting on the ground generously, holding up a bottle of wine and drinking with Nina.
"Would you like to join us?" he invited Alice who was wandering around.
The smell of alcohol wafted into Alice's nose, reminding her of the strong liquor she had tasted in the "Lodar" bar - it was not a pleasant experience at all.
So Alice shook her head and rejected the invitation with a perfectly reasonable reason:
"Minors cannot drink."
This was an unexpected answer for Anderson, and he also gave a courageous response:
"Are you afraid that your parents will find out?
"You are an angel, why are you afraid of this?"
Alice gave a false smile and replied:
"I think if your parents were real gods, you would be afraid too."
Anderson froze in place, watching Alice leave.
Under a huge rock, Alice began her last unsuccessful attempt - she prepared to sleep in this dream.
This was a very wonderful experience. Alice didn't know if anyone had ever tried this before. She just felt like she had turned into a small boat, floating on the sea.
The uneasy feeling made her extremely uncomfortable. She endured it again and again, but finally couldn't bear it anymore. She struggled to wake up from the dream, only to find that the scene in front of her was no longer the familiar one.
This is a storage room. There is a full-length mirror on the right side, and a figure in a linen robe is huddled next to the mirror.
Alice suddenly appeared and caught his attention. The figure in the linen robe raised his head from the corner and asked in a short and urgent voice:
"Who?"
In the darkness, the man's weather-beaten face appeared before Alice. There were deep wrinkles on his forehead, corners of his eyes and around his mouth, but his hair was black and shiny.
His eyes were a rare pure black, and his expression was distorted by pain. He seemed to see Alice's face clearly through the lightless darkness, and asked in surprise:
"A little girl?
"Why are you here?"
After a moment, he seemed to remember something, and his expression became panicked. He said to Alice hurriedly:
"Hurry, run!
"Before the demon finds you!"
His voice was urgent but low, as if he was afraid of disturbing something.
Devil? Alice blinked in confusion, and a picture appeared with her thoughts.
He was a knight wearing heavy black armor. In his hand was a long, straight black heavy sword. There was a red light in his eyes. Under the visor was a face with deep wrinkles, exactly the same as the figure in front of him.
Alice watched the black-armored knight carrying a heavy sword and walking in an area that looked like a prison cell, opening each cell and checking. She vaguely realized one thing - he was looking for another self.
The image faded, and Alice looked back at the figure in the linen robe.
I seem to have accidentally stumbled into some strange place... Hmm, does the location randomly refresh when you wake up from a dream? Or is it just me...
Hey, don't think about that, we should think about what to do first... Hmm, how about...
Alice suddenly had a good idea.
She took a step forward, and the robe she named Apollo was draped over her. A dawn-like light emanated from her, expanding and sweeping across the entire room, and was firmly bound within the room by an invisible force as it spread to the edges of the room.
As the figure in the linen robe looked at her, Alice chuckled and said to him with lowered eyes:
"take it easy.
"I saw through fate that you were being hunted by the devil, and I came here under the guidance of fate.
"I came to save you.
"But before that, maybe you wouldn't mind giving me a name? You know, a name should always be said in person, so it's more ceremonial.
"Oh yeah, you can call me...
"Miss Destiny."
Alice walked in the morning light to the figure in the linen robe and stretched out a hand to him.
Such a scene seemed extremely deceptive. The figure in the linen robe subconsciously reached out his hand, took Alice's hand and stood up from the ground. Then, an extremely embarrassing scene took place.
——The man curled up on the ground was nearly two meters and five meters tall. When he stood up completely, Alice was only just above his waist and not even up to his chest.
Alice raised her head and stared at the exceptionally tall figure, lost in thought.
...Why is he so tall?
The figure in the linen robe had no idea how devastated Alice, who seemed calm, was. He didn't seem to believe Alice's words completely, but he still leaned down and said to Alice gently:
"Hello, Miss Destiny.
"My name is Leo Master, an ascetic from a religious order.
"I still recommend that you leave here as soon as possible, after all..."
Alice looked up expressionlessly. From her perspective, Leo Master seemed like a gentle, kind...parent.
In pretending to be a charlatan, Alice encountered failure for the first time due to force majeure.
I should say something... Never mind, since it's already like this, why don't I just let him sit down? After all, tilting your head back for too long is not good for your cervical spine...
With this thought in mind, Alice stretched her neck and said to Leo Master, who was trying to persuade her to leave,
"Can you sit down or squat down first?
"You are too tall... It's tiring for me to look up at you like this."
Leo Master's voice was stuck for a moment. After several seconds, he finally found his lost voice and said,
"Okay, okay."
He half squatted down.
Alice finally didn't have to look up at him anymore. No longer needing to maintain her image, she stretched out her hand and made a "hush" gesture, then tiptoed to the door and put her ear against it.
This was just a ritualistic action. Alice was certainly not really listening to the sound outside the door. She closed her eyes, and the figure of the black-armored knight with a sword appeared.
With heavy footsteps, the black-armored knight pushed open another cell. Alice's focus was not here. As she shifted her attention, a long corridor opened in front of her, revealing the outside world.
Alice opened her eyes again, smiled, and jumped in front of Liamast, saying with a smile:
"Don't worry, the guy outside will be here for a while.
"Hey, do you know who he is?"
She lowered her voice, imitating Leo Master.
After two failures, Leo Master stopped trying to persuade Alice to leave. When he heard Alice's question, he answered without hesitation:
"Him? I don't know his exact name, but many pilgrims seem to know him and call him 'the Black Saint'."
The Black Saint?
Alice immediately realized from the title that the person wandering outside was a demigod at the saint level, and she relaxed a little - in fact, she was not nervous at all.
In front of Leo Master, Alice waved her hand and said:
"Saint…then you can rest assured.
"I'm an angel!"
"Ah?" Leo Master looked like he had no faith in this statement.
Alice wanted to jump up and argue on the spot, but when she opened her mouth, she realized their current situation, swallowed the words in her mouth silently, and muttered:
"Do I look so different... Why do all of you have such expressions?"
After saying that, without waiting for Leo Master's response, Alice asked again as if she had remembered something:
"Who do you believe in? A religious organization... This kind of statement, are you not a member of the Church of the Seven? Um, a pilgrim... Are you here for a pilgrimage?"
In response to this question, Leo Master was silent for a moment, then laughed at himself and said:
"Yes, I worship the original creator. He is the omniscient and omnipotent being, the source of all greatness. He is the beginning and the end. He is the God of gods!"
"Ah?" Alice's eyes became blank. "So you came here for a pilgrimage... uh, you came here for a pilgrimage, right? How... how did you get targeted by that 'Black Saint' outside?"
Leo Master hesitated and said:
"The easternmost part of the Sonia Sea is where my Lord sleeps. His holy mountain is hidden somewhere here. I led a pilgrim team here, trying to witness the miracle and redeem myself.
"Perhaps it was an inevitable test. We were caught by the devil and died one after another.
"Later, I seized the opportunity, escaped from the cell, and hid here, waiting for the devil to leave."
Alice nodded thoughtfully, then asked curiously,
"So that's how it is... But there are so many religious organizations that believe in the original Creator. What's the name of your organization? Maybe I've heard of it before?"
Although the belief in the original creator is not an open belief, Alice has the impression that there seem to be quite a few secret organizations that believe in this creator, and there are quite a few people in all the large and small organizations combined.
However, whether one truly believes in the original creator or in some disguised god is not certain. The best example is...
"Aurora Society." Leo Master said what Alice was thinking at the right time.
After being stunned for two seconds, Alice suddenly realized that Leo Master was not a mind reader. He was just answering her question. She looked up in surprise and asked in a lost voice:
"Are you from the Aurora Society?!"
Alice's voice was surprised and suppressed. She wanted to scream out of habit, but if the "Black Saint" outside was attracted, she might not be in danger, but she would definitely not be able to continue chatting with Leo Master like this.
Oh, wait…
The Black Saint... should also be a Saint of the Aurora Society, right? The two of them... just look exactly the same, is it that simple?
Alice's gaze finally fell on the mirror next to Leo Master.
In the morning light, the figures of Leo Master and Alice were clearly reflected in the mirror. Alice blinked and smiled at the mirror.
She showed the same smile in the mirror. They were both wearing silver-gray, radiant robes. They both had bright blonde hair and clear blue eyes.
Alice tilted her head thoughtfully, put her right hand behind her back and said,
"Rock, Paper, Scissors!"
She in the mirror also put her right hand behind her back, her lips opened and closed, and then they all stretched out their hidden right hands - they were all stones.
Alice sighed in disappointment, and her reflection in the mirror sighed in disappointment as well.
Unwilling to give up, Alice once again put her right hand behind her back, shouted "Rock, Paper, Scissors", and then suddenly stretched out her right hand - this time, they both drew scissors.
Alice frowned and retracted her hand, then recited "Rock, Paper, Scissors" for the third time and stretched out her right hand - the good news was, she won.
"I win!" Alice, who still had the scissors, looked at the cloth in the mirror and shouted happily to Leo Master, but found that Leo Master's face had already turned pale.
"Why are you so scared...huh?" Alice turned her head as if she had sensed something.
The mirror seemed to ripple, and Alice saw her hand reaching out from the mirror. She just blinked, and another self emerged from the mirror.
It's broken... Although she didn't know what was going on, Alice's choice was still straightforward and decisive. After throwing a bit of luck on Leo Master, Alice reached out and opened the door behind her, screaming:
"Ah!"
She stopped where she was in the mirror, and heavy footsteps were heard. It was obvious that the "Black Saint" wandering outside was attracted by the scream.
Hey, it's time to give up... Just as Alice was thinking this, her other self suddenly pounced on her, transforming into a giant white, scaleless snake in the process.
"Ahhhh why are you doing this by yourself!" Alice screamed as she dodged the fate of being trapped by the giant snake.
Alice dodged and made a quick and decisive decision when facing her other self. She recited a passage of ancient Hermes language that she was so familiar with:
"Goddess of the Night, higher than the stars, older than eternity,
"You are the Lord of Crimson, the Mother of Secrets,
"Queen of trouble and terror, lord of sleep and silence,
"I pray for your attention,
"I pray that you will hear me,
"Help me, goddess mom, someone is trying to kill me!"
Oh, yes, faced with a problem she couldn't solve, Alice chose to call her parents. (End of this chapter)
"Future" produces milk (this is two chapters)
Alice's straightforward and decisive act of asking for help stunned Leo Master next to her. Only the footsteps of the "Black Saint" outside were still clear, as if they were not affected at all.
But all this had nothing to do with Alice. Leomaster, the giant white snake, along with the entire storage room, shattered amid Alice's screams.
——She "woke up".
After being stunned for a few seconds, Alice tried to observe her surroundings and determine where she was.
Alice found her curled up under the huge rock upon which she had leaned when she fell asleep.
Alice climbed to the top of the boulder. The familiar city still stood in the distant dusk like a landmark.
Just now... what happened?
Alice could only think about whether to sleep again. When she tried to figure out what happened, the light of day suddenly illuminated her dream and the night ended.
Alice opened her eyes and found that it was noon again. She sighed inexplicably and muttered softly,
"This place really seems like an abandoned game copy. There are only two times: noon and night..."
Alice walked out of the room and onto the deck. After looking around, she discovered that Klein was not on the deck.
Eh…?
Wasn't he afraid of missing the mermaid, so he ran out as soon as he woke up…
Alice frowned and was about to turn around to see what Klein was doing, but she accidentally glanced at Frank Lee out of the corner of her eye.
Frank Lee was squatting on the deck, his expression shocked and confused. Alice looked back in the direction of the cabin and decided without hesitation to look for Klein later.
"What happened?" Alice walked over and squatted in front of Frank, trying her best to suppress the curiosity in her tone and make herself look a little worried.
Alice wasn't sure how well she was hiding it, because Frank Lee obviously didn't care about it. He shook his head with a dull look in his eyes and said,
"Didn't I tell you about those little things?
"They originally needed to rest for a while before they could grow and reproduce, but..."
"What's the result?" Alice asked curiously.
Anderson, the "strongest hunter" who was bragging to the pirates around him about how many pirates he had hunted, slowly stopped talking and moved a little closer to Alice.
Frank, who was squatting, looked up and said,
"They just completed a large-scale reproduction and a mutation occurred.
"This, this is simply a miracle!"
This finally made Alice realize that Frank was not sad. He was even a little excited, as if he was stunned by the huge surprise.
After a brief moment of daze, Alice remembered Klein's reaction every time she was happy, and gradually began to understand Klein's feelings.
"Ah?" Alice looked around blankly, and after making sure that no one had white spots on their clothes, she turned back and asked, "What... have they transformed into?"
Frank took two seconds to process the question and rolled up his sleeves, revealing his hairy arms.
Alice looked at him knocking on the deck in front of him and said with a puzzled smile:
"They got in here, and they seem to be transforming the 'Future'..."
…?
Alice showed a slightly frightened expression.
Before she had time to imagine the horrifying scene of milk spilling out of the Future, this scene appeared in reality. Amidst dull knocking sounds, a milky white fountain resembling milk suddenly gushed out on the deck, splashing all over Frank Lee's head and face.
Alice's eyes widened.
Frank Lee was unaware of this. He licked the liquid at the corner of his mouth and exclaimed in surprise:
"Future, Future is producing milk!"
This, this is not something I should be happy about, right?
Alice made a judgment based on her weak common sense. She looked at the milk stains on Frank's face hesitantly. The tempting milky smell drifted into her nose. She licked her lips and forced herself to turn her head to see the rest of the ship.
The pirates on the side of the ship were pointing at the artillery positions below in horror:
"The muzzle, the muzzle is spitting out milk!"
This, this is unscientific, but it is very... This is not mysticism, right?!
This matter was completely beyond Alice's understanding. She stared at the scene with a dull look in her eyes. At this time, Klein rushed out of the cabin holding a few pages of paper, and his face was splashed with milk from the muzzle.
Alice noticed with her sharp eyes that he licked his lips with a dull expression, and a circle of milky white liquid entered his mouth.
I don't know what it tastes like…
Anderson was also stunned. He completely forgot to ask questions and even stomped his feet, causing another stream of milk to gushed out from the deck of the "Future" like a fountain.
Alice stared at the fountain for a moment, then stamped her feet in imitation of the fountain, and a fountain of water splashed up beside her.
Having successfully achieved her goal, Alice reached out to catch a handful of milk, lowered her head and took a tentative lick.
As freshly-baked "ship milk", this milk is of course different from the milk that has gone through a series of processes before being drunk, and it has a fishy smell that is unfamiliar to Alice.
But in any case, the rich milky smell confirmed the ability of the "Future", and it did produce real "ship milk"!
Alice raised her head with a dull look and looked at Frank Lee next to her. Just as she was about to say something, she saw a figure jump out from nowhere and kick Frank Lee on the butt.
Frank Lee was kicked and fell several times, creating puddles of milk on the "Future". Alice couldn't bear it and looked away at the owner of the kick.
That was Nina in a linen shirt and a dark blue jacket.
She glared at Frank Lee, who was lying on the deck, and cursed with rapid breathing:
"Hurry up and get rid of those damn little things of yours!
" "Do you think my breasts are not big enough?"
Alice's hesitant eyes fell on Nina's chest.
"Okay, alright." Frank Lee patted his butt and said quickly.
At the same time, Alice saw Klein take out a spell and whispered in ancient Hermetic:
"storm!"
The blue-green flame enveloped the tin talisman, and a strong wind instantly arose, swirling around Klein's feet and around him, carrying him off the deck and flying to a height of four or five meters.
Although she didn't understand the current situation, Alice decided to trust this experienced adventurer and she came into the air silently.
Anderson was stunned at first, then he stretched out his hand to grab someone and lift him into the air, but German Sparrow was too far away from him. Anderson glanced at Alice and withdrew his hand.
This ordinary handsome Mr. Hunter looked at Frank Lee with a smile on his face, and seemed to be very friendly to the first mate of the "Future".
At this time, Frank had taken out a bottle of dark green powder, grabbed a handful, and sprinkled them around while reciting a giant language spell.
As soon as the powder touched the deck, green vines immediately grew out of it. The vines grew wildly, quickly absorbing the milk and those "little things", and entwined the entire deck and the entire cabin.
In just ten seconds, the "Future" turned into a vine forest.
"Huh, solved." Frank smiled at Nina first, then his face suddenly changed and said, "They, they have also mutated!"
Huh?
Alice vaguely sensed that something was wrong. She looked at Klein sharply, then remembered that Klein knew no more about this place than she did. She tried to search for Cattleya's figure below.
At this time, a pirate staggered over and shouted in fear:
"I, I have a watermelon growing on my head!"
Alice looked in the direction of the sound and discovered that green vines were growing out of the pirate's head, one of which had a watermelon that seemed to be almost ripe.
Is this... edible?
Alice looked at the watermelon hesitantly and began to wonder whether she should pick it and give it a try.
"Is this what they call a mutation? This is crazy, damn crazy!" Anderson exclaimed.
Yeah, compared to the mild and harmless fate, the extraordinary ability of the "cultivator" path is really crazy...
Alice nodded in agreement.
Anderson didn't know Alice's comments on the "Destiny" path. He seemed to realize something, his eyes turned slightly, and he said in a deep voice:
"There is something wrong with the ocean nearby!"
Alice turned to Klein, and Klein nodded at her seriously.
Oh, so that watermelon may not be edible... Alice looked at the pirate with the watermelon on his head with pity.
Sizzle!
Vines were torn apart one by one, and the windows of the captain's cabin opened.
Admiral of the Stars Cattleya appeared there and shouted in a voice amplified by witchcraft:
"Frank, stop trying.
"Perhaps the breath of Mother Earth remains here."
Mother Earth? Alice was slightly stunned and looked at the land.
What is known is that there should be the realm of night, the realm of storm, the realm of the sun, and there is suspected to be the realm of destiny. Now there is also the Mother Earth...
Alice began to wonder if she could go back and ask the goddess.
"Oh, kind mother." Frank crossed his arms as if he was holding a baby, then he lay down and kissed the vines devoutly.
What is he doing... praying?
Alice looked at Frank Lee's actions in surprise, then turned her attention to Cattleya.
"Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya watched this scene silently, and bright starlight instantly surrounded her, making the entire "Future" glow.
Great...Alice resisted the urge to applaud.
Cattleya bent her fingers and flicked them lightly, causing a ball of colorless flame to fall on the vines beside the window of the captain's room.
The vines were immediately ignited and turned into ashes silently.
The colorless flames spread quietly and raged without harming a single sailor, and the bright light from the Future helped it successfully resist the burning.
A friendly sign...?
Alice glanced hesitantly at the bright light on the Future and thought she might need one.
It didn't take long before the entire vine forest disappeared, leaving only the watermelon growing on the pirate's head. Of course, the connecting vines had also burned out.
"Huh, this, this is simply the arrival of the devil!" The pirate took two steps forward and picked up the watermelon growing on his head.
Alice looked at the watermelon curiously, and the scene after the watermelon was opened appeared in front of her. Alice saw the milky white "brain" full of grooves inside, and the bright red liquid flowing out.
"Don't open it!" Alice's scream and Cattleya's reminder sounded together.
They were half a step too late. The pirate, half out of anger and half out of curiosity, used brute force to break the watermelon open. The watermelon split into two halves, and the scene in the prophecy appeared before Alice's eyes.
Is there still hope...?
This question was quickly answered. With a plop, the pirate died instantly. There was no chance of rescue. His Beyonder Characteristics began to condense at an extraordinary speed.
From this perspective, our "destiny" path is better. At least a watermelon won't grow on your head, and inside the watermelon there will be...wait, that doesn't seem to be the case.
Alice suddenly realized that although the power of the Destiny Realm could not directly make watermelons grow on people's heads, it could allow people to come into contact with the power that could make watermelons grow on their heads.
She lowered her head silently, feeling the pot calling the kettle black.
At this moment, Alice saw a huge hand suddenly emerge from below the sea level and slap the side of the "Future".
The five fingers of this hand are extremely long, nearly half a meter, and the whole hand is gray-black like the Huangqiang Plain.
A huge gray-black hand grabbed the side of the boat and climbed up quickly, pulling out the part below the sea surface inch by inch.
Alice blinked her eyes, and a silver-white river shadow suddenly appeared, spreading inch by inch, and finally connected end to end, encircling the monster that had just emerged from the sea.
Under the astonished gaze of everyone, it crawled back to the surface of the sea intact at an unimaginable speed.
The monster didn't seem to react to the current situation, or perhaps it didn't know what was happening. It stretched out its claws again to grab the "Future" and tried to climb up. Then when it reached the previous height, it retreated intact.
...?
Klein and Cattleya turned their heads to look at Alice. A few seconds later, Anderson and the other pirates also looked at Alice.
Alice looked at them doubtfully and couldn't help but remind them:
"If you don't want to see large-scale damage such as storms, pollution explosions, meteorites, etc. that don't distinguish between friend and foe, I probably don't have the ability to attack directly.
"Or, 'Admiral of Hell' Ludwig should be nearby... I saw the possibility of him coming over in the future scene."
Frank Lee was the first to react. He was about to take out the materials from the secret compartment of his belt without hesitation and use the corresponding extraordinary ability. Unexpectedly, the voice of "Admiral of the Stars" Cattleya sounded in his ears first:
"Frank, stop!
" "Go help Nina command the sailors and help them adjust the sails!"
"Why?" Frank Lee asked subconsciously.
He was so slow to react, even I could see that... Ellie, who had overheard Anderson's guess, didn't feel guilty at all. (End of this chapter)
Black Tulip
"In this area, supernatural things within the authority of the 'Mother Earth' will undergo changes, including your abilities." Cattleya explained.
While she was speaking, Anderson seemed to see something, and a bright white flame burst out of his body. The flame flashed forward, jumped out of the side of the ship, and landed on the claw that was on the side of the ship.
Then, the blazing white light quickly engulfed the part that was holding the "Future" and spread downwards.
Nina reacted quickly. She and Frank led the sailors and followed the command of the navigator Ottolov. They quickly adjusted the sails and moved away from the monster that was trapped in place.
"Eh," Alice fell back to the ground in surprise, "You're not going to fight?"
She seemed very sorry about this matter... Anderson glanced at the rather disappointed Alice, and suddenly remembered his right foot that had been healed. He smiled slightly and asked Alice:
"Miss Destiny.
"Do you really control who gets hurt and who doesn't?"
Alice stopped and turned to him and said:
"I've decided!
"When I return, I will return your bad luck twice as much!"
Anderson smiled habitually, opened his mouth, and swallowed his words back.
He suddenly understood why Alice covered her mouth with her hand - after all, sometimes you really can't control what you say.
Alice, who had achieved the feat of shutting up the hunter, walked forward. Klein followed her and asked,
"Is 'Admiral of Hell' Ludwell nearby?"
"Probably," Alice spread her hands. "Anyway, it looks like we might run into him at any time… Hey, so why didn't you just kill that monster? Why did you run?"
"What will happen if he's beaten to death?" Anderson asked doubtfully, "You look like you're looking forward to it."
"If we delay, we will collide with the legendary 'Black Tulip'~" Alice blinked, "and there is still 55,000 pounds."
"Can you beat him?" Klein's heart skipped a beat.
Alice suppressed her excitement and turned her gaze towards Klein. Klein felt the hair on his body suddenly stand up. He immediately stressed nervously:
"I don't want to meet the 'Black Tulip' at all!"
"It's too late," Alice walked into the cabin, "You'd better prepare for battle now."
"You should be able to adjust now..." Anderson finally couldn't help but interject.
Alice ignored him, pretending she heard nothing and left quickly.
So, a quarter of an hour later, Alice stood in Cattleya's captain's cabin.
Cattleya frowned slightly and looked at Alice, successfully making Alice shrink her neck and defend herself:
"You were going to meet the Black Tulip!
"I just made what was supposed to happen happen!"
She actually felt a little guilty... Although she was always noisy, she didn't seem to have done anything serious... Was she afraid of Mr. Fool's punishment? No, it didn't seem like it. She wasn't afraid of Mr. Fool at all.
She didn't want to cause serious consequences at all!
Cattleya stared at Alice for more than ten seconds, realized this, and had an idea in her mind.
Under Alice's nervous gaze, Cattleya shook her head and walked to the window of the captain's room. Just as she was about to raise her voice to remind everyone to be careful, a huge dark green sailing ship appeared in her sight.
"Prepare for battle." That was all she could say.
When Alice heard the sound, she walked to the window and saw a huge sailing ship. On the pale sail, a blooming black tulip revealed its identity.
"Actually, you're right," Cattleya's calm voice sounded, "'Admiral of Hell' Ludwell is a frequent visitor to this sea area. It is a high probability event to encounter the 'Black Tulip'. Even if he avoids it once, there will be a second time, a third time..."
Alice turned her head hesitantly, and Cattleya stared out the window and continued:
"At least when we encountered the Black Tulip this time, it was still in good condition. If it had just experienced a battle and suffered heavy losses..."
"That won't happen!" Alice interrupted her immediately.
Cattleya turned her head, gave Alice a gentle smile, and said to her:
"On behalf of the crew of the 'Future', I thank you, Miss Fate."
Alice pursed her lips.
She's still thanking me... Complex emotions surged from the bottom of her heart. Alice finally chose to turn around and run away, leaving only one sentence in the distance:
"I'll go check on the deck!"
Standing on the deck, Alice began to recall the information about Ludwell:
The bounty for "Admiral of Hell" Ludwell in Loen alone reached 55,000 pounds.
He is an extremely powerful psychic and has the highest bounty among the seven pirate admirals.
There are not many living pirates on his flagship, the Black Tulip, and most things are handled by the undead and spiritual creatures he commands.
He killed indiscriminately, but he had no perverted liking for killing. He was just conscientiously completing the task of sending living beings to hell.
He has a close relationship with the Spirit Cult and is said to possess a ring left by an ancient god of death.
The "Black Tulip" was moving very fast, and in just a few seconds, it entered the warning range of the "Future".
The dark green sailing ship slowed down and stopped at the edge. Alice saw an almost transparent eye with pale pupils appearing in the air opposite to the "Future". It was looking down without blinking.
Is this... a telescope?
Alice looked at the eye in surprise and turned to say something to Klein, only to find that he had pulled out a revolver.
...So I should take action?
Alice reacted and turned her head, just in time to see the transparent illusory eye disappear.
As the Black Tulip gradually approached, Alice could already see its entire appearance.
On it, white skeletons, some naked and some wearing leather armor, were busy operating the sails. Pale zombies with long swords were patrolling back and forth, looking around with eyes stained with dark green flames. Ghostly shadows, resentful spirits, and various strange spiritual creatures were sometimes flying and circling, and sometimes drilled into the hull, revealing transparent faces with unclear eyebrows and eyes on the side.
Through clairvoyance, Alice discovered that there was only one living person on the "Black Tulip", and that was the man dressed as the captain who was standing on the front deck and looking at this side quietly.
He wore an exaggerated tricorn hat embroidered with a white skull and feathers, a white shirt with lace, and an intricate and gorgeous brown short coat. A thin rapier was hung on the cowhide belt that fixed his white tights.
The man's face was covered with a silver-white mask, which concealed his facial features and contours. The holes that represented the eyes, nose, and mouth were surrounded by cold tea, which made people feel daunted.
This should be Ludwell...where are his crew?
Alice's eyes were confused for a moment, and she suddenly remembered an old joke.
She looked around, approached Klein, and asked him:
"Have you heard a joke?"
"What?" Klein retracted his revolver. During this brief moment, they saw Ludwell begin to turn around and try to move away.
Running so fast...well, that's normal.
Klein glanced at Alice and felt that he understood everything—after all, the skeleton was most likely a novel toy to Alice.
Alice lowered her voice and narrated with great emotion:
"The hero's younger brother died. He was very angry and wanted to avenge his brother.
"The hero's first friend, a Beyonder of the Path of 'Peeper of Secrets', said to him: 'Oh, dear friend, let my knowledge help you!'
"The hero's second friend, a Beyonder of the Hunter Path, said to him: 'Oh, dear friend, let the flame of wrath help you!'
"The hero's third friend, a Beyonder of the 'Corpse Collector' path, said to him: 'Oh, dear friend, let your brother help you!'"
Klein looked at Alice in surprise.
Anderson, who had come over to find the alarm was lifted, heard the whole story and couldn't help but say to her:
"Ms. Fate, I think the fact that you didn't become a 'Hunter' is enough to prove that fate favors you."
Alice was silent for a moment, then turned to Anderson and said:
"Although your bounty is not as high as Danitz's, there must be more people who want to kill you than those who want to kill Danitz… Uh, do you know who Danitz is?"
"We know each other," Anderson replied.
"Good," Alice nodded, "Now that's triple bad luck."
Anderson's smile froze on his face, and even Klein couldn't help but ask, "Will this kill someone...?"
Alice shrugged and replied:
"It makes no difference.
"Remember what I told you? Even if something is 100% certain to happen, there may be accidents. Even if the probability of something is zero, it may succeed.
"So, if he really died, he deserved it."
"Wait a minute," Anderson couldn't help but speak for himself, "If there's a 100% chance of death, how can I possibly survive?"
Alice turned her head, curled her lips, and whispered:
"I think this might be my Sequence 4 promotion ceremony... maybe it also includes Sequence 3?
" "I'm trying to escape a certain death situation."
Klein turned his head sharply to look at Alice, but Alice was looking at the last afterimage of Ludwell. She suddenly turned to Klein and asked,
"My monocle, you've finished it, right?"
Klein nodded hesitantly, not knowing whether to ask about the promotion ceremony or what she wanted to do.
Alice didn't bother him for too long. After getting the answer, Alice's figure instantly disappeared from the spot, and she reappeared about a minute later.
"What did you do?" Klein asked immediately.
Alice smiled brightly and said to Klein:
"I lost the monocle that Amon gave me on the Black Tulip."
"Amon?" Anderson repeated the name. "Are you the descendant of that...that Amon family?"
Alice was suddenly choked by this question. She thought about it, turned her head and said:
"uncertain.
"Maybe he's a descendant of the Zoroastrian family or the Jacob family?"
This… this doesn't seem impossible… Klein remembered Amon's parasitic ability and agreed with Alice's words in his heart.
Leaving behind Anderson, who was full of doubt, and Klein, who was in deep thought, Alice walked to the front deck.
The aftermath of the chaos had been cleaned up and many sailors were gathered together.
Alice approached curiously. Several sailors who were close to her turned their heads impatiently. When they found out it was her, they subconsciously took a few steps back and squeezed in with the people around them.
The people who were squeezed in began to disperse after noticing the situation here, eventually revealing Nina in the middle and the pirate who had just died.
Oh, it's that watermelon… No, it's the unlucky guy with a watermelon growing on his head.
Alice recognized the identity of the body. She looked at the passage that the sailors had spontaneously made way for and walked over without any hesitation.
"What are you doing?" she asked Nina with a little curiosity.
Nina was surprised when she saw Alice, then she laughed heartily and said,
"We are holding a funeral for Revere, do you want to see it?"
Revere... is that the name of the watermelon?
"Okay." Alice nodded, her eyes full of curiosity.
Nina looked even more surprised, but she just smiled and said to Alice, "I think Revere would be happy to know this."
Alice suddenly fell silent. She stepped back quietly, but the sailors spontaneously avoided her and left her the position with the best view.
I hate this feeling... Alice pursed her lips and finally stood still, pretending that she was concentrating on looking at Nina.
So the sailors gradually became bolder, but still left a vacuum area around her.
Only Nina seemed unaffected. After everyone adjusted their positions, she led everyone in prayer in a proper manner.
Alice followed their prayer and after a simple prayer, Nina looked around and said:
"Revere's wish was to be buried on the hill above his hometown port, where there was the most beautiful sunset.
"He wanted to be cremated so he wouldn't be disturbed after death."
Cremation...? Alice's eyes showed surprise - this was the first time she had witnessed cremation in another world.
Well, the same is true for local people. After all, she has never seen with her own eyes the process of burning and burying a person.
"Storm is above, may he rest in peace." Most of the sailors believed in the "Lord of the Storm" and they all hit their left chests with their right fists.
Alice looked at the sailors who were praying in unison, and after a moment's hesitation, she followed their example, hitting her left chest with her right fist, and shouted with them:
"Storm is above, may he rest in peace."
Forgive me, goddess, you are a tolerant god and you will definitely not care about such things... Uh, does the goddess know?
Alice confessed deeply in her heart, and suddenly looked up at the midday sun in the sky hesitantly.
——There is no scarlet moon here. (End of this chapter)